The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-28 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28,

hibited degrees, contracted since 1813, nine• tenths of
which are with a deceased wife's sister; and it is said in
the Report: --4` On a low computation, such marriages
must amount to thousands; but from the nature of the
connexion, and the secresy which often attaches to it,
their number cannot be accurately ascertained." They
are by no means confined to the lower class. Lord
Marcus Hill came before the Commissioners, and deposed
that his brother, Lord George Hill, had married his first
wife's sister, with the approval of the family; and Mr.
Cobden made a similar statement as to his own brother,
adding, " I was guided entirely by my own instinct of
what was natural and right, and recommended them to do
precisely what I would have done myself under the same
circumstances." We believe that nineteen persons out
of every twenty take the same rational and sensible view
of the matter as Mr. Cobden. Decency is not violated;
❑o:hing offensive to religion is involved in the question,
which does not, in the remotest degree, affect consan-
guinity. The contamination of blood is distinct from
the matter. This being admitted, I t us ask—who so
fit to act the maternal part—to lore, to nourish, and
cherish the offspring of a brother-in-laW, as his deceased
wife's sister ? We think the re can scarcely be two
opinions upon the matter, and we heartily wish Mr.
Wortley's Bill may pass.— Weekly Dispatch.

DUNMANWAY UNION.
POOR•LAW PROCEEDINGS, IRELAND.

THE LATE MR. MARSHALL.—The guardians met on
Saturday, the 3d February ; Daniel Cronin, Eq., in
the chair.

The CLERK read to the hoard a letter which he had
just received from Skibberen, which stated that the
poor.iaw inspector there, J. J. Marshall, Esq., died of
fever the preceding evening.
The CHAIRMAN observed that he looked upon that
gentleman's death as a very serious public loss, not only
to the union to which he was particularly appointed, but
to the surrounding unions of which he had the temporary
charge. Since his appointment he distinguished himself
by his unremitting attention to the wants of the suffer-
ing poor, as well as to the economical management of
the funds raised for their support. This board was in
debted to him for many valuable suggestions respecting
the internal arrangements of the house and auxiliary
houses; and he was sure the board would pass a resolu-
tion expressive of their estimation of his worth, and
regret at his sudden removal.
General Shuldham proposed, and E. G. Nagle, Esq.,
seconded the following resolution That we have
this day learned with extreme regret the death of J. J.
Marshall, Esq., late inspector of poor-law anions, and
that we desire unanimously to record our deep sense of
the loss sustained by the public on this melancholy occa-
sion, as well as our loss, as a board, in the active and in-
telligent aid afforded us by his advice and suggestions at
all times."—Dublin Eveniny Post, Feb. 17.

FINANCIAL REFORM MOVEMENT.
Yesterday a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Marylebone, convened by the St. Marylebone parochial
committee, took place at the large School-room of the
workhouse, in the New-road, for the purpose of consi-
dering the most efficient means for securing general
measures of financial reform and reform in Parliament.
Mr. Hume, M.P., was announced to take the chair at
one o'clock, and at that hour about 2,000 persons htel
assembled. A few minutes after Mr. Hume made his
appearance on the platform, and was loudly cheered.
He was accompanied by Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.; Mr.
John Williams, M.P.; Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P.;
Mr. W. Williams, late M.P. for Coventry; Mr. Nisbet,
churchwarden; and a large body of the vestrymen of
Marylebone.
The CHAIRMAN said that 275 Members of the House
of Commons had divided against Mr. Cobden's motion,
whilst all those who could now be called Re formers in
that House, seventy-eight in number, divided with Mr.
Cobden and himself (Mr. Hume), this making the mi-
nority but eighty.—(Cries of " Shame.") -The House
of Commons having thus manifested so great an indif-
ference to the difficulty and distress of the country,
and to the feelings, wishes, and wants of the people, it
behoved the inhabitants of Marylebone, and of every
parish in the kingdom, to demand those reforms which
would place the control of the public expenditure really
in the hands of the people. He did not, however, so
much blame the Ministers as he did the House of Com-
mons in this matter. They were there to show the Go-
vernment that a reduction in taxation, and a better re-
presentation of the people in the House of Commons,
were necessary, and that they were determined to have
them.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. W. WILLIAMS (late M.P. for Coventry) proposed
the first resolution, which was seconded by Mr.
NICHOLAY:—" That in the opinion of this meeting the
national expenditure has been increased -by succe.sive
Governments to an extent not warranted by the exigen-
cies of the public service; that the taxation required to
uphold this wasteful extravagance is impoverishing the
people of this country; and that in order to obtain effec-
tual reduction of taxation, and economy in the public
expenditure, and secure a continuance thereof, it is indis-
pensable that the Commons House of Parliament should
be further reformed."
The resolution, on being put from the chair, was car-
ried unanimously, amidst loud and prolonged accla-
mations.
Mr. HODGES moved the second resolution :—" That
the present mode of levying taxes is unjust in prin-
ciple, and presses most unfairly on that portion of the
community least able to bear its weight, and therefore
such a revision has be come indispensable as will have
the effect of placing the burthen of taxation on the pro-
perty of the country, instead of the present unequal,
complicated, and expensively collected system."
Mr. SODEN was the seconder.
The CHAIRMAN said ho would avail himself of this
opportunity to read a letter just received from one of the
lion. members roe areryteeone, Sir lienjamin Iran.
The letter expressed Sir Benjamin Hall's regret that
serious illness prevented his attendance at the meeting,
and that the same cause also prevented his attendance to
veee with ~slr. Cobden on the previous evening.
Lord DUDLEY STUART then presented himself to the
meeting, and was received with loud cheering. He said
he was desirous of _offering a few observations en the
most important question they had assembled to dis-
cuss. He believed that financial reform was much
needed, and that a reduction in the taxation, as well
as expenditure, of the country ought to take place.—
(Cheers.) lie believed that the labouring population of
this country was ground down by taxation, but he had
little hope of obtaining any reduction until the people
obtained a greater extension of political and Parlia-
mentary reform.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord, at some
length, and amidst great applause, proceeded to urge that
any branch of reform which would tend to bring about
the great measure of financial reform contemplated by
Mr. Cubden was useful, and it was with that view, he
stated, that he intended to pursue the motion of which
he had given notice, for shortening the duration of Par-
liaments.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Hume said, before putting this - resolution, ho
would take the present opportunity of mentioning that
it was his intention again to bring before the House the
motion he made last session for Parliamentary Reform.
—(Great cheering.)
The resolution was then put and carried, without a
single dissentient, amidst great applause.
Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, M.P., said he had been sneered
at for being a shopkeeper; but he had taken stook of
the Parliamentary offices, and he found a number of
useless personages in the public offices who never thought
of doing any work. There was one department, where
there were 220 clerks kept, the accounts of which de-
partment had not been balanced for 'eight years.—
(6hame, shame.) The Government had been compelled
to call in an accountant, and that gentleman, after three
months' labour, had proved a large balance to be
due; and the same gentleman had also declared that, by
keeping the books by the system of double entry, he
would do the whole of ,the work for which 220 clerks
were employed with twenty-two. Was not this a mon-
strous state of things?—(Cries of " Hear, hear, and
" Shame, shame.") He agreed with the Noble Lord the
Member for Marylebone, that nothing could be done
without a reform in the House of Commons; but he
must confess that he considered the fault in a great
measure rested with the people themselves, in sending
aristocrats to represent them instead of men identified
with the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. Williams moved—
" That fear the attainment of the objects set forth in the
preceding resolutions it is expedient that an association
be now formed, to be called the St. Marylebone Finan-
cial. Reform Association, and that the following be the
objects of such association:-1. To use all legal and con-
stitutional means of inducing the most rigid economy in
the expenditure of the Government, consistent with due
efficiency in the several departments of the public ser-
vice, arid to endeavour to obtain for the people a more
direct control over the same by a further reform of the
House of Commons. 2. To obtain a complete revisal of
taxation, and the substitution of an impost fairly levied
on property and income, in lieu of the present unequal,
complicated, and expensively collected duties upon com-
modities. Political partizanship is distinctly disavowed,
the association being composed of men of all political
parties."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. CASSELL seconded the resolution, and declared his
conviction that such a meeting as that held in Maryle•
bone would strengthen the hands of the Liverpool Asso-
ciation, and prove an example to all other parts of the
country.—(Hear, hear.)
This resolution was carried almost unanimously.
Mr. H. C. Wiesose in moving a vote of thanks to Mr.
Hume, in order to show that this was no new plan of
that gentleman, read a vote of thanks presented to that
gentleman by the Court of Common Council of the city
of London, in 1821, for his exertions on the subject.
The motion IN as seconded by Mr. W. WILLIAMS, and
carried, and—
Mr. HUME having returned thanks, the meeting, after
lasting upwards of four hours, separated.

THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE.—GLAsaow, Fan. 24.
—The market was rather lively at the beginning of the
week, with buyers of pig iron 535. 6d. mixed Nos., and
545. No. l; special export brands realised Is. to 3s. extra
for No.l. f. o. c. net. This advance has not been main-
tained, and the price to day may be called 535. to 535.
6d. No. 1, and 525. 6d. mixed Nos. sellers without any
demand. Bars are very firm, and have advanced 10s.
rer ton on our last quotations. They are now 61. 103.
to 71. Plates, Si. 103. to 91. 10s., with an excellent ex-
port demand.
REDUCTION IN FIRE ASSURANCE RITES BY THE
LEADING COMPANIES.—Ata meeting of the represen.
tatives of nearly all the ancient and modern Fire Assur-
ance-offices, recently held at the Sun Fire-office, a con-
siderable reduction of the rates heretofore charged was
agreed to. The very moderate, yet perfectly safe rates
charged by one or two of the rew companies, and the
transaction by them of a vast amount of business, paved
the way to the reform we now announce.—The Reporter
and Assurance Chronicle for March.

- THE KNIGHT OF KERRY.--ThE Right Hon.
Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, is seriously ill at
Valencia.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEn. 22, 1849.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood ups.n Gauge William Anderson, Esq., Governor
of the Mauritius.
FOREIGK-OFFICE, FEB. 24.
The Queen has baen pleased to approve of Mr. Christian
Ludwig Meyer as Consul at Port Adelaide, in South Aus-
tralia, for his Majesty the King of Hanover.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 26.

ME3IBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR

LIAMENT.
County of Danegal.—Thomas Conolly, of Cliff, in the
said county, Esq., in the room of Edward Michael Conolly,
Esq., deceased.
'1 he following buildings are cr rtified as places duly regis-
tered for solemnizing marriages, pursuant to the Act
of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 85:--
Saint Wilfred's Church, Bishop Auckland, Durham.
William Trotter, superintendent registrar.
Carver-street Chapel, Sheffield. J. Watkinson, super-
intendent registrar.
Tabernacle Chapel, Praed street, Paddington. S. Cor-
nell, superintendent registrar.
Capel Mair, Llanfisir.bridge, Cardiganshire. D. Mor-
gan, superinterWent registrar.
Caeronnen, Callan, Cardiganshire. D. Morgan, super-
intendent registrar.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Southport, Lancashire.
L twreuce Wright. superintendent registrar.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Hughes, Newbury, mealman, Berkshire, to
surrender March 6 and April 13, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, liirchin-
lane ; Colley, Smith, 'hunter, and Gwatkin, New-square,
Lincoln's Inn; Bunny and Son, Newbury.
Frederick Skill, printer, Hugh-street, Pimlico, March
6 and April 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Moss,
Gray's Inn-Fquare,
Joseph Woodhams, grocer, Toubridge, Kent, March 7
and April 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stens-
field, official assignee; Stenning and Croft, Basinghall-
street ; Storming and Carnell, Tonbridge.
Thomas Atterton, maltster, Rattleden, Suffolk, March
13, at twelve, and April 13, at half-past one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Smith, Fur-
nival's Inn; Pownall, Ipswich.
Henry Loisel, jun., and Alfred Eden, confectioners,
Hatton-garden, March 5, at two, and April 16, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, offi-
cial assignee, Guildhall chambers- Harrison and Do •
bree, Ilart-etreet, Bloomsbury,
William Lomas, saw maker, Norwich, March 10, at
two, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court. Basinghall-
street; Brooke, Boswell-court; Wortley, Norwich.
Henry Bensley, bricklayer, Southtown, Suffolk, March
17 and April 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Nichols,
Cook's-court; Costerton, Great Yarmouth.
R. Higgins and W. Higgins, drapers, Ludgershall,
Wiltshiite, March 7 and April 12, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Lewis, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn.
George Burton, engraver, Bradford, Yorkshire, March
16 and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Clark; Southampton-
buildings • Terry and Watson, Bradford; Bond and Bar -
wick, Leeds.
John Armitage, innkeeper, Linthwaite, Yorkshire;
March 16 and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Pringle and
Co., King's-road, London; Sykes, Milnbridge; Bond and
Barwick, Leeds.
James Gill, coal merchant, Litherland, Lancashire,
March 12 and April 2,
at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Ches-
ter and Co., Staple Inn; Brabner, Liverpool.
Henry Hill Spurway, brewer, Tiverton Devonshire,
March 8, at one, and April 11, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter;
Stogdon, Exeter; Baker and Co., Lime street.
James Scott, boat maker, Manchester, March 12 and
April 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; W. and H. P.
Sharp, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn; Rowley and
Taylor, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basioghall-street.

W. Mott, Regonilstreet, Piccadilly, laceman, March
20, at eleven—T. Lett, Aspley GuisP, Bedfordshire,
builder, March 20, at twelve—F. K. Powell, Boulogne-
sur, -Mer, and Piccadilly, wine merchant, March 20, at
half-past twelve—R. Dawson, Thorney, Isle of Ely,
grocer, March 22, at half-past eleven—J. Binns, New-
land-place, Kensington, and Acton, linendraper, March
22, at eleven—F. Leaks, Regent-street, and George-
yard, relievo leather manufacturer, March 22, at half-
past one—J. Baylis, jun., and James Bay lis, Gutter-lane,
Cheapside, crape manufacturers, March 22, at half-past
twelve--H. Buckland, Charles-street, Manchester-
square, cabinetmaker, March 23, at eleven—W. Willis,
Trowbridge,Wiltshire, wool broker, March 22, at two—
R. Sergeant, Maidstone, Kent, oilman, March 22, at
eleven—H. Smith, East Mailing, Kent, paper manufac-
',urer, March 21, at twelve.
In the Country.

J. Thuell, Buckfastleigh and Br4dhempstone, Devon
shire, woollen manufacturer and tanner, March 28, at
eleven, at the Court, Exeter—A. Wise, N. Baker, and
W. S. Bentall, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, bankers,
March 29, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Worthy,
Hartlepool, Durham, builder, March 22, at twelve, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Penman, Sunderland,
apothecary, March 22, at half-past ten, at the Court,New-
castle upon .Tyne—J. W ooler, Stockton-on-Tees, draper,
March 20, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
C. Wright, Sunderland, hatter, March 20, at twelve, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon•Tyne—J. Welsh, Carlislo,
WWI", March 22, at half-fast one, at the Court, Newcas-
tle-upon-Tyne—J. Trewick, jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
draper, March 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court,
Newcastle upou-Tyne—A. Vickers, Manchester, iron-
monger, March 22, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester
—C. Samson, Chorlton upon-Aledlock, Lancashire,
brewer, March 22, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—
W. Watson, Elland, Yorkshire, ironmonger, March 27,
at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Jepson, Driffield,
Yorkshire, draper, March 28, at ten, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon-Hull —R. Ireland, Warn, Shropshire,
wine and spirit merchant, March 21, at twelve, at the
Court, Birmingham—T. Southall, Tipton, Stafibrdshire,
iron master, March 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham
—C. Ashford, Birmingham, packing case maker, March
20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham.
, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
H. Clark, Redcross street, and Plummer's-row, White-
chapel, oil and colour merchant, 4s. 6d., to new proofs,
on Wednesday, Feb. 28, or any succeeding Wednesday,
between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Laxton, Frogmore-wharf, Rickmansworth, coal
merchant and wharfinger, is Bd., to new proofs, on Wed-
nesday, Feb. 28, or any succeeding Wednesday, between
twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -
court, Basinghall-street.
J. Teasel, Norwich, builder, lid., on Wednesday, Feb.
28, or any succeeding Wednesday, between twelve and
three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.
11. Howell, Shrewsbury, draper, 4s. 6d., on new proofs,
on Wednesday, Feb. 28, or any succeeding Wednesday,
between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
11. Bill, Gray's Inn-lane, brewer, ls. 9d., on Wednes-
day, Feb. 98, or any succeeding Wednesday, between
twelve and thrse, at the office of M. Follott, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street.
G. H. Haworth and R. Archbutt, late of Manor. street,
King's-road, irontounders, Is., on Wednesday, Feb. 28,
or any succeeding Wednesday, between twelve and
three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Ba-
singhall-street.
J. Gates, J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Wat.
ling-street, warehousemen, 1,. 611, on Wednesday, Feb.
28, or any succeeding Wednesday, between twelve and
three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Ba-
singhall-street.

C. Green, St. Mary Ovries-dock, Surrey, wharfinger,
4d., on Wednesday, Feb. 28, or any succeeding Wed-
nesday, between twelve and three, at the office of Mr.
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall.s treet.
J. Baker, George-street, Hanover-square, tailor, 2s, 6d.,
on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers.
H. Rideout, Woolwich, cheesemonger, 6s. 51d., on any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall chambers.
R. Law, Portland row, Surrey, pawnbroker, 25., on
any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chamberti.
S. L.:Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-street,
merchant, 7d., on any Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers.
J. L. Bensusan, Magdalen row, Great Prescott-street,
merchant, 6d , on any Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
J. L. Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-street,
merchant, lOs , on any Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guitdhall-chambers.
M. L. Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-street,
merchant, 15s. 6d. on any Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the office Of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers.
Sophy West, Hornchurcb, Essex, saddler and harness
maker, 2s. 31., on any 'Thursday, betweeen eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers.
A. Turney, Addington-square, Camberwell, brewer,
ss. 3d., on any Thursday, betwen eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers.
R. Warbrick, Liverpool, currier and leather dealer,
20e , on Thursday, March 1, or any subsequent Thurs-
day, between eleven and two, et the office of Mr. etZ2-
fore, Liverpool.
W. Prythereh, Llantrissant, Anglesey, cattle dealer,
2s. Bd., on Thursday, March 1, or any subsequent Thurs-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Caze-
nove, Liverpool.
J. H. Shanklin, Wallasea, Cheshire, landing waiter,
Is. 2d., on Thursday, March 1, or any subsequent
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Gerard, Carearvoo, surveyor of taxes, Is. 33., on
Thursday, March 1, or ary subsequent Thursday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
J. Pratt, Liverpool, share broker, lel., on Thursday,
March 1, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
T. Slattery, Liverpool, corn merchant, 35., on Thurs-
day, March I, or any subsequent Thursday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
W. Day, Liverpool, draper, 75., on Thursday, March
1, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
S. Gundry and S. Gundry, Bridpnrt, Dorsetahire,
bankers, 3s. 4d., on any Tuesday or Friday after March
6, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Herne-
man, Exeter.
W. Suddaby, Kingston-upon-Hull, millwright, ss. 6d.,
on Friday, March 2, or any subsequent Friday, be-

twecn eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull.
Mary Ramsay and Ilaiph Ramsay, Scotswood, North-
iirnb,:elen&hzre, paper manufacturers, is. Old., on
Saturday, March 3, or any following Saturday, between
ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wak!ey, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
R . Ramsay, Scotswood, Northumberlandshire, paper
manufacturer, 205., on Saturday, March 3, or any
following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office
of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mary Ramsay, Scots wood, Northumberlandshire,
paper manuracturer, 205., on Saturday, March 3, or any
following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office
of Mr. Oakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
P. Stewart, Craven-place, Old Kent-road, Camber-
well, clerk in the Ordnance-office, Tower, 25., on Mon-
day, Feb. 26, or two subsequent Mondays, between
eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchire
lane, City.
C. Lewis, Stangate street, Lambeth, tinplate manu-
facturer, ss. 63., on Monday, Feb. 26, or two subsequent
Mondays, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr,
Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
D. 11. Morgan, Peckham-walk, Old Kent-road, Ca,m•
berwell, 3a. 63., on Monday, Feb. 26, or two subsequent
Mondays, be een eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
J. S. Manby, Burnley, ironmonger, ss. 93., on Tues-
day, Feb. 27, and every following Tuesday, between ten
and one, at the office of Mr. Hubson, Manchester.
J. F. Fletcher and 11. Fletcher, Over Darwen, Lan-
casl.ire, cotton manufacturers, 3s. 63., on Tuesday, Feb.
27, or any subsequent Tuesday, between ten and one, at
the office of Mr. Robson, Manchester.
A. 11. Chambers, sen., New Bond-street, banker, 78.,
on Saturday, Feb. 24, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane, City.
J. Ball, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, City, merchant,
55., on Saturday, Feb. 24, and three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane, City.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Giles, Shoreditch, clothier and tailor, March 20, at
twelve-IL B. Scale, Leytonstone, Essex, boarding and
lodging-house-keeper, March 21, at twelve-W. Jones,
Beckford-row, Walworth, grocer and livery stable
keeper, March 22, at twelve-A. Hewlett, Southampton,
carpenter and builder, March 23, at eleven-W. Keys,
Robert-place, Commercial-road East, linen and woollen
draper, March 21, at twelve-J. Bush, Darkhouse- lane,
Billingsgate, coffeehouse keeper, March 21, at two-
T. T. Haydon, Hammersmith, butcher, March 21, at
twelve-N. Butler, Portsea place, Edgware-road, March
21, at eleven.
In the country.
F. C. Matthews, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, manufac-
turing and agricuftural chemist, March 20, at twelve, at
the Court, Leeds-B. J. Maunder, Mark, Somersetshire,
draper and general shop keeper, March 20, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol-G. F. Henry and H. G. Chambers,
Kirkdale, Liverpool, vinegar brewers and manufacturers,
March 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-G. T.
Arnold, Liverpool, news agent and stationer, March 20,
at eleven, :at the Court, Liverpool-G. Price, Wolver-
hampton, printer and stationer, Mach 22, at twelve, at
the Court, Birmingham-A. K. Taylor, Ledbury, Here-
fordshire, draper, March 22, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham-S. Amos, Hanley, Staffordshire, scrivener,
March 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, Match 20.
W. Silcock, jun., Crawley-street, Oakley-square, vic-
tualler-W. Couch and J. D. Couch, Swansea, Glamor-
ganshire, sail makers and ship-chandlers-R. Hicks,
Lower Belgrave-street, Pimlico, apothecary-J. Speak-
man, Astley, Lancashire, joiner and builder-P. Clark,
jun., Colchester, pawnbroker-J. E. Bacon, Upper Rus-
sell-street, Bermondsey, and Maismore-square, New
Peckham, leather factor-A A. Black, Liverpool, mer-
chant-J. Parsons, Snenton, Nottinghamshire, purse and
brace-manufacturer-G. Ackland, Ceylon, East Indies,
and Moorgate-street. City, and Brixton, merchant and
commission agent-H. Oswin, Cecil-street, Strand, mer-
chant and factor-J. B. Gordon, Church-row, Lime-
house, cooper-R. Davies, Cwm Tawe, Ystradgunlais,
Brecknockshire, innkeeper-B. Pallister, Gravesend,
innkeeper-J. M. Bridgland, Wardour- street, Soho,
pianoforte manufacturer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Mary Coombs and H. Coombs, South street, Rye-lane,
Peckham, coopers-J. Craddock, T. J. Craddock, W.
Bull, and T. Bull, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, cheese-
factors-C. Edlin and H. J. Edlin, Liverpool, brokers-
F. Potter, G. A. Aseoli, R. L. Holt, and W. Dunlop,
Manchester, city of London, and Italy, general commis-
sion agents-T. M. Loveland and 11. H. Beckett, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, attorneys-T. Garside and P. Williams,
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, joiners-F. Green-
wood and E. Greenwood, Hampsthwaite, Keighley,
and Bingley, Yorkshire, cotton-spinners-J. B inks,
J. Peacock, T. Wilson, and E. C. Banks, Friday-
street, warehousemen (so far as regards the
said E. C. Banks)-C. Miller and R. Miller,
Coldred, Kent, farmers-R. Beacock, T. Tarnett, and
M. Asquith, Leeds, founders (as far as regards the said
M. Asquith)-J. Prest and F. S. Hall, Halifax and
Bradford, Yorkshire, woollendrepers-W. Perry and
G. Johnson, Nottingham, lace dressers-T. L. Blundell
and W. Catl'tt, Lombard-street, doctors-J. Alcock and
E. Alcock, White Lion-street, Norton-folgate, printers'
joiners-J. Glover and J. Todd, Liverpool, dyers-J.
Richarby, N. Barwick, and I. Whitworth, West Riding
Union Railway, contractors and excavators (as far as re-
gards the said I. Whitworth)-J. Mann, J. Mann, and
J. 'Wilson, Northowram, Yorkshire, stone workers (as
far as regards the said J. Wilson)-0. C. Lane, R. B
Giles, and R. Hazard, Bristol, ironfounders-J. Bayley
F. Deflinne, J. Holme, J. Bayley, and F. Craven, Pen.
dlebury and Manchester. calico printers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Maria Larks, Reading, Berkshire, baker.
Joseph Turner, Ipswich, Suffolk, fruiterer.
James Gladding, sen., Ipswich, Suffolk, baker.
John Cooper, Handeworth, Staffordshire, coal dealer.
Edward Wells, Birmingham, currier.
1 Benjamin Mountford, Birmingham, earthenware dealer.
Charles Collins, Birmingham, bricklayer.
Thomas Perkins, Northampton, boot manufacturer.
John Belben, Wimborn Minster, Dorsetshire, butcher.
John Whitaker, Huddersfield, railway clerk.
John Atkinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, saddler.
Thomas Crossland, Hull.
James Cann, Bideford, Devonshire, gardener.
James Holmes, Kildwick, Yorkshire, overlooker.
Edward Humphreys, Birmingham, baker.
James Armstrong, Church Lawton, Cheshire, labourer.
Thomas Jordan, Rochester, Kent, tidewaiter.
Richard Baker, Wrockwardiue, Shropshire, tailor.
Francis William tray, Whitstable, Kent, blacksmith.
Joseph Philpott, Chatham, shoemaker.
George Bates, Canterbury, saddler.
James Fison Bedford, Ipswich, cab proprietor's assistant.
Adam Hunter, New Woodstock, Oxfordshire, tea dealer.
John Simpson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, clock maker.
Robert Goldthorp, Salterhebble, Yorkshire.
William Nowell, Hulme, Lancashire, tripe dresser.
James Robinson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire,
salesmen.
Thomas Lewis, Hereford, labourer.
Edmund Fry, Knightcolt, Somersetshire, beer seller.
Richard Sandford, Chorlton-upon- Medlock, Lancashire,
book-keeper.
James Cox, Hilperton, Wiltshire, innkeeper.
William Edmund French, Woodeaton and Rugely, Staf-
fordshire, commercial traveller.
Solomon Jefferis, Warmley, Gloucestershire.
John Brotherton, Bristol, tut-Ivor.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Jack, Clashnabuiack, cattle dealer and farmer, to
meet within the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall, March 5
and 29, at one.
J. Yule, Cromarty, innkeeper, to meet within the
Commercial Inn, Crornarty, March 3 and 23, at twelve.
A. L. Bauehope, Easter Brora, Sutherlandshire, com-
mission and insurance agent, to meet within Hill's Inn,
Golspie, March 6 and 29, at twelve.
J. Aitken, Rutherglen, farmer and dairyman, to meet
within Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, March 6 and
27, at one. 4.e.
G. Willis, ndinburgh, clothier, to meet within Dowell's
Rooms, Edinburgh, March 1 and 21, at one.
W. Maclellan, Glasgow, merchant and commission
agent, to meet withinComrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow,
March 2 and 23, at twelve.

1819

OPENING. OF Al BRANCH OF THE
FRENCH GREAT NORTHERN RAILW.AY.
PARIS, MoN!'AY MORNlNG.—Yesterday a small por-
tion of the Crsil alai St. Quentin branch of the Northern
Railway, extending from Compiegne to Noyon, in the
department of the Oise, was opened to the public. The
section added on this occasion to the railway communi-
cations of France is so very trifling—being only six
leagues, that it would hardly be worthy' of even a passing
notice, were it not for the extraordinary solemnity with
which the inauguration was performed. Being the first
piece of railway opened for the public service since the
election of Prince Louis Napoleon as President of the
Republic, Baron James de Rothschild and the other
directors cf the Northern Railway determined that pub-
lic rejoicings should take place, and that they should
invite the President himself to honour them with his
presence on the occasion. The President at once ex-
pressed his readiness to accept the invitation, and
preparations were accordingly made to give him a
reception suitable to his high rank. Notice vies sent
to the prefects of the diffsrent departments and to the
mayors of the towns and villages along the line, in order
that the} might be ready to do honour to the President
as he passed, and to give the troops and National Guards
an opportunity of turning out, as is usual when the head
of the State visits the provinces. The coil:oration of
the town of Noyon took the opportunity of inviting the
Prince and the railway directors to a public breakfast,
and placed a great number of invitations at the disposal
of the directors, for distribution among the members of
the Government, the members of the National Assem-
bly, and the chiefs of the financial and railway worlef.
The party which left Paris, consisting of about 150
guests, left the e mbarcadere of the Northern Railway at
eight o'clock. Prince Louis Napoleon, veho arrived a
few minutes previously, attended by his aides•de-camp
and orderly officer, was dressed in the undress uniform
of a General of the National Guard, with a simple kafi
on his head. He was accompanied by two of his Mi-
nisters, M. Odilon Barrot, President of the Council; and
M. Lacrosse, Minister of Public Works. There were
also present the Baron James de Rothschild, the Duke
de Mouchy, M. Emile Pereire, M. Boulaye, the Secre-
tary General of that department; M. Bineau, represen-
tative of the people and Engineer-in-Chief of Mines; M.
Dulon, the secretary of the company; MM. Wolowski,
Lherbette, Lefranc, Heckereen, de Breville, Dufaure,
Laeguinas, Rivet, St. Beuve, and several other repre-
sentatives, M. Charles Liffitte, M. Blount, M. Thibau-
dean, &c., &c.
As the train passed rapidly along, the authorities and
National Guards of St. Denis, Ponthoise, and Creil, were
found drawn up to receive the Prince, but the train did
not stop till it reached Colapiagne, where the Prince dis-
mounted and passed the National Guard in review, and
received addresses from the prefect of the department in
the name of the magistracy, and from the mayor at the
head of a deputation of the inhabitants of the place. On
the arrival of the train at Noyon, it was found that the
inhabitants .of that ancient city were prepared with a
brilliant reception. The authorities of the town and of
the neighbouring communes, the Bishop of Beauvais in
full canonicals, and at the head of his clergy, several re-
giments of infantry and dragoons, a squadron of Gen-
darmeriet Cheval, two companies of artillery, and
several thousands of the National Guards, were ready
to receive the President of the Republic with the core
monies usual on such occasions. A magnificent estrade
had been erected, upon which the bishop and clergy
performed the ceremony of blessing the new under-
taking. Triumphal arches, composed of evergreens,
had been erected, and the houses were hung with a pro-
fusion of tricoloured flags. The Prince on alighting
was received with the most enthusiastic cries of " Vive
Napoleon," " Vive la Eipublique," and occasional cries
of " Viva l'Empereur." After the habitual exchange of
speeches, the President mounted on horseback, and re-
viewed the National Guards and the troops. He was
received by all of them with the utmost cordiality. Ac-
companied by the Mayor and the other authorities, the
Prince then proceeded, amidst the huzzas of the multi-
tude, into the town, and went to the Hotel de Ville,
ve here a dejeuner had been prepared for the guests. No
expense had been spared by the town of Noyon in
making the banquet splendid. Upwards of 300 guests
sat down to table, the Prince presiding, and being sup•
ported on the one hand by the Bishop of Beauvais, and
on the other by the Baron James de Rothschild. Only
one toast was proposed, namely, that of the health of
the President of the Republic. It was proposed by the
Mayor of Noyon. Its doing so, he said that he had
only to point to the fact, that the President had been
elected to that high office by universal suffrage,
and by the votes of upwards of six millions of his
fellow-citizens, to show how deeply he himself and
the glorious name which ho had inherited was rooted in
the affections of the people of France. He trusted that
that election would have the effect which the people ex-
pected from it; that it would tend to bind Frenchmen
together in unity and affection, and that it would speedily
restore Franco to confidence, and by confidence to that
prosperity of which she stood so much in need. lie
called on the company to join him is drinking to the
health of the President. This short speech was re-
ceived with a salvo of applause, and cries of " Vive
Napoleon."
The President of the' Republic immediately rose to
return thanks. He said that he fondly trusted that the
hopes of returning prosperity, as the result of his being
called on to preside over this great Republic, would be
fulfilled. He had been elected to protect the Republic,
and ho was determined to do so. The Republic was
neutral ground upon which all the parties which for the
last forty years had torn and distracted France could
meet in unison. He hoped that they would now liy
aside their differences, and
,join heart and hand in pro-
moting the stability of the Government and the pros-
perity of the country.
(Loud cheering followed this speech, which was most
favourably receive d, especially in the part whtre he
spoke of the "neutral ground, and counselled concilia-
tion." Immediately afterwards the President, who, ap-
parantly in imitation of the ancient kings, seemed to
think that when he was present no health should be
drunk but his own, immediately rose and left the table,
followed by the other guests, many of whom were exces-
sively disappointed to find that they were allowed 60
short a time to enjoy the good things provided for them.
After the banquet a curious circumstance occurred.
The Mayor of Ilam (in the castle of which place it will
be recollected that Prince Louis Napoleon was confined
for seven years, for his escapade at Boulogne) arrived
accompanied by a deputation of the inhabitants of the
town, with an address to the President, and an earnest
request that he should pay them a visit, as the distance
was only a few miles. The Prince was exceedingly in-
clined to accept the invitation, but M. Odilon Barrot
dissuaded him from it. The fact was that there were a
great number of prisoners in the chateau of Ham, and
the Prince could hardly visit his fellow-prisoners with-
, out setting them all at liberty.
After the banquet the President, accompanied by the
mayor and a great number of guests, visited the magni-
ficent old cathedral of the place, which was formerly the
scat of a bishopric. He also visited the house in which
the celebrated reformer Calvin was born—a relic of an-
tiquity which is not quite as well preserved by the inha-
bitants as it deserves to be. The party then went to the
railway station, where, the train being ready, it was re-
solved to start at once for Corapikne. As the start had
been announced for half an hour later, the consequence
was that nearly 50 of the guests were, much to their
chagrin, left behind,
At Compi/14ne the President stopped for a short time
to visit the magnificent chateau. It was here, it will be
remembered, that Napoleon received the Empress Maria
Louisa. The grand gallery, erected by the Emperor, is
a magnificent structure, upwards of 100 feet in length,
40 in breadth, and of proportional height. This
splendid apartment was hastily fitted up for the re-
ception of the President. The furniture of the time of
the Empire had been carefully replaced, so that it
looked precisely what it was when last visited by
Napoleon. The servants were all dressed in the liveries
of that period, and many of them were the same persons
who attended on the Emperor when, for the first time,
he saw his consort. It must have been a proud moment
for Prince Louis Napoleon, when surrounded by his
staff, his Ministers, a crowd of the representatives, and
most important personages in France, and standing on
the steps of the Throne, which has been the dream of
his life, ho received an address from the Mayor and Cor-
poration of the town of Compeigne, which hardly dis-
guised the wish that he might soon re-ascend that
Throne. How sweetly the cry of " Vivo Napoleon,"
which he heard on all sides addressed to himself, must
have sounded in his ears. Perhaps, too, the shout of
" Vive I'Empereur," which was vociferated by one of the
old servants, and scowled down by M. Odilon Barrot,
was not the least gratifying word which he heard
in the course of the day. The day may, perhaps, not
be far distant when the enthusiasm of that old
servant for the nephew of the Emperor will not be for-
gotten to him. After receiving this address, and pay-
ing a visit to some of the most remarkable portions of
the chateau, which we have not here time to describe,
the Prince and the party returned to the railway,
receiving as he passed through the town of Compiegne
an additional tribute of enthusiasm, and a few minutes
afterwards the Crampton steam-engine was hastening
to Paris, where it arrived a ithout let or hindrance
shortly after seven o'clock. The unfortunate guests
who were left behind at Noyon were dispatched from
thut place at seven o'clock, and reached Paris at half-
past ten.
The directors of the Northern Railway
3,000 francs to the Mayor of Noyon, to presented.
h
among the poor, and the President added.so distributed
0 francs to
the amount.
This was the first visit of the.ardriesstirdicetnst,; since his
election, to any of the agricultyrw. a
all that could be
tainly the reception ho received
wished. The Moniteur of to. I,Y, in mentioning the
full of intelligence and
visit, says—" The p
enthusiasm, which o-uegoplenwereve to those who have been
ht
the country is full of confi.fence
witnesses to the fact,
in the principles of order, firmness, and of respect for
sic, election of the President of the
rho laws, of which t
Republic is the manifest expression."

Tna Nrw RonatANcl, " OWEN
TuDoR," by the author of '• Nv hitetriars," promises
become
still more popular than the writer's former pro-
ductions. The Examiner says, " This is the hest story
the author has yet given us. The power of the writer
is considerable in dealing with dramatic incidents, and
in putting into action with minuteness of detail, pas-
sages of romantic history. The hero of this story is
the founder of the family of the Tudors—the obscure
Welsh gentleman' (here a chieftain and descendant of
Cambrian Kings) who married Harry the Filth's widow.
Harry himself is one of the cleverest sketches in the
book. It is evident, however, that the author's favourite,
and the personage on whose portraiture most pains
have been bestowed, is the daughter of the rebel apothe-
cary, Hudine, by whose voluptuous fascinations the
hero becomes ensnared."
Lord Burlington had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey. Sir William Clay and Mr. Rumbold
had also interviews with the }light Hon. Baronet.