The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-22 00:00:00

NM ;pal; !d the _ _ bar =on- log a g the oom- Lrtin e re- tams al de- e other r, upon inly to lent in of the iterest ; ley can th their tinment ncluded I Chan. Lord I to this are one lention. earliest lecting elf se • to sob first i• ghter ba pis pied, and afterwards in the army of the Florentines., ai . o es whom he died, in 1393. After *expiring in Italy ' she c h ar acter of the beat captain of the age, Sir Rslph Back. well, the companion in arm s o f Hawk wo od, and who is said p lave founded " Blackwell Hall," now the great resort of &s ews, was another early member. The name of Sir Wm. Fites ieram, founder of the leanly of the Earls Pitzeillians, b p already been mentioned. He was alderman of the ward of Bread-street, and sheriff of London in 1506. His history a courtier is teld in the life ef Hug VIII., whom ss b e so king served. Sir William bequeathed to his brethren hp beat standing cup," in friendly remembnume of him, psur. The family ir of the m. C Earls of Craven also sprang from am tailor. S Wraven, son of poor parents at Appletreewick, in Craven, Yorkshire, came to London by a pa pon carrier, and entered into the service of a member of this c ompany. By diligence and frugality he rose to honour se d wealth. Ho was alderman of Lime-street Ward, sheriff p tea, and lord mayor in 1611. His son, Wm. Craven, p ri me, under Gustavus Adolphus, one of the most distin pelted soldiers of his day. After the death of that great commander, he served the unfortunate Queen Elisabeth of Bohemia, sister of Charles 1., and his services are supposed te have been privately rowerded with the hand of that pse iu,after her return in widow hood to her native country. k a was created E tel Craven in 1672. The property of this company, derived mainly from Ilene. fusions. is vo ry considerable. The school which goes by their name is an important establishment, providing for 2.10 bosh and supported solely out of the general funds of t h e company. It was originated by Sir Thomas White, and certain other benevolent members of the COM pay, in the year 1561, and they purchased an estate, called t h e manor of the Rose, in the parish of St. Lawrence Yount 'try, for the purpose of establishing it. The deed of purchase e nd all other doeuments retating to the foundation were d e stroyed in the fire of London. The company appoint two masters and one u•her. The school is entitled to 37 fellow ships, faunded by Sir Thomas White, at St. John's College, Oxford ; one, founded by Bishop Dee, at St. John's College, Casibridge ; two exhibitions of 261. each, one at St. John's, Oxford, sad the other at Pembroke Hall. Cambridge ; 4i: K b e i se deps of 401. each at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge ; six civil law scholarships of 501. at St. John's College, Oxford ; end one other exhibition of uncertain value in either univer sity. The company administer eleven other exhibitions or „ pro wl pensions to poor 'cholera at Oxford and Cam bridge, the amounts varying from 41. to 101. per annum. Th e company formerly administered an estate for the sup rter the gra m mar school at Wolverhampton, but having been, as they declared, " harrassed for 140 years by 'suits by the inhabitants, and always in con siderable advance oa account of the charity," they p rayed the Court of Chancery, some years ago, to be relieved b oo the trust, and 40 truatees from the lo cality were ap pointed to manage the school. The company, also, admi nister trusts for educational purposes at Great Crosby, in Lancashire; Audlem, in Cheshire; Ashwell, in Remised shire ; and Wallingford, in Berkshire. There is some doubt w hether all these charities are so well administered as they might be. The most important clerical appointments in the gift of the company are, the rectory of St. Martin Gatwick, the parish in which the hall is situated, and the lectureship of St. Michael, Crooked-lane. They have almshouses for ee widows of decayed brethren, situated at Lee, in Kent, which were rebuilt in 1836, at n cut of nearly 10,0001. The OWN held by the Company fur the support of these elms- hews produce about 7 aOl., but the expenditure exceeds this sum, and is paid out of the general fund. The other chari table gifts of which the company are trustees are very nu- merous, but the sums paid under such are small, the residue in most caws going into the general *meta of the fraternity. About 7001. a year is paid by the company in pensions. In ems instances, the trust property of the company has evi dently been very loosely administered. The hall of the Merchant Tailors is situate in Thread needle-street, and is n large but irregular brick building. The hall itself is a line apartment, adorned with numerous portraits of sovereigns, lord mayors, and merchant tailors. The passed masters' arms are emhlazoned on the walls, and behind the master's scut are inscribed the names of the dirftreet sovereigns and distinguished personages whe have been free of the community. The hall hu stood on its present site since the year 1331. when the ground was pur chased for the company by John of Yakley, the King's pavilion maker, of one Mr. Edmund Crepin. Previous to this date the company hal a hall at the " trackeside of the Red Lion, in Basinge-lane, in the ward of Cordwauyer." When Dr. South was appointed chaplain to this company, he took for the text of his inauguration sermon the ful lowing: A roomiest of all shall be sued. IRELAND. et Ide hey red Ide aehspe-414 le ill abed We mi. held twee ow tie Isttwas. muldona. illownitel m eetreaW le Imo illeatrlase seiftegalitra„ at the wet prelates art ever paled the drink er me aimed y. COWIN at ltettlealesa t ~no _alt the elterelit I seader ia r=t your i plertheit mem tary, rot the pier Vane eall. &We ad kneed awketlets ter /my twl IMMO VP. to the awl at toy Ilk the bewerable leatheew yea haw bane le Rey bream wataki eat to the rladkatioa ot toy eieneller. To we, gegibrn. Mr. Prealkat, sod Searrtary, I are • aew debt of wad tat% kr biota* wedhott ot ooareyi year etwelatory address to eo kneabie • penwer a i r ezl I lave th e te selwette molt, otth lbeilwi et So your 410th we Weikel err vast *Omit haw risrwul i ttiseorr, P.P., atrokutowt, Arab • down et Wilda. I The *Bowls; Was appear la the Arming Chronicle : alr,ae the espnaker le old* the amegiowlug letter alluake ham tow elbow% ethers as well as by Mr. ea. Butler. I Mall tact diked by tie pu yew esettet wavatiestr. —I have AltoW vv iv be, sir, yaw wet °What arms% Baeurwm:ar.— Itiwerit Jan. le, ISM To W. Archer Butler, Bag., Duthie.-114,—Though I have taco the wise resolve, as 1 trust it W. to show all controversies which may possibly a rise out of my letter rix Arehlgehop Untie, yet I am most willing to explain any valeoecopsha which may appear to haws been honestly adopted of any expreasios I have wed. When I as-eroad th a t the !hilltop church tatablishmeut in Ireland was abhorred by the people, I had not the most remote Idea of speaking of the establishment others - We than as • material church; that Is, a church enjoying[ the trnipeulides of another by force of law. In opposition to the will as well se to the in terests of the people. It never once occurred to mo that the esprea. aloe could be otherwise understood, or I should certainly have guarded myself against the interpretation you have attached to It, for I am moat willing to acknowledgethe good services rendered to the afflicted poor in Ireland, mote especially during the late and prment famine, • bye large potion of the maident beneficed clergy of the establish. meat- You also indulge what I mean by mitertlng that bundreds of • thonsulds of the public money have been lavished—l did not my " voted "—on the churches of dud witabltahrdeat ; and in reply, I briefly observe that upon that point [spoke largely, carrying my aiservation over a large awe of time (though not so distant as not to be within the memory of us all), and that I attach the epithet public to the re- VCIMCS of the establishment, m whatever form coliected, or whence soever derived, In conformity with the ',meaning opinion that thatch property is !nattily subject to the conuol of the public authorities of the country, provkled it be justly administered, and be not alienated from rechismatiul purposes; and here I will venture to add, that I never have contemplated any change in the die/amnion of that pro perty not having a just and equitable basis for its appropriation, and which has not been, over and over again, advocated by the must dis tinguished protecanta.—T have the honour to remain, sir, year most obedient servant, Suammatnts. SCOTLAND. EntNADWIR, JAW. 20. The master cotton spinners of Glasgow have passed the following resolutions regarding credit and terms for the sale of yarns, which are to take effect on the 26th inst. : I. That each month Is to be understood to close on the 23th day I thereof.-2. That all ca.b settlements be made on the second of the month following the sale, or oettlemint by bill to be three months' credit Isom the let of the mid month.-3. Agents are to he allowed 3 per cent. for eale and guarantee commissions, and 21 per cent. for cash.—t. All direct sales to manufacturers, or others., by ' the spinners, to he allowed 21 per cent. for aoh.-5. Agents' receive notes md invoice forms to have the word " agent," or " agents," as the MAC may be, engraved upon them. The people of Perth, regarding possession as nine tenths of the law, have helped themselves to 3001., for the relief of their own poor, out of the 3,7001. col lected for the relief of Highland destitution. As for merly stated the contributions of the fair city have never been remitted to the central fund, so that the Perth moneys are in a different position from those of other places. Paisley, hearing that there was to be a division of spoil, applied to Perth, but were referred to Edinburgh, the great reservoir of contri bution. The Perth funds were lately demanded by the central treasures, and there will likely be some controversy raised about the appropriation. Were St. Johnstoune's disposed to be casuistical, doubts might be started as to what con stitutes the Highlands. No authentic map gives the boundary line, and where given in graphic represen tations the demarcation has been made according to an act of parliament against smuggling—no high autho rity, certainly, in geography or any other science. Meanwhile isolated cases of discriminating liberality are occurring among landlords, which like golden grains deserve preservation and record. The i)uke of Sutherland has again announced to his tenantry in the district of Tongue, paying less than 101. of annual rent, that he will give premiums to them far the first, second, and third best and largest crops of turnips, cabbage, carrots, leeks, and onions raised by them. The duke's desire is, by this means, to stimulate his tenantry to improve their garden cultivation. The premiums vary from five shillings to one pound. It was lately mentioned that part of the harbour dues of Leith went for the payment of Edinburgh ministers. It now appears that the Edinburgh mar riage fees gc, for the most part, fur the payment of precentors, or leaders of psalmody in the established churches ; with the view of avoiding payment of those fees, parties frequently go to the bar of the police court, end acre declare themselves man and wife—to the great annoyance of the magisterial mind for the time being. The Lord Advocate's bill would, of course, stop these irregularities ; but then, as in the time of Hudibnui, we should have the men of song" starting at the innovation on their dues. Notwithstanding the losses caused by mining com panies, a nova one, according to the Ayr Observer, has taken the in-nerds on the estate of Mansfield, near New Cumno:k, which consist chiefly of coal, iron stone, and fife clay. In the same county, and at the depth of abealt sixty fathoms, a seam of coal, 4 feet thick, was last week discovered on a farm at Patna. Two layers of two feet thick have also been found. The main body of the coal is supposed to be at least eighty fathoais deep. The proximity of iron mines to those of coal will be valuable aids for increasing the wealth, industry, and comfort of all interested. DURUM, lAN. 20. In the King's County the effect of the commission in the neighbouring districts appears not very decisive for good. The local paper states that a prurient desire for fire-arms has seized the peasantry since the posting of the proclamation. Scarcely a night passes without the appearance of a band of marauders de manding arms. They do not calculate the result of their folly. The descent of the commission very likely awaits them at no distant day. Mr. Mulvany, commissioner of public works, will be shortly in Galway, to direct the immediate im provements on Lough Corrib. Thousands are waiting for employment—hundreds at least will be gratified. The guardians of the Killaraey Union have memo rialised the poor-law commissioners to reduce the area of taxation from the electoral division to a lesser unit, for the purpose of s'imulating employment. The commissioners are restrained by the Poor-law Act from granting the prayer of the memorial. In reply to one of those numerous communications which have passed between the North Union guard ians and the poor-law commissioners on the subject of transmission and settlement, the commissioners state, no Irishman can be legally removed from any Eng lish parish in which he shall have resided for five years next before the application for a warrant of removal. No Irishman, however, can claim a settle ment by a 'five year residence in an English parish. Such residence only confers an exemption from liabi lity to be removed from the particular parish in which the residence tcrik place. SING CLAR Facre assexerrso A CRIMINAL.—The King's County Chronicle contains the following details s.—On Thum day list a notorious character, named Patrick Collings, was arrested by the Rapemills police, charged with killing and stealing a sheep. the property of Mr. Patrick Sherlock, at Liftmen, near lianagher. Ile had been committed to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes. A few years since Collings attained considerable notoriety, having been tried at Parsons tows quarter sessions, in October, 1841, for killing a goat. Of this offence he was convicted; after which it was found that the punishment awarded by the statute was death ; our learned chairman very properly declined to ptoononce that awful sentence ; he suspended judg ment with a view of consulting the law advisers of the mien, who decided "that the law should take its mane;" consequently, Collings was brought up for judg meat at the January sessions ' 11112, when the aaaiatant bar rage sentenced him to be hanged on th $ Bth of February following. This was the first and only instance in Ireland where the extreme penalty of the law was pronounced by • court of quarter bewions, it being hitherto believed that that power was alone vested in the judges of assize and general gaol delivery. The punishment of death was subsequently commuted to twelve months' imprisonment. This ease was the LOCUS of drawing the attention of parliament to the state of the law as regards this and other offences, the result of which was—that it is not at present a hanging matter to kill a goat in Ireland. ALTAR DENUNCIATIONS. We have abstained hitherto from giving currency to the more inflamed lucubration, which have been fulminated from the other side of the Irish channel on this subject. The 'blowing epiat e, however, from the Rev. 11. M'Dermott, the Roman Catholic priest of Strokestown, presents a speci men of pastoral urbanity and meekness which is too cha racteristic to be pawed over. It was received in Nottingham on Wednesday, in reply to an address of condolence that had been transmitted to him by the Roman Catholic Aseotia tim of that town : Becesotewn, lan. 15, ISIS -Gentlemen,-I have received In due maw the congratulatory address which you have been kind enough steward to me horn the Nottingham Cathodic Association. I have tom unfeignedly to assure you, that I highly appreciate the strong waresion of sympathy and personal esteem which that address offers One to ml Pricent persecuted and calumniated position before the Mash empire. I should hail with inexpressible satisfaction the public Wenn of any portion it the English catholic church at a time when tn soot conebted, and mat venerated catholic names amongst tie 2 4 44, Peerage hose earned for theniseives no small share of unenvis • ratiriety by their ...notation with the relentless enemies of my erted and of mv country. The comprehensive and unequivocal contras &hashish l'have given in my letter to the foul charge of Deniin -40a," 14h no room for cavil or for quibble, and still the calumny ▪ resmerted -the charge wen reiterated-the shifting and shuffling of it 9 bbrieators had given it a new shape, and it came forth substan tiated and proved by the incoutruvertible evidence of a peer, who con fted his shame and his infamy under the guise of his anonymous 11,44 11im, and warded off from his or. ler the indelible stigma of false hied Slid CAM:, by withholding his name from the public. Out, this nameless, shameless, fameless peer I Oh this truthless, ruthies, bootless pest I ids estrilieed honour, integrity, end principle, for the political =I of his party, and left upon record a crime the dia at which the waters of the Boyne can never wash away hi weutcheon ! When this nameless peer's new err '''. sl /he charge appeared, the whole horde of my calumniators 11•1 11 11._ the attack with increased virulence and rigour-they mil the Spite of the orange kennel upon me-the bloodhounds &M . upon me-they tore my flesh, and lapped my those who should tare been silent, or should have ,Ten m 7 eons, were louder in their yelping, and more ferocious their ?arming. Through this ordeal my conscientious eon vi:n. that I had Injured no man-that I had not prostituted my deicers/aid my altar-that I had devoted myself to the 'Amy eh Mal duties-ignored by the world, and heedless of . aware or 'applause supported me. and cheered me with the cans ZMi,: l i i tit truth would ultimately triumph, and that the might nod ty of justice scud] insure, in the end, the vindication of my _,dawisr. Humble mid ihscure as I am, while I serve my Hod, and tinter at his altar with an unseated onscience and a guiltless 1 slue not the pnlitieal censure, nor the Conscience , cnticism Zenbehest peer in England, who may vainly imagine that his ortal baring, or busted heraldry, can invest him with such l et=mic,,_, win I supremacy as to involve the prelacy and palest =tf the esthetic church of Ireland In one sweeping, imbe =ds condemnation. I could almost weep to see the degenerate of the Talbott., instead of standing up in the majestic =wwe of tie lion-as the dauntless champion of his religion, C.ll_ down at the f eet o f t h e Uritish minister, and licking his stingy the fawning and cringing servility of a lap-dog, while he i rjb the whole Irish catholic church as • holocaust to his caprice I t v 7P°Licy. Can this be the boasted chivalry the transcendent ire et hung fo r centuries ever the ancient hall of Alton Towers! I c e , et to hope that the noble earl will revoke his dictatorial re 44tthat Le si ck the refugo of the sanctuary-that he will la wait the sad specimen pie has given the public JEWISH PERSECUTION IN EDINRCROIL—A petition to the folowner effect was read from Mr. Moses Jacob, at last meeting of the Edinburgh Town-council : The petition of Moses Jacob, one of the city feuars on George IV. Bridge, humbly slieweth : That he is the proprietor of and occupies No. 17, Candlemaker-row on which he has built a substantial atone house, which cost upward sl of I,oool.—the honest earnings of many years' toil; that he bas to complain of a serious injury done to him sad his family, consisting of his wife and four small children, which if not put s stop to, will compel hint to leave Edinburgh for ever; that this oppressive injury is indicted on him at home, and in other part. of the city, by certain unprincipled abandoned hoe, who annoy and insult him in the foulest and moat opprobrious Language, ten low and vulgar to repeat, on account of his religious creed; that his op pressors have at times thrown stone into his shopariddwelling, one of whi h unfortunately struck his wile and wounded her severely, which confined her to bed during twelve months; that he has oodsionally brought some of the delinquent s before the pollee, when, after the case hal been proved, these Juvenile disturbers of the peace have merely got a reprimand; that such ientaor.al and cruel conduct Is not allowed in London, nor in any other place in the British dominions, towards the Jew subjects, who are a quiet, industrious, inoffensive people,and who do not interfere with other creeds, nor attempt to make roselyte, and it is a matter of history that wherever Jews settle, the places prosper, because they promote trade; that the peti tioner is en extensive dealer and auctioneer; that he is a favourite with the better order of society for his courteous, obliging, and liberal conduct; and when he travels at fairs In the country, he is welcomed and respected for his fair dealing; that, being a father himself, he is fond and kind to his children, and when he is provoked by the insults and behaviour of the wicked lade of Edin burgh, he speaks to them in mild terms, with • view to prevail on them to lay aside and discontinue their cruelty ; that the local !notary of the city prep that, for several ages, the youths of Edinburgh are a mischievous set, who herd together to crowds, corrupt each other, and even have murdered innocent citizeas, as they did in packs on let January, 1811, for which threo of their number suffered; that in these enlig htened times, it le humbly hoped that the infiucnee and authority of the provost and magistrates will accelerate a better (cling in the minds of the lads of Edinburgh towards the persecuted children of Israel, whose ancestors wrote by inspiration the Holy Bible, the proper rule of faith far all mankind; and, in conclusion, that the petitioner being an humble (rue on his lordship's °Meal estate, coaaiders himself the better entitled to protection from the outrages here complained of. General sympathy . was expressed in behalf of poor Moses, and inquiry ordered Into his persecution. Istrouvasv JURY TRIAL. — On Monday last the Wood. burnden succession, or Farrell case, was decided at Aber been, before Lord Ivory and a jury, after a trial of 14 days' duration. The issue for trial was whether the pursuers (Mrs. Willox and Mrs. Pope and husbands) or the defender (Mrs. Farrell) were the nearest heir portioners of the late Alexander Wood, of Woodburden. It appeared from the evidence that in 1749, a man of the name of James Woe d, a mason, settled in Karkton of Fetterero, near Stonehaven, and, in 1755, married Margaret Barclay, by whom he had a family of five sons and two daughters, none of whom were ever married. The youngest eon, Alexander, emigrated to Canada in 1793, where he accumulated a large fortune, and returned to this country in 1542, taking up his residence in hie mansion of Woodcut, where he died in 1811. Oa big death it was Laud he had left no settlement, and that, con sequently, his nearest heirs would inherit his property ; and after a long search, Mr*. Farrell, a granddaughter of a sister of James Wood, was discovered by the late Mr. Smart, solicitor, of Stonehaven ; and although her right was disputed by another party, such was the evidence obtained oy Mr. Smart, that no appearance was made consequently the art ppoung . on the day . of trial, and Mrs. Farrell entered into pouession in September, 181.5. The present pursuers afterwards; set up their claim on the ground that the father and mother of James Wood, of Fetteresso, were George Wood and Jane Y ouug, ia the Brae of Kintore, so that, in fact, the issue to be decided was, who was the father of James Wood and the grandfather of Alexander Wood. A jury trial took place in Edinburgh in October,lB46, before Lord Robert son, when a verdict was given for the defender, but after ap pealing first to the Court of Session, and then to the llou'e of Lords, the pursuers obtained an order for a new trial on the ground that the evidence of a witness had been illegally re jected. The case consequently came oa again for trial at Aberdeen, as mentioned above, and after long and able pleadings on both sides, the jury found a verdict for the de fender. Mr. fleas took an exception to the finding, on the ground that evidence which had been taken by commission for a former trial in this case ought not to have been used in the present trial. The expenses will be enormous, the jury alone receiving 1611. for their attendance.—The above is the third hearing of the same case before a jury that has taken place. Its magnitude may be judged of from the fact, that in the present instance there were engaged six Edinburgh advocates, four writers to the signet, eight solicitors ? besides involved an agent on the part of the crown. The property boa been variously e stimated at fromps one,oool. to h 90,0001.,t jur any d co nsidering all things, it is perhaof the eavies trials that ever took place in Scotland. The celebrated Hut Blast case, tried in 1813, occupied ten days, and, excepting the above, ia the longest trial o mord, THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1848. by a large majority might easily be inferred from a glance at the body of the hall. Prom the nature of the opposition there was much irrelevant matter introduced; so much so indeed that we Gannet regard this as any demonstration of the real feeling of the rate-payers of Leicester upon the ques tion of a national rate. Suffice it to say that Mr. Whet stone moved and Mr. J. H. Webb seconded the following re solution : ' That this meeting being convinced that the pre sent system of poor-law rating is very unequal, bearing, as it does, on some perishes with ruinous weight, whilst other perishes are but very lightly burdened, deems it necessary to express its strong conviction that a national rate ought to be adopted in the place of the present sprees of parochial rating.'—Mr. G. Buckby then moved the following amend ment ' That in the opinion of this meeting the manufacturers of this town engaged in the hosiery trade have widely increased the rates of this borough by the unnecessary reductions they have made in the wages of their workmen, combined with the heavy deductions made therefrom in the shape of frame rents and charges, and have thereby decreased the property of the tradesmen : and this meeting is further of opiaion that if a national rate be laid, they will reduce still further, well knowing they will have the whole country to support the people whom they have pauperised.'—This amendment having been seconded, Messrs. Bloodswortb, Winks, and Brown, endeavoured to persuade the mover of the same to withdraw it, but he refused, and its being carried by a large majority terminated the proceeding' of a turbo. lent meeting, which lasted upwards of three hours." MORE VICTIMS TO LAUDANUM.— ChiId-killing by laudanum has become so prevalent in Loughborough, that Mr. J. Gregory, coroner, has intimated his inti.ution of re commending a committal for manslaughter, if another case of the kind occurs. Two inquests were held on children who had been killed by this narcotic on .Tuesday evening the fi rst at the sign of the Half Moon, on view of the body of Thomas Slater, tined about three years. The grand mother of this child gave it a dose of laudanum en Saturday afternoon, consisting, she said, " of eight drops," and it died from the effects of the dose between two and three o'clock the next morning. The second inquest was held at the George the Fourth, Regent street, on view of the body of Grace Taylor, daughter of Stephen Taylor, brickmaker. This child was nearly six months old, and as it was rather " wran gling " on Saturday night, its mother gave it " three drops" of laudanum. It did not appear in either case that the laudanum had been administered with an improper mo tive, but the parties conceraed were admonished never to give any thing of the kind to children again, except under the direction of a medical man, and the coroner wished the reporters and the jurors to make it known as widely as pos sible that if death should result again from the incautious administration of laudanum, it would be the duty of a jury to commit the party administering it for trial at the assizes on a charge of manslaughter. The verdict, in each case, was in accordance with the evidence. THE LEICESTER CEMETERY.—The government sur veying officer hu appointed the 4th of }ob. next to attend at the Town-hall, in this borough, to make the usual pre liminary inquit lee in the matter, when both the promoters and the opponents of the Bill, if there be any opponent, will have to attend, and to produce all necessary witnesses and plans fur sustaining their cue pro or rots. LINCOLNSHIRE. TIIE DEAD Atrve.-0a Thursday the 13th inst., the dead body of a man was discovered in the Grantham Canal, and a jury was duly summoned by the borough co roner, for the following day, to " sit upon him " as " a per son unknown." On the inquest taking place, a witness came forward who swore the deceased was a man named Bradley, a travelling dealer in stationery, and although another person insisted before the jury that it was not Brad ley, and was ready to make oath to that effect, both the coroner and the jury were satisfied that the defunct was in fact the Bradley in question, and returned a verdict that he was " Found drowned," whereupon the coroner issued an order for his burial. It appears, however, that Bradley was lodging within five minutes' walk of the Town Hall at which the inquest was held, and of course was quite unconscious of the fate to which he had been con signed; and on Sunday morning, on Mrs. Bradley, the wife of the supposed dead man, being told of what bad taken place, she stated that it was just possible that an inquest might have been held on her husband, but however that might be, he had slept with her on the Irish) , night, and was perfectly well that morning. The town-crier meeeting Bradley in the street, informed him that an inquest had been held upon his remains upon the previous day; and this roused inquiry, when it was discovered that the body was that of Thomas Ballard, formerly of the Waggon and Horses public-house, Sleaford, and lately living in Spittle gate, and the coroner was applied to, to correct the error and order the right person to be buried, but this be declined to do, saying, he had no power without another inquest, and the order remained for the burial of Bradley—though it need scarcely be said he objected to the ceremony's taking place in his person, and Ballard was buried on Sunday in DEATH FROM CARELESSNESS WITH MEDICINE.— An inquest was held at East Retford, on Saturday, touching the death of Cornelius Lambert. —Mrs. Jane Pringle said, I am sist rain-law to the deceased, who has been unwell for several days, and took to his bed on Saturday last; he was attended by Mr. Allison, surgeon. On Thursday morning, about eleven o'clock, I administered to him his medicine, — he was to have taken a draught. I took up the bottle con taining the draught, and read the label, and was about to give it to him, but he being rather impatient I laid it down I again on the drawers, where, unfortunately, the other bottle was, which contained the embrocation. I read the label in the lint instance, but when I took it up again I did not read it. The bottles were nearly of the earns size, and the contents nearly of the same colour and smell. Ho then asked me for the draught, and I took up the bottle and gave him the conteate, which he immediately took, and then exclaimed that I bad given him the wrong medicine. On looking at the bottle I found that I had, and upon discovering my mistake I immediately gave him some salt and water, and sent for Mr. Allison. Mr. Allison r and Mr. Mee were both from home at the time, and Mr. William Gylby came. Mr. Lambert died at four o'clock on Friday morning. There was no time lost in procuring medical assistance after the mistake was found out. The colour and size of the bottles were the same. The one was labelled, " The embrocation to be used night and morning; " the other, " Take the draught directly." [We may observe, that this witness was most die mused whilst giving her evidence, and appeared to be suffering under the utmost anguish of mind at the unfor tunate mistake she had made.]—Mr. Allison, surgeon, said the deceased was a patient of mine ; I was called to see him about a week ago, and have attended him since. The em brocation was sent to him oa Wednesday last, and the draught on Thursday morning, being the day previous to his death. They were both of the same colour, and in bottles of about the same size. The embrocation was of a poisonous et, tore. Both bottles were labelled with the labels now pro duced ; and no doubt the taking the embrocation was the immediate cause of his death. He was not suffering the same morning from any other complaint likely to terminate so soon as the next day. He was confined with rheumatic fever. I saw the deceased soon after Mr. Oyiby had been called in, and used the stomach pump. Ile was then quite sensible, and said he did not blame Mrs. Pringle ; it was not her !huh, but his own. He died at four o'clock on Friday morning. Verdict—" Accidental poisoning." SHROPSHIRE CANDIDATE FOR THE NORTHERN DITIBION.-MT. Whiteall Dodd, of Cloverley, Salop, hes been solicited by the influential conservatives of North Shropshire to stand for that division of the county, the representation et which is vacated by the elevation of Lord Clive to the peers&e, and that gentleman, we are happy to say, hes complied with the requisition. Mr. W. Dodd, is a thorough conservative and a sound churchman, and it would have been impossible to select a gentleman more worthy of the distinguished hononr about to be conferred upon him. THE MARQUIS OF EXETER AND SIR G. HEATH COTE.—On the 24th August last, Mr. Wetherell, barrister, who is also an Assistant Inclosnre Commissioner, was occu pied for the entire day at the Falcon-inn, Uppingham, in in vestigating the claims of the Marquis of Exeter and Sir Gil bert Heatbcote to manorial rights arising out of the inclosnre of the parish of Pilton, under the General lnclosure Act. Lord Exeter claimed to be Lord Paramount of the Hundred of Wrangdyke (in which hundred the parish of Pilton is situate), under some old grants and inquisitions; whereas Sir Gilbert Heatbcote relied upon his claim not only by vir tue of an absolute conveyance to his ancestor in the year 1762, but also upon the fact of his !laving bad uninterrupted possession from that date to the present period.—After an examination of the court-rolls, grants, and other documents, the commissioner called upon Lord Exeter's soli cit.,r to prove that there was waste and commonable land within the parish out of which he could carve an allotment, should he possibly ascertain that he was entitled to one ; but as the solicitor was not prepared with this requisite evi dence, an adjournment was prayed for, and granted until the 26th October, at Stamford, on which adjourned day the same commissioner was occupied until late in the evening in taking the examinations of witnesses, and he has recently published his award, rejecting in tots the claim of the Mar quis of Exeter to be " Lord Paramount," and fully esta blishing the rights of Sir Gilbert Heathcote. PAUPER SETTLEMENTS.—The guardians of Norwich have for some time been bestirring themselves to effect amendment in the present law of settlement, which they have sli.wri presses with peculiar hardship upon that city, as well as upon some of the more populous agricultural vil lages ; and a petition which they have presented to the legis lature states, " That at the time of passing the present act an agreement subsisted between 66 parishes in neighbouring unions in Norwich to relieve their respective non settled poor, and that the sums repaid by such pari•lies to Norwich during the year prior to that act amounted to 915/ 14c, whilst in November, 1817, 34 of those parishes had wholly withdrawn from that arrangement."...." That for the year prier to the parsing of the said act, the sum paid for the maintenance of nos-settled poor at Norwich was 1031. 12s. ; whilst for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1847, the cum paid for the same purpose was 3,9171. 18s. 6d., exclusive of the maintenance of the non-settled poor in the workhouse and incidenanl expenses amounting to a further sum of 7001., and that of the above sum of 3,9171. 18e. 6d., 3,2661. 12s. 6d. was paid to aged and infirm persons, who may be termed permanent poor." The petition also prays for a more equal rating, and for the abolition of the Law of parochial settle ment. The guardians recommend the adoption of this yeti. lion by every parish in Norwich • and so far as the parishes have met the petition has been unanimously adopted in vestry. PROVINCIAL. PROOAT.BB OP MANCHISEITETZB A BONDING PORT. —The following tables, obtained from the Manchester Cur tom-hates, were quoted from by Mr. W. Oibb , at the meet. ing of the Commercial Associat ion:—Statement of goods of general consumption received under bond and wareheused in Manchester, from Ist Jan., 1847. to Ist Jan , 1848: Wines, 44,133 gallon. • brandy, 17,697 gallons; rum, 24,982 gallons ; Geneva, 22 8 gallons; tea, 882,682 lbs.; coffee, 1451,567 lbs. ; sugar, 3,822 cwt.—Statement of the quan tities of each description of goads, wares, and merchandise remaining in the bonded warehouses at this place on the 6th Jan., 1848:—Bottles, 248 ewe , 2 qrs. ; cheese, 92 cwt., 3 qn., 411134 cocoa, 8.P., 5,418 lbs. ; ditto, foreign, 3,438 lbs. —8,858 lbs.; coffee, 8.P., 184,860 lbs.; ditto, foreign, 208,311 lbs.; total coffee, 393,171 lbs.; West India rum, 16,783 14-16 gallons ; vatted ditto, 687 gallons ; East India ditto, 4,752 gallons; vatted ditto, 1.482 gallons; ditto, East and West India, 192 gallon; total 23,876 14-16 gallons; brandy, 13,684 5.32 gale ; Geneva, 62. 23.32 gals ; cordials 6 gals. ; Cape wine, 2,832 gals. ; French, 3,314 1-6 gals. ; Madeira, 1,127 gals. • Portugal, 26,7041 . 6 gals.; Rheaish, 359 3.6 gals. ; Span ish 27,824 gals. ; not enumerated, 1,264 gals.; total, 63,424 gals.—Water cologne, 624 flasks; to bacco (unnianufactured), 5,135 ; do. manufactured, 3,769 6-16 lbs. Account of duties for the years ending Jan.' 5, 1847, and Jan. 5, 1848, shows a decrease from 132,0101. to 172,1681.—Statement of duties of customs received at Man chester at each of the years and quarters ended Jan. 5. 1847, 1818:—Tear ending Jan. 6, 1847, 187,9221. 13s. ; do. Jan. 6, 1848, 177,4171. 11.. Id. ; quarter ending Jan. 6, 1847, 38,8231. 19s. ; do. Jan. 6, 1848, 41,1901. ss. 9d. ; being an increase on the last quarter of 2,3661. 6s. 91., but a decrease on the entire year of 10,5041. 10s. 2d. DESPERATE AEFRAY WITH POACTIERS.—For some time back the grounds surrounding Crosby-hall have been much frequented by poachers, and though every effort has been made to detect them, they have always succeeded in making their escape. On Wednesday morning last between three and four o'clock, Martin Billington, the head game keeper, in going along the road from Little Crosby church towards Rainford's public house, heard the discharge of guns in the game preserves. He returned immediately 8 the hall in order to get assistance and proceed after the trespassers; with that object he called up three of the other keepers, Thomas Fairclough, Edward Makin, and William Halewood. The party, four in number, I then proceeded to a wood inside the park, whence they had reason to infer the firing proceeded. After ad vancing a little distance they perceived two men, whom they judged to be in the pursuit of game. Billington called out to them, asking what they were doing, but received no answer, and one of the poachers then made a sort of signi ficant sound, as though in token of defiance. The two poachers were then joined by two comrades, and en dim* was made on the gamekeepers. The poachers threw large stones. The keeper Fairciough was struck on the head with a gun, and liallington received several blows. The other two keepers, Halewood and Makin, who had been stationed to keep watch, then came up, and the contest became desperate ; the poachers using their gun-stocks and bludgeons with which they were also armed, and the keeper, laying about them with strong heavy cudgels or sticks. The struggle continued for about twenty minutes, the poachers getting decidedly the worst of it; and when they found they had little chance, they ran away, but were pursued, and one of the three, Richard Brown, was secured ; the others made good their retreat. During the struggle a gun was fired, but it did not produce any effect. The wounded man, Tudor, who was lying on the ground in a state of insensibility, was then conveyed to the hall, as well u his companian Brown. The ser geant of police, James Pye, was sent for soon afterwards, and at his suggestion Mr. May, surgeon, was called nal Ho examined Tudor's injuries, and administered whatever remedies the nature of the case seemed to him to require. Tudor had a serious wound in the head, which bad been in flicted by one of the keepers' clubs, besides other injuries, and his recovery is considered very doubtful. The other man, Brown, had several cuts and bruises, but not of a dan gerous character. The gamekeepers sustained very little damage from the assaults of their opponents. Fairclougls got a cut on the head, and one of his companions was wounded in the arm, but neither of the injuries is of a serious cha racter; the rest escaped with only a few bruises and scratches. On the ground where the affray took place a bag was found, and three hen ph. asants ; also two broken guns. Brown was taken into custody by police-sergeant Pye, and conveyed to Kirkdale, where an examination took place before James Lawrence, E.g., one of the county magistrates, and he was remanded for further examination. Oa cumin _ iog Tudor's clothes several stones were found in his pockets, with some shot and a few gun raps. The other two men have not been taken, but an active search is going on, which, it is expected, will lead to their discovery. Brown is well known as a poacher, and has been frequently tined and im prisoned for trespassing on various estates in the pursuit of game in this neighbourhood. 1 AIURUER BY A SOLDIER AT THE LEEDS CAVALRY BARRACae.—A shocking murder, of a premeditated cha racter, was perpetrated at the Cavalry Barracks, Leeds, on Thursday evening, about seven o'clock. The delinquent is a private soldier, named Michael Stokes, 20 years of age, a native of Dublin, who had been about two years with his regiment, the 67th Foot. The unfortunate sufferer by the awful deed was a woman about 28 years of age, the wife of William Garrett, a private in the same company, to whom she had been married only about three months. About the time above mentioned Stokes, the deceased, and several others of the company being in the b.arack-rood, Stokes being apparently cleaning his firelock, he was ob served to raise the butt-end to the right side of his breast, and to discharge its contents at the deceased, the ball passing through the abdomen and body of the unfortunate woman and coming out at the back. As soon as he had discharged the weapon he laid it upon the floor of the room, and began to pull off his undress jacket, when he was seized by Ser geant Keenan, of the same company, upon which the prisoner said, " Don't be frightened, sergeant, I am not going to hurt you." lie was immediately out under arrest, and conveyed to the guard-house, where he admitted to Sergeant Mustard that he had loaded the piece at five o'clock in the evening, and added that he had premeditated the deed for two months; but that he should not tell the reason to any one but his priest. On examining his car touche-box a ball cartridge was found to be wanting, and the remnant of a percussion cap was found on the nipple of his firelock. No cause can be assigned for the commission of the fatal act, which deprived the poor woman of life about an hour and a half after its occurrence. Yesterday the of fender was surrendered into the custody of the civil autho rities, and he underwent a brief examination before the sit ting magistrates, by whom he was remanded. The coronet's inquest Is to be held this (Saturday) morning. SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR SHEFFIELD.—Great sen sation has prevailed in Sheffield during the former part of this week, in consequence of the death of George Menden, blacksmith, between 60 and 70 years of age, whose body was found on Sunday morning last, at the bottom of a coal-pit, called the Deep Pit, at the " Intake," about two miles from Sheffield, belonging to the Sheffield Coal Company. He was supposed to have been first robbed of his money and watch, and afterwards thrown into the pit. He left the New lon, Shales Moor, a little after one o'clock on Sunday morn ing this is said to be the last place at which be was seen alive. On Sunday morning a man and boy went down the pit, tone if all was right, as usual, and stumbled over the body. Hie head was literally crushed to pieces, and indeed every part of his body presented a moat frightful spectacle, which it naturally would do, considering that the pit is 101 yards deep. An inquest was conamenccd on Tuesday, and ad jousted. o MIRA Alkf T►►E COAL TRADE.—The iiiiintity of coals shipped at Sunderland last year was greater than in any former year, amounting to 611,7521 clash:irons. The increase in the vend during the year 1847 exceeded the vend of 1946 by the large quantity of 90,5211 ebaldrons, The trade con tinues in a very active state, and most of the large collieries are working to the extent of their capabilities. SUNDERLAND DOCKS.—The progress made in the excavation on the sea beach for the Sunderland Docks during the winter is surprising, considering the magnitude of the works. Every part of this great undertaking vet attempted has proved successful, and the sea has been effectually backed out of the intended tidal basin, the breast work of which has stood proof against the violence of very heavy seas. It is the intention of the directors that the foundation stone shall be laid by Mr. Hudson, 11 1 1'.., ,chairman of the Dock Company WARiVICKSIIIRE. CAUTION TO rNNKEEPERS. --At the pnblic-offiee, at Birmingham, yesterday, a respectably attired young man, who gave his name and address as John Henry Wilkins, of 22, Horsemonger-lane, London, was brought before the ma gi-tastes on the charge of stealing a quantity of plate from Dee'e Royal Hotel, and from the White Hart Inn, Digbeth upwards of 300/. in bank notes and checks—this last being the property of a Mr. Higgs, a commercial traveller, from Gloucester. From the evidence it appeared that the pri soner, on taking up his abode at these hotels , represe nted himself to be " a commercial man." At " the Royal " he seized and made oft with a quantity of silver spoons, mustard pots, and other articles of plate and plated goods. A short time after he had ensconced him self at the White Hart, he happened to see Mr. Higgs receive a considerable sum of money from a tradesman of the town, and availing himself of that gentleman's ab sence he walked off with the writing-desk in which the cash had been deposited. He next took up his abode at the Three Tuns in Snow-hill, doubtless with the view to carry on the same nefarious game ; but here his carecv was cut short by the police, who am...headed him on Thursday evening, the whole of the stolen property . being found in his possession. He wu fully committed for trial for these offences, Wilkins is supposed to have arrived from " Manchester direct," and aix silver spoons marked " E. R.," found in his portmanteau, are probably the result of a robbery in that town. WORCESTERSHIRE. HEALTH OP TOWNS IMPROVEMENT.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Worcester was held in the Guildhall yesterday afternoon. Many of the clergy and me dical gentlemen of the city were among those present. The object of the meeting was to support the introduction of any measures of unitary reform which might be brought before the legislature. Several resolutions to this effect were passed. wWWWWWIWITITItr A NATIONAL RATE. —On Monday, pursuant to a requisition, a public meeting was convened by the mayor of Leicester, to consider the propriety of petitioning the legis lature in favour of a national rate for the relief of the poor. The Leieuter Journal ear, " The object of the requisition ists was defeated, not upon any discussion on the merits of the question, but upon a matter of a personal nature. It ap pears that a large manufacturing firm in the town have been reducing the wages of their workmen in one particular branch of the trade, and to resent this injury the operatives determined upon moving an amendment to the first re solution that should be submitted to the meeting on Monday night. That such an amendment would be carried CLERICAL PREFERMENTS.—Rev. H. A. Danee to Westerleigh C. co. and dio. Gloactirer.—Rey. H. H. Dombrain to Christ Church C., Rantegate, Kent ; archdio. Canterbury.—Rev. W. Ka, P.C. of Tipton, Staffordshire, to be a nueogate, dio. Lichfield.—Rev. R. Lone&le to La Pair:e Minion, dio. Montreal.—Rev. F. H. Maude to Trinity P.C., Ipswich, Suffolk ; dio. Norwich pat., the R. of St. Clement's Ips wich.—Rev. E. A. Onsmanney, V. of Chew Magna, Somer set, to a prebendal stall in the cathedral church of Wells : pat., the Bishop of Bath and Wells.—Rev. L. Porbriek, V. of Chippenham, Wilts, to be a surrogate, dio. Bristol.—Rev. J. E. P. Simpson to St. Paul's (Mariner's Chapel), Quebec. —Rev. R. Widen, P.C. of St. Mary, Barnsley, to be a sur rogate for the archdio. York.—Rev. T. C. Gibbs to Coates R., co. and dio. Gloucester; 3691. with residence: pat., J. Gibbs, Esq. VACANCIES.—OId Claes. V., Somemst ; dio. B. & W. ; 4661. with residence: pate, the representatives of the late incumbent, the Rev. W. Newton, dec.—Perrot, South, R., Dorset; dio. Salisbury; so Mosterton C.; 3621. with red deuce pat., Hey. J. Willa, who has resigned. NAVAL DRVONPORT, JAN. 20. 1 :11;constant, 36, Capt. Shepherd, was paid wages in advance yesterday, and sailed this morn ing for Valparaiso. Bonetta, brigantine, sailed yesterday for the coast of Attics. Hydra, Com. Skipwith, is expected to nil on the 2.'nd. Her despatches arrived yesterday. Plover, sloop, Com. Moore, was undocked this morning and hauled alongside the jetty to try her leakage, preparatory to her being reported ready. A sergeant of marines belonging to this ship was dismissed the service by court-martial, yester day, (or stealing stores. Alb:on, 90, Capt. Fremantle, will be paid off on the 22nd. Acheron, st , Capt. Stokes, will sail for New Zealand in a day or two. SHEERNESS, JAN. 20.—The Meander (44), Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, has this day been towed to the More by the African and Fearless steam tugs. She has saluted the flag, and will sail when the weather permits for Ports mouth. It blows strong at present from E.N.E. At I Portsmouth the Meander is to take on board Mr. Brooke, the Rijah of Sarawak, and is to sail from that port for Bor- I neo.—The Star, lying here, is expected to be commissioned daily. Her orders are down.—A plan has been submitted to the Admiralty by one of the convertors of her Majesty's dockyard at Woolwich (which has been approved), for hoist ing over the side and lowering into the water the paddle-box boats of steam-vessels. The Salamander steam-vessel is or. di red to be fitted here, under the superintendence of the inventor. The fitment will be proceeded with immediately. —On application from this yard to the storekeeper-general, gutta percha bands, both tint and round, for driving machi nery connected with this establishment, have been sent in. These bands are to supersede the use of the leather bands formerly used. ADYIRA.LTY APPOINTMENTS, JAN. 21.—Lieuts. : C. G. Fegen, Wellesley; H. A. Claming, Spartan; W. T. Vernon.—Acting Master K. T. Walker, Acting Purser G. Shumbler, Clerk's Assistant J. Cowley, Boatswain J. Lawrence, Gunner J. Williamson, and Carpenter J. M'Cullum to Star.—Chief Engineers: J. Payne and J. Urquhart, Block Eagle.—See. Engineer F. J. Newton, and Third Engineer J. W. Carpenter, Fisgard.—Third Engi neer R. Stephens, Avon. AIEDICAL. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of me dicine, and received certificates to practise. on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1848, are: J. Bailey, Wednesbury ; G. B. Banbury, Hereford; F. Greenwood, Huddersfield; J. Broadbent, Leeds; J. Clarkson, Birmingham. tato EliteMeerut. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Lord Chancellor. Ire RR DTCB SOBBRE.—ALLOWANCE 07 ELECTION EXPENSES.—Thu was a petition of Mr. Coppock, a solicitor, who was employed by Mr. Dyce Sombre to defend his elec tion fur Sudbury in 1811 before a committee of the House of Commons, and it prayed payment of the petitioner's costs out of the lunatic's estate. The costs amounted to 9101. Mr. J. H. Palmer, in support of the petition, said the muter had found that the whole costa claimed had been incurred, including counsel's fees and other moneys out of pocket, but the committees of the person and estate thought that as Mr. Frederick Villiers was elected with Mr. Dyce Sombre, and the elections of both were questioned before the committee, the expenses ought to be equally divided. Mr. Coppock, in order to avoid litigation, assented to the proposal of the oommittcee, and was willing to accept the moiety of his bill, that is, 4551. from the estate of the lunatic, although the defence was confined to his election, Mr. Villiers having declined to defend his re- turn. The proposed arrangement was agreed to by the counsel for the committee* —The Lord Chancellor made the order for payment of 4551. out of the estate of the lunatic, without reference hack to the muter, which his lordship considered unneeessa , y, as the master had already inquired into the matter, and found that the expenses were incurred. His lordship disposed of several other unopposed petitions in lunacy, and then further heard the following appeal, which was opened on Thursdiy : GLOVER O. HALL.—PRODUC tION OF DOCUMENTIL—This was an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of Eng land, refusing to order certain documents mentioned in the defendant's answer to be produced, on the ground that they constituted the defendant's title, and did not support the cue made by the bill.—The arguments by Mr. Turner and Mr. Collins, for the appellaut, and by Mr. Rolt and Mr. Goldsmith, in support of the Vice-Chancellor's order, were concluded just at the rising of the court.—Judgment post poned. Before the Master of the Rolle. CR035101.1. P. EVERY.—PATENT RIGHT,—This motion stood over with liberty for the plaintiff to bring an action, and the defendant undertaking to keep an account in the mean tiny.. NEWTO.: V. RICKETTP.—RIOIII% OP SUITOELS.—Mr. Kindereley moved in this case on behalf of the plaintiffs, Mr. Augustus Newton, the banister, and his wife, that certain certificates for costs and subificaas for costa issued by the defendants, Strafford and Askew, spinet Mr. Newton, might be set aside for irregularity, and to take the answers of the above defendants off the tile; and also for a receiver and injunction, pending a suit instituted by the plaintiffs in the ecclesiastical court, to set aside the will of the late Sir Robert T. Ricketts, Bart.—Mr. Kindersley having been heard, Mr. Newton rose to address the court on behalf, as he stated, of Mrs. klewton.—Mr. Roupell, on behalf of the defendants, Strafford and Askew, objected that a party could not be heard by counsel sad in person also.—The Master of the Rolls said that was the rule of the court, and he should abide by it. He mast therefore decline to bear Mr. Newton. He could not sever the plaintiffs, and consider Mr. Newton as appearing for his wife only. But he would, if desired, order the motion to stand over till the next motion day, to enable Mr. Newton to retain a junior counsel.—Mr. Newton requested that that might be done, and the motion stood over accordingly.—Messrs. Turner and Robson appeared for Lady Ricketts. Bee,fo the of England. Puttees v. BitIIN.—INJUSICTION.—LONDON MANVItE Comemer.—This was a motion to dissolve an injunction granted in December last, to restrain the defendants from using the style and title of " The London Patent Manure Company," and from publishing circulars in imitation of those used by the plaintiff, who represented " the London Manure Company . ' The ground upon which the injunc tion was granted was, that the name adopted by the defen dants so nearly corresponded with that of the plaintiff, and the circulars were so exactly similar, that the public would be misled, and that the plaintiff, who had adopted his title long previous to the defendants, would be defrauded. In support of the motion to dissolve, it was contended that the plaintiff had not shown such an exclusive user of the term as to entitle him to an injunction, and that any set of persons asso ciating themselves together for the sale of manure had just as much right to style themselves the London Manure Company. —Mr. Stuart and Mr. Hislop Clarke appeared for the motion, and Mr. Bethell and Mr. Bates in support of the injunction.—The Vice Chancellor said he agreed with the principle laid down by the Lord Chancellor, that cues of this tort must be disposed of according to the particular cir cumstances of each case. When there was reason to believe that the legal title was clearly in the plaintiffs, then it was right for the court to interfere ; hut it often happened when the court of equity considered the legal title clear, the coat of law came to a different decision, as, far instance, in that remarkable case lately decided upon the subject of borax—" Stevens v. Keeting." In this case the right of the plaintiff to au injunction was put upon the fact that since 1811 he had sold his manure under a particular title, and the first question was, whether the circular used by the de fendants could be called a fraudulent imitation of that adopted by the plaintiff, and whether the defendants were selling their manure by a title under which the plaintiff had for so long a period sold his. Upon the question as to whether there was a fraudulent imi tation of the plaintiff's circular his Honour thought no one could for a moment doubt ; the malus animus was evident to any one who compared the two together. The plaintiff's commenced with these words, " Sir : I beg to hand you a list of prices of the different artificial manures, and to assure you that any orders you may favour me with shall he exe cuted on the best terms.' The defendants had actually used the very same words, wilt the alteration of " we" for " I," and " us " for " me," in order to meet the fact of the appel 'alias of company. Then the plaintiff's circular continued " the nitrate of the London Mahure Company four guineas per ton," the defendant here used the same words, altering four guineas to 3/. 15s. They followed in the plaintiff's cir cular the article of flourish, " The great success, that for the last six years, has attended the use of this manure for tur nip., carrots, potatoes, mangold wunel, coleseed, wheat, barley, oats, and every other kind of roots, or grain crop, as will be seen by the testimonials enclosed, has etablisbed it as one of the best of all the artificial manures." The very self same words were put forth by the defendants in this part of the circular, with the alteration of seven for six. No one could hesitate, therefore, in declaring this a fraudulent taking of the plaintiff's words. Then the question arose whether the court could say cer tainly that the user of the plaintiff was so clear that the in junction ought to be continued.—His Honour held upon this point that it was possible a jury might think there had not been a sufficient user by the plaintiff of his title. He was desirous of following the Lord Chancellor's opinion in this as in all other cases, and he found that his lordship, in the case at " Spottiswoode v. Clarke," where the imitation of the plaintiff's title was quite as clear as in this case, had refused the injunction. On this ground, therefore, there being some doubt in his mind about the clearness of the plaintiff's right to use exclusively the title he had adopted, he shou'd dissolve the injunction, and direct the plaintiff to proceed to a trial of the right at law. Before roe-Minotnor Bellea Brine. Ex PARTE WARD, RI MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. —INTERESTI OF DEANS AND CHAPTERS AND THEIR LIVISRES IN RAILWAY CONPENILLITON MONEY.--The pe titioner arm • lessee under th• Dean and Chapter of Limoln of mois' in the town at Lincoln, ix twenty-one years, subject to a condition against alienation without license from the dean and chapter. Part of the property being required for the station of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, an agreement was entered into between the dean and chapter, the petitioner, and the Midland Railway Company, for the sale to the company of this portion for 1,7601., which was by agreement paid into Mesas. Smith, Ellison, and Co.'s bank at Lincoln, but the dean and chapter and the petitioner beiog afterwards unable to agree as to the apportionment of the money, ac cording to their respective interests, it was paid into court. The purchase basing been completed, and the company being in possession of the land, the petitioner now prayed that the purehue.money might be apportioned between himself and the dean and chapter, and that the petitioner's proportion might be paid to him. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Freeling, in sup port of the petition, referred to the 68th, 69th, 74th, 76th, and 78th sections of the Lands Clauses:Consolidation Act.— Mr. Roundel' Palmer, for the dean and ehap:er, objected that the money had been paid into court to the account ex parte the Midland Railway Company, clearly showing that it was paid under the 69,h section of the Lands ClausesConsuli ; dation Act, which provides for the payment into court of the pa-chase money of lands belonging to parties under disability. If it had been paid in under the 76th section, which provides for the case of parties not making out • title, it must have been paid to the credit of the parties claiming to be interested in the land. It could there fore be only dealt with according to the terms of the 69th section, and must be laid out in the purchase of other land to be conveyed to the same uses as the former, and the petitioner could not have any portion of the money paid out. The 74th section only applied where the money was paid exclusively in respect of the leasehold interest, and not where the purchase-money for the leasehold interest and the reversion formed one sum.—Mr. Speed appeared for the company.—The Vice-Chancellor held that the prayer of the petition must be refused, but without costs; and, by the consent of all parties, the money was ordered to be invested, and the intere4 to be paid to the petitioner during this term, or till further orders, without prejudice to any ques tion, the petitioner undertaking to pay the reservid rent to the Dean and Chapter. WREN T. BRADLEY.—ANNVITY TO A MARRIED WOMAN ON CONVITION OF ILEN LIVING APART FYI/NI OLIt. flue- BAND.—The testator, in this case, gave an annuity to his daughter, in case she should be living apart from her hus band, and should continue so to live; and if, at any time, his dauchter cohabited with her husband, he directnd that the annuity should cease during that time. It appeared that, at the time of the testator's death, his daughter was living with her husband ; and the question was, whether she was entitled to the annuity.—Mr. Russel and Mr. Follett, for the daughter, contended that the restriction must be considered, not as • limitation, but as a condition, and, as such, was void, being contrary to public policy.—Mr. Wig ram and Mr. 13azalgette conini.—The Vice• Chancellor re served his decision for • future day. MACGREGOR r. THE REIVIVPHIMIL STATTLORDSIIIIIE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. - LIEN I:PDX DEPOPITB.-Mr. Romilly was proceeding to resume his argu ment for the defendants in this case, when his Honour ob served that, without wishing to intimate any opinion upon the case in its present stage, he would observe that he felt a difficulty in deciding against the plaintiff upon demurrer. There appearei to be two recitals in the indenture in ques tion in the cause ; one to the effect that the solicitor should not sue the company, except in respect of the deposits, the other that the company would pay out of the deposits; and it had been decided in many Chiles that recitals amounted to an implied covenant. It would be a curious constnic tion, moreover, that the solicitor meant only to bind himself, but not the company. Upon the whole, he felt no doubt upon the case, except perhaps upon the question, whether the case fell within the rule, against a so licitor taking security for costs not yet incurred. His Honour then intimated to Mr. Itornilly that he might con fine his reply to that point —Mr. Kenyon Parker then sub mitted to the demurrer being overruled, and six weeka' time were given to the defendant to answer.—Costs reserved. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings m Banco. REGINA V. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERRI'IIY.—CONFIIIXA ETON or DR. HAMPLEN.—On the application of the Actor ney.General, Monday was fixed as the day on which the rule that has been obtained for a mandamus in this case should be argued. I...firearm. v. MOORS.—TiIiS wad an action tried before Lord Denman, at Guildhall, to recover the sum of 1,7001. for money paid in advertising a railway scheme, called " The Great Western Extension." The plaintiff is an advertising agent, residing in Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, and the de fendant, who is a major in the army, was a member of the provisional and managing committees of the said railway. It appeared on the trial that he eons:wed, in a letter addressed to the secretary on the 3rd Sep'ember, 1845, to become a member of the provisional committee. On the following day he wrote to countermand such consent, but a few &platter he met Mr. Owen, the secretary, and then agreed tocontinue on the provisional committee. He was subsequently ap pointed a member of the managing committee, and' at tended one meeting of that ccmmittee on the 18th of deto. bee, on which occasion he signed the resolutions. The greater number of the advertisements were inserted before that period, but a resolution was passed ordering their con tinuance on that day. 'l•he verdict was for the defendant, and a rule was afterwards obtained calling on him to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, On the grounds that the verdict was against the evidence, and that the learned judge had misdirected the jury, who had been told by his lordship to consider what was the then prevailing opinion, from the decisions which had [ski n place, as to the responsibility of a committeeman, whereas it was contended that he should have told them what the law was on the subject. —Sir F. 'theriger showed cause against the rule, and contended that there was no evidence to go to the jury as to the liability of the defendant, who had only once attended the meetings of the board, and even supposing his signature to the book to bind him, it could only be for so much of the debt as was created after the 18th of October. The learned counsel also insisted that his lordship was right in leaving the question of the responsibility of railway com mitteemen to be determined by the jury. The well-known cases of " Wyld and Hopkins," Reynell and Lewis," and others of a similar character, were quoted in the course of the argument.—Mr. Crowder, (lc., and Mr. Smith fol lowed on the same side.—Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. Wat • son, Q.C., and Mr. Barstow were heard is support of the rule.—The court took time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT. Sittings to BMW. berme Mr. Justine Erie. ATTAOHMENT.—}tZPIAAL OP A WITNESS TO TAXI 3 AM OATH.—Mr. Joyce moved for an attachment against a wit ness who refused to give evidence on oath in the cause of " Walter and Webber," which had been referred by the Lord Chief Baron to arbitration. The order for the at tondence of witnesses had been made by Mr. Justice Wightman, and the cause had been regularly referred according to tile terms of the 3rd and Ith of Will. IV., c. 4. The party refusing to obey the order of Mr. Justice Wightman did not object to give evidence, but was unwilling to be sworn ; be did not allege that he was either a Quaker or Moravian, but that he was a Wesleyan Methodist, and that he conscientiously could not take the oath. The attorney of the plaintiff swore that he was a most necessary witness,and the defendant refused to have his testimony received unless be was previously made to take the oath. tinder the 40th section of the 3rd and 4th Will. IV., a refusal to give evidence when an order of the judge had been made, was a contempt of court, and attachment might issue against the party. Mr. Justice Erle paid the disobedience was to that part of the order directing him to be sworn ; he thought it amounted to a contempt of court, and there ought to be a rule nisi granted. New Cower COVILTB.—Mr. Willei moved for an order of prohibition, to stop any further proceedings in the cause of Zorab and Smith. The circumstances of the case were these : The defendant had moved for, and obtained, an order to bring the case into a superior court, still it had been tried in the Bloomsbury County Court, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, the learned judge of that court, being of opinion that an order alone wu not sufficient to take the case out of his jurisdiction, but that a writ of certiorari wu necessary to bring it into a superior court. There wu another point which the learned counsel submitted : the judge of the county court had received very slight evidence of the defendant having been served with a notice of trial 10 days before, which the Ilth rule of those courts rendered necessary ; the judge having said that he considered that rule an inconvenient one, and that the smallest evidence of notice was quite sufficient. --Mr. \Ville' contended that a certiorari was not necessary according to the New County Courts Act, to remove a ease from its jurisdiction, and that as the rules had been drawn by five of the judges, of which the 11th was one, it ought to be strictly construed.—Mr. Justice Erie: You may take a rule. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The special paptrwr.taliento:dai. Ihepart -heard case of " Pilbrow v. Pilbrow's Atmoephetic Railway Company," which was a technical argument on demurrer, was eoucluded. The rest of the day was occupied with a case of " Smith r. Kenwick," in which the question was, whether the owucr of a mine who so digs his own coal as to cause a flew of w.iter into a neighbouring mine is not liable to an action for the damage. The case wu not concluded when the court rust. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Idort.rote AND WIFE E. CAMMODI.—ANNEITV DEED. —Lcxavic ENEOLMENT.—This was a special case arising out of an action for money had and received under the fol lowing circumstances : The plaintiffs sue as administrators of Thee. Lee, who purchased two annuities, shortly before his death, at the office of the National Loan Fund and Life Insurance Society, of which body the defend ant was sued as the secretary. At the time he entered into these arrangements, which were of a very sound and prudent &erecter, he was, in fact, in sane, according to the opinion of the jury; but they also found that the company acted bona fide, and were ignorant of his real condition. It also appeared that the deeds had nut been enrolled pursuant to the statute within a limited period, and the question raised fur the opinion of the court was whether, under these circumstances, the plaintiffs or the personal repreu ntatives of the deceased, could recover back the consideration money paid by him to the office.—Mr. Needham, for the plaintitti, contended that the action would lie, ass the deceased, being a lunatic, could not contract, not withstanding the bent fides of the office, and also that on the true construction of the statute, the deed) were void to all intenta end purposes for want of enrolments,. so that the purchase money might be recoverable,ipAeineyt and received to the use of the deceased. In a rt or latter view many cases were cited, but it vi •a: ••• • • 7 "- Opinion of the court that they rather went to .4,,t; of enrolment was cut on the grantee and 41 , 4.... ' ' I , and that therefore the plaintiffs could •', • of the omission of Mr. Lee to take that et • . I • won't? , on the other side, was requested to confinil. guasenl the But point. He amordingly argued: thtt i ~ ~9 , 1 1 ' H 1 1