The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

that in the time of tea deems they hod had METROPOLITAN SANITAILY ASSOCI.ITION. _ _ . a pretty goo.l opportunity ef Jodifile between this eo-eallell centralisation and what he migisthe thought, call " rev- The members and friends of the Metropolitan ryliution." (Loud laughter.) ' dared that the Sae:tory Amici Won dincel together on Saturday evening ' comp any preeent had read the reports of the Cholera Board at lia:e.house, Kensington. This was the tied public •of I valth, and 1w dared to say they had also read reports dinier of the society, and its o'eeet, it is understood, hail of certain vestries. (Laughter.) Ile had the honour of reference to financial which the present, of a beloaging to a tonstitnency which elected that unlacing kirec tompeny who responded liherally to the appeals for body. the Slerylebone vestry—(laughter)—and he thought subscriptions will doubtless have done much to relieve. that if the company present would look to what Mall done TLi..i was. the first occasion on which M. Royer had by the Boanl of IL•alth at Glasgow, and then contrast those opened his " Symposium" for a public dinner, and the proceedings with the wonderful cleverness with which affairs grarra;.,pinion eeenwel to be that he h.,1 berm remarkably were managed at the Marne period by his vestry, there would sae as a caterer. The banquet was held in the large Iw very little difficulty in judeing between them. His (Mr. lull," erected fee .ut.v in the centre of tee Diekeus . s) vestry even teed( ups itself to deny the exist grounds of Gore-home; and in al! the arrangements there I core of cholera as a weak invention of the enemy— wee an urigivality, governed by tote and tact, which was •; (laughter)—and that denial bad littl e or no effect in must acceptable. l'he hall is a lento handeotne room. titt o el staying the progress of the disease. With the toast he would up in a very charming manner, our of its greatest merits cuutee the none of a noble lord, tali eminent member of being the perfect ventilation. the board—a nobleman whose earuestness in all good works T 111: Earl of CanLIXLR occupied the chair. no one could doubt, and who had the courage on all 1.12 C loyal and other routine• toasts having Man d i sposed ace ',ions to face that wont of cents—the cant about the of, cant of philanthropy and benevolence. (Cheers.) 'flu. CHAIRMAN rose to give the toast of the evening. Lord ARNLEY responded. llc said—ln calling your attention to the present subject, I Mr. M. SIT este briefly proposed the health of the chair fee: that there is one thine above all others I ought to bear Man.—Mr. G. Cuelesit V% K proposed "The Visitors," and in mind, and that is to commit no trespass against the Mr. Rooms: proposed t• The Ladies." reenenised laws of health. Now an address after dinner Lit The company separated about eleven o'clock. undue length would, I am couvinceel • undoubtedly be ouch a trespaw—(a laugh find perhaps tor digestion and almost dangerous, and on the part of those who Meer it, calculated to disturb that placidity of temper which we are told ought to below upon such a meal as that of which we have just partaken. I teel that it is not fur me to impress on each a company as this, which, by its very presnce, lives an assurance of its own conviction, the importance and dignity of what Gentled the sanitary caute—(cheere)-- a cause which hoe its business with deaths that may be pre vented--(bud trice of " Hear ")—since ' as we know, is districts where, from accident , more fasourable sanitary soultion exists, these deaths do not occur—(hear)—with deaths arising from epidemic and contagiouediseaws which amount to roam 41).000 in the course of every year—(hear) —with death, consequently outstripping in number, the enrolee.. of the most destructive c usepaigne sad the nowt pro tracted wars—with deaths, moreover, which strike down th•ne whom our modern warfare especially saves, and cute off ons-half of Mane districts of all who are born before they re sch five years of age—with deaths, in fine, which threaten all, but , specially those who fill the many walks of huneole life. (Cheer.) Such a came as this is surely one of solemn importance, which we should do all we can to Meney in the appreciation of all clangs. I have alluded to the claims and the dangers of humble labour. We trive, indeed, close to where we sit, a remarkable boil lino. which is in itself • shrine of labour, but while we gaze the wondrous results of its harmonious and com pleted romloinations, in all their gorgeous magnificence, let us not refrain from tracing them beck to that crowded workelaup, that damp cellar, and that stilling garret, in which so much of that collected maw of ingenuity and splendour has been elaboreteel. (Loud cheers.) And we shell derive, perhaps, not the least precious lesson which the rryetal Palace itself, in all its completed maturity and In all it. glittering unity, MD OnCh, if, transferring our tare from the work to the workmen, wherever it may be his let to weave the slender thread or guide the ductile metal, we study as hest we can to surround the scene of hi. daily labour with wow portion of the dec.neies, the com- Mirte Lind the enjoyment. with which lie so plentifully en rich, • our own. (Cheering.) There is too much reason to fear gee: :h. stimulus of drink is often warted boas a diversion to the deprewsing effecte of an uncleanly house or a polluted atmosphere. (Hear, hear.) And it is well known that the typhue fever 'elects a 1 irge proportion Lit' its victims from among the adult population--those in the fall vigour of holey blouse. It has bean satisfactorily ascertained by those who have given their attention to the subject, that the enamel lens arcing from unnecessary eicknese, from deaths, and the low of labour, amount, to several millions per annum in England and Wales. Aud I would here observe, as we. are warranted this year in addreesiug all the nations of tl.e work!, that whatever our own deficiencies may be, we du not certainly occupy the least fusourable po anion, but rather an advanced position us nom red with other countries. (Hear.) But, gentlemen, before I give the toast with which I propose to close these remarks, I weulil beg for a moment to refer to the position of governments with regard to the sanitary qu e stion. I know it is easy, and probably most of you have remarked upon their apparent thorn:outings and leackwerdnesses; but ft mast be, remembered that a large proportion of mankind is apt to have a very good sense of the evils which iufeed satiety, and then they helloa on the government to assault and attack them with great alacrity. hut then the govern- mint, especielly if it has to deal with representative bodies —(t. hese, hear," and laughter)—if it should succeed in remorine the inherent difficulties of the question, often no lieht nutter, and then should premise a remedial measure, up rise iminedietely the legion host of vested intereets, of preseriptive rust ~,,, oe of gnat monuiediee. of coneecrattel ignerinies—(greet laughter)—and theu many of the good pepie who have urged the government on to the assault, are apt to take very little share in the actual burden of the routine. (Hear, hear.) N.iw, I .ay, that havine no Imager any councsion with a sanitary department, but with the mark of past seam about nee, not with a view of delaying or weakening the respomibility of the government, with re gard to this all important —this unceasingly important ques tion—l say that recent events have. forcibly pointed out the necessity there U. fur wine independent body, extrinsic of the government, to fix public attention and enlighten pule lie opinion with rela et to the evil. that exist Laud the means of cure, available loth as regard, those which lie within the works of inde, ideal. themselves, and those with which renernments and legislatures have no right to med dle, and also timer which can only lie enforced by public authority and orgeniseel co-operation—which shall inculcate and suggest the means of prevention, ten time, more valua ble in itself than even the means of cure, and which shall keep the government up to the mark of its duty, and pre vent the reaction which follow. upon all subjects of public eerie mem. (Loud cheers.) I believe the Metropolitan Sanitary Afewociation he already done great and extensive• gond. and that it is desirable us well a, capable of doing more. It needs not an extravagant or an undue., but a smelerate and a steady support, and counten nice and con triloutions from the public at large. Do not you grudge— do not refuse. (Loud cheer...) And so in return may the beelth which it may be your Mewed office to impart to hun l i drele :atom you—for the sanitary cause, popularly under- ' et..l, admit,. of no exuegeretion as to the amount of good which it may be your bleseed office to secure to merle& yet auburn—keep you and yours to a ripe old age, and preserve unbroken the eyinforts and happiness of your own homes. (('bore.) I beg to give you, gentlemen, "The eletropoli tau sanitary Association." Lord pfui,r.nr rinosVENI.K, as chairman of the acting committee of the .o.societi 111 l . respmded, na did the Rev. C. sire as • of the committee of the association. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of " The &eatery Itetermers its Parliement." EBRINOTON responded. lie believed that the sanitary question had only been a parliamentary questiou nine, IYII , mid that pres blue to the completion of the in quiry into the sanitary • lition of the metropolis, iusti lutist by the Bishop of London in 1539, no view had been pnseuted to parliament of sanitary reform as • social and religious question. He believed that until that time the public had not been made aware that pestilence suit death —the great cheeks to population—were two of the greatest scourges under which the labouring slid industrial classes of the population were suffering, and were two of the main causes of distress among those classes. Until then they did not seem to be aware, or the feet hail not struck them, that next to a criminal popula tion the most expensive was a eliscned population. Ile said that since he entered parliament a mighty change had been effected througuuut the civilised world in the view taken of this question. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS seat addressed the company. He prop:net the " Board of Health:* There were very few words tor him to say upon the needfulness of sanitary re form, or the consequent usefulness of the Board of Ilealth. That no man could estimate the amount of mischief grown in dirt—that no man could say the evil stops here or st o p s there, either, to its mural or physical effects, or could deny that it began in the cradle and was not at rest in the miserable grave—was as certain as it was, that the air front Gin-lane would be carried by an easterly wind into May-fair, or that the furious pestilence raging in St. Giles s, no mortal list of lady patron esses could keep out of Al:neck's. (Hear.) Fifteen years ago some of the valuable reports of Mr. Chadwick and Dr. guuthwood Smith. strengthening and much enlarging his (Mr. Dickens's) knowledge, had made him earnest in this cane, in his own sphere, and he could honestly declare that the use he had since that time made of his eyes and nose had only strengthened the convictions that certain sanitary reform must precede all other social remedies—(cheers) — mid that neither education nor religion could do anything useful until the way had been paved for their ministrations by cleanliness and decency. (Hear.) He did not want au thority for that opinion, they had heard the speech that evening of the right reverend prelate--a speech which nu sanitary reformer could have heard without emotion. (Hear, hear.) Of what avail was it to send mioionarits to that miserable man condemned to work in a fend court with every sense bestowed upon him fur his health and happiness turned into • torment—with every month of his life adding to the heap of evils under which he was condemned to exist ? N hat human sympathy within him was that instructor to address ?—what natural nil chord within him was he to touch? Was it the remenahrance of his children? • memory of destitution, of sickness, of fever, and of scrofula? Was it his lone, his latent hopes_ of immortality ? He was so our rounded by, end embedded in, material filth, that his soul mind not rise to the contemplation of the greet truths of religion. Or if the case was that of • miserable child bred sad suartsurd in some noisome loathsome place, and I tempted, in these better days, into the ragged school, what genial a few hours* teaching effect against the ever-renewed lesson of • whole existence . 1 But give them a glimpse of heaven through a little of its light and air ; give them water ; help them to be clean ; lighten that heavy atineepbere in which their spirits flagged and in which they became the callous things they were ; take the body of the dead relative from the close room in which the living lived with it, and where death, bei familiar, lust its awe ; sad then they would be brought w illingly to hear of Him whose thoughts were so much with the poor, and who had compassion for all human suffering. (Cheers.) Mr. Dickens proceeded to say that the toast which he had to 'propose, " The Board of Health," was entitled to all the honour which could be neakrred upon it. Thee had very near them, in Kensington, a transparent illustration that no very great thing could ever be accomplished without en immense amount of abuse being heaped upon it. In connection with the Ward of Health they were always hearing a very large word which was always pronounced with a very great relish—the word centralisation. Now ho submitted ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. A few months ago a box of gold, worth 1,3001,, directed vs be sent by the Oriental Company's mail packet Ripon to Alexandria, was stolen in Southampton Ducks. The officer of the Ripon who had charge of shipping the specie was seespeneled, and the captain of the Ripon has been obliged to pay . the money. A short time since the Oriental Company received an anonymous letter from Southampton, in which it was stated that the writer hail dreamt how the box of gold could be recovered, and the means of recovery was pointed out. Every endeavour to effect a commune. cation with the dreamer has hitherto proved (reifies.. About the time that the Alexandria box of gold was lost, a box of specie brought by one of the West India Company's steamers was stolen after it was landed at Southampton. This specie turned out to be counterfeit Mexican dollars. A person was detected exchanging the dollars in Southampton, and was pre secuttal there for the robbery of them. The evi dence., however, was not technically complete, and he was acquitted. On Thursday last, the West India Company's steamer Great Western arrived at Southampton with specie, bullion, and gold duet from Mexico, California, and the West Indies, worth nearly a million of dollars. The whole of this was despatched to London in four waggons by the luggage train, just before eight o'clock un Thursday night. The waggons were the ordinary open ones, and the only covering they had was tarpaulin, fastened at the sides with curd. two clerks and two messengers be longing to the West India Company went up by the lug gage train in a closed carriage. Their duties were to guard the waggons after they arrived in London at two o'clock the next morning, and to see the gold and silver safely lodged in the Rank of England. The waggons were roughly weighed before they left Southampton on Thursday ni,rlet, and at six o'clock on Friday morning preparations were Made fur unloading them. The weight of each of them appeared to be the same, but on examining one of the wag. gone three boxes, which seeding to the in initial contained gold dud worth 26,4t10 dollar., or about d,300/., were iniasing. A consultation was held, and an experiment tried as to the practicability of a person getting under the tarpaulin and cord fastenings without cutting them, and it wag found that a person could get under and out again in four minutes. There was no doubt therefore entertained that a daring and extensive robbery had been effected. The detective police force was made acquainted with it, and a special train was seat from Lou. don to Southampton, warning the statiou-masters and the railway police on the line of the robbery. At Win chester information was given to the county constabulary and to the city police, and all were on the alert. Just above the Winchester station there is a bridge cross ing the line on the Stockbridge-raced ; close to the bridge there is a roadside inn reamed the Jolly Farmer, at the fore door of which there is a path leading down to the railway fence and to the arch of the bridge. At fire o'clock on Friday afternoon, a little cowboy named Turpiu ' was bird-nesting near this spot, and in ea thick thorn bush, chew to the railway arch, he found a box, about a foot long and hie inches in height and depth, which he took to hie mistress. It was directed to Dunbar and Lou,, Limehouse, and was supposed, from its weight, to contain lead or shot. On account of its having been found close to the rail it was taken to Mr. Deane, the Winchester station master, and it proved to be one of the misting boxes of gold dust, the value of its contents being 6,500 dollars. Two policemen were im mediately ordered to watch the spot where the box was found, and at about 11 o'clock at night au ill-looking fellow, very respectably dressed, with a hag under his arm, was even to walk down the path from the Jolly Farmer, and when within a dozen yards of the thorn bush he was se cured by •of the policemen on watch. Ile heel been walking to and fro an the bridge for hours in the course o the day, and was continually tailing at the public-house for something to drink. lie was had up before the Winchester magistrates rem Saturday, and stated his name to be William l'autplin. The third officer of the Great Western was pre sent at the examination, and identified the box as one bremelit home by that ship The prisoner was remanded until Friday next. From the situation of the box when it was found It is believed that it was not thrown there from the waggon, but must have been deliberately placed there. Winchester is the second station from Southampton and it is quite dark when the luggage train arrives there. a hie rubbery will, there is no doubt, lead to an import ant alteration en the mode of conveying . gold mid silver to and from Southampton. At present et is convey, el from southamptun in the night by slow trains, each of which is oftentimes a mile long, which are without any effectual guard, and the covering of the waggons can be cut Opell with a penknife. Up to one o'clock yesterday afternoon no discovery of the two bore! containing gold duet, worth LOW., was tirade at Winchester. The whole of the inarain eif the South Western Railway, between Southampton and London has been carefully *combed. As soon as the discovery of the box by the cow-boy was made, the fact was communicated to London by telegraph, and Inapt:aim Field, the most accomplished detective police officer in the kingdom, left the metropolis for Winchester. Just as he arrived there, Paruplin was brought into the railway station, and charged with being concerned in the robbery. The prisoner was not known to the police. Ili. 'tura is that he es a tailor by made, and that having quar relled with his wife he left London for the country in search of work. Ili. being found where he was was owing to his having missed his way while proceeding to the Jolly Fanner for refreshment. KEN4INGTON GARDEN/J.—We have been requested to give insertion to the following:—The committee ap pointed by the inhabitants of liciednetor, Paddington, Notting-bill, and Bayswater, to obtain petitions and memorials against the formation of the proposed ride in Kensingtou-gardens, request the attention of the public to the following brief statement :—lictisington gardens include an urea of above 3.30 acres, and have lung been open to the public by the gracious per mission of her Majesty and her royal predecessors. The gardens form the moot extensive and delightful pleasure grounds of the same rural description attached to any city in Europe. Under the present regulations they are resorted to with a degree of security from molestation which ladies and children can nowhere else enjoy, not even in the neighbour ing parks. The gardens are not only a source of health and gratification to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, but to visitors, especially to invalids from all parts of the metro polis. The proposed ride commencing at Kensington Int -1 deeka, near the south-west corner of the gardens, and pro emaling first in an easterly, and then in a northerly direetiva, •in as Bayswater, will throw nearly the whole area open ',equestrians, will supersede all the judicious regulations osier which admission is now granted, and will destroy, in measure, the secluded rural aspect which now con eYptMs most attractive characteristic of these delightful veranda. The reason assigned for thus defacing one of the met nessired features of the chief city in this great empire, le s that equestrians not enjoying, this year, the full adran- Inge of their usual ride in Rotten row, are entitled to com putation ; and that the most convenient compensation is at expense of the pedestrians in this royal domain. In ~ewer to this plea, it may be fairly urged that the ride in Hatten-row is now frequented by equestrians as in former seasons; and that the necessity of a new ride for their ac commodation is not yet apparent. That the pedestrians in the gardens are as much entitled to consideration as the equestrians in Hyde-park. That even a partial and tempo rary interference with the ride in Rotten-row is no adequate reason fur the desecration of K e nsington - garden . That the THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The inquest proceeded after our report left Pres ton Brook on Friday last, and Mr. Gibson, the secretary to the company, underwent a lung examination respecting the manner in which Vie detaihi of the management of the line were conducted. Edward Mayfield, a fireman on one of the engines involved in the collision, and John Doyle, a guard, were else examined, but their evidence diecloeed no new tact, Oa Saturday the examination of witnesses was resumed, and Alderman Bancroft, chairman of the howl of directors, suits d that he presided at all meetings of the board. On the 19th April, verbal indructious were given to Mr. Bragge, the engineer, to provide the requisite rolling stuck Mr the Chester race week; a rough estimate was made, but no limit was filed: no minutes were made, but the instructions were specific as to his paw wring the accommodation from various companies then named. In regard to the departure of trains, it was determined to adhere to the arrangements of precious years as to the Chester ;14 Birkenhead line but the Cheshire Junction being a new line, an estimate was made on the neat meeting, the 26th of April, as to the traffic ou that line during the races. It was considered that it would nut be very Large, owing to the competition of the London and North Western Company ria Crewe, issuing tickets privileging parties to return any day during the week. It was also taken into account that the East Lineashire and Lancashire and Yorkshire companies were competing fur the traffic from the same die triet, bearing to mind that there were no terminal duties to perform at Chester, Manchester, or War rington. Tr, secretary submitted, and the board agreed, that the ordinary staff would be sufficient; witness be lieves that Mr. Bragge's estimate of the locomotive power of toe company was correct, and considered that it was amply sullicis nt ; the company had no engineer for the line lee tween Chester and Winton, on the 30th of April, except fur the rolling stock; the engagement of Mr. Listor had ter minated. Ile was engineer for the construction of the line only; but having made an offer fur the construction of some stilt unhnished works, the board agreed on the 19th that if witness met him London, he might engage him on such terms as he thought flt. Witness did nut see him, however, until Wednesday last. In answer to Captain Laffan, Mr. Bancroft said that the parties responsible for the safe working of the line from Chester to \Vahan were Mr. Bragge, and Mr. Allison; the secretary's department and the goods department were su perintended by Mr. Roberts; and the secretary, under the direction of the board, was considered responsible for the direction of all trains, and for the general control over the officers; it being clearly understood that any matters not of a routine character, should be brought wider the notice of the board or of the executive committee ; the board is re sponsible for the working of the line between Chester and Walton; the impression of the executive committee was that in marshalling the trains from Chester a sufficient in terval would necessarily thk,6l: to enable them safely to pass clear of each other throughout the journey, and it did not at all occur that there would be any accident or delay. The race traffic was worked last year over 13 miles; this year over 63 miles. The proceedings were adjourned to Monday. THE EXPERIMENTAL TRIP WITH THE DRUID. It will be recollected that the experimental trip with the Druid engine, proposed by Cupt. Lathan, C.E., government iuspectur, was fixed tor Saturday morning. The object of the experiment was to test the power of this engine to draw an equal load to that attached, to it from Chester and stopping at Frodsham on the night of the fatal catastrophe in the tunnel, when it drew the first train and blocked up the passage of the succeeding train through the tunnel, by becoming stationary. The value of the experiment would be, that if successful in drawing the load with dry rail. it might be held that the fall of rain or sleet which rendered the rails slippery on the 30th April was to some extent an unfore seen cans of the collision. The weight to be attached to the train, and the description of train, were determined by the evidence of Mr. Brugge, the company's engineer, as to the train attached to the same engine on the 39th April, namely, S stand up, 6 covered second and third class, and 2 first class carriages, making a total of 10. They were loaded with iron chairs and rails to the supposed weight of the passengers, 70 tons. making the total weight of train 132 tuns 14 ewta. The weather on Saturday morning was extremely dry and favourable, but there was a strong wind blowing on the viaduct at an angle of 43 degrees against the side of the train. The following are the results, the en gine working, at a pressure of 7111bs. to the square inch and the train starting heavily and accomplishing the Mat 100 yards Mabout one minute, and 500 yards in 31 minutes. Time. h. m. s. Started from Frodsham 8 53 U Entered tunnel Emerged from tunnel Benched Moore Station 9 13 0 It will thus be seen that the train was occupied Distance. Time. Miles. min. see. In going to the tunnel lO 30 lu going through the tunnel , In going from tunnel to Moore 2 5 33 2 0 0 The total time of performing the trip of 5 miles was, thervfore, 20 minutes, giving au average speed of 1•i toilet an hour. Six ut the jury and the coroner, and Captain Llffan were pieselit, and su far the experiment appeared highly satis factory. At the conclusion of the subsequent proceedings of the inquest, however, Captain Latfan rose and stated to the coroner and jury that the experiment had not been satisfactory o his own mind, and he wished to have the engine further tested. 'lite Coroner—Witt you state the grounds for it, Captain Lath.. ? _ _ _ Captain Lilian: Because the load of the train this morn ing was to hate been 70 tons, and un going back to examine it 1 found a deficiency of 22 tons. Mr. Brogue, the company's engineer, thought Captain Lattlin had fixed the weight of passengers tuts high in ave raging them at 12 stone each. Captain Laffau—The weight had been fixed by Mr. Braggc himself in his evidence, and some of the passengers would be only stone, but others would be 14 to 10. There were .1:16 passengers, and that would give a total set 70 tuns. The weight in the train this morning was only 48 tom. lie had left the weighing in the first instance to the company's servants. He was prepared to have made some modification, but not to expect a difference of 22 tour. Ultimately it M. agreed to have another trial, but the time was nut definitively fixed. HARWICH ELECTION COMMIT - TEL—On Saturday the committee continued their scrutiny, the vote objected to being that of Mr. John Attwoud, in respect of an estate situate at Doverscourt, near Harwich, Mr. James, contended that the vote was a hail rote, and ought nut to have been polled. Mr. Attwood had been in possession of the house for upwards of three years, had never slept in it, had kept it in an unfurnished state, with only an old man to look after it. Mr. Attwood had visited Harwich only twice in the three years, once during the period of his own elec tion in 1847, when he was unseated by a committee of the --" . House of Commons, and again in March last, during Mr. Prinsep's election, at neither of which periods did he sleep Cr stay at his own residence, but in the first place at the Three Cups Hotel, and on the second at the house of Mr. Head tine, one of his partisans. Mr. Attwood's vote had has struck off as a had vote in 1848, 1849, and 1850, sad pm 1851 the anomaly of its being reinstated on the regime Or cuffed. Mr. Attwood had an agent at Harwich nomad Alfred Haste, a retired tailor or draper, and to this individual the churchwardens, in contravention of the act of pull& ment, entrusted the preparation of the list of voters ; and, in pursuance of this pm liege, he took the opportunity oi l placing on the list every tenant of Mr. Attwood, whether the vote was good or had thus entailing great expense on the objectors. Mr. Pownall, solicitor, of Harwich, gave evidence in confirmation of these facts, together with Joseph Smith, Mr. Attwood's gardener. The latter admitted that, prior to Mr. Prinsep's election, he had come to an arrangement with Mr. Attwood to rent the lodge and • little bit of garden, and live there instead of in the mansion. Mr. James : 8o that, horticulturally speaking, you were trans. planted by Mr. Attwood in order to grow up into a vote. (Loud laughter.) Witness : Yes, 1 were."—The room was cleared, and on re-admission the committee intimated their decision that the vote of Mr. Attwood was a bad vote. The vote of Edward Chapman, objected to on the ground of paid agency, he having received election fees as town-clerk, and of Charles Sparrow, on the ground of non-occupation of a house of insufficient value, were decided by the com mittee to be good votes.—Mr. Serjeant Kinglake then, under 11 and 12 Tic. e. 98, applied to the committee for costa, as against the other side, on the ground that the last' - -• frivolous and unfounded. The IRELAND. DUILIN, MAT 10. The quid menu of Ireland have been most provo i kingly puzzled by the conflicting accounts of the fate of Mr. rtluhart's motion which have been brought by the electric telegraph. According to the message trout its correspondent, which the .F/ve : »iun's Journal publishes, the majority was in favour of the government —a circumstance attributed, among other causes, to the " absence and treachery of sonic Irish members "—while the account received at the office of Messrs. Smith and Son, represents the fact as precisely the contrary. The Tablet and some other papers have adopted the latter version, and boast of the " glorious triumph ," but the cir cumstantial announcement made in the i'reenton leaves little room for doubt in the matter, and is more generally received. Mr. Leopold Keane, son of Sir Richard Keane, of Cappoquin House, had a narrow escape from being murdered on Wednesday night last The circum stance is thus described by a correspondent of the Ereniny Mr. and Mrs. Keane had dined with Major Alcoek, of Richmond, near Cappoquin, and were returning home in an outside car, about ten o'clock, when a shot was fired at them from behind a wall. Providentially they escaped un hurt. The coachman distinctly saw the tt.o,h and heard the whizzing of the bullet. The horse was fresh, and trotting very fast at the time, which may account for the assassin's missing his aim. Tha police were speedily on tho spot, but no trace of the person who fired the shot could be dis covered. This horrible outrage took place within 100 yards of the town of Cappoquin, and had any life lo:crk lost, it must have been that of Mrs. Keane, us she wa, bitting St the side from whence the shot hail been fired. The magistrates of the district were to assemble to-day for the purpose of taking steps to discover the perpetrators of th e ou t rage . I n Westmeath a man named Cullen has been committed on suspicion for being engaged in the attempt to murder Mr. Billing, and in the same county a person named Daly has been arrested, charged with being implicated in the murder of Mr. North. On the subject of the Ribbonism which is known to prevail in the county of Down, and in some other parts of the north, the Newry Examiner, a liberal Paper, saga: Lord Clarendon can have but little idea of the nature of the ltibbm system, wlUel. is at the bottom of every agrarian murder, it he thinks to check its progress by other than the most vigorous means. The better order of tenant farmers live in hourly dread of the ven4.eance of ruffians who hase confederated to set this law at nought. The Ribbon lodge rules paramount iu every parish—the industrious man is intimidated—and hundreds are compelled to enrol them selves amongst its members to save themselves from outrage. The Nation of this day publishes a letter from Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, being the first public epistle written by hint since his transportation. It is dated " New Norfolk, Van I hemen's Land, Jan. 4," and is almost wholly occupied with a statement of the circumstances under which Messrs. M'Mnnus, ()Doherty, and O'Donohue were removed to proba tionary settlements for having broken the conditions of their tickets of leave. In conclusion he says : Respecting myself I have little to say. You have of course heard an account, probably much misrepresented, of my unsuccessful attempt to escape from Maria Island, and of my subsequent imprisonment at Port .trthur. Though I received an official notification, spontaneously sent by the governor, by which I was inthrmed "that he was nut dis posed to take any special notice of my recent attempt to (l eapt," but that ill made a second attempt I should be treated as an ordinary convict working in gang, I was subjected, dur ing 12 weeks, to solitary confinement of so rigorous a kind that even the doctor of the station and the clergyman, who are specially appointed and paid for the purpose of attending to the bodily and mental welfare of the prisoners, were forbid& oi to visit me. The clergyman of the station assured me, after my release, that he had been most anxious to have visited me, but that ho was not permitted by the authorities to do what he felt to be his duty on the occasion. Fortunately my health did not fail, though 1 was much depressed in mind, in consequence of finding that my attempt to escape had led to results very injurious to others—if not to myself, amongst which I may mention the loss of his situation to Mr. Lap halo, the superintendent, from whom I bad experienced much kindness whilst under his charge at Maria Island. At length, to my great surprise, I received an address, signed by many hundred persons resident in this colony, by which I was urgently entreated to accept is ticket at kayo on the terms offered by the government. As such also was the earnest wish of my friends at home, and as I had abandoned all idea of escaping, I thought that I should subject myself to deserved charges of 'villainess and of wayward obstinacy, if I were to resist any longer what appeared to be the universal desire of my friends ; but I set no value whatever upon the sort of liberty which I now enjoy, and would return to my cell to-morrow without feeling that I had made any sacrifice in surrendering the boasted indulgences which are paraded to the world as illustrative of British clemency and magna nimity. Whilst separated from my family and from my country, and whilst subject to the malicious caprice of such men ea Dr. Hampton (Comptroller-tieneral of Con victs), and Sir William Denison, it i a matter of indifference to me whether I am imprisoned within the confines of rural distrietor of a walled iuclosure. I do not like to close this letter without saying something respec tin& our belovi d coun try, but so many thoughts and feelings claim expression from my pen when it begins to trace the name of Ireland, that I cannot now venture to allow it to touch this topic except for the purpose of assuring you that my attachment to my native land continues unaltered and ualterable.—Believe me, my dear Duffy, most sincerely yours, \\ritual( S. O'Bltitis. CUMBERLAND BENEVOLENT INaTITUTION.—The 103rd annual dinner of the members and friends of this society was held at the London Tavern on Saturday even ing, the Right Hon. Sir James G. H. Graham, M.P., in the chair. After the customary toasts, the chairman proposed "The health of Lord Lansdale," the lord lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, stating that it was principally to the noble lonr, father, of whom he was the worthy sun, that the institution had been changed from a political society to One whose sacred cause was that of charity. This toast was followed by " The health of the members our the eastern division of the county of Cumberland, the members for the western division, the members for Carlisle, the members for Cockennouth, and the members for Whitehaven."—Mr. 11ildyard then proposed, in a brief but highly complimen tary speech, " The health of the Chairman,' which was received in a must enthusiastic manner.—The right hon. baronet in returning thanks observed, that he had often been placed in trying situations, and under circumstances of great difficulty. lie knew that he was mortal and liable to error • and that, therefore , in the course of his public life, he had probably had sins to answer for; still' he hoped he could truly say, that throughout his life he had endeavoured so to conduct himself whether in public or in private, that the proud county of Cumberland should never have occasion to be ashamed of him, and that when he was gone they might be able to say of him, " Here, upon the whole, was an honest man, who in his life did his best to serve his country." But he gladly turned from himself to propose " Prosperity and l'erma nence to this Institution." The county of Cumberland was not a rich county, but still it possessed the great elements of permanent prosperity. In it there was superior educa tion, a firm attachment to home, a strong recollection, even at a distance, of the scene of the childhood, and a manly reliance upon their own exertion+, which never deserted Cumberland men in any situations in life in which the, might be placed. lie believed that even in this great sow peril= of commerce, in the city of London itself, there we,. • large number of men who were remarkable for their W. dustry, their integrity, their exertions, and, he was glad to say, their general success, who owned the county of Com. berland as their birth place. In the present stags of society they were all, however, liable to revelmill of fortune; but Cumberland men never had forgotten. and never would forget to show kindness and considers+ tion to those of their countrymen who had fall= into distress. Indeed, if they could be guilty of such forgetfulness they would be utterly undeserving of every thing which they themselves enjoyed. The society now .naintained forty-three persons whose character was unexceptionable, but whose distress was pitiable; the com mittee having lately added four more to the previous num ber, rightly judging that though - had no large balance A their bankers, tb - with . __ .., they has. . two objections were _____ __- -- at t equestrians, mule admitted into the gardens, will lx• sure to room was again cleared, and the committee decided that pathy and the kindness of the men of Cumberland to eon of their aimmibl e . - . and P reeure erermenent, instead the objections taken were quite fair ones, and then ad- tribute the extra sum required. The right hoar. hart . added of a tense MIST IN that purpose. slat, in proportion six to ococ t is ay. wo To so y .as . t rtum which all were quite T te nl • out of the a proof of the liabili yto misfo •to as buil Iwo laud on all sides in the suburban req uired to seat Mr. Crawford having as yet been este subject, that one of the pensioners of the institution had parishes, bewidllsl mu in urbe must become more pre- b lish. sous to 'the inhalthsats of the metropolis, and ought to be at one time been in practice as a respectable solicitor, and parson who by his industr y, more resolutely protected and handed down unimpaired to FURTHER CALLS TO THE BAR.—A further call to had given the first brief to a his talents, and his exer ti ons had Pe risen to be the Lord High y ' future generations. the bar of students of the Honourable Society of the Middle Chancellor. Such was the happy constitution of society in THE ENCROACHMENT ON KENSINGTON-GARDENS. Temple was made on Saturday evening last, and comprises E . q.. Enlen . d—on the one hand they were jsowerfully protecting —At the meeting of the Marylebone yestry, held on Smut- the aftermentioned gentlemen .—John Raymond. d J hby their voluntary generosity, the unfortunate; and on the day, it was resolved to appoint a deputation to wait upon w Thomas Geary, Esq., Joseph ihipton, Esq., an osep other hand, they beheld integrity and talent rising to an Fail. Lord John Russell, and endeavour to avert the serious I "' ere, . High Sheriff of C u mb er l an d—P ros p er ity t o th e county eminence next even to the throes itself. The health of the misfortune threatened to the public by the introduction of YORKSIIIE AGRICULTUVAL BANK.—The adjourned • carriage drive into Kensington-gardens. The subject, it , meeting of the shareholders in the Yorkshire Agneultural of Cumberland, and th e g en tl emen res idi ng therein— was stated, will be brought before the House of Commons , Bank, was held on Thursday, at the Merchants' Hall, Foss- —prosperity to our countrymen who are residing else this evening by Mr. Hume. I . Mr. Blanabard , the chairman, presided. The proceed- where—The ladies and the bonnie lasses of Cumberland—Mr. KEE' GARDENS.—The increased accommodation of 1 = were of a moat turbulent character, the first two hours Dixon and the Vice Presidents—Mr. Reay, the Treasurer— ire public in these gardens, which we announced as being having been spent in discussing the report, the amendment the Committee and the Committee Elect—the Stewards—Dr. hi loutemplation, wi'J be carried into effect from to-day, in against its reception being at length adopted. Ultimately F ranc i s Sib son and the medical off i sers—the Stewards llllllMaisace with the following official notice : "By the a station to the following effect was earned : That on the Elect, and other t oas t s , were a l so p ro p ose d, an d rece i ve d mnolons permission of her Majesty the royal pleasant trustees Paying to the shareholders a further dividend of with the heartiest d e mo n strati ons o f goo d w ill. I n tk e catemds at Kew will be opened to the public on ever day 2s. ed. a share, and taking the remaining responsibilities of course of the eve n i ng th e c h a i rman p ro p ose d th e P ress , ve . in the work, between the hours of one and air, from 'Mon- the bank upon themselves, they be authorised to divide the marking that the r e was once a gen tl eman w h o a tt r it iv . te d day, the 12th of May, to Friday, the 12th of September, surplus of money in hand or yet to be received, among all his acquirements in reading, arithmetic, and every other during t e present Tear. The access to these grounds will them; and that the banking accounts be closed as early as branch of knowledg e t o a ver y simple implement--a horse be in the Kew and Richmond-road, by the ' Lion and Vol- hie. The chairman announced that the dividend would whip. Now public men were indebt e d t o th e pr a y s i n lik e corn Gates' respectively ; and, on the river aide of the rpaid on the Ist of October next, and then declared the manner for much va l ua bl e i ns t ruc ti on . It taught them grounds. by the gate adjoining to the Brentford-ferry ; the business of the meeting to be concluded. their duty, and if they were inclined to go ormng it gave entrance gnus to the Botanic Gardens en Kaw-green being FACT TOR THE PROTECTIONISTS.—At the weekly them salutary lessons coupled with condign ebmiiiewent— open as heretofore. Communications will at the same time meeting of the board of guardians of the Blandfori union, both conveyed not always in the most ay.:lent:de manner. b e opened between the Botanic Gardens and the pleasure held on Saturday last, the clerk reported a decrease in the He believed that no man had been morn chastised by the grounds, by gates in the wire fence which separates the expenditure of the union for the year 1810, as compared press than himself, and no man had kerleaps ever received t wo . It is requested that visitors will abstain from tarrying with the year 1849, of upwards a one thousand pounds, its correction more thankfu ll y or ha , c ever been more in baskets or refreshments into the grounds ; and smoking m and that a considerable portion -, j i• suc h d e crease a ppeared favour of its perfect freedom. Suirr.friptions to the amount 1 the Botanic Gardens is not permitted.—By order of the to be owing to the reduced number of recipients, from the of 219/. (or nearly 1001. short of th'. required sum) were Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, itc.—Office of reasonable price of provision and other necessaries of life. I announced during the evening. The company did not Woods, Ate., May 10, 1811.' Western Timm equate CI near midnight. SPORTING. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. T 111; Ult EAf MATCH. V _'- 11 to no the Flt Lar Dutchman (t). SOO EIthi.T•HIRE 'STAKE.. 7 to l apt The B.n it and aft of). DEUItt . Bto 1 arrat Flernandea freetj :0 to I sot Throw (of to 0 12 to I Mathorough 11tak 23 to 1 ICureellatton (of to t In to I The Ban 23 to 1 Heart &taker (t) 20 tr 1 Prune )1u to 0 %KB. Offen 11 take 4 to I ■hoot Paps•et. SIIREWSBCRY . RACES. The disputed race for the Gold Cup has been decided in favour of Goldttnder. FIZIDIV. AI.TtSGIIANt PAIZR (Free /Ismheap) STAKPS of 5 sots. each, and 25 added; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. ($ subs.) Mr. !lawmen's OstsiWestern, 4 yrs, Set Sib (ilastiam) Mr. Cop:land's s blow, 5 ye-, Cu; Mb ...... .... (C. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Turner's Heart ot Oak, 3 yrs, 94 Blb ........ (Catswcl.) LOSONER ST.3liri of 10 'Om each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst Sib; and fillies, Met 21b; winners Llbs extra ; the second sat Cs his stake. T.Y.C. (7 subs.) sir C. Ru•bout's I.thrltrolf (lisrltog) I Mr. T. Lister ad I.AT 10.413e1e (Wlttwbots.e) I 814110P3111113: tiTACP3 ( handicap ) of 10 WTI. each, .1 IT if declared, with 50 added ; the second to receive 15 sous out of the stakes. About a mile and a quarter. (28 subs 13 of whom th dared.) Sir. rntlilps's Le J at, 3 yrs. Sot 91b Lard War wiek's thief, 3 yr., 7st 715 (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Mars is Pukberrin a. .t yrs, let Sib (C. sitarpe) 3 Il.tw IihTONE CVP of 100 sees., by subs. of 10 6031. each, the surplus in specie; the winner to be sold fur 600 Fins., ('up Course, about two miles and a half. (26 subs.) Mr. Sivittlaas Suosrstsprin, 5 yes. lot tolo ,Carterrygot) • Mr. Slt ,r.t:'. Fart t, B yrs, hat :lb (A ha, hose.) 2 Mr. 11.154Ilsetos, 4 yrs, Bat 121', (Cloarrltt 3 Ai roN Ilt:ustEr STALES of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, fur 3-yr olds and upwards; the secunil to save his stake, and the winner to be mild fur 3001., &e. lleats, one mile and a quarter. (5 subs.) Mr. Yowler'. it,s,sr, 3 yrs, 3st Rats „. (Wets) 1 1 Mr. Stand's Eden, 3 yrs, 3st 715 (Kendall) THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1851. CRICKET. THE PLAYERS AND BOWLERS. The committee of the M.C.C. held a meeting in the Pavilion at Lord's lust week, at which the following reso lutions were agreed to : " That the M.C.C. Players shall in future receive 10s., in addition to the usual pay, for each match at Lord's, when nut confined to a single day, making 3/. 10s. each for the winners, and 21. 10s. each fur the losers. "That Mr. Dark communicate to the bowlers of the M.C.C. that it is the wish of the committee that any M.C.C. player who shall stand umpire in any match, shall pay par. ticular attention 'tithe bowling, iu reference to rule Nu. to of ' The Laws of Cricket;' and if any bowler shall in his opinion on such occasion transgress that law, by throwing or jerking the ball, or if the hand of a bowler shall be above the shoulder in delivering, that is, when the ball leaves the hand, he shall call no ball. As it is impossible to define a throw or jerk, he must form his own opinion un those sub. jests, but bear particularly in mind in all these cases that it he shall have the slightest doubt as to the fairness of a bowler, it is his duty to call no ball. If in any match lit shall rail any bowler unfair, and such howler shall be allowed to bowl by the other umpire, lie shall explain his reasons to such other umpire, and endeavour if possible to agree with hint as to the course to be taken during the remainder of the match. But if the ditference of opinion shall be so great that no agreement can be come to, he shall act according to his own opinion, and shall as soou as possible after the match report to the committ ee o f t h e M.C.C. the circumstances of the case. Although the committee of the Mury•lebone Cricket Club addremi these ob.ervations to their°. u players in par ticular, they mcommead the consideration of them to umpires throughout the country•." ELEVEN OF ENGLIND v,TWENTY-TNVO OF BT. IVI{B. This match was brought to ■ close on Saturday. The wore wag as fellows: _ _ Pr. Iva. Carswe11, b wi.den smyth.:.riacuut ....... I b Clan ke , . W. Prek, c Felix b wide& 6 b Ilillyer ............ ....... 0 esso0,, b Wink% Lo) riandwicb, b Winks 0 b Wiftlen.. ... 3 turd, c and b WiAden Prea, b WWI. li 0 b Day . is N.rris, b Wumlys rite,cus, c 11.11yor b Winks Simmer, b Ni acin' l'ene, lo Wbelen Honing, o Cuff, n b Clarks Nwth. b Wl)deil ..............._.•....... 6 b Wrecker ......«.... Arnold, brArike Riebardeua. b %lades . Ulm., c Ili) yer b (Narks 4 it Box 0 Day ........ ....... Tun well, b Clarke II b Day W. Waldeck, e Clarke b Weldon.— 0 0 YeirsbW T iedan ...... Janice, b Clarke 0 c parr bp• Ifultnas, Ib w b Widen I e Salterb Day I Beck, a Day b Clarke ..... I b Rey ..... ........... . .... 4 11. Waldec k . out ran 0 V U111)er .. I L. tlyrs, 1 .......... I 13,1;111,1;w1 ... 6 701... T0ta1............... ---- W. Caftyn, b Arnold 3 b Arnold R. nut., b Arnold . —.. 0 0 Knurl.' . U. bur, o Atewsp, 4 Amid ......... I • lorry, b Lluttrlss T. Ika, b Arnu.d ... b Huttrlss l6 3. Guy, b ktuttnw .... b Arnold W. Manistee, b .lreeld b buttnes II J. Wadden. b Buttrias N. Vela, EN., b Arnold D. Day, 0 Arnold W. Hilly's, b lluttrlis W. Parke, not out Byes —..—. ...... B, I; I Is, 3; w, I ... 3 Total Total 6l ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tan DAT. _ . - At Lord ' s,—Two Select Elevens a Ute M.O C., with two bowlers co each side. The tides bore been thus arranged: Lord titterusers side.—Earl of Wintertou, lord Guernsey, Lord Burghley, U. M. litrher, Esq., Captain Witham, C. llogg, iiijor Touer, Esq., It. Wilson, Esq., Ninon, Wm r. Hue. It. Gritudon's Sule.—Lord Uuppffin , Hun. It. Gronston, II rt. H. P. Curran, Hon. W. Curs 'a, C. A. Alesunder,Eui.,:A. listiorth E4q.,7,1. P. Msy,,, E,q., It. MAKIA. EN., C. W.CAO2I, loq , Korot a. At hbetlield.—Elevin or England v. Fourteen of Yorkshire. Th. se are the respeedve sides: The tievett—N. Vali., A. Mynn, Eng., Box. Caffyrt Cede, Ekty, Guy, Haller, Martingell, Perr.'fliornee, Woolen. Torkettlre.— 1. It. Barker, Ent., M. J. E heon, Esq., R. F. Sheltne, It. Wdke, Eoi., Anderson, Arotittge, Jelin Harry, Chattert m, Coates, Eike, Hunt, :emotion, Wright At Upton —Opening task of the Upton Jut). To-roasew. At the Oral.—l 2.uarri r. liTy.7llloroo Guards Blue. In thlv match alwrrone of the ir.vßert of the vervon. there will In all prob.ibility he twelve on side. We subjoin the names I ona-L—The ?Liniulv of Woroniter Vmoount Dupplin, Lard li rrehley. Lord Guero,ey, Lord Henry alms Lord Prret, the HOP. L. Cteit,Cupt.vot . L Loftin. B..ldwin, Lin.. A. !lathe, h.q.. A. Itterrtio, Evq., H. Trederoft, Esq. Itoyal Horse bursts Blue.—Lord Stanhope, the !lon. O. 31111er, Captor Belle, Captain Treluvrney, D. Esq., Y. Berkeley, Ery..Corpord Corporal Venn, Priem:Ur Chitty, Iloward, Sanders. rnd Thornton. _ At ohil9el.l.—Tne above match continuer. At Thames Dition.—Opening match of the UnT oil Club. At the Trafalgar, tireenwich. —Opening dinner of 1 Zingari o'clock. Watos 01. T. At Sbeltield.—The shove match omehttlett. .T . ucasnAr.. At Cambridge.—The Maryl;;;;C7icket Club and Ground v. the University of Cambridge. At the Or Single of the sorrel Club. At ritockton.umTees.—Eleven of Englan.l v. Twenty.two of Stock ton-on-Toes owl &grid. The reverts's able* will be se follows : The Eleven. —N. reit., EN., A. Wynn, Req., not, Carla, Clarke, bay, Guy, er, AI ortinircll, Par 'fbouis, Widen. Siuekton.— CrAte, Fly.. P.q., Croeby, Gleson, Richmond. Esq.. Robinson, Cq. , Sutton, Esq., F. Thompeln, E2sl , Thornton, Erg., Anderson. Ayre, Autori, baldwinme, Itiud, liswlcy, Junes, Jay, Knowles, Lanoriter, Norton, Napley, Rockdale. Yams,. At Cambrlige.—The above witch continued. At atocaton. -The above mita, oinunued. SAT‘JaDAT. At Stockton.-The stove mattA monocled. AQUATICS. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.—On Saturday the first match of the season took place for a silver challenge cup. The following yachts started:—Mouse, 16 tons, Hear- Commodore; Phantom, 21, S, Lane, Esq. ; Whisper, 19, T, Eveliegh, Esq.; Frolic, 12, W. Case, En. ; Maae_pPa. 12, 0. Brady, Esq.; Traveller, 10, G. H. Jackson, Esq.; Gnat, 4, J.'l'. Tahnadge, Esq. The Meteor accompanied the match, with the band of the Royal Artillery on board. The start took place shortly after 11 o'clock, at Blackwell. The yachts got clear away, Phantom taking the lead, but Whisper at an early period of the race crept along, and I maintained her advantage to the end, Phantom coming in 13 minutes after her, and Frolic two minutes after Phan tom. The race was most interesting throughout. PRINCE OF WALES'S BAZAAR.—A new bazaar, thus designated, has just been opened in Regent-street, on the premises recently occupied as the Cosmorama. The place has been very tastefully decorated; and, though small in comparison with the Pantheon, the Soho Bazaar, and other establishments of • similar nature, it will doubtless . . be esteemed an agreeable promenade by those ladies who do not think that the displays in the neighbouring shop windows of f er them a sufficient temptation for parting with their money. THE WAT MATTERS ARE M.ASACED IS MR ME , TtiopoLITAN COMMISSION or SIIWIItB.—A special court of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers was called for Saturday morning last, at 12 o'clock, to sanction the exam tion of certain proposed works, amounting to 5,7381. Shortly after 12 o'clock five commissioners were in attendance, via., Lord Ebrington, Mr. Robert Stephenlon, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Lewes, and Mr. Hawes; washer wait ing some time a messenger was despatched to endeavour to bring up a sixth commissioner, but in consequence of his non-arrival the holding of the court was then adjourned for a quarter of an hour—to a quarter past one. The mes senger at length returned, bringing the intelligence that he was unable to obtain the attendance of another commis sioner. The result was that the secretary came out of the room and informed the reporters, who had been waiting for about an hour and a half in the lobby, that there would be no court,that day, but that it would be held at some indefinite period, of which notice would be given. Surely such a state of things as this cannot last, and it behoves the government, in the Kew Sewers Bill, to mend the roar. rence of such unseemly proceedings. RAW Intelligence. EQUITY 1414,11 TIM MA•11.1: 01,711 t X 11.144. NSWILT, W.1141:1:NI,INT •ND ROSIREVOIt RAILWAY C./MVANY V. Moss. The bill in this caw was filed against the partners in the firm of Mo.. and Co., hankers, at Liverpool, to make them liable us cestui que trusts, (Or calls on MO shares in the abuse companv which it was alleged w e re transferred ado, and regi s t e r e d the mune of Thomas M. Sadism., a sdirk of the buskers, as a trustee for them. It appeared from the answer of the defendant., that in 1846 and 1847 they advanced money:on railway shares to one Mr. Camersot s..a.corosser at laserpoos, who deposited railway shares with them as a security, and that the shares in question were part of such shares, and were transferred into, and ses.sistesvil in Susllow's name, on the nssmination of the de fendants, as trustees for Cameron, subject to the deremhote eerily Merton for flair edvanees, and that the transfer certificates were deposited with the defendants. It appeared that a lars.:e nonuser of the shares originally transferred into Sodlow's name were sold by them by the direction of the defendants, and that the proceeds were applied towards ' paying the debt slue to them from Cameron. And since sadism's death Cameron had also sold some of the shares by the direction of the &feminist., who advanced the money then due fur calls on the shares, to enable the sale to be effected. The defendants contended that Cameron was the real owner of the shares, and that they were not liable thr calls. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Anderson appeared fur the plain tilt., Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Eddis fur the defendants. The Master of the Wills was of opinion that the regis tered metier of the shares was under the clauses in the (unt imely's act alone liable for calls, and that the equitable owners of the shares were not liable to the company. Tho court took cognisance of trusts as between the eestui que trust and trustee, but not at the instance of parties who were steuugera to the trust. Stullow might have called on the bankers to indemnify him agiinst the calls, and the bankers might have called upon Sudlow to account to them in re 'pert of the shares. .t new relation might have arisen in an express contract between the railway company and the beneficial owuers, under which the latter might have been liable fur the calls ; but, in the aliwnee of any such con tract, the company could only resort for payment 111 4,1:1•1 to the party who was the registered holder of the char.., nd as in this case the relation of cestui nue trust and trustee did not exist between t a plaintiffs and the detenilams .11111 there was no special contract to alter the laws existing between the company and the individual shareholders, he was of opinion that the bill could not be sustained, and ho dismissed it with costs. BIII4IIM Vter-CH.WCFLUIII /LOOM' 131111 TV. ATT. OILNEY -6 EN ERA L Ir. LORD CA 1/NElNi:rt./N.-Iift:MISER, 8 f(eNE SCHOOL. An order of reference was made to the Muster for the appointment of sixteen new trustees of Ilumberstune School, Lineoltediire, in consequence of the resignation of the trustees, against whom an adverse decision, with c o sts, had been made in this court some time since, the trustees having ineffectually endeavoured to re e the school master. Full power was given to the new trustees when appointed to transact the business, which, but for the resig iiition of the trustees, would have been disposed of uu the Ist of May. Mr. Cotton appeared in support of the present petition; Mr. Russell and Mr. Faber, were fur the relators. m.lllll Lone (71 C(11V011rIll, V)ellf .1 OIL CARTWRIGHT C. DRIDORWOOD. INJUNCTION TO a stanroutack WITIt A WATER-Cut - RAE Rarest:D, Ills Lordship delivered judgment in this case, which was reported in the Erpress all the 28th ult. lle said it motion was made to restrain the defendant front prose sl ing to build a culvert and mill under these eir cumstances. The plaintiff was the owner of a mill called Lane-end 111.11 , which was built on a pieta, of ground called the "Anchor-ground," through which ran a rivulet. The whole of the property, in the year 1818, belonged to Sir John Ileatheotc, who conveyed the lower part of it to tae pplaintiff , told covenanted with the plaintiff not to obatrUrt the passage of the Water through the upper part of the Anchor-ground, by making pool', chins, or weirs; and the conveyance contained a c lause giving the plaintiff leave at all tones to cleanse the brook, the object of the plaintiff being to havethe useof the water for his mill. The defendant had lately purchased front persons claiming under Sir John Ileathcote the upper part of the Anchor ground and had commenced building a culvert and stn am mill; so that lie would require to use the water for the n,ill. This the plaintiff contended was a violation of the covenant contained in the conveyance to him, lout the oh ject of the present motion was to restrain the erection of the :culvert and the mill, en the ground that the quantity of water would be diminished, and the plaintiff would he prevented from cleansing the stream. The first question was whether the making of this culvert would be a violation of the terms of the covenant. His lordship hail come to the conclusion upon the evidence before the court, that there was nothing in tended to be erected by the defendant which could be con sidered an obstruction to the rivulet. The culvert would slightly narrow the stream, but it would not lessen the water, or prevent the plaintiff from cleansing the brook. That portion of the motion must, therefore, he refused. Then the next question was, whether the defendant rould be re:strained from using the water for the purposes of his mill. Ile hail thrown out a suggestion when the ease was argued, that a restraint upon using water was void, u. bei ug contrary to public policy, and he considered now that it was a proper subject for the decisi ~,, of a court of law. Ile should, therefor', direct a ease to be tried at law, and the defendant must undertake, in the meantime, not to use the water for his mill. BEMAN V. BEFFORD.-MOTION TOLL AN INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN THE EXXIXTION ole AN AGUEEMENT lilt- TWEEN TWO hAILWAYE. _ The bill in this ease hits been filed by certain shareholders in the Oxford, Woretster, and Wolv,rhampton Railway Company, on behalf of themselves and all the other share holden in the company, against the directors at the com pany, and against the London and North Western Com pany, the Midland Railway Company, the Oxford, Wore,- ter, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, and the Great Western Company, for the purpose of re ,, training the drfendant% from entering into a certain agreement which the plaintiffs contend is in violation of the act, of parliament, under %hid' the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Railway Company was formed, and in direct opoo,ition to the intervoa of the company. The Opetlin:r of the plaintiffs' ease was not concluded at the rising of the court. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-SATURDAY. Sint>,‘A txliAN?o.—fitzows, bollb CAMIIIVIA., Mi. Jusnrx Pt ltE. 110 M. Ma. Jrxnca WIWITMAN. AND Ma. Sumas, Ears. Lord Campbell said hu had lawn informed by the Master that there were a considerable nuntlicr of motions which would have to be enlarged, unless brought on for argument at once. Ile wished it to be understood that there was ample time to dispose of them, and that they ought not to be enlarged, unless absolutely necessary. Ile hoped, there fore, that gentlemen would be prepared to bring them on during the remaining days of the term ; and they were nut ready it might be the duty of the court to make moue general order that these rules should not be enlarged with out the special leave of the court. WADSWORTH V. TILE QUEEN or SrAIN.—THE Qt irEsr r. Loki) MAYult AND ALDEIMEN LONLouN Mr. Gurney, Q.C., said he meruly appeared in this cast) on behalf of the Lord Mayor, in obsdienee to the rule which had been served upon him, fur the purpose, if neces sary, of defending the customs of the City of London. Lord Campbell said the court wuuldpay all proper respect to those customs. Mr. noggins, Q.C., said he appeared for Mr. Wadsworth, to show Cause against the rule which had been united for, to prohibit the Lord Mayor's Court front proceeding further in the action of " Wadsworth v. the Queen of Slain,'• or with two writs of foreign attachment which had been issued in that action, one against M. Scheldnagel, the agent of the Spanish government in this country, and the other against Messrs. Stone and Martin, his bankers. Thu action was brought against the Queen of Spain by Mr. Wads worth, as the holder of certain bonds made by her or un her behalf, and which he had purchased in 1144, and the inte rest upon which had for a year ur two been paid ; but an arrear, now amounting to 10,0001., had accumulated, and he now sought to enforce payment of that aunt by the pre sent proceedings ; but before proceeding further with the argument he wished to know on behalf uf whom the present application was made. Mr. Chambers, Q.C., said he appeared fur the garnishee. Ile had instructions to appear for the Queen of Spain, if necessary ; hut at present he only appeared for the gar nishee. Mr. Huggins said he should argue that the garnishee was not in a position to apply to this court, out, if he were, that prohibition would not lie. The course of proceeilion in the Lord Mayor's Court is that waits are columow.ed by plaint, the defendant is then culled and does not Kppear, and the plaintiff then suggests that there is money belong ing to the defendant in the hands of u third person, and asks that that money may be attached. The court then re quires an affidavit to autisfy itsCUMMICIICU that there is a b.n.l tide debt owing, and the writ of attachment is then issued; by that the garnishee is warned, and may appear and plead. In this case he did appear, and pleaded th at he had nu money of defendant's in his hands. The appeared, and therefore had no locus stanch m this court. The garnishee had pleaded that hf• had no money ut the defendant's, and if that was so, hr. had no interest in the matter, and could not come here. Lord Campbell—The garnishee must have an interest in the mutter, 'cause if them is nu jurisdiction, but lie is compelled to pay over the money, it might be nu discharge when called upon by the. party for whom lie held the money to pay it over to him. Mr. Noggins—Then ho should have pleaded juris diction, instead of van ch he had elected to plead the specific fact—that he had g o mone y. Upon thisplea to i t s h su c ewits joined and the oaw k would have come on fur trial, but fur this application. Lord CamPbeil—l believe it is admitted that the Lord Mayor's Court has no jurisdiction, except when the cause of action has a•Asen within the City. Mr. HO'zigins—lie that as it may, in this case the cause of action did arise within the city, for the bonds are made payable in Madrid, Paris, or London, at the option of the holder. This appeared by the affidavits, which were, how ever, no pert of the prucectiingi before the Lord Mayor's Court. The plaint suggested that the cause of action arose within the jurisdiction.