The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 27. KENNEY V. WILSON. This was an action for an assault, to which the defendant bad pleaded that he was not guilty. Mr. Martin and Mr. Prance appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers for the defendant. _ _ The plaintiff was a pianoforte maker, in the employ of a person of the same name, who carries on the business of a pianoforte maker in the Hackney-road, and the defendant was a publican in the same neighbourhood. On the 31st of July last, between the hours of twelve and one in the morning, the plaintiff happened to be at the Green-gate public•house, in the Hackney-road, when a knock came to the door, and Mr. Gander, the landlord, asked the plaintiff to goand see who was there. He did so, but had no sooner opened the door than the defendant rushed in, knocked him down, and beat him most violently. The result was, that he was laid up, and unable to attend to his business for a week ; and he brought the present action to recover compensation for the injury he had received. Evidence having been given in support of this statement, Mr. M. CHAMBERS urged that it would have been much better had the matter been made the subject of a complaint before a magistrate, rather than the cause of a civil action. He affirmed that the assault was occasioned by the miscon duct of the plaintiff, who slammed Mr. Gander's door in the face of the defendant s and it was this act which gave rise to the assault. Evidence having been adduced to prove that the plaintiff gave the first provocation, by rudely pushing the door in the defendant's face after he had been invited to enter the house by the landlord, The Learned LORD CHIEF BARON summed up, and the jury afterwards returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 151. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Nov. 27. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) BRAY AND REAY'S BANKRUPTCY.—THE WINE TRADE. IES HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morning, and the Court was crowded with creditors and numbers of the wine trade on the occasion. He said he had looked into the whole of the proceedings, and the bankrupt must be satis fied that in the prosecution of this inquiry every possible advantage had been afforded him. He had stated his own case as he thought, and he had given his statements under the sanction of an oath, and had been assisted by his counsel with zeal and ability. The charges preferred against the bankrupt by the assignees were, the absence of the proper balances of the books, the purchases of goods. and pledging them, the "overdrawing" on customers, and generally reckless conduct in trade. His Honour then, at some length, referred to the condition of the bankrupt's estate, tracing it through its various stages, from the period of his solvency down to the date of the fiat. In the course of the narrative he recapitulated the leading facts which were brought out in discussion yesterday, and which have already been reported. Hia Honour was understood dis tinctly to say that the bankrupt appeared to have been solvent in 1841. It was a distressing thing to see the bank rupt, a man who had occupied so high a position in the mercantile world, before the Court under the present condi tion of circumstances. After having for a series of years con ducted his business with credit to himself, it seemed that all of a sudden he had altered his course, and, by the reck less line he had pursued, involved his crditors. It was said, on his behalf, that the punishment of this position was very great, and he (the Commissioner) could well believe that it was a bitter and deeply humiliating position for the bankrupt to be in; and as he (the Commissioner) thought the bank rupt felt it deeply, he should take that punishment into con sideration in the Judgment he was about to give. Generally, it was said, there were mitigating circumstances in this case. To see how this stood it was necessary to follow the bank rupt into the details of some of his transactions. With re gard to Wright, his conduct ought not properly to be made a matter of censure. The transaction with that person ap peared to be the result of many years' dealings, and Wright having got into his confidence, left him largely in debt. Be sides, the affair was wound up, and what loss was made was made when he was solvent, so that the creditors could not interfere with that—for bad as the bargain was, if he had then been called to account he could have paid every farthing he owed. He (the Commissioner) wished lie could say the same of the debts of Blumenthal and Jarvis. He must say that he thought the conduct of the bankrupt with respect to Blu menthal amounted almost tc insanity. Blumenthal had been a bankrupt, and so he told Reay. Reay admitted that in his examination before the Court. It was much to the bank rupt's credit to say, that since his bankruptcy he had be haved in the most candid manner, and had afforded every assistance for the realisation of the assets of his estate. It was extraordinary how the bankrupt, without reason, could allow Blumenthal so much confidence as to trust him nearly to the extent of 50,0001. It was scarcely to be credited, and yet there was no excuse offered. If the bankrupt were ab solved from the penalty of such conduct in the case of Wright, because he was then above the complaints of creditore, it was different with respect to Blumenthal. At the date he trusted that man his affairs were in a very different position, and the proper' balance of his books ia 1843 could not have deceived him. In 1842 it might be a question whether he was entitled so to deal with Blumenthal; but in 1843 no person could have been ignorant of the condition of his affairs, such as the bank rupt's were, without wilfully closing his eyes. The bank rupt, as he himself ought to have known, was then in a hopeless condition, or, at least, fast going down the road to insolvency. He (the Commissioner), therefore, did consider that the charge of reckless trading was made out against the bankrupt, with little or no excuse for his conduct. The case of the credit to Jarvis was more extraordinary. Jarvis, according to Reay's own account, was known to him as being a clerk in a respectable house. With respect to this point of the case a curious argument had been used for the bankrupt. Reay, since his bankruptcy, being a large creditor against Jarvis, had been afforded an opportunity, under the process of bankruptcy, of inspecting Jarvis's books. What was the result? Why, that he had supplied himself with informa tion of the dealings of Jarvis with other parties in the trade, and it was now said for him, that if he did trust Jarvis, it was no more than other parties had done who were in the same line of business. The names of several firms were mentioned, and the amounts named; but they were small sums compared to the credit allowed by the bankrupt. Reay said that he had made investigation of the position of Jarvis at his banker's, but no name was given. If he did inquire, he would have found that the person to whom lie gave so large a credit never dealt further than to the extent of 1001. or 1501. Reay trusted him as others did. That was the excuse; but he (the Commissioner) would beg to remind Mr. Reay, that if he turned to the first item of all in Jarvis's books, he would there find his own name entered for large credit, and especially during the first part of Jarvis's trade, was his name entered for a very con siderable amount. Was it, therefore, surprising that when the world saw (for, no doubt, Jarvis advised the other houses of the fact) that Reay was giving support to this new firm, that others followestthe example to a limited extent? Cer tainly not ; and if Reay chose to give false credit in this manner, and thereby induce others to do likewise, he must take the responsibility. It was through the credit given by Reay to Jarvis, that that person (who described himself as a porter, and Reay as a clerk) in the course of eleven months obtained 36,0001. worth of wines, all of which had gone to the winds. If the bankrupt's conduct was to be blamed in the case of Blumenthal, it deserved much greater censure in the case of Jarvis, for the last credits were ail given in the year 1844, when, as a faithful stewardof the property of his credi tors, he ought to have stayed his hand from further transac tions of the kind. It was, however, evident that so long as be could obtain the discount of paper, so long was he de termined to pursue this inconsiderate course of dealing. The allegation that the bankrupt had engaged in accommodation bills was most strenuously denied. He (the Commissioner) had closely investigated the case on that point, and was per fectly satisfied that a system of accommodation transactions had been indulged in between the bankrupt and several of his insolvent customers. It was said the course the parties bad adopted in this respect was a. custom of trade. If it were, it ought to be most strongly reprobated. There was no doubt, from the books, and the discovery made since the bankruptcy, that bill dealings had been engaged in by the bankrupt for the purpose of keeping these parties "going," and supporting a fictitious appearance of credit. If it were not so, how was it that several thousand pounds' worth of bills %sere found in the bankrupts' drawers after the bankruptcy ? They were there reedy, of couree, to be pushed into the market to keep credit alive, and delude the public into the belief that they were dealing with men of substance. It was only when the bankers and bill-brokers refused to discount further that the ruin to the par'ies engaged was made apparent by the fiat. Could any one say this was proper conduct? No one, not even the bankrupt himself, whom he (the Commissioner) be lieved, if lie calmly reflected for a moment, must admit the impropriety of his career. It. was necessary to state so, that the creditors. might not be deceived, that the assets under the joint estate would not realise more than 2s. 6d. in the pound, and this one-eighth of the gross amount of his debts and liabilities was all that this merchant, who once oc cupied a proud position in his trade, could offer to his cre ditors in satisfaction of their claims. It now became his (the Commissioner's) duty to say what amount of punishment was to be awarded for this want of proper conduct on the part of the bankrupt. If the Court wholly refused the certificate, it would be inflicting on the bankrnpt a punishment amount ing to a commercial outlawry. That he was not desirous of doing, considering some of the features the case presented. He thought there were mitigating circumstances to be taken into consideration ; one of which was the very good conduct of the bankrupt since his bankruptcy—an ingredient allowed by the terms of the Act to have weight in the judgment of the Court. He hoped he did not permit the sympathy which he felt for the bankrupt's position to interfere with the course of justice; but he did consider that that circumstance ought to weigh in favour of the bankrupt. He could not but hope that inquiries like these would be of essential service to trade ; because, by the power the Court now possessed in granting or refusing certificates,all persons must undergo the ordeal in public instead of private, as heretofore.' Traders would now Mel that the moment would come when whatever might have been clone in the closet or the counting house would be ex posed on the house-top. The present case ought, therefore, to be an example to them of truly and fairly looking their affairs in the face, and if on a tree balance of books they found themselves wrong, to give uis the property they possessed for full and equal distribution. Looking at all the facts of this bankruptcy, his Honour said, in conclusion, that it appeared to him the justice of the case would be met by the suspension of the certificate for two years.—Certificate suspended accord _ - CENTRAT4CRIMINAL COURT. °Lb COUR7'. Charles Gibbs, 19, and Charles Phillips, 31, were indicted for housebreaking, and stealing two coats, two waistcoats, and other articles, the property of Mr. George South. Mr. Parry conduced the prosecution ; and M r . B a ld w i n d e f e nded the prisone. The prosecutor in this case is the landlord of the Duchess of Kent public-house en the Dover -road, and the robbery in question was committed on the evening of the Ist of No vember. The case was clearly made out as far as r regardedthe the prisoner Gibbs, and the only question was,wheth e evidence was sufficient to justify the conviction of the other prisoner. the principal testimony against him being that of a little girl, who swore positively thac about the time the rob bery must have been committed she saw him leave the house, Carrying a bundle. bit% Bal.pwiN addressed the jury, and called several wit nesses, who gave the prisoner Phillips a good character, and some evidence was also adduced with a view to establish an alibi, but it was not of a satisfactory description. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, and left the case to the jury, they proceeded to deliberate upon their verdict. The prisoner Gibbs requested leave to address the Court, and he then asserted that his fellow-prisoner knew nothing whatever of the robbery, and was perfectly innocent of any participation in it. He insinuated that the little girl had been tampered with. The jury, after a short deliberat:on, returned a Verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. The prosecutor got into the witness-box, and begged to be allowed to state that he had not had any communication with the girl until after she had been examined by the ma gistrate and had given her evidence. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE said that there was not the slightest. imputation upon the character or conduct of the prosecutor. The prosecutor said, that as he believed the prison Phillips had formerly borne a good character, he begged to recommend him to the merciful consideration of the Court. A previous conviction for felony was then proved against the prisoner Gibbs. The LORD CIIIEF JusiicE sentenced Gibbs to be trans ported for twelve years, and the other prisoner was ordered to be kept to hard labour for twelve months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday- a very remarkable case was brought before Sir J. Pixie, after the Lord Mayor had finished the routine busi ness of the day in the justice-room. A seaman of very intelligent appearance, named John Potter, who stated his age to be about 30 years, presented himself at the bar in the custody of Bradley, one of the prin cipal officers of the Mansion-house, a voluntary prisoner. The following evidence was given on the occasion : Ames Bradley said, this day the prisoner voluntarily de livered himself into my custody as an escaped convict. He stated to me that he escaped in December, 1839, from Syd ney, since which time he had been at sea—that he was tried and convicted at Shrewsbury in the month of August, 1832 was transported for life—had received no pardon for his offence—and was actuated by a sense of duty to his God in thus giving himself up to justice. I have procured from John Bellamy, Esq., the clerk of assize of the Oxford Circuit, the certificate of his conviction at the assizes holden at Shrews bury, in and for the county of Salop, on the Ist day of August, in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King Willian the Fourth, by the name of John Potter, and the prisoner confessed to me that he is the person referred to as John Potter in the certificate I produce, and which I saw signed by Mr. Bellamy. Sir J. PIRIE—What have you to say to this statement made by the officer, prisoner? The prisoner—l admit that his evidence is in every respect correct. Sir J. Pfmn—l am aware of the particulars of your history from yourself, and I have every reason to give credit to all your assertions. I think it necessary, however, as a magis trate, to hear you make a public statement. The prisoner then said he had escaped from Sydney about four years ago that he there witnessed the miserably im moral condition of his fellow-convicts, whom, as he was now a reformed man himself, he should earnestly wish to assist as much as lay in his small power in reforming. That he had been earning an honest living as a sailor, first in an American vessel, and afterwards he was employed in the Hudson's Bay Company's service, and sent to Africa. He said that after a laborious service in foreign ports, he became a sea man on board the ship John Gray, trading from Greenock to Bombay, and on the outward voyage he was induced by a special Providence to turn over the pages of the Holy Bible, which wrought such changes in his mind, affecting the good of his fellow-creatures, that he was at once seized with the desire to do something for their advantage ; and he certainly considered himself able, from the experience he had had of a convict's pains and penalties, to read them a strong lesson upon the nature and effects f their crimes and errors. There was one thing, however, to be got over before he could think of making the attempt upon which his mind and heart were fixed. He had been guilty of a further violation of the laws of his country by making his escape from his place of punish ment, and he could not satisfy his conscience without deliver ing himself up to justice. lie had, therefore, come to the determination to confess his escape, notwithstanding the horror inseparable from the idea of a convict's life, and the great probability that he never should be discovered in the character which he had performed so long without having excited the least suspicion. After looking over the subject with the seriousness which belonged to it, he applied, through the recommendation of a clergyman at Calcutta, to whom he had mentioned the cause of his uneasiness, to Sir John Pink, who attended to him with the most benevolent interest, and declared the utmost willingness to give him employment by which he could earn a respectable livelihood, but considered, as a magistrate of the City of London, that an effort to shield him could not be consistently made without the sanction of the Secretary of State. Sir J. PIRIE said the case having all the evidences of truth about it, and the prisoner having abandoned the vicious courses which led to his conviction, an application was made to the Serretary of State for the Home Department to take the circumstances into consideration. The crime, however, for which the sentence of transportation was passed having been a heavy one, and the effect of example co-operating, Sir James Graham could not recommend the grant of a par don, but intimated that the convict must resign himself to trial by the laws of his country unconditionally. . . . The prisoner said the accusation against him at the Shrewsbury Assizes went much farther than it ought in jus tice to have gone ; for, although it stated that he had com mitted a burglary and stolen several articles, the real fact was that he entered the premises without the least violence, and he carried off but two articles, and they were of very little value indeed. Bradley produced the certificate of the prisoner's convic tion, of which the following is a copy, divested of its tech. nicalities "These are to certify that at the assize and general de livery of the gaol of the late King William IV., holden at Shrewbury on Wednesday, the 10th of August, in the third year of his Majesty's reign, before certain justices assigned to deliver the gaol of the pri soners therein being, John Potter, labourer, was tried and convicted on a certain indictment against him for that he, on the sth of June, 1832, with force and arms, the dwelling-house of William Evans feloniously did break and enter, and two keys of the value of sixpence, one pair of braces of the value of sixpence, one coat of the value of ten shillings, two waistcoats of the value of five shillings, two pair of breeches of the value of ten shillings, one hat of the value of five shillings, and one pair of stockings of the value of one shilling, did feloniously steal and carry away, against the peace, &c., and thereupon judgment of death was re coreed against him for the offence, and afterwards his late Majesty was graciously pleased to extend the royal mercy to him on condition of his being transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life, and such extension of mercy having been signified by Viscount Melbourne, the Court al lowed to the said offender the benefit of a conditional pardon, and it was thereupon ordered that John Potter be imme diately transported for the term of his natural life." The prisoner was committed to Newgate for the escape, and a true bill was yesterday evening, about an hour after his committal for trial, found against him by the grand jury. Some years ago a similar case occurred in London. - A man, who was sentenced to be transported, made his escape from Sydney, came to London, and lived in respectability as a tradesman for some years, but was one day met by the very officer on whose evidence he had been convicted. He was committed for trial for the escape, and immediately after his confession and conviction was, upon the strong re commendation of the jury, mercifully recommended to the Sovereign, who granted a free pardon. It appears that Potter is anxious to return to Sydney, in which he had witnessed boundless depravity, for the purpose of reforming his fellow-convicts. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—A woman, named Mary Fowler, was charged with having struck the daughter of John Good child, a labouring man, in the forehead with a cleaver. The prosecutrix said, her father and the prisoner lived in the same house, and some words having been exchanged, the prisoner inflicted a murderous blow upon the young woman's forehead, and the cleaver would have descended with another blow, which would probably have dispatched the prosecutrix, had not her father interposed the strength of his arm, and turned aside the blow. The prisoner declared that she bad used the cleaver in de fence of her life, which the family of the prosecutrix seemed determined to take from her. The LORD MAYOR said, the case was one of such a serious nature, that he was resolved to send it to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The prisoner was then committed. The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would honour ably acknowledge his receipt of the following sums for the poor-box at the Mansion House:-11. ls., by Subpoena; No. 11-0 30,269; 11., Mr. Blacket. TICE SUN, _LONDON, FRIDAY RVENINar, NOVEMBER 1845. GUILDHALL. A young man named George Hanslip, of No. 10, Alfred place, Old Kent-road, and O.'ivia Hanslip, his mother, the latter in the dress of a Quakeress, were brought up for steal ing various pieces of satin and cashmere, the property of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard, wholesale woollen warehousemen, of 39, Wood-street, Cheapside. Mr. Mullins, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, on behalf of the prosecutors, said that before he entered into a state ment of the case, he must observe that the female prisoner did not belong to that respectable body called the Society of Friends, although she had assumed their mode of dress. With regard to the charge it was this :—George Hanslip had been for some years in the employ of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard as entering clerk, and for a long period had been in indigent circumstances. On Thursday last he was observed to enter the satin department and take a remnant of satin and place it in his desk. A watch was then set to discover where he lived, and on searching the apartments occupied by the son and mother, a number of pieces of satin were dis covered, as well as gowns, trousers, and other articles, made up, the produce of George Hanslip's plunder. It was also discovered that a large quantity of property had been pledged with various pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood by their landlady. But he now came to the greatest discovery of all, which it was necessary the trade throughout the kingdom should be made aware of, for the purpose of being on their guard against similar practices, and be wished par ticularly to call the worthy Alderman's attention to it. In the search above forty letters were discovered, from which it appeared the prisoner carried on a correspondence with one John Phelp, who was in the employ of a rival house— namely, that of Messrs. Bull and Wilson, No. 52, St. Martin's lane, and if it had not been for the fortunate detection of the prisoner's delinquency, there is no doubt the prosecutors would have been ruined in the course of six months. He would read three letters, which would give an idea of the in tentions of both the prisoner and his correspondent towards the firm of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard. The first ran as follows : " 52, St. Martin's-lane, Oct. 15, 1844. " Dear Sir,—What have you been giving for the inclosed goods to Robinson, what do you sell them at, and who have been buying? Six hundred pieces are a good many for you to get through. Is this something fresh? I have sent May nard_with sized parcels of patterns to Cordell, of Plymouth ; Slierril, Newcastle; Gardiner, Bristol; Browell, Coventry; all marked low, and said we would charge them less the profits which are required to meet travelling expenses. Will that do? " Yours truly, "JOHN PHELP. " Mr. G. Hanslip.' r In the above letter were inclosed two patterns. The nest was as follows, and showed that Hanslip was regularly giving all the information in his power to Phelp, and that they ac. tually contemplated sending round a traveller to all his clients' customers for the purpose of underselling them : " " March 12, 1845. , " Can you give me the names for Ipswich, Wisbeach, Stamford, Peterborough, Bicester, Wallingford, Bampton, Henley, St. Ives ? When shall I see you ? Who is in town ? What fresh news?—Yours truly, "JOHN PHELP. " P.S. We are excessively busy. Headland has done won ders in the north." Mr. Mullins then read another letter, dated Feb. 3, 1845. The following is an extract •" I want the names, &c., various parties and places. What fresh jobs did you buy of Butterworth ?" Mr. Mullins said he thought those letters would be sufficient to show the intentions of the parties, and he should now call evidence in support of the charge of robbery. Mr. Henry Ledgard stated that the prisoner had been in their employ about six or seven years, as an entering clerk, and that it was his business to enter all goods, from whom bought, and to whom sold. One of the pieces of buff ker seymere produced he identified by the mark on it, and by its corresponding with the number on the invoice :when it was delivered. Thomas Evans, under warehouseman, stated that between five and six o'cl oc k he saw the prisoner take the piece of satin, and tear the cover in pieces, and throw it away. Pre sently after he placed it in his desk, and before witness could mention the circumstance to his master, he was called to take some letters to the post-office, which he did, and found that the prisoner had left for the day. Witness then made a communication to Mr. llolyland, and then picked up the pieces of paper and put them together. They came off the piece of satin. Several pawnbrokers here stepped forward and produced a large assortment of satins, kerseymeres, &c., which had been pledged at their shops, and which were identified. They were pawned in the name of Ann Jones, by a Mrs. Wandsworth, the landlady of the prisoners. They were in for sums varying from 10s. to 1/. 15s. and 21. Mary Ann Wandsworth proved she pledged the satins at the request of Mrs. Hanslip, who said she wanted to raise some money, and that her son had purchased them. She re marked to witness at the time that she should destroy the tickets, and she (Mrs. W.) feplied that it would be a pity to do so. They had lately got new furniture into the house. Mr. Holyland stated - that on Friday last, in consequence of the information he received, he went through the whole of the stock and discovered about 100 yards of satin missing of the value of 401. They were cut lengths. He could identify some of the goods produced, and had no doubt the rest be longed to his employers. He held patterns corresponding with them all. The gown produced was made of French satin, with a waistcoat pattern. The male prisoner said nothing in his defence, with the exception of asking Mr. Holyland, could he swear that the gown came out of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard's premises, and how he knew it? To which the latter replied that he missed it by its not being entered in the proper book as being sold, besides having a pattern that was cnt off of it. The mother merely said that she was under the impression that her son purchased the goods of his employers. On the application of the solicitor for the prosecution, the prisoners were remanded until Friday (this day) week. BOW-STRE7ET. Thomas Edwards, a cab-driver, appeared upon a summons to answer a complaint preferred against him by Captain George Robert Harry Kennedy, of the Royal Artillery, for having, on the 6th instant, inflicted an injury upon him by furious driving. • _ _ _ The compli . inant stated that on Friday evening, about half-past six o'clock, he was proceeding at the head of his company, from the Euston-square station, on his way to Woolwich, and while crossing the corner of a street in Long acre some of the men in the rear cried out " Take care," at which time he had just stepped off the kerb stone. At the same inst the defendant drove up in the same direction at a rapid rate, and passed the fore wheel of the vehicle over his foot. Had his foot not been on a flat surface it would have been crushed to pieces, from the rate at which the defendant was driving. The men were marching in single files to pre vent any inconvenience in the streets, and the defendant could not have been taken by surprise as ho must have passed along the entire line. Mr. TWTFORD, having read the military surgeon's certifi cate, said that the injuries which had been inflicted were of a more serious nature than he bad expected. The statement of the complainant being corroborated by two bombardiers, The defendant said that the evening was very dark and wet, which prevented him from observing the complainant. and the moment the accident occurred he begged pardon, in addition to which the gentleman who was riding in the cab gave the number, which showed that there was no intention on his part to escape the charge. Mr. TWYFOLtD said that cab-drivers were determined to get on as fast as they could. They were bound to take care, particularly after receiving a timely warning not to drive over persons in the streets, in turning round a corner, and as there could be no justification for such conduct, he would order the defendant to pay a fine of 405., with costs, or be sent to prison for one month. The defendant paid the fine, and he was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Solomon Goldsmith was brought up for another examination, on a charge of having robbed, or connived at robbing, the shop of his master, Mr. Russell, of New Co ventry-street, of between 7001. and 8001. worth of jewellery and plate. The robbery occurred on Friday week, between the hours of five and seven o'clock in the evening. It was discovered by the prisoner, who made known the circumstance to Mr. Russell, at his other shop in King-street; but in consequence of the adroitness with which the robbery had been accom plished, and the selection of the valuable from the inferior part of the stock, it was presumed that the thief was some one well acquainted with the stock and premises, and as the prisoneehad only been a few weeks in Mr. Russell's employ. and was not able to give a very satisfactory account of his movements on the evening of the robbery, he was suspected and given into custody. Mr. Russell stated to the magistrate that although he had used the utmost exertions to gain a clue to any part of his property, and had even offered a reward of 1001. to effect that object, he had not been able to obtain any information, and he was consequently not in a position to bring further evi dence against the prisoner. The prisoner's solicitor said he hoped, after the declara tion of Mr. Rucsell, that the magistrate would no longer - continue to deprive the prisoner of his liberty. He felt him self bound to state that the prisoner had always borne the most irreproachable character, and so desirous was :he of manifesting his innocence, that he was willing to come for ward at any future day, or, if necessary, his father, who was in court, would be bound for his future appearance. Mr. Russell said he knew the boy's father to be a man of respectability, living at Bath, and he would willingly take his word to produce his son on some future occasion, should further evidence be obtained. He could not ask the magis trate to detain the prisoner in custody any longer, as the evidence was net sufficiently strong to warrant his further detention. Mr. HARDWICKE said there were certainly circumstances of suspicion against the prisoner, but not enough to justify him in sending the case before a jury. Mr. Russell said he could not divest his mind of the im pression that the robbery had been committed by some one acquainted with the stock and the movements of his esta blishment. A large robbery had taken place in Portman street, but the thieves had destroyed about 801. worth of jewellery in their plundering career, and this showed that the robbery was not done by any one in the house, but by regular burglars. The prisoner, on being told that he was discharged, de clared before God that he was as innocent as the baby un born of the robbery. He would give all the assistance in his power to Mr. Russell to trace out the thieves. The father of the prisoner said the dexterity with which the robbery had been planned and executed was no proof of the boy's criminality, for in Bath several large robberies had been committed in which the thieves had selected the best p ortions of the property, and had replaced everything in its usual order. After the parties had left the Court, Mr. Hardwick asked police-sergeant Langley, of the detective force, his opinion of the case. The constable said, though at first ho thought the robbery must have been effected by some one connected with the es tablishment, lie had since had reason to believe that it could have ben executed by an expert London thief. The pro perty carried away consisted mostly of antiques and rings of comparatively small value to break up, and they formed so little bulk, that one or two thieves might have carried them away in their pockets and about their persons without ex citing suspicion. _ _ MI: HARDWICK thought it was singular that no portion whatever of the property had yet been traced. Langley said very possibly it had• been sent to Holland or Hamburgh, where a ready market would be found for it. The matter here dropped. THAMES. A lad named Burrell Wonow, in the employ of Messrs. Holt and Co., brewers, in Broad-street, Ratelitf, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing various sums of money from his employer's counting-house. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Holt for the last twelve weeks, and during that time they had repeatedly missed cash from an iron safe in the counting-house, the key of which was kept in a small hole in front of it, and was accessible to Mr. John Ilolt, his brother and a clerk. The prisoner was occasionally in:the habit of going into the counting-house, and so found out the depository fur the key, and robbed the safe. The prisoner was committed for trial. PERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was formally further prorogued yesterday by Commission to Tuesday, the 16th of December. Lord Denman, in consequence of the continued indispo sition of the Lord Chancellor, officiated as the principarCom missioner. The Lords Commissioners (Lord Denman, Lord Wharn cliffe, and the Earl of Haddington), on taking their seats below the Throne, in their full robes, at twenty minutes be fore four o'clock, commanded Mr. Pulman, the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to the House of Peers, to hear her Majesty's Commission for the further Proroguing of Parliament read, shortly after which Mr. J. Ley, and several of the officers of the House of Com mons, appeared at the bar. Mr. Currie, the Clerk at the Table, having read the Com mission, and the usual preliminaries having been gone through, Lord DENMAN, in her Majesty's name, declared the present Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 16th of De cember. There was not a single Member of the House of Commons present, and the whole ceremony occupied only a few minutes. The lateness of the hour at which the proroga tion took place was adopted in order to meet the convenience of Lord Denman, whose judicial duties detained him till half-past three o'clock. IRELAND. . . REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, Nov. 24. e weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Captain Seaver in the chair. Mr. O'CoNNELL introduced, amidst loud applause, to the meeting, Alexander M'Carthy. Esq., candidate for the repre sentation of Cork on the repeal interest. „ Mr. M'CarrrnY expressed his acknowledgment for the gra tifying reception he had experienced, and assured the meet ing, in return, that in the pursuit of the glorious object for which they were contending, namely, the restoration of their domestic legislature, and the assertion of the rights and li berties of Ireland, he should never be found lagging.—(Loud cheers). Mr. O'CosNELL remarked that on the last day of meeting he adverted to some hand bills, purporting to be printed in London, which were circulated through the county of Dublin, instigating the assassination of the landlords. Two of the placards had been posted on that. morning on the doors of the Conciliation Hall. He had sent off these do cuments to the police commissioners, but he apprehended they would take no notice of it, and he might almost be in clined to say that the "detectives" were getting up a conspi racy against the Repeal Association. lie trusted that no ex ertion would be spared to bring the villain to justice who concocted and circulated those atrocious placards. Captain BRODERIP moved, in pursuance of notice, " That the Parliamentary Committee of the Association be instructed to consider and report whether the inquiries connected with legislation for Irish railways which now take place in Lon don, before Committees of the House of Commons, may not' hereafter be conducted in Dublin with great saving of expense to the country and to the parties concerned." I n su pp or t o f the resolution he showed that the number of Irish railways proposed to be constructed amounted to 112; and taking the average expense of obtaining an enactment for each at B,OOOE, the sum thus expended for procuring liberty to un dertake these works would amount • to , 896,000/., all which would be expended in England. If the Government acceded to the proposition of having the Irish railway business trans acted in Dublin, that enormous sum would be saved to the country. But he feared that the Government would not ac cede, for they would fear that if the Irish people became practically aware of ,the advantages which the seat of Go vernment conferred on the country, they would never cease in their exertions to obtain the restoration of the Legis lature"' Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN seconded the resolution, and quoted the Evening Packet for the purpose of showing that the Con servatives were friendly to the proposition of having the Irish railway business transacted in Dublin. If the English Mem bers refused to come to this eountry, for the purpose, he would say they had Members enough of their own, and he felt justified in saying that the Tory representatives would co-operate with them. Mr. O'CozavELL supported the motion, and showed that the interests of the bar of Ireland were identified with the repeal of the union. If his anticipations were well founded, he Would say that it was contemplated to remove the entire law business of this country to England. As a proof of this, he need only refer to the " Service of Process" Bill, which was attempted to be passed during the last session of Parliament. The effect of that Bill, if it received the sanction of the House, would be to transfer a great portion of Irish law busi ness to the English Courts. It was contemplated to bring that Bill again before the Legislature, and, if carried, it would be the first 'great step , towards centralisation. He would put it to the common sense of English men whether they (the Irish) were not entitled to have their railway business transacted in Ire land, and he would ask, would they (the English) be satisfied with having their railways disposed of in Dublin? Of course they would not; and, on the same principle, he claimed the expenditure of that sum in Ireland. Mr. O'Con nell said, the next thing he had to do was to defend himself. He did not know whether he was to stand his trial : he had been already convicted and sentence passed upon him. He could move an arrest of judgment. The Times newspaper had hired a fellow to go around the island lying, and he had bestowed the full measure of his vicious ingenuity on him. He (Mr. O'Connell) was certainly one of the beat calumniated and abused men in the world. No man ever read such abuse, and instead of their being tired of it, after fifty years abusing him, they seemed to be fresher for it than ever, and to be look inq out for new channels of vituperation. If there were any paint on which he considered himself safe, it was with reference to his conduct as a landlord. He had been always the enemy of extortion. He thought he was the friend of the people, and if there was any part of his conduct that he thought would meet with universal approbation, it was his conduct as a landlord. Up to that period no person had attacked him but Mr. Sergeant Jackson, in the House of Commons, who made a charge against him that be distraiaed for the March rent in the month of April. He (Mr. O'Connell) was able to demonstrate that it was an utter falsehood, and the authority he (Sergeant Jackson) gave happened to be one of the most lying rascals in the community. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to controvert the misrepresentations of the "Com missioner," and quoted several authorities for the purpose of showing that his property was in a flourishing condition. In conclusion he expressed his contempt for the " Commissioner" and his employer. Mr. J. A. O'NEILL defended the Mansion-house Committee from the aspersion cast upon it by the Government press. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the erasure of the name of the Rev. J. O'Malley from the poll of repealers, in consequence of that gentleman having stated that he was not a member of the Association, and then reiterated the many reasons which jus tified the Association in rejecting the Colleges Bill. He con jured the people not to resort to violence in case the contem plated famine should occur, as any such conduct would only redound to their own suffering. At the termination of the proceedings, the rent for the week was announced to be 158/. 2s. 9d. ALEXANDER M'CARTIIY, Esq., was then called to the chair, and the meeting separated. WARLIKE RUMOURS. It is reported in town this afternoon that Government mean to increase the army by 20,000 men, 10,000 to be formed into second or reserve battalions, thus effecting a great saving in the number of officers required for the ad ditional force. It is also confidently stated, in military cir cles, that the militia will be ballotted for early next year, and called out for traibing. MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. WIL- LIARS AND SON. This day, pursuant to circular, a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Richard Williams and Sons, bankers and stock brokers, was held at the counting-house of the firm, in Dame street, in this city. The result, we are happy to say, fully bears out the anticipation of a satisfactory arrangement. All the principal creditors were in attendance. The claims against the firm amounted to about 100,0001., their assets to 116,000/., leaving a very considerable balance, and a rea sonablo time only was required to meet every engagement in full. This statement of the affairs of the firm was so favourable, that general surprise was expressed at the sus pension of business, when, if moderate accommodation were obtained from the Bank of Ireland, there need not have been any interruption. IVhether such accommodations wore applied for did not transpire. The creditors at once con sented to give even more time than was asked, and ulti mately it was arranged that the payments should be made at periods of six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four months. This is the only failure, if failure it can be called, of an extensive firm that has taken place in this city for a con siderable time; and as the firm of Williams and Son has been one of long standing and of the highest character, it is very gratifying to find that it will be able fully to meet its en gagements. The firm will continue business, as stock and sharebrokers, as well as notaries to the Bank of Ireland. DELIBERATE MURDER. On Thursday evening, at about a quarter past five o'clock, one of the most cool and deliberate acts of murder that has been committed in the metropolis for many years, was per petrated in Peacock-street, Newington. At that time a Daniel Fitzgerald, a labourer in the employ ment of Mr. Quennell, a respectable builder in Kennington lane, and a countryman of his, named Owen M'Carthy, were proceeding home after the labours of the day, and as they turned into Peacock-street they were met, at rather a dark spot, by a person who came in front of them, and who, with out the slightest parly or uttering a sentence, deliberately presented a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald and dis charged its contents into his body. M'Carthy was so affected with the suddenness of the act and the flash of powder in his face, that he became powerless for the moment, and the as sassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen named Cotton and Allem, who, witnessing the murder, immediately pursued the murderer,who, on committing the act, instantly took to his heels. His pursuers, however, gained ground so fast upon him that they succeeded in cap turing him before ,he had got far down Kennington-lane, after running about 500 yards or little better. On securing him those gentlemen took him on to the police station-house in Kennington-lane, and gave him over to Lockier, the gaoler, saying that he had been shooting somebody, but they did not know whether the man he shot at was dead or not. The prisoner all this time never uttered a syllable, and was taken into the reserve room at the station by Lockier, where he sat down apparently quite composed. In a few minutes intelligence had reached the station that the unfor tunate man Fitzgerald was no more, and that so deliberate was the act of assassination that the poor man never even uttered a groan. The body having fallen close to the Pea cock public-house, at the corner of Peacock-street and Ken nington-road, was carried into that house, and Mr. Smith, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was in immediate attendance. but the instant he saw the deceased he pronounced him dead. On examining the body he found that the bat had entered the left breast, passed through (he had not the slightest doubt) the heart, and come out at the left side of the back, so that his death must have been instantaneous; and one of the policemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal wound at the bottom of the staircase of the Peacock, it hav ing fallen from the body while the deceased was being moved. The murderer, upon the charge being about to be entered against him, gave the name of Samuel Quennell, and it was 'then ascertained that he was brother to Mr. Quennell, the builder, and, as well as the deceased, had been employed by him. While the charge was being taken Mr. Inspector Carter asked the prisoner if he had the pistol about him, and his reply was, that he had not. Immediately after, however, the prisoner was in the act of taking somethiug out of his pocket, when Lockier seized his arm, and found that he had got a pistol in his hand, which was immediately secured. It was a good sized pocket-pistol, single barrel, percussion lock, and it was evident that it had been but just discharged Upon the prisoner being further searched, some strong cord age was found in his pocket, with twopence in copper, and some trifling articles. Before the charge was fully taken, Mr. Rutt, the inspector of the L division, arrived at the station-house, and having been made acquainted with its serious nature, and perceiving also that the prisoner had got a quantity of cordage about him, as if he intended to destroy himself, he gave peremptory orders that two men with a light should remain in the cell with him all night, which order was complied with. On making inquiries as to the causes which led to so shocking an act of murder, it ap peared that for some cause or other the prisoner had been discharged from his employment by his brother on Saturday last, and conceiving that Fitz gerald had been the cause of his dismissal, had been heard during the week to make use of violent threats towards Fitzgerald, and some go so far as to say that he had declared he should shoot him, and that witnesses can be produced to prove the fact ; at all events nothing could be more determined than the manner in which he has dispatched his unfortunate victim. Poor Fitzgerald resided at No. 11, Peacock-street, and his assassin resided close by, so that the unfortunate man met his death within a few yards of his home; indeed, sufficiently near fer his wife and five children to hear the report of the shot which deprived them of a hus band and a father, and in an instant hurried him into the pre sence of his Maker. The prisoner, who is an unmarried man, and 22 years of age, maintained a perfect silence, and remained Perfectly calm and unmoved until called on by Mr. Games, the solicitor, who had been retained by his friends to defend him at his examination on the following (this) day. He then, for the first time, appeared to reflect upon the dreadful deed he had committed, and shed tears abundantly. He soon, however, recovered his self-possession, and at half-past eight took some coffee and bread and butter, which had been sent to him from his brother's house. At a later hour Mr. Carter had ascertained from the pri soner's landlord that the murderer, during the day, had been to see the deceased at work, and having returned home re mained there until about five minutes before the murder was committed. He also says that the prisoner was perfectly sober at the time. THE LATE MURDER NEAR COVENTRY. Cow :run; THURSDAY NIGHT.—The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of thL unfortunate man Tranter, who was murdered in his own /louse, on the 17th inst., took place on Wednesday, and was adjourned until to-day, when, amongst others, the following important facts Were elicited : • _ _ The boy Satchel!, who, it will be remembered, had accom panied the old man over some land on the morning of the murder, said--When I was in my master's house, on the morning previous to my going out to work, a man named Roberts, a shoemaker, came in and held a short conversa tion with him. He did not remain long, and we went , aut into the field. About a quarter of an hour after my master had returned to the house, I observed that the shutters were closed. Half an hour after that I saw a young man come out of the front door. He locked it after him, and put the key in his pocket. At twelve I endeavoured to get into the house, but could not. I tried again in the evening, and on the following morning, but the house was still shut up. On Wednesday I gave information to some persons in the village. Mr. William nitre a farmer residing at Berkswell , said that on Monday, the 17th, about midday, he saw a man named Read in the road, near to Tranter's house. He was talking to a man in my employ; named Wright, and wore corduroy trousers. He had resided in the neighbourhood three years, working as a day labourer. He usually wore a cap. The next witness was Mrs. Ann Hyatt, who said—l reside a little way from the place where the murder was committed. The man (Read) has lodged at my house ever since the first Monday in July. He left last Saturday week, the 15th instant, and did not say where he was going. He had on a dark green waistcoat, ancle-jack boots, striped corduroy trousers of a drab colour. There were tips on the heels of his boots. He had previously left me on the Tuesday, and lie came back on Saturday morning, .at which time he left, and I have not seen him since. When lie went away on Tuesday, he said he was going to Hampton station, to try and get a job, and he should be back at night. He left be hind him a Scotch cap, which he usually wore, and several other articles. Mrs. Maria Raven, the wife of a farmer in the parish, de posed that on the 17th instant, in the afternoon of the day, she saw two men in the lane. One, who was dressed in a light-coloured jacket and waistcsat, was standing at the top of the lane ; the other, dressed in a velveteen jacket, appeared to be coming in the direction from Tranter's house. lam sure that the man Read was not one of those. _ Thomas Trippas, the parish constable, said that in con sequence of information he received on Wednesdry last, he went to Tranter's house, and found the doors fastened and the window-shutters closed. He obtained an entrance to the house through one of the upper windows. There was a box and two drawers open in the room. A great number of papers had been strewn about the floor, and the drawers and box had been ransacked. On proceeding to another room I found the articles in it in a similar state of disorder; but there was no appearance of anything having been disturbed in the attics. The witness here detailed the circumstances attending the finding of the body of the murdered man. In the course of the inquiry, the bill-hook and the axe which were found near the body, and with which in all pro• bability the murderers executed their bloody deed, and a straw hat were produced, which some of the witnesses alleged they had seen the old man wear. It was much stained with blood, and there was a :deep indentation in the crown of it which corresponded exactly with the end of a hedge-stake cut in a peculiar manner. Two or three other witnesses were examined, whose evi dence was chiefly in corroboration of the foregoing, and at six o'clock the inquisition was adjourned. The jury again assembled at ten o'clock this morning; a number of witnesses were examined, amongst others, George Hopkins, a labourer, who said that on the Wednes day after the committal of the murder he met the man Read about five miles from Birmingham. Witness conversed with him as to where he had been, when he said that he had been in Birmingham in search of employment from the previous Monday ; but that he had not succeeded, and was returning home. Read has not been seen since. Joseph Blkk, a shoemaker, residing at Balsall-common, said that he examined a number of footmarks near Tranter's house, and the impression on his mind was, that they were produced from a boot which he made for Read in May last. The inquiry had not terminated when our report was dispatched; but the general opinion is that Read is the mur derer; and a reward of 1001. will be offered for his apprehen sion. The old man who has been murdered was exceedingly penurious; he is supposed to have had a considerable sum of money in the house, but sixpence only was found in his pockets. One circumstance tends materially to confirm the suspicions entertained against Read. It appears that a short time since he was found concealed in the old man's house; he was given in charge to the police; but Tranter afterwards declined to prosecute. Yesterday's Government Police Gazette contains the fol lowing additional information respecting the man named William Read, alias James Reed, who stands charged with the wilful murder, on the 17th instant, in the parish of Berkswell, in the county of Warwick, of Thomas Tranter:-- " The suspected murderer, who has absconded, and is sup posed to be working on one of the railways, is described as about nineteen or twenty years of age, fi ve feet four inches high, stout made, and when talking has a smiling counte nance; had on a pair of narrow cord trousers, which had a hole in the left thigh, and is supposed to have with him an old pair :of plaid trousers and an old dark jacket, which be may be wearing. lie is believed to be in the neighbour!lood of Birmingham." DEPLORABLE CALAMITY-SIX- TEEN LIVES LOST. At a late hour last night accounts reached town of the occurrence of a calamity of the most deplorable nature, of which, in the course of the evening, the Royal Canal was the theatre, and by which the lives of very many of our fel low-creatures were sacrificed. It is certain that sixteen are already dead. Of course the full particulars of this shocking affair are not yet fully known, but the following facts may be relied upon, having been communicated to us by an indi vidual who arrived in town in the course of the night from the scene of the tragedy. The night boat to Longford started yesterday at the usual hour, two o'clock in the afternoon. There were eight passengers in the fore or :principal cabin, and considerably upwards of twenty in the after-cabin. Upon reaching the neighbourhood qf Clonsilla, the steersman went below to dine, and unhappily committed the rudder, as we have been informed, to a boy employed on board the boat. This boy, either knowing nothing of the proper mode of steering, or not attending to the serious duty, unfortunately and rashly committed to him, permitted the boat to run upon the bank of the canal, which caused her immediately to cap size, and speedily to fill with water. The fore-cabin passen gers were saved, as that portion of the boat lay almo3t out of the water, which is, of course, shallow at the bank ; the un • happy after-passengers, plunged into the deepest portion of the canal, could not extricate themselves, and as no imme diate assistance was at hand, many of them have perished in the waters. At the time our correspondent left Clonsilla, sixteen of the drowned already crowded the banks, and the drags were plying busily in search of more. This is a horrible calamity. It must be rigorously inquired into, and this frightful sacrifice of human life be excused by evidence, or punished by law.—Freeman's Journal of Wed nesday. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. POST.—The public securities rallied to-day to the extent of nearly '4 per cent. on yesterday's closing quotations. This was owing principally—perhaps exclusively—to the breaking up of the Bank Directors (it being the weekly board-day) without issuing any fresh order respecting the rate of discount. The minimum remains the same as for the last three weeks, namely, 3t /2 per cent. In refraining from any further action upon the currency the Bank have, we think, acted for the best in every respect—best for the cor poration and best for the public. Apart from political em barrassments, there is nothing whatever to create uneasiness. The Bank have a superabundance of treasure, and we no longer hear of any pressure for money abroad, nor, with the exchanges so high as they are, is it :possible to believe that a scarcity exists. Already we find the value of merchandise has been forced down in a serious degree by the operations of the Bank parlour. This is an evil that requires correction, and, in the application of the remedy—the relief of the money market—the cases of vari ous other important interests will be benefited. The fund holders and the holders of all descriptions of joint-stock pro perty cannot but participate in the consequences of the in dulgence shown by the Bank to the trading classes in the greater liberation of their accommodation, and the modera tion of the charge they make for it. Under these circum stances, dull as many things have been again to-day, an im provement is thought to be close at hand. Ministers have, we hear, resolved to adopt measures of some sort to prevent the payment of deposits on railway shares from disturbing the circulation of the kingdom. Should this prove to be the fact, it will have an ameliorating influence such as is so ge nerally needed. TIDIES.—From various letters received on the subject there would appear to be a pretty general disposition among those who have received letters of allotment for shares in railways, but who have sold those letters, to resist any claim now made upon them for the payment of the deposit. Their liability to such payment is not denied, but as they conceive that it can only be enforced by a suit at equity, which most of the promoters of bubbles would have peculiar reasons for not resorting to, they are inclined to await the result without much apprehension. In the event of such suits being insti tuted, it is not difficult to imagine the perplexity in which some parties would be placed, when necessarily called upon, as the basis of their claim upon others, to make affidavit that they had themselves paid the deposit on their own shares. Such parties, it is obvious, could never maintain a suit in equity,, and their victims would be in no sort of jeopardy from their resistance to such a call. Bat in the compa nies of a sound and legitimate character it is equally clear that the case would be materially altered, and if the concern is proceeding with a fair prospect of ultimate success, it is the duty, and perhaps the policy too, for every man to keep to his engagements, as he will frequently thus assist in creating a value for the shares which they would not other wise possess, and legal proceedings would, in the end. ulti mately compel him to do so. The great objectionable feature of the matter, as regards the promoters of railway projects, is the lateness of the application, and the consequent short. ness of the time which appears in many instances to be allowed for making the payment. Had all been fair with the directing board or committee, they would at the outset have adopted, as a stringent rule, the payment of the deposit within a given time, and made it a part of the original letter of allotment, which would have made the applicant fully aware of the liability in which he was placed; but, during the prosperous run of railway affairs, nothing of the sort was even hinted at. They evidently held it to be their policy to say as little as possible that could alarm their dupes, and the energy they are now using to compel payment of the deposits by the parties who originally applied for the shares only proves the difficulty into which they themselves have now in turn justly been brought. In almost every instance, therefore, their case would be far from a strong one, and in a great majority of them quite untenable. Much credit is due to the Directors of the Bank for the arrangements made to shorten the period during which the books aie to be closed against the transfers of stock. Last year the shutting day was the 3d of December, but the approaching shutting is not till the 10th of December. This arises chiefly from the reduction of the labour required in making out the dividend warrants, in which, by order of the Directors, the names of the holders of the stock are not in future to appear; and this is adopted to answer the double purpose of lessening the period of shutting, and of withholding that information of the accounts, as to names and amounts of stock, which is capable of being turned to fraudulent uses. At all times an additional week for public transfers is valuable, but it is most particularly so at present. There has not occurred for many years a period for closing the Bank books against transfers which has been regarded with so much anxiety. The Directors of the Auction.. Mart have passed a resolu tion that their rooms shall not be us e d f or the sale of scrip in projected undertakings not authorised by Act of Parliament. HERALD.—Another weekly meeting of. the Bank Direc tors has passed off to-day without producing any further change in the minimum rate of interest by that establishment. This fact will be anything but gratifying to the alarmists, some of whom predicted that, ere this, the minimum rate of interest would be not less than five per cent. The foundation bed is, however, even more fragile than that of some of the bases upon which they have relied for support. The fall in the prices of railway shares has not made money less abun dant, but, on the contrary, by restricting the field for its em ployment, it is rapidly accumulating in the hands of the London bankers, and by necessary sequence tending to reduce its value. The distrust which has been created continues to impede discount transaction., and to someextent has enhanced the terms; but, as we have often had occasion to remark, there was no speculation in commercial commodities, and the busi= ness of the country being sound at the core, the effect of the reaction in railways will be but partial in extent and comparatively temporary in duration. Already the bankers and other capitalists are getting tired of keeping large sums of money unemployed in their tills. They have not, however, got entirely rid of the apprehensi on crea t e d that money will be more in request towards the end of the year, and short dated p aper i s, t h ere f ore, discounted at rates considerably lower than the difference of time compared with long dated bills. A preference is given to lending money re turnable on call, from the same apprehension, and it can be obtained in abundance by the discount houses on these terms at the rate of three per cent. per annum. Whilst this state of things lasts, it is not to be presumed that the Bank of England will increase their present rate, as the inevitable re sult would be the loss of much of their discount and loan business. As no valid reason can be given for the expecta tion that money will be scarcer and dearer at the end of December than it is now, within the last two or three days some of the shrewder bankers have become less scrupulous with their discounts. Public securities have been rather firmer to-day, and the speculators for the decline have lost confidence to carry their operations further. One of the re sults, indeed, of injuring commercial credit, is to send more money to the public securities for investment, and of this the experienced speculators are so well aware that they hesi tate about timing their accounts and proceeding for the ad vance. Mr. HUDSON AND THE GAUGES.—The Broad and Narrow Gauge Commission examined Mr. Hudson on Satur day. Mr. Hudson is a strenuous advocate of the narrow gauge. on the plea of economy, and he affirms that it pos sesses all the capabilities, as regards safety and speed, of the broad gauge. The main points of his evidence were to the following effect :—" We have been enabled to do every thing on the narrow gauge which the Great Western has ac complished on the broad. Economy was the great induce ment for adopting the narrow gauge. It would be impolitic to enlarge the gauge, as they would gain nothing with re gard to speed or power by it, as they have already sufficient power on the narrow gauge lines. The narrow gauge lines were more convenient for traffic. A truck weighing from seven to nine tons could easily be moved by one horse ; but those on the Great Western, weighing 13 tons, could not be moved by one horse, and it was difficult to attach a leader to the load. He had seen this difficulty arise at Bristol. Unless some great advantage could be derived from the broad gauge which had not been shown, he thought the narrow gauge had been wisely chosen. In his opinion the public had not overrated the inconvenience of a break of gauge." The. promoters of the association for "Christian Union" intend to hold a public meeting on Tuesday, the 16th of December. It is said that several clergymen of the Esta blished Church will address the meeting.—Liverpool Courier. z LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE CORN-LAWS. (From the Times.) It is ascribing not so much to Lord JOhn Russell's character and position as to Ministerial blindness and difficulties, to pronounce the letter " to the electors of the city of London" the final deathblow of the corn-laws. Opportunity, which makes a child a match for a giant, has conferred en Lord John Russell a principal share in a noble achievement. It has been left to him to dictate the terms of a great capitula tion. A few weeks, nay, a few days ago, Sir Robert Peel might have done this with comparative freedom and com parative honour. Though not the highest act of initiative wisdom, it might still have been the generous humility of a great statesman, ready to sacrifice his own consistency for his country's advantage. Lord John Russell has made the measure his own, and it cannot now be taken away. What ever place in the tuella of public controversy the proposition of a perfectly free trade in corn has lately or long ago held, Lord J. Russell is the foremost in the great political group to link with it his name and his fortunes. . The Premier cannot now adopt it without adding to all his other difficulties and disagreeables the ignomony of being taught and led by a rival. The public sense of justice will not quarrel at such a result. It is fit that Sir Robert Peel should have no portion in that which is not really in any sense his own ; and the whole world might have repelled the illusion which should make him appear to be the author. The Premier only fulfils his own instinct and follows his destiny; and we shou!d be puzzled, if not disappointed, were be to act otherwise. Mistaking his own vocation, he thinks to dictate principles rather than to adopt them from the people. Thus he holds on to systems till they are virtually abrogated by the decisions of the national mind. He waits till that abrogation only requires to be recorded,—till it is reckoned, realised, and all but historical, till, in the city phrase, it is actually "discounted" by the political world, and then at the last moment he comes in and consents to be vanquished with as good a grace as he can ; making up for the ignominy of a real defeat by gaining a victory over his friends. When concession is inevitable, it is wise to concede before necessity destroys both freedom of thought and dignity of movement. It is wiser, also, to read and learn a political lesson before it has to be enforced ,ty the rough discipline of events. Lord John Russell does not boast himself greater than nature, kinder than Providence, or wiser than the people. He cons his task with all docility, and confesses that he is the wiser for it. Hence he becomes the fit historian of the Premier's wilfulness . " But I confess that on the general subject my views have in the course of 20 years undergone a great alteration. I used to be of opinion that corn was an exception to thige neral rules of political economy, but observation and experi ence have convinced me that we ought to abstain from all interference with the supply of food. Neither a Government nor a Legislature can ever regulate the corn market with the beneficial effects which the entire freedom of sale and pur chase are sure of themselves to produce. I have for several years endeavoured to obtain a compromise on this subject. Jai 1839 I voted for a Committee of the whole House, with the view of supporting the substitution of a moderate fixed ditty for the sliding-scale. In 1841 I announced the intention of the then Government of proposing a fixed duty of Bs. a quarter. In the past session I proposed the imposition of some lower duty. These propo sitions were successively rejected. The present First Lord of the Treasury met them in 1E39, 1840, and 1841, by elo quent panegyrics of the existing system—the plenty it bad caused, the rural happiness it bad diffused. He met the pro positions for diminished protection in the same way in which he had met the offer of securities for Protestant interests in 1817 and 1825—in the same way in which he met the pro pcsal to allow Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham to send Members to Parliament in 1830. The result of resistance to qualified concessions must be the same in the present instance as in those I have mentioned. It is no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty. In 1841 the free-trade party would have agreed to a duty of Bs. a quarter on wheat, and after a lapse of years this duty might have been further re duced, and ultimately, abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a contest already suffi ciently fruitful of animosity and discontent." Everybody has experienced the sensation of having been at some time or other before exactly in one's present position and circum stances—of having before seen, or heard, or said the very same things as at this present moment. One asks, " Havel dreamt this ?" "Is this the recollection of a former • state ? Or is it all a reverie ?" Sir Robert Peel sets one rubbing one's eyes under this visionary im pression. Surely all this show of desperate clinging to the corn-laws, protracted till the patience and the mo deration of the people are utterly worn out,—surely, this intense determination of the applicants, and rapid aggrava tion of their claims, has all passed before. By what acci dent does it revisit our senses? It has all passed before. With a trifling change of circumstance it is the perpetually recurrent action of the Conservative leader. It is the old plot, the old charactees, the old dresses, the old scenery done up with just the alteration of an incident, a name, or a patch. A few dabs of paint have changed the ruined castle into a barn, and the church into a hay-stack. Instead of spears there are pitchforks, the carbonari for this evening are poachers, and the Venetian senators are tricked out for a rural procession. The casual company of the boxes may be delighted with that novelty of the entertainment; but the more knowing frequenter of the pit is disgusted at the im pudence of the fraud. The peculiar line which the Premier has worked into system, and which is the historical reality represented by the name of Conservatism, has been illustrated by various images more or less fitting and dignified. It has been likened to ballast, to the dragchain, and the safety valve. We are inclined to think people have missed the most appropriate emblem. The Right Hon. Baronet and his party are the stopcock of the nation. It is the spirit of this age, at least, to move by steam ;—that is, by a series of explosions. If public opinion had continual legislative vent, it would waste itself in idle noise, and never accumulate the power for effective measures. Conservatism offers itself to obstruct the passage. Sir Robert Peel chokes it with himself. After a brief interval, fresh steam has been generated, and the social piston has ascended to its former place. With the most mechanical precision Sir Robert with draws, and the steam does its brief and powerful work. Without so useful an appendage we should have continual waste,—without its periodical retirement we should have a destructive catastrophe. sThe nation is a very hard creditor. Discharge its lawful demands as they become due, and the cost is tolerable. Let the account run, or pay your debt with a.mere note of hand, and you soon find yourself over verwhelined with arrears, and compound interest huntin g you down. No usurer could be more extortionate. After a long period of perhaps imaginary insult and vexatious delay, the people demands its pound of flesh with an almost insanity of purpose. Has Sir Robert forgotten how quickly the hum ble petition for two Members for Birmingham being once superciliously denied, grew up to the awful dimensions of "the Bill, the whole Bill ?" Has he forgotten that and twenty other cries of furious onslaught, and final victory? Refuse a fixed duty, and you have no other choice given you but a total repeal. You cannot now offer the alternative which you have yourself taught the people to despise. The only question is, what further de mands will now be added? Had you capitulated, it would have been on terms. You choose to be stormed, and must now submit to the conditions of an enemy flushed with triumph and angered with delays. But how can a man make terms who is himself hampered by conditions? There is the rub. It is perhaps the fundamental defect of Sir R. Peel's position that he never was a through master of it. He feels the hardship of his case, and the sense of injustice makes him the more unscrupulous. What servant ever was faithful to a hard master? The landowner, represented by his House, constitutes Sir Robert his attorney in the national suit. The Baronet is nothing loth, and offers to procure good terms. " Stand by me, and I will stand by you." Mean while he knows they are in heart only standing by them selves, and be accordingly only stands by himself. It is in credible that lie should really imagine, with his experience, that he can effectuate their conditions, and maintain the as cendancy of a class. Yet he flatters and eludes their imbecile expectations by still negotiating on that hollow basis. Go on, Sir Robert, master of a policy your own. Lead your friends into the treacherous defile of a proud and intractable obstinacy; and then, whatever be the glory of that achieve ment, deliver them up to the foe. You need not fear. You have the gift of infinite plausibility, and your friends, often as you have deluded them, will nevertheless trust you again. (From the Chronicle.) The comments, if such they may be called, of the Govern ment and monopoly journals upon Lord John Russell's letter are the best proof that it is a decisive blow. The whole su perstructure of protection, patched and propped up as it is by a hundred make-shift expedients, totters from the shock, and will, before very long, come to the ground. The dismay, the annoyance, the exasperation of Ministerialists and Protec tionists exceed all bounds, and we may say all utterance. They foam at the mouth, and cannot for very rage make known articulately the grounds of their discontent. Their overcharged souls seem to find no relief but in a free use of the most abusive epithets. As specimens of their flowers of speech, take the following from the M orn i ng H era ld : "Matchless presumption," "unexampled indifference to shame," " stale.and vapid sneers," "low and spiteful spirit," and divers passages as wise and well-toned as the following: —" Lord John's changes bare always been made at the tail of the worst and wickedest rabble, because decent persons renounced him, and always made with some aspect to a violent convulsion. Such is the mean and had spirit of the man, and such is the spirit of his letter." The Post, in like manner, is so vehemently angry that it quite forgets the proprieties. " Great ignorance," " great spiteful ness," " impudent assertions," " unmitigated nonsense," " cool effrontery," " a man so utterly shameless as Lord John Russell," are some of the phrases which our: polite Contem porary thinks applicable and becoming in discussing the Noble Lord's letter. To reason with people in such a state of frenzy would be waste of time. Let them by all means go on and " unpack their hearts with words," if they find it a relief. The public will look on quietly and form its own conclusion, remembering the old moral to be drawn when disputants are seen to lose their temper. The really provok ing feature of Lord. John Ruisell's address' is, that it com- biiies weight of argument with weight of authority. It exhibits, with extraordinary brevity, clearness, and force, the main considerations by which the policy of England should at the present moment be governed. Almost any one of its pregnant sen tences contains matter enough for an essay. How fruitful a topic, for instance, is the contrast, brought home to us by a few striking words, between the present state of prices and that, which would arise under a healthy system ? Variations in prices, when not artificially produced, are the result of a highly beneficial law in social economy. The price of food, when settled by natural causes, is the best regulator of con sumption. Cheapness in such a case indicates plenty, and favours a free use of the bounties of Providence, without leading to any evil results. Dearness proves scarcity, and obliges us to be sparing in the consumption of a supply which is insufficient for our ordinary w a nts. Whenever Govern ments have attempted to alleviate the evils of scarcity by forcibly preventing prices from ascending beyond a certai n point, all men are now aware that i ns t ea d o f oiminishing they have aggravated the mischief. But if any other causes pre vent prices from accurately indicating the extent of the sup. ply on which we may count, evils of the same kind mutt inevitably follow. At the present moment, partly from natural and partly from artificial causes, the prices of food do not truly inform us of the state of our supplies. In the first place, the price of potatoes, though much higher than usual, is kept down by the fact that they are known to be perish able. Who will fill his stores with stock of this kind, when' he has no reasonable assurance that two or three months may not convert it into a heap of rottenness ? The consumption of potatoes, therefore, beyond a doubt, is not checked, as it would be if the preservation for nine months even of the ' deficient supply now available could be relied on. The price of corn is deranged by other causes, and is a source of much and very pernicious error. Averages, always to a cer tain extent deceptive, are now more so than they have probably ever been, from the large proportion of this year's wheat crop which is of an inferior quality. There is scarcely any newspaper reader whose eye has not fre quently rested,. within the last few weeks, on para graphs like the following, which is from Newcastle-upon- Tyne The.bulk of straw is the largest ever known. On all our best soils the crops were much lodged and beaten down : this caused the ear to fill badly, and the grain to be thin and shrivelled. The anxiety of our farmers to secure their crops led them to hurry much into their stack-yards in the worst condition. The greater portion, consequently, comes to hand unsound, and so soft as to be quite unfit to grind without the use of the kiln. From our poor lands, where the plant was thin and not laid, the sample is some what better. On thrashing, the yield of the whole proves extremely defective." Other accounts tell us that a l!t r g tt i proportion of this year's crop will not grind well unl e s s 1 1 with old wheat, and that for that purpose, if there 1 1 1 i n .• other, foreign corn will be needed. But the quantitY 9 . it ferior wheat now in our market, and the way in whcaqr. operates upon the averages, was most clearly shown bY Baines, in his speech at the great Leeds meeting. ke „ s . l a st " Let them observe that the price of the best wtie"`best year was 545, per quarter, whereas the price of the. quality this year was 745. per quarter, thus, rultr u led difference of 20s. per quarter between the two perods i s st to.—(Hear, hear.) Now the range of average wheat,ice and year was 40s. per quarter for the lowest quality of been 405. 51s. for the highest; but this year the range has for the lowest quality, and 745. for the bighest.—eflll`4„ hear.) Last year the difference in the range was onili e , of per quarter between the highest and the lowest qua ( gl e sr, wheat, but this year the difference amounted to , 3 w 0-4 this hear.) That showed conclusively that there as ", the moment a great quantity of bad and low-priced wheat ;I,een country—(Hear , hear)—the effect of which was to f. down the averages, and, by keeping them down, t° keeP o - ij r P a the duty, which prevented the importation of foreiglaveo just at the time when it was most wanted." Thus w e a ka. price of corn, as well as a price of potatoes, which c ln ble lated to give us false impressions of the extent of our ay% bf resources, and to hide from us in some degree the dangeldid which we are threatened. This derangement of the S tal l] . the by which our usual calculations are regulated renders it a t st. more necessary to take every precaution prudence can S u t e rly We see the course pursued by neighbouring nations sim; . 0 , situated, and the effects it is producing. Belgium, fors! t stance, finding her supply of food short, or fearing thml3ll may prove so, opens her ports to all the world, and fr e her quarters she receives what she requires. It comes tofron from the Baltic and the Black Sea, from Italy an d s ent France—nay, from England and Scotland, whence it is, e. away. beyond a doubt, by the operation of the slidingSj. That it should be as easy, or even easier for us than or n ot gium, to get supplies in this way, and that we s bou.. only neglect them, but keep up a law by whic h theY ll;c l) excluded, is not very creditable to the co3.mon sense * . g • Englishmen are supposed to show in all business transactricl; but we may fairly hope that the time draws near at W i t be our reputation, so far as this matter is concerned, WI fully vindicated. (From the Advertiser.) Seb i We yesterday, atttr perusing the manifesto of the ,efita Member for the City of London, predicated the isl je iel annihilation of the landlords' monopoly. We 140 equal confidence anticipate thc abandonment of flat ~bicl) if that can be said to be susceptible of extinction v• But never, strictly speaking, had a tangible existenc, the though not in the literal sense ever having had a mindshe of fixed-duty principle possessed a strong bold on the c the Whigs, as a party. It will he cease to ha v , Gi lb' that existence. As a principle, it has received its o of blow. The letter of Lord John Russell to the eleloel the city of London, and that of Lord Morpeth to os i . of Leeds, coming simultaneously, and without any P, w understanding between the two Noble Lords, have ghilost moderate fiked-duty principle its finishing eto' ke ' will Sir R. Peel do now ? He has but one of two courr h s er be to him. He must make his choice between them . must abandon the monopolists to their fate, and bringosio measure for the repeal of the corn-laws, or hem u,,,st ese s r e office, and make way for a successor who will. 1 .14 t 0 the alternatives set before the Premier. It is for hwi t iti! , make a selection. Which will he choose? A li tt i e ,o oll will tell? We have our opinion as to the c oarse fot pursue. He will not resign ; or if he do it will only be a particular purpose, namely, that of frightening b is o r- 0 111 if party he can still be said to have, into an acquieetentef corn-law abolition. If he tender his resignation ea -",, 5 116 1 into the hands of his Sovereign, it will only be to be tv r. Bb to office as a total and immediate corn-law repeal will then carry the extinction of bread- tax rn0n0pe,,..e.401 a high hand. He will carry it without an effort. f on ' , th, down with despair, and overwhelmed with etif ust b . ve landed interest will be incapable of making even 3 B , l Ci t i nn resistance. Let us not be misunderstood. We r „, tio r a ° ,l o r that Sir Robert Peel will ever avow himself, as " - , e - e jest. ce , Russell and Lord Morpeth have done, a convert to Le o ge of corn-law extinction. But the want of any stle l l,:re i tion will prove no barrier to his introducing a i n ` — eal o ' the immediate and entire repeal of the imposts on food. Sir Robert Peel has no idea that a convictiol4°ooll justice of a measure, is at all necsssary to it being voree,l; forward. The greatest measures ever proposed au" f by him, have not been grounded on any conviction 0,1 justice, but because he deemed it expedient that theYf Act:: pass. Witness the repeal of the Test and Corporatioil-coic That measure he always disliked. It was not frota,.c:fid:, it was from dire necessity he consented to bring it ',tool', Doubly true does the remark hold in reference to Emancipation. The Premier never pretended to le v el that measure on the ground of it being just. It W as h e lie felt it to be expedient—in other words, bee/1 108 h ,, nit"; not help himseif, but must either carry it f?'; sure or resign, that he consented to bring - or, ward. And so of nearly all the great I neaent e ,,,, g , f e' . Sir Robert has been instrumental in - carrying. o , ts' of the corn-laws will, we doubt not, add another to „ eg",; lague of measures which the Premier has yielded i b ' e eer e diency or necessity, but which he would never haT e ,, forward from a conviction of their justice. B u t i . .t e e'L ' spoken of a second alternative. We have sunncise- it h et ble, though improbable in the highest degree, that, t r5l mier will resign office altogether and permanent4ee c f " . ; o than be the instrument of carrying the abolition 0 ' „ o ld 11 11 monopoly. Even were it so, the circumstance ll'lte,l prevent the repeal of the corn-laws. Lord Johti!ship,so would be the successor of Sir Robert in the Peeln i .Le in° ll i , c ; one of his first measures would be to abolish the I ` - ifi e ' f ", poly. Under any circumstances, therefore, and t° .00 4 mimsterial changes there may, the repeal of the 011 0 01,,,,I ). not only inevitable, bat will be immediate. We rer !,,,ieg we yesterday said, that, before a fortnight of the co. - sion has passed, the doom of the monster monopollotete formally sealed by Parliament, and the time for it 9 tion announced. DUTCH MAIL. iv a ' THE IlinuE, Nov. 23.—We have received u - h e t' pers to the 20th of August. The following a re o p. tracts : nass or f " BATAVIA, AUG. s.—Accounts from lea . nounce that on the night o f J u l y 7, h ea vy anb e col v ;r rain did great dam a ge a t B ou th a i n , on the gr.,' tb e , of Celebes, and cans( d the rivers to overr e "oq' banks. The fields were from 2 to 5 feet lina er o ily u ,; The rampart of Fort Rotterd am i s almost h O tel stroyed, and there is a breach i n th e dock to t" - o f of 50 feet. a ih " The River Bouthain, flowing by the Ati`mrhres"„ 6 Baroe, carried away a piece of ground 50 feet ia,: g and 200 feet in length, with two houses stands it, the inhabitants of which were saved. which eft Si P; " His Majesty's steam-frigate Brome capore on the 13th of August, and, after t°" l , -- ofr,il Reona and Munlok, arrived here on the 1 7t lioloi o month, has brought a part of the overland mails /110 4 1's Europe on the 7th and the 24th of June. Chi° 44 • l i regular communication between Europe an a ge "0 opened. It appears from the dates that the YoY i ri c b t e j performed in a very short time. The mail ri- r efic" h ii expected from London on the 21st of June' d of f', Ceylon on the 27th of July, Penang on the 211 , r 3 3 0 0; month, and Batavia on the 27th of this month a' ror e, P e o , The voyage from London to Sincapore was, tha t % 10' formed in 42 days, and to Batavia in 55 daYst noro, nine days passed at Sincapo re . g'ac 4 "If vte are rightly informed, th e delay at 7tt i , o s was that the greater part o f th e ma ils of h se el June, and among th em mos t o f t h ose from . 15 :1rri lr ;11 to have been sent to C a l cu tt a , an d had no tio " 0 when the Brome left Sin ca p ore . Apart " t i l e e4 of unforeseen delay, w e ma y a ffi rm that whe n s ona r , munication is entirely organised, and the ° go ok ° io sending letters and newspapers generally kit to ohl by the overland mail may be received at r o 50 days. o f 0 1 " His Excellency M. J. Rochusser, Ge n , e h r ; 2 81 " possessions in India, arrived at Batavia on 1- .140tt• 5, September, on board of her Majesty's frigate JP - 113 4 , 0 A royal resolution, of the 13th of Febrnari),;'ollll. annulling the decision of the Governor-Gen, er ,,, a . realqo of 15th December, 1843, Mr. M. Le Roux. Jai - for A r" at Baum, is relieved from all responsibiL it the extrordinary measures taken by him to que li gostic s ' rection of the Chinese miners in the island 01 ' September, 1843." DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTEnDAM, No v 24. 131114' Alone , ' 6 , 2 ° Actual Debt, 2% per Cent...• • 59 •4 9 ; hat% 3 per Cent ••• • • 72, 9- A , 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent........... •• :• n 9 .5 L 4 99 ' Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent...... •• • • "'" ,;••• Ditto, 3% per Cent-- • •• •• Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent.-- •• • • Exchange on London, at si g ht •• • • `"' 4Y . Two months 12 0 1 On Hamburgh, at si g ht •• • • 3 g 5 , Two months.- ••• • • • ' n .; On Paris ........ •••• • • .• "' Two months. —Dutch Papers, Noy. 25. sfe IMS. so , 0 4 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CASES OF DERA''-,2111 tbe )(wens, SICY-HEADACHES, WITH Loss OF STS.- 00 ife r ENERGY, CURED BY HOLL O W AY ' S PILLS.---1! old (P ift, above c ases th e h an d s an d f eet swe ll, t h e f a ce ri us 'y - ibe ` r. 0 times a sense of fulness will b e a o ti ee d to exist abooloopeis 9i, attended generally with much nervousness 1104 ,,,d in d r° ,l o or, spirits. These symptoms, if neglected, frequentlY, ° ';',.,d Pee paralysis, or apoplexy. To regain full hod° — a osi r ' via' eat no vegetables, get plenty of exercise in the ° P" ise° tel/ take Holloway's Pills, according to the directionlorle 0 1 them, when any of the complaints named Will be 0 , 0 1 eradicated from the system, even when every atberaoo had failed.—Sold by all druggists, sad at ProCe ss°r h. 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