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London, England, 1844-05-08 00:00:00

CUSTOMS' DUTIES ACTS.

The Customs' Duties Acts report was brought up and
received.
VINEGAR AND GLASS DUTIES BILL.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER this Bill was read a second time.
STAMP DUTIES BILL.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER the Stamp Duties Bill was read a first time,
and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday.
The House adjourned at Half- past Eight.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, MAT 4, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Henry Stan
hope, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Mahon), and the
Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay to be additional
Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage
might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parlia-
ment for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts.
WHITEHALL, MAY 7.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Reid
to the church and parish of Applecross, in the presbytery of
Locharron and county of Ross, vacant by the death of the Rev.
Roderick Macrae, late minister thereof.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. J.
Blair to the church and parish of Straiton, in the presbytery
and county of Ayr, vacant by the transportation of the Rev.
R. Paton, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of St.
David's, Glasgow.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAT 4.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain H. H. D.
O'Brien to be Captain, vice Farrell, retired on full-pay;
First Lieutenant F. Ramsay to be Second Captain, vice
O'Brien ; Second Lieutenant F. C. Standish to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Ramsay, April 2E.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 3.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet W. S. Davis to
be Second Lieutenant, May 3, 1844.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 6.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant G. E. Hunt, to
be Captain, vice Captain H. Savage to half-pay ; Second
Lieutenant F. J. Richards to be First Lieutenant, vice Hunt,
promoted, May 3. Gentleman Cadet E. C. Deauville to be
Second Lieutenant, May G.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
George Forbes, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry
Jelf Sharp, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April, 29.
West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The Right Hon.
George Stevens Byng to be Colonel, April 29.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED
GEORGE CAVE and RICHARD CAVE, drapers, Ban-
bury, Oxfordshire, April 24.
HENRY TAYLOR, victualler, Bilston, Staffordshire,
April 17.
BANKRUPTS.
EDWARD HOLMES, warehouseman, King-street, Cheap-
side, to surrender, May 14, at half-past eleven, and June 14,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marl-
borough-street.
HEN SIMMONDS, sen., coach
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aere, May 14, at eleven, and June 14, at twelve at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, B h
Piercy and Hawkes, Three Crown-square, Southwark.
WILLIAM HENRY NASH and WILLIAM GARDINER,
dri:rers, Exeter, May 16, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Sole and Sole, Aldermanbury.
THOMAS CON, fruiterer, Porchester-street, Connaught-
square, May 21 and Jude 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Fennell
and Bedford-row.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, furrier, Sutton-street, York_
ra od, Lambeth, May 14, at half-past one, and June 14, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Jones, Parliament-street.
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nee, Basinghall-street ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road, Bed-
ford-row.
JOHN MOORHOUSE, cattle-dealer, Rotheram, York-
shire, May 17 and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Taylor, John-street,
Bedford-row, London ; Badger and Coward, Rotheram ;
Blackburn, Leeds.
WILLIAM FOSTER NICHOLSON, worsted spinner,
'Halifax, May 17, and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jaques and Ed-
wards, Ely-place, London ; Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax ;
Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
HENRY PEACOCK, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, May
20, at half-past one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, London ;
Clayton' and Dunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
STEPHEN MEREDITH, linen-draper, Liverpool, May
17 and June 12, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Wea-
therall, Temple, London ; Wood, Manchester.
WILLIAM HIND, common brewer, Preston, May 17 and
June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester ; Fowler, Liverpool ; Kirk,
Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London.
FRANCIS DAVIS, linen-draper, Tipton, Stafford, May
22, and June 12, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Christie, official assignee; Sale and Worthington,
Manchester.
JOHN ARNOLD, jun., Farndon, Cheshire, and HENRY
ARNOLD, Derby, cheese-factors, May 14, and June 7, at
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee; Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent; Hicks,
Bartlett's-buildings, London.

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
W. Whiteley, scissor manufacturer, Sheffield.
W. R. D. Brett, baker, Suter's-bs., Chapel-st., Somer's-town
W. H. Webster, coal dealer, Mount-pleasant, Gray's Inn-lane.
J. T. Hillen, farmer, Thursford, Norfolk.
J. Kerby, licensed victualler, Bristol.
B. Pocock, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green.
J. Noke, railway porter, Manchester.
J. Gill, jun., veterinary surgeon, Halifax, Yorkshire.
J. Wetenhall, stock agent, Walcot-terrace, Lambeth.
B. Newnham, tailor, Frith-street, Soho.
P. Stock, painter, ray's Inn-lane, Holborn.
W. Burton, innkeeper, Darlington, Durham.
E. Brown, Gloucester.
T. Cope, baker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire.
C. Higginson, schoolmaster, Broadwell, Oxfordshire.
J. W. Prentis, Kelvedon, Essex.
J. Swinscoe, sen., wood turner, Sheffield.
G. Davenport, Sheffield.
J. Bedford, jun., pattern-card maker, Chorlton-on-Medlock.
W. Hore, boot maker, Bristol.
S. Hall, beer-shopkeeper, East Dean, Gloucestershire.
J. Chandler, market gardener, Mitcham.
W. A. Wilson, painter, Granville.place, Bagnigge. wells-road.
C. Hederstedt, Lambeth-road.
W. Tipper, traveller, Lady Lake's-grove, Mile-end-road.
E. Harris, attorney's clerk, Branch-place, Hoxton Old-town.
J. Farrer, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
J. Patten, messenger, Paradise-street, Lambeth.
J. Marchant, sen., builder, Boxley, Kent.
R. Copers, schoolmaster, Coppers, Kent.
H. Parrott, Marlborough-place, Walworth-road.
J. P. Hillhouse, tea dealer, Bedford.
E. Croft, bricklayer, Castle-street, Southwark.
J. Friend, boot maker, Hythe, Kent.
J. Nye, surgical instrument maker, Alfred-place, Southwark.
W. Parker, coal dealer, Norwich.
T. Mason, tailor, Sheffield.
T. Hodgson, joiner, Otley, Yorkshire.
J. Sutcliffe, carrier's agent, Halifax, Yorkshire.
D. Henry, engraver, Leeds.
G. Small, pig butcher, Liverpool.
N. Daniell, dentist, Charlottee-street, Fitzroy-square.
S. Short, boot maker, Berwick-street, Westminster.
R. Sutcliffe, common carrier, Rochdale, Lancashire.
J. Hilton, clerk, Meare, Somersetshire.
W. Newman, builder, Hammersmith.
P. Lancashire, gardener, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire.
J. Daniel, farmer, Langstone, Monmouthshire.
R. Vinter, St. Helen's, Isle of Wight.
J. M'Larty, lodging-house keeper, Spring-street, Shadwell.
J. Parker, sen., coach maker, Bath.
E. M'Cormick, tailor, Carlton-street, Regent-street;
T. A. M. Browne, Stoke St. Mary, Somersetshire.
E. Howell, tailor, Henstridge-place, St. John's-wood.
W. Harris, baker, Oxford.
SECOND NOTICES.

T. Pagden, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark, May 13, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
H. Mahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-street, St.
James's, May 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
T. Standen, baker, Hastings, May 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
M. Bayntun, coachman, Knightsbridge, May 13, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official
assignee.
T. Ellis, stone mason, Bakewell, Derbyshire, May 13, at
one, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official
assignee.
R. Stott, Blackburn, Lancashire, May 11, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee.
J. Johnson, brewer Birmingham, May 13, at half-past ten,
at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.
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M. Hind, New-street, Covent-garden, May 14, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
H. Haworth, labourer, Bacup, Lancashire, May 13, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official
assignee.
W. F. Waller, fruit agent, Great Carter-street, May 15, at
half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee.
G. Gunn, commercial traveller, St. James's-place, Old
Kent-road, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee.
R. Page, sen., hair dresser, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 18,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
J. Kemp, gun maker, Birmingham, May 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. Pettit, livery-stable keeper, Exning, Suffolk, May 30, at
eleven—F. Shaw, builder, London-wall, May 30, at half-past
twelve—l. Lumley, victualler, Cornwall-road, May 31, at half-
past eleven—H. W. Smith, woollen draper, Tothill-street,
May 29, at twelve.

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H. Hitchin, ironmonger, Halifax, Yorkshire, May 31, m
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—A. W. Hillary, iron
founder, Ewanrigg-hall, Cumberland, May. 31, at half-past
eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. S.
Colpitts, grocer, Newcastle-upon Tyne, May 31, at eleven, at
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May 31—T. Hodsdon,'
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flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire,wune4--J. Williams,
J. D. Payne and L. Rushton, urriers,Birmngam M
May3l3-
-S. Bettison, wine merchant, Leamington Priors, 'Warwickl
shire, May 31—R. Hitchcock, miller, Taunton, Somersetshire'
May 29—T. Wileman, hosier, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire'
May 31—G. Cooper, butcher, Leeds, May 28-3. B. \Vat
kinson, saddler, Maghull, Leicestershire, May 28-3. Wilson,
linen manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 28—T. Rod-
ham, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 28—F. Shaw, car-
penter, London-wall, May 28.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
C. Armstrong and G. Curling, wholesale druggists, London
—J. Cleaton, J. Greenhaigh, and H. Greenhaigh, lace dealers.
Tottenham.court-road—T. Chapman and J. Dean, ironmon-
gers, Liverpool—D. Hill, W. Hill, J. C. Drury, and E.
Barron, drapers, Newcastle-on-Tyne (so far as regards W.
Hill)—J. Meek, J. J. Meek, and W. Cope, mill board manu-
facturers, Maidstone, Kent—S. H. Smith, E. J. Talbot, J.
Parkin, and W. Parkin, merchants, Sheffield—J. and H.
• W •k 1 J M Pearce, J. A. Bolger,
Tyler, braziers, Warwick-lane—Wine.
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J. Phillips, and L. H. Winckworth, attorneys, St.
Swithin's-lane (so far as regards J. A. Bolger)—C. J. Cal-
vert and J. L. Cooper, builders, Great Suffolk-street, South-
wark—W. May and A. Scott, linen drapers, Liverpool—E.
Herrin and C. Wootton, builders, Byfield, Northamptonshire—
J. Bownes and T. Barnett, chichory merchants, Nottingham
—H. Thorp and D. J. Jones, waterproof manufacturers,
Wood-street, Cheapside—J. Fawcett and D. A. Rivolta, at-
torneys, Jewin-street, Cripplegate—J. Boswell and W. H.
Faux, coal merchants, Manchester-buildings, Westminster—
J. Whitley, R. Beaumont, and D. Murray, cotton warp
dyers, Bradford, Yorkshire—Jb. Jonas, El. Jonas, and Jn.
Jonas, tobacconists, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields (so far
as regards Jb. Jonas)—N. B. Allen and J. Lull, ship
builders, Neath, Glamorganshire—W. H. Hill, N. Hill, and
T. Hill, watch manufacturers, Coventry.
SCOTCH SEQTJESTRATIONS.
WILLIAM ALLAN and JAMES ORME, music sellers,
Dundee, May 15 and „June 5, at two, at the chambers of
Baxter and Alexander, Dundee.
GEORGE MILLER, victualler, Glasgow, May 13 and
June 3, at two, at the chambers of Kerrs and Anderson,
Glasgow.

CAPTURE OF THE REDOUBT
DES AUGUSTINS.
The following extract respecting the capture of one
of the redoubts at Toulouse, by the 79th Highlanders,
is from the Note-book of Captain John Ford, which ap-
pears in the last Number of the United Service Journal:—
" When the enemy attempted to recover possession of the
redoubts, I was in the triangle,' a kind of fleche or out-
work of the one we had taken, but separated from the main
part of it by a deep farm road,—and a French regiment
marching up by that road, cut off my retreat, and that of
seven men who were with me, and we immediately sat down
close to the parapet. One of these men who first saw the
enemy advancing on our left, had the presence of mind to cry
out, " Sit down," and if the words had come from a general
officer, they could not have been more promptly obeyed. At
this moment we heard a cheering, and that portion of the
enemy then close to us appeared panic-struck, went to the
right about, and immediately retreated. One French officer
looked at us, and shrugged up his shoulders, (supposing we
were wounded, and thereby intimating that he was sorry for
us), and a French soldier attempted to pull the epaulettes off
Captain John Cameron's coat, as he lay dead a few yards
from us, but did not succeed ; Captain Cameron commanded
the company I belong to. It was altogether a momentary
business; the cheering came from the 91st, then advancing
to meet the enemy, for Lieutenant Roberton, at the head of
a party of his regiment, immediately entered the work, and
surprised at seeing us there, said, 1 ord, are you wounded ?"
Having been thus released, we joined our regiment where it
had re-formed, having had a narrow escape of being
bayonetted or dragged along as prisoners with the retiring
French army. After the regiment had left France, I heard
many incorrect reports respecting the attack of the two cen-
tral redoubts by the enemy, the time they held possession
of them, &c., &c., and having been by mere accident placed
in a position which enabled me to speak positively on the
subject of one of them, I became naturally anxious at last to
have some confirmation of my statement; and having ascer-
tained that Lieut. Roberton, whom I bad not heard of for a
period of seventeen years, lived in Edinburgh, I wrote to
him, and received a very satisfactorpreply, of which the
following is an extract
Edinburgh, 28, Greenside-street, June 21, 1831.
" The circumstances which you mention relative to the
battle of Toulouse, are quite fresh in my memory ; and it will
afford me great pleasure if anything I can say on the subject
prove satisfactory, or avail you in any shape, of which I
hope you will do me the favour to acquaint me.
" My enterirg the outwork with some of the 91st men,
and my surprise at finding you there, happened just as you
describe.
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the fleche, as marked by you with red ink in the pen.
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LATER FROM the UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

We have received, by the politeness of some of the
passengers by the New York packet-ship, Indepen-
dence, Captain Nye (who left the ship when she was
detained by contrary winds off Kinsale, and arrived
here by the Dublin mail this morning),- New York
papers of the Bth April, the day of her sailing from
that city.

They do not possess any news of political impor-
tance ; it was expected that Mr. Calhoun would in-
troduce the Texian and Oregon questions, in a short
time, as the sympathy of the West might thus be
brought to the support of Texian movement, and also
to give time for negotiations with Mexico to
become a party to the step. At present he is
frequently engaged in conference with our Minister,
Sir R. Pakenham.

In the Bill before the House to prevent private ex-
presses, Mr. Hannegan proposed to add a clause,
authorising the search of passengers' trunks and boxes,
when they were suspected to contain letters, an inva-
sion of the subject that had caused some stir.
Professor Sanderson, favourably known as the
author of " The American in Paris," died at Phila-
delphia, on the sth of April.
The American brig Frances Lord, Captain Brown,
of New York, was visited by her Britannic Majesty's
ship, Alert, when off the west coast of Africa, on the
2d January ; a musket shot was fired into the Frances
Lord, and great want of courtesy is complained of.
At New York, business generally is reported to be in
a good state, though the amount of actual transactions
in the week was not large. Money is more in de-
mand, the banks obtaining readily 5 per cent. for
short, and 6 per cent. for long date bills. The rate
of exchange was firm at 8i to 8i prem. on London,
and sf. 281 c. per dollar on Paris.
In the Cotton Market there was decidedly an im-
proved feeling. In fact, the reduction in price which
had taken place was quite recovered, so that the
market stood as it was before the arrival of the last
steamer. The sales of the week ending 6th April
were 17,000 bags, viz.', 9,150 Upland and Florida at
7i- to 8 for middling to ordinary; 81 to 8i; for midd-
ling fair to fine ; and 9 to 9i for good fair to fine ; and
7,850 Mobile and New Orleans at 71 to 81 for midd-
ling to ordinary; to 9k for middling fair to fine;
and 9* to 10i for good fair to fine. kreights have
slightly relaxed, being now 7 9-16 for cotton to Li-
verpool by the packets.