The Express. — London, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

is j gaftl3, 35.27 per cent. Great Britain, census !K A, 24121:A7; 11411, 18,6.18,372; increase in to years, 2,463,505, or 13.20 per cent. Upper Cass'ls , census of 1651. 952,001; 1841, 465,357 ; i n crease in 10 years. 456.617, or 10458 per cent. These rates of increase cannot be matched by iif any Gths r states or countries in the world, with the exception of California and Australia. Not witleoanding all the putting that we have heard of the western states of the neighbouring union, with the exception I have jait named, they cannot show such an increase. Ohio Michigan, and Illinois, next to c j itfeenia, show their most rapid increase. These these states in In3o contained 1,126,831; in 1850, 3,5,0,000 ; showing an increase of a little over 320 per cent. in 2.) years. flot let us compare Upper Panaill with 'lien.. In 1830 it contained 210,137 ; i.. t., : , •1,1 ; showing an increase of 375 per ant. in the same period, or a gain of 33 per cent. over the three states. Now this is a very stri!,iex fact, which is neither k a oan our uppr , elated in England or the United :gates. And how has Upper Canada gained this p e putation so rapidly? In tie face of difficulties and aievuraerments, and ignorance in England of her extraordinary resources, as d:nse as the darkness that in former ti . lea plagued the Egyptians. The usual ac otin; a oc Canadian news in the English news pie Is, are also inten.ely ludicrous, and indeed worse than positive silence. Upper Canada may not have 01, but her agricultural capabilities can hardly be exceeded. Suing correspondence of Mr. Jackson and the secretary of State for the Colonies, has appeared in the papers durirg the last week relative to Nova origin railways. The Colonial Secretary explains that the reason why the royal assent was not given to the railway bills of that province, was in conse quence of correspondence between his department and the geutieracii engaged in making the railways. Mr. Jackson, in Lis letters, one of which is addressed to the Lieuter.ant-Governor of Nova Scotia, and the other to Mr. Mocks, the Inspector-General et Cancils, an::eunces that he abandons the whole plan, but that ho will make the railway from Halifax to Quebec on the condition of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick voting sums of' 20,00 W. sterling a year each, and Canada and the Imperial government 30,0001. sterling a year each, to enable him to pur chase Three-end-alialf Terminable Annuities; and the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada to assume any farther stock that may be necessary for the undertaking. Prices of pluluee are still high, in consequence of news from Ealope. Flour is quoted as high as 325. 6d. to 3s. per barrel; wheat, 7s. 3d. per 601bs. Pot ashes have been sold for 295.; pearls, 275. 6d., bat little doing. These prices arc currency, which is one-ninth less than sterling, with a rate of exchange of 10 per mut. agaiust it ; making a difference of not far from 20 per cent. lower than sterling. The weather is very pm and fine. Or Court. WINDSOR, Noy, 21. The Queen, cr . th the 1/ache's of Brababt, rode in the Riding-house tbi. morning. Ilse Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred visited the cavalry barracks this afternoon, when their Royal High nesses, after inspecting the riding-school, went round the troop stables end men's room.. }ter Majesty r.feived the melancholy beelligence yester day afternoon of thu death of the Queen of Portugal. ant cousin, by motive, both to her Majesty and I'rince Albert. The party invited to assemble at Windsor Castle to-day, en the occasion of the birthday of the Princess Royal. has beets countermanded in cmseinence, and the military and private bands era dispensed with at the Castle until further wan. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Provinces and the Governor of Now Zealand. WINDSOR TIIEVERICALS.—Those royal dramatic instrrtainatents are not to he ronissad until after Christ mas, when Bhalopeam's play of TM Tempest is to be presented. SIR ROBERT PEEL has consented to deliver a lecture in fire or ti: towns of the Midland district, in aid of the fund living raised to employ a paid lecturer in con sesion with the Midland Voiotia Mechanics' Institutes.— /hewing/tem Ussette. THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. -- 4 -- PRESTON, MONDAY. The amount brought in by the weavers' delegates yesterday was about 2,200/., or 200/. more than the receipts of say former week. This afforded very lively satisfaction to those dependent upon the fund. as wee evident when the fact was announced to a largo meeting held in the Orchard this morning. The proceedings of the meeting commenced at nine U'eloek by Mr. J. B. Hoestall, of Hoyton (editor of the Fodor, Operatives' Guide), being called to the chair. The Csialnlattt advised his hearers to do what they could to mean the support sad approval of the press. If they could do that, it would be a step in the right direction that would have • tendency to bring this unfortunate dio rite to ea mid. He had often baud it uked why they le lotted the present time to tuna out for an advance of wages. It mould they must be mad to mahatma • time as thia.Tbat gustiest bad been asked by the press, sad he would amen it. He would ask, what had bad trade mad gloomy pro pels to do with the ability of the Preen mamtfacturers to pay as geed • rats of wages os the maaathatarms GA say ether amiss ? If trade was bad at Prestos, it was bad at Blackburn, sad throughout the whale at the msaulasturlas districts; sad he eoateaded. that whatever rate ef wages meld be psid la another district, weld be paid la Presesa. If this dispute could be referred to say gaprejadleed tri. basal, he would stake the result sa that point aims. That was their defence for having tarsal at at the peessat time. Than Mises was sot to pia sa advance tapes the wages paid throughout the massufmtusiag antrista. bat simply to plan themselves ea a level with ether towns. Bush bang the ewe, be thought they were pseissely Jastead la their assegais ; and he hoped they would outlaw est until they get what they wasted. (Chem.) Itr. X. Barra, of Oldham (president of the negative ereamitam), remarked that it gemmed that the people et Presses were as cutlass almost the BIM befog .paned as the manssfamarees were about opening them. If the smeters at their nest enestiag should hal disposed. _ _ to *emu for another south, M believed the operatives would display the lama mileage that hod hithevto shares• larked their conduct, and that the main/ would sestinas to moist them. Therefore, hie advisee, the operatives was, lobe peaceable and quiet, whatever elm they did, end if the employers were disposed to come to as amicable ar rasemeset, *weep' of it. TM amsafeeterers might at owe WW2**. this *tad°n by coseeding the reasonable dams' made upon them. Is illastretion of the selves ter of co-eperetiva self-employment, be would °sly refer to P adiham, where all the mills swept one were stopped. And what was that one ? It was a mill where the opera tives were working for themselves, mad where, instead of earning about 10s. • week use two looms, as was the ems is Preston, when they were employed they were earsieg 14s. or lbs. (Cheers.) He hoped they would per to the last, and show to their employers that they were may sad women; sad although it was winter, and they were only receiving M. per week, be believed the committee would eons be able to raise their wages for play lag, sad that was what the manasetaren would not do for working. This week there was • brighter prospect for them than ever. New emu* of support were being *posed to them, and those whisk had been previously °pseud were augmenting their costributioss. If the em ployers thought promr to prolong this straggle, the opera tives would be enabled to withstand them ; but let their proceedings be characterised by pew, order, sail snug mity. (Cheers.) Addressee were subsequently delivered by Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Chadwick, and Mr. T. Smith, of Stockport; and by Mr. Cirimshaw, of Great Harwood, after which the u seably dispersed to receive *sir week's pay at the ap pointed places. THE RUSSIAN ARMY.—The Bucharest Zeitung states that upwards of 12,000 men are ski, belonging to the Russian army of mutation. The dimwits with which they IN affected appear to be of a very singular character, end had proved very intractable under treatment. The symptoms are stated to be the appearance of a sort of vesicular humour oa the chest, from which at a certain stage eahudes a small quantity of pus, and • deposit of earthy matter is thcn found to chin in the timsee. The disease is attributed by some of the medical mew to the quality of the diet, the bread !mint INIMIISSIA of grim and other indigestible materials, whet eseelser mom of the medical body state that the essNiNg erase of the abeam is the quantity of dust inhaled daft die kosimasuess i• the summer, combined with use roma et distaitl id•labriy of the country where the army is stationed. IRELAND. GAMBLING LN LONDON. _~ Dews. Nov. 21. The mock election at Clonmel, in anticipation of that for which the Speaker's writ is a necessary pre liminary, is at length over, and Mr. John O'Connell is clonally the putting member. The Rev. than Burke, parish priest of Clonmel, has been popularly styled the returning officer for that borough; and iu the present instance he would appear to have success fully established his claim to the office, having em ployed his influence so effectually in resisting the pretensions of the tenant league. On the part of the latter lady, however, a long report has been put for ward, signed by Messrs. Moore, Lucas, Duffy, and Gray, the league deputation to Clonmel, in which they give their own version of the whole affair, and state in the most positive manner that both by Mr. O'Connell himself, and by his friends, all the pledges' , which they required were accepted by Mr. O'Con nell, with the exception of that to sit ou the tory benches in opposition to every liberal government a ho would not make the theories of the tenant league cabinet questions, and that thereupon they did not think it absolutely necessary to press that paint, and abandoned their opposition. Mr. John O'Connell quite as positively denies that he went as far as is thus pretended in adopting the views of the deputation. The deputation has retired from Mama, leaving Mr. John O'Connell and his friends in pussessim of the field. An out-door meeting was held in Clonmel yesterday, at which the choice of Mr. John O'Connell as their candidate had the sanction of the shouts of the populace. The whole affair would be of very little interest except as an indication of the present state of Irish parties at home. The Cork Reporter, with referense to the Swedish emigrant ship which has arrived at Queenstown with cholera on board, says: The two pumas who remained on board the Prevail-, in cholera, and who were on Friday reported by the mate to have been convalescent, died this (Saturday) morning. No sew ca.e has beta reported since the vessel 'Meted the harbour; sad Mr. Brecknell gives it u his confirmed opinion that the disease was caused on board the ship by the use of impure water. The body of the captain is still on board. The Kossuth was fumigated this morning, and may be expected to proceed to sea by Wednesday neat. Of the latter ship Dr. Scott, emigration medical inspector, thus reports: There hu beta one death of cholera and one of diarrhoea since Thursday, besides one infant, woich died of exhaustion, its mother being in hospital. There are at present under treat ment wo eases of cholera and four of diarrhar I, all of which are doing well. The passengers have all bern removed from the vessel, end are now lodged in Queenstown and Curia. A circular letter signed by the inspector general of the constabulary, has been recently promulgated, the object of which is to check emigration in the police force. It sets forth that retired policemen representing themselves as agricultural labourers, and thereby obtaining passages to Australia, will subject themselves to a penalty of 501. The alarming large number of resignations recently received from policemen who have emigrated, or intend imme diately to set out, has induced the inspector general to adopt the course indicated above for the purpose of preventing, as much as possible, further emigra tion. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIP.,--1 have endeavoured to give you a faithful picture of a man'e way to the gaoibliog-table—of the alluremen'e which draw him thititer--ef the destereas way. in which hell•keepers contrive to draw young men of fortune into their debt. Now, if these temptations resulted Is the loss of a few pounds, the matter might not be worth that attentive' which the legislature during the nest session of parliament are likely to bestow upon it. But the system as we find it spreads its terrible consequences thr ,ughout the length and breadth of this country. It has fastened its horrible fascination upon young men representing some of the most notable (=like within the realm. Fine Mtates are falling into the dirtiest of hands; wealth won nobly by men who have risen from the ranks of the people is fall ing, in golden showers, into certain pockets of St. James's- Sir, could the des.l rise tl see all the fruit of a long and glorious career dropping into the bank of a hell keeper —could the dead fige to see chilZren, nursed to do deeds of statesmanship, glaring with an expression of fiendish mad ness over loadcd dice, the sight would assuredly disturb their rest for evermore. And yet, sir, as I h►ve before written, ad this gots on undcr the very noec of justice. Since I lot addressed you another batch of young men has been pushed into a police court from a suspected gambling house—sent there only to be discharged. For the law could not touch them. Even their names are protected from public exposure—my Lord Knuckledo on appears as Timothy Simpson, Sir Harry Blowsy gives in his owns chirpily as John Smith. In truth, to judge from the list of names given upon the police sheet a casual observer might inter that only people bearing the commonest names re lotted to these suspected hells. Dut most men at the west end know better. A cuoversation amongst men used to elbow-shaking after one of these captures is generally instructive. " Was Lord llountebauk in last night's business?" "Yes, by Jove, he wee Samuel Jackson—it was great fan." " Was Montmorency there too ?" " Yes—he was Willi on Brown." Now, sir, this would not have been so funny—so very rich in humenr, had Mr. Montmorency been published in the papers es Mr. Montmorency—and my Lord Mountebank as Lord Mousitchank. Exposure of this sort would be very serious. It would come within the knowledge of various "governors"—it would reach rich uncles who have no children. And in this way, I am afraid, it would have n serious influence upon the prosperity even of silver bells. Hell-keepers might wen be compelled to curtail their ex penses—to have one carriage less—and young expectant men might have less paper booting about. It has been said that it is difficult to trace a hell-keeper to conviction. By the present system of forcible entry and subsequent law, process I grant that conviction is almost impossible. Let us trace the process. Certain police au thorities on a certain night armed with a warrant knock at a certain door in St. James's. The inmates are not very quick in answering. Within the whisper runs throughout tro premises that the police have arrived. In the room devoted to gambling are a dozen excited gentlemen, son nimedied by the officers and machinery necessary to lose gety amount the visitors may choose to throw down. The alarm is given, and the police are heard battering at the lower door. But all is safe enough—the door is covered with iron—the bolts are strong. Everything is gathered up dice-boxes everything, and suddenly a huge gap appears at a convenient spot, and all the bor. rible apparatus is thrown down a passage that conducts straightway to the main sewer. In another minute the gambling table—as by the touch of a magician's wand— becomes a billiard table. And now tho police may enter at their perfect convenience. They snake their appearance, take all persons present in charge, and examine the room. To all appearances it is an ordinary billiard room, devoted to the achievement of cannons—truly to pocketting, on the part of the proprietor. In vain the officers search in every corner, nothing to prove gambling can be found. Yet all the gentlemen present are conducted to the nearest polies- officer. Most of them are well-known men ; and it iffiest be a difficult task for the officers standing near to suppress a laugh when they hear notable names changed to Brown, Jones, and Robinson. Yet the farce proceeds. The polies know they have wrong names down—yet these are taken. The names of the proprietors, however, appear in print. But then these have no reputations to hoe—care not one pin for the exposure. Bail is procured—the parties appear on the following morning—evidence to convict is wanting, and ell are discharged. And so justice rings down the curtain upon the farce of the Gambling Hew, wit►k skis promise that it will be repeated at intervals, till further notice. Now, Sir, might not this farce be turned into a drama of very strong in ? Instead of leaving all these unhappy men to return to their terrible vice, might not the law so contrive matters uto pinch severely one of the party ? As the system of dealing with gambling stands, all persons found at the table are made subject to punishment , . Now, sir, may not this " enchanting witchery, gotten betwixt Misses and avarice " (as Cotton describes gaming) be dealt with in a maws mace effective ? Say that, instead of ,messier. sepia all parties present, the police were le @that eme—the proprietor, for butanes—and hold the Ma In witnesses. This proceeding would bind all the players Moen Wes With to state to the magistrate whether or not the leuelontered was a common gaming.house. Now, sir, the set 8 sad 9 Vitt., e. 109, greatly facilitates the prosecution of these mussed is a gaming -house, by enacting that " in default of other evidence, it shall be sufficient to prove that such house or place is kept or used for playing therein at any unlawful game, and that a bank is kept there by one or more of the players enionvely of the others, or that the chances of any game Owed therein ses not alike favour able to all the players, Wending awing the players the beaker or other person by wham the yin ie managed, or against whom the other players stake. play, er bee ; and every seek house or plats shall be dearth a gowns gaming-bouse." It is net asemeary under this act W peeve that say person found playing at any game was play ing for any money, wager, or stake. The act dis penses with the necessity of enabling the allege tioa of two householders that any house is a com mon gaming-hoses; sad provides, that ea the report of a superintendent of netiopelltia polies, it shall be lawful for either of the ocenstimiosers of polies to authorise the superintendent, by a written order, to eater say house or room with ethetablem, and, if onesery, to the force for the purpose of effecting such entry, whether by breaking open doors or otherwise, and to take into custody all persons who shall b e found therein. and to Mize and destroy all tables and instruments of gamin found is nth hoses or pre mises, end also to min all nooks, and esessities for nosey, found therein. If any cards, dice, belle, nunters, tables, or other instruments of gaming used in playing any unlaw ful game be found is any house or roan which the Folios have emend as a suspected gaming-hosse, or about the person of any of those who shall be found therein, it shall be evidence, until the cookery be made to appear, that such house or room is used as a mason gaisiag-house, and that the persons found in the [OM where suck instruments of gaming shall have been fousd,were playing therein, although so playing was actually going on in the presence of those who made the entry. Before this set was passed, persons found in a gaming-house could not be searched ; and proof of play was necessary before entry. This analysis of the law clearly shows that facilities have bees girth to the polies for the gunneries of gaming houses; experience shows that the police have entirely failed is their endeavours to bring offenders to justice. Now magistrates may give convicted gaming-house keepers six months' hard labour in prison ; and It is this power that must be used to suppress these shameful nuisances. Send two or three of the wonderfully dressed gentlemen to be sees about Piccadilly to pick oakum seder the ears of Colonel Chesterton ; clip those ambrosial locks; repine that elegant apparel by prison clothing, and gusiag-house keepers will not be quite so bold or numerous. Fory If their customers are made witnesses against then— s 4 witnesses on oath, instead of standing beside them as accomplices, we shall have a very different result The players must tell the story of their wrong deffees. And, let us remember the players are sufficiently punished by their losses. It is the cheat, not the dupe, the police should follow. Another point may be urged. Let real names of players be given, when thus are summoned ea witnesses. Let not Brown, Jones, and Robinson suffice ; let the public know that Montmorency has been found in a gaming-house ; let all his friends and relatives know it; and let Lord Mounte bank appear before the country, in the capacity of gambler, as my Lord Mountebank. Seize the cheats and expose the dupes, and a beginning will have been made towards the suppression of a vice that desolates bright homes daily, robe children of their bread, and wives of every comfort. J. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1853. ill-doers. who wanted only the virtues rf personal courage and outspoken !lineally to dente them to the level of the burglar and the highwayman. It is some years since we became thus aware of the existence of this atrocious system of plunder, and we have since frequently detected it in operation where we little expected to meet it. At book-sales it is a perfect nuiciucc. There are several scores of petty scoundrel, who pass their liveript book auvions, rarely bidding, and never buying if they cast avoid it, and whose sole means of subsistence is this meanest of all possible modes of plunder. From inquiries we have cautiously made—for it is not an easy matter to obtain reliable information from the parties impeicated—we are induced to believe that the majority of the real buyers would be glad to abate the practice, or put it down alto gether, if possible. They Had that where, as is generally the case with regard to boosts, the separate purchases are rarely of any great value, the trouble and inconvenience the prac tice entails are not compensated by the profit it aft.iris; hot the miserable wretches to whom such stolen scrape ere daily bread, stick too hard upon their skirts to be readily got rid of. It is a melancholy thing, and one that speaks volumes upon the demoralising effect of bargain-hunting upon the character, that among these plunderers of the weak, the friendless., and the prostrate in circumstances, should be numbered names of respectable standing in commerce— names well known and trustee among connoisseurs sod col lectors of works of art, relics of antiquity, or objects of vertit. But there is unhappily so margin left for doubt upon the subject. It would be in our power, on any given day, in the course of a few hours' visit to some of the finest collections of the first-class dealers iu such matters in the metropolis. to pitch upon a score or two of valuable speci mens which have come into the possession of the present owners through the scandalous medium of the "knock out." These men, be it remembered, have not the plea of nects.ity to advance in mitigation of their acts; they are surrounded with the materials and appliances of luxury, and have wealth at command, and might reasonably be ex pected to set an example of honesty in the pursuit of a pro fession which is sadly in want of it. AUCTION GANGS. [From "Curiosities of London Life.") It would appear to an uninitiated observer that property of any description, which has been consigned to an mactioneer for disposal by public sale, which is submitted is public competition, and which can be sold only with the auctioneer s cement and complicity, is pretty sure of pro ducing. if not something like its actual value in the orme., merciel market, at least its value to the parties present nal the tele, minus that fair retailer's profit which it ought es be the effect of general competition to reduce to its minimum amount. However reasonable such an expectation, nothing is more uncertain than its realisation in the numerou tee lion marts in the metropolis. There exists a system of wholesale theft and robbery so widely diffused, and so universally carried into ekeeution, that it is impossible to form any estimate of the plunder, which must be enormous in its aggregate amount, end which forms the daily and hourly booty of a set of heartless and unprincipled harpies, who crow rich and fatten upon the domestic misfortunes of their fellow men. By the operation of this nefarious sys tem, the apparently fair and honest procedere of sale by publiewoup is utterly vitiated ; sad the auctioneer—who in a ease of unreserved sale, such as that in which the pro- perty is a•ljudged to the hammer under a distress warrant, has no power either to protect the rights of the unfortunate owners, or to save himself from the degraded position he is' forged to ettupy—is made the unwilling toll of a set of re .undrels, to whom he is compelled to assign, one after another. articles frequently of high finish and sterling value, fir sums paltry in the extreme, if not merely nominal. Those who have noticed the rapid, almost sudden, growth and expansion of certain brokering chapann and dealers in articles of furnitu e, pictures, musical instrument., etariatitiee, bronze!, Woes ' and objects of radii, must have been often s'ruck with surprise at their miraculously speedy prosperity. The small front shop soon bursts into the back parlour ; it then creeps up stairs ; then the pre pfstor buys out his neighbours, and overflows first on one aid ~ then en the other, with his fast-increasing stock, till at length half the street, or the whole of it, is one huge re pository of everything domestic which necessity, luxury, or a inity can demand and industry supply. The course of knavery we are about to describe m.y Terre to moderate the surprise of the observer. Be it understood, then, that there exists a species of federal union, talked about, yet open to all whose trade it is to buy b auction for purposes of retailing. The primary object of this union is, to suppress and prevent that ti competion which it is the purpose of public sale to elicit. Ar a general rule it may be affirmed that of this union every broiler, dealer, or buyer by trade, whose principle of in , tegrity is not sufficiently strong to resist the temptation, is, tautly at least, a member, And, indeed, however honest a dealer may be, he is often compelled is self-defence to wink at the proceedings of the gang, even though he refrain from participating in their vile gains. We must net be supposed to infer that this iniquitous confederation is organised upon say regular system—that it boasts of any rules or written documents of any kind. Such a tangible embodiment of its principle, would of course be fraught with peril to the parties concerned, and is therefore avoided. The phrase " honour among thieves" expresses the sole law by which the proceedings of rte numerous members ore regulated; and though they often quarrel bitterly over the division of the spoil, and have been seen to flight furiously for their imagined rights, they are never known to have reeourse to the law for protection. From all we can gather concerning the origin of this foul conspiracy—and we have taken some pains in the inve s tigation—it would appear that it has been of slow and gradual growth, and that it was, in the first place, the spontaneous ofl'spiing of the cupidity and dis honesty of a very limited group of confederated rascals. It is affirmed—with what truth we know not—that it was first detected in operation among the Jews of a certain locality, and that it was immediately imitated on all sides, instead of being suppressed, as it might have been, by the strong arm of the law and the forth of public re buke, had the infernal machinations of its members been made known. However this may be, it is pretty certain that since its first ri.e, which might be dated at less than a score of years back, it has spread like a pestilence to every FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MANCitr.s...— On Saturday evening last an inquest was held by Mr. G. part of the metropolis; and that, at the present moment, it 'unmet be predicated with absolute certainty of any 0. Rutter, county deputy coroner, on the body of Edwin auction-room situated between Knightsbridge west and Platt, a railway labourer, 32 years of age, who met with Mile.end east, or Highgate north and Peckham south, that his death under the following circumstances :—On Satur ,on any given day in the year there shall be • fair sale off day morning he and four others were engaged on the Lan any specified kind of portable property. If the gang be cashire and Yorkshire Railway, at Miles Platting, in pr e sent —and they are always present if the property „ shunting " •geods waggon by means of a erese•rail turn to be disposed of offers them any considerable advantage—they table, from a main to a side line. All the men were push , , will be sure to accomplish two things : in the first place, lug , an d t h e d ecease d; was i n a s t oo pi ng posture with his they will get most of the lots the desiderate knocked shoulder against the back of the waggon, and his heed down to them at a low bidding ; an d, in the second place, close to one of the buffer planks. They had turned their waggon and had moved it partly off V e table to earls the they will prevent any stranger, who is not a professional buyer, from obtaining any article for a sum much less than side line, when another's waggon, which had been stand double its value. , in gon the main line and which had to follow the first to On a certain day in the year 184 7 — we do not choose, MT the ode line, came down to the edge of the turn-table, and certain reasons, to be more particular as to date—we at- one of its buffers, which projected a good way over, came tended a sale, where, among other valuable species of pro- in contact with the back of deceased's head and crushed it perry, a pretty large collection of pictures was to be sold. fearfully against the buffer plank of his own waggon. Our object was to purchase a clever production of Fuseli'e, Blood flowed profusely, and in a few minutes deceased was should it fall within the limited range of our pocket. Being quite dead. There were five men about the second won ' pressed for time, we had net leisure to change an old office ready to push it after the first, and there is a slight i ncline coat in which we bad sat all the morning, and consequently on the main line spoken of, dean to the turn-table. In made our appearance at the sale-room in somewhat seedy the absence of evidence, as to whether any of the fire men trim—th which accidental circumstance may be, doubtlew._ , pushed the second waggon down to the cross rails before attributed the revelation we have to make. It should be the first had time to get clear of the table, the jury returned mentioned that Use property was that of a defunct dealer, a ver di c t o f " Accidental death." Decea sed: was a married and that his widow was then In the house awaiting with man without children. anxious heart the result of the sale, upon the proceeds of w mLECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OP IRELAND.— which her prospect of future comfort depended. We found the reettme , et . the ette , re . te „, eemeeeee by she fleece . .Her . MsJest_y_'s sthatnernsp,.nder the command of Lieut. Abridge, R . N ., arrive d at Belfast on the 15th instant. This gang, among whom, all unconscious of their honourable vessel . has been sent by the Ainsiralty to render every fraternisation, we with considerable difficulty shouldered our assistance in their power to the above company, and to way, and obtained a standing position in front of the re- p ilot the Albert, with two submarine lines, across the volving easel upon which the paintings were then exhibiting to the crowd of bidders. Channel. These lines are expected to be submerged on Tuesday and Saturday in the ensuing week. There are two " Are you in ?" said a greasy, grizzly-bearded face, reek- large waggons employed in bringing the cable from a field'in lag over our shoulder. the Craigie-road, each load contains nearly five miles lengtliof " Yes, thank Heaven, we are in," said we, mistaking the line, where it has been undergoing the operation of testing, purport of the question. dtc., under the superintendenci s ao s f g Ge orge of Deriag, Esq., ' Oh, it's all right," said the questioner, turning to those who has lately pa tented the Iv • d own su b marine behind him ; " he's tn." cables without a ny insulation. That gentleman, with the We need not detail the whole of the conversation we Hon. Mr. Massey, a director of the company, have been overheard ; enough to say that we soon discovered some- some time staying at the Donegal Arms, and we wish them thing of the nature of the conspiracy, and saw its profitable that thecae which their unremitting exertions so well de but villanous operation in full swing. Most of the pictures serve. We understand this company's telegraph wires are of greatest value were knocked down at wretched prices to joined to the British Telegraph Company's at Dumfries.— three or four members of the gang; and mice when a Beitan Chronicle. stranger endeavoured to secure a piece of moms merit, the MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.—The extensive line of bidding. were run up against him to an amount far beyond magnetic telegraph which is deli eat to bi.ng this city and its utmost value, until be ceased to bid, when the lot was knocked down to one of the gang, who immediately re- Queenstown into iostantaneous communication with pudiated his bidding, and swore that he did not intend to Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool, and London, has now sp. proaehed completion, the only work of any consequence bid more than a certain sum. After some squabbling, the lot was put up again, and bought by the gang against the et unfinished being a small portion of the line between stranger for far more than its worth. Once when we tort Patrick and Dumfries, on the Scotch side. A month, hazarded a bidding for the lot we came to purchase, we it is considered, will Pat the entire line into complete end efficient working order. Commencing at Queens were stopped with, " Shut up, von foe ; that's —*a town, it proceeds . along the old read crossing Dunkettle bidding : hold your month—you'll get it for nothing if Bridge by submarine and by the North ' road to the office yon want it, at the knock-out." . 4 At t h e k„ e k_ eat 1.. we menta ll y e j acu l ate d ; 4. w h et in Winthrop-stroet. The line is quite complete from Cork to Dublin, and messages have been transmitted from the Black epee earth is that ? " We had heard the expression before, ETI terminus to nth Kingabnidge terminus. Some delay Black thou enthally, and it had steeped oar memory; but we meshed tide time, if pen dbm, to penetrate t h e mystery , Ma. been caused to the opening of the telegraph to the public In consequence of** accident to Patrick's bridge, and learn whether it really was what we already began to suspect it to be. which has prevented the bringing of the line to the office of the company in the city, but arrangements are now being " And when ," said we in as careless a tone uwe could made by which this difficulty will be . speedily obviated. asnuns, "doe the knock out come off this time ?" of the speedy tranamission of inteUi emu "Oh, at the old place ;at —'a beck room up stairs." The consequence 4 and this awe was a leading question, between the great centres of trade and commerce knewcourt.) as W " W s et! Cs-0 oness— court c ?" city and Queenstown, will be of vast importance to those "No; at W— street." interests. Owing to the variation of time, messages from " To-night of course ? " Liverpool and London will arrive here actually before the "To be sure—half-past eight or nine." hour at which they shall hen have left those p.—Cork Examiner. We did not fail, shortly Deforests. o'clock, to mead the shin to the back-room of the house indicated I. W— SOOTHWICIL—THE BOTTLENSKEItie STRIKE —The street. Before ths hour had strath. the whole of the gang strike of the bottlamsaken bore was brought to an apparent was present, and oompreliesdod a math larger number Albs is of last week; but it appears than we had expected to wet. Among them we mow. L akiMient •Al. Oftsifi wjek ea Monday last 240 of them wised several owners of first-rate shops, men of property E the 14em.ao of making another *lron to and capital—one especially, who had recently pw.ed his ask kusalle, and again strue . These repeated daughter with thonesnds, gen with others of undoubted lave abenty had the effect of raising the prices reepsetabiiity. Seating ourselves near the door , and calling staddelaWYs EA bays seriously interfered with the means for grog on the principle of doing at Rome aißomans do, el weatlj,lff legleggiagle eedeeLte„eeleed e hI the thalthrec we s - waited with interest the result of the proceedings. A nom. age °me mat It" tw finishers have had 24.. number of the smaller and more valuable paintings—gams Pet weeks the " blow= ' 20 er. the " gatherer/ " 17s. ; and about a fortnight sge thry received the following advance, of the Italian and Flemish schools—a few English specs yin, "Omahas" Elle. per week, "blower" 240. "Ira mesa, sad semeral finely-wrought vans and bronzes, had been already " cleared," and deposited in the therm" 21s. The beolisesaken at Shields then struck for a similar advance et mesa which was refused by their old-fashioned window-recesses, and upon tables in thereon. employers. The Bookirland bettlemakers subscribed As it was now past the hour, and all were supposed to be went, the door was closed upon the ejected waiter, and the amount of their advance to support those of the illa °Mock-eat," which, as we bad suspected, was sloth Shields bottleinakage who were out on strike. The man mat R less than the real sale of the property , commence (amerces alike Wee=fave their workmen notice that sloth, As Indiv!dual, whom we shall dmignam Smash, whose their warn win be to the former standard, and on looking physiognomy is too well known to the fro- that aormaat the whale el the men have struck work. The Of certain sale-rooms, was the unlicensed atm only bottle snanafaff now . employed is that of Mr. Fee. i . f the evening. Catalogues being produced, all the denek Snowdon , at MllMaaa Bali T w ks continue° to pay the advanced wages.—Sunderland iala besaht by the gang were gone over seriatim, and now hr the first ti me put up to serious competition. One by one DESTRUCTION OF STATE FAPERS.—Not very long they were knocked down to eager purchasersat prices vary. ago, a person well known for his large and accurate know ing from double to ten times the sums for whthh they had ledge of the sources of English history, found himself by 1 Isis elllebed but a few hours before. Cash was paid down accident in one of our great dockyards. In one part of the ger ea* tot as it was sold, and deposited in a small tray in yard he noticed some preparations for a bonfire ; and, with Awe of the seller, the lots, or an order upon the auctioneer the instinct of an antiquary when old papers are in peril, fee es& lots as had not been cleared, being delivered to the he ran off te the scene. • What are these bundles ?" he respaelive purchasers. When the whole of them bad been inquired of the ready minister of destruction. " Nothing dimmed of, the mass of gold and silver in the tray had eas. but rubbish," said the man. The very tie of the parcels camalated to a considerable size. Smash then resigning told the antiquary that they were letters, and of old date. the hammer , reimbursed from the heap before him the " Where do they come from ?" he asks. " Ob, they have been lying here no one knows how long ;cos want the peels who had cleared the lots present—those who had pedaled lots yet in the custody el the auctioneer having, room, and we are going to burn them out of our way." The et ewes, paid to the heap the difference only between the antiquary took up a bundle of the doomed papers, opened dad biddiags at the sham sale and the cal one. These the first letter, and found that it was the original payments concluded, a considerable sum, the produce of despatch announcing to the government, with all that day's diabolical robbery of a forlorn and widowed its details, one of the moat important events in the woman, remained to be divided among the wretches who reign of Charles the Second. Commanding the dock bad thus successfully combined to plunder the helpless. yard men not to set fire to the pile until superior orders When the sale was over, we could not help remarking that could arrive, the antiquary posted to London, repaired to the whole of the property rested finally in the hands of the Admiralty, stated the fact, and saved the papers. three or four persons, Smash being one of them, as he had When carefully examined they proved to be as interesting bid pretty freely, and consigned several good lots to him. a series of state documents as any in our national archives. self. A few of the articles which had been run up to a Our readers will not have forgotten the arrested destruction high price, in opposition to parties who, not being i n the by burning, not many years ago, of the old papers stored gang, had presumed to bid against it, hardly realised half away in the Chapter House at Westminster—which made the sums they had test ; but the loss upon then was eon.. so much noise at the time ; and if we be not mistaken, an pensated ten-fold by the gain upon the remainder. And almost similar accident restored to the presses of the Admi now came the division of the spoil, which was eventually ratty some of the lost letter-books of the Commonwealth managed upon a principle too complex to be fathomed by period—othen of which are still wanting in the series. a casual observer. We noticed, however, when Smash read It is well known to historical writers that a great over the schedule, which occupied some time in preparing, many of our most precious state papers are either missing that the individials who had paid most money were to re• or in private hands. It is not in the State Paper Office that cries the largest share ; and that those who bought nothing the history of the reign of James the Second can be read— and most probably never intended to buy, were to be paid but in privatecollections, like that of Sir Thomas Phillips. at a lower rats. We did not witness the final distribution Pepys was not the only man of the time who made free of the cash. Having no desire to pollute our fingers by with the th in g s of his office.—Athena ton. the touch of such ill-gotten gain, we feigned a sden ex- Jews IN BOHEMIA.—The Provincial Government ease for quitting the room, and requesting our grizzly- of Bohemia has issued circulars forbidding Jews to give faced friend to take charge "for two minutes" of our their children Christian names, or to keep Christian untested grog, we quitted in sovereign disgust this den of servants. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. VLSI f OF PRINCE ALBERT TO CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 21. The following arrangements in connexion with the intended visit of the Prince Chancellor have been made pubic this afternoon:— "The Vice-Chancellor has the gratification to announce that it is the intention of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chancellor, to visit the University on Tuesday morning, November 22d inst., and to remain until the following *Penmen. At five o'cliek on Tuesday, the 22d inst., his Royal Highness the Chancellor will hold • reception at Trinity College Lodge, of noblemen who are members of the University, and of the members of the Senate. The Vice-Chancellor requests that during the visit of his Royal Highness all members of the University will appear in their proper academical dress ; and that at the reception on Tuesday, and in the Senate House ea Wednesday, noble • men will wear their robe., and doctors their scarlet gowns. Each gentleman attending the reception is requested to bring two cards with his name and that of his college the rens." The Registrary will deliver Senate House tickets to all members of the Senate, on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, between one and four, at the office, in the Pitt Press. Applicants are to hand over their cards to the Registrary. The following is a programme of the proceed:up of his Royal flightier' the Prince Chancellor during his visit (in company with the Duke of Brabant) on Tuesday and Wed nesday, the 22nd and 23rd of November : Tuesday, Nov. 22nd, about 10, a.m., arrival at Trinity College Lodge; visit to the library and other buildings of the college. 12 m., Lecture of the Geological Pro:ester ; visits to colleges, St. John's, Jesus, Sidney, Magdalene. pen., reception at Trinity College Lodge of noblemen who are members of the University, and of members of the sonata. 7i p.m., dinner with the Vice-Chancellor at Trinity Hall Lodge ; Observatory. Wednesday. Nov. 23rd.-9i or 10 a.m., visits to colleges, Ring's, St. Peter's, Pembroke, Catherine Hall, Corpus Christi, Pitman's Museum, Botanical Garden, or as many as the time will admit of. 1 1 a.m., Congregation in the Senna Hone ; University Library. 12 as., Jacksonian Lostaro. 1 p.m., visits to colleges. Downing, Emmanuel, Christ's, Cain, Trinity Hall, Clan Hall, Queen's. Museum alComparative Anatomy, or as many as the time will admit of. 4 p.m., departure. • ticket of admissible will be requisite to the lectures of the Gesluglesl sad Indianian professors, which will be issued members M the senate on application to the respective prefeisete, le the extent of the accommodation their lecture room ded. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'B.—MoNomr. The onsuoto omoosloi win the sports of the previous week Wolf osenpied deo Mention of the .sabers, who wintlesol eanewhot noinnusly. Coning events were bat Tb nundlod. bets that were booked were is referent* to the Dieb S t i g whisk the henries was backed for about 3001. at 6le 1 e Nee 1 token te 1001. about King Ton, 14 to 1 to SOL goo Davi* awl 1000 to 40 shoat Acrobat. Ilene Cassel Ind Roby, afters ranee krai tittered of quiet, wen sesta is good denoted ; the honor was backed he upwards at ISA at the odds opened, sail the WWI for veriews suns et golon =sem Somalis II to 1 ; 1000 to 25 end 10061 e a ekes akin Novae, MO le 30 Minya*, 1000 to M Grim At the duo the glolodoes wen se under : CHESTER CUP. 300 to 10 gist Mr. Oroville's Muscovite (t) ' 1000 to 15 Mr. Howard's Lite* Harry (t) 1000 to 15 Mr. A. Masi% Nowainster (t) 1000 to 15 Mr. Parr ß 's Tells (t) 6 DEBY. to 1 sin Mr. R. S. a Autocrat (t) 10 to 1 Ewen Roth's Klieg Tom (1) 13 to 1 Lord Deity's Dervish (14 to 11) 2.5 to 1 Lord Daky's Acrobat (t) 25 to 1 Mr. I. Adkins's Ruby (rand off) 33 to 1 Mr. lEtiewiss's Manyas (t) 33 to 1 Mr. Waterworth's Needle (t) 40 to 1 Dine elDeUen's Hesse Cassel (t) 40 to 1 Mr. Balre Coen (t) 20 to 1 opt Autocrat whining the Derby and Meteors the Oaks. YEARLDIO NAXID.—Tbe b e by Annandale out of Iv unmans is named Pianist. Waltham Abbey Steeplechases are appointed to take plan on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The Handicap tiltiteple chase will clan on the 23rd. SALE OP BLOOD STOCK. The following stallion, brood mares, young stock, Etc., the remainder of the stud of George Samuel Ford, Esq., who is discontinuing breeding and racing, were sold yester day at Tattersall's ; CCease, own brother to Bay Middleton, 70 guineas Image, by Langer, out of Tuft, 64 guineas ; Empress, by Defence, out of Chaos, 88 guineas ; Miss Betsy, the dam of Sine qua Non, 31 guineas. Horses out of Training.—No ougagements.—A bay ally, 2yn old, by Don John, oat of My Dear, nabreke, 61 guineas ; a bay filly, 2 yin old, by Cothentone, oat of Dine, 18 guineas. In Training.—With their engagements.—The Don, 3 yes old, by Don John, no engagement, 20 guineas ; Sine qua Non, 2 yrs old, engaged in the Derby, 1854, 300 guineas ; Her 2 yrs old, by Bay Middleton, cat of Jenny Lind. en gaged in the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes and Derby, 18.54, 600 guineas ; Pollard, 2 yrs old. by Bay Middleton, out of Meal, engaged in the Derby, 1854,27 guineas; • bay filly, 2 yin old, by Cesar, out of Mystery, warranted untned, no engagement, 25 guineas; Hermitage, 2 years old, no en gagement, 72 guineas. Young Stock.—ft chestnut yearling colt by Faugh-a-Bal- Nth, out of Fringe, no engagement, 2 3 guineas ; a bay colt foal by Don John, out of Fringe, no engagement, 63 guineas ; a chestnut colt foal by Irish Birdcateher, out of Entail sondas's dam, no engagement, 16 guineas. A DANGEROUS FREAR.—A few days ago a person proposed, in the shop of Mr. Hutchinson, watchmaker, Keswick, to blow out a lighted candle by the explosion of a percussion cap on the nipple of a donblo-barrel fowling piece, which was supposed to be uncharged. He drew the trigger, another person holding the candle, when a heavy charge in the barrel exploded, and the shot passed through a wooden partition into a bed room in the King's Head Inn, a few inches above the head of the sleeping son of the landlord. On examination the second barrel was found loaded also, both barrels having been left loaded by a person SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAT.—TreiEC receipts for who had borrowed the Min from Mr. Hutchinson some the week ending Nov. 19, 18.53, £14,288 91. 9d. ; ditto NO% weeks before.—Carlielc Patriot. 20,18.2, £14,470 17s. 3d. Decrease in 18.53, £1847e. 6d.; THE FUTURE ELECTORAL FRANCIIISE. TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE DAILY NEWS. Stn,—ln your remarks of to-day oa the subject of the proposed new Reform Bill, you lay much stress on the adoption of Lord John Russell's scheme, in his abor tive bill of last yen, for lowering the franchise to a stand ard of five pounds. It seems to have escaped recollection that the noble lord coupled this provision with another— namely, the fixing of the future county •oting qualification at twenty pounds. Now, as most or all of the boroughs that would be materially affected by the suggested reduc- ' tion are doomed to disfranchisement, it is to the counties and unrepresented towns we must chitty look for an en larged constituency ; and public opinion now points to an equalised and uniform qualification both for town and county. Tu fix cue county qualification a' less than ten pounds, no refl.cting person would probably wish; and a little calculation will show that a larger and more eligible body of the people would be added to the constituency by an universal standard of 10/. than would be had on the boraugh 51. plan, with 291. in a county. Another point has to be considered, which is the facility and justice afforded by • general lOL qualification In the case of borough disfranchisement; for then every elector would he transferred to the county list, a change which would almost universally be considered an advantage rather then a grievance. IL T. Nov. 21 trite estsbashment of • 104, county franchise bas always been advocated in theme columns, and long ego we pointed out that the adoption of that amount u a county qualifica tion would have the effect of saving any Italians Bill that took memb• n from small boroughs (rim the charge of being a disfranchising bill. Indeed, the Daily News was the tint journal that urged thin point. But a 101. county franchise would do this good without at all interfering with the establishment of a 61. franchise in towns.) Lau Intelltaence. EQUITY COURTS.—YESTERDAT. 4 :11. W. rifts swan. lung: ns T. WALE.--TIIE LONDON UNITED T01.1 , 117E4, Tins was a bib by true plaintiffs, as trustees of ti The, Widows and Orphans' Fund S iciety of the London United District of the Ancient Order of Forester'," against the defendant", who were formerly trustees, for the wow: of compelling them to transfer t h e stock /dandling in their names and belonging to the society. The facto were tally reported in the Daily News of Thursday last. The Vice• Chancellor now gave judenneet, and stid,the case of the plaintiffs is very steeple ; they assert thet they are member and trustees of a society called the Widows' and Orphane Fund Society ; that certain faints be longing to that society had ben invested in Buyee and Wale, as trustees ; that the society was then ea. unregistered and uecertified society; that It afterwards wan registered and certified; that tho plaintiffs were then appointed ne w trustees, and with to have the funds trans ferred into their name". To this Boyce does not object, bat Wale does object, and on several grounds. His first objection is one which goes to the feet of the whole matter. He says that the society, being at find not a certi fied or registered society—being divided by a schism, and that a portion only of the members adhered to the body IL present. by the plaintiffs; that others, including hitaserf, were illegally expelled ; that when registration took place, therefore, it was only a fragment that was registered; an! that he wan removed front the position of trustee h, that Iportion only which did not represent the whole); that therefore there is no case mode eut to call upon him to bond over the funds, and no privity estehlished between himself and the plaintiff's. Several other questions were also raised—that the Kielce) , was one of such a eaturn that the court will leave it to settle its quarrels for .t-elf as it best can; that the defendant is a trustee eating for a cer tain number who support him, and therefore that the suit is imperfectly framed, there being persons having different interests to that represented by the plain tiffs, and who are not before the court. Next, that the society was illegal wader the set pasted in 1797, against "corresponding societies?' Fifthly. That the plaintiff.' proper remedy was under the li*relidly Societies Acts; and that, as they have chosen the expensive proem.* of a bill in this court, instead of going befere a magistrate, they must pay the costs. And sixthly, that the plaintiffs were not duly elected trustees. With a view to the decision of the first question—whether the plaintiff, re present the real society—l have gone through two docu ments put in evidence: first, the rules of 1848, before the society was registered, and which were produced by the defendant; and secondly, the rules of the certified body; and the question is, whether the society so registered and certified is identical with that of 1848 ? The object of that society is stated in the rules to be " the relief of widows and orphans of Foresters." The funds are directed hi be and tr the control of the district chief ranger and sub ranger, the secretary, and three trustees. There aro fur ther rules as to suspended members, which it is not neces sary to allude to. Then the 25th rule lays down that the representatives, at quarterly meetings, should have fail power and control over the widow arm orphan fund, with some restrictions as to what representatives were ta attend (and it is admitted that quarterly meet:ngs are still held) ; and the last rule provides that the district officers should apply for registrstion of the society if it could be obtoineil. Therefore the very persons. who formed the original body proposed to have it registered, and nothing done for the purpose of registration coald be beyond the powers of tile officere who were instructed to apply for that purpose. Therefore there is no necessity for me at try the legality of the expulsion, for the defendants do rot the w note constitution of the body is broken up, but only I that they had been illegally suspended, and have the right to be restored. Therefore, whatever illegal acts they may have done, they still exist as a body. The rules have been enrolled, and, looking to those ruler, the present society ap pears to me to be identical. The title corresponds, and though I was for some time misled by a punted book of rules which were handed up to me, yet when 1 look at the certified copy which is put in evidence, I find that these rules correspond with the old ones, with very alight, if soy, variations. The defendants themselv,s admit that the quarterly meetings have been held, for they refer to them in their affidavits, end rely on some proceedings that have taken place there. (His Honour then referred to these affidavits, and coritinued)—Therefore, 1 must hold this to be the same continuing body now registered. The rest of the plaintiffs' case is very simple. 1 have only to look how the trustees are to be appointed, and that is regulated by 13 & 14 Vie., c. 115, s. 4, which requires the rules to contain a way of appointing new trustees ; these rules con tain such a direction for that purpose; and, thotiole they do notexpressly contain a power of removal, yet that most be inferred. I bad at one time a doubt whether I had the proper evidence of the new appointment, hut I think I have; all the neeessary ceremony required by the act of parliament has been gene through. I must consider the plaintiffs entitled to have the stock transferred. As to the second objection, that this court will not interfere with the intestine squabbles of an unregistered body, the only ques tion I have to deal with is, who is trustee of the turd. I think I should not have bad mach trouble if the society was not registered, but it is now protected by the act. The third objection, that the plaintiff+ do not represent the whole body ' because there are a large number who object to their pro ceedings, cannot prevail. I will assume that those who object are cesuai quo trusts ; all I have to look to is that the governing body still exists and has ap pointed new trustees. It is for the benefit of the whole body that that should be done ; they may be keard afterwards to say that they have an interest in the funds, but if they arc cestni que trusts, it is their interest that thou funds should be in proper hands. The next ob jection was, that the society was illegal, and therefore this court would not interfere. I should have great diffiettly under any circumstances in saying that a society for the benefit of widows and orohaas wee illegal, under the Act of 1797, because it happened to he divided into districts. Such an interpretation would bring the methodists and many of the scientific societies within its scope ; but here 1 have no difficulty, fir the legislature has left it with the barrister to say what societies shall be registered, and he has registered this society, and has approved of the rules which contain a reference to the district courts amongst other things. It was then urged that the remedy was improper, and that the plaintiffs should have applied to a magistrate, under the Friendly Societies Act. But it appears to me that that act, in section after section, contemplates suits in equity being carried on, and moreover, the remedy there given by dis tress would be very inappropriate, when the object was to obtain a transfer of stock. But it is enough to say, that there is nothing in that act to oust the jurisdiction of this court. The last objection, that the trustees were not duly appointed, 1 have already disposed of. It becomes, therefore, a simple question of trustees duly appointed calling for a transfer of funds from those who have ceased to be trustees. And in making a decree for that purpose I am saying nothing about the legality or illegality of the suspension of the defendant. Any steps may be taken afterwards in respect of that, but the defend ant Wale, who has created alktbe difficulty, must pay the casts. ..COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YEsTEnDAY. =Twos 111 111 All CO. minas caw :mug navis, M. avF•rias NADIA, XL JUI!WI WILLIAMS, AND 11/1. JVIMCB TAI:TOVID. ITHROOIL AND !EVEN OTIIRRS V. THE AUSTRAL] WAIL CONYANY.-THE SHIP MELBOURNE AUAIN. Mr. Lush said that eight persons had commenced as many settees against the defendants upon precisely the same grounds, and he now mused that proceedings might be stayed in 'even of the actions until the other oue should have been tried, the defendants agreeing to abide by the decision in the one case. The plaintiffs were passengers who had come home from the diggings in the Melbourne, and they had brought eight actions, by the same attorney, for breach of contract in not supplying them with proper second-class cabins, proper berths meat and drink, and other requisites. It was also compliined that the decks of the cabins were allowed to be in a filthy and unwholesome state, by which the plantiffs had suffered in their health. Mr. Justice Maule—Smith did not suffer in Brown's health, so the injuries complained of were different, and therefore the actions could not be consolidated. Mr. Lush said that the defendants might defeat the liability in one of the actions. The plaintiffs bad signed a round-robin when they got home, and they all went to the I same attorney and the same form of pleading bad been used. If the plaintiff got a verdict in one cue, the defen dants would cement to a writ of inquiry in the others. Mr. Justice Maule—One man, by the use of bad food, might have suffered by getting bad in his inside, for in stenos ; and that was a personal injury not shared by the others._ . . - . . Mr. Lush—The breech of contract was the same in each Mr. Justine Raule—To that, without further there would be mere nominal damages. If Smith, Brown, and Carter - brought actions against the company, he could not see why the company had any right to insist on a rule being made so bind one of them in the conduct of his cause. Mr. Lush—Only this; that the defendants offered to abide b the decision in one can and not defend the others. J Mr. ustin Maule—A man might say, " I stand eighth. and I like that position; for two or three of the cases I know are pretty strong ones, and by the time the jury have heard all of them they will see what sort of a company this is ; and I shall have a better verdict than if I, get a dry rule of court that a gentleman in the City, whom the de fendants know very well, shall awns damages." Rule refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-YESTERDAT. BITTINOI IR NANOO.-BEFORN TN' CRISP BARON, NIL 181011 BR. BARON ALDEI]ON. AID MR BARON PLAIT. GALWAY V. ILLAVAHALL.-ALLEGED SLANDSII OF A • - CLERGYMAN. This was • demurrer to a declaration, in an action brought by • clergyman against the defendant for slander, the defendant having alleged that the plaintiff was the fa ther of an illegitimate child. Mr. Turner. in support of the demurrer, contended that the statements imputed to the defendant were not action able, because they did not affect the plaintiff in his profes sion, and they could not be connected with his avocations u a clergyman. The declaration did not allege that the plaintiff was a beneficed clergyman; and the charge was one which could only affect the plaintiff in a spiritual court. The learned counse l quoted " Ayr v. Craven" (10 Q. 8.), and " James v. Brooke" (9 Q. 8.), in support of his argu ment. Mr. Baron Parke—No doubt the charge against the plaintiff would be actionable if there had been an averment in the declaration that he was a beneficed clergyman. The Chief Baron—lf what is aaid is spoken of a man in his profession, so as to affect him in that character, the law presumes damage—it does not in any other ease. Mr. Baron Alderson—The case of " Ays and Cram" decides that it is not actionable to charge a physician oda ~~ 1