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they joined with several others, equally curious, and
twice a week, month after month, did they meet together ;
and /discuss that question. The result was before
the world; and of the five of whom the Council had been
composed, three, including Mr. Villiers, had entered Parlia-
ment, and had distinguished themselves to a very remark-
able degree in their uncompromising exertions to succeed
in obtaining what they originally declared, and which had
since proved the trutli, to be the best and wisest legisla-
tion; he meant the repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheess.)
Their success was gratifying, the whole country wf.a in
their favour, and warmly and earnestly applauded their
opinions ; and there could, therefore, be very little doubt
that even the strongest, of Governments, and even the, most
obstinate of Ministers, must give way to, and ackv.mledge
the might of a public, opinion, so unmistakably a'Ad so gene-
rally expressed.
Mr. J. FOGGO seconded the resolution.
Mr. R. ItioonE then rose and addressed, the meeting at
great length, but owing to the press, of matter we are
compelled to omit his speech.
The resolution was then pat and carried.
. Mr. BAGF,HAW prOpeedy
the second, resolution 'and Mr. R. BAGSHAW seconded,
" That this meeting, tender its most cordial thanks to the
Coitnil of the Anti Corn-law Leauge for the attention given
to the registration electors, congratulates them on the
progress of the 40.5. freehold movement in the counties, and
pledges its support. 'to win the counties of East Surrey, Hert-
ford, and the other metropolitan counties."
The CnAmm,..rs then made some remarks on the fallacy
which he stared. prevailed as to the landed interest being the
most powerful, supporting his position by referring to the
income-tax, returns, which evidenced that only one-sixth of
the whnle tax was paid by that interest; and by the fact,
generally he believed known, that if the middle classes in the
boroughs only exercise their rights honestly, the agricultu-
rists could only send 258 members out of the 658 of the en-
tire representation to Parliament. In conclusion he put the
tesolution, which was carried unanimously.
Thanks were proposed by Mr. MOORE to the chairman, and
Mr.'HUME having briefly replied, three cheers were given for
the League, and the meeting broke up.

Boston ..... 2%..... ....... ••
Norfolk Extension 2
North British ........ 171/.,
Do. Half Shares ..... 31/2 — -
Do. Exten. to Carlisle 14
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25
Ditto ditto ...... 5
North Devon
North of Norfolk ..
Northern and Eastern... 50

25 lii
7%

Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 121
Do. New - .• •••••••
N. Kent Br. Direct Dover 21A 3
North Staffordshire 425...„.. 3% 4 p....
North Wales
North and South Wales
and Worcester
Northern and Southern
Connecting
8 IYB3/4
Norwich and Brandon... 18
Ditto New
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 2% _
....
.....
Not tingin., Erewsh. Val-
It-y-, and Manchester.. 2% —
Nottingham and Mans-

field - -
Oxford, Gosport, Ports-
mouth,& Southamptn 425. % dis % die.
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham.... -
Perth and Inverness
••• •••• ••• -.
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 .....
-
Portsmouth Direct 33/4 -
Preston and Wyre
•• •••
Do. % Shares ..... ... 2% ......
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond
Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester
Rugby and Huntingdon 2 ......
Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick
Rugby. Warwick, and
Worcester....
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 5 ......
Do. Extension
Sheffield & Manchester 100 ......
Do. Quarter Shares 8 ...... _
Shrews bury and Birm 2%..... 44
......
....
Shropshire Mineral 42s . ..
Shropshire Union
Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% _
•
Shrews., Wolverhainp.,
& S. Staffordsh. June. 21,4
Sligo and Shannon l%
Somersets.hire Midland 2%
South Devon 25
South Midland 42s. .3 3% 2,%i 31% p
South & Midlands June. 42s
South StaffordshireJunc. 21/ 31,4
south Ea-tern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 383/4 %
Do., No. 1 l2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., Ne. 4
Southampton, Manches-
ter. & Oxford Junction 425.......425.......
St. Alban's, Hatfield, an d
Hertford Junction ... 425. —
Staines and Richmond... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23/4
South Wales
Taw Vale Extension ~.
Teen and Dove Valley 1% ly4
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke
Ulverstone and Furness 21/2--
Vale of Neath -
Warwick & Cheltenham 1% 'A- .... 7/8
Warwick and Worcester 425.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3
Waterford and Limerick 7% ......
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
W aterforel,Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ... 2 -
.Welch Midland
West Cornwall —
West Yorkshire -
WestLonion,Old Shares 20 -
West End and Southern
Counties .. 114...... -
Wexford and Carlow ... 211/2 — ••• -
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester,Hereford,Ross,
and Gloucester 42s. ...
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow ...... ....
Worcester and S. Wales 425......
Worcester,Warwick,and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto, New
York and Carlisle 23/4 •
York and Lancaster 2% l3/4
York and North Midland 50 -

THE ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
The most signifi(Prom the Daily Itrevs.)cant movement of our times is the agitation
which has now fr, r several years been conducted by the Na-
tional Anti-Core-law League. A few days, at most, will
show whet:tie., it has done its work and gained its victory, or
only reaciiee a crisis when its strength will be tasked for the
severity of a final struggle. But no continuance of resistance
can rentkr the result uncertain, or postpone it to any very
remote period. All that resistance can do is further to de-
v::lop the new power which has arisen, and, perhaps, enlarge
the, sphere of its influence. The League is not a creation of
certain wealthy and discontented manufacturers ; it is a
symptom of the condition of society; a decisive symptom, in-
dicating transition ' • and the legislative note of that transi-
tion will be the abolition of the corn-laws. The wheels have
revolved; the hands point to the hour, and the clock must
strike. The characteristics of this agitation are obvious.
They reveal the secret of its success. It originated with no
political party. By no political party has it been cherished.
Till recently, it found little favour with Whigs or Tories, the
aristocracy or the working classes. It grew amid indifference
and scorn. On no prevailing prejudice could it fall back for
aid. No religious or other class affinity linked it to Feat
masses of the people. Its progress has been by individual
conviction, that conviction being accompanied in its advance
by the strong perception of a common interest. The League
bas agitated by instruction, and excited by demonstration.
k]ven the economical truths it taught had not the stimulus
of novelty. They had long been the world's property,
though as little understood as the worth of Aladdin's lamp.
A few manufacturers, feeling the injurious working of the
system took to conning the pages of Adam Smith. They
rubbed the lamp, and the genie appeared. The League seems
to us to be a less understood thing than the principles it ad-
vocates. It is a reality quite as interesting as any that
Smith or Ricardo, Mill or Malthus, have investigated. Our
statesmen do not yet quite comprehend it. The common
herd of politicians is terribly bewildered. Protectionist
Dukes have about as distinct a notion of it as Marcellus had
of the Ghost when he proposed, if it would not stand to strike
it wits his partizan.
"It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery."
The League is only the exponent of a living thought which
has come into the world, and must work its work by the
necessity of its own vitality. Only thus considered, does it
become intelligible. Look at those seven men of Manchester
who first banded themselves in this great cause, became the
germ of the Council, and have not since failed one day, some
or other of them, of meeting and consulting for its promo-
tion. Look at that scene of untiring labour, presided over
by the piercing, though quiet thoughtfulness of George
Wilson, whence issued tracts by the ton weight, till, to every
elector, the means of judging had been offered; where the
statistics of every city, borough, and county are accumu-
lated, and the opinions of every elector known who has
avowed them by his franchise. Look at those magnificent
subscriptions, from the fifty thousand pounds at which the
clubs laughed as an impracticability, to the quarter of
a million, at which they do not laugh. Look at those
übiquitous League missionaries, with simplicity, earnestness,
and devotedness, that might have sufficed in other days for
the establishment of a religion, living only in their work and
finding it their life. Look at those unprecedented meetings
in the metropolis, held sometimes week after week, with un-
diminished interest in facts and arguments, to which it would
previously have been deemed most preposterous and vain to
invite the attention of a popular assembly. And look at that
uncontested verdict which the West Riding of Yorkshire, the
first fruits of county representation, is prepared to pronounce
on the question between the League and its opponents.
There is something in all this not to be explained by "hired
oratory," " corrupt expenditure," "hatred to agriculture,"
"cunning tactics," and other less decent assumptions, which
pass current at Protection meetings; something not dreamed
of in the philosophy of Old-street; but which belongs to
the irresistible agencies of social ehange and renovation.
It is unnecessary to qualify our perfect confidence and
satisfaction as to the result of Oh agitation by any ex-
hortations to unremitting effort. The friends of free. trade
will persevere. The truth that is in them must work itself
.out. The inhabitants of Westminster did well, though the
revelations of Monday are so near, to meet yesterday, and
add their testimony to that of the city of London and the
provinces. Again and again will the people of Manchester
gather in their tens of thousands. The purchase of freeholds
will proceed in its course towards an enfranchisement, alike
unexpected and ominous. The quarter of a million subscrip-
tion will, if necessary, swell to half a million ; or, by pro-
longed hostility, reach a million. The leaders of this cause
will move straight on, undisturbed by the tactics of Parlia--
mentary party. The many cannot un-know what they have
learned, nor an enthroned principle be forgotton or cast aside
like some temporary contrivance of a faction. Greatly mis-
taken are we as to what the agitation is, in its reality and
vitality, unless it contains and combines the elements of con -
thmance up to the moment of complete success. And theca,
when the material good is gained for which we look to con
law repeal, there will also remain the intellectual and moral
benefits accruing from the development and discipline of tb e
public mind in the process of its accomplishment.

3/4 dis.
15%

4

Ditto % Share 3 .. 25
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby 30
Do. Extension .. 15

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes 1
Boulogne and Amiens... 10
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and

Cette (Iclackenzie;s)... 2 .. ... 2
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West

. ,
Flanders - •••.••
Calcutta and Diamond

Harbour ....... ..... ... 75....... A p
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
Central of Spain ... . ... 2 ......
Ceylon IIA 1
Demerara 2% ... .
Dendre Valley
Dijon and Mulhouse
Dutch Rhenish 5
East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ..... 1A; ..... .... ......
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% ......
••
Fampoux & Hazebroak 4 ......
Great North. of France
Constituted ... 5 ..... . 15 14%
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... 34
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... 5s
Great Western Canada... 31 ......
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension 1
Jersey • .... ... 1
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... .
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg... ......... .. 4
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. •
Mauritius
Namur and Liege - ... ......... ...
North Jamaica.. ...... ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ......
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris &Lyons(Lallitte's) 2
Pans and Lyons (Gran-
neron's)... ..
Paris & Lyons, (Won's) 2
Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Pans and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
o. (Compe de L'Est) 2
Do (Avmard's)
Paris and S t•Quentin
Rouen and Havre
•
Royal North of Spain ••••••
... 2
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 ....
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic •
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 4
Fours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's) ... 4
Do. do. (Lefebvre's, 2
Ditto (O'Neill's) ...... 2 ...... .
•••
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona... 2
West Flanders ...... ~.. 4
•••
MINES.

HE POOR-LAW AT LINCOLN..
On Monday week, there was a numerous attendance. cif
guardians at the Lincoln Union-house, in consequence of
investigatiqn before Mr. Assistant-Commissiftwr
Weale, by order of the Poor-law Commissioners, as itri
gelds a neglect of duty on the part of Mr. C. Wellingto n
Kent, one of the surgeons, and Mr. Joseph Cunning tat.i,
one of the relieving officers, in the case of a poor oi:d
woman, named Elizabeth Tye, who lived at Cheri./ v7ia.
lingbam, about tw.) miles east of the city of Lir., otn,
and was accidentally burnt on the 27th of Noven ib er
last, by her neckerchief taking fire, which much injurc d
her about her head, and she died three weeks afterwra
On the inquest, it was shown that Mr. Kent was sent for
several hours before he attended, and that on a see on d
call, he went late at night, without ordering any or ihr r
application than that of a bread poultice; for abo, it a
week he attended the patient at intervals of two or t free
days, but afterwards saw her no more; that he gav a no
instructions about the dressings, but ordered she sh Gold
receive 21b. of mutton. He had said that a nurse sh auld
be procured, but this the relieving officer did not do, pre-
tending that no person could be got to attend upon the
poor woman; she did not receive the mutton orde red,
and with the exception of a neighbour sitting up v ri.hh
her the first night after the accident, which was bet hi e
she had- received any attendance from the parish aut ho -
rides, this prior old insane creature of fourscore, with
bed-ridden husband, was left alone, suffering from till
effect of a serious injury of tho head, without proper r%p. - rianees, a neighbour ignorantly employing train-oil
• prevent the rags from eating into the wound. 1" b e
i esult of the inquest was a verdict of "Accidental deat Ix,"
with a severe censure on some parties for neglect. Ifa a
Board of Guardians of the Lincoln Union immediately • in..
formed the Poor-law Commissioners, and suspended b Btl
the surgeon and the relieving officer. The result of th e
inquiry on Monday fully bore out the previous ste te
ments made at the inquest, and though the decision :is
not made known, there is no doubt it will be in the d is -
mission of both parties. The relieving officer had km. •
dered his resignation to the Board of Guardians impale.
diately after the inquest, but they declined to receive 11,
pending the inquiry they had solicited from the Poor,
lay. Commissioners.

Real del Monte Unregd.
Bolanos Scrip

PEDESTRIANISM.
WILD AND RAWLINGS.—E. Wild (Merry-legs) and T.
Rawlings (of Kilburn), ran their mile race yesterday, twer
Ham-coMmon. It was a hollow thing. The men toed
scratch about half-past three, and made a very fair si
The running was good for the first 150 yards, when R vv.
lings left his man. At about 800 yards Wild gave in, as t to
pull up the Twit distance was hopeless. Rawlings thence rc
wird strode in an easy winner.
11A:SDLIET (OF NOTTOTGIIAIVI) AND CHARLES JENKINS t),
(rim LONDON STAG).--TheSe men are again matched (d:is
tance this time 200 yards) for 501. a-side. A deposit it
drown. Handley hi also engaged to run, at Birmingham, will
for es Newton, of Ashton, 160 yards, within two montt-4
Jam
50/.

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20

TRENT VALLEY CONTINUATION
AND HOLYHEAD . JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders in the above Company
was held this day, in pursuance of a motion issued by
the Committee of Management, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the engineer in chief, and of con-
sidering what future steps ought to be taken by the
Company. Donald Maclean, Esq., took the chair.
The notice calling the meeting havin g been read,
The SECRETARY then proceeded to s eap the report of
the committee, as also that of Mr. Rem de, the engineer
in chief. The committee regretted the necessity that
compelled them to call the meeting toget her at that time.
It would be -observed that they, in the • advertisement,
adverted to the re-survey of the line, win Bch proved that
the measurements made by the assistan ;-engineer, Mr.
Higgins, were so inaccurate as to preclude them from
prosecuting their Bill in that session of Parliament.
But this, although it delayed th eir progress
for another year, did not withdraw from them
the patronage of those who were lost .11y ii.iterested, and
the demand for shares showed that t he public estimated
the advantages which the line held t att. They had re-
served 9,000 shares, to give to such r iways as came in
contact with them; but only 3,000 of those bad been trans-
ferred to the Trent Valley Company.. On Aug. Bth a report
was received from the assistant-engineer stating that the
plans and sections would be ready in a week or so ; but
this promise not being fulfilled on the 2- ith of December,
he requested Sir John Rennie to re-survey the line, and
they received a report from thut emituit it engineer, in-
forming them of a fact, which they exceedingly re-
gretted to be obliged to inform the s h areholders, that
as the measurements were so defect ire it would be
advisable to delay their application t o Parliament for
another session, as he certainly could i Lot as things stood
give evidence in favour of the line. 11 i'egotiations for an
amalgamation were then going on but as matters were
yet in the bush the Directors would a of further refer to
them. The treasurer's account, after paying 16,0004 of
expenses, exhibited a balance in favor it of the Company
of 90,4504 Is. 7d.
The CHAIRMAN said that the rep ort was so explicit,
that he need not offer any observs ,tions upon it. He
would, however, say that, with respec :t to the negotiation,
things Wore so favourable an aspect, thttt he was sure it

CURIOUS ESCAPZ OF A Poacman.---A. very curious
escape of a poacher happened the other day.- As ,the game.
keeper on Craigie-hill was gOing his usual rounds, lie came
upon a number of wire gins, in one of which was a strangled
grimalkin. Believing, from the early hour, that the person
who set the gins, would net be long in making his appear.
aece to examine them, he lingered in the shade of some
trees at a little distance, keeping a sharp look out. lie bad
not been many minutes ensconced when the poacher made
his appearance, `calked np to the gins, unfastened the hare,
and plunged it, into 1 is capacious pocket; but he had rie
sooner done so, than he detected the gamekeeper emerging
frpm his ambush, and making towards him with all speed,
He, of course, made off as fast as his legs would carry him,
and directed his way to the centre shaft of the railway tun-
nel, leaped into a bucket which was being lowered at the
ghaisreheexaedepdeirsaarrprieaverdi at
time,, and went down into the bowels of the earth. The.-
hthe side of the pit just in time to sett.
escendrintgewdiathricntheses the delinquent in quite a:nnextbelo below.
bucket,
c kHeet , tookconsidering
-
portunity of d
secure a trap as the hare, but the
got into that which was ascend-
lpnoga—c poacher
perceivedre be ing him,
always
slipasceped
dding and descending
past the gamekeeper
bucket at the same time—anand l'
without being perceived by him,
at the top.
saftel-Ymanceuvred,
The gamekeeper having uo idea of baeFrigresclo
only discovered his mistake when he wasin at Out
there, to add te his disappointment, he was cemepbetat."l:2 and
a doucexr to the workmen ere they would allow to give
to
emerge again into daylight. He did not find his manlilit
we hear he is one of the hands employed at the tunnel, and
is likely to be traced out.—Perthshire Courier. •
The following anecdote of Mr. Webber, formerly
illustrates the peculiarity of
hen sailing one day with corn
•
hisPr esidetnhtem ofa Cambridge College,
When
pany for pleasure, he accidentally fell overboard. After sink-
ing pretty deep, he at length came up, and, raising his head
above the surface of the water, he gravely observed, 4, it, is
expected, gentlemen, that You will hand me a rope." 1

THP. SUN LONDON, WR'DNES.DA Y EV_ENING, JANUARY 21, 1846.

would be carried advantageously into effect. Such share
holders as might dissent from the arrangement, would
receive the amount of their deposits back, minus the
expenses already incurred.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what portion of the
16,0001. expenses was incurred by the blundering of the
assistant-engineer,?
The CHAIRMAN replied, about 2,0001.
After a very long and angry discussion on the matters
referred to in the report,
Mr. PRITCIIARD wished to know whether or not a
treaty had been entered into with the Trent Valley
Company for an amalgamation. He had been informed
that such was the fact by an absent Chairman, and he
(Mr. Pritchard) was now prepared to prove that it was
not ho. The report had, however, the effect of causing
manypersons to invest their capital in this scheme, and
the issue of it was before the shareholders. _

The CHAIRMAN said he was not the gentleman alluded
to, and he thotight the subject more of a personal than
a general matter.
After a considerable time had been wasted in per-
sonal recr4mination, Mr. TURNER proposed that the
report be teceived, which haring been seconded by Mr.
C A RLISLE,

Mr. NEALt proposed an additional resolution, that a
Committee'of twelve gentlemen (six from the directors
and six from the shareholders, be appointed to investi-
gate the present position of the Company; to consider
especially the proposed amalgamation, and to report to
the acting Committee and to the shareholders at a
future meeting.

This resolution having been seconded, was put and
carried, as way the report itself.
The following gentlemen were then appointed in Com-
mittee: :—From the Directors, Mr. Maclean, Mr. Heavy-
side, Captain Hothatn, Mr. Gipps, Mr. rarbury, and
Mr. Churchill; from the shareholders, Mr. Neald,
Locksdale Warren, Mr. Edward Wright, Manchester ;
Defflin, Manchester ; Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Henning.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
Directors present, and the meeting broke up.

POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE.
MANSION-DOUSE.
Mr. Oliver, the son of Mrs. Oliver, the owner of the
Portugal Hotel, in Fleet-street, appeared before the Lord
Mayor on Monday, for the purpose of requesting his
Lordship's advice in what manner to proceed to recover
the sum of 351., which his mother had given for an una-
vailable cheque, upon the credit of the proprietors of
the Iron Times newspaper.
Alderman Hooper was sitting with the Lord Mayor
at the time.
Mr. Oliver said that a party, who represented that he
came from the prepriet: rs of the Iron 7 imes newspaper,
called at the Portugal Hotel and asked his mother to
oblige one of the gentlemen of this establishment with
cash for a 50/. cheque. As Mrs.. Oliver had not so much
money in the house at the momeut, she stated that she
could not conveniently give a pecuniary accommodation
for a larger amount than about 30/. The messenger
then went away, but, shortly afterwards, a cheque for
351., upon the house of Rogers, Olding, and Co., was
brought to Mrs. Oliver, with the compliments of one of
the proprietors of the Iron Times, and to request that
she would be good enough to cash it. She did not he-
-sitate to comply with that request, and she handed the
money to the messenger, who, she believed, was the son
of a proprietor of the paper. The circumstance occurred
in the evening, at the end of the month of December,
and on the following day Mr. Oliver sent to the bank-
ing-house, through another banker, the cheque being
crossed, for the amount. At the banking-house it was
stated that the money deposited there, in the name of
the drawer of the cheque, who was a railway solicitor,
was attached in the Lord Mayor's Court, and, of course,
the cheque was returned dishonoured. The cheque
was here produced.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you applied at the office of
the Iron Times? I dare say you will get the amount with-
out any difficulty, as the proprietors of a respectable
newspaper would not allow any slur or imputation to be
cast upon their establishment.
Mr. Oliver said he had called at the office, and stated
what he called for, but he failed in his attempts to see
any of the proprietors. He had also called upon the
drawer of the cheque, but in that visit he had been also
disappointed, and his mother remained without the
money which was merely given as an accommodation,
and solely upon the responsibility of the proprietors of
the Iron Times. The drawer of the cheque had been
served with the copy of a writ for the amount.
Alderman HOOPER—I would advise you to go to the
office of the Iron Times again, and ask for the money.
The LORD MAYOR—I think you might at once go to
the person who gave your mother the cheque, and de
mend the money. I suppose the proprietors of the news-
paper are respectable people, and it is not to be imagined
that they would sanction such conduct. Perhaps the
attachment is now off.
Mr. Oliver—l learned that the attachment was put on
on the morning of the day on the evening of which the
cheque was cashed by my mother. I believe too that the
attachment was a friendly one.
Mr. Goodman—You can put that to the test. If you
attach the money at Rogers and Olding's bank, you can
drive those who have attached it already to proceed, and
if they do not proceed, you can do so and recover the
amount of your cheque.
Mr. Oliver—They are endeavouring to make a Joint
Stock Company, in Moorgate-street, out of the Iron
Times.
The LOR.D MAYOR--I would have you ask at the
office of the Iron Times again, and I dare say-they will
prefer paying the amount of the cheque to the exposure,
which is like ly to take place if they do not.
Mr. Oliva r—l certainly shall call again at the office.
Mr. Oliver then retired.
Yesterday he waited upon Alderman Farebrother, who
sat for the Lord Mayor, and stated that he called at the
Justice-room to inform his Lordship that the principal
proprietor of the Iron Times had paid the amount on
Monday eves
It is neceosary to state that Alderman Farebrother,
upon being addressed by Mr. Oliver, asked whether there
was any one in attendance upon the part of the proprie-
tors of the Iron Times, who wished to say anything
upon the subject of Mr. Oliver's complaint of the day
before.
A reporter f-or the Iron Times said, (as he evidently
considered the question was directed to him,) he merely
attended the justice-room to report the proceedings for
that journal, mad that he had received no instructions to
make any stat anent upon the subject to his Lordship.
He knew that the proprietors were perfectly aware of the
substance of tlhe statement which had been made to his
Lordship, and he had himself no doubt that disputes
upon the establishment had given rise to the proceeding
complained of.
Alderman FAREBROTHER (to Mr. Oliver)—Then, sir,
the money lies been paid to your mother ?
Mr. Olive r--Certainly, it has.
Aldermat t FAREBROTHER—Then there is an end to
the business . We have nothing more to do with it.
REMARKA .BLE CASE.—Joseph Barrett, who a short
time ago belonged to the City Police Force, and whose
wife was co nvieted at the last session of the Central
Criminal Co urt, of having stolen a number of bottles of
wine througl t a hole made from flick apartments into the
cellar of Mr. Barker, their landlord, a wine-merchant,
in Bishopsga tr;-street, was charged with having robbed
the same gen tleman. The case excited much curiosity.
Mr. Geoll ;e Barker, of No. 49, Bishopsgate-street,
stated that . his cellars were under a house which the
prisoner hat l rented under him for two or three years.
It was arrs nged that the prisoner should quit the
premises fine and give up the key on Saturday last,
but the key was not delivered until Monday, when it
was brought to witness by one of the lodgers, who still
remained in • the house. On Monday afternoon, in con-
sequence of information from his cellarman, he went
into the hour e, and on looking into a closet in one of the
rooms on the ground-floor, which the prisoner had occu-
pied, he foun d a board, part of the flooring, removed,
which thus cr pealed a communication into the cellar, just
over a bin Of wine. He then went up stairs, and in a
room on the s.econd-floor, he found the prisoner, and
said to him, • " Why, Barrett, what are you doing here ?
You ought to have left on Saturday." lie replied,
" Oh, I am onlly removing a few things." There was
nothing in the room at the time. Witness then sent for
an officer, wb o found in the closet an empty wine-bottle,
which had a pparently been just emptied. Upon exa-
mining the bi n under the closet witness missed eighteen
pint bottles I MC. port wine, which contained about six
quarts of wiz, e..
Thomas B eggs, cellarman to the prosecutor, stated
that at four o 'clock o❑ Monday, as he was at work in his
master's cellar • corking bottles, he heard a noise in one of
the bins. lit instantly jumped up and ran towards the
bin, and he saw F., person's arm come through the
boarding, ant I tried to grasp it, but did not succeed.
Afterwards le s went, accompanied by his master, up
stairs, and fot ad the prisoner in one of the upper rooms
without his co; it, and with the sleeves of his shirt tucked
up. (The ars n which he had seen poked through the
boarding was bare.) A pint bottle was found in the
cupboard, and, , no doubt, was one of those which had
been stolen.
A lodger in the house stated that he had seen the pri-
soner go into t be cupboard between one and two o'clock.
The prisoner :ices ordered to be committed for trial on
Wednesday.

FIRE AT Pi 3MBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD.—On the
morning of Tt tesday, about seven o'clock, a fire was
discovered in a sat of rooms at the top of the tower over
the gateway 13f this college, by, some carpenters, who, on
going to the roof ns (which had been under repair) to work,
found the floori ni ; and joists on fire. An immediate alarm
was given, and tlae furniture, together with a large quan-
tity of valuabl e books, were removed to a place of safety ;
the powerful I In iversity engine was soon en the spot, and
being well sup ph ed with water, the fire was confined to the
set of rooms in which it broke out and the morns underneath.
The fire origins te( I with a small joist which passes under the
grate into the raT,l, which had become ignited. The rooms
underneath wli er e the fire broke out were those once occu-
pied by the celt .b rated Dr. Samuel Johnson, who was a com-
moner of this cc dl ege.
MASONIC 13. kr.L.—A ball for the benefit of the
asylum establi'.h ed for the relief of aged and decayed free-
masons, was giv en last night at the Freemasons Tavern,
and there were b etween 300 and 400 people present. Every
facility to enjo, anent was afforded by the Committee of
Management, 0; e members of which were busily employed
during the evenii ag in attending to the comforts of the sub-
scribers, and in promoting the general festivity. Many of
the " brothers" present wore their masonic insignia; and
the effect of the variegated colours, and glittering order,
b.elonging theret t), gave a gay and agreeable aspect to the
scene. Adams's, band played a long list of quadrilles,
valtzes, and pol has, and the company danced with zealous
a nd untiring actil city.
I WORN'T AGOIN, SIR.—A country gentleman
ho fills every situation necessary to constitute him " the
h ead of the village," and who had taken some pains to in-
a; ruct the rustic inhabitants in the proper signs of respect
d ue to him, being lately on a horse somewhat given to shy,
nd observing a lad walking before him called out, " Boy,
cL )n't take off your hat !" The youth, turning his head, very
4 Lumatly replied, " worn't a goiu. six."

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, HOUSE
OF LORDS, JAN. 19, 1846.
All Peeresses on announcing their intention of being pre-
sent on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on
Thursday, the 22d instant, will have places reserved for
them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made
at this office before five o'clock on Wednesday,
the 21st of January. No Lady can be admitted into the
body of the House, except in full dress. No strangers will
beadmitted, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Cham-
berlain. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock.
WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C.

DOWNING .STREET, JAN. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Hope,
Esq., Major in tl•e Army, to be Clerk of the Legislative
Council of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope,
FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick
B. Wells, as Consul at Bermuda for the United States of
America.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
The Dean of Guild of the city of Edinburgh, and his suc-
cessor in office for the time being, to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
J. Gray, Esq., to be ditto; J. 0. Mack, Esq., to be ditto;
W. Duncan, Esq., to be ditto; J. Ritchie, Esq., to be ditto;
D. J. Thomson, Esq., to be ditto ;J. G. Thomson, Et-q to be
ditto; the Baron Bailie ofPortsburgh, and his successorin office
for the time being, to be ditto ; A. Jamieson, Esq., to be ditto ;
IL Richardson, Esq., to be ditto ; the Baron Bailie of Canon-
gate, and his successor in office for the time being, to be
ditto; A. Berwick, Esq., to be ditto; J. Clark, Esq., to be
ditto; the Provost of Leith, and his successor in office for the
time being, to be ditto, Jan. 16.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
W. Davis, P. sq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; W. Eyetts, Esq.,
to be ditto, Jan. 16.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—The Hon. H. G. spencer,
to be Captain ; P. A. Holloway, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 10 ;
G. A. S Fane, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 12.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia—J. J. Smith, Esq. to be
Colonel, vice the Earl Digbv, resigned, Jan. 15.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—D. S. Robert-
son, to be Captain, Dec. 31, 1845.
WHITEHALL, J. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Richard
Southern, the younger, of Walsall, in the county of Stafford,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Lewis, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire.
BANKRUPTS.

William Ward, auctioneer, Manchester, to surrender Jan. 30,
at two, and March 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ;
Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons.
Thomas Prentis Hawley, cheesemonger, Islington, Jan. 29,
at half-past eleven, and March 6, at one, at the Court of Bank-
niPtcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Fisher and De
Jersey, Aldersgate-street.
William Baldwin, victualler, Notting-hill, Middlesex, Jan.
30, at eleven, and March 6, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dim-
mock and Burbey, Sise-lane.
Sir John Ross, Knight, banker, York-road, Lambeth,
March
Jan. 30 and 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher' official assignee; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
John Henry Banks, copper-plate printer, Great Newport-
street, Middlesex, Jan. 30, and Mara! 3, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Wootten,
Tokenhouse-yard.
Francis Glass, woollen factor, Basinghall.street, London,
Jan. 30, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green. official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence and Plews,
Bucklersbury.
Thomas Dees, victualler, Chenies-street, Tottenham-court-
road, Jan. 31, at one, and March 6, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basing-kali-street; Parnell and Co., New Broad-street.
Victoire Susanne Ursule Lenormand, mill iner,Regen t- street,
Jan. 29, and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Mardon and
Prichard, Newgate-street.
John Ricketts, grocer, Gosport, Jan. 29 and March 3, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official
assignee, Old Jewry; Bell and Co., Bow Church-yard.
Henry Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton, Jan. 29, at
twelve, and March 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Ohl Jewry-cham-
bers ; Wilde and Co., College-hill.
Christopher Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street, Feb. 6, at one,
and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Wilkinson,
Lincoln's Inn-fields.
David Marks, pen manufacturer, Hounsditcb, Jan. 30, at
half-past eleven, and Feb. 25, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Swan,
Doctors'-commons.
William Griffin, jeweller and silversmith, Cernhill, Jan.
28, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside.
John Jarvie and James Rowley, silk-manufacturers, Man-
chester, Jan. 30, and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Ab-
bott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square; Atkinson, Saunders,
and Atkinson, Manchester.
John Radbone, broker, Alcester, Warwickshire, Feb. 6, and
March 6, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Jones, Alcester.
Richard Paris, innkeeper, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Feb. 2
and March 3, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol ; Brisley, Pancras-lane London.
John Denbigh, wool merchant, Bradford, Feb. 3 and 26, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as-
signee, Leeds; Walker, Furnival's Inn; Blackburn, Leeds.
John Bainton Gillett, dyer, Bradford, Feb. 31and 26, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee,
Leeds ; Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Payne,
Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
Robert Agars, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, Feb. 2 and
23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds ; Hicks and Co., Gray's Inn ; Galloway
and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
Robert Kilpatrick and James Smith, rope manufacturers,
Liverpool, Feb. 6, and March 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory-
and Co., Bedford-row; Duncan and Radcliffe, Liverpool.
Daniel Wynne, innkeeper, Colwyn, Carnarvonshire, Feb.
6 and 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Oldfield, llolysvell, Flint-
shire ; Jones, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

J. A.shbarry, farmer, Holm Lacy, Herefordshire—second
and final div. of lid. in the pound, on any Friday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. _ _ _

T. Wright, j un., ship owner, is ewca..tle-upon-Tyne—first
and final div. of -Id. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Turner, cabinet maker, Manchester—first div. of 3s. 7d.
in the pound, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, or any subsequent Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
_ .

B. Ling, timber merchant, Fore street, Limohouse, Feb.l3,
at half-past eleven—R. White, surgeon, Portsmouth, Feb. 13,
at twelve—G. and W. Noel, bOotmakers, Jermyn-street, St.
James's, Feb.•lo, at eleven—G. Payne, tailor, King-street,
St. James's, Feb. 12, at eleven--G. Haywood, bricklayer,
Luton, Bedfordshire, Feb. 10, at twelve—C. Norman, coach-
builder, Cumberland-mews, Edgware-road, Feb. 18, at two—
G. Sawyer, tailor, Lewes, Feb. 17, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. R. King, druggist, Bath, Feb. 24, at one, at the Bristol
District Court—J. Dowle, wine merchant, Chepstow, Mon-
mouth, Feb. 17, at one, at the Bristol District Court—J. W.
Braddick, tanner, Bristol, Feb. 17, at half-past one,
at the Bristol District Court—J. Gainer, dyer, Bridg-
end, Gloucestershire, March 3, at one, at the Bristol
District Court—T. F. Shillam, woolbroker, Dudbridge,
Gloucestershire, March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court—J. Hughes, provision dealer, Manchester,
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—H. P.
at the Manchester District Court—E. Meredith, linendraper,
Liverpool, March 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court—R. Nicholson, bookseller, Stockton, Durham, Feb. 13,
at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J.
Joplin, draper, Bishops Wearmouth, Durham, Feb.l3, at twelve,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. J. Cooper and
J. Beattie, drapers, North Shields, Feb. 12, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Driver, victualler,
Slawaton, Leicestershire, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court—F. Sneade, timber merchant, Chester,
Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
G. Payne, tailor, King-street, Covent-garden, Feb. 12.
J. Wake, timber merchant, Silverstone, Northamptonshire,
Feb. 12—T. Mortimer, victualler, Walworth, Feb. 11—J.
Thomas, marble mason, Bristol, Feb. 19—J. Jopin, draper,
Bishops Wearmouth, Durham, Feb. 13—J. Hulme, paper
dealer, Manchester, Feb. 12—J. Butterworth, plumber, Man-
chester, Feb. 12-11. Rose, drysalter, Blackburn, Feb. 14—T.
F. Piper, stay manufacturer, Bishopsgate-street, Without,
Feb. 10—J. Harvart, lampmaker, Brook-street, Bond-street,
Feb. 10—J. Tunics, cow keeper, Scardell-terrace, Kensington,
Feb. Mortimer, bookseller, Adelaide-street, West
Strand, Feb. 10—T. B. Vaughan, farmer, Poulton-cum-
Spittal, Chester, Fob. 10—M. Barnes, chemist, Woodbridge,
Suffolk, Feb. 10—F. W. Searle, cheesemonger, Upper Glouces-
ter-place, Chelsea, Feb. 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. and J. Bagley, market gardeners, Fulham.—G. Willis
T. Pesterre, and L. Schmidt, woollendrapers, St. James's-
street, Westminster (so far as regards T. Pesterre)—T. G.
Pierson, W. Cane, and S. Coke, millers, Badwell-mills,
Hertfordshire—J. Barker and R. R. Henderson, auctioseere,
Stockton—T. Hill, W. Hill, and T. Gilman, woollendrapers,
Hanley, Staffordshire—R. Moore and J. H. Morley, smock-
frock makers, Newark-upon-Trent—J. Vint and W. Burnett,
coal fitters, Sunderland—J. W. Watts and W. T. Brown,
tailors, Manchester—W. Gist and J. Luscombe, maltsters,
Devonport—J. Billingham, sen., and J. Billingham, jun., car-
riers, St. John-street—H. Mould and J. Lock, timber mer-
chants, Nassington, Northamptonshire—B. Baker and J.
Davis, butty miners, Kingswindford, Staffordshire—J. and
J. D. Salmon,. builders, Chelmsford--E. D. Murray, A.
Smith; jun., an J. W. Bogie, Liverpool—W. Affieck and E.
Frazer, drapers, High Wycombe—W. Turley•and J. Cooper,
dh i
rin .
amanufacturers,
Impel,
ei, tanners,
a nd
stockbrokers, Leeds—J. Fowler and C. Malinson, Melksham
NC
Clothier Solomon,
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rDanielent and
Iv.
Street, Somersetshire—H. Sparding,
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SW t Wiltshire—R.
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H. M. Hummel, tailors, Conduit-street, Bond-street—J.
Lees and E. Hollins, Manchester—J. Darby and J. Priest,
coal masters, Thistle-green Colliery, Staffordshire--W. Wells
and J. Claxton, coal merchants, Victoria-wharf Banksid
e
T. and W. Nottage, livery-stablekeepers, Green Dragon-
yard, Worship-street—G. M. Clarke and .A. Currie, tallow
melters, Newman-passage, Newman-street, Marylebone—J.
E. Petch and J. Knight, -wharfingers, Shad Thames—T.
Lowe and J. Lomax, colliers Westleigh, Lancashire—A.
Novelli, H. S. Watson, and J.F. Seaton, commission mer-
chants, London—W. Beynon and W. Woods, Birmingham
warehousemen, Mitre-court, Milk-street, Cheapside—G. Mag-
nus and W. Haman, cap-makers, Gravel-lane, Southwark
—W. Fox, E. Fox, and C. Bailey, merchants, Fenchurch-
street—J. Robinson, E. Thornton, and T. Robinson, dyers,
Heatlifield, Yorkshire—J. Pinniger and H. S: Westmacott,
attorneys, John-street, Bedford-row—J. Wilson and C. Scho-
field, saw manufacturers, Sheffield—T. Jordan and J. W
Smith, stockbrokers, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Hugh Smith, druggist, Ardrossan, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at
eleven, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Irvine.
William Waugh, hat manufacturer, Kilmarnock, Jan. 24
and Feb. 14, at one, at the Crown Inn, Ayr.
William Dunn, merchant, Kilwinning, Jan. 27 and Feb.
17, at eleven, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Irvine.
Joseph Senior, merchant, Leslie, Jan. 26 and Feb. 13, at
twelve, at Skelton's Royal Hotel, Kirkaldy.•
John Kilpatrick, fleslier, Glasgow, Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, at
twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Hutcheson, Glasgow.

" We are told," says the Paris Charivari, " that
the wishes expressed by our Chambers in favour of Poland
are sterile. This is not the case, they always produce a result,
for Nicholas never fails to transport to Siberia some additional
hundreds of tuihrtuilaterciee."