The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-20 00:00:00

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Tits maxim which tells the workman to repeat his blow " while the iron is hot" is well understood by those who desire to turn any kind of popular ex citement into an instrument for sinister purposes. The Times evidently thinks the impression produced by the London and North-Western meeting favourable to the repetition of its attacks on the whole railway interest. In a second long article, profeeeedly devoted to Mr. GLYN'S speech, conclusions of a general scope are drawn, not merely on premises utterly false, but actually at variance with each other. To expose the faulty logic of an unscrupulous declaimer would be a task equally tedious and unprofitable. It will be more useful to correct some of the assumptions on whichthepretended argumentsreet, by stating the real bearing of the matters of fact referred to. In dealing with these we shall not stay to discuss the justice, or admire the modesty, of the claim now advanced by the noses, to be regarded as " the best friend that railways ever had in this country!" It will appear, we think, that the friendship, if it exist, has not, at all events, been preceded by any intimate acquaintance with the objects of its good will. We shall confine our notice to the principal misrepre sentatiso, and leave the character of the rest to be inferred from these. The Times lays the blame of all possible hardships and difficulties that have been inflicted on railways, or that may befal them hereafter, on their own heads : and this because they came before the public as pri vate undertakings ; as though it were in their power, had they so chosen, to enter on their career with the authonly t and to pursue it with all the advantages, of "public" institutions. Their first appearance is so re cent, and their history so well known, that one may in deed wonder at the audacity which can found a charge against them on an implied imputation like this. Need it be now said that the whole of this great system rose from the enterprise of private persons ? and, not only this, but that it had to struggle for exist ence, not merely unaided and unguided by the state, deprived of any of the sanctions of "public" favour, but . in the teeth of every opposition that powerful parties in the legislature could throw in their way. Having, in spite of these difficulties, got the work ac complished by private mean', and having given the country an improvement the worth of which is incal culable, the men who have risked their means hear for the first time, on beginning to reap fruit of their labours, of public interposition. Whatthe cha racter of this has hitherto been we shall presently examine. In the mean time, let it be observed that the odium which the Times seeks to throw upon rail ways, as "choosing" to be considered private under takings., applies to thisconditionof the affair, and not, as it is insinuated, to somerefusal on the pa rt of their promoters to exercise a liberal choice—a choice having been open to them—between a =vow and a national system. They have arm had any such option : it was not until the work wee dams, and the benefit already given to tam "AHD by private efforts, without any kind of emesweensammt km the ruling authorities, that these amlbstaias demi in, to control a business they did net understeid, with out even then po -eemang, se having at any later period possr~d, the power of laying down a national system, which the Times, begging the ' question assumes the railway in t erest to have rejected. Had any such system been preseisahle, indeed, they might have resisted with Doane Judo its imposition, if at their cost, after the outlay aid risk they had incurred, and the good they had dome, when no such system was dreamed of: Bat the rims point of this case is, that no amok 'Ms hes a any time, even at the latest movwet, bees prey glean within the re ea of either party. The state interference, which has been justly com plained of, has proved impotent in this respect, and merely capable of activity m troubling the de tails of a business, of which its agents cannot so well judge as those who are concerned in it. Some years ago, many of the railway leaders (Mr. GLYN amongst others) would have been very glad to see the government lay down a national system, and enforce it; and with this view, it is well known, they improvidently encouraged the formation of rail boards and other machinery, by which, it was this object might be attained. A sound " system, suited to the real wants of the canday, was precisely what the great railway companies meat eagerly desired, four or five years ago, when sea a system was yet possible. They knew that lines as well schemed as theirs had been could have na to fear from such *plan. But what had been foremen by wiser heads than theirs soon became evident There was no body in the state to which parliament would entrust sufficient powers to accomplish eo comprehen sive a task. It could never be induced to relinquish the right of deciding, in the last resort, on every scheme brought forward by a partnership of indivi duals. The state wholly declined making th e nailing railways itself : they must, therefore, either ewe te be made, or continue to be made by private heretofore. The final decision on new Hass thus pro jected remained with On apsesatelive lady, who would not yield this anlisrityle ow other patty. This circumstance was fomaat the begelmsing, and hay ever mince been found, to mew any amirog out of a ge neral plan, by the ABMs el a entre authority, im possible. What wash* tersseuantent interpoeition to perform was a interference not wanted; while what li g e rerkgps have performed with advantage at one puha always eluded pursuit. This is the real slab of the case as to the private character of railways, in reference to a " national system," which makes Each a figure in the columns of the Times. What is the meaning of the only national system that the state has taken any positive steps towards carrying out may be shortly described. It will then be men how far the directors of railways are "selfish and arrogant" in describing it as a thing to be resisted toile viribus. It is that the "private" company shall furnish the money for these works; largely compen sate everyone concerned before getting leave to make them; go through all the labour and bear all the risk ; and then the state shall step in and say—having done this, you shall now carry "the yobbo" at h sue rates as we may at any time think low enough, whether you loss by it or not. You shall perform for the state such services as we shall think fit to demand, however onerous or expensive they may be, gratuitously; you shall submit to such hourly or daily inquisition or inspection as we may desire, by any number of officers whom we shall appoint, and you shall pay ; yet that inspection, however it may impede your own control over the business, shall not take from your shoulders one iota of its responsibility. Nor can we, in return for this, assure yon of any single kind of substantial protection. The House of Commons will receive our reports, on subjects of con sequence to you; but whether it will act upon them or not, we cannot say. Hitherto, we know it has not acted upon them at all. The questions of lines:; of the burdens thrown on you by the cation of parish rates; these, and other matters, most still be left to the fres determination ef parliament—ln the one clam of thus subjuts be it observed, the influence of local coestitnenciss in We powerful to be overlooked ; in the emend, the pastas who now get rid of their own burdens by the mina weight cut upon the railways are the sejurhy is both the houses to which the case must be ratan. Nor was even this faint prospect of companies offered in exchange for the vexatious meow pen posed by Dir. fivarrr last session. TA. yawls. . L' ofieredinWchange for the vexatious measure pro- ehmthowertnes view we nave euggesiso, us w too is suuuar...o ~ . _ p ose d by Mr. s Ta rrr l as t maim . The railway com- judge reading his note., the reviewer says, "we have We , should be curions th to know for which of Sir ' to eesssed WWI were asked to consent to the certain evil, while Uard great murt udges who delay their Parrai IS achievements legacy was le ft him. Did Ware!. in the clouds. Such was the position of the right. There is no greater hindrance to the adnunis- for the suppression of some riotous suburban swing? round his add bi g:A hefmd the d remaln, b t r lt w e=. As dries the he . 1i; thestheieden — eff the - p - alii. Ils; asena ,Y! hY o _tne aleana l t_,,„_ ° ' "•7'za - ii, - j - , - .. - A : 0, he leaving the house, he said to a menthe at dm camp of the Oethe Olub, Cu the lawn "'" - a` - ~ct'ea, was '"...."- mayor, -- God take her! Au the next day and • t the continued the whole of the Scottish Wiens, sad has en lm. Cusrost-nonsn SgeIiCHERS.-The following lila Paothlee of any indemnity for it was left, as here. decisions for thi n ) And the suitors are quite it come from a nervous old gentleman, grateful daughter is very ill-if Ido not see her athis, " esa XY y 117frOat of the oaths, is now It is covered with town --- • railway im am s" w i th r d to t h a t o b nox ious and tration of justice than kninenitY on the judgment Or from one who has a vested interest in dirt, to suffer cruelly. esPeeielly whenever couturier, wbo posing appearance when from the loch, cur- of au order of the Commissioners of Customs te raga Migtalla aleagUre ; and, in spite of the menace of the seat. This is especially applicable to the new county and thus records his admiration of Sir Pavaa's scarcely quitted. her, gave her anything to drink, though she rounded by the beautiful whi ten ts of the club. The subordinates is important to travellers from the • Moe, we believe it will sucoendully resist—we know it will be most empty justified in resisting — a n y at- ' tempt to revise it It might be worth while to say a few words re specting these "claims of the public," as against railways, which made such a figure in the decla mation we have been commenting upon. We may take coossion some day to ascertain the real state of the amount between the two parties, to see which owes the moat to the other, and what is the nature of that indefinite arrest, to which re ference is continually and confidently made by writers of a pertain class. But enough has been said for the present in exposing the more palpable fictions in the /fines' article ; pedalos mere, indeed, than the known character of such articles may be thought to deserve. Luce all that tends to greeds dm Marsh of the industrious slemeo rho sass et seemly emits has I= ar e sonsmtal them was anticipated. gm% sued§ of requelb, and the like, had net Ms is mg odes with the public, either tam the elks judges or from defects inherent is the Neither we the appointments of judges miktr the osna y y coma mach as lad the public to e anj u ir m high degree of et ideney. Bat most silks though NM dis thiguishol at the biro w emus smidstabis sped elm idlobsd ineingimo Mink' which eamlnat allominss k tles 1111.0 and ow share of prestige anent mew _yeas were likely k afford. l'he set rewired tibial's to be selected tram barristers of swear ge earM' 'in but, in Ist, the majority of the are men of nearer three Ms seven years' , than the lowest quallibutis allowed by the set. TM writer of an article ea lists warts in the August number of the Law Yee 11111111 MM tile " policy of restricting the selection et judges to busk tem of upwards of seven years' slemilefa idas k lisks obvious that very few really eumpOlent more than seven years' standing Met whose Miss prospects are not by that time tool/sod to u b er eA for ever for no higher salary than the new j promise, and which in many cases will to 7001. or 8001. per . annum, when the pleat dose =lotion of cases is over." Now we do net think this a correct test to apply to the new tribunals, or the tjudges who preside there. It is perfectly true that thelighest clam of legal ability will not be attracted to these Sloes, and that the promising men who are exciting the attention of the miters and prac titioners in the superior courts, of seven years' or even less standing, will not be " willing to abandon all their professio nal prospects," for the sake of the maximum salary of 1,2001. per annum. But all who have any intimate acquaintance with the history of the bar know how much " prolsseional prospects" depend apon connexion, or other sat des, apart from mere talent, and how frequently prospects, 000111 most promising, have, from came remote front want of legal knowledge, failed to realise the e fruit. When it is seen into blew soropsativ27/1 1 hands the great mass of business in our dif ferent superior courts falls; how frequently I the successful advocate fails when transferred to the bench, where the lo quacious energy once useful to the client becomes a grievous evil to the suitors and the practitioners ; how often men of no striking emi nence at the bar have turned out able judges; and, above all, how many men there are of steady buai ness-like, habits, who have plodded on respectably with only a moderate share of practice and with none of that reputation which attracts public atten tion, we shall not feel surprise that judges, confessedly mediocre banisters, have conducted the business of their courts with advantage and satisfaction to the public. He who ects that sixty men of first-rate talent can be drafted from the bar to fill the offices of travelling judges for 1,2001. a year, must have a far more romantic notion of the ability of the English bar than the reality jus tifies ; but let him be content with just and sensible views of the cases to oome before the county courts, with average . legal learning and seamen, and with the training a considerable period of practice in our courts has given, and there will be no difficulty in selecting from the bar three or four times sixty men willing and able to perform efficiently the duties of judge of a county court. These remarks will show that we regard a period of some duration loused in the superior courts of more importance than mere talent, aided by less ex perience, es the qualification for judges of the county courts. Doubtless some of the appointments lately made do not fall within either category, and a few of the decisions are strangely contradictory ; bat these are the exceptions, the rule is the other way. In all parts of the country the best practical effects have been produced by local and cheap justice. Debts, deemed by both debtors and creditors irrecoverable, have been got in, much to the advantage of both parties. A loose] and ruinous system of credit, extending over many years, has long been the curse of the provincial dis tricts. Persons who, with ordinary care, might have paid their way, have thus got into debt in various directions, until at last they have been overwhelmed with accumulated law expenses. Many small busi ness transactions have been avoided altogether, because, if credit had been given at all, it would have been unsupported by any practical method of enforc ing payment. The extent to which these things have operated to give employment to the new courts, in the popu lous districts, may be learned from a parliamentary return which relates to the Liverpool and Manchester districts alone. It appears that, from the 15th of March, when the new courts were opened, to the 18th of Jane last, there were issued at Liverpool 3,375 summonses, being an average of 259 weekly. During the same time, at Manchester, 2,748 summonses had been is Supposing the business to continue at these rates, there would be in Liverpool 13,500, and at Manchester 10,984, summonses yearly. Of these cases no less than 1,532 were heard and disposed of at Liverpool, and 1,189 at Manchester, in the three months ; and we learn from a legal periodical, that " this vast amount of dispute has been disposed of generally to the satisfaction of the suitors." And the writer in the " Law Magazine," from whose able article we have before quoted, though be traying some of the prevailing professional jealousy towards these courts, and intimating that " the public interest is itself concerned, that improvements in the facility of justice be not effected at a sacrifice of its quality," thus accounts for the acknowledged popu larity of the new courts : " we have no doubt that s great number of suitors, who hare recovered their money without trouble or expense, are highly de lighted at the new act, and have little reason to quarrel with its judges ; nor are those less fortunate =against whom judgment has been given, any illipialified to detect the ignorance of law, con fusion at its principles, or misapprehension of evi =ovoid& may have led the judge into error. The of the new measure, great as it may be, is no suns index to its real value." From the last men tos wis met beg to diligent. The public approval the web bare received does form a very sore index at their real value, though such approval by no wins excludes the improvements which axperisses may show to be required either in the Litof the judges, or the constitution of the courts. :lower *di that "not only are the judgments la asesplisated ow very frequently given off-hand, hi sluts long ass hes been gone into, and several idiom= examined, Il e s expected to sum the sees sp k his owe without the assistance of :Pever his Mee really, this seem to alm pies Miss kr ihs sums law forms, to whit& he Ms pediably hen amerahmed. It appears that the suitors seldom require juries, so much so, vest, during the three months before mentioned, there we in Li el only six eases in which a jury bad M a demsed4 and in ilesdowts none at all. Of what posible vise mold it to for the judge to read over Ms nobs, sr weeny in sir OMB Ott of ten, to mks any notes begM Os SIM* memoranda ? Why Mid there be ores fogair in "giving jadg : sew off-band' Ilse be the granary cases at Nan Peke P The Clonestyjulgs sonstantly decide " off line ease et tar mere :mberity than any likely to ems babes the county I. bulk the nice and dills& points raised in our semis eosin are mainly attributable to the ingennity of scenes] ; and the entire absence of such subtleties from the minty courts will be beneficial rather than otherwise. Asa proof that the public takes the common-sense view we have suggested, as to the judge reading his notes, the reviewer says, '?re have hard , courts, when comparatively few of the eases amount to anything more than the summons of a reluctant debtor, bekee a court sitting amoart his neighbours, to show some reason for not paying his debt. We have heard of instances is whi& a few pointed remarks by the judge, on the morality of the excuses made for non-mment, have had a beneficial effect beyond the particular cues but, in general, we appre hend that the county courts judges will best perform their duties by conveying their decisions in the smallest possible compass. IT is much to be regretted that circumstances com pelled Mr. WAXLEY to withdraw his Medical Regis tration Bill. No measure of the kind ever gained so much of the confidence and favour of the medical profession, and if the petitions in sa p por t of it did not show a clew country of the ms practitioners thromgboist the country, this arose frem distrust of the Howe et Connices—not of the MIL The constant eat of medical quietism by the legislature C li p:Toed an iadillbeleseeart of the medi cal peollsese,and they have y resigned them selves to die most date o f , seeing that so many preview sliemeta have been entirely fruiting. Many amine ter the paining of this bill were Arai ea aseoent of the little seems attendant upon their knew efforts the opposition to it, with the o;vermof that of the London corporation, was asest trivial character. The only body that has vestured oa publicly objecting to it has been the council st the National Institute, and so little sympathy have they obtained in this course, from the great beak of its members, that a very large , properties el them presented a protest against the poetics the council thought right to assume towards Mr. WAYLET'S bills We are sorry to observe this : for it sheers the fate of the National Institute must now be regarded as sealed ; dissension has broken nut in their cam", and it is impossible that the council can ever nun be able to organise themselves as a body, which will gain the respect and confidence of the practitioners of the United Kingdom. , Thet partakes too mulh of th the e :C andi to e?' of . tha Al to l f Else bill corporations to free them from the suspicion of the same motives—a desire to obtain power for themselves —will, we think, be evident from their last manifesto. They state that the National Amociation and the Na tional Institute, " have , at all times, de clared the ex pediency of legalising, and placing upon an equality in one institution, all qualified members of the profes sion now in general practice." This, with the excep tion of forming a new institution, is the object of Mr. WAKLEY'S bill. It is tree, his bill does not contemplate any ulterior measures, such as those of the National Institute ; but, as fa; as it goes, it only contemplates what the council of the Insti tute themselves are desirous of effecting. It is also deserving of notice that the first step—that which is contemplated by Mr. WAIMET'S bill—can be easily earned into effect, and with comparatively little oppition, whilst the new institution the Council = to raise, which is to secure a comp l et e and surgical education for the general peastitioner in connexion with themselves, must essemearily receive the opposition of every other medical body in the kingdom, and its eventual gue sses is altogether problematical. Would the coun cil of the institute, then, throw away the substan tial advantages of Mr. WAKLEY'S bill, which are within their grasp, for the sake of an ideal kaki tution or castle in the air, whose actual enistanse will probably never be realised? If they weld, we do not think the great body of their members will, and in this position they must clearly see the neces sity for the dissolution of their organisation. The main objection urged by the council of the National Institute, and by some other objectors to this bill, is that it will enable a member of any existing medical institution to practise department of the medical profession. How is it that, at the present moment, members of the Wage of Surgeons are allowed to prescribe in ‘rd sass, and members of this body and of the OsUrge of Physicians allowed to practise as as eauckeurs without interference, but that then is ecinviction on the part . of the public that the ro asted) they have of their ability to wadies is sr& eked P The public do not need, nor era the seesaw meat require, that men should h eap diploma epee diploma and icense upon license, in 411411 r Oat they should prove their competency to prudes tin me dical profession. All with which the goeseresset has to do is to see that a man, whether be calls himseltapothecary, surgeon, or phyeician,hassofficient knowledge of his profession to render amistaree in de ems without, through ignorance, endangering the lives of those who are submitted to his treatment. It is for the medical profession itself to form such com binations as shall present to the public further gua rantees of skill in particular departments of medicine. This la rot the time for particular classes of men to sail out for protection; all that the public can de mand of the civil power, all that the government can do, is, to provide against the destruction of human life by ignorance and folly ; all further development and improvement must be left to tl.e organic power of combination in the profession itself. It has been again and again asserted that the " Medical Registration Bill " would allow the che mist and druggist to act as a medical practitioner, because clause 27 secures to him the exercise of his " trade or business in such manner and as fully and amply t and to all intents and purposes, ssthe same trade or business" has been heretofore carried on. Now we would wish to call attention to the fact, that this clause is copied from the Apothecaries' Act, the very aot, by repealing which, it is said this bill will do so much injury. But no one ever thought of construing the words " trade or business " to mean acting as a physician, surgeon, or apothecary ; and clause 14 of the bill provides, that every person who shall hence forth " act as a physician, surgeon, or apothecary in any . part of Great Bntain or Ireland, without being duly registered," /Inch person shall, on conviction before any magistrate, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds ; and clause 20 provides that every un registered person who shall pretend to be either phy sician, surgeon, or apothecary, or shall take any name implying that he is registered under this act, may be convicted before any magistrate in a penalty of ten pounds. Really these clauses seem sufficiently . definite to secure both the public and the profession from every form of pretension and ignorance. Mr. WAYLLEY is a member of the new parliament. He pledged himself, if returned, to introduce his bill early in its first session. The medical profession in general ought to be immediately on the alert ; for only by zealous and continued exertion on their part can the influence of the London corporations, and of the council of the National Institute, be overcome. evi- HEED-WORSHIP is inherent in the human mind. There is nobody but reveres somebody else. Great minds bow down to the masters in their respective crafts, _great dramatists to SHAHBPRARE, great pain ters to RAPHAEL, great sculptorsto MICHAEL ANGELO, gridto tO ALEXANDER, NAPOLEON, or MARL- Little men have their little heroes. =AM isaks Count D'ORSIAT as an embodied Terdatiso, ed to this planet, to teach its deni sees how to dress and drive. Tailors used to have aatpourings of reverence for GEORGE IV., who wore, to *lir am a higher royalty than that of the sceptre --ass arreedgely of the shopbeard. Every cabman has Roo realised ideal, some king of the ranks, who Moo sharper round corners, and bullies a etre siw fiercely than any of his compeers. The little dad= vagrants of the street, who haunt our dirty_ m a e r ill ble rats, range themselves under some self leader in picking pockets and pitch-and toss law. othing, in fact, so low bat finds some thing a little higher to rift its eyes and thoughts and heart np to. Bat the most extraordinary development of this universal feeling we have yet seen, was announced yesterday by the Horsing Herald, in the following paragraph : ENCOVILIOILYINT TO Acme AID DIDIPINDINT OISTALTIB.-)12. AhAffily, Oi DOotoTe-00111111011111 sad Upper Utopian who died sa tits Sad of Avoid, hos loft • *pay to Sir Peter Laurie of 8001. as • mork of esteem sad rasped Ike his important public cervices u • sasoistrats. Even Sir PETER LAURIE has his worshipper ! There is one man, at least, to whom Sir PETER is • hero, and whose incense rises in the grateful form of a thumping legacy! We should be curious to know for which of Sir achievements this legacy -- left him. Did activity la opposing baths and wash-houses ? was h the testator some honest, though antifpated, admirer of the old fashion of dealing with crime and crimi nals, who mold not endure to see the school martin, a rivalry with the Ores and who sought to reward, in Sir ram, the maintainer of the memorable pro position that adoration inoressea crime ? Perhaps he reverenced in the worthy magistrate the last and cruelest of the Quixote.. Or he may have been a hamourist, who liked to see an alderman of the first city of the empire going hopefully and manfully oat to run a tilt at advertising vans, and then turning his Rosimante of a theory, and his rotten lance of dulness, and his shield of conceit, to the encounter of some great and serious truth, which took him up and whirled him round, and flung him all of a heap, as the milt sail served the poor Knight of La Mancha. He may hare been one of those wicked wits who like to see the cap and bells peeping oat under the judge's wig, the motley under the ermine ; who take a ma licious pleasure in seeing folly in high places, and who relish Sancho's absurdities without Sancho's shrewd ness in a Guildhall realisation of the court•house of Barataria. Or he may have been some secret and malicious enemy of the corporation, who wished to spirit on Sir Parma to fresh freaks and new follies, hoping by his gift to stimulate the process. It is only on some sash theory that one can explain this mysterious bequest, which defies the usual laws of interpretation honestly deduced from the principle of cause and effect. We gave a summary of the following in our yes terday's issue. We have received despatches of Wednesday's date from our Paris correspondent. L'Egoile, a journal understood to be in the confidence of the cabinet, says that a report is prevalent that „ Queen Christina and the government have received intelligence of a disquieting nature from Madrid. It is said that Queen Isabella has resolved to quit Spain and repair to Paris." Nothing to give coun tenance to this has been discovered in any well-in formed quarters. The Bordeaux mail, which is brought to Paris from Tours by railway, did not arrive on Wednesday, sad it was apprehended that the delay was caused by set accident on that line. The Madrid mail, which is brought by the same courier, consequently did not arrive. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prises and Princess de Joinville are staying at Bt. C 1 where the aceouchement of the Duchess d'Aumais:l take place. The Prince de Joinville is not so severely affected by his late illness as was reported. He is not confined to his apartments, and on the contrary enjoys promenades on horseback. The greatest horror was spread through Paris on Wednesday morning by the report of an sasassination, attended by circumstances of unusual ferocity, of which the Duchess de Prahlen, the daughter of Count Sebastiani, has been the victim. Different versions of the affair and of the circumstances supposed to have led to it, were, of course, in circulation. It appears that the Duchess, who was about forty, and the mother of several children, arrived in Paris by the Orleans railway, having come to town to attend some of the university ceremonies, in which some of her children were engaged. She proceeded to her hotel, which is near the British embassy, in the Rue Fan bong St. Honore, where she slept. On Wednesday morning, one of her attendants, on entering her room, found the body of the duchess in the bed, dreadfully disfigured by the weapon with which the murder had been perpetrated. The Procureur du Roi and the authorities of the police were instantly in attendance, and a rigid examination took place of all persons known to have been in the hotel. As there are no indications of robbery, the act is ascribed to private vengeance. Several of the per m= employed in domestic situations in the establiah swat have been placed under arrest, but nothing has itranspired to fix a distinct charge upon them. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 6 o'Cwcx.—The Bordeaux courier with the Madrid mail (delayed by an acci dent on the railway), arrived at the post-office at five o'clock. The despatches have not yet been delivered. Letters from Rome of the 7th, according to the Augsburg Gazette, say that the Pope has extended the amnesty to the military and ecclesiastical persons who have been hitherto excluded from it. MM. Lucca, Averardi, and Vivarelli, who have been im prisoned since 1836 at Cometo, have been set at liberty. Advice. from Naples of the 3rd, say that general uneasiness prevails there. The events which have taken place at Rome produced a serious centre-coup. The Italians, say these accounts, are not satisfied now with the ive development of free institutions, but will ve them at once. Innumerable writings are everywhere put in circulation having this ten dency. The police had arrested a great number of persons charged with being the authors of such pro ductions, but they are represented as being infinitely too numerous to be suppressed by any means of that kind. - Nevertheless, the Slug personally is repre sented as being popular. During his last tour various abuses were disclosed to him, and it is expected that he will suppress them. Troops were ordered to be sent upon the Roman frontier. The Augsburg Gazette says, on the authority of a letter from the Italian frontier, that several Austrian regiments, one of them the 4th Light Horse, quar tered at Radkersburg, in Styria, aro ordered to march for Italy. FRANCE.--Cumous CELESTIAL P11ENu55."......„ On Sunday evening • phenomenon was observed in the heaven, at Paris, resembling in form and splendour a comet of the large and brilliant class. The duration of the appear ance did not exceed thirty seconds. It appeared suddenly with its maximum lustre, which was sufficiently intense to throw a faint light on the objects around the observer not unlike the light sometimes shed by the planet Venus in inter tropical latitudes. The object became gradually, but tepidly, fainter, until it melted away from the vision. Its form was that of • comet with a small and brilliant head, a tail with well-defined parallel sides without perceptible divergence. The total length was from ißaen to twenty degrees; the breadth a6out fifteen minutes of • de- Thegree. object was manifested in the Mavens in • direetion east or nearly so, end at an altitude et about sixty degrees, the direction of its length being media to the horizon. The time of its appearance was forty Wean pest eight p.m. The firmament was b, but free from simds, and the stars of the second and thi rd magnitudes wane dih tinctly.visible, The elements of its position and impilwie here given are by estimation, the Observer being unprodiloi with any means of instrumiatei mramsomsat at the mis. meat. All the appearances bra meatimet were Idiom& by two observers, from wham this statomost has bola vs. wired, one of them having base aectutomet to wised., sa. searches. The place whose**, phenomemen was men was the grand avenue of the Ohm. Elystes. Tun BEATPIALLON AND M2OPLIEVILLEY AFFAIR.— The Cour Age& de Perk ha ellieleasod the . irsellem of M. Rosemead de VIOL sr Sedum Perrot do Cliseelke, te The mi ee NCOwitemeel t _emi mitniall2 De ,Mom Toloff, bays given Mir bags the jay repperteur. Tie Wit h it is said, y 2 be =Li: ths mead swim of lispesether, maw ths of M. Clisporbes is Loma. It was repeetel. WOW de Imola that the eat mom of the assusal eN sand as loasedise. bat mar* Beuit a rva Thom wee she mash Islk of a osreasz eduri t plass in the mono of this week, at the the trial, Who maid which was re malimmatila of elognevilley, maim ma ohm mai or a ll going I . )y the name of Mos. a fter h a bethalsr. TM pseosa ril :=Tbell Mites sal after the trial lothowed apes Yen aumberles prooh of Ow tion and davehinoss. It myelin that the father of M. d'llegteseilley V tostilled the iisize dealing them married. In otesersam MOM some he _has Odom it this the cereeseg tole iirused Is a lbw days in th= of the Oessiorgerie.—Ornatiadirsosi. I/22 MM Mtlarata.—An elderly aseia famed Dercomlek nod his soala.law Couturier, wire recently Infested bean the Court of Amiss of the AM, for having promo* Marguerite Doesembay daughter of the former primmer. The damsel brig of weak intellect and unable to work, ma a beam sa the two, pri mula and the wife of Certudsr, her sister, all of whom wore Is a Mee at wet poverty. One dm, in K oo k l oot , the two mm truth to a notary, sad asked him if the de mind mall ask tamsfer to them her share in a home sad a 1 small pared of LeM which As basset in leminiall bar Mtge. The mew ansysiedths asamtes, nososas of her stars of mind. Same dam asrwiels, Ms egb of Couturier prepared a sapper, moshitag of step, he tsar, and she pothook Mai* serepsayeltithrelnebendondafibm. She then week away leaving the two NAM Mos la the room. Sem ass after, the Mew came him tam dumb. too k the sow, sad, 4.ompllemm with Coutraires emussa, drank rather nos this usweL Ohm* oboe ohs lope es vomit, bat Osuirador midi ilea dieer Ms drib to sews& her. lie pm her Mas and am whisk masa her visaed pains and vemietridist this ems ming be father came to her aad the drossast -yagorw her anis round hia auk him to remain, but he n , aed. As . _ . was relieved by east her sister Pee hiss. jeliel lehe ata ' in great aguay, and on bar boda _Y besag Aker cm' tity of arsenic was found, fleas was no desk that dee had been plumed. In WO= te these facto, it we= that about a nom* Ware **murder the two went to • dragsters is bay the arsenic, and when tr seised It, Deicombes gave it to his SOU-iO-11w, IL said " Take can of your casusence, and don't make a bad use of this poises." The jury sequined Desoombes, but declared Couturier guilty, and the court condemned him to death. The wrUched man abed tears on hearing the sentence. The public was much affected, no condemnation to death having been pronounced for many years by the Court of Amine of the Ain. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Ay°. 16. —Tug DUTCH-PRUSSIAN TILNATT.—TRO official bulletin of Prussia, published on thel3th of August,states:—" The treaty of their Majesties the King of the Netherlands and the King of Prude, by which his Majesty of the Netherlands, in his capacity of Grand Duke of Luxemburg, engaged to pro long the treaty of adhesion to the customs-union of Gee. many,conclitded on the Bth February, 1832. A modification only has been made relative to the decimal system of weights and ISIONITIS, as well as relative to French money, which ecutinues in simulation in the Grand Duchy. The new treaty was signed at the Hague on the 2nd of April; and the rati fication and exchanges of signature took place on the 15th of July." PRUSSIA.—The Breelauer Zeitung states that the Prince of Canino experienced a very friendly reception from the King at the reviews in Breslau. It is added that the prince, being a Roman c tiaen, kis Majesty convened with him for several hours on the reforms undertaken by the Pope, end expressed a swat sense of personal esteem for his hulks.,, and admiration of his courageous and generous policy. The prince is mid to have been astonished by the enthusiastic attachment expressed by the protestant King towards the head of the Romish church. It is hoped that this circumstance will convince the Italians that the hostility to Italian nationality and program in freedom is not German, but merely Austria. WUZZBURG.—LOLA MOSTES AGAIN.—LoIa Montes has again excited public attention. She was some days ago at Wurxburg, where her present* made the autho rities deem it necessary to take such measures as should pre vent any offensive demonstration towards her. The notorious animate having repaired to the court garden, which is the public promenade of this town, the sentinel on duty at the gate wished to prevent her dogs from accompanying her. Irritated at such impertinence she knocked off his cep with her parasol. An officer coming up informed Millie. Lola that the soldier had only obeyed his orders; but he himself nearly shared the same fate: the haughty Spaniard's sole an swer was, that he was but a boor for presuming to speak to her with his hat on. The crowd, oolleeted by this scene, followed Lola Monies home, hooting and hissing. Patrol, were sent through the town in the evening to prevent further disturbance, but they could not prevent the public disappro bation being manifested. The fair Spaniard left their lance_ pitable town the next morning.— Constitutionnel. THE RinNE, AUG. 4.—The Russian government has ordered a quantity of steam-engines for its navy, at the foundry of Seraing, and they are now on their way to St. Petersburg ; it has, at the Fame time, formed engage ments with ship-builders of Belgium, Holland, and Ger many. This is a most important measure for trade. The first care of government will be, to have steamers built for the Wel" which, it is well known, crosses Russia from north to south; as it falls into the Caspian Sea, and is joined to Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland by the canal of Tus the result will be that the navigation on this river will establish a communication between the two seas, which has till now been deemed impossible. The productions of the inland governments of Russia, which till now had no outlets, will then be brought to market; the corn-warehouses and the forests cf Russia will open to us the trea sures they contain, as it is proposed to extend steam navigation to other great rivers, such as the Duna, Den, Dnieper, and the Bug. Henceforward Ukraine, Tauris, Bessa rabia, Great Ru ssi a, Western Russia, and the provinces of the Baltic, will paeans much greater influence over the torn trade of Europe than America now enjoys. Had Russia possessed steamers, the scarcity which has this year afflicted the remainder of Europe would not have been so severe; corn could have been conveyed to the ports and exported thence. The clear aightedness of the Emperor soon descried what was necessary to give new impulse to the com mercial industry of the land, and he will certainly show the same energy in putting this idea into execution as he has displayed in forming it.—Corutitutionnel. HANOVER.—Gormotg, Atm. 10.—A beautiful scene was presented in our fields on Sunday last. In the midst of the greatest abundance of corn, and other fruits of the earth, many of our congregations, in the thankfulness of their hearts for the extraordinary bounty of providence, as. ambled for the purpose of divine worship under the open canopy of heaven, to return special thanks to Almighty God fur the manifest proof of his beneficence which surrounded them on all sides. Wonderful indeed is the change which has taken place here within the last few months. The people who were then wandering, and in vain seeking for employment, are now all full of life, health, and activity ; the reopen and threshers are everywhere at work—the mill going day and night, and aair of thankful enjoyment pervading every countenance. Cern, which was 3 dolls. and 20 greschen above the Dermal oos, has now actually fallen to 1 doll. and al grow-hen Mow it. RUSSIA. A correspondent writes on the Bth teem 81. Petersburg " Passports for abroad have hitherto east dear in Russia. They are given only for six months, and if at the end of that time a traveller does not return to Russia, he most pay the price for a new passport, and thus repeat the payment for every six months he remains out of his country; otherwise be forfeits his civil rights, and his property is confluated. The Emperor, however, has now come to a decision that passports for abroad shall be de livered gratis, and for an unlimited time, to students of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, as well as to all men of science and literature who shall produce certificates from the Imperial Academy of Sciences, stating that a journey into foreign countries will be useful and beneficial to them, by improving them in the science they cultivate." POLAND.—A letter fromWareaw, of the 2d, says : " The new penal cede, which has been adopted by our go vernment, and will supersede the French penal code, still in three in Poland, is nearly a literal transcript of that of Eatais. It will be brought into force from the let January salt, and then, in criminal legislation, the people of this metre will be upon the same footing as the people of Ilautia." EGYPT.—CAIRO.—A new regulation, published *the viceroy, has given rise to a very important ameliora tion in this immense city. It consists in the numbering of the houses, and in the putting up plates indicating the tames of the streets. According to the census made in order to attain this result, Cairo contains 55 quarters, 75 gates, $OO mosque, and about 5,.000 houses. The viceroy, it ap pears, Woe great interest in the names of the streets, and the following facts will enable us to judge of his tendencies. One of the principal squares of the quarter where are the bazaars of the Franks, is to be called France-street ; there will be a Buonaparte-street, Louis Philippe-street, and Paris-street. There will also be Victoria-street and Londnn street. He has also given orders that, in the most im portant saguaro of the twelve principal quarters, is to be placed a small pyramidal monument, in Wok marble, on which, during the rise of the river, the police are directed to inscribe, day by day, the level of the waters of the Nile.— Conslitutionssel. DEPARTURE OF THE CALEDONIA.—This vessel, commanded by Capt. Lltt, sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Halifax sad Boston, with a large cargo and a full comple ment of pawners. She Likewise took out 'penis to the amount of 40,0001. lax Court. • Intelligence has been received in lawn of the death of the infant son of the lion. R. Alseterontby (her Majesty's Minister at the court o f Turin) and Lady M. Aberatomby. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Celonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon. The Earl of Minto and Viscount and Viscountess Malgund have arrived at Minto Castle, Roxburghahire. HER MAJESTY'S VOYAGE. A correspondent, dating " Rothesay, Wednesday uterning," describes the anchoring of the squadron in Rothe say Day s i tt i li p zi o vions night es accompanied with one of the mot sights which had greeted the royal party slaw Its imam, Clyde. AU round this picturesque bay rpm lalillMfetlnca illuminated, and the fireworks, of a variety of kiwEb Wbidi were thrown up at 'fathom, as well se from ths stanatess Ashland and Viceroy, were truly isagaiissat. • large Weise yea ales Moiled, and kept birds' kr • Log& of limp ~ orivaltirliker," continuo the embed " wit the NNW inamistation, the bowfin, the fireworks sa eheme mai km the seesaws la the bay, sombheed with the will* ihasesaMe akesiks Ise 'odium's( the 10101 % 1 = Mciter mast hi le hare bass auk Mona with** gems' Misplay, asi trill doable* net sees beget the away peek then preesalled of Moir Brwelsoke." inissahar whersistthe royal fleet was threading its any droasktiss Myhre Bate, and Loch Fyne, towards In ventory. A reporter at this plass sends the following account of the rimations :—At the castle everything is in rendi tion to - de bonier and to give a 'Highland welcome to our psalm sovereign. A battery of *mama is mounted to fire a royal salute. Oa her Majesty's isstams, skis is to be re. whist by the Peeves and =gist:ales ef the burgh, who :ill s zemat as and it is elm lei{ the es•iissosa will tender their welallwe sa ths =it:eseasioa. It is inhaled at mine dm= a posit his Itok o lliglmma Prince with hosiess of the astiosod in • *sot bum At the pies whim has is to land, • assogiod walk hen been eetekit„ o f at 158 yards Irr t = It k esestrakei al Oho y hatossof with seas greens sad a reef of whits doth trill Ms% i rd ill as et sit* Is to le eves= eeeekit el*. Tram thk wawa plkry to the e to the Duke of Area% pasitde„ tem hare bees *Mai ea the side of the sink sac Is the Lash, giving ft somewhat the apple.= of as alanik A magnificent triesphal arch, perrefallp helsesai elk flowers and asi stlikilins law boa aressi Thet t u ts fee iisiriblika at is pike. Sles alaas at the amp el the chaos cillaS ea atlawa marque is upwards of 40 feet long by 20 broad, and is capable of dining one hundred persons. The various arches u well as this temporary apartment are ornamented with heather messed and various mountain shrubs. The town is thronged with gentlemen in tartan costume, and all are on the qui rive for her Majesty's arrival. On Tuesday a steamer arrived from Islay, with about one hundred and sixty stalwart highlanders, in full col. tutu, armed with Lochaber axes. Campbell of Islay, their chieftain, came down from the castle, accompanied by his two WWI, clad in a highland undress of shepherd tartan. On his approach his clan saluted him with three hearty highland cheers. The Islaymen bore a flag, bearing the inscription,' Long lire Queen Victoria,' which was carried by Mr. Campbell, jun., of Rockside. The procession moved along the avenue, and passed in front of the castle, when they were received by her Grace the Duchess of Argyle, who was standing on the landing stair of the castle. The party proceded up Glen Any, and halted at the foot of Duna. guaich, near to the delightful farm of Tombreck'd, where they underwent a few evolutions, piled their arms, and dis persed over the grounds. In the afternoon, the Celtic Society had a turn-out at the camp in their magnificent nisi. form, and marched along the lawn and into the town. Business in Inverary, for the last two days, bar been en tirely suspended, and nothing is talked of, or thought of, but the bighlanden and the Queen's visit. We have not earnt of any new arrivals at the castle." BOOKSELLERS' PROTIDENT INSTITUTION AND RE IILEAT.—Last evening a meeting of the directors of these in stitutions for aged and infirm members was held at the cons. mittee.rooras, in Paternoster-row. The statement of the progress the society , has made since its institution in 1836, wv very encouraging. During the past year relief lad been afforded to 25 sick and distressed retail booksellers and assistants, at a cost of 2871. ss. Notwithstanding the large calls upon the funds of the institution during the put year, upwards of 7001. has been added to the permanent fund , which nearly reaches the sum of 16,0001. The " Re treat," which is situate at Abbotts Langley, was opened in July, 1846, the funds for which, from the contributions at the opening, which amounted to 810/., coupled with a liberal donation of 6001. Three per Cent. Consols under the will of the late John Harris, Esq., are in a satisfactory state. Only two of the houses are at present occupied; but it is expected that the applications for admission will shortly be far more numerous than there will be accommodation tor. The assistance granted to members of the trade sisice 1840 amounted to 1,0301. 13s. THE UNIVERSAL SALVAGE COMPANT.-Yesterday the annual general meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held in the board-room of the offices of the company, 12, Old Jewry Chambers, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors on the present position of the company's affairs, and to elect three directors and one auditor, in the room of Sir R. Price, Bart., Cal Coffin, Capt. Price, and Mr. Lund, who ge out by rotation. Lord Viscount ngestre, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. -Mr. Warren, the secretary, then proceeded to read the report of the directors for the past year, from which it appeared, that owing to the fallen of the directors in carry ing out the objects for which the company was formed, the great mass of debts that had been incurred, and the inability of the company to meet the demands upon them, they had been called upon to have recourse to proceedings against shareholders is a court of law, to recover the amounts for which they were liable to the company. Those proceedings' were still pending. and, on the contrary, a bill in equity had been filed against the directors to compel them to go into en account, and praying for a dissolution of the company. The directors regretted the position in which they had been placed, owing to the non-payment by the shareholders of the calla made upon them an respect of their shares, as also the non-payment of shares subscribed for • but the directors feeling assured it was the wisest and most bCneiicial course for them to adopt to endeavour to effect an amicable, equitable, and just arrangement between themselves and the share holders, by the sacrifice of the debts due to them upon receiving a bond of indemnity from the shareholders to indemnify them against all suits actions, and dams whatsoever, were prepared on obtaining that bentaity to retire from the direction, with a view to a die. suidatlon of the company. Negociations had commenced to carry out that object, but up to the present nothing satisfac tory result had been attained. In the meantime the di vision reported that since the last meeting they had Ina l ark eageged in reducing the expense, and in finding lark by age ea the shareholders, and by the sale of the Lee Issmar. eat their stores and damaged apparatus. This they regesteal bed only been done with partial success ; the Lee rearisid unsold. The debts and liabilities et the company must be pail up. and it as the Merited. wierequence that each shareholder should enbaarlbse b=11 ,3 to the amount of his shares. Alm =sew • n the directors felt that, looking at the yadtlea a the emptily, and with a view to protect the dew fide directors and shareholders whose calls had been phi up from bode" net unfair and unequal liability, that they should avail thsseseivee of the provisions of the 7 & Viet., cap. 3, by penis s declaration of the insolvency of the company, with ths ideation of its being filed ; that had, however, been delayed, there being two months allowed for that purpose to see what the result of the present negociations were for a final settlement of the differences between the &esteem and the scrip sad shareholders. The direr, tin finflhar reported that they were willing to retire on seallella that all tent, bills, and salaries were paid, and Mal dm druid he iudemnified from all liability el way paha* ea behalf of the company. Those terms having boa selected to, the directors were compelled to file the dissiersuon of insolvency. The financial report was then red. The receipts between the 26th October, 1816, and 15th July, 1847, including balance in hand at last account of 3461. 195., amounted to 2,4271. 17s. 10d., the sum of 1.570 1 . 134.6 d. having been received in respect of the calls on 872 shares; end the expenditure, including debts paid, 1,642!. 18e. 7d., amounted to 2,6321. lls 4d., leaving a balance due to the secretary of 2041. 13s. 61, the sum of 11. 14s. 104.. only remaining in the hands of the bankers. The liabilities of the company amount to 3,9671. 9s. Id., sad the assets (which, it was stated, were not available, and no chance of their realisation) amounted to 8,577/. 16s. 4d., giving a balance exceeding the liabilities, when realised. of 4,6101. 71. 3d., that item including 4,0001. for the steamer Lee, and machinery relating to' Austin's patent" Shares homed, 2,2061. ; capital, 55,150/. ; and deposits, 11,0301.-Mr. Lund, in moving that the report be received and adopted, said he regretted that the directors required es large a sum aa 10,0001. for indemnity, but justified the de claration of insolvency.-Col. Coffin seconded the motion.- Mr. Ruck, a shareholder, deprecated the conduct of the directors. The shareholders were desirous of keeping the company afloat, but they were frustrated by the conduct of the directors. A long and angry discusaion thee ensued between the directors and shereholders, which being of a personal recriminatory character formed no part of the proceedings of the meeting.-Lord Ingestre then moved the re-election of Sir R. Prioe, Bart., Col. Coffin, and Capt Price, as directors, and Mr. Lund as auditor. -Mr. Ruck moved an amendment, that the directors be requested to retire.-Mr. Austin seconded the amendment -The amend ment having been put and negatived, the original motioa was carried.-A vote of thanks baring been passed to the noble chairman, the meeting broke up. REPORTED DEATH OP THE KING OF THE FRENCH. The absurd rumour we mentioned yesterday seems to have created greater consternation at Leeds, where it arrived on Wednesday morning, than at any other place on the northern lines. The account was brought by a railway mad guard, who stated the electric telegraph at Normanton had been instructed to forward the intelligence to the Queen in Scotland. One of the newspapers announced that it would publish an extraordinary edition on the arrival of the parti culars, but was deprived of that distinction in the atternooa, when the London newspapers came to hand without the mention of even any rumour on the subject. FENSIONS.-A return ordered by Mr. T. S. Dea -1 cembe, M.P. for Finsbury, exhibits the following names of persons to whom pensions have been granted since the alal ment of the separate fund of 1,2004, viz.:-Lay 110Mey Morgan, a pension of 3001. ; Profesmr SM. ; Sarah Mean, 401. ; the Gibbons family, 501. ; Mrs. M'Arthur, 2001. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Durwood, 2001. (fallen in by death) ,• Mrs. Plunkett, 1001. ; Mary Banns, 401.; 8k J. Newport, Bart., 1,0001. (fallen in) ; the Aldridge fandl, 251. ; Mary Lander, 1001. ; Dr. Browne, LL.D., 1001 Bev. 11. Bares (her Majesty's German tutor), 1001. ; Weer G. Guanarosti (her Majesty's Italian master), 511 01 / J. B. Sale (her Majesty's 'tinging master), 1001. ; Mr. Steward (her Msjesty's writing muter), 100 1 . ; M . Grandineare (her Majesty's French master), 1001.; Mfg Lucy Anderson (her Majesty's music mistress), 1001.; Madame Sarah Bourdin (her Majesty's dancing mates) 1001. ,• Mr. Williams , 201. (fallen in) Mr. T. Walker , 204 Mr. Morgan, 20!. ; Mr. P. W. Dean, 1001. ; the Mara Kennedy, 1001.; Mr. George Burgess 1001. ; Mr. T. Web ster, 5011 ; Rev. T. Kidd, 1001. ; Mr. B. Thorpe, 40 2 •1 11 f• Snow Harris, 300/. • Miss Sophia Wrenn', 01.•. Moe Catherine Jeremie, '2001.; Dr. Anater, LL.D., 1501. • the Rev. Francis Cary, 2001. (fallen in); Mrs. Jones, 1001. ;Mee Clipperton, 501. ; the Bareness Lelnen, 4001. ; the Mina Kennedy (an additional pension), 2001. ; the poet Iss° Worlsworth, 3001.; W. Curtis, 1001.; Professor Owes, 2001. ,• Dame Maria Bell, 1001. • Miss Drummond, SOL Mr. Brown, 2001. • Dame Floretitia Sale, 600 ! . • ' Sir W. & Hamilton, Knigh t. Knigh t.2ool.; Mr. Tytler, the historian, 2001 • i Mrs. Jane Hood, 1001. • the four Misses Robertson, da owl the two Mimes Stodd art, 751. each ; Mademoiselle & D'Este, 5001. ; Clara Maria Susanna Lowe, 501. • Ma A. dan selle Viten (additional pension), 5001. (so tha t: kir now enjoys a pennon of 1,000 1 . from the public); Do i She*, WOl. ; the poet Alfred Tennyson, W 01.; redu"!_,, Forbes, 200/. ; Mrs. London, 1001.; the Misses Shea, the two Miami M'Caakill, 5 each • Catherine Tsyter , Dr. S. Bluefield, D.D., 2001. ; B. Rarton, 1001. Mr. J. M'Cullooh 2001.; Mary Haydn, 601.; Mears. Wiestea" , and Lloyd (for Dunne rendered by their ancestors Charles I.), 2.51. each ; Mr. Wildenpin, IDOL ; Mrs. 00 601. ; Mrs. Turnbull, 501. • and Mrs. Garwood - The pensions to males are generally granted in considers:ic e of literary or scientific services and attainments, en ds, err Ow" to females for the sake of their deceased husbands, relatives. OP OCTLAWltY.—Yesterdly *0 following were called upon by the bailiff to the sheriff of Middlesex to surrender, or to stand severally outlawed Andrew Henry LArthur Hogue, Philip B. Laois Stephen Bradley, Pitch, Herbert Cornwall, 1.," William Montagu e, John Hunter, Henry J. Hunter, Bog** Norman, and Sir Howard Elphi ne tone, Bert. BRADFORD NEW CORPORATION.—The go • Taiwinf body of this new ineorporation wee fully completed on Wow by the election of 14 aldermen and the mayor. Si was *boom mayor, and Mr, Jr. A. Cooper , following copy cuitom. then , - the Caw " • THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1847. I I