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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 14.
The Lord Chancellor beard causes and lunatic peti
tious t4--dap.

NEWENELLM V. PEMBERTON.
The arguments in this case were conclude to-day

and
His LORDSHIP gave judgment, dismissing the appe a
with COWL
Di THE MATTER OF TEE COUNTESS OF STAIR, A
LUNATIC.
The Court then proceeded to hear this case, which
came before the Court upon the petition of the Countess,
praying that the commission of lunacy which had been
granted against her in 1827, under which she was found
a lunatic from 1820, might be superseded, on the ground
that she had recovered from the malady with which she
had been afflicted. The petition was supported by se.
♦eral affidavits, among which were those of Dr. Bright
and Dr. Sutherland.
His LORDSHIP, at the conclusion of the reading of
the affidavits, said he would see the medical gentleman
and the lady herself, and in the interim the petition
must stand over.

ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 14.
Lord Langdale sat at half-past ten o'clock this day, for
the purpose of hearing the remaining petitions.
COOPER V. BATTERSBY.
This was an application, on the part of the defendant,
to dissolve an injunction to restrain him from disposing
of ten shares, held by both parties, in the Regent's Canal
Company.
Lord LANGDALE delivered judgment and reviewed
the whole facts of the case. He said he was of opinion
that the injunction should be dissolved. The plaintiff had
purchased shares in the Regent's Canal Company, for
which he was unable to pay, and applied to the defendant
to advance him the money. This the defendant did on
the terms that if any profit should arise the plaintiff was
to receive one-third of the same, and he was to receive
the other two-thirds. There was also to be a corre-
sponding division of the loss should such take place, and
the defendant was to be at liberty to sell whenever he
thought fit to do so, on the condition that he gave the
plaintiff notice of the same. In fact, the plaintiff was
in precisely the position of one who had nothing to
invest himself, but gave another person who had money
intimation of a desirable speculation. It was what was
called a trust, and a more equitable one, in his opinion,
had scarcely ever been executed. It was one of those
common transactions which were taking place daily.
The shares were held by the defendant, and his name
was entered in the books of the company, kept for that
purpose. There was no doubt that it appeared to both
parties a profitable speculation. The shares were pur-
chased at 13/. 15s. per share, and they shortly afterwards
fell to 9/. 10s. a share. Here, the defendant finding a
great probability of a considerable loss, applied continu-
ally to the plaintiff to take those shares off his hands.
However, nothing was done till the May of 1845 ; then
defendant told plaintiff that he (defendant) should sell
the shares, and after that notice had been given, in a few
days he did sell them to Mr. Fay, his brother-in-law. Now
he was not of opinion that there might not be the most
equitable transactions between relations. After the sale
had been made the market was so far improved that the
share,, which could not be disposed of at 91. 10s. per share,
sold at the price which was originally given for them.
The transfer was not registered on the books,
so that though Mr. Fay was the holder of
the shares the name of Mr. Battersby was
still after the shares in the registry book.
After that transaction whatever raised the price, these
shares rose to 381. per share. The defendant here
acted for Mr. Fay, and sold five of the shares at a very
great profit. The plaintiff, conceiving that he was en-
titled to a share of the profits, very naturally made
inquiries, which not affording perfect satisfaction, he in-
spected the books and finding that ten of the shares were
still standing in the name of the defendant, contended
that the defendant was still the holder of that number of
shares, and that he was entitled to a share in the profits
that would accrue from the sale of the shares. The only
evidence adduced before him was contained in the plead-
ings of the plaintiff and the answer of the defendant.
There might have been more satisfactory evidence
brought f rward, but the evidence on the part of the
dgendant so greatly preponderated, that he was fully of
opinion that the injunction should be dissolved.

VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jan. 14.
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took
pleas and demurrers to-day.
JONES v. MORGAN AND OTHERS—THE SOCIALISTS.
This case came before the Court upon the demurrer of
a lady, named Rathbone, put in to a Bill filed by several
shareholders of the Orbistou Company, on the ground
that such shareholders had contributed more than was
justly due to them, and to recover the excess. The
grounds of the demurrers were want of equity. Our
readers will recollect that the case came before the
Court during the last term, upon the demurrer of a
person named Cooper, and upon that occasion the Court
ordered the demurrer to be overruled. The case now
came before the Court upon the demurrer of another
p:tv, and there are also several other demurrers set
down for hearing. The facts appeared to be these:—ln
the year 1825 Q number of persons joined together, for
the purpose of forming a:soeialist or communist society,
under the superintendence of .1.4,..r. Robert Owen, the pro-
fessed object of which was to promote the happiness of
mankind by abating the existing evils to which flesh is heir.
The company was to consist of shareholders, the shares
being fixed at 250/. (though after the formation of the
company they were reduced to 2001. each), and it being
further agreed that for the first year no shareholder
should be allowed to hold more than ten shares, but that
after the lapse of one year from the formation of the
society, such stock as should then be unappropriated
might be disposed of among the members of the com-
pany. The capital was not to exceed 50,000/. The
company eventually purchased 280 acres of land from
General Hamilton, at Orbistoif, in Scotland, as the site
of the proposed establishment, for which they consented
to pay 19,9951. This money was borrowed in three
several sums of 12,0001. from the Union Scotch Assu-
rance Company, 3,0001. from a Mr. Ainslie, and the re-
mainder from another quart, r. The articles of agree-
ment were then drawn up, providing for the internal
regulations of the society. The right of voting was to
be vested in the shareholders proportionably to the
amount of their respective shares. The necessary build-
ings were to be erected, and the necessary utensils
supplied, and the company were to be empowered to
borrow money upon the security of the joint property,
under certain specified restrictions. Several trustees
were named, the first being a Mr. Combe, to whom the
estate was accordingly conveyed. The following are
some of the general articles agreed on:—" Whereas the
assertion of Robert Owen, who has had much experience
in the education of children, that principles as certain
as the science of mathematics may be applied to the
forming any general character, and that by the influ-
ence of other circumstances not a few individuals only,
but the population of the whole world, may in a few
years be rendered a very far superior race of beings to
any now on the face of ti-e earth, or who have ever ex-
ist: d, an assertion which implies that at least nine-
tenths of the crime and misery which exist in the world
have been the necessary consequence of errors in the
present system of instruction, and not of imperfection
implanted iu our nature by the Creator, and that it is
quite practicable to form the minds of all children that
are born so that at the age of twelve years their
habits and ideas shall be far superior to those of the
individuals termed learned men. . • • •
And that under a proper direction of manual labour
Great Britain and its dependencies may be made to
support an incalculable increase of population." The
articles then prescribed rules for the manageduent of the
affairs of the Company. The 21st article then went on
to provide for a dissolution of the Society, if it should
be found necessary :—" That if, unhappily, experience
should demonstrate to the satisfaction of the majority
of Proprietors that the new system introduced and re-
commended by R. Owen has a tendency to produce,
in the aggregate, as much ignorance in the midst of
knowledge, as much poverty in the midst of exces-
sive wealth, as much illiberality and hypocrisy, as
much overbearing and cruelty, and fawing and se-
verity, as much ignorant conceit, as much dissi-
pation and debauchery, as much filthiness and
brutality, as much avarice and unfeeling selfishness,
as much fraud and dishonesty, as much discord
and violence, as have invariably attended the existing
system in all ages, then shall the property be let to indi-
viduals acting under the old system, or sold to defray
the expenses of the institution." In 1825 the society
entered upon the estate, and the lands were divided
among the tenants. Among the original shareholders
was the present demurring defendant, Cooper, who took
one share, for which he paid 201. as an instalment, that
he had borrowed from Mr. Hamilton, on the under-
standing that unless the loan were repaid by Cooper
within two years, the property should belong to Mr.
Hamilton. At the several meetings that sub equently
wok place Cooper did not attend, but deputed the
trustee, Mr, Combe, to act for him, as he was permitted
to do by the original agreement. In 1827 it was
ascertained that the speculation did not answer, as
the company was proved to be involved in debt to a
considerable amount, so as to make it necessary that
the sale of the estate
the property ebould be sold and the establishment
broken up. Accordinglr in I§2o,
was effected, and 15,000 , the purecase-money, subject
to certain deductions, transferred to the Scotch Assur-
&ace Company as a repaypept of their loan. A con-
siderable balance of debts to other parties, however,
still remained due, for which the shareholders became
liable. Several suits were prepared in the Scotch courts,
during which the estates of the shareholders were de-
clared liable, and several accordingly had paid much
beyond what was due proportionately on the amount of
thisir shares. Of the original shareholders many were
now dead, resany out of the jurisdiction of the Court; and
many in hopelessly insolvent circumstances.
lie, Bolt appeared in suppe..4 pf the demurrer.
In conssfinenge of the absence of Mi'. James Parker,
who was engaged in the T.,
ord Chancellor's court, the
i farther arguments were ordered to std over,

COURT OP QIIEXN'S BENCH, Jan. 14.
The proceedings in this Court to-day were dull and
tedious, z4pd not of the least interest to *any one but the
parties car earned,

BAIL COUJ T jan, 14.
(Sittings at Nita prins.)
(Bef'On' Kr• PP** englAn4ocz.)
The eases disposed ot tilt* ""e"1/L tgrdiviy possessed
no feature of public interest.

COURT OF COMMON PLI4S, Jan. 14.
LEWIS V. LORD SENSINQTOIS,
Their Lordships this morning gave judgment in this
,cause, which arose on the question, whether a warrant
"toraeiy, executed by Lord Kensington, hart been
proper:y oxceuted within the meaning of the statute 1
and 2 Victoria, chap, 80, Beet, 9, The Act required
that the attorney nanied should be present, and enting
at the execution of the document, or else the warrant

would be illegal. The case had been fully argued at
former sitting, and two objections urged to the
legality of the warrant. The first objection being,
that there was no proper subscription of thaw
name of the attesting witness, the name ap-
pearing in the middle of the attestation, and not at
the end of it ; and, second, that it did not appear he
had subscribed it as the attorney in the warrant. A
great number of authorities in support of the objections
were then produced, which the Lord Chief Justice here
recapitulated and reviewed. Having done so, he said
the Court was of opinion, that the precise place whereon
the name was written was not material to the case,
providing the attestation contained an assertion of all
that had been done by witness, required by the statute.
Regarding the other objection, the Court considered the
Act had been substantially complied with, as it appeared
the name of the attorney had been inscribed on the
document, in his own handwriting ; and therefore that
the rule should be discharged. And as it did not ap-
pear there was any justice in the application of the de-
fendant, the Court thought it should be discharged with
costs.—Rule, with costs, discharged accordingly,

CRIM. CON.—CLARKE V. DUNSFORD.
Sir THOMAS WILDE moved for a rule to set aside
a verdict for the plaintiff, given in last term, for
an action brought against the defendant for criminal
conversation with the wife of the former, and to enter a
new suit ; or if not, to set aside the verdict, and grant
a new trial. The ground on which he made the applica-
tion was, that the plaint.ff had undertaken to give ma-
terial evidence against the defendant in the county of
Middlesex, but which did not appear to have been the
case. Evidence had been given to prove that the offence
alleged had been committed in two places ; at the house
of the plaintiff, and at a lodging-house in Bath ; and the
general nature of the evidence was to the following
effect, as far as the Bath part of the case was concerned,
which it was alone necessary to refer to now. It was
proved that Mr. Dunsford had called at a house in
Bath under the name of Lyde, requesting lodgings.
He saw Miss Withers, the sister of Mrs. Needs, the
housekeeper, who was absent. He stated that he had
just been privately married and was going to bring his
wife to Bath for a short time, so that he wanted quiet
lodgings. Miss Withers said she could not give any
answer herself, but he was requested to call again. In a
day or two a letter came addressed from Swindon, in
which he gave his name as Lyde, and directed a note
about the lodgings to be addressed to him at the Bri-
tish and Fcreign Hotel, George-street, Hanover-
square, London. When Mrs. Needscame home a letter
was sent to the above address accepting the offer about
the lodgings, and he arrived in a few days and took pos-
session. He continued several days and slept there,
though the lady, who called nearly every morning and
stayed for several hours, did not. Now the material
question raised by the present application was,
whether that letter was in any respect either
material to the establishment of the offence
to be proved, or the assessment of damages. Me thought
decidedly not. Strike the letter out, and the case would
be as complete as it was now. Other letters, addressed
in the name of Lyde, had been identified as the de-
fendant's. The servants at the house in Bath, as well

as Miss Withers and Mrs. Weeks, had identified him ai
well as the lady, and both had been proved respectively
to be Mr. Dunsford and Mrs. Clarke. Nothing, there-
fore, could be added by the letter, or abstracted by its
withdrawal. On these grounds be submitted that the
plaintiff had not succeeded in making use of this letter of
Mrs. Needs, addressed to him, and supposed to be received
at the British and Foreign Hotel, and in fac the only
evidence relating to Middlesex material to the case. For
these reasons he considered the application should be
granted.
After a long argument, of which the foregoing is the
substance, their Lordships deferred their answer till to-
morrow.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 14.
(Sittings in Banco.)
LAMERTE V. DEATH.
This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover 4501.
money paid to the defendant, who was a stock-broker, in
respect of certain shares in the Kentish Coast Railway, the
scrip certificates for which subsequently turned out to be
fictitious. The plaintiff purchased the shares of the de
fendant supposing the scheme to be a bona fide one, but
after the purchase he learned that the scheme had been aban-
doned by the original promoters, and the scrip which
he had purchased from the defendant was valueless, inas-
much as it was issued by the attorney and secretary of the
Company, without the knowledge or consent of the Managing
Committee, who altogether repudiated it. The plaintiff
therefore brought the present action to recover back the
money he had paid for the scrip, alleging that the defendant
had not delivered to him that which he bargained to sell,
and the jury on the trial at the recent sittings in London,
before the Lord Chief Baron, found a verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount claimed.
Mr. MARTIN now moved for a rule nisi to show cause why
the the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had
on the ground of misdirection. ne Learned Chief Baron,
the Learned Counsel said, left it for the jury to say whether
the scrip delivered by the defendant was genuine or not, and
told them that if they thought it was not, it was
their duty to find for the plaintiff. Now, he contended
that a stockbroker did not guarantee the genuine-
ness of the document he sold ; he only took upod him-
self the responsibility of saying that the names at-
tached to the document were the true signatures of those
persons whose signatures they purported to be, and the
buyer haying the same means and facilities for testing the
genuineness of the scrip as the seller. he humbly submitted
that his Lordship's direction to the jury was erroneous, and
that the plaintiff had no right to recover.
The LORD CIIIEF BARON—Take a rule to show cause.
THORNEY V. lIAYNF.S.
This was an action of debt, brought to recover back the
deposit paid on the sale of a public-house situated on the
outskirts of the town. The cause was tried at the last sit-
tings in Middlesex, when it was found that a " puffer" had
been illegally employed by the owner of the property to bid,
in order to increase the amount of the biddings, and by the
direction of his Lordship a verdict was taken for the plaintiff,
leave being given to the defendant to move to enter a
nonsuit.
Mr. PAYNE now moved accordingly, and urged in support
of his motion that it was usual and customary to employ
persons to bid at sales by auction, to prevent the property
being knocked down at a price below its value.
Rule granted.

SECONDARIE'S COURT, Jan. 14.
(Before Mr. Secondary PorrElt).
HART V. TOMMES.

ANDOVER PlES.—This was an action br2ught to recover
the sum of 151. 10s., the balance of an accetint for goods sold
and delivered to defendant.
The plaintiff stated the case. The plaintiff is a baker, &c.,
at Hackney, and the defendant is the manufacturer of the ce-
lebrated " Andover" pies, made by the defendant at the same
place. The defendant bad pleaded that he was not indebted,
but on what ground could not well be imagined; it certainly
was not from the inferiority of the article supplied, for the
defendant's pies were highly extolled, and to be found in
most of the ale shops in town, and there was no fear of a
comparison with the Andover Union Pies.—(Laughter.)
The original demand was 2001. 2s. 7d., but all but 151. had
been paid.
A witness was called, who proved the delivery of the flour
at the rate of 9d. a quartern, under an agreement that for
that price plaintiff should bake all the pies : no attempt was
now made to disprove the agreement, or the performance of
the contract on the part of plaintiff. The jury, therefore,
gave a verdict for the amount.
The other cases were struck out.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-ROUSE.

A young fellow, named_" occasionally" William Poston, 1
who has been some time one of the leaders of the Westminster
gang ot sad-money titterers, was brought up fur final exa-
minatien
upon the charge of having exhibited two of his
manseuires in the shop of Mr. Baker, lid, Cheapside, tobac-
conist
:'Le cool self-possession of the prisoner caused some sur-
prise in tse justice-room, tbr he not only questioned the right
of the Lord Mayor to send him for trial, but he denied the
application of the law, as quoted by Mr. Goodman, to his
par, ieuntr case.
Fredkonck Breach, shoprnan to Mr. Baker, said on Tuesday
last, beialeen two and three o'clock in the afternoon, the pri-
soner cane into the shop, and asking for three cheroots, laid
down a ,overeign. I gave him half-a-sovereign in change.
Hs then c-sked me to change it, as he thought it was light. I
accordingly took from him what I then believed to be the
coin I Loci just given him, and gave him another half-
so verein. He then requested me to give him silver in-
stead of the half-sovereign I had just handed to him ;
but upon taking up the half-sovereign, I perceived that
it %MI J. counterfeit, and not the second one which I had
just gioen to him. I laid down the counterfeit piece,
and gong round, I shut the door, and demanded from
the prisoner the good half-sovereign which I had that mo-
ment gi7an to him, when he said,—" Here it is ; here is the
good hel-sovereign which you gave ine ;" and I took it
from him. When I looked for the counterfeit which he had
last given me, it was gone from the counter, and could not
be found. I then determined to examine the first half-
sovereiga which I had taken from him, in the belief
that I bed given it to him in the first instance in change,
and I discovered it to be the counterfeit which I now pro-
dupe and which I swear I received from him on his first
application to have the one I had given him changed.
Edward Roberts (City policeman, 47) stated that he had
searched the prisoner upon apprehending him, but found
upon his person nothing but three cheroots.
The Loma Mayon asked whether it was not the intention
of the Mint to prosecute in this case ? The policeman
said he rather expected that the solicitor to the Mint would
be in attendance, but he supposed that gentleman's avocas
tions detained him in other Courts.
The honn MAYOR—WeII, I shall commit the prisoner for
triaL Do you wish to say anything, prisoner ? The pri-
soner—Yes, my Lord. I wish to know whether you can
commit me without knowing that the Mint will prosecute 1
The Loon MAYOR—No doubt of it ; I intend to commit
you now, and Mr, Goodman will make out your commitment.
The prisoner—l wish to know whether Mr, Goodman has
got the .authority of the solicitor to the Mint to send this case
to the Cattral Criminal Court. You'll excuse me, my Lord,
but 1 sieo't, think: he has. The law requires that two offences
must be committed by the same party, and one within 14
days of the other. Now, where is the second piece of bad
money to show against me ?—(Laughter.)
The Loop Ma-fon—Your calculation upon the Act of Par-
liament is construed by you too partially in your own case.
We have. 4 section that will meet your ease,
Mr. Goodman said, it happened that the sanction Of the
Mint was by no means necessary to the prosecution for the
offence with which the prisoner was charged, if the magis-
trate, Fonsidered it to be his duty to commit ; and there was
a Sectior. in the Apt which stated that if any person should
tender, utter, or put off any faise or eoonteffait coin, knowing
the tame to be false or counterfeit, the grime wi'e, iht nglaral,
a misdemeanour, and the party convicted was punishable by
imprisonment, not exceeding one year.
The pi.is,oner—l do not consider that you can legally com-
mit me orithont producing had money pa.ved by me within 14
days. In fact, I know it.—(A laugiq
file LoRD MAYOR—YOU will find yourself mistaken, I
think, by the result of this experiment, although you so
adroitly .-wallowed the gi4o4 and bad money. You have,
With 01l your 'lek4l acquirements upon tile srailoh of trade
you foficvn.sturt4bled upon a seoibn'under 'which you will
not be pi.-4'.ented, and you have overcooked that under *hints
you certainly shall be prosecuted. You supposed that we
would go against you for a heavier punishment, and indict
you for co offence the Kopf of which would require additional
evidence. We shall do notli,iog of the kind. Iss we can't
gtit arty more for you, we Shall be Sati`sfied With the one year!S
mp:ison:csnt. .. _. .. . . ..
The prisoner—l don't think I shall get it.,-(taogliter.)
The Lula) MAYOR—I do; and if the Mint should hesitate
upon the es bejext I shall direct the City solicitor to prosecute_

praoner was then committed for trial; but he con.
tinued, lie remained at the bar, to reason upon the,
legal Dro,iiety of amimitting him, without however for ont.
moment denying that he was an experinced hand at th
game, wku.h, in this instance, has thus received a temporary
cheer:.
Ahn ,Wickleburgh, messenger to the United Mexican
Mining Association, of which Sir John Easthope, Bart., ways
represent l to be the chairman and trustee, was brought up
in the curtody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged wit h
having sto•en a cash-box, containing property owned by the
com,,e.ny.
Myr. sines Smith, a gentleman employed by the compan,r,
stated thst it was the duty of the prisoner to fetch the caste.-
box, whi,-1.1 was left at tt.e banker's in the evening, home do
the office every morning. On the everting of the 12th a
December, there were in the cash-box four cheque-books, a
will, z see security, of which witness did not know th.c
contents, end 531. in cash and bank-notes, of the numbers ,:f
of which witness did not know the particulars. The box
was on that evening taken to Messrs. Bosanquet's banking-
house, bur it was returned to the office, as was customary,
next morning. On the evening of the 234 of December wi:-
ness received the box wrapped up in a piece of brown paper,
directed to him as belonging to the office, in the hand-writintg
of the prisoner. It contained all the property with the ex-
ception of 390. The prisoner, who had been sent for the
box en th-: 13th of December, never made his appearance af-
terwards.
Mr. Wiliam M. Brown, clerk in the offices of the United
Mexican 'Mining Association, stated that on the evening of
the 12th cf December he received the box from Mr. Smit
and took it to Messrs. Bosanquet's, and left it there in the
condition hi which he had received it.
William Robert Bushnell, cashier at Messrs. Bosanqui
and Cc.'s, 'Lombard-street, bankers, stated that on the morn-
ing of the 13th December he delivered the cash-box to the
prisoner, 11' the usual way of business.
Daniel l'orrester stated that he had in December receivqd
informatiol that the prisoner had disappeared with proper I y
belonging to the association, and a few mornings ago thie
prisoner called upon him, gave himself up, and said he was
greatiy distressed in his mind, and had been wandering
about.
The prluner said he had nothing whatever to say, and
was committed for trial.

IRELAND.
LAW APPOINTMENTS.
DUBLIN, JAN. 11.—. Amongst the rumours afhat
one that Baron Lefroy is to 13-i transferred to the
Court, and that Mr. Blacliburrie, the present Ma,ter
of
the Rolls, is to get the Chief Justiceship of the Q,;te, n's
Bench. This would cause a vacancy amongst the
Barons of the Exchequer, which it is not at all
likely
the present Attorney-General would accept. As tern.
begins to-morrow, we shall probably have an official an
nouncement of the appointments.
THE BISHOP OF CASHEL AND WATERFORD
Dr. Daly, Lord Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, hay
addressed the followirg letter to the Widefo, d Clvfinicle
His Lordship contradicts the statement of Colonel J,,nta,,
sayirg that he had presented a gift of 80,000/. to hie
nephew, and announces the interesting fact that he will
soon cease to be a bachelor :---
"TO THE EDITOR OP THE WATERFORD CHRONICLE
" The Bilton Hotel, Dublin, 9th January, 1846.

"Sir,—My attention has just been directed to a para
graph copied by most of the Dublin journals from your
paper, stating, that on the occasion of the marriage of
the Honourable Miss A'Court, daughter of the Lord-
Lieutenant, with the llon. Mr. Daly, son of Lord Dun-
candle, the Bishop of Cashel, unc'e of the bridegroom,
bestowed upon his nephew the splendid gift of 80,0001.'
" Now, Sir, I beg you will take the earliest oppor-
tunity to disabuse the public mind of such an error. I
bestowed no such sum of money, or any pecuniary gift
whatever, upon my nephew.
" I am by no means so rich as to have so much funded
property at my disposal, and as I don't always intend to
remain a bachelor bishop' (the polite phrase applied to
me by the Dublin Pi/ot, commenting on your mis-state-
ment), I should nut deem it prudent to be so liberal to
my kinsmen as you would fain make the publi:t believe.
" I have to apologise for this intrusion of my private
affairs an I family arrangements, which is quite involun-
tary on my part, and have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient humble servant, "ROBERT CASHEL."
ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING IN DROGHEDA.
The Drogheda Argus contains the following:—" The
inhabitants of Drogheda are, about to give a most im-
portant demonstration; of their opinions relative to the
unnatural tax upon food. A requisition, bearing the
signature of his Grace the Catholic Primate of Ireland,
all the Catholic clergy of the parish, nearly all the mem-
bers of the corporation, besides merchants, traders, and
mechanics of the town, has been presented to Patrick
Boylan, Esq., our mayor, praying him to convene a
public meeting, on the earliest day possible, for the pur-
pose of petitioning Parliament for the total and imme-
diate repeal of the corn-laws. We believe every member
of the corporation would have signed the requisition if
there had been time to call on the few whose names are

not appended, before the document was presented to the
mayor. His worship has fixed on Monday, the 19th
instant, as the day upon which the meeting is to be
held."
AGRARIAN CRIME IN LIMERICK AND CLARE.
The Limerick Chronicle cf Saturday contains the fol-
lowing. That Tory journal manifestly endeavours to
make the worst of the disturbances :
" It is melancholy to contemplate the lawless disorga-
nised state of the rural districts, where no respectable
family is safe from aggression and outrage. The indu.;-
trious farmer, with a patch of five or ten acres, is equally
obnoxious with the country gentleman who may hold
one hundred or more of land, and the laborious peaceful
cotter, who contrives to subsist his poor family on an
acre of potato garden, is not safe from intimidation and
violence, unless he connive at, or personally aid the
league of disaffected ruffians who now traverse the
country night and day, from Tipperary to Li-
merick and Clare, in search of their victims.
The first and great object of these miscreants is
to possess themselves of fire-arms at any hazard,
and wherever they can, without regard to time, place,
or person. This alarming fact is too notorious for
doubt or denial. We find it obviously manifest in
every case. Few country gentlemen's houses within
some miles of Limerick are safe from attack, unless
locked and barricadoed immediately at night-fall, and the
families are then shut up, like lonely prisoners, in their
silent mansion until the hour of day-break, when the
barriers are cautiously withdrawn. One highly respect-
able man of rank, a grand juror and magistrate in our
vicinity, whose character as a landlord is far above re
proach, left his country seat this week to reside in the
metropolis, sooner than be exposed to such harassing
annoyance of his domestic circle, however necessary the
precautions against midnight marauders and armed as-

sassins.
" Upwards of 500 fellows assembled yesterday (Friday)
morning on Sir Capell Molyneux's land 4, Knocksentry,
to prevent the service of ejectments. They fired shots
to intimidate the bailiff and his assistants. This
great multitude kept watch-fires lighting on the ground
all night, and discharging several shots, to apprise the
civil authorities of their ability and determination to
resist any legal process on this property.
" This afternoon 200 men of the 24th Regiment left
this garrison to dislodge the insurgents from their en-
campment. They were accompanied by a troop of the
13th Light Dragoons.
" Last night the house of James Walsh, of Bird-Lill,
was entered by an armed party, who, after firing a shot,
threatened him with death if he distrained for the rent
due to his employer, Mr. Atkins.
" Yesterday, as Mr. James Shea, bailiff to the Rev.
Thomas Westropp, Terry Mahony, and other assistants,
were serving ejectments on the bog of Gardenhill, near
Castleccsnnell, they were encountered by a large armed
party, and forced to desist. Several of the bailiffs were
beat, and three or four shots fired at them.
" On Thursday night the house of George Scott, o
Killonan, and Richard Scott, of Tooreen, were forcibly
entered by a party of nine persons, who took a double-
barrelled gun from ' 'ichard, and a single one frian
George. Constable Pardy and some of his party were
on duty at quarter sessions in this city when the out-
rage took place, within a short distance of the police
barracks.
" Seven panes of plate glass, in the windows of Glen-
stall Castle, the seat of Matthew Barrington, Esq., were
maliciously destroyed by stones on Tuesday night.
" Wednesday night, at twelve o'clock, the house of a
farmer named Hourigan, at Annah, near Barrington's-
bridge, were fired into, and the assailants swore him not
to pay rent. They also searched for fire-arms.
" G. D. Putland, Esq., has been served with notice
that his life will not be spared one month, should be
dare build upon or improve land near Garrykennedy,
recently taken by him.
" Six men, with faces blackened and armed, passed
Wood-hill, at ten o'clock on Thursday morning.
" Nine men armed traversed the lands and neighbour-
hood of Clenagh, county of Clare, on Friday, in female
apparal, and swore several farmers and cotters not to pay
rent to Mrs. O'Grady. The lawless outrage was perpe•
trated in the open (lay.
" A respectable farmer of the name of Murphy, re-
siding at Itathlooba, county Clare, in the vicinity of the
scene of the barbarous murder of the late Arthur Gloster,
Esq., was attacked on Thursday night by an arme,l band
of ruffians, who beat him most desperately, inflicting
at least a score wounds on his head. This man had been
guilty of' the mortal offence of takiee. land.
"The hills of the neighbourhood' of Six-mile-bridge
were lighted up with a general blase on Wednesday, for
the dismissal of some ejectment cases brought by a
landed proprietor of Clare at quarter sessions.
"For the last ten days Thurles gaol has been filling
with offenders ; an extensive gang of desperadoes, who
for years have been committing dreadful outrages, ex-
tending their operations to within a mile of Nenagh,
have at length been discovered, and nearly all at-rested,
through the vigilance and energy of the heads of the
Thurles police. Two men, named Maher and Michael
Mears (leaders), when being convey ed to Nenagh gaol
on Tuesday last, on charges of murder and other crimes,
were followed nearly the entire way by crowds of the
peasantry, shouting and cheering them. At 80. riso
leigh the car oa which the prisoners sat broke down
when nearly two tkousand people pressed on the escort,
sommanded by Mr. M‘Malion, S. I. The police, how-
ever, having been previously ordered to prime and load,
kept the mob off with fixed bayonets, while the officer
promptly moved the prisoners to a car in front, and the
escort sioved on without further molestation, but still
followed nearly all the way."
DEATH OF SIR JOSEPH BARRINGTON, BART.
LIMERICK, JAN. 10.—We are concerned to announce
the death of one of our oldest resident citizens, Sir
Joseph Barrington, who departed this life, at his house
in Barrington-street, this morning, in the 82d year of
his age. The name of this respected old gentleman will
long be associated with the establishment of Barring-
ton's Hospital and City Infirmary, which asylum of
thee founded,benefit
of the
and
present i his sons
and
future generations. Matthew Barrington, Esq., Crown
pfoororh
assisted mercy
fo
r t
o the
endow, sick
solicitor of Munster, eldest son of the deceased, and
now Sir Matthew Barrington, Bart., succeeds to that
title, originally conferred upon his venerated parent by
his late Majesty William IV.
DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The weekly meeting of the Repea
Association, held to-day, was tolerably well attended.
Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by his son, Mr. John
O'Connell, entered the hall at ten o'clock, and moved
Dr. Nagle to the chair.
Mr. O'CONNELL handed in 21. from Charles Totten-
ham, Esq., a Protestant gentleman, who had resigned
his office as Justice of the Peace for Wexford, on form-
ing the resolution of becoming a member of the Repeal
Association.

Some money having been handed in,
Mr. 0 CONNELL rose, and said he desired to take
the sense of the- Association upon the propriety of
as many of the Irish Members of Parliament as was
pos,ible meeting in that hall upon that day
week. The hour which he was disposed to fix was
eleven o'clock in the morning, so that they would be able
to finish their particular business before the time came
for the usual meeting of the Association. He thought
that they had arrived at a crisis when it was manifestly
necessary to consult together, discreetly, and delibe-
rately, to ascertain what course would be the fittest to
adopt. There were many circumstances which distin
guished the present period from almost every other
period of Irish agitation. There was more of apparent
apathy in the publi' mind. It was not the real disposi
Lion and characteristic of the Irish mind, but was the re-
sult of expectation for "coming events, which cast their
shadows bt•fore them." His own
()pinion was, that
Eniand would necessarily want the services of d
and, wanting her people. she should seek to
culti
vate their wishes, and gratify their patriotic aspirations.
To obtain the services of the people, the Government
should conciliate them, and the only way to conciliate
would be, to grant a repeal of the un
loomingion.
lie
wished to refer to some events which were
upon the political horiaon. The Hon. Gentleman then
referred to the centemplated formation
had repeated
of an Irish
party.—(Year.) The Dublin Evening
1 over anti over again
and he hailed the proposal made
by that paper with the utmost gratitude, and
of confidence. He could nut sPo
have in deluding.

great deal
.nut object it could

....ft tor a week or a fortnight ; but
coma see that a great object would be accomplished

by unitiog men of every class and creed. lie therefore
nailed with the greatest alacrity the proposition, and he
aughed to scorn the idea expressed by the Whig and
'Cory papers of this country and England, that this corn-
frinatien was impracticable.—(Hear.) lie was ready to
Accede to the reasoning of the Mail, and c-,-operate in
its exertions to form an Irish party. They might have one
•a• two meetings before they left for London,and then have
1 meeting in London to consolidate their efforts. The
' [lon. Gentleman then reiterated his intention to join
heart and hand to work out the proposal. He was not
called upon to give up the repeal agitation—if he were,
he would laugh to score the man who would make such
s prop )sition. He never would desist until he had a
Parliament in Coliegri-gretn.—(Chters.) The Hon.
Gentleman then took a review of the various poitteal
questions which he would demand from the British Le-
He promised to support the Government in
passing the corn-laws ; but he considered that Coneii
ation Hall would lac th fittest place i'i which the Irish
Members should be found, after the passing of that mea-
sure, because from the English Government he expectA
very little advantage.--(Cheers.)
At three o'clock the repeal rent was announced to be

1641. 13,i. 2d.
SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN BAKER, STH FUSILIERS.
ENNISKILLEN, JAN. 9.—1 hast-n by the first post to an-
nounce the death of H. P. Biker, Esq., a captain of the sth
Fusiliers, stationed in this town. The fatal occurrence took
place in his room in the barracks. Between six or set en
o'clock last night he sent his servant up the town for some
medicine, ani on his return up stairs he heard the report
of his musket. On entering he found his unhappy
master lying on the floor, and the top of his &kull blown
off, he having placed the firelook under his chin, and
pulled the trigger with his toes. The reports are
various as to the cause that led to this calamity,. The
most prevalent is, that the deceased made application to
his commanding officer to restore a colour-sergeant who
was " reduced" yesterday. The Colenel gave him some
uncourteous reply, and would not. The deceased was
observed to be greatly agitated during the evening.
The Coroner's inquest is going on in the barrack at
present (three o'clock). The deceased was gsaetted to a
iompany, by purchase, on the 30th of December. Cap
tain Baker was a native of England.
THE LAW CHANGES.

The Evening Mail of this evening states it was not
until Saturday that the Chief Justice's formal resignation
reached the hands of the Government. On that day an
intimation was made to the Master of the Rolls, placing
the office of Chief Justice in his hands, with an earnest
desire expressed by the Government that he should
accept it. The Right Hon. Gentleman took until this
clay to decide, and in the course of the afteritoon a noti-
fication was made to the proper authorities, signifying
his compliance. The Right Hon. Francis Blackburne
is now Lord Chief Justice, end is to be succeeded as
Master of the Rolls, by the Right Hon. T. B. C. Smith.
Nothing definitive has yet been done with respect to the
changes rendered necessary by Mr. Smith's promotion.

RAILWAY Sil Alt.E MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead and Holy-
head Junction, 14 dis.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2t6
p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 14 p.—Fleetwood, Pres-
ton, and West Riding, 7 16 p.—Great Grimsby and Dock
Extension. 21A p.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 416
p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 634
p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 74 p.—Leicester and
Tamworth, 14 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters,
714 p.—Manchester, Wigan and Southport, 14 p.—North-
timberland and Lancashire, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 3%
p.—Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester,
p.—Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 2% p.—Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 61,E p.—South. Eastern and
Dover, Halves, 1 p.—Southport and Euxton, p.—Trent
Valley, Midland, and Grand Jun( tion, % p.—West Riding
Union, 4% p.—Shropshire Mineral, 1% dis.
LEEDS, JAN. 13.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon,
22—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 6
East Lancashire, No. 1, 1614—Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Extensions, 20s. p.— Huddersfield and Manchester, 614 p.
cash—Leeds and Bradford, sl—Leeds and Dewsbury, New
Shares, 34 p.—N ewcastle and Berwick, 191/4—NorthCa Bri-
tish, New rlisle Branch, 3—Oxford, Worcester, and Wel.
verhampton, 14%—Boston, Newark, and Sheffidd, 58. p.—
Direct Northern, 2%—Liverpool, Orinskirk, and Preston,
4%—West Riding Union, 61A—Clitheroe Junction, 3—Grand
Union, 6s. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 108 p.—
Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 15s. dis.— Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. 6d. p.—Leicester and Bedford,
15s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 2s.
p.—North Western, 2%-Nottingham and Boston, ss. p.—
Shropshire Union, 3s. 6d. p.
SHEFFIELD, JAN. 13.

STocK EXCITANOE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man-
chester, Qnarter Shares, No. 2, 1134—East Lincolnshire, 21/4
—Goole and Doncaster, 3%—London and Windsor, Ifs. 6d.
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 21. 2s.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Midland Junction, 21. 6s.—Nottingham, Erewash, and
Ambergate, I% —North Western, 3%—North Staffordshire,
31. 13s. 9d. p.—Slzeffield and Lincolnshire Extension, 3%—
South Midland, 2/. 18s. 9d. p.—Welsh Midland, 2%.
HULL, JAN. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, New, 10s. p.—North British, Half Shares, 7
Ditto, Carlisle, 21. 18s. 9d.—Ditto, Dalkeith, 6—Axholme, 3/.
ls.—Uoole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 31. 14s. 61—Hull and
Barnsley Junction, 42s.—Leicester and Tamworth % p.—
Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 1%—Nottingham and Boston
I%—South Midland, 5/. 2s.
YORK, JAN. 13.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, Brandling, 54%—York and North Midland Exten-
sion, 3934—Ipswich and Bury, 54—Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 193/4—North British, :New Carlisle Branch,. 31 Is.—
London and York, 414—Axbolme, 3—Leicester and Bed-
ford. 11. I Is. 3d.—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, Birming-
ham, and Trent Valley Junction, 24—Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, arid Midland, 4 % —North Staffordshire, 534—North
Western. 31. 4s.—Welsh Midland, VA—York and Car
lisle, 2%.

BRISTOL, JAN. 13.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales were—Bristol and Exe-
ter, New, B'43—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 3/. ls. 3d.
—Midland, New, 29.

ALARMING FIRE.

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO BURN FOUR

HOUSES.

On Tuesday night, shortly after nine, the immediate
vicinity of Camden•town was thrown into a state of
feverish excitement by the simultaneous outbreak of no
fewer than four separate fires, which there is every
ground to conclude were the work of some vile incen-
diary.

From inquiries instituted on the spot, our reporter
learned that at the time previously stated, three police-
constables of the S division were going their rounds past
Hawk) Fields, Camden-town, when one of them (No.
968) had his attention suddenly directed towards the
western corner house of a pile of four newly erected
habitations, situate in the fields, by perceiving an un
usual light therein. At first the officer imagined that
the light was caused by some of the workmen drying the
building, but the same increasing in strength, he hastened
across the fields to examine the place, when he found im-
mense bodies of smoke pouring forth from the roof and
windows, which at once satisfied him that the building
was on fire. Without delay alarm was raised in the usual
way, and the officer being quickly joined by other con-
stables, an attempt was at once made to extinguish
the flames by pouring buckets of water upon them.
Whilst tile constables, however, were passing the three
other houses, they discovered, to their no small amaze-
ment, that the other corner house was also on fire at the
back ; and in the course of a few seconds afterwards
they found out that the remaining two houses were like-
wise in flames. A messenger was, therefore, dispatched
in a cab to the several stations of fire-brigade, and also
to the West of England office, with intelligence of the
circumstance. In the mean time the police exerted them-
selves most manfully in endeavouring to stop the further
ravages of the flames. Notwithstanding, however, the
Are travelled with such fury as to speedily penetrate
the roof of the house in which the fire was first ob-
served. Nothing daunted, they continued to labour
without any intermission until Mr. Staples, the foie-
man 01 the London Brigade, arrived, with several
engines of the establishment ; and to their exertions
may be attributed the saving of a deal of property.
The West of England engine, from the Waterloo-
road, with the Company's firemen and Mr. Con-
norton, were taken to the scene with all possible expe-
dition. The firemen, upon arriving, had to encounter
great difficulties to get an engine near the burning
houses. They having plenty of fire-buckets at hand, a
line was formed by the men, and, by passing the water
from one another, a vast stream was discharged at the
buildings, which had the desired effect of getting the
flames extinguished ; that, however, was not accom-
plished until the fire had travelled throughout the first-
named house, and severely burnt the remaining three,
more especially the staircases and parlour floorings.
From the fact of the four houses being on fire at the
same time, not the least doubt remains that the fire was
wilfully caused, but by whom is at present wrapped in
mystery. The firemen, upon examining the premises
after the fire was got out, found that the flames could
not by any possibility have travelled from one house to
the other without the aid of some one. They also found
that the fire had commenced in every place about the
staircase. The houses are said to be the property of Mr.
Marshall, of llentwick-place, and it is atpresent unknown
whether or not they are insured.

The King, it is said, intends, immediately after the
Easter holidays, to place the Count de Paris at the College
Rollin, which has beenfixed upon as being the property of
the city.— Galegnant.
FIGHT BETWEEN BAENASH AND H. WALICER.—On
Tuesday the mill between these two men came on; in a field
near Twyford, Turner and young Sambo (Welsh) doing the
attentive to Barnash, while the youthful Harry was esquirid
by Wm. Jones and Fred. Illason. The disparity of the Coal-
batant9, as they threw themselves into attitude, was obvious.
Walker (his weight 9st. 21bs.) looked boyish, white-
skinned, and somewhat fleshy. The " Pride of West-
minster," as we have since heard him designated,,
was compact, round-boned, brown, and hardy. The
first round was tedious. The youngster was clever,
and Barnash, taught by defeat, cautious. It occupied
ten minutes, and ended with little or no ad-
vantage, except giving the men a little better idea of
each others style of offence and defence. From this to the
seventh round the youngster fought well, and stopped neatly ;
yet thus early it required no gift of second-sight to predict
the conclusion. Barnash hit hardest, if not oftenest, and
closed almost every round by throwing his man. About
the ninth round Walker came down on the point of his
shoulder, that part also striking the stake. Thenceforth,
in addition to inferiority of physical strength, he experi-
enced the further drawback of the partial disablement of
one of his weapons of offence, for in the after-rounds his
right only came into use in stopping. By-the by, we omitted
to mention that " first blood" was awarded to Walker, in the
third round, from a hit planted by him on Barnash's left P.”
this, however, was fully balanced by the first 7--
given in the 27th round by Damao-,
to the 46th Walker folio--
weaker. Any

Mown.
vrom the 7th round
in difficulties, growing gradual'y
..„ unable to plant a blow of sufficient power to beat
on or keep out his harty and superior opponent. In the
forty-fifth he slipped on his knees, his left eve was half
darkened, and he had received heavily on the nose and
mouth. His brother Johnny, contrary to the young one's
wish, entered the ring and pre in for his brother.