Richards v. Symes (Cause)

In re Edwards Edwards v. Edwards

(Furth.

cons.

from

cham.) Gray v. Clarke (Further consideration) Sh

Earl of Craven v. Ure (M for decree)

Hollingworth. Winch (Further consideration) Hillersdon v. Grove (M for decree)

Hawtrey v. Hawtrey (Further consideration)

Hogarth v. Campbell (Cause) Thomas v. Thomas (M for decree)

Ritchie v. Coates (Cause)
Cook v. Lancefield (Cause)
Kay v. Johnston (M for dec.)
Kay v. Smith (M for decree)
Lill v. Lill (Cause)
Pratt v. Mathew (Special case)
Davies v. Brown (F D, C)
Ford v. Lord Chesterfield (8)
(Further consideration)
Meredith v. Barnett (Cause)
Allerbury v. Ball (Cause)
Hair v. Hair (M for decree)
In re Mouseley's Estate
Gregory v. Mouseley
Gregory v. Mouseley
Collen v. Gardner (Cause)
Denton v. Manners (Cl)
Chester v. Brown (Cause)
Hills v. Nash (3) (F D, C)
Cooper v. Cooper (Further
consideration)

In re Baird's Estate
Wrather v. Marsden

Griffith v. Owens (Further
consideration)
Gibson v. Parsons (M for de-
cree)

(Further In re Barnard cons. from Barnard v. Jarvis chambers) Fur-Tayler v. Evens (Further consideration)

ther (F(PDC)

(Furth.

cons. to

vary certif.) Cragoe v. Magor (Further consideration)

Tullet v. Oldham (M for dec.) Windus v. Windus (M for decree)

Campbell v. Ingilby (Cause)
Chase v. Cundy (Cl)
Slater v. Dadds (Further con-
sideration)

Langslow v. Langslow (Special case)

Tracey v. Bainbridge (Cl)
Leisinger v. Winter (Further
Stachle v. Winter consid.)
Earl of Macclesfield v. Owen
(M for decree)
Powell v. Lovegrove (Cause)
Walker v. Cobb (M for dec.)
Dickson v. Hook (M for dec.)
Foster v. Griffiths (Cause)
Webster v. Webster (Further
consideration)

Moss v. Bainbrigge (3) (Fur

ther consideration) Waring v. Coventry (F D, C) Haddey v. Earle (Cause) Peterson v. Pigott (M for dec.) (Further In re Broughton's consid. from

Estate

Eyton v. Broughton chamb.)

Oastler v. Little (M for dec.) Sheild v. Freer (2) (Further consideration)

Hall v. Saunders (Cl)
Allison v. Addison (Cl) Sh
Mallcott v. Vigers (Sp. case)
Hodgson v. Smithson (Fur-

ther consideration) Nayler v. Laurie (Cause) Cowper v. Mantel (2) (Further consideration) Yeats v. Yeats (5) (F D, C, Ptn)

In re Woolner's Es-] (Furth.

tate

consi

Woolner v. Gilbert derat.) Stuckey v. Vickery (Cl) Sh Paul v. Vickery (CI) Sh Boydell v. Duncalfe (Cl) Sh Foster v. Bayley (Further consideration)

Wade v. Candler (M for dec.) Steele v. Johnson (Cl).

Knight v. Knight (3) (F D, C) |
Grazebrook v. Gratrex (Cause)
Etches v. Etches (Fur. cons.)
Stretton v. Ashmall (Cause)
Tarrant v. Stoakes (CI)
Cook v. Gregson (2) (Further
consideration)

Jackson v. Naden (M for dec.)
Anstruther v. Roberts (Cause)
Davis v. Viscount Combermere
(3) (F D, C)
Lewes v. Davies (2) (F D, C)
Ludlam v. Elliott (Further
consideration)

Haynes v. Haynes (M for decree)

Whiter v. Bunny (Cause) Clark v. Stevens (Fur. cons.) Garratt v. Lancefield (3) (É, F D, C)

Walmsley v. Harrison (M for decree)

Ward v. Hide (Further con.) Smith v. Andrews (Cause) In re Mellersh's Es-? (Fur. tate cons.)

Stilwell v. Mellersh Trimmer v. Danby (3) (Further consideration, mons)

Sum

Hobbs v. Hobbs (Cause)
Miller v. Daniel (Cause)
Att.-Gen. v. Mayor, &c. of

Gloucester (Cause)
Linford v. Cooke (Fur. cons.)
M'Gowan v. Smith (M for
decree)

Lewes v. Gwynne (2) (F D, C) Brain v. Brain (Further consideration)

Pascoe v. Harsant (Cause)
Lyddon v. Woolcock (5) (E,
FD, C)
Shore v. Shore (F D, C)

Field v. Tarner (Further consideration)

Giddins v. Dodd (Cause) Hodgkinson v. Nicholson (Ca.) Jopling v. Dowson (F D, C) Lynch v. Varenne (Cause) Grigg v. Wilkinson (F D, C) Earl of Oxford v. Colville (3) (Cause)

Welton v. Cracknell (Further consideration)

Staley v. Scott (M for decree) Onslow v. Attorney-Gen. (2) (F D, C)

Ross v. Ernst (Further cons.) Whatley v. Matthews (M for decree)

Radcliffe v. Readett (F D, C) Colyer v. Colyer (Further consideration)

Kent v. Porter (Further consideration) Sh

Evans v. Coventry (Cause) Ranger v. Great Western Railway Co. (Further hearing on judgment of the House of Lords)

Williams v. Hughes (Further
consideration).
Riches v. Riches (Cl)
Webster v. Le Hunt (Cause)
Guillon v. Rotch (Cause)
Molyneux v. Molyneux (3)

(Further consideration) Bradberry v. Brooke (Cause) Jefferson v. Jefferson (Cl) Ivens v. Elwes (Further consideration)

Forster v. Haydon (M for decree)

Scott v. Deffell (F D, C) Pulman v. Meadows (F D, C) Green v. Holden (3) (F D, C) Bruce v. Bird (M for decree).

Scott v. Corporation of Liver-
pool (D)
Newry and Enniskillen Rail-
way Co. v. Ulster Railway
Co. (Cause, part heard)
Goode v. Hollier (Cause)
Hassell v. Booth (Cause)
Smith v. Farr (9) (Further
consideration)
Maclurcan v. Lane (2) (Cause)
Blanchard v. Hollihead (Cau.)
Hollihead v. Nortcliffe (Cause)
Griffiths v. Edwards (Cause)
Malzy v. Edge (Cause)
Wearing v. Ellis (M for dec.)
Blower v. Blower (M for dec.)
Cast v. Poyser (M for decree)
Burton v. Hardy (Cause)
Whitgreave v. Craddock (Ca.)
Harrison v. Churchill (Cause)
Brown v. Vernon (Further con-
sideration)

Page v. Chandler (Further
consideration)
Drew v. Drew (Further con-
sideration, Ptn)
Smith v. Lakeman (Cause)
Pound v. Vickers (Further
consideration)
Kaye v. Kaye (Cause)

consideration)

Ibbotson v. Blackburn (Cause)
Hamilton v. Lawrence (Cause)
Logan v. Baines (5) (F D, C)
Ward v. Bassett (Sums. from
chambers)

Griffith v. Hemming (Cause,
Ptn)
Faithfull v. Sutton (M for de-
cree)

Whiteley v. Day (CI)
Bowden v. Henderson (Fur-
ther consideration)
Liddiard v. De Rutzen (Cause)
Bird v. Swales (Special case)
Burton v. Jackson (M for de-
cree)

Glengall v. Johnston (2) (FD, C)

Taylor v. Miller (F D, C) Davis v. Board (M for decree)

Sh

Backhouse v. Walton (Cl)
Creak v. Fraser (Further con-
sideration)
Bayley v. Hinxman (Further
consideration)
Shaw v. Shaw (M for decree)
Rostock v. North Staffordshire
Railway Co. (M for decree)
Allen v. Moore (2) (Cl)

12, 12.]

Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. WOOD.
CAUSES, &C.

Roberts v. Vaughan (E)
Ellerton v. Darby (M for de-
cree, part heard) Jan. 14
Scarisbrick v. Tunbridge (M
for decree)
Blagrave v. Routh (Cause)
Meek v. Hebden (M for dec.)
Cobden v. Bourne (Cause)
Selby v. Fremlin (Cause)
Hopps. Wood (M for decree)
Crawford v. North-eastern
Railway Co. (M for decree)
Sparrow v. Barrell (Cause)
Swan v. Bryan (Cause)
Cattley v. Arnold (Cause)
Ledward v. Hassells (M for
decree)

Wills v. Lane (Cause)
Plumbers' Co. v. Corbett (M
for decree)

Roddam v. Morley (M for decree)

Jones v. Renouf (M for dec.) Cochcroft v. Sutcliffe (M for decree)

Farina. Silverlock (M for decree)

Green . Wauchop (Further

consideration)

Groves v. Wright (Cause) Hebblethwaite v. Hebblethwaite (M for decree) Vause v. Singleton (Cl) Wright v. Metcalfe (M for decree)

Tee v. Ferris (Further cons.) Earle v. Elderton (M for decree)

Leyson v. Wood (Cause) Ridgway. Kynnersley (M for decree) Marsh v. Marsh (3) (Further consideration)

Jones v. Howell (M for d.)
Job v. Banister (M for dec.)
Chappell v. Atkinson (Further
consideration)
Nicholls v. Nicholls (M for
decree)

Selwyn . Smith (Cause)
King v. Powell (Cause)
Suffell v. Thompson (Cause)
De Pontigny v. De Chatelain
(M for decree)
Goodchap v. Weaving (FD,
C)
Collins v. Cave (Cause)
Ward v. Cartwright (2) (F D,
C)

Blount v. Warwick and Nap-
ton Canal Co. (3) (Further
consideration)
Clements v. Nightingale (M

for decree) Nightingale v. Clements (Ca.) Tolmide v. Hoskins (M for decree)

Morrell v. Morrell (Further consideration) Morrell v. Morrell (M for decree)

Russell v. M'Cullock (2) (Further consideration) Hick v. Hick (M for decree)

|

|

Jackson v. Jackson (M for decree)

Holmes v. Godson (Sp. case)
Symers v. Wilkinson (Cause)
Bass v. Gow (Cause)
Leete v. Jenkins (Cl)
Wood v. Jackson (M for de.)
Lord v. Hammond (M for de-
cree)

Bullock v. Bullock (CI)
Matthews v. Windross

Bennion v. Poyser (Further consideration) Blinston v. Warburton (Special case)

Holborow v. Ricketts (M for decree)

Ellerton v. Darby (M for dec.)

Jan. 14

ther consideration) Newman v. Engineers' Masonic, &c. Life Assurance Society (Cause) Wyllie v. Green (M for dec.) Deere . Notley (Cause, Ptn) Cook v. Cook (Further consideration)

Griffith v. Jones (Special case) Young . Freeman (Further consideration)

Sugden v. Crosland (M for decree)

Wenn v. Notley (M for dec.) Neal v. Kerrison (Cause) Ashton v. Wood (M for dec.) Forbes v. Forbes (Cause) Arklay v. Stedall (Cause) Draycott v. Wood (2) (Further consideration)

Ulyet v. Osborn (M for dec.) Smith v. House (M for dec.) Peed v. Johnson (Cause) Martineau v. Rogers (Special case)

Cave v. Cave (Special case) Bryant v. Baker (Cause) Taylor v. Baker (Cause) Bradley v. Raynar (M for de.) Spring v. Haslett (Cause) Coleman v. Fraser (Cause) Pike

v. Bullock (Further consideration) Billson v. Owen (F D, C) Hare v. Earl of Listowel (Cause)

Everson v. Mathew (M for decree)

Sheldrake v. Lock (Further consideration) Sykes v. Bloomfield (Further consideration)

Mould v. Cox (Further con.) Pettit v. Jaques (Cause) Forman v. Hudson (M for d.) James v. Homes (Cause) Fisher v. Ward (Further con.) Roberts v. Evans (Further consideration)

Hearn v. Baker (Further con.)
Lee v. Howlett (Further con-
sideration, Ptn)
Linfoot v. Smith (Cl)
Scovell v. Neale (Further
consideration)

Head v. Haswell (Cause)
Lee v. Olding (M for decree)
Horn v. Kilkenny, &c. Rail.

way Co. (M for decree) Roberts v. Cooper (Further consideration)

Bosley v. Homes (M for dec.) Lash v. Miller (M for decree)

for decree)

Jones v. Frewin (M for decree)
Stuart v. Combe (Special case)
Wortham v. Lord Dacre (M
for decree)
Reade v. Inglis (M for decree)

decree

Watts v. Watts (CI)

Clive v. Vale of Neath Railway Co. (M for decree) Edwards v. Edwards (M for decree)

Owen v. Parry (M for decree) Sh

Pugh v. Phillpots (F D, C) Pyne v. Pyne (Cause) Sh Rogers v. Mort (2) (Further consideration)

Carey v. Carey (M for decree) Moss v. Dunlop (Further consideration)

Peace v. Hains (Further consideration).

at intervals. The arsenic was found in the urine voided during life, and in all parts of the body after death. The slight disease of the lungs and the morbid condition of the liver would not in any way explain the symptoms under which the deceased laboured, and still less would they suffice to account for her death. The learned counsel for the defence did not dispute this point. The evidence, in fact, was, in this respect, too strong to be contested. This being admitted, the next inquiry is, "Who administered the poison?"

It was quite clear, from the condition of the unfortunate lady, that she did not take the poison knowingly or consciously; there was no pretence for the hypothesis of suicide. Suicides by arsenic do not take this poison in divided doses, extending over a period of many weeks. For some time preceding her death the deceased took neither food nor medicine except that which was given to her by her attendants; and, lastly, the poison was found in a syringe which had been employed, not by herself, but by others, during the greater part of her protracted illness, for the purpose of supplying nourishment to her wasted frame, and for checking the diarrhoea under which she laboured. These facts furnish an answer to another hypothesis which we have heard broached concerning this lady's death-namely, that she had secretly adopted the practice described by Von Tschudi as prevalent among women in Styria, namely, of taking small doses of arsenic in secrecy, for the purpose of improving her personal appearance, and making herself more attractive in the eyes of a husband whom she fondly loved. Is it necessary for us to deal seriously with another hypothesis, equally absurd, that the arsenic found in the viscera of the deceased might be normal arsenic-a natural constituent of the human body? As no person having even a moderate knowledge of physiology, pathology, or chemistry can hold this view, it is not worthy of notice. We shall only observe that it would be more reasonable to assign the presence of arsenic to epigenesis, or the metamorphosis of tissues during life.

We thus arrive at two conclusions-that this lady died from arsenic, and that she did not take it knowingly. Was the poison the result of accident?

The answer to this question, so far as the medical gentlemen in attendance on the deceased are concerned, is very simple. The whole of the bottles and packets in which the medicines were sent were in the custody of persons in the house. After they had once left the hands of the medical men they had no control over them. The witness Ann Taylor, the confidential servant of the deceased, stated in her evidence that none were broken or destroyed, but all that could be found were collected after the death of the deceased, and carefully preserved. These, to the number of seventy, including those in which the injections were sent, were examined for arsenic. They contained no trace of this poison. Therefore it follows, if accident had any share in the result, it must have occurred between the delivery of the medicines and their administration to the deceased. But how can it be admitted that there should be an accidental administration of small doses of arsenic day by day, or at intervals of a few days, over a period of several weeks? Accidental poisoning is generally revealed either by a large dose of arsenic, followed by severe symptoms and rapid death, or by symptoms of a temporary kind, and recovery. In this case the symptoms had only remissions over a very long period. No conceivable accident could have had this duration. The attention of the medical men was drawn to the existence of symptoms of poisoning three weeks before death, and this would have rendered them all the more watchful of any accident which was likely to occur; but the theory of accident has as little support from the circumstances of the case as the theory of suicide.

How was the poison administered? It must have been either in the food or medicine. The vessels in which the food was cooked and the injections prepared were of sheet iron. There was no arsenical or other glaze about them. They were such as are ordinarily used in houses, without any of the results of arsenical poisoning being observed.

The medical gentlemen, whatever may have been their indiscretion in keeping their suspicions of poisoning concealed during a period of three weeks, are completely exonerated by these facts from any participation in the administration of arsenic to the deceased.

The symptoms of poisoning, according to the evidence, were first manifested about the middle of May, but it was not until the 8th June that a suspicion arose that poison was the cause. It does not appear that injections were used until about this date, and, assuming that the early symptoms were caused by arsenic, some of the poison must have been taken by the mouth; hence those about the deceased, who were in the habit of giving her food or medicine, must, either knowingly or unknowingly, have administered arsenic. There was no proof of the possession of poison by any one about the deceased, if we except the discovery of an ounce bottle, labelled "Fowler's Solution," containing a small quantity of liquid. This was in a basket with other medicines belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Wooler, and to which, it appears, they both had access. This bottle had disappeared before the inquest. It is right to state, that when seen on two different occasions, there was the same quantity of liquid in it. Although labelled "Fowler's Solution," there was nothing to shew that the contents of the bottle consisted of this preparation. Hence, strictly speaking, the possession of arsenic was not traced to the accused, nor to any one about the person of the deceased. All who had dispensed medicines for her were called, and they clearly proved that no arsenical preparation had been at any time used by them.

The main fact in favour of the accused relied upon in the defence, and in the summing up of the learned judge, was, that there was no motive...... There was arsenic in a pewter syringe, identified as that which belonged to the accused, and proved by the witness Ann Taylor to have been constantly used by him and herself in administering injections. A brass syringe borrowed by the prisoner had been previously tested, and arsenic was pronounced to be present in it. It was afterwards found, however, that arsenical muriatic acid had been used in testing it, and therefore the result could not be relied on. Two other syringes found on the premises were subsequently tested by pure materials, and in one of these-a pewter syringe, already referred to, the only one used-arsenic was detected! There was no arsenic in the metal. . . . . . It is surely important to consider how the arsenic got into the prisoner's syringe, and who used it. We have heard it suggested that by a reversed action of the valves some of the fluids of the rectum might have been drawn into the tube. This far-fetched hypothesis will not, however, explain the facts. The fluids secreted from the lower bowels could not have been, under the circumstances, so saturated with arsenic as to account for the result. The deceased was undergoing chronic poisoning as a result of absorption, not acute poisoning from a large quantity of arsenic, taken at a dose, of which the surplus would be mechanically discharged through the rectum. There is no theory to explain this fact, except that fluid containing arsenic must have been used in the syringe, and a portion retained.

COUNTY COURT Judgeship.—Mr. Serjeant Miller has been appointed Judge of the County Court of Leicestershire, in the place of Mr. Burnaby, deceased.

Jan. 12, 1856.

and Grevile Ruddock, Wakefield, Yorkshire, worsted spinners, Jan. 25 at 11, Leeds.-Mary Shooter, Sheffield, licensed victualler, Jan. 26 at 10, Sheffield.-Thomas Francis Featherstone, York, linendraper, Jan. 25 at 11, Leeds.

To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. Thomas Keating, St. Paul's Churchyard, druggist.—Wm. Ashton, Loughborough-road, Brixton, builder.-J. Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, woollen warehouseman.-E. Lawrance, New Barnet, East Barnet, Hertfordshire, builder. -Joshua Vines and James Smith, Dover-road, Borough, Surrey, builders.-John Watney, Wimbledon, Surrey, baker. -James F. Campbell, St. Peter's-alley, Cornhill, shipbroker. -John T. Archer, Portobella-lane, Notting-hill, Bayswater, licensed victualler.—Wm. Edwards, Cross-street, Finsbury, porter merchant.-W. Dixey, Bradwell-near-the-Sea, Essex, innkeeper.-Wm. Gittus, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, grocer. George Pyne, Bristol, cordwainer.—Arthur Cooling and Henry Marcham, London.wall, soapmakers.-George Atkinson, Liverpool, grocer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Thomas Avison and Kenneth Powles, Liverpool, attornies and solicitors, (trading under the firm of Avison & Powles).Richard M. Whitlow, Richard Radford, and Thomas Whitlow, Manchester, attornies and solicitors.-John Bubb, Benjamin Bubb, and George Turner Bubb, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, attornies and solicitors.-Samuel Newson Gissing and John Wright, Bedford and Ampthill, attornies-at-law and solicitors.

TUESDAY, Jan. 8.

BANKRUPTS.

ELIZABETH BENSON and SARAH BENSON, Mansfield-street, Portland-place, hotel keepers, Jan. 22 at 2, and Feb. 19 at 1, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sol. Eland, 4, Trafalgar-square.-Pet. f. Jan. 7.

Pet. f. Jan. 7.

JOSEPH JOHNS, Hertford, innkeeper, Jan. 17 at 2, and Feb. 21 at 12, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Longmore & Co., Hertford; Mason & Sturt, Gresham-street.EDWARD LADD, Cambridge, draper, Jan. 17 at half-past 1, and Feb. 19 at 11, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Bell, jun., Cambridge; Bristow & Tarrant, Bow-court, Walbrook.-Pet. f. Jan. 4.

JOHN PAGE, Chelmsford, coach builder, Jan. 22 at 2, and Feb. 10 at 12, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sol. Prall, jun., 19, Essex-street, Strand.-Pet. f. Jan. 4. JAMES CRAGGS HERRING and WILLIAM HERRING, West Boldon, Durham, merchants, (carrying on business at Sunderland, under the style or firm of J. C. & W. Herring, as timber merchants), Jan. 23 at 11, and Feb. 12 at 1, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Baker; Sois. Kidson, Sunderland; Pringle & Co., 3, King's-road, Bedfordrow, London.-Pet. f. Jan. 3.

CHARLES SLORACH, Nottingham, lace manufacturer, Jan. 22 and Feb. 12 at half past 10, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Harris; Sols. Bowley, Nottingham; Hodgson & Allen, Birmingham.-Pet. d. and f. Jan. 5.

WILLIAM THOMAS, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, sailmaker, (trading under the firm of William Thomas & Co.), Jan. 22 and Feb. 19 at 11, Bristol: Off. Ass. Acraman; Sols. Bevan & Girling, Bristol.-Pet. f. Jan. 4. JOHN DEAKIN, Sheffield, joiner, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23 at 10, Sheffield: Off. Ass. Brewin; Sols. Chambers & Waterhouse, Sheffield.-Pet. d. and f. Dec. 26. JOHN HARDMAN, EDWARD HARDMAN, and WILLIAM GARNER, Sutton, near St. Helens, Lancashire, ironfounders, (trading under the style or firm of John Hardman & Co.), Jan. 17 and Feb. 13 at 11, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sol. Bretherton, Liverpool.-Pet. f. Dec. 29. JOSEPH HUGHES, Manchester, fustian manufacturer, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8 at 12, Manchester: Off. Ass. Herna man; Sol. Leeming, Manchester.-Pet. f. Jan. 2. BANCROFT PIERPOINT BROOKE, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, grocer, Jan. 21 and Feb. 11 at 12, Manchester: Off. Ass. Fraser; Sols. Higson & Robinson, Manchester. Pet. f. Dec. 22.

MEETINGS.

Peter Thomson, Birchin-lane, merchant, Jan. 29 at 1, London, last ex.-Adam Glen, Piccadilly, hotel keeper, Jan.

29 at 11, London, aud. ac.-Samuel Barnett, Wellingtonroad, Liverpool-road, builder, Jan. 18 at 11, London, aud. ac.-Thomas Chatterton, Rye, Sussex, baker, Jan. 18 at 1, London, aud. ac.-Francis Rolfe, Great Marlborough-street, tailor, Jan. 18 at 11, London, aud. ac.-P. Sampson, Hythe, Kent, shoemaker, Jan. 18 at half-past 11, London, aud. ac.— James Carter Dalton, Coleman-street, dealer in mining shares, Jan. 18 at 1, London, aud. ac.-Richard Lawrence Sturte vant, Church-street, Bethnal-green, soap manufacturer, Jan. 18 at 11, London, aud. ac.; Jan. 31 at half-past 12, div.William Pearce, Clerkenwell-green, gasfitter, Jan. 18 at 11, London, aud. ac.; Jan. 31 at 11, div.-Benjamin Grut, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, merchant, Jan. 18 at 11, Lonhardware dealers, Feb. 6 at half-past 10, Birmingham, aud. ac. don, aud. ac.-C. Peverelle and F. Peverelle, Birmingham, Leicester-square, wholesale shoe manufacturers, Jan. 29 at 1, -Francis Wm. Fawcett and William Parrott, Lisle-street, London, div. sep. est. of F. W. Fawcett.-George Alexander M'Lean, High Holborn, tailor, Jan. 29 at 1, London, div.— Thomas Heywood and John Heywood, Wood-street, Cheapside, London, and Melbourne, New South Wales, lace warehousemen, Jan. 30 at 11, London, div.-Thomas Lambert Powell, Romsey, Hampshire, cabinet maker, Jan. 29 at 1, London, fin. div.-Thomas Giles, St. John's-lane, Clerkenwell, wire worker, Jan. 29 at half-past 11, London, fin. div.Wm. Poynter, Upper Holloway, warehouseman, Jan. 29 at 1, London, fin. div.-Henry Alexander Douglas, Old Broadstreet, merchant, Jan. 29 at half-past 11, London, fin. div.Wm. Crole the younger, Rood-lane, East India merchant, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, London, div.-P. Cattell, Long-acre, St. Martin-in-the-Felds, coachmaker, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, London, div.- George C. Long, Dartford, Kent, draper, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, London, div.-Wm. Woods and Samuel Thomas, Cheapside, wholesale hardwaremen, Jan. 29 at halfKent, and Bermondsey-wall, Bermondsey, Surrey, mast maker, past 1, London, fin. div.-Henry Newson Brewer, Deptford, Jan. 31 at half-past 12, London, div.—Wm. Ayres, Blackheath, nurseryman, Jan. 31 at 12, London, div.-Henry Brett, Portsea, grocer, Jan. 31 at 12, London, div.-James Loneragan, Cambridge-terrace, Lower-road, Islington, corn dealer, Jan. 31 at half-past 12, London, div.-Edward Green, Cork-street, St. James's, Westminster, tailor, Jan. 31 at 12, London, div.-Frederick Noake Baker, Southampton, timber merchant, Jan. 31 at 11, London, div.-Samuel Adams, Wm. Bridges Adams, and Gerard Ralston, engineers, Jan. 31 at 1, London, div. sep. ests. of S. Adams and G. Ralston.-Wm. M Cortin and James Scoble Riley, Liverpool, commission merchants, Jan. 31 at 11, Liverpool, div.

CERTIFICATES.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting.

Wm. Attwood, Old Dorset-place, Clapham-road, grocer, Jan. 29 at 12, London.-John Pattison, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood, and Park-street, Grosvenor-square, surgeon, Jan. 29 at half-past 12, London.-Thomas Dalby, Hythe, Kent, builder, Jan. 30 at 1, London.-John Laker the elder, Maidstone, builder, Jan. 31 at 1, London.

To be granted, unless an appeal be duly entered. Geo. Frederick Johnstone, St. Ives, Huntingdon, draper.

INDIAN JUDGESHIP.-Mr. Matthew B. Sausse, Q. C., formerly Crown prosecutor on the Leinster Circuit, has been appointed to a seat on the judicial bench at Bombay; the salary is 60007. a year; and Sir William Jeffcott, Recorder of Penang, another member of the Irish Bar, had been recently promoted to that office, but died almost as soon as he was appointed.

COMMISSIONER TO ADMINISTER OATHS IN CHANCERY.The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Henry Moore, Gent., of Walsall, Staffordshire, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England.

The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Henry John Mant, Gent., of Bath, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, in and for the city of Bath, also in and for the county of Somerset.

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1838.

Principal Office, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments granted, and every other mode of provision for families arranged.

Half the annual premiums for the first five years may remain on credit for any period until death, on payment of interest at 51. per cent. per annum.

Parties allowed to go to, or reside in, most parts of the world without extra premium.

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