The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT
THE DUKE OF NORMANDY.
At Hammersmith Police-court, yesterday, the soi-
disant Duke of Normandy, accompanied by numerous
gentlemen, entered the Court, for the purpose of publicly
stating the particulars of the alleged attempt upon his
life, on the evening of Thursday last, the 2d instant, at
Mulgrave House, Fulham.
The Duke having repeated the statement which has
been already published in The Sun, describing the cir-
cumstances of the alleged firing,
Mr. George Tucker made the following statement :—I
am manager of the Duke's household. On Thursday
evening, about half-past seven o'clock, I was sitting
with Mr. Neuring and my two sons in the library, when
we were alarmed by a tremendous exp'osion. I imme-
diately cried out, There's something happened to the
Duke." The Duke had gone to the workshop about
twenty minutes before, which I was aware of. We
sll instantly ran out, and saw there was no liOit
in the workshop. We then called out ; and, receiving
no answer, called out the second time. The Duke
opened the door, and called out, as we understood, for
water ; and so great was our consternation at the
time, that we were unaware of the mistake for six
or seven minutes. I subsequently saw footmarks in
the kitchen garden, leading to the waterside, and
the marks of hands on the campshading. The grounds
are quite open at the back, and the persons could have
easily escaped. When the Duke told us that he had
been shot at, I looked about to see what was the cause
of his suspecting it, and I then saw the window broken
and the hole made by the bullet through the partition,
and subsequently the ball was found in the garden. My
first impression, on hearing the report, was that it was
an explosion of some combustibles in the workshop,
although I did not know of any being there at the time.
From the examination I have made of the window, I
consider that the instrument used must have been held
so close to it that it shattered the glass, or there would
hare only been the hole made by the passage of the
bullet. Even the inside of the framework of the centre
pane was blackened. The dog had been very trouble-
some for a night or two before. For the two nights be-
fore, one or other of my sons had been with the Duke in
the workshop. The Duke had not been alone in the
worshop for the previous ten days.
Mr. Clive—Now the next question is as to the party.
Whom do you suspect?
The Duke—l am sure it is a political party in con-
nexion with the French Government, who want to take
my life.
Mr. Clive here asked Inspector Haynes if he had seen
Mr. Coupellier, and if that person was in attendance?
Inspector Haynes said he had. He bad beets to No.
33, Newman-street, Oxford-street, where M. Coupellier
lived, and had found him in a miserable attic, cod in a
most wretched state of distress. fie was, however, so
ill as not to be able to come out at present to that
Court. ti. Coupellier, however, star, <d that. if same per-
son could be procured who could write French well tie
would give a statement. That was done on Sunday
last, but there had not yet been time to have a transla-
tion got ready.
The inspector then handed in the statement to the ma
gistrate. It consisted of two sheets of letter-paper,
closely written in the French language.
Mr. Clive commenced reading it and translating as he
proceeded, as follows:—" On the 19th of last December
being called by some affairs to Regent-street, I met four
of those intelligent individuals who, without having four
legs and two long ears, are"—
The magistrate then stoppe,l, and said, really this is a
most extraordinary way of makings deposition; I really
think there is no occasion for me to go on with this.
Mr. Clive, however, continued silently to read the
statement, and then said that it stated that M. Coupellier
further said that he followed those four gentlemen along
Regent-street to the American Stores public-house in
Oxford-street, into which they went, and were joined by
two others; that he went in also, and sat where he was
not observed, when he heard them state that three of
them were going to Belgium and two to Calais, and
that the one who was speaking was the only one
who would remain to finish some affairs he had in hand.
M. Coupellier stated that he also heard them say
that they intended to kill the Duke of Normand), anti
that it would be done before the 10th of January.
The Duke—l have no doubt but it was the same party
who blew up my premises in the year 1833, in the Kent-
road.

tion made at their next half-yearly meeting. In one
in: otdy agree with what had Callen from
Mr. Levi. The gentlemen present were certainly
men of the highest character in the City of London,
and he considered the Proprietors were much indebted
to them for their management of their affairs. They
had continued with them through all their difficulties,
and he should not like to see them quit them now.
He moved that the report be received, adopted, and
printed for circulation among the Proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN did not think it advisable even to
discuss the question of breaking up the concern.
The Directors considered they were doing the best
for all parties by carrying on the business on a safe
and moderate footing till times should mend, and
bring them back to their former prosperity. No
attempt could be made to break up the concern with-
out great loss. With regard to the fixing a time for
the declaration of a dividend, it would be seriously
taken into consideration by the Directors before the
next general meeting.
An HON. PROPRIETOR asked how much of the
34,0001., stated to be the amount of bad and doubtful
debts, had been recovered up to the dates of the last
advices?

The CHAIRMAN said the statement was taken from
the reports of their different managers up to the 30th
of June last, and they had no reason to think that
their affairs had been worse since. On the whole,
they were 40,0001. better than they were last year.
Some conversation on the dividend question ensued,
which was stopped by the Chairman, as not then
being before the meeting.
A question was asked as to the value of the secu-
rity for the individual by whom the robbery on the
bank had been committed? It was stated that his
security was 1,5001., but that it turned out to be of no
avail ; inquiry had, therefore, been made into the
securities of all the persons employed in the esta-
blishment.

The report was then received.
An HON. PROPRIETOR made a motion-for expung-
ing from the minutes the resolution of the 2,1 day of
January, 1839, by which 3,5001. was annually placed
at the disposal of the Directors as the remuneration
of their labour. Of this sum the Directors have only
taken one-half, or 1,7501. a year. The object of the
present motion was to fix the last sum as the allow-
ance to the Directors, which, the mover contended,
was a❑ ample one.
The motion was seconded, but
Mr. C. CAVE moved the previous question as an
amendment.

It was seconded by Mr. VALPT, and on a show of
hands was carried; and the motion was consequently
lost.

Ti.e rt-tit ing Directors—Mr. Colville, Mr. Davison,
Mr. P. M. .'itewarr, Mr. A. Stewart, Mr. Bruce, and
Mr. S. Gamey, auditor, all offered themselves for
re-election ; they were proposed, and re-elected with-
out opposition. _ _

After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Board
of Directors, the meeting separated.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday a friendly meeting of the late Robert
Nicoll, formerly editor of the Leeds Mercury, was
held in the National Hall, High Holborn, to comme-
morate the anniversary of his birthday. A very
crowded assemblage filled the Hall at the hour an-
nounced for tea, and, after the tables had been cleared,
P. Taylor, jun., Esq., took the chair, and was sup-
ported by George Thompson, Esq , J. H. Parry,
Esq., Dr. Epps, and others of the ultra-Liberal party.
The professionals engaged—Mrs. A. Newton (late
Miss Ward), Miss Hinks, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr.
J. B. Collett—sung a number of admired popular
airs, duetts, &c., and were most deservedly applauded.
The CHAIRMAN then, in a very able speech, directed
the attention of the meeting to the works of the late
Robert Nicoll, and with the most careful acumen
analysed the tendency of his poems, which were
proved, by an abundance of quotations, to be ever
directed to the amelioration of the condition of the
working classes.
Mr. PARRY, the barrister, proposed the first senti-
ment—" May the beauties of poetry and truths of
philosophy be ever allied and devoted to the elevation
of all, instead of propping up the exclusive, and often
mistaken, interests of the few ;" which, in an admir-
able, though very lengthened speech, he supported by
showing that the most natural—the true children of
genius, had ever arisen from the lower ranks; that
their writings had conduced more to the advance-
ment of freedom and the extension of popular prin-
ciples than any of the more polished and aristocratic
poets of our country.—(Cheers.)
Alr• Moirrozq supported the sentiment in an appro•
priate speech, and it was adopted unanimously.
Dr. 'APPS moved the second sentiment —" The
memory of Robert Nicoll, the poet and politician of
the millions,
devoted to their true interests, for he was ever
whose genius, energies, and life, were
active in exposing error, upholding right, and
endeavouring to blend all in holy brother-
hood, in order to promote the world's happiness
and reminded the meeting that the unfailing—the
ever strenuous exertions of the late Robert Nicoll—
demanded that that tribute should be paid to his
memory. He might well say that that lamented in-
dividual fell a sacrifice to his exertions in the cause
of " the people." Indeed, his last moments of life
were expended in the endeavour to return a patriot
for his adopted town in the person of Sir William
Molesworth.

GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq., in a brilliant speech,
said that the previous speakers had left him little to
do, and were he not to take up the volume and make
a speech on it, by reading half its contents, he did
not see how he could otherwise get on. He, how
ever, would entreat the meeting to read the volunn-
for the►nselvrs, if they hail not already done so, and
he should u,e his individual exertions with Mr. Tait
to induce him to publish a cheap edition, that the
work might hereafter be found a constant companion
at the poor man's fireside. The speaker concluded an
able, an argumentative, and analytical speech, amid
loud and continued cheering.
Mr. LOVETT proposed the third sentiment—" The
intellectual, moral, and political improvement of our
race. May all sectarian feelings and party views be
speedily merged in the general desire for universal
happiness, irrespective of man's creed, colour, caste, or
country ;" which was supported by Dr. WATSON, and
carried unanimously.
The meeting then, after thanks to the Chairman,
broke up.

THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; OR, DOMES-
TIC MANNERS 07 THE Trraxs.—A work under the above
title (from the pen of Charles White, Esq ), is announced
for immediate publication, and is likely, we understand,
to supply a more complete account of Turkish society and
manners than has ever yet been given to the world. The
following is an extract from the prospectus :—" Al-
though numerous works have been published on the sub-
ject of Constantinople and Turkey, their pages, however
ably and pleasantly written, contain little correct infor-
mation as to the habits and social usages of the Turkish
population, and it is admitted by all who visit Constan-
tinople that there is no work in our language to which
travellers, or residents, can apply for data or for a satis-
factory explanation of existing institutions and practices
with which they come in contact. The object of these
volumes—the fruits of minute research and laborious in•
vestigation during a three years' residence in the Turkish
capital—is to supply the deficiency in question, and
thereby to offer to the public a work which shall be
instructive and amusing to general readers, valuable as
a book of reference, and a guide, not only to travellers,
but to all those who may desire to become familiar with
the laws, habits, and social condition of, perhaps, the
most remarkable people in Europe at the present day."
On Wednesday last a boy employed in the Plymouth
Journal printing-office, picked up on the pavement of
Bedford-street, Plymouth, two bank-notes, one of 100 L,
and the other of 50/. A coachman, who saw the boy
pick them up, took the lad to the Devon and Cornwall
Bank, where the notes were left for the owner.

THE GAME NUISANCE.—" The mercenary spirit
engendered by legalising the sale of game, has reduced
our English country gentlemen to the condition of poul
terers.' —Duke of Portland. His Grace might also
very justly have added, that many of our English country
gentry have, by this game mania, reduced themselves to
legalised poachers. Poaching is odious, but the system
pursued by very many of our noblemen and gentlemen
is equally odious. The Act of Parliament passed for
legalising the sale of game was to enable such of the
aristocracy to become " poulterers " as were mean
tnough to take up the trade, for nothihg less than a
trade is made of surplus game, and that, too, at the cost
of the farmers.

Mr. Clive—Who is Monsieur de Lot; nadied in M.
Coupellier's statement ?
Inspector Haynes here said Mons. de Lotz formerly
lodged with M. Coupellier, and handed to the magis-
trate M. de Lotz's statement in French, with the trans-
lation :
" I, the undersigned, declare that on Saturday, the
21st of December last, while at the house of M. Coupel-
lier de Credancel, professor, No. 33, Newman-street,
Oxford-street, the experiments recently made by the
Duke of Normanby became the subject of conversation,
in the course of which the professor said to me,' I have
some important matter to communicate to the Prince, if
I could see him, and which I can intrust to himself alone.
If I knew where he was, I would find him out, and
make known the important matter which concerns him
personally. In a word, I wish to forewarn him of a con-
spiracy against his person, for I have learned from good
authority that, since his last experiments, a plot has
sprung up against him ;' and he added in conclusion, If
I could write to him, and could let him know all my
fears, and of the necessity of taking precautions, for I
have been a long time aware of an intention to attempt
his life, and I have also learned that, st 3 the Prince in-
tends to make public experiments, that will be the time
chosen to kill him publicly.' On the same day I commu-
nicated these assertions to the Count de la Barre. I have
to-day seen M. Coupellier de Credancel, who was in bed,
and informed him of the attempt upon the life of the
Prince yesterday evening, and asked him whether what
he told me on a former occasion was the truth ? He re-
plied, lam ready to repeat all I said before a justice of
the peace, land I will give every assistance in my power as
respects the matter.' H. DE LUTZ."
Mr. Clive said it was rather singular that the Duke
should suppose that the same weapon should be fired
with the intention to shoot him as well as set the place
on fire.
The Duke—l am quite confident that, in addition to
11,. bullet there was some combustible mutter in the
instrument, from the great light I saw. I nave no doubt
they thought it would communicate to what combustibles
there might be in the workshop, and blow it up.
Mr. Clive—lt is also singular that five of the six
persons mentioned in M. Coupellie•r's statement should
be about to leave England that night. It is rather a
contradiction, but perhaps that will be explained when
M. Coupellier is able to attend. Now, all that remains
is for M. Coupellier to point out the parties he speaks of.
Inspector Haynes—M. Coupellier told me that he
could only identify one of the men.
The Count de la Barre was then called forward, and
made a statement in the French language, after which
Mr. Clive read a letter from the Abbe Duriel, which was
alluded to in the Count's statement. It was addressed
to the Duke, and was dated the 26th of December. It
stated, " I have to inform you of a plot, which I think
it necessary that you should know. I have also to con
gratulate you on your late reconversion."
The Duke—That relates to my reconversion to the
Catholic faith.
Mr. Clive then directed that the police-officers engaged
in the case should make inquiries without delay at the
American Stores, and all other places which had been
named, as to the truth of the statements, and when they
were prepared with more evidence he would go further
into the case.
The Duke and his attendants then left the court,
which during the inquiry was crowded in every part.

BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF
THE THIEVES.

At the Thames Police-court, on Monday, two men,
named James Francis, a hatter, and Thomas Salt, a
labourer, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged
with committing a burglary in a dwelling-house belong-
ing to Messrs, Brindel and Roberts, proprietors of the
Artichoke Tavern and Whitebait House, at Blackwell,
and stealing property to a considerable eument.
The house broken into is opposite the land frontage
of the Artichoke, and is occupied at night by some of
the tavern servants, and Mr. Brindel himself. On Sa-
turday evening the second cook had occasion to go to
the private house, and on leaving it all the doors and
windows were fastened and secure, and she locked the
street door before she returned to the tavern. A very
few minutes afterwards the charwoman of the tavern
went over to the same house, and upon inserting the
key in the lock she was unable to open the door. She
was making a second attempt, when she heard a
noise within and a scuffling in the passage. She im-
mediately raised an alarm that thieves were in the
house. Mr. Roberts and several domestics, both
male and female, rushed out of the tavern, and
the former very wisely directed his neighbours and
servants to form a cordon round the street in which
the house is situate and the adjacent ones, to
cut off the retreat of the burglars, and a sentinel
was placed at the door of every dwelling. A ladder was
procured and raises! against the house, and a young man
named Ellis, porter at the Artichoke, having obtained
admission at the front window of the first floor, went
down stairs and opened the street door, which the bur-
glars had taken care to bolt and make fast before they
commenced operations. The thieves retreated by the
rear of the premises and got over several fences and
yards. Numbers joined in the pursuit, and the pri-
soners were seen jumping over outhouses and walls with
great dexterity, but no shelter could they find until they
reached the back of the Britannia Coffee-house, in Rus-
sell- street, about two hundred yards or more from
Messrs. Brindel and Roberts's dwelling. Mrs. Weldon,
the landlady of the Britannia, had just before gone into
her back bed room at the top of the house, and was
startled by the hue and cry raised, and by her neighbours,
all leaving their houses with lighted candles in their bands.
She left her apartment and was making her way dowu
stairs, when she was met by the prisoners, who,
in a hurried manner, asked her to let them
go into a room up stairs. She instantly told
tnem to go down stairs, awl they began swearing
at her, and declared they would go up. After a
severe scuff-, during which one of the prisoners struck
her a vielent blow on the face, and the other kicked
her, she forced them down stairs on to the first-
fl ,or. Mrs. Weldon called out " Murder ! thieves l"
and screamed aloud for assistance. The prisoners, ob-
serving the door of a dining-room open, exclaimed
" Here's a crib, we will bolt in here." A great many
persons, alarmed by sirs. Weldon's cries, immediately
entered the house and dragged the prisoners from their
hiding places. One was found concealed under a large
table, and the other was crouching behind an easy chair.
While the waiter of the Artichoke, and a young man,
name Robey, were conducting them down stairs,
Francis called out to Salt " Give him the knife,
Jack," and he was about to use one when he
was overpowered and lodged in the Poplar station-
bouse. Watkins, a police-constable, No. 310 K, was
immediately ordered by Inspector Rutt to go to the
house, and examine it. In the front room on the first
floor he found four chests open, and their contents strewed
about the place. One of them had evidently been forced
open with a sharp instrument. A silk handkerchief was
spread on the floor, in which the thieves had packed up
ready to carry away, three coats, four waistcoats, two
pair of trousers, two linen shirts, a silk stock, and a pair
of stockings, all belonging to Alr. Brindel. All
the rooms in the house were in a similar state of con-
fusion, and drawers, cupboards, and boxes, had been
broken of en and emptied of their contents by the
burglars, who would have carried off a rich booty if they
had not been so opportunely disturbed. Three black silk
neckerchiefs and several articles of wearing apparel were
found in several yards and gardens right and left of the
house on Saturday night and Sunday morning; they
had been dropped by the thieves during. their retreat.
A chisel and several skeleton keys used by them were
picked up in the yard behind Messrs. Brindal and Ro-
berts's house.
Inspector Rutt said he had no doubt the thieves ob-
tained an entrance into the house by means of one of the
skeleton keys. He found upon the prisoner Francis a
box of 'wirer matches, a comb, and a short knife.
Mr. Broderip asked the prosecutors if they had found
all their property ? Mr. Brindel said the only thing
missing was an old silver watch.
Ti.e prisoners, on being called on for their defence,
said they had nothing at all to say, but Francis was very
anxious for the restoration of the comb taken from him,
to comb his hair.
Inspector Butt said it was a new tortoiseshell comb
and the produce, he believed, of another robbery.
Mr. Broderip said the inspector must not part with i
He committed the prisoners for trial.

THE CHURCH.

FATAL AccrnENT.—On Friday afternoon, about
three o'clock, an accident, which has proved fatal, oc-
curred to a shipwright named Atchison, whilst employed
at the stern of her Majesty's ship Comus 18 guns, now
fitting in the third dock at Chatham. ft appears that
the unfortunate man was standing on a stage suspended
by ropes, which not banging perpendicular at the
time, caused the stage to tilt, whereby he fell into
the dock, a depth of nearly thirty feet, his head com-
ing in contnet with the edge of the stone steps. When
picked up he was insensible, and blood was flowing co-
piously from the head ; the other parts of his body ap-
-peaggito have received severe injury. He was immediately
plade7 upon a stretcher, and conveyed to the surgery,
but owing to the extent of the injuries, it was found
necessary to forward him to Melville Hospital, where he
received every medical attention from the principal offi-
litr, Dr. Rae, and Surgeon Charlton. On the removal
of the hair from the head the back was found to be
completely shattered, Dr. Rae extracting upwards of a
dozen pieces of bone, leaving a piece of bone in the head
of about four inches in diameter. The poor fellow's
sufferings terminated at three o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing last. 'The deceased was about sixty years of age, and
had been in the dockyard upwards of thirty years. HE
has left a widow and six children. The widow will re-
ceive 12/. a-year as a pension for life.
Hay has attained the price of 61. ss. per ton
Merthyr, and it is feared will for some time continue t.
rise. It is computed that the weekly consumption (.7
hay in this town averages 8701. worth per week, and o'
oats 5101. worth; such is the large number of horse!
employed in the works.—Cambrian.
TORYISM.—What is Toryism? A remnant of
barbarian.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN/G, JANUARY 8, 18-15.

to more respectful consideration than many similar ad-
dresses have merited. Indeed, the only particular which
calls for any adverse remark from me is the threat con-
tained in the second resolution, which had almost deter-
mined me to decline taking any notice of the memorial.
"Still lam more diposed to take in good part what-
ever can be so taken than to find reason for censure or
complaint.

"On the surplice, no difficulty remains. I have with-
drawn that portion of my order.
" On the offertory, I leave it to my clergy to exercise
their own discretion. Those of their congregation who
duly feel the duty of almsgiving, if they are averse to
use the privilege of giving to God in the way in which
the Church points out, appear to me to be influenced by
an erroneous prejudice—but certainly not by selfishness
or worldly-mindedness. Those terms apply only to
such persons who have not a due sense of the duty of
Christian almsgiving, and to them I dare not be afraid
to apply them.

"-The Rubric being the law of the Church, I deem it
for reasons publicly stated by me, necessary to enforce
it. I rejoice to think that very few alterations will be
required in churches where reasonable attention to the
Rubric has hitherto prevailed.—l have the honour to be
Sir, your very obedient servant,

"H. EXETER.
" To W. Davey, Esq., Redruth."

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE_
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry—lion. T. G. Anson,
commonly called Viscount Anson, to be Captain, vice
Hordern, deceased ; Cornet W. Briscoe to be Lieutenant,
vice Holyoake, resigned, Nov. 16 ; Cornet M. Blackis-
tone to be Lieutenant ; J. Sandars, jun., Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Blackistone, promoted, Dtc. 28.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30, 1844.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Simpson,
of Yarm, in the county of Norfolk, Gent. to 1:12 a Mesta-
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th
Geo. IV., c. 27. sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year
ended the 10th day of October 1844, amounted
to the sum of three millions three hundred and sixty-
eight thousand two hundred and seventy-four pounds,
four shillings, and twopence ; the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notiee,
that the sum of eight hundred and forty-two thousand
and sixty-eight pounds, eleven shillings (being one
fourth part of the said surplus of three millions three
hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and
seventy-four pounds, four shillings, and, twopence) will
be applied, under the the provisions of the said Act, be-
tween the 7th day of January, 1845, and the sth day of
April, 1845, to the following purposes, viz. :
To be applied to the purchase of 5t0ck....£242,068 11 0
To be applied to the purchase of Exche-
quer Bills, made out in pursuance of
the Act of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 48 600,000 0 0

£842,068 11 0
Add Interest receivable on account of
Donations and Bequests, to be applied
to the purchase of Stock 3,615 1 0

£845,683 12 0
S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, Jan. 6, 1845.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Tapscott, baker, Winehead, Soinersetshire.
BANKRUPTS.

William Youle, commission agent, Addle-street,
Wood-street, City, to surrender Jan. 15, at twelve, and
Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager,
official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Langley, Bedford-row.
Thomas Chandler, builder, Bow-lane, City, Jan. 13,
at two, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Farrar
and Lake, Goodliman-street, Doctors'-commons.
John Mandeno, market gardener, Grove-street,
Hackney, Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane ; Jenkinson, Cannon-street, City.
Thomas Revely, jun., plumber, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Jan. 17, at half-past one, and Feb. 26, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's
Inn-fields.
John Barff, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 27 and Feb. 7,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool ; Sharp, Field, and Jackson,
Bedford-row, London ; Moss, Liverpool.
James Booth, woollen cloth manufacturer, Cartworth,
Yorkshire, Jan. 18, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow,
Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane, London ; Floyd and
Booth, or Battye and Clay, Huddersfield.
William Lutwyche, brass founder, Birmingham, Jan.
21, at half-past ten, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir-
mingham ; Harrison and Smith. Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. B. Pow, ship broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—second
and final div. of Is. 7fd. in the pound, on Saturday,
Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of
Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Dyson, scythe manufacturer, Sheffield—first div.
of 7s. 6d in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
J. Dixon, linendraper, Sheffield—second and final div.
of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. •
W. Batty, currier, Hull—first div. of Is, in the pound,
on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
H. and G. Schonswar, merchants, Hull—third div. of
Bd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, as the office of Mr.
Freeman, Leeds.

R. Pullen, flax merchant, Selby, Yorkshire—second
and final div. of 44d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first
div. of 4s. in the pound, OR Saturday, Jan. 11, or any
succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Leeds.
W. Hayton, coal fitter, Sunderland—third and final
div. of id. and 7-15th parts of a penny, on Saturday, Jan.
11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
H. Kerr, tailor, Mulgrave-place, Woolwich—fifth div.
of 2id. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, and two fol-
lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane, City.
J. Ward, ironfoundei, Upper Ground-street, Christ-
church--second div. of Is. Bd. in the pound, on any
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
E. Tuck, silversmith, Haymarket—first div. of sd. in
the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Tur-
quand, Old Jewry.
J. Prior and H. Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull—
first div. of 2s. 61 in the pound, on any Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
J. Wilson, linen manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—first and final div. of Is. 3d. and 8- loths of a penny in
the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
T. Rodham, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and
final div. of 9d. and 7-lOths of a penny in the pound, on
Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
R. Drew, licensed victualler, Compton-street, Regent-
square, Middlesex—first div. of 6id in the pound, on
any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
Jewry.
E. H. Foster, tanner, Hafhern, Leicestershire—second
div. of 2d. and seven-eighths of a penny in the pound,
on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's
Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
J. Cockburn, merchant, New Broad-street, City—
fourth div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
T. Donkin, victualler, Cambridge—first div. of 2d. in
the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Turquand, Old Jewry.
J. Hurley, plumber, Woburn, Bedfordshire—second
div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
C. Graydon, ship chandler, St. Ann's-place, Lime-
house—second div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Wednes•
day, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
J. S. Daintry, J. Ryle, and W. R. Ravenscroft,
bankers, Manchester—fourth div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound,
on Wednesday, Jan. 22, or any following Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.

A. Tregear and T. C. Lewis, print sellers, Cheapside,
City—first div. of 20s. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole-
man street.

J. Balls, livery-stable keeper, Holloway-road, Isling-
ton—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole-
man-street.

A. Portway, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex—first div. of
3s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire—first div. of
ss. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, City—first div. of
4s. lid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman• street.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Wacey, bookseller, Beech-street, Barbican, Jan. 28,
at one—J. and R. Dewe, booksellers, Oxford, Jan. 28, at
half-past twelve—J. Oliver and J. York, bankers,
Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 30, at half-past
eleven—J. Oliver and J. York, coal masters, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Jan. 30, at twelve—A. Lett, timber mer-
chant, Commercial-road, Lambeth, Jan. 30, at half-past
one—T. Roberts, Blackman-street, Southwark, Jan. 30,
at one—T. G. Thorn, builder, Southampton, Jan. 30, at
twelve—E. Ashwell, butcher, Yeldon, Bedfordshire,
Jan. 31, at twelve. _

In the Country.
G. Potter, S. Potter, and J. Krauss, calico printers,
Manchester, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court— W. Cochran and J. P. Robertson, mer-
chants, London, Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court—W. P. Robertson, merchant, London,
Jan. 30, at half- past twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. Sherwood, baker, Reading, Berkshire, Jan. 30—J.
Burgess, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, Jan. 30—W. Smith,
builder, Gloucester-street, Hoxton, Jan. 29 —W.
Brookes, grocer, Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-square, Jan.
28—T. and J. Walker, upholsterers, York-road, Lam-
beth, Jan. 23—A. Akehurst, baker, East Mulling, Kent,
Jan. 28—R. Parkinson, cloth manufacturer, Calverley,
Yorkshire, Jan. 22—A. W. Pollock, commission mer-
chant, Liverpool, Jan. 29—H. E. Walker, merchant, Li-
verpool, Jan. 29—W. Cross, lead merchant, Chester,
Jan. 29—S. Ecles, cotton manufacturer, Manchester,
Jag, 80—C. Mann, banker, Romford, Jan. 28.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. A. Forshaw and R. Forshaw, jun., merchants, Li-
verpool—S. and H. W. Wilkins, stone , masons, Judd-
place West, St. Pancras—E. T. Clarkson and E. E,
Whitaker, attorneys, Caine, Wiltshire—R. C. Eclleston.
Fisher, and R. C. Eifieston, attorneys, Nantvvich,
Cheshire—W. P. Budd, W Woodward, J Bletchly,
W. A. Long,' and W. Oliver, carriers, Bristol—G. John-
son, L. Eastwood, and E. Tavo, joiners, Manchester—
D. Fletcher and J. Payne, schoolinasters, Denmark-
hill, Camberwell--J. Cramond and A. Schuyler, jun.,
ship agents, Lime-street—T. Giles and G. Foster, yarn
manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—T. Marston, sen.,
and T. Marston, jun., gold beaters, Birmingham—C. R.
Ayers and R. Parkinson, architects, John-street,
Berkeley-square--R. Blackbird and W. B, Hunter,
ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Burnley, A.
Burnley, S. Burnley, and J. Burnley, woollen manufac •
turers, Batley, Yorkshire (so far as regards A. Burnley)
—P. Crook, sen., and P. Crook, jun., cotton manufac-
turers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—M. Blandin and
G. A. Brown, merchants, Liverpool—H. Guy and
W. D. Burrell, jun., booksellers, Chelmsford —J.
Neville, J. Ainsworth, and J. Beardsworth, attorneys •
at-law, Blackburn, Lancashire (so far as regards J.
Beardsworth)—E. Hall and J. Burnet, plumbers,
Lytham, Lancashire--M. Rokes and W. Webster,
furnishing undertakers, Blackman-street, Borough—W.
Buckle, J. Smith, and J. Booth, worsted spinners, Brad-
ford, Yorkshire—W. Pawson and J. Kenworthy, woollen
cloth manufacturers, Leeds—J. Woollatt and G. Walton,
upholsterers, Derby—T. Baker, J. Davis, P. Harris, and
W. Pearson, coal masters, Kingsa inford, Staffordshire—
T. Grundy and Co., machine makers, and J. German
and Co., cotton spinners, Preston, Lancashire—R.
Dickson, R. Watson, B. W. Robinson, and J. H. Wood,
fustian manufacturers, Manchester (so far as regards
R. Dickson)—E. Beard and C. H. Chitty, brewers,
Lewes, Sussex—A. Windus, E. Beard, and C. H. Chitty,
wine merchants, Lewes, Sussex (so far as regards C. H.
Chitty)—J. Beynon, J. Jones, and R. Beynon, em-
bossers, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square—11. White
and R. B. Baas, attorneys, Halesworth, Suffolk—E. and
F. Farnden, hatters, Long-acre—J. Currie, L. Currie.
sen., L. Currie, jun., and A. Currie, distillers, Bromley,
Midlesex (so far as regards the executors of L. Currie,
sen.) —H. Brown and W. H. Marston, pawnbrokers,
Coventry—J. and W. Moore, millers, Sellinge, Kent—
W. Jackson and J. Ranger, auctioneers, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire—W. Pass and J. Shelmardine, attorneys•at-
law, Altrincham, Cheshire—W. Casson and G. B.
Withington, attorneys, Manchester—P. Murphy and J.
Kirkland, grocers, Blackmore-street, Drury-lane—
W. A. Palian and W. Pindar, drapers, Gainsburgh,
Lincolnshire—J. Hannah and T. Heath, wine mer-
chants, Bridge-street, Westminster—A. D. Cuffiey and
J. Heighway, paper-hangers, Manchester—C. Lewis
and K. J. Inman, tin-plate workers, Stangate-street,
Lambeth—H. Shaw, J. T. Shaw, and R. Shaw,
printers, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street (so far as regards R.
Shaw)—S. Skinner and S. Closs, jun., saddlers, Spring-
street, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park—W. Masterman,
W. Peters, D. Mildred, J. Masterman, J. Masterman,
jun., and F. Mildred, bankers, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-
street (so far as regards W. Masterman).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Walker Maclean, hotel keeper, Glasgow,
Jan. 10 and 31, at two, at the office of J. Clark, Glasgow.
Andrew Aitchison Waddell, writer, Glasgow, Jan. 11
and Feb. 4, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Glasgow.
John Alexander, mason, Glasgow, Jan. 13 and Feb.
3, at twelve, at the chambers of Murray and Galloway,
Glasgow.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The Forth packet has brought no more
than $6,000 on account of the Mexican dividends, and
the explanation which is given to account for the small-
ness of the remittance is of a nature somewhat alarm-
ing. The agents of the bondholders in the city of
Mexico have written to the Committee of Spanish Ame-
rican Bondholders letters dated, the 29th of November,
in which they state, that in consequence of disturb-
ances in various parts of the Republic, the Minister of
Finance had appropriated to the public service the pro-
duce of the Customs duties, amounting to about
$700,000. Of this amount $340,000 belonged to the
bondholders, and had it not been for the untoward oc-
curt-, nce, $lOO,OOO would have been remitted by the
Forth packet. The agents of the bondholders at Vera
Cruz protested against this strong measure, and remon-
strances were made to the Minister at Mexico, both by
the Committee's agents and Mr. Bankhead, the British
Charg6 d'Affiires. The result of this application is,
according to the words of one of the letters, "a promise
from the Minister to replace the amount in sufficient
time to be made available for the April dividends."
The " April dividends" most likely mean the divi-
dends due last October, which are so called on an as-
sumption that they will be paid in April next. What
is the value of the promise made under such circum-
stances, and why the Minister should feel so confident
that he can get together the required amount of dollars
by the time mentioned, it is rather difficult to see.
From other letters is gathered the following short his-
tory of the movements in Mexico :
" Immediately on the news of the rising of General
Paredes at Guadalajara, the President Santa Anna put
himself at the head of the troops which were at Jalapa,
and marched on Mexico, gathering on his road the
troops which were at Puebla. Meantime the partisans
of Paredes had not been idle, and had induced the Con •

gress to pass a vote declaring that General Santa Anna
had not been called to the command of the army, and
upon this the Minister of War resigned, and his place
was filled by one named Barsabie. General Santa
Anna was exceedingly angry at hearing this, but
after some altercation with certain of the senators,
he continued his march towards Queretaro, where
he arrived on the 20th of November, with about
8,000 men. Although the plot to overthrow the
government of Santa Anna extended over the depart-
ments of Guadalajara, Durango, San Luis, Queretaro,
Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and the southern provinces, still
is is expected that General Paredes will be obliged to
capitulate, for neither his military nor political abilities
are equal to those of President Santa Anna, nor are his
troops (amounting only to about 3,000) a match for
Santa Anna's army. We have, however, seen enough of
Mexican revolutions to know that it is extremely diffi-
cult to foresee which party will triumph. It is clear
there is a powerful party opposed to the actual Govern.
ment, or rather to General Santa Anna, who is, however
acting with great energy; and to insure present re.
sources he has laid hold of the funds, intended for the
dividends (but with a positive promise to repay them
soon), and has also ordered the custom-houses on the
coast to cease payment of all assignments, except those
of the tobacco contract."

Trade in Mexico is described as being very bad in the
interior, on account of the disturbances.

A royal decree from the Hague, of which the follow.
ing are the heads, has been received by Messrs. Raphae
and Sons:—

"To afford the holders of the remaining Dutch Fire
per Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another op-
portunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents.,
books are opened from Wednesday, January 8, 1845,
till further notice, or till 20,000,000 guilders are sub-
scribed, but, at all events, not later than Tuesday,
January 28.
" The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest
from the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for
Five per Cents. so converted is fixed at 984 per cent.
The holders receive out for each 100 guilders 1f guil-
ders in money, and one-third per cent. for difference of
interest from the Ist of October to the Ist of Jauuary
last."

On Saturday a deputation from the merchants of Bir-
mingham, consisting of Messrs. Spooner, M.P., Mintz,
M.P., Chance, Martineau, and W. R. Lloyd, had an in-
terview with the Board of Trade to induce the Govern-
ment to take into consideration the difficulties arising
from the obstruction of traffic on the line of railway
between Birmingham and Bristol. The road to which
the deputation referred belongs to two separate compa-
nies, the Birmingham and Gloucester and the Bristol and
Gloucester, whose rails are of different gauges, so that
the same carriages cannot perform the whole journey,
but a trans-shipment must take place at Gloucester.
This is found to produce the greatest impediment to
the people of Birmingham, and the deputation, who
requested the Government to take some steps to
remove the inconvenience, acted under the authority
of a very numerous meeting held at that place, in which
feelings on this subject were strongly expressed. At
the same time Mr. Lloyd took occasion to present a peti-
tion, signed by various merchants of Birmingham, to
consider the injury that might be done to the trade of
the country by allowing railway companies to have the
monopoly of acting as carriers. This petition pointed
especially to the Grand Junction and the Birmingham
and Gloucester Companies, as there are no other existing
means of conveyance in the district which are felt to
operate as a suffici,mt check.

The advices by the West India mail give a satisfactory
account of the progress of the crops, the reports from
the various districts being favourable, not only as regards
the weather, but also as regards the exertions of the
labouring population, who appear to have lost that
apathy which was formerly a distinguishing feature in
their character, and now exhibit an interest in the wel-
fare of their employers, the planters. The return of
sugar for the next year was expected to be large, and a
positive increase upon the last exports was predicted.
Messrs. Wright and Young, of Hull, in their annual
circular, take a very comprehensive view of the state of
the corn and seed trade during the past year. They,
however, appear to dilate at the greatest extent upon the
condition of the market for linseed, which seems to have
attracted much attention amongst those interested in the
article. A very active business is reported to have been
done in the markets throughout the year, though it is
said that during the greater part of the period it could
not be considered profitable to the importing merchant,
the value here, owing to the continued and large influx of
arrivals during summer and autumn, approximating too
nearly to the prices paid abroad to allow of a return
adequate to the risk of shipment. For a short period in
the spring the case was, however, different ; and, as
regards the two closing months of the year, widely so,
the great and rapid advance that then took place in
prices leaving room for amply remunerating profits.

THE INcoms-TAx.—On Monday and on Saturday
notices were affixed on the church doors of the various
parishes within the City of London, by order of the
Commissioners of the income-tax, to the effect, as stated
in the circular, that all persons who " think themselves
aggrieved by the assessments in the said ward, in respect
of the profits arising from professions, trade, offices, and
the other profits chargeable under schedule D of the
property and income-tax for the year ending the sth of
April, 1845," should appeal before the Commissioners
for General Purposes acting for the said district at their
meeting, " which will be held for the purpose of hearing
and determining such appeals at their offices in Basing-
hall-street on the 17th of April, 1845." This is the last
notice, unless the Government should think proper to
renew the Act.