The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

THE PROPERTY-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SIR,—I find that the surveyors of taxes are very busy adding to the assessments in respect of the property or income-tax ; but I hope that other Commissioners of taxes are less inclined to lean to the dictum of the sur veyor than they are in this district. If you will spare me room in your paper, there is one principle in the mode of assessing occupiers of farms to which I wish partiCularly to call attention; and, for ex ample, I will mention the case of a tenant-farmer of 250 acres of land, worth 300/. a year, and for which he pays that rent, and wh, is assessed to the poor-rate at a trifle under that sum. The surveyor is not satisfied with this value, as the half of 300/, with deductions for tithe-rent, would entitle the occupier to exemption from taxes; so he adds to the value of the la❑d 1001. a year, being the amount of the tithe rent•charge, and this brings the total assessment up to 4001., from which the surveyor allows one-eighth, being 501., to be deducted for tithe-rent, and thus the value is brought up to 3501, and the tenant is made to pay 7d. in the pound on 174/.. the half of that sum, or 3d. on 350/. In this way 1001 is put on for tittle-rent, and only 501. allowed for it. Upon referring to the rules for estimating the value of property contained in the Act of Parliament, I cannot see how this system is justified. General Rule 1 enacts that "The annual value of lands charged under Schedule A shall be understood to be the rent by the year at which the same are let at rack-rent, if the amount of such rent shall have been fixed by agreement, commencing within the period of seven years preceding the sth April next before the time of making the assessment ; but, if the same are not solely at rat k-rent, then at the rack-rent at which the same are worth, to be let by the year." In the case stated it is clear that the landlord must pay on 3001, less the amount of land-tax, which is de ducted from the annual value, under the sth clause in rule No. 5, The 4th clause in the 4th rule, Schedule A, provides that, " For any compositions, rents, or other payments in I:eu of tithes, the assessment thereupon may, if the Commissioners think fit, be made on the respective occu piers of the lands from which such tithes arise, or on the respective persons liable to the pa yment , of such compo sitions, rents, or other payments.' The landlords being the parties legally liable to the rector for his tithe-rent, the Commissioners add it to the landlord's assessment, and the tax on the two together is collected from the tenant or occupier, to whom, under clauses in the Act, it is allowed, on his paying the rent and tithe-rent to his landlord and the titheowner; but as the Commissioners aid surveyors add the gross and rent-charge, I do not see how the titheowner is allowed for parochial rates, &c., in respect of his rent-charge, which he is clearly en -led to deduct under the 4th clause in section No. 5, ehedule A. In this district the Commissioners and surveyors are at satisfied with adding the gross tithe-rent to the I ndlord's assessment, but they also add it to the occu pier's assessment, as I have before-mentioned, and they tell the farmer that he cannot set it off with the rector. But by virtue of section 7, Schedule B, the Commission ers deduct one-eighth of such aggregate value of rent and tithe -rent, so that the occupier's assessment, being the rent of 300/. which he pays ins landlord, is increased to 4001 by adding to it the tithe-rent of 100/., and then it is re.luced to 3501 by deducting one-eighth of the toad value, and then the tenant is made to pay 3il. in the pen id on 3501 That your readers, who cannot refer to the Act of Parliament, may more clearly understand this juggle, for such it seems to me, I will quote section 7, Schedule B, more at length, as it points out the mode in which pro perty is to be assessed under that schedule. It provides that "The duties last before-mentioned (being the duties thereby granted contained in Schedule B) shall be shamed in addition to the duties to be charged under Schedule A on all the properties in this Act directed to be charged to the said duties, according to the general rule in No. 1 in Schedule A before-mentioned, on the full amount of the annual value thereof, estimated as by this Act is directed; provided that in all cases where lands are subject to a rent•charge in lieu of tithes, and in .111 ether cases where lands are not subject to tithes, or to any modus or composition real in lieu thereof, there shall be deducted out of the duties contained in this schedule a sum not exceeding one eighth part thereof." Now, Sir, I beg to submit that, under this clause, the occupier, instead of having the whole rent-charge nadt d to tke annual value of his farm, so as to make it 4)01, is entitled to have one-eighth part of the duties dedu;ted in respect of the annual value of 3001., which, as you will see, will reduce the tenant's tax from St 2s. ld. (being 31d. in the pound on 3501.) to 3/. 15s. 3 1., being 31d. in the pound on 300/, less one eighth part of the duty. I must now mention the case of a friend in this neighbourhoo ; who occupies his own land, and who appealed to the Commissioners for abatement, on the gr ,und that the surveyor had charged him more than the annual value of his land, which hitherto had been as,essed at the same value (3501.) to the property-tax as it was to the poor -rate, but the surveyor had added something like 201. per cent, to it. Upon the surveyor acknowledging that ho added to the value without seeing the land, and without obtaining the opinion of anybody to justify the increase, he claimed, and the Commissioners adhered to the gross value in the poor-rate assessment as the value to which the property is liable under Sche dule A, deducting therefrom the land-tax. To this value the rent-charge was added to be Eet off with the titheowner. In this case, as in the case of the tenant-farmer, the Commissioners 'added the gross amount of the rent charge. say 1001., to the occupation value of 3501:, thus tusking my friend pay on 4501. as owner, the duty in respect of 1001., the rent-charge being repaid him by the titheowner ; and on 4001. as occupier, one-eighth part of the duty on the occupation value being allowed hula ; so that, as owner, the value or assessment is 3501, and, as occupier, a trifle under 4001. This assessment for the occupation my friend con ten led was not in conformity with section 10, which, in , he latter part of it, provides that, " Where the owners di be also occupiers of such lands (as was his case), i shall have paid any parochial rates, taxes, or assess . ►ts charged on the same, or any compositions for . hes there then the said annual value shall be also e• , imated exclusive of such rates, taxes, and assessments and compositions for tithes, to be computed in like man ner ai aforesaid," i.e., on the amount thereof bona fide paid in and for the year preceding the year of assess ment. You will observe that, instead of having the rent charve added to the occupation value, my friend consi dered that, under the la.:t quoted clause, he was entitled to have the parochial rates, &c., deducted, but this the surveyor had never heard of, and the Commissioners not seeming to comprehend the Act, and feeling sure that to allow such deductions could not be the intention of the framers of it, the assessment as owner was put down at :350/., and as uccupkr at a little less than 4001. I thir< you and your rea 7 ers, alter going through this statement, will exclaim, " If this is the way the assess ments are generally made, it is no wonder that the pro perty-tux produced so much more than was calcu litej upon. But is the Act so acted upon by Commis sioners iu oth-r districts ? Of this I shad he glad if - you or any of v ur readers 'A ill inform toe, and how far I am right in my con , truction of the clauses above q.-,o;k d, and also in what way redress can be obtained. If the asst ssments generally throngh the country are made upon the principle acted spun i n thi s di str i ct, there can be no doubt that the tax is made to raise ore-fourth more out of the land than the Act authorises, or rh , p-oposers of the measure contemplated. I child,: it as well to mention that the figures to illus trate the cases rEtlerred to are not the exact ones which were before the Commissioners, but I have adopted eren sums to make the statement appear the more clear, but, at the same time, they bear a pretty exact relative pro portion to the real assessments.—l am, &c., A CONSTANT READER. Ilarlestone, Norfolk, Jan. 12, 1846. FREE TRADE in the WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. At a very large and influential meeting, held at the Music Hall, Leeds, on Wednesday, the Secretary of the Asso ciation announced the subscriptions towards the quarter of a million fund, collected in various towns of the Riding. The amlunt received is upwards of THIRTI 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 fol:ows L"eds Hudaerstield.. Halifax 4,000 Bradford Sheffield .. The Mayor of Leeds occupied the chair at the meeting, and W. Aldam, Esq., M.P , R. Cobden, Esq., M.P., and J Bright,.Esq., M.P., were present. The highest degree of enthusiasm prevailed.—Advertiser , FR £B,OOO 5,000 EE-TRADE FESTIVAL at LEEDS. I 1' • - kV t o l . '8 1 : 42; 1 , t i nc i NFZ I M l i ,:. —l' 11 e dinner which is to take place here the great League fund, promises to be a mat brilliant and os e:s,fd attain Public attention is on th e fiai clue, and lunch! ' importance is attached to the number and nature of the free-trade demonstrations to take place be fore the opening of Parliament as affording t o Mi n i sters a n test ofin the &pc h and stren g t 4 the anti-monop o li s t move rrn,t the country. m e dinner to-night will be presided over by the Mayor of Leeds. The company will probably amount to four bun- includeP man i y iici of the moat influen dred, nd will certainly , &c. —are tial names in Leeds and the West :'. licighbouring towns—Bradford, Hali Tag; ta;.ing place. - One of the objects of the dinner is the as inc -re alreadv immense League fluid; peopl e 0 The ,----e of the . , th e - vv , e-- st lii !jog L ancash i re will not lag behind their neighbours of thi. 4 g,w.d work. The sinews of war will be well strung up in meet and overpower the last efforts of the monopolist. It is anticipated that subscriptions from the West Riding to the amount of 30,000/. will be announced, and that the town of Lee d s wi ll come d , wm to the tune of 8,000/. or 1,000/. Here is a goodly tribute towards the quarter of a million Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright will of course take a prominent hart 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. FaEE-TRAD E M EETING IN B R IGHT oN.—An iM portant free -t ra d e meet i ng was held in Br i g h ton o n Tues- day, wh en several resolutions in favour of a repeal of the corn and p rov i s i on laws were adopted with accl amation. The chair was taken by the high Constable, and the meet ing was addressed b - y Captain Pechell, M.P., and Lord Alfred Hervey. In the crowded state of our columns we rind it impossible to make room for a report of the pro ceedings. 'rue MILITIA.—Messrs. G. and W. Ormond, of y 43 Bond-street, have receiv e d orders to s uppl,ooo of accoutrements to the Board o f Ordnance, for the use sets of the militia. 'The order is to be comp l eted without dela,. ENoßmous PIKE.—On Tuesday a pike wa2 shot, tt i , Mr. Ray, at Trivg, whioh w e i g h 2 d 1% le. CLEANSING OF THE STREETS 1 IN THE CITY BY THE POOR. . Yesterday a deputation from the Association for the Relief of Metropolitan Destitution, established at the west-end of the town, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of stating the result of the experiment made in cleansing parts of the City according to their plan, and requesting his Lordship's sanction to the continu ance and more extensive operation of the recently adopted test. Amongst the deputation were—Mr. C. Cochrane, the president ; the Rev. Dr. Penfold, Mr. G. Jones, Mr. T. Burgoyne, Mr. P. Jefferies Mr. C. Gatliff, Dr. Brornet, Mr. J. E. Panter, Mr. T. Winkworth. the Rev. Dr. Sprange, Mr. R. Bowie, Mr. J. Holmes, &c. Mr. C. COCHRANE, in addressing his Lordship, said that some persons might imagine the Association par took of a joint-stock character. Nothing was further from the fact. It consisted of many of the most affluent find influential people in the land, who came forward spontaneously to carry out the objects by liberal contri butions, and there was no association in the metropolis i'hich taxed the public so lightly, or drew so largely from the pockets of those who took the most active part in the operations. The establishment of the baths and ' wash-houses, at the celebration of which the Lord Mayor had officiated with such active benevolence, was neces sary for the removal of the sources of coot imination and filth. The establishment of the association, represented by the gentlemen present, was necessary for the not less tw oimportant experiments, purpose one ofi n Regent-street preventing an d accumulation ox f o r d .os Oxford -street, which invariably was accompanied by disease and demo ralization. In their own locality, the society had made and the other in the Strand, and in both cases the success was perfect and indisputable. The whole of the inhabitants bad declared their opinion of the efficacy of these tests, and numbers of them were willing to subscribe largely for the support n o w f n t , h ew without b u , t ut the consent unfortunately, o fthe at the vestries, west enno system of an extensive character could be carried out, , for the individuals who formed EA bodies trembled for , the loss of popularity which they apprehended might follow from the increase of rates upon the inhabitants, although it could be proved, beyond all doubt, that the result would be an important diminution in most of the other charges to which rate-payers were liable. The City of London was differently constituted. Its high municipal provisions distinguished it from the little bodies to which he had just referred, and he hoped that by the encouragement of the most benevolent plan of cleansing the City streets, through the instrumentality of the poorest of' the industrious poor, the elevated cha racter it held in the history of corporator. would be still more powerly sustained. A deputation from the Society had in November waited upon the Commissioners of Sewers, to request permission to be allowed to make the experiment in the City. Their request was imme diately complied with. A commencement was made in the beginning of December, and the experiment would end with the present month. They hoped and believed they had accomplished what they professed they were able to perform, and they were naturally anxious to hear the favourable opinion of the Lord Mayor, con vinced as they were that the testimony of the chief magistrate of the City of London would be no slight recommendation to the Government to the adoption of a great plan by which thousands might be constantly em ployed for the benefit of' the whole community. Before they commenced they found that there were numbers of poor men as willing as they were able to work, and they had the gratification to know that no complaint whatever had been made against any of the poor fellows who had engaged in the acceptable employment which had been provided for them. The shopkeepers the public and the police, if lie might be allowed to draw such distinctions, all united in stating that their conduct was without reproach. It was highly sa tisfactory to contemplate so powerful an argument to show that those who were so ready to charge the poor with idleness and disinclination to work were not justi fied. There they were, by the united testimony of the official overseers, and all others who pasted through - the streets, every moment adding strength to the opinions delivered in their favour It had been calculated that, by the energetic carrying out of the system, constant well-paid employment could be given to 40,000 industrious tden throughout the country. The advantages to those whose good was chi. fly sought by the Committee in carrying into effect the objects of the Association would be seen, not only in the present relief of their necessities, but in the self-respect which must naturally arise from the exercise of an independent principle wholly at variance with the feeling of revolting workhouse humiliation so generally diffused through the land. When her Majesty was laying the first stone of the Royal Exchange, she al luded in her address in stronger terms to the charity of the citizens than even to their commercial enterprise, and the employment of the industrious poor certainly consti tuted an essential part of that first of virtues. The LORD MAYOR said that he warmly approved of the kind intentions of the Association, exemplified in finding employment for those who were qualified for la bour, but he could not consent to contribute pecuniarily to the object, for he knew what it was to be mixed up with associations which necessarily incurred great expense. He knew that the expense of employing carts, horses, barrows, &c., as well as paying the men who were to do the work, would be considerable ; and he knew the responsibility which was likely to be thrown upon all who lent their names to projects calculated or in tended to benefit society. He knew, also, that there were Acts of Parliament which provided for the per formance of the duty of keeping the streets clean, and the proper enforcement of which Acts would be efficacious. There were rates collected for the payment of the expenses so incurred, and if the work was not properly done complaints ought to be made by the inhabitants, who ought to contribute the equal pound-rate. lie conceived that the paving and cleansing Acts ought to be consolidated with the poor-rate, so that the guardians might, if they considered it were desirable, employ the paupers of their own City, without. being under the obligation to consult another board, who might make different arrangements from those, by which it could be seen whether or not the City poor were idle and disinclined to labour. In the present state of these laws the guardians had no adequate opportunity of testing the authenticity of the statements made preju dicial to the character of their poor. His Lordship con cluded by expressing his admiration of' the totally disiqm, terested views cf the gentlemen of the Association, and rejoiced to hear so gratifying an account of the conduct of the poor persons employed to keep the streets clean, an 3 of the adequate performance of the duty. Mr. COCHRANE said the Association never entertained a thought of dictating to the Board of Sewers, or any other body connected with t h e Ci ty of London. Their only wish was to see the plan carried out with effect. Several other gentlemen of the deputation spoke upon the subject, and expressed their sense of the very marked kindness with which his Lordship attended to their application. The LORD MAYOR then accepted an invitation to dine with the Association on the 26th instant , at the London Tavern, to celebrate their anniversary. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE Poon-LAw GUARDIANS OF THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. It i s st!ori g ly suspected in the City that a very great dif ference of opinion exists between the Chief Magistrate and the board of guardians of the City of London Union, on a subject of considerable importance to the community. Upon the publication in the ne ws p a p ers of some-observa tions made in the justice-room, by his Lordship, on th e p l an ( long adopt e d by th a t Board) of sending poor children to the asylum at Peckham, upon their application for relief at Cannon-street, the Board of Guardians transmitted a letter to him, expressing their regret that such remarks should have been made upon ex parte statements, denying that there existed any foundation for them, and representing that his Lordship mists t have informed himself of the exact state of the case, by attending the meetings of the Board, of which he was ex officio one of the members. The letter is said to con tain resolutions in vindication of the whole of the conduct of the Board. It is necessary to observe that soon after the Lord Mayor entered upon the duties of his office, he received information through a variety of channels that the orders under which the officers of the City of London Union acted were ex ceedingly oppressive to the poor who came within its limits, from all parts of the country as well as of the metropolis ; that miserable objects upon applying for relief were sent off with tickets of admission to a sort of asylum at Peckham, distant nearly four miles from the City, at night, in the midst of hail, rain, and storm; and that on the following morning they were discharged without the least inquiry into their claim upon other parishes, or the least sympathy with their distresses. Into the existence of this most formidable evil his Lordship pledged himself to make a scrupulous in quiry. In a multitude of instances in which wretched fi iendless children were brought, before him, he found that the same character is given of the proceedings of the authorities and of the severe and degrading nature of the treatment to which the object of the Lord Mayor's com passion was subjected day by day. Upon former occa sions complaints had been made by those who had been obliged to seek the few hours' refuge which the asylum Yielded, after the exhausting and hungry march of four miles, but somehow or other an answer sufficiently satisfactory was always given ; and yet, although the complainants have been frequently assured from the bench that there was not the slightest truth in their statements, they retracted nothing in their accounts of the filth and degradation which they had to encounter, and persevered in declaring that - they would in• finitely prefer a prison, if the way to it were not irreconcil • able to their consciences. In accordance with the expressed intentions of his Lord ship, and considering that a better opportunity of testing the pure spirit of the Peckham establishment could not present itself than the commencement of his mayoralty and the winter afforded, he repaired, without saying a word about his intention, to the very spot of which the guardi ans h ad always given so alluring a description. W ithout, as we have been given to understand, affording an opportunity to the servants of the asylum to make the slightest change in the appear ance of the place, his Lordship bolted into the bed-rooms, and inquired on the spot into the condition and characters of the inmates. We are told that the illusion vanished com pletely under the inquisitive search thus suddenly and peremptorily made. It became necessary to answer the letter of the board of guardians to his Lordship. That answer, it is stated amongst the gua r di ans, has been given. His Lordship ' not only re peated in substance his forcible comments made in the Man sion -house, but entered into a particular statement of what he had witnessed with his own eves. lie condemned the system upon which the City of London Union bad been conducted, with regar d to the distance of the place of refuge from the heart o f th e Ci t y , i n which it ought to be centered, and especially with regard to the crowding together of young and innocent females with women of loose character, and suffering from the most loathsome disease. He expressed his utter abhorrence of the demoralising influence of such an association, and denounced it as peculiarly disgraceful to a city in which there abounded such affluence and charity, and where such a union establishment for the poo r should toto of ties of cou lld existry.H as ere w g •o r t e i t h t l ed be to an obliged ex be anple a most injudicious and absurd parsimony, in sele c ti ng a place of refuge for their poor at such a distance as was cal culated to intimidate many from an se a e s l y ti l n u g m i ,i, t, it a b n in d t u h r e ge b d ou t n h! immediate necessity of preparing daries of the City, in for the employment and disciplineda which accommodation of them in c a o t u e l a d . be provided It r. y d - that n tnh the h L e o d rady before, Mayor sent a w m as e c ss u e r n re g n e t r l to - r th ep e or b t o e a d r ) d - e o s f te p r to inform thew that a building at a , Ehort dis azze from the centre of the City, and in which there was a great deal of room, could be had at a very moderate expense, and that it would be most advisable in them to take it without delay. HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS 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 wa. , taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who was surrounded by many influenti a l c iti zens . '1 he object of the institution is a most praiseworthy one, ins, much as it tends to " the establishment of a fund for the permanent assistance of hotel and tavern keepers, proprietors f club houses, confectionery establishments, cooks, and waiters, being members, and their widows, and temporary assistance of members, their widows and children, when in necessitous circumstances." After justice had been done to a dinner, which was of a most recherche description, and wines of first rite 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 5,000/., 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 Victuallers' 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.) 'I he association bad 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 Loan 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. Newnom thanked the Lord Mayor for directing atten 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 4,0001. ; 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 'l'. M. BACON, the treasurer. Subscriptions and donations amounting to upwards of 3001. 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, 51.; Mr. Thomas Clarke (Windsor), 5 guineas , Dr. Taylor, 10 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 by Mr. Shoubridge, Mr. Moody, and other professional gentlemen, and afforded much gratification to the company, who did not separate till a late hour. THE INNER TEMPLE. (The Barristers of the Inner Temple, whose names are subscribed to this Memorial, beg leave to submit it for consideration to the other Barristers of the Society.) TO THE BENCHERS OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE INNER TEMPLE. The undersigned Barristers of the Inner Temple take the liberty of requesting the attention of the Bench to the subject of the present mode of election to the office of bencher, which has been recently brought under the notice of the public. They assume the mode of election to be, as generally sup pesed, by ballot, and that one black ball excludes. This mode of election has been occasionally adopted by the members of clubs formed exclusively for social purposes ; but it is submitted that there is no analogy between associations of this kind and the Bench of an Inn of Court. The social intercourse which takes place between the benchers is only an incident to their position. They are constituted for very different purposes. They enjoy peculiar rights and advantages, and exercise functions of great importance to their profession and the State. They are the trustees of large funds, as well as the arbiters of the discipline and pro fessional honour of the bar; and they are invested with the power of allowing or rejecting claims for admission to the bar, and of disbarring any member of it who, in their judg ment, has b een gu il ty o f m i sconduct. It is believed that no other instance can be found of a body with similar powers and duties, to which the admission is not either of right, or by some mode of open election. The undersigned beg leave to notice one other broad dis tinction between the case of admission to the Bench, and that of admission to private clubs and societies. In the latter, the candidate is under no compulsion to incur the chance of re jection ; he encounters the ordeal of the ballot by his own free choice. C and id ates f or t h e B ench are very differently circumstanced. The greater number are such as claim the honour on being appointed Queen's Counsel. These cannot decline claiming it without incurring a self-inflicted degrada tion in theeyesof the profession ;yet they cannotclaim itin the Inner Temple without running the risk of injurious exclusion by the secret act of a single bencher. It is respectfully sub mitted that this is no ordinary grievance for men to whom an honourable estimation is of the highest consequence, to be exposed to so painful an alternative. That the rule under consideration had never, so far as the undersigned are aware, been acted upon at all until a very recent time, is a strong proof of the moderation and honour able principle which have governed the conduct of the Bench —a strong proof, confirmed by the experience of the other Inns of Court (where the rule does not exist), that it is un necessary —but assuredly no argument in favour of it; for it is impossible not to foresee that when once such a rule, after long lying dormant, is practically revived, its application will probably be repeated, and certainly feared. The undersigned are sincerely anxious that they may not be considered as actuated by anyspirit of undue interference.' Such a representation as the present cannot, in their opinion, be considered improper in a matter in which any J4iember of this Inn may at some future day have a direct personal interest. Nor do they question the power claimed by the benchers, great as it is, erecting them, in a certain sense, into a court of appeal from the Lord Chancellor's appointments. The object of the present application is merely to press the expediency and justice of establishing a better method of exercising that power; and, with this view, the undersigned pray the Benchers to take into consideration the speedy adoption of such a mode of election as they shall, in their wisdom, think best adapted to maintain at onee their own independence and protect candidates from being ex cluded on insufficient grounds. W. ATHERTON J. DEEDES E. L. BADELEY E. H. FITZHERBERT F. CALVIERT K. MACAULAY J. M. CARnow 11. A. MEREWETHE3 A. CLEASBY H. MERIVALE H. DAVISON W. F. POLLOCK. Inner Temple, January, 1846. THE LATE EARL GRANVILLE.—At an early hour yesterday morning the mortal remains of the late Earl Gran ville were removed fioni the family residence in Bruton streA t, to be conveyed by railway to Whitmore, and thence to Stone Park, Staffordshire, to be interred in the family vault in Stone Church. The funeral was conducted in the most private and unostentatious manner possible. The in terment was to take place yesterday afternoon. The Earl Granville, the Honourable Frederick Leveson, Mr. Fullerton, Mr. Stuart. and Dr. Veredav left town by the earliest train yesterday morning, to attend the solemn obsequies. ArrEcTio - sr.—Amon g other things lately washed on shore near Sangatte, was a box containing the body of a female child about two years old. It. was enveloped in cotton ; and on it was a purse containing two sovereigns, with a letter. The following were the contents of that af fectionate note :—" The charitable Christian who shall find this body is intreated to bury it in consecrated ground, for the deceased was a Christian." The prayer was religiously complied with._Boulogne Gavotte. REMOTE GENEALOGY OF THE CORN-LAWS-CSIXtOn and other old chroniclers assert that King John, having heard in the year 1216, that corn was very cheap, declared " He would, ere long, make it so dear that a penny loaf should be sold for a 5 , ,i11ing." This drew upon him the deadly pas sions (according to the legend) of a monk of Swineshead Abbey. In Mr. Horne's "Ballad Romances," the above tra dition is turned to very striking account as the subject of a ballad chronicle instinct with passion and pathos. Few things in our language can exceed in grandeur the death scene of the King and the Monk. The poetry throughout is, indeed, of "high proof." It is a poem which, in the pre sent cent-law agitation, will be cited again and again." ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.— On Tuesday evening Charles Woodward, Esq., F.R.S., deli vered a lecture on " Optics and Optical Instruments,' to 800 jeivenile members of the families of subscribers. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A FEMALE AGED EIGHTY YEARS.-Yesterday Mr. Baker resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Black Horse, Kingsland-road, on the body of Hannah Seeley, aged e i g h ty years. The deceased occupied an apartment in the house No. 7, Luke-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, the landlady of which was a person named Mary Warwick, who had a son about twenty years of age; both the latter have gone out of the way, the son being a sailor, having gone to sea, and the mother not ut present to be found. The deceased had lately frequently complained to her neighbours that she was knocked about and ill-used both by Mrs. Ware ick and hi r son; the formes, it was proved, was in the habit of doing so whenever she got in toxicated, which she frequently did. The neighbours ad vised her (deceased) to sell what furniture she possessed and to go into the Shoreditch Union, where she might end her days in peace. This the deceased according did. On being admitted she complained that her arm had been broken by a poker, which blow had been struck by her landlady or her son three weeks previous. Mr. James Clark, of No. 3, York place, Kingsland- road, parish surgeon, said lie fund a frac ture of one of the bones of the right arm, which she said had been done three weeks previously by a blow. Witness at tended her up to th e ti me o f her death, which occurred on Friday last. He had since, by the coroner's order, made a post niortem examination, and found the brain, chest, and viscera very h ea lth y f or a person of her advanced age, and as such likely to live sonic years. The fra c t ure of the arm, and the beatings she had stated to have leceived, at her period of life and emaciat e d con di t i on, causing irritability of the system, had, in his o pi n i on, caused death. The jury re turned an open verdict founded on the medical testimony : MR. FORTNUM'S WILL.—We are requested to in sert the following, in correction of some of the details of the will of the late Mr. Fortnum, which appeared in our paper of yesterday :—The will of the late Mr. Richard Fortnum, of the firm of Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182 and 183, Pic cadilly, was proved in Doctors' Commons on the Bth inst., by his executors, Frederick Keats, his nephew and partner. and Mr. William Urwick, wine merchant, Great Tower street. The personal estate was sworn under 100,000/. He leaves his entire interest in the business to his four surviving partners, and secures to them the premises, &c., for a long term. He leaves to his sister, Miss Fortnum, 10,0001.; to his niece, Miss Keats, 20,000/. ; to his niece, Miss Mary Fortnum, 10,0001.; to Mrs. Keats, 5,0001., should she survive her husband; to Mr. Scorer, 2,000/. ; to Mr. Oakley, 1,500/. ; to Mr. and Mrs. Selt, 5,000/. ; to his executor, Mr. Urwick, 500/. ; to his solicitor, J. D. Finne, 5001.; liberal sums to the establishment, and many other legacies ; and the residue, real and personal, to his nephew, Frederick Keats. The dated October, and he died December 5. —Port, CAMBRIAN and GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yes! e. day at Wood's F'otel, Furnival's Inn, for the purpose of taking steps for tho 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 plaee, and also take such steps as might appear to them most desirable. He trusted that they would now select a chairman. Mr. M'LAUREN suggested that Mr. Laurence should take the chair himself; which Mr. Laurence declined, as being a delegate; and Mr. Webb also declined presiding fur the same reason. After some delay, Mr. Ley to')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 he 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 coin• mittee had made a most unsatisfactory 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 qui stion on the subject from the Managing Committee, the shareholders of Hereford signed a protest to the effect that there should be no further eutlay of the money until the Directors should have satisfied the shareholders, at a public meeting held fur the purpose of ascei taining 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. Dominion replied to this protest, that they had not decided on the course to be pur ued. This drew an answer from hint 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 C omm i ttee o f t h e I' ropr i etors be formed to investigate the ata:e of the affairs of the Com pany, to correspond with the Managing Committee, and to call a 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. THE LWWON JOINT-STOCK BANK. A general meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held this day at the banking-offices, Prince's-street, City, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors, and also of electing five gentlemen in the room of five Directors retiring. The meeting was very fully attended. Mr. Curling, Chairman of the Directors, presided. The SECRETARY then read the report as follows :-- "In meeting the shareholders at the beginning of the year, the Directors have the satisfaction to state, that the business of the Bank eontinues steadily to improve, as will appear from the balance-sheet herewith submitted for their perusal and information. " From this it will be seen that the transactions of the Bank, during the past half-year, have netted a clear profit of 20,1301. Bs. Bd., which, after paying a dividend at the rate of 6/. per cent. per annum on the capital stock, free from income tax, will leave a balance of 2,130/. Bs. Bd. to be carried to the reserve, which, together with the interest due thereon, raises the amount of the guarantee fund to the sum of 96,297(.26.6d. " The seats in the direction to be v cated on the present occasion are those occupied by Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P., William Mitcalfe, Esq., Ambrose Moore, Esq., John Timo thy Oxley, Esq.. and William Shadbolt, Esq., all of whom have given notice that they are candidates for re-election. " In conformity with the recommendation of the Pro prietors at the last General Meeting, that the Board should take .nto their consideratinn the practicability of instituting a fund for the benefit of the clerks of the establishment, in case of sickness, age, or other incapacity arising while in the service of the Bank, the Directors have to state that the re commendation has had their anxious and deliberate consi deration; and that, with a due regard to all ti e interests concerned, they have arrived at the conclusion that the satisfactory management of such a fund would be most diffi cult, if not impossible, and they, therefore, cannot recom mend its adoption. " The half•year's dividend will be payable on and after Friday, the 23d day of January inst." The CHAIRMAN then, on the authority of the Board of Directors, declared a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum. The Chaiiman afterwards moved that the report be received and printed for the use of the shareholders. Tlie motion having been seconded, Captain OWEN rose and said, that although he would rather have waited until the accounts had been gone into, he would, as, that appeared to be the proper time, refer to one of the paragraphs of the report, in which he was much in terested. The paragraph stated that, "In conformity with the recommendation of the Proprietors, at the last general meeting, that the Board should take into their consideration the practicability of instituting a fund for the benefit of the clerks of the establishment, in case of sickness, age, or other incapacity." And the Directors stated that " the recommends tion has had their anxious and deliberative consideration, but that they could not recommend its adoption. Now he should like to ask if the Stcretary might be permitted to read to the meeting the minutes of the Directors on that occasion?—(Cries of "No, no.") Be could have no desire, if the Directors told him diet this proceeding was objection able, to press it ; but he should like the answer from them. Mr. HASTIE, M.P., thought it was a most irregular course to call upon the Directors to produce one of their minutes. Captain OWEN said, God forbid that he should ask for any thing otherwise than in an amicable spirit. He would be the last man in the world to pit the Directors against the Proprietors, or the Proprietors against the Directors.— DHear, hear.) But he must confess that h e th oug ht th e irectors might have said a little more on this subject. Ile was not singular in his opinion on this occasion, and he could not understand any motives which should influence the Directors to withhold the information desired,by him. He had one other question to ask, and that was, if the clerks should choose to subscribe to such a fund among themselves, would there be any objection on the part of the Directors to their so doing? The CHAIRMAN was sure that be was speakinz the senti ments of his brother Directors when he said that there would not be the slightest objection. Capt. OWEN then said that he would gladly place his name (poor as he was) at the top of the list for 501., and if the idea were not carried out he was pretty sure that the clerks would return his money. He trusted that many gen tlemen in that room would follow his example.—(Cheers.) Mr. MITCALFE said that he should be happy to subscribe his 501. for such A .ptirPoSe./f4cheer& Thwimastion had indeed been fully considered by the Directors, but he was glad to join with the Honourable Proprietor in a matter which did honour alike to his head and to his heart. Captain Owxx said that the dimculties contemplated by the Directors were, he thought, over -rated. He had seen such funds managed in the Honourable the East India Com pany's service, its also in the service of her Majesty, and with a trusteeship vested in five members, three to be chosen from the Proprietary, and two from the Board of Directors, he could see every encouragement to the undertaking. The report was then carried unanimously. On the motion of the CIIAIRMAN, seconded by various Shareholders, the Directors who were in the retiring list were unanimously re-elected. Mr. HAsxix briefly returned thanks for himself and his co adjutora. The kindness the Proprietors had shown in se lecting them was a proof that they had performed their duties, and he could assure them that those duties would not be the less attended to in the time coming. Mr. MOORE wished to know what the Directors intended should be the maximum of " the guarantee fund?" _ . The CHAIRMAN said that when it amounted to 100,0001. the DirectorA would take the matter into consideration. Mr. RicmAm) GIBBS suggested that the Company should relieve their clerks from the burden of the income-tax. He thought the London Joint Stock Bank was in such a state of prosperity, that iu this matter they could set an example to the other banks in London. The CHAIRMAN said the subject had been considered by the Directors. Mr. AMBROSE. MOORE assured the meting that the sala ries of the clerks were every year fully considered by the managing Directors, and where they thought. the services t , f any of the clerks required it, an immediate increase was given. But he disapproved of the principle of shifting the burdens from one set of men's shoulders to those of another; and he was sure that experience and common sense would prove that these money votes were better left. with the Direc tors than with the constituent body, for by allowing the latter to furnish a precedent of this kind they would intro duce a wasteful 83-stem of expenditure. The conversation then dropped, and the meeting broke up, THE WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your list of Companies which had not de posited plans, &c., according to the standing orders, appear the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway. This is an error. All the plans have been duly depo sited, the capital fully subscribed and paid up, the Act of Parliament drawn, and every preparation made for an immediate application to Parliament for an Act to au thorise the construction of " the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway." —I am, Sir, &c., H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary. 26, Gresham-street, Jan. 15, 1846. FELO DE SL—An adjour n ed inquest was held at Cambridge, on M onday, on the body of Eliza Porter, whose death was oc cas i oned by her having taken some drug to procure abortion, and the jury returned a verdictoffelo dem. the body was buried the same night -without the rites of Christian burial. FREE TRADE, LIVERPOOL.—The working men of Liverpool have resolved to hold a meeting on the subject of the corn-laws. Thursday evening Lest is the time, and Clay on square the place appoint e d. TILE QUARTE R OF A MILLION LEAGUE FUND.•-••• During Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the Manchester subscriptions, and those of the neighbourhood, to the great 250,000/. fund, had been increased by upwards of 1,300/. ; the amount advertised in our last being . 75,712/., and the total up to last eve n i ng amounting to 77,021/. The additional su b • scriptions includ e 5 00/. received yesterday from M r. Willi am Eccles of Blackburn; 200/. from Mears. 'William Higgins and Sons, of S e lf , rd; 2001. from Mr. Clegg, of Manc h ester; ' and 100/. fro m M essrs. George Benson and Co., Slalybridge. The Liverpool s u b scr i ptions, up to last night, were more t h an 15,500/. ; and it is said that the Leeds subscriptions consi derably exceed 7,000/ ., t h ough they w i ll not b e announce d till the West Ridi ng dinner, this evening. Deduct i ng 1,500 1 . of Liverpool subscription; 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 38 5 public foot-races, varying in distance from one hundred yards to twenty miles, and in stakes from 2/. to 50/. We regret to learn that Sir George Murray passed a restless night on Tuesday, and was not at all improved in health yesterday. THE MINISTRY. —There is no truth in the state ment that Lord Canning is about to succeed Lord Metcalfe as Governor-General of Canada. We have every reason to be lieve that it has been proposed to Lord Cathcart to succeed Lord Metcalfe, and thus unite in the same hands the civil and military government of Canada. The report of Lord Yorkshire respectively.— Granville Somerset's retirement from office is altogether Lord and Lady without foundation. The Earl of Veru l a m and the Earl of Harewood will attend at the first Council, to be sworn in as, Lords Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and the West Riding of Treasury paper. Hon. E. Stanley has ived • armed tewm. Stanley ar e still at Knowsley. The LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT. Jan. 15. His HoNoun was occupied during the greater portion of the day in hearing the retnaising petitions. COURT OF FXCHEQUER, Jan. 15. (Sitting in Banco.) CIRCUIT PAPER. Their Lordships have agreed that 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. Ju .tice South Wales— Mr. Justice Wightman r. Justice Erskine and Mr. Justice Creswell remain in town. BOARD t•. 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 some 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. 'immix 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.—HENSON V. TEMPEELEY. This was an action on the case tried in this Cuurt on•the Ist December last, and was brought by the plaintiff to re siftoer t. havinghis ship-building trespassed e upon o er the from gr o of the defendanttll e yard, abutting upon the river Thames, when th e jury f oun d a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages amounti ng to 50/. The plaintiff was a shipwright, and occupied p rem i ses 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 diguing 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 Vescy to moor his barges en the ground in "question without interruption for two years. Mr. GUNSING now moved the Court for a rule to show cause why a al?* trial should not be granted, or the damws 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 occupie,d 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 defenclunt 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 LORD CHIEF BARON—If the defendant coulei 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. JERVIS consented to* the reduction on behalf of the plaintiff, and a rule to that effect was granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 15. _ 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 OF THE BOROUGH OF CHATILAM. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAK 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 case; in support of the view of the question he submitted, and said in addition that this ws.s the legitimate construction of valuation, according to the Parochial As.ess 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, Jun. 15. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WIILIAML) CLARKE V. O'GRADY. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Fry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Ball I'm the defendant. This was an 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 his army agent Sir John Kirkland. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise —that be did not draw the cheque—that no notice of dishonour had been served upon him. He also pleaded that it was given to the defet.dant 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 Le 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 le 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, statieg that the cheque had been dishonoured. (A discus:ion ensued, as to whether notice had been aerred for the production of that t•ote • 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 lion. Thomas O'Grady. Mr. CROWDER said that the witnesscould not say anything about the payment of cheques unless he paid them himself. Mr. Justice \Yuma:as 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 be believed the hand wrifing 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 %WILLIAMS took a note of the objection. In answer, Sir John Kirkland said that he believed the documents to have been written by Captain O'Grady of the 74th. Never received a letter from Arr. O'Grady, specifically referring to this cheque, but has received a letter referring to a number of cheques. That letter is from the same person that wrote the former letter. The letter was as follows : " Sir,—Will you oblige me by not cashing anyj cheque purporting to be froth the until }lather notit e . " Yours most truly, " THOS. COGRADY, 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. CROWDER—AII the atLirs of a regiment, as be tween the Government and the colonel are transacted by the armragente 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 Captain O'Grady took place in Pall-mall. No charge is made to the officers of regiments by the al my agent, as they are paid by the public. By Mr. Sergeant BYLES—Witness keeps accounts for offi eers3 widows, officers on half-pay, tic. Witness also keeps accounts for about half a dozen private persons, and charges them nothing. Mr. Sergeant Brims again proposed to read the cheque, and Mr. CROWDER again objected on his former ground. Mr. 13.41. t, 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 Vrtitteti. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS took a note of the objection, and allowed the case to go on. Mr. CROWDER then objected to the document as being un stamped. The Stamp Act set forth that any order or orders, addressed to bankers or portions acting as bankers within ten mike of the metropolis, should be stamped ; and he (Mr. Crowder) c on t en d e d t h at Si r J . Kirkland was a banker within the meaning of the Act. The place where the cheque or draft was drawn was not specified as the Act required, except by the nords St. James's Hotel, 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 ver y un like his handwriting. Witness has often seen him write. By Mr. CnownEn—Cannot swear positively that it is not his writing—it might be. By the COURT—CouId 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 Byucs—Could tell within 100 how many cheques he had cashed for Captain O'Grady. By VA Coma—Had a cheque signed with the same sort of signa'Lure that is to the letter been presented, witness w?''..td not have paid it, at any rate he would not pay it sthout making a strict comparison with former signatures. By Mr CnownEn—At the time the cheque was presented witness mid in his possession the letter forbidding payment, acd it was in consequence of that letter that he did not pay it. By Mr. Sergeant BYLEs—The handwriting on the cheque is more like the writing of the defendant than the writing in the letter. Irwin was then - recailed, pd fox% the additing Bence 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 g tmbling-house in St. James's-street. Mr. Clark was a friend of ?he proprietor of that house. This w; s the plaintiff's case. Mr. Citowt)Ett 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, arid returned a verdict for the de fendant. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 15. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BenctintL.) KxEct:Teßs.- OF IAWLLL, CLERK, V. TCCK. This wa. an action brought to recover damages for dilapi dations, under the folkwing circumstances:— The defe:Alant suffered judgment to go by default, and the jury therefore had to assess damages. Mr. C, ARKSON ',tared the case. Tie plaintiffs are executors of the late Bev. T. Lovell, rector of St. Luke, Al idd;e , ex, and the defendant was tenant of Dyson', farm, at Tattenham,which %vas attached to the rectory. According to the caw om of England, the rector was bound to keep in order and repair all property cwring to him by right as rector, and surrender the same to his success° In the pre:ent case the d e te n d ant an d his family had been on the farm for 15 years, and at the de ceate of Mr. Lovell the dilapidations were found so exten sive, a d the lend had been allowed to run so poor, that on a valuation as between the executors and Mr. Saunders, the succeeding incumbent, the executers were called upon to pay a sum of nearly 4001. Mr. WonpswonTit objected that the tenants were not b‘bund by any claim as between other parties under any cus tom, and objection was allowed. Witnesses were called, who estimated the dilapidationa 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 dilapidations.—Damages, 40s. . _ 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Thomas Brown and Charles Barton, two persons o remarkably sinister appearance, were charged with robbery. Miss Eliz both Sibley, daughter of a silk warehouse man, in liuggin-lane, Wood -street, stated that while she was alone in the warehouse, the prisoners walked in and said they wished to purchase some goods. After having looked at some articles, Brown slipped a bundle of silk handkerchiefs under his cloak, and witness, who sus pected before that manoeuvre that they ere both robbers, and had kept her eye upon them, taxed him with the theft. He at once dropped the bundle on the counter and decamped. It contained six dozen of handkerchiefs, value 51. Brown—Oh, dear ! Why, I defy any one to say I ever thought of such a thing as stealing. I took up some handkerchiefs and told her I would have them ; and I hsnded them to her, and then she fancies I wanted to steal them. The LORD MAYOR—Where do you live, Mr. Brown? Brown—ln S italfields. The LoaD MAYOR—Where there? Brown—Let me see ; w here there ? Why, I've lived there all my life. The LORD MAYOR—Then you ought to know exactiy where. Brown—l live at No. 10, Abbey-place, Essex street: The LORD MAYOR—And where did you live before you went there ? Brown—Where ? Why, I don't see that I am obliged to answer questions of that kind. What has that to do with this false charge ? The Loan Ma.yoa—What are you, Mr. Brawn ? Brown—SN hat am I ? Why lam a silk manufacturer. The LORD MAYOR—How many men do you employ Brown-1 employ one man and all my own family. The LORD MAYOR—And wher.. is this you say you live ? Brown—l live in John- street, Leabridge- street, No. 8.--(A laugh.) But that's nothing to this. The LORD -MAYOR —NO. You may or may not an swer, just as you like. Burton (to Miss Sibley)—What's that you say the handkerchiefs were worth? Miss Sibley-51. Burton—Nonsense, my dear, how could s_x dozen of handkerchiefs, at ss. 6d. a dozen, be worth 5/. It's all a mistake, you see, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—AnI what are you, Mr. Burton ? Burton—Me ? I'm a dealer in—in miscellaneous pro perty.—(Laughter.) The LORD Mavon—What sort of things have you lately dealt in? Burton—l have dealt in pictures and things of the kind. The Loam MAYOR—And what was the last thing you bought or sold? Burton—l can't tell, I'm sure ; but I know I am in the general way. The LORD MAYOR—I dare sly you are both in the general way, but we shall find out more about you than you seem to know yourselves. Bur ton—l defy anybody to prove anything against me. Brown—So do I. We went to purchase goods. Mrs. Sibley, the mother of the young lady who first gave evidence, here came forward and said that having heard her daughter cry " thieves," she ran into the warehouse and saw Brown with a cloak, and caught hold of him, whereupon he left the cloak in her possession and ran. Under the cloak was the bundle of handkerchiefs. Both prisoners succeeded in getting out at the door, but were stopped in the street. Burton—l never ran. I was going along slowly when the officer came and took me into custody. In fact I was coming back towards the warehouse where I was buying the handkerchiefs. John Davies, policeman 413, said that Burton was run ning at full speed, and was overtaken in Wood street, in a state of great agitation. Burton—No, no. I returned willingly. I wish you'd only speak what actually did take place.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—I believe you to be two desperate and notorious thieves. Burton-1 defy any one to say so.—(Laughter.) The prisoners were remanded till this day. A soldier, named W.Sutton, alias Green, who had been but just discharged from Maidstone gaol, was committed for having stolen a silver coffee-pot out of the shop of Mr. Evans, ironmonger, of King William-street. BO ll'-STREET. 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 is. 9id. in copper from the till, and taking from the vats wine, gin, and rum, to the value of Is. Bd. Mr. Howell stated that having missed money from his till and spirits from the vats every day for some weeks, he deter mined to keep a watch, in order to discover who was the thief At about seven yesterday 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. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Christophe , Lewis, a powerful young. man, was charged as follows : William Sullivan, taskmaster of the workhouse of St. Geor g e, t h i e ' rae .no v e ß r e - st renseven n a e re, stated a tha t the pn v ris Nc one .dne rti sd as ay a pauper. 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 attend an t of th e war d ; an d, h av i ng been informed that he had put another boy on the ball 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 seize d him passingand leg , t a h s e h n a neck and alpolnacgedttLwaordn,thaendranhgeold.fiinrge h i i n m t b h 3 e , hall. Ho 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 NEW BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—At a general meeting of the Company, held yesterday at the offices in New Broad-street, at which were present Sir George Larpent, ' I. Ricardo, Esq,, J. Ravenshaw, Esq., Niajor-General M'lnnes, Horsley Palmer, Esq., &c. ; the net profits of the year were announced to be 53,000/., out of which a dividend of 2/. per share was declared, besides setting aside 15,0001, as a reserve fund. Several of the proprietors present expressed themselves highly gratified with the results of the year, and on the motion of Mr. Hitchins, 1,000/. was voted to the Directors for their valuable services; and on the motio n o f Mr. Horsley Palmer, a vote of thanks was passed to Si r George Larpent for his valuable services, and in parti cu l ar for having introduced into, and carried through, Parliament the Company's Bill. SHOCKING OMNIBUS ACCIDENT. -011 Tuesday, as the omnibus N 0.2,106, which plies between London and Ful ham, was standing opposite the Bank of England, the con ductor got down from the box, where he had been to speak to the driver, and on his alighting he called out " all right." He however slipped down just at the moment ths driver had whipped his horses, and the near fore-wheel of the vehicle passed over his left leg, crushing the bone and sinews in a shocking manner. The poor fellow was at once conveyed to Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, where he remains in a de plorable state of suffering. GRESHAM LECTURES.—Monday being the first day of Hilary Term, the first of the course of lectures was delivered in the theatre of Gresham College, by the Rev. J. Pullen, M.A., on astronomy. The lecture was very nume !nisi attended. THE BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM.—The Augsburgh Gazette publishes intelligence from Berlin, to the effect that the Prussian Government, which now has the privilege of appointing a Protestant bishop to the see of Jerusalem, has made choice of M. Belson to fill that post. M. Belson ori ginally belonged to the Jewish persuasion, but latterly em braced Protestantism. DEATHS OF CHILDREN BY BURNING.—On Monday Mr. Waklev, M. P., h e ld an inquest in the University Col lege Hospital on M artha Murdoch, aged four years, the child of poor parents, who was burned to death by her clothes catching fire during the temporary absence of her mother. Mr. Wakley held a second inquest in the Royal Free Hos pital on Emma Henton, another girl, aged four years, who also lost her life by her clothes catching fire in her parent's absence. On both occasions the Coroner deeply lamented the melancholy sacrifice of life that occurred amongst the children of the poor from the want of proper fire-guards, which through their poverty, although they only cost a shilling, they could not purchase. In his own district alone, he said, that during the seuou oue hundred children thus Pelitscl. MARKET NE \VS.—(Y ESTERDAY.) MAT =AVOCETS. • CIOYI r SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 41 8 '; vi l est ditto, 4/ 8s to 5/ 12s; Oat Straw. 1/ 93 to 1/ Ils; 1 , .1 Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade rather dul/, • the ahove quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 105; C r es t er ditto, 4/ 8s to 5/ 8s; Oat St raw , 1/ lOs to 111 .25 ; til Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14a per load. Supply trade dull. Cl e 4 WHITMATHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 831 motditto, ditto, 4/10s to 51155 ; O a t St raw , 1/ 8s to 1/ 1 0 ' ' „ply, Straw, tills to 11 13s per l oa d. A full averag e a„ "" and a slu demand. MEAT' IVICAILICSTS. moderate, ftO t SOUTHA LL, JAN. 14.—Although the supplies 0 f here to-day wer , by no means extensive, the ge n , f icklte matt was inactive, at our quotations. Beef, inns 4 lo 4s 44; Mutton, 3 s 44 t o s s; -V ea l, 4 s t o 5 5 ; and I° ' to 53 per Sibs. 0/_C all 1103woup, JAN. 14.—Sheep were in good demand, vest lirices; but other kinds of stock were a slow inquir i 40 ) . from 2s 104 to 4s 44 ; M u tt on , 3 s • CI to 5s 2d; V e c s ,A 45 104 and Pork, 3s 104 t o 4s 10,, per 8110. '" sou Calves, 18s to no, ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 2031 Mulch, C , ',, with their small calves, 16/ to 191 each. 4 LEWES,N. 13.--Beef, f;:oin 3s to. 4s 44; brawn,' 51 806. 0 to 5s 24 ; Vein, 4s to 4s 104; and Po;k, 4s to 4s 84 P el Supply moderate, and trade ,teadv. NIIWTGAIn. AND LEADEN2I. SI "'" (b et. Each kind e. prime Meat sold f r eely, a t full prices : a u fns wi,e the d eman d was i n a very s l ugg i s h s t a te. '0; • 2s 64 to 3s 64 ; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 84 ; Veal, 4s 2d to and Pork, 3s 104 to 53 4d per Slbs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH roRS For the Week entLed Jan. 10, 1k45, made up from the Ret n ;o Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns ha Engla nd per Imperial Quarter, WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I STE. I JE A". JP 1 6S PRICE .. s:is 3d 31s Pld 218 Sd 33s lld 3Gs 8 , , ,d I 1 -Ihl.'ll li DUTY... 15s Ild 6s Od 5s Od 8s 6d 3 , v" RAILWAY SH ARE MARK...- TS MANCHESTER, JAN. 14. DO; STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhea d, d, tit" shire, and Cheshire, 44 p.—Chester and 13irkenheite,d0 201. Shares, 3 p.—Cl.ester and Manchester Direct:,""re —Dudley, Iron Bridge, &c., dis.—Eastern Counnyir petual, No. 2, 1 4 p.—East Lancashire, No. 1, 5 e• -- f9 4 , A colnshire, 1 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and We st „dliO 7-16 p.—Goole, D oncas t er , Sheffield, &c., par—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and 1, 1 :36 1 p.—Lancashi re an d N ort h Yorkshire, 3 4 P. P f ! fhirsk, 3 p.—Live r p oo l an d B ury, N ew Sh ares , 3 9 -- 100; pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 1 ,4 p•, er j and Windsor, l.w dis.—Manchest e r an d Birmingn -: a'd o er ters, 714 3 p.—Manchester and Birmingham Contint la 4 Welsh Junction, 14 dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 3 p.—Nottingham and Boston, % dis.—Nottingry Mansfield, 4 dis —Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 7 11 4 Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 2% p.—Sheffield chester, Quarters, No. 3, 3 1 / 2 p.—Slarewsbury IS, o et7 mingham, 1 1 4 IN—Shropshire Union Railway and p.—Southport and Euxton, p. HULL, ' JAN. 14. ,h STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Hull and Shares, 214—Leeds and Dewsbury, Half Shares, 7 1/a—Ditto, Carlisle,k 18s. 9d.—AO ° 5 - 11 11 i, —Buckinghamshire, N p.—Dudley, Madeley, er) ert Bridge, 2%—East Lincolnshire, 2%—Goole, Douce', r ill field, &c., 3/. 17s.—Grand Union, 30s.—Great rt e .,jfj South Wales and Worcester, 9s.—Hull and BarnsL e / v dr tion, 41s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 1/. 165.-"J"AIs, and Leeds, 2/. 6s.—Nottingham. Erewash, Ste-, and Huntingdon, I%—Shropshire Union, 1 / 11 and Bradford, 21A s .—Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludie''' Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2 334 P--Northio SHEFFIELD, JAN. 14. ! cl l e t STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Sheffield si , dos i chaster, Qnarter Shares, No. 2, 11 3 / 4 —Grimsby and ini, Extension, 3/. 4s. 6d.—Manchester, Sh e ffield, and , Junction, 4 1 ,—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potter l • Crewe, 1. YORK, JAN. 14. di dP ir STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newoestiw 14, lington, Brandling, 54 1 / 2 —York and North Midlan d f ie sion, 39 3 4—Newcastle and Berwick, 20%--North New Carlisle Branch, 21 19s.—London and York; eashire and North Yorkshire, 2/. 17s.—Leicester and 1/. 148..—Leicester, Taniworth, Coventry, Birminghpri Trent Valley Junction, 2 l e—Manchester Buxtu..,. , "!004 , and Midland, 4/. s.—North Western, 3.2 Welsh BRISTOL, JAN. 14. A Dr STOCK EXCHANGE.—The salve are—Bristol 1 4 ter, New, 814—Birmingham and Gloucester, Que rter irtell (i-sued 7 1 / 2 dis.), 3/. Is. 3d.—Manchester and 8.., 0 101 0 Quarter Shares, 11 1 4—Taff Vale, 138—Great No d France (constituted), 7%. EXETER, JAN. 14. SL I ) STOCK EKCI lANGE.—The sales are—Bristol 5t . ...7' New, B—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, Wales, 3 3 / 4 . GLASGOW, JAN. 13 • ' 3 0 ' 1" STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledon l s o sion, 59s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 36 to,„re dee and Forfar Junction, 575. 6d.—E ast I n di an —Forth and Clyde Junction, 45s.—Glasgow minus, 11 1 4—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 08 1 gow and Garnkirk, 421.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, an d P rA, san, 55s.—Great North and South Wales, 9s.—S° P land, 4%. m ni r e° ; THE FRAMEWORK KNITTERS.—Very — B 4isit9 ployers in the framework knitting branches are re' m at give tickets to the workmen ; men will not receic e de pre to manufacture without, and, in consequence, this te a, `.' h i branch of the working classes are still worse sitn e n o Qin the part of such employers this is a " second 04. 0 01 00 infamous truck system, and, hie it, will work its o p the sooner tit-. better. Eat THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATc I " S " ese by Sir Ilarris Ni co l as. V ol. s.—The preSent V os l , of this valuabl e nat i ona l work isin some resP ec ,. - 0 1 7 4 interesting than the pr ece di ng ones, on account airs; selections that have been made from N e l so n's r f , correspondence, including that with Lady HainiltniP,' part of the editor's task, we are told, has been s v io P" cult as to decide upon the course which he °ugh' ipt!.: low with respect ttethe latter. It was his origin al g er tion to omit it altogether, " but this was found dient, because, after the separation from LadY relid this correspondence describes Nelson's privatetiol more fully and more naturally than any of hi5,°41,,,, ters." The private letters in this volume are eu`;‘,„ dressed to the Duke of Clarence, Lord St. Vinc e ,' PI Addington, Lord Minto, Sir Alexander Ball, TA Lir git milton, Mr. Davison, his brother, Dr. Nelsolle_der, daughter. They are full of deeply interesting c e r . which reveal the man, as his public correspendf4 the hero and eeitimAnder . its letters atches to the British Minister 'at Naples, -P the Ai afbf Government, the Bitriniry Po/tiers; tne 'British al, sador at Constantinople,. the ,Dg of, Algiers, the a 'l f tart' at War, the AdmiraltY•;,&c.„eiince the eStrrPotie nary activity of his mind, the energy of his the and the noble zeal which always animated him Whd and wherever wherever the glory and interest of Englan concerned.—John Bull. " hif [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEFECTIVE SIGHT, di/ fa ,' H IA RING R E LI EVED . I ns tru m e n t s an d Sp ec t ac les telt ;Irv, country by post, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, vented Spectacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera Gass scopes, &e.—Patronized by his Majesty the King of P et ' her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedf or d, their Gr fl o o kto f Archbishops of Canterbury, Y or k, an d D u bli n , the volt Dev.mshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Ma ii t e od Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, El p hi n an d ' e ' c ir Messrs. S. and B. Sol o mo ns , O cu li sts and 00;;;Iff, have invented Spect ac l e L enses upon a new ion tion. Immedi a t e l y t h ey are placed before or, :ect vision, either by day or candleligh t ta mist and dullness which appear before the eyes Is ; 0 1 r, removed, and ever ) , object becomes clear and distinct , i ve, the most a ge d d e f ect i ve s i g h t b ecomes b r i g h t an d ht and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original sts 11 100; the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opers AEcroscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Insti; o i for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. 5 pitbo, Soiomons, Opticians, are not in any way conneeteu ur b 0 00l person of the same name in their immediate neighh e , o nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistP cautious, and observe—Only to lie had at 39, AlbernariV Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South street, Edinburgh. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—SURPRISING C A SE RECOVERY OF HEALTH BY HOLLOWAY'S plLD,P o4oe ihso: l Roberts, a gentleman residi ng i n N ew -street, Biro' had been suffering for years from a disordered liver, d e v isrl stomach, palpitation of heart, shortness of breath, owe a pt , the hands, feet, and legs, lowness of spirits, and I v i r soA strength and energy ; which state of things was slows e°'" ing up his cor.stitution. Findi ng no b ene fi t f rom the losrt treatment at Birmi ng h am , h e proceeded to London, el-lieep resided for six mont h s, i n or d er to consult the mos t of the faculty, which he did to no advantage. He the .A o these extraordinary Pills, which, in three weeks, rester;rl to perfect health and vigour. —Sold by all druggist. Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand MARRIED D' cX On the 2d ult., at Tynemouth parish church, Fred •rl a ' Jones, Esq., M.D ., of Monk Seaton, near North Sh iei ( 0 9 7 Mary Ann, second daughter of William Davison, Ekci'' sa p me On t lace. Adk° he 3d inst., at St. James's, Clerkenwell, Chariest," Woollev, of Pentonville, to Miss Eleanor Magrath, of street, Hackne tetio ri ' ' On the 13t h inst., at Paddington Church, LieuA.o oP Colonel Vivian, Ist Madras Fusiliers, to Emma Ch w relict of the late Captain H. Gordon. ni ck fin ' On the I3th inst., at St. James's, Ratcliff, JO- e jd 4l Burnaby, Esq., of Asfordby, Leicester, to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. James Williams. DIED On the Ist inst., in Linden street, Hamburgb , - widow of thtlate J. Strother, Esq. u ggl, On the Si inst., at East Grinstead, Sussex, A- - Rogers, aged 70. iia tit* lli On the 10th inst., M r . L ucas , so li c it or , o f P or tses, „ iii isc On the 12th inst., Thomas, the second son of Mr. 11 ' Fisher, Blanfor. Dorset. 0 10 On the 13th i d nst. at Camberwell, Alfred Francis, '— son of Mr. Henry Keene Smithers, jun. Milt° fr On the 13th inst., Matthew Giuseppi, surgeon, of alf street. ~,0 0 On the 11th inst., at Sh e ffi e ld, Ch ar l es Edward, th e son of C. Timm, Esq., M.D., of Bath. 14° C1 On the 12th inst., at Tredegar-square, Bow-road, Jonas, Esq., aged 61. a ° On the 12th inst., Robert Stewart, Esq., of Great O u stree O t. . A 0 1 1 4 ' n the 12th inst., M r . P e t er Ki ng D uncan , o f Ma- - - rrs- . ..On the 12th inst., Mr. H. Bramley, late of C a mden - 1 0 0P On the 13th inst., i n Wi m p o l e - s t ree t, D a vid P r/ , tb" Esq., M.D., F.A S., aged 69. sena , On the 13th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames, •- g ° wife of Alexander G. atePooly, Esq. y oaa On the 14th inst., Sise-lane, Alice Mary , ." daughter of A. B. Brandrain, Esq. 14 °C , n t 1 London : Printed an d P u bli s h e d by MURDO 1 1- No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, 001 o Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo , in the e itidilluas, lid* hum" 16, 1144 BIRTHS. At Bellfield, Cupar-Fife, on the 11th inst, the ht ,et,,, , Moncrieff, Scots Fusilier Guards, of a dsuiP )1 11 On the Ist inst., at Florence, in Tuscany, she itio s3. Campbell Scarlett, of a son. Pr On the 13th inst., at Duchess-street, Portland-plec — Slaughter, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Haverstoek-place, Hampstee Mrs. John M. Duffield, of a daughter. TitE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 16 1846 ~pt t