The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-17 00:00:00

this country are used to toil—their labour is often
protracted—frequently it is of the most skilful nature.
The curse that was pronounced, that man should earn
his bread by the sweat of his brow, is submitted to ; and
whether in the country in agricultural occupations, or
whether in the towns in mechanical and manufacturing
operations, you see men, not from sunrise till sunset,
but for far longer hours, giving all the strengh of their
sinews to labour—to hard labour—with the view of ob-
taining their daily bread. They submit manfully—they
submit with courage to that toil, in the hope of keeping
themselves and their families in sustenance, if not in
comfort ; and if they wish that their bread should not
be farther stinted—that man should not make that more
difficult by legislation which the eternal doom of the
Almighty has already made difficult in regard to the
natural course of things—where, I would wish to know,
is the House of Commons, elected by the people, which
will long resist such a wish ?—(lmmense cheering.)
Gentlemen, there is another advantage which I think
will accrue from the total abolition of the duties on the
importation of grain—lthink it will bind us more closely
in relations of peace 1,311 amity with foreign States, and
more especially with one—l mean the United States of
America.—(Cheers.) I think nothing of the questions
which may now be in dispute—questions of territory, in
which, as they now stand, the honour of neither nation
is engaged, and upon which calm men, representing the
Government of her Majesty, and representing the Go-
vernment of the United States, may, as I believe, by
calm and fair discussion, come to an amicable agree-
ment. I see no prospect of war arising out of this
difference—if we on this side are determined with
regard to the importation of the produce of the United
States, and if the Government of the United States is
determined with regard to the manufactures of this
United Kingdom, that there shall be free intercourse—
that they shall be permitted to feed as, and we shall be
pemitted to clothe them.—(Loud cheers.) I believe
that if no unhallowed and partial legislation should stand
in the way of such exchange, that these two nations—
they being of the same race and the same language as
ourselves—are formed to continue for centuries together
in the bonds of amity—united in a family compact—not
such a compact as that between France and Spain, aris-
ing from the mere relationship of the reigning families
and their courts, but a compact arising from feeling our-
selves to be of the saute blood, and admirers of each
others institutions--they respecting
.the freedom of our
monarchy, and we admiring their republic. I be-
lieve such a union may for centuries endure for the
lasting happiness of the world. I have now to
thank you, not only for the honour you have conferred
upon me, but for the indulgence with which you have
listened to the expression of my political opinions. It
will be my duty before long, in the House of Commons,
to declare my opinions upon some of the most important
questions that were ever agitated in that community. I
fear not the discussion. I should have little fear of the
opposition or the arguments of the men to whom I may
be opposed—even though they should think, as a gentle-
man who was lately proposed as a Member of the House
of Commons did, that the fittest comparison of me was
that of Satan.—(Laughter.) I say I shall be very little
afraid even of so brilliant a comparison as that, if the
gentlemen of the douse of Commons, who represent
protection, will only employ such arguments as they
adopted last year.—(Laughter.) You will hear Sir
Robert Peel accused of treachery to the landed interest.
I will not enter upon that question now; but I would
here just say, that he was very unkind to the landed
interest, for he allowed them to speak for themselves,
ind make out their own cause.—(Laughter.) And such
an exhibition as it was—such a melancholy show of bad
argument, and worse declamation, I have never heard.
One day we had a gentleman for an hour ar.d a half,
with a number of statistical documents, to show that
beef would be one penny and mutton a halfpenny a
pound cheaper, all of which he attributed to the tariff,
and asked how can you possibly support any law so
disastrous in its results? There is no saing how cheap
beef and mutton and lamb may become if you go on in
;his ruino4s policy of free trade.—(Laughter.) Another
day the Minister proposed that a number of articles
should be free—he proposed, not indeed corn, or oats,
or maim, but a number of unpalatetble articles, such as
rhubarb aid senna, and all those drugs whose names
themselves are very nauseous.—(Laughter.) But diese
protection genalemen were still afraid. Though assured
that these laws really allowed nothing of human food to
ha admitted free, they were always on the look-out, and
harmed lest some fund should come in,—(llear, hear.)
And when they came to the article of grease, they were
under great apprehension. They said—ls not grove
butter ? and may not some persons import this grease
for the purpose of eating it ?—(Laughter.) And Sir
George Clerk, Vice President of the Board of Trade,
was obliged to get up with great solemnity—for he
does most of these things with great solemnity—
and assure these gentlemen, all the county Members,
and a vast phalanx at the lower end of the House,
that this grease meant butter spoiled for human food by
tar—(Great laughter)—and he confidently assured them
that no human being would attempt to eat it.—(Renewed
laughter.)—New, if they will but use such arguments as
these, which, as I say, Sir R. Peel most unkindly al
lowed them to use for themselves, and did not stand
forth in their behalf, they may call me by any terms
they please. Ido not know they can call me worse
than the devil—(laughter)--but if they use such ridicu-
lous arguments as these, I shall be sure of a triumph
over them.— (Cheers.) I hope I may be entitled to say,
having received this homiur from you, anti being the
representative of the city of London, that the great
cities of England and Scotland are determined that this
monopoly shall last no longer, and that commerce shall
be free."—(lnunense cheering.) The Noble Lord, on
sitting down, was greeted with thre e tremendous rounds
of applause.
The meeting then separated ; and his Lordship, on
leaving the hall wes loudly cheered by the immense
multitude assembled outsid,

sprung from the emancipation of the human mind ;
but if I were to speak of such men as Martin
Luther and John Knox, and look to what is recorded of
them, or the words they sometimes used, I will not find
their expressions of that soothing kind, and of that mel-
lifluous sound many fastidious persons would like. lam
not astonished, therefore, when everything is considered
—when I think on the time and energy which many
spend in the promotion of this cause, and of the frailty
with which everything human must be conducted—when
I hear harsh language, and even some misconstruction of
the motives of the men who oppose them. You will for-
give me for making these observations. After all that
has passed today—after the honours conferred upon me
—and after the speeches we have heard, I thought it
would be something like a wilful blindness, something
like a pettiness on my part, were I not to acknowledge
the great services which such men as Mr. Villiers and
Mr. Cobden have rendered in forwarding the important
question of commercial freedom.—(Great applause.)
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 16.

STOCK EXCPIANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, New, 1/e p.—Chester and Manchester Direct,
12s. dis.—Dudley, Ironbridge, and Sheffield, IA dis.—Goole,
Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 214 p.—Grand Union, IA p.—Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 15 p.—Leicester and Bir-
mingham, IA p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2 p.—
Manchester and Southampton, 114_ p.—North Eastern, 1/4
dis.—North Staffordshire, 33jq p.--Nottingham and Boston,
% dis.—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, % p.—Shef-
field and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1,6% p.—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, 1 p.—Shropshire Union, 3s. 6d. p.—Trent
Valley Continuation and Holyhead, % dis.—Trent Valley,
Midland, and Grand Junction, I 4 p.—West Lancashire
Coast, par—West Riding Union, 43/0.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.
MANcHmEn, TTURSDAY.—To-day, at noon, a meeting, of
the Scripholders in this Company was held at the Star Hotel,
Deansgate, in this town, to consider the announzement
lately made, of an amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley,
and Broseley.
At the time appointed, about thirty-five Shareholders and
solicitors, representing shares to a very large amount, were
present.
Mr. HARRISON BLAIR moved that Mr. Todd take the chair.

Mr. BLAIR moved that the "proposed amalgamation
between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Dudley,
Madeley, and Broseley line is highly injurious to the interests
of the Shareholders of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company, and that the following gentlemen be appointed a
Committee, to protect the general interests of the Share-
holders." He would not propose that resolution, but he
would propose the appointment of a deputation, and he would
suggest that they be specially instructed to ascertain whether
the Dudley and Madeley plans had been completed and de-
posited according to law, without which they would not be
in a position to go to Parliament.
Mr. SAVERY said that the effect of the proposed amal.
gamation would be to reduce the value of their property by
one-third, giving the defunct company three shares for two.
Mr. Aniswogrx, of Bolton, and others, thought that a
deputation should go up to London or Birmingham, as the
case might be.

Mr. JAMES WOOLLEY, druggist, proposed as an amendment,
that Mr. Blair should write to the seal tary for official in
formation on the subject.
The amendment having been seconded, was put and lost
by a large majority, and Messrs. Mawdesley, Davies, and
Blair were appointed a deputation for•the purpose before re-
ferred to, and they were directed to report to a meeting of
shareholders to be held at a future day.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

A numerous meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of
Christ Church, Surrey, was held at the vestry-room, yester-
day, for the purpose of receiving a communication from the
board of highways with reference to the railway proposed to
be carried through the Blackfriars.road by the London and
South-Western Railway Company.
Mr. Pegg, churchwarden, was called to the chair.
Mr. liollsoN said they were no doubt aware that it was
proposed to construct a railway through their parish, and
that it was intended to pull down some of their houses. There
were two companies who had this in contemplation : one of
these, the London and South-Western, had served them with
a notice; the other, the North Kent, had not. The Board of
Surveyors on last Friday, held a meeting, and resolved, that
as the meeting of the parishioners, which was fixed for last
Thursday to consider this subject, had not taken place, to
dissent from the proposed railway, from a conviction that it
would be injurious to the interests of the parishioners.

The VESTRY CLERK then read the notice, which stated
that the Company intended applying to Parliament next
session for leave to amend the Bill they had obtained for a
line to Waterloo-bridge, and that they intended to-subtitute
one which would pass through William-street, York-street,
Gravel-lane, and Jane-street. He also read the resolution re-
ferred to by Mr. Hobson,
The CHAIRMAN said, the line proposed by the London
and South-Western would affect very seriously their in-
terests, and would reduce the property in the parish about
5 per cent., by the pulling down of 163 houses assessed at
2,6481. It was now time for them to see what steps they
should af.lopt to prevent that; or should they succeed in
getting that railway, to attend to the interests cf the
parishioners. The South-Western proposed an embank.
ment, and the North Kent a viaduct, to be carried across
the road.

Mr. Bowpnett said that they were met to consider what
would bi advantageous to. the Collective interests of the
country, as well as what affected the parish. It was certain
that one-eighteenth portion of the house property in
the parish would be destroyed, and that, consequently,
fifteenpence in the pound would be added to their
rates, or the difference between 8501. and 9001. The
effect would be, that all the property in the parish would
suffer materially, and he would propose a resolution to
that effect. But it was not confined to the parish to
be opposed to this railway; the public feeling was in
general against it, for it would destroy the beauty of the road
without effecting any adecivate benefit in the transit of
goods, which would have been effected much better by the
line.befere proposed. That line would have been carried,
but that the Company could not agree with Mr. Alderman
Humphery as to the compensation to be given him if
they were to go to London-bridge. By the Bill that was
obtained last year they proposed to make Waterloo-bridge
the terminus, and that place had the approbation of Mr.
Hawes.

Mr. WEBB concurred in the opinion of the last speak!r, for
he was satisfied that wherever viaducts were erected the
neighbourhood was invariably injured. He was also of opi-
nion that the line from Kennington would be more desirable,
for the traffic came chiefly by that way to the west-end of
the metropolis. He, therefore, believed that it would be
more consistent with the interest of the public were that line
adhered to.

Mr. Witsox said that the householders in the neighbour-
hood of Waterloo-bridge had suffered the Bill to pass from a
conviction that the district would he materially benefited by
the railway to that bridge, and that the rental would he con-
siderably increased. And the Corporation of London had
permitted the Blackwall Railway to come to Fenchurch-street
from a similar conviction. They had even proposed that two
of the largest railways should come through Farringdon-
street. It would be a perfectly futile attempt for any Com-
mittee they might appoint, to seek to prevent the passing of
the Bill for the proposed railway. It would be more ad-
visable for them to work with the South-Western Company,
and Government would take care that the interests of the
parish were not sacrificed pending the time of their treating
with that Company. They would also derive great benefit
during the construction of the railway by the employment of
labourers, and it was unwise for them, a small, metropolitan
parish, to offer opposition to an important and useful under-
taking.
Mr. HoesoN conceived that, on public grounds, it would
be better if they paid it out of their own pockets. The houses
that would be pulled down were not old, but most [of them
new, and all of which paid rates.- The rental with these
houses was 3,3271., which would be reduced Ito 2,6481. And
again, the viaduct that was proposed to be erected would be
but 90 feet in width, while the road was 80 feet broad, and
the footpath 40 feet.
_ _

In the evening, Lord John Russell dined with the Lord
Provost, in the Town hall, when there were also pre-
eent-e-Lord Belhaven, Sir T. D. Lauder, Hon. Fox Maule,
M.P., Andrew Rutherford, Esq , M.P., W. Gibson Craig,
Esq., M.P., J. Campbell, of Craigie, Esq., the Marquis
of Breaclalbane, D. Ross, Esq., M.P.
Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, in proposing the toast " The cause
of civil, religious, and commercial freedom all over the
world," said—You are all well acquainted with the toast
given in former times by Mr. Fox, and afterwards by Mr.
Canning, and I have no doubt but you have heard that
toast on many occasions, and have heartily responded to the
sentiment of " Civil and religious liberty all over_ the
world." But there is another kind of freedom now more
in question, upon which the immediate fate of most im-
portant measures depend—l mean commercial freedom.
—(Cheers.) And when I say commercial freedom, Ido
not mean that it is to be any partial or unfair applica-
tion of that principle. I have never looked upon this
question but as upon one which required the careful
deliberation of statesmen, and 'upon which particular
measures, from time to time, in a particular state of a
manufacture or a colony, may not demand special con-
sideration. But I have always considered the object to
be obtained, not partial, or to be applied to one interest,
but to be general commercial freedom ; and that any
duties to be imposed should not be imposed with the
view of protecting any class against another class of the
community. (Great applause.). Now, thin principle
has the merit of rendering, what I am sure is very de-
sirable, all our legislation far more safe and satisfactory
than it would be otherwise. We have subjects enough
and more than enough to occupy. the time, the atten-
tion, and the ability of the Members of both Houses
of Parliament, and it will be the means of easing
es of some of our labours, and of facilitating every
other subject of legislation, if any part of the bur-
den borne by us were taken off our shoulders, and
the most sin?ple way to accomplish this is to save Par-
liament the trouble of maintaining this system of
protection. The subject of taxation should be viewed
only in the light of making it press lightly on
the community, and give the largest return to the
Exchequer. It was only in this view that any jus-
tification can be offered for the protection of what is
called native industry. But, in my opinion, native
industry will do much better without any protection ;
and if I may be allowed to confess an error, it is in not
having sooner come to this conclusion. I will give you
an example which will justify me in making this confes-
sion. The late Dr. Bailie, of London, to my knowledge,
attended a patient affected with consumption for many
weeks, and at the end of the time, he said to his patient
that he maturely considered his case, and had come to
the conclusion that he had been entirely wrong in the
medicines he had given him ; that instead of doing him
good, they had done the reverse, and that he would have
been much better if he had left him alone at the com-
mencement. Dr. Bailie was a man of skill and great ex-
perience, and could afford to make that confession; and I
say it would be well for us legislators to do sometimes the
same.—(Cheers.) And I certainly believe, that if, at the
commencement of these corn-laws, the patient, suffering
as he was, had been left alone, he would Dow have been
found in a far better state than after having undergone
the various courses of medicinal preparations to which ho
had been condemned. This question, I trust, of com-
mercial freedom is about to receive its solution. The
principles have been amply iiiecussed, and are appeovet:
by men of the greatest research—such as Adam- Smfeh,
Ricardo, Malthus, and a great host of British and Con-
tinental writers on economical science. The public
mind has been deeply imbued with correct views on this
question through the works of,these authors; but when I
speak about the state of the question with regard to the
public mind, I would be doing an injustice to the persons
belonging to that association which is held up as a bug-
bear to the country, and the members of it stigmatised as
revolutionaries and Jacobins.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
It would not be consistent with fairness if I did not say
that the progress this question has made, is very much
owing to the persevering exertions, the instructive
statements, and the lucid arguments employed by the
mpinber3 of what is called the Anti• Corn-law
League.—(Applause.) I do not think it would be
just to speak of this great question, and to speak of its
resent position, and fur me or any other person to talk
of our efforts on this subject, without rendering duo
iwnater,rie,ettca.:
justice to them. And, having done so, I will say
also eliket, with respect to much of the language of par-
tieulae members of the League with regard to the landed
idan%dviltohrdriespect to the harsh terms used to-
tted differ :eon its' lopagretb,iitt,wlhden I
say dispute its justice
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persoas who, because in
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whzirsh language, which
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I disapprove of, ce
justice of the cause, in' irrespectiveo tspersoit lolw.outhide
at issue, make that
an excuse for my turnilto my back upon it altogether.
( I.pplatiee.) If I was
shrink from more than one goed cause to which civil and.
religious liberty is deeply indakt...d, instead of following
it with admiration and respect I will only refer ntgo
one example. All of us must adurke those efforts which
were made by us for religious fret-I[km, and to obtain
liberty from spiritual bondage in the sixteenth century.
Individually, I view with great admiration the efforts
then made, the gallaat spirit which was ready to
encounter martyrdom, and the ;glorious fruits which

After some further discussion, it was agreed that a corn
mittee of sixteen persons, consisting of the overseers, church-
wardens, and other parishioners, should be appointed to watch
the progress of any railway Bill affecting the interests of the
parish, and to report the same to the parishioners, who would
take the necessary steps to oppose it effectually.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 17, 1846.

barren rock, with a possibility before us of a second risk of
starvation ; it was, therefore, unanimously agreed to run on
to Port Essington, 600 miles to leeward of us, and there
await the Fly, leaving a letter to inform Captain Blackwood
of our proceedings. In six days, being again favoured by
kind Providence, we reached Port Essington on the 2d of
June. Great was the surprise of the officers, on hearing of
our adventures, and unbounded was their hospitality. How
grateful were our hearts for this happy and delightful change
from the stern sheets of a boat, wildly tossing on the restless
ocean, with starvation in prospective, to that of a good bed,
good food, and sound roof for a cover.
"On the 14th of June the Fly hove in sight. The two
officers in command of the boats were immediately put under
arrest because their proceedings had highly displeased Capt.
Blackwood, who had been looking for us a month among
the natives, thinking we had been taken by _them, or cap-
sized near the shore. A multitude of natives had been
killed in this search, none were spared who showed the
least hostility, the men thinking they were avenging our
deaths.
" When we reached Singapore, the captain offered to let
the officers off if they would take from him a public re-
primand ; they refused, and the Fly went on to Malacca,
where the admiral was stationed, and a court of inquiry
(which is a disgrace to the naval service) was called on the
two officers who were in command. The consequence was
a "severe reprimand ;" thus proving that, according to the
opinion of those who composed the " court," we did wrong
in not waiting without provisions, in an unknown sea, for an
unknown peroid, to meet the Fly, which strong winds, and
heavy seas (as is to be proved) obliged her to run away
from us, and whose position was of course unknown to us.
No time or place was specified for us to meet her, and with
starvation staring us in the face we ran to a place where
there was a probability of getting some provisions, and in
doing their best to save the lives of fifteen men, these two
officers were severely reprimanded for having been guilty of
disobedience of orders."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 16.
(Sittings in Banco.)
FRITH V. ROTHERAM.

This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover 1,0001.
en a bond given by the defendant to the plaintiff, who was
the manager of the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Bank,
as a security for the repayment of his account current with
the Banking Company. The bond was upon a 61. stamp.
and en the trial of the cause it was contended for the de-
fence that the bond included accumulated interest and com-
mission on the 1,0001., which made the amount received by
the instrument indefinite, and therefore the bond ought ti
have been upon a 251., instead of a 64 stamp. The Learned
Judge who tiled the cause, however, overruled this objection,
and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. MARTIN now moved for a rule nisi, to show cause why
the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered on
the same ground as that urged upon the trial. The Learned
Counsel relied, in support of his argument, upon the case of
Dixon v. Cass, which was similar to the one now before the
Court. That case was argued by Mr. Baron Alderson before
Mr. Baron Parke, who gave judgment for the defendant, and
he urged that judgment in support of his present motion.
Mr. Baron PARKE said he delivered that judgment in an
early stage of his judicial career, and on subsequently look-
ing into one or two cases on the point, his judgment under-
went a material change.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said he thought at the time he was
too successful.
The LORD CHIEF BARON ruled that commission and in-
terest was not so included in the bond as to render it neces-
sary to increase the amount of stamp duty, and the rest of
the Court concurring in this opinion, the motion was ne-
gatived.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 16.
(Before Mr. Commissioner JAMES.)
KREKELLtft V. KNIGHT.

This was an action brought to recover damages for an
assault. _ _

Mr. PEARSON stated the case for the plaintiff, who is a
saddler and harness maker in London-street, Greenwich, and
the defendant a lieutenant in 'the Royal Marines, on board
the Grampus. In October last, during the holding of
Horn Fair at Charlton. the defendant, with many
others, went masked, defendant representing a bear.
There was also another masquerader, a young lady,
dressed as a boy, and all the parties afterwards met at
the George Inn, Maize-hill. It would probably transpire
that there was some degree of jealousy in the case, but at all
events the defendant struck the plaintiff without the slightest
provocation, and when plaintiff was wholly unable to defend
himself; the blow was very severe, and the plaintiff was for
a long time confined to his bed, and under surgical treatment.
Mr. Wm. Farmer, broker, of Straits Mouth, Greenwich,
examined—Knew plaintiff, and accompanied him to Charlton
fair. They were not masked. On going to the George
they saw defendant at the bar; he had a mask on and
was dressed like a bear, and looked very ferocious
as he walked about.—(Laughter.) had seen him in the
fair in the same dress. Witness saw a Miss Doughty
drinking at the bar with defendant. Defendant
had run away with her about a fortnight before. Witness
said, " Miss Doughty, your father is up stairs." Said that to
prevent any disagreeable meeting, and Miss Doughty thanked
him. Defendant, however, took offence, not at witness, but
at plaintiff; and struck him a violent blow on the head with
the stick produced •(a complete bludgeon). It felled
him to the ground. and left hies insensible. Wit-
ness thought plaintiff was killed, and seized defendant,
who made his way to a carriage, and got into it ;• but the
police went up. Plaintiff had not uttered a word. The
young lady dressed as a boy told him Miss D. was at the bar.
Defendant said he would pay all expenses. Other witnesses
deposed to the extent of the injuries.
Thomas Spurn, R 55, found plaintiff lying on the ground,
and went after defendant, who was in a carriage. A friend
was expostulating, and endeavouring to induce him to make
peace, observing, " You gave him a devil of a good blow ;"
and defendant replied, "I know I gave hint a good crack."
The identity of the defendant in disguise was rather diffi-
cult, and the Secondary, in his notes, described him as " the
man in the bear-skin." Defendant, however, gave his right
addreAs to the officer.

The SECONDARY said it appeared to him a wanton, un-
provoked; and cruel assault. It was the province of the jury
to mark their indignation of such conduct resulting from
such freaks and foolish indulgences, by giving proper redress
to the plaintiff to check such conduct —Damages 401.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF LETTERS OF ALLOTMENT.—
Robert Thompson, charged with having stolen a letter of
allotment of forty shares in the British and Irish Union Rail-
way Company, and a banker's receipt for 1201., paid as a
deposit on the shares, which were at the time in the market
at 3/. premium, was brought before the Lord Mayor for
further examination.
It was obvious that Capel-court, and the neighbouring
places of resort for casual speculators, had poured its masses
into the Mansion-house to witness the exhibition.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for Mr. Hitchin, the prosecutor,
a dealer in 'shares " outside," who stated that the document
had been worth 2601. to him at the time the prisoner stole it.
Mr. Humphreys said he had received, since the last
examination of the prisoner, the identical letter of allotment
to which was attached the banker's receipt for 120/., and
which had been stolen from Mr. Hitchie.
The prisoner's solicitor objected to the production of the
receipt without the production of all the witnesses to it. The
production of the receipt was calculated to prove the validity
of the defence rather than strengthen the case for the pro-
secution.
Mr. Hitchin, examined by Mr. Humphreys, said that the
letter of allotment and receipt produced were those which he
had given to the prisoner when the prisoner called upon him
with a pretended authority from Mr. Gibbons, also a share-
dealer, to apply for the documents. Witness had applied to
Messrs. Dean and Dunlop. the London agents of the railway
establishment, to send to Scotland for them, and immediate
attention was paid to the request.
The prisoner's solicitor (having examined the papers pro-
duced) said the letter was no letter of allotment at all.
Mr. Humphreys—We don't care anything about any
letter of allotment. The banker's receipt, which there cannot
be the least doubt was a valuable paper, is everything.
The prisoner's solicitor—That is not your client's property
at all. The shares were allotted to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher. I
have to request that the Lord Mayor will postpone the case
for a week, in consequence of some heavy engagements which
press upon my time and prevent me from giving at present
the attention to this case which it requires..
The LORD MAYOR consented to postpone the final exami-
nation till Friday next, but intimated that he should then
commit the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Vierraossiso TAVERNS.— William Thompson, alias Burgess,
was charged with having feasted expensively in several
taverns and eating-houses at the cost of the waiters.
The prisoner is a very notorious fellow about town for
bilking public-houses of all kinds. It was stated by several
policemen, that he had been thirty or forty times before the
Magistrates, upon charges of running scores, and that mul-
titudes of complainants had declined to take the trouble to
appear against him on account of the ridicule to which they
supposed they would have been subjected.
The prisoner having been put to the bar, desired, in an
authoritative voice, that all the witnesses against him should
go out of Court, so that one should not be able to guide him-
self by the evidence of another.
The first charge was that the prisoner had dined heartily
upon turkeys, tarts, and stout, and was sneaking out when
the waiter, suspecting that he had stolen a silver spoon or
fork, seized him and searched him. No property of any
kind was found upon him. Another case presented him
sitting down at the Baltic Coffee'-house, at six o'clock, to
mock-turtle, rump-steak, and a jorum of stout, and brandy
and water, lie had entered independently enough, but as
his appetite became appeased he exhibited a certain kind of
uneasiness which did not escape the keen eye of the waiter,
who collared him as he was sliding towards the door, but
was obliged to submit to the plunder, as the police refused
to take the charge. In a third case the prisoner made the
landlord of' a tavern in the Old Jewry a victim, having de-
posited a large quantity of • rump-steaks, stout, bread and
cheese, and brandy and water, without paying a farthing for
the accommodation.
The Loan MAYOR expressed his astonishment that land-
lords and waiters did not keep good strong whips in their
houses, and whip such fellows as the prisoner, until they made
them dance to their own roaring.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner—I insist upon it that I have been illegally
detained, and that the waiter who made the first charge had
no right to accuse me of stealing. Every one knows that,
after all, the thing is nothing but a mere small amount of
debt, and I am willing to pay.
The LORD Mavoa—When ? The prisoner—Oh, as soon
SS possible, of course.—( Laughter.) I must say, however,
that I deny the Old Jewry debt altogether. I acknowledge
the two other debts, and I shall pay due attention to them;
but your Lordship knows as well as myself that these in-
dividuals have all along been acting illegally. Nobody is
justified in detaining me here or elsewhere. There seems
to he no respect for the laws in this place at all.—(Laughter.)
The Loan MAYOR—I shall see whether we can't find some
law to meet you. If we cannot, then we must endeavour to
procure e
eon e for you. In the mean time I shall remand you
f
The prisoner—I protest against any remand. It is against
the spirit and the letter of the law.
The Loan MAYOR—Take him away. I hope the tavern
keepers will get a likeness of this fellow to hang up in their
houses, and I hope, too, they will keep each a good whip in
the bar to lay across his shoulders, to enable him to digest
his dinner, or to prepare him for one if he should be previously
detected. _ _

told by, the police-sergeant who had taken the charge, that
the amount was 40s.

- Mr. HENRY,- as well -as those present, seemed somewhat
startled at the lowness of the bail; but, on inquiry, it ap-
peared that this is the amount fixed by the Commissioners of
Police for bail on charges of mere drunkenness, and ordered
that the recognizances be estreated, upon which the applicant
at once paid the 2/.
The case was thus disposed of without'exciting any obser-
vation beyond a slight surprise that 40s. should have been
paid as the penalty for an offence for which the utmost fine,
if the party appeared, that could be inflicted was ss. •
It has since been rumoured that the party charged, in-
stead of being Mr. George Spencer Frevill, as he described
himself at the station-house, was no less a personage than
George Spencer Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.
It appears that about eleven o'clock on Monday night the
attention of police-constable 112 A was called to a gen-
tleman who was lying on the floor outside one of the
boxes in Astley's Theatre, and who appeared to be labour-
ing under the effects of excessive intoxication. The con-
stable, with assistance, conveyed his drunken charge to the
station-house in Tower-street,tambeth ; and on reaching that
place he appeared so far gone, that the sergeant on duty felt
it necessary to send for Mr. Wagstaff, the divisional surgeon,
who promptly attended, and by his assistance the patient
became sufficiently recovered to be conscious of his situation,
and gave a fictitious name and address. He, however, sent
for the Marquis of Blandford, but the Noble Marquis was
from home at the time. The intelligence of the awkward
situation of his master had, however, it is said, reached the
ears of Morris, the Duke of Marlborough's valet, and that
person instantly hastened to the station-house, gave bail for
the prisoner's appearance the next day, and was the person
who attended and paid the money.
Mr. HENRY, as has been before stated, was] ignorant of
the rank of the party charged when he disposed of the case,
but had he been made acquainted with it, he had no power
whatever of compelling the attendance of the Noble Duke,
and in entreating his recognizances he imposed the highest
penalty the law permitted.

IRELAND.
LAW APPOINTMENTS.
DUBLIN, JAN. 14.—Matters remain in statu quo; and it is
not likely that further arrangements will be announced until
the wishes of Sir Robert Peel shall have been communicated
to the Lord-Lieutenant.

This day, doubts are expressed as to the certainty of Mr.
Brewster's appointment to the Solicitor-Generalship; and
various rumours are afloat as to other appointments ; but,
under present circumstances, it is unnecessary to repeat
them. There seems to be a serious difficulty as to providing
a seat in the House of Commons for one of the Irish law-
officers.