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London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

JANUARY 18, 1845

Mr. Henry "racket proved that in the month of Sep-
tember, 1843, he was bookkeeper at the George, in
Leicester, and recollected the parcel being brought on
the 13th of September of that year, to be sent to London.
It was directed to Smith and Co., and after remaining
in his possession about half an hour it was sent to the
railway station by George Mason, the porter.
Cross-examined—fie was positive about it, as it was
the only parcel on that day for London, and he entered
it on the book produced, for which Is. 3d. was paid, but
he could not say by whom it was brought, and he gave a
receipt as for a banker's parceL
George Mason having proved the delirery of the parcel,
George Wade, a porter employed at the Midland Rail-
way station, in Leicester, said he recollected receiving
the parcel from the last witness shortly after nine o'clock
in the evening, which he put in the usual place for par-
cels in the office, where it remained till the mail train
arrived, and then it was sent to London, having put it
in the bag himself. When he put the parcel in the office
he locked the door and put the key in another office, and
after returning from supper he found it in the same state
he had left it, and then he forwarded it.

Mr. JARDINE observed it was very serious to find such
important companies, for the purpose of saving expense,
refuse to come forward and assist the officers, which
would be the means of dispensing with the attendance of
several persons, which would not have been the case had
legal advice been taken, the object being to prevent a
recurrence of such robberies.

Inspector Haynes said the inconvenience was incalcu-
lable, for as the house of Pares and Co., had been indem-
nified, several tradespeople who could not afford it exe-
cuted orders to considerable amounts upon the receipt of
half-notes, being as a matter of course ignorant of any
understanding that might exist between the company
and the Bank of England.
The witness Wade being recalled, said the keys of the
parcel van were kept at the termini, and there was no
possibility of opening during the transfer by the guard,
who merely carried the way bill.
Mr. JARDINE said it would be well if more distinct
evidence as to the practices were given, in order to show
that no person could by any possibility get even at the
lock.

James Smith, foreman porter at the Euston-square
terminus, recollected the parcel coming to the station in
a very good condition, being sealed. He called it over
and handed it to another p,rter.
In answer to the Court, witness said the keys of the
Leicester van he kept, and it was the universal practice
there should be no other key kept but at the other ter-
minus in London.

Mr. Thomas Greenhough, clerk to Smith and Com-
pany, identified the parcel produced as having arrived
on the 14th of September, 1843, wrapped in light-
coloured paper, on which he put a number. On opening
it he found it contained several pieces of waste paper,
and the outside cover of an old book produced, but no
bank-notes.

Mr. James Ball, another clerk, said that on the 14th
of September, he received a letter, directed to his em-
ployers, containing the halves of several country notes,
amounting to 8201., and also several cheques, amounting
to 251/. 16s. 10d. Witness here described the dexter
halves and their numbers, as spoken to by the first
witness.

Inspector Shackle stated that on Monday, the 30th of
December last, he apprehended the prisoner upon an-
other charge, and on searching him he found six halves
of the Bank of England notes produced, three for 10Z,
three for 51., being joined together to form three notes,
bnt having different dates and numbers, being the notes
missing from the parceL
John Draper, jun., of the Globe Tavern, in Hatton-
garden, identified the prisoner as the person who came,
about the month of October last, to the house to request
some parcel containing guns would be directed to John
Moore, from Mr. Bradley, of Birmingham, which be ex-
pected, and the housekeeper gave him permission in his
presence. He never saw the prisoner before, and in a
few days after the parcel, as described, which was a long
deal box, arrived. It was heavy, and paid for, and the
next day the prisoner, having asked if it had come, was
answered in the affirmative, and he took it away on his
shoulder. In a few days after he called again, and asked
if a letter addressed to Mr. John Moore bad arrived
from Mr. Bradley, as he (prisoner) lived in Bleeding-
heart-yard, and his wife forgot to ask for it when she
called for the beer.

Mr. Draper, sen., said he saw the prisoner only once,
when he took away the parcel ; but on receiving a se-
cond letter he kept it, as he understood there was some
fraudulent transaction, till he delivered it to the officers.

Mr. JARDINE said the officers should do the best they
could to get up further evidence, and ordered the pri-
soner to be remanded for a week.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 16, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity
of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Charles Theophi -
Ins Metcalfe, Bart., G.C.8., and Captain-General and
Governor in Chief of her Majesty's Provinces of Canada,
New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and of the Island of
Prince Edward, and Governor-General of all her Ma-
jesty's Provinces on the Continent of North America,
and of the Island of Prince Edward, and to the heirs
male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style,
and title of Baron Metcalfe, of Fern-hill, in the county of
Berks.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of lir. James
Thompsoa, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Free Hansea-
tic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
John Fergusson, as Consul at Belfast for the Republic
of Venezuela.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. 8.
The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household
has appointed Thomas Uwins, Esq., Royal Academician,
to be Surveyor of Pictures in Ordinary to her Majesty,
in the room of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, Royal Aca-
demician, deceased.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.

The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham
Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's
Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Charles
John Dene, of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, At-
torney and Solicitor, to be one of the Perpetual Commis-
sioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be
executed by married women, under the Act passed for
the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substi-
tution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Devon.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 17, 1845.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Veterinary Surgeon
J. Wilkinson, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be
Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Home, who retires upon
half-pay, Jan. 17.
12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain M. Clerk,
from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Forrester, who
exchanges, Jan. 17.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—E. R. Dodwell,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blathwayt, ap-
pointed to the 23d Foot, Jan. 17.
16th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant P. Bolton, from
the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Kirk, appointed Paymaster, Jan. 17.
19th Foot—Captain the Hon. C. R. W. Forester, from
the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clerk, who
exchanges, Jan. 17.

22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. W. T. Caulfield, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Weld, deceased, Jan. 17.
23d Foot—Lieutenant F. A. D. Roebuck to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ;
Second Lieutenant G. P. Philipps to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Roebuck ; Cornet J. F. Blathwayt,
from 17th Light Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Philipps, Jan. 17.
48th Foot.—Ensign A. A. Chapman to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Fullerton, who retires ; C. Sykes,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chapman, Jan. 17.
50th Foot—Lieut. J. J. Enoch to be Captain, without
purchase, vice James, deceased; Ensign J. C. Bishop, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Enoch; Gentleman
Cadet H. Naugle, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bishop, Jan. 17.
64th Foot-f-LEnsign I. T. Twining to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Horrocks, who retires; J. A. Reed,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Twining, Jan. 17.
68th Foot—Lieut. W. 11. H. Carmichael to be Adju-
tant, vice Cross, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Jan.l7.
75th Foot—Captain P. Delancey to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Hall, who retires ; Lieut. G. T. George to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Delancey ; Ensign Henry
Nelthorpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George ;
J. G. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nel-
therpe, Jan. 17.

89th Foot--Ensign D. D. Muter to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mytton, who retires; B. D. Moore, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muter, Jan. 17.
92d Foot—Ensign W. 2E. Moncrieffe to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Nicoll, who retires ; R. Bethune,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, Jan. 17.
98th Foot—Lieutenant E. Haythorne to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased ; Ensign M.
Batt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hay-
thorne, Sept. 11, 1844; Gentleman Cadet W. C. Rose,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Batt, Jan. 17.
Ist West India Regiment—G. Phelan, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Rose, who resigns,
Jan. 17.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon A. Shanks, M.D., from
the 55th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
Tice Kinnis promoted ; Surgeon J. M. M'Donald, from
the Ist West India Regiment, to be Staff-Surgeon of
the Second Class, vice G. Ferguson who retires upon
half-pay, Jan. 17.
COMMISSARIAT.

Deputy Commissary General Tupper Carey to be a
Commissary General.
Assistant Commissary General William Randolph Eppes,
Assistant Commissary General Henry Bowers, to be
Deputy Commissaries General.
To be Assistant Commissaries General.
Deputy-Assistant Commissary General Joseph William
Wybault,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General Richard Inglis,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General John W. Smith,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General Johannes do
Smidt,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General T. J. Lempriere,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General John J. Smith.
To be Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General.
Commissariat Clerk Alfred Salwey,
Commissariat Clerk John Thomas Cowper,
Commissariat Clerk John Banner Price,
Commissariat Clerk James Charles R. Wood,
Commissariat Clerk James Bell Lundy
Commissariat Clerk Robert Baker,
Commissariat Clerk William Hewetson,
Commissariat Clerk Charles H. Sheil,
Commissariat Clerk William Robertson Cooper,
Commissariat Clerk Hector J. Macaulay,,
Commissariat Clerk Henry Connell,

Commissariat Clerk Win. James Tyrone Power.
The commissions of the above-named officers to bear
date the 24th December, 1844.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second
Lieutenant Dawkins, appointed to the 60th Foot, are
Clinton Francis Berens, and not Bewes, as previously
stated.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
Forfar and Kincardine Regimekt of Militia—J. R.
L'Amy, jun., of Dunkenny, Esq., to be Captain, Dee. 7.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Samuel Hammond, jun., market gardener, Upminster,
Essex.

BANKRUPTS.
William Aldred, builder, New Kent-•road, Jan. 21, at
twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers ; Beart, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
Antonio Nicholas Armani, merchant, Bush-lane, City,
Jan. 23, at twelve, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Crofts, Scott's-yard, Bush-lane.
Thomas Browning, innkeeper, Old Bailey, Jan. 29, at
twelve, and Feb. 26, at One, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Lambe,
Bucklersbury.
Andrew Donald, bookseller, St. Alban's, Hert-
ford, Jan. 22 and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Buchanan and Granger, Basinghall- street.
Joseph George Todman, licensed victualler, Gray's
Inn-lane, Jan. 28 and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
pl•ace, Old Jewry; Dimes, Bread-street, Cheapside.
Henry Rome Stutchbury, bookseller, Theobald's-road,
Bedford-row, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 25, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as-
signee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Webber, Caro-
line-street, Bedford-square.
Thomasltichard Withers, brewer, Eling, Southampton,
Jan. 31, at two, and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-
row; Coxwell and Harefield, Southampton.
George Dickinson, farrier, South Portman-mews,
Portman-square, Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Buchanan and Grainger,
Basinghall-street.

William Robertson, coffee-house keeper, Eagle. ter-
race, City-road, Jan. 24, at eleven, and March 1, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Buchanan
and Grainger, Basinghall-street, City.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

W. F. Mills, gunmaker, High Holborn—second div.
of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

T. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Tunbridge-wells—second
div. of 3d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

W. Fairclough and E. Swainson, merchants, Liverpool
—second div. of 7d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20,
or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
J. Banks, tallow chandler, Liverpool—second div. of
4d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
R. Allinson, ironmonger, Whitehaven—first div. of
3s. 4d. in the pound to all the creditors who have proved
their debts since July 16, 1844, and a second div. of 3s.
in the pound to all who have proved before or on
Nov. 27 last, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Perkins, ship builder, Saint Wollos—second div.
of ld. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subse-
quent Monday, at the %ffice of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
E. Reynolds silk and woollen printer, Merton, Surrey
—first div. of 2s. 114 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
J. Oliver, J. York, and R. Harrison, coal and iron
masters, Tipton, Staffordshire—second div. of 3s. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whit-
more, Ba,singhall-street.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
E. Adams, livery-stable keeper, Blenheim-street, New
Bond-street, Feb. 7, at twelve—C. Daly, bookseller,
Red Lion-square, Feb. 7, at eleven—C. Newman, miller,
Little Coggeshall, Essex, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven—
J. Richards, livery-stable keeper, Oxford- street, Feb. 7,
at two—C. S. Masterman, grocer, Croydon, Feb. 7, at
half-past one—S. Billingsley, Jun., merchant, Harwich,
Feb. 14, at twelve.

In the Country.
It. and J. Caldecott, silk mercers, Manchester, Feb.
12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—S.
Price, machine maker, Blackburn, Feb. 10, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court— W. Mather, C. Mather,
and J. T. Newstead, ironfounders, Manchester, Feb. 12,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. T.
Milner and C. Bedford, confectioners, Bull, Feb. 14, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
J. Raper, tailor, Bridge-road, Lambeth, Feb. 7—M.
Walker, wholesale hardwareman, Fleet-lane, Farringdon-
street, Feb. 7—J. H. Utting, upholsterer, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, Feb. B—T. B. Hall, grocer, Cog-
gershall, Essex, Feb. 14—A. Warren, confectioner,
Parliament-street, Westminster, Feb. 11—W. H. Hay-
ward, cotton spinner, Manchester, Feb. 7—P. Robinson,
bottle manufacturer, Warrington, Lancashire, Feb. 7
T. Goldsworthy, merchant, Clifton-street, Maida-vale,
Feb. 7—B. Osborne, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield,
Feb. 7—S. Chapman, sail maker, Liverpool, Feb. 7—R.
Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 7—R.
I)unn, corn factor, Wakefield, Feb. 7—T. Pearce,
tripeman, Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey, Feb. 7.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Hanson, J. Wilson, and J. Dougill, lead pipe ma-
nufacturers, Huddersfield—D. Miller and T. Butler,
brush makers, llounsditch—W. B. and J. 11. Nalbo-
rough, linendrapers, Harwich, Essex—M. Sharpie). and
T. Russell, silk dyers, Rainow, Cheshire—A. B. Lambe
and G. Gardner, wine merchants, New Bond-street---W.
Fisher, sen., T. W. Harland, and W. Fisher, jun.,
painters, Blackman-street, Borough (so far as regards W.
Fisher, sen.)—G. and W. Mungeam, maltsters,
Meopham, Kent—T. Bury and W. Slater, cotton dyers,
Salford—J. G. Evans and R. P. Gould, pencil manufac-
turers, Upper Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell—A. Ryde
and J. H. Paul, printers, Monmouth-street, Seven Dials
—J. Philpot and J. Philpot, jun., surgeons, Upper
Baker-street, Marylebone—J. Samuels, J. King, and
C. J. Samuels, merchants, Manchester (so far as regards
J. King)—T. L. Nosworthy and W. Sandell, curriers,
Newton-street, Holborn—R. H. and S. Sharp, architects,
York—W. Booth, W. Wroe, J. Lord, and J. Barra-
clough, ironfounders, Barnsley, Yorkshire—J. Con-
stable and C. Foster, bone merchants, Kingston-upon-
Hull—J. Radford and W. K. Loftus, mail con-
tractor 3, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Tolson and T. Hare,
fancy woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield—Richard
Hampson, E. Joynson, and Robert Hampson, cotton
dealers, Manchester—W. W. Whitelegg. J. Whitelegg,
and G. T. Knowles, cotton spinners--F. Esberger, J.
Norton, and R. Mason, coach makers, Louth, Lincoln-
shire—Jarnes Bateson, R. Horsfall, and John Bateson,
brokers, Liverpool—G. G. West, J. R. West, and H. W.
West, mast makers, Lower Thames-street (so far as re-
gards G. G. West).

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LOSS OF FIVE BRITISH SHIPS AS TA-
GANROG.

The following is an extract of a letter received at
Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, by W. Dobson, Esq., the
secretary:—

" Taganrog, December 11, 1844.

" Since my report of the loss—of the British schooner
Elizabeth, and the dangerous position of four other
British ships, the masters rad crews of the latter have
been obliged to abandon their vessels, and are now here,
like the men of the Elizabeth, all destitute; for, although
the said ships have not yet gone to pieces, their po-
sition is such that no hope remains of their being
saved ; and I fear that by reason of the dis-
tance from the land, and the dangerous state
of the ice, very little of the cargoes, or even
of their stores, can be got out of them. Thus,
as you already know, the crew of the Elizabeth, which
is utterly lost, consisting of seven persons, have saved
nothing. The Ann Metcalfe is lyinit on her beam ends,
and is full of water, and the crew, of twelve persons, has
also saved nothing. The Countess of I)u►►more is lying
on her side, and must upset with the first shift of wind.
This vessel, notwithstanding an early application from
myself to the acting Governor, both verbally and in
writing, for the protection of the property, has, it is this
day discovered, been plundered by the fishermen of all
her stores, &c., the crew, consisting of twelve persons,
having previously reached the shore with extreme diffi
culty, and without being able to bring away anything.
The crews of the Hants and British Queen, whick ships,
having their sides cut through, are mere wrecks, were
more fortunate, having brought on their shoulders some
effects, but most of their clothes were lost during their
passage to the shore, their lives having been in great
peril while passing over the moving ice. These two
crews consist of twenty persons."
(Signed by the British Vice-Consul.)
CLEARANCE Oil' SURPLUS STORES IN THE