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Ilj t ' E- CIIANCE RY.--(T HIS DAY) 4 „ Bes 4,4 laonou'r the Vice-Ch a nc e llo r of Engl a nd took short . the cpposecl petitions to-day, none of which were of nlorre w -g . -t ` is t importance. His Honour will not sit to- ShEe e , COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BIMCHELL. T h; RICHARDS r. ?OILS.—DEBT AND COSTS. gps• 3 was an action to recover the sum of 211. 12s. 6d. on a • cantee ' The d efendant was landlord of the Cart and Horses, Turn- Clerkenwel!. An action had been brought against ber, - "ant's brother and execution obtained on the goods. ,ostanklant, h owever : consented to pay the debt, 11. Is. 6d. and sltogether the stun at present claimed. einall uNn Eit-SaieriFF said they were large costs for so a a'.l3t h e • C, O4 T , kttorney said there had been an application to the above arising out of the case. tO, LX bER-SIIIIIIFF—SO the defendant has to pay costs bot;" action, and this for one guinea. Gentlemen, this is tte 4 er Y Cheap law, but you haVe no choice. The costs have lie jurY ga - fe a verdict for the plaintiff. This WALLS C'. THICKET. Th e /v4 . °, an action to recover the sum of 71. for bricks. 11 10 4 14 17 _wruey f or th e plaintiff said that in this case he Zete ,'unut to the Under-Sheriff that the debt had been met e " .l by fraud, and that, upon proof thereof, tke defen leie. Could, under the new Act be taken in execution as well l , goods.lshi ih am Wells was ca ll e d—R emem be r ed defendant going k tit ;" fattier, and giving orders for bricke, to be sent to dl,` 1 -o'ens, oil and colourmen, Kent-road. Defendant thename was Trickey, but he did not mean to trick .„• the bricks were sent. Defendant said they were for i t i lt; T j 'Yon, who would pay for them. Had since called q tcl„,ai,. - ') .011 , who refused to pay, on the ground that they it• ieil ti Y Paid Trickey. ''9l3 l ,:inEn-SITERIFF'said, what Lyon bad told the wit waaiae not evidence ; ice, therefore, did not consider there , ient evidence to convict the defendant. Jury concurred, and a verdict was given for plaintiff. N :i at TIENJAMLN r. COLWELL. h k - 1 4 intiff in this action is landlord of a public-house in ,°V, L ''Y'ard, Drury-lane ; the defendant is a truse-maker in e court, fudgate-hill. The action was brought to t ez e.t the sam of ` , l. 105. for money lent and goods sold. . e iotaii Dil lain Kelsey was called, and stated that he had occa- Zte 01 ): served the defendant with brandy, cigars, &c., on S ib ', of plaintiff, who was a friend, and witness assisted t led fh a u t neiness. He ' bad taken an account to defendant, who ela n lie had been very unwell, and had not been oat of tst,",. l iee since he was at the plaintiff's, but when he could ft ere; li t Would call and pay. ;Rl: e fiamined.—llad been a licensed victualler, and kept 1 0 3 , ,, - g le •seY Bow -street, but had been cut of busin , as f 7 0 44; 4 re 9 Land had since assisted at two or three public :4ldd,, Had been on railway business. Was not a stag, nor 1 1 4; 44 ibishares. Had been doing something better. Was le tse ' director," but had been taking traffic, employed by Bush and Bl un d e ll. o f Mildred-court. He declned i i orle• 'e, h ots much he received. Plaintiff's house was for "utch Sam's, and before that Money Moses was land wok „The account charged defendant with 11. Bs. for a glass kid ; I '' !a the parlor. There had been a scuffle, as defendant I ll i ke4 / 14,1 had his pocket picked. me waiter was a man ,; 4 •` ; ' v4 zs, alias " the Starling." Could not say whether fen supplied amounted to 103. He could not say that p a , li nt brok e t h e g l ass. ttoef of t l'e defendant it was contended that there was no I l i ir4j, iii , ) ney lent, nor could the witness say what amount of h,Theilt i been 'supplied, or that defendant broke the glass. th„ .. "' D tlt-SnEniFF said the case was as weak as it Could ,71ed, - , r ,t Was no pny delivery of an account, but the "ita -- ' v ertd by Kelsey alluded to one of which, if that . pe o e3B ,, w . at to be - believed, defendant was aware of, in which r -I :sed topay ict for defendant. tit I MINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Cl / 4 4. 6 tho Lord Ccrli L ef p :Ju C st ( re I ' ? " T INDAL and Mr. Jus- tice PATTESON.) ,s , a „. THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON. u el Quennell, aged 22, was indicted for the wilful er or A Daniel Fitzgerald. the;' Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clarke, conducted o set °s ecution; and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Huddlestone }fted the defence. Nied Bh the leadi-atier stated the case to the jury, briefly leading points points of the evidence. He then ,„ Ves e WCarthy, who stated that he resided at No. 6, (41C - street, Walworth. Ilas been in the employment Quennell, a builder, in Lower Kennington qtee,'Y was in his employment on Thursday, the 27th of ik -1 1 "er• Had known the deceased Fitzgerald. He „ e ll tine Mr. Quennell's employment, and was there ‘ 4 s "'V- He left work at about five o'clock in the en ;se, ;°°, and proceeded towards Kennington-lane. t he N e ed was in his (witness's) company. They crossed I tree t "Logton High-road, and then went into Peacock ksii4 when they .got there witness saw the prisoner 1 0 or g towards them. Had known the prisoner about t111 1)); 41 weeks b e fore that time. He bad been in the a lit.l,° l ent of Mr. Quennell, but bad been dismissed. Ile carriage-wry in Peaccck-street, it is quite a ; 44 44. 0 14 °e. The prisoner came close to them, and im )„,"way 1;;,3' afterwards his (witness's) sight was taken d — e l) °ll," ", sudden flash ; he at the same time heard a ,_'`‘s soon as he could see be saw deceased lying NO pal 40 said, " I am a dead man." The prisoner ; ° , l lo e t ced quietly away towards Newington. Witness . c 4 bi n , and cried out after him. Witness saw him &P h t ete, 1. Witness then went to prisoner's brother, and Stl, l rards to the station-house. Had seen the prisoner ; O'clock en that day, not 20 yards from the place kciL e the murder was committed. Was present at the Bo , -4 on the body, and identified it. • Ilenry Cutting was then examined by Mr. %1 44 • 1 1 stated that he is clerk to his father, Mr. , 11 4 1. %," Cutting, a solicitor in bankruptcy. On Thurs- N' t , '''‘ov. 27, was near the corner of Peacock-street. the - e 'ned down Kennington-lane, which almost faces Se /11 .' 1 u of Peacock-street. When he got near the tae,;: r he heard the report of a pistol, and saw a man ein e 4 0 14 e down Kennington-lane. He was followed by st others, who were cane . in out to stop him. Witness Itie ll 2 P e d aside until the man who was pursued came up to N its and .he th en se i ze d hi m by th e co ll a r. That man o ar t e h e Prisoner. S o me of the pursuers came up, and lei 4o °' them attempted to seize his collar roughly. The to til lter said, " One is enough," and then " rake me ° station-house." Witness went with him to the i °4- house. He was then asked whether he had any %b e ' °r pistol with him. He said no; but as they were t eei t t i t to search h i m he put hi s h an d i nto hi s trousers t , when the constable seized his hand and took a froi n it. The cock of the pistol was down, and a g° l l or an exploded cap upon it. 1412 Mr. HuDDLesToiez—When witness first saw the ecuer he was 50 or 100 yard s off. He was quite cool Al:Witness collared him, and stopped at once. There ki se ,l l ° person with witness when he stopped the eel., 1 1is t e vs tt rY Martin Hallam was then called—He stated S t re is a barge builder, residing near the Waterloo- On Thursday, the 27th of November,' he was in hergton-lane. It was about five o'clock in the ks i F e g. Witness was near the Newington-road, not ta s „ - '° 4 l the police-station. Saw' the prisoner, who was k - 4 - : l4 ' towards him from the Newington end. He ed''Nvitness, and he then heard some people calling )4i t, to atop him. Some person then collared him; and I l l eBB the n se i ze d hi m also. t, arriet Denyer stated she was in Peacock-street at It k ° ;elock on Thursday, the 27th of November. She t e rn the narrow part of the street. She heard the Ic h , rt of a pietol, and saw a man fall. She afterwards tliii` ; te the spot, and when a light was brought she saw 011 7 1: t Was Fitzgerald. She had known him by sight. sj„,"earing the report a man passed rapidly by her, and r e oat knocked her down. That man went towards liZ i k tt gton-butts Had seen the man before, and knew ticY oight. The prisoner is the man. He walked to of the street. t • r * WM Hope Popham stated that he is a surgeon, ,t's d i • • 4": ar in g, at Queen's-row, Newington. He was near the 1 11 ', ) 2cit public-house at about five in the afternoon on Ss,;"th of November. He heard an explosion of fire -Ire",3,e, In consequence of information he received he into the Peacock tap-room. He there saw the de -14:7" supported by two men. There was a wound on io i`oft breast. He was very much exhausted, and died e k L eB s than a minute. Afterwards made a post mortem th7 l eation. Found_ that the wound passed through ; l ii , eart and lungs, th a ,. h °rnas William Carter, inspector of police, stated p o i,. 04 the 27th of November, he was on duty at the 40 -ee- station in Kennington-lane. The prisoner was e t f t tight in by Mr. Cutting. After the examination he cress asked if he had a pistol or knife about him, and to r aid that he had not. Witness ordered him to be -r b eh ed, and when the constable commenced he put Wi," 411 (1 into his trousers-pocket, and pulled out a pistol.. Pl e ' l 'esa seized it, and found a part of a cap on the mp h', Witness also found a rule and a piece of cord on F I Z I * Witness afterwards searched his lodgings at th e ; er ick-plake, Newington-butts. ; It was not more N T T' twenty yards from Peacock-street. A box was oa:tiett,eeitli. out to witness as the box of the prisoner. On te a `"g the box witness saw eleven bullets. On the shelf he found eleven percussion caps, some shot, t small quantity of powder. is h '"n Wilson stated that the prisoner occupied a room ittw the Police Z na se. Witness pointed out the prisoner's box to . Quennell was then sworn—He stated that he ke:'w the deceased. He worked for witness, and had N a n in his emp l o y men t seven or eight years. Th e b ad is a h a lf-b ro th er o f hi s . His age is about 22. 1:4 1 "(I been em pl o y e d by w itness for about five months. s ea .11:uade himself generally useful. He had been to te i'elrore coming to work with witness. Had told him al ° °k out f or wor k e l sew h ere as business would b e ae h • that ki esi , at was three or four weeks before the com -4." of the act. The last day that he worked for os - 4 ,1 48 was Wednesday, the 19th. He came to witness `ue Saturday before the murder and received Bs. n1 ;0 prisoner had a conversation with witness's wife V' l t his leaving off work. His wife said, " How came u to s g . ten _ Speak so unkindly against William after he . has I t " 2 0 kind to you." The prisoner appeared surprised, i n : wanted to know what it was that he had been say th7t; She told him that Daniel Fitzgerald had told her on (the prisoner) intended to give William a knock thehead, and also that the prisoner had said that if I , ext !ot money ho would set up an opposition business s a i d door. His wif e a l so remar k e d that s h e h a d not th _, that Fitzgerald had told her. The prisoner said Iritzgerald had urged him on to speak against wit ti;_B2 and that it was ail Fitzgerald's fault. A gentleman ee 7o came in to pay a bill, and that put an end to the .Tersation. Could not say whether the conversation Wit ness place before or after the payment of the Bs. Wit -B.tol-1 him that evening to look tbr work elsewhere. *cteirlitzterald and the prisoner appeared to live on geed Pone r. CLARKSON—it is about four years sin ce th e went to sea. He returned in January last. On his return home his mother was living in Brandon street. Witness saw him every time he returned from sea., as he always called. Up to the time that he last re turned froth sea ho had always conducted himself quietly and properly like any other man. Witness had observed of late that his conduct and character had very much changed. Other members of the prisoner's family had been unfortunate in the state of their minds. His father had been subject to fits of insanity. The prisoner had a brother that died about two years since. Had a sister named Sarah, and saw her up to the time of her death, which occurred about 12 year; since. She used to com plain of her head, and used at times to be quite uncon scious. Had heard something about the brother that died, but never noticed anything himself. Witness was separated from his father before his death. His death occurred through his being thrown out of a chaise. Wee present when his father imagined that there were devils in the drawers of his room. No representation made by Fitzgerald was the cause of his telling the pri soner to seek for work. No such statement was made to the prisoner. His attention had often been called to the prisoner's conduct about three or four weeks before the murder. Has told the prisoner to do things, and he has answered in a peculiarly indifferent manner. His wife remarked it also. Has heard that tha prisoner had set the bed on which he was Bing on fire. Re-examined by Mr. BODKIN—His father was never placed under any restraint for any insane fits. He managed his business himself, and sometimes employed 50 men. The prisoner, up to three or four weeks before the murder was like any other man, but from that period to the time of the murder his conduct was not that of a man in his sober senses. Had never seen anything in the prisoner's conduct before Fitzgerald's death that could induce him to swear that he was not of sound mind, but he had remarked to his wife that his conduct was net that of a man in his senses. The nrie soner was always of a violent temper. Did not tell Fitz gerald to look for work, as he always kept him. By the COURT—Ms brother knew that he did not intend to discharge Fitzgerald. The other men did the same work as the prisoner and Fitzgerald. Julia Quennell stated that she is the wife of the last witness. Remembers the prisoner coming on the night of Saturday, the 22d of September, to be paid his wages. Had a conversation with the prisoner about something that he said. That was in the presence of her husband. On telling him something that Fitzgerald had said of him, he appeared very much dejected and hurt: Fitz gerald had made a statement to her the day before. By Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner had appeared very much dejected for six months before the murder, but for three weeks before it, witness could not get a proper answer. Has noticed the prisoner to sit by himself with his eyes fixed on the ground apparently quite lost to himself. For the last three weeks before the murder, he could not give a proper answer. Her husband was always very attentive to him. There had been no cause for his apparent dejection. Witness could not tell what to make of it, and spoke of it to her husband. Has heard her husband talk of his father, who was deranged during his lifetime. Re-examined by Mr. BODKIN--The prisoner on his return from his voyages always appeared to be cheerful. He used to answer of late in a gruff surly manner, and sometimes not answer at all. He used, however, to do whatever he was told to do. James Parkes stated that he is a plane•maker, residing in Timothy-street, Newington. On Saturday, 22d of Nov., he was at the shop of a Mrs. Tubbs, in the New cut, Lambeth. It was about eight o'clock. The pri soner was there. He came up to the shop, and took a pistol which was hanging at the door, and examined it. He pulled the trigger, and the cock broke. Wit ness heard that sc. 6d. was the price of the pistol. The prisoner paid 2s. for the damage done. He came into the shop after breaking the pistol, and purchased another, for which he paid ss. The pistol produced is like the one that he purchased. William Welling statad that he is an oilman, residing at No. 1, Amelia-place, Walworth. Knows the pri soner, who has dealt with him for some time. On Thursday, the 27th of November, at about four in the afternoon, the prisoner came to his shop. He purchased a pennyworth of gunpowder. He asked for the best. John Marne, a gunmaker, residing in the Walworth road—On Wednesday, the 26th of November, he sold a quarter of a pound of bullets to a person. Can't say whether the prisoner was the person. The person was dressed in a different manner to the prisoner. Saw him before the magistrate, and his dress was then like that of the man who bought the bullets. They were to fit a pistol exactly like the one produced. It was dusk when he came into the shop. It was about five o'clock. The evidence of this witness closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON then rose, and said that in the observa tions he was about to make he would not attempt to deny that the prisoner was the person who fired the shot. There was another duty imposed on them, which belonged to them alone—a duty which he ex pected them to discharge, uncontrolled by any thing they had heard, or with respect to anything that they might] hear on the subject ; and unless the evidence they had heard did not leave a shadow of doubt on their minds, that at the time of the commission of the offence the prisoner was an agent answerable for his own actions. Although the laiv left it upon the prisoner to show that he was not fit to judge of his own actions, he (Mr. Clarkson) hoped that he would be able to show them, on his behalf, that such was actually the case. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment at some length on the evidence which tended to raise a question as to the prisoner's sanity. At the conclusion of his address, _ The Lord Chief Justice TINDAL proceeded to reca pitulate the evidence in a general manner, commenting on the various facts as tending to prove the prisoner's insanity. The jury then consulted for a short time in the box, and then requested to be allowed to retire. The, usual officer having been sworn to keep them in safe custody, they left the Court. After an absence of twenty minutes the jury returned into Court. On their names being called over, The foroman of the jury delivered a verdict of Guilty. The usual proclamation of silence having been made, the Learned Judges put on their black caps. The Lord Chief Justice TINDAL then addressed the prisoner as follows Samuel Quennell, you have been found guilty, by the verdict of a jury of your country men, of the crime of murder—a crime which has always been, with the exception of the crime of treason, regarded as one of the very deepest dye by the laws of England, and against which the punishment of death has always been enforced. It is my duty to say that the jury have come to a proper conclusion on this question. There are circumstances in this case of great aggravation—as the crime was not committed under the influence of sudden anger, or cir cumstances of provocation; and unknown almost to the unfortunate victim of your crime, you reserved to 3 our self the preparation of the instruments of death, against which the deceased felt quite secure. Under these cir cumstances, it is my duty to impress upon your mind the sentence of the law, which will as suredly be carried into effect. Exert yourself therefore to employ the little time allowed you to pre pare for that great change which you assuredly will shortly undergo. It only remains for me to pass upon you the sentence of the law." His Lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form ; and ordered the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff of the county of Surrey. The prisoner, who seemed quite unmoved during the passing of the sentence, was then removed. IV I: W COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Elizabeth Sears was indicted for stealing a saw, a pair of silver spectacles, and a box of sights, the property of Henry Pocock, Bermondsey. Henry Pocock said he was an engineer. The prisoner was in the habit of being employed in his house two days a week, in the capacity of a char-woman, for about three months previous to the present indictment. Witness in the course of that time missed a small hand-saw, a box of sights, such as are used by opticians in their business, and a pair of silver spectacles. The sights and the spectacles were kept in a room to which the prisoner had access. Witness asked about these at the prisoner's, but she denied having seen them, or knowing anything about them. However, after she had been taken into custody they were found in consequence of the prisoner's information, in the possession of an optician in King-street, in the Borough, to whew she had sold them. Thomas Taylor, cabinet maker, in the parish of St. Sa viour's, swore to haviKig purchased the saw produced iu Court, and identified by the prosecutor as his, from the pri soner. She had a ';,,air of spectacles on her at the same time. The constable - who took her into custody, said she had refused saying, anything to the charge. She wished to go to the proseco"cor to tell him all, in hope he would forgive her. The Learned RECORDER set the facts before the jury, who fo'and her Guilty, but with a strong recommendation to Inercy. This recommendation seemed to take the Recorder by surprise, who requested to know the ground on which it had been made? The foreman was understood to say the jury were not satisfied there bad been premeditation in tha case. The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Charlotte Brown was indicted for stealing various articles, the property of Robert Sorrell, hosier, 88, Strand. John Scott, a shopman with Mr. Sorrell, said that the prisoner came into the shop on the 11th November, and looked out goods to the amount of 61. 95., directing them to be sent to Mrs. Parker, 31, Queen-street, close by. He him self went with the goods to that address, and made inquiry in several adjoining streets, but could find no such name. Had not seen her again till the 29th November, when he saw her in the shop of Mr. Farmer, who had sent him information, and he had her taken into custody. A brown silk purse, beaded, was shown him, which had been found on the prisoner, and which be had no doubt was the property of his employer. There had been but one such purse in the shop at the time. It was missed immediately after prisoner leaving, and the box in which the purses were kept had not been opened to any other customer from the time it was shown to the prisoner till it had been found on her person. The female searcher and the constable who had taken her to the station-house, were then called to speak to some of the same facts. The jury, after a short consultation, found her Guilty. A verdict of not guilty had been returned immediately before en an indictment of a similar kind, though of a more adventurous character against the same indivithial. Three other indictments for shoplifting were not tried. She has been already convicted of the like offence, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment and hard labour. One of the police force informed the Court that the pri• soner was the greatest shoplifter in London. She had been in nearly every shop in London, and the policemen seemed to say they had abundance of materials of previous con ,, viction, although wherefore they were not used did not ap pear from his statement. The prisoner is a wiaow, with a young family of two or three children ; her own age does not exceed twenty, and she is respectable, even handsome in her appearance. The sentence of the Court was that she be transported beyond the seas for seven years. The prisoner was taken out of Court seemingly under a painful feeling of her present con dition. The Earl of Pembroke's extensive stud and splen did equipages have been removed to Paris, and we hear the Noble Earl contemplates a protracted residence in France. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAYS) James Fisher, 7,413 badge was thai-ged - With the following outrageoas i!ondtret to wal-ds Mr. William Elmar Adams, of No. I I, Phoenix-place, Liverpool-road. Mr. Adams deposed that on the previous, night, having been at the Princess's Theatre, he went up to the prisoner and said he would give him a shilling to convey him thence to the turnpike in the Liverpool-road, Ile drove htm to the gate, where he got out. Mr. GnuENWOOD—You got out just at the turnpike. Witness—Yes, just before we passed through it. Mr. GREENWOOD—Did you not consider that was cheating the toll-keeper. Witness said as he had rot passed through it, he did not. He might have diiven through the gate if he liked, for there was nobody there that time of night. Witness proceeded to say that without any provocation the prisoner knocked him down, rolled him in the mire, tore his hair, and called him bad names. 'Witness cried murder and police, and policeman 396 came to his assistance. The prisoner denied having attacked the complainant in tha first instance, and said he had promised to give him 2s. M. GREENWOOD told the prisoner that, even supposing what he asserted was true that the complainant had promised 2s. instead of ls.—he might have summoned him, instead of treating him in so brutal a manner. lie would sentence him to 14 days imprisonment. MAIILBRO'-STREET.-(THISDAY.) Mary Kinq, a respectably dressed woman, was charged with attempting to drown herself. From the statement of Thomas Devall, deputy superintendant of the Royal Humane Society, it appeared that about half- past nine o'clock last evening, he observed the prisoner at the head of the Serpen tine River, in Hyde Park, walking to and fro. She appeared to be in great anguish of mind, and was wringing her hands and crying. Suspecting that her intention was to commit suicide, the officer watched her fur a considerable time. At length she walked to the north bank of the river, and taking off her bonnet and shawl, threw them on the ground. The officer had then ap proached within a yard or two of her, but screened himself behind a tree from her observance. After looking anxiously around her to see that no one was watching her, she went down on her knees, and commenced saying her prayers. She concluded by imploring the forgiveness of God for what she was about to do. She then rose up and instantly rushed to the water's edge, and lifting up her arms, was in the very act of throwing herself face downwards into the river, when the officer, who had followed closely behind her, seized hold of her clothes and drew her on to the bank. On being questioned as to what induced her to attempt her life, she at first refused to say, but after she was given in charge to the police she said it was distress of mind that had driven her to do it. She also stated that she was married, and that her husband resided at No. 9, Barnes-terrace, Lambeth. She had no money in her possession. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk, asked the prisoner in what manner she was distressed? The prisoner said her husband ill-treated her. He was a sadler, and possessed property. The husband here stepped forward, and said his wife was of intemperate habits, and that caused them to disagree; but he never ill-treated her. Last night, while sitting at supper with her two grown-up daughters, she took off her wedding ring, put it on the table, and wishing him good night, went out. He took no notice of her, as she was in the habit of behaving very unaccountably. The prisoner said she was now very sorry for what she had done. Mr. HARDWICK, after admonishing her, gave her into the charge of her husband. AFFRAY AT BLACKFRIARS PIER. Yesterday another affray took place on the newly-erected City pier, at the north-eastern corner of Blackfriars-bridge. The circumstances arose out of the dispute now pending between the Navigation Committee and the Directors of the Watermen's Steam• packet Company, some particulars re lating to which, elicited at the Mansion-house on Tuesday, appeared in this journal of yesterday's date. Upon the occasion referred to, Mr. Newbon, the solicitor to the Steam packet Company, made an ineffectual application to the Lord Mayor for a warrant against oite of the officers placed on the pier t o p revent t h e landing of passengers conveyed by the Watermen's boats at Blackfriars. Mr. Newbon's applica tion was made for the purpose of testing the question legally, no violence having been practised upon him ; but in the pre sent case it is to be regretted that a very respestable inhabit ant of Woolwich was made the subject of brutal ill-treatment by the officers on duty, and at the same time had a very narrow escape from drowning. The question between the disputants may be thus briefly described :—Shortly after the establishment of the Water men's Steam packet Company, the Directors obtained from the free watermen of Blackfriars the privilege of calling with their boats at the pier erected by the latter. The Wool wich Steam-packet Company's boats never called at Black friars, the directors selecting Temple-bar pier as the land ing-place for their passengers in the City district. The Watermen's Company continued to enjoy the same privilege up to the erection of the new pier ; and upon the faith of their arrangement with the proprietors of the pier a very large number of season-tickets have been issued to passen gers accustomed to land at Blackfriars. During the summer season the Watermen's boats run three times every hour between Woolwich and London, viz., at the hour, twenty minutes past, and twenty minutes to the hour. The Wool wich Steam-packet Company's boats, during last season, ran twice every hour, the period of starting from the respective termini differing occasionally, but being generally fixed at a quarter past and a quarter to the hour. The Water men's Company have recently taken two of their boats off the station, the boat leaving at the hour only running at present. In consequence of this boat frequently arriving at Blackfriars-pier about the same period as that belonging to the opposition company, the directors of the Watermen's Company, a short time since, received a notice from the Na vigation Committee, informing them that unless they con sented to alter the period of starting their boat, it would not be allowed to call at the new pier. A long correspondence has taken place between the Navigation Committee and the solicitor to the Watermen's Company on the subject. No satisfactory arrangement, however, has been agreed upon, and since Monday last a body of about 30 or 40 policemen have been stationed on the pier for the purpose of preventing vi et amnia any passengers by the Watermen's boats from landing at Blackfriars. The directors of the Watermen's Company, on their part, have instructed the captains of their boats to tender their passengers at the pier as usual, with the additional order that if the pier-master refuse to receive the warp, the boat is at once to proceed on its destination. This has been done in order to satisfy the season-ticket passengers that the di rectors have done all in their power to land them at Black iars. The affray, to which the above is a necessary introduction, occurred at a few minutes before two o'clock yesterday . after noon. At that period, the Waterman steamer, No. 8, approached the pier from the direction of Woolwich. As the boat neared the dummy, the pierman, together with the officers on duty, of whom there were at least twenty, rushed to the spot in a body, and presented a formidable phalanx to oppose the landing of any person. Several passengers went to the gangway for the purpose of landing, but the first who attempted to leave the boat was Mr. Edward Smith, a re spectable boot and shoe maker, residing at 22, Richard-street, Woolwich. Mr. Smith was holly unaware of the existing objection to allow passengers by the Watermen's boats to land at Blackfriars, and upon being repulsed by the pierman , he inquired by hat authority he was interrupted? No answer was given to his query, and the next instant he made another attempt to step on shore ; he was then met by a severe blow which took effect on his mouth and nearly felled him. While in the act of threatening to give his assailant into custody, lie was dragged ashore from the boat, and narrowly escaped falling into the water. was then taken off between two policemen, followed by five or six others, to the station in Black Horse-court, where he was charged by Thomas Ware, one of the piermen, with assaulting him while in the execution of his duty. The affray was observed by the passengers on the bridge, and when the officers reached the street they were greeted with groans and hisses by a mob of at least 200 persons, whose sympathies appeared warmly excited in the prisoner's be half. Nor was this at all extraordinary, for the diminutive figure and mild appearance of the accused seemed to give the lie to the asserted fact that he had been guilty of Tie • lence towards any party. On reaching the station the charge was regularly taken by the inspector on duty, who ordered the accused to find bail, himself in 201., and one householder in the same amount, to appear at the Mansion house this day. Mr. Smith represented the great inconve nience he had been put to, and the deep injustice of con fining him (a stranger in London) until he could obtain the required bail. He was informed that there was no appeal, and, but for the accidental presence of a person who had witnessed the whole affair, and who offered to become an swerable in the necessary amount, Mr, Smith would, most certainly, have been locked up until he could have commu nicated with his friends at Woolwich. This is , not all. The case was ordered to be heard before the Lord Mayor this day, at 12 o'clock. Subsequently to the occurrence of the proceedings above detailed, however, ap plication was made to his Lordship for summonses against the captains of both the Watermen's boats, at present on the station. The complaint against them was literally and simply " for calling at Blackfriars Pier." The Lord Mayor, on ascertaining that the summonses could not be served in time to hear the case against the captains to-day, directed them to be brought up oie Friday next, to which day his Lordship also ordered the charge against Mr. Smith to stand over. Thus, in addition to haying been dragged through the streets as a felon (for such was actually the case, each police man grasping an arm of the accused), Mr. Smith will be put to the additional inconvenience and expense of travelling from Woolwich to London and back, merely to ascertain that he has to appear again on the following day. 'Cochin, the captain of No. 8, behaved with great circum spection throughout the affair, and on witnessing the treat ment to which Mr. Smith was subjected, jumped off the boat, and accompanied him to the police-station. RETIREMENT OF COLONEL REID FROM THE 2D REarsrENT OF LIFE GUARDS. — Colonel Reid, the recently.. elected M.P. for Windsor, has just retired, upon half-pay, from the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards. It is expected that Major M'Douall, who stands next for promotion in the regiment, will succeed to the vacancy created by the retirement of Colonel Reid. A step in their respective ranks will also be obtained by the senior captain, lieutenant, and cornet. The Countess of Lichfield and the Ladies Harriet and Geraldine and the Hon. Adalbert Anson are expected to remain in the French capital until the end of the ensu ing month, when they return to rejoin the Noble Earl, at Graefrenburg. SERIOUS CABRIOLET ACCIDENT.--YtSterdll3, after noon, between two and three o'clock, Edward Middleton, Esq., of Montague-square, was driving at a qu i c k rate along Park-lane, when in passing a coal, waggon, th e d r i ver ate' . d en tally struck Mr. Middleton 's horse over the back With his whip. The horse instantly Set off at O. furious Speed, 'and Mr. Middleton in his . alarm lost all cont ro l over him, and l e aped out of the catriolet into the road, unfortunately inning on his head. Th:z, groom descended from behind the cabriolet, and succeed;,ii in stopping the horse without further mischief being done. On examination, it was asc er t a i ne d th at the (:,juries sustained by Mr. Middleton, though severe, were not dangerons. FATAL ACCIDENT L 1 KING JAMES'S STAIRS, WAP- PlNG. —Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on view of the body of Mary Jeffreys, aged twenty four, whose death was caused by falling over , the wha r f ad joining Kiug James's-stairs, W Wapping. Ihe deceased, Thh had been six years in the service of Mr. Foster, a Viiti eman residing at V appiug, on the 29th of September ult. had a holiday. She was returning home about ten o'clock at night, when in mistake she turned down the th oroug h fare leading to King James's-stairs, which was near her master's residence. On reaching the end she fell over the wall of the wharf, which is unprotected, and was precipitated a depth of about twelve feet. On being taken up, her left ankle was found dislocated. She was removed home, an d from there was conveyed in a cab to the London Hospital, where she lingered till Monday last, F. which day sh e di e d from exhaustion arising from the injury. It having been stated by Mr. Foster that many accidents have occured at the same spot, the Coroner, at the request of the jury, s a id that he would write to Mr. Mellish, the vestry clerk, to have some protection placed there. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVEI•IING, DECEMBER 18, 1845 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS; FROM THE MOENLNG PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.--The announcement of the approaching and in evitable repeal of the corn-laws is already travelling fast and far over the world. The widening wave of public excite ment is en cling nein(' the globe: Vr'hcrever men labour, or congregate, Or cotiterse, this coming change intrudes upon the common occupations of their lives, and they lift up their heads to be spectators of its accomplishment. The repeal of the corn-laws will prove to be an event of the utmost im • portance to our foreign relations. Its effects at home have doubtless been exaggerated by the fears of its opponents and the hopes of its friends; for, in a state of society constituted like that of England, no single event, however important, produces a decisive or permanent change on the great inte rests of the country. Bat with reference to our intercourse with foreign states the case is different. The immediate ob ject of the measure is to promote the interchange of commo dities with foreign nations, and to bring the multifarious po pulations of the earth to one great market. Such a result as that is the greatest to which a statesman can aspire, for it in cludes the questions of peace and war, the progress of improve ment, the destruction of prejudices, the spread of civilisation, and the diffusion at home and abroad of a larger measure of prosperity and knowledge to mankind. At this moment, therefore, we turn our eyes with the deepest interest to our allies, our dependencies, our competitors, our customers, and even our adversaries in all parts of the habitable globe, in anticipation of the effect which this event must produce upon our relations with them and upon their own social condition. At this very moment the ;passions of the American demo cracy, and especially of the western states, are probably in flamed with extraordinary violence by the language of the man to whom their votes have intrusted the destinies of the Union and the peace of nations. We have lately received evidence, though not yet of a formal official character, that Mr. Polk, in resuming his diplomatic intercourse with the republic of Mexico, has thought fit to designate England as " the common enemy." It is needless to disguise our expectation that the message will be framed in very intemperate language with reference to this country and to the Oregon territory ; and to such language the Ministers of the Crown, whoever they may be, will know how to reply. But the vigour of their reply will be heightened by the contrast offered by the policy of the two States at the present moment. A more memorable spectacle has scarely eccurred in the annals of free nations. A more signal contradiction has never arisen between the two great systems of constitutional monarchy and of popular government., On this side of the Atlantic the greatest aristocracy and landed interest of the world are gra dually surrendering long-cherished convictions and the tena cious prejudices of interest to the influence of more enlarged views of the public welfare, and to the demands of public humanity. The vast majority of those who have earned the respect of the people of England by their talents, their patriotism, and their public services, far more than by their illustrious descent and their princely fortunes, are slowly, and sometimes reluctantly, but nevertheless steadily, arraying themselves on the side of truth, and acknowledging no law but the general interest of the country. Here, in this state, where party traditions are so deep and strong, party opposition has already been reduced to the desperate struggles and the in effectual protest of a faction, and the opponents of years are startled to find themselves at length enlisted in the same cause. Nor is this unanimity of wise and good men dictated solely by the pressure ufa present calamity at home. This cause is that of peace and of civilisation at home and abroad, now and for the future. In the United States, on the contrary, the Execu tive Government formed by the ascendancy of the Demo cratic party, seems ready to sacrifice every great interest of the Union, and of its neighbours, to the miserable exigen cies of its own existence. Its whole conduct to Mexico is an aggravated copy of the policy of Russia towards the Ottoman empire, at the worst times, and before the rest of Europe interpcsed to preserve the remaining dominions of the Sultan. The American Cabinet mainly rests its popu larity, and its hopes of renewing power at the expiration of four years, upon the reckless pursuit of worthless and unlawful objects; and the people whose pride it once was to be known to the rest of the world by their trading pursuits, their love of peace, and their renunciation of the hackneyed crimes of intrigue and ambition, are now hurried along in a course of aggression which can :only terminate in war, unless it be effectually resisted by the Senate of the United States. Let the nations judge between this picture and the other ! POST.—Notwithstanding the acuteness of an Evening Contemporary, and its very interesting discovery that the Morning Post would be willing now to accept of a moderate fixed duty, in lieu of the present sliding-scale, provided a Government could be formed with that policy in view— not withstanding all this, we do in reality remain of our old opi nion,that the Whig scheme of 1841 was a foolish one then, and won't do now. The fact is that, however romantic and impracticable the notion may seem to be to the modest gen tlemen of the Liberal school, we go not only for the whole protection of British industry , which the present law allows, but for something more. It is not less protection which would satisfy us, nor a continuance of the present, but only a more real and effectual protection than that which now exists. We do not say that this is a matter to be effected all at once, or by one Act of Parliament. We do not say that no Government should be trasted which did not promise to increase the scale of pro tecting duties. Much has yet to be studied upon the difficult question of the best means of fully developing and fairly re warding the industry of the people. This, however, we say is clear, that neither the one nor the other is done as it ought to be under the system of law and government which now exists. We say, also, that in our opinion no Govern ment will be fully worthy of the earnest support of this nation, which does not adopt as a principle that it is right for the Government to do all it can towards more fully developing the industrial capabilities of this nation, andturn. ing the reward thereof more towards the pockets of those who do the work, than hitherto it has been turned. Amongst men who call themselves "Liberal," the great object always seems to be to serve the interests of the owners of capital. Now, we would protect those interests too, but we would not do so at the expense of the working people. We would not depress the millions that the hundreds might make a better per tentage on their capital. We do not think that the welfare of the capitalists is best promoted by those who try to make them more rich by a process which impairs the security of the general framework of society. A man with eighty thousand pounds in a country where peace, security, and good feeling reign, through the general com fort and contentedness of the population, is in very truth a richer man—an owner of a more valuable property—than the possessor of a hundred thousand pounds among a people whose condition is fast driving them to despair. Our delibe rate opinion is, that, having regard to the increase of know ledge in the art of producing food and clothing in this country within the last thirty years, the people ought in all reason and justice to be better off than they were thirty years ago. The population has increased, but it has not in creased in anything like the same proportion as the increase of productive power. We say that were the nation managed as it ought to be, the people at large would share in the benefits which may be furnished by the new discoveries in the arts of production. The very reverse is notoriously the fact. It is notorious that as the national means of feeding and clothing have become great er i n p r op or tion to the population, the state of the population has deteriorated. The mass of the people cannot now pay the taxation which it paid without perceptible difficulty thirty years ago. Luxury has made great progress. There are classes who live in a much more profuse, though not more virtuous manner, than they did thirty years ago, -but the working people do not live ne ar l y so well. Th i s fact, i n a nation which has been all the time a d v ancing in wealth, is in itself a condemnation of the system which governs the reward of the people's industry. During the last thirty g de e e n p e l r y ally regret app t r h ov at e, mercantileyears the system which i s ca ll ed " L ib era l , " an d w hi c h we nuking people progress. sci continually manufacturing During all that time the p rotect i on o f British industry has been in various ways und ergo i ng di m i nu tion s The nation n t a u ki ri has been getting richer—the masses have been growing poorer. If this go on, the end will be either the complete debasement of the British working people, and the ruin of Britain in that way, or the rage of the British people rising into revolution, and prod uc i ng ru i n i n that way. In either case, the Liberal system, which regards wealth and not the welfare of the people, must bring national ruin. DEATH OF A RETIRED CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER BY FIRE--On Wednesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Bricklayers' Arms, Gloucester-street, Alile-end-road, on the body of Mr. Frederick Greenwaller, aged eighty years, a retired Custom-house officer, lately res iding in Gloucester street. On Friday evening last he was sitting by the fire• side, when a noise was heard as if a heavy body had fallen, and when one of the witnesses went up stairs, he found the deceased lying on the hearth with his trousers on fire. lie was much burnt about the lower parts of his body, of which injuries he died on the following day. At the time the acci dent occurred he had a great quantity of sovereigns in his pockets, and on the mantelpiece was a bank note of consi derable value, which he placed in a box containing lucifer matches. There was no evidence as to how the deceased set himself on fire. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." PUNISMING PATIENTS IN ITOSPITALS.—Testerday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquost at the University Col lege Hospital, on the body of Emma Willing, aged five years and a half, whose parents reside in Victory-place, Edmund street, Battle-bridge. On Friday last, during the momen tary absence of deceased's mother, a younger brother com menced playing with the fire, and in so doing ignited her clothes. 'Hough the flames were extinguished promptly, deceased was fatally burned, and having been conveyed to the above hospital, she died in it the next morning. The Coroner instituted minute inquiries amongst the patients to ascertain whether or not deceased had been threatened with punishment to still her cries, by any of the nurses or hos pital authorities. Finding that she had not, he expressed might force from it. Verdict— his satisfaction, and told the jury he made the inquiry be cause he had seen in one of our hospitals a birch rod hung up on the bed of a juvenile patient who had undergone a painful and dangerous operation. The child could not look being abotit to remove from one resi upwards without seeing this instrument of torture placed to c „ h A eo c k cid tl e i n e t c a r l i d es ea t t h h a . t n agonY he wished to clear away a quantity A PIECE or GOOD Leek.— Some days since a the kiteheli and underground gentleman In this city, dense to another, sent for a party whe was in the. habit of purchasing books and other articles, and dealing in them, what he conceived they and telling him that 1 1 . 5 stn old iron box or safe, of old lumber that lay in cel lar, he had better look at them and seediatdhesow,anoudidfgrolvnei one of the cellars, and whichau times, e t r h e e tw i o r ho ra v t tdr a hm l n c . lain Among for purchasedob; isegaryears idealerie them neglected rest s accordingly, wfoarina appeared intrinsically worth very little. He offered 1/. for it, upon which the owner said he might have it, and directed him to tahn it gitaY at once'. The aid of four' tien t Whey were in the house was obtained to remove it, but they were un able to carry it, and four more bad to be brought in, whose . t,. , The original purchaser offered it, united exertions placed it,_ on a car, and it was conveyed to the purchaser's house In Mello*. lane. Btfone it was taken 3 4t 1 g 0s e ' t i it th fu e r that went away. The tiff the car a pawnbroker, from Blackpool, saw the chest On .4 tiinbv flopr; left it in the pirtynbroker would give couple o i nights. On sending, nowevef, for the and liftu te proposed l. o,tialn6d)and a gs t g o hi , i b ei l u g j, cio - uf ord ri t weighty bargain was then taken off the car, but the pur chaser lietronrilikinti to P l 4 key, which could not be had when he bought it, it was found by a label attached to it that the contents of the box must have been worth more than 205., and accordingly a gentle man, on behalf of the owner, went to where it lay, but could not open it from the rtssty state of the lock. The services of a locksmith Were at length obtained, and when the box Was opened it was found to contain plate and other valuables „h o se yarEnts reside in the above street. On to the amount of, we understood, over 50 0 L—Cork Reporter. DEATH FROM SCALDlNG.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the William the Fourth Tavern, Bethnal-green-road, on the body of Julia Osborn, t a h g e e dmtoirynoi morning of the• 4th inst., the deceased was "- . 6 was sitting in front of a large fire on win,— placed a saucepan of boiling water, and while i the mother was littii4; the saucepan Thursday, . off the fire-grate, it slipped, and the contents fell over the head, shoulders, and neck of the child, who expired on Satur day morning last. Verdict, "Accidental death." The West Indiaman Duke of Manchester, William Scott Murray, master, bouad to Jamaica, got on shore on the Goodwin Sands on the 13th' instant, and is now on her way back to the river Thames, to' discharge her cargo in the West India Docks, preptusteo to the vessel going into dry dock to be repaired. "RAILWAY RESPONSIBILITY. (From the Times.) The railway drama approaches its denouement. Each day developes some new effort of the actors to escape the toils they have spread for each other. The more they struggle the triore the plot thickens, and the deeper becomes the interest of the scene. There is a strange peculiarity in the perform ance. It reverses the established order of things, and inverts the common proportion of numbers between the players and the audience. Here we have on one side a crowded stage and a whole community for the dramatis perma, on the other a beggarly account of empty boxes, dotted thinly here and there with a few critical and unsympathising spectators. For our own part we have but little pity for the sufferings of disappointed speculators. They have not, for the most part, any legitimate claim upon our feeling. Theirs is a common case. A large adventure and great risk; enormous gains on one side, ruin on the other. The throw of the dice has been unlucky; but the gamester, though entitled by pre scription to accuse the fickle goddess he adores, has no right to quarrel with the better fortune of his fellow-worshippers, and certainly none to ask assistance from the bystanders. We speak, of course, of those only who have been playing with their eyes open. It is a very different matter when the dice have been loaded and the cards packed. Then all who see may interfere, and it is the duty of all to expose the cheat. It cannot be doubted that in the monster catalogue of railway schemes there are many bubbles. Companies there must be which never had an idea of proceeding beyond provisional registra tion, nor any object but to raise deposits and " rig" the market. These are not bond fide associations. They have flourished by false pretences, and are, in fact, fraudulent and illegal. The public needs not to be informed, that the promoters of such schemes can have no claims upon sub scribers which a court of law will enforce. Deposits that have been paid to them may be recovered back; and de posits that are apparently due to them upon letters of al lotment, but which have not been paid, are safe in the pockets of the holders. It is idle to talk of partner ship and liability to contribution and an equitable adjustment of losses. There is no partnership where the contract has been a fraud practised by some members upon the others, and consequently there can be no claim to contribution. And what equity is there in sharing losses where there never would have been an account of profits? But unfortunately it is often difficult to prove fraud. Thera is a strong rule of law that it shall never be presumed, and the burden of proof lies always on the party who makes it his defence. It may thus happen that bubble companies who have laid their plans well, and so cautiously worded their advertisements and prospectuses that no false pretences can be shown, will be bold enough even to assume the offensive and to take legal steps for enforcing the payment of their deposits. This has often been threatened, and sometimes, we fear, with success. The form of the threat hitherto has been a simple demand of payment on a certain day. One company, however, has gone a step further, and holds forth the terrors of a Chancery suit as the penalty of non-payment. The circular of the Great Welsh Central Railway Company is in these words:— " December 10, 1845. " Sir,—Upwards of 400,000 shares were applied for in this undertaking by yourself and others, persons of known sub stance and respectability. On the faith of such applications the Committee of Management was induced to make very considerable outlays, proportioned to the extent of the line and the high estimation in which it was held by the public. The deposits on a considerable number of the shares allotted to other applicants, as well as on those allotted to you, have not been paid. " The expenses, considering the magnitude of the scheme, will be but small, if borne rateably in proportion to all the allotments, and as it would be manifestly unjust to throw such expenses exclusively on those parties who have honour ably kept their engagements, the Committee have thought it their duty to lay this case before high legal authority, and are advised that every applicant to whom shares have been alloted is legally compellable to pay the full amount of his deposit. "Acting under this advice, and with a view to a fair and just apportionment of such expenses, the Committee have directed me to request that you will, on or before Thursday next, the 18th inst., either pay into the hands of one of the undermentioned bankers the sum above specified, being at the rate of 4s. per share on your allotment, and your average ratable proportion of such expenses, or that you will forward to me before that day the name of a solicitor who will under take to appear for you to a bill in Chancery at the suit of the Company. Thus you may be spared the personal inconve nience and annoyance of being personally served with the writ of subpoena." The " high legal authority" which is here alluded to is probably that of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who has, we understand, given an opinion to the effect that the application for shares and letter of allotment constitute of themselves a complete contract, by which the applicant binds himself to become a partner, to the extent of the shares allotted to him, in a copartnership recognized by law—namely, by the Joint-Stock Companies Act. This opinion certainly appears to be quite irrespective of the issuing of scrip or the signature of the Parliamentary contract. Such, we believe, is the general impression among the lawyers who have viewed it favourably. If it be correct, we can only say it is most un fortunate; for the extent of liability it imposes upon thou sands of imprudent individuals cannot be viewed without alarm. It is, however, to be remarked, that the Solicitor- General's opinion does not touch the case of a party, who, having paid his deposit, applies for his scrip and offers to sign the contract, but is refused the one, and not allowed to do the other. It would certainly appear reasonable that the law should make a difference between such a per son and one who refuses altogether to pay his deposit, because he finds there is no chance of premiums in the market. If the former has been the case of the Welsh Railway, we are strongly inclined to doubt their having been well advised. At all events, there are some crumbs of comfort still remaining for the victims, which we are at all times ready to distribute to them ; but, be it understood, more out of pity than from any acknow ledgment of their deserts. It may so happen that the ques tion will be, whether the contract is one of present or future partnership —a question which, of course, depends very much upon the terms of the prospectus, and the particular acts of the parties. If the projected company be advertised to con sist of a certain number of shares, a part only of which are allotted—a considerable portion being reserved—no matter for what purpose, the individual who has agreed to take shares in such a scheme may well be heard to say that the partnership lie contracted to belong to has never been formed. There is no doubt that the original projectors are the parties liable to pay all expenses. In the absence of any express promise on the part of the so-called shareholders, these are not chargeable for contribution. It has been said that if persons set a scheme afoot, and assume to be directors or managers, all the expenses incurred before the scheme is in actual operation must, in the first instance, be borne by them. When it is in operation, the expenses and charges of manage ment will be borne by the concern ' • aid then it may be fair that the preliminary expenses should be paid in the same way, for then the subscribers have the benefit of them. Thera is no lack of decisions on this point, and " Nickels v. Crosby" may be worth an attentive perusal. It may, how ever, be urged that what the Committeeof Management seek to establish in the case under consideration is not so much a partnership, as a contract to pay an ascertained sum for the purpose of carrying out a certain undertakiug, the specific performance of which contract will be enforced by a court of equity. This is probably the real state of the case. If so, we advise all those who are sought to be charged to remain perfectly quiet, and to keep their money in their pockets. Let these projectors try their luck in Chancery. If they do, we promise ourselves the sport of seeing "the engineer hoist with his own petard." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the vicinity of the Castle pleasure-grounds. The Royal Family went out for their usual riding and walking exercise before the rain came on this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the riding-school this forenoon, attended by Major-General Sir Ed ward Bowater. The unfavourable state of the weather has prevented her Majesty and the Royal Family from taking their afternoon airings. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty this afternoon. Lady Fanny Howard and the Baroness de Speth were in attendance on the Royal Duchess. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester house. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice and the Right Hon. F. T. Baring had also interviews with his Lordship yesterday. Lord John Russell dined with Mr. Russell on Tuesday evening, at his residence in Be!grave-square. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Rochester, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and, also from the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Fitzroy and Mr. George ' Fitzroy left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yester day, for the Duke of Grafton's seat, Wakefield Lodge. THE LATE MINISTET.—Sir Robert Peel had a meeting of certain members of the late Administration, yes terday morning, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Th e meeting took place at the early hour of ten o'clock, and among those present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert. The meeting se parated at half-past eleven o'clock. Lord Stanley is expo; ted in town this afternoon from Burghley House, the seat of the Marquis of Eseter, The Earl of Aberdeen leaves London to morrow for Brighton. Lord Wharnchffe is very ma ch indisposed at his residence in Curzon-street. Lord Granville Somerset has left town. His Lordship has not attended to his of duties since the members of the Cabinet tendered their resignation. ST RO-EGTPTIAN SOCIETY.—A very numerous meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Dr. John Lee,B.R4S., President, in the chair, when a paper was read by Mr. Joh n sbn on different types of the Mongolian race, particular ly ilhistrated by remarks on the analogy of the Bushmen, of South Africa with the Congas of Abyssinia. There ncre exhibited two interesting juvenile specimens of the former race, which, on account of the unremitting hostility pr ic tised against them by the Kaffirs and Hottentots, and by t be ' whites prior to the occupation of the Cape of Good Hope m id its depeildenties by the English, are fast becoming extin The parents of the two children were killed by a Kaffir tri by whom they were sold to a Dutch Boer i for a gun. An i.n ly teres ting conversation followed , in which t was satlsfacto p r oved that they formed an i m p or t ant connecting link i n the sc ale of an universality of the origin as w ell as the religtal t of the human race. FREE-TRADE MOVEMENT.—We are glad to fi lid that active committees have been formed in Bath and Bristol since the recent free-trade meetings in those cities, for the purpose of promoting the enfranchisement of free-traders in East Somerset, West Gloucester, and North Wilts—a pro- n ceeding at all times constitutio nal, and more than ever e cessary at the present crisis. A forty-shilling freehold may, by means of these committees, be so easily obtained, that we hoe to hear of many hundred applications, and that th e conveyances have been duly made before the 30th of Jvatia r y next GREAT MEETING OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE IN COVEN r-GARDEN THEATRE. The first great aggregate meeting of the League took place last night, in the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. 1t has been our lot to visit, as the faithful chronicler for the public information, every meeting of the League that has taken place within this spacious building ; but we must confess that, of all the demonstrations we ever witnessed in favour of free trade, and the principles pro pounded by the League, the one of last night exceeded all. We had anticipated an immense meeting, in conse • quenee of the lately -published opinions of Lord J. Russell. Lord Morpeth, and others, in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws, but we were astounded by the demonstration of last night. Long before the opening of the doors evei y avenue to the theatre was choked up by masses of human beings, all anxious to obtain admission ; and when the doors were opened the rush was tremendous, and the house in a very few minutes was filled to suffocation in every part. The arrival of Mr. Cobden, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Milner Gibson, and other influential and prominent members of the League, a as hailed with loud plaudits. The theatre, before the commencement of the meeting and through its duration, presented one i of the most magnificent spectacles it is possible to magine. On the platform we noticed the lion. C. P.Villiers, M.P.; R. Cobden, Esq , M.P. ; John Bright, Esq., M.P. ; T. C. Grainger, Esq., M.P.; Henry Metcalf, Esq., M.P. ; Howard .1 , Iphinston, Esq, M.P.; Benjamin Smith, Esq, M.P. ; Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P. ; James Pattison, Esq., M.P. ; Arthur Pattison, Esq. ; W. J. Fox, Esq. ; William Metcalf, Esq. ; Adam Smith, Esq.; Captain Cogan ; John M'Clode, Esq. ; W. A. Wilkin • son, Esq. ; P. A. Taylor, Esq. ; Norman Wilkinson, Esq. ; Dr. Stoner ; IVilliatu Leaver, Esq. ; Colonel Gardner ; Dr. Lobb ; George Stephenson, Esq. ; A. Stone, Esq. ; 11. Fowler, Esq. ; Henry Staples Foster, Esq., Cambridge ar ; J. Phillips. Esq ; Henry Lloyd Morgan, Esq. ; Rev. S. Luke ; J. A. St. John, Esq. ; Bo} le St. John, Esq ; Wm. Mortimer, Esq. ; Wm. Pollard, Esq., Hertford ; B. M. Roberts, Esq. ; J. Per ratt, ha.q , Somerset ; J. Somers, Bridgewater ; J. Col verwall, Somerset ; Alfred Levibond, Middlezoy, Bridge water ; Sir Wm. Baynes, Bart. ; T. M. Robinson, Esq.; J. M'Call, Esq., Manchester ; Hugo Reid, Esq. ; Hills, Esq., Stilton ; F. Scheer, Esq., Cherapanot, Eatrinorburg, Siberia ; Ralph Ricardo, Esq. ; James Brotherton, Esq. ; John Moss, Esq., Derby ; P. Davy, Esq , Crediton ; H. L. Keeling, Esq. ; Sylvanus Par tridge, Esq. ; Robert Price, Esq. ; and Summers Har ford, Esq. At seven o'clock, the time appointed for commencing the business of the meeting, Mr. COBDEN came forward, amid tremendous cheering, and stated that Mr. Villiers had ki n dly consente d, i n t h e absence of their friend Mr. Wilson, to take the chair.— (Cheers.) C. P. VILLIERS, Esq., M.P., took the chair amid great cheering and some confusion, and cries of "Open the doors of the boxes," occasioned by the extremely crowded state of the house. When silence and order had in some measure been restored, he said— Ladies and Gentlemen, a person has been di rected to open the doors of the boxes, which some persons seem anxious should be done.—(Cheers, and cries of " That's right.") Ladies and gentlemen, the only purpose for which I have to ask your attention for one moment is to explain the reason why I should oc cupy the chair this evening. It was only a few minutes before I entered this theatre this evening that I was in formed by my friends around me that the gentleman who has so frequently, and so efficiently, presided as chairman of these meetings, was seriously and suddenly indisposed ; and the gentleman who in timated that to me, stated that it would be convenient if I would supply the place of our friend Mr. Wilson for the evening. Ladies and gentlemen, when the re quest was made to me to preside over the meeting, I had some misgivings that it would be no easy duty to discharge, and I at first declined to discharge it ; but subsequently I assented to occupy the chair this evening, and I do 60 upon the principle which I—(Great noise and confusion, occasioned by the over-crowded state of the house, and the anxiety of parties to obtain admission.) Ladies and gentlemen, this confusion does not arise from any spirit of disrespect to the meeting or its object, but only from an over-zeal on the part of persons to obtain places where they can see and hear. Ladies and gentlemen, I knew it would be no easy task to preside on this occasion, and I really did assent to do so when the request was made to me for no other purpose than that which, for the last six or seven years, has always actuated me with respect to the Anti-Corn-law League—namely, to cordially co operate with them whenever my humble services could be made available.—(Great cheering.) I remember the difficulties that beset the repeal of the corn-laws before the establishment of the Anti-Corn-law League, and I have been always of opinion, that if some such powerful, intelligent body was not originated, there was not any prospect of success for the cause of the corn-law repealers—(Cheers)—and because I earnestly desire to see the repeal of the corn-laws, I have thought it my duty to place my feeble services when they were required, at the disposal of the Anti-Corn-law League. —(Great cheering.) Notwithstanding the errors said to have been committed by some of the gentlemen composing the body of the Anti Corn-law League, I am of opinion now, that if our opponents should come to their senses, and consent to the abolition of the corn-laws be fore the people are maddened by starvation and want, it would be the measures that have been adopted by the Anti-Corn-lawLeague that had brought about so glorious a consummation.—(Cheers.) One of the reasons for which I so sincerely regret the absence of our respected friend Mr. Wilson is, that I know it was his intention to detail to you the extraordinary exertions which have been made by our friends, and those who represented the League in the provinces, and which afford clear and indisputable proof of the extent to which conversion to our opinions and conviction of their truth has gone.—(Cheers.) I hope it is satisfactory to our friends to observe that, wherever they go, or their names are mentioned, their valuable services are duly appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, it would probably have been one part of the address of my friend Mr. Wilson to congratulate you, as I do myself, most cordially, upon the accession of strength we have lately received to our cause, in the conversion of some of the most eminent statesmen existing in this country to the principles and views propounded in this theatre by the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Loud cheering.) We do learn now that those persons who alone could be referred to by the Crown to form an Administration, have come to the conclusion that they would be no longer parties to withholding one of the most obvious rights of the people of this country —the plain right of feeding themselves.—(Cheers.) We have now the only men who can, in the present state of affairs, be called to the councils and the assistance of their Sove reign, recording their opinions in favour of free trade, and condemning the existence any longer of a duty on foreign corn.—(Cheers.) Lord John Russell, there can be no doubt—(Great cheering)—is a free trader, and in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws. He has, in a bold, manly, clear and intelligent way, made that manifest to the world.—(Great cheering.) You have all, no doubt, read his recent address to the electors of the City of London, by which he has plainly shown what his opinions are, and leaving no doubt as to what his inten tions for the future are also.—(Cheers.) It was with no surprise that I read that Noble Lord's address, be cause I cannot but recollect that in the last session he voted with the motion that I made for the repeal of the corn-laws ; and by the speeches that he made also during the last session he exhibited himself perfectly alive to all the injury and miscief that the corn-laws had produced—(Cheers)—and pre dicted that a time might arrive when they should be precluded from calmly considering the question of the repeal of the corn-laws, and that when scarcity came they would be obliged at once to act, and repeal those ob noxious laws. I did not therefore read this address with surprise when the emergency arrived.—(Cheers.) All believe that that emergency has arisen, and that, unless something be done, and that without delay, it is obvious the people of this country, will be put to considerable privations.—(Cheers.) Lord John Russell has come forward at a most opportune moment to declare that he will be no party to obstruct the procuring of food for the people.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it has been asserted--it has not been contradicted— and it has received the strongest confirmation, by the resignation of Sir Robert Peel, that he has brought his great mind to the conclusion that the peo ple ought to feed themselves.—(Tremendous cheering.) How this conversion and conviction has been brought about is matter of indifference to us.—(Cheers.) It may have been the bad potatoes—(Laughter)—or the good arguments that have been used in favour of a repeal of the corn-lass s.—(lncreased laughter.)—Be that as it may, the fact of such a conversion and conviction has been announced, and it is for the people to turn that circumstance to the best account.—(Cheers.) This seems to be the great difficulty: we have arrived at si crisis, and nobody knows what will be the result. — Now, I say, that ,if these public men are true to you, and you are true to yourselves, there can be no difficulty about it.—(Cheers.) If Lord John Russell is of opinion that the corn-laws ought to be abolished, and he has been summoned to the councils of his Sovereign and commissioned to form a Government, let him declare that he will form it on the principle of abolishing the corn-laws.—(Great cheer ing.) If Sir Robert Peel has been properly represented— if he has really been convinced that the corn-laws ought to be abolished—then let him come forward and strenu ously and faithfully support Lord John Russell.—(ln creased cheering.) If we can be thoroughly con vinced that these two men, of these two parties, are really earnest and honest in this purpose, it becomes the duty, as it is the interest, of this great and powerful and intellectual association—the Anti-Corn-law League, to devote their energies in support of Lord John Russell and Sir R. Peel.—(Great cheering.) Now Ido believe, if we can found the common ground of the total abolition of the corn-laws for each of these parties to stand upon, the month of February will not pass over before we shall relieve the statute-book of one of the foulest blots that ever stained it.—(Great cheering.) If I might be allowed to offer one single syllable of advice, it would be, let the people depend upon themselves, for of this I am assured, that if the people of this country depend upon anything —upon any person or persons — with more confidence and reliance than upon themselves, they run the greatest risk of being deceived and disap pointed.—(Cheers.) The time has now arrived, the pre sent is the moment.—(Cheers.) We have got these great parties in such a state of confusion—we have got these public men in such a fix—(Great laughter)—that if we only do justice to ourselves in this cause, nothing will i prevent our succeeding.—(Cheers.) This s the moment when every person—when all men &re required to make ~-- every effort ar.d sacrifice, in order to cons ey ,„h o in power the unmistakeable determine t h e p ou pi e tlu longer to put up with a tax on t 4 Gentlemen, I bad no intention of presiding at ing ; I was not advertised to do so, and I will for a moment in the way of other members more eloquent than myself, and who are anxio dress you. I beg at once to call upon Richard Mr. Cobden then came forward, amid rei cheering, and attempted to speak, but for several n he was totally inaudible. He attempted oft and eosin to address the meeting, but every new attempt ir 7kg drowned in acclamation. silence being somewhat re• stored, Mr. COBDEN spoke as follows :—I think some of thee protection sccieties would be glad to have our overflow to-night.—(Cheers.) If this agitation continue we shalt have to build an edifice as large as St. Paul's to hold the. Leaguers.—(Enthusiastic cheering and laughter.) I be-. lieve to-day we have had applications for 30,000 tickets/ of admission. There are many thousands around this building who cannot be accommodated, and! there are a great many more inside than cam be comfortable.—(Loud cheers.) But I have fei( confidence in the disposition of all good Leaguers to ac-. commodate each other, and I must say, that I have seem in front of ma every disposition to be quiet ; but it seernsi to-night, as I have observed it generally in my great ex-. perience of public meetings, that if there be any disorder,. it is always amongst the aristocracy on the platform. X think this meeting is a sufficient proof of the cireum... stances under which we meet to-night. The manner ire. which we are gathered together; the excited feeling whicl. animates all present, indicate something peculiar in thee present phase of our movement. I do not know how it is,. but if I see others excited and inclined to throw up their' hats, it makes me look grave and serious, because L always think there is most danger when the people arm least on their guard in this wicked vs. orld.—(Cheers.)e Doubtless we have brought our cause to a new have got it i❑ the hands of the politicians ; the ins. and the outs are quarrelling over it ; but I an/ anxious to impress upon — you and upon oar friends throughout the kingdom (for what we* say hero is read by hundreds and thousands elsewhere) that it is not our business to form Cabinets—to chooser individuals who shall carry out our principles. We: are not to trust to others to do our work. We are not to feel confident that the work will be done until it is done, and I shall not consider that it is done until I see the Act wet from the printer's containing the total abolition of the corn-laws.—(Loud cheers.) Now I have always expected that in the course of this agita-- tation we should knock one or two Governments on the: head before we succeeded.—(Cheers.) The Government of IS4I can hardly be said to have been killed by ties corn-law ; it took the corn-law as a last desperate; dose, in hopes to cure it of a long and lingering dis-• ease.—(Cheers.) But it proved fatal.—(Renewed cheers; and laughter.) I think, however, that we may say that; the lust Government has died of the corn-law, and our business must be to try and make the fate of the last: Government a warning to the next.—(Cheers.) W cv certainly do not yet exactly know why Sir Robert Leer ran away from his corn-law. We have had no explana— tion. I thought when I came from the country that E mighrget a little behind the scenes, and learn somethimg• about it. But lam as much in the dark now as when: .1 I was in Lancashire.—(Loud cheers.) I can't learn why Sir Robert Peel " bolted."—(Great laughter.) It was his own law. He passed it in: 1842, after considerable deliberation. It was nil asked by the people, for I know that some two or threes millions pctitioned against it. It was his own handiwork,. in defiance of the people ; and now, in 1845, with the . . same Parliament Co back him, he suddenly runs away„ and leaves his sliding-scale as a legacy to his successors. —(Cheers.) NOW, if he had carried his corn-law withi him—(Cheers) —if be had only carried off his sliding-. scale to Tamworth—l do not think we should have macho many inquiries about him ; but he has left his law, anti no one knows how he is going to deal with it in future. When we meet in Parliament, whiche may be early next month —at all events I should say the sooner the better—(Cheers)—the -first: thing for which I shall look with great interest will be the reason of this sudden dissolution of the Cabinet. L shall await Sir Robert Peel's explanation with great interest. He, doubtless, will be able to tell us whether the facts collected by his Commissioners in Ireland an& in England were of a nature to impress him with the, idea that we were verging on a probable famine in one. country, if not in both? If that be the case, I suppose he will tell us that he at least was ready to subvert his own handiwork, the sliding scale. Well, that being the, case, I presume he will then assist us to do what he could not himself accomplish with his refractory- Cabinet.— (Cheers.) I expect-1 don't know whether X am rash in expecting so much—but I do anticipate that straightforward course from him.—(Great cheering.) There are people who tell us that this corn-law must not be suspended suddenly, that it must not be dealt with rashly and precipitately ; but that if we are to have as repeal of the corn-laws it must be done gradually. Well., that might have been in the eyes of some a very states man-like way of doing the business six or seven yearn ago. Some would hare thought last year, when whes% was 40s. a quarter, that if a law had been passed then providing for the extinction of the corn-laws irk two or three years, that would have been no very bad. measure ; but who would propose now to pass a law im posing a fixed duty on corn, next spring to take off 3s or 45., the next spring to reduce it still further, and scs on, till none was left?—(Loud cheers.) That won't suit the exigencies of the present moment.—(Cheers.) Our wise Legislature would not deal with the question when they might have done so with advan tage to their own policy. We were pressing on ,the Government to deal with the corn-- laws last year, and the year before, when wheat was 475. per quarter ; but we were told then than we were rash men—that the corn-law had not had es fair trial—that we must wait to see how it worked. Now they do see how it has worked.—(Cheers.) But there is no time for temporising now. Nature hart stepped in. Providence has stepped in—has inflicted Es famine on the land, and has set at nought all the con• trivances, the delays, and the modifications of States.—. (Great cheering.) There is now but one course to pun. sue. It is no use asking us for a feather bed to drop thi aristocracy on. We alight if we had one to offer them, but they can have no feather bed now.—(Cheers. and laughter.) They must have a total and immediate; repeal of the corn-laws; not because the League demand is—not out of any deference to the Shibboleth of a club like ours; no, we don't wish to inflict any unnecessary humiliation on the landowners ; but they have put oiT this good work so long that nature has stepped in, and now they must bow to the law of nature without de lay.—(Great cheering.) Well, we meet Parliament next session with, I take it for granted, but one propo sition before us, and that is the immediate abolition of the corn-laws.—(Applause.) No Minister can tako office without proposing that measure. Whether Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell, I defy them tq take office without coming to the House of Commons and in the Queen's speech proposing that measure.— (Loud and continued cheering.) No one would exult over them. It is not our doing after all. We have merely prepared the public mind, in some degree, to take advantage of a great national calamity. But it is not so well prepared as if they had given us two or three years more. The potato crop has tripped up the heels of Sir Robert Peel; but it has also stopped our registration agents. I should have liked another yeas or two to have qualified for the counties.—(Cheers.) We would then have shown the monopolist landowners that we can transfer power in this country from the hands of an exclusive class totally into the hands of middle and industrious classes.—(Loud cheering.) We shall go on with that movement, and I hops it will never stop.—(Cheers.) But we shall have to deal with the crisis of the corn question next session.-'e (Hear.) The Queen's speech, within a month of thee time, must recommend the abolition of the corn-law.--. (Great applause.) I want to get into the House of Com,. mons again, to have some talk about this question. It ill very different work there, I assure you, to talking in these meetings every day, where there are no opponent as I don't know how it is, but I have that quality of cons. bativeness, as the phrenologists call it, so inhereall in me, that unless I meet some opposition I am se dull as ditch water.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) Now. there is no man to be found at large, out of the House of Commons, to say one word in defence the corn-laws. I am anxious, therefore, to meet they* protectionists in the House of Commons. Yet I don's know—it will be an odd scene when we assemble ney..s session—for we shall not know where , to sit.—(Grert laughter.) There will be such a gathering in the lobbies —one saying to the other, " Which side are you goisig to sit on ?" Then, the greatest subject of interest will be, to see where Sir Robert Peel is to sit.—(Laughter.) I should not wonder if we should have to find him it chair, and put him in the middle of the floor.—(Renewed laughter, and cheers.) Now, I shall be somewhat inte rested to hear the arguments that will be used by the protectionists in defence of this corn-law. Recollect, the debate will come on with respect to the present exigencies of the moment. The corn-law must be suspended instantly. If Lord John Russell take office—be will be a bold man if he does—but if he does, I suppose he will either suspend the law the next day by an Order in Council, or will call us togetheri and submit his proposition to suspend that corn-law at once—(Great cheering)--or, if he does not do that, he won't hold office a week.—(Cheers.) Then the debate will turn on the necessity of suspending this corn-lave, and we shall have gentlemen getting up from Dorset , shire and Essex protesting that there is great abun dance of everything in the country, that there is no scarcity at all, no potato rot, and a full averag quantity of wheat. Then I should not wonder if we should have some very novel receipts for feeding the people.— (Loud cheers and laughter.) Dr. Buckland has lately been publishing a paper, which he read before the Ashmolean Society at Oxford, and he has shown, you know, that people cars live very well on peas—that they get on tolerably well with beans, and if there is nothing else, tkey cad live pretty well on mangel wurzel.—(Great laughter.) And he gives an instance, you know, of one good lady who lived, I don't know how many days, by sucking the starch out of her white pocket handkerchief.—(Renewed laughter.) Mengel wurzel, starch, and beans, miael with a little curry powder, I should think, would make a rich treat for starving people. —(Indignant laughter.) Well, we shall have divisions as well as debates, anj I should like to see the names of those good men in the House of Commons who will vote against opening the ports—that is, of those men whce will declare that we shan't be treated as well as Ruse sians, Turks, Poles, and Dutchmen.—(Cheers.) It they out-vote us on that proposition we shall have ze general election, and I should like to see some of thous curry powder candidates that will go down. I would, advise you to get some curry powder ready; a litths hot water with a pinch of curry powder stirred up makes a man very comfortable to go to bed with —(Laughter.) Try it on some of the protection can didates.—(Great laughter.) But really this is lawilain matter after all. As my friend • el r tit , - ..: ; :i• L p„ . . tt.,, ) rA l t4 lo ::7- - #4,1t7c.! `, i•,-I,i_J-;; , -,:- - rel E Mali