The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-26 00:00:00

SPAIN. MADRID, ILL 20. Nearly all the principal members of the progre sista party in the Chamber of Deputies have resigned their seats, 0111 ging, in their addresses to their con stituents, the utter uselessness of there being a par liament which the minster keeps closed, while he alto. the Lie of the country at his pleasure by s imple deci.es. The minister, however, persists is i kaarimr. through his semi-official organ, the o r dr,, that 'he cabinet is devoted to the constitu tion,a but that in the present critical state of E ar ,ipc. it a • exp. &era to offer as little surface as possible to th. attacks of agitators. T h a f'airt.e.a and tho I.'speranza hare been K ited I t i s report. I that a :capcetable firm of Barcelona, nn „,„.i a h i l Is It au English house, will make a moiswitiou i the contraction of the Almanza rail at a of I 9 millions of mats front the pr.:j. et of M. Nalumanea. heaoutt ' gone iitlo mounting for fifteen days fee rue King it Hanover. MIL M u.!. Figueroa. and Asquerino have re tig I If.: 41 , in the Cortex. M. 11 . Ordiitic, arrived at Nimbi,' yesterday, sg „: anti a the functions of go%ernur of the pro awe t id. ITALY. LOM HARDY. MILAN, JAI. 20. Tlw Surdown government, not allowing the Aus trim steam. to touch the l'iedniontesc shore of the Lazo V. ..giore, the law of reciprocity ohliiies the .Idistri.m government to prevent the Sardinian *tram r• from touching the Lombard ishore. The A . . tio.Ate .maim. a lter having cited the above In++anmad.,l .11 the by Austrian gyverimit ntexphvins that if any ...tlicultii • have iscurred upon this sub 3ret. they onl:i mime to war-steamers, and that the government s ill adopt measures fur the conciliation of mina iutcrests. PIEDMONT. GENOA, JAN. 21. The getter... hoard of health has decided:—l. That vessels arr:.r•ig from the .trin4:lll:U3 port. and Asiatic Tic:l.y until furtlwr orders, be !wilt into quarantine. 2. 'that ‘essel4 from l)kiorto haling left that tier Oct. 31. shall he rtroccd for (i n ktr. ). And 3. That the contumacy hu pus►d upon %cowls from the Canaries is discontinued. 'f CSCANY. 11w 114114 'at S Paris of Jan. 24 says that the Totnour %hid' has been PO often denied that tits (eland Duke ot Tuscan v intend• to ithiliente in LiA our d.lustria. t Lain circulates in the drawing-rooms of Vienna. GERMANY. We !caul from Berlin, under date Jan. 22. that according. to the changes proposed in the first chamber. ;! be composed of—(o) : Princes of the blood r1. 3 ..1 ho luxe attained their majority; (1,), brat. of tilt prinrrly houses of llohenzollern ; (r), chiefs of l'itissian !Lmas who have formerly formed part of the Statcs of the empire ; (if), chiefs of famili up.. whom the King confers 11w hereditary right of a s , a in the first chamber; (r), members th, :laic names for life, of whom the number shall be limited. On the 21• t, the French ambassador had had an Irttriordan ay audience of the King of Prussia. The proctedings .4 the Chambers were without interest. The ministry had not completed its scheme for the tonstitution..l n organisation of the First Chamber, but it had decided that all the members should be nominated by the king. Negutiations are said to have just been concluded between the Prussian and llarmct rian go‘ernments for the construction of the western line to the Rhine, traversing the regency of 'Munster. 'The construc tion and administration of the Prussian as well as the remaii.ing portion sill be left to Hanoverian directors. The Duke and Duche,a of Bordeaux arrived nt Vienna o❑ the kith, from Fruhmlurf, en mode fur Venice. The commercial treaty of the 7th of September between I'rusia and Hanover has been ratified by a eonsidviable majority by both the llanoverian Chambers. MOROCCO AND ALGIERS. The lYSals cite!' a letter from Marseilles, accord ing to which the Emperor of Morocco was about to in ireh against ALT. es to avenge the bombardment of 8.114. It sale —" AML rrhaman, on receiving the report of the Caid Of Rabat, d'a into a great rage. lle learnt that almost all the town of Soli was in ruins; that fire, and a bombard ment of al.eit 5,000 ohuses, bombs, grenades, and Comm, ee wenets had 'nude great havoc, and killed • number of artilbrymen, who passed for the best la hi. mute. '0 lieu he received a despatch from the duet rnor of Tair , iets he learnt that M. Ifounec, tie cavort of France, was in that town • he maul fasted the Lemma irritation, accusing him of all die ills that bag happei...l. The pasha hail sent in his despatch a letter from the esmoil, hut the Emperor would not answer it ; he would only emote,. his dissatisfaction to the packs in the Mr..na• at. rat-. Ile d.. 1 nut confine himself to words : he put all th- armouries of Fez and Meguiney in requisition, set th, m to work in repairing the muskets in his arsenal. Ile sent far his son, Sidi Mohammed, from Morocco, to give Lm the roniniand of one of the corps of his army which he intended 5. •rod against Algeria. That which will march towards Oat:tits, if Alidcrrhatuan should persist in forget. Lag tbr Ins nes iced at Isly, would be commanded by himself ia ;.• r-ain. The other corps of the army was to march upon Tatilet under the orders of his son Bidi-310- bemased. 't he cavalry, already 7,000 strong at Fez, was to he osesansaled by Ilussein-el•Cluerruanih. With regard to the bestuons and Berberee, formed into undisciplined guerillas, he gave imperial fitment to the Caids of Beni- Busman and 01 Oucbda to call them to a holy war and to Comm - int them." Not•ol,.randing the above warlike areonat, the I'or-ie repeat. v. t•'rtner garment that the 'mediation itt Sardinia had Leen acerptad. LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. PARIS. J... It yew fir Ararat. Il.;Wey. , anies. 3 Par Doak --- -1•6 r aaall 19 0$ 99 la is as ri m s om. 3perGt Sea Less, Zpaa " l7 I r... , •81110 •S 14:41111A 13 Vi ; edam N llO. s. 1•eo Mean Napia• Moils .—. 96 SO Blawy. la. A. I Do. a s Ds. lAN —99 116. 24 lisilasest • s Pi... so 73 11.11 nom . .. PAID*. JAN. 24.—St. thessalis, 500; Versailles (right heath —; .1.11.11•610, 94130; Paris NW thissa9, 1,67 a ; PAri• es 6 lases. 14 lbws sad Mare. I 03; 31199999166 a. d Avid , .ai. 133; Issidsom omd 210; Ctvena s 105 ; Desheina iN Makes, ID: Mum. and 41011 4•11M1, ; 74„rthses. &DI TS; Paris mad falsaa. km% 447 bs y Parts aid Ly6es YD. Tom aid Nis666 3 0. Dm- Dom urt Trope% 1U 30; Dirppi sad Poomp. 923; Dordeasz Twar s DR. MADR/11, JAN. 20.—Three per Cents., 39; after Bola, 39 p. New Three per Cents., 191 ; after )14,1aa, Calpons, 9 ; after Bolas, 9. l'aaairea, 61: after liolaa, 11-16. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 1031 e. Eschsnge on London, 50.93. BERLIN. JAN. 21.—Voluntary Loan, 1021; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cent., New Loan, Four anti-a-Half per .nts., itr.;:. National Debt, 891. Marine Society, —. Bank Shares, itni. VIENN 1, JAN. 21.—Fire pee Cent. Maalliques, Pl ; Four-and-a Half per ( cat. ditto, hi:. flank Shares, 1,21 h. Exchange on London, 128. EYI.LeisION OP A LITIFEIt NIATCII NIANEPACTORy Al housioi..—An explosion hies just occurred at the locifer rum , h rosunfactory carried on by Mr. (fright, of Bristol, at thew Stoke, Somerset, by which a portion et the roof was shattered and four of the persona employed upon the prenwe s Ibl wen ly injured. The explosion took place in the morning, at the time when the workmen usually take their and consequently they were not all in the build ing ; .fig men and boys, hewer( r, were sitting near the Move partaking of some food they had bmught with them preparatory to the resumption of their labour. Near to the stove was an earthen vessel in which a quantity of the cagainidd , l- conapositiou with which the matches are cawed lay ready for dipping the splints in it. Some glee which was melting on the fire unluckily boiled over, and, the LIMN bring communicated to the stuff in the earthen 114 kin, an immediate explosion, attended by a terrific noire, Sollowed. The men were all thrown down with great vio knee, curl four of them, named Matthew Bryant, Aaron they, Eilwael Tyler, and George Holbrook, were burnt ever their faces, hands, &c., some of them very severely. Holbrook was immediately taken to his home, but the *thy's, whose injuries are of a more extensive nature, were carried to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, where they now lie. %ATI. RN VALLEY It A Y.—The government Inspector h.. just here over this group of hoes with a view to acme important alterations and improvements. UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. The British Mail steam ship Africa, Captain Har rison, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, direct from New York (from which port she started on tho 14th inst.), after a must tempestuous passage. She brings 51 passengers, and upwards of 6°0,0m/dollars in specie. By this arrival we have four days' later intelligence from all parts of the union, and ten from California. The anti-Kessuth feeling of the southern nienibt rs of Congrem still manifested itself. In thu House, on Monday. Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina, attempted to introduce a resolution to relieve the suffering of those poor Hungarians who have no homes, and may he in danger of d)ing from starvation or the inclemency of the weather. This really philanthropic movement was actually objected to by a vote of nays to 46 Term Kossuth Ltd made one of his celebrated speeches on his introduc•ion to the two Houses of the Mary land Legislature. it MIS said that Mr. Webster was prep.ring a response to the recent letter of Chevalier Ilulsemaun, drawn forth by Mr. Webster's speech at the Kossuth dinner. Its tenor had not transpired, but it is not improbable that the Austrian diary,' may have his passports tend( red to him." A Washington correspondent states that there appears to be great bustle and activity in the navy department. Vessels have been ordered to prepare fur sea, and supplies and munitions of war are being collected with alacrity. What has pro duced this extraindinary commotion is not positively known, but it is intimated that, among other things, the Nlediterrancon squadron is to be strengthened by the addition of two or three men-of-war. The proceedings in the United States legislature had been unimportant. A bill was before it to esta blish a line of steam vessels to the west coast of Ire land. On the 10th the Senate took up the resolution of ex-Senator Foote, declaring the ecompromise mea sures a final settlement of all difficulties between the north and south. Senator Downs, of Louisiana, made a speech on the subject, in which he declared that the adjustment measures had effected the object for which they were intended, and that there Will now no cause left for excitement. In reply to a resolution of inquiry, the l'resident transmitted a letter from our minister to England, which states that he has been assured by the British government that it never intended to sanction or suggest the employment of negroes from the baited States, in the It est Indies, in any manner that would conflict with the interests of our people, by inducing slaves to run away, Sc. On the contrary, they merely designed, in their original plan--which appears to have fallen through—to prevail upon trio blacks to emigrate to and cultivate the islands. Such a proceeding would be highly beneficial, not only to the poor free negroes, but to numerous white persons in this country, because the former would be esta blished in a climate more congenial to their nature, and the whites would get much work to do which is now done by the blacks. Mr. ('lay was improving in health, and expected to be soon able to take his scat in the senate. M. He La Rosa, the Mexican Minister at Wash ington, has resigned on account of ill-health. Ile took leave of the President on the 12th. The Ohio legislature has tabled a resolution,' de claring it to be the duty of the United States to in terfere, should Russia or any other power take part against any nation struggling for liberty. A new candidate for the presidency has been placed on the track by the New Hampshire demo cratic convention, viz., Gcn. Franklin Pierce, who gained considerable celebrity as commander of the New England brigade, during the Mexican cam paign. The steam-ship Daniel Webster, arrived at New York on the I ith, brought ten days later news from California. This is one of the shortest trips ever made between the new empire on the Pacific and the city of New York. There is no striking feature is this news ; on the whole, however, it is interesting, especially to those who have relatives and friends in the land of gold. It would appear as if civilisation was making rapid strides in California. Balls and dinners have recently been given there, having a profusion of delicacies and extent of choice dishes. The Indian difficulties arc at an end, or nearly so. The mutter seems to have been much exaggerated in the first place. Two companies of volunteers were organised in the city of San Francisco to proceed against them ; but, as their services were nut re qu'red, they were disbanded. Thu people of Cali ternia labour under great inconvenience for the want of a circulating medium. There is a great deficiency of gold coin of small denominations, and also of silver, and the consequence is that both bear a premium. The probability is that this scarcity will bo greater by-and-by, as silver change continues scarce iu the Atlantic States, where it has commanded a consider able premium for some time. The Daniel Webster also brings intelligence of the arrival at San Juan of the steam-frigate Saranac, under the command of Com. Parker. She was sent by the American government to that place, in con sequence of the affair of the Prometheus, and the peculiar position of American afthirs in Central America. The Saranac may have to proceed to Kingston, Jamaica, the headquarters of the British West India fleet ; for it is stated that Admiral Sey mour had ordered the British brig-of-war Express from San Joan, to enable him to investigate the conduct of her captain for firing into the Prome theus. A telegraphic despatch to the New furk Tribune, dated V 1 astungton, Tuesday, Jan. 13, says : There is no foundation for the report that Lord Palmers ton has made any communication to this government in regard to the affair of the Prometheus. The latent despatch received from Mr. Lawrence at the state de partment is dated December 26, which was after Lord Pahnenton's retirement from the cabinet. It that Mr. Lawrence stated that he had laid the letter of Mr. Webster upon the subject before Lord Palmerston, who had not bad time, however, to give it his attention before sur rendering the seals of office to his successor. Mr. Lawrence adds, that he has remised assurances from Lord Granville of Lis most friendly disposition, and that the subject in question would receive his prompt attention. The de spatch also states that the private claims of our citizens be fore the Preign-ofilee would receive tho early attention of the government. There are dates from the Mexican capital to Dec. 20, and Vera Crux to Dee. 26. A new paper has been started at the capital, enti tled El I.spinol; it is devoted to Spanish interests. l On the Ist of December a portion of the inhabitants of Zacatlan seized upon Vincento M. Garcia and Ma nuel Burger, curates of that place, and also Manuel Gomez, who endeavoured to assist the priests in defending themselves, carried them to tho banks of an adjacent river, bent them with clubs, and threw their corpses into theriver. The telegraphic line of Juan de la Granja had been commenced. It is to run from the capital to Vera Cruz, paring through San Andres, Orizava, and Cordova. Another line to the Pacific was projected. Dates from Brazos are to the 21th ult. The posi tion of Caravajal is not so desperate as had ap peared ; the rumour that he had been arrested and imprisoned was destitute of foundation; it was not certainly known whether he was on this side the Rio Grande or the other. It was evident that large reinforcements mere congregated to assist him. Caravajal published a report of the fight at Cerralvo, in which he says, " should the reports of a large force which the tyrant has placed at the disposal of his willing tools, Avaloe, Uraga, and the faithless traitor Canalea be confirmed I shall for the present, in imitation of the heroes of tho revolution, divide my forces into small parties, to observe and harrass the enemy, and before many weeks shall assume the offensive and drive them from your soil." A report at Brownsville, on the 16th, says that the military authorities across the river have declared Matamoraa no longer in a state of siege, and hauled down the flags on the 11th. The proclamation of Crags, prohibiting the crossing of foreigners except at certain designated places, still remains in force. Accounts from San Juan del Norte to Jan. 1 say, no news from the interior, except that Munoz now walks the stiletto of Leon instead of being a wanderer in the forma of llondurai. The Mexican papers contain some later news from Guatemala. The Assembly has passed an act, chang ing the manner of electing the l'resident. Hereafter be is to be chosen, not by popular vote, but by an u sembly, composed of the Chamber of Representa tives, the metropolitan archbishop, the judges of the courts, and the members of the Council of State. He will bo chosen fur four years, perpetually eligible THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1852. for re-election. It is supposed that General Carrera I will be cbosen. The ancient regulations in relation to the treatment of the Indians have been restored. We have Galveston dates to the 21st nit. Gen. Smith had made an important movement with the troops, in order to protect the frontier from Indian depredations. incursions being still continued. The Governor of Tezas was inaugurated on the 27th ult. 'Cho address abounds with expressions of loyalty to the union. GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTER. On Saturday evening, the large cotton mill be longing to Mews. Thomas Ogden and Sous, Dickenson street, Manchester, was boent down under most extraor dimity circumstances. The mill had closed, as b usual on Saturdays, at about 3 o'clock, and the workmen had cleaned their frames, so as to get away froin the promises by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There was, however, a shafting in the third story, which hail worked !belly, and a mechanic employed at the mill was directed to remain after the other hands had left, and to see that this portion of the multi. nery weermt into proper working order for Monday. It was expected he would b e a bl e to d o t hi s before the day clued. The man appears to have worked till after fire, when no longer able to see, lie went into the street and asked a watchman to go sad hold hie lamp for a few minutes to light him whilst he completed his task. The watchman dill so, but whilst he was assisting the mechanic to lift the shalt into its place ho unfortunately dropped his lamp. The codon in one of the spinning trains s was ignited by this accident, the (Lineal eau aiong rapidly front frame to frame, for it WAS an immense building, eight storeys high, full of frames and anindles for sifinning flue numbers of mule yarn, such as are chiefly used in the Nottingham lace trade—and the man perceived almost in a moment that any efforts by themselves to atop the progress of the destructive element would he (reifies*. 'I hey therefore raised an alarm, and the fire-engines being w ithin half a mile from the mill were beefily sent for. This was at ten minute , ' to G o'clock, and by about ten minutes allergia, the whole town of Manchester was lighted up by the immense blaze, which had burst through the building in the brief interval. By that tine, many of the town's lire engines were there, under the command of Mr. Thorau Rose, and a plentiful supply of water from the Rochdale Canal on one side the building enabled them speedily to get into ploy. Two engines from Salford also arrived, and one was brought up (nun the Hulme Cavalry Barracks by a company of the Royal Horse Artillery. Alto gether not less than thirteen engines were brought into operation, but neither the masses of water poured forth from these, nor the copio u s d e l uge which was dropping from the clouds at the time, appeared to cheek the destructive ele ment fur a single moment. By half-past six o'clock the entire mill was on fire, extending 60 ' , ordain length by 20 in breadth, and the dames were streaming forth from 160 ' windows at each front of - ha lofty pile, till they met and formed en immense eingto *beet of lire over the roof. The building, though of fine construction for the period it was built, was 27 years old, had no fire-proof floors, but simply boarded ones, which would of course be saturated with oil, and these materials burnt with a fury almost inconceivable. The sig:it of such a bluing mass when the fire was at its height was magnificent, and it lighted up the heavens for miles round. The people of the town rushed to the spot in thousands—for it was near the centre of the borough—and at Cheethain-hill, Gorton, Levenshuline, Didebury, Eccles, and other elevated place, some miles from Manchester, vast crowds were gathered to look 00, and could not only see the firemen moving about and directing the streams of water upon the flames, but everything about and around the mill, no vivid was the light. The destruction of the mill was accomplished very rapidly under these circumstances. Floor after fluor gave way in quick succession, each falling through with its heavy masses of =chin. ry ; and the roof and large portion* of the walls were alai destroyed at the same time. In Icon th in an hour all that was left of property worth more than _n,..59!., was a few shattered walls enclo s ing a huge heap of bro%en, dis jointed, and blackened ironwork, mingled with masses of bricks, charred wood, and smouldering cotton, the mere debris of an establishment which had born amongst the wonders of the ago for the collection of mechanism, and the results of ingenuity and skill brought toge ther within its wall*. the niachines were not of the latest invention, but included the self.actors, so wonderful in their productive pewee, nod when at work apparently almost instinct with life and motion, and requiring but little superintendence from human agency com red with the great quantity of wor k th ey turn off. Mr. Frost, them imaging partner of the millowuens, was present at an early period of the fire, and directed steps to he taken for saving some cotton in an outhouse. The erotica* of people who gathered round the premises gave willing aid at the engines, but the police were compelled to act with some vigour to keep back the masses so as to enable the firemen cooperate with freedom. The exact amount of loss could not be ascertained up to the time this account was written, but we learnt from one of the partners in the firm that the insurances were to the extent of 26,000 f. Though surrounded wits other build. logs, the mill was detached from them, and, •ss ith the ex ception of a shed in the mill-yard, all the premises in the neighbourhood, through the exertions of the fire brigades, were protected from injury. [For Markets sco lOU page.] WEST INDIES. By the Africa we have advice, from Jamaica to Jan. 2; they announce the increased prevalence of the cholera in different parts of the island. At Savannah la-Mar it was raging to a fearful extent. In the parish of Ilanover it was committing serious ravage/I. 'the C'hristmas holidays in Trelawny were made gloomy by the fear of a renewed attack of the pesti lence. Snip DEsTROTED BY Ftur..—On Saturday, advice' were received by the West India mail of the destruction by tire of the British ship, l'asitandra, from London, bound to San Francisco. The event occurred at sea, some distance from Lima, on the Bth of December last. She bad several passengers on board, who, with the crew, saved themselves by taking to the boats, and were picked up and taken into Liam. The cause of the fire is not explained. The ship was s but nartiv insured. • FORMATIos OF A RIFLE CIA - B.—Several ac- Live gentlemen in the Stock Exchange have agreed to form a club, on the principle of enabling members at th, it convenience to practise rifle shooting, it being un derstood that although each gentleman will suit the time of his attendance to his own convenience, he will, as a mem ber, he pledged to become expert in the practice. Mr. Chas. Mitchell, of the Stock Exchange, has been appointed hon. secretary, pro tem., and Henry Tudor, Esq., treasurer. The authorities at Woolwich have consented to place at the club's disposal space at Woolwich for prac tice, to bo exclusively used by members at stated times, so as not to interfere with the retzular nrtolery exercise. The subscription of members will be 2 . 2s. per annum, of which IL Is. is to be appropriated to Erises for the best shots, and IL Is. for g e n era l ex p enses . ach member is to provide himself with a rifle, and to pay fur such ammunition as he may use . Th e committee will engage an eminent rifle maker to supply efficient rifles at a moderato cost, and competent instructors in rifle shooting will be on the ground when required. None but members I or subscribers will be allowed to be present at the ordinary practice, but meetings will he fixed when members' friends may attend. The club to be managed by a committee selected by the members. Av EXPENSIVE INQUIRY.— The costs of the lengthened inquiry respecting the sanity of Mrs. Cumming, which has lasted about three weeks, will amount to a sum almost unprecedented in investigations of this nature. No expense and paius have been spared by those to whom the getting up of the defence has been entrusted. Mr. tier. jeant Wilkins is said to have received 20 guineas a day, be sides the consultation fee of tire guineas, and Mr. James 10 guineas a day in addition to the consultation fee • while no fewer than 80 witnesses were !ummoned for the defence, among whom the physicians and medical practitioners who were called in to depose to the sanity of Mrs. Cumming figure most conspicuously. The expenses on the side of the commission have been on a corresponding scale, enor mous fees having been given to Sir Frederick Thesiger and the other counsel employed to demonstrate the mental un soundness of the unfortunate lady. To these must be added the sum paid to the jury ; also the short-hand writers' notes, which were taken in full, and transcribed each day for the use of counsel; the biro of rooms and hotel charges at the Eyre Arms Tavern; and uum erous other items,whiels, though difficult of enumeration, will be found without fail is the bill of costa sent in by the solicitors of either party. The expense of the former commission, issued some years since, was small compared with that of the present investigation, which is estimated at between 3001. and 4001. a day. The property involved is altogether disproportioned to this ex travagant outlay, not yielding more than 2001. per annum, but the lawyers at least will reap a rich harvest by the inquiry. DEPARTURE OF THE EUROFA.—On Saturday, shortly after noon, the British and North American royal mall steam ship Europa, Captain Lott, left the Mersey for New York direct, with between forty and fifty passengers, the usual mails, and a full cargo. rho weather was very rough at theateamer's departure, the wind blowing a brisk gale from the south-west at the time, which prevented any other vessel than the Europa from leaving the port during the nay. SUICIDE OP A SEAYAN.-110CVSSING AND 11011- nnay.—On Saturday evening Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Catherine Wheel Tavern, Great Union -street, Southwark, respecting the death of Ellis Evans, aged 35 years. About three months since the deceased came home from sea in an East Indianian. A few days afterwards he was paid off, but on the following day some friends saw him, to whom ho said he had been hemmed and robbed by some women in Hateliff-highway, who had taken every ' farthing ho poseessed, lie seemed in great distrees, and said he would go and ace his cousin on board the Quarry Maid, then lying in the river, off Pickle Herring Stairs, St. John's, Tooley-street, and went thither to borrow some money. Having gone on board the vessel, be spoke to his relative, after which ho ran to the stern and jumped over board into the water. The captain threw out a rope, and the deceased, having rose tot's° surface, seised it, but when told to keep his grasp he laughed at the crew hysterically and then disappeared. The deceased hail received a letter from his wife on the morning he destroyed himself, apply ing for money, which he had promised to forward to Wales. The body was found on Thursday hot floating through one of the arches of London-bridge, having been in tho river about three months. Thu persons who actually saw the deceased leap into the water wore at sea and it was uncer tain when they would return. The jury, therefore, re turned an open verdict, "That the deceasedwaa found dead in the river Thames, but how or by what means he came into the water they had no legal proof." CoCHERMOIITII AND WOIKINGTON RAILWAY.— , The half-yearly abstract of the aeeounts of this company to the 31st of December, has been issued. The capital ac eonnt exhibita an outlay of 128,1:0;/, 64. 2d., of which 2841. 10s. Gd. has been paid to Lord Lansdale and his soli ' chars during the half-year which has closed. On account ' of revenue, the receipts amount to 3,8071. and the working expenses to 1,1601. 14e. 10/.—it is, therefore, the cheapest managed lino in England. The extraordinary disbursements which are charged torevenue account amount to 77/. Isis. 6d. The interest on borrowed money (including, we suppose, ref, rential shares which arc not op., di e d), duty, rates and till to the Whitehaven Junction Cioupany fur the use of their !midge and line, amount to 1,3321. I Is. 2J., leaving a ha lane,' of I,=l. IS.. 7d. at the disposal of the shareholders. This balsam will admit of a dividend of six shillings per share, or I i per rent. for the six months, besides a liberal addition to the contingent fund; it is fifty per cent more than has yet been declared for a single half-year. Vbe Court. WINDSOR, JAN. 21. The Queen ninl Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and Mom, this morning. The Prince of Woks, the Princess Royal, and the royal children took waii.ing and pony excreise. The followii. g visitors left the CaAle to-day: Baron and Baroness Brunnow, i, rd and Lady Seymour and the Hon. J. H. St. Maur, Earl and Countess (irey and Lady Alice lAmhten. Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount Canning, Sir Charks Wood, Sir Limes and Lady Graham, and Colonel \Vylde. Major-General Hon. George Cathcart arrived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majt sty. The additions to the royal dinner party this evening were, the Duchess of Kent. Prince Leopold of 8 ixe-Cohurg. the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance L. Gower, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness ale Speth, Major-General lion. George Cathcart, Colonel lion. Chsrles and Mrs. Grey, and Mr. 01'ths. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the Castle in the evening, and performed the following selec tion: - fVertare, °Le Svrment" Auher. Y.ocrrnete—eturor du Bc.lLe "Le PropWe" Ws mixer. Helvetian.. Mario" Janse.c Manch Scg DAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and youngsr mentbw-ni of the royal family walked in the Rome ('.irk this morning. Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, thy Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, nttended divine service this morn ing in the private chapel of the Castle. The Duchess of Kent also attended the service. The lion. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiatrti. Mr. John Taylor, juu.. had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office on Saturday. The Russian minister and the Baroness de Brunnow arrived at their residence in Doecr•rtrcct on Saturday from Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governors of the West India colo nies were received on Friday evenin3 M the Colonial office. A CAIIINET COUNCIL WAS HELD on SArenosy at the Foreign-office, I Mwning-street. The ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan cellor, the Earl of Tinto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville. Earl Grey, the Chancellor of tho Exche quer, Sir Francis flaring, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Lahouchero, the Hight Hon. Fox Mauls, and Lord t. , cymour. The Council sat two hours and a half. APPOINTNIENTS.—First Lieutenant Arthur Charles Greville, of the 60th Rates, serving at the Cape, is ap pointed second aide-de.eamp to the Governor, General Cathcart. Mr. John Morgan, now her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande, is appointed Consul at Bahia. Mr. It. 11. 8. Wrrry, now Vice-consul at Mitiltme, is appointed Vice consul at 'lmmerse. Mr. Charles Newton. of the British Museum, is appointed Vice-consul at Mitilene. The Rev. Samuel W. Sterdman, chaplain to the troops at Hong- Kong, is appointed to thu Colonial Chaplaincy of th a t Wand, in the room of :lie Rev. Vine IA John Stanton, re igned. Charles Henry Stewart. Esq.. is appointed Deputy Queen's Advocate at Ceyloa.-06server. THE STRIKE. MEETING AT GREENWICH. --• •• --• On Friday night a meeting of the non-society men lately connected with Mesas. Venn and Co.'s factory, took place at the Fishermen's Arms, Cold Bath, Oreenwich, the object being to induce th firm to reset them at work on the grouiv.s of their non.connesion with the dispute, and their disapproval of the me as ures o f de amalgamated so ciety. About 300 were present. It is sufficient now to state that the men passed a resolution condemnatory of the proceedings of the amalgamated society, and appointing • deputation to watt upon Messrs. Penn, expressive of their desire to get back to their work. One of the speakers ob served " it was a sorry sight to see so many men standing about idle, whose Satunlay night's wages were cat off, but whs were willing to work. The chairman of the meeting, and four other mechanics, Shearing, Rouse, Dell, and D. Thomas, were appointed a deputation to wait un Mr. Penn. —Kentish Jlereury. MANCHESTER. So far as any mutual arrangements are concerned, the dispute in the iron trades remains in an unaltered position. The returns in the four police districts in Manchester, up to yesterday, are similar to those given in our last. There arc 16 machine shop., of which 31 are open, and 13 closed. When all the hands were employed, they numbered 5,101. There are in work 1,991, and out of weekly the strike 3,113. With regard to the labourers, we consider it only fair to the employers to say that they have very generally made arrangements for the employment of those connected with their establishments in straightening up, whitewashinu, stock-taking, and other occupations ; and we believe a dis position ha., been shown, on the part of individual master", to divide this work vqually among their labourers, by taking them on in relays. Th.le arrangements will con siderably alleviate the distress which will fall upon this class of workmen sad their families. Prom all we can ,learn, we arc of opinion that the labourers have very little sympathy with the Amalgamated Society, and we cannot withhold our cordial approval of the course of those masters who are acting as we have stated.—Matielicsfer Examiner. LIVERPOOL. The efforts made by the engineers in Liverpool to accommodate matters with their employers, and remain in work, have, suiliappily, proved unavailing, the latter insist ing upon all who are connected with the Amalgamated Societies n leavet heir shops. Mears. Fawcett's men, 18 in number, already out; and it of Messrs. Forrester. will he paid off to-night (Saturday). A memorial was presented by the latter to the firm, pledging themselves not to attempt making any alterations in the rules and regulations of the shops in the Liverpool district, and to remain neutral in the impending struggle between the men and masters in other districts. This, however, was held to be insufficient, Messrs. Forresters having bound themselves to the Masters' Association not to employ, upon any terms, those of their men who were not willing to give up altogether the clubs to which they belong, and which afford important benefits to members, in C 3.80 of sickness, want of work, &c.— Liverpool Mail. THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR RIFLES. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 21. Almost the only change to be noticed in the con dition of trade here during the week has been the receipt of a fair supply of orders from the markets of the Mediterra nean and the Levant; the merchants trading in that quarter are becoming busy, otherwise the orders in the hands of the merchants are:not large, the manufacturers being chiefly kept going by the factors orders which have considerably improved of late ; it is with still more satisfaction we are enabled to announze that all the reports received concur in predicting that we shall hare more than average demands for our goods fur the spring trade in the home market. , The Pori heads an article on the gun trade, "Combination of the Workmen." Now there has been nothing in the shape of combination amongst the men. We have the fullest' assurance of those who have seat in tenders, that nothing whatever has occurred out of the ordinary course of busi ness; the workmen have so far throughout behaved with exemplary moderation. Upon the requirement of the misters themselves the workmen have fixed their prices, which are only • shade higher than they were last March—a consideration of not the slightest importance to the Board of Ordnance or to anybody concerned. The entire contract now referred to will when given out fled em ployment for something like 2,000 men.—The nail makers at Rowley and Sedgley are unfortunately again on the strike: the masters having given notice of a reduction in their wages, amounting to 10 per cent., the men hare re solved not to accept it.—An unfortunate oecurreuce has just taken place at Wordsley the glass-works of Messrs. Richardson have stopped, by which 150 men have been thrown out of employment. DEFENCE OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. -- It is said that a commission, emulating of Major General Carden, of the Royal Engineers ; Colonel Coign houn, of the Royal Artillery ; and Mir E. Belcher, lt.N, has been appointed to examine and report on the state of the defence+ in the Channel Idsnits. CHEAP Br.Eit.—Tho agitation for the reduction or the price of beer is (says • correspondent) sprogresMig amongst the working classes. On Wednesday evening last several district meeting. were held, at which the reports were of the mod tavourable character, sad a practical result may be shortly auticipatcd. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATWIDAY. From en early hour this morning wo have had a ' hard gale from the south-west, accompanied by rain. It is still blowing with terrible violence, and the sea outside Kingstown presents a very formidable ampoct. Tho mail steamer, due this morning, has arrived about three hours late, after an exceedingly rough Pasant , . Two troops of the 7th Hussars, and some compa nies of infantry, have left Dublin for the disturbed districts of Louth, Monaghan, and Armagh. An additional detachment of 39 of the constabulary was despatched yesterday morning from the central depot to Crossmaglen, in the county of Armagh, on temporary servi( e. Government has offered a reward of 1001. Ibr the discovery of th 2 nssassins who fired at Mr. Chambr.% Tho holly R.rpress gives the following extract of a private letter received in town last night : Hawthorn-Lill, Friday.—Our friend Chamber has hat a very good night, and is more disposed to speak. I have not seen him so well yet, and he appears to me to pmgresa to improvement. At the same time, to be decided, we hare to wait until those wretched nine days are passed. A medical bulletin of a few hours later date states that no favourable change can be reported yet. The following communication in the Mail of last night contains the most authentic information yet pub lished with reference to this outrage : NEWRY, TIICItsnAY NIGIty.-1 regret to inform you that the state of our friend still continues to he very preca rious. Seven of the slugs, which appear to have been cut from• square ingot of lead, have been extracted; two, how ever, are still lodged —one in th e th roat an d one i n t h e h ea d —and unfortunately in situations which render them peculi arly dangerous—that in the throat especiaily, owing to it, proximity to the jugular vein—the movement of this in an unfavourable direction might be attended with fatal conse quences, owing to which the medical attendants are unable to pronounce any very decided opinion, nor does it appear likely they can do so for wine days to come. air. Chanibrr's left eye, though not absolutely wo un d e d, i s i n great d anger — a slug having struck close beneath it, sod passed nearly round its orbit. The greatest anxiety for his safety is felt and evinced by persons of all classes in this vicinity. lie is a young man of the moat amiable di.position and universally esteemed in the neighbourhood. Several persons have been apprehended on suspicion, and one of the parties in custody can be proved, beyond all doubt, to have takeu au active part in this murderous outrage—if it shall not appear that be was the actual perpetrator. The Itibhon card found upon his person borr,togethcr with the name of "Chambrr" thrice written, this remarkable inscription, " A deed is to be done." On examining his clothes, one knee of his trousers was found to he wet, as it would be if the wearer had been kneeling for any time on the damp earth in the attitude which a person waiting to commit such a crime would have assumed. Him show alro were compared with some tOotrrints at the place which had been occupied by the aiillSlll/R, and corresponded exactly with the marks left by one of them. It is a very singular fact that Mr. Chamber who had received threaten ing notices of the fate deigned for him, observed to his brother, while they were a-cending the hill upon which his lurking assailants were posted, that if ever those threats should be carried into execution, it would be on that spot, for he was obliged to slacken his speed then-, and would thus offer a surer mark than when ho pursued his ordinary rapid 113/30 on the level road. The words had scarcely passed his lips when the shot was fired. Tho undischarged blunderbuss which was left behind by the murderers had been snapped, but missed fire. Had it exploded, it would have probably killed two or three of the party, having been loaded to the very muzzle with ball cartridges tightly rammed home. .... The Tablet states that in the ease of " Achilli T. Newman" the prosecutor Ins given notice of his in- tention to demur to the defendant's pleas. In this way, the Tablet adds, should the demurrer be allowed, the defendant will be called up for jud7,•- mcnt without having an opportunity of giving any proofs. SATURDAY ETTNINO. ANOTHER LANDLORD FIItE•'D AT. An account of another murderous outrage upon a landlord in the north has been roc( iced in town this afternoon, the scene of the attack being in the very county in which the special commis-ion opens on Tuesday next. It appears that yesterday evening a shot was fired nt Mr. George Nlomnt, J. 1 1., near Car rickmacross, in the county of Nlonaglian, but in this case the intended victim was more fortunate than Mr. Eastwood or Mr. Chambri , , no personal injury having been inflicted on him, a lth oug h some o f the slugs were lodged in his hat. It is remarkable that so many of the murderers' shots have failed in their object in the northern counties, while in Tipperary, the King's County, and some of the other districts which were infected with agrarian crime to such an extent a year or two since, there was scarcely an instance in which the assas sin did not take down his man. The news from Dundalk this evening represents 1 1 the state of Mr. Chambre as only indifferent. Two of the slugs arc yet unextraeted. The Earl of neaten paid him a visit yesterday, and minutely examined the scene of the attack. In the Queen's Bench, the case of Birch v. Sir William Somerville was once more before the court. Mr. Brewster, Q.C., appeared to show cause on be half of the defendant, against the conditional order for a new trial. lie relied mainly on the fact of no objection having been made to the mode of swearing Lord Clarendon at the trial, and produced a ve r ifi e d copy of tho newspaper from the Stamp-office, wherein the plaintiff, in a fortnight after the trial, took credit to himself in a leading article for having allowed Lord Clarendon to give evidence on his honour instead of requiring him to be sworn on his oath. Mr. IVhiteside, Q.C., was heard at consider able length in support of the order. The Lord Chief Justice delivered judgment (in which the other members of the court concurred), allowing the cause shown with costs, and discharging the condi tional order. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town to-day, and has resumed the command of the Dublin garrison. MUSIC. DIWRY•LANE. - - - ----• Mr. Bonne commencement of his operatic cam paign on Friday was followed up, on the following evening, by another successful performance, in a totally different style, and by an entirely di ff erent b ody: of siagers, a proof of the strength of hit musical company. The opera of Saturday ev , iiing wu Auber's " Fro lliavolo," with Sims Reeves as the brigand chief, Mrs. Reeves as Zrrlino, Mr. Whitworth and Miss P. Horton as Lord and Lady Allc ash, and Mr. Manvers u Loren:o. ----- There is no comic opera more familiar to the English public than "Fee Diavolo," nor is there any which, when fairly performed, is more certain of success. It has accord ingly been acted, times innumerable, in every theatre of note in the three kingdoms, and yet retains its attraction. Tho drama is so admirably constructed, is lively, and yet so full of interest, while the music is such a happy combi nation of sparkling brilliancy with sweet and graceful melody, that the attention of the audience never flags, nor does their pleasure abate for a single moment. Auother of its great merits is the perfect simplicity and clearness of the plot; and in short, "Fr Diavolo" is a model for a I light and elegant combo opera. The production of " Robert the Devil," on Friday, in troduced to the pub li c a number of performers hitherto quite unknown, and gave rise to several unexpected displays of great vocal talent. In "Fee Di-train, - on the other hand, all the singers wore well knows, and of established character ; so that their performance does not afford much ' matter for remark. Mr. Bunn has formed a vocal company of extraordinary strength, and Drury-lane Theatre, from the completeness of all ita musical means and arringementi, is well entitled to be regarded as the English opern-house. We could have been glad that it were the English opera-house only; for one cannot but fear that Mr. Dunn, in keeping up a sepa rate and expensive company for tragedy and comedy, is attempting more than he can accomplish. This is the rock on which English opera has already split more than once ; we sincerely hope it mny not do so again. Tnr. AMAZON.—An official investigation into the circumstances of the disastrous low of the Amazon has been appointed to take place under the superinteudi nee of the department of the Board of Trade. The investigation com mences this day at eleven o'clock, and will be carried on in the council chamber of the Privy Council, which has laden selected both for it. Rife and also for the accommodation it affords to an inquiry of this nature, the chamber being fitted up as a court of justice for the hearing of appeals and ex tension orjistent cases. Tux MaDittn.—lt has been already elated in the Krpretba that the Peninsular Mail packet Madrid, which left Southampton on the 7'h instant, and which in ordinary course should have arrived at that port with the peninsular mail on Saturday, was obliged to put into Co mma for coal on the 12th. She was therefore live days in reaching Coruna*, when the ordinary passage to Vigo is only three days. The Madrid, it appears, espritneed most tempestuous weather after she left Southampton. she took out several borers, and ono died heron. she r. ached Comma, and three others were not likely to live, owing to the had weather. Corunna was a likely place where any of the crew and passengers of the Amazon sased would have been landed. But letters from the Madrid have been received in Southampton dated from that port on the 13th inst. There is no hope, therefore, from that quarter, In cense from the time of the Madrid putting into Corunna on the 12th until the 13th, news of - any baying been saved would have been heard of, and would have been most cer tainly alluded to in the letters that were written ou the latter date. labi InttUtgence. EQUITY COURTS. —SATURDAY. Bnonnie u LIPOOLICS-11111.—Birsosa yea Gem, rneaCICLOI. PIIRCIVAL e. CANST. — TILUST.—ANSWSIL ST LUNATIC'S COMNITTES.—SPOLIATION.--EVIDEN CS . Ibis was an appeal from a decree of the then Vice-Chan cellor (Sir J. Knight Bruce) declaring that the emit of 4,3001. in Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities wee, at her death in ISI9, held by the defendant, Sarah Caney and wen Mending in her name i n t rus t f or t h e plaiutiff, 'Mrs. Percival, and that the dividends thereon had been paid up to July, 1811, and decreeing payment to the plaintiff in the common form. Against this decree the defendants, the re presentatives of Sarah Caney, appealed. The case contains several points of importance, and presents some extraordi nary features. The facts are shortly these : The bill, which was filed in October, 1847, and eftowsr la amended, prayed that the defendant, Sarah Caney, ingot be declared to he a trustee for the plaintiff of t.ll, auto of 4,3001., Three per Ceut. Consolidated Bonk Anuunews, and of the dividends due in respect then el. ?dim Caney had been found a lunatic ley commission in the year 1843, and therefore the committees of her eetete, Stephen James Bridger. Stanton, George Verret', and Robert Page, were made de Evident'. The bill alleged that in the year DMA Sarah Cent y, au unmarried lady, resided with the plaintiff. now Mrs. Pemeival, but then the widow of Iticherd Wither*. The two ladies were on intimate term', and the plaintiff front time to time deposited money in the Inutile of Sarah Ce.nev for the purpose of havinee the sante invested in the fund*, for her ('he plaintiff's) benefit. In 11416 the ninnies Mt deposited were by the bill alleged to exceed 1,500/. Early in that year the plaintiff intermarried with her late huehaud, Janus Percival, end on the 16th of February in tl.e IMO year, being shortly preview, to her marriage, transtee-red into the name of Sarah Canny the sum of tekli. Consols. In the year 1837 the pleintiff sepa rated from her husband. At that time a Mn. Dryden, a sister of Sarah Caney, under a power of attoremey, received her taster's dividend,, and continued to tin on until her (Mrs. Dryden's) death in October, 1834. The bill alleged that Smile Caney was in the habit of accompanying Mrs. Dreden to the bank when she went to receive the dividends, and that previous to their going to the bank Sarah Caney, who had for some time pre 'Moly etched to reside with the plaintiff, and had lived in a Aimee of her own, use-1 to send Mrs. Elizabeth Ilanimmied, a charwoman, to the plaintiff, to request her to a and take care of Mine Caney ' ' house while she went to the bank. On the return of Mn. Dryd.n and Miss Caney !runt the bank, the plaintiff wee from time to time paid by Mrs. Dryden her (the plaintiff's) share of the dividends. Mrs. Dryd, died in October, 1818; and after her death her son, the defendant Stanton, who was also the nephew of Sarah Caney, accompanied Lis aunt to the Bank whoa she received the dividend... In January, le3e, on the return of Miss Caney and Stanton from the Bank, the plaintiff sod Miss Cant y bad a depute as to the amount of money belonging to the former in the hands of the latter. On that empanel the only pec a ns premed, Mettles the plaintiff . ..lel Mill Caney, were Stentou and the charwoman, Elizmelsetb Damn mond, and, after come discuasion, Stanton drew up a MY randum as follewee—" It is mutually agreed that there is new standing in the name of Sarah lenity the hull, of 4,300/. Censulimlatel Beek Annuities, belonging to Mrs. Percival." Theo memorandum was signed by both Mier Caney and Mrs. Percival, and was attested by Mom. in nd, and remained in the hand. of Stanton. l'regn that time until 1814 Mrs. Percival was paid 11 Stanton ever ' helGyear 821. 12s. 6m1., being the amount of th e leelf-yiers dividend on the 4,3001. stock, ISIS the income-tax ; but, after July, 1814, no further sums were paid her. On the let of' November, 1843, Stanton caused a commission of lunacy to be issued against Miss Caney, under which she was declared a lunatic from the Ist of October, 1842, and the defendants Stanton, Verrall, and Page Were appointed the committees of her estate. Mr. Percival, the plaintiff's bushel-el, died on the 6th of November, 1811. Its January, 1816, two letters were sent by the solicitor of the plaintiff to the de fendants' solicitors, requesting a copy of the memorandum, which elicited the following reedy: " The next of kin of the lunatic have met together on M rq. Pervival'e claim, and, alter making every inquire to misty themselves whether the statement made by Mrs. Percival wan correct, they have determined to tenet any claim which she may think fit to set up. Under these cir cumstances, unit considering the state of mind the lunatic was is at the time the memorandum alluded to was ghee, Mr. Stanton does not feel justitied in giving any copy thereof." Lu September, 1817, the defendant Stanton burned the me ' moraudum, sail, immediately alto rwards, the present suit was instituted. Answers were put in to the bill, and the cause was at issue, when, on the 27th of June, 1819, Sarah Caney died. Letters of administration were graiom dto her next of kin, Menton, and the de (cadent' S.trnti Veered and Mary Ann Pace, the resm ctivo wives of the defend ants Verall and Page, and they were brought before the court by bill of reviver and supplement. The principal defence which the defendants endeavoured to eateblish was, that Sarah Caney was of unseund mind before the year 1842, and eapeeediy at the period in 1839 when the me morandum wee signed, and they examined many witnesses with a view to prose that feet, the principal of whom was a baker, of the name of Nloxey, who spoke to various ec centricities, and the: she was very strange and dirty in her attire. Oa the other hand, a number if witnesses Were examined tnihow that Mk< no onsounctreeea of mind prior to October, 1812, and the plaintiff relied upon the fact that at th e time of tme commission against her in 1815 there had been no suggeetion made by Stanton that she wan insane at the time she 'Motel the memorandum, nor did lie attempt to carry the lunacy further back than 1842. Stanton's explanation of the memorandum was, that at the time of the alteration between Mrs. Percival and Miss Caney he was alarmed at the chain put forth by the plain tiff, and, Peeing nothing to prevent her laying claim to the whole of Mies Caney'. property, he thought it best on the spur of the moment to sketch, out a memorandum, with a view of limiting the plaintiff% claim to the sum then .acted which he accordingly did, although he did not far one moment believe that Miss Caney owed the 4,300/. lie did this the more willingly as he considered that Miss Caney was not at the time of her signing the memorandum of sound mind, or capable of undemanding, what she was about, and therefore that the same could not be biading upon her, and that he allerwatds destroyed the memorandum, think ing it to be of no further use. With respect to the sum of 8191. Three per Cent. Console, the defendants ad mitted that sioce the filing of time original bill they had discovered from the Bank books that in the year 1816 Mrs. Percival did transfer that amount into the name of Miss Caney, but they were unable to my whether the tame was so transferred to be held in trust fur the plaintiff; at any rate, however, that was a question to be determined by a court of law, and did not warrant the tiling of a bill in equity. 'r ho eeidence in support el the plaintiff's use was very voluminous, the mot important of which, RI relating to the signing of the memorandum, was that of Elizabeth Hammond, who was present at the time, and de posed that Sarah Coney was then calm and rational, and in her wand miud and tilllsts; that she appeared capable of comprehending and understanding the entente, uud wu not at all deranged or diem& red in her intellect or under standing, and that Stanton did not treat her as a person of disordered intellect, nor express any doubt that she was iu full posseetion of her senses, but, on the contrary, he remained to dine with her, and treated her, as be always had done, as a rational reset.. On behalf ef the defendants a great number of witnesees were examined, and the depo sitions en both sides ran to an enormous length. The Vice- Chancellor, on the 4th of June, WO, a:ter commentieg in severe terms on tho desti uctien of the m emoran d um . by Stanton, and stating it to be his opinion that Mies Caney was perfectly sane when she signed it, decreed in favour of the plaintiff's claim to the whole of the 4,3001., with custs. From this decision the defendants appealed. No attempt was made before the Master in Lunacy to carry back the lunacy to an earlier date than October, 1842. It was in evidence that other papers had beta burnt besides the memorandum. The appeal being front the whole decree of the mitt be low, the case was opened by Mr. J. Russell on behalf of the respondent■ on Saturday week. The arguments having been re timed on Saturday hut, Mr. W. W. Cooper followed on the same aide, and in the comae of a very able addres,.., in which be took an elaborate review of the whole evidence, submitted that Miss Caney was periectly aaue at the time the memorandum was executed in 1839. Mr. Moline , ftr the appellants, in the course of his argu ment, adverted to the destruction of the memorandum by Stanton. The destruction was admitted. but then Stanton had given every information as to its content., and had in his answer satisfactorily explained the reason why that document was drawn up by him anal signed by the parties. IL submitted that the appellants wero entitled to further inquir y, and that the evid, nee did not juitify a decree ahsolute for the teamster of the 4,:itlt. The learned counsel went at great length into criticism of the evidence, contending, that Miss Cusey's singular and ec centric habits, her seclusion flout human society, her habit (for many )ears) of hoarding and secreting large sums of money in her house, the interest of whieli would have sufficed to meet her expenditure flee time' over, and hoc filthy and disgusting habits—all tended to show that the change which the counsel on the other lido contended had taken place in 1812, was not a sudden change, but the result of insanity long preciously existing. The learned gentleman hail not concluded his address when the Lord Chancellor rose. Mr. Chandless and Mr. Stecre are on the came side. Bows Tior..auismuot 8a Mum Palma. ArrouNtut-OssaaLL O. Cu vs. This was apetitTonl;ytl7el:liitora To; ih . :. - p . urpose of ef fecting a compromise under the authority of the court. It appeared that the free c allowed school at Dalkon, in Staf fordshire, was founded some time in the reign of King Henry VIII., and that the patronage of the school is vested iu the Marquis of Hastings. In Iti34 arran,r. meets were made for building anew schoolhouse at some distance from Hilhorne, with accommodatiou fur the master. tho ached RV converted into a grammar school. Under this arrangement a large sum of money was borrowed, with which the new wheelhouse and master's houeo were built, and Mr. Curtis. the defendant, became the head master. Dy these means the charity became heavily incumbered, and in 184.1 this information was filed mainly fur the pur po.e of obtaining a declaration of the court respeetiug the nature of the education which ought to he given at the school, and upon a hearing before the Vice-Chancellor Knight Drum, in M►rch, 1b47, numerous inquiries were direct,' to be made by the Master as to the property of tho charity, the thou condition of the school, the state and origin and nature of the charity, and whether it would be fit and proper that any and what change in the conduct and plan of education should be mad e , r e g ar d b e ing bad to the act of the 3 6: I Vict., cap. 77, which provided for tha grant of a pension to the existing waster of any school by the governors and visitors thereof on his being desirous to 4 ?.,.