The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

Laing. coin rd iogoti cash in the branch teuska... ..... Dos orer clue Bill! Vit acceptances in resin ..... po. do. in brunch Wks 140,2.53,130 97 132,055,222 39 Rilmners on bullion .. 16,812,200 0 13,978,217 10 Ad...meson Vrench public, funds 37,876,490 63 37,778,296 65 foleanees on French public hinds by branch banks Adesnoes to the state on Tremor, . .... .. ...... .. . .......... Adesncea to the Maw on loom at 1.110 million. 23,000,000 0 25,000,000 0 sock f o rmiag rowel ....... .... sck, disposable funds. 11,217,660 71 13,213,209 31 lnrestment of new fused banks to pubic binds . Bank buildings end furniture 4,090,0W 0 4,000,000 0 Rod proialtv of brenrh bunks 2,025, 000 0 2,0 00 , 000 0 Interest in Alorra Rank I n ternet in Nalioll.l DM mint Itsrik 200000 0 2944000 0 Interect of branch bottle in the prONSIonI1Cl1:11 D WlRlldiaeount Banks of the • 2.30,nn0 0 210,000 0 Protested bill,. Protested Mlle in branch banks 10,915,342 0 10,973,123 0 hoiprearsof manalirment s:spruces 0 4 management of Nam& banks 09,300 0 117,940 0 6uo.kur __ _ _ .. _. .. ..__ .... ... 61d,930,339,60 15,979,812 lb The Madrid mails of the Gth have arrived. M. Gonzales Unix°, on arriving at Cadiz, had been shut up in one of the ports, and had not been embarked for the Philippihee es was tearer!. There W 24 no Bourse, the day being Sunday. ITALY Great solicitude is felt for the state of Lombardy, and particularly its capital. The spirit of vengeance which would, no doubt, break forth against the unfor tunate M ilenese • he moment the Austrian army regained possession of the capital, is regarded with greatatixiety. A capitulation was signed on the sth, at the Austrian head-quartera, within the walls of Milan, in the pre sence of the consuls of France and England, in virtue of which the lives and properties of the inhabitants were guaranteed, and fatty-eight hours allowed for the Piedmontese alloy to retire behind the Ticino. The reports which we gave yesterday from the Swiss journals of the ,'lncritcs at Milan on the sth, and of the alleged measures to which Charles Albert was driven must, be taken with much reserve. Marshal Radetzki had four divisions of his army, besides a division of reserve, each of these consisting of from fifteen to twenty thousand men. Three divisions, with the reserve, acted against Milan. The fourth attacked the litc of the Po. Since writing the above we have received advices from Turin of the 7th, which confirm the news of the evacuation of Milan by the l'iedmontese army, in con sequence of a capitulation and the retirement of that army beyond the Ticino. Letters from Rome of the 2d announce the definitive retirement of Count Mamiani. That minister has made the following propositions toile Chamber of Deputies —l. 'iu oi.en a voluntary en rolment in all the cities of the state. 2. To extend the mobilisation of the national guard to 12,0 '0 men. 3. To authorise the Minister of War to employ foreign soldiers to the amount of 12,000 men. 4. To employ a foreign general officer to take the command of the troops. An address to Tuscany, Sardinia, and Naples, for the prosecution of the war, was voted in the chamber. NAPLES.—We have received despatches from our Naples correspondent, dated the 4th inst. The dif ference which had arisen with the English authorities, in consequence of shots fired on a British vessel without explanation given, had been arranged, the Minister of Foreign :Milting having made an ample apology to the British ambassador. As the attempt to exact the forced ban from the British merchants was abandoned, the or.ly point of difference which re mained unadjusted, related to the capture of a Sicilian vessel in the waters of Corfu, by a Neapolitan ves sel under the British fl ig. This was attempted to be explained—first, by stating that the British flag had been lowered, and the Neapolitan flag raised before a shot was tired; and, beconeLy, that the capture was effected at a distance of not less than 20 miles frier. Corfu. The truth of the latter statement being denied by the British admiral, the log of the Neap- litan vessel was demanded, and on being inspected it was found that an erasure had been made, and on con- I structing a diagram of the ship's course, it was I found that the distance from Corfu at the moment 'l the capture could not have been more than five miles. Another fact corroborated this. An individual who escaped from the captured vessel, by jumping over board, swam safely to Corfu. The British admiral sent the log to Corfu to the Lord High Commissioner, to be strictly examined. At the return of the report from Corfu he would demand such measures of repa ration as the circumstances might appear to justify, and in the event of refusal, await instructions from London. The expedition to Sicily had been sus pended. The number of Sicilians captured in the vessel off Corfu was 612. They were imprisoned at Nisida. On the 3rd, the Fives were done at 851. GERMANY. SNVI' PRUSSIA.—We have Berlin papers of the 9th. The partisans of the ministry still repeat, with some thing like confidence, that a truce will be shortly agreed to by Prussia and Denina-k. It is now cer tain that the Iterli'i cabinet and the Frankfort consti tuent assembly are at variance respecting the neces sity or advantage of arranging terms of peace. Prussia having already expended four millions of thalers in war expenses, besides having incurred through the war a loss of some six millions of thalers in trade and commerce, is not over-disposed to make further sacrifices, particul irly as the national consti tuent assembly di3 not think proper to place either the King of Prussia at the head of the empire, or his brother at the head of the forces of the confederation. As for the people of Berlin, they appear to be more occupied with their local affairs, and particularly with the constable question, than with the Danish question. That body is M coming every day more and more ma pular, and it is likely that in a few days the constitu ent assembly will either vote for the total dissolution of that corps, or fur a cora iderable restriction of its ers.—A case of Asiatic cholera has been officially announced at l'osen. It did not, however, terminate fatally. A quantity of silver coin, to the value of more than one million of thalers, has lately passed through Breslau, to route from Hamburg to Vienna. AUSTRIA.—A letter from Innspruck of the sth inst. in the A valturg Gazette gives the following answer made by the Emperor of Austria to the depu tation from the Austrian diet. He said, "1 ant pleased at receiving the members of the constituent diet. Always alive to the wishes of my people, I shall have much pleasure in conforming to the wishes of their representatives, and return to Vienna. Notwithstand ing the unfavour - ble eta'e of my health, I shall re turn to my faithful Austrians on the Bth of August." FRANKFORT. There was another stormy sitting on the Nth, in consequence of the vice-president being called upon to reprimand Herr Brentano for his diiorderlyconduct on the previous day. The tumult rose again to such a height that the assembly was adjourned for one hour. When the sitting was re newrd, Heir Brentano ascended the tribune, amidst the eteers of the pt•tsims assembled in the public gee:les; whereupon the vice-president ordered " all strangers" (including the reporters) to withdraw. Subsequently the latter were allowed to return, but the motion to admit the general public was negatived by 380 to 91. An animated discussion then ensued on the petition for a general amnesty for political offenders. Finally, the assembly voted the order of the day, by a majority of 311 . to 90; thus virtually declaring against the amnesty. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, The Minister of the Marine at Copenhagen has I given notice that, besides the already blockaded har bours of Schweinmunde, Wolgast, and Camin, as also Kiel, and Schleswig Canal, at ttoitettu, the following are to be hleckarled from the lath of this month : Greifswalde and the eastern entrance of Streisand, the month of the Elbe, the Weser, and Jande. This has been made known to the friendly and neutral powers, at the command of his Majesty. The same notification will he given to all ships passing the Sound and the No other harbours are to be considered in a s tate of blockade until further orders. From Stockholm, under date August 2, we learn that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has returned to Stockholm. The commander of the Swedish troops in Funen, General Lowenheiler, has contradicted the report that the Swedish troops had petitioned to take an active part in the Schleswig-liolstein question. fn consequence of the difficulties which have arisen in the negotiation for peace between Germany and Denmark, the King has postponed his return to St Jckholm. 1,-BERNE, AUG. ru- moured in Berne that the diet hair resolved to place 16,000 men on the frontiers of Switzerland, in order to guard against any sudden irruption on the part of the Austrians ; but that it has Rinsed to allow a French army to pass through Switzerland, a request to that effect having been made by the Duke of Litta, a delegate from the provisional government of Milan. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1848. and men of the Royal and East India Company's sappers and miners, upon the space of grouna between the left of Chatham lines and the old Hernwork, which is bounded at one extremity by the Terrace bastion, and at the other by Prince Frederick's bastion. The citadel to be preserved consisted of the two bastions referred to, with the surrounding lunatic& tions, occupying an area of about 1.50 acres, while the field fur the operation of the besieging party was the valley be yond, and separated therefrom on one aide by St. Mary's Creek, and on all the other sides by an entrenehmtnt 30 felt deep. The operations yesterday consisted in a surprise of the garrison by a besieging army, who had previously invested the ou.works, and thrown up trenches to within a abort distance of the citadel ; but who, on the approach of a superior force, had retired for a time with the intention of renewing the attack when the reserve army had withdrawn. This opportunity was sup posed to have occurred at the commencement of the move ments. The public were admitted within the garriadi and allowed to take up such po+itions as might be accept. d without danger to themselves. When the staff arrived the scene presented was exceedingly animated, not less than from 35,000 to 40,1100 spectators being within the lines. The roofs of the long line of buildings, known an the Casemate Bit racks, were covered with spectators. The garrison was com posed of a squadron of cavalry and detachments of the r. iyal artillery, of the royal and East India Company's sappers and miners, and of the prOTilliolllll battalion, including depots of various regiments stationed at Chatham. The assaulting party was comp tied of three columns. The left column was formed of the left wing of the 17th Regiment and one com pany of the right wing. The light company of this regiment was thrown out as skirmishers to cover the lett and centre columns. The centre column consisted of the royal artillery and the remainder of the 17th Regiment. The right co lumn was compelled of royal and East India Company's Sappers and Miners, and of detachments of the It. tyal Marines and of the provisional batalion. In advancing to the attack this column was preceded by an infantry pontoon bridge, carried by 100 men of the provisional battalion. On the word of command being given the three columns ad vaned simultaneously, the centre and left columns to the escalade of the outer lines, and the right column to extend the bridge across St. Mary's-creek, a breach and stockade closing the passage of that point of the fortifict lions. The centre and lett columns having advanced to the escalade covered by their skirmishers, opened a brisk fire on the gun ner+ and the infantry lining the parapets, while the scaling ladders were lowered into the entrenchments surrounding the fortification, carried across, and placed against the soap. On the simulants reaching the glade the garrison opened a steady fire of &fluttery and a ratting fire of musketry upon them, which they continued until the besiegers began to menet the scarp, when the garrison re tired about 100 yards nearer the citadel. The outer lints were then taken possession of by the ass.ilante, who turned the artillery upon the garrison and kept a running fire under cover of a breastwork. A squadron of cavalry here advanced upon the assailants and endeavoured to hareem them, but ultimately withdrew within the inner line. While these active movements were going on upon the left and centre of the attack, the right column had succeeded in fixing their bridge across the creek, and in a few moments the stockade, consisting of an immense quantity of heavy timber and earth work, exploded, darkening the ag over an immense space, and shivering . each log of wood composing it into a thousand pieces . This was the signal for the advance of the column across the bridge. The garrison at thin juncture retired at all points, hut not without disputing every inch of ground, under cover of a heavy fire of artillery from the Cumberland and l'rinee Frederick's taistions. The besieging parties continued to press the garrison towards the citadel, into which they u.ti mutely retired. The assail nits then exploded several mines, and the garrison having retired from the citadel, the be siegers obtained possession. The operations did not close until after six o'clock. IRELAND. Avo. 11. The Freeman of this morning announces that the mission of the Rev. Mr. Mackey has been "in a great degree successful," and adds, that so soon as he can communicate its result to the parties most in terested, the flying column of Gen. M'Donnell can he removed from their tents, the constabulary again separated to their stations, and all the necessary pre cautions the time required laid aside. I have some reason to doubt whether the reverend interceder ob tained any more than a general assurance that her Majesty's government would administer the law with as much leaning towards mercy as was consi'tent with the public advantage, and that severity would not unnecessarily be had recourse to. A veered laden with gunpowder (600 barrels) was yesterday seized in Dungarvan Bay. It is said her papers are irregular. Lord Stuart of Decks, lieutenant of Waterford, has addressed the magistracy of this county, recommend ing them to enrol speciel constables in those districts whence the constabulary have been withdrawn--a most judicious precept if the magistrates desire to have property respected. After some fencing, legally and personally also— for we must have these little incidents in our gravest discussions—the first of the trials of the political offenders now in custody commenced yesterday. At three o'clock, the swearing of the jurors having been completed, the Attorney-General commeneed to ad dress the court, and laid the offence before it in calm and unimpassioned terms. The counsel for the pri soners did not proceed to-day on the affidavits of which they had given not:ce yesterday, and for this cause I suggested that they received reason to con clude that if the court should be of opinion the affida vits disclosed sufficient to warrant the postpone ment the court would take other steps to bring the prisoners in another shape before a court of justice where no motion for postponement would be listened to. At the sitting of the court the question was again raised whether or not Mr. Duffy had a right to plead then and to have his plea recorded, as the arraignment was complete. Some discussion took place upon this subject, but the court, deciding in the plain common sense view cf the subject, held that Mr. Days arraignment had not been completed as he had not pleaded, therefore the objection of the crown to re cording any plea then niust be allowed. The crown did not apply for an indefinite postponement of the arraignment. The Attorney-General, in the cour-e of this discussiop, openly avowed that his object was in seeking the postponement of the record of Duffy's plea, that he did not wish to conclude himself from pro ceeding: against Mr. Duffy, if he should see fit, for high treason. Mr. Duffy counsel exclaimed against the intimation as uncon stitutional, but it settled the question of the affida vits and the pleas also. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Butt had a legal "set-to " &miner this part of the case, which would be better omitted. Certainly our legal officials sometimes manifest an absence of dignified temper not desirable. Su much having Meshed, the swearing of the jurors was proceeded with, and here a legal objection was rail). d, which seemingly came upon the crown by surprise. It was this: under an old charter of Henry V., the property, whether personal or otherwise, of all felons was granted to the lord mayor, corporation, and burgesses of Dublin. When a burgess of Dublin, therefore, came to the book to be sworn, Sir Colossi) O'Loghlen put in a challenge to the Itror on the ground that he was a party interested, as being by law declared en titled to participate in the property of the prisoner should he be found guilty. This was the substantial ground of challenge, but it was varied in twa or three other itistanc , s by the addition of certain aver ments (Maimed nesessary by prisoner's counsel. The crown, on considering the ease for an hour, decided on demurring to the eh illenge. The demurrer being handed in, the court allowed it ; but the challenge and demurrer are placed upon the record, so that if prisoner's counsel should be of opinion that the point is of value, a writ of error may be brouse,t thereon. The prisoner challm‘ged one juror for cause, and twenty absolutely. 'fhe crown did not order more than three to "staild by." The jury is, it is admitted, an impartial one. Several of those called were fined for non-attendance. COMMISSION COURT, Aro. 10. TILE QUEEN T. DUFEIC.—After some discussion (a sketch of whica will be found above) the motion for postponi-g this trial was allowed to stand over, the prisoner's attorney under taking to furnish copies of the necessary affidavits to the crown solicitor. THE QUEEN v. KEVIN Iron OTOHERTY.—FELONY.— Kevin In sd O'Doherty was then placed at the bar, to take his trial on the charges on which he was arraigned on the preceding day, namely, for imagining, devising, and intend ing to depose the Queen from her royal style, title, and ho nour, of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom, which imagination, intention, &c., were indicated by articles pub lished in the Tribune newspaper, and also for intend ing, &e., to levy war against her Majesty.—On the case having been called on, and proclamation for a jury having been made, the clerk of the crown called over the panel, about half ot whom answered to their names. At the suggestion of the Attorney-General, the Court or dered that the absent jurors should be called on a tine of 20/. each, which produced a slight increase to the number pre- eet ; but that p enalty having failed in pro curing the desired effect, the Chief Baron ordered that those absent shout I be called on a fine of 30/ , and a few addi tional jurors held* answered the court proceeded to swear a jury. At this period of the proceedings a gentleman of the bar, in robes, complained to the court that he and several others of the profession were put to great inconvenience, there not having been any place provided for their areom modation.—Sir Colmaa O'Loghlen suggested that the range of soots over the dock, which were exclusively occupied by policemen, should he cleared for the accommodation of the bar.—The High S'ieriti said that the police who occupied those seats ha•d been placed there by his orders; that the scene which occurred in the do:k at the commission Ebt Court. OSBORNE, FRIDAY.—The Count and Countess of Dietrichstein arrived at Osborne last evening on a visit to the Queen, and, with the Earl and Counttss of Sandwich, were Included in the royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon. It was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Postmaster General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Hester of the Horse. The Hon. W. Bathurst wa4 the Clerk of the Coun. oil --- In Weida,. The Marquis of Lama:towne had an audience of her Majesty. Count Dietrichstein, Ambassador Extraor dinary and Plenipotentiary trout the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the Queen to take leave. His filfexilencY was introduced by Viscount Palmerton, 0.C.8., her Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. A. Buller had an audience of her Majesty, and had the honoar of kissing lianas on his appointment. Mr. Butter was introduced by Sir George Grey (officiating for Earl Grey), one of her Majesty's principal Seereteries of Suite. Tie Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Auckland, Earl Forteseue, Earl Spencer, Lord Campbell, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir G. Grey traveilea from town to attend the council by a special train Oil the London and South Western Railway, arid crossed from Gus poi tto East Cowes in the Lightning steampackot. The ministers and officers of state partook of a deieflue at Osborne, and after the council took their departure. The Marquis 01 Lansdowne, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichatein, the Earl of Auckland, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Paanerston, Lord Camp'iell, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, ilo4. W. Bathurst, and Mr. A. Buller, embarked at Os borne-pier in the Lightning steam-packet, (vetoed to G.- port, and returned to town by a special railway train. The Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Clanricarde also left (Marne. _ _ . lhe Queen 'Dowager, attended by her suite, left her residence, Marttsorough.house, yesterday morning, for Bushy - house, Bushy. park. A deputation from the Bethnal green Sanitary As sociation, consisting of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., the Rev. T. Gibson, the Rev. W. Kerry, the Rev. T. G. Wil liam., Dr. IL Gavin, Mr. S. Ryles, and Mr T. Dean had as interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. A deputation from the National Association for Excise Reform, consisting of Mr. Kay (Bdinburgh), Mr. George, Mr. Larou (Leith), and Mr. R. Howden, the se cretary, accompanied by Mr. G. Ci aig, M.P., Mr. M'Gregor, ALP , and Mr. Moffatt, M.P.. had an interview on Tuesday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. J. Wood, chairman of the Board of Excise, on the Spirit Dealers and Warehousing Bills. Lord Gormanston, accompanied by the lion. Mr. and Mrs. Preston. arrived in town on Thursday en rn tog by the Antwerp company's steamer Antwerpen, Capt. J ackson. (From lut night's Gazette.) DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST 11.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir William Macbran George Colebrooke, Kt., Companion of the Most Honour able Order of the Bath, to be Governor and Commandcrin- Cnict in and over the Wands of Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago, and St. Lucia, and their dependencies. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Al'Or AT 11. Corps of Royal linionir'r•.—ltrevet Major H. gantlbana to be lieut.. coL, via• Page, retired on h.-1, ; SecoW Capt. W. C. Iladden to be captain, vice gandham. ADMIRALTY, Acoorm S. Coma of Royal Marines.—Sea. Lieut. G. (Heim to be Brat lieut., vice W. B. Ilabcrfielal, deceased. TILE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY AND THEIR ENOINE DRIVERS.—Last night another meeting of the engine. drivers and firemen who hue sent in their notices to quit the service of the London and North Western Railway (which notices expire on Monday next) was hell at the Railway Tavern, liampstead-road.— Mr. J. Brown, an engine -driver, took the chair, and stated that the deputation which was appointed to wait upon Mr. M'Connell and some of the directors, yesterday morning, to effect an amicable arrangement, had failed, the directors being determined to stand by Mr. M'Cinnell's system of classification. " This new system," he continued, " which has recently been formally intreduced amongst us, has been frequently carried out by Mr. M'Connell for a long time past. Experienced, old, and faithful driver,* upon the line have been arbitrarily reduced by Mr. M'Connell without pufficient cause. To prove to our company that we are entitled to considera tion, and that we have nut lightly stood out against this cleverly-contrived scheme of Mr. IsPCimanell's, I will men tion the periods of service during which those who have sent in their notices to quit the company's service on Monday next have been employed upon the railway. Four of us have been upon the line for six veers; 6 of us for seven years ; Id of us for eight years ; 25 of us for nine nears ; 11 of us for ten years; and 6 of us for t welve years' and up wards; or, to state it in round Lumbers, 67 out of 120 drivers who have sent in their notices, have been in the service of the London and North- Western Railway Company upwards of six years. We never had any dispute with our employers up to the time Mr. Bury left; and I am as certain as I am of my own existence that if we had bad a kind-hearted man to deal with, there is r.othing the directors could have solicit us in reason that we would not have readily submitted to." Alter reading an ex tract from Mr. Glyn'. speech at the hiltyearly meeting of the proprietor, of the North Western Railway, held yester day, the Chairman, in continuation, said, •' I feel obliged to give sonic of Mr. Glyn's statements a complete refutntion. Mr. Glyn state! , tie. they have had able assistance from the north. Where this efficient northern assistance is Ido not know. You are all in the knowledge that not one of the new men have had that experience as engine-drivers which is necessary to work the immense traffic of the southern division of the London and North Western Railway. Statements have been made here to-night how the trains have been run, and of the narrow scope of lite, to say nothing of the destruction of property. Mr. Glyn again states that the charges made by us are more of a personal character against Mr. M'Con nell than against the company. I believe the whole of you will agree in this statement I have already stated that no thing but dimontent has prevailed since Mr. M'Connell came on the line. We never even insinuated a charge against our directors."—Mr. W. Slater, engine driver, positively contra dicted Mr. Glyn's statement that the company ha d assistance from the north. He had received communications that day proving that they could net get a man from either Newcastle, Darlington, or York.—A variety of other statement's were made a ith a view of showing the inefficient and dangerous working of the liar under the new men.—A lett• r was read from Northampton stating that the eneine-drivers and fire. men there had been induced to withdraw their notice from a misrepresentation, but they had since recalled their with drawal, and were determined to resign it they hadonly bread and water for nix montin.—Having come to n deternun item not to give way, the meeting terminated at a very late hour THE RECENT CHARTIST IMSTCRRANCES —Lost night a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Giles. Camberwell, took place in the vestry hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Poses which those persons sustained during the chartist disturbances, and to adopt measures for their re lief ; the Rev. Mr. Townsend in the chair,—The chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated the circumstances under which such vast depredations were committed by a mob numbering upwards of 700, during the time the police were et gaged at the chartist meeting held on Kennington Com mon on the 13th of March last. A great many of the in. habitants had been severe sufferers thereby, one in particular bad lost many hundred pounds. The party had made appli cation to the magistrates, and also to Sir G. Grey, the S, ere. t.ry of State, for c impensaiion. To that application he had received the following answer : hiteball, May 22, 18111. Sir, I am directed by Secretary Sir G. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial prayi , g compensation for loos metaireel from an attack made upon your shop, by a mot, on the lath of March last, and I hive to intorm you that there arena fund. at the diepo.at of the govetnntent out of which compenralian could made.—l am, Sir, your abs Went ser vant, —(Signed) It. WAIMINGION. Mr. C. Pearson, M.P., petpued the first resolution, and said that Mr. Gray, the pawnbroker, had sustained 'he most severe lom, which amounted to Pearly 9001 Thou' , were also other persons of various trades who hoof sustained heavy tomes. The following is the resolution : That in the opinion of this meeting it would be unjust to allow the lown....runtoined by the several individuals in th- late public outrage at Camberwell to fall exclusive) , on then', they having exercised every legitimate means with n view to obtain compenwi ttion, th and having also applied to the government for that purpose, bu wiout effect; resolved that a public subscription ke iromedintelymmmenced, end that a committee of twelve gentlemen he appointed to carry out this resolution to the full extent. The resolution was carried, and the meeting separated. GRAND FIELD DAY AT CllATßAM.—Yesterday, at Chatham, was the scene of an unusually brilliant and ex tensive display of military operations. The number of troops engaged exceeded 4,000. Nothing of the kind of equal ex tent has been exhibited in the vicinity of the " three towns" for nearly twenty years past. From nine o'clock in the morning until nearly midday a succession of steam boats disembarked crowded freights a; the Gravesend Pier. For some time the Rochester Railway formed a convenient means of transport to the scene of attraction, but before noon the number of passengers who presented themselves at the ter minus was so great that the parties in authority were com pelled to close the office doors and pot a stop to the traffic eltegether, except at intervals of about an hour. *hen this state of things became known every omnibus and fly was speedily put in requisition, and the road between Gravesend and Rochester presented for several hours en appearance somewhat similar to the route to Epsom on the Dcrhy dayAt kept Chat as a perfecham, Roc hest holiday,,. an moot Stroud, the was t. of the shops being closed, and business entirely suspended. A large party of the directors of the East Innia Company arrived from town shortly after 1l o'clock, and immeilist , iy proceeded to the residence of Sir Frederic Smit h , the direc tor of the Royal Engineering Establishment in Brampton ;wracks. Shortly before 2 o'clock the staff left the barracks and proceeded to the ground, where the troops s. about to he e ngaged had previo usl y taken up their position "I he ordi nary works of a siege, upon a -mull scale, have been car ied on during the present summer, for the practice of the officers before the last had been of such a character as to warrant him in taking the precaution of placing policemen in the vicinity of the dock.—The first juror called, and sworn as foreman was Mr. Samuel Begot Oldham. The second called was John Joseph Nolan, who was desired by the crown solicitor to stand by.—Mr. Butt and Sir Col man O'Loghlen severally contended that the crown was bound oo show cause for setting aside a juror.—The Attor ney-General rose, and addressing the juror in question said, Mr. Nolan, are you security for Mr. Delany, one of the party of the Nat ion f—Mr. Nolan am.—Attorney'Gene ral : Th 'n stand by.—Mr. Butt contended that, according to the 9th of Geo. IV., the crown had not the right of pe. remptory challenge, without showing cause, and the court was bound to make a rule on the subject —Baron Penne father; It is by the order of the court the jurors objocfid to are commanded to stand by. John Phayre was the next juror called, to whom counsel for the prisoner objected, on the grounds that he was a burge s of the city of Dublin, and as the property of con victed felons became confiscated to the corporation of Dublin the juror now called to the book had an interest in the con viction of the prisoner at the bar, inasmuch u property so confivated was calculated to swell the borough fund, by which means a borough rate might he avoided, or reduce d: in the amount to be struck. After a lengthened argument, in which Sir Colman O'Loghlen and Mr. Butt were heard for the prisoner, and the Attorney and Solicitor General were heard for the crown, the Chief Baron, in whose opinion Bum Pe , nefather concurred, decided that the challenge on the part of the prisoner c , ..uld not be allowed, on the grounds that if the court were to set aside the jaror on the objections shown it would have the effect of disqualifying almost the entire panel of the city, as , every man on that panel was presumed to be rated to the poor law, and, accordingly, entitled to vote as a burgess ' for the return of the town council of the city of Dublin to the corporation. The challenge having been disallowed the juror was again called to the book, and challer.ged per emptorily by the attorney for the prisoner. He was, there fore, finally desired to stand by.—Richard Ulysses Burgh was then sworn.—After several challenges had been disposed of the following jury were sworn : —Samuel Begot Oldham, Richard Ulysses Burgh, Edward Birmingham, Richard Collier, George Yeates, William Read, George N.thitt, John Kershaw, Blaney Mitchel, Charles Mathers, John Johnson, Thomas Stewart. . . . Mr. Alley (clerk of the crown) stated to the jury that the prisoner at the bar stood indicted,untler the act for the better si curdy of the crown and government of these countries for publishing certain articles in the Tribune newspaper. Th. Attorney-0.,,e..1 then reneeeded to state the cue for the crown. lie said the prisoner stood charged with a very serious offence, and the consequences to him would be serious. Toe law did not fix any certain punishment to the offence, but left it in the discretion of the court. It might be punishalme by transportation for life, or imprisonment. There could be no doubt as to the evidence to be pro duced, for it all consisted of facts admitted. The charge was founded en a recant act of parliament, which, in a few words, defined the offence. It was to conspire to depose the Queen from the style, title, and honour of the royal name; and also did compass to levy war against her Majesty, in order to compel her to change her measures or councils. The charge did not go so far as to say that he did levy war, but that he compassed and imagined so to de. It would be sufficieot to know the pri soner entertained the felonious intent, in order to fix on him the gull , . Mr. O'Doherty, at the time those documents were published, was the proprietor of a newspaper called the Tribune, which came into existence in the month of June. which circumstance was of very great im portance. The paper came out alter the suppression of an other paper, whose proprietor was punished for the very same offence of which Mr. O'Doherty now stood charged. He had lisped that after the punishment of Mr. Mitchel, it would not have again been necessary for him to address a jury on the atone subject ; but he was woefully disappointed. The paper was brought out to fill up the space vacant by the suppression of Mr. Mitchel's paper. The paper commenced by holding up Mitchel as a martyr, whose example should be followed ; and he regretted to say that Mr. O'Doherty did h low it. The object of Mr. Mitchel was to make the harvest, about which they were all so anxious, the goal for rebellion, by appealing to the peasantry to held their own grain. The first article commenced by being headed Our Harvest Prospects." (The Attorney-General then read the article in question.) He would ask them for ' what object was that etude published 1 Was it not that the people should take the harvest and slake their thirst in the blood of the Enelish foe? That would be to make Ireland a separate kingdom, and therefore to deprive her Majesty of the crown of this kingdom. The Attorney-General next proceeded to read an article from the same paper, entitled "Courage," and extracts from a aeries of notices in the Tribune, entitled, Our War De partment." Those invocations to the god of battles had, unfurtunetely, grown into a camp, and therefore the effects of such doctrines could no longer be mistaken. A council of 300 was recommended for the purpose of raising the country into armed and simultaneous insurrection. What did armed and simultaneous insurrection mean but to make war on the authorities? The article stated that the crown, which stood in the way of the people, and the harvest, should perish. There could be, therefore, no mis take as to the intent of the article—no other meaning attached to it, except that in the indictment. The prisoner seemed to have ensered on his dangerous career with his eyes wide opt n, and fully aware of all the consequences likely to result from his conduct. Probably, he might have been an enthusiast who believed that the course he pursued was calculated to benefit his country. He did not know what extenuating circumstance might be adduced in his favour ; bat this much he did know, that firmness was a necessary virtue on the part of juries who were sworn to preserve the administration of justice i n its purity, and he would, therefore, ask that jury calmly to read over these publications in their box, and not to give more weight to the observations he had mad • upon them than the articles themselves fully warranted. He fat no pleasure in the discharge of the duty he had to perform that day; but he did feel that he would be unworthy of the position he held if he allowed any feelings of mock huma nity to interfere with its fulfilment in an honest and fearless manner He had not—nor could he have done so if he was aD disposed—appealed to their feel ngs as men • he was not gifted with powers of eloquence, and boasted only . f the pas session of very moderate talents. But so far as his reason and judgment enabled him to do se, he had attempted to lead them to the conclusion that all these articles beam but a single meaning. Let the jury, therefore, discharge their duty in a firm, honest, and tears's+ manner, by bringing in that ver. diet which it was their duty, according to the evletna oaths they had taken to find, he would may, regardless of all per sonal consequences to tin mselves, whatever these conse quences might be. The learned counsel then resumed his seat. Mr. Charles Vernon, registrar of newspapers in the Stamp office, was then sworn and exemined by Mr. Serjeant O'Brien. This witness proved the prisoner to be one of the I registered proprietors of the Irish Tribune newspaper, and identified his handwriting in two numbers of the paper, which had been lodged in the usual manner, according to law, in the Stamp-office. Constable Mortimer Redmond, of the detective police, identified one of the pro-ecuteel newspapers as having been purchased by him at the Tribune office, No. 11, Trinity street, on the 11th July. At 5 o'clock the court was adjourned to this (Friday) morning. The Chief Baron discharged the jury I , r the day, having cautioned them against conversing with any person on the sub•ect of the trial, or forming their judgments till they had heard the remainder of the case. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. THE BOILER EXPLOsION AT PRESTON.—The requl sitinn to the mayor, calling upon him to convene a public i mrerieg of the inhabitants of Preston, for the purpose of i taking steps to direct the attention of the government to the late deplorable boiler explosion, and of obtaining a satisfac- ' tory inv.atigation calculated to satisfy the public mind, and, if possiole, to deed to the prevention of similar disasters for the future; this document Laving been signed not only by many of the leading men in the town, and by upwards of fifty of the friend. of unfortunate sufferere, his worship acceded to the reqUest, and himself presided at the meeting, which was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Whilst ' the more influential parties immediately surrounded the magisterial bench occupied by the speaker., the main part of the large hall was crowded by mill operatives, many of thi m relatives and friends of the fifteen unhappy beings who have, within a short space of time, been killed by boiler explosions in this town.—The mayor con fined himself almost r xclusively to the duties of chair man, deeming that it would not become him as chief magistrate to express publicly any individual opinion upon the subject. since, he maid, it was not impossible that the mat ter s ight come before him in his iu 'Mixt capacity. The first resolution wits moved and secouiled by the Rev. Mr. Kitton, of the church of Harland, and the Rev. Mr. Mayo rs, Homan catholic priest, the latter gen:leman stating that whilst engaged in attending the sits: ion the day of the acci dent he was told b) one man that he had left the Brunswick mill in consequence of the danger arising fri m the boiler being worked at a greater preasure then it was calculated to bear. There were statements made at the - inquest, he said, that the boiler was worked to put in motion more machinery than it was calculated to move, and that alone was sufficiant to can for a further in• vestigation. He was told that the proprietors of the mill could, if they bad an opportunity, meet this evidence, and therefore in common justice they Should be allowed to do so, in order to remove the stigma which at present rested upon them. The resolution, which was unanimously agreed to, was, "That this meeting expresses its opinion that the re currence of boiler explosions in this town calls for a public manifestation of sympathy for the sufferers, and demands the fullest investigation of the cause of such dis asters." The next resolutHi was moved by Mr. John Livesey. He said he believed it was the opinion of 99 out of every 100 of the inhabitants of Preston, that the late investigation into the cause of the boiler explo sion at the Brunswick mill, had not been conducted in that full, that searching, and that sativactery manner, which a sem. of public justice and of humanity demanded. And, in accordance with that opinion he moved a resolution. There was, he said, a great lastly of evidence forthcoming, which , was not produced in consequence of the unwilliagness of those conducting the inquiry to protract it to that full extent which the nature of the cue required. The verdict returned by the jury was, he said, not only in oppositioa to the evidence adduced, but contradictory in itself. The jury first stated the effect, namely, the bursting r of the boiler : and then the cause, namely. an undue work -1 ing of the boiler by excessive pressure ; and then, they came to the ludicrous conclusion that this was a case of " dental death." Such a verdict, he believed, would not have teen received by any other coroner in the kingdom.—The motion was seconded by Mr. Charnley, end carried unani mously. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs. I O. Noble, solicitor, 1•. Daily, J. Livesey, and Dobson.—The • Mayor (T. Birchall, Esq. ), undertook to forward the resolu t Lions to the Secretary of State. WARWICKSHIRE. DESTRUCTION OT A BARK RICK BY FIRE.—On Thursday morning smoke was perceived suing from a bark rick at Kenilworth, the property of Mears. R. and W. Draper, extensive tanners, of that place. The rick contained about 200 tons of bark, and 'its estimated value is 1,600/. ; and, at the tune the ac- counts left, the fire was but partially subdued. The rick being thatched with straw, it is supposed that the latter ig nited by a spark falling from an adjacent chimney. The property was insured in the County Fire-office, the engines of which, together with the Warwick engines, were on the spot as soon as practicable, tut the fire had got such a hold of the rick that it was necessary to take it entirely to pieces. Kenilworth has 5,000 inhabitants, but not one fire engine. INCENDIARISM.—Sinee the termination of the War wick session, on Tuesday last, a man has been committed for wilfully setting fire to wheat and other ricks, at Salford, near A.lceater. COLONISATION SOCIETT:6II Thursday, a meet ing, attended by several noblemen and persons of info. nee, was held at Brighton, for the purpose of disseminating the views of the Society for the Promotion of Colonisation. Some chartists were also present. The High Ccnstable was called to the chair. The tint resolution, moved by the Hon. F. Scott, was as follows : That, considering the distressed condition of a large number of the labouring population of tne United Kingdom, and the catersive and remunerative field which our colonial posasseions present for their employment and relief, it is the opinion of this meeting that immediate rteps are expedien,, with a vie v.. to an organised and well-regulated systcm of emigration. • This resolution was teconded by Earl Nelson, in a long and excellent speech, in which the noble earl was greatly ' ap plauded. At an early part of the meeting one of the chartists called out, " I suppose you want to transport us." " Cer tainly," replied Mr. Scott, " we want to transport you with a change from poverty in England to plenty in Australia." The High Constable put the resolution. There were a great many hands held up for and against ; but the chairnann de• clared the resolution carried.—Mr. Chapman then addressed the meeting, and was followed by Mark Boyd, Esq. ; and it bring now past 11 o'clock the noisy portion here retired, and the remainder of the resolutions, in favour of establi king a branch association, were carried unanimously. A REPRIEVE REPUSED.—The Chelmsford Chro nicle of yesterday states that since the conviction of Mary May for the crime of fratricide, at Win, the most strenuous exertions have locenmade by the opponents of capital punish ment to obtain a commutation of her sentence, but no iioubt now Clint of her suffering the extrf me penalty of the law on Monday next. The memorial from that town, which con tained 1,335 si4caturee, was presented to Sir G. Grey, the Home Secretary, at the House of Commons, on Wednesday by a deputation, consisting of Messrs. T. and J. G. Marriage and E. Hughes, accompanied by Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., M.P. The deputation was received most courteously by the right hon. baronet, who listened with gn-at attention to the arguments advanced in favour of the views taken by the memorialists, and in reply assured the deputation that he had paid painful attention to the cue of the unfortunate convict, but neither from the perusal of the evidence nor from the consideration of the statements adduced by the deputation could he discover any circum stances of a mitigating nature that would justify him in ad vising her Majesty to extend the royal clemency, for it was one of the worst cases that had come before him in his offi cial capacity. The petition he considered a very important document, expressing as it did the decided opinion of so many persons in one town against capital punishment, and would bare its weight with the government; but it was his painful duty to have the exiting laws properly administered, and in the present case, whsre the proof of guilt was so evident, to act consistently, be must allow the law to take its course. The wretched woman continues to manifest but little concern at the situation in which she is plated, taking her food and rest almost undisturbed ; at present she has made no confes sion of her guilt. The arguments put forward for a com mutation of the untence are thus stated by the convict's attorney : First, the recommendation of the jury to mercy, which implies some doubt in their minds as to her guilt, although, of course, I am aware that if they really had such doubt it was their duty to have ac quitted her; still, practically, it often happens that haltdinectitient country jurors compromise their opinions by such a verdict, which, in their own erroneous judgment, is a hind of middle course; at any rate, the recommendation amounts to the expression of a wish on the part of the jury who tried her that her life should beepared , Secondly, her fi Ink admission at the coroner's inquest of her having bought poison of Mr. Hooker, when neither that gentleman nor any other person could prove the fact against her at the trial, and of her having placed some of it on a piece of bread and butter in a hole in the Nor to kill the rate, theetenee of which vermin was sufficiently proved. This admission m igh t be construed into a coneeimoneen of Innocence on her part, espec ially when, but for that admission, neither the purchase nor the possession of poison could have been traced to her; while the absence of such evidence might have turned the scale in her favour. Thirdly, the evidence of her eon, which, I have no doubt, tended more than anything else in the minds of the jury to flx her with the crime, ought to be taken as a whole, and not by parts. lie proved that she took a powder from a paper In the drawer, and put some of it into the beer in the saucepan. The whole object of laying this piece of evidence ;afore the jury was to lead them m the belief that that powder wee the poison which killed the brother, and but for the explanation which thy. boy afterwards gave, in cross and reexamination, such a belief might have been perfectly war ranted by the evidence; but it mute be borne in mind that the boy stated the powder was soda, which his mother sometimes put into beer for the purpose of ',aliening it when it was sour, and the colour of it was white, while the colour of the poison sold by Maker wan of a dark grey or slate colour. This last fact negatives the presumption that she put Hooker's powder into the beer, while the boy's evidence shows that *bat she put in was sash and not arsenic, and therefore it could not have mused the death of Watts ; and it she really de stroyed his life with Hooker's po ,der she never would have con fessed to the possession of it. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT.—GOILDFOtto, Aro. 11. Cnem Stou —Before the Lord Chief Baron aml special Jury. CLAIM FOR EDUCATING A SISTER. SCAIWELLINI o. SEYRANNE.—This was an action brought by Laois& Scarpalini sgair at the defendant and his wife Marietta. The declaration alleged that before the marriage of the defendant his wife had contracted a debt with the plaintiff, for board, lodging, education, and necessaries, and this action was brought to recover 2001. The defendants pleaded, first, that there had been no contract ; next, that the amount had been paid ; thirdly, that the lady was an infant at the time the debt was incurred ; and fe cetbly, the Statute of Limitations; but to this last idea there was a de murrer, consequently it was not involved in the present inquiry. Mr. Gurney stated the case—rather an extraordinary one. He said the plaintiff was a native of Italy, but she had re sided for many years in England. The defendant was a brewer at St. Allan's, and he believed he should be able to show that his wife was the sister of the plaintiff. He made use of the expremion " believed " no account of the peculiar character of the transaction fur the principal question in the case would be whether this lady was or was not the sister of the plaintiff, as it was for nc orsiarics funthed to her in that position that the present action was brought against the de fendants. In the year 1833, the plaintiff having received an intimation of the death eta near relative, proceeded to her native village in Italy, and she there found a younger sister almost la a state of destitution, and when she returned to England she brought her back with her. 'hat sitter remained with her stopping at various places, until the year 1338, and during all that period the plaintiff provided for her. In that year, the chid being between ten and twelve years old, a gentleman was struck with her talents, of tred to adopt her, and she was taken away by the gentleman in question. From that time to the present the plaintiff had altogether lost sight of her sister; she repeatedly applied to the gentle man who hml taken charge of her to dlow her t., see the girl but he refused, and it was only I , y a combination of ex traordinary circumstances that the pl.:it:l4f at length ascer tained that the defendant had WWI'S.I her sister. the plaintiff being satisfied of this fact went to the residence of the defendant and requested an interview •with his wife, but Mrs. Seyranke refused to see her, and denied all knowledge of her. Repeated attempts had bean made, b.th by plaintiff and some friends who had known Mrs. Seyranke, but without success. The claim, as he had before stated, was for board, lodg. intoind other necessaries furnished during a period of five ye an, from 1833 to 1435, and with regard to the law upon the sub ject it ei,pc area to him that a parent might he legally hotrod to a_.pport a d.ild. No such obligation was mot rip .a a sister, and t v plaintiff has therefore ent.tl..d to recover in the present action. Mrs. Ann Brand was examined first. In 1836 I was re siding in Berrien street, and Mad.the Searpelliai ant her sister lodged in my house. The ehilil appeared to be from ten to thirteen years old. They remained in my house three [south.. and during all that time Madame Scarpellini tr ated the child with the utmost tenderness. don t think 1 should know the sister now. The chil3 was a foreigner, and she and her siso r used to converse together in !tali in. I don t remember anything remarkable about the nose or teeth of the child. Serjeant Shee, for defendant, mid he shout.' decline come examining any of the witnesses at present, .a, in the result, it usiela he unnecessary 'or him to do so at all. Signor G:olonni Rive—l am a nioive of Milan. In 1533 I was engaged as a prof. 'soy of the Spanish guitar and singing at E.l.r.burgh. 1 was introduced in that city t the plaintiff and her bitter, Marietta Sea:palled, and I tati_lit e little girl the guitar for nine months. She WAS a v- ry clever child, and made great pr •gres.; and she playol at a concert, and received much anpl.ute. I Iv ow the plaintiff ' and her sister afterwards in London. 1 wee• paid ten guineas Labi intdi Itnter tor teaching the young lady the guitar. The plaintiff treated her sister with great kinddess Guring the ~ :hots. time I wee acquainted with them. Guides music and sin,ine, the young HOUSE OF LORDS. lady received instruction in French from a lady named In Committee for Privileges. Jourdain.—The learned judge here interposed, and said The Lords met M committee at 11 o'clock, the Earl of surely these things could not be taken as neceosaries for a Shaftesbury in the chair, to dispose of the following peerages: young perton without any fortune or expectations. THE EARLDOM OF CRAWFORD AND BARONY OF LIND- Mr. Gurney submitted that they were necessaries in this SAT.—The claim of the Earl of Balcarres to these dignities point of view. The plaintiff was anxious to make her sister in the peerage of Scotland has been before the committee accomplished in order that she might h . . ve a better prospect frequently, for the purpose of taking evidence, in 1846, 1847, of advancing her condition in life. and in the present session, and has been as often noticed in The Chief Baron said he could not look upon the matter this journal. It was entirely a case of pedigree.—The Lord in that view. It might be all very weil for a minor at Ox- Chancellor and Lord Lyndhurst now severally expressed ford, highly connected, and who had large expectations, to their opinions that the c.sim was satisfactorily made out, and keep hortes and incur other expenses, and they might be it was resolved accordingly, and the chairman was instructed considered as morale:Om for him, having regard to the station to report the resolution to the house. he would ultimately have to till, but the case of a young THE PERTH PEERAOE.—The calm of the Duke de Mel- woman who had neither fortune nor expectation was very fort, in France, to the dignity of Earl of Perth, in Scotland, different —Examination contidued : The young lady wee was also before the committee several tint, sin the session. of also taught Italian, and likewise had a writing master. 1846 and 1847, and as often noticed in this journal. The Mr. Ogle (for plaintiff)—Caa you describe the appearance claimant made out his pedigree satisfactorily, bat throu. h of the young lady f—Witness : Sae we- tall, her hair was ancestors who were attainted of treason for their too faithful inclining to dark or brown, and she had, a very fair skin. adherence to the exiled royal family of Stuart_—The Lord. She had a very fine nose, but I cannot tell the name of it. Chancellor now entered very fully mto the questions of law (A laugh ) I was requested to go to St. Alban'a three and effect of the attainder of a peer in the enjoyment of the weeks ago to try to see her, but wheal got to Mr. Seyranke's I dignity upon his descendants and heir- collateral, and cam. house I found all the blinds drawn down and I we' refused to the conclusion that the attainder' in this case barred the admission. I could not get a sight of th , young lady. claim.—Lord Lyndhurst expressed the like opinion, saying Mr. Joseph Shipton : I reside near Windsor. I know that there were in this case three attair.ders ; bat, confining Mn. Seyranke. She went from my house to be married is himself to the attainder of James, the fourth earl, he had no the name of Shiptit She had been living in my house fat doubt at all that it barred this claimant's right, and his peti- ten yearn, from the month of April, 1838. Ste was entrusted Lion ought to be disallowed.—Reso.ved arc udinglT. to me by a woman whom I met at Naples, who Odd me her THE SOrTHESK PEEILAOB.—The claim to this dignity, name was Louisa Scarpeliini, but I have titers beard that that also a Scotch title, came before the committee for the fro is not her real name —Mr. Gurney : You have been ea tune on the 3rd inst ,on the petitina of Sir James Carnegie, attorney, have von not, Mr. Shipton ?—Witnera: I have.— Bart., to the Que,n, claiming the titles and dignities of Mr. Guru n you ought to kit that ou have no " Earl of Southesk," and " Baron Carnegie, of Kannaied." right to say anything about what you have he The cose presented by the claimant stated that his ancestor, Serjeant Shea objected to the =unman ion Fitipismt Sir David Carnegie, of Kinnaird, in the county of Forfar, friend was examining his own witness was, in the year 1616, created by patent Lord Carnegie with Mr. Gurney sai he knew very wellfaitionatithsg, did limitations to him and his heirs male bearing that surname, Examination continued : I have ugh 4 0,..mA t ivriord . , - • • "11 7: 4V line Mts. BUST OF SIR C. J. NAPIER.—A bust of one of our "Rough eau Ready's," the late Governor of Scinde, is now on view at Messrs. Colnaghils. The head, which by its marked features is peculiarly fitted for sculptural delinea tions is tine, and its glance and at'itude expresses the deci sion and daring of the original. Mr. Patrick Park, who is, we understand, the sculptor, has been unusually happy in this bust. SOIREE IN AID OF THE FUND FOR TILE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOXEN. — The society for the benefit of the dis tressed needlewomen of the metropolis gave a concert and ball last evening, in the lianover-square-rooms. in aid of the fund which they are raising, in order to provide a home for the aged, indigent, and deserving class of necillewcmen. The soiree was attended by a numerous and respectable company. The concert consisted of favourite vocal' and instrumental pieces, performed by Miss Ransford, Miss Salmon, Miss Ellen Lyon, Miss Sara Flower, Mrs. Plummer, Mr Elmsford, Mr. Calkin, Mr. Sporle, Signor Ernesto, Mr. A. Sedwick, Mr. F. Chat tenon, Madame Santa Croce, and Signor Galli. There wee nothing remarkable in the selection of music, but th pieces were in general well performed and received with ep plause. After the concert dancing commenced to the music of Mr. Sedgwick's quadrille band. A number of works of art, consisting of pictures, sculptur.s, and other articles of vertu, contributed by benevolent individuals in order to be disposed of for the benefit of the fund, were displayed in the room. They are to be distributed in 400 subscription , of one guinea, each subscriber to be entitled to s prize. M they seem to be of value we have no doubt that the subscrip tion will be filled up, and that, by weans of it and the pro ceeds of the soirée, a considerable sum will be realised for a truly beneficent purpose. CLERICAL. APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. W. T.Dinon, 8.A., of Cathe rine Hall, Cambridge, Curate of St. Cuthbert's. Catlisle, to be the Fiend Schoolmaster and Chaptrin of the Leeds Moral mut Industrial Training School for the pauper children el the township, at a o. Lary of 1601. PREFERMENTS.—Rev. J. H. Henderson, senior curate of Kingston-upon-Hull. to be chaplain to the Earl of Cartleatuart—Rev. It. F. Wood to the united curscies of Waters, Upton, and Rowtun, Shropshire, di-,. Lichfield. VACANCIES.—BoIton-le - Moors : Emmanuel C., Lanca shire, din. Manchester; got. with a tit's.- Crild crnq a government chaplaincy.—Van Diemen's Land: a government chaplaincy. NAVAL ADMIRALTY APPOINTIdP.NTA, Ato. 11.—Lieutenant E. P. Fudge, to Iteynard.—Aeting-Alarter A. Ralliger, to Myra, Second Mader: IL B. Golder, Ocean.—alidehipman M. W. B. Eilnardw, Eurydice.--Maaters%Areialante t E. P. G. Browne, Victory ; W. Granville, nail Joint; T. 'farina, at. Vincent. MEDICAL. HALL.—Names of gentlemen .ho pained their examination In the science and practice of medicine, and re ceived certificates to practiae, on Thum-ay, Aug. 10, luta Keen, Parham, Suffolk; L Armsironv, liczbarn, Northumberland; W. C. Lake, Teigemouth, Demo; F. flopirith, Tunbridge Welk ; J. 0. Fletci.cr, Manchester. and that, in 1633, he was by patent raised to the dignity of Earl of Southesk,with limitations to him aid his heirs male ; that the said David had four sons, the first of whom died in his father's lifetime, without issue ; and the second, James Carregie, auteeeded, on the death of his father. in 1658, to the said dignities, and died in 1669, after which the said earldom and barony descended lineally to and were enjoyed by h:e son Robert, and grandson, Charles (son of Robert), and great grandson, James (son of Charles), the fifth earl acd baron, who joined in the rebellion of 1715, and was attained of treason, and died without surviving blew', in 1729; that the issue of John Carnegie, third son of David, first earl, was then extinct, and the dignities would, were it not for the attaineer, base devolved on the issue male of Alexander, the said David's fourth son, from whom the claimant is lineally descended, being his grandson's great grandson, and also heir male of the first earl, a,.d so entitled, in the terms of the patents, to both the dignities. The claimant has not sought a reversal of the attainder of the filth earl and baron in 1715, and therefore a question of law arises, viz., whether that attainder acted the collateral heirs male of the patentee.—Sir F. Kelly said he bad several witnesses for examination in support of the claim, and as they were brought here at great expense, he would ask the committee to take their evidence now, although he could not but feel that this case was somewhat affected by the deca-ion which their lordships had given in the Perth case. Tbla decision came on him by surprise, but he would compare its effect in this claim, and wouid not trouole the committee again in the present session.—Lord Lyndhurst, alter conferring with the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Devon, and the chairman, said the proposal now made appeared to them to be to take c siittnce de bene ewe of this claim. He would suggest to the :earned eounsel that it would be bettes first to dispose of the question of law, be. fore occupying the time of their lordships in taking evidence which might turn out to be useless.—Sir F. Kelly submitted to th,t suggestion, and the further consideration of the Chia was adjourned sine die. 13efore Vise-Chancellor Knight Brune. Ex PARTE litGOlNSost RE HIGOINsoy.—SPRETT. — This was the petitien ot the bankrupt to have the fiat annulled on equitable grounds, and also on the ground of 1•gal ince lidity. The act of bankruptcy on which the fiat issued was the failure to pay or secure a debt, according to the provi sions of the act 1 & 2 Vie., c. 110, a. 8 ; and the debts re lied upon for this purpose were two of 60,0001. ant 53,000!., being nmounte of which the bankrupt ht,d gusi :intend the payment to the Royal Bank of Liverpool by the firm of Bar ton, Irlam, and Higginson, a partner in which firm was a, brother of the bankrupt. It was agreed on both sides that it was part of the arrangement, in pursuance of which the former of these guarantees was given, that the bankrupt should have, as a counter-security, an assignment of certain ships of which the firm of Barton, Islam, and Higginson were the registered owners, and that the ships were assigned accordingly to the bankrupt, but that the assign ment was never registered. A paint. however, no which the evidence was conflicting was, whether it was part of the arrangement that the Rural Bank should call on the bankrupt to have the seem ity on the ships realieed, if there should be °COMP n. On November 13, 1847, the firm of Barton, Islam, and Hioginson became bankrupt, the act of bankruptcy on which the fiat against them was issued being a failure to pay a debt dun to the Royal Bank; and on July 3, 1848, the fiat isau. d against the present bankrupts. Previously to its issuing the bank rupt filed a bill in Chancery to restrain the Royal Bank from proceeding to make the pititirner a bankrupt under the act 1 & 2 Vic , c. 110, a. 8, and he obtained an ex parse injunc tion, which the Vice-Chancellor of England refused to die solve on the coming in of the answer, but which was dis solved on appeal betore the Lord Chancellor.—Mr. Russell and Mr. C. Hall, in support of the petition, contended that, whether it wan part of the understanding or not, the Royal Bank should give the bankrupt notice to have his security on the ships registered. It was in the absence of any such understanding clearly the duty of the bank, who were parties to that understanding, not to do an act, which, by rendering the principal debtors bankrupt., would destroy the bankrupt's counter-security, without at least giving him notice of their intention to do so, in order that by register ing his assignment he might prevent the ships pawing to the assignees of the principal debt*: s as being in the reputed owner ship of the latter, and that, as they had by the pence 'rings against Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, deprived the hank rupt ot his counter-security, it washiequitable Tor them to sue out a fiat upon the guaranteed debt. Time. were Ise legal objections to the fiat ; one b sing on the ground that the 1 6: 3 Viet., c. 110, a. 8, was, in effect, repealed hy the & d Viet., e. 122, 0.11, and another that the public officer cf abinking company c not make the requisite affidavit of tle!A under the for mer statute. The Vice.Chancel:or, (without hearing Mr. Bacon, Mr. Rolt, or Mr. J. V. Prior, who appeared to sup port the fiat) add that, in order to annul a ii t for equitable invalidity, a el.'ar case must be established. The ground oa which the petitioning ere ditors' deb: was impeached was, at the utmost, a moral ground only. It did not 'meant to an equity. As to the legal objections, the petitioner was entitled to have their validity decided by an action. The terms of the requisite proceed.ngs at law for this purp.ise were then ar ranged, and the petition was ordered to stand over to abide the result.