The Express. — London, England, 1851-11-15 00:00:00

Ore parties who hod assisted in the cutting than there was groom] tor them to dig on; consequently, Mr. May's claim of 21 feet had to be disided into three lots. Mr. Gorriek last his claim, but was allowed another on the opposite bank, to extend however only as far As the river, but not into the bed of it. Tlose patties h el actually assisted in the cutting, but when Mr. King visite.] the 5...0t on Friday there was nobody there to represent them, and he ruled that when a party left a claim which could not be worked on account of the water, he must leave a porter there to reiiresent him, or he would be liable to be ousted if another party made appli cation for the claim. Miss's. Neal's party had a claim there, but, not knowiog anj thing about the cutting of the ditch, th y did not to red a per-on to u'.ist it: the cutting until the day it was opened, and their claim was therefore given to Mr. Bush, who had cut the portion of the ditch opposite it. One moo on the ground, who felt himself ag • I grieved, was insolent to the Commissioner, and was taken into custody by a trooper, and marched to Maitland Poi -1. He was however shortly after discharged by Mr. King with • reprimand. At the set mil Golden Point,a few of the diggings have been declared to be valueless, hut the majority are very rich. Mr. E. Chippendale's party, who had for length of time been singularly unfortunate, had the good luck to ob tain one of the best diggings on this spot, and are now easily making four or five ounces a day with one cradle. Many of the other claims there are equally rich. A man jumped into our hole this morning, just as we were eating our breakfast, and it sas not oithout some little trouble we managed to eject him. During the course of the (lay I found he had no license, which mode his impudence the more ban freed and unpardonable. On a large piece of brows h-.lland, placed between two poles, near 'Green' more, in letters of a large nice, I see the name, Dr. &les, surgeon. Whether the worthy doctor will obtain a fair share of business here or lint I am loudly prepared to say, but since I have been on the river I have never seen nor beard of a sick person, and I strongly suspect the healthy exercise of gold digging drives away many of 'hum diseases which so commonly afflict persons pinned up in close towns. Tnere are, moreover, no less than four doctors, to my knowledae. digging for gold on the Tureen and I believe patients are as scarce articles with them es nuggets. A report, which I believe to be well-founded, exists, that the government intend next month to allot to every dieter only thirty-six squire feet of ground. At present I have hardly hai. time, since hearing of it, to study the matter in all its bearings; hut at first slew it appears to me to he a most impolitic and alireset impracticable step, unless it really is their intention to drive out the present diggers, and let companies and very large parties monopo Use all the digging.. The weather is exceedingly beautiful just now The days are pcifectly spring days, with the sun shining bright, yet not too warm. We still have slight boar frost.', but they are lessening in intensity daily. • Again, in the name paper, is a letter dated Ophir, Aug. 1:1, in which we tied the following: Ophir is now comparatively deserted, there tieing not more than a tenth of the number on the creeks now to some six or eight weeks Jiro, and the storekeepers arc corn. plaiting bitterly thereof, and of the enormous charge for the carriage to and from Bathurst for stores. 1 du not Wink there are over the whole extent of these diggings above live hundred souls, including women and children. The number of licenses taken out when Mr. Commissioner Green left for Bathurst this day week only amounted to two hundred and twenty. It in anticipated, however, that these will be the favourite diggings in the summer, as the waters in the 'linen, and the creeks running thereto, will base exhausted themselves. And individuals now here trailing in provisions, clothing, and gold, intend wait ing the torn of the tide ; but should such a change take plan., all the cold procured would not pay for provisions and , other expenses the diggers are necessarily put to, for edibles are getting fearfully high comparatively to what they were when the largest amount of souls were upan the spot. Beef is now al., and mutton 21,1. per lb.; sugar .)d., tea Is. 6,1., candles Is. 6d.; flour, 31. per 100 lbs. (very warn); tobacco (colonial) di., cigars Is. 6d. per bundle ; slops are as reasonable here as in hyd ney; but all other necessaries are far too expensive for successful ilivgen —more so for those who have no luck at all. There are several gentlemen about here prospecting and spying the land, and the workers' gleanings, who state it to be their intention to ply the pick and shovel; two of them have just anived overloud from Port Philip, who seam to fancy this place in preference to the " likely spots" on the other side of the "separation" line. One of these gentlemen declared he had had n piece in his hand, about the site and form of a "cut tumbler," and that it was taken out of aliusium at the base of the Australasian l'yrenees. I THE OPENING OF THE SUBMARLNE TELEGRAPH. This important ceremony (the particulars of which appeared in the Expreit of yesterday) WAS inaugurated on Thursday evening by a banquet at the Ship Hotel, Dover. Sir JAVZS CAUXICIIACL, Hart., occupied the chair; and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr. Crampton and Mr. Wollaston, engineers to the company ; Mr. Statham ' the superintendent of the gutta perdu +twits, Whartroad,City-road; Mr. Campbell, one of the solicitors to the company; Mr. Robert Tufnell, and others who had taken • warm interest in the proceedings by which the enemas of the Submarine Telegraph was demonstrated. There was an interest attaching to the occasion beyond that which generally belongs to festive ceremonies o f this de scription, inumuch as a communication was kept up by the guests with some friends on the other side of the Channel. In short, it happened that a party of gentlemen were feast ing themselves at Calais at the same moment, and those who were thus occupied at Dover were enabled, by means of the electric agency, to exchange sentiments with them. Thus, in the course of the evening, one of the guests at the English table informed • friend on the other side of the Channel that the company was assem bled in honour of the great success of the day's experiments, and an answer was returned in the space ut • few minutes, expressing congratulations on the event. This circumstance was peculiarly intere4ting, and even those who had taken the most active part in the operations of the tele graph were by no means free from that astonishment which was naturally suggested by the reflection that an under taking had been completed for carrying on a systematic cor respondence between friends separated from each other by a distance of 21 miles of sea. . Tbe health of her Majesty having been drunk with all the bemoan, the CHAIRMAN gave that of Louis Napoleon, who, he observed, had given every encouragement to this under taking, by adopting in the most earnest manner the couccs sloe which was originally made by Louis Philippe to Mr. Brett, the projector of the Submarine 'felegraph. This toast was cordially responded to, and was followed by the " Health of the Duke of Wellington," the chairman observing that he thought the fact of the first cannon which was bred in honour of his Urace's arrival at Dover in the eosins of the morning, having been discharged from Calais, wee • happy emblem of puce and unanimity between Immo and England. Captain SICKLEMORE, of her Majesty's cutter Vie- Istria (employed in protecting the fisheries in the channel), returned thanks on behalf of the arr.) , and navy, and as sured the promoters of the submarine telegraph that he' would never allow vessels to ride at anchor in that part elf the channel which was traversed by the electric wires I The health of the chairman having been drunk and warmly ',vended to, Mr. FINNES, ex-Mayor of Dover, p roposed " Success to the Submarine Telegraph Company." The prosperity of the world was connected with this toast, and he felt that whilst people gloried in the achievements of the army and navy, they ought gladly to accord to the promoters of this scheme all the credit that was due to them for the establish ment oleo gigantic as undertaking. Mr. CRAMPTON returned thanks, observing that he felt considerable pride in having his name associated with a work which was calculated to he of such inestimable benefit to society. The public were little aware of thereat advautoges that would be derived from the submarine Mee graph when it came to he thoroughly understood and ap preciated. The result of the undertaking, in a commercial point of view, would prove of the greatest pie.sible import ance, and the public would find that that which had bon derided as an impracticable scheme was one of the seat valuable operations which had ever been devoted to the benefit of mankind. The world had thought that the affair was not feasible, and many had expressed an opinion that even if the telegraph should be carried out, there would be no messages transmitted by it. In mentioning this fact, he (lid not wish to attach any blame M neople for repudiating that which: they did not fuUy understand; and he was quite aware that the scheme was mistrusted simply because the public had not sufficient opportunity to investigate the state of things. Under such circumstances, he felt that they were justified in congratulating themselves upon the success they had achieved in opposition to public opinion. There was not one man in a thousand who would believe it possible to transmit news from the Bourse in Paris to the Stock Ex change in London during the hours of business; and yet the experience of to-day had proved beyond all question that the state of the money market in the two great cities Slight be made known in each metropolis with as much fa as if there was only a distance of a few yards between Ora There was no doubt that in this respect alone the submarine telegraph would be of incalculable benefit; for It should be recollected that if one man in l'aris should think it advisable to buy shares in the London market by MOM of this electric communication, all men must adopt dm ems course, or they must be at the mercy of their neighbour. But in weighing the WiTllll4lgell which must accrue from this telegraph, he should remind them that in ender to render the plan complete they ought to establish a emarnunication between London and the continent quite independent of any crusts lines. If they were to dr pend upon any line which had a local traffic, they could never rely upon the efficiency of the scheme. The only way in which they could thoroughly complete their undertaking would be by having a through communi cation from London to Calais, and this could not be done except by an increase of expenditure. When this end was attained, and they bad reduced their fares to the lowest possible price, the public would experience a saving in postage, and there were many other points of economy in which the telegraph would e found extremely valuable. The promoters of the undertaking had had certain anxieties and responsibilities in the progress of their labours, hut they had overcome them all, and he was glad to take this oppor tunity of saying that they were greatly indebted for their success to the exertions of Mr. Statham, of the gotta perch* works (who had surmounted the difilculty of securing • perfect insulation of the wires), and alto to the valuable assistance rendered by Mr. Wollaston, who had for the last IS months worked like a slave in order to remove all ob stacles to the mechanical operations. He (Mr. C ) was much flattered in being called upon to ac this important toast, and he would conclude by propmiag the health of Mr. Statham. Mr. STATHAM, in returning thanks, said he uses Wig ea instrument in the hands of the Gotta Perch' Compw, bat he had entered most earnestly into the business w hlc had been entrusted to him, and he was delighted to End that the result of their exertions afforded an illustration of the proverb, that " Perseverance conquers all things." The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. Jabs Brett, who, in conjunction with Mr. Jacob Brett, originated the idea of a submarine telegraph as far back as 1845. Mr. JOHN BRETT returned thanks, and said it was over a cup of tea, early in the year IS* that No kerb! and he first discussed the project the sawmill esm pletion of which they were now celebrating; end in the month of July, in the same year, they drew up a plan for uniting not only England and Freese, but Ireland and our mast distant colonies in India. The doubts and difficulties which bad delayed its ment until the present time, he need not particularly to, further than to observe that it was not a matter of ear prise that the public should have had no faith lethal whisk some of our most eminent engineers had repaid as as impossibility. Was it not strange that such a reirefraileeld have lain dormant 5,000 years?—but the jest sf pealarday was the fact of to-day. It was impossible W say what Light sltimittelybe the effect of this iastairtaasous uaiem alba twit mast civilised nations of the world. Dis tance would beemee an old tradition. Not only Paris and Visana, bat Clemstantinople, Calcutta, Pekin, and America, would in the NOM of a few years he our next door neigh bours. A mirehaat in London would address his clerk at hie sum tierhanse is Calcutta more readily than he now speaks to bin threwirl his tube below stairs. And more commanisedes WSW be eserled on with India in one hour them sada saw he aass=l is the course of years. Verlaus char toasts in succession, and amongst Hem tree the health of Mr. Wollaston, one of the engineers. Mr. WOLLASTON, in returning thanks, said he made amp aspwriments before he conceived that the application Mts.' percha was the only practical means by which they Nun imame the wires. Amongst the various things which =al themselves to his mind were caoutchosc, bitumen, and many other similar sub steam% t i thes* were found to be useless for the papule la view. Having at length put himself in commu nisnlieserlth Mr. Statham, within five weeks from the rad of their interview 25 miles of wire covered with gash& were delivered on board a steamboat at gam, after the lapse of six hours from the time the sad Dew for Calais, the communication wee sea pMN lostwesm die meat of England and the mast of Prance. The Chairman and Directors of the South Eastern Railway," was the nest toast, and Mr. WAY, the super- Imtmesimet at Dover, returned thanks. lkomml ether spoilable were delivered in the seam of sad the general feeling expressed by dm 4101111- mr. that the submarine telegraph bed net only enreetedine of is mat psisie bat that h be semblesed astebtlfted es a gal anew= permanent Min ROBBIZT or A MAIL B.to.—At the B ri dgwater s tatisr, as Wedara bi ka4ht, a robbery was of the Lasko ,k three earn, bad been thrown ler the plettra lla" Zy the gra in thugs at then, is 'sewn". thei et the arrival et Or aril trait At preset no ire to the tehhery bas leer dirergral. ' Ow Thursday amewrg the Lerma lag was head la athrabbery near the Mgr road, tstesdiar with sore brew Th. thief bad aterseted all he , theught striae. We her remittances to swops amount wage theweried_by that might's per.—Brirlgerater Timm. •Iflats hen Wail giro the Mewing bon:— b = ether eweiglesi is the big Win NM pesseb, area is a seseideralie ament, nodes. et We atorwitlea wif whisk were seat rya to the dither* Beare with the gaillen at the rites ratan flit resersiag ap 4stay) a vary e Beek reperallAy deers& meg Era at the Castl, Mote% ibe thaw et a sets or the Wilts sod Darer leaking the dirk to when he rob applierisa, rec to la ewe et the aloha wiles IOW& moms the li t i o lt witere lb. Cheeks Paul, the peripal eartir, was stsadidg at kb ask wpta which the pewee am can away, bat was spetaily Mewed by Yr. Peat aid a and or eggeshriled at the White Hitt as Tina; hs had pat up, awl bits; seraird three oases the steles mar was hart Werner, together with sane save haWaeee I, wad saw& the woe berediately 11 4 i hra as sho magbenatas, whir wire them and gave his were es Semi Niers, aged 21 years, at Joker:ea% Balwewrige, bet hi did not know the mother, and at No. 5, Ifewahrserest, Idgeware-rawd, Irela The alter facts heels. bees ilsprei to, the perms' war awraired. In his Es hsee, be ail that the airs bed mat late his persosioa from a pew be tar as Batarday last s at lark gate the robbery bat ail bees ether& Vbe Court. WINDSOR. Nov. 14. The Queen held a Privy Council, at one o'clock this afternoon, at the Castle. Present : Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President), Lord John Russell (First Lord of the 'Treasury), Viscount Palmerston (`Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colo nies), Sir Charles Wood (Chancellor of the Exche quer), the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere (President of the Board of Trade), Lord Seymour (Chief Com missioner of the Wootis and Forests), Earl Granville (Paymaster of the Forces), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse). Mr. ('. Oreville was the clerk of the council in waiting. At the Queen's court Senor !matrix, the Spanish minister, had an audience of her !Majesty. His Excellency was in troduced by Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affair , . The Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Bul wee was presented to the Qnevn, at an audience, by Vis count Palmerston. The Queen was attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, Lord Edward Howard, Vies Chamberlain, and Major-Cenral Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting. Luncheon was served after the Coun cil broke up to the ministers and others attending her Ma jesty's Court. The M trquis of Lansdowne, the Spanish Minister, Earl Grey, Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Seymour, Lord Edward Howard, Sir IL Bulwer, and Mr. C. Wreak, travelled from town to attend the court by a special train on the Great Western Railway. The Duke of Norfolk travelled from Arundel Castle to attend her Majesty's Court. After the council, the Marquis of Lansdowne went to Slough and left by the Great Western Railway for his twat, llowoo,l-nark, Wilts. Earl Grey, Earl Granville, the Spaarti Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Seymour, Lord E. Howard, Sir H. Bulwer, and Mr. C. Lir:vine, lett the Castle a quarter before three o'clock, and returned by a special train on the Great Western Rail way to town. The Royal Dinner Party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the lady-in-waiting to her Royal Highness, the Barone.. de Speth, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Lady Cowley, and the Rev. Dr. llawtrcy. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback this mormag, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Charles A. Fitzroy, _and Lieut . Col. F. H. Seymour. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family took their accustomed pony sad walking exercise. Lady Cowley took her departure from the Castle to-day. The Oxford rniversityConimission had a meeting yester day at the official residence of the First Lord of the 1 rcuury, in Downing-street. Present: The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. LiddcU, 3. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Posndk the Rev. 0. U. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Despatches were sent off to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from the Colonial-office yesterday. Despatches were also sent to the Governor of Canada and the Governors of the other North American provinces. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the °overman of New Zealand and New South Wales. (Prot• loot metro Vesetle.l FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 12.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Dubois Dobrie, as Consul at Ouernsey for his Majesty the liing of !!roarer; also to approve of Mr. Timothy Darling u Consul at Nassau, is the island of New Providence, for the United Status of America. _ _ _ WlureHAu., Nov. 12.—The Queen bee been pleased to appoint Christopher Temple, EM., to be Chan cellor of the county palatine of Durham, in the nom of Sir Richard Torin Kin&nley, resigned. COMMISSION ■IONED HY THE LOUD LICI.TTENAWY or 14looLosirc.—Eheuezer David Silver, M.D. to be Sermon in the Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia. _ _ CoMMMIONs SIGNED ItY THE LORD LIEUTENANT or Waawicasutal.--Cornet John 6kipwith Parker, Cornet Robert Reid, andi Cornet Arthur Whieldon, to be Liniments. Edward Ally,ley Boughton Ward Boughton Leigh, Gent., to be Carnet in the Yeomanry Cavalry. CALLS TO TILE BAIL LINCOLX'S-INN. -- The Ilishaethas Tern calls to the bar of the Hon. Society of Limean'enin were made yesterday, and comprise Jobs D. Deet, NA ; Arthur Sperling, LL.D. ; John S. Comming. ; Heavy C. Greenwood, Eli Joshua Blashilmm, Seq. ; • Christopher 8. Hawkins, . ; Charles H. Sth e se ; Moths C. Sanders, .A. ; and Oliver C. P 4 M.A. I tAItItIVALS MOM ST. PETSIISBCROIL—The Victoria Newer, Captain Kromer, arrived at Hall on Thank: af termite from St. Petenburgh, khaki 80 , 0 00 1 . pWIN and the Emperor, Captain Frost, w ewe en earlier be the week, brought 27 passengen and bullion to the monk of 100,0001. The voyage of the lespero, is ems a the quickest on fall her passage from Hull to St.Pase= and back, withcargoes oat ma having only 20 days, inalsdingetoppagas both ways at Copoships. The Victoria lift Crows& en lie evening at the Ilk brat., and has a valuehle our of hemp, tallow, linseed, te. At the above date the weather was .114, the navigation being again open, it was expected that all the vessels which had been is-heund would get away. A rather severe frost had bees sesteeded on the 29th uIL by a heavy gale of wind, which broke up the ice ; bat thaws the ga le the Elias, Captain Hearse, whale ailed boa lit. Petenbargh on the 27th alt. far Dundee, with a ergo Cl Sax and oodills, was lost en the Wrangseholm, awe Revel. The iron skarn Cyclops, Captain Campbell, Mm New castle for St. Petereburgh, Lad been lost on ilbend Reef, the captain and crew saving only their liras ; Click than and ship's papers went dawn la the Mlle The crew arrived at Croke& on the kol Instant, in the steamer Alexandria. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, IPSI. LONDON DOCKS AND THE CUSTOMS. have been, to confer with the Honourable Board on any regulation. which may be provased for the tr.m.saction of business at the London Docks. . The following is the correspondence, the purport of which was given in Cho Express of Tuesday : I remain, Sir, your (o)edient servant, (Signed) J. D. Powsas. TNT ISCIUSTAItIf OF THIS LONDON DOCK COMPANT TO Till commiastoitans Of' CUSTONS. London Dock Hnuse, Oct. 29.1851. 81r,—The time being at hand when the courts of law will resume their sittings, the directors of this company trust that it will not appear unsuitable to the Hon. Board of Customs that they request the favour of being informed, for their guidance, whether it be the intention of the hon. board to proceed with any of the remaining suits pe . ading against this company in respect of the goods under seizure ? Under ordinary circumstances, such an inquiry from this company, as the defendants in these suits, would have been irregular. But considering that the whole of the internal management of the London Decks has been the subject of the most scrutinising investigation, both in the lengthened suit which was tried in the Court of Exchequer, end in the elaborate examination which has subsequently followed before a committee of the House of Commons, the directors trust that they are not assuming too much in expressing their belief that further investigation in a court of law can hardly be expected to elicit any additional facts or informa tion thereon. The Daily Yews of Wednesday has the following on the subject to which die foregoing correspondence relates : Public surprise at the extraordinary conduct of the chairman and directors of the London Dock Company, excited by our statement yesterday, will be increased by the correspondence which the publish to-day. So discreditable is it to all the bodies concerned—to the Dock Company, to the Board of Customs, and the Treasury, that the real' difficult) , is to decide which of the three has acted worst in a transaction that has not a redeeming feature in it. Let us consider the matter again. The Customs had made grave charges of fraud on the revenue, robbery of its customers, and an evasion of the QUEEN'S taxes against this Dock Company, over 1 the affairs of which presided a body of English mer- 1 chants: and when these charges were tried before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a special jury, after eleven long and tedious days, investigated at a cost of 20,0004, all they could establish was, that the Dock Company had not entered two boxes of sugar ; but, added the jury, net for the evasion of duty." The Customs' ease against the docks, therefore, disappeared. They could, of course, go . on as they did, teasing and worrying and annoy iv g and persecuting the Dock Company ; but from all the grave and atrocious accusations which they . had set out with, their eouli*A were driven from point after point at the trial, and the CHIEF BARON stated they were wholly unsupported by any credible testi mony. Then followed the parliamentary inquiry; in the 0011T8C of it the Customs were even more signally da maged, and the more than Oriental tyranny of the revenue laws, regulations, and practices over trade was completely laid bare as to London. Further ex poeures as to the provinces were sure to be produced by the excitement caused by the Exchequer trial and the parliamentary investigation at the outports ; when, to save themselves, and to break their fall, the Customs' commissioners, wise in their generation, began to visit and busy them selves in the London Docks. " Personal communi cations" (as the directors of the docks in their last humiliating letter to the Customs mildly call a scan dalous intrigue) between them and the dock officers took place, and after much jobbery " things were made pleasant." "If you "—this was the arrange ment—" will say you might have been in fault, as to some portion of the goods seized, we on our part will stop all proceedings. Suffi were the terms on which the London Docks and the Customs were to kiss and be friends. Looking at the possible issue of any further suit or suits which might be tried, it would appear that it could only be expected to establish the fact that in respect of some ef the goods wider seizure, there hare existed legal grounds for milking such seizure. This is a fact which the directors do not deny. They admit that in respect to some of these gaols there may exist .ega' grounds of seizure on the score of irregularity. The directors of this company would therefore gladly learn that proceedings attended with suck enormous expense and trouble—having in prospect, as it appears to them in any point of view in which it can be considered, so very barren a result—were to be discontinued, and that the hon. board had seen fit to direct the goods under seizure to be released. The directors are sure that this application will not be misunderstood. On the occasion of the last trial, the com pany had a hundred witnesses in attendance, day after day, in the Court of Exchequer; the attention of its principal officers and servants was distracted from the discharge of their ordinary and important duties, and the company incurred an expenditure of many thousand pounds. In expressing a desire to be relieved from the recurrence of evils of such serious magnitude, the directors feel that they are neither compromising their own position nee the reputation of the company, nor in adding the further expression of their hope that confidence and harmony may be restored between the hon. board and the London hock Company, to the ad vantage of the public service and the welfare of the com mercial interests of the port of London—to the maintenance of which friendly relations nothing will be left undone by the company. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, W. Maclean, Esq., Customs. J. I). PovrLes. On this state of things we must first express a doubt whether the customs revenue can be safely intrusted to commissioners mean enough to plot such a flight as this from a public prosecution in which they had spent not less than 8,000/. of the public money. It is indicative of a state of morals and practices that might make a capital gauger, but that must produce a very bad Chairman of Customs. And this the Treasury seem to have felt; for though eager enough to get the promised admission from the Docks, "my lords altogether repudiated the Customs' arrangement as to letting the Docks off so easily. The case then stands thus—the Customs intrigue with the Docks; the Docks yield to the Customs' intrigue; the Treasury accepts the advantage the Customs had secured from the Docks, and uses it to condemn, and censure, and reproach, and stigmatise the Docks for charges which, after eleven days trial, the law officers of the crown had been disastrously repulsed in attempting to establish before a jury. This is not the way in which the revenue service, when it affects the majestic commerce of the Thames, ought to be carried on. Public prosecutions ought not to be instituted for light matters or trivial irregularities; grave imputations that cannot be surely proved ought not to be ventured on. To do that is bad enough. But it is fur worse when two departments of the State referse to accept the verdict of the jury they appealed to, and attempt to shuffle off the responsibility of the original prosecution, and the discredit of its failure, by a miserable intrigue with men who are unworthy of the position they fill, or who betray the interests they were hound to protect. For the Treasury will find that the triumph thus filched from the dock officers cannot over ride the verdict which substantially acquitted the company. If its chairman and directors never knew, or have forgotten its value, the mercantile community will recollect and appre ciate it. If, in the judgment of "my lords," non obstante riredieto, the company had plundered the merchants, and defrauded the revenue, it was their bounden duty to have persevered in their mo tion for a new trial. If the evidence and the verdict of the February trials produced the same convictions on their minds as they did on the understandings of all reasonable men, " my lords" had no moral escape from the obligation of censuring the credulity and precipitancy of the customs in instituting the prose cutions, and, withdrawing them, of expressing regret to the company.. But it would have been treachery to functionary-ism to have admitted and confessed that the customs can do any wrong; and, hence, an intrigue was first sanctioned, and its terms when concluded were then violated, that the reputation of the board might be spared, and a parliamentary in vestigation be arrested or parried. In what they did, however, both Customs and Treasury had a motive: a bad one, we know; but a strong one, we must confess. But, what could have induced the Dock Company to yield and give way when it had repelled the accusations made against it ? when it had assumed the poet of champion of trade and commerce? when it had besought and re ceived public sympathy and support? when it was acting in accord with the St. Katherine's company ; when its chairman had pledged and re pledged himself, in language remarkable for the ' strength, if not the refinement of its expression, not I , to compromise the great public questions involved in the prosecution by a surrender of them to the Cus p toms ? It could not be the interests of the proprie tary, for they, at their very last meeting, had unani mously, nay, enthusiastioally,engaged to support the directors to the utmost extent in their contest with the Customs, and were prepared, in defending the honour of their corporation, to make pecuniary sacrifices. Curiosity can really discover no adequate inducement for the directors of the London Docks thus to have clandestinely and discreditably violated the word of honour of their chairman, betrayed their own and tho public cause, set duty and moral obliga tion at defiance, and, caring only for themselves, left the rest of the City of London in the lurch to take care of itself—except, indeed, a men tal and moral obliquity which, ever snatching at some great personal prize, finds in its selfishness and greediness that it has grasped only at Sts shadow. Thus treated by the London Docks, it is for the City now to consider what shall be done; whether it will tamely and submissively allow the St. Kathe rine's Docks to be swamped by the weight of Cus toms oppression and Treasury influence, or whether the mercantile interest will unite to aid and assist that company in resisting, single-handed, the battle of trade and commerce. The parliamentary committee, over which Mr. MITCHELL so ably . presided, will yet accomplish much ; but the period of its re-assembling is at pre sent distant, and what is wanted is to show the Cus toms and the Treasury that, despite the mean and pitiful surrender of the London Docks. British merchants have the spirit and determination to resist Customs oppression in a righteous cause. DEATH OF GENERAL LORD DE BLACICIERE.—This nobleman, who wm a general officer, died on the 12th instant, aged 73 years. Hie lordship wan the second ass of the first peer, and obtained • consmissio• la the army in 1791, became • lieutenant in 1793, • captai• is the mem year, a major in 1798, a Ueuteriant-colosel in 1801, • colonel in 1810, • major-general in 1813, a liestenant-general in 1825, and a general in 1841. la 1844, Oeesral de Blaguiere succeeded his brother in the Irish peerage. This family is descended from Joh* de Sisciniere, a native of France, who settled in London on the revocation of the edict of Naatee in 1685. The late Lord de Blaquiere is succeeded is the title by his son, • captain on the half-pay unattached. THE SENTENCE OF THE COURT MARTIAL reported in the Express of Tuesday last, on a sergeant and some privates of the Royal Artillery, who were tried at the Main Guard House at Ibrtsmouth, on the preceding Friday and Saturday, has been confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief, and promulgated- The charge was for drunkenness while on guard at King William's Gate, Portsmouth, and the sergeant has been sentenced to be reduced to the ranks, and the privates to terms of imprisonment, ' from two to six months each, acceding to their previous cLataeten. TIM COMMIB9IONS/9 Or CUSTOMS TO THE LONDOM Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 30th ult., aeknowledgina the receipt of your letter of the preceding day, in which you signified the request of the directors to beinformed whether it was the intention of this board to proceed with any of the remaining suits pending against the company, in respect of the goods under seizure, and intimated that the directors would be glad to learn that proceedings were to be discontinued, expressing at the same time their hope that confidence and harmony might be established between the board and the dock company, I have it in command to acquaint you that the board, cordially concurring in the desire expressed by the com pany for the restoration of confidence and harmony between the two departments, to the adv.intage of the public service and the welfare of the commercial interests of the port of London. and being equally anxious for the maintenance of friendly relations for the future, lost no time in transmit ting your letter to the Lords of the Treasury, with a recommendation that the proceedings might be ended, and the goods under seizure released from detention, upon payment of a nominal fine ; at the same time suggesting the propriety of establishing regulations to prevent a recurrence of the irregularities which have existed, with which view they signified to their lordships that it was their intention to confer with the directors thereon, trusting, in reliance upon the assurances contained in your letter, that the board would meet with the cordial eo-operation of the directors in the adoption of such regulations. And the board having this day received their lordships' commands with reference to the board's recommendation, I am desired to transmit, for the information of the directors, • copy of their lordships' order, as the most convenient mode of fully conveying to the directors the views and de termination of their lordships. I am, sir, your must obedient servant, F. d. GARDNEII, Assistant Secretary. Custom-house, Nov. 1, 1851. J. 1). Powles, Esq., &c. THE LORDS OF THE TILEASCHT TO THE COXIMISIONERS Treasury Chambers Nov. 1, 1 8 51. Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lor ds Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, that my lords have had under their consideration your report of the 31st ultimo. enclosing a letter from the secretary of the London Duck Company, espreasing the desire of the directors that the proceedings now pending may be discontinued, and the goods under seizure at the docks released from detention. My lords observe that you express your coneurrene. in this suggestion, and, at the same time submit, that, under all the circumstances, the goods under seizure may be re leased on payment of a nominal fine, to mask the irregular ities which have taken place. My lords have no reason to doubt that all the goods in question were properly placed under detention, and that in most cases they might be prosecuted to condemnation ; but ' the object of t procee di ngs wus not far this purpose, or to inflict heavy penalties on the Dock Company, but to put a stop to those irregularities of the servants of the company in the conduct of their business, which were at direct variance with the provisions of the law, and calculated to afford facilities fur fraud and to endanger the revenue. _ . My lords are aware that by the proceedings which were n for this purpose heavy expenses have been already incurred e by the parties. My lords are glad to find that the admission of the direc tors of the London Dock Company, in their secretary's let ter, leaves the right of the crown to make seizures under such and similar circumstances without question, end they are willing to infer from the expression on the ion of thi directors of their hope that confidence and harmony may be metered between the Board of Customs and the Dock , and of the determination of the company to leave undone for this purpose, that the company will co. opines with the Commissioners of Customs to establish asik regulations for the future as may prevent a recur ranee of the irregularities which have led to the present P lf i y lords h on . these considerations concur with you in opi ates that the Apses which you have had in view win he,. bees solidsally aMaYeil without proceeding fur ther to the legal mmineseatien of the goods, and are pleased therefore to sanction the release of the goods from detention upon payment of a fins of 1001., in order to mark the irrc gularitiee which have taken place, and upon the further condition that all the goods ander seisure shall without de lay be recorded in the crown's books for the security of the duties thereon, and the due observance of the regulations affecting the same, for which purpose the Dock Company may be permitted to pass the necessary entries. My lords entirely concur with you in the necessity for the establishment of such regulations for the future manage ment of the business of the docks as will prevent the recurrence of similar irregularities, and they desire that you will take into consideration the steps requisite for that ul PTo My lords relying upon the assurances coutained in the letter of the Dock Company, now under consideration, are further pleased to desire that you will center with the com pany for this p urpose, and they have full confidence that you will meet with the cordial co-operation of the directors in the adoption of such regulation' as may be deemed neees limes the hoover to be, Gentlemen, your obedient say must, (Bißeod) C. E. Tazvatuis. The C0n2111660110711 of Custom& TIM SECONTART OP 111 LONDON DOLE CO AAAAA TO TUN COMMUMIONSMS OP CUSTOMS. Lenin Dock Hone, Nov. 4, 1851. Sir, -1 hays to aelineededoe receipt d your letter the let dust., myy of • Mar keen the Seen tary of the 1 C - WNW likty t 's Tressen to the Hos. awl of Oastillths writhe am • The Dirwtieelihe Dot 04= Nor adwrftwe to the pert*** thiWaVisli plate with the ispewinteetiatt the cOotellb of this letter with eseniderable ; but they feel that after all that bee pond la nehmen to the very painful ponies of Mina whin has boss bind span thew, as between the Cans end this company, emy open ing up of a renewed disemein thereon in any elope would be se unsuited, as tutpeelleilde. They limit themselves, dhosedon to saying that without concurring in the slightest aegen ia the validity of the re mark. mataiaed in the eheeseid hens of the asimiemy of the Treasury, wherein a initifteatlen i .aught m be ad vaned for the legal premedinp that have been takea tun this company—wholly repudiating the imputation it was needful to hen reeserse to such proceedings in mem to correct any inegniondes which might have oe sewn on the part of the 'e wryest& at the docks --in the correction of whisk eseapaay hada common and even a deeper inened din the orews—othomings miniver, that the of amment ef Ines inogninides, norm& with the sermen ef Inadasse Monweled in the desks, Me been insitirlosiseifteent—preesetiage i igeinsttbeintremeisjustice ef having a moor, the, however unimportant in etathati silk& at theriovenen whisk the spy has already hen moat idleft ts arrantee, and task eeprereleg *Miff esnolstiom don the highest legal advise. and /GP - Vby tin verdict in the Court of Inimmor—ohat so ass, dl the geode having been " preperty Omni under dethodom" went lave Ipsen Mike peen of the earapany mirth established modieto spirit the 'Seers of the cus toms is respost ie many of thew senates, they h• t directed the sem of 1001. to be paid, in eider to relieve the odious of the eampay from the heath of further inter ned's; is the dimberge of their lathe, and the fonds of the sunray hum Psalm illimplastisa in a enter' con tasted as such meneseil tams in =pest ef mots. The itheelsos laving already tograned with perfect sin cerity disk desire tor the fonewal of r- 14 —'e and har mony between the Heersaraltio Board and the company, I bays nay to eel that they will be ready, as they always MUSIC. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Last evening this society began its performances for the season at Exeter Hall, by the production of Handel's Oratorio of " Belshazzar," a work almost entirely unknown to the musical world. It has, indeed, never held a high place among the works of its immortal author. It seems to have been coldly received when originally brought out by himself; and, since his day, there are very few traces of its performance. A few years ago it was produced by the Sacred Harmonic Society ; but, if we remember rightly, it was never repeated. Not only has it been thus thrown aside as a whole, but it does not contain a single air or chorus which, taken separately, has attracted attention. Nor is it surprising that this should be the case, for none of Handel's oratorios betray so much torpor of imagination or such a lack of inspiration and feeling. It shows (it could nut do otherwise) the h end of the great muter ; but the process of composition seems often to have been little better than purely mecharical. The airs are filled with stereotyped phrases and dry divisions ; and the choruses, though masterly specimens of counterpiint, never rise to the graudeur and sublimity which we find in his peat efforts. The subject of this oratorio might have made a fine mu sical drama had the poet known how to treat it. But Handel was unfortunate in his poets, and not well able to estimate the merits of their performances. " Belshazzar" is certainly one of the dullest of them; and yet wo find Handel, in a letter to his " poet," expressing great appro bation of the work, and calling it a " very tine and sublime oratorio." We can scarcely imagine a more suggestive sub ject than the fall of Babylon, with its accompanying inci dents—the portentous handwriting on the wall, its espla natioa by the Prophet Daniel, and the destruction of the infatuated monarch iu the midst of feasting and revelry. But the writer has turned these materials to no account : the language is fiat and prosaic, and the long, dull solilo quies and dialogues were sufficient to baffle the greatest musical genius. Handel was obliged to throw a large por tion of it into accompanied recitative—a form of composition well suited to the stage, where it has the advantage of dra matic action; but in the oratorio, uuless very sparingly used, it is always monotonous and tiresome; its tediousness being always increased by the slow and heavy manner in which it is delivered by our oratorio singers—even the best of them. The performance of last evening was worthy of praise. The music had evidently beenlwell rehearsed ; the choruses were sung with precision and smoothness, and the baud accompanied with sufficient delicacy. The solo singers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Lockey, and Mr. Lawler, did what could be done fur the songs, but were quite unable to impart to them anything like warmth and interest. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. UNIVERSITY OP LONDON, IS3I.—SEcoND Ex- ANIMATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OP MEDICINE. First Division—Thomas James Duthuit, St. Bartholomew's limp. ; Samuel Griffith, King's Coil. ; Edward Abraham Hancock Head, King's Coll. ; Edward Jackson. l'airersity Coll. ; George May, King's Coll. ; David Henry Monckton, King's Coll.; Richard Neale, Univ. Coll. ; William Oiling, Guy's Hosp.; John Russell Reynolds, Univ. Coll.; William Palmer Steele, King's Cull.; John Sherwood Stocker, Guy's Hosp. ; Henry Thompson, Univ. Coll. Second Division Lionel Smith Beale, King's Coll. ; Peter Lodwick Burchell, Westminster Hosp.; Richard Hudson Courtenay, Rich mond Hosp., Dublin; Richard Hunt, Guy's Hosp.; John White Keyworth, St. Thomas's Hosp.; James Henry Lakin, King's Cull. ; James Vans, King's Coll. Rev. Francis Barne;,tOll74Yrinity Perpetual Curacy, Plymouth, value 1101. ; patron, the Vicar of St. Andrew, Plymouth. Rev. Thomas de Vero Coneys, to Ballinakill Rectory and Vicarage, diocese Tuam • patron, Bishop of Tuam. Rev. Faulkner, to Middletown Perpetual Curacy, diocese Armagh ; patron, the Rector of Tynam. liev. James Fawcett (Vicar of Kuareshorough), to be a surrogate, diocese York and Ripnn. Rev. James Franks, to Balliogarry Curacy, diocese Cashel. _ ltev. C. A. Graham, to Bidstono Perpetual Curacy, Cheshire, value M. with residence ; patron, B. Keene, . . Her. Henry Hare, to be Chaplain to her Majesty's forces at Malta. _ _ _ Rev. Charles John Ilughes-D'Aeth, to Knowlton Rec tory, Kent, value 1.501. with residence ; patron, G. W. Ilughes-ll'Acth, Esq. Rev. Jeffers, to be Resident Missionary at Taughma connell, Ireland; stipend, 7.51. Rev. Wclbury Mitton (Perpetual Curate of Manning ham), to be a surrogate, diocese Ripon. Rev. Frederick William White, to Meer° Vicarage, Somerset, value 2281., with residence : patrons, .1. Spurway and W. Browne, Emirs., alternately. Rev. Alexander Waddell, to ?forth Walsham Curacy, Norfolk. . _.--. . ..... Rev. Arther Bendy, to Little Brandon Curate, Norfolk. Rev. Charles Dunne, to Earl's Croome Rectory, Wor cestershire ; value, 2001. ; patron, himself. Rev. W. Edwards, to holy Trinity Curacy, Gosport, Hants. _ _ _ Rev. W. C. Roberts, to Wolferton Curacy, Norfolk. Rev. Charles Joseph Wall, to Sproutley Curacy, York shire. Rev. John Abernethy Warburton, to Ilorsepath Curacy, xfordshire. 11.t4.fikOitias Pritchard White, to Whitechurch Curacy, Herefordqhire. lies. Thomas Woolley, to South Hackney Curacy, Mid dlesex. Pnernmn.—Blackrath, diocese of Ossory; patron, the Bishop of Ossory ; Rev. H. Hare resigned. Recroarts.—Blackrath, Kilkenny, diocese of Ossory ; patron, the Bishop of Onory ; Rev. 11. Hare resigned. Hawnhy rectory, county and diocese of York; value, 1691. with residence; patron, W. 11. F. Cavendish, Esq.; Rev. Henry Lowe deceased. Recronv.—Llangelynin, Carnarvonshire, diocese Ban gor, value 2121. ; patron, Bishop of Bangor ; Rev. W. Price, promoted. VlCARAGE.—Glascombe, with Colva curacy and Rulen curacy, Radnor, diocese of St. David's, value 218/. with enidence; patron, the Bishop of St. David's; Rev. E. T. Lewis deceased, PERPETUAL CURACIES.—Eyton, county and diocese Here ford ; value, 801. ; patrons, Governors of Lucton Grammar School; Rev. C. Dunne, promoted. Leinthall Earls, county and diocese Hereford; value, etl. • patron, lime of Aymestrey ; Rev. C. Dunne, pro moted. PIMPZTUAL CURACY.—Broughton, Staffordshire, diocese Lichfield, value 1291. • patrons, the representatives of the late incumbent : the Rev. Sir 11. D. Broughton, Bart., de ceased. Cuascr.—Oodahning, Surrey, diocese Winchester; stipend, 100/. ; patron, the Vicar of Oodalming. Haaransa IP.—Sudbury Grammar School, Suffolk, Head mastership; patron, tho Vicar of Caistor, Lincoln shire. MAIITERBHIP.—Ezeter Grammar School, head muter ship ; patrons, trustees : Rev. W. Mills. D.D., promoted. CHAPLAINCY.—Limerick Blind Asylum, Rev. Faulk ner, promoted. MILITARY. (From last night's Genetic) WAR-02710E, Nov. 14. 6th Rte. Drag. Gds—kee. Sm.-raj. G. Pura to be quarternmet., vice Smith, who rem epos lisql-y. Ist Dragn—Cor. J.l. Jones to te I pa ieut., by par., vice Littledale, who rota; Assist-Sun.& Y. V. De LIMB. from Nth F., to be relit.. sire., vice Grogan, prows in 211th F. lth Lt. Drags.—tar. J. Arrow is be Seat., by per., vice Barker, wom. 26th Per. at T.—Asekt..gurg. J. °MOAN, XL., from Ist Drags., to be ong., vice Vergasoo, anp. to the sift. 40th F.—Aet. Arsist..Surg. T. Liosarwooo, ILB., to be sads..earg., vice Haverty. ap?. to then% F. 73rd P.—Lima-11 N. Wrrau, to be eapt., by par., noe Hanson, who retires; Ens. J. J. 1.. radium to be lieut., by par., vice Warm. 87th F.-8601.13arg. of Sowed Ctrs W. O. L. %%soros, to be sem, rtes Wood, app. to the stall 96th F.—AeWt..Surg. J. C. Elevearr, from 40th P., to be seskt.eparg., nee De Lisle, app. to the Irt Draw. Ho rack PTATF.OIII. R. WOOO, from 87th F., to be staff-saftr. of see. taus, vies fttatinton, app. to 67th P.; Harp. A. Psasment, M.D., from 46th F., to be strfoug. of re. alms, nee Ifiltiapea, deceased. Erratum in the Carat of 7th Nov., 1831.—Pow Lieut. C. Rood to be rept , by par.. rke °obis, who nos, read •the Cobbs. Barsr.—Errata in the Supplement to the Lyndon Gault. of the 11th Nov. 1851: For Lkat..Col. Joseph Clark, 76th P., to to Col. I. the artaree t. d Lieut.-Col. Joseph Clark*, ke.; tor Ltent..Col. Grape let (or Grenadian root Or., to os Craton la the army, Lieut.-Cr. Marks Begot, AA ; lee Ily Charles Robert Death, to be 1150t.401. In the army, rand Na. Charles Robert Rath, Ite. ADMIRALTY, No•.IL Corm or Royal blartnes.-031. and Sae. Commandant D. A. 01160NR to be COL onnetandant, vies Par ON promoted ti the nu* of 'W.. pro, Cpt. Ad j and r. fir i 7.44aj. J. C Paawwm l. o :l l z: to be ,ric trt.-eol.; pram.: See. Lieut. A. T. S. Omuta to be Ant Sean, oleo Yellowri, NAVAL STY, Nov. 14.—Liew • tenants P. Hodgkins= and H. A. Kerr, .to be commanders. Mr. G. A. Bathhouse and Mr. J. B. M. Salina, to be lirn tenants. Arrouranurn.—Mates W. B. A. F. Peramon, to London ; and E. S. Mean, to Bessmond. Assistant. Surgeons E. Elliott, to Portsmouth Dockyard; W. L. Gor don, to Marine Division. Woolwich; IL P. B. Sparrow and W. W. Wilding, to Marine Division, Portsmouth; J. C. Austin and W. C. Hatherly, to Vidor, ; C. M`tikane, to Greenwich Hospital ;, R. C. Sent, to Exesiiirriti R. D. Pritchard. to Impregnable; and E. Lawler, to Dragon. Second Master C. Toner, to Chrodoe. Midshipmen W. J. Annealey, to Wattwfoo; and G. H. Broadhead, to Rodney. BLAMARON IRON COMPANY.—A special meefiD.g of the shareholders took plan yesterday at the oompar A y' s °Men, No. 4, Pancras - lase, City, Mr. Masterman l a a le chair, to authorise the directors to raise 450,0001. for the purpose of paying cassia* of the company's debentures on the best terms obtainable, and for other pa t poses ma_ netted with the company's position. The Chairman m a t e d that one effect of the prosed arrangement w o u ld be to release the nroprietors rro m a liability of 35,0001., to which they were then subject. In the course of the discussion, it , was stated by Mr. Hill, • director, that the command of ) money was alone wanting to enable the directors to carry i on the works with the prospect of insuring a dividend. A I resolution for authorking the raising of the loan was ulti stately carried near. 0014. ;Lab, Intelligente. EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDAY. Bayou roc !tarns or ma ROLM. ZULVETA V. TYRIE. —,—..... - This case, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed this morning. The object of the bill was to obtain an ac count of the value of the cargoes of the ships William Met calf, Protector, Mary Kee, the Hindustan, the Cyclops, and part of the cargo of the Governor Harcourt. The plaintiffs are merchants in London, as is also the defendant; and, according to the statements of the counsel, it appeared that the plaintiffs wore correspondents of Carries and Nephew, merchants, of Cuba, who were in the habit of chip ping timber and other goods to the plaintiffs, and drawing on them for the value of the cargoes. These bills however amounted to more than the cargoes produced, and in 1817 the plaintiffs were in advance to Carrias and Ne phew to the amount of 13,6181., and in consequence on the 3rd of July, 1847, the plaintiffs wrote to Carrias and Co. stating the amount of the balance due to them, and requir ing that in future the bills drawn upon them should not amount to more than half the value of the cargo. That letter was received by Carries and Nephew in August, 1817. In the meantime, on the 13th of July, 1847, Car ries and Nephew wrote to the plaintiffs " all the funds we draw for, and mom besides are exclusively applied to the collection of the goods we send you. As a proof of this we point to the fact that when your chartered veseels arrive they find us prepared for them." And on the 2 stet of August having received the letter of the plaintiffs of the 3rd July. they wrote " We will not restrict ourselves to the limits laid down in your letter of the 3rd ult., to draw upon you for utie.half of the cargo in each cue." They were on to say ' that there were three vessels loaded, the cargoes of which were worth 10,0001., and they drew then for 3,11001. on ac count of those cargoes, and on the 20th September they drew for 2,0001. more. The balance, however, went on increasing, and on the Ist January, 1818, Zulueta and Co. wrote to Carries and Nephew, that they should for the present suspend accepting their bills. At that time there were lying in the bay of alancillino, at Cuba. the chips already named which had been chartered by the plaintiffs "us merchants and freighters." Two of these ships were then loaded, and the others were partially loaded, princi pally with Sahuca wood. On the 23rd of February, 1818, the letter from the plaintiffs, stating that th..y had ceased to honour their drafts, having been received by them, Curries and Nephew sold the Sabuca wood fu th. tie vessels to Mr. John Tyrie, the son of the defendant, who had just arrived in Cuba, and they have since beeoino insolvent. For the plaintiffs it was contended that they were equitably thewners of the cargoes, because they had accepted bills as against these very cargoes, and because, as stated in the charter-party, they were the " merchants and freighters," and not the agents; and, therefore, that as s on as the car goes were on board Carrias and Nephew hail no mar control over them, and that any one purchasing a cargo Of an agent under these circumstances, having notice, which defendant had, had no equitable right as against the owner. Teo ships arrived in England in due course, end the &field:int, having had not only the Sabuca wood, but the whole of the cargoes of five of the ships consigned to him, proceeded to dispose of them, and the object of the hill was that an account be rendered of the produce of the cargoes, and that the defendant pay over the amount to time plaintiff:. For the defence it was contended that Carrias and Nephew were the principals and nit the agents, and that they had consequently full right to dispose of the cargo , and were it not so there was nut sufficient evidence that the d efendant had any knowledge of the relations subsisting between the plaintiffs and Carries and Co. His son, as his ago nt, purchased the cargoes, and gave bills to Carrias and Co., who, according to custom, negotiated them on the is and, and though lie did not accept the bills till they arrived in bunion, he was liable fur them. It was also shorn that the first notice the defendant had of the arrival of the William Metcalf, one of the ships, and the first one which arrived, was a letter from the plaintiffs, dated 3rd May, 1818, in which the stated that they had just seen a letter from Fal mouth, stating that the William Metcalf had put in at that port on account of being short of provisions, and they went on to say, "the vessel was chartered by ourselves by order, and foe the account of Messrs. Carries and Nephew, but, as it now appears, those gentlemen have subsequently consigned the cargo to yea. We consequently give you this information that you may have an opportunity of joining with us in the orders to be sent to the captain by to-night's pose." From this letter and other correspondence it was argued that the plaintiffs themselves at that time did not conceive that they were en titled to the cargoes of the vessels in question. It was further contended that by the .terms of the charter party the plaintiffs were entitled, not to the cargoes, but to have the vessels consigner. to their brokers, whichl had been done, and they had received the freight. And then, with regard to one of the ships, the Governor Harcourt, a portion only of the cargo of which was now in dispute, the plaintiffs had applied for and obtained an injunction against Messrs. Sieveking, the coreignees of the cargo of that ship, restrain ing them from disposing of it, which injunction hail been dissolved on appeal to the Lord Chancellor. The Sebum wood on board that ship the defendant claimed as his, he having bought it for the specific sum of 2311. ; he also claimed from absolute purchase the Sabuca wood on the other five ships, but held himself liable to account to Carries and Nephew for the balance that may he coining to them from the produce of the remainder of the cargo, first deducting the amount of the bills which lie hail ac cepted as against the cargoes. . r. Stuart, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Shailwell, were hoard fin the plaintiffs; and Mr. Houpell, nod Mr. Kearns, for tke defendant. , The case was not concluded. Bloom VtcsCluvosawm xa B. lirnmasuiv. ATTORNEY-GENERAL T. CORPUS CHEIATI COLLEGE.-- SCHEME YOU THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHELTENUAH GRAMMAR SCHOOL. An information had been filed in this ewe for the pur pose of altering the management of the Clwltenham Gram mar School, to meet the increase of pupils and the conse quent increase of funds. A scheme had been prepared by the master, the priucipul object of which was to empower the head master to take hoarders, under certain restrictions, to increase the salaries of the misters, to appoint new mas ters for particular branches of education, to enlarge the school-house, and to impose a capitation fee on the admission of boys. An improved system of education was to he introduced adapted to those boys who were in tended for mercantile and commercial employments. A library was also to he added for the use of the school. The scheme had been settled by Sir Richard Kindersley, whilst master, at the suggestion of a committee especially ap pointed for that purpose. It appeared that the scheme had given satisfaction to all parties, and a Petition was now pre sented for confirming the Master's report. Mr. Matins and Mr Bevir appeared for the petition. Mr. Calvert, for the members of the committee, asked that their casts might be allowed out of the charity fund. The Vice-Chancellor considered that the committee were entitled to their costs, as their attendance had been of con siderable utility. Ile had every reason to hope that the scheme now prepared would be beneficial to the school. Biros. Vics-41usentou PARaut. RE ANNH'S CHARITY. This was a petition presented under the 52nd Geo. c. 101, by the Hon and Rev. B. 0. Osborne, rector of Bry suitors, and the Rev. T. Windham, D.D., rector of Pim perne, both in Dorsetshire, stating that the sum of 6061. 10s. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols was vested in them under the trusts of the above charity, and that the only record in existence showing the origin of the charity was the following passage in Huchins' " History of Dorset," published in,1796 " About the year 1737 Mrs. Ann Anne, of Blandford, left the interest of 1001., to be paid after 'a given time to the schoolmaster of Blandford, for assisting the vicar of Blandford ten Sundays in the year in the ad ministration of the sacrament, and appointed the meters of Pimperne and Bryanstone her trustees. The ;wind* was for some years lost, and no part of it had been ever paid into the hands of the then rector of Pimperne or his sue ' cossor, but part being afterwards recovered by John Gannett, late of Blandford, Esq., he by will ordered to be fib up 501., and paid according to the directioisef Mrs. Anne's will, within one month after his decease. His exe crators paid the same into the hands of the rector ef Pim perne, together with one year's interest, April the 3rd, 1779, which has since accumulated, and there is 2001. in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, standing in the names of the rectors of Pimperne and Bryanstone." The petitioners also stetted that up to the year 1823 the school master of Blandford, being in holy °okra, bad sodded the vicar in the administration of the holy sacrament, and that the dividends of the charity fund had been tuly paid to him, that there was no endowed school at Blandford, but that the person mentioned as the master in, Mrs. Anne's will occupied a house the property of the aorporation. of Blandford as a school ; that in the year 1823 a penult not in holy orders was appointed the master of the same school, and that some time since the hoax in which the school bad been carried en had been sold, and the school became ex tinct ; and from that time the charity fund had accumu lated to its present amount. The petitioners saggested that there appeared to be no probability -f the re-establish ment of the school, that the population of Blandford was nearly four thousand, whilst the yearly income of the vicar age was only 2601. The prayer wu that the trustees s ir might aa t be at liberty to pay the dividends of the charity fund there should be no schoolosuter of Blandford en holy orders, to such clergyman as the vicar of Bland ford should engage to assist him to administer the holy moment ten Sundays at least in every year. Mr. Prior in support of the petition, said the Attorney- General had been served with the petition, but did not appear The Vice-Chancellor said the proposal must have the sanction of the Attorney-General, and directed the petition to stand over for that purpose. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-YESTERDAY. litrn.,!! to pANCXI. 7 BILVOIIJI LOW CAMPItLI, Ma. JUSIICII ?Arnim, Mo. Anne CoLooms. *no Ma. hurries Woharrmax. _ Nous v. - 1,7; I17176;;;;07.- - 67.1K - 7 - 0 - 11 SAL AltY DURING ILLNEBtI. , This was an action of covenant commenced on the 29th Ott., 1850, and tried before Lord Campbell at the Middlesex sittings, when a verdict was entered for the plaintif sub ject to a special case; it being arranged that if judgment were given for the plaintiff, it should be for the sum of 1,0751. ; and if fur the defendants, the verdict should be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It app eared that the plaintiff entered into an agreement with e East India Company to proceed to Bom bay, and superintend some machinery there at a salary of four hundred rupees, or 401. per month. The agreement was to continue in force for five years "if the plaintiff should so long live and perform tho duties of his service." Bosse time after his arrival at Bombay his health became KEVISI'AVINt /70 t.r .r rIg r`. v t r.e• 4 - ',.: -, . !;4 • % t• . --,... ‹, _...i . : 41 .-,suk • ril