The Express. — London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

a. Wi My Wi bri ler% nary nary caw tha ha. It re. Mtn id.• ▪ INS • ben • boo WINO 8900 KW'S it OW he pls. Mow tok, • nad eeil ril siF I Mr. P. re mw iststsSi tkolls post is sack • O J. rat Os hid OA see Main WOO sad Mow ass 100 OW U h l d i : West. tosS I ma., 6l r . it. 6 .1 4 1% Jpug" g. lid is sagemt rare. !pea the eabfeet of l lei°manei,• neessii set gaits mane report the boo. rants mnd she *dories of the port. 01 the bud of tw vb. weelil tenet at 100 60.00 N. is geed available Mhe OON . _a mm- the other 100,0101, with say temporary the sews* at 6 per mat. Is the neat of any itF voted to • d YAMS should become Mi t i g=tlea sliadek sa set to be it touched. Any sons over lie 150,0001. he would divide mesons ""--"esobsiders tutu es it should blooms else to IL per Arm maramalatioa of interest os the 600001. to be lidded to the bank at the discretion of the reihro s4 akes lllo . &Learn* the report was adopted, ea were also Omens, nieleffess owellemateg of the report se regarded the discos of imantene es the tompsal'e nese* end the •I_,. to • saw c a w u t , sad J. Matinee. EA M P. , Ups thh last reselstios ea amend se saints Ol e s solos standby Mr. World, to the ease that we e ' a Xi. Carte's appointment a ballet be takes, eke di▪ e is the wad owner. It was stated * the ▪ sail deo by the easier of the modes, Mr. W aren, ,hs , ink .bi e st seodi r tzt:: the power ot the shire wawa la dell their elm but Me modes was lost • ike d heeds, end the seislael peopedeles reeled. '"yesdegess woes dos pared, tledeiss Twit *. wawa setsommal the erampany be laid es the beard s.. we . e a , mo isegastbralMOt i trel i t u ier: m u j . es dam Pt sams MOW 000111. `te a end menes, be hasten sulestarr i jme fa ▪ dame eneaktni al the proem to which they am isoffy sod. ort Ity Me third ser eMeelowis es um** &motors ememeent beanned balk of the Une r. Carleton, Me. ▪ Aansweene acknowledged the compliment, and *asks Wan been also voted to the chairman, the meeting mlssi goL REPRESENTATIVE REFORM. A sped meeting of the Westminster Reform lletiMy wee held yesterday evening, at the Yak Heat, ▪ wakageonatiest, Mr. Sidgood is the wait, for the eet .. e.ise et e shale* the %nowise neolutioa r - 1 1,,, % m a ' peaty feels that ester Wary has bees dime le the ewe by the sail riet peolleMeg liberels ta by the chooses stint here bees =se* Nd., the te• ed Merty, is other countries That Um c.d.,. o wn, quiet, end obedience to the laws are eaten. .s bog sed preoperlty o f the Lamm and tt Is the eel r the 4 . 7 o f sus to memo sass at hems Ude end og▪ re the mamma. tonhorldes But tam esswey anent rm. Mir, sal free repremetsden et the psegie.ln ths id Cowman limo et Parham's% is the oily reel calegsent he the l i berty tithe ea—fee the wesrity them. aree—and kr the I, w pm/a of all slams of the emesewlty. the repreeestatloa be to gement IMO is ram ta, air are, tamaugh as It deatdee4repenewit theipera• the megertyose the intelligens' it the IMpleln—la nampal ~nipattomearst..,nipattomearst. cad Import in its &Weiss of pealed MOW. awl rye ne wearily to the bonne praetor el the frendafric a rit the lotstain sad modariey at the we dthy.oe the es eseobia ▪ 0,, D imly. Thai is ugtfrt to pre cum inch Nether reiblms e rt lit he Was or tbanonne, gut MAO it a mot *ad vitas' reemosamen s r the roots - shot coupe the reprwentatives to nutty Inewerb ef heir coon mints by it. 141111161111 capitulator', and redo eng as far ▪ pasibie tavitior —and shall invite euattileam to the pep* by ' weenie Triune.. upon parlisn.ent to the redrew of am yea rimy sod. tenth, r retina Its own Werth Off eale to erne upon the menthes tot the ray of Seamus-ter to panne thee s d.‘en• poli.imntary reimm shish his hitherto pima tor twin, •MI will alose enable them to peewee, the costiftwee of this ar eety and ut the elt,:nra ot this arca city. That this wily farther Marra no opinion that each reforms m ate ahooluit Ise wittany em rely be obtained by the ei online! et boa of reformers thi=oii; rg i matey. ma by annes.usue d movement, contacted by leaders whew Oarsmen *hall be a , du.inuttee foe the leseirenwee se sell • tor the energy of their peciwitings, And • safeguard swami sedation without a pal *byte; or for continuance when that erect ▪ Mewl. Mr. POUNCILT, in moving the adoption of the ties, plated pdated out that there still reasoned to be abolished ma* bonnets, practically as mach pocket boringhe as these stuck sere suppressed by the Ret am bill. The eatensin of the suffrage he coasidered should be struggled kir quietly sad !easily, bet determinedly, mail it wm attained. The principle of the suffrage he held to be this that all who were governed by the laws—being of sound miad, of fail age, and ot good character—should have a Jere in legideu.s. Nothing owed be more monstrous in its way then that, while VII Ty 101. householder within, for seemple. the Units of the borough of Marylebune, extending Aar miles out of Insides, war aujudged capable of the elective franchise, be yond that limit, until you cams to the lest brrough, to di. Alban's say, no man merely a house. kidder, th ugh a 601. householder, was permitted to exer cise the franchise is rispect of such property. Property, themionr, was not, in point of fact, represented.: Mr. Ghana weeded the adoption of the resolution. Mr. A Warns? observed that the Tenable labours of the Liverpool Association would, he &ATM, have but little prac tical effect, until the composition or the house of Commons was very materially improved. Ile, thereon, cordially sup ported the proponents that ell quiet and !nitrate,* means shoal be applied to th s end. He objected to the first clause of the resolution, not thinking that any real mischief had been done to the cause of reform by the conduct of the half witted poisons whom the government had inveigled into a mock pt<t ; and he further objected to as mimeos to the mode pursued by other countries in seeking their liberty. He eht.ested that for the first paragraph there should be rabstituttd he allowing: That it stilton t this oniony that the time has sow come when puttie •ttintoin. ro long directed to eciatietentid affairs, should be saw castrated upon the reforms tequisite at home. Mr. Co reOCIL SuppOrtml the original resolution. Mr. Pour:CRT called upon the meeting to reelect that the middle ease, without whom aid nothing could be done in the way of legitimate reform, bad been, as a nody, frightened at the violence threstenzd here some mouths same and pray Used on the e ntinent in the name of reform, and rsqltiml same pantie assurance, such as that conveyed by the pars gtsph in questioa, entanatiog Goff • body of determined Leman The arser.dment was then put and carried by a majority 020 to 17. Mr. POUNCEY then said, that objecting to the latter low doss of the resolution unless introduced by the first clause ▪ he had proposed it, h- should move that the meeting ar now adjourn The amendment was only supported by The mention as amended was then put and mend by a an 430 to 2. coffin moved the thanks of the meeting to the chair mes,;nd Mr. POVOCIT having seconded that motion, intl. satin at the same time that he should not again appear is that room, the chairman acknowledged the compliment, ou nce* the be hoped the disagreeable diminution of that ening would be a lesson to reformers to waive each men his pertecular erotchct in pursuance of the general good and to ashram to the general opinion.—The meeting then Manful. ME WEST RIDING ELEciloN.—Nothing new has transpired nu e the nomination on Monday regarding the election, but leech parties have since been actively engaged in preparing for the scruple that ia to commence this MOM iag in the seven' polling districts. Bir Culling Rardley is gradually recovering bum his indisposition. REPRESENT kTION OF TIII/Ro.—The vacancy in the IfOrtWaltlitiOa of this Irthsgh, caused by the death of Mr. Turner, will be supplied by Mr. Humphrey William of Canuatm. REILESESTATION OF HASTINGS. Ml. PLANTA AND Batecoi.—Sir,--My attention has been drawn to a statement cousized in you paper of yesterday (Dee. 12), under the heed of " Our Reprewtatire System." Toe say "11r. Brion, it was understood, wank take up all Mr. Plate's liabilities, say 1,6001." 'l he whole of this I declare to be totally witlsout lanndation, for all Mr. Plate's liabili ties of the election of 1841, when I had the honour of being *electioneering sent, were diseharged out of his own new" and he never was reimbursed any portion of tbem by say perms winnow', nor we there ever any understand *that he skald be so reimbursed, or say negotiation for Inth • parmise.—Firso. JANIS PCLIZR, executor of the his Rigbt Boa. Joseph Planta, Calton-thamben, Regent **, 13th Dec., 1848. HOTIL AND TATERN-ICF.EPETIS' PROVIDEUT INSTI TITIOIL-Ibe annual dinner in support of the above chari table imeitvien took place yesterday at the London Tavern ; 1118. 11. R. Cabbed! in the chair. About 70 gentlemen at den is dinner. After the usual loyal sad onotitntional Item, the nevem proceeded to read the report. from which hammed that the society tad Invested 6,287 ( , and had eft of the interest pealed temporary manakin to ilseereleg penun, to the .moat of 178/. IS.. Attest 6,0001. more wild be asenwary . to make time annuities permanent. The list of sednariptthos wee then read, and a sum of about 1004 collected. The health of the vice-presidents wee then leepesed, for which Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern, re tained thanks; and the other touts on the chairman's list keying been disposed of. the company separated. Clioielth.—Tenterdsy, the following nom wee. reported to the Board of Health : Limeheuer, 3,- et. aee in-the beet, 1 fatal ; Camberwell, 1 fatal; Woad ecrth, 1 fatal ; Cnslses , 1; Berwiek-spon-Tweed, 6, 2 fatal ; Nurcutla•sposx Tyne. 2 fatal; Ediabough, 12, 6 fatal; Olas r 5m ,11 . 9 1 fatal; Maxwelitown, Dionhiss, 8, 6 fatal; Camp*, In 1; Canneek, 1 tel ; Falkirk, 2, tetel pails Dug*, 1; Olonesirn, 1 ; Cnunion by Ford, 1 : kW, 63 new moth 28 deaths. 8111111111 OF AN ILLICIT DILTILLIZT.—Oa Tuesday Mr. D. Colquhinn, supervisor of Stepney district, and sive selebtesz proceeded to a house "Globe Coleys," Stepney. Messrs. Veneto* end Chaster went Bale leek to effect an entrenee, whit* Mims. Brown and Millehean guarded the frost. On the former °MOMS mtk leg way to the beck door they found a large dog tied 1 1 0 . ja a nether that he could reach any one approaching the mei, and it required esuiderable stratagem to keep him him mak* a noise. The dog was silenced and the window readied. Os pushing aside a cloth which mewed • broken pane, they saw two men attending to a btu still that was et work. For some time they were un aware of the pounce of the °Meer., bat as soon se they slight sight of them, they immediately rose and started of • lightning speed for the other rooms, followed by Van. etnes end Chaster, end a policeman. la a few minutes one ▪ *Men leaped from the bath room window, on to a I kMhee MI. closely pun ed to the window by the three QM NM The men was about leaping from the kinhea-remn to Manthes, when he taught sight of Mr. Theme, now lensed the pans* ia the yawl, and, bang them we arose me " party surrendentd at die "WO Matey mewed tide men lb. Themes west to Se hest to see If thy oasis hod been errestod there, Jut in %e a , to no a .ten get out of th em*, window end ran down rtibslL Be was lellemed by Mmes. Theism end Brown, ene that nom* • great *Nees with a good poorest of leate i ll, his career wee seallealy stopped by • dog mai* ais Imp, +hide hems* him with peat them te the eimadthad he was ism** mewed. Two isms* was re *ad la the see s end were taken into enetedy. Frea basin* the home enthequety, they found the still slap seised), a tthesiltp et spins, 40 over psi *bout or s " teem, 72 under proof and the as "' e at*, en the tends stilleit distillation. "Pin" bmern v irrEzDAT.—fivICIDE IN CONSEQUENCE r lefraltltT LOWIEII—Ow Tuesday night, before Mr. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1848. is., effeeMatedeg whit "Friss& I have done thee nowroeg," himseifis the gutter ' and the pea teapot kick- WA* de w s the OWL Nambersof voters Were so annoyed to Wes Tay Mad they bagged to be taken to MIN pages of tholior mai orolOolloa law mange. The town became ft bad at but Wall Wage Wm atorintely no lardy is It. TIM whip bullies wsEt from Eutaw, the a ri se had divas poen of ten from London. Both poetise had • " mob '! cords from Brighton. Ifs moan was it dhemere b rat abduction was Reward, than the taws we. Saud In a state siege. Paid parties of "the mob," headed by a bully," were sent eat by alght and b y der, W glued the roads and watch the town. Mr. Pitney lOW the towa'wes pat la a complete state of siege: every awes road wee obliged to be watched; and this watching besemal a most expensive item." The liberal agent says, !the Mew was ie • state of Mgt. Every voter was besieged. I bed! always a ample of footmen after me watching when I went, l end carrying reports every half hoar se to the program of mate." At length the tories discovered that the whip =i-Maes at Brighton was at a play Mown as ' La. They determined to kayo the eaten. • Imams grab of bellies was sent over at night to storm the Reerfandflit the voters back. They surrounded the Flo- MM. seCiirith bludgeons In their hands tried to faro* is name. The police wen obliged to be WWII Is; and at ass Rau it was thought that it would be seam, y to read the Riot Mt, and perlaspitto adl out the military. LOW essisly the pollee pemiW!, and • lot of the UMW mere tiaras Into custody. W. must not omit to mead the mistimes at this elm Is LIMN of two nay important usistles, known napeetinly es the " Bundle of 6de4" and the "Coostitutional Priming Club." The "Bundle of Sticks" exists to this hour; the "Constitutional Pruners," also! have been cut off like one of their decayed branches. The " Bundle of Sticks" is an old whip moiety, originated is the palmy days when the Inds psedence of Lewis, from aristocratic dosaination.was the point at hese: the" Constitutional Pruning knife Club" was origi nated, when Mr. Fitzroy cam into the town, and took its title from • figurative observatioa of his upon the basting., that " the dif f erence between a whip and a conservative wan, that the former would cat dews the British ask with an axe ' whilst the latter would earefally lop off its decayed brea th s; with a prude; Mile." the" Bundle of Sticks" avowedly met togetner for politial purposes, drinking and smoking at their own upense if they pleased, and at any one'. elee's if they could. The " Pruitag-knife Club" had, however, • more beneficent object. It celled itself a " benefit society." Of coarse Mr. Tidd Pratt had not certified nor enrolled it ; but that did not matter. Its lint rale was that every member should vote for • " Constitutional Primer," • conservative ; its second that each member should t s erf - 2. • :sli t 24. sa 3d. lr e a ' km:Slith to en wtha fun d, be an d could ° i g e a t rig cane • member died his wife was to have 51. for his funeral ; and in eau a member's wile died he was to have 71. for hers, Wog 61. for the cieremosy, and 21. to get jolly on the use- Cillll2 00011.1011. At the end of every year there was to be dinner and • distribution of the profits. TM society consisted of IGO subscribiag members, bet it is needless to say that these alone could not supping' it. it would not have got on at all, but for the "honorary subscribers," consisting of the conservative representatives and the it ailing members of the party in the borough, to the number of 80, who subscribed their guineas (and u much more es they pleased) towards the laudable °Nide of the society. The " Bundle el 8 irks," and the ' Constitution I Prunere," were not only excellent electionering agencies. but they were admirably contrived arrangements for circulating money Recording to the strictest rules of parliamentary propriety. The " messengers" of the different committees were taken for the voters belonging to thin societies, anti there were no less than 7U or HO persons thus employed on each side. Besides these there were various other clubs in Lewes, emulating the importance of the " Bundle of Sticks," though scarcely attaioine it Altoge- ther Mr. Fitzroy rays he knew in 1841 of ten such clubs ex isting in the town ; and with a loos) lace he odded the count- Mtary remark " It they get into debt 1 am expected to sub scribe to get them oat of it." At this memorable contest perhaps one of the moot sin gular measures ever taken at an election was adopted by the tones. Lewes is a great market town. The homers muster there in large numbers of a market-day, and they have now got • corn market rivalling that of Mark-lace in splendour, if no: iu extent. The farmers attending L •wea market met one day, and dubbed themselves • society, under the imposing title of the " East Sussex Branch Aso , dation far the Protection of Agriculture." On the 224 of June, 1841, this branch association met at the White Mart lan ; and, not one among them bang an ei ctor (or Lewes, ' they abseutely lied the cool insolence to issue an address " To the trade of Lewis," calling upon them to support the Hon. Henry Fitzroy and Visomie Cantalupe, inasmuch on they, the fanners, should feel themselves bound to support those who support the friends of agricultural protection. Eighty-six farmers signed this document! Such an iutolera- Ile piece of insolence, perhaps, was never heard of. Thu result was precisely contrary to that which the ton party anticipated. The "Trade of Lewes" is rather t. warm " than otherwise. A quiet application of the screw from the landed gentry round about, they might have stood with • little thechiug ; but en application of that instru ment from a body of tenant farmers, the:nada-I the beet screwed amen is England, was intolerable. The " Trade of Lewis" revolted. Fitzroy and Cantalupe might have won but fur this. As it was, their opponents were returned, the numb! re toting for Mr. Huturd, 411; Elphinstone, 409 ; Fitzroy, 407 ; Cantalupe. 31$. " On petition," says Mr. Dodd, " this poll we. correctel." It was an odd affair that, and we shall tell all about it so other day. rm_.!t 91. Bortkolocity's Hoopital, tbs body of J. wed 39, orb* sonalttod Whoa doomood Zo7looMds miss fly be loured ielo tM peeeeics of a what& t Mete. H. was Wised ie abbess a earlierebte awe eflosely le Owes% Labewrlt eam ablimpatiese Where holm& kt redress Air kb b vosolood viol wen styled "see Iheee" ark " two hese amok middle, hist, epee the to dee keeisee et OM Wm et two lasure i tZYVl llP te wish,' is swami kb tribe Me mem he Irma that they was elm* whII ediskel. 041 he was eee.id le take a twitters( etHeee ken tbe WeeermldekweeelelepWleediette kue. ,__._ itteeperaktisa wlewd 4 0th ebb With bsik e hit:ma With what ressis.a lie saved • teep.lb Omits Tema, whine he is,. r• ' • la $ nefellelie blow bin else the. Iletreyeestly ketWeee, ho selkeed owe been, NA as esurs tzkarea he betas* awl la Item, eensittedi ,bY lbss k Moir to the bask part of the beak The fellow. tbstaest wee basil is eessehet tbet re. mir g rel l i s et i all sem di toddy, 1 • pay Is wird= oil M. It t T— his I m▪ ilddil se tea teembele et ire 1 hese moo its timind 100 poor Too ado, lot vbo mon bet io=z 4 r gibe own ir Si .K boobs radio% I IS met be owl .omelet kr our I oily so ; boa esti, Intirtere. wYeh is woe Ira One. Ow no la So Tirdt *Mk an dim inidi dildes. aid Is villa I Min is se more milled Om Os am is Ow mow ood be boo bol fh. rodooky to tro n bzi ns oorollod smilidos as to sr esseben. Tkejwry average et " Teapeesey braeity." OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM. LEWES. The boroughs of Bowen have a most unenviable 's wat ou. Then are nine of them ; three, Lewes, Horsham, and Hastings are, in diffirent degrees, sotorionaly corrupt ; fire, Arundel, Chioltester, MiJharst, Rye, and Shoreham, are under family influence, and are as much nomination boroughs now r they were antecedent to the Reform Act. The remaining town, Brighton, has, we regret to my, been Itainted by corrupt practices, anti bide fair at ao distant day, U opportunity offers, to become as bad as the wont among them. For thee* results, at least so far as Hastings, Brighton, and Henbane are coseerned, the away tow, eLewee is to a gnat extent Responsible. Lewes from as early period of the worm has base a bad character. It was for a sominaties borough of that broach of the Pelham a t uis whale is now represented by the Rai of Ceiebeiess The was in the inhabitants payees amt and Kahl there were always a there days from Ave to sio hadeard id them—end a pony let they were. The holepriest prey in Lewes fon&t their battles against the Pelham ire gin years with • resident euedidate —Mr. Kemp, of Sow* Ma lin, the Wad of ma old Lewis family snub respeelni by the inhabitants. They managed to obtain and te keep ma seat tor many years, and in 1806, in consequence ge acombinatioe with the writs, they finally detested the Pelham candidate. B y . this movement, however, no good real& was etitained, for in effect the representation was only tamed over from one lamely to moth, r, and that which the oda Velum* had enjoyed, a eountry squirearchy of Sltilhum mad Slimier fur a lung time trampled on. Then it was that Mr. Scarlett (afterwards Lard Ahinger I fought the battles of Lewes, and became its hero. lie was an aril, nt hand in those days, and his name, afterwards so differently associated, was synonymous with purity and independence. Throe desperate battles did he light for his principles, and each time he turd on the threshold of soccer without having had the happiness of triumph. Meitner and Shelley kept the seat between them until 1826, when the former was op p osed slot beaten by Mr. Thomas Read Kemp. la 1831, Sir Jobs Shelley, the last reparsentative of the old family system, was tamed out by Sir Charles Blunt, of lleattitirld Park, who voted fur rellann ; sad in 1832, Kemp and Blw.t were returned by the aew constituency without opposition. and as we may say by acclamation. The corruption as it was practised is Lewes prior to the Reform Bill, had at least this much to be said in its evens stifle, that there was in those days the influence of prop rty to be battled with, and that, though bad enough, it never assumed the unblushing brazen shape it has subse quently taken. In than days public.houses were thrown open and electors were " assisted "—but voters rarely, if ever, eame forward metal have uablushingly done since to demand " prices " for their votes and to take the money of the highest bidders. In those days, too, the mr ruptiun was limited to a very low class of voters, and then roe noble instances of independene • both of principle sod talks!, smogs% even that class of die electorate. Sines the Reform Ac' the taint has spread—your " High street " tradespeople, as they are called in these towns, h..ve become waiters upon providence and expiators of their share of the pickings like the rest ; and so far from any such nonsense as - indignation " at the tender of a bribe. the impression rather is that a man is ill-used who is not offered one liberally. It was at the general election of 153.5 that the emanative party is Lanes tint reared their heads after the passing of the Reform Bill. They brought formed their present repre sentative, the Hon. Henry I itzroy, brother and heir pre sumptive of the present Lord Southampton. Henry Fitzroy had all the elements of a popular candidate--dash, energy, suavity of manner, a good appearance, and a popular address. He was usable, however, to make head at that time against the old sitting members, and, being fairly beaten, at one o'clock he reti red from the field, without polling out the constituency. His very defeat, however, was in some sort a et/Mtn, for he had rallied a party, and given to the town for the first time that which is so indispensable to a candidate—a cry and a party desk nation, It happened that the very year after this election Mr. That Read Kemp, one of the representatives of Lewis. was obliged, by the force of circumstance., to resign his seat. Costic,eatul Been:dation% in building property at Kemp Town, Brighton, contributed, with other circumetances, to effect the ruin of a gentleman whose family hail for so len a period held a prominent place amongst the notabilities of Sum:. No sooner was Mr. Kemp's retirement V mown than Mr. Fitzroy again appeared in the field. The whigs had some little di&ulty at first in obtaining • suitable can didate to meet him. At last they fixed upon Mr , afterwards Sir John, Radom,. To Mr. Easthope is attributed,at Lewee,the distinguished honour of having been the first candidate after the passing of the &farm Ast, who revived the old scenes of festivity sad efooliessmiss gaiety, fur which that county town had a lug beau crishisert 130 newly was it carried on, that one party nearlig=hl we erns la the actual fact of bribery, though be the whirls es mei they unfertunately unwed the enang ma. The lathery which was practised at this elec tion won. be leek met only apse and undisgaised, bat it reached grades el viten who sever before were recognised as implimeed ia each boos pendiess. Quite three fourths of the ohiMmato ars &dm& &oft or indirectly to have been iniliwasod on this Illennilln. hit. Fitzroy's party were not far bobbed with the ease practices. Both sides fought to win. Mr. Fitzroy ultimately succeeded by a majority of 26, and Mr. Easthope left Lewes to try another equally pure constituency. This example at Lewes was not lost upon the con stituency the year after when the general election ow tuned. There was a hot contest on that occasion, and the same practices were retorted to. Sir Charles Blunt sad Mr. Fitzroy were returned, the latter, however, by a mejority of three only over his competitor, Mr. Brad. Mr. Fitzroy was extremely hard hit by these two expensive and closely succeeding contests. He repaired his fortune subsequently by a marriage with a daughter of the lea Baron N. 111 Rothschild, and it is rumoured that one stipulation of the settlements on that marriage bad ape dal racie to Lewes by prohibiting the expenditure of any of this property therapy acquired in electioneering ex penses et any sort whatever. Bat corruption at Lewes had not yet reached its climax. Just prior to the dissolution of 1841, Sir Charles Blunt died, and the whir feeling that they had little chance at a single election, permitted Lord Cantelupe to be elected in his place without opposition. Bat when the general election come in 1841, it was determined to masks agree% effort to regain posses sion of both mats. The gentleman solicited to arrange the matter was Mr. (then Dr.)lioward Blphinstone. Dr. Rlphin. stone came down and brought a second candidate with him. It was a Mr. Sommers Harford, a member of a Bristol family, great iroansasten in South Wales. A new system was now adopted. Beer and tobacco were considered vulgar. The rale was ' hot suppers, punch, and wiue • whisk," ✓ays poor Mr. Fitarly, made my very lair stand on end to think of! ' Every evening the dyer used t M o go round ase Sawa ars nennelit a lltat , Mr. ttarford's ende • would meet at such an inn t night at such en hour. This was thoroughly undentood, and the electors took advantage of the opportunity and attended in great numbers. Mr. Fitzroy and Lord Centelupe were eating a quiet chop, when their agents came in and told them that it was imperatively neoeseary that they should give " hot sup ! pees, punch, and mulled wine," like the other party. Mr. Fitzroy swore downright that no purse could stand it, and that be would not. The erns insisted that he must. The committee were called together. As they came down the street tremendous cheers were heard from the .upper-rooms over WO way. They went to Mr. Fitzroy's hear: std put his pocket into a state of collapse. His com mittee, on whom the sheets of the drunken liberals had their due effect, declared that they must have hot sup pers too. " A regular dispute," as Mr. Pitney sap, " fol lowed. I declared I would not, and they said if I did not I must give up my seat. I mid il anything of the sort was done or attempted I would go out of the town. It ended in my poor voters going supperiess to bed." The hot suppers were not the only means resorted to to sway the electors at this election. A rem nler system of abduction and cooping was punued. Homes were taken at Hastings and at Brighton, to which electors who were thought doubtful, and who might pcesibly be influenced by the other side, were taken over to be amused and kept in safety until the day of election came. Some of the voters who went off in this way disappeared suddenly and unexpectedly, to the amusement and horror of their wives and families, who insisted on the river being dragged for their bodies. Others went quietly, alter tipping the wink to some of their relatives, and request ing a shirt or two to be put up for them in a brown paper penal. Them parties either wanted a holiday or dame of air mad thought living for a week or two at the see-side far preferable to working or atteadhig to their heinous at home. But there was another duo who west Irons a different motive entirely. asap of a bullies" had been introduced into the town. Thies men. in certain came, were sat upon Town to task sad to annoy than. In Nee comes their only object was to trace out *bat they were doing : in others they were directed to pick quarrels with them, bully them, and thrash them to death `e door. Thus a modest-looking quaker pursuing his way quietly through the streets, would probably find his toes suddenly trodden on by a ruffianly-looking reseal is a pea jacket. Almost before he could open his mouth in ezposteila. THE NORFOLK ASSASSINATIONS. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE. Yesterday, at Wymondham, the coroner and jury again assemble l to continue their inquiries relative to the murders at Stanfield Had. Robert Smith said : I am twelve years of ages, and reside with my mother at Heald. I have lived with Mr. Rush during the last two months. My occupation was to scare crews, and I have littered some straw on the footpath lead ing from the dwelling of Petaah-farm as far as a turnip field in the direction of Stanfield-hail—Coroner : Now, be care ful how you answer me. First tell me where you com menced to litter the straw, and where you left off I—Wit nem : I beg* at the turnip field gate.—Coroner : Not from the door of the farm-house 2—Witnen : No, Sir.—Coroner : Was it along a road or footpath through a field T—Witness : Along a footpath. I commenced at the gate, and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre field (turnip field) as far as the turnips went. I finished at the bank of the twenty-sere field called " The look," which leads to Stanfield Hal—Canner: When did you do this ? —Witness : On the Tuesday the murders were committed.—Coroner Who told you I—Witneu ; Mr. Rush.—Coroner At what time I—Witness : About twelve o'clock. There had been straw laid down before, sad Mr. Rush said to me, Litter the straw (fresh) where it is dirty ; the worst of the places." —Coroner : Did you evi r lay any straw down before Witness : No. While I was layieg it Bush earn to me and maid, " Litter it thin ; don't lay it very thick." I com menced to scatter it about twelve, and lett off in the middle of the afternoon. Mr. Rush pointed out the place where I was to lay it.—Coroner: How long did Rush stay with you when you were littering the straw ? Witness : About half an hour. He came at one o'clock and looked at what I was doing.—Coroner : Have you seen Mr. Rush walk over this straw before T—Witness : I have, but I don't know where he went. The field was not so dirty where the straw was not littered. Young Mr. Rule was my muter : he paid me my wages. lam certain that old Mr. Ruth ordered me to lay the straw before. I have all along been alluding to the old Mr. Rush, and not the younger one. The fifteen-acre field was the last field on the farm ; it adjoins Mr. Colman's.—A Juror : Was any stook kept in the turnip field I—Witness: There wit not ; the stock wit in a field nearer the farm. lem sure there was rune in any field beyond the filteen-acre : it was the last on the farm [lt may be well to eeplain that the straw along **footpath was strewn to the length of about three fur kegs, and the commencement of it is between 200 or 300 yards from Potash farm.] Solomon Savory, the lad in the service of the supposed murderer, who has been detained in the town bridewell due the last inquiry, was here brought into the inquest room, in custody of the police. It may be recollected that from the guarded evidence he gave before the coroner and magistrates, it was conjectured that he was endeavouring to 1101.111 the accts. el, his testimony disagreeing, in many par tinders, with that adduced by the widow James ; and, in ceder that he might nut be tampered with, it was deemed pprruuddeennt to place him under the surveillance of the : You tell us that you cleaned Mr. Rush's to on the Tuesday afternoon I—&vory : I cleaned his boots be tween five and sir o'clock; both pairs were wet ,• the heavy ones, however, not so much so. I only washed them, and did not black them. I wiped both pairs. Do not re member if Tuesday was a wet or foggy day.—Coroner: Did you always fasten the door you have previou.ly mentioned I—Witness No.—[lt may be mentioned that the witness bed before stated that Rush could not have got the boots *the night without Savory hearing him, and that he had fastened s door through which any one must have passed to get the boots.] —Witness : Why I fastened it on this night was because there was only Mr. Rash and Mrs. James in the house. It was a door between the hack kitchen and the kitchen, and I fastened it by putting a wooden peg at the top of the *neck or latch. I have sines Been it, and I filet it can he undone from Al kitchen side notwithstanding the peg. I made the peg purposely to secure the dooe.—Co ranee : Had you any direction to make it. —l had not T I re ceived no order about the fastening the door. I did not do it every night.—Wu Mr. Rush in the habit of going out after dark? Witness: No. Coroner Did you ever hear of him going out after poachers ? Witmer : No, not to my knowledge .—Examination in chief couth.ned : Never knew of the - boots being dirty after they had been cleaned on the previous night. — If the boots bad been used they must have been wash t 4 and put in the same peeition. Before I time down on Widnes. day morning I had not spoken to Mr. Rush until after I was aided up by the police. When Rash came down, after I bad caked him, he asked me what was the matter. I said I did not know. Nothing was said about the boots. I looked into the kitchen sad saw the boots as I had left them on the previous night. I never saw any pistol in the house. I have guns.—Coroner: What reason had you for making a peg for the door I—Witness : I had no particular reason. It was about five or six inches long, and as broad as my two fingers . It was more of a wedge than a peg. I had no trouble to make it. I got the wood out of the cart-lodge. I made it about a week be fore the :Tuesday. I well remember fitting the peg on the Monday and Tuesday nights. It was made of light coloured wood, or • Mane of deal. It WAS longer than it is now when I first made it. I shortened it to fit better.— Coroner: When was this? Witness; After this job had happened. On the Wednesday or Thursday afterwards I dirtied the part Mat I Milnlemed.—Cornier : That wee after Rub had hem Minable Mararly? Whore: Too, after he had beam tabu fate anisaiiir.—Oareame: What did you do with le ttfbewaai t Whams: I carried it away in my peclest —Duns, : Did say gee lull yea to put M pwe roam ? Whams : No. No oar MK me to de so, nor irk myth* with it.—Omener : Did you:ever carry kis mane pocket before? Winter: No—Rumination is Mid mathmed : I ma ma I slept la the home e• the Monday and Tenably night. My mama he Mthe dem waythat so one wanted to come M. a deer iate • grew, whisk Mr. Rusk had does ttR than deb and whisk prnemilid mi 14M lato the mom sad I Mane*, as be had dam up that door he meet roe to ine iflte wanted anything out of the kitahies. 1 did nee tell bias I had done up the door until Thmaday week, when I saw him at the Bridewelk in the Jastierroom Mr. Rash asked MIL pgrasastt many questions. He asked me if I gleaned his boots ea Tuesday nig ht. I said "Yes." He:saked what time. I said, " Between live end six o'clock." He asked me if Me kitchen-door could be opened, sad if any oonld get in without my knowing it. I said " did el think they coakt."—Coroser: Whea did you pat Mewed. in the door on Timothy night? Witness: A lone thaehollare I went to bed. I never medlar putting the wedge is ea badly that the door might be opened.—Coraner : Now, have Wh , ad any summation with say person about the wedge? itless : Yes, I asked the teem-man to say that he had seen the door dosesp with the mg.—Cerener : When we this ? Witmer: Oa the Wednesday morning, shortly after my matter was taken away.—Coroner : What was your reason for asking him such a favour? Witness: The reema I had for putting the question was, that if he stated he saw me put the pig in , It would'yereen Mr. Raab..—Cornier : Did you I show him the wedge ? Whams : I did.—Coronsr : Did he see you fir the peg ? Witness : I do not know whether he did.—Coroner: How would it screen Mr. Rush If he had said be had seen you Sx the peg ? Witness : Became it was thought be went lute the beck kitchen to get his hosts, and I thought if he (the teammao) said he saw the peg fixed em well as I, it would much assist him.— Dormer : But how could his not getting the boots mem him ? Witness : Why, if he had not got kis boots daring the night, it would have serrned him.--Coroaer : How too ? Witness : Because he hods% them. I had no conversation with Rush about the mdse.—Coroner .No mammation at all ? Witness : When he was going away in tt • rig be said, " Don't you go away, I shall send tor you and thit lady " (meaning Mrs. James). —The examination of Savory was very lengthened, but the above are the main facts.—The Coroner here said that an ins• peewee chums had transpired in the evidence, for it was sow roved that the boots could have been removed. Pd~arespsrimandent Witheford.—l have been to Potash farm with Seem. I bad the wedge which I new produce, and which Savory admitted he had made and used tor the pur pose of Detesting a door from the kitchen into a back kitchen. I desired Savory to fix the wedge into the door in the manner he had used it. He did so, and I being on the lame aide, I placed my finger on the latch, and it opened imme diately without any diNculty It was put in a second time by Savory, sod it was as easily opened on the other side. I then silted Savory If that was his usual way of fastening it. lie said, "Yes, it is." I remarked to him how ugly it could be opened. He said, " 1 see now it can be opened from the other side." Policeman J. Howes said, on the 30th of Nov. I assisted in the search of Potash farm. Amongst the things I searched was a waiting-desk, In which I found a quantity of letters. There was one dated April 28, 1848, signed J. B. Rush, directed to J. B. Rush, jun., Potash-farm, Wymondham, hearing London post-mark. There were expregjons in the letter showing an ill-feeling towsycla Mr Jamy. Another letter contained opprobrious epithets in reference to Mr. Jerry. Other letters were found written in the same atyle, all tending to show the feeling that existed towards Mt, Jimmy. Could not induce the letters, having given them into the hands of Cal, Mikes, the chief constable. The inquiry was mist adjourned. IRELAND. Donis Dzc. 13. There are already 1,300 applications toe the profes sorships of the new colleges, and singularly enough there la not now living a single man who had taken a scholarship in Trin'ty College for the last fifteen years, save a few who have succeeded in their profes sions, who are not among the candidates. CONFIDENCE IN LORD CLARENDON. The following is a report of the meeting of the Dublin corporation to wh:ch we yesterday referred The Loan MAYOR took the chair, and the council was abed over. The attendance was very considerable. Alderman KIMAKAN rose to propose an address from the council to Lord Clarendon, returning him thanks for the able and judicious manner in which he exercised the powers entrusted to him by parliament,and congratulating him upon the complete anemia which attended the measures adopted by him for protecting, not only this city in particular, hut the entire of the country, from the tvils of in surrection and the horrors of domestic rebellion. The address, after expressing the loyalty of the oorporation to hir /dainty, procetded to express the admiration of the council for the measures taken and the course adopted by his Excellency. The address then proceeded to speak of the organisation of the confederation. and the happy safety of the country from turbulent agitation and unruly violence. Having then referred to the augmented military torte intro duced into the city in the commencement of this year, they had now only to express a hope that the result would relieve the government from the necessity of renewing any enev,ive niesseres. Mr. WALKER seconded the address, in terms little likely to essciliate the opposite side of the house. Alderman O'Batsw, M.P., moved an amended address thanking his excellency for the temperate, able, and humane manner in which he need the powers committed to him by parliament, and telling upon his excel.eney, now that pees' was happily restored, to promote an inquiry int* the causes which had stimulated the late discontent, and that he would recommend the removal of the many grievances under which the country laboured. Alderman KE@HAN 'monad the amendment, which was carried by a large majority. TUB TRAGEDY ON BOARD TRW LONDONDERRT.—IA is stated that several of the survivors of the late fatal voyage, who have lost their relatives, are about to institute law pro m edinor against the proprietors of the steamer, who, how ever, have undertaken to discharge all their expenses. SCOTLAND. EDINBORO/I, Die. 12. As in 1832, the cholera seems to be more malignant in Damfries than in any other part of Scotland. Per haps the peculiar sanitary state of the town may ac count for this. The river Nith runs through it on one side, and on the other, but at a greater distance, is the lary swamp of Locher Moss; whilst, worse than either, there is no water brought into the town except by carts. The disease is said to be prevalent amongst other than the lower mike, and many have deserted the place. The medical o ffi cer of the Board of Health has left Edinburgh for Dumfries. The government has come down upon 'the halters of Brachia for payment of their teinds. No collection having been made for several years, the system was supposed to have fallen into desuetude, and property has been bought and sold under this impreesion. The arrears claimed are 4,9311. 19s. 9d., while, if sold at nine years' purchase, the amount would be 6,3411. 2s. The government claim. the teinds as representing the obsolete bishopric) of Brechin, to which they were annexed. Possibly the demand may have some re ference to the repairs recently executed on Breohin cathedral by the Woods and Forests' commissioners. The whole subject of the teinds of Scotland requires clearing up. A curious ecclesiastical case is presently before the civil courts. A clergyman in Blairgowrie, Perth shire, having refused baptism to the child of a school master, the case went the run of the church courts, and ended in the baptism of the child. The school master then instituted a civil action, and, in absence, the Lord Ordinw found the defendant liable to 6001. damages personally, and 1,6001. in conjunction with his kirk session. In the meantime, the clergyman has commenced a new suit against the schoolmaster's wife for non-attendance at church. A meeting of the Spottiswoode Society has been summoned, with a v►ew to its dissolution. The society was instituted for the purpose of re-publishing the writings of the Scotch episcopalian divines, and it was in answer to one of the Spottiswoode publica tions that the Duke of Argyll wrote his recent work on " Presbyterianism." fhe Woodrow Society, which commenced prior to the Spottiswoode, and issued works connected with presbyterian literature, is also about to be abandoned. The Calvin Society. re stricted to the works of Calvin ; and the Spalding Club, limited to the archcoulogy of the northern counties, still go on. PROVINCIAL. ADVERSE DECTSION UNDER THE FACTORIES ACT. —Yesterday, at the Borough Court, Manchester, a new in formation against Meows. Kennedy and Co., millownen, for employing young persons, under 18 years old, more than 10 hours in any one day, wes brought before the magistrates and argued at great length. There were no new points raised in this ease; the " young persons" had not worked more than 10 bears In as day, but under the system par sued, called a system of relays, more than 10 hours had elapsed between the am tke mill started in the morning and the ties OWE pleas left et In the evening. There was a large gads/Meg of megistraMe on the bench, and some of them being Wary swam, Mr. Cobbett, for the inspector, reminded Kr. Maxie, the stipendiary magistrate and chair man, that mask persons IMO net snowed by the act to exer cise a solos Y fhe bids.. At the esselusion of the hearing Kr. Hands said : Bohn I state the judgment it is right to myself to say that en the Inn ocomice I saw no doubt upon the question. dine then I have oonsidered it very fully, and have conferred with many of my professional brethren, who agree with so in opinion. I have yet heard no doubt raised upon the question. It is clear to me that the act did intend that the working hours of young persons should be the same. The absence of any new argument today to raise any doubt upon that construction confirms me in my pre vious opinion. I hays only further to say that the majority of the Judas present bus those thou be no coavialks. Unmans& Now MAGTSTRATIS TOR Leans.—Orden have been nosived to *sad up to tie Clerk of the Crows in Clumsy the eonuelsaien strike Eau the the bargees of Lambda order to have. nusiew of addlirsel nensse laserteL The peatlemen upon whom *use eslies has fallen an mall to be ' I J. R. Shaw, Ilaq. (the maee) i :l s . C. Marshall, Esq. ; O. O. Maki. Esq. ; J. D. Bea J. J. Cliff, Seq. ; J. WUkinson, Seq. ;F. CaMenth .; J. Bartos, Req. ;W. Rey, Beg. i_ J. Caspar, foot ; end . Heaton, eve n pOriiINI beig three or essearvativis to sit whip and liberals. WARWICKSHIRE. Two BuoimAlOr uaz Blomoroaew.—The parti solar' of this robbwy were reported in this paper on Mon day. Yesterday, the kw Eon, who we then announced were under euatheillea Wire the ougistrates at Solehall, wan hay wwwwWol.l ter Wart Warwkk Anima. Their Emu ems Rdwad Renner, flenauel Bother, J. IL Rill, MA hill SEUL Tbsp ins pinto a doperawa pug, whams =Zhave kit mane ins awdad on on a most s is the SEER to &tontine that ----- THE MURDER AT BIIOUGHTON.—The baguet on the body of Mary Ann Btaight, whose supposed murder by a man named Robert Pulley, was noticed in the Ex press of last Monday, was resumed and closed on Tuesday night at Brosightots,hefore Charles But, Paq., Coroner.— Numerous witnemes proved that the prisoner was amnia the lane at Broughton, following the deceased on the night of the murder, and that blood was found upon a por tion of his clothes nest day. He had also been heard to threaten the deceased fresuntly.—Sapezintendent Harris, of the Wereartershire police, apprehended the primmer in a barn under some straw, at Fusels, neer Broughton. A con stable who accompanied witness pulled him out of some straw, when he we, lying. Prisoner wore two smockfrocks. On the outer one were Mains of blood on the wristband, and there were small spots of blood on other parts. The prisoner wore also a waistcoat on which spots of blood were very dis tinct. Witness told him he was charged with the murder of Mary Ann !Relight, and he replied that " He did not do it." Oa going along the road they met a person known to the Flamer, who called out to him, " Jack, I'm going to be Imaged." The prisoner whets apprebendel had on two dean abirte.—T. Putter, labourer, identified the sticlifound is the ditch, as haven formerly belonged to him. When he last saw it it was lying in a garden where the prisoner was at I work. Witness used it as a mallet. The prisoner hare said he had thrown the stick into a pear-tree. The breeches worn by the prisoner on the evening of the murder have not been found, and it is stated that the prisoner has made an admission to a stranger that he bad thrown them into the River Aven, but the evidence not being satisfactory on that point was not received. The jury after a short consultation I returned a verdict of " Wthul Murder against Robert Pulley." fIiIUIXX • ROBBING LIBRARIES AT OXFORD.—On Tuesday, Mr. Andrew Belany, described as en undergraduate of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, underwent an examination at the city gaol, Oxford, on a charge of having stolen 69 volumes of various books from the University Union Reading Rooms, to which he had SONY, through the recommendation of friend. The prisoner had been folly committed on a pre vious charge of stealing books from the shop of Mr. Slitter, bookseller, of the High street, Oxtord. The latter case was gone into with great care and minuteness, and from the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner arrived in Oxford on the 28th ult., and stayed at the Star Hotel till the 30th, when he took lodgb•gs at Mr. Boddington's, in Oriel street. On Friday, the Ist inst., the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Slitter, and remained an hour and a half looking over his valuable and rare collection of old books, when he left without making any purchase. Shortly after Mr. Rose, nephew te Mr. Slitter, missed a rare and valuable volume, entitled " Roman Martyrolegic," which was sold next day to Mr. Laycock, the boll' auctioneer. On Mr. Slitter calling on the latter gentleman to apprise him of his loss, he was shown the book n question, as well as two others, also his property, which i had heen sold by a person answering the description of the prisoner. Mr. Slitter apprised Lucas, the superintendent of police, and having found out the prisoner's lodgings pro- ceeded there, but did not find him at home. On returning, they met him coming from Christ Church, where he hod been to call ort Dr. Pusey. who had given him the following letter of introduction to Dr. Bandinall, the librarian of the Bodleiaa Library : My dear Bandlnall,—The karer, Mr. Belson of Cambridge, but not a graduate, wishes to look at some books In the Bodleian ; I sup per it Is not out of order for you to admit him recommended as a stranger.—Yours, most faithfully, E. B. Pussy. On searching the prisoner's lodgings a collection of valuable books was found, including 59 volumes belonging to the Union Rcadirut Ream. the illegal possession of which formed the present charge against the prisoner. Eviderce was adduced that brought the case clearly home, but as it was thought there may be other charges of a similar nature against him, the prisoner was remanded. It has since trans pier(' that the amount which Mr. Laycock paid the prisoner for books was 181., including 131. sa. for a copy of St. Chry sonata. lie stated that be bought the work in Paris for 241. SHROPSHIRE. THR MURDER AT BRIDONORTH.—On Tuesday , evening the inquiry in this ease was resumed at the Town hall. The tollowiag witnesses were examined :—Mary Coe field remembered, about seven or eight months ago, seeing the prisoner take the deceased'• handkerchief uff her neck or head, put her in a large chair, and kneel upon her. She then put the silk handkerchief in the deceased's mouth, and would no doubt have suffocated her if witness had not threatened to raise an alum. On Sunday last noticed some footorints on the floor in the kitchen. There are four main and three prints of naked feet. They ere in the direc tion leading from the sofa to the brewhouse. The marks are made with oil or grease. When the floor is wet the marks are not visible. The floor was very wet when the kitchen was examined. They were first observed by Mrs. Doughty.—Willirm Doughty examined the prints on the floor of the kitchen. They were prints of naked feet made with oil.—Mr. Coley said a question was put to the prisoner after the body was found. One of the parties present asked the prisoner how it emurred that the deceased was burned, and she answered, "I was in bed, and came down stairs and found the kitchen in flames"—Evans, the policeman, said when he examined the prisoner's bed on the morning oldie lire, nobody heel been in the bed, but it appeared as if some p.non had been lying on the outside. When he was taking her to thegsol, she said, " Passion, passion I ant very passion ate, and as soon as my passion is over, I fogies directly." —Mr. Coley, surgeon, on being recalled, said he was now rather inclined to believe that the burn might have occurred during life.—By Mr. Healewood : The tongue end lips, and so tar as witness oouldweint3the mouth,ffere burnt . Could see about three-quarters of an inch inside the Mout. That appearance was more likely to exist if deceased had been burnt during life than after death. He thought so be cause the act of respiration would induce the fire to scorch the inside 01 the mouth in the manner he saw, and he thought the flames would Lot so burn the mouth of a dead person. He theught the combustion of the things he saw burat would tend to produce steep.—Re-examinsd by the co roner : Did not examine the mouth with the view of ascer taining whether the deceased had inspired the flames. In cans of suffocation the toilette frequently swells and pro trudes. He assisted Mr. Thunfield and Mr. Newell in making the further post moral's examination. The parts examined were the chest and head. The lungs pre sented a very . gorged appearance. The heart was healthy. He was of °puma that death was produced by congestion of the lungs and of the brain, and of course not by burning. lie did not think it possible for any person in the air to voluntarily suffocate themselves. He thought the deceased died from suffocation.—W. Thurefieid, Esq., recalled : Had observed the appearances about the month of the deceased. The texture of the lips was destroyed and consumed, and the tongue burned, but he did not believe that such burning was produced by the inspiration of the flame.—ln cone quenee of the sudden illness of one of the jurymen the coro ner was compelled again to adjourn the court. THE LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCEBTB.—These per formanera in Exeter Hall continue to go on very success- fully. The selections of music are better than at first ; the directors probably having discovered that a quantity of vulgar pieces are by no means necessary now-a• days to attract a popular audience. The concert of last evening was by far the best that has yet been given. Tbalberg's principal performance was Beethoven's concerto in C minor ; and this exquisite composition, which a few years since was regarded as calculated only for amateurs of cultivated taste, was now applauded to the echo by an audience of between two and three thousand persons. Mendelssohn's wedding march in " A Midsummer Night's Dream," was also enthusiasti cally applauded. Vivier had his usual success in his solo on the horn, in which he exhibited his singular command of the harmonic sounds. Among the instrumental music was the air " Through the forest" from the " Fraischutx," sung by Mr. Beeves; the great scene from the same opera, " Softly elks," sung by Mira Williams ; and Caspar's bac chanalian song, sung by Mr. Whitworth. These were the pieces which produced the greatest effect ; but there were several ether pleasing pieces, and the whole concert was tasteful and elegant. Itbe IBEmi& - - THEATRICAL WARFARE IN AMERICA.-00: corre spondent at New,York writes as follows: " Ths last local ex citement we have now to amuse us is the quarrel between Forrest and Macready. I alluded in a preceding letter to the attempt made In Philadelphia to hiss the latter from the stage, whish was defeated. Mr. Macready made 11.4113 ex planation of his views in relation to the matter, to which Mr. Forrest replied in a rude, ill-tempered, and vulgar note, containing personal allusions of the most uncalled-for cha racter. Every one was surprised, and the press without en exception that we remember has condemned his conduct To the assertions of Mr. Forrest Mr. Macready has rejoiced, and, alter denying the statements of his assailant in the most so lemn manner, has declared his intention of appealing to oar laws for redress. In the meantime the English tragedian is honoured with larger audiences than ever, and Mr. Forrest has lost much of the ground over which with his huge legs he so sturdily strode." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. OXFOILD, Dna. 13.—The followinP eLaa Het, "In DWI. AWL Idathentstket et Mirk*" Just published, contains the names d the eneerantal eadidstee; vhst—lat Clam 8. Fdrards, B =master, Marten ; 'A Eire, =Whittler, Lands; T. 3111•080: B. Brewer, we, Oa. Ch.-2ed Clam W. H.= eon., Wadh.; H. Swaim, easy Feta.; L. B. Whits, WNW, Qutane.—kd Claes. None.—/W Clan. W. H. Charley and J. Oate, ems, /IL Hazy Hall ; J, L&WWISON ocm., Bramencee ; and W. WWI* ecia., MagL Hall. PazraiutzicTs.—Wombourne R., dia. Lich. ; 6081, with restdsoci; has, It Is stated, been presented to the Be,. J. W. Male.— Bev. J. Mete, to Withb P.C., ptria.ltegoe. Beim db. Lich.: C. E. ef Ulital~ta ; key. H. Itcesea k P. addrabio. to PA. Clement Demi C.—ilev. tr. Dear, so Bt. Mary w o da.,B, la. Bt. Mere Wookeweb R., die. Loudon; ; pets.. the Crows Ma rtyr Thornton. Req., alt.—Rev. to It. Marne the w. fit. Marpreth, New Phbatreet dl,. Lcadoo ; MAL; pet., be Glom.e Loodoa.—Rev. W. N. Birth, to Ladaaptos Vilb, db. sod Bristol ; VIM with re. Adams; pate., Lords ot the Mace; Her. J. Tamer dea—Bay. 8.A., amid to Cab. C., db. Oboe. sad Bristal. VACIANCLU.—BIetree R, Herts., dio. Rochester; 3044. with raddrooe ; pat., Lord Obswellor ; Bev. J. Morris, des.—North. swim L, Choi, dio. Chester ; 4084. with reddest*; pats, D. end C. of Mater; Bev. W. Barlow, des.—Loddoo, Norfolk, db. Norw.; 30014 pat., Bahop of Ely; Rev. J. D. Wrigglesworth, dee. NAVAL. Axasse, Nov. 28 —The surveying ship Velar) arrived In the Firma at the 26th. end will leave for Malta on the 30th. The Wiseacre*. is still in the Mena. Aomiawry, Dec 13 —APPOINIIIIINTO.—AiIiatante BO2, {em: O. E. Freeman to Pasenia.— Midshipman H. R. Stuart ; and Naval Wet W. Moriarty, to Superb. MILITARY. THI PIWINSULL XlDALll.—AllOtaat delay will eaka *cola thedelimey of these medals. They web to have been Issued this month, otter repeated delays • but sr i hear Just as ornately that they will sot be reedy until the end of Jed may, 1819, and, even then, but a Email Mouthed= may be ems 'tad. Mess repeated delays are very iumoylng to both the Mows end men. SPORTING. MLNCHIBTED, TUISDAT.—Not a bet made OD any event eampt the Wolverhampton Steeple Chase. Late inttilignitt. EQUITY COURTS.—YeaTEIDAT. Before the Lord Chancellor. JACKSON T. THE NORTH WALRO RAILWAY COMPANY. — AN ALLEGED CONTRACT NOT MADE Our.—This was an appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce over g a demurrer to the plaintiff's bill—Mr. Bacon and Mr. J. H. Palmer, in support of the Vice. Chancellor's eider, stated the case to the effect that the plaintiff was a contrao tor for executiag railway works oa a large scale, and applied for a contract to Sir John Rennie, the engineer of the defen dants, to undertake the works on part of their line betweea Bangor and Caernarvon. From the correspondence between the plaintiff and Sir J. Rennie, the former conceived, erro neously, that he was bound by contract with the defendants, and he made, or alleged that, from Nov., 1845, to February, 1846, he bad made exp:nsive preparations to begin the works and carry them on with vigour. The secretary to the company wrote to him that there was no contract, and that he ought to have an interview with the directors. He accordingly took occasion to have some interviews with them at their offices, and he assumed, from what passed with them, that the contract wee sanctioned by the directors, whereas that was not the case, and the trustees afterwards had it commune sated to the plaintiff that there was no con tract with him. He then tiled his bill, not directly to esta blish a contract, but to have an account taken of the moneys which he had laid out, and the expenses to which he was entitled for his time, &c. The part of the bill on which the demurrer was founded was an allegation that the defendants were trustees, and had, in that character, within their con trol, large sums of money, which were subject to his demand on the company : the Vice-Chancellor, though he over ruled the demurrer, did not think the plaintiff made out a satisfactory ea , e.—Mr. J. Russell and Mr. Giffard, fir the plaintiff and appellant, referred to various alle gations in his bill, which they contended showed a cue for a court of equity. The Lord Chan cellor took occasion, timing the argument, to intimate hit opinion on the workings of the case, and at tne conclusion his lordship gave his judgment. It did not a ppear to him t hat there was the least pirticie of equity raised in the bill. The contract, u alleged, for oonsti twang a railway for this com pany, was net a valid contract in its origin ; and then arose the question whether what happened afterwards had or could make it a contract, not having been reduced to writing. It was alleged that the company had recognised Sir John Rennie as their agent, and that be had agreed with the plaintiff. The facts disclosed on this interview were that the plaintiff had certain conversations with Sir John Rennie as to the probability of the intended railway being a single or a double line of railway, and with respect to the charges of the construction of the railway, which were to be according to the regulated scale of charges. But that, it appeared, the plaintiff had waived ; and the question then arose whether that fact toad not hay.) superseded the con tract, if contract it were By the Statute of Frauds the contract to bind the company ought to have been reduced to writing. Minutesof a contract had beensuggested and declined or refused; noise had been concluded. It was sought now to compel a discovery, on the ground that the railway company had in its poetesion certain documents which would make out the plaintiff's case. The bill also attempted to establish that the company were trustees for the payment of the plaintiff's debt. In thus alleging a trust the court ought to be informed what the trust was, and what were the facts upon which the trust attached. Here the plaintiff had not done so, end therefore the court ought not to be, nor could be, called upon to enforce it. The cue did not in factatbz here, for the facts contaiceil jn the bill el the showed that there was no such trust as was alleged. The Vice-Chancellor, had said, in giving kis judgment, that there was en infinitesimal quantity of equity in the bill; but his lordship's opinion was, that email as the equity war, it was entirely evanescent, and he therefore would allow the de murrer. His lordship then rose, having heard and disposed of the appeals (only two) on the paper of the day. RHRAM O. SMITH AND OTHIRS.—A. DEFUNCT JOINT STOCK COMPANY.—A FIRM, ONE OF WHOM WAB A SHARI. HOLDEN, MAY till OTHER SHAILIIIIOLDERB.—Tkis was an appeal from an order of the Vice Chancellor of England. allowing a demurrer to the plaintiff's bill. It appeared from the statements of counsel that a number of persons, inhabi tants of Hull and that neighbourhood, formed a company in 1816 to found a Proprietary College, and with that view issued shares of 101. each. The project failed after some time. and there was a balance of 1,2001. against the company at their banker's. These brought their action for that balance against Mr. Rheum, who then filed this bill to restrain the action, alleging that he was holder of one share only in the joint stock company, and that John H. Smith, a member of the banking firm, held one &hare, and was equally liable I with the plaintiff for the debt of the company. The defen dants, partners with Smith in the banking firm, de murred to the bill, and their demurrer was allowed by the Vice-Chancellor, from whose order thereon this was an appeal. Mr. Hilt and Mr. R. Palma supported the demurrer and the Vice Chancellor's order. Mr. Stuart and Mr. Goodeve, for the plaintiff, contended that the demurrer ought to be disallowed, and submitted that as J. H. Smith, one of the bankers, was jointly liable with the plaintiff, the *he!, ought not tole allowed to bring the action ; it was to effect the ante OA an action by one member de' joint stock company against another member, for the debt of the whole company. The plaintiff was ready to pay his own individual share of the olebt.—The Lord Chancellor, without hearing the reply, said the argument appeared is him to amount to this, that because one member is the ba&kifirm was a shareholder, and liable equally with the s i to the payment of the debt, all the members of the g firm were precluded from outing the plaintiff fee a debt due, not to Smith, but to the firm. His lordship re hued to general rule, but would not on this point go on only general principles in respect to demurrers. Taking the statements in the bill (some of which his lordship read), he was of opinion that they did not make out any case for the interposition of the court. The bill was filed by an indi vidual who was sued at law for a debt due to the banking firm, plaintiffs at Law, and his allegation was, that the firm was not entitled to sue him, because J. H. Smith, a member of the firm, was equally liable with this individual to pay the debt, for the whole of which he was sued. The banking firm say they had nothing to do with the debts of Mr. Smith. They were sluing for their banking concern in their legal right. if Smith was liable to make up put of the 1,2001., the plaintiff would have his remedy over against him for con tribution. The plaintiff says he will not pay until the whole concern shall be wound up. It may happen that Smith has no property in the bank, but is indebted to it, and on that supposition would this court prevent the firm from seeing for this debt, which is admitted to be due, not to Smith, but to the firm ? There is no allegation in the bill to show that Smith would be individually entitled to one Lunn' , of this debt of 1,2001., when recovered by the bank. The demurrer must be allowed for want of .quit in the bill, and not on any general rule upon which the Vice Chancellor put his order. Before Vios.Chaneellor Haight Bross. THE ROYAL ETCHLNOB. ATTORRIST GENERAL V. STRAIIGE.—PRINCE ALBERT V. TIM SANE.—This ease came on upon the motion of the de fendant Strange to dissolve the injunction. The motion was in the first instance only made in the suit in which Prince Albert is plaintiff. Mr. Russell, in support of the motion, said that he moved in the cause of " Prince Alberto. Strange" to dissolve the in junction which had been granted in that case, in far as it restrained the defendant Strange, his agents, servants, and workmen from selling or in any manner publishing and from printing the descriptive catalogue in the information men tioned, or any work being or purporting to be a catalogue of the etchings therein mentioned. The Vice Chancellor If I recollect rightly, this is a portion of the case on which I expressed ison.iderable diffi culty when the application was first mentioned to me, although at the time I thought it right to grant the injunc tion. I then required an undertaking on the part of the plaintiff as to damages, which wu given with great readi ness. Mr. Russell said that was the only part of the in junction which coucerned the defendant Strange. The only queatioa as regarded him was as to the right of lus Royal Highness to prevent him from printing and pub lishing any wands. The hill stated that her Majesty and the prince had occasionally for their amusement made draw ings and etching., being principally of private ani romntic interest to themselves, and of which etchings they had made impressions Inc their own use, and not for publication. Far the greater privacy, such impressions had been made for the most part by means of a private press kept for that purpose, and the plates themselves ha., been ordinarily kept by her Majesty under lock, and the impressions bad been placed in some of tte private apartments at Windsor, and in such private apartment only. Tat the defendant Strange and the two deiendanta named Judge had in some manner ob tained some of such impressions, which had been surrepti tiously taken from some of such plates, and had thereby been enabled to form and had formed a F Illery or collection of such etchings of which they wended to make public exhib ition, without the permission of her Majesty or Priem Albert, or either of them, and against their will. That the defendants had com pile 1 and prepared a work which had been printed and published by the defendant Strange. The bill then set out extracts from the catalogue, and then stated that 146 cata logue and descriptive remarks couht t parliare bees eodipilall • ts's ... Vi "" _-.1. 1 ,' 7. i 4:4 i . a ilf. ki..(3..)