The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-15 00:00:00

MARICET NEWS ._--(THIS DAY.) , EAT MARKETS. .4riirf. Ss . Clover (litt,_ •Lb.caLlow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4 1 - , ~,,h eat stshttracer!mt,:t4viperssq.sultet2oostasl/10.(1m2issi; Oat per Straw .1/ Os to 11 11 s ; ' 14s load. Trade rather dull, at tlitt., "1411 D. —Meadow Hay, 3/ 10s to 4/ 103; Clover it 8s; Oat Straw 1/ 10s-to 1/ 12s; Wheat tre.,,ul/ 12s to 11 14s per load. Supply moderate, and r tn t , 11. dit to 4 Hay, 3/ 85 to 4/ 8s ; C1(1; st,.._ 1/108 to 51155; Oat straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs ; Wheat 4r, it lh 13s per load. A full average supply, a ahlQiill demand. Son. T .„ _ MEAT MA.R.KETS. 11 eret,,.7 4 1,, ,15. x. 14 . — Although the supplies of fat stock ral de talkiv,,,`4Y Were by no means extensive, the 41 4d."L ts inactive, at our quotations. Beef, fron g i e 2 n s e 10 . d to s 4,5.' Mutton, 3s 4d to 53 • Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 4s Per 81b " , Milees°ll.l'°Rls,B•JAN. 14 . —Sheep were in good demand, at full ?k it isiitint other kinds of stock were a slow inquiry. N Bee!, 1 43 lo land 045 d; 4 Mutton 3s 4d to 5s 2d C 411141 Pork, 38 10d 'to 4s 10(i per 81bs. Ye S a u l c , k 4 l s in t g o kileG„ lB3 to 303; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and I,twv%"'lva, with their small calves, 16/ to 19/ each. 10d ta t$ d JA Y' 13. — Beef, from 35 to 4s 4d; Mutton, S''PPl Y ' 4c v le t r a tt i ; e 4s zn to d 4 t : a l d O e ct steady.andP Pork, 4s to 4s 8d pe 3 r s Blbs. ~4433,104 TE AND LEADENEtAX.X.. ther "i,st th ill u of prime Meat sold freely, at full prices ; 4 6i t el tnaand w as i n a v 44 4:0_ 38 Cd; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; Veal, 4s 2d to 53 2(.1 ery slutish state. Beef, o Iron; ~ 38 1 0(1 to 58 4d per &lbs. -........_ CORN AVERAGES. " I qtikt the n, AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN nett end 4 DeCti>. ed Jan. 10, 1845, made from the Redtno: Wales the differe t Citi Towns is England na"al Quarter. " an tak zA I lbs SG, lIAILEY. I OATS. EYE. d sd I 38, id . 0 1 3o: 10 0 d d 2 5 1: B o d d 33 8 : 1 old s • PEAS. 1 3 3s AN 6d I s l 6d T it , ...,, r ___ 4 ' - r , L() Sb ON .JOINT—STOCK general. BA.NK.—(THIS DAY.) 7 , e 3 hed,. tneeting of the shareholders of this Company th e 1)4 ' 4 4 day at the banking -offices, Prince's- . street, C a ity z I re 's of etect_ Pose of receiving the report of the Directrs, a nd tirit electing live gentlemen in the room of five Director 1 1 g ' e -eetie g fir',„.eort. Was very fully attended. ,',Ot fi,„lag, Chairman of the Directors, presided. the 11, 1 0 e;illintT..a-a.„'r then read the report as follows : et tl re et4ire r is_ie shareholders at the beginning of the year, f, ,,_ )3,h, eve.the satisfaction to state, that the business ia . r.h, -1•,-..;_ continues steadily to improve, 'aitbrtt'Tiee-sheet herewith submitted for their b ' 4, ation as will appear 'tal t P I this ~ Will .zim a Nite og th.e. be seen that the transactions r o o f fit th e e f e - d ' Past .year,hal have•netted a clear p Zveli`Per tea t " Which, pyg a dividend from the in r e a n t m e e o - f tiatr annum on the capital stock, llte,vi t t ett a u l ) ) slance of 2,130/. Bs. Bd. to d e ttiat oft ' h gether with the interest fh e e carried thereon, ta raisesth the Itt etn ,, Beet s i e,&'na, guarantee fund to the sumo u l e 9 n 6,2 t 9 h 7 e l. p 2 r s e .6 se d n . t ei o: qt., rho the direction to be vacated . 4,7 \ N k i ttase occupied by Archibald Haste, lisq. M.P., ki l .,'lley, p Ye, Esq., Ambrose Moore, Esq., John sq., of whom i, - ,ti1 , 0 0 ,',.. and William Shadbolt, Esq.,.. 1.4 t? colZ kl e. o that they are candidates for likerea-elechteionp.re -4 at th rin ,ltY With the recommendation of t t h „ l , 4 io th,,. e laBt General Meeting, that the Board . . should 's o' ltt ie eonsideratinn the practicability of instituting of f e r the late fi stre, el toes et of the clerks of the establishment, in tor tm 7 of 'hie i l age, or other incapacity arising while in the t l l. , h ea dati - on h ' e k, the Directors have to state that the re esOCtelt.Z; and "as had their anxious and deliberate t c e o r n e s s t i s ki ti. that, with a due regard to all . t 1 e in t t _ e tOfletery management have arrived at the conclusion tha _. h ritttt 11 : so" liaanageinent of such a fund would be most dilmti_ plilietsl:4toiptiPoonssible, and they, therefore, cannot reco NI.. , ..alf-year's h li t Z p i , i ! i e ?a ‘ ,___diyid_end will be „ payable on and after ;-sAciAik,l4a.T or January in to 'Se e L tS, a eti . then, on the authority of t the er ß a o n ar n d um of . el l,_b 8 41 Nan !led a dividend of 6 per cen • P Vied f-- Qtterwards moved that the report be received k et e,oti o : t the use of the shareholders. titheito ee„ ila ving been seconded, Ito t e i sav e ...':tt rose and said, that . although he o„24‘aited until the accounts had been gone into, D o e, would . ~t t rit Z ta - , " ell:leered to he the proper time, refer to one of S'4 1., th e par of the report, in which he was h?mchwith et,.'sfek„,Patagraph stated that, "I,thgoation of the Proprietors, at the last . "In conformity end gen t' on },S:, et leaGii l ,a Board should take into their considera i , a, t l / 4 the '''Y of instituting a fund for the benefit of the ticliLteity.,:atablishment, in case of sickness, age, 111 „it 7 ila t ld the Directors stated that " the recommen b da ut or other poi coul d anxious and deliberative consideratio w n, he 'ad Oke t O'" , Dot r ecommend its adoption. Is!o ~,,,,,,, t he ~., a* if the Secretary might be permitted to 111.1,0?...6!ting the minutes of the Directors on desire, ' l e, t l k , ee tors t ri l es ,, e,f "No_, no.") He could have no .. if Lilt tkew t i' t '':'-i Aim that this proceeding was obtjbeection m. c'e t easz tt ihut he should - like the answer from course R e4 l lllP.al l th e 1.P., thought it was a most irregular 'jo t t tla 0, 4 , e Direcors to produce one of their m s in_ a u r te a s n . y... 14 0 1 4:t th ervte ir'll S a i d,God forbid that he should a k for •t o il l ! 8 e I ' 46 ^ kt In the 4 In an am . icable LphireintinrsHaegwaionusltd the Zip, 1 1 1 1, or Is world to pit the . eStto46ir:erre,),, lute he against the Directors.— it 'sin 1 ° - have said little more on this subject. ht 1, -e must confess that he thought . the He Li ekt oz_ tri eek r ~ . . a l e _ , ti t O d millus opinion on this occasion, and he ce co t u h ld e ch t (44,, to wi th ,a, Y motives which should influee L e tet to tlait tio nd the information dem! d t by him. He had CeliettetililiooriCttooassuke,haandfutnhr a : l %3 n , if the clerks should g themselves, would 1: 11 4 ? Y Neetion on the part of the Directors to their t tilt% 4 14111 1(ok 4 1 min ) was sure that he was speaking the stehnetrie ,C.eoiaOti mtother Directors when lie said that th e y lte I°lVtehselnighte.st objection. el e rkshe said that he would . gla f d o l r y so p l l . 7c a e nd hi l s f tie tt k it e ea re te n was) at the top of the list ?ot,oolti r e nt carried out he was pretty sure that the t. Al l t hit ttir q his money. He trusted that m.anysgr ,so)-orcAt,°olll. would follow his example.—(Ch ! 1. tit'Ni..4 .. for ke'lit a s aid that he should be h T ap h p e y q t n o es s t i o o n sc " b ri a b d e_ to `. ll feu lin.rpose.—(Cheers. ~Itli 4 0 111 wi?; considered b the DireFtors, . but he was th, J)Ait, J 0 a0,4 ~., 4t_ 4 • the Honourable Proprietor in a matter ttitkihrette2Weli sliT! that 0 hea9 and to his heart. h o flu ids is w ere '', ht the dimculties contemplated by nt. Nol a "e thought, over-rated. He had seen a t lat,nice 3ed in. the Honourable the East India Corn or, -4 l'it' lil iP P,.." also in the service of her Majesty, and with II e e ,, Pti eteir At e„ ( I in five members,three to be chosen from il 'se ~,- „ ,tri',z,nd two from the Board of Directors, he 41 1 4 0,1-eort ir."e2liragernent to the undertaking. )i'lteliii6t raoChtilea tarried unanimously. kWl i lis4 e i ts, ti i ' e °Lthe CHAIRMAN, seconded b t y iri v n a i ro li ns s! ' 11 4 :aoti t a y _ Di rectors who were in the re tZL t,.. 1 , 4 be ~ -elected. (P, t i'„ The inlYereeturned thanks fo s r himself and his co t i tee ll e oZa , Stalls p t r h o e ef Pro t E a ri t eto t r hey ha b d ed shown' in se t performed t se 11 1 0 4 . kotkif)4l and he he could assure t i h n em t the tim ha e t coming. 4k be t t b the less attended to Nes (I_le I ;` 4 l l l .ed to know what the Director ? s , intended fir, is I,ll tn of " the guarantee fund e ti 1. A te sold t laid th at:when,ikamounted to 100,0001. the thole then j the matter into consideration. )10at th e clerk s ll3 suggested that the Company t ht ik it lit t L e from the burden of the income-tax. te n o 7. should tt i Y , tl l 'llOll. Joint Stock Bank was in such a sta t T h N I At i n on ti lt tk ! N u , . is matter they could set an t. 1tti344111 Londo n example to li t k j.t ie f ora. 11 sa id the subject had been considered by ei 4 , et tt u eose A l k tiv 4 kiiifr\ cleric. w e re assured the meeting that the b sa t l h a- e sho e tr,"ire er : Were every year fully considere ~ y es 0 , sll oi '. h!„ele r os, and where they thought the sen ic vas "'ll 't. la - requir d • immediate increase A m ~ 8 4 ,, e d isa e it, an . . kst 1 ,_ 1 :11 o ue Pp rOVed of the principle of shifting the . dto;:s th 4 aur th at ef men's shoulders to those of another , 1 ~ tilt the: "'at exnerienee an d common sense would ti t't tjf ' l 4 . - Cl l a'„(nley. .votes - were better left wyithlotwheinDgirtehce te 4 ~ iiroiats the co nstituent body, l he e Zef t 44B37recedent of this kli f i a d r aiey al would intro- Yraationettilaieiolf expenditure. 1 ~_ er, ,_ , ......, >tt........ dropped, and_ .__,_ the meetin, 1 14tt l; It ' i lt, W kikjil l - r‘ CIRCULAR. 'P k turqehiel tbtlEsbax.—The Queen and Prince Al Home Al 'ti(l i i :it tec7re:d M the Castle precincts and th iya Otle t 4 0 t ; early. ss le t On the return of her I f Je t s h ty e '°tit e t4/.0 1j,5 1 C onsort his Royal Highne 1 4114 Ive r - e l l The Marquis of Ormonde and Colonel y Iti.y,A Fa attend3nCe on the Prince. tta tli 4 t 6 l ,4% tn,,i nai lY Were all taken their accustomed 'rtetO' iel le .te ii7h )% ) 4 ti% "%r 11 - C ries s Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar e ll. at ti lo s 41 ' the Duke or Wellington are expected C let astle this evening, on a visit to her Ma kith latti em ittelhei)rt'othtseifteli_nd Prince Albert walked out after 1,. ikl o , Yet di...2 - noon Ny he 44 e r Party at the Castle this_ evening will Ill e tr?hrd", .I.llighness the Duchess oi' I nel Sir .(141,"%pe„ 'De Baroness de Speth, and k. 4 ).° N e wind . let t. 11 ° I . th iSent, Lady lie f t he k ,e Grenadier Guards will attend during , " ema e . st Y's private band will afterwards At -4,, t it 4ttt -,tii, tho tibOr ghness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar 1 4 q4e °ll gh 110 1 1. *!..1 e il, at 1.,. use yesterday afternoon, on a visit liAl kke e St u " ii 'deor Castle. 4' 4 . sleeste rd art Wortley had an interview with . Sir /3 k tle Y 41 . Sir James Graham and the Right ko"le Glyn 4 err had also interviews with the Right eN "tih , b il ll t L t tlte , 1,3 1 ,7 , .4.11 interview with the Earl of Dal lil,,t'titl „,esia, sti ", t r ,fle office of the Board of Trade. a Ke. i e etin g -e't Commissioners for England had 4 ' 41 e 11°13 t f il°re i' Yesterda y, at the office in Whitehall i4l ,Ili tot tly , tre p!esent the Bishop of London, the_ i li,t, the Earle Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop f htB 1 " 10 11. of Beaborough, and the Right Hon. ttl, kt. 4111, pry NA terd Ii Silt G. MURRAY.—The answer Na m lut e , , aY morning in B lgrave-square, to in ,l ij. dt restiue. health of Sir Ge e orge was, that he had 41t t„ ' ,Otk e ~ r t i ght, but was rather better. -' the r,-derlc returned to town yesterday, from a Exeter, .rquis of Exeter, at Burghley. WILT . ~..t................,......-..... - - -- q., SOil , SOMERSET, AND % .0 T NT TRmp TON RAILWAY. Pe t . i tit 4 lt,i you -DTOr? OF THE SUN. -I) P .it t Pla ts, ~r list of Compar:ies which had not de .ilit% i he w., tke., according to the standing orders, eite,•l vs las, So o'4o of q, t' 4 error. rneret, and Southampton Railway. eupi t ,,, All the plans have been duly depo tNirilltit dra w filllY subscribed and paid up, the Act 'eti e ,a„te er,„l,n, and every preparation made for an lith. the e,rs.eteition to Parliament for an Act to au ti:4::Zurtiq.aistrirvelleeaet.,,ti?lnj,._ixif. the Wilts, Somerset, and 4 I Am, Sir, &c. I S S I- , I E i 8 11 4 1 6. D AN, P s Secretary. t t e kiih riti Dg s -s i --- -----_______ ,, 4114twZ,001:1 M o ."--- n ,A_ n adjourned inquest was held at ; "V, on the body of Eliza Porter, whose ti,hrji,i)o,teleolit.oned by her having take,, some drug to sthieil ba s b u ' r lnd th e jury returned a veru'ictoffelo de se. ti,lt4l3,,,Urial. ed the same night without, the rites of t he e Nol ."41) E L oti. eor tl I have resolve ' IvEßPooL.—The worAing men of sq 4 : s ivar s. T h ,..d to hold a meeting on the subject of "e ths ~e,"-sclaY evening isext is the fix ne e and Clay e=ekie appointed. g broke up, 0.•• Pile• , .... , •••• 122 pit'' ° ' THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY ViIENING, JANUARY 15, 1846 Mr. CROWDER made a forcible address to the jury, com menting on the ill effects of gambling, and urging the ob jections already stated, and contending that the notice of dis honour was not proved, as Capt. O'Grady might have been in America when the note was left at St. James's Hotel by Mr. Irwin. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then went through the evidence very minutely. In his summing up, The jury stopped him, and returned a verdict for the de fendant. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.) EXECUTORS OF LOVELL, CLERK, V. TUCK. This was an action brought to recover damages for dilapi dations, under the following circumstances : The defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and the jury therefore had to assess damages. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case. The plaintiffs are executors of the late Bei , . T. Lovell, rector of St. Luke, Middlesex, and the defendant was tenant ofDyson's farm, at Tottenham, which was attached to the rectory. According to the custom of England, the rector was bound to keep in order and repair all property coming to him by right as rector, and surrender the same to his successor: In the present case the defendant and his family had been on the farm for 15 years, and at the de eeas.e of Mr. Lovell the dilapidations were found so exten sive, and the land had been allowed to run so poor, that on a valuation as between the executors and Mr. Saunders, the succeeding incumbent, the executors were called upon to pay a sum of nearly 4001. Mr. Wonngwowrif objected that the tenants were not bound by any claim as between other parties under any cus tom, and objecticn was allowed. Witnesses were called, who estimated the dilapidations at 1951., under an agreement between Mr. Lovell and defend ant's father, but the agreement not being produced, they were directed to confine the valuation as against a yearly tenant, or tenant-at-will, and they were of opinion that 67/. was a fair .value. On the contrary, witnesses were called, who deposed that there had been great improvements on the farm, and that it was in a good staee of repair when defendant left, and that it now fetched 501. a year more than during Mr. Lovell's life time. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that defendant had no right to claim for new premises, but if he put up new premises he was equally bound to keep them in repair, or would be liable for dilapidatious.—Damages, 408. There were thirty cases in the list, but the above occupied the whole of the morning, and the Under Sheriff intimated that he would not take any cases beyond No. 14, and that the Court would sit on Tuesday next at eleven o'clock, in order to clear up the arrear of causes. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Amy Hazel, a servant in the employment of Mr. Howell, landlord of the Hand-in-Hand, High Holborn, was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing ls. 91d. in copper from the till, and taking from the vats wine, gin, and rum, to the value of Is. Bd. ➢ir. Howell stated that having missed money from his till and spirits from the rats every day for some weeks, he deter mined to keep a watch, in order to discover who was the thief At about seven o'clock this morning he and a policeman saw the prisoner enter the bar, draw out the till, and take some money from it. She then drew the spirits from the vats into a pewter pot, and was about to leave the bar, but witness stopped her. The prisoner admitted that she took the money and the spirits.—She was committed for trial. MA RLBRW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Christophet Lewis, a powerful young man, was charged as follows : _ William Sullivan, taskmaster of the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square, stated that the prisoner %%as a pauper there. Between seven and eight o'clock last evening, violent screams were heard to proceed from the room in which the prisoner was. He (witness) hastened there, and on entering found the prisoner in the act of throwing a boy headlong amongst a set of tea-things belonging to the attendant of the ward ; and, having been informed that he had put another boy on the hall fire, he caused the prisoner to be given into the charge of the police. James Colley, an intelligent boy between twelve and thirteen years of age, stated that the prisoner seized him as ha was passing along the ward, and holding him by the neck and leg, placed him on the range-fire in the hall. He screamed violently, and the taskmaster came and rescued him. Mr. HARDWICK said these outrages by paupers must be restrained. They might depend on an example being made of every one guilty of such misconduct. The pri soner he should commit to Westminster Bridewell for twenty-one days to hard labour, and if brought there again his punishment would be doubled. THE PROJECTED RAILWAYS. (From the Times.) With reference to the list of " Defunct Schemes," pub lished in our paper of yesterday, we have received numerous letters, apprising us of amalgamations and other reasons for change of names, &c., to which we cannot say more in reply, than that our three lists, of the 17th of November, 1845, and 7th and 14th inst., must be taken together—the first, as showing the schemes registered; the second, showing the plans deposited; and the third, those deficient; and which we believe will be found substantially correct. In a list ex tending to some thirteen hundred names—" Central," " Direct," " Great," " Grand Junction," " Union," &c., it would have been utterly impossible to be correct to the letter. We subjoin the following as desired to be corrected : The Direct Birmingham and Leicester, and the Direct Birmingham, Leicester, and Bolton—both registered, but did not deposit plans. The Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston',Company have amalgamated with the Boston and Wainfleet, and Lincoln, Horncastle, Spilsby, &c. The Cheltenham, Oxford, and London, are afraid to be mistaken for the " Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junc tion." The Direct Manchester, Leeds, and York Railway Com pany, and the Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railway de posited plans. The Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield say they were originally registered as Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction._ ----- The Deal and Dover are afraid this will be taken for " Dover and Deal." The Guernsey Railway and Pier Company say they have no occasion to deposit plans at the British Parliament-office. The Great Southern and "Western and Waterford and Limerick Junction Railway say they have lodged their plans. (Their scheme does not appear in the list.) The Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire, the Hunting don, Isle of Ely, &c., the Wisbeach and Huntingdon, say that these companies are amalgamated into one, under the name of the Huntingdon and St. Ives and Wisbeach and Sutton._ _ The Isle of Man Railway Company say they are not called upon to deposit before the British Legislature. The Leicester and Tamworth say they have complied with the standing orders. The London and Southend say they were originally regis tered as the "London and Southend Railway and Docks." The New; Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny say they have de posited plans. The Newry and Warrenpoint has been amalgamated with the Newry, Warrenpoint, and Ross Trevor. The St. Alban's, the St. Alban's and Hatfield, and the St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Company say they have deposited. The Waveney Valley, or Thetford, Bungay, and Yarmouth, say the Flans of "The Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Company" are deposited. The Wilts, Somerset and Southampton Company say they are ready to go to Parliament. The Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway have their plans registered, and were entered in our list of the 7th of January. FREE TRADE in the WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. At a very large and inKential meeting, held at the Music Hall, Leeds, yesterday evening, the Secretary of the Asso ciation announced the subscriptions towards the quarter of a million fund, collected in various towns of the Riding. The amount received is upwards of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, and there is little doubt, when the returns are completed, that this sum will be augmented to FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS. The contributions from five of the principal towns are as follows Leeds £B,ooo Huddersfield Halifax 4,000 Bradford Th S e heffielei Mayor . o . f Leeds occupied the chair at the meeting, and W. Aldam, Esq., M.P., H. Cobden, Esq., M.P., and J Bright, Esq., M.P., were present. The highest degree of enthusiasm prevailed.—Advertiser. FREE-TRADE FESTIVAL at LEEDS. LEEDS, WEDNESDAY.—The dinner which is to take place here to-night, in aid of the great League fund, promises to be a most brilliant and successful affair. Public attention is on the qui wive, and much importance is attached to the number and nature of the free-trade demonstrations to take place be fore the opening of Parliament, as affording to Ministers a test of the depth and strength of the anti-monopolist move ment in the country. The dinner to-night will be presided over by the Mayor of Leeds. The company will probably amount to four hun dred, and will certainly include man of the most influen tial names in Leeds and the West Riding. Arrivals from the neighbouring towns—Bradford, Halifax, &c.—are hourly place. t a a tßmi l i r k ei O ld e se i tianntngdigeagoBynooawddfni the objects of the dinner is the increase of the imtolwilvcmonie anticipated to s el overpower League trhibiteeahhtseiiogs The wfhftibrlhloo eumb p rmeesowtopohnelf the West p\s o avot f nlruciess t atnt h .sg e ßhi W uirdpei e i s itlngo t si uae d bswts t f sc h u er n o e ffi ifdpro.twrni efforts rs e n i to the. amount of 30,000/. will be announced, and that the town of Leeds will come down to the tune of 8,000/. or 9,0007.. He_ re is a goodly tribute towards the quarter of a Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright will of course take a prominent part in this evening's proceedings. Mr. Aldam, the Mem ber for Leeds, and Mr. Busfeild, M.P., for Bradford, are ex pected to be present; THE QUARTER OF A MILLION LEAGUE FUND.— During Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the Manchester subscriptions, and those of the neighbourhood, to the great 250,0001. fund, had been increased by upwards of 1,300/. ; the amount advertised in our last being 75,7121., and the total up to last evening amounting to 77,0211. The additional sub • scriptions include 5001. received yesterday from Mr. William Eccles of Blackburn ; 200/. from Meows. 'William Higgins and Sons, of Salford; 2001. from Mr. Clegg, of Manchester; and 100/. from Messrs. George Benson and Co., Stalybridge. The Liverpool subscriptions, up to last night, were more than 15,500/. ; and it is said that the Leeds subscriptions consi derably exceed 7,0001., though they will not be announced till the West Riding dinner, this evening. Deducting 1,500/. of Liverpool subscriptions, included in the total of 77,000/., this would give an aggregate total, from Manchester, Liver pool, and Leeds, to last evening, of ninety-eight thousand pounds !—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. PEDESTRIANISM.—During the last year there were no less than 385 public foot-races, varying in distance from one hundred yards to twenty miles, and in stakes from 2/. to 50/. DAMAGES.—What a man gets by going to law; and, as the word is derived from damnum, a loss, it is ex ceedingly appropriate.—Punch. DEAD WEIGHT.—Vide the National Debt and other blessings, which are among the venerable institutions of the country.---Punch. We regret to learn that Sir George Murray passed a restless n►ght on Tuesday, and was not at all improved in health yesterday. ir a b trb 775 ly ttton ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DA Y.) his Ifoxoun was occupied during the greater portion of the clay in hearing the remaining petitions. CAMBRIAN and GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held this day at Wood's Hotel, Purnival's Inn, for the purpose of taking steps for the immediate dissolution of the Company, in consequence of the unsatisfactory explanations that had been given by the Managing Committee of local Directors of the position of the affairs of the Company. Mr. A. LAURENCE said that it was right for him to state that he and Mr. Webb had been deputed to represent the other Proprietors at any meeting that might take place and also take such steps as might appear to them most desirable. He trusted that they would now select a chairman. Mr. APLAurtEN suggested that Mr. Laurence should take the chair himself; which Mr. Laurence declined, as being a delegate ; and Mr. Webb also declined presiding for the same reason. After some delay, Mr. Ley tor)k the chair, when a resolu tion was proposed, to the effect that all persons present should give their names, which was carried by a majority ; but several of the gentlemen rising to leave, the resolution was not persevered in. --- Mr. LAURENCE said that lie was a shareholder to a large extent, and residing in Hereford. From the plans and sec tions not having been deposited in the usual way, we gave notice to the banker not to pay the money. The local com mittee bad made a most unsatisfactcry explanation, to the effect that they did not think it likely the speculation would succeed, from the circumstance of the money not having been paid up in order to enable them to comply with the standing orders of Parliament, and that the blame lay with their engineers. (The speaker read a correspondence to this effect.) He would not trouble them with all the cor respondence that took place between Mr. Doudney and himself on the question. In consequence of not receiving an answer to a qut stion on the subject from the Managing Committee, the shareholders of Hereford signed a protest to the effect that there should be no further outlay of the money until the Directors should have satisfied the shareholders, at a public meeting held for the purpose of aseem taming the position in which the Company stood. It further added, that they would be ready to assist in the prosecution of the undertaking if their demand was acceded to. Mr. Doudman replied to this protest, that they had not decided on the course to be pur. ued. This drew an answer from him to the effect that, viewing the position in which matters stood, they could not consent to the Committee proceeding further. A long and desultory discussion ensued, which ended in a resolution, to the effect that a Committee of th e P ro p r i e t ors be formed to investigate the stare of the affairs of the Com pany, to correspond with the Managing Committee, and to calla meeting and communicate the result to the shareholders. The thanks of the meeting were then given to the gentle men from Hereford who had originated it. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 4 1 4 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New 201. Shares, 3 p.—Chester and Manchester Direct, Its. dis. —Dudley, Iron Bridge, &c., dis.—Eastern Counties, Per petual, No. 2, p.—East Lancashire, No. 1, 5 p.—East Lin colnshire, 1 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 7-16 p.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., I%—Grand Union, par—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6 3 A p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % p.—Leeds and Thirsk - , 3 p.—Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 3 p.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 1 / 2 p.—London and Windsor, IA dis.—Manchester and Birmi ng h am , Quar ters, 7% p.—'Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, % dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenths, 3 p.--Nottingham and Boston, dis.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 1 4 dis —Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 3 dis.— Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 2 3 / p.—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3,3% p.—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, PA p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % p.—Southport and Euxton, 14 p. HULL, J. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 21% —Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 3 / 4 p.—North British, Half Shares, 7 %—Ditto, Carlisle, 21.185. 9d.—Axholme, —Buckinghamshire, 3 / 4 p.—Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 2%—East Lincolnshire, 2%—Goole, Doncaster, Shef field, &c., 3/. 17s.—Grand Union, 30s. —Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 9s.—Hull and Barnsley Junc tion, 41s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 11. IGs. —Liverpool and Leeds, 2/. 6s.—Nottingham, Enmesh, &c., PA—Rugby and Huntingdon, 1: 3 / 4 —Shropshire Union, IA p.—Wakefield and Bradford, 2 V s .—Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow, 3 3 / 4 — Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2%. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCILANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man chester, Qnarter Shares, No. 2, 11 3 / 4 —Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, W. 4s. 6d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 4 1 / 2 —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 1. _ _ G !MAT MEETING OF THE ANTI-CORN-lAW LEAGUE AT COVENT -GARDEN THEATRE. The regular monthly meeting of the members of the Anti-Corn -law League was held last evening at Covent. garden Theatre. Long before the time ap pointed for taking the chair the theatre was crowded in every part. Amongst the distinguished persons on the stage were George Wilson, Esq. (in the chair), Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P., Thomas Milner Gib son, Esq., M.P., Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P,, Sir Wil liam Brynes, Bart., George Thompson, Esq., John Houghton, E•q. (Broom Hall), Robert Mather, Esq. (Liverpool), Major-General Briggs, Dr. Cooke Tay lor, W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., P. A. Taylor, Esq., H. Ashurst, Esq., Norman Wilkinson, Esq., M essrs. Thomas Hodgkin, David Dewar, Thorne, Rawlins, J. B. Evans, Edward Lucas, Francis Place, Edward Brownley, Grant, Robert R. R. Moore, W. B. Wedgwood (New York), John Poulter, H. Brittain (Walthamstow), C. Constable (Surrey), Arthur Pat- ison, J. C. Hutchinson (U.S.), T. S. Prideaux Southampton), E. Da v y (Crediton), T. Allerdine, • Richard Ware Cole, Frank Eastwood, &c. Mr. WILSON, the Chairman, on rising, was re ceived with the most enthusiastic cheering, and on quietness being restored, he congratulated the meet ing on what might be, he thought, a very fair subject indeed for congratulation, namely, that after an up hill fight of seven years, the subject for the further ance of which they were assembled had lost none of its wonted interest. He took it for granted there were few at least in the present time so besotted as to think it requisite to ask of six thousand people met in Covent-garden, in the eighth year of the League's campaign, what the precise and definite object of that great national organisation was, of which that great meeting was but a small fragmentary part. Seven years had brought great and sweeping changes with them. Many a good old prejudice had been ga thered to its fathers, and many an honoured and valued agitator, who had commenced the good work with them (the Leaguers), had been laid in the silent grave. But there they were. Great changes might have taken place within the time. Cabinets had been formed and had passed away. Power had changed from one administration to another ; but the principles of the Anti-Corn-law League had un dergone no alteration—(Cheers)—and nothing had sapped or undermined them. They stood there pledged to the same principles to which they had pledged themselves in 1838—to the total, the com plete, and unconditional abolition of the corn -laws.— (Great cheering.) It was in vain to deny that the present was a most thrilling—a most interesting— period of that agitation. All parties were agreed that the crisis of protection was now approaching. The intermediate ground had been altogether abandoned. The fixed duty party was gone for ever, and it be hoved every man to make his election at once—to stand or fall with that great party which asked for the total abolition of the corn-laws, or with that party which stood out for restriction and security.— (Hear, hear.) Next week Sir Robert Peel would explain to Parliament the course which it should please him to adopt. He (Mr. Wilson) took it for granted that Sir Robert was already better acquainted than any man in the kingdom with the exact nature of the threatened scarcity of provisions, especially in Ireland. It had been shown over and over again that the rate of mortality increased or diminished with the increase or diminution of the prices of provisions, and a great responsibility rested upon the man, especially upon the statesman, who could e-sert a guiding influence upon the cost of provisions Whatever course may have appeared judicious to the statesman at the head of affairs in the year 1815, when the corn-laws were established, in spite of public opinion, there had since sprung up in this country a party which must have some influence in the settle ment of the question to which those laws had given :rise ; and it was to the state and position of that party to which he should draw the attention of the meeting that evening. The first great subject which the Anti-Corn-law League had in hand was the qualification movement.—(Hear, hear.) Why, it might be urged, what could the making of votes, which could be only used in October next, have to , do with the settlement of a question which might be settled in February, or March, or at all events April ? He would tell them. If they had the question settled in February, or March, or April, it would be because their antagonists knew that they had the votes ready for use in October.—(Cheers.) Now the quali fication should be registered before the 31st , of January, and he would show them what had been the success which had attended their labours hitherto on this qualification movement. The Council of the League would have incurred a fearful responsibility .if they, in getting up so enormous a fund as a quarter of a million, had not given their b es t cons id era ti on t o - the most advantageous mode of disbursing it. They had to deal with the revision of registries containing 144,000 voters, a quarter of the whole franchise of 'England, and they had gained on those registries 16,446.—(Cheers.) But he (Mr. Wilson) did not come there to tell them what gains had been already :made by that revision, but he would take from the :mouths of the protectionists that which he was about Ito lay before the meeting. They all knew South :Lancashire, the most populous county in England. .At the last election the monopolists beat the free traders. How did it stand now? Lord Francis :Egerton—and there he (Mr. Wilson) would • take leave to say, that if a monopolist could be selected by him, a more honourable man or a more amiable one in private life could not be found than Lord Francis Egerton, the member , selected by Sir Robert Peel - 'to move the address. Well, what said Lord Francis Egerton?—" I will fight no more. Look out for another candidate.— (Hear, hear, and laughter). I have had enough." And at the next election Mr. Villiers and Mr. En twisle would walk over unopposed.—(Cheers.) Then there was South Cheshire, represented by Tatton Egerton, and they had not a man of equal pluck amongst them. Well, what said he ? " Look out for another man.—(Laughter.) I have fought hard battles here for you. I have been at the head of the poll, but you must look out for some one else now."— (Cheers and laughter.) Well, let them next look at the West Riding of Yorkshire.—(Cheers.) That great county, with its million of population, and its 32,000 votes on the registry, and its majority of 800 on the last election. What was taking place there ? Lord Morpeth had been out on his canvass for the last fortnight, and not a man could be found to con test the county with him.—(Tremendous cheering.) Those, then, were a few of the results which had taken place. They knew of a great many others who were prepared to follow the example of those honourable members at the first convenient oppor tunity. and as surely as they (the League) had the slightest ground of excuse for continuing the agita tion for another year, so surely as their opponents left one single rag of protection to keep the League open, so surely would they proceed u n t il they. got the men of Scotland to cross the bor der, to join hands with the men of Northumberland , and Cumberland, and Durham, and thence they should proceed to unite with the men of Yorkshire, and Lancashire, and Staffordshire, from whence they would pass to Birmingham, and if more was necessary, they should go on, and those should join hands with the men of London, who should go out on all sides purifying the counties and knocking down the monopolists one after another —(Laughter and cheers)—and if there should be one refractory county left, such as Buck ingham—(Laughter and cheers)--why then they would crowd sail on all hands, and take it out of the possession of the Duke. He (Mr. Wilson) next came to speak of the great League fund of a quarter of a million. It was agreed on a month ago—there were gentlemen then on the platform who could vouch the accuracy of this asser tion—that it did not take five minutes in debate before it was agreed on in the Council. There was a meet ing then, called at Manchester, the greatest meeting he (Mr. 'Wilson) ever saw, where, at the rate of .500/. a minute, 6,00001. were at once subscribed—(Cheers) —and there were then upwards of 70,000/. There was another 'meeting at Liverpool last week in fur therance of the fund, where their excellent friend, Mr. Brown, presided, heading the list with a subscrip tion of I,oool.—(Cheers). There was another gentle man present, Mr. Mather, who followed him with another 1,000/.—(Cheers.)—and they received somewhere between 12,0001. and 13,000/. in Liverpool.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Wilson) had letters from all parts of the kingdom, stating the ease with which the fund would be raised in all parts of the country. Mr. Baxter, of Dundee, presided at a meeting there, where, in twenty minutes, 1,600/. were raised for the League fund ; and that very night there was a dinner at Leeds, of delegates from the West Riding of Yorkshire, which would be attended by Messrs. Cobden and Bright, and he (Mr. Wilson) dared to say that 20,0001. or 25,0001. would be put down at that meeting.—(Great cheering.) Now, he would discard the small sums. Let them take the sums collected at Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, and they would challenge the Dukes of Buckingham, of Richmond, and of Norfolk, and the whole of them, with all the squirearchy of England to their back, to call meetings everywhere, and put down one-half the sum for the furtherance of the cause of protection, of which they were such stre nuous advocates. But that had not been all which had been done. Those meetings had never inter rupted the ordinary business of the League. He had the curiosity to reckon how many meetings they had had since October last, and he found that Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Moore had attended sixty two meetings in that time.—(Cheers.) He found also, that their excellent friends, in all parts of the country, had had their meetings either for the opening of the ports or the furtherance of other objects, in accord ance with their views, and those meetings had num bered between 100 and 120. Well, they had heard of meetings on the other side—great meetings.— (Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. Wilson) had re ceived some information respecting some of those meetings. At a good many of them not more than sixty or seventy people attended, just enough to form a decent committee for a ladies' charity.—(Laughter.) One of their own speakers, at a meeting at Lincoln, osafitdhce o thahreirm oin, otheranbe said it w day th a t a ca t might seen at any part it w sso a s the largest crowded—(Laughter)—and de d— ( meeting La u gh t e of r ) a t n h d the e kind he had ever seen.—(Cheers and laughter.) But they (the League) would admit that the protec tionists had exhibited unwonted alacrity, and had put forth unaccustomed strength. At Chichester (Laughter)—and other places they had had great meetings. They should have all the benefit of it, and the Leaguers would admit that, with a good deal of abuse of Sir Robert Peel and of Lord John Russell and others, both those who did not come to the meet ing and those who did, but were not pleased after coming, they contrived to make up a very interesting report. But what did it all prove ? Merely that there were men in the country who would never yield until the minister had decided that they should be brought to book. Let them meet—let them abuse the League as much as they please—let them threaten them with the fabulous animal the British lion.—(Laughter.) Let them be loosed at them. The Leaguers would catch him and bring him to Covent-garden. Let the Protec tionists meet them at the qualification movement. They knew that they had already caught the people at that whilst they were asleep. But let them try it naw, and the League would beat them ten to one in any county they liked. But there had been another meeting—not one called by the Protection Society, nor by the Anti-Corn-law League—one furnished with no speakers from Willis's Rooms, but a meeting which, thanks to the Times, had been re ported throughout the breadth and length of the land. He referred to the meeting at Goatacre—(Great cheering—during a lull, in which a person in the second tier of the proscenium boxes called out, " Three cheers for the Goatacre labourers," which was re sponded to instantly by three distinct rounds.) And there, on a winter night, a thousand agricultural la bourers met together. For what? To abuse the League ? No. To support agricultural protection ? No. But to ask the Government to look at their pale and haggard features, and as they were actuated, or could be actuated by the feelings of humanity to open the ports, and give to them the advantages of free trade. Now, they would not put into the scale the advertised meetings of the League, or claim advantage for them over the protectionists, but they would put in evidence against them that single meeting at Goat acre, and they would set that against all the meetings held under the auspices of the Protectionist Society, of 17, New Bond-street. They might meet at New Bond-street and announce that the agricultural la bourer was in favour of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) The meeting would be that evening addressed by Mr. Villiers and by Mr. Milner Gibson. Mr. Gisborne, he (Mr. Wilson) regretted to say, was seriously in disposed in the Isle of Wight, but his place would be supplied by Mr. Moore; and Mr. Houghton, the largest farmer in the United Kingdom, was anxious to say a few words. He had, therefore, great pleasure in calling on Mr. Villiers.—(Cheers.) The Hon. C. P. VILLIERS, in coming forward, was received with most rapturous cheering. He thought they had come to that point in the progress of their cause, when every person was anxious to know what prospect there was of their success.—(Cheers.) What was going to be done ? The last time they met in that theatre, their spirits were much elated at the prospect their cause presented, owing to the position of political parties.—(Cheers.) Several events had occurred since that time extremely interesting to their cause.--(Cheers.) Those events had been viewed differently by politicians of different parties, but when they assembled in that theatre they professed to have nothing to do with party politics. Parties of all creeds and opinions assembled there together, and they might be excused in considering those events, as they bore on the corn-law question alone, and in that view he ventured to express his opinion that nothing had occurred since they last met at all calculated to discourage or weaken those hopes which they en tertained upon that occasion. The moral of all these parties' mis-statements seemed tole, that their good cause of free trade was in the ascendant, and that they were approaching in their struggle to a speedy and successful issue. —(Cheers.) At their last meet ing Lord John Russell had received the commission of the Crown to form a Government, after having placed on record his identity of opinion with them selves. They had had the satisfaction of learning since, that those colleagues he had called to his councils had entirely agreed with him in his support of the measure of the League ; and they had further reason to believe that if he had succeeded in forming a Government, he would have received the cordial support of Sir Robert Peel, and such friends as he could influence. They had also the satisfaction of knowing that Lord John Russell did not complete his arrangement for forming a Government from any cause of a difference of opinion on the question of the corn laws—(Cheers)—and though it would have given the personal friends of Lord John Russell great sa tisfaction to have seen him in the post to which he was called by his Sovereign, and which he (Mr. Vil liers) believed he would have worthily filled, and would have had strength to support, notwithstanding what had been suggested by their worthy friend Punch.—(Great laughter.) Yet he was convinced that the force which would be presented in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws in the House of Commons would be greater than it would have been under any other circumstances.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel had returned to power ; his dissentient colleagues had returned to reason—(Cheers and laughter)—and there was nothing had transpired that would induce them to believe that any of them had returned to their former opinion in favour of the corn-laws; and though it was difficult to confide in the course pro posed to be pursued by any public man—(Cheers) — yet he could not find it difficult to believe that Sir Robert Peel would never return to power to call upon himself the universal odium of the nation.---(Cheers.) If his will was not wanted, he was now is a position that a Minister never was in before.—(Cheers.) He was relieved from all party consideration ; he had not only the whole patronage of the Government h at hia now, command,for the hbeut firstthe t i O m p e p Opposition.—(Cheers.) unitedt io n . andey were de termined to extend to him their earnest and cordial — an (e d h d ee ec r iVed T , support if his measures were honest and complete— (Hear, hear) —but they were equally determined, if he was false to the interests of the nation, to resort to every means to obtain justice for the people. Under these circumstances, he (Mr. Villiers) felt sanguine of the success of their cause, and he could not bring himself to think that the present year would pass away without some satisicachteoerrys.)settHletenen of the great corn - law question._ be lieved that their rulers would not so far disregard the voice of common sense in this country as to deny that the time had come when the question should be settled.—(Cheers.) Whatever they might choose to do, of this he was convinced, that the time had come when all trifling with this question must be passed away. — (Cheers.) There had always been a reality in the question which time and circumstances would sure to aid.—(Cheers.) The corn-law now stood before the country stamped with being a law alike obnoxious to the obtaining of food and the trade of the country. (Cheers.) They had now reached that point in their progress when no Minister would undertake to conduct the affairs of the Government if he was to be responsible for the continuance of the corn-laws.---(Cheers.) It was only the other day that they had learned from Mr. Gladstone's letter, that the party who would sup port the corn-laws would not be able to carry on the Government.—(Cheers.) They had shrunk from that test—(Cheers) —they wished to have all the advan tages from the corn-laws when they could be main tained quietly, but they would have nothing to do with maintaining them when there was any risk.— (Laughter.) In perusing the addresses of the pro tectionists it would appear that they claim superior integrity, a majority in both Houses of Parliament, and seven-ninths of the population of the country. If such was the case, was it not curious that they would not undertake to administer the Government ? But no ; they turned from this duty, and they contented themselves in the most scurrilous abuse.—(Cheers.) They had now arrived to that period of the history of this monopoly when no man would undertake —no, not even the strongest Min t i h s ; ter—(Cheers)—would attempt to g overn county, if, at the same time, he must und e rtake e rtake the responsibility of maintaining thecorn-lasys.—(Cheers.)_ Such was the result of this law after thirt y years' ex perience—a law which prevente d the p ro p er su pp l y o f food to 28,000,000 of peop le.— ( Cheers. ) Y et they were told that they were not s a fe, that they were not out of danger; they were told that the parties opposing EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Sitting in Banco.) CIRCUIT PAPER. Their Lordships have agreed th.it the following shall be the circuit paper for the ensuing Spring assizes : Home—Lord Denman and Baron Alderson Midland—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Justice Coltman Oxford—The Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Rolfe Norfolk—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Maule Northern—Mr. Justice Pattison and Mr. Justice Coleridge North Wales—Mr. Justice Williams South Wales— Mr. Justice Wightman Mr. Justice Erskine and Mr. Justice Creswell remain in town. BOARD V. COLEMAN. This was a writ of inquiry directed to the Sheriff of Surrey, to assess the damages due to the plaintiff from the defendant, for holding over sonic premises in Lambeth after the expira tion of a lease, and was executed on 19th Dec. last, when the jury found damages, amounting to 353/. Os. 4d. Mr. BURTON moved the Court for a new writ of inquiry, on the ground that the damages were excessive, and against the evidence on the trial in the action of ejectment. A rule nisi was granted to show cause why a new writ should not be had. WHARFAGE.—BENSON V. TE3IPERLEY. This was an action on the case tried in this Court on the lit December last, and was brought by the plaintiff to re cover from the defendant damages for having trespassed upon the ground of the plaintiff, opposite to his ship-building yard, abutting upon the river Thames, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages amounting to 501. The plaintiff was a shipwright, and occupied premises ad joining the river Thames, and claimed the frontage before his yard over which the river ran for the purposes of his business, and denied the right of any other person to place their barges there. The plaintiff proved a prescriptive right of forty-five years. The plaintiff also claimed damages from the defendant for having injured the ground by digging mud holes in it. The defendant traversed the plaintiff's allegations, and denied the plaintiff's right to the sole use of the ground in question, and put it in evidence that plaintiff had allowed a man named Vesey to moor his barges on the ground in question without interruption for two years. Mr. GUNNING now moved the Court for a rule to show came why a new trial should not be granted, or the damages reduced to forty shillings; and contended, in support of his motion that the plaintiff had failed to prove the antiquity of his right to the exclusive use of the land before his ship building-yard, and that the plaintiff, by allowing the land to be occupied for two years, was proof of his doubting the validity of his right, and that the Lord Chief Baron in charging the jury had misdirected them, by assuming that the plaintiff's prescriptive right had been proved, whereas that right was claimed by the defendant in common with the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel also contended that the damages were excessive, on the ground that the mud holes were necessary for the purposes of wharfage, and useful to the plaintiff. The Loan CmEr BARON—If the defendant could have proved an adverse usage of twenty years against the plaintiff, there would have been some ground for the motion; and as to the damages, perhaps Mr. Jervis would consent to their being reduced to 201. Mr. JEPXIS consented to the reduction on behalf of the plaintiff, and a rule to that effect was granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) REGISTRATION APPEALS. This was the first day of the present sittings set apart for the consideration of registration appeals. Several unimpor tant cases were argued, but of those submitted the following was the most important. COLVILLE V. THE OVERSEERS OP THE BOROUGH OF CIIATHAM. Mr. Sergeant KnvoLAKu appeared in support of an appeal against the decision of the Revising Barrister in a case sub mitted to his decision at the last Court held for the revision of the list of voters for the .borough of Chatham. Mr. Col ville was the appellant in the case, and the overseers the respondents, and the point raised was the following :—Whe ther in regard to the borough 101. franchise the registration of the voter was to be allowed in consideration of being rated to the poor on a net annual rent of the value of 10/. ; or whether the rating must be on the clear annual value, after deducting repairs, insurance, and other expenses necessary to keep the premises in repair. The Learned Gentleman maintained the latter interpretation of the Reform Act. The whole matter was to settle what was meant in the Act by the words " clear annual value." He contended that the fair criterion of clear annual value was, the value of the premises to the landlord after all expenses were met, and not the net rent paid by the tenant. The Learned Gentleman quoted several cases in support of the view of the question he submitted, and said in addition that this was the legitimate construction of valuation, according to the Parochial Amess ment Act. Considerable discussion had arisen, not only at Chatham, but other places throughout the country, as to the real meaning of the words net or clear annual value, and the case was chosen, out of many others of the same character, for the decision of their Lordships. No Counsel appeared on the other side, and their Lordships reserved their decision. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ( Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) CLARKE V. O'GRADY. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Fry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Ball for the defendant. This was a n action brought by a Mr. Clarke, who is a wine merchant, residing in Bond-street, against the Hon. Thomas O'Grady; a captain in the 74th regiment of infantry, for the recovery of the sum of 501. upon a cheque drawn by the defendant, upon 11 , i army agent Sir John Kirkland. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise—that he did not draw the cheque—that no notice of dishonour had been served upon him. He also pleaded that it was given to the defendant for money to play at hazard in a common gambling-house, and that when the plaintiff gave the money, the defendant was about to play at hazard in a common gambling-house, and he (plaintiff) knew that he might lose it. Another plea entered by the defendant was that the document was not stamped. Mr. Sergeant BYLES made a few observations to the jury with regard to the nature of the pleas of the defendant, and then called The Hon. Francis Payne, who stated that he is a Lieu tenant in her Majesty's 74th regiment ; knows the Hon. Thomas O'Grady, but does not know his hand-writing. Witness never saw him write, and never received any letter from him. Mr. John Brook Irwin stated that he resides in Albany street ; does not know the Hon. Thomas O'Grady. Has seen the paper produced before. Knows Sir J. Kirkland's bank ing-house in Pall-mall. Presented the cheque produced for payment; does not know the exact date on which he pre sented it. It is in the same state as when it was presented. The cheque was dishonoured. Witness does not know the exact answer given, but only knows that no money was given. Witness wrote a note to Captain O'Grady at the St. James's Hotel, stating that the cheque had been dishonoured. (A discussion ensued, as to whether notice had been served for the production of that rote • which ended in the note being put in, but it was not read.; Sir John Kirkland was then called—He stated that he is an army agent, residing at No. 80, Pall Mall. He acts as a banker in one sense of the word. Agents of regiments are the persons through whom allowances or moneys intended for the use of military officers are remitted. It is no part of a banker's duty to transact the business of the officers of a regiment, yet it is a courtesy invariably extended by army agents, so as to enable officers to draw on them. Several officers keep accounts with him. Does not know Captain O'Grady, of the 74th regiment, but has paid cheques drawn by the Hon. Thomas O'Grady. Mr. CROWDER. said that the witness could not say anything about the payment of cheques unless he paid them himself. Mr. Justice Wirm3is said that the general fact of Cap tain O'Grady keeping an account there was admissible. Witness continued—Has received many letters from Cap tain O'Grady, but does not know him as the writer. Has paid money according to the directions they contained. There are several officers in the 74th regiment. Mr. Payne recalled—There is no officer named O'Grady in the 74th regiment but the defendant. Sir J. Kirkland was here asked if he believed the hand writing of the letter to be the writing of the defendant? Mr. CROWDER objected to the question. He said that the writer of the letters must be directly identified as Cap tain O'Grady, as any person might have gone on with an account in his name. Nothing had as yet been said to fix Mr. O'Grady as the writer of these letters. Mr. Justice WILLIAnis took a note of the objection. 4 14, In answer, Sir John Kirkland said that he believed the documents to have been written by Captain O'Grady of the referring ef 4 n t eu h r ger Never to of th cheques. e cheque,ei ved aTblheuat but has e hl r ea fi t oermre received es M i Mr. din o a ' O'Grady, rhaed letterys, ai specificallyne referringpet person that wrote the former letter. The letter was as follows : " Sir,—Will you oblige me by not cashing any cheq u e pur p or ting tote from me until krther notice. " Yours most truly, " THOS. O'GRADY, Captain in the 74th Regt." Witness cannot say whether this letter was received before the presentation of the cheque or draft. The clerk who attends to the instructions of his customers is here. By Mr. CnowDEß—All the affairs of a regiment, as be .tween the Government and the colonel, are transacted by the army-agent. All the money sent by the Government for the use of a regiment is sent to the army-agent, and books of that money are kept by him for the Government. Has never made any return of his house, as a banking-house, since the Acts of 7 and 8 Victoria. Is a banker, but his house in Pall-mall is not a banking-house. All the transac tions referring to Capt.aia O'Grady took place in Pall-mall. No charge is made trethe officers of regiments by the army agent, as they are paid by the public. By Mr. Sergeant Bvixs—Witness keeps accounts for offi cers' widows, officers on half-pay, icc. Witness also keeps accounts for about half a dozen private persons, and charges them nothing. Mr. Sergeant BYLES again proposed to read the cheque, end Mr. CRowDER again objected on his former ground. Mr. BALL said that Lord Denman had lately held that where a party receives letters from another, he must after wards be introduced to the writer, so as to see him in order to identify him with the letter he was supposed to have written. Mr. Justice Wimisais took a note of the objection, and allowed the case to go OIL Mr. CRoWDER then objected to the document as being un stamped. The Stamp Act :let forth that any order or orders, addressed to bankers or persons acting as bankers within ten miles of the metropolis, should be stamped ; and he (Mr. Crowder) contend e d t h at Si r J. Kirkland was a banker within the meaning of the Act. The place where the cheque b o y r d th ra e ft w w o a r s ds dr s a t w . njawmasess Hotel,n , otspecfied as the Act required, except which might be fifteen miles out of London, and so come within the meaning of the Act. Thirdly, it was not proved that the deed bore date as re quired, " on or before the day en which it was presented." All these objections were reserved for future consideration. Mr. William Paget, one of the clerks in the establishment of Sir J. Kirkland—The pencil memoranda on the letter produced were his. They were made at the dates mentioned, and from them he can see that he received the letter on the 18th of August, 1841. Witness knows Captain O'Grady, of the 74th regiment ; he has cashed cheques for him. The signature to the letter forbidding the payment of any bills or cheques is very unlike his handwriting. Witness has often seen him write. By Mr. CRowDEß__C a nnot swear positively that it is not his writing—it might be. By the Count—Could not say on oath that it was not Captain O'Grady's handwriting, but should think it was not, as it was very unlike it. By Mr. Sergeant BYLES—CouId tell within 100 how many cheques he had cashed for Captain O'Grady. By the Count—Had a cheque signed with sented the same witness sort of signature that is: to the letter been pre, would not have paid it, at any rate he would not pay it without making a strict comparison with former signatures. By Mr. CRowDER—At the time the cheque was presented witness had in his possession the letter forbidding p a y ment, and it was in consequence of that letter that he did not pay it. By Mr. Sergeant 13=8—The handwriting on the cheque is more like the writing of the defendant than the writing in the letter. Mr. Irwin was then recalled, and from the additional evi dence he gave it appeared that he was a friend of Mr. Clark's, who had asked him to get the cheque cashed. He received the cheque in a gambling-house in St. James's-street. Mr. Clark was a friend of the proprietor of that house. This was the plaintiff's case. YORK, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Newceatle and Dar lington, Brandling, 54 1 / 2 —York and North Midland Exten sion, 39 3 4—Newcastle and Berwick, 201,1—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 21. 19s.—London and York, 4—Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, 2/. 17s.—Leicester and Bedford: 11. 14s.—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 214—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and'Midlaud, 41. lA—North Western, 3—Welch Midland, 2. BRISTOL, JAN. 14. STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exe ter, New, 8 1 ,1 4 —Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter Sha res , (issued 7 1 dis.), 3/. Is. 3d.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 11 1 4—Taff Vale, 138—Great Northern of France (constituted), 7 3 / 4 . EXETER, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, B—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 / 2 dis.—South Wales, 33/4. GLASGOW, Jex. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Exten sion, 59s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 36s.—Dun dee and Forfar Junction, 575. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 235. —Forth and Clyde Junction, 45s.—Glasgow General Ter minus, 11 1 4—Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle, 50s.—Glas gow and Garnkirk, 421.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardros san, 55s.—Great North and South Wales, N.—South Mid land, 4%. HOTEL AND TAVERN K EPERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. The seventh anniversary dinner of the above-named insti tution took place on Wednesday evening at the London Cof fee-house, Ludgate-hill. The company numbered about 150, and the chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who was surrounded by many influential citizens. The object of the institution is a most praiseworthy one, inasmuch as it tends to " the establishment of a fund for the permanent assistance of hotel and tavern keepers, proprietors uf club houses, confectionery establishments, cooks, and waiters, being members, and their widows, and temporal . ) , assistance of members, their widows and children, when in necessitous circumstances." After justice had been done to a dinner, which was of a most recherché description, and wines of first role quality were placed on the table, the usual loyal toasts were proposed from the chair and duly responded to. In proposing " Prosperity to the Institution," the Chair man observed that the great object of the committee of management and those who were interested in the society was to raise as soon as possible a fund of 5,0001., which would enable them to commence their benevolent opera tions.—(Cheers.) The subscriptions and donations already amounted to nearly that sum, and he was sure that if those persons present took the matter into their hands with any degree of sincerity, that they would within a fortnight, not only accumulate a greater fund than that which was yet contemplated, but would create a degree of ardour in the cause which would be serviceable in the greatest degree.— (Applause.) His Lordship then proposed "The health of Mr. Bleaden, and prosperity to the Licensed Victualler? Assurance Society." Mr. BLEADEN returned thanks, and said he saw present many of the most opulent hotel and tavern-keepers in Lon don ; and acting upon the suggestion of their worthy chair man, he would beg leave to state, that if any of those gen tlemen would undertake to get ten subscribers of 5/. each to the association within a fortnight, he would undertake to do the same.—(Cheers.) Ihe association had now been seven years in existence, and he thought it was a shame that they had not yet been able to collect amongst them 5,0001. The LOUD MAYOR then proposed the health of Mr. New - bon and the Honorary Members of the Society, and in so doing, drew attention to a rule which prohibited honorary members having any greater interest than common life governors, He trusted that this rule would meet revision, and that Mr. Newbon, as solicitor to the Society, would con sider it with minute attention. Mr. NEwßoxthanked the Lord Mayor for direetingatten. tion to the regulation in question. The sum already collected by the Society, including the amount of the evening's sub scription, was upwards of 4,000/. ; and the proposed exertion would, he had no doubt, raise it to the required amount be fore the termination of the year. The Vice-President, Trustees, and Committee were then proposed, and responded to by I'. M. BacoN, the treasurer. Subscriptions and donations amounting to upwards of 300/. were then announced by the secretary, and in which were included from the Lord Mayor, 10 guineas ; the Lady Mayoress, 5 guineas; Mr. Masterman, M.P., 10 guineas; Messrs. Lovegrove, 5 guineas; Captain Lamont, 10 guineas; Mr. J. S. Newbon, 10 guineas ; the Licensed Victuallers' Insurance Company, 5 guineas ; Mr. J. Stewart, 5 guineas; Messrs. Bathe and Breach, 5 guineas ; Mr. Thornton, 5/. ; Mr. Thomas Clarke (Windsor), 5 guineas, Dr. Taylor, 14 guineas, &c. " The Health of the Chairman" was proposed by Mr.. Clarke, and several other toasts connected with the official departments of the society were also announced and re sponded to. The dinner did the utmost credit to the cuisine of the, Messrs. Lovegrove, and the wines were excellent. The musical arrangements were well managed g ed who by did Shoubridge, Mr. Moo d y , and other p rofessio nal gentlemen, and afforded much gratifi cation to the company, not separate till a late hour. John, havini i declares 1 cornso de alry that aths aN, K te ar i ynpgenn_ cheap, . REMOTE GENEALOGY OF THE CORN-LAWS 0 , ---.,axi,ori the above t x a sehshoeaul,d d JG B H ri T g o hton on 1 veg.. of y s lo w af in heard,a, n H d e o t hiner would,t ho the ere ee chroniclers l r assert n6,atkheaitt be sold for a stalling." This drew upon him the deadly pas. . signs Abbey. in (accordingisir.Home's t ot h "Ballad legend) Romances,"of a mon k dition is.turned to very striking account as the subject , of a ballad chronicle instinct with passion and pathos. - FE tw things in our language can exceed in grandeur the d at ath scene of the King and the Monk. The poetry throng' (lout N.--Art im portant indeed, of " high proof." It is a poem Which, in the pre sent corn-law agitation, will be cited again and again." h lN eld ß i ß n day, when several resolutions in favour of a repeal of (he corn and provision laws were adopted with acclamat/ nt. por F ta ß n ß t E fr - e 7 e- R t A ra D d E e m M ee E ti E n T g l w N as G The chair was taken by the High Constable, and the me, St ing was addressed by Captain Pechell, MX., and Le Ord Alfred Hervey. In the crowded state of our columns we find it impossible to make room for a report of the r ro ceedings. THE MINISTRY.—There is no truth in the sta te mpt that Lord Canning is about to succeed Lord Metcalf, 3as Governor-General of Canada- We have every reason to be lieve that it has been proposed to Lord Cathcart to su cc -ed Lord. Metcalfe, and thus unite in, the same hands the. c ivil and military government of Canada. The report of Lord Granville Somerset's retirement from office is altoi ;ether without foundation. The Earl of Verulam and the F. ad of Harwood will attend at the first Council, to be sworn J D: as Lords Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and the West Ridit 3g g o Yorkshire respectively.— Treasury paper. Lord and Lady Stanley are still at Knowsley. Hon. E. Stanley has arrived in town. ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIE' ff .— On Tuesday evening Charles Woodward, Esq., F.R.S.„ deli vered a lecture on " Optics and Optical Instruments," f t o goo juvenile members of the families of subscribers. The .tr►, the repeal of this obnoxious law were so formidable that they would exterminate any Ministry who wished to abolish it.—(Cheers) Now he (Mr. Villiers) thought there was not much danger in that respect.— (Cheers.) They had been told that the protectionists were able to follow closely in the steps of the League that they were about to raise a large sum of money for the purpose of meeting them in every attempt — (Laughter) --that if the League raised a quarter of a million of money, they would raise half a one—(lncreased laughter)— and they had been told by Mr. Newdegate, the Member for Warwickshire, that the physical force they could bring against the people who were for free trade they had no idea of at present.---(Great laughter.) He (Mr. Villiers) thought there was some prophecy of thAind two years ago, when these protection societies first appeared—at least he was much mistaken if he did not venture to prophecy of them in that place, that they would soon speedily disagree among themselves, and soon after disappear —((sheers)—and it seemed that he was not very much out of his calculation in that respect, for he observed that Mr. Miles had said, " He was glad to see his friends again, because he had bee n a s k e d w h a t h a d be- come of the local protection societies ?"—(Laughter.) He then inquired what the mother society was about, and the answer that he got was, that it also was doing nothing. The central society was idle, and the local societies were doing nothing, but waiting the direc tions of the central one.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now that the protectionists were aroused, and their machinery, such as it was, placed in operation, it ap • peared that the arguments they employed were all of the old species. A good deal had been said of Dukes, and certainly, lately, they had figured in some strange scenes. If the Duke of Norfolk spoke of a panacea for the distress of the labouring classes—(Loud laughter and ironical cheers)—the Duke of Richmond expressed himself as if sinking into the earth with shame at its declaration ; and, on the other hand, in what satisfied his Grace of Richmond, the Duke of Norfolk saw nothing but absurdity and folly.— (Loud cheers.) And how did these two Dukes pro pose to meet the crisis ? While the Duke of Nor folk proposed that which was likely to burn the insides of the labourer, the Duke of Richmond recommended the burning of the Times newspaper.—(Great cheering and laughter.) It seemed, that however much the Noble Dukes may differ in opinion, that their logic ends the same, which was to resort to fire. —(Loud cheers.) This was the instrument with which they aimed to keep up the protective system. But they . ought to be cautious how they talked of burning, in case it might be taken up more eagerly than they desired.—(Hear, hear.) It was a lesson which might not be easily forgotten if it ever was learned ; nay, it was a lesson which the labourers had learned once before.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") But what was now to be the policy of the few who stood out for the perpetua tion of monopoly ? They were going to raise a fund to do battle with the League. If so, looking at the specimens of these protective gentry who had been before the public, and presuming the half a million —(lronical cheers)—they were preparing to raise was to circulate their speeches, the League, he was quite sure, would claim that sum of money as a contribu tion to their fund.—(Loud and general cheering.) Nothing, he was sure, would contribute so much to advance the cause of free trade than the circulation of such speeches as these protective gentry had been in the practice of delivering.— (Cheers.) In looking through them, one-half seemed to contain nothing but complaints and arguments, if such they could be called, adverse to the cause they had undertaken to defend.—(Cheers.) Their arguments went to show that it was proper to make food difficult of access to the population ; their case one impressing the expediency of diminishing the quantity of suste nance—of making bread dear and scarce, instead of plentiful and cheap.—(Loud cheers.) They said how foolish it was to endeavour to bring plenty to the door of all; that it was better that wheat should be dear and trade restricted, than trade s hou lake free and the corn-laws repealed.—(Hear, hear.) These were the arguments, such was the policy, of the parties engaged in the present protection movement, than which no thing could be more conducive to the cause of the Anti Corn-law League.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Miles, on Monday, at the meeting to which he (Mr. Villiers) had already referred, made a statement respecting what the trade and position of this country with re gard to America would be if the corn-laws were re pealed. Now that statement, which seemed to be considered the strongest argument on the occasion against the measure proposed by the League, was the strongest that could have been urged in its favour— in fact, it was conclusive in support of the advantages that would result from the adoption of free trade. What was the position at the present moment of these gentry in the country ? They had arrayed themselves together for the purpose of preventing an abundant supply of good and wholesome food to the people. What the Queen had uttered they ob jected to. She had declared herself satisfied that a deficiency had existed in the supply of food, that the season had been unfavourable, and that she was ready to give her assent to any measure of relief that might be proposed to meet the exigency —(Loud and long continued cheering)—while these gentry declared they would steed between her and the people, and prevent that measure of relief being carried into effect.—(Hear.) They declared that they would take their stand on behalf of scarcity, and stand between their Sovereign and a suffering people, determined to deprive them of the abundance of the earth. They forgot, or did not seem to know, that the population of these islands was increasing an nually at a prodigious rate ; and that their half mil lion fund would not succeed in putting food into these additional mouths.—(Cheers.) It was to be raised, not for that purpos, but to aggravate the evil of scarcity already too extensive, and to deny the earnest cry and prayer raised by the population of this country for a plentiful supply of healthy food.— (Loud cheers.) Such was the position of the British aristocracy, who boasted and gloried in their pride and power, taking under their surveillance and direc tion fish, and flesh, and fowl and declaring that re garding these they would stand to the prices of 1841, and no other—(Loud cheers)—as a question involving the protection of the constitution of the country.—(Loud cheers.) In how little a position were the protection gentlemen placed by such pro ceedings as these.—(Hear, hear.) In 1846 they de clared that the sliding-scale should remain stationary, and that there was no deficiency of food for the popula tion. That which had been yearly increasing in in tensity for the last forty years they declared has no existence. But at last they must be brought to know it ; say what they would, treat it as they would, to the acknowledgment of the pending danger must they come. That scarcity existed, and had been gradually increasing, had been declared, not alone at at least —but that plenty of labouringg atherieg s m o e f n thaeiseerktiendd, thatbut at they Goa knew of no plenty—(Hear, h . ear) where i m po r ta nt the forty years.— What a food had at l ea st years.—(Loud e e r n iee d e en f ied ,, H t e o ar t , h h e e m ar,, f ) o . r , the last contrast did the account of these poor men present to what these advocates of protection would fain make them believe.—(Hear, hear.) He deemed it right to state that no exertion on the part of the advocates of free trade had been spared to bring under their (the protectionists') attention the effects of a scarcity of food—that a scarcity of food produced poverty, and poverty created disease.—(Hear, hear.) The sup porters of monopoly never have affected to disbelieve the increase of the population of the country, but they have never been found using any exertions or power to meet the wants of this new population. They did not seem to see that the effect of a deficiency of food was to send thousands and tens of thousands into gaols and union work. houses, to become the victims of crime and de gradation, and premature death.—(Loud cheers.) Not a word about all this did they find spoken at any of the protection meetings that had been held during the last three months--(Cries of " Hear, hear") —but on every occasion the twaddle was how to make food dear.—(Cheers.) They looked not at the danger that threatened, but maintained that they held firm to the existing system, and that the duty on corn should at least remain as great as at present. Whenever there was a protection meeting, such were the sentiments declared.—(Hear.) And this in the face of the acknowledged failure of the potato crop—a crop which had failed, not only in this country. but in other countries, and which was likely to fail again. The disease had previously vi sited other countries, and experience had proved that if there was a failure this year there would be a greater the next, and a greater than that the year after, and so on for several years ; and yet these gentry say that not an iota of the protection now given them should be abandoned—that no sen!e o it f . their duty to the poor will induce themf d o " to is their " Sufficient for the day is the evil the should he motto. That such evils had ha happen again, and that they (the people ) Providence. contented under such visitations of occurred, and would which re- Seasons of scarcity had ha ppened, and would the nature of all th p e re e t x e c e u ti s e e n s country recu rmade throughout thewas pport but which they of that syst em would fain attribute to the D eity.—(Loud cheers.) And this system they had maintained by keeping the counties in their hands, and using them for the pur smuelteetdingsfroimn :eulfish l egislatio n, pur poses and convenience of a few great families.—(Loud. cheers.) Till the county representation was freed from the thraldom of these great houses, there would be no hope of realising that freedom of industy, and that improvement in the people, so imperatively required. Lord Stanley on a former occasion, had told them how these things were managed. 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