The Express. — London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

TilE PEACE SOCIETY held a meeting last evening s t the Hall of Commerce, Dr. Bowring in the chair, at which the first of a eerie, of lectures in favour of the principles of was delivered by Mr. Louis Chatnerovzow, a gentle peso' officially connected with the Aborigines' Protection So- The lectunr commeuced by offering a few general observations on war, and compared the wars of the ancients with those of modern times, all originating in motives equally worthy of condemnation. After a brief allusion to the illusory ' attire of glory, which was one of the highest attributes of a starrier, the lecturer adverted to that branch of the subject which had particularly attracted his attention, and which f o rm d the chief topic of discourse. namely, the wars of Eng land in her colonial poesessimis. He touched successively on tLe Indian and Chinese ware, giving an outline of the causes e heit. the latter had originated, namely, in the refusal of the Emperor of China to permit his people to be poisoned or made drunk with the opium introduced into his dominions by the English merthants. After dwelling for some pore on this subject, the lecturer proceeded to develop the oa ses of the war now raging at the Cape of Good Hope, be tween the English government and the Kafffirs, the simple o we of which, as Mr. Chamerovzow stated it, was the theft we a hatchet by one of the Kaffirs, and the refusal of hiachief se give him up on that account to the English government. The lecturer denounced the war as unjust, and expressed his anticipations that the struggle would end, as all similar once bad done, in the gradual extirpation of the Kaffir', in the e manner that the natives of New Zealand and of Am mom sere now disappearing from the face of the earth. The lecturer declared such proceedings towards the helpless savages who inhabited those countries to be in direct contra stiet.on to the Christian precepts and to divine law. After some further illustrations of the subject, he concluded by ca ning upon all who heard him to endeavour to give effect to the principles of the Peace Society, by ex tendoig as much as passible the knowledge of those pr incipies.--(Cunsiderable applause attended the lecturer during the progress et hip discourse.)—Mr. Allen then moved a vete of thanks to the lecturer, and to Dr. Bowring, for his able conduct in the chair.—Mr. Green seconded the motion, and i ih.rrvcsi it was doubly incumbent on the meeting to congrstul ite the chairman, as it was the first time he had resented himself to a public assembly after his recent provi dential escape.—The votes having been agreed to, Dr. Boning rose, and, with much feeling, said that it was indeed his duty to return thank, for the presiden tial, he might &buret say miraculoua, preservation from danger which be had recently experienerd. He hed no •ieition in decloring it to be his belief that it the poll code had not been changed, and the punish,- meat of death for robbery taken away, a murder as well as a robbery would have been committed on the occasion to whicb he referred. Ile begged to thank the meeting most cerilioly for the reception he had experienced at their hands, sad he could not too strongly impress upon their minds the fact that all efforts toward , putting an end to seer must pro sited from the people, and that the people must coerce the parliament and compel ;heir repriventatives to enforce peace urn reiLlic men and ministers. The hon. gentleman sat down a Mist loud cheers, and the meeting separated. COURT OF SEWERS, GUI LDIIALL.—GOLDEN-LANE. The court met yesterday, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. In our paper of Monday, under the head of the " Mansion-house," appeared a letter written and signed by Acting-Inspector Charles Scott, relative to the complaint made to the police of the state of that part of Golden-lane in which the New Bunhid-tields burial ground is situate; the letter was sent to the Lord Mayor on Monday, the Bth inst., and was forwarded on the following day to Mr. Haw, the principal clerk to the court, and by him communicated to the commissioners, who directed that an lace stigotion shoal.' take place, and Mr. G. Mortimer, the inspector of pavements, was directed :to make a report upon the e legations contained in Inspector Scott's letter. Mr. Daw was also directed to summons all the parties whose names appeared in the complaint. The report of Mr. Mortimer went to show that the state ments is Inspector Scott's letter were wrong—that the dieesses and deaths, as so represented, had, not occurred within the district—that deaths from accident, decline, small-pox, and natural cause!, had b. en introduced, some of which deaths were 200 or 300 yards from the locality com plained of.—lnspector Scott said he knew noti.ine of the number of deaths, the want of sanitary r, gulations, &c., as stated in his letter, further than what had been repotted no him hr the constables who were on duty ; that he had directed the men's attention, in consequence of orders to that effect. He had been to the burial ground, and had seen the coffins placed an described in his communication to the Lord Mayor.—Police constable Eade, who had made the first report, was next galled. H.• had no knowledge of what be bed reported, beyond what he had been told. He had made the inquiries by the: direction of the inspector: In mowers to:some questions from Mr. Dow, the witness raid that he considered the number of houses on his beat were about 1100, and, being principally composed of courts and alleys. he should say, on an average, there were 30 human beings in each house. He bad known upon this beat four deaths to have occurred within a fortnight. Three other policemen also gave similar evidence. They had made in quiries and obtained the information as contained in the letter from the persons whose names were introduced. Police constable 112 said that on one occasion he went into the banal-ground and Raw a mars at work : be was engaged in throwing lime into a grave. The reason he gave for eo doing was, that the effluvium was so strong that he could not remain at the bottom.—Mr. Florentine Bonet, of No.lo, Golden-lane ; Mr. Baker, the ward beadle of Cripplegate ; Mr. Duffey, a publican in Golden lane ; Mr. Parrock, a grocer, No. 12, Brabley-street, were then examined, and they denied the statement, as contained in Inspector Scott's letter. So far (observed Mr. Bonet) from the burial-ground being considered injurious to health, the inhabitants in Lawn once-lane, when they can get leave from the proprietor, go them to get a mouthful of fresh air, and they also send their children there for the same purpose.—Mr. Parrock said that the police had mistaken the causes of the offensive Effluvia ; facing his shop was the grating leading to the sewer, and close by was a cotton manufactory worked by steam machinery. At times large go:IAN, sof hot water' were discharged which entered the sewer, and &thick offensive effluvium arose, but it certainly did not proceed either from the chapel or the burial-ground.—The cause was still further explained by Mr. Bradford, the lessee of the ground, and Mr. Odiey, the minister of the chapel, from whose statements it appeared that the chapel stands upon a part of the sits that formerly composed the Golden-lane Brewery, and there were a number of vaults, which were let to an oil and tallow melter a shaft of 70 feet was raised to carry off the stench, but at certain times, arising from the point at which the wind was, the noxious gases were blown down, and thence originated the stench complained of. —The whole of the evi dence having been gone through, the commisaioners unani mously agreed that the following letter should be sent to the Lord Mayor : Court of Wiwers, Guildholl, Nov. It, 1057.—My Lord,—l am ln stnreted by the Cornmiwooners of Sewers of the City of London to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Gaxlman's letter of the 10th test., written to me by your lordship's direction, with the inelogurre, re lative to the state of n certain buriaLground In Golden-lane, partly situate within this City, and vetting forth siusdry.csaes of illness and death, supposed to be carded be exhalations therefrom, which letter and report have been this day read at the Court of Commlsdoners. The commissioners have this day proceeded to inquire into the dr cuirtanciss, and the commissioners are of opinion that the datements mode by the inspector of pollee and the pollee have not leen borne out, but have been directly contradicted by the parties from whom they professed to have received their Information. - • IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—A half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the London Ta vern; Mr. Thomas Gibson presided in the absence of tke chairman. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, and the usual formalities gone through, the re• port of the directors was read. The document contained little beyond copious extracts from the report of the chief commissioner of the association, Mr. Henwood, who entered at great length into a minute statement of the operations which had been conducted in the new estate of Banned, where affairs were of a very promising character, although little was realised at present. It was expected, however, that the end of the present month would see the works in such a state as to yield • profitable return. The other estates were not in so favourable a condition, and in the case of one mine it was doubted whether there were sufficient expectations to justify its being worked. The di rectors then proceeded to state that the last call upon a large number of shares not having been paid, 234 shares had been declared forfeited. The expenses consequent upon the extensive nature of the works at Bananol rendered another call of 1/. per share necessary; they believed that the amount then would not exceed the estimate of anti cipated outlay ; and there could be no doubt but that all the expenses would be thereby covered. The receipts, from pro duce of the mines, dc., during the half-year, amounted to 2,6551. 35., and the expenses to 10,6101., leaving a deficit of 7,9711. 19s. The result of a general statement showed the total liabilities of the company to amount to 3,61521. 125., and the assets, consisting of stock and value of mines, to 32,23.51.8 c, in addition to which there were loans and invest ments in Brazil amounting to 6,9661. 13e. The directors concluded by expressing their conviction that the next report would be of a more satisfactory character—The report was adopted unanimously, which concluded the business of the meeting.—ln answer to a question from Mr. H. de Castro the Chairman stated that a large portion of the purchase money for the 13ananol estate had been already paid.—A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. COUNTY COURT FEES.—A case occurred at the County Court of Kent, yesterday, which supplies a strong argument in fax..ur of the payment of the officers of the new courts by a fixed salary instead of by fees, as is the pre sent practice. The plaintiff, Mr. Treloar, appeared in per son to complain of the loss to which he had been subjected in consequence of the bailiff of the court having served a sum mons pine days before the court day instead of ten days, as the net requires. The plaintiff's case was therefore dis missed, and he made to pay over again the fees fora new summons. His Honour (Mr. Chilton) heard Mr. Treloar at some length, who contended that as the fault was entirely that of the bailiff's, he (the complainant) ought not to he made the sufferer, and so the court took upon itself the duty of serving the summonses, it was clearly responsible for the fulfilment of that duty. His Honour said he thought other wise, and refused to order the return of the fees. NEW ARTICLE OP FOOD.—An article having been recently imported from Alexandria into the port of Glouces ter, described as " saagina," but which is stated to be a grain called " denarii," which is used in the Levant and in .Egypt for food, it is ordered by the Lords of the Treasury that it shall be admitted duty free. A HINT FOR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII COMPANIES. —The editors of papers in Quebec have agreed not to avail themselves of the electric telegraph from Montreal, in conse quence of its extravagant charges.—This - supplies a useful hint to the managers of some of the electric telegraphs on this side of the Atlantic. QrstRANTINE.—CorrON. — Mr. Lefevre, one of the Joint Secretaries to the Privy Council for Trade, has com municated to the Board of Customs a copy of a despatch received from her Majesty's chargt d'affaires at Naples, re porting certain new qusrantioe regulations which have been adopted in that kingdom and in Sicily, is consequence of the prevalence of yellow and typhus fever in the Lnited Ststes of America. The supreme boards of health have prescribed that in order that cotton twig coming from England, France, or Austria, may be admitted to free Fatigue, it will be ne• curry fur the captains of vessels having such an article on board to furnish themselves with a certificate from the prin cipal authority of the place, countersigned by the Neapolitan consul, certifying that the cottons have been spun in the above-mentioned places. FIRES.—DESTRUCTION OF A PIANOFORTE MANE- Toay.—Last night, shortly after eleven o'clock, a fire, in volving a serious destruction of valuable property, broke oat in the pianoforte manufactory belonging to Messrs. Bridglands, Wardour-mews, frontage of nearly seventy feet, from which they extended backwards to the houses in Wardour street. At the time of the disaster the place was well stored with goods. The dis covery was made by a police-constable. who, whilst passing down the mews, saw a dense mans of black smoke. Before a single engine had time to arrive, the first and second floors of the extensive building were completely wrapped in flames, and the fire was slashing through the roof and win dows with such impetuosity as to threaten the whole of the surrounding premises. With as little delay as pible the engines of the London Brigade, parish, West of England, and county offices, arrived, and as soon as a sufficient supply of water could be obtained, the machines were called into operation. The inhabitants of Werdour-street and Noel-street, being ap prehensive that their own habitations would be consumed, commenced removing their furniture into the open street, in order to escape from being destroyed. Many persons will be serious losers by so doing, for so great was the crowd that the police were unable to keep the people from running over the things removed. Owing to the iudefatigable exer tions of all parties present the fin men succeeded by half-past 12 o'clock in getting the tire so far subdued as to allay all fears of its hirther extension. The damage, as far as could be seen, appears to be confined principally to the manufactory in which the fire commenced ; very little, however, has escaped destruction. The origin of the disaster could not he ascertained. The whole of the men left off work at 8 o'clock, when the place appeared perfectly safe and free from fire. —AT GREAT EALlNG.—Yesterday morning, between two and three, a fire broke out upon the premises be longiug to Mr. Hall, a marira-store dealer, situate at Great Ealing, near the church. The flames were first dis covered by one of the villagers. An instant alarm was raised, but such n strong hold had the flames obtained, that, in a few minutes, the hi:Riling, from the bottom to the top, presented one sheet of tire. Great interest was evinced for Mr. ELP.Search was made among the crew d of persons congregated together, but the only tidings that could be obtained of hint was, that he was at the Rose and Crown public-house oppo site, drinking with a friend till a late hour the overnight, and that no one had seen him afterwards. Upon the arrival of several engines the building in which the flames commenced was almost gutted, and the only supply of water that could be obtained wa s : from a pump a long ditance from the seat of the fire. By attaching additional leeeths of hose to the engine the firemen were enabled to reach the flames, which were at length extinguished. Up to a late hour last night nothing had been heard of Mr. Hall. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. —DEATH 1110111 TUE ALLEDGED HARSHNESS OF A RELIEVING OFFICER.- 132 fore Mr. W. Baker, at the Green Gate public-house, City. road, oe the body of Hannah Dalton, aged 75, who was al- ' leged to have died on Saturday last, through the harshness ' of a relieving officer of St. Luke's. Ann Cox, a widow, re siding at No. 37, Ironmonger-street, St. Luke's, stated that the deceased was her sister-in-law. The deceased was for- merly in St. Luke's workhouse for twenty-one days, and was afterwards owed to the parish of St. George's, South wark, where she belonged. She was allowed 1.. per week from the parish, and had been living with witness for several days past On Friday last, about four o'clock, the deceased slipped and fell down the stairs. She was carried into wit nesan room, and complained of having her arms and thigh broken; but it was afterwards found net to he the case. On the following day she fell from a chair she was sitting upon, and struck her head a violent blow against some drawers. She partially recovered from the fall, but wes quite paralysed, and had no use in her arms and legs. Witness sent to Mr. Ree, the parish surgeon, but he said he could not attend without an order. She then applied to Mr. Dais, the re- lieving officer of St. Luke's, but was informed that he was not at home. She afterwards saw him, and he said he could not give an order until he bad seen the deceased. Ile came about four o'clock, and told the deceased she could be taken into the house, and punished when she recovered for getting back to St. Luke's after she bad been passed to Southwark. She never survived after that, and expired about an hour afterwards. Witness said that when the di ceased was in formed that she would be punished, she appeared to he frightened, and witness considered her death had been ae-1 celerated by the harshness Mr. Dain had used to her.—A French captain, residing in the same house, corroborated the first witness, and also said that when Mr. Hain threatened the deceased with the conseque aces of her leaving her parish, she exclaimed, " For God's sake do not punish me, ' it will be my death." Witness considered the deceased had been frightened to death.—Mr. Dain said the deceased had been regularly passed to her parish, and when he celled to see the deceased he asked the first witneee whether she was aware that the deceased was liable to a month's imprison ment. He never addressed the deceased, and only put it as a question. He did not consider the deceased wanted im mediate relief, in consequence of finding her 90 comfortably settled with her sister. He did not like to remove her to the workhouse that night until he bad made the necessary in quiries, and made use of no harsh terms to hen—Mr. Ree attributed death to natural causes.—The jury thought Mr. Dain was exonerated from using any harsh words by the statement he had made, and said he was much respected in tee parish. They returned a verdict of " Natural death." —CHARGES AGAINST WORKHOUSE AUTHORITIF.R.—Be fore Mr. T. Wakley, to inquire into the death of Christina Fitzzerald, need 3 years, alleged to have died from the want of nourishment consequent on the refusal of the hoard of directors and guardians of St. Pancras, and their officers, to allies her mother and family a sufficient am eint of relief, resumed for the third time at the Britannia, Britannia. street. Gray's-inn-lana—At the former inquiry, Susan Bray said she had known deceased end her mother a months. The deceased died in her presence. All the maintenance the mother had, aa far as she knew, was bail-a-crown and two loaves per week from the parish, to support herself and four children. The diet of the deceased, for the last four mouths, was no more than a cup of tea night and morning, with a little bread. and sometimes a few potatoes in the middle of the day.— Catherine Fitzgerald, the mother of the deceased, said she was a widow. The deceased had been ill about four months. Her illness resulted from the want of proper nourishment. When the child first became ill she had nothing to feed her upon but bread and butter and tea. She obtained an order for the doctor, and Mr. Robinson attended. When she went 1 to the workhouse for the doctor she asked for a loaf of bread, but she got none. Mr. Robinson ordered medicine, and said deceased should have arrowroot, sago, broth, and soups. I Witness never received either wine, sago, arrowroot, or soups from the workhouse. Mr. Robinson only attended the child a short time, and then Mr. Popham, another parish surgeon, attended her up to within a week of her death. When Mr. Popham saw the child he ordered her some powders, and said " she should live on the fat of the land." I I said she craved very much for food, and he said she re-1 quired nourishment. Told him she had not the means of giving it her, and he wrote to the workhouse for a little extra relief, but the paper was sent back with the words written on it, " The woman has half-a-crown and two loaves per week, and that is enough." Mr. Popham afterwards wrote an order for family to go into the house, hut did not go in.— Mr. T. Birchmore, inquiring agent to the parish of St. I Pancras, called on this case at the beginning of October. In the book produced there was an entry on October 4 as fol lows " Catherine Fitzgerald. Child ill—very poor case." By the expression " Very poor ease," I considered that the relieving-officers would understand that it was a very dis tressing case. It certainly could not mean that they should have reduced relief. There was no additional relief afforded.—Mr. Wakley: Who can explain this ? Mr. Coultard : I think that the directors must have thought that the family were so destitute that they would be better in toe workhouse.—Mr. 11. C. Robin son, the present surgeon of St. Pancras workhouse, deposed to attending deceased when he was district medical officer. He had power to recommend, but not to order relief. —Mr. W. R. Popham attended deceased from the 12th or 15th of August up to her death. Told her mother she must be fed upon the gravy of a mutton-chop, good rich broth, arrowroot, tapioca, and such nourishment. She said she was so badly off she could not get them, and a few days after witness gave her a recommendation to go into the house, but she did not go in. He had made a post merlon examination. The abdomen was enlarged, and the bodyklropsical. The mesenteric glands were much enlarged, and the lungs covered with tubercles. These were quite sufficient to account for death, and resulted from a scrofulous habit of body. Impure air, improper clothes, want of proper nourishment, and damp, will produce these disesses.—At this stage of the proceedings, after some remarks by the coroner on the power which was and which oneht to be possessed by medical practitioners in ordering relief for the sick poor, the inquiry was adjourned until last night.— On the reassembling of the jury last evening several directors of the poor were in attendance.—Mr. T. H. Smith, one of the guardian' of the poor of St. Pancras, said that medical men had the power to give recommendations for increased I nourishment, but not the power to order it. The recommen dation was directed either to the board or the relieving officer. It was decretionary in relieving officers to grant ouch recom mendation. I should say they always would do so.—The Coroner proceeded to sum up. He observed that the inquiry presented several features of a most curious charac ter. In the that place the medical gentlemen had proved that the child had died either from improper food or from the want of food. He thought the board of directors were perfectly justified in appointing agents to inspect the condi tion of the poore.to tee that the rate-payers should be guarded tram imposition; but there was no use in appointing such officers, unless their observations were attended to. It would be for the jury to my whether the child had died from the want of necessary food or not. It appeared that the medical men had unlimited power so far as the supply of medicine was concerned, but with regard to food or nou rishment which would tend to invigorate the system they were completely paralysed. He (Mr. Wakley) regretted to any that not only in the parish of St. Pancras did this evil exist, but under the General Poor Law Amendment Act in all the parishes in England.—The jury retired, and after some time came into court with the following as their ver dict " That the deceased Christina Fitzgerald died of natu ral causes accelerated by the want of sufficient nourishment." —Coroner This,gentlemen, is not a legal verdict. Whatever accelerates, kills ; and thus such a verdict would be a con tradiction, as the latter part contradicts the former. I must request you to amend it —The jury again retired, and after being absent about a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict " That the deceased Christina Fitzgerald died a natural death." IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov, 16. , The outrage on Mr. Bailey has created a great sen sation in the city to-day. When such a popular and benevolent man is at the mercy of the assassin safety is at an end. Some particulars connected with the atrocity show a dreadfully diseased feeling among the peasantry—the worst symptom of the general dis organisation. Application was made at several houses to give temporary shelter to the wounded man, and all refused. It is also stated that a young girl bring on the step of Mr. Bailey's gig from Nenagh, and having arrived at the scow of the outrage diropped off, and called to the men in ambuscade, " 'Hero he is, boys!" Orders have been issued to gather in police detach ments wherever men can be spared, on the frontiers of Tipperary and Limerick. They will be distributed here after as soon as arrangements respecting a co-opera tive military force are completed. The most effectual means of extinguishing the atrocious spirit of murder and violence, short of the actual suspension of the laws, will be resorted to. The object arrived at is to enlist the sympathies of the agricultural community in the detection and conviction of crime, instead of ex tending to it forbearance and protection. It is hard to punish innocence for the infamy of guilt, but where the restoration of order is impossible through any other influences the safety of society requires the sacrifice. An old friend, Captain Rock, whom we supposed buried in the same grave with the tithes and tithe proctor looks green again. He has shifted from the Galtees to Connaught, and by no means appears im proved in orthography. The captain published and posted a notice on the chapel-door of Creagh, calling on the people to assemble on Wednesday at the work house, and demand food or labour. Vengeance was denounced against the hand which dared disturb the proclamation. The catholic curate, the Rev. Mr. Coen, disdained the threat, tore down and trampled on the notice, and cautioned his parishioners against a violation of the laws. Thereupon the captain' posted a second notice, full of dire threats and very' bad orthography. Galway is once more on the search for good things. Now the object of solicitude is a packet-station, and Mr. O'Flahcrty, it appears, is working hard with the authorities to gratify his constituents. Mr. Berming ham has been casting a scioctific eye along the mo rasses of the west to put the railway project once more in motion in connection with the station. He convenes a public meeting fur Wednesday, to obtain, what will not be refused him, an overflowing expression of opinion. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1847.. TENANT-RIGHT MEETING AT CASHEL. he was ...... . ...—... The unsettled relations existing between landlord end tenant in Ireland were discussed yesterday at Cashel, in the southern division of Tipp. racy. There were at this meeting from eight to ten thousand persons, a very large body of Roman catholic priests, numbers of tenant-farmers, but few gentry. Mr. N. MAHER. M.P., took the chair. Ilis Mr. Scully, wan present, as also Mr. Keatinge, M.P. Mr. Maher, who is a considerable proprietor, and who was ex tensive a. a land agent some years since, spoke in favour of tenant-right. Ile thought the peace, happiness, and pros perity of the country dependent on the adjustment of this question, for it was notorious that in that county, and no doubt in other counties, landlords had flung people out to die in the ditches and they had died there. For twenty years that he had held extensive agencies he had always acknowledged the principle of tenant-right ; and for the Let four years, on his own estates, he had permitted any of his tenants who desired it to dispose of their holdings. On his first election he had stated that no landlord should possess the power to seize upon the property of a tenant, or to proceed against him by action or ejectment, except for non-payment,of rent. He was still of that opinion. The landlord had a right to insist upon the payment of a fair and reasonable rent, but the tenant he considered had as much right to dispose of his farm as the landlord had to let it to him. Mr. Maher denounced via lace as the worst enemy of the tenant, Mr. Joux O'CoNxem. addressed the meeting. He ex plained what he meant be the tenant-right for which he sailed on them to pi titon. He comelimented them on their assembling peacefully; he deprecated violence mid denounced crime, but he contended that in Tipperary there was no natural or constitutional tendency to either. Mr. O'Connell also touched on general topics, and urging the claims of Ireland upon England, he promised that not one day should pass over without the assertion of those claims in the session now about to open. Mr. Faxxcia Sct'LLY, M.P., proposed the first reso lution : Resolved : That the present state of the relations between landlord and tenant is marked by contention, Insecurity, injustice, mhery, out rage, and, alas! sometimes the spilling of blood. 'That these evils, for the most part. grow out of the di , ardroue competition for land, rendered inevitable wring our people by the denrivation of all other resources for maintenance—since the ruin of Irish manufactures and trade under the blighting act of Union—and that the effects of that competition have been cruelly aggravated by the censtant inat tention of the impel ial legislature to the interests, the wants, and the just demands of the tenant clam in Ireland. Air. Scully pledged himself that in his place is parliament he would support tenant-right, and stated that 17 Irish members were pledged to maintain it. Archdeacon LAFFAN seconded the resolution. Mr. It. KEATINGE, M.P., proposed the next resolution:— Resolved,—That the neglect and violation of the gent rights of the tenant directly operate to check industry, and depress agricultum, and thereby to impede and diminish the accumulation of national wealth. He said that he, in his small sphere as a landlord, always recognised tenant right. The Very Rev. Dr. BURKE seconded the resolution,which .was passed. Mr, E. Scully, Mr. J. Scully, Mr. Bianconi, Mr. P. Keatinge, Mr. Meagher, J.P., Mr. R. Max, Rev. Mr. Ryan, Mr. P. Fogarty, and other', subsequently addressed the meeting, and the following resolutions wcre adopted ; after which the meeting separated in good order and peace That it is most just, equitable, and Imperative that the landlords' rights of property should be respected and preteeted--but that It is to the full as just, as imperative and as neciesiary, that the tenants' rightsshould be equally respected and protected.—That the custom of tenant-right has given security and prosperity to every district in the north of Ireland in which it prevail. ; and that the most prejudiced wltnesse,igiinst it admit that it fully secures the landlord in his rents, while it encourages the tenant by the security which it gives him to lay out his capital, and give his best labour to the improve ment of his holding.—That we find the main feature of this custom in the north to be, that the occupier cannot--whether he be a tenant from year to year or on lease—be ejected from his holding without being allowed to mil the occu pancy or pomerelon, including his interests in any improvements made by him, to the highest bidder, due notice being given to the landlord that he may have full opportunity of competing for the pur chase, and he (the landlord) being also secured in the payment of all rent due to him out of the proceeds of the sale.—That copies of Ws petition be forwarded to every parish priest of this great county, with a request that on the Sunday after the receiving of such copy, he, the parish priest, will get as many signatures tot so possible, and for ward the copy thin; signed to the county representatives for preecnta bon to the !loose of Commons In parliament assembled, and that John O'Connell be requested to support the prayer of this petition. THE LATE PROFESSOR M'CULLAOH. The brother of this lamented scholar—Mr. John M'Cul lagh—has written to us a lengthened statement respecting the account given under this head, on the oth inst., of a search said to have been made for manuscripts, &c., in the professor's chambers. It appears that there was no such search as was described, and no com mittee of inquiry to make it. Mr. J. M'Cullagh says:— " On the morningof Professor M'Cullagh's funeral I went through the entire building which he occupied. I locked every door, and carried with me to the country the keys. From that morning until I returned on Wednesday night, the 10th inst. (the day after the publication of the article in the Express) no human being was in Professor M'Cul lagh's rooms." Respecting the papers mentioned in our account our cor respondent adds: " On my arrival in college on Tuesday night, the 26th of October, on going into Professor 31'Cullagh's study, his writing-desk was lying open on a table. I raised the lid, and the first paper I saw was the commencement of a paper on light. Oa the morning of the 25th, hie slate was lying on another table, just as it sou left out of his hands not many hours before. This I know by examining the slate pencil, which was on the chimney-piece, the rubbings on the point i of which were quite fresh—plainly and remarkably so." It further appears that no "piles of manuscript, contain ' ing matter for many volumes of print," as mentioned by our informant, were ever in existence, and could not conse quently have been destroyed. Neither were the literary remains of the unfortunate professor "arranged in years." It was his custom to write on any piece of paper that might chance to be near him, and this scrap was left on the table where it was written, or thrown into a drawer, or a basket, or a hat-case, or the corner of a room. His papers were never arranged, but they were to have been set in order this winter, as he felt that his doing so had been too long delayed ; and his only direction to me on going to the country after the elec tion was, to see that all his papers were carefully collected in a mass, during the removal from No. 40 te No. 10, as • pre liminary to the arrangement which was contemplated. The papers thus collected were, on the night of October the 24th, and are now, just as I placed them at the time of the removal." The only collected MSS. left behind was a small bound book, containing the results of a very remarkable year of his life, namely 1829. The only papers burnt were about six or eight loose leaves covered with mathematical calculations, and their ashes were discovered hy Mr. J. M'Cullagh on Wed nesday, Oct. 27. " Regsrding the position of these ashes," he says, ' I have no doubt that the burning of these papers and the last event took place within one minute of time — certainly within se short a space of time as the nature of things would permit. And I have no doubt that one minute premously the thought (if there was thought at all) of either event was not in Professor M'Cullagh's mind. This is capable of proofs that are conclusive to my mind. But I will not now give these proofs. To any one that knew him they are not necessary. But, generally, I may perhaps be permitted to say this : Bodily disease, brought on hy con finement and overwork, joined with low spirits, the accom paniment of ill-health, combined with intense and long continued thought on the most difficult of all human sub jects, and all these acting on a temperament at times of the most profound melancholy, had for a few days before the 24th of October a powerful but a natural effect on a mind constituted as his was. For some days the lonely man had been throwing himself on the sympathies of his fellows. Rut end he wee bat. On the nightof the 24th, as he sat alone is his chambers, these sasses for as instant completed the wreck of one of the noblest intellects of this sge ; and the pious Christian (for, is the words of one of his oldest friends, "he submitted his mighty intellect to the truths of revealed religion with the humility of a child"), the purest spirit, and the best man I ever knew—l say it deliberately and advisedly, the best man I ever knew— fell a v:ctini to his labours in elucidating the laws of nature." TESTIMONIAL TO TITS Care Mn. O'Cos Em..—There was a collection yesterday at all the Roman catholic churches of Dublin, for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Mr. O'Connell. The total collected was 1,220/. In addition to these, accounts have been received from Waterford and Wexford—the former place raised 2001., the latter 1101., and several private subscriptions have reached the treasurer, _ _ _ - ST TE OP THE COUNTRY. --The bad eminence of the south would seem, from the accompanying account which reached town to-day, to be abou. being emulated in the north. There is no cause assigned for this horrible attempt to assassinate, and 1 speculate upon motives which may have no existence. The account is fi om the Pilot • Sunday afternion.—l regret deeply to inform you that on thn return of Ivan Howard, Esq., our county treatuver, to his seat at Garden hill, within right miles west of this town, about the hour of half•past tire o'clock on the erenind of yesterday, in passing up his avenue, he was tired at by an assassin, who concealed himself in the plantation skirting the used, and I Liaient much to Ray that he mei% cd the contents of a heavily loaded gun or blunderbues in the groin and thigh, but I hope sincerely it tray not prove dungeon is, as be is an indulgent and humane gentleman as any in the county, and greatly respected by all classes in his neighbourhood. Surgeons Yrith and Ovenden attended immediately on a niemen.i r arriving here, and extracted round shot, small stones, and nail , from the wound, and have hopes of his teeovery. I pray sincerity this may be so; as I men tiomd before, he Is greatly respected to this county. The police hare lodged two persona in our gaol on suspicion this SCOTLAND. Old.Roow, Nos. 15. The election of Lord Rector of the Glasgow Univer sity was decided to-day, aftcr a very keen contest. To the surprise of almost all, Lord John Russell, who was the former rector, has been defeated by Mr. Mure, of Caldwell, member mr Renfrewshire. The result is the more ungracious, prom its being almost the constant custom to return the Lord Rector for two years. Mr. Mure was elected by a majority of three " nations " out of four, and 26G to 209 votes. EDINnvaGH, N0v.15. Two or three extensive hand-loom weaving esta blishments in Glasgow ceased working during last week ; and in consequence, several thousand workmen were thrown out of employment. Other stoppages are expected soon. In Paisley it has been ascertained on strict inquiry that the unemployed amount to 1,699. and the number of their dependents are roundly estimated as above three thousand. As the Scotch poor law provides no re! ief for able-bodied labourers, the augmentation of this class is exciting much local anxiety. Fever, there, too, is assuming a form more than ordinarily maliguant. The mortality is increasing, while of those who recover the duration is greater than before, and almost always followed by relapse, rendering a second confinement necessary. Dr. Kaye Shutticworth has been in Edinburgh for some days, but has from indisposition been greatly prevented from fulfilling the object of his mission. According to the Scotsman, he has failed in coming to any understaint with the parochial schoolmasters. (ding NEW SnEntre.—Archilial.l Davidson, ER., ie garetted u aberiff of Kincardine, in the room of G. L. A. Ikuglass, Esq., deceased. PROVINCIAL. THE ALTERATIONS IN NI.tNCIIRSTER CATTIEDTAL. —The scaffolding is now removed from below the roof of the tier. story, and the ceiling may be seen bright and shining in all the brilliancy of red and blue, green and gold. The alterations near the pulpit are also last progressing to com pletion. The pews in front of the screen dividing the parish church from the choir are now removed, and their site is used as a cross aisle or passage. Near each pi!lar of the screen arch, is placed an alms-box on pedestal, both of stone, with inscriptions from Scripture, recommending almsgiving, in old English letters of black and red, on a gold ground. There are now of these alms-hos:cc, two at each end of the parish church, one upon cash of the nights of atoll., leading to the galleries, and one in the Trafford Chapel. The end wall of the west or organ loft, is being diapered in the same bright colours which cover the roof. The free scats lately filling the centre aisle, have been replaced with the old seats, oa giving more convenient access and cgreas. The reading desk has been ;.moved from below the pulpit, and, in an altered form and at a lower level, has been placed in front of a pillar en the south side of the centre aisle, and the old pews near it have been converted into open seats, which me free, but are to he used only by alul's. In the midst of the centre aisle, a little in advance of the pulpit and the reading desk, a large bronze eagle has been placed, to be used, as is com mon in cathedrals, for the support of the bible. The offi ciating clergyman will descend from the reading desk and take his stand at the eagle to read the scriptural lessons of the day ; and here, too, the marriage harms will be pub lished. The eagle was only placed on Friday, A portion of the plaster ceiling of the rood-loft having been removed some months since, there was found on the old oak beam or freizs a long inscription (Deuteronomy iv., 39 40), in old English letters, about the time of the reformation. We be lieve it is in contemplation to remove the central part of the rood-loft, so as to give an uninterrupted vista from the tower end of the church to the east window. Portions of the cayed oak work of the scrien which arc injured or de stroyed are to be restored. The general appearance of the church is greatly changed by these alterations and beautifying'. _ _ SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Under the head of " Barter," two advertisementa appear in the Midland Cannata Herald of Thursday last, the one °Oaring " lease hold premises in exchange fur a ten-horse steam-engine," and the other " pianofortes for nails, ironmongery, or carpets." RDMOURED RESIGNATIDN:LA report has been pre valent during the last few days, that Sir G. It. Smyth, Bart., contemplates an early resignation of his seat in parlia ment; preferring, at his advanced period of life, the comforts of retirement to the bustling and harassing engagements of a legislator. We (Ipswich Express) cannot vouch for thv accuracy of the report, and only refer to it for the sake of keeping the attention of the electors awake, that they may be prepared to act on an emergency, should they be called upon suddenly to elect another representative in parliament. Wraimoam.—The Essex herald of yesterday pub lishes • letter from the Rev. G. Wilkins to a farmer, who wrote to him inquiring how the wireworm had been exter minated on the rev. gentleman's land. The clerical agri culturist gives the following explanation: Some ten years since, when I came to my living, and commenced cultivating the little land I hold, it was. I may ray, full of wirewon9s. Nothing could have been worse, for my crops were in some places ruined by them entirely. What, then, did I dot I adopted a plan which I recommended and published to periodicals many years since. namely, of encouraging moles and partridges on my lands. Instead of permitting a mole to be caught, I bought el I could, and turned them down alive, and soon my fields, one after another, were full of mole-bills, to the amusement of all my neighbours, who at first set me down for half a lunatic; but now several adopt my plan, and are strenuous advocates of it. My fields became exactly like • honey-comb; and this continued even among my standing and growing and ripening mops; not a mole was molested, but I still bought more. Thin summer I had 14 brought, which I tanned down, but they were not wanted ; I have nothing for theta to cat—all that moles live upon Is destroy ed—cad so, poor things, they must starve or emigrate to some distant Mods and thus get bowstringed by savage men whom they aka to servo Adopt my plan, and it will be sure to answer. If you bare a nest of partridges, aLso encourage them; all the summer they live on insects, on smeworres, B:c., and consider how many millions a covey will destroy in a single summer. Aptin : always remember that moles feed upon insects, and of which the wireworm is the chief; if you doubt this, open a mole and peep into his stomach. Again: do not fear that motes injure your crops either in field or garden ; it is a low and vulgar error to suppose that they root up young corn; they {never go any where until the wireworms have first destroyed tke plants, and then, inno cent things, they are punished for others' faults' 1f you do Doe like to ere their hills, knock them about with a hoe as I did ; It is • healthful amusement, and they will do your lands [pied. Do not despise my plan because the farmers will not adopt it your neighbourhood: farmers adopt nothing till driven to it, and nothing that la new and good. Again: have you the sable or white bug on your apple-trees if so, do not kill ants ; my trees were fall of aphides, bat I found the ants came to my help, and I welcomed them, and now I have not an aphis on my trees. SMUGGLERS AND THE COAST GUARD. —We (Canterbury Journal) understand that an inquiry of three days' duration termivated at the Dover Custom-house on Thursday last. The investigation touched the conduct of the members of the coast guard at the Townsend station, Tic, chief boatmen Rule and Fox. The allegations against the men, report says, were that Fox had left hie guard while a boat, laden with contraband goods, wan worked," and that Rule was also implicated in the trace action. The accused parties have been suspended, and the evidence has been sent to the central board tn Lsndon, who will decide definitively what coarse is to be pursued towards the men. NORFOLK. LAND RECLAIMED FROM THE SE k.—A meeting of Middle and South Level owners was recently held to consid. r whether it would be advisable to assist the pro moters of the Norfolk Estuary, or Victoria county, by con tributing a stun of money towards the completion of that undertaking, as likely to improve the drainage of the county. See W. B. Ffolkes, Bart., was called to the chair.— Mr. Childers thought they were, and would be, iu a condi tion to offer assistance to the Norf .1k Estuary—to help them forward. There was, he understood, a correepading feeling on the pert of Lynn; and if that could be carried out, they should untantly be put into communiovion with the Lynn people, to adopt means to carry out the measure. if they agreed, it was expected that gentle men connected with the fens would join the Norfolk Estuary as subscribers, and assist with their money and countenance. Considerable discussion ensued, Mr. Childers read his proposition as follows That at the next half-yearly meeting of the Eau Brink Drainage Commis sioners it be recommended to them to appoint a committee to meet any deputation that may be appointed by the town and harbour of Lynn, and in conjunction with them to treat with the directors of the Norfolk Estuary, in order to assist them in carrying out their great cut from Lynn to deep water at aea."—Mr. Clay seconded the resolution. He admitted that without assistance the Norfolk Estuary must fall to the ground. Such a scheme must be beneficial to the fen drain age, and ke could not see why it should meet with opposition. The motion was carried by 16 to 9. SUFFOLK. THE IMPROVEMENTSA; D ADDITIONS TO IPSWICH have become so extensive of late years that not only is the appearance of many of its localities entirely changed, but what a fete years since was termed its vicinity is now studded with dwelling-houses. During the past week very extensive plots of building ground have been opened up to the public in an entirely new direction—Mr. Fonnereau having had an opening cut through Tower Ditches in a direct line with Tower-lane, removed old houses that had sto3d for - oenturies, and made a complete opening into that portion or his estate which lies to the west of Dairy-lone. A gr. at deal of tim ber has been felled, and numerous workmen are busily en gaged in forming a roadway that will sweep from the direc tion of what is called Little Bolton to the entrance imme diately op,iosite to Tower-lane. This roadway will be a branch tram the one that will commence from the bottom of Dairy-lane, in continuation of Northrate-strect, proceeding across Little Bolton, and coming out in Globe-lane, nearly oppcoite to the rood leading to the hospital. Both r..adways will be 40 feet in width. On each side it is proposed to erect villa residences, which will have a commanding view of the river Orwell, Stoke Hills, and Christ's Church-park. It is in contemplation to establish a public park near Ipswich, for the recreation of the townsfolk, Olusit. DlttlitY-LANE.—The pt rformancea of last evening were for tho benefit of M. Jullien. The prooramms was of unusual length, and included moat of the popular pieces of the season—" The Swiss Quadrille," " The Army and Navy Quadrilles," &c. The only new composition produced wos a I'olka-51azurka, by Jullien, a copy of which was pre sented by the composer to every lady in the dress and pri vate boxes. The composition is, like the majority of this gentleman'. production., not very remarkable for originality, but is is what the French would call exceedingly dansante. The house ma, crowded in every part. 111ENDEI.S.011N.—The oratorio of " Elijah" is to be performed this evening by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeterhall. Its performance had been fixed for this even ing before the arrival of the news of the illustrious author's death. The society, in con.equente orthis mournful intel ligence, at first thought of postponing tins performance, " but," as they have intimated, " on mature deliberation, it appears to them that it will be more appropriately honouring the memory of their deceased friend and brother-member, to proceed with the performance as originally proposed." The oratorio is to be preceded by the " Dead March in Saul," and the society request that during the evening there may be no demonstrations of applause, or encores ; a re , commendation which, we trust, will he attended to. The committee further announce that the followinit resolution is about to be submitted to the members, assistants, sub scribers, and friends of the society : " That a sub tcription be entered into for the purpose of erecting, in some appro priate public building in this metropolis, a bust or other suitable memorial of the genius and estimable qualitio. cf the late Dr. Mendolssohn." And it is added that her Ma jesty and Prince Albert have already subscribel the man of 501. CLERICAL --------- 011DINATIONg are to be held on the 19th of December nest. by the Bishops of Winchester Linealn, Rochester, Bath and Wells, Hereford, Worcester. Chiche ster, Lichfield, Ely, Oxford, and i.ilouce,ter. The Bishop of Durbam Is to hold an ordination on the 12th of Deoember ; the (Bebop of Norwich to hold one on the 6th of February; and the Bishop of Ripon on the second Stuaday in Lent next. Pagraustevra.—Rev. G. Urquhart to Meanwood P.C., Yorloddre; pats., Mn. Mary Iktkett and Ilia EllabAh Beckett, the foundremee, VACANCIES.—Bath Union Chaplaincy ; 1001. ; Rev. R. onfl in Quarrel], resumed.—Binnahain Bluecoat Charity-school Master. cop ; 120/., with board, lodging, Re.—Brightside P.C., co. and arch die. York; 1301. ; pats., the Crown and Archbishop alt. ; Rev. It. O. Bryan, rcsignol.—Buttershaw C., Yorkshire Ito. Ripan ; Item. T. Floyd, prom.— Chard, Somerset; dio. B. and W.; Lecture en!, ; Ike. F. Efolliott, resigned.—Chelsca, St. Mark's Coll.; Tutor ship and Mathematical Lecturtehl,i • lull., with apartments and romroces.—Cocerhant C. and Horsehoise C, Yorkshire; dio. Ripon; Rev. P. W. Bryan, resigned.—Dacre C., Cumberland; dio. Carlisle; Rev. T. U. Gibson, prom.—Depthard, St. Paul, Kent ; dio. London; Lectureship; J. P. Walker, des.—Dorchester Cram. School, Second Maincrishlp.—Fylingdalt , and Abilaby C., Yorkshire ; archdio. York ; S. Dixon, preen.—Sibbertuft C., Northimptonshire; die. Peterbo rough ; her. I. Poyader, prom—Walton-Lewis R., Norfolk; dio., Norwich ; 7411.• pat. Rev. C. H. Townshend ; Rev. A. Lake, dee.— Wzre C., Hera; dick Rochester; Item. .I. Y. Fenn, prom—Whit. churchC., Salop; dio. Lichfield Assist.-C. NAVAL PRIZE MONT.Y.-Lastnieht 7 a Gazette gives notice that an necount of the MITA realised no a moiety of the hull and cargo of the olsving vowel Guiana, taken March 26, 1840, by H.3l.'s brig I Viper, dill be lodged in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, purslane to act of parliament.-Thomas CoSler aad John A. knee, agent,. Notice la also given to the °dicers end company of 11.M.'s sloop Sappho, Capt. the Ilan. G. then commander, who were eetnolly on hoard at the rapture alai destruction of four vrr,els, names ueknown, between May 9 and July 30, 1049, that a distribution of the Isountim received for the 'mid ceded,. will be made, on 7icsday, the Mb last., at 14, Great George-street, Westminster ; where the shares nut then deremok.l wili too recalled fur three months. Veseel, cap. tured May 9 Fed, 21/. 3e. 21.; commander, 391. 13s. 50. ; At el t s= )6n,1!44.; 2nd class, 71. les. Gad.; 3rd cloys, V. 1,. 31d. 4 M. 10s. 21d.; sth elaso, 1/. 3e. Id. •, oth clam, 166. Red. 7th chew, Ss 40. Vessel, captured May 24 : nag, 271. 190. 2.1. commander, SM. es ; tat clam, 18/. 74.; 9d class, 9/. lest Id. 3rd claw , 4/. Ins. 34d.; 4th elms, IL fa. Mil.; sth clam 11. 130. lid. 6th class, 1/. 26. Id.; 7th claws, Ile. Old. Vessel, captured May ZJ Flag, Mi. 125, ed.; eartarnanakr, 641. 13... 90.; let elan, 21/.1461.50; grid clam, 131. Oa 70.; 3rd clam, eJ. 10e. 314.3 4th elm*, 4/.06.100.; sth elm, 21. 30. 3161.; oth chi" 1/. Ss. 110.; 7th class, 14e. so.. Vessel, captured July 30: Floc, 151. 1157 d.; commander, 29/. is. 20; lot clam, id. 20.; Ind class, 31. 10a. ed.; 3rd clam, 21. 150. 3d. ; 4th clam, 1!. Ida. 10d.; 3th clow, IS.. 5d.; 6th clam, 12s. 3d.; 7th clam, Os. 10.--11allett, Robeson, and Co., agents. DETONPORT, Nov. 15.-Racer, 16, Com. Reid, arrived yesterday, from Portsmouth, and rune into tarbour this afternoon, to be paid off.-Rhademanthiiii, at., Mr. J. -tyke, master, arrived in the night, and the Birkeohrad and Comet steamer', Com. Ingram, this morning, from Portsmouth.-Fly, 18, Com. Oliver, will be paid an advance of wages% this afternoon. and nail on Wednesday or Thum doy, for New Zealand. WOOLWICH ' Nov. 16.-Viraeo at.-sloop, Com. Lunn, was Paid off to-day, , all ftanding and with her guns and stores Atilt on eanL She will be immediately prepared for recommission.-Jenne came down from Deptforil yesterday, and is to try the increased rate of speed obtained by recent alterations in her machinery. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 16.-APPOINTM ENTS.-Capt. S. C. Dacres, to St. Vincent. Commander G. Caswell, to study at steam factory. Lieutenants \V. P. Johnson, to Cygnet; W. F. G. Feed, to Hibernia; B. G. Bowles, to Queen; J. Cartwright, to &Basle; W. R. G. Palliser, to Gladiator. Acting-Master: O. H. Blakey, to StroreholL Assistant-Surgeons : J. Ward lb), confirmed to Vengeance; H. elimlett, to Lirard; W. C. locker, to Raleigh. Mmtere-Afaist ants N. B. Herbert, to Terrible; J. Tucker, to Crocodile. Midship. men: B. Nicolas, to Racehorse; T. eaumarre, to Ocean. Clerks: C. P. Victim, to Alert; C. W. Motherwell, to Crocodile. Gunners: W. .tttrill, to Stromboli ; W. Merriman, to Tearable. Boatswain G. More, and Carpenter T. L ad d, to Stromboli. Labe llnttlttgtntt. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Mestere( the Rohe. lIEMING V. .airtC7Ell.-70.'76781. 7 CT107 OP STATUTE 1 WM. IV., C. 47.—The principal question in this case was whether, under the 12th section of the above act, which was passed to make the real estates of deceased persons liable for payment of their simple contract debte, if a trustee by devise for the life of another disclaimed, the court had jurisdiction to order the heir.at•law of the testator or tenant for life of the equitable interest to convey to a purchaser ?—The Master of the Rolls was of opinion that this was a cants omissus, and that the court had not such jurisdiction ; and the case stood over with a view to have the defect in the act supplied by an application to parliament. BENTLEY C. VICKERB.—INJUNCTION.—AppIication was this day made on the part of Mr. Richard Bentley, the pub lisher, to restrain the defendant from reprinting in a cheap periodical, of which he is the proprietor, entitled the London Journal, several articles which had appeared in Bentley's Miscellany, ►nd which are the exclusive property of the plaintiff. An injunction to this effect was imme diately granted by his lordship. Before the Vlee-Cbaneelior of England. Wean O. WEBB.—ALLOWANCE OP COSTS TO TWO TRES- Tau ANSWERING SEPARATILT.—In this case an objection was raised to the allowance of two sets of costs incurred by two trustees who had put in separate answers to the bill. It appeared that Richard Webb and William Yates were appointed trustees under a deed of settlement by which they were directed to hold the sum of 1,0881. stock and the dividends arising therefrom upon trust for the plaintiff, who was a young lady under the age of twenty-one years, and her executors, administra tors and assigns, to be transferred to her or them when she should attain the age of twenty-one, or previously marry, but in case she should die under that age without haring been married, then upon trust for her father, Richard Wil liam Webb, his executors, administrators, and assigns ; and the trustees were directed, during the minority of the plain- tiff, to apply all or any part of the dividends end interest of the said sum of stock in or towards her maintenance and education, in such manner as they should think fit, and the residue was to be accumulated for her benefit. It appeared that differences had arisen between the parties as to the ap plication of the dividends. Richard Webb, ens of the trustees, alleged, that the dividends ought to be paid to the father of the plaintiff for &assisting him in her education : and the other trustee, W. Yates insisted that each dividends ought to be accumu lated for the plaintiff's benefit, as her father wu fully able to support her without such allowance being mede to him. It also appeared, upon the answer of R. Webb, that he had received the dividends upon the said stock apart from the trustee, W. Yates, and had paid them over to the plaintiff's father ; and that he had now put in a separate answer, and had employed R. W. Webb, the father of the plaintiff, as the solicitor in the cause.—Mr. Wilcock appeared for R. Webb, and claimed the casts of putting in his answer sepa rately from the other trustee.—Mr. Speed appeared for W. Yates, the second trustee ; and Mr. Bethel! for the plaintiff.—The Vice-Chancellor said it appeared to him, from the passages in the answer, that the conduct of R. Webb had not been correct, and it would not be right to direct more than one set of costa. ROBERTS B. MADDOCRS.—PRACTICE.—rLe..—This suit was instituted for recovering large sums of money, exceeding 6,0001., said to be owing to the plaintiff. The plaintiff died, and his executrix, having taken out probate to his will, filed a bill of revisor. It appeared that, upon taking out pro bate, the property was sworn under 5,0001. To this bill a plea was put in which set forth the Stamp Act, 9 and 10 Will. 111., ch. 2.5, and alleged that the stamp upon the pro bate was not sufficient, since the property of the testator ex ceeded 6,0001., and upon this very bill the plaintiff claimed a much larger sum. Mr. Stuart and Mr. Craig appeared in support of the plea ; and Mr. Bethell, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. Renshaw for the bill.—The Vice-Chancellor said the plaintiff had stated in the bill of revivor that she was the legal personal representative of the testator, and if the plea had been that the plaintiff wu not such legal personal re presentative, that would have been a good plea; but it was contrary to the forms of this court to plead the Stamp Act for the purpose of showing that the executrix had not taken oat a lawful probate to the testator's will. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Ex PLATE Trig Rev. JAMES PIINCII Lii IN FEN NATTER OF GUTTEXIDOE.—CRIMINAL INFORMATION. — The Attorney-General moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against a gentle man named Gutteridge, a surgeon at Birmingham, for like( on the Rev. James Prince Lee, Bishop elect cf Man chester. The libel complained of was published in the news paper John Bull, but had also been published in others, and communicated to a great number of journals throughout the country. It was the last of a series of attacks to which Mr. Lee had been subjected by the same gentleman, and which, relying es well on his own character in his own neighbourhood as on the estimation in which Mr. Gutteridge was there held, he had hitherto disregarded. • The elevation of Mr. Lee to the lee of Manchester, and his consequent removal to another district, and more exalted duties, seemed to hire to render it neecesuy thst he should at once take steps fur defying Mr. Gutteridge to substantiate his charges ; and the publication in a metropolitan newspaper was se lected, because it was thought right not to proceed for a publication in Manchester itself, and also fair to Mr. Gutte ridge to overlook the acts of publication in Birmingham. The libel in question was contained in the following two letters, signed with the name of Mr. Gutteridge To the Editors respectively of the Pnblic the*, especially in Loudon and the Diocese of Mancheeter.—Sir,—l beg pernsiesion, through year columns, to Lay before your re tiers the copy of a letter I have felt it my duty to address to the archbishops and bishop. of the church of England and to the chief miniver of *he crown on the un fitness of James Prince i.e., the present head master of King Ede ward's School at Birminehain, the the office of a bishop. 1 beg leave also to Infirm the maristrates, Merry, and other Inhahitants of the diocese of Manchester that I am ready, if they desire it, to come per small,- among them, and state publicly the reasons why they should Promptly and strenuously and by 211 means rcsLst the unpoettion of James Prince rue upon them as a bishop. My Lord,—There rinpearol in .114 i., dieniinglarme G met c of the lrith inst. the folinwing announcement : "It offends us sincere gratis flinstion to learn that the Rev. James Prince Lee, MA., the learned and indefatigable head master of King Edward's School in this town is to be the new Bishop of Manehestv, an eminence to which he is justly entitled." Believing that it is intended that James Prince Lee shall he the new Biehop of Manchester, I feel boned in duty to the church to warn your look:tip in the most eaic:un and earnest manner that James Prince Lee is morally di-qualified for the office of a bishop of the church of Lnelitort. 1 resp,tfully request you also to receive this my protest against any meta being taken to wards admitting James Prince Lee to th • etilsentwite, until be shall have A itisfactiirilr cleared himself of the charges that now lie *mime him, undisproved, of having been guilty of lying, drunkenness, sod malignity. f also denier re-pee:fatly to assure you that lam ready, whwiever called nom by proper authority, to substantiate the theme I have made against Janes Prince Lee. With regard to those charges, it appeared that Mr Los had been promoted from the office of second master of Rugby School to the head mastership of King Edward's Grammar School, at Birmingham, and also became a member of the committee of the Blue-coat School there, and also of that of the hospital. A dispute as to some matter* connected with the hospital took r lace between Mr. Gutteridge and a gentleman named Hodson, the medical attendant of Mr. Lee; an attack was made on Mr. Hodson ; inquiries were instituted, end Mr. Gutteridge ceased to be surgeon of the hospital. This led to a charge by Mr. Gutteridge against Mr. Lee ; the matter was investigated. the conduct of Mr. Lee was ap proved of by the committee, and that of Mr. Gutteridge wan censured. The next charge against Mr. Lee was that he had, in a state of intoxication, attended the sick-bed of a boy in the Blue-coat School. Mr. Lee was enabled to fix the date on which he had attended the sick-bed of one of those boys. It was on the 14th of January, 11141. He had been rent for by Mr. Foster, the master of the school, but declined to go until it should have been ascertained that the clergyman of the parish was unable to attend. This baring been ascer tained, Mr. Lee walked down to the school in company with Mrs. Lee. After visiting the sick boy, he went into the room where prayers were read to the boys after supper, heard the prayers, end then, at the request of Mr. Foster, the master, addressed the bogs on the gospel of the day. The affidavits of Mrs. Lee, of two ladies who were present, and also of two gentlemen present on that occasion Posted that Mr. Lee had addresser,' the boys in the manner habitual to him, and had not exhibited the slightest signs of intoxica tion. The next charge wee, that Mr. Lee had read evening service at Bishop Rya, is church whi n he wits in a state of intoxication. To this it was answered oa affidavit that Mr. Lee had on two °tensions read Cie morning and evening services at that church in coneequenci of the illness of the incumbent and the indi.poeitiou of the curate; that two clergymen of the neixhbourhired Lad come forward to give their assistance at the evening serric; that both were in the vestry with Mr. Lee before the commencement of service ; that one of them preached ; and that, though Mr. Lee had read in a nervous manner, as was his habit, he had not exhibited the slightest symptom of intoxication. The affidavits of the Bishop of Worcester and other persons of station, with whom Mr. Lee has had to transact business, act forth that they had never observed anything in Mr. Lee that would justify them in giving credit to such a charge; so also the affidavits of soma mat intimate friends of Mr. Lee, who had been in the habit of visiting him at all hours, and unexpectedly, and whe thought that he was a re markably abstemious man. The medical attendant of Mr. Lee also stated that he was a very abstemious man, and thet his eyes had for a long time been in such a state from intense application that any cereal 'could be sum to produce inflemmanon in them. Finally, Mr. Lee moat explicitly denied the charecs, and the affidavit of the Bishop of Worcester and other friends of Mr. Lee stated that they had hitherto advised him to disregard the former attacks of Mr. Gutteridge, but had et length counselled him to notice in the present form that now complained of.—Lord Daman : Take a rule. Cause must be shown this term.--Rule nisi, BAIL COURT. Before Mr. Jastkeystteson. IN TEE MATTER OT W. C. WRIGILT.—MOTION TO SET ASIDE A WARRANT OP ATTORNEY AND JI:DOXENT ON WHICH A PRISONER IS CHARGED IN EXECUTION.—Mr. Fortescue moved to charge in execution W. C. Wright a prisoner. —Mr. Lush, on behalf of the prisoner, moved for a rule to show cause why the warrant of attorney, and the judgment on which it was sought to charge him in execution, should not be set aside. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. John Mynde Cooke, had acted as attorney for his brother in an action against one Baskin], and after judg ment had been obtained an agreement was entered into be tween Wright, the present defendant, and Mr. John Mynde Cooke, acting fur his brother, for the purchase of the judg ment, and 2.501. was given .fir tho assignment of that judg ment, part of which was to be paid by a bit of exchange, and the residue by a warrant of attorney, both of which in straments were executed on the 22nd of June. Mr. John Mynde Cooke then gave an undertaking, signed by himself, on behalf of his brother, to procure the assignment of the judgment, ky which 3502 bad been recovered. The warrant of attorney was however made in favour of John Mynde Cooke, and not of his brother, and he now sought to charge the defendant in execution. Applications had been made to Cooke for the assignment of the judgment, but he had made no answer, and be therefore held the war rant of attorney and bill of exchange without consideration. —Mr. Jastice Patteson doubted whether this was a reason for setting aside a warrant of attorney, but granted a rule to show cense. Ex TARTE BODENXAM IN THE MATTER OF —.— CONDUCT OP AN ATIOILNEY.—Mr. Willer moved, on behalf of a Mr. Bodenham, fur a rule calling on an attorney of this court to show cause why he should not be struck off the roll. It appeared that Mr. Bodenham had employed the attorney in question to conduct his law business generally, and also to collect his rents and attend to pesuniary business involving several thousands a year. Between the month of February and August in this year nearly 7,000/. had been received by the attorney, and 6,0001. had been expended by him on behalf of his employer. Mr. Charles Bodenham, the son of Mr. Bodenham, the applicant, had effected two insurances on the life of his father, one in the Crown Assurance Office for 1,0002, and another in the Law Life Assurance, the pre miums on which were severally due on 12th and 31st May. Mr. Bodenham also paid to his sister, who resided in France, an annuity of 2001., and instructions were given to the attorney to pay these premiums and this annuity. The attorney opened an account with a Hereford bank on behalf of Mr. Bodenham, and which was designated by the name of his residence. From this bank, in May last, the several sums of about 1901. and 1801. were drawn out by the attorney, on the plea of paying the premiums on the two insurances, as well as another sum for the payment of part of the annuity. In August last the attorney left his place of business and had not since returned. Upon inquiry it appeared that neither of the premiums had been paid, and a compromise had been made with one o ffi ce and a penalty paid to the other, in order to save the policies ; and besides this the annuity had not been paid to Mr. Bodenham 's sister, but all these turns had been applied to the attorney's private purposes. He had also discharged a debt of his own to the Hereford bank, amounting to 8002, by the transfer of Mr. Bodenbam's account.—Mr. Justice Patteson : I do not see that this was employment as an attorney, but merely as a general agent —Mr. Willes contended that this case came within the principle laid down in " Ex paste Aitkin." The affidavits stated that the attorney was retained to conduct Mr, lkidenham's law business as well as his general affairs. At any rate this was such a gross case of dishonest conduct in an officer of this court that he ought not to be allowed to remain on the roll.—Mr. Justice Patteson was not aware that there was any instance of striking an attorney off the roll unless for conduct which was strictly in his profession. He would look over the affidavits before giving his decision. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco. Ragan) r. LEAP.—CLAIM POE LITEB,AIIY CONTRIRE TION/4.—Thil was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. John Abraham Reraud, against the defendant, as the pro prietor of the Foreign and Colonial or New Quarterly Review, to recover 1121. 10s. for certain articles supplied to that publication. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Coltman, at the last assizes for the county of Surrey, when • verdict was found for the defendant —Mr. Serjeant Shee moved, a few days ago, for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. It appeared in evidence that the above mentioned periodical was established in the month of March, 1843, and that the plaintiff continued to write article. for the Review until some time in the present year. The Rev. Dr. Worthington was appointed editor of the publication ; and a gentleman named Powell was employed to assist him in that capacity. Mr. Powell wu also requested to obtain contributions for the Review ; and the defence set up in the present case was, that the articles written by the plaintiff were fur nished to that gentleman gratuitously. It wu further con tended that Powell had suppressed the plaintiff's name, in consequence of the editor having made certain objections to the tone and spirit of some of the articles. The plaintiff, however, proved that literature we, his profession, and that, therefore, it could not be said that he had written for the Review without regard to payment. It moreover appeared that be (the plaintiff) was quite unconscious of the fact of Powell having concealed his name from the editor. On the grounds above stated the learned counsel contended that the plaintiff was fairly entitled to a new trial.—The court,