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London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

D. Barnard, Fenchurch-street, merchant, May 11, at
ten, at the Court of Commissioners—A. Jameson, Bethnal-
green, builder, May 15, at eleven, at the Court of Com-
missioners—W. M. Hole, Kingskerswell, Devonshire-, tan-
ner, May 15, at ten, at the Globe/ Inn, Newton Abbott,
Devonshire—J. Frost, Derby, linen-draper, May 14, at
ten, at the Black's Head Inn, Nottingham—J. Carrington,
Ludgate-street, linen-draper, April 27, at one, at the Court
of Commissioners—O. Jones, Liverpool, draper, May 12,
at one, at the Office of Mr.' Charles Bird, solicitor, Liver-
pool—T. Smith, Kentish Town, bookseller, May 11, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Y. Oliver,
Cambridge, jeweller, May 11, at 'eleven, at the Court of
Commissioners—W. Sweetman, Norwood, carpenter, May
11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—S. Lafone,
Toxteth Park, Liverpool, tanner, May 21, at one, at the
George Inn, Liverpool--J. Russell and J. Robinson, Man-
chester, merchants, May 16, at three, at the White Bear
Inn, Mancltester—G. Jay and T. Ward, Burlington-gar-
dens, artificial-florists, May 15, at ten, at the Court of
Commissioners.
CERTIFICATES.—Mat 11.
T. Gill, Stourport, Worcestershire, corn-dealer—W.
Adcock, Birmingham, grocer—J. Parsons, St. Clement's,
Oxfordshire, brewer—P. Riley, Kingston-upoa-Hull, hat-
tee-11. C. Abraham, Houndsditch, oilman—C. Goodrick,
Etton, Yorkshire, corn-factor'—C. Dowding, Shadwell-
Dock, cooper—J. Brown, Birmingham, linen-draper.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Redfern, W. Johnson and E. Stafford, Leek, Staf-
fordshire, plumbers—W. Spear and H. Benham—C. Gat -
field, sea., C. Gatfield, jun., and W. Gatfield, Skinner-
street, importers of foreign straw hats—T. Rees and S.
Page, St. David's Wharf, St. Katharine's, Tower, whar-
fi"gers—k- Walter and J. Winter, Combe St. Nicholas,
Somersetshire, glove-manufacturers—C. Chambers and H.
Jepheon, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, surgeons—F.
Warre, B. Maziere, and C. Raynsford, Rio de Janeiro—W.
Wingate and J. Edwards, Dover-street, Piccadilly, tailors
—.l. Ransom and J. Blaker, Southampton, shipwrights,
B. T. and W. Walker, Mirfield, Yorkshire, clothiers—
W. Gray and G. Bryant., Wandsworth, Surrey, coal-mer-
chants—E. Nixon and M. Kirtley, Barnard-castle, Dur-
ham, surgeons---D. and H. Dean, Fore-street, wholesale
cheesemongers, and D. Prince and C. G. Cotterill, Bristol,
bacon-manufacturers—W. Button and H. N. Byles, Nay-
land, Suffolk, tanners—J. Entwistle and C. Nuttall, Little
Bolton, Lancashire, pawnbrokers—J. C. Blanckenhagen,
J. H. Freese, J. P. Coucher, and P. A. Kielchen, Lon-
don, merchants—J. J. and P. Laing, South Shields, Dur-
ham, ship-builders.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

J. Meikle and W. Jamieson, Glasgow, manufacturers,
April 23, and May 7, at one, at the Lyceum Rooms,
Glasgow.

J.-M`Kay, Airdrie, innkeeper, April 24., and May 8, at
one, at the Lyceum Rooms, Glasgow.
W. Macglashan, Edinburgh, painter, April 28, and May
14, at one, at the London Coffee-house, Edinburgh.

This is a fertile lambing season, many of the
ewes having two lambs each; but there is a great scarcity
of food for stock. Lambs in Leicestershire have been sold
for a shilling each ! and in some instances given away,
where others undertook to pay for their keep. Hay, in
some parts, has sold as high as 10/. a load, and then having
many miles tu eunvey Cheltenham Chronicle.

MANSION-HOUSE.---Two curious cases came
on yesterday before Sir PETER LAURIE, who sat in
the absence of the Lord Mayor.
A sailor, one of the crew of the Macqueen East
Indiaman, had applied to the Lord Mayor on the
preceding day, on account of the refusal of the Cap-
tain to pay up the arrears due to him, which refusal
had, lie said, arisen from a trifling error into which
he had been led by some of the infernal land-sharks.
The Lord Mayor had sent to the Captain request-
ing his attendance, and stating the nature of the
complaint.
Captain Walker accordingly attended, and the
sailor, who blUbbered at the idea of standing before
a Magistrate as the accuser of his superior, to whom
he immediately acknowledged great obligations,
made a statement to the following effect :
He consented to go on shore before the Indiaman
reached London, having been beset by some of the
land-sharks at Gravesend, to one of whom he gave
a silk handkerchief for a bottle of gin. As soon as
he had got into their clutches, the fellow who v*l
him the gin forcibly took from his possession five
other silk handkerchiefs. Next morning, the ship
went up to Blackwell, and he was npt in her. He
had since applied to his Captain for his pay, which
was refused, and he was without money, or friends
except the Captain, who had been always an excel-
lent friend to him. The grounds of the refusal were,
he believed, that he had left the ship at Gravesend.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked the sailor how long he ,
had_sailed with the Captain ?
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He replied that he had been but one voyage with
Captain Walker; " but," said he, " I hope it won't
be the last. He'd be a good man to me if it was not
my own fault, and I am sure 'he can't say black's
the white of my eye." This was his first fault,—
(A laugh.)
Captain Walker stated in the first place, that he
had nothing to do with the payment of the crew's
wages, which were, he said, regularly discharged at
the East India House. In the next place, the com-
plainant had unfortunately violated an important
regulation, the consequence of which was that he
forfeited his pay. The extent of the plunder to
which East Indiamen were subject in the neighbour-
hood of Gravesend was inconceivable. It was in-
dispensably necessary that the strictest watch should
be kept, and at the time the complainant left the
vessel, he was appointed to the quarter watch, which
post he had at so very hazardous a time abandoned.
SIR PETER LAURIE asked whether there was not
some way of mitigating a punishment which would
make him quite destitute.
Captain Walker declared, that without some harsh
measures, it would be impossible to prevent the
most extensive and daring robberies. The Captain
here produced the list of regulations, specifying the
penalties for neglect of duty.
The complainant-would very readily give up the
name of the waterman who had robbed him, and he
accordingly handed in the name of " R. Wilkinson."
Captain 'Walker observed to Sir Peter Laurie,
that there was one thing respecting the wages of the
men. They very seldom derived any advantage from
their wages, as the moment they got into the clutches
of the gang, they sold all they had claim to for a few
pounds.
Sir PETER then asked the seaman what conside-
ration he should receive for his wages if he had dis-
posed of them.
The complainant had signed a bill of sale to a gen-
tleman ashore, who had given a sovereign on account,
and he was to pay a shilling in the pound for the
loan, and a guinea for the bill of sale.
Sir PETER LAURIE—How many more of the crew
got money in this way ?—Coniplainant—A good
many._

Sir PETER LAURIE—And so you were so impa-
tient to get .rid of your money, that you would put
yourself in the power of those land-sharks ?—Com-
plainant—Sharks I Ay, ay, they are sharks indeed.
Captain Walker—l make it a point to give the
crew all becoming indulgence. I require of them
no more than I would do myself if I were as they.
are. But they are overrun by those gangs, who
contrive to get to the vessels at the dead of night,
and commit all the depredations they can. They
make the crew drunk as often as they can, and plun-
der is carried on there in a most frightful manner.
The comp7ainant, with tears in his eyes, acknow-
ledged the Captain's manly and liberal conduct upon
all occasions.

Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether there was not
some delay in paying the wages, and upon learning
that there was an ►nterval of eight days, said he
thought that was too much. The interval, it appear-
ed, formerly was 30 days. Sir Peter said that he
should speak to some of the Directors with whom
he was acquainted, upon the propriety of making im-
mediate part payments.
Captain Walker—lf the waterman can be pro-
secuted for his conduct, the seaman will probably be
no sufferer.

Captain Walker then gave the complainant a so-
vereign from his own purse, and said that he should
represent the matter at the East India House.
Sir PETER LAURIE desired the seaman not to
spend a shilling of the sovereign for three hours.
The seaman laughed, shook his head, and, con-
scious of his weakness, handed over the sovereign
to Leadbetter, the marshalman, who was to accom-.
pany him, for safety.
Captain Walker said, that the seaman, whose
name is Richardson, was the more unlucky in hav-
ing forfeited his pay, as the officers and crew of the
vessel had been presented by Government with one-
third of the property contained in the Indiana trans-
port, which they had saved in Bengal a few months
ago, and on board which there were 500 men.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that the serious grievance
which had remained so long without being com-
plained of, would, in all probability, be remedied.
The next case was the following :
Mr. Shevill, a gentleman who resides in Bethnal-
green, said, that a friend having put into his hand a
card, soliciting votes upon some charitable occasion,
he went to the Stock Exchange, to request the as-
sistance of Mr. Inman, a respectable member. He
was not at all aware of the regulations of exclusion,
and met with no order or caution. When he walked
into the room to inquire for Mr. Inman, one person
asked him whether he wanted to buy Colombian
bonds; another, whether he wished to purchase
Chilian or Mexican stock. He replied to all those
questions in the negative. Upon going into the
middle of the room, gentlemen began to shove him
about.

Sir PETER LAURIE—Why, you got in amongst
the sharks as well as the poor sailor.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Shevill certainly had got amongst the sharks,
for he had been robbed as well as insulted. Wheti
he was in the middle of the room, about a score of
fellows elbowed and shoved him about ! When he
said he wanted to see Mr. Imnan, they pushed him
about the ribs, and upon leaving the room, and put--
ting his hands to his pocket, he missed four sove-
reigns, which he had in his possession upon enter-
ing the room.
Sir P. LAURIE—How were they dressed P—Mr.
Shevill said, that they looked like Jews—dark-
looking gentlemen.—(A laugh.)—When he asked
a person who came up to him why he had been
treated so shamefully, he was told that it was a sub-
scriber's room, and a board containing the words
" Subscribers' Rooms," in letters scarcely legible,
was pointed at.
Sir P. LAURIE—Are you certain that you were
robbed of the sovereigns in the Stock Exchange ?

—Mr. Shevill was positiversi itt i=e f51411,-CAO4,
vereigns in his. pocket jnezi, 40' .04,1 a
he missed them on coning isilft, • •-;
Sir PETER LAURLE--X ha :rl
this, except what has taken o:ice ' ogros,- -
street prison, when the prisoners skve'PE/14ttution
the 'people. Do , you think that, iron might have
pulled out your sovereigns in your confusion, and'
that' they might have been lost 2—Mr. Shevill : No.
I applied to my solicitor upon the subject, and he
told me there was no remedy.
"Sir PETER LAURIE—Can'yOU 'swear to the per-
sons ?—Mr. Shevill : Not at all. I was elbowed'
about, and cannot at all point out any particular
person.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I coma do you any service.
But I must say, that if those who frequencthe Stock
Exchange feel as they ought to feel, they will them-
selves institute an inquiry into this busines.
Mr. Shevill—Then, Sir, you can do nothing ?
Sir PETER—Nothing.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Ramsdale, the toll-col-
lector at the Islington-gate, was summoned to this
office yesterday, charged with a violent assault upon
a young lad, the groom of Colonel Broughton.
' A witness on the part of the defendant deposed
that the.prosecutor was the 4rst to strike a blow.
.Mr.Rounts said, that from' the Act of Parlia-
ment, it was evident the toll-collector had a right to
seize for the non-payment of toll, when no ticket
had been shown to, prove that the toll had been
paid; and as to the assault, it had been proved that
the prosecutor was the aggressor. He therefore
conceived himself bound to dismiss the complaint.
UNION-HALL.,—On Tuesday evening two ,
young ladies, the daughters of a vocalist of some
eminence in his profession, were brought up to this
office in custody before the sitting Magistrate, M. ,
SIVABEY, Esq., charged with stealing a piece of .
printed cotton, the property of Mr. J. Cooper, linen-
draper,- St. George's Circus, Blackfriars-road. The
prisoners, who were very genteely dressed, on being
placed at the bar, seemed to feel most acutely their
unfortunate situation : they wept unceasingly during
the examination, and excited universal commisera-
tion, the eldest not being more than 16 years of age.
The complainant stated, that on Tuesday after-
noon the prisoners walked into his shop, and re-
quested to look at some printed cotton and muslin,
and also some silk shawls. During the time they
were examining the various articles, something was
done by the younger prisoner which excited suspi-
cion, upon which the complainant went round the
counter, and having approached them, observed one
of them drop a piece of printed cotton on the floor.
He likewise noticed that her pockets were swollen
out to a prodigious size, and having insisted on see-
ing their contents, she drew forth several fancy pat-
tern gauze handkerchiefs, together with some pieces
of riband; the former articles had the shop mark
upon them, which denoted that they had not been
purchased, but he could not swear that they were
his property.
At this stage of the investigation the father and
brother of the prisoners entered the office ; the for-
mer, on seeing his unfortunate daughters, was so
effected that he was unable to utter a word; the
brother went towards the bar, inside which his sisters
were confined, and having conversed with them for
a few minutes in a low tone of voice, during which
he betrayed the agitation of his feelings, was about
to leave the office, when he fell 'down on the floor
apparently in a fit ; he was taken out into the air,
aid recovered soon afterwards.

The Magistrate observed, that.howev.er painful it
was to his feelings on the occasion, it was his duty
to remand them for another examination. The pri-
soners were therefore conveyed to Horsemonger-lane
gaol, and ordered to be brought up on Thursday,
when all the parties were ordered to be in attendance.
The accused having been placed at the bar accord-
ingly on that day, and the complainant not appear-
ing, the magistrate expressed some surprise at the
ircumstance, observing that it was • most unjustifia-
ble conduct on the part of the complainant, who,
tfter having given two individuals into custody on a
most serious charge, now thought proper to absent
himself, when his presence was so essential to the
ends of justice. A messenger was ,therefore de-
,patched to Mr. Cooper's residence, in order to re-
luire his attendance, but he was not at home, and it
being then after three o'clock, the prisoners were
remanded a second time, and in the interim a sum-
mons was issued against the complainant for the pur-
pose of compelling him to attend on the. following
lay. Yesterday the prisoners were again brought
up, when Mr. Cooper, having been served with the
summons, attended.
The Magistrate, addressing him, said, " You were
Aware, Sir, this examination was to have taken place
on Thursday. I postponed it until that day in order
to give a reasonable time for ascertaining whether the
gauze handkerchief and ribands found in the pri-
;oilers possession could be identified, You did not
attend. Now, I ask you, Sir, whether it was doing
justice to the public or to the persons whom, you
!lave accused of having robbed you, to absent your-
self until it was found necessary to send a summons
compel your attendance ?" The Magistrate then,
in a peremptory tone, added, " I will not be trifled
with in this manner."

The Magistrate desired the complainant to view
the articles again, and state whether he could swear
o them.

Complainant.—l cannot swear that any of the
property now produced is mine.
Magistrate (with surprise).—You spoke very
positively to the piece of printed cotton being your
property on the evening the prisoners were first
brought before me. It strikes me very forcibly that
you have been tampered with since you were last
here. Now I ask you again, can you identify the
cotton ?—The complainant hesitated, and appeared
confused.
Magistrate.—lt is quite evident that overtures
have been made to you to compromise the charge.
I suppose you have been tempted by an offer of
money to keep out of the way after having given
the prisoners into custody. If you did not intend
to prosecute them, why did you send fora constable
Ind give them into charge ? The complainant.--I
levy the accusation of having received any money.
Magistrate.—Then, do you believe that the cotton
is your property ? Complainant. —I certainly believe
it to be mine, but I should be loath to swear to it.
The Magistrate observed that was sufficient, anti
the above deposition having been taken down, the
prisoners were asked whether they wished to say an•
thing in answer to the charge.
The elder said she had committed no offence; na
property was found in her possession.
Her sister claimed a piece of green riband which
was found among the gauze handkerchiefs in her
pocket.
She said that it WU her own, observing " I did
not steal, that, for I brought „it from home to tie
round my little dog's neck, to prevent it from
straying away from me." ,
Both the prisoners were fully committed for trial,
and the complainant bound Oyer to prosecute.

LONDON SESSIONS, APRIL 20.

APPEAL OF THE REV. DR. OWEN, OP ST. OLAVE'eI, HART—

STREET, AGAINST THE POUR RATE.

This long depending case, which has occupied public at-
tention a considerable .time, was finally decided yesterday.
After hearing Counsel on both sides, the RECORDER
pronounced judgement. Their opinion was, that• the
rate should not be quashed, but that some alterations must
be made in it. He entered minutely into these altera-
tions, which not affecting the principal point at issue,
are of no general interest. The judgment of the Court
was, that the rate should stand against Dr. Owen upon
1,1001.

Winter has returned at Hamburgh, and the
cold is at 3 deg., with snow; but the navigation of the
Elbe is not interrupted.
CONVERSIONS TO THE CATHOLIC RE-
LigioN.—We have received a communication from Car-
rickfergus, stating, that ou Friday morning, Joshua Rice,
Esq. of Mount Rice, and his eldest son, renounced the
Protestant Religion in the Chapel of that town, and cull-
funned to the ROUIMI Catholic Church.