The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEVEMBER, 31, 1845.

DISGRACEFUL STATE OF THE
GLASGOW POST OFFICE.—FACTS.
Mark w,hat follows, ye merchants and manufacturers of
Glaggow, and see how your most important interests are
treated from the utter want of management—from the
total inefficiency—the absolute inadequacy of the Go-
vernment staff connected with the Postmaster-General's
department within it.
The Edinburgh mail arrives at the Glasgow station at
10 A.m. The poor clerks, who have got to bed about
four o'clock in the morning, after arranging the London
mail, having to return to do this work with the Edin-
burgh mail. It takes them about two hours. If they
had efficient assistance it could be done in half an hour.
The Ayrshire mail, which reaches the Glasgow office
at one o'clock, lies unopened till two ; and the letters by
it are, in no instance, delivered through Glasgow till
about four o'clock in the afternoon, and, consequently,
parties in Glasgow are positively deprived of the oppor-
tunity of sending answers by the afternoon mail for that
district, which leaves Glasgow at half-past four, the
letter-box closing three-quarters of an hour previous.
Is not this disgraceful ? Wiil it be really tolerated
much longer ?
But the same thing takes place with the Greenock
letters, which are brought hither by the half-past twelve
train from Greenock. Persons in business cannot get
an answer transmitted through the Glasgow Post-office
to that important town till the following morning, in
consequence of the late delivery !
The great and serious evil, however, consists in the
arrival and arrangements of the important London day
mail. It is altogether most irregular of late. But
although it should arrive here at one, in place of two or
three o'clock, there are actually no letter-carriers at
hand to do the duty with it. The poor men are, on its
arrival, say even at one o'clock, toiling themselves out
of doors with their other deliveries ; an 4 the consequence
is, that a molt unnatural and disgraceful delay takes
place with the London letters and papers, arising from
the stinted and niggardly supply of hands within the
postmaster's department.
How long is this to continue ? How long will it be
endured by the merchants, and manufacturers, and citi-
zens of Glasgow ? It is everybody's business, and yet
it seems to be nobody's. We hear growling and grum-
bling, yet our magistrates are quiescent ; or, if they say
' anything, it is done in honied tones. Why is this ? Let
Sir Robert Peel himself hear of it ; and if a deputation
goes direct to him from Glasgow, we predict that it
will he reformed, and that right speedily.—Scotch Re-
formers' Gazette.

THE CASE OF THE TORY AND

THE DEAL MAGISTRATES.

It will be recollected that the crew of the Tory were
put into irons at Deal, about the 13th or 14th of last
month, and the ship was navigated from the Downs to
London by a number of men hired for the purpose, and
brought into the Thames under charge of the coast-
guard service. The crew were given into the custody of
the Thames police on the arrival of the ship in the West
India Dock, and were subsequently remanded by Mr.
Broderip on a charge of mutiny pr,ferred by Captain
Johnstone. The unfounded nature of that charge was
soon discovered, and before the seamen were again
brought before the magistrates, their accuser was in cus-
tody on three charges of wilful murder and several cases
of cutting and wounding. Before discharging the men,
Mr. Broderip expressed his surprise that they should
have been put in irons at Deal, and asked by whose au-
thority that had been done ? He was informed that it
was done by order of the magistrates at Deal; and, the
proceedings having obtained extensive publicity, the
mayor and other magistrates of Deal have been blamed
for the course they were supposed to have pursued upon
the occasion, in ordering a number of innocent and ill-
used men into irons without just cause. It has since
transpired that the magistrates at Deal were never con-
sulted on the subject, and that when the coast-guard
took possession of the ship Captain Johnstone caused the
men to be put in irons, without asking the authority of
any persons on shore. The magistrates at Deal are very
anxious to relieve themselves of the odium attached to
them, and on Monday a letter was received by Mr.
Broderip, at the Thames Police-court, from the late
mayor of Deal, which he handed to the reporter, with
a view to its publication. The letter was to the follow
ing effect :

" Deal, Dec. 27, 1845.
" Sir.--By the papers some time since, I find it had been
mentioned to you in your official capacity that several
of the men belonging to the ship Tory had been placed
in irons by the magistrates of this borough, and being
aware that this report is generally believed, it having
been repeatedly mentioned to me during my late stay in
town, I am induced, Sir, to state to you that neither the
captain or any of his men were ever seen by the magis-
trates. You will, I trust, should an opportunity occur,
have the kindness to contradict the statement, and you
will oblige, your very obedient servant,
" C. KINGSMILL, ex-Mayor of Deal.
" Addressed W. J. Broderip, Esq.,
Thames Police-court, London."

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 30, 1845.
2d Regiment of Life Guards-Brevet Colonel Sir H. Fair-
fax, Bart., from half-pay unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel,
vice Colonel G. A. Reid, who exchanges; Major and Lieut.-
Colonel J. APDouall to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Sir H. Fairfax, Bart., who retires ; Brevet Major L. D. Wil-
liams to be Major and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice
314Douall ; Lieut. H. G. Boyce, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Williams ; Cornet and Sub Lieutenant the Hon.
B. C. Bertie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyce;
A. C. D. Hawksley, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bertie, Dec. 30.
Gth Regiment of Dragoons-Lieut. D. Maycock, from the
16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Leigh, who ex-
changes, Dec. 30.
7th Light Dragoons-Cornet Sir A. Chichester, Bart., to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Percy, who retires; A.
Sartoris, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sir A. Chiches-
ter, Bart., Dec. 30.
13th Light Dragoons-Cornet 11. Holden to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Hughes, who retires; S. G. Jenyns, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Holden, Dec. 30.
16th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant H. B. Leigh, from the
6th. Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Maycock, who ex-
changes, Dec. 30.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Lieut. and
Capt. C. A. Lewis to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Perceval, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. M.
Bruce to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lewis ;
A. F. Egerton, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Brace, Dee. 30.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Lieutenant and
Captain J. L. Elrington, to be Adjutant, vice Newton, who
resigns the Adjutancy only, Dec. 30, 1845.
sth Regiment of Foot-Captain G. Bentinck, from half-
pay Unattached, is be Captain, vice Brevet Major R. L.
Dundas, who exchanges ; Lieut. H. B. Baker to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Bentinck, who retires; Second-Lieutenant
T. Bellew, to be First-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker ;
W. R. C. Potter, Gent., to be Second-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bellew, Dec. 30, 1845.
12th Foot-Assistant Surgeon J. Booth to be Surgeon, vice
Cotton, promoted to the Staff; J. Small, Gent. to be As-
sistant Surgeon, vice Booth, Dec. 30.
13th Foot-Ensign J. Busby, from the 18th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Pearson, who exchanges, Dec. 30.
14th Foot-Ensign L. Hare to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Stirke, deceased, Nov. 18 ; Gentleman Cadet
H. Townsend, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
vice Hare, Dec. 30.
17th Foot-Sergeant-3fajor W. Johnston, from the Rifle
Brigade, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bourke, pro-
moted, Dec. 30.
18th Foot-Ensign G. S. Pearson, from the 13th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Busby, who exchanges, Dec. 30.
20th Foot-Captain 11. D. Crofton to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Croad, who retires; Lieutenant R. L. Lye to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Crofton ; Ensign E. F. Anstey to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lye; E. Hebdin, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Anstey, Dec. 30.
24th Foot-Captain IV. Spring, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice H. Young, who exchanges, Dec. 30.
37th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant J. Jones to have the
rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 29; Ensign W. J. Bazalgette to be
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Manners, who retires ; G. D. D.
Pilkington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bazal-
gette, Dec. 30.
44th Foot-Captain G. Browne to bs Major, by purchase,
vice Griy, who retires ; Lieutenant J. 0. Moller to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Browre ; Ensign W. Parker to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moller; J C. Parke, Gent.,
to be Eensign, by purchase, vice Parker, Dec. 30.
45th Foot-Lieut. R. Bates to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Oakley, deceased; Ensign H. Leach to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Bates, Oct. 15; Gentleman Cadet W. Fleming,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Leach,
Dec. 30.
48th Foot-M. F. M. Herbert, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Elton, who retires, Dec. 30.
55th Foot-Ensign R. Briscoe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Gwynne, who retires; A. C. Marsh, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Briscoe, Dec. 30.
58th Foot-Lieut. C. Dresing to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Grant, killed in action ; Ensign T. Pedder to be
Lieutenant, vice Dresing, July 2 ; Colour Sergeant Michael
Tighe to be Ensign, vice Pedder, Dec. 30.
60th Foot-Second Lieut. H. E. Warien to be First Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Callaghan, who retires; E. W.
Brooke, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Warr. en, Dec. 30.
65th Foot-Major C. E. Gold to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice 11. Senior, who retires upon full pay,
Dec. 30 ; Brevet Maj n. J. Patience to be Major, vice Gold,
Dec. 30 ; Lieut. W. S. Cook to be Captain, vice Patience,
Dec. 30; Ensign H. V. Mundell, from 96th Foo., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Cook, Dec. 30.
66th Foot-Captain W. W. Maunsell, from the 85th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Daniell, who exchanges, Dec. 30.
68th Foot-G. li. Alington, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Viscount Hinton, who retires, Dec. 30.
70th Foot-Major T. Reed to be Lieut -Colonel, without
purchase, vice K J. White, who retires upon full pay;
Captain J. D. O'Brien to be Major, vice Reed; Lieu-
tenant C. S. Dickson to be Captain, vice O'Brien, Dec. 30;
Lieutenant N. B. Giveen to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Brereton, who retires, Dec. 31; Ensign IV. Rutson to be
Lieutenant, vice Dickson, Dec. 30 ; Ensign G. Ryan to be
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Giveen, Dec. 31 ; Gentleman
Cadet A. 11. C. Snow, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Ryan, Dec. 30; F. Willington,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ryan, Dec. 31.
72d Foot-Ensign J. S. Clark to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Lucas who retires; A. Wade, Gent, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Clark, Dec. 30.
80th Foot-Major R. B Wood to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Baker, who retires ; Captain R. A. Lock-
hart to be Major, by purchase, vice Wood; Lieut. A. W.
Riley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lockhart, Dec. 30.
834 Foot-Ensign J. Foster to Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hamilton, who retires ; J. D. Campbell, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Foster, Dec. 30.
85th Foot-Captain It. A. C. Daniell, from 66th Foot, to
be,CtiaupttFaioon,tv_icseetlgaeuannatStiaTohroE7Fchordangte:,
hitecE. 3.sign,
with-
out purchase, vice Mundell, promoted in 65th Foot, Dec. 30.
99th Foot-Ensign G. J. De W. De Winton to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beatty, died of his
wounds, July 12.
Rifle Brigade-Lieut.. J. Gibson to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Wilkins, who retires; Second Lieut. 11. Walker to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bruce, who retires;
Second Lieut. G. I'. Evelyn to be First Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Gibson, Dec. 31 ; Gentleman Cadet A. W.
Godfrey, from the Royal Military College, to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walker. Dec. 30 ; G. H. W.
Walker, Gent., to be second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Evelyn, Dec. 31.
Ist West India Regiment-Ensign J. M. Tittle to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Sullivan, deceased, Sept. 9 ;
Garrison Sergeant Major J. Fanning to be Ensign, vice Tittle,
Dec. 30.
St. Helena Regiment-Ensign J. Hayes to be Adjutant,
vice Lieutenant Maebean, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
Dec. 30.
UNATTACTIED.-Capt. A. Robertson, from Ist West India
Regiment, to be Major, without purchase, Dec. 30.
BREVET.-Capt. €r. Bentinck, of the sth Foot, to be Major
in the Army, Nov. 23.
The undermentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East
India Company's service, to have the local and temporary
rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under
the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, of the Royal
Engineers, at Chatham, for field instruction in the art of
Sapping and Mining :-W. S. Oliphant, Gent.; G. Chapman,
Gent. ; H. W. Gulliver, Gent.; C. Pollard, Gent., Dec. 30.
Hosorrau, STAFF.-Staff-Surgeon of the First Class S. C.
Roe, 31. D., to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice
Brinsley Nicholson, M.D., who retires upon half-pay; Surgeon
T. F. Cotton, from 12th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First
Class, vice Roe, promoted, Dec. 30.
MEMORANDUM.-The appointment of Lieut. F. G. Scott,
to be Adtant of the 71st Foot, has been antedated to the
13th of July, 1845.
COMMISSARIAT.
Assistant Commissary-General Francis Wm. A. C. Major,
Assistant Commissary-General John Tench,
Assistant Commissary-General James Thompson,
Assistant Commissary- General Charles Anthony Clarke,
Assistant Commissary-General William Green,
To be Deputy Commissaries-General.
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General William Robinson,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Samuel Joseph
Towesland,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General James Skyrme,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Robert Ackroyd,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General William Stanton,
Leputy Assistant Commissary-General William Alexander
Hebert Lamont,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General John Kent,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Stephen Owen,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Francis Bisset
Archer,
Deputy Assistant Commissary-General William Henry
Drake,
To be Assistant Commissaries-General.
Commissariat Clerk Patrick Nagle Telfer,
Commissariat Clerk William Henry Bernard Ussher,
Commissariat Clerk Thomas Williams,
Commissariat Clerk William Read Parrott,
Commissariat Clerk John Moira Maclean Sutherland,
Commissariat Clerk Robert Cumming,
Commissariat Clerk Charles William Eichbauen,
Commissariat Clerk George Alexander Skinner,
Commissariat Clerk B. J. Montunaro,
Commissariat Clerk James Mitchell,
Commissariat Clerk Villiers William Ciesar Hawkins,
Commissariat Clerk George Joseph Webb,
Commissariat Clerk Thomas Gem,
Commissariat Clerk Arthur Fulford Adams,
Commissariat Clerk John Ramsay APCullocb,
To be Deputy-Assistant Commissaries-General.
The commissions of the said officers to bear date the 16th
Dec., 1845.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Royal South Lincoln Militia-Capt. N. Campbell to be
Adjutant, Dec. 12.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 29.
Cortrs OF ROYAL MARLNF.S.-Gentleman Cadet G. Bayles
Heastey, Gentlemen Cadet H. Adair, Gentleman Cadet H.
W. Mawbey, to be Second Lieutenants.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 24.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Gibbs Duffett,
of the city and county of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the high Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
James Brooke, miller, Gooderstone, Norfolk, to surrender
Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 13, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall •street ; Net-
tlefold, Millbank ; Walpole, Norfolk.
Benjamin Jones, draper, City-road, Jan. 14, at one, and
Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Soles and
Turner, Aldermanbury.
Richard Moore and Benjamin William Blake, coal-mer-
chants, Norwich, Jan. 12, at eleven, and Feb. 10, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankrui tcy. Turquand, official
assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Jay, Bucklersbury ; Bailey,
Norwich.
George Jarvis Worssam, engineer, Great Mitchell-street,
Old-street, St. Luke's, Middlesex, Jan. 5, at two, and Jan.
14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
as-ignee, Aldermanbury ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Phillips, hop merchant, Shrewsbury, Jan. 15, at
half-past twelve, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bur-
telet, Birmingham.
Benjamin Wood, jun., wine merchant, Leeds, Jan. 12 and
Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston,
official assignee, Leeds; Hamilton, and Co., Henrietta' street,
Covent-garden ; Upton, Leeds.
James Cousen, Lucy Cousen, and John Richardby
Cousen, worsted spinners, Bradford, Jan. 12 and Feb. 6, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston,
official assig-
nee, Leeds; Hawkins and Co., Boswell-court, London; Wells,
Bradford; Courtenay, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Raleigh, T. S. Goode, and W. Holland, merchants,
Manchester-first div. of 9.21 d. in the pound, on Tuesday,
Jan. 20, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of 31r.
Pott, Manchester.
J. Danks, warfinger, Birmingham-first div. of ss. in the '
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr, Bittleston,
Birwingham.

W. Shaw, saddler, Stafford—first div. of 3s. 7d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Bir-
mingham.
C. Timmi 3, flint grinder, Stone, Stafford!.liire—first div.
of 2s. id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Bittleston, Birmingham.
T. H. Wetmore, grocer, Worcester—second and final div.
of 6s. 41d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham.
J. Bourne, printer,:Bernmersley, Staff,rdshire—first div. of
6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Bit-
tleston, Birmingham.
J. Beet, dyer, Bradford, Yorkshire—a div. of 2s. in the
pound, any day after Jan. 5, at the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.
J. Haigh, clothier, Aldrnondbury, Yorkshire—first div. of
10s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Young, Leer's.
DIVIDENDS. ,
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
F. Preston, confectioner, Sloane street, Chelsea, Jan. 23, at
half-past eleven—W. Dadds, grocer, Leadenball-straet,
Jan. 23, at half-past eleven—W. Harding, sen., mason, West •
wharf, Milbank, Jan. 22, at twelve—W. Hay and J. A.
Titterton, oilmen, London-road, Surrey, Jan. 22, at eleven—
G. Thomson and J. F. Forbes, corn factors, Crutched-friars,
Jan. 20, at half-past one—C. 11. White, linendraper, Graves-
end, Jan. 30, at eleven—E. M. Marks, upholsterer, Mortimer-
street, Cavendish-square, Jan. 23, at one.
In the Country.
W. Challoner, tailor, Lincoln, Jan. 27, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court—J. Sugden and W. Sugden, millwrights,
Jan. 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—ll. G.
Gibson, chemist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 22, at eleven,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. S. Chard,
tanner, Frome, Somersetshire, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court—J. W. Bake, currier, Bristol, Jan. 23,
at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—J. C. Dempsey,
stationer, Bristol, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Bristol District.
Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
Thomas Taylor, wine merchant, NicholPs-square, Hackney-
road, Jan. 22—William Hay and John Alfred Titterton, oil
and colourman, London-road, Jan. 21—George Channel!,
carpenter and builder, Capel, Surrey, Jan. 23—John Steven-
son, china merchant, Jan. 23--Richard Tindle Terry, ship
chandler, Jan. 22—Jacob Parker, cabinet-maker, Jan. 23
Jonas Spencer, worsted piece manufacturer, Denholme-carr,
Yorkshire, Jan. 22—Elijah May, linendraper, Aldgate High-
street, Jan. 20—John Adamson, grocer, Stockport, Jan. 20—
Joseph Plowman, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 20—Benjamin
Honiby, innkeeper, Hoylake, Cheshire, Jan. 20—William J
Wardell, wine merchant, Pickering, Yorkshire, Jan. 20.

TURPENTINE.—Rough has been in good demand at l3s, at d
at which a large parcel has been disposed of. Spirits hal e
been purchased with more freedom, and stiffer rates a• e
given.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Dennis Shine, a young man who had been a police-
man some tiese ago, was brought up for final examina-
tion, on the charge of having committed several most
desperate assaults in the Bell, in Little Friday-street,
on Friday evening. The person most injured, a
policeman named John Monaghan, was not able, in con-
sequence of the injuries he sustained, to attend until yes-
terday.
John Monaghan (policeman 541) stated that he was
sent for to the house in consequence of a very serious
disturbance there on the evening in question. When he
arrived there were five or six policemen round the door,
and he saw the prisoner inside a room on the second
floor, through a hole in the panel of the door, and asked
him to give himself up. The prisoner reused, and said
he would kill any policeman who attempted to enter.
Witness at once pushed in the door, and on going into
the room was violently assaulted by the prisoner, who
struck at him with the handle of a fire-shovel, which he
(the prisoner) held with both his hands. Witness re-
ceived the blow across the arm and under the eye. The
prisoner then levelled another desperate blow at the
witness, which broke through his hat, and inflicted a
severe wound on the back part of his head, but witnes:
laid hold cf his assailant, and managed to get him down,
and then the prisoner said he should submit. The wit-
ness was obliged to leave the room immediately after-
wards, and was for a time quite blind in consequence o!
the desperate nature of the assault.
It appeared from other evidence that the prisoner had
Leon previously quarrelling at the bar, where he knocked
down the waiter and jumped upon his face; that when
the police were called for in consequence of that vio
lence, he ran into the taproom, seized the kitchen
poker, knocked a man senseless under the table with a
back-handed blow of it, cleared the room of all the cus-
tomers, and then ran up stairs, and fastened himself in
the room, in which he was at length apprehended, and
in w hich he very nearly committed murder.
The prisoner said, that he had been struck by one of
the policemen above stairs through the panel of the door,
before he touched Monaghan, and that in his rage he
had retaliated, without being particular as to the person
whom he punished.
The Lola) MAYOR—I commit you for trial, and I shall
direct the City Solicitor to prosecute you at the Central
Criminal Court.

Prisoner—Won't your Lordship take bail?
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly not.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
John Lobe, a Dutchman, was charged with having, on
the 25th of June last, stolen three watches, worth seve-
rally 65 guineas, 40 guineas, and 30 guineas.
Mr. John Burley, of No. 56, Ernest street, gent's-
park, watchmaker, stated that on the 25th of June he
was sent by a Mr. Viner to No. 3, St. George's-terrace,
Bayswater-roa:l, to show some watches and clocks to a
Mr. Debra. Upon inquiring fur Mr. Delara he was
sent up to the first floor, where he saw the prisoner,who
was quite at his ease, smoking a cigar like a gentleman.
The prisoner, upon being asked, said that he was Mr.
Delara, and that the watches, but not the clocks, were
for him; but he expected a captain would call very soon
who was going to make a present to the lady of a watch,
and probably his choice would full upon one of them.
The prisoner then took a watch, covered with pearls,
value 65 guineas, out of the room, for the purpose of
showing it, but soon returned, and then took away the
three watches under pretence of exhibiting them to his
lady. Witness waited, but Mr. Delara never returned.
The servant girl, upon being spoken to by witness, in-
sisted that Mr. Delara was i❑ the drawing-room, hut the
hall door being found open the matter was fully ex-
plained—the prisoner had absconded with the property.
The prisoner—l am not the man ;it is quite a mis-
take. I was in Holland in June, and I never came h re
till November.

The LORD MAYOR (to the witness)—Have you any
rl-übt of the prisoner's identity? Witness—Not the
least.

Inspector Shackell, to whom information of the rob-
bery had been given, and who apprehended the prisoner,
said he had traced the pearl watch to a gentleman in
Regent street, who had purchased it of Mr. Phillips, by
whom it had been purchased of Mr. Delara. Witness
said he had met with the greatest facilities from both the
parties named in pursuing the investigation.
Mr. Phillips, of Castle-street, lioundsditch, watch-
maker, said that he purchased three watches of the pri-
soner at the end of June or the beginning of July, and
the pearl watch produced was one of them. lie was con-
vinced the prisoner was the man.
The father of the last witness also identified the pri-
soner as the person who had sold the watches.
The L .RD MAYOR.—WeII, prisoner, what do you say
to all this evidence ?

The prisoner—Why, I say they mistake the person. I
know nothing about the watches or about them. I can
write to Holland to prove I was there at the time you
speak of. I was there in June and I was not here till
November.

The LORD MAYOR.—You might have been there in
June and here too, and you might have been there in
November too.

Prisoner.•—But it is all a gross mistake.
Inspector Shackell said he should be able still more
strongly to confirm the identity, and the prisoner was re-
manded.

had left the house. Witness told Mrs. Hamblin what
the prisoner said about the 101., and she went up stairs
'n great agitation to look for the money as he supposed;
she had not been gone many minutes, when Smith called
out, " Is that lady coming ? I'll only allow two minutes
before I call my men in." He (witness) here recollected
he had a bank note in his pocket for 101., and followed
his sister up stars to tell her so, and they returned
together. Witness then walked up to Smith, and ad-
Iressing him, said, " If I give you this 101. note will
you be off immediately," and the prisoner replied that
he would. Witness then gave Smith the note, upon
,stlich he turned round, and proceeded towards the street
th or, and he (witness) was following him. The pri-
soner, perceiving this, turned round, and when within
about three feet of him, presented the pistol to his breast
and vowed he would shoot him if he followed him, or
even looked after him. In about five or ten minutes after
witness went to the station house and gave information
of what had occurred. The inspector came back with
him to the house, and on examining the place they dis-
covered some footmarks in the garden at the back of the
house where Smith had been, and where he had presented
A pistol at Mrs. Hamblin. The note he had given the
prisoner he had received at the banking-house of Messrs.
Williams, Deacon, and Co., in change for a cheque for
l 1/. odd. The female prisoner and the prisoner Eales
were perfect strangers to him.
After some further evidence was given, Inspector
Campbell put in the original letter presented by the pri-
soner Smith to Mrs. Hamblin on the night of the rob-
bery, and one received since the last examination, of
which the following is a literal copy :
"My lady,—l write these few lines to inform you that
I have been sent here by a gentleman for your money,
and I must proceed in getting it ; and if you refuse me
tie men outside (twelve in number), will come in and
plunder the house, and if you make any noise your lives
will be in danger.
" To the lady of the house."
This was followed by a similar letter.
Mr. HENRY expressed his determination to send Smith
and Jones fer trial ; but, in order to give the officers
time to procure further evidence as against Eales, re-
manded all of them to a future day.

THE CONVICTS

UNDER SEN-

TENCE OF DEATH.

It has at length been finally arranged that the execu-
tion of the two unhappy criminals, Martha Browning
and Samuel Quennell, who were convicted of murder at
the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court, shall
take place on Monday next, the former at the usual
spot in front of the gaol of Newgate, and the latter on
the top of the Surrey county gaol of Horsemonger-lane.
Within the last few days a petition has been sent to the
flume Secretary by the relations of Quennell, praying
for a commutation of the sentence on account of the state
of his mind, but as there did not appear to be any evi-
dence or facts to warrant the conclusion that his mind
was affected, an answer was returned from the Home-
offi;•e, stating that the case was of such a character as
would not warrant any interference on the part of the
authorities with the sentence of the law, and that it must,
therefore, take its course. An application was also, it
was understood, made on behalf of the other culprit,
Martha Browning, by some members of the Society of
Friends, and others, who are averse to the principle of
capital punishment, and to which the same answer was
returned. Ever since this wretched young woman has
unburdened her mind by making the confession which
appeared last week, and detailing the particulars of her
awful crime, she has seemed much more resigned and
composed, and evidently feels deeply impressed with an
idea that her life is properly sacrificed as an
atonement to society for the offence of which she has
been guilty, and, in the course of some conversa-
tion she had with the chaplain, she has expressed
an opinion that the spectacle of her being publicly
executed would be calculated to have the effect of pre-
venting others from committing a similar crime ; and
there is very little doubt that she will meet her dreadful
fate with the utmost firmness. With regard to the
other miserable criminal, Quennell, it appears that since
his removal to Horsernonger-lane Gaol, he has conti-
nued to exhibit the same sullen demeanour that he
evinced at the trial ; and it appears quite evident that
he all along anticipated what must be the inevitable re-
sult of his crime, and made up his mind accordingly.
The Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the gaol, has been
constantly with him, and using his best endeavours to
bring him to a due sense of his awful position ; and it
is gratifying to state that, to a considerable extent, he
has succeeded in so doing, and on several occasions the
culprit has evinced a most penitent feeling, notwith-
standing his generally reserved and sullen demeanour.
Owing to the alterations in the law, and the great dimi-
nution in the number of capital punishments, there has
been for 4a good many years only one official execu-
tioner, who performs the office in all parts of the country.
The authorities, considering that it would not be advis-
able for the two miserable criminals to be executed to-
gether at the 0141 Bailey, made the alteration in the
sentence to the effect that Quennell should ba executed
within the county where his offence was committed; and
as it will be impossible for the executioner to get from
Newgate, where he will have to remain until nine o'clock,
which is the usual hour for the infliction of the capi
tal punishment at Horsemonger-lane, in order to
cut. down the body of Martha Browning, the hour
for the execution of Quennell has been altered to
ten o'clock. It will be recollected that shortly after the
execution of Hocker for the murder of Delarue, Sir
James Graham issued an order, in accordance with the
provisions of the New Gaol Act, prohibiting the go-
vernors of the different gaols throughout the country
from allowing any strangers to be within them on the
morning of an execution. The order was confirmed by
all the courts of quarter session, and will be rigidly
enfo ced on the present occamon, so that no representa-
tive of the press, or any individual except those ofli
ciallj, employed, will be allowed to be present' and the
ceremonials connected with the execution will be con-
ducted almost in private.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR WAKEFIELD.
—Ou Christmas-day a gang of highway robbers attacked
Mr. Whitton, of Wakefield, artist, at Red Beck, near
Crofton, on the Wakefield and Doncaster road, and robbed
him of his purse containing about 335. in.gold and silver and
some minor articles. Mr. Whitton was walking towards
Wakefield, about six o'clock in the evening, when he met a
party of six or eight men at Red Beck, one of whom on
passing turned suddenly round and seized Mr. Whitton's
arms, the remainder of the party assisted in the attack by
holding his legs and rifling his pockets, while others pro-
ceeded a little distance on the road apparently for the pur-
pr)se of looking out. One villain pulled Mr. Whitton's head
violently backward and attempted to force dirt into his
mouth, another brandished a stick over his head, but on ob-
taining their booty they left him without further mal-
treatment. It is supposed they were a party of poachers.
With a gang of this desperate character at large it is highly
necessary that the police of the district should be on the
alert, and travellers will do well to arm themselves if obliged
to travel after sunset.

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MR. DISRAELI'S Two ROMANCES, " CONTARINI
FLEMING" and " ALROY," were formerly published, the first
in four and the second in three volumes. They are now re-
printed together in three volumes. The republication of these
works will, doubtless, be highly acceptable to the numerous
admirers of " Coningsby" and "Sybil." Of " Contarini
Fleming," the celebrated Heine justly observes that " Modern
English letters have given us no offspring equal to it. Cast
in the Teutonic mould, it is, nevertheless, one of the most
original works ever written. Profound, poignant, and
pathetic: its subject the most interesting, if not the noblest
imaginable—the development of a poet." "'Alroy' (says
the Foreign Quarterly Review) is truly the very beau ideal of
orientalisni. Massive grandeur, luxuriant magnificence,
fancy absolutely prodigal of its wealth, are the most charac-
teristic features of this singular emanation of creative genius ;
but to these eastern qualities it adds a deep and intimate
knowledge of the human heart, which has been derived from
the purest philosophy of the west."
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident
occurred yesterday to a labourer in the employ of the South
Eastern Railway Company, on the line near the Ashford sta-
tion, in the following manner :—Two labourers were working
a lorry up the line, when a coke train from Folkestone came
up with them. The driver of the engine blew the whistle,
shouted, and did everything in his power to give them timely
warning of his approach; but it appears the men did not hear
hint in time, or did not consider the danger so imminent, for
they did not make preparations to clear the line till the train
was too much advanced, and before they could get the line
entirely clear the buffer of the engine struck one of tilgO, and
he died in awry short time..

BIRTHS.
On Dec. 27, at Wharncliffe-terrace, St. John's-wood-road,
Mrs. T. Southey, of a daughter.
On Dec. 27, at Hackney, Mrs. Conrad Loddiges, of a son.
On. Dec. 28, at Camberwell, the wife of Jeremiah Giles
Pilcher, Esq., of a son.
On Dec. 27, at Stockwell, Surrey, the lady of George Gay"
Esq., of a daughter.
On Dec. 27, at Belford, Northumberland, the lady of N'•
Brodrick, Esq., of a daughter.
On Dec. 28, the lady of D. Meinertzhagen, Esq., of Devon-
shire-place, of a son.
On Dec. 21, at Bounds•green, Southgate, the lady of F.
Maples, Esq., of a daughter.