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UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TIIE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its A—NNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per
annum, on the Sum insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
from the time they weia effected.
The Bonus added to ollcies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
£5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO
5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, whore the Insur-
ance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
39. THROGMORTON-STREET RANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Cliff, Esq.
William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq.. AM.
' Thomas Camplin Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq.
M.P.
Puvslcisti—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury.square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CexsurrtNu ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition to the;subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured
have the security of the Company's Income of nearly £60,000 per
annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund in-
vested in Government and other available securities, of considerably
la, ger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age.
- .
20
30
40
50
60

For One Year. 11For Seven Years. I Whole Term.

£0 17 8 SO 19 1
118 1 2 7
150 1 6 9
1 14 1 1 19 10
3 2 4 317 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
0 0 10

One-third of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for 'debts or as
a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable,
tha varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be
found to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents

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Ivory Tab.e•kmves, le. per dozen, Dessert, 95.; Carvers, 3s. 6d.
per

TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS.
doz. doz. pair.
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4-in. balance handle, largest and best
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Ditto with Watson's Albata Plato

handles, equal to silver.. •.—• • • • 225. Gd. 188. Od. Bs. 6d.
Forks half the above price.

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RAILWAYS TO THE WEST.
In a former article upon this subject we endea-
voured to put the public in possession of the position
and prospects of the rival companies seeking in-
corporation for the purpose of establishing railway
communication between Dublin and the Western
counties. Convinced by incontrovertible facts and
unquestionable evidence that the original project,
viz., that from Dublin to Mullingar with branches
to Athlone and Longford, was the only line calcula-
ted to receive public support, or Government sanction,
we expressed a hope that the after-thought line from
Dublin to Galway would be abandoned, and that its
promoters would not foolishly persevere in offering an
impotent and hopeless opposition to the bona fide
project. We regret to observe that these hopes have
not been realised. The Galway scheme, undaunted
by the repudiation of an engineer, and the disclaimers
of provisional directors, undeterred by the impossi-
bility of ultimate success, continues to put forth its
pretensions, thereby distracting the public mind, fo-
menting disunion amongst the landowners interested
in the competing lines, and threatening to involve its
own subscribers in a ruinous contest, from which
nothing but defeat and loss can result.
Such being the case, we feel called upon again to
solicit attention to the subject—to disabuse the pub..
lie of certain fallacies, sedulously sought to be im-
pressed upon them as facts, and to instruct them how
matters really are. The origin of the Galway pro-
' ject—the strange, we-had almost said suspicious, cir-
cumstances under Which it was ushered before the
public—the rapid succession of repudiations, dis-
claimers, and withdrawals, which followed the
appearance of its prospectus, we have already ex-
plained ; nor can we, with adherence to truth, assert
that the subsequent acts of its projectors have been
calculated to remove the unfavourable impression left
upon our minds by these circumstances. Since we
wrote last upon the subject, Lord Castlemaine has
notified through the press that he had no connexion
whatever with the undertaking, and never authorised
the announcement of his name as a provisional
director. Mr. Campbell, we understand, has
also publicly repudiated the concern ; in fact, we
are informed, upon unquestionable authority,
that he and his family are large shareholders
on the Mullingar and Athlone line. How far
others have similarly disclaimed, we have no
means
,of ascertaining, as the company, though pro-
fessedly provisionally registered, with most praise-
worthy caution has latterly refrained from putting
forward any names whatever, as provisional directors,
and all statements and announcements are now put
forward in the name of" the promoters," without con-
descending to bestow "a local habitation or a name"
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ienirsetaunnclset,awnce'sciueinstaiyon b:h ether a committee of gentle-
men whose names were authoritatively published as a
direction, and exposed to public animadversion, would
have been found bold enough to hazard the following
announcement, which we find put forward by "the
promoters " in Ilerapath's Railway Journal of the 9th
instant :—" That the Irish letters of allotment were
issued on the 31st ult., the deposits upon which were
limited for payment to yesterday, the 6th ; on
the sth, however, they had been universally paid
upon, with two exceptions only, and these
would be likely to be paid on the 6th."
We would not for the world charge upon
" the promoters" a design wilfully to mislead and
impose upon the public, 'but we cannot avoid saying
that a more reckless or unblushing statement never
was issued by any body of men. The deposits paid
upon all the Irish allotments, with two exceptions
only Verily " the promoters" must have calculated
largely upon public credulity; contradiction to such
a statement would be as absurd as it is unnecessary,
and we would only ask " the promoters" one or two
plain questions—questions, too, which must be ex-
plicitly answered if' they would expect the public to
grant, credence to any other statement coming from
them. Shares, as a matter of course, were allotted
to the Marquis of Downshire ; the O'Connor Don,
M.P., Mr. Grogan, M.P., and Mr. Daniel Henry
Ferrell, all whose names appeared on the last list of
the provisional committee we were favoured with.
We would ask have any or either of those
parties paid the deposit, or signed the deed ?—a
simple straightforward question, and we expect a
candid answer. Again, " the promoters" assert that on
the sth all the Irish deposits were paid, with two
ewai
rautdnhd respectfully
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the ex-
ceptions; how then was it that letters of allotment
were a full week afterwards publicly hawked about
the Dublin Stock Exchange, and exposed for sale
without being able to find a purchaser, even at a most
enormous discount, and with the aid of Mr. Leber-
ct 00 uc
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have done so upon the faith of his personal
guarantee passed to exempt them from risk or loss ?
These are questions which, if honestly answered, will
enable every one to estimate the undertaking at its
proper value ; and, left unanswered, not even the au-
spicious sponsorship, the laboured letters and mystified
statements—the offers of purse and patronage by that
worthy Mayo Baronet, Sir Samuel O'Malley—not
even the Marquis of Downshire's princely offer of
Edenderry-sand, will suffice much longer to blind the
public or conceal the real merit of the undertaking.
So much for the share list. On other matters we
find " the promoters" equally unguarded in their
statements. It was announced by them some ten
days or a fortnight since, that the Dublin and Cashel
line had offered them every facility, and given them
every encouragement and support—and lo! in a day
or two after, we have an authorised contradiction from
the Cashel Board, denying that thevhad anyconnexion
with the project, and stating that they had refused to
pledge themselves to the support or encouragement
of any particular line. Again, a negotiation is being
carried on between the original Great Western Com-
pany and the Directors of the Royal Canal. " The
promoters" desire to prevent the transfer of the canal
to the railway company, and with their customary
accuracy announce to the public that the purchase
cannot be perfected if even one holder of canal stock
should object to the arrangement. A moment's re-
ference to the 58th Geo. 111., cap. 35, sec. 39 and 40,
would have convinced them that full Fower is vested
in the directors, with the sanction of the Lord-
Lieutenant, or the Board of Control, to mortgage or
sell the canal without any authority from the pro-
prietary. For what purpose can thee., clumsy and
transparent mis-statements be so perseveringly in-
dulged in ?

In judging between rival companies, the public can
best be guided by the character of the projectors of
such schemes. In the present instance, we have
carefully examined into the constitution of the Mul-
lingar and Athlone, and of the Dublin and Galway
Railway Companies; in the former, we perceive a
provisional committee composed of men of un-
doubted respectability, acknowledged wealth, and
great business-experience, as a single glance at the
list will testify. In the latter the Messrs. Bryden,
Parliamentary agents and London secretaries ; the
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, committee-men,
sharebrokers, and Dublin secretaries, appear to con-
stitute the greater portion of the executive, and cer-
tainly in the distribution of offices the members of those
forms have not been overlooked. We have also con-
trasted the present position of the two companies. The
one, we perceive, is yet struggling with preliminary
difficulties—its deposits only in course of collection—
his surveys not completed, and all, as yet, doubt and
uncertainty, whilst the other has the necessary capi-
tal subscribed, and at their bankers for some time—
the surveys completed, and everthing prepared for go-
ing before the Board of Trade ; and having received
the sanction of the Government to the transfer of the
Royal Canal into their hands, no reasonable doubt can
exist in any unprejudiced mind, but that the recom-
mendation of the Boad of Trade will follow that sanc-
tion, and ensure the passing of the 13111 for the incor-
poration of the Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone Com-
pany, in the ensuing session of Parliament.
We would therefore again earnestly entreat of the
promoters of the Galway line to pause ere it be too
late, and to retire from the unequal contest with a
good grace, while yet there is room for retreat—re-
spect for themselves, and justice to their subscribers,
point this course ; we hope they will have the good
sense to adopt it.—Limerick paper.

BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—Yesterday, the half-
yearly meeting of this Company was held at the offices
in New Broad-street, S. 11. Palmer, Esq., in the chair.
It appeared, from the report, that there remained still a
debt of 189,712/. due by the Company to the 4th of
July, and that since that period the debt had been re-
duced to 110,0001. Arrears of calls, to the extent of
24,8031. had been recovered, and legal step; were being
taken to compel defaulters to pay their calls, with a view
to liquidate the above balance of debt, when the Com-
pany would be extinct. After the readin7, of the report
some observations were made by :kir. kitchens, Mr. H.
Taylor, and other proprietors, when a vote of thanks was
passed to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 14, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Forester, to appoint William Henry Brabazon
Conner, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Godden, who retires.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 13.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Turton,
of Tunstall, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to bo a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto William Westbrooke Burton, Esq., Puisne
"Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 19.
6th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. G. Finlay to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brook, who retires; Ensign W. A.
Stratton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Finlay;
T. F. Puleston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Stratton, Nov. 19.
Bth Foot—Captain J. Longfield to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Kenyon, who retires ; Lieut. E. Lavie to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Longfield ; Ensign J. H. E.
Robeck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lavie ;
E. Loder, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robeck,
Nov. 19.
32d Foot—Sir E. Poore, Bart., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lawrie, appointed to the 82d Foot, Nov. 19.
63d Foot—Major R. Preston, from half-pay 12th
Foot, to be Major, vice P. P. Neville, who exchanges,
receiving the difference ; Captain G. Green to
be Major, by purchase, vice Preston, who retires ;
Lieut. H. R. Seymour to be Captain, by purchaso, vice
Green ; Ensign J. S. Macauley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Seymour ; W. Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macauloy, Nov. 19.
(
82d Foot—Ensign E. N. Elliott to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Yates, who retiree ; Ensign J. Lawrie,
from the 32d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Elliott, Nov. 19.
3d West India Regiment—J. A. W. Thompson, M.D.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 19.
UNATrAcrieD.—To be Captains, without purchase—
Lieut. J. Maguire, from Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis-
trict ; Lieut. F. Lucas, from the 6th Foot; Lieut. J.
Powell, from the 81st Foot, Nov. 19.
HOSPITAL STAFF.-Assistant-Surgeon T. G. Traquair,
M.D., from the 55th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Robinson, promoted ; Assistant-Sur-
geon W. Arden, from the 55th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice J. Wordsworth, who retires
upon half-pay, Nov. 19.
BREVET.—Major R. Preston, of the 63d Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second
Lieut. Muller, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, are Robert
Philip Edward.
The Christian names of Lieut. Isaacson, on half-pay of
the Ist Bahama Garrison Company, are Egerton Charles
Harvest.
Commissions by the Governor Captain-General of the
Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Militia—F. Worsley, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Bassett, deceased ; R. Jacobs, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Scott, promoted.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
The Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—H. C.
Coape, Geit., to be Lieutenant, vice G. Willes, promoted,
Oct. 29.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Norfolk, or Prince Albert's Own Yeomanry Cavalry—
T. W. B. B. Proctor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Matt, re-
signed ; T. A. Girling, Esq., to be Adjutant, vice Mail-
laird, resigned ; Cornet T. Boyd to be Lieutenant, vice
Brereton, resigned ; Adjutant T. A. Girling to be Cap-
tain, by Brevet, Oct. 22.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottingham
Sherwood Rangers—T. W. White, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice E. Wright, resigned ; J. V. Machin, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice T. White, resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 19.
Days and Places appointed for holding the Special Com-
missions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
for the under-mentioned Places :

OXFORD CIRCUIT.
Gloucester—Tuesday, NOT. 26, at Gloucester.
City of Gloucester—On the same day, at the city of
Gloucester.
Worcestershire—Monday, Dec. 2, at Worcester.
City of Worcester—On the same day, at the city of
Worcester.
Shropshire—Friday, Dec. 6, at Shrewsbury.
Staffbrdshire, Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Stafford.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
Warwickshire, Warwick Division—Tuesday, Nov. 26,
at Warwick.
Warwickshire, Coventry Division—Saturday, Nov. 30,
at the city of Coventry.
Leieestershire—Thursday, Dee. 5, at the Castle of
Leicester.
Borough of Leicester—On the same day, at the borough
of Leicester.
Derbyshire—Monday, Dec. 9, at Derby.
Nottinghamshire—Saturday, Dec. 14, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottingham—On the same day, at the town of
Nottingham.
Lincolnshire—Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Castle of
Lincoln.
City of Lincoln—On the same day, at the city of
Lincoln.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Kent—Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Maidstone.
Essex—Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Chelmsford.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Suffolk—Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Bury St. Edmund's.
Notfolk—Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Castle of Norwich.
City of Norwich—On the same day, at the Guildhall of
the said city.

- NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Yorkshire—Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Castle of York.
City of York—On the same day. at the Guildhall of the
said City.
Durham—Saturday, Dec. 14, at Durham.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Southampton—Monday, Dec. 2, at the Castle of Win-
chester.
Somerset—Monday, Dec. 9, at the Castle of Taunton.
Devon—Monday, Dec, 16, at the Castle of Exeter.
City of Exeter—On the same day, at the Guildhall of the
said city.

CHESTER CIRCUIT.

Cheshire—Monday, Dec. 2, at the Castle of Chester.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

JOHN HALL and SAMUEL VINCENT, tea-
dealers, St. Mary Axe, City.

BANKRUPTS.

JOHN SEDMAN, colour merchant, Queen-street,
Cheapside, Dec. 2, at eleven, and 24, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Loughborough, Austin-
friars.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, tobacconist, Northampton,
Dec. 3, at two, and 24, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Dods and Linklaters, Leadenhall-street, London.
CHARLES CASH, ironmonger, Whitechapel-read,
Dec. 2, at half-past one, and 31, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street ; Capes and Stuart, Field-
court, Gray's Inn ; Clark, Wolverhampton.
JOSEPH CRAVEN, dyer, Holme Dye Works,
Wakefield, Nov. 29 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Gre-
gory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Taylor and West-
m orland, Wakefield.

THOMAS COOPER, coffee-house keeper, Aldgate
High-street, City, Nov. 26, at eleven, and Dec. 18, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official as-
signee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Sprigge,
Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-road.
SAMUEL HARVEY, farmer, East Mersea, Essex,
Nov. 27, at two, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Marriott, New Inn, London.

CATHERINE SARAH HARVEY, dressmaker,
George-street, Hanover-square, Dec. 3, at half-past
twelve, and 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Clip-
perton and Impey, Bedford-row.
SARAH TAYLOR WATSON and WILLIAM
BYERS, warehousemen, Skinner-street, City, Nov. 29,
at one, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Dods
and Linklaters, Leadenhall-street.
JOSEPH CRAVEN, dyer, Wakefield, Dec. 3 and 21,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope. official
assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and Co., Chancery-lane, Lon-
don ; Bakewell, Wakefield.

JOSEPH BROADBENT, wheelwright, Kexby, Lin-
colnshire, Dec. 3 and 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Rogerson, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London; Howlett, Kirton in Lindsey ;
Payne, Addison, and Ford, Leeds.
THOMAS MANN, paper hanger, Leicester, Nov. 27
and Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Hodgson, Birmingham; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple,
London.

JOHN SHARPLES, cotton manufacturer, Black-
burn, Lancashire, Dec. 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Man
chester District Court. Stanway, official assignee, Man-
chester ; Bentley, Brick-court, Temple, London ; Ro
binson and Halton, Blackburn.

ROBERT ROCHESTER, butcher, Hartlepool, Dur-
ham, Nov. 28, at eleven, and Dec. 23, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull,
Hartlepool ; Meggison, Pringle, and Mannisty, London.
JOHN SUGDEN, machine maker, Leeds, Nov. 29
and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Mitton and Nealor,
Southampton-buildings, London ; Dunning and Stew-
man, Leeds.

ROBERT BALL PALMER, watchmaker, Bath,
Dec. 3, at one, and 31, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Silverthorne,
Bath ; Kirk, Symond's Inn, London.
CHRISTOPHER BONES, shoemaker, Bath, Dec. 3,
at one, and 31, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol

District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ;
Mogr, Bristol.
BENJAMIN OSBORNE, cutler, Sheffield, Nov. 29
and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Pearce, official assignee, Leeds; Ryalls, Sheffield; Black-
burn, Leeds; Moss, Cloak-lane, London.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. and J. L. Keasley, tanners, Long-lane, Bermondsey
Dec. 10, at twelve—J. C. Clarke, wine merchant, Water-
lane, Great Tower-street, Dec. 10, at half-past twelve—
J. Bradshaw and J. Williams, woollendrapers, Maryle-
bone-street, Piccadilly, Dec. 10, at eleven—J. Waddell,
ship broker, Lime-street, Leadenhall-street, Dee. 10, at
one—T. Giles, wire worker, St. John's-lane, Clerken-
well, Dec. 10, at half-past eleven—E. Sedgwick,
scrivener, Hythe, Kent, Dec. 11, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Grundy, woollen manufacturer, Tottington Lower-
end, Lancashire, Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court—T. Todd, cotton dealer, Manchester,
Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court--
J. Wilson, warehouseman, Manchester, Dec. 13, at eleven,
at the Manchester District Court—J. Gleadhill, cotton
spinner, Oldham, Lancashire, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court —I. Alderson, worsted
spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—W. Batty, currier, Hull,
Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—G.
Schonswar, merchants, Hull, Dec. 13, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court—C. Benson, solicitor, Birmingham,
Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—
H. Gibbons, chemist, Wolverhampton, Dec. 18, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
C. Alderton, tailor, Brighton, Dec. 10—J. Badcock,
grocer, Shrivenham, Berkshire, Dec. 14—F. Howard,
publisher, Tonbridge-place, New-road, Dec. 11—J.
Dancaster, painter, Brighton, Dec. 11—B. O'Beirne,
wine merchant, Bath, Dec. 13—I. Alderson, worsted
spinner, Halifax, Dec. 19-11. Brady and J. Prier, brush
makers, Hull, Dec. 11—J. and E. Yeardley, flax spin-
ners, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, Dec. 10-11. C. Walton,
surgeon, Liverpool, Dec. 10—J. Forth, hatter, Notting-
ham, Dec. 10—J. Mayn, merchant, Flushing, Cornwall,
Dec. 10—T. Brand, livery-stable keeper, Stamford-
street, Blackfriars, Dec. 10—T. Roberts, linendraper,
Blackman-street, Borough, Dec. 10—C. Bond, leather
seller, Cambridge, Dec. 10—J. Pemberton, soap boiler,
Leeds, Dec. 10—J. Robertson, draper, Wootton-under-
edge, Gloucester, Dec. 10.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Clarko and T. T. Trevor, attorney; Guisborough,
Yorkshire—L. J. B. Vaudeau, B. Vaudeau, and M.
Ozun, foreign importers, King William-street, Strand--
R. Matthews and W. H. Smith, hot pressers, Br!.-;mg-
hall- street—W. Evans and G. Booth, picyda plant
dealers, Savoy. street, Strand—A. Walker, J. Middleton,
R. Binns, and J. Law, machine makes, Birstal, York-
shire—S. W. Ready and J. P. Ilaughatn, engravers,
011ersett, Derbyshire—J. and. G. Banks, plumbers, Bath
—J. F. Moore, T. F. M(nre, and J. Moore, iron mer-
chants, Wigan, Lancashire—A. Batsford and M. Sa-
muel, dealers in fancy goods, Pantheon Bazaar, Oxford-
street—J. Holland and R. Price, stonemasons, Wins-
ford, Cheshire—D. Grant and S. Alston, merchants,
Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street—H. F. Isaac, L.
Isaac, and J. Benjamin, clothiers, Phil's-buildings,
Houndsditch (so far as regards J. Benjamin)—J.
Cheesebrough, E. Cheesebrough, and J. Cheesebrough,
woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire—N. Litherland and
H. Schroeder, ship agents, Liverpool—J. Hall and S.
Vincent, wholesale tea dealers, St. Mary Axe.

IRELA.ND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
DunLnir, Nov. 18.—The weekly meeting of the
Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall,
Edward Clements, Esq., barrister, in the chair.
Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL introduced to the meet-
ing Mr. Ringros ,e of London, who handed in 10/.135.
from the Maze Ward, and 51. 2s. from the St. Patrick
Ward, and then addressed the meeting. He bore
ample testimony to the great ardour and untiring zeal
of the repealers of London, and declared that they
would never relax in their exertions till the object for
which they were contending should be achieved.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL moved a vote of thanks to the
subscribers, and highly eulogised the spirit and in-
domitable love of country by which their friends in
London were actuated. During the last year they
had remitted 1,9001. to the Association, and he ex-
pected that at the termination of the present year it
would be much more. He regretted to say that lat-
terly a spirit of insubordination had manifested itself
in several quarters of London, and he had the disa-
greeable duty of moving the expulsion of an indivi-
dual who had acted in such a manner as to render it
impossible for them to continue his name any longer
on the books of the Association. They were boui.d
to preserve the unity of the movement, and therefore
he was under the necessity of moving that the name
of Mr. Humphrey should be struck off the list of
repeal-wardens.
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL then said he had now a more
pleasing task to perform. It was that of submitting
to the meeting a letter from the Liberator. The Hon.
Gentleman then read the following letter :
" Hillgrove, Nov. 16, 1844.
"My dear Ray—l have just received the Evening
Freeman of the 14th, containing Mr. Sharman Crawford's
third letter. I, of course, submit it to the consideration
of the Association ; but I cannot allow one post to elapse
without expressing my deep regret that it does not, in
my humble judgment, contain one single principle or
matter of detail which ought or could be adopted by the
Irish people in their noble struggles for the restoration
of Irish nationality.
"I may be greatly mistaken ; but, as far as I can
form a hasty opinion, Mr. Crawford's plan seems to me
to be an elaborate scheme to make matters worse than
they are at present, and to reduce Ireland from a nomi-
nal equality with England to a real and vexatious pro-
vincial degradation.
" But there is one thing quite certain, and that is, that
Mr. Crawford should be treated with the utmost courtesy
and respect ; nothing personal, nothing offensive should
be said to him or of him ; his plan should be discussed
in language of perfect politeness and unmixed civility ;
he should be argued with—reasons should be given for
the condemnation of his scheme of legislation—no cry
should be raised—no nickname as ' Federalist' should be
given—that name itself should be treated with becoming
regard ; and if the Association agree with me in the re-
jection of his federalism, let us do it in a mode which
can inflict no pain, or create irritation ; above all, let us
do nothing which could discourage others from following
the manly example ho has given of laying his plan boldly
and in detail before the Irish public.
"I now beg leave to give notice that I will, on Mon-
day, the 25th, move the appointment of a select commit-
tee to examine and report upon Mr. Crawford's project
of federalism, together with such observations in reply
as may appear requisite or suitable.
"If it be observed that Mr. Crawford has, as usual
with him, gone out of his way to make an attack upon
me, I heartily forgive him. I bear his blow cheerfully.
I will not quarrel on my own account with any person
or paper until a real Irish Parliament is assembled in
College-green. At me who pleases. I will apply all my
attention to the sacred cause of Irish liberty—none to
the individual.

"It is a noble cause that in which we are engaged—
the restoration of legislative independence—the produc-
tion of prosperity in our beloved fatherland—
" Hurrah, then, for repeal !
" Believe me to be yours faithfully,
"DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" To M. Ray, Esq."
Captain BRODERICK having handed in several re-
mittances, remarked that it was gratifying to observe
the zeal which Irishmen, in all parts of the world,
were exhibiting in behalf of their suffering country.
Mr. ➢T. O'CONNELL having moved the admission
of Captain James Roach as a member, handed in 401.,
the second remittance for the present year of the
repealers of Sidney.—(Loud cheers.) The remit-
tance was accompanied by the following address to
Mr. O'Connell :

" TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P.
" Most venerated Sir,—The Australian Loyal Repeal
Association beg leave to transmit to you herewith their
second quarterly subscription to the funds of the Loyal
National Repeal Association of Ireland.

" The smallness of the amount from a country with
150,000 inhabitants, and of whom one-third are Irish-
men and Australians of Irish parentage, is owing to
peculiar local causes, of which the principal are the dis-
persedness of the population, and prevalent distress
amongst all classes of our community.
" We know, however, that from us at the antipodes,
whose object is to record our heartfelt sense of the jus-
tice of Ireland's demand for a domestic legislature, and
our humble approbation of the peaceful manner in which
you, Sir, backed by the nation, have condescended to
make that demand, our mite will be acceptable—our
hearts may be trusted.
" We send this remittance, having received intelli-
gence of the result of the state trials, and your recep.
tiop, thereafter, in all England ; but we, address you in
freedom or in confinement the same. The possibility of
the latter afflicts our souls to contemplate—martyrs are
more revered than other saints, so would your suffering
in the cause of philanthropic patriotism create for you a
feeling in the hearts of mankind your uninterrupted
success could never have commanded—to your country-
men all is one—in what land soever they or their de-
scendants may dwell. Of O'Connell,
The meanest rill, the mightiest river,
Rolls mingling with his fame for ever.'
" The men of Ireland cannot be refused their just and
constitutional demands. Ilistory affords no example for
the passing occurrences between a free people and their
Government—a Government whose members --

,rs may live to