The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

THE IiEPkAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual wsekly meet-
ing of the Repeat .association on Monday was distin-
guished by a regular row between the two sections, into
which that "national body" is now notoriously split. The
Nation of Saturday last has fairly drawn the sword—de-
nounced by implication the old leader—and unfurled the
flag in favour of Mr. Smith O'Brien and Young Ireland.
From this position the party cannot recede—and with this
impression abroad, the public were fully prepared for the
outbreak of the snaould, 'f discord which took

the chair. Mr. Ray read a long letter from Mr. O'Con-
nell, upon the subject of the second reading of the Coer-
cion Bill, which is fixed by Sir R. Peel for Monday, the
25th, the Queeo's birthday, or at least the day on which
that event is to be celebrated. After which the hon. and

pect of the extension of the poor-law system, and the con-
sequences of such a measure upon the properties of the
Irish landlords, whom he thus emphatically warns :—" Let

hut the landowners of Ireland recollect that if the poor-
law relief be extended at all, it can have no practical or
rational limit, until it comprises all the pauper population ;
—a population at some times of the year, amountinß to a
quantity of destitution comprising more than 2,300,000

1,500,(1GO. Such are the burdens, landowners of Ireland !
yon, in your foolish resistance to the repeal of the union,
will necessarily impose upon yourselves. To be sure you
can in the meantime indulge your contemptuous disregard
for the wretches liable to the clearance system ; you can
also indulge your feelings of bigotry against your Romsn
Catholic fellow• countrymen. You can revel In the en-
joyment of many a bad passion; but the aveeger is at
hand—the sweeping, the all-coniprehensive poor-law is
approaching—an increase of the numbers and an augmen
tation of the authority of the poor-law commissioners—
insolent domination! are rendered by your apathy and
passions inevitable!" Mr. Doheny handed in £2l from
Liverpool ; £2,) from Clonmel, received from the Rev.
Dr. Burke, I'. P.; and also £lO from Clontuel, received
by another parish priest. He was proceeding to read the
letters in which the latter sums were inclosed, and which
warmly approved of the conduct of Mr. Smith O'Brien.
—Mr Clements rose to order.—No letter should be read
that was not submitted to the approval of the committee.
Mr. Doherty asked was this associaticn a place in Which
public opinion should be eriAmined (great uproar),—After
a good deal of argument between the gentlemen of the
committee-,the O'Connellites being opposed to Mr. Do-
heny's views,' the Young Irrdanders stubbornly in favour,
Mr. Doheny read the letters, which elicited loud cheers
from the body of the hall. The rent was announced to be
£l4B 18s. Id.

UNIVERSITY 4. CLERICAL. NEWS

Six thousand pOuridS have been devoted by the legisla,
ture of Jamaica to the builthnx of churches; £3OO has
also been set apart for erecting schools.
The Earl of. Derby has presented the Rev. Edward
Hornbv, M.A., of Merton ( °liege, Oxford, to the vicar-
age of Ormskirk, Ches!.ire.
The Treasurer of. the Church Extension Fund last
week acknowledged the receipt of a donation of £lOOO
Pounds from X. Y.

ST. 'THOMAS'S CHURCH.—We are requested to state
that the Rev. E. Edwards, curate of the parish of Wrex-
ham, was not a, candidate for St. Thomas's Church, in
this town, but another gentleman of the same name.
The tion-and Rev. Lord Augus'ui Fitzclareoce, rector
of Maple Durham, Oxfordshire, has been spoken of. in
political circles, as the probable successor of the late Dr
Y I Ili hart

, to the valuable deanery of 'Windsor.
MUNIFI cio:ci.—A paragraph has recently ap-
aeared in most of the payers. stHtine, that two persons

had placed at the disposal Of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, a sufficient sum for the endowment of two more
Colonial Bishoprics. The statement which we have heard,
and which we incline to, think correct, is, that one indici-
dual has remitted to his Grace, for the above purpose, the
sum of forty thousand pounds.—Record.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The ceremony of
laying the first stone of the north wing of University
College Ilospital, Gower-street, London, took place on
Wednesday. The main body of the building was erected
in 1833 and 1834, the south wing was added in 1838, arid
the wing now commenced will complete the building. and

afford accommodation for 50 additional beds. -Lord
Brougham, the President of the Council of the College,

the Ma!qu
the Council
CLERICAL MUNIFICENCE.—The late Rev. Thomas
Gishr.rne, M.A., Canon of Durham, late of Yoxa73 Lodge,
Stafford, has directed his executors to apply the clear sum

of Northampton, arid a numerous body of

of .X.lOOO to religious and charitable purposes within the
diocese of Durham. A portion to be expended in the
building, enlargement, and endowment of villaee and

The number of applicants for admission on the list of
attorneys in the present Trinity Term is 147.
Mr. Francis Hildvard, a barristtr of. the home circuit,
was killed on Thursday, in St. James's park, by falling
from his horse.

IMPORTANT TO BANKING COMPANIES.—Tbe Lord
Chief Justice gave judgement in the case of Pc ules v. Page,
at the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday. I was an
action of assumpsit, brought to recover the balance of a
banking account, and the substantial question raised on a
special case was, whether or not the banking company, on
whose behalf the plaintiff sued, trust be.considered to have
had constructive notice of the d'ssolution of the firm of
Grantham, Page and Co. The court were of opinion that,
as the company was a joint stock copartnership, esta
mg embers o -
blished under two Acts of Parliament, it ought not to be
governed by the ordinary partnership rules
Mr. J. O'Dowd, barrister, was called to I

nd. therefore,
not affected simply by that which wi,s known by one part-
ner alone. The verdict should therefore, be entered gen-
eral! y for the plaintiff, for the balance.

BIG WIGS.-It may not be in the knowledge of all our
readers that it is customary on the first day of term for
the judges and queen's counsel to appear in full-bottomed
wigs. On Friday, the first day of term, the Barons
of the exchequer and Queen's counsel appeared in wigs of
that description. After their lordships had got.e through
the bar the peremptory paper was called on. Mr. Martin
begged to be allowed to mention the case of Stockdale and
Benn, and Benn and Stockdale, the learned counsel having
on his ordinary wig at the time. The Lord Chief Baron.—

"Mr. Martin, I question whether you are visible today,"
Mr. Martin said he was about to state to their lordships
that he found it a considerable inconvenience to wear the
heavy full-bottomed wig. The Lord Chief Baron.—l
fear, Mr. Martin, that you must appear in costume. Mr.
Martin.—l really cannot wear these wigs, my lord. lam
sensible of the ill effects of it for a week after. Mr.
Baron "Aiderson.—You should bear the inconvenience on
account of the increased dignity, Mr. Martin. (A laugh.)
It may appear to you a custom more honoured in the
breach than the observance. Mr. Martin.—lt really
does, my lord. Mr. Baron Alderson.—But you cannot
appear without having crdered your marriage garment.
(A. laugh.) Mr. Chambers &aid they had been misled by
the judges in ihe Queen's bench having come into court
in the ordinary small wig. Mr. Martin here bowed and
retired.