The Express. — London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

scientific farming is his remedy for a _. supply o f produce, and sterility his cure for starvation. Nay, w ore ; he exhibited as much alarm at the innovation of improved processes as the confederates of Kil kenny, just two centuries ago, when, in their treaty with the government, they insisted that the laws against the good old customs of ploughing by the tail and burning oats in the straw, to save the trouble of threahing, should be repealed. A gentleman present, Mr. BLAND, who is himself a n improver, and therefore an encourager of prac tical improvement, made a very sensible and ju dicious appeal to the sense of the meeting, bat the nonsense of the assembly was on the side of Mr. SHINE LALOR. A resolution condemnatory of instruction was carried by an overwhelming ma jority, and it was entirely owing to the forbearance of the victors that this was not followed by a vote of censure on the Earl of CLARENDON and the Irish Agricultural Society, for indulging in so wild a belief as that knowledge of any kind would be acceptable to a board of guardians in Kerry. Thoroughly ridiculous as such an exhibition of spiteful faction must be in the eyes of all sane and rational men. its melancholy import suppresses every movement of the risible faculties. How can we be surprised at the obstinacy, the folly, and the perver sity of the Irish peasants, when men holding the rank of gentlemen, and making pretensions to sense and education, will venture to play such pranks in the face of an excitable nation? Mr. SHINE LALOR has already been permitted to play such a number of " fantastic tricks before high heaven," that on him remonstrance would be thrown away, and censure wasted. His declaration, that any recognition of the proffered services of a gentleman, such as Mr. SINNOTT, would give currency to hum bug, is quite sufficient to place him beyond the pale of those with whom an argument can be legitimately maintained. It was in vain that he was told that Mr. Srasorr's tour of three months would not involve one farthing of expense to the union ; Mr. SiNsorr's lectures were not a parliamentary grant, to be dis tributed according to the discretion or indiscretion of Mr. SHINE LALOR and his compeers, and nothing but public money would go down in Kerry. Here, then, is a board of guardians pro tailing their purpose to keep their union impoverished by refusing to accept means of increasing the produce of the soil when tendered to them gra tuitously. No wonder that there are peasants who prefer mendicancy to industry, when they can fortify themselves by such examples of the conduct of their superiors in station. The Queen's speech, and more particularly the paragraph announcing the intended mediation for the pacification of Switzerland, was the prevailing topic in Paris on Thursday. A conference between the ministers of England, Austria, Pressia, and France, on this subject, was held at the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, immediately on the close of which a cabinet courier was despatched for Switzerland. The answer of the court of St. Peters. burg to the invitation to join in this diplomatic mediation not being yet returned the Russian chargi' d'affaires did not attend the conference, but no doubt is entertained that that power will co operate in the measure. A report was current in Paris that an internal malady, by which the Prince de Joinville is afflicted, will force him to quit the naval service. There was a report circulated at the Rowse on Thursday that Austria had intervened by armed force in Switzerland. Our correspondent says he could not trace it to any source worthy of credit, and believed that it was altogether without foundation. The Madrid mails of the 19th have arrived, but their contents aro uninteresting. The letter of our own correspondent will be found below. There was a general holiday in celebration of the Queen's file. A statement is circulated that a league, offensive and defensive, has been concluded between Rome, Tuscany, and Sardinia. This is given by the Aix la Cliapelle Gazelle, on the authority of an alleged letter from Turin, dated the 15th. It is probable, however, that the report has no other foundation than the customs league, announced long since. The Palria, of Florence, of the 18th, says that the Duke of Lucca has placed his rights over Pun tremoli in the bands of Austria, either to seize that city, or resign it to Tuscany. Several arrests have taken place at Massa. The Modenese troops were evacuating the province of Limigiana, and collecting round Masse. The French fleet had sailed from the Gulf of Spezzia for Genoa. The advices from Switzerland received to-day add nothing important to the intelligence we published yesterday. The reported success of the troops of the Sonderbund in Teseino is represented by the partisans of the league as having seriously damped the spirits of the party of the Diet in Berne. The letters from Berne are to the evening of the 21st. The federal troops had advanced about three leagues into the canton of Lucerne without encountering any opposi tion. The attack on the external lines of defence of the Sonderbund was to have taken place on Monday (the 22nd). Of the success of that attack no doubt was entertained. It would necessarily be followed by the advance of the federal army to the line of inner defence—that is to say, those which were raised on the heights immediately over hanging the city of Lucerne. This point would have been reached on the evening of Monday. On Tues day morntag the fate of the campaign would be settled by a general engagement on the entrenchments round Lucerne. As we explained on a former day, the cap ture of the heights would be virtually that of the city itself, of which they have a complete command. Intelligence of the result of these movements could not be received in Paris before this day (Saturday). The courier despatched from the ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday would not reach Berne before Saturday, so that according to all probability the question will be settled between the Diet and the Sonderbund by force of arms before the news of the friendly mediation of the five powers shall have reached the Vorort Since writing the above we have advices from Mims to the 21st, to the effect that the canton of Zug had capitulated. The capitulation had been signed by envoys sent by the canton to the bead quarters of General Dufour, but was subject to ratifi cation by the cantonal authorities. The conditions were the renouncement of the Sonderbund, the occu pation of the canton by the federal troops, the dis bmding and disarming of the cantonal troops, the ex pulsion of the troops of the Sonderbund from the canton, the disarming of the Landaturm, and the re establishment of the communications, and the resto ration of the bridges which had been destroyed under the orders of the Sonderbund. Order was to be main tained in the canton by the federal troops. Farther advices bad arrived later, that this capitulation had been ratified by the Landreth. Farther letters dated the 23rd say that the entire federal army had on that day crossed the frontiers of Lucerne, Schwytz, and Zug, and that the head-quarters of General Dufour were advanced to Mari. The head quarters of the other superior officers were as follows Ochsenbein at Eutlibach, Douat at Willesen, Burk hart at Sureee, Ziegler at Wumster, and Gmur at Zug, forming a circle close round Lucerne. A letter from Berne, dated in the evening of the 21st, says: " We are assured that the Grand Council of Lucerne has just decided, by the feeble majority of three votes, to reject all proceedings to bring about a capitulation and submission to the decree of the Diet" The provisional government of Friburg had pub lished the following decree : T TMOTISIOXAL GOTIANTICIT so 1111 CANTON or Perris. — Oda by droaddeede to tete the mat urgent measures for I sheSPlwe the done d eons 'Mid and the coaavy, and to moan the Mara d tird--dedbibig het he seedsks d tit = s mica or = Trews te the isheedemel bear plea licadiebeed is prim:J -Imb et tbe Jae* ma dhoti einded dile Mild Dist hid MO. 3. 184 7 , Irbil 1 he ediety et he AMID to be headcatible with the dike ranee asap et Ilernmegmb sad vide lie hotted the soles at Mat, ie renew them trap me tiedleryasetring ta adds le the dm s r v olet b a l t i tir enem oar a digarbali"* ilesd ben imp eadideas he vapid resolution et de lettilkerweber het beenee--id. 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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1847. a day or two beck, having on board his excellency Lord Dalhousie, the newly appointed governor.general of India. The Elidea has since lett for the Mediterranean. A few lays dam a sharp signal was made from the admirers vessel to a lisiaothattle ship ; " Less noise on board the Ithe ships being something like a half mile apart, and her eepteln on board. Mercantile matters teem to be getting better. There ate no new failures, and it is hoped, now the storm has blown over, that confidence and enterprise will revive. Exchange on London 30 days, 63, 534; 90 days, 64. Sovereigns at 4490 ; dollars, 920. Oared A. W,Willisiss from erd Den. Oda, to b. cornet, vice Poz. 9th F.—Major B. V. lewd, him the 37th P., to be snapr, 'doe who 211117811 e L I v eleb t•e li S h e " %mit "I tt l ath L Rel fiil ' 3 l 7lli i r.:l 7 3 M WlN l .L n ite l‘ V. 6 114 1.1 0rt0 be Boot-, by per, vice Um. to_orWoelte *free; W. Iheee. pet., to Be sea, by pro., vice 1100 i IP.—Lat. J. S. imorkr, hem hkip. 63rd F., to be lieut., vice 15111Mejle dila rloillogion, C. 8., from 9th P., to be major, vies lanuati VIM Esa G. F. Luau; from 17th F., to be ass., vine ssmt. 40th lifw—brwr. J. Stanford, to be lieut.-ooL, without par., visa /2191014.; Cwt. J. Mae Dulf, to be jor, Ace Stop- Wrd.• Lent H. to be wt., vice Mac Duff; Gent. Cadet IL C. Wise, tram the MIL COL, to be ens., without pur. 53rd P.—lhat. 0. Cos., from 63rd F., to be lieut., Oise Grey, who 34trliMt. A. 8. Craig, from Glad F., to be lieut., vice Hewett, who ex Sind Mt. Z. W. M. Hewett, from .54th F., to be lieut., vice Craig, who exchanges. 63rd F.—Ensign J. Lawrie, from Sled F., to be lieut., by pm , vice Nomad, who ret.; Lieut. F. D. Grey, from 53rd P., to be lieut., vise Cox, who exchanges. 73rd F.—Eaaign H. IL B. Rannaryne to be lieut., by per., vice Owen, who ret. ; T. Walsh, rut, to be ens., by pur„ vice ßannatyne. 75th F.—Lient.G. W. Muriel, from 114th F., to bs hem., vice Keats, who en 82nd :..L.r.Barros, gent., to be ens., by per., Ow Lawrie, prom. In 83rd r. 84th P.—Llenk W. MiGesaby Keats, from 75th F., to be lieut., vice Muriel, who exc Lad W. L R .t i t 4 ant. E. J. Gardlner, from 17th F., to be tout., vice Dickman, who exchanges. Hooves'. &rm.—W. F. Daniell, gent., to be smilit.aml. to the forces. Moniasersok—The exchange of Lieut. J. Lawson. from 7lst F., to b..p. unattached, on sth Sept., 1835, to without the difference, be having paid the amount to the credit of the public. The commiesion of Lieut. W. IL. H. Ellison, in the 88th F., bas been antedated to 12th Jag., 1847, in ender to place him in hit proper position in that corps. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 10. Corm of Royal Marinas—Sec.Branch, to be first Beek, vice Denman, dec.; See. Lieut. J. Crochet, to be first lieut. MADRID, Nov. 19. On Tuesday night a dreadful crime was committed is the palace of the Queen Mother, in the Calle de las Rajas. The housekeeper of a chaplain, who lives on the second floor, was Sound bathed in blood with a deep gash in her throat. She was quite dead. It appears that this unfortunate woman had lately arrived from Valencia. She is said to hare been young and beautiful. Apparently the was employed in g a stocking when the crime was committed. The amaisin, after washing his hands in the bison, locked the door and carried off the key. The corpse was taken to the general hospital where the autopsy was made. The session of congress yesterday offered nethisg remark able beside the two communications of Senors Salamanca and Ortega. The former petitions congress that he ma not be declared subject to se-election till the ehemee to impugn the acts of his ministry be beesshe blew the house. The petition was handed over to do latamidee caws of re-election, of which Olosaga is nopident. In the 'snood document Senor Ortega complaint" sif the violation of privilege by the government in sending Its. a national deputy, to quarters in Cerunna. The potato& peeped es the sections for the nomination of a special committee te ea eider the same. The rest of this session, which only lasted half an hour, from two till half-put two, was taken up with the despatch of business of no particular interest. Contrary to expectation, the motion made for the documents which aro to serve as the ground of Salamanca's impeachment, was net read; the ministers, although informed that the same motion had not been read on a preceding day on account of their absence, having preferred to accompany their Majesties on their hunting expedition instead of attending to their duties in Congress. After infinite offers and coallastmela. IS seems that it has been definitively settled to setessais• tie reconciliation of the moderado factions by the sacrifice of one victim, and that victim is to be Salamanca: his colleagues are to be let off. Meantime the ex-Minister of nattier, is not in the least daunted. He holds his head high, defying his accusers, and is no doubt pro pariag heavy retaliation. The documents moved for are: Report upon the Conversion of the Treasury Bills of the Royal Patrimony; Report upon the Claims made by the, Bank of Ardoin, and Resolution of the Government is tom quence ; Report and Royal Order on the Bank lending to the Madrid and Aranjuez Railway Company Money upon their Shares, making the Public Treasury responsible ;1 Report and Royal Order on granting Pardon in the Trial foe Smuggling connected with the Casten-house of Alicante; Certificate of the Liquidation Fund concerning the Values hailed in Three per Cent. Bonds since Feb. 17, 1847, with Declaration of the Issues, Rea ons for the same, and Persons to whom the Bonds were delivered. The Clamor wants the following documents to be also called for :—Acconnts relative to Colonial Expenditure, with the History of a certain Royal Order issued by the Minister of Finance ,• a Satisfactory Account of the 400 Millions not included in the Budget, expended by Senor Mon; the Tobacco Contract; the Quicksilver Contract; the Will of Ferdi nand VII. ; and the Marriage Contracts of the Queen and her Sister. The earns paper adds ; " Since France is our model, it would be well that we should imitate that country in a famous instance, highly honourable for her, in which neither the rank, nor the social position, nor the services of the accused, sufficed to avert the inflexible doom of the law." The tergiversation of the Rzpeclador have furnished the coffee-houses with a fertile topic of discussion lately. That paper, formerly the organ of Espartero, published, on Satur day, an article, the tenor of which was so completely mode redo that one looked to the top of the first page to see whether it was not the Faro that one had got hold of by mistake. The consequence was, that the proprietors lost no time in expelling these agents of the enemy from the editorship. The Ileraklo of yesterday gives out that the Union Bank will resume business in a few days. A general decree of amnesty to criminals whose term of imprisonment does not exceed four years has been published in the Gazette. The more atrocious category of offenders are excluded from the list of pardoned. Letters from Catalonia report that General Concha has declined the government's offer to him of the embassy to Paris. ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF SIR J. FRANKLIN'S PARTY. (Fmm the Athemaisc) We were the first to announce, a few weeks ago, that government purposed taking immediate steps to send out expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin and his party, and have since been earnest in presaing, on the plea of the public anxiety, that nothing might be omitted or port posed which the real circumstances of the case demanded. We are now enabled to present our readers with the follow ing particulars, which proceed from the highest official authority. Three expeditions will be sent to the Arctic re gions:—One will be despatched in the course of a few days to Behring's Straits; the second will sail early in the ensuing spring to Baffin's Bay, and will be under the com mand of Sir James Ross and the third will consist of an overland expedition, to be placed under the direction of Sir John Richardson. The boats, with their crews of twenty men, belonging to the last-named expedition, went out to Hudson's Bay during the late summer ; and intelligence of their safe arrival at York Factory and departure for the interior has reached this country. They were to winter at Cumberland-house, or at Saskatchewan River ; and as soon as the navigation opens in the spring are to resume their voyage to the Mackenzie River. Sir John Richardson, and another officer, will leave England in March next, for Canada ; and by travel ling iu light canoes by the usual route of the fur-traders to the north-west they hope to overtake the boats in July, and with them to reach the Arctic Sea in the beginning of' ' August, with an ample supply of nutritious and solid food. The intention of this party is to track the coast to the east ward of the Mackenzie River, to communicate with the various tribes of Esquimaux, in expectation of gleaning some tidings of the discovery ships, to examine Wollaston Land, and trace, as far as practicable, any inlets that may lead to the north ; to erect land-marks on various head lands, with written communications buried underneath, and when the season closes to repair to winter quarters at Great Bear Lake, by the Copper Mine River. The boat parties to be sent out from the vessel which is to winter within Behring's Straits, together with parties over the ice in the spring, will, it is hoped, fully explore the sea to the westward of the Mackenzie ' • and, as one of Sir James'lloss's ship. is to be stationed in Lancaster Sound at the north end of North Somerset, parties sent out from thence, both to the northward end southward, will explore that neighbourhood. Another of Sir James's ships will push on to Banks Land, and in like manner send out exploring partite in every direction; the one sent southwards having the prospect of intersecting Sir J. Richardson" route, and, if thought expedient, of com municating with him by the Copper Mine River. The search of the coast and of Wollaston and Victoria Land will be re sumed by Sir John Richardson in the summer of 1849, if neCBll6ll.l 7. Notwithstanding that the Admiralty have judged it pru dent to make the preparations for these extensive researches, we are gratified at being informed that most of the officers who, from having acquaintance with the navigation of the arctic seat and the intentions of Sir John Franklin, us qualified to judge in the matter, continue to hope that Sir John Franklin has succeeded in passing Behring's Straits. Had his vessels been nipped in the ice, or stopped in Lan caster Sound, he would, we are assured, have returned to England about this time ; and as he has not done so, they consider it pro'sable that he had succeeded in getting so well to the westward the first year that he bee been enabled to clear Bebring's Straits this October—in which case they look for tidings, either through Russia or by the Isthmus of Panama, in February next. He had provisions eaough, it seems, to eullo"e him to winter this season in the Arctic Sea, if he had penetrated so far to the west as to render the pro spect of his passing Behriag's Straits next eummer such as to make his stay a third winter expedient. ATHENS, Nev. 10. The last act of Otho served to destroy what little confidence the people still ensertained of a change for the better. They see now that there are no hopes for Greece. They see a Chamber of Deputies unanimou‘y consenting to all the despotic orders of the government ; Ith ignorant end illiterate ministry chosen by France and Austria; a senate compelled by force to renounce ita acts; the sionatitution violated in its most important parts; Greece everywhere infected by brigands in the service of the government ; the rights of the electors laughed at; and fraud, deceit, torture, and murder constituting the actual picture of this unhappy country. The law sleeps while brute force prevails. The despotic systems of Austria ere here in full force. Com plaints, protests of illegality are of no use ; Grease must be silent for ever, and suffer her fate with resignation, unless indeed " one" of her protectors will raise hevroice in her behalf. She may then get justice, but not till than. The accounts from the provinces are heartrending. General Gardikiotis, in moving his camp from Eubea to Thebes, made the inhabitants feed his soldiers at their own expense. The famous Tzinos has been plundering the people in Western Greece. Gen. Mernonria is employed in arresting such persons as the ministry consider liberal. Since the creation of the senators, the senate has been perfectly idle. The president and the ministers are waiting until they lare properly drilled and have taken their seats. Some of them, it is said, have not the qualifications required by the coreWtution, and that others Inuit be chosen instead. The follo*lng are already named: Rear-Admiral A. Kriesis—he is also Marshal of the Palace ; General J. Staicos—be is father-in-law to the daughter of the King's aide-de-camp ; Gardikitotas Grim, General D. Plapoutas, General Ant. fdayromichalis, G. Notaros—these three last are all related to persons in the King's household ; General Nikitas Stem atelopoulos, Col. J. Joldamis. Nothing new respecting the difference with Turkey. The Harlequin is the only English man-of.war in the Pirseus. Nine or ten cases of cholera have occurred at Constantinople, and our authorities hers have extended the period of quarantine from thence to Greece. VERDICT OF MURDER AGAINST W. S. SHERIDAN. Yesterday, Mr. Baker and a jury again met to in veatigats the death of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, the widow of ' an officer in the army, lately resident in Mare-street, Hack ney. The evidence taken was precisely similar to that' already given before the magistrate at Worship-street polies court. The clerk of the London Life Assurance Company proved that the son of the deceased surrendered his life policy for 6001. on receipt of 961. 2a. 6d. within 24 hours di his mother's death. The daughter tithe dammed severally repeated the testimony thty had predoolly given. likr. Randall, the deceased's landlord, prowl frogpatbe t mom race of the most dreadful quarrels between*" semeed his mother and sisters. Mr. Evans, the isisiffividsgadipse, deposed to the state of anxiety which the party Mimed to exhibited when it had been determined to make a poet mortem examination of his mother's remains, and to his ex premed desire that all publication of the fact in the news- papers should be suppressed ; and Sergeant Hawkes depoeed Ito baying made an examination of the prisoner's desk at the Baciee-office, in which he found three Banknotes of 201. each, one sovereign, and other monies. Mr. Baker said the prisoner was • young man of drunken habits, and Mid from "Ray's Medical Jurisprudence" several attracts showing the effect of excessive indulgence in virile ous liquors on itertain minds. Among the illustrations quoted was that of the celebrated Sheridan, who " never spoke la the House of Commons without the inspiration of half a plat of brandy."--The learned coroner, after remarking on the 'feeler coincidence that that once great man should haw been the very beacon held out by the author to warn other tithe vast elf intemperance, said, it was a no less painful fact that he wan the graadaire of the unfortunate man now ins stared within the walls of a prison on the dreadful charge it matricide—Mr. Baker here read an extract descriptive silks latter days of Sheridan, whose " death took pleas amidst • complication of difficulties, fears, and sorrows," and seiti, bitter indeed mast have been his reflections if he could bat have been conscious of the legacy he bequeathed to hie posterity. The hereditary inheritance of a broken constitu tion, a debilitated body, and an emaciated and attenuated frame. What did the jury now sea before them 1 A whole family immersed in the lowest depths of intoxication, their minds debased, their morals impure. So fatal have been the Miens thatthe mother has died • victim of filth and disease ; aseofthe daughters, unable to beer the last closing scene, Torimod forth on the evening of her death, not knowing mimeo the was going, aced only returning when driven back meetration of her physical energies. The son, in simi of *aim his parent's eyes, having first plaid the pima *Am to her lips," hurried to the °Moe la which ills life had been insured on the very day of her deal, sad .marred the paltry pittance of 961, to lead his depots= tits for future revels of intoxication. After ease remarks, in a tinnier strain, Mr. Balm rodadoi tie Jon that they must not allow their toollogolo the Woe it *dr judgment, but carefully snide aft tio obouostostoo attending the case. The jury remained in deliberation for about half an hour, when it was announced that twelve out of thirteen jurymen had agreed to a verdict of wilful murder, the diseatient ob jecting on some peculiar opinions entertained by Mama — The Coroner said their verdict must be ea Malailmes sae' and, after same further deliberation, the YONIINS that they had all agreed to a verdict d swam against William Stewart Sheridan." FRANCII.—LoB6E6 IN THE FRENCH NAVY.-- A French journal gives the following u a correct statement of the losses of the French navy within the last two years : " The state has lost the Berceau, corvette of 30 guns, which went down at sea; the Colibri, of 4 guns, advice-kat, which, like the Berecau, was on the Bourbon station, and was also lost at sea ; the Doris, schooner of six 18-pound carronades, which sunk on sight of Brest the Levrette, cutter of 6 guns, wrecked on the coast of America ; the Seine, sloop-of.war of 24 guns, which was driven on shore at New Zealand ; the Glove, frigate of 64, and the Victorieuse, of 24 run, wrecked on the rout of Gores ; the Greenland, steam-frigate of 460- horse power, ran on shore on the coast of Africa u she was returning from the expedition against Hogador ; the Caulk, of 450-horse power, lost at Senegal ; the Pepin, steam-sloop of 160-horse power ; the Sphynx, also of the same power ; and the Ridden, of 60-lions power, wrecked at Guyana." SWEDEN.—STocKnoim, Nov. 16.—OPENING OF THIS SWlRDlBllDlZT.—Yetterday at 12 o'clock the Diet was opened with the usual formalities. The states have been summoned to appear in the chamber on the 23rd, to receive the royal propositions. Count Gaeta, Adolph Spree, presi dent of the Royal College, has been nominated by the king Grand Marshal of the Diet. Yesterday, attended by the two wake waste, Brake and Lewenbaupt, he repaired to the royal regime. The king has appointed Archbishop Win- gird to be quaker of the oceleeiestica, and Dr. Hendren to be vice-speaker. The speakers of the burghers and the peasants have not yet been appointed ; it is generally inferred that Magmata's Holm will be speaker of the burghers, and Haw Jensen of the peasants. The ecclesiastical burgher and put were called together to-day to receive dui/fall powers. The knights and - nobles reckon 19 counts, 90 lamas. sad 48 nobles, in all 90 enembers. The revisor' of the ilkit have sengleted their work, have been admitted to a royal ariffientee, and have given en official dinner to their speaker. THE biuus.—This vessel, with the Southampton portion of the India mail, arrived at Southampton last even ing, at 6 o'clock. irk court. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Ste phens, returned to his reel eves at Kew yesterday, from honouring Mr. William and Lady Gertrude Shame Stanley with a visit at their seat, Paulions, Hants. A deputation, headed by the Hon. F. H. Fitz herding. Berkeley, had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Right Hon. Sir William Somerville, Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Attorney-Generel and the Solicitor-General for Ireland had an interview with Sir Geo. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Rev. Mr. Lloyd had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Mr. Chadwick bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Maurice O'Connell had en ioterview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchers yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of the Gold Coast. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. FIELD-i.ANE RAGGED SCROOL.—Let evening the sixth anniversary meeting of the friends and supporters of this school was held, at the Furingdon- hall, Hingetreet, Snow-hill. Lieut. Blackmore having taken the 'hair the secretary read the report. It stated that the district in which the school was situate had long been known u the most depraved in the metropolis, and the character of the children attending it might therefore be judged. The Nisei wee now open every day in the week, the IMMO IOW& ante being 70, and the instruction given entirely fru The committee, after much consideration, suggested that bell should be giien to the children, many of them, dependent as they were upon what they casually picked up in the streets, end turned out by their parents to shift for them selves, often tasted nothing from morning to night. It could not be expected that these children could be improved in mind while they felt the pangs of hunger. The mu mittee also suggested that the hal: mo uld be taught NOM trade, the knowledge of which amble then to sort their living in an honest and ateasser. Ten receipts for the support of the school aateented to 871., and the expenditure to 701., leaving a Winos not equal to the liabilities. THE ATTEXPT TO OVERTIME A RAILWAY TRAIL —lt will be recollected that William Ashcroft was Ns victed, at the last Criminal Coast esesiessa, for having, is the 26th of list month, placed lane Moshe of granite men the rails on the Easter's Counties litalimey, wee dee Tar bridge station, just before a down tubs was dm The per sugars were so much pleased with the Imam oi obi red judgment displayed by the engineis WW Mimi, in stopping the train, and by the subs eagerdese et the firemen and guards in capturing Ashcroft, that they Tiled a [Frau last night's Gazette.] WINDSOR PALACE, Nov. 22.—This day the Right Hon. Richard More &Ferran was, by her Majesty's com mand, sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Coun cil, and took his place at the board accordingly. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 23.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dominic John Carrigan, M.D., to be Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty in Ireland. WAR.OFYICE, Nor. M. 9rd Drag. Oda—Lout.-Gen. C. IL Earl Cathcart, 8.C.8., hum the Ilth Lt. Dram to to 001., vies Lieut.-Oen. E. Narbmy, dn. "Lb LL prga—Lleuto•Orat. H. Wyndham to be col., vice Lieut.- Ore. Earl Cathcart, app. to 3rd Drag. Oda 12th lA. Draga.—LW.A. Placosall to tol apt., by par., vice Clark, who ra. ; Cornet W. P az tabs Bah, by par., via Maabaell; deselhelletielothr, fir the ohleeellm eit tor want himeeeer stems greemelse en denied et as elhel.-4. ilbeilmes et the deem OM era Imo ems Aimed let& the reentlem at as pima me Me whet thereer The Irma ale. mem Is mien& eweselery hemileedy se Ye eremliedea sod le &Abe pilau/ tert desk up Is as tresseenst *tam rout, elsemlbee. Ilaseezak peideeL—Trlbles Natt.ll4 PORTUGAL. Yesterday afternoon the Oriental Company's steam packet Iberia, Captain J. Bowen, arrived at South ampton, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieutenant W. P. Newenham, R.N., Admiralty agent. She brings dates from Gibraltar to Nov. 17 ; Cadiz, 18; Lisbon, 21 ; Oporto, 22 ; and Vigo, 23. The news from Lisbon will be found detailed in our I correspondent's letter. The ministry had resigned, but they held office provisionally until the elections, which take place on the 28th instant, were over. The Marquis of Fronteira is relieved from the civil governorship of Lisbon, but retains the commander ship of the national battalions, and Baron de Ourem is named in his place. The Septembriats have de cided to go to the poll, but it is generally supposed that Cabral and his party will gain the victory. The Miguelites give their support to the Septembrista. Monetary and commercial affairs were still in a confused and unhealthy state. Distress was general, and the pay of public officers, including those of the royal household, one year and a half in arrear. Not withstanding this state of affairs, an expensive operatic company had been engaged at the theatre ; the presence of our squadron being of great benefit to the opera as well as the shopkeepers. The officers are getting tired of their monotonous duties and drills in boats. The admiral's discipline and movements were, however, imitated in miniature by the Psyche, the small, but heavily-armed French frigate in the Tagus. LISBON, Nov. 20. Since my last, some occurrences of eventual political importance have taken place ; but, as regards the actual try, or changes in the ministry, matters are just as they were, and really with the variety of contradictory re ports upon this head, and but little known positively, the on dela form so tangled a mass of contradictions, that it is pun sling to draw anything like clear COISCitIiiOO4 from the 14411,8 that meet. you at every turn. What may positively be related es fact respecting the try, may be told briefly. M. Rodrigo da Focseca Maghalees, charged by her Modesty with the formation of a ministry, has, after much negotiation with the pelage, declined the onerous and unenviable responsibility ; the Queen was at first die- posed to comply with the minister's terms—a carte blanche —but subsequently acted upon by other and pernicious influences, hesitated to bestow so serious • mark of confi dence, and finally refilled the terms proposed by the minister, and upon which alone he could be induced to accept office. The principal items of the minister's demaads, end upon which the negotiations were wrecked, were three in number, namely : 1. The instant dissolution of all the irregular battalions obnoxious to the people and identified with the Cabrale, and the removal from their commands and employments of cer tain military commandants and civil governor,. 2. The annulling of the last elections for the municipalities. And 3. The postponement of the elections for deputies, and a thorough inquiry into, and revisal of, the registry. The concession of these just demands of the people the court would not hear of ; and, although it is stated and be lieved that the Queen's husband, seriously alarmed at the attitude of parties, and at the state of feeling exhibited throughout the country, is now desirous of conciliating, yet the influence of the Cemarilla, who see their political existence threatened and their plundering career endangered by such concessions, is all paramount, and the star of the Cabral@ at court remains in the ascendant. The great meeting of the Portuguese national party, con- Toned for Sunday last, the 14th inst., was held at the old Treasury-street, but the very large house became at I ea early hour so densely thronged, that an adjourn ment took place to an extensive garden in the rear of the premises, which was soon crowded. The Revoluoao, the organ of the party, talks of six thou niaipsescas having been present, while the Estandarte, the ad the Cabrals, a sort of Penny Satirist affair, gives Cre i ra i thsra as under a thousand. I should say, however, that within the house and gardens there must have been considerably more than four thousand persons, meetly of the mere respectable clam of eitisens Interested in the stability of government. The Mar quis of Louie, uncle to the Queen, occupied the &air. Th e Sec retary read to the meeting the position of electoral affairs throughout the kingdom, as presented and drawn up by the liberal central committee. One forcible and prominent paragraph of this document was received with tumultuous shouting, as without even an illusion to the men, it was appreciated immediately, and comprehended as a censure upon the corrupt career of the Cabrals and Oli vierits. The paragraph states, among other guarantees re quired by the people is " a law of responsibility that shall embrace all classes of public servants, from the minister of the crown to the most Petry employe, subjecting them equally . to the severe punishment and disgrace fur malver sation in their office when entrusted with the public monies." The various speakers presented messes of facts relative to the disorganiaed state of the country, and tracing the causes of national calamities and disgraces to the Queen's insane predilection for the two Caloric Two of them, however, combated the proposal of going to the urn ; they were of opinion that the liberal party should abstain altogether from either offering themselves as candidates or presenting thaw selves as electors, abandoning the field altogether to the sextet nominees, thus presenting a fact and a protest to all Europe. The advocates of these views were opposed in the concluding discourse by M. Jose Estevao, who gave them the sensible recommendation of abandoning speculative for practical politics, and was received with vehement applause. The Marquis of Louie then, as presi dent, submitted to the meeting the original resolatione of going to the poll and of petitioning the Queen, praying re- I drees, both of which propositions were unanimously adopted, and after the usual ceremonies the meeting was declared dia. solved. The greatest order prevailed throughout the day. The government feeling, or pretending to feel, alarm at no one knows what, attempted a demonstration to overawe the meeting. A useless parade was made by placing troop under arms, and quartering, in observation, dote t r OZ lace of meeting a large force, under the orders of Dom Car los de fdascarenhas, and • slight collision originating in this uncalled-for precaution promised at one moment to compro mise public tranquillity. The affair ended in a non-com missioned officer having his head deservedly broken by a person he had insulted. It is always pleasure to witness the good comportment of an armed force in times of excitement, and I can attest that as a body the troops behaved well. On the 16th, in accordance with the second resolution, adopted at the meeting of the 14th, a deputation of the liberal committee waited upon the Dome Minister, M. Car yahoo Mello, and were received very courteously ; the peti tion to the Queen was intrusted to the minister to deliver and the deputation then withdrew. On the same day all Lisbon was taken by surprise by the appearance of a pro clamation (which I translate), addressed to the army by Prince Ferdinand, in his quality of commander-in-chief. The document is of paramount importance at this juncture, as it is • full and ample confession by the Queen's husband of the barbarities that have been inflicted ea the people, and the bed faith with which the popular leedylvavelems treited. The proclannitices is ea fellows: Hun Qvaserme, num or see lfacmassanes, Nov. 14, 1847. OaDal or ma Day.—la beta reeshea stie loeverhedes bb NaNsM the I. OmmeeMelestm a the @se, let sertela Waters, kn. pee el Oar rawer dna, sea ereeoleg the ale Naas de lea beemksd ßd/ir,beat lecarpuredtha =esealland icemen ass as meld= d the M d e the m meda sod meeting Wenir smumpet the evess, the ease a beteg time tam Ike palewheeth, his labia Is mined Weed lima mem • essmaycf erwaetu rnim eptekadeg dem le Weds as See wordes ebe meg a igeV:easeali paha Wean. nee resewe mews k is C= ren es throsersis etas ormq, esmseellme d a vbeest mid esientA te the memo salds . llh rld eat the kinelent, met ha the • ak se be Is sort far d ha *Mr be the mean d ids csoroso They dB Wiwi to 1:1; Moak say meet them km the least limafat tie animal on. keda bd = b t e n ef yet be eight se, es lemlease=he mats aresos he 111 111117 vitokoor el& Ids tag Is Impede Idea la the seeress dike some eget ft *eels* mil Mee menew. MelliahstrOeseehreereeina, met geiltne7, that the malmy fees Jeff allies keel eel 44biorbemeewttk the eimessid seweedlaa_sel Met say m deemeeM sum.' petals asolar - bythothupowdoboall they mils air sepesnem reashella tranquillity ica mew, if le shame it amid hap pen as he lelerepted, at the ems Wes es utmost pru dence red meimatien, as emesema la limier seemken. irt7.= w a tt lo aleme sera r eteerwit; Inn `rte maim, whatever hisit, er salsa ma le, _ lesepstai Ms enilea tmeepess it, las LOW delindoei Se mho a aseent a =tie te WNW s easesemset„ while, wale etellestleg may serve as a imbibe the Mare; al Ms ilmg military c= end other mile, pay ~haft ha mad raisiment, end for yid* they VI he windy re ' amble Mae we have an admimion and a testimony that at the [ Lis deetkas military violence was permitted' but what gua r min hem the people against it. TICUITBIIOO And in what war gm as sm. electioes rendered valid ? By a promise Ass Milo ear shall be conducted legally. , mat pertaria issued by the finance minister authorises genanry department to commence paying the salaries of e eseetkortken of the public servants for the month of notes, in which a portion of the arras reds made, being now at within a fraction of 48 per amt. discount. Connected with the subject of this dem. Mated value of the paper of the Lisbon Bank is a Kendal that is in very general circulation, and unhappily andel al universally credited, that the government, urged by the I demerits state of the exchequer, contemplates a wand, tread, by the issue of a supplementary decree ended* paper (its own) money in the payment of taxes and govene meat impost& whatever, while the decree giving it a foroed circulation in all other transactions is to remain in force. Lisbon Bank notes have, in consequence, within these few days suffered a new depreciation. Amongst the unimportant government changes, we have the Marquis of Fronteira superseded as civil governor of Lisbon, and a Col. Laps (recently promoted to the rank of baron for his services in &Mamba's brilliant campaign against Oporto) named in his plane. The loyal city of Braga his also a new civil governor named in the person of a K. Nicolau d'Arrochella. As regards naval matters, theee is little to be said. On Thursday, the squadron moved lower down the river, and took up position in front of Trefaria, for the purpose of ezer liehlg with the heavy guns and ball practice. They have duce returned to their former station. The Sidon came in ettbscription, amounting to 81 81. 6d., and requested the directors to divide it in such proportions as they might think fit. The money was accompanied by a very flattering letter, in praise not only of the men, but of the improved and now efficient geueral management of the line. The men attended the board on Thursday last, when, after a suitable address from Mr. Waddington, M.P., Young was presented with 61., being the directors addition to the subscription, inid the 81. Be. 64. was divided equally among the three other men. DESPATCH OP NEWSPAPERS.—Mesers. Smith and Son expressed the London morning papers, containing the debates on the address, from London to Glasgow in fifteen hours and seven minutes. The following paragraph is from the Stockport Mercury, " At 10 o'clock on Wednesday fore noon we were favoured by oar pedometer with a copy of the Daily News of that morning, containing the debates in par- Himont on the address in reply to the Queen's speech. We understand that the express was despatched by Messrs. Smith and Son, of London, as we suppose, by some arrangement with the enterprising proprietors of the paper trammitted ; and we congratulate, and, at the same time, thank them, for the success of their exertions, which have, in the present instance, greatly facilitated our own mesas of publication." INQUEST, YESTERDAY.— DEATH PREFERRED TO THE WOHIIIOV3/3.—By Mr. Wakley, at the Golden Anchor, Coppice-rev, Clerkenwell, on Anne Penton, aged 70. The deceased, who was reduced to starvation, could not be in duced to enter the workhouse, as she declared that she pre ferred death to such a resource. Thursday night she was found dead on the floor of her lodging, for which she paid 6d. a week. Verdict, "Natural Death." IRELAND. DUELM, Nor. 25. A rumour has been circulated that the government intend to issue a special commission into the coun ties of Tipperary, Limerick, Clare, and Roscommon, under the presidency of Chief Justice Blackburn and Serjeant Greene, late Attorney-General. At present no such measure is intended, although it was at one time in contemplation of the executive had there been a sufficient number of prisoners for trial in the i disturbed districts with evidence to sustain conviction. The demand for additional powers by ministers has superseded the necessity for such a step, although in any event its success would not have been free from doubt. At the very last special commission that sat in Tipperary a man was murdered almost within the hearing of the court, and as if in defiance of its authority. Violence continnes its progress. In the King's County the effect has been excessive alarm en the part of the landed gentry; and the local papers state that many are preparing to break up their esta blishments and retire to the continent. One gentle man, a Mr. Walsh, magistrate, guardian, and resi dent landlord, advertises the sale of his furniture and stock preparatory to departure. Others, it is said, are ready to follow. Few can censure this compul sory absenteeism, for no man can afford to be patri otic at the expense of his life. TENANT RIGHT Ice WEEFORD.—There was a meeting at Enniecorthy, in this county, on Monday last, to petition for tenant right. It was not got up with such eclat as those of Cashel and Kilmacthomas, nor does it seem to have been so largely attended. This assemblage, however, is not the leas important, for it was attended by a very large body of re spectable farmers, whose presence proves the feeling of inse curity which now pervades that class more strongly than other demonstrations, because the landlords of Wexford are certainly amongst the best of their class in three of the pro vinces of Ireland. Mr. J. Moore Ottiwell, a proprietor and farmer, presided. The speeches, resolutions, and petition were made and moved by improving farmers, but they may be said to be iterations of those which have hem recorded from those like assemblages is Waterford and Tipperary. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. BARTON, IRLAM, HIG GINSON, AND CO.—ln the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy the case of Mr. Jonathan Rigginson, and Mr. Richard Deane, representatives of the important mercantile firm of Masse. Barton, Mato, and Higginson, came on for hearing yesterday before Mr, Serjeant Ludlow. The proceedings appeared to excite great interest, and some of the leading merchants of the town were present. Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the creditors, in support of the fiat. Mr. Bardswell, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Union Banking Company, and tendered proof for 35,000 L, advanced upon bills of exchange endorsed by tho bankrupts to the bank at Barba does, The claim was allowed.—Mr. Jonathan Rigel's. sou was examined at considerable length, but chiefly as to transactions with the house of Messrs. Lyon, Been., and Co., of Bahia. It appeared from the evidence that the bills of lading of several cargoes which arrived about the time of the bank ruptcy had been given up to Mr. Lyon, the principal of the house, who resides in Liverpool. This, the bankrupt stated, had been done, according to stipulation, to protect the drafts of Messrs. Lyon and Co. There appeared to be little, if any written evidence of this arrangement, which had been made vita voce.—Mears. Wm. Imrie, Josias Booker, George Booker, and Francis Shand, were appointed assignees, and the examination adjourned till the 17th of Dee. The Royal Bank, we believe, have proved for 200,0001. AND CLERICAL Oxman, Nov. 28.—The following claw list " to literis sumsoloritots" has this evening been published ; -Ist Class : J. 0. Dodson, gent. cos. Ch. Ch. ; J. IL Junes, scholar of ?Mr. • 0. 0. Morgan, scholar of Wore.; F. T. Palgrare, scholar of E xe : ter ;T. C. &Mara, scholar of Balliol; It. Thornton, fell. of St. John's.-2nd Chas R. Benson, student of Ch.®.; B. D. Blackmore, scholar o Exeter; H. B. Byrne, scholar of Oriel; Sir A. Campbell, Ban., con, Ch. Ch.; A. A. Las, cos. Wadh.; E. Hiller, fell. of New; F. M. Nicholls, scholar of Wadh. •' G. Elelstsr, cos. Balliol ; P. Smith, sus.. Balliol; F. Swaine, oorn. Wore.; G. Wood, scholar of Univ. n.m. E. BWright, scholar of Wore.-3rd Clan ; H. G. Baker, Exeter; B. Birley, coca. Balliol ; H.W. lllandford, scholar of Wadi.; C.C. Olauott, ors. BUIS' ;Olyn,Har rold, oos. Wadh. ; W. H. Jackson, scholar of Bruencee ; 1& Savory, cos. Oriel ; D. L. Williams, scholar of Jesus.- 4th Class 1. F. Banks, nom. Magd. Hall; C. M. Cure, gent. sm. Nadi. Hall; C. DIII#A11; cos. Exeter ; S. Harr* sm. Exeter ; J. Hamiaught, Wadh. ; H. F. Alildmay, gent. cos. Ch. Ch.; H. T. Puke, sm. Brannon , 11. PhUlott, exhibitioner of Corpus ; G. Pigott, c ent. Kiefer S. Prout, coca. Worc. ; C. Trimmer scholar &Corpus ; W. M. Cowin, sm. Univ.: T. O. Welch, nom. Wsdh.; W. Y. Wtllety coca. Bras nose ; B. W. Wyndham, sm. Ch. C. - - VACINCY.—St. John's, Leroy-grecs P.C., Pi:lloes Rh:- borough, sucks, din. Oxford: 901., without midis:o; pat, Doke of Rutland : vacant by death of Rea. C. Lendan. NAVAL. Moyinstrre or 11.1d.Cfixipa.-At Malta, Nor. 14: sass" Kanto, Volcano.-Otbralter, Nov. 20: dam, Polyphemus, Tezkran-Ilm Brat under the command M Sir Wm. Parker sailed ham Mk cm the adt or November tar Lesbors.--Listen, Nov, 19: 0. Vinssat. Bovrestlassa, Clatalsaia, Canna, Amphion st.a., Dra eaa it.&., away std., Avower sr...tr.-Oporto, Nov. 22: Jackal On PIA Oast et..v., - aye to latue km Plymouth. lanaostan. Insvica.-(Frein last night's G asette.)- AL. Mambo soll ller lake La** lankeed hawks who have, saessad lea et het, edemas/1y ea asualsotkes o the btelmel Otir et amalketiels kr t h e 1:10 watt east an d=her ...4L the Wed by the Beard d Trade : X. laden emaliteeh Jed Desk* II ; J. =IA . J. lawka; J. mhetah lal, extra, =Li.. SaiL Vse r e:t7 a =a ll4 l. 6 . ll24 k r t . , O li al= Iker; w. W. WI, Al y, ; J. 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L a tereas. lat, Newmak ; L. Ifibl. let, Mary aaassrrais, Ltiargint; laarsassa. Vamp, Lowlem. tiw initUtzttut. AMLI/I awn' Pm woino Boom TKB Jrnicui Coasnona ea rya Pony Cavaco, Dac., ,147.—Er Br oat? DOM v. Reny ibecol Ilea, ken Dona ; L oLe Illeorbw, Coeds; no Waco , Dm Dna Wales: o Timm Preeenthe Dort ; tisk etemetalla v. Drelalat, New Soak Wain; Cowan v. Bath. Dritlek Oder ; Owen V. Ryes, M. Mot et Agolreity; Bore T. Dowo, Mho Oast ; Dole inerell, Maio ; Degneentanoe et Punt &Wally. Oesenlealenno d Mob O ; nyo Inalldnoik ley v. Den: Tome Itssa, Dot* o% koal ; AN1M9 47 • 1 • 711 et hosien v. liande=solin norawwr o Ceylon ; o Incseeviinowitinonewo-11111101111palei Soy Aspeinineata. Beocolep, Dean : Doan v. Loft ; A ==llMa t taLer, ke., at ledbase o Lae; BMW T. Moly, Dee 4: Ism v. Li twin ; Loom v. lrenthett ; Conlow T. Brennen ; Oai tntn o Min Ld ohiran.—Tooday. Deo. 7 : Waft t. Clialiave; DNA v. MON; Heel v. ladle ; Drawn V. Hilmett; Orono v. De Yaw and staers ; MOM V. ilpeamer.—Welmag, Deo I Ileoneo ems o Spies ; woe o umee ; Dard DieWen= inebeily v. RaDdranaw.- 1 21muleo : v. Terbieto; Swag o Parlay ; Bldt7e v. Greet WIMIIIII laflwa 0 ,60 1m7 Weregar v. Kelly ; Ways Ileat.—No odor grow jury ogees will be taken them &nap. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. NIG NlTA—Before Mr. Justice Erie Ned Commis Juries. BUILBAILL v. NOATIL, —ACTION AGAINST A CAR= RA FOR GOODS UAW IN ILLS PCMISINIION, Al 7ILSODULENT AB- MOVID TO AVOID • DISTILS.; FOR RENT.-11T. Horny appeared for the plaintiff, who sued in forma pauperis, and sought to recover from the defendant damages for the loss of a parcel, alleged to contain clothes, delivered to him as a common carrier, to convey from Fulham to London, and alleged to have been lost. The defendant pleaded several pleas, of which the material one was that the plaintiff was tenant to a gentleman named Alleop ; that rent was due to Mr. Allsop ; that the goods in the parcel were clank stinely and fraudulently removed to avoid a distress ; and that Mr. Allsop had seized them when they were in the possession of the defendant, within the thirty days fixed by the statute for that purpose. The replication took issue on the fraudulent removal. Witnesses for the plaintiff showed that a parcel had been delivered to an agent of the defendant by the plain tiff, directed to " Mr. Matthews, brokr r, at the Spotted Dog, Strand," and that it had not been delivered. Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant, said that the plaintiff had been the tenant of Mr. Allsop, who had had the greatest difficulty in getting money from him ; that at the time question the nun of 91. 13a. was due to Mr. Allsop; that he in had rem= to suspect that the goods would be removed because the doors of the house were kept barricadoed; that goods had been before removed from the house; that Mr. Allsop, having been informed by persons whom he had met to watch that this parcel, which in fact consisted of dirty bedding and not of clothes, had been removed to the defendant's office, went thither with policemen and claimed it; and that the de fendant, fearing to become liable to an action for double the value of the goods if he did any act that amounted to assist ing the plaintiff in fraudulently removing them, allowed Mr. Allsop to take them. Mr. Alleop was then called, and made a statement to the effect mentioned by the learned counsel ; and added that the plaintiff had brought an action against him also for seising the goods, the value of which was about llorry, in reply, insisted that a carrier had no right to determine, on the assertion of a mere stranger, that the goods in a parcel committed to his care had been fraudu lently removed ; and that there was no evidence at all of any fraud or secrecy in the removal of the goods.—Ma. Justws Erle summed up, and told the jury that in determining the motive of the plaintiff in removing the goods they must take his actual situation at the time of the removal into their consideration. As something had been said on the subject of this being a pauper's action, he must say, though on an or dinary occasion be should abstain from observing on such a topic, that to the legal advisers of the plaintiff, whoever they were, who had recommended two actions by a pauper against men of substance, to recover this small sum of be tween 31.und 41., the language of strong censure would baby no means tnisapplied.—The jury at once returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Non Pan's—Before Biz P. Pollock, C.. 13., and a Common Jury. The sittings after term were commenced yesterday . at Westminster. The entry, which is rather heavy, ecataina 162 causes, of which 61 are remain% and a large umber special jury causes. There are only a few revenue cases. KEESHAW O. BAILET.—ALLEORD SLANDER.—Mr. Over end was counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Chambers, Q.C., for the defendant.—This action was brought to recover damages for certain slanderous expressions alleged to have been used by the defendant, who is a pawnbroker, living at Barnsley , it York shire, with reference to the plaintiff, one of the special constables of that locality . . 13y the provisions of a certain act of parliament the pambionen assembled at vestry wen required to investigate the character and competency of ap plicants for the office of constable, sad, having done so, to return to the justices lists of the persons qualified to serve. The names so furnished were posted up in conspicuous places, so as to enable the public at large to see them, and represent to the justices at tensions (where the final ceremony of swearing the parties in took place) any objections that might be. The plaintiff was returned by the vestry meeting as a qualified person. On having been ailed up to be sworn, the justices asked publicly whether there was any objection to him, whereupon the defendant, who had formerly been in volved by the plaintiff in en awkward transaction relating to a watch, stated that he objected,on the ground that he ( Kershaw) had no respect for truth; he had been for savers' years a constable, and was not to be believed even on his oath ; that he was a perjured fellow, and an improper person to be chosen as constable. It was suggested that those objections were so serious they should have been made and. investi gated at the vestry meeting, and as the justices could not then entertain them they had the plaintiff at once sworn and admitted. For the defendant it was submitted that the words alleged to have been used were not actionable. They • were merely terms of abuse, and were not intended to im pute the commission of an indictable offence. The defend ant had only used the privilege which the inhabitants of this country in every public meeting, from the House of Com mons down to a vestry meeting, was entitled to. He ex pressed his opinions freely, because he felt it a duty towards kis fellow-parishioners to apprize them and the jus tices of the objections which he, honestly and • un influenced by malice, knew existed against the plaintiff.— The Lord Chief Baron laid it down as matter of law that the defendant could not be held responsible if the jury be lieved he had used the alleged expressions merely for the purpose of discharging honestly what be conceived to be a public duty. If they believed the statements were made with a pure, bonA fide intention, their verdict should be for the defendant ; but, on the contrary, if they thought the occa sion upon which they were made was used so a pretext for critninatiog the plaintiff, he was entitled to reviver. The , extent of the damages was a question altogether for their consideration.—The jury found a verdict for the defendant. r The two other causes disposed of during the day were de void of general interest. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Before the Chid Coternheiower, Mr. Commtadonee Harr* mid Mr. Commitekeer Law. IN RE JAMES BOOKER. — This man was diacharged from the oourt in the year 1836. He afterwards went to reside at Hong-Kong, where he accumulated a fortune, and died in 1841. After all his debts in China were paid, a sum of 1,3571. remained untouched, which was afterwards sent to this court, on the ground of Hooker having taken tbe bene fit of the act in 1836, to await the commissioners' judgment. On a former occasion the court decided that Mrs. Hooker, a the administratrix of the insolvent, was entitlel to th money, and an order was made for it to be paid ever into that lady's hands. Upon this decision, the assignee, Mr. Sturgeon, made application to stop the mousy, and the case now came on to be argued. —Mr. Webb, for Mn. Hooker, argued at some length in sup port of the original order of the court, and stated that his client was willing to leave one third of the money in the hands of the court for the benefit of the creditors.—Mr. Towns, for Mr. Sturgeon, the assignee, refused the offer of Mr. Webb, and asked the court to order the fund to be paid into the Court of Chancery, submitting, if that course were adopted, that all parties would obtain their rights.—Mr. Marton, who appeared for the previsional assignee, informed the court that a suit wan at present pending against the ad ministratrit, and one also against the provisional assignee. —After a great deal of argument, the court suspended the order for the payment of the money into Mrs. Hooker's hands, and adjourned the ass for further comideration. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COllRT.—before Lord Chief Juke Denman. THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE CNICAET. —Henry Robert Nauman surrendered to take his trial upon an in dictment charging him with the manslaughter of Thomas Shed, the call-boy on board the Cricket. The prisoner was also arraigned upon the coroner's inquisition for the same offence. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case to the jury. said They had no doubt heard that in August last one of the halfpenny steam-boats, called the Cricket, while lying at the pier mar Hungarford-bridge, for the purpose of disembarking pas sengers, suddenly exploded, and the result was that the de ceased, who was call-boy on board the vessel, and several other persons, lost their lives. The government had felt it to be their duty to send a gentleman named Lloyd, who was the inspector of machinery to the navy and a man of great experience, to investigate the cimumstanoes connected 1 with the explosion which had caused such fatal resulta, and he would he called before them. The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the circum stances of the case, and explained, with the aid of a model, the nature of the vessel and the machinery connected with it. The boilers of the engines were new in Jane 1646, and they were calculated to sustain & pressure of from 40 to 45:be. per square inch, but he admitted that the boiler was ace donally worked to the extent of 601bs. to the inch ; and if it should appear that the boiler isould have exploded at that pees ere the prisoner ought not :to be convicted upon the present charge. But as he was instructed it was impossible this could have been the case, for the boilers were tested before they were put in use to the extent of 130.b5. at least to the inch ; and after the accident had eo i moved, one of the boilers, which was only partially in hered, sustained, upon being tested, a pressure of 1.36b5. to the Web. The question, therefore, that was to he decided nes, bow, with valves calculated to act upon a of eit taut 60lbs. to the inch, this explosion could = ar i eemeesed, Hasse valves were in a proper condition, or iheyhad act beea interfered with in an improper man ner. The learned conned then proceeded to explain the action of the valves, and be said that from the testimony he should adduce, ho apprehended there would be no doubt that the lever valves had been tied down and prevented from acting so as to allow the escape of the steam, and that the explosion was occasioned by that means. There were two spring valves he addition to the lever valves, but it wouldappur that these did not actat all, and apprehended that the prisoner was bound to see that all the valves were in proper order ; and if the jury should be satisfied that he omitted to do so, they would be justified in finding him guilty of the otlence. The following evidence was then adduced : George Silverton deposed that on the 27th August he was at his window anti saw the Cricket steamboat at the pier, and observed the explosion. He ran down immediately, and found the deceased lying in the cabin. The boat was torn to pieces, and the deceased was covered with wood and water, bleeding:and insensible. He was carried to the Charing-cross Hospital, where he died. Mr. John Avery, surgeon at Charing-cross Hospital, proved that the deceased died from the injuries he received by the ex tr..l. l ..Hamiltan, short-hand writer, deposed that on the day of the explosion he was about to go . on board the Cricket. She came up from London-bridge while he was waiting on the pier, and there were about sixty . people in the vessel when he went on board. He was in the fore part of the vessel when the explosion took place, and he should say about three minutes elapsed before the explosion took place ; but it was altogether about ten minutes front the time he first saw the vessel. The vessel was perfectly quiet just before. He did not observe any escape of steam. James Hocking. also a pamenger on board the Cricket, gam similar evidence.--Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Had been given to understand that the steam blew off through the chimney with the smoke. These wen two hundred people he should say on board the vessel, DES a pin might have been heard to drop. Henry liowlaud, &game, sad Mr. Ram arnet(nt •