The Express. — London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

COUhl OF COMMON COUNCIL Votaday to Wirt me kill •r the dispatch of Soaks". 11011TITAL. Mr. fliNso.o gave notice of • motion for ut a eummittee ( Bear, ire into tlie lietbkhem ll...petal. hoer.) kr'Mr. Axiiiarox —I am convinced that the pavement Ofle a them, very glad to have an inquiry ie. eititttl m won as possible. (lieer, hear.) yo s TroNILNISIT or TUB LOUD MATWeii DAT DIMNIL }le BABN•iitt s. it would be matter of public coal,. • to be infornwil at the present limo whether It was Vaned po.tpone the banquet which 'esti in the weal 4v g file take plate on the 9th sal November to say Mempeest de r od; As the Lord Mayor Elect was in roust, • amps a tPct dos. gentleman'. intention would be emplane. (..ther, bear." and No, no.") A:dement 11 I. LIS (the Lord Mayor Elect) said he wes A.,,t so hare the opportunity thus afforded to hint of exyrese, tapes • suttj:et tat no doubt souse interest. it had I w o, M be44eol to toloret Ow court, intiusted total* Nat It Majol's ministers were invited to the entertainment tkr Ali of Seventh. r. the nearness of that day to the time .4:anatid for the fur oral of the Duke of tVehteatee would yyrn.ut ttuir Wee,. truce of the invitation. (1644 keee.) In crier to prevent any disappointment on the nihjest of t.' teuts: .ntertainment, be was desirous of marts' the mart that Le wad hi. c gleignea. the sherdf., would take Ple ruinst opportunity after the approaching tuneral tem. m.. 1 .d regime:Mg the ministers to appoint a day for the tor.pert slotted to their convenience. ‘Chi-ers.) Mr. Asi•xliton— Chen there is no Writ of applying the ▪ •i.ab wild to be expended on the dimmer to hudd le.: ihn.h.nnies? rut va C lIALLIS—Not the least. (Loud laughter and (hot.) - - - - Col I:SILAORN FIELDS MEAT MARIIIIT. Mr. IL L. Tat son solo:it'd the attention of the court to i t, re tort on the nannotial spine the adoption of the site a t• .prebagen Fields fur the new cattle mark. t. ll* he w,' that the docuens nt. which certainly communicated :le tohn : of the committee. uvula as faithfully represent c,,• et im.s of the whole court, and he thuught it would be eanseole to eassid , r that report, and the report upon the t een. n of that who were in lavour of the site at the same ewe (Dear, bear.) The following report was then nod: " September 22, Itlei2. t' Usttlil.ta 1311.1toczytteT vine% I nib. o The .deer of Trfrience home the Court of Common Coes...! of the 20th July last on the petition of parties against the cattle mulct bent at Copenhagen Fields, was neg. . Resolved naaniesin•ly. that the committee, ha t i n g fully heard the Wow: , is in support of the petition, and bating merited a rl:l66 , 4l.lOCULOttli urging entities reasons agusit Coreoh.zen Fields Unite the site for the new mar ket, ar .4 Nowa that the petitioners have failed in sup raing t h e ir obnetions, and it is ordered that • report to the Cenimeu Cote:ril be prepared aceureliagly. o T.. the hight llon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Crnmens at the City of London, in Common Council Li!. n.' 44. -.W, +I ham names arc hereunto subscribed of your market ierrosentent committee, to whom on the tli day of July L.t -.; en Tenoned toesamine the allegation* contained in the jet in,e, of certain owners, lessee., inhabitants, and oe. ea: 1. - r. of estates and properties in the neighbourhood of Copenhagendie.de, in relation to the site selected fur the Ea metteisoldan cattle market, do certify that we have ea:etude remained the allegations contained in the petition r t. dn.( to ie. by the petitioners, who in large numbers at „L3,,,i. ~,e ei , e tici.r; and bearing in mind the evidence f- !linear to time laid beton the select committee of the Wive of Comm• n.. and also before the commiadoncre ap e...lend by 11.1 Majesty. we are decidedly of opinion that tt:, petitioners lure hued to establish the allegations con timed in their petition, or to induce as to advise your ho nourable court to comply with its prayer." In the petition it is stated tat the site selected is unfit in t`le por,oooe of a market and contrary to the objects and istentionsof the leeislature, and the grounds stated for its attunes are that it is nut detached from the metropolis ; but at is obvious that a market fur the supply of rued fur no milieu of people must by somewhere in the vicinity of that pipe:item, and not, as proposed, in en uninhabited eilatry (Liughter and cheer.) The evidence whi.h has ben laid before your committee has abendantly satisfied them that for the sake of the pa •;a and the trade Copenhageu-Celds is the utmost limit to wb.di tee market ought to be removed. It is further sit ii. the pluton that it it notorious that no supply of lg.. r c .uI4 be °bullied in the locality selected, but your ntataittee have elect-nee proof from your architect that abundance of water has been provided on the spot where the sew plums bas been erected in the neighbourhood of Copeabageo•fields. and he has no doubt whatever that plenty of water CAA be obtained there for every use of • nuket. (Hear, hear.) Again, it has been urged in the pentad' th-t the site has net a otiitabl- drainage, and it was steed by the petitioner that the drainage was to be taken through the west end of the metropolis • but the last sug gestion ts perfectly imagisary, sad a isi Lett, the natural oire of the ground is excellent an direct. Sorg*. dim see made that the site will be hesneemniest to the trade, bet by far the greater portion Of liege interested in the market and the business thee, and who emit be presumed to be the beet acquainted with the wants and COOT(0112BCCS of a market, have penal before your com mittee that if the market is removed from its present loceLty. Copeuh men Fields is the meet likely to be suitable fur the trade. The petition* she road to year 110011iittre awt:ttell iil ier , 14::* I ti i ch had same Isea di repered fer sios tiala in an t Li i n r ateonal, and also added ahem, pardsaledt airier the canary view of the us • et ; bat ryas wastrarw hawk, e hilly consider. ti tha t one setieSed. from the reams ;ma by the nest undid prestitioners be the committees of boar hems ef parlierseet, as well se hi the publ.e sad private reurn, that shoe is so wild lee my such apprebemeise. (Cheese.) Arselble suggested isthe *nese of the peeped L'i: Copeningendielde ; hat your. 011a16101•11 see On ps= punt to say that they attentively onsidorel sad they are thoroughly sseviatrel that Ow is so site within the belts la which • antral mulct* fee the entworepdsa et the riostropelle ono be pissed thecae be procured at • Isis aipsass or es mere &dean- Weals terms. The amiss Meted by the petition* that the market was to be moss them seven adios from Leaden is a mere tanapprekessies of the set, the weeds of it !medial/ to a directly contrary tenderise. (Hoar, hear.) The sn ip ties that thence penessd might not be penosasatly *Mutat fur the new market did not escape the attention if your eciminittee, sad they therefore sought a site math letter than the wont requirements of the market are freiy to &eased, and they, at the moorage of the Slew tan of State, purebred an addition! quantity of land, to Ruud against every ceatianacy. They therefore Nei met may that there will be amp le Mom for the market and its ansildaries, and for any istreesed demand for • eentary to ewe. bat also that there is room esincient to keep the market at • distaste from the bosses at present greeted in the neighbourhood. Test essaseittee know that they would also beat most the whirs of year heasisr st4 e art in net dtmeelies even the iarestaary bus of the onion of beam sad property adjoinhes • dot awe gemorily .moot all Os alga god been seini s are minified that many d the Napalms are sail the imaginary dilleitillee eneapreted. She pelitiesses truly rate tint the presiding a instrepelitaa market, sail meveniences teemed with it id ia jw iets et fladialsid Mar ket, is a ta s k o f a s imenary as the Osepeemlea of London have ever bead N; Orr having 1111111nIdaid the subject for nearly fifty yam, they ban ever beta able to discover a new saes which am widens the woke of eppositios now pressated_ to !fterilieser Sellsorterleasered is the sites peeped la Wtri•lsar sma bi rfaiiii I sir were they able Is nip* se sew she w did set mat with that species of ,_ tempt the we Rear the new street north from Fanlmileaaieet (Hear, hear.) The refer to rime Aiwa si lt laminas of the Right the Ihmensp sedate to semi "I their body ; but pottreeeeMille• bast led se Mom to entertain soy repressaletiene =IV" hes. sesta ono, excepting these Is the come ratioil, which, at present, 6ll" arrees the wawa to this site ill Copeuhagen.helds borne* sosionik upon seleisi the cor poration and your comedetee hoes nisi aid nut matinee to act.—(Signed) H. L. Taylor, H. De lereey, d. Baker, it. C. Bethnal, Li. Taylor. O. Aitchison, IL Ci. Peed, T. J. Holt, It. Hicks, 0. firosise." (Cheers) The report of the Sewer Committee upon the petition in favour of the Cepeabiesa•Seide mite was thou tea It stated that the committee balks weighed all the :abases mail arauments upon the ealgsgt a the site, law all NUM kr altering the resolutisa Is which they Ited ems risplifig the site in question. _ _ _ Mr. 11. L. TATLQJI said he esediseed the sei.eit to which the reports referred to he of pal loyerlues, and therefore be believed that the court yield we indite a llttle time in a discuasioa epee the reaper. lie dimmest they as a committee and the Coact of Canoes Gesell were bound injustice to themselves and to the Hum lisepetat7, as well as to the trade, that they_ alsonld levity the averse they had taken. If the court would permit bailee weadd re ice the evidence they had 'weaved with naiveties te the toble.r place for a new market at some ildle doing which be thought he should be able to thew NM the lib al , cteel by the corporation, am he believed met wYsly sad screed to by the Nome Secretary, was the far the market, as the improved " Smithfield" sum was refused to the corporation. (Hea . rries there fum, to try the question by the *videos* of w intae hl t the opponents of Smithfield. The principal tildeaSsete rinsed by the memorialists againet erecting the market in Copenhagen-S(lde were four, namely, the site itself, the i limited space, its imperfect drainage, and want of water. If d could be found, however, from the evident+, of object- Mg minim, that they (the members of the Market Improve- Immt Committee) had, in selecting the new site, carefully vnl , nued to these expressed opinions on the part of the olvetors, he thought they shou.d at once sake out their nee before the puhlie k iret, then, as to the site, and the More, Mr. Dunhill had, on the 31st of May, 1847, before tie select committee of the House of Common Smithfield Market, replied to Mr. Kemble that he (Mr. Dunhill) bed a plee for a merkee, which would be about fifteen acres in extent, snit that the spot of ground he named for it waa northwest of London, where there was plenty of ground to be bad, and that highly eligi ble for the purpose. In the plan he had pre paml he had provided for &bandit's, and the &insatiate he would 'benefit should be in the nei g hb our h oo d o f Ki ng ' s rn..l, adjacent to the Greet Northern Railway terminus. The spice he proposed to take for the abattoirs would Involve he'dy or 5 acres more than the 15 for the market. 4r. Galloway, a eon of one of the late members of that Min, had easel at the seas costunittee lii kiluffs W ft. Al dermas Copeland, that he was engaged with a company who intended to establish a market somewhere near to what was called Maiderelane, Battlebridgr. These was no diffi culty at all in procuring ground there, and so far as he then knew be imegised it to be worth about 8001. an sere. The ' earpentirm might have a half-mile of it ; and it was quite clear that it permed pecitEar local advantages, inasmuch r all the railways as the northern side of London would oarentrate in that direction, consequently the cattle brought by the London and Birmitigham, the Norther and Enders, the Neater Counties, the Great Western, and the foreign cattle brought to the West India Docks could all be delivered on that sits by rail. With reference to Islington' market he thlr. Galloway) did not think that place to be sufficiently spacious. It might be sufficiently large to hold the cattle tot sale in the market, but his opinion was that thee should also have room for rest ; end if that accommo dation was allowed to the animals they must have more room than they had in the market at Islington. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Christopher, a most influential member of the House in Commons, and one of the present govern ment, alter the inquiry in 1837, had proposed the fol lowiag resolutiou-, namely :—" First, that notwithstand ing the arrangements of the City authorities, and the vigilance of the police, the existence of a market at Smithfield for the sale of live stork is, from its confined area and crowded locality, a great puhlic ieconvenience, annually increasing in its extent and effect, and that it ought to be removed from the centre of the metropolis to some more appropriate site, containing an area of not less than 13 acres. Stcoud—That a site fur the market should be selected is the northern suburbs of the metropolis, at a convenient distance from the termini of the principal rail ways." Sir Charles Douglas also proposed—" That the area of Smithfield muket being less than seven acres, a site fur • market should be selected near the nictropoli., convenient to the termini of the principal railways, con. taming not less than 11 ACIMI, and rescuing further ream niodation to the extent of about 36 acres." The Hen. Frederic Byng had expressed similar opinions, as also bed Mr. 11. 11. Fulton, civil engineer, who in giving evidence' on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill in May, 1651, said "that be believed the best place for the new market would' he in the vicinity of Copenhagen field., the western side of the Camden road, or a situ he had seen in tho pariah of Horsey. These were all of them on the north side of London, and there would be in his (Mr. Ful ton's) opinion, no difficulty in obtaining excellent drain age, and an abundant supply of water for all the purposes of the market." Now he (NU. Tsylor) would ask the court whether, after hearing tho evidence he had briefly recapitulated they did not think that • suffi cient ease had, been made out to justify the reports he had that day brought up. (Cheers, and signs of impatience.) lie would not go quite so much at length as he purposed to do, as he saw that the court had made up their min' upon the subject. (Cries of 't Move.") Ile was about to do so, but before he did, he would remind the members that the ground they had purchased for the purposes of the market embraced an area not of 15 nor of Si, but of from 70 to a acres. (Hear.) He thought be had said sufficient to sh e that the committee had done their duty, and that enough had been shown from the evidence he bad adduced to jus tify the committee and the Homo Secretary as to the deci sion they had come to with reference to the propoposcd site. (Hear.) Ile moved, therefore, with much pleasure, that the court " do agree with the committee In their report." Deputy HARILISON seconded the motion. He f,lt grati fied in doing so, and expressed his pleasure at the circum stance that the trade was in Savour of the site they lad de termineil to select. (Hear.) Mr. Bstsroca said that he believed the committee had acted wisely, as they had provided sufficient space for the purposes of a market for the nest 500 years at least. As to the question of drainage and the supply of water, there could be no doubt both would be accomplished without difficulties of much magnitude. Still, he was of opinion that it would have been better not to have had the market so closely contiguous to the metropolis as Copenhagen fields, more especially when they remembered that In th e se doys of rapid transit by railways • mile or two made but • trilling difference. (Hear ? hear.) As to the "trade" has. lug expressed their acquiescence in the proposal, he (Mr. Besinoch) did not think much of that, as he had not much opinion of their wisdom as • body; still, without disrespect to the butchers of the metropolis, he admitted that it was only right to consider such • fact as their expression of feeling upon a subject in which, of course, they were deeply, if nit chiefly, interested. With these obeervations, he would consequently support the motion. Deputy LOTT remarked that he could net agree with the report, The pink., promoting the removal of the market to Copenh Ids were neither more nor lees than sprit biting • pee‘sesing to be minimise -ea, but without therm* of beeeriag sm. (Laughter.) The either parties whe bad petttleasd against the Copenhagen fields site, were M who had already laid out large sums in building., and wady the court wall notcooseat to the ruin of such men buena a party et esealstleg builders naught au op portunity of tbemertees at the ezp ros e of such e reepemsble pestles of the ammannity. (Hear hear and t be.) quedow, to agree with the committee in their report, wee then pet, the band of Deputy Lott only being held up spirt it. A eery long 'discussion took place upon a report relative to a petition from the inmates of the London Almshouses for medical attendance. It ended in the granting of 21L per annum, instead of 621. 10E, as recommended by the seal sad corn and !Imam committee. no court thee &dimmed. Thil 801111AR1NE TELZORAPTI nriartric SCOTLAND AND ISSLarro.—The report of Captain Hama, R.N.. to We thsentety of the Admiralty with rays to the sub marine Wipe* Mews's PUrtrieit red Deassitedive, states Wet. la pesewees el the st disarms of the Lards Clessiteinsei.Mot he should she the madvirtakies di We -'mono to Ms peers to laying area their Gab* be Z . 46 submitted to the mess whes memo to Peolserisk that two traa-reesb shield be to saietew the she, SOY; ihe Mehl la a deep sad la a ammil by ewe sad seems might Seri esseeties The pears bevies ellsped maim plea se seem as Weir sr rengeseass wen easpbted. Cereals Maws Yew that be =sits as Dwasstrads. ned. wirelgarreffas weer ease* above 16 Yoe of the GAM MOW SOW gushily Mid dew ONUS the etreed, tens he the mot eare Pertpelsisit. le a seed Year :del= able desavisewes an leetilin leis poets& la as assumes of the smaides duper beard es bil M pay eat. We Ild ins_ imp* sod eismae li = withia a he Who ef live testa awe Ile bed oaths ponies the sm. impslesse et twairtlissly tbe sable to the Sere bailee the bed wears St Work dm sarnyb• hid sede, be IMII SWIM at Os ewes& of the =Me. rod thet is aisle Will pretest sasses be lab. affeed muse We deep water diewist. The sedlereldos, it may be emedlede has reesierl Is this peddle sly Angst. fees Lability, it le erisseleed, ea the tweet she posameisee. to ASS f the addilleeel walls of Amble o. tied ewe Ihe meauactenee. who are of oder Yen Is ealerelao ablee la twatellea wtt Wl h t he _s. seat. eel whisb they are beast war emend = ilset. WIN WAWA that So seised eleeept eii as awls this sea* he a mewl No Mews Peelpelele sad Deeeshaderv. when We male le royeemorsd Se hew der away Ye the est. we made %a=y Ism Mebaa re:sedieg r r ar.T.,=.°Zeriri tho ewe We 215 Yea bett iemseel Pertseleidi and in the bola . it atay be le is la fethess. 5, 15, 37 7s;; slimy, hos to 100 ; sad tee up to the filit era. TS. It, 24, 21, 8 ; the bed of the Weasel isarimisset Min seed sad Wiese. Maros sag sii PIIOIBOSION o DIOCESAN Bwross.—A weft el the stogy rad MIV Mute Wane of Rases' wee hall ratirsear • t the List MOW Waren me, big as of penises wareass, la the liseevor•sware Leelas Is Jaye% sad at Glow coals is April. to et the beet sews of Yew 101 l to She obarehb e rMo ur eades threesh the mess Ober ancient Disown Me meeting at eteryler had bow Wyse' le bat Weedeslee We sobs essay siellieted. The N ee. T. Oahe gesdiled. mad ailisnW as *op groove% wen: The Rew. - O. .6111bert, W. need. Z. 71. - Rartoo, Dr. C. But., V. W. RW*7, H. Wray, IS. I.lllaaalaaam C. Own.* W. Wag, C. R. W M. Jesse. J. levy, C". J. Cumse. Canes Wray. G. M. J. Hantin i t. - Wright, S. G. 7.lfeety. I. *U. and G. We et, ; Mr. H. Charles llresera ; Kr. C. Lindsay, El ; Mr. H. Weeder* lifigee Mr. & Gloms ;114. Warblers, Arley. The brehtri k besa a bypass:efts R. WailurNe aasasiM, i lkdi'm i la llhe pal a l=. l 4llat. Mr. R. As 60g etas dm* Is anielia Pm opals as nal as it As be dees yak umbra nava sailiaortion. la order that We_ bs): sitar ea esetizzle i diddier midi hr eroweil 11105elasto, eed that sof NSW Mb. paled than 11111bassies 'WI new sahapplly islidase with hum agessay;" 'abash waa amid la onasimaely. TY Rim. Mt. Pond awed, eel Lewd De Wz ia sesseiled. the vessel resoladat : "my dr aad as Ms prospects 0 die Marsh of =I se keel, as all church aatheekke to give every bag Me orrehatise. and to all ehuniare to stab every SRO la his Wein sesomblico now is sums is partial we We ewe premiss neoeesitiee of the church in a diarist and wareolent fern ;" which wee also agreed to. The Rev. George Oil beat moved, sad the Hes. C. Creasyseassial, Om third at rewilatke . o That the lassahal Is of diesess iessi =s be ter a time imspeeded. So dievelise of As sod that all Mans the Weal ispeetiew w this mitres be re that oweidorraMe peweelery liabilities law bees iareanod ; sad that the fleseelal cum ' Wes, the Rev. George Gilbert sad So Ws. Idyll Ores. Ye, will be pled to receive the miss of ilksheri the sante; " which was also vetoed masehesesly. In Unite of the proceediogr, which Wen Went. to • dose with the last reeelatimo, a letter wee sad hes the lies eed lier. IL Powys, vicar or W de Whig held in his paris an tr i A Cr a m r el . perod Mi will some wuramite ea the argessels emit stalammi be Its Is 4 ter, bat the chairman did es sorider it advisable M per mit the Rev. Mr. Powys to r. whereupon Sat rev. Peatierusa Ist the room. ahem arian that the Rev. Mr. ound, had, is the Mires of Ms evisatht, made several mile' statements. Tun COLLTRION OX Tin Noun Ram= RAIL WAY —The udirial examination of witnesses oa the neat collision of t he North British Railway I. nal eat. A voluminous procognition has been taken, and g Yr. Gordon was mimed for several hears ever, datlast wok in conducting the examiaatio a . S eve ral', the oningases servants ham been examined as asemod partial, Mit ham been liberated ea boil, end it will rest with the mown cenmel who shall be brought to trial u responsible for the revolts which attended the collision. Meanwhile the portico Witted 1)7 the usfortunate occurrence, so far as we can Isar., are generally pratgrapang favowabk.--EdiaburgA COLLISION AT THE MILES PLATTLNO STATION. On Monday night a collision took place at tho Miles Platting Station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, between a mail and a goods train, which did not, however, result In serious injury to any of ate passengers or &Iseult* of the company. The following amount is from a paseenger, who sustained some severe ►raises by the collision : The mail train, which leaves Leeds for Manchester at 8.30 p.m., and is due at Rochdale at 10.40, did not leave the latter station till 11.5, just 25 minutes after time, and the exact time at which, by the company's time-tables, it is due at the Miles Platting Station, Menai star. It proceeded as usual from Rochdale to Miles Platting, without stopping, but when approaching that station, and 300 or 400 yard. short ells, lbe eagle* having began to sleeken speed for stop per/slime, whom it is ttwafMeeMst the passengers' tickets, the 111001111 embisaly same into collision with the rear of • *WV train before it; and the force of the col- Sidon wee as great as to elevate the hinder end of tho break-wiggen which was the last portion of the luggage train, and the f ore part of the neat waggon to it, till the two elevated ends became as it were locked or propped he their buffers, like the gable of a house, or like that humid by sloping two cards to each othe-, in the child's game of hosmobuilding with playing eardr. The engine of the mail train was sl) much damaged that it could not pro-1 coed; one of its springs our informant saw lying on the ground, and between it and the break-van of the luggage train a pair of wheels which had been forced from their place by the violence of the shack. The engine retaiued its proper position, but the dead lock of the two forced up waggons prevented any up traffic on that line. The officers of the company offered to send the affrighted passengers forward to Manchester, but many of them would no longer risk their live., and they preferred walking Melt two miles to the town. Our informant was one of these, and as he left as soon as be could, he could not tell whether any one was seriously hurt. He had not heard of any when he quitted the place. In his carriage, • woad class, all the passengers were thrown against each other, and down upon the floor, receiving bruises and contusions; and one com plained of some femme injury to his chest, with difficulty of breathing. One man had in his arms an infant, of nine months, but when the lights were brought (for the collision broke the lamp of the carriage to pieces, and pat out the light), he was found seated on the door of the carriage with the child in his arms. The form of the collision hail al so fast ened the carriage door, so that the passengers had to be taken out through the window. The alarm that prevailed lest in the darkness and the fog, which was then very dense, the mail train should in turn be run into from behind, may be readily imagined. After the shock, with the exception of the two waggons, stacked against each other as described, the remainder of the luggage train, which bad either been previously disconnected from them, or had broken the coupling.chaics, was found nearly 100 yards further along the line, se if it had been thus driven forward by the collision. Our informant states that the night was very foggy, and that before they started from Roebdale, • trial was made whether the driver could see a light a little distance down the line, sad he said he could just see it. When the collision took place it would be about half-pest eleven o'clock—the mail train had, there fore, been due at the Miles Platting station 26 minutes ; and yet a luggage train was left directly in its way, when 500 yards more would have placed it in suety. Our in- I format says the engine-driver of the mail train alleged that the night was so foggy that he could not sea the signal light of the station if it were shown. Another passenger, who gave his name on the spot, and said ho lived in Liverpool-road, Manchester, declared that the guard was not at his station, and could not therefore apply the break. We are informed that under such circum stances, and approaching the stoppage station so nearly, the driver of the mail train, on so foggy a night, did not sound his whistle—the best signal he could have used—to warn all concerned oa the approach of the train. How far theirs statements are true we cannot pretend to say, but we think it right to mention them, that they may I be investigated, and the truth made known. Though no one may be seriously hurt, the collision is one clearly due to culpable negligence or carelessness somewhere, and the directors will, doubtless, feel it their duty to ascertain who is the delinquent, and to punish him accordingly The particulars obtained by inquiry at the Victoria sta lion were to the following effect :—The mail train was twenty minutes behind time at Miles Platting. When it came up, the goods train was standing half-waybetween the signal and the station ; the signal was en but the fog was so dense that the driver could not me a light more than two or three carriage lengths off; and he did not see the tail light of the seeds train until after the mail engine had struck the goods van. The mail train was going between four and flee miles an hour at the time (faster than was proper, we believe)—and the collision was but a slight one ; some of the passengers were not aware that an accident had happened, until the carriage dosn were opened, and they were desired to alight. Most of the carriages were shaken, but very little damage was done. The buffer plank of the mail engine was broken, and the goods van and one of the , waggons were somewhat fractured. The goods traits was an " extra" from Yorkshire. We were further told that the officials had not beard of any passenger being at all seriously hurt.—Mancitesfer Guardian. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1852. PROVLNCIAL EXPLOITS OF A LONDON SHARPER. A young fellow, described as being about 23 to 24 years of age, of low stature, dressed in a suit of black, over which he wears • grey coloured overcoat, has lately emerged from the ntstropolie, where it is supposed ha has been "mbonlod," and has been trying his luck in the provinces, a few of whom adventures we will briefly describe. Towards the middle of last moth be made his appearance at Meldstese, la Kent, where, atm introducing Wassail to soma pswims, and bleatias of Ids respectaish ousehio awns he Distorts/wry, be., be hired • pony of /L Osedwia M ge to lanieem ea busters, sad to re am tY same sight, bat basal of Epees to Leak" he resealed to Oilleghmen, tube smother di resift, when be dheseel of the pew& saddle, and beiAls, and Mensped with the Fele*. No more woe beard ef him and the 6th of the must mew* when he .is. he egerreaee in a new eisseeirtie to est his poet In a rather semi - some. On that day be hizediseed himeelf at the Zug. Mies to • Leaden beelese, who wan en his way of • gewdemeets easels at Milton Nell, in es Ow soffit et no lees • passemas Ms Sir John Mei. emmisi by lir his le sari' the same eels to mite s_ istemeive yeeshem Arrived in Hahn* AM be wee letosiosed by lie bear to W. Dew, the au timer, wM emeeimewded them both to mast comfortable et the Feleme imajlistsem Nut d ater has arrival mad= mak at lagneld, a few mites off, where he wwispesehmee wesseatimg in Wee to 2078. representing himmillbsse Is be es of Lord Cespbek to whom the Me wee Meshed Mrs. After weed isetnal at tempt@ to Mid* some valuable harpies emit drew the mew he hit with some 275. la M= of which be had wassomisil in Milks a poor u e se, eiserba g Vot o sea rosy, and retuned Se hie mwel is mg AO& It gainer an early hoer es the =Ten lay be wee et and paid peel to Meek ware, whisk he peetwesteti to be esteem* awnless to pmsliess, bat which wee die the isteleges kg sale a the Miseries day. • oesespewelei ele, he Mimi the groom to put ea the saddle wed bride sad i being bee est, so as he weld sameine bee and try Pit. firfti her slightly Mu he pretended he wail is to the blacksmith's sail bare her shoe eland and Debra in a few Wants& This was la the wnk* Between six and emus Vete& he the eveniag hew hismdews Graham, herb( that the blew bad rode away with the man, gustionmi Os poem, awl bend it to be t o feet. 111espesintemiewh with weelhee Mese, ist wiediately vasON peek et the readied fdliew sal Wei dot elabloadare TI alb , s ken the gleeslet whims be dieeerted std the yeeleaded aimed am a z . ebsweed away the said the we Be IMO he had imeit time lbw end masted of by Ink glom W~senstidi with the and bells. After sem ialuiry, the stoke sae wee discovered et The mat memos, of the fellow wee at Si rehire, as the elk isetrat, at whisk plan he peollweeti le • Mbar, joet @Mud from Lo= se t: marl a Geis Ia the allabbeerbeeL Here he two dam aid an the 11th babel he stele amass/ mare and reds het 'ef M Paseley deir,pMae he said her with the saddle sad bridle whisk he had tikes from Milan Wawa. At We pine be led a sum serape from being eaptated by the press, The elm, as an latimatisa being edema that the awe he had meld wee a Weise one, week of bin , has be wee permed ea the reed byinn o beseelsesk, who mete* the Mew, eel it is supposed Weeeded la oak* him team the messy which ha bun paid he the mare; this dawns gave Ida we intimetien of the imenleset danger he was in, sad he eaareeded In get. tin est el the way. It is to be bawl that his sum Mille speedily brought to a dose . , FMB ?LDS MUTING AT DOTER.—A large meet le,soreed prci of the middle and working I dms. was held at the New the middle ea Tuesday even ing Isst, At the purpose of hearing a testes, ea free trade by Robert R. R. Moore, Beg. TM es** was We* under stood lit loalwous the late thuds* wed the Duhg sauinis trade* The bell, which, it 1 aimpoled o will WM about 2.000 palm* woo threo-seuribo thoulkir Tim* Esq., thetwiedl the emir, awl the meeting by blastulae( 0111 lostaror_ who, Onto edema The ammo bly at isalie km" II win to adept petitions to parliament a Mien eff Ow deaden system— eoe iaea an eisswee• Mot they With bo peels** in the id thuN me a netheistere tin,peti oho that those to tibia is wafted the twit a nprmafEns them my be nab& illosindiesly to Ws theme that task. The mooting ass sepostled. Ran Buzazy Rabuorirrzon.-Bir W. B. Rid dell, the levliog M i nister, bill his court yesterday at the Fria* Min sad Half Mora, Wealsworh. Mr. Corner and Mk Jams attended, se began, ea behalf of the But ternrrey Rohm Association Mr. Dorm and Mr. James the Trirktendrneiwwealbailety. Mr. Batt was pre sent es boliM of the iliiierVagill4lll. Ito point arose during presseelspd swasint hapeetassoo to require a report. sad the only thet to be mentioned was the circumstance that the whole the eldoitions salved on behalf of the con wreathes lensed out to be intental, and consequently the parties spas 11111= they Ni been *erred could cot be called gm to prove their queltheation, and all their names with /Wood ppm Os if. BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. The twenty-fourth anniversary of this institution was held yesterday evening at Freemasons' Tavern. The chair was occupied by Sir J. V. thisttsr, Bart., 11. P., who was supported by the president of the institution, Mr. J. Sharp, and Hr. C. Pearson, the City Solicitor. There were about 200 gentlemen pres e nt, including many of the leading members of the trade. After the loyal toasts had been gone through, including the health of Pnoce Albert as the Wren of the institution, The Cleat/MAN rose to propose the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to tha Butchers' Charitable Institution, and especially to the building fund." li e sa id h e s h ou ld feel overwhelmed with diffidence, considering that that was the fist time he bed been milieu upon to take the chair in such ' a frost and infiumstial assembly, were It not that oa looking round the room he saw such a large number of gentlemen where present* showed their interest in the institution. They were all proud of their country; and having been abroad • good deal, looking to the right and the lett, he thought there was much of which they might boast, but nothing of whi c h th e y m i g ht mere j ust l y b e proud than of the number and extent of their charitable institutions. In particular was such an institution as the Butchers' Charitable Institution of essential benefit to all classes of the community; for it brought together in the bonds of union those who were carrying on the same trade, and it led those who were in prosperous circum stances to think of those who were in adver sity. They had at that moment a p e c u li ar illus tration of the good which might arise to individuals from subscribing to that charity. It did so happen, from some unfortunate circumstances, that amongst those who were likely to become applicants for relief at the next elec tion was a person who was one of the earliest eurocriben to the institution. lie mull say he bed never heard of • ease in the course of his life more deserving the support of all classes ; and it was a great satisfaction to believe that the subscriptions which that individual had made to tho associa tion would ensure his election, so that he would be enabled to pass the remainder of his dais in oomparative comfort Lod happiness. (Cheers.) He was happy, in the posi tion which he then held, to be able to congra tulate them on the prosperous state of the funds. They had somewhere 11buut 13,5001. invested. But let them recollect that as the trade in which they were en gaged increased in numbers, they must expect to have ad ditional applicants for relie f; for the wheel of fortune was such, that some who were at the top to-day might be at the bottom to-morrow. He found from a paper before him that there were 68 pensioners receiving relief from that institu tion. They were equally divided among men and women ; and it appeared that four of tho male pensioners were now receiving an additional five guineas a year, in consequence of the number of years that they had been subscribers to the institution. He did not know anything which ought to he more thoroughly promulgated and known amongst those who were starting in the trade ; it showed the vicissitudes to which they wen subjected, and even if they could not themselves benefit by the institution, they would have the satisfaction a haring contributed to the benefit of the poor sad do seedy. (Cheers.) It mast be known to all pram* *at Pa member% in the trade had of late consider ably inanamd, mad that there was, therefore, every pro bability that in the course of events the number of appli cants for relief would increase also ; and it was no doubt with this view that the committee bad thought it their duty at once to enter into contracts for increasing the number of almshousep. It was right that he should tell them that the contracts for the new houses amounted to 2,5001., whereas the money in hand amounted only to 6001.; and he hoped the company would recollect that by contri buting to the building, which was distinct from the charity fund, they would be enabling the committee to elect the additional number of pensioners to reside therein. In this way the number of subscribers would increase the number of elections ; and as after the next election there would be eight male and four female pensioners in addition to the present number, it was evident that this addition would increase the ro ll. upon the association. Under these cir cumstances he confidently called upon them to drink the toast. The toast was very heartily responded to. Amongst the remaining toasts were, " The Chairman," proposed by Mr. C. Pearson ; " the President of the Insti tution, John Sharp, Esq. ;" " the Treasurer, Francis Healey, Esq. " the Worshipful Company of Butchers ;" " the Vice- P residents, the Trustees, and the Committee of the Institution ;" " the Visitani ;" " the Stewards ;" " the Ladies ;" and " the Secretary." The subscriptions announced during the evening com prised the fellowicg the Chairman, 10 guineas to the cha rity, and the Lune amount to the building find ; General Evans, 10 guineas ; Mr. Sheriff Croll, 10 guinea' ; Mr. D. Scott, 10 ouinesa ; end 22 subscriptions of live guineas each, including one from Mr. C. Pearson. THE FATAL DUEL NEAR WINDSOR.. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday Mr. Woods, the coroner for West Surrey, and &numerous jury, assembled together at the Barley Mow tavern, Inglefied:green Egham, for the purpose of In quiring into the mzeunsitances connected with the death of M. Courtnet, who died from the effects of a gun-shot wound, inflicted whilst fighting a duel, on Tuesday after noon last. Some particulars of this melancholy ease have already appeared in this journal of Wednesdaxlast. Thejury having been sworn, they proceeded to view the body, which was lying in en upper room in the sane tavern. Upon the return of the jury to the court the fol lowing witnesses were examined Mr. Ileyward, tarpon, of Egharn, deposed that as Tues day aftermoos be was patsies along Prtest'ahill on horse back, and an as Bing to a gate communicating with a ' field, a goademen came out and asked him the way to Winder. lie the asked him to accompany him to the spot when dossed was lying In the field. The person es the was about id years of age, and he was by a friend, who we endeavouring to swami the Weed. Nothing at that time transpired as to the seam of the deal. Abell had passed through the body end ammo set Cu the *lit dd.. There were two persons on the gremad, bat be saw three Wm who inquired the road to Witchtor. Alan the diseard rallied a little he directed bit le be removed. He psi no window to him, nor did he to whams. He did not harm the maw et the deceased. He nedeteMed that the same of sae of the par sons he saw wee Hartbsearap. He 1111111k11 with the de ceased till fire Vete* awl he rimabted esseibledeang that period. Ha made as eimmemiesika le Wm, exempt that ke felt cold sad wee le paia. I. did seism him alone after that. He mtamed at heillmeet six, end head his dead. Alien. @sear of the was is the neon during the time he wee preen% bat between them. He bed else the dimmed% dee: ai m:d i e a posB- .91041114 imambedia, sad he bed ao heatatioa in goyim that thewcesd mos the cause of death. _ Fronde Famniena—Oa Tondo last he saw several to ragmen who ems &wallas t than f t eia. They te lea t e o in ter t : C lT irratratar lhaes. j an i d " they esli. Ho. re! Bone of ir tliene went lan the Zed Um, and same into the Adam and En. They ell wand tip the WI etterwards. He thought they were a . They walked op the bill, and went tato the Gapes One Masan tone oat and west to • ossiee sad bang ht lone seat. They then proceeded in the dant= td the lowg2 i t Witt& tor Ones Putt. He bad seas ems et the sae. About Itelf-pset ease he sour them et the who ap peared to have hann alder I. and ad gran He went to Dania with them, alli bed GUM bread end eases them One el tam bed sonethiss tarise Neer& =lin be • ewes!. but he did an Oahe as . They add twang to bin es le what had been amt. He raw no dreams of any destriptim t than, has they Wei:juin had firearm. One of them wee a fine sleet Ilfteg as dm sad stoat es you, Mr. Chair men." .) ear witames spoke to had sees the party inmediatelp e revise i r a i whom wt to as ad. saiblea:- li t ili rwalsee ti lteri a t, " : ll ll: ll tt=st, Yam =ldendiall the body of the domed. The deserved In Yuan, at 41 Knight sillsrilisst lie was 43 peen et ispe. He knew bin well. He last law bin alive cm away evening the 17tb. (The witness wee are greatly eneenne.) He and with sin es that mesing. He parted with bin in the snag. Netblog per asiar es can,d is eansantisa that be add me. _ _ tieiaser-64 w Mil b &iii 'We testa. The whom addell—Deoeseal tell Ws that he sae going to a 454 but le 4M use Sae with mhos. He (wh e=to eneslft the sae of the pulls —Ton are blush to &dose ~Oda,. wits..--I coast de ea The thesear—l then thee tell yea the sseecteneee. gall hear them The Cosner—Do I miens's& that you positively refuse oeitalaly. The Coroner—l suppose that you know something' of what led to this duel / Witness—l knew it was political, but he did not tell me when or where the duel was to take place. I did not me him after the Sunday night. The Coroner (addressing Mr. Biddlecombe) said—Mr. Superintendent, you must keep this gentleman under your supervision. I shall not examine him farther at present, but it is necessary that I should see him The waxer was removed in enetody of eg theltolice. Mr. Madigan, station muter at Wbedaer, said that four persons came to the station on Tuesday one of whom CM. reed a sword. He observed them particularly tram their manse sad appearance. They took plans in a train ht Landon by the 2.25 p.m. train. Afterwards a gendssaan 0411111 is who wished to have a rehire sawed ulhas ticket hi ,' dared for the first elms. Upon hearing et the orwureses a Islarraphio weave was sent up by the Greet Western 1101 to Letlebury, sad from there to the Waterloo ter mite!". Joia ljakeweed, police tieestalle 66 L, produced a couple of light swords which, in ecausgweese of a telegraphic mes sage, he took on of fisgs M foretastes, who came up by the 7 s pm. teals. la essempmes of the tele graphic memege be leek three laNsweeedy. Several I other foreigners wore at the llalerbe.road station, and one of them clans up to him sad ANA him a sovereign to lot one of the parties go away. its did not, however, do so. One of the parties got rut before he came to the station. The missing party was a frequenter of Vanzhall Gardens and other places of 111111111M1L No pistols were found on any of the parties. Thos. Smith, a police constable, repeated the evidence he gave at the Town hall the previous day. Mr. Iliddlecombe, the superintendent of police, produced the various articles found on the persons, which were published yesterday. In answer to the Coroner witness said the flattened bullet had not been weighed to see whether it corresponded with she ethos ballot' tonal. 14a17 Day said that she had been in attendance at this bouseand had laid the body out since death. She was not present when he died. She found, as she was removing tle body, a leaden ball between the sheets and under tbs de ' ceased. She gave the ball tee police constable. Tim four persons in custody were, at this siege of the in vestigation, brought into court. One was a tall, gaunt, military-looking man, with hard features ; the second per son was a stout short man, with an amiable expression of countenance; the third wee slightly built, of apparently 40 years of age, with a bawd and an imperial ; and the fourth a man apparently 60 years of age, was of middle stature, strongly built, and of firm and somewhat repulsive features. After giving their names in broken English, they were con veyed away in the custody of the police. Immediately afterwards additional parties were brought into the room by the police. They were foreigners, and several police officers were called for the purpose of identi fying them as persona who had been in the company of the deceased a short time before the duel took place. After a great deal of contradictory evidence bad been ad duced in order to identity one of the persona brought for ward as one and the fifth of the party connected with the duel, the inquiry was adjourned until Teasley next, and the jury were bound over to appear on that day to further investigate the case. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S--TunnsnaT. At the commencement of business Azad was in great force at 11 to 2, and was first favourite, but subse quently gave precedence to Babette, who, after several offers of Bto 1, left off at sto I (taken). A sset receded to 6 to 1 on the advance of the mare, afterwards rose to 5 to 1, taken to several hundred pounds, and finally closed at II to 2 takers. A good deal of money was laid out on Ephesus at 10, 11, and 12 to 1, the lost bet being 1,100 to 100. Convulsion, Hyacinth, Weathergage, Ilabbie Noble, and the Knight of the Shire were backed fur small same, nothiog else was in favour. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver us Babette (taken) 11 to 2 Sir W. Booth's Ansel (taken) 11 to 1 Mr. Waller's Ephesus (taken) 14 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage (taken and afterwards offered) 16 to 1 Major Martyn's Convulsion (taken) 20 to 1 Baron Itothschild's 117acinth (taken) 20 to 1 Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble (taken) 20 to 1 Lord Broce's Knight of the Shire (taken) 26 to 1 Mr. Morris's Huntrerford 25 to 1 Mr. Phillips's Le luif 90 to 1 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn 40 to 1 Mr. Waring's Manifold (woe) 1000 to 500 Babette and Ansel (taken) CRITERION STAKES. 7 to 4 apt Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourno 2 to 1 Lord Exeter's Filbert (taken) The room will be opened this day and to-morrow for com paring books on the Cambridgeshire. RIOEIMOND RACES.—TRUItSDAY. WRIGHT STAKE) of 6 00•8. each, fur 2-yr-olds ; cults, 84. 71b. ; fillies, fist. 41b; wiuners, extra, dtc. Grey stone in. (7 suhs4 Mr. C. Wright ad bk a hatchet 1 Mr. Heaseltine's b e by Fitsallen out of Mn. Bum's dam 2 Mr. Blackburn's Goorkah 3 Five ran. Won b 7 a length. GOLD Cut' STAKES of 10 guaneas each ; for 3-yr.olds and upwards ; winner to be sold fur 300 son., &c. Once round. (7 subs.) Lord Zetland's Radulphue aged, 34 1 Mr. Dawson's Farmer's Bo i, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 2 Won by h a l f a length. RUBBISH PLATE WY won by Child of the Miat, beating Baotou and Dismay by a length. .WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.—WRDNISDAY. FIRST TITS roll GRIST WESTRILY PUPPT Cur.— Derby beat klangonel, Whirlwind beat Bacchus, Esprit beat Rebecca, KW Hannah beat Slut, Lufra beat Rabbi, Brandyball beat Vitals, Crystal beat Roderick, Madcap beat Harlequin. FIRST Tim Ton Tin DAVID Cur.—Bedlal3lll.: brat Tramp, Pilot beat Merry Boy, Motley beat Katty Hayes, Beverlac beat Willis!, World's Fair beat Busybody, Raven beat Lapwing, Lady Dalton beat The Dutchman, Merlin beat Blanche Ainsworth, Friar Tuck beat Sir Shooter, Sawmill beat Calms. STONKINOI Smite or 80L—Mr. Dlenkiron's Magna Charm beat Mr. Parkinson's Sting, Mr. Hall's Raund Robin beat Mr. Jebb's lodine, Mr. Foley's Paddy O'Rat ferty beat Mr. Lawrence's Ludovic, Captain Besant's Billy boy beat Mr. Jenner's Judas, Mr. Wyndham's Whynot beat Mr. John Day's Leonard, Mr. Jatdi, . e's Baron beat Mr. Longinaa's Lissard, Mr. Hole's Gambler beat Colonel Clowes's Cardin, Mr. Etwall'a Uncle Tom beat Mr. Riley's Rupert. ELSTON STAVES or BW.—Mr. Rale'. RO4lO beat Captain Wyndham's Wolga, Mr. James's Jolly Lass beat Mr. Jar dine's Weilder, Mr. Brown's Ballet Dauer beat Mr. Penn's Annie, Mr J. Day's Frenzy boat Mr. Biggs's Bohemia, Mr. Miller's Maid of the Mill beat Mr. Minton's Maria, Mr. Randalre Remnant beat Mr. Lawrence's Lady Evelyn. CLERICAL. Rot. William J. Binder,„to St. John's Perpetual Curacy, Barnsley. Yorkshire, value 1301. ; patron, Bishop of Ripon. Rev. Rdward Francis Coke, to St. James the Great Per petual Curacy, Bethnal-green. Rev. Alfred Bligh Hill to High Boding Rectory, Essex, value 3911. ; patron, Earl of Roden. Rev. Alfred Cornelius Richings, to Beaminster Vicarage, Dorset, value 1901. Rev. Hill Smith, : MA., to St. Paul's Perpetual Curacy, Healey, Yorkshire. TACANCIIPS. : R.,. Edwin Mangin, Rac-ronr.—Well with Claxby Vicarage, county and din• owe Lincoln, value 3721. with residence; passion, B. Dun. wood, Esq.: Rev. W. Dodson, deoeased. VlCARAoll.—Balington, county and dioeese Lincoln, value 2831. ; patron, Lqrd Chancellor : Rev. W. Dodson, deceased. _ _ _ Morsiatb, Devon, (Rocas Exeter, value lON. with red demos ; paha*, T. 1.. Clarke, Eq.: Rev. A. B. Hill, promoted. Paarrruar. Coaccv.—Cappegb, Ireland: Rev. W. B. Cuthbert, deceased. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 21.—PROMOHONO. Lord A. Fitxclannoe, to be commodore of the first clam. Com mander Austen remotest to captain. APPOINTKINTIL— Coanuader J. , to .Coent Guard. Mate W. East, to Learoder. PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 21.—T0-day being the anni yervary of the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory, which !i n layed so important a part in that great engagement, and board which ship the hero Nelson fell was decorated at an early hour with garlands and lancet died on her mast beads. The coat of arms in front of her poop was also dressed out in evergreens, whilst it also bore two bins en signs and the flag of St. George. At nine o'clock the Vic tory's band assembled on deck, and performed the appro priate Mr of "Hearts of Oak."—The Wasp, 14, screw item i sloop, Commander Lord John Ila b zi l led to-da for the Mediterrantian.—The Electra, 14, ander Mo y rris, was paid edema , of wages to-day. S will sail to-mor row for her station, South Austrelia.—The Termagant, 24, screw steam frigate, Captain Girard, was also paid ad vance to-day, and will sail to-morrow itir a mine of • few weeks, calling at Cork. Dia= op • NAVAL Vittalpta.--Hear-Admirul Healy Dwabisr, on the rides& list, died on the 14th inst. O'Hyßee, I. lie "Nowa hy," gives the following Mss of the @eeriest of dm gallant aisismaird Henry Beraffiblas was Welt am of °sputa John Malrellier, NH. whit Mod LieuteneareGovemme el Greenwich Hospital, 30di Dattmlar_ 1909 ; and broths, of Oirestandm Wm. Bono dike, R.N. (1816), who died Mil January, 1844. This udiese attired the navy 28th August, 1792, as • boy, on bard the Maine, PO, Captain lea. Bradley, stationed in cob Dowses Ha wee neat es the hems and New finndlial dations la the Royal am Captain Francis Piebanere; Anne, 44, Captain Philip iliVi on stara ; 64, Captain ArekibaMOoilligwood (part of Ho Hyde Parker's ant doing the oaths Gopeahagon, boi April, 1801) ; Badyna**, 40, Oaphim Emmy Garrett and loseplicLaroom ; and Iris, 32, Cepteina Edward Brace and William Grenville Lobb. Shindy after the receipt of hit first commicion, which bears date Ist May, 18014 Mr. Bourchier joined the Elephant, 74, Captain 0. Dandas ; on removing from which ship to the Unicorn, 32, Cantain Lucius Ferdinand Hadrian, we find him, on the 6th May, 1806, commanding onset four boats at the capture, off St. Domingo in face of a heavy fire of greet guns and musketry, of the French privateer, Tapea-bond, of four long siz-poonden and 48 men. He subsequently served for two years with Sir Alexander Cochrane in the Northumber land and Bellisle, 74's • end, ettaiaing the rank of com mander, 20th April, 1808, was neat appaiotad, on 9th Nor. in that yaw, to the Hawke, 18. In that vests], after taking, 7th , 1411, Ls Fora, privateer, of 14 guns end 86 sea, and w the dwarattien, 96th March ensuing, af tho Wm& 40qua Sipa" Aamplao, Captain Bourchier, as the Nth August. remittal kimeelf conspicuous by his la attaaltiag • awn shaeriag for Barflcur, nice protottita of tine park*, carrying each tom Ili to 18 and of two large loggers of from 8 111 M pea. wily thin an action of great spirit on both sad was ataintdyd satil two of the brigs GM the with 16 of the laterehantmen, were ieleatm step together escaped in aeeqmenu of the Hawhotsahotuaatoly taking the vols, state alio lay mood far mhos" an • Woo allweratat discharge of artlEtry and 'Basketry hem the beach. Of the stranded vessels the only remainlng gun-hrigrthe Hemp, of 10 guns, and three large traiepotts, werebrenght our, Lieut. (now Captain( David Price.)The lose of the British in this highly creditable affair did not eloped wee Ilia killed and four wounded. Captain Bourchier, whom aoudad deservedly procured him a post comndsdes on dm very day the intelli gi we of this exploit reached the Admiralty, August 22, was subsequently imprinted, 6th January, 1813, to the San Josef, 110, fitting at Plymouth for the fie of Rear-Admiral Edward James Foote ; 12th May following to the Myrtle, 20, in which vessel he served for some time on the !Alton station ; 18th November in the same year to the Medina, 20, employed until January, 1816, c ff Newfoundland ; and 28th November, 1820, to the Athol, 28. He was nomi nated superiotenent in January, 1827, if the quarantine establishment at Milford ; and acceptenle present rank 14G2tOM• VAL". NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. A meeting of the proprietors of this company, ad journed from several previous occasions—the lust being the 7th inst.—was held yesterday at the Alcor in Broad street-huildings, to make provision for certain promissory notes held by the Union Dank of Australia, and tilling due ,on the let of December next, amounting to 14,4601., given by the director.* on account of a debt of 14,9871 61. 24., with ioterest, incurred in reference to the Canterbury Association, and thus to avoid the nteessity of making a tall on the unpaid-up elicits' of the compa.,y. Mr. AOLIONBY, M.P., the chairman of the company, pre sided. Ihe minutes baring been read and confirmed, rind the chairman having briefly stated the object of the meeting, General Manna sold as he understood the meeting had been called by the directors for the purpose of consider ing the most desirable way of providing the means of meeting certain liabilities in order to avoid the nere,ity for • cull. (Heir, bear.) On that point two questions occurred to him. He was advised that accordinq to the act 11 and 12 Vic., on three months' notice being given iii April, WO, to one of the Secretaries of State, all the powers and privilege. of the company ceased, except 'such as were no reesary to enable them to receive and distribute certain funds men tioned, and to close the company's elf.eirs. In the first placc,he wished to know whether the f4iieti.ns of the board and of the company had ceased in Ju;y, 1840, aecorling to such notice ? The CHAIRMAN—Yrs, certainly ; t leept fur the purposes expressly stated in the ace. General Batt:Gs—Those arc to emit& them to receive moneys and d' bute them, and to wind up the accounts. The CHAIRMAN—Yes; " to adjust and close the affairs of the company," is the expression. General Ilan.Gs—Then I may assume that the ..hairs of the company, not having been closed, the directors and the company are a body capabio of transacting any business connected with th. it affairs ? The CH atustax—Not caactlyso. Yrceions to lock, the New Zealand Cuntpany possessed wrious funrtiurs con nected with the colony of New Zealand, as the power to acquire land, to send ships, and to connote. Th. se hieing ceased ; we cannot send out ships to colonise, our tan we deal with the waste lands. General Batons—Bat you can make calls under the powers of the original act, it appears. The CIIAIUMAN—Yes, hut only for the purpose of ad jubting and closing the disits of the company. General Batons consid, red the shareholders were en titled to know whether or cot there was really any n , eessity for making the proposed call. (liter.) At the .a,t meet ing he wt.' ir.4 in a position to say an:ithing on the subject, not having had an opportunity of looking into the accounts. Since that he had called at the office and examined them, and had discovered numerous discrepancies, which he had described in a letter to Mr. Liall, who had pre.ide.? , in the previous occasion, but who, it appeared, in consegirnee of a misdirection, had not received it early enough to nd any reply. It seemed, as he understood, that tho directors owed to the Ilion Bank of Austraht nbo•tt 16,000 t. The CHAIRMAN —A!ntoat 17,0001, including the in terest. General Buteea About 17,0001, then, nn ."1 this had been incurred by the connexion of the eurhio,,y with the Canterbury settlement. The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. General Blooms thought it was very much to be r , -fretted that the affairs of the two convene s hid not hi , a kept separate. However, he had dissected the accaunts as well as he could, and he found that the New Zealand Company had advanced between the sth April, 1819, sod the date of the lest report 26,8151. Ils. 81., and that they had received 10,6254.165. 4d., leaving a alance remaining due on account of Canterbury of 13,9891. 4.1. (Hear, hear.) It appeared, also, that they had borrowed 10,0002 of one of the directors, on the faith of unpaid up calls, which had been paid be ck out of the 10,6231 . received from the Canter bury Association. The CHAIRMAN—The 10,0001. was borrowed to pay bills held by the Union Bank on account of Canterbury. Gen, BRI(108—At all events, there was a balance over of 15,9891., which was about the sum now owing to the bank. It appeared to him that tho Canterbury AssociaVen was supported by borrowed capital. In the general ace amts of the sth April, 1817, there WAS an item of 9,4831. 3s 4.1. under the bead of cash balance in hand entered as promissory notes, In the following year that item was divided into two, one part of it appearing as bills of exchange, but the g ram amount being the same ; this was in the report as audited by the company's auditors, but in the report for the same year u audited by the government commissioner no account was taken of it at all. lu a snheequent report it appeared under the head of " debts due," making, with en item of sundries, 15,2832 under that head ; and in the 26th report, the debts due were put down at 12,6011 and odd, the entry bf 9,4630' promissory notes " having lapsed altogether. In the next report, the amount due on account of t . .e Can terbury settlement was stated at 15,0001. odd, so that the company must have had debts due to it in May, 1850, amounting to 27,9001. In the 28th report, the assn's were stated at 14,4571., inclulng the 9,483/. ; and in the 29th report, no part of this debt of 14,400/. appeared to have been paid; consequently the e mapany must have at this moment debts due to it in this country amounting to 14,4L7/ , besides 14,6101. in New Zealand, making a total of 29,1331. 7a. sd. Under the act, all the lands, tenements, and hered..aments vested In the company when it functions mined, reverted to the crown, but the crown had no claim to the other meets of the company, and certainly not to thi..29,0n0t. With regard to the Canterbury question, the act made the company liable for any contracts as to the lands, or liabili ties in regard to the settlement of Nelson, or liabilities in curred during the suspension of instructions, with the sanc tion of the commission( r. Now, the Canterbury scheme was either contracted with the commit of the commissioner and the government, or without it. If with that consent, then 1 the shareholders were not liable; and if not, it was neces sary to know by whose consent such liability h id been incurred. The accounts in their present ship. ho con sidered most unsatisfactory, and he hoped the shareholders would make no responeu to the demand of the directors for a call until they received full explanation. In eonclueion, he submitted a resolution,to the effect that *committee of share hold era be appointed to examine the accounts and transactions of the company and to report thereon—aed to report also bow far it might appear to them requisite to make au call on the shereholders, and that in order to carry out these objects all accounts and papers belonging to the company be referred to them—that they have liberty to eximine any officer of the company, and to call far such other assistance as they might consider necessary, tin expense of , tieh in vestigation to be defrayed out of the general funds. Mr. Becuts seconded the resolution, and in doing so wished to offer some observations on some of the points named to in the report. It seemed to hint that in some the character of the company was in question. Ho M ns ressileeted the debate in the House of Commons last amiss ma the subject of the New Zealand Company, and he observed in the report that the directors stated they gave such answers on that occasion to the misrepresentations end charges of fraud with which the company was assailed •• sid&l have been anticipated. Those charges of fraud and daan misrepresentations which were brought by Sir W. liolieworth in parliament against the company were supported by • reference to the alleged conduct of the rs on a particular occasion. He (Mr. Budele) did not answer for the directors—they had the op portunity of doing that for themselves in the same when the charges were made, but on behalf of the lders he must Pay that if any fraud or iniql . epresen- Intim had been used not only had they no priority in the matter, but they were utterly and entirely igucrant of any sad every misrepresentation that might have been made es the evasion referred to. Ile was astonished that a ▪ like Sir W. Molesworth should have brought forward seek charges based on such a foundation, via., certain state ments made by some particular director on some particular seeuion, which statements, he might add, had not yet been proved to be misrepresentations. (Hear, hear.) If any fraud had been practised on the government, or any mine tation made, it w by Sir W. Molesworth's late =' Mr. Chad's Buller. ler. (Hear, hear.) This he felt Imendllli say is to the directo r, end in justice to the MOW. C. Buller, let him add that he had discussed the leiellee of the Nelson settlement with that right honourable end highly talented gentleman, and that Mr. Buller told him Oat, differing,* he did from his (Mr. 'Waite's) views, le maid not be expected to lay the case before the govern ment in the lame way that he would do if he concurred with him. But the statement made by Mr. Buller was made with • full knowledge of the facts, the directors having kept back nothing. (Hear, hen.) He now came to another matter in the report which more immediately affected the question before the meeting. The Canterbury Association, as they were aware, were the Debtors of the company ; and Goy knew also that they had repudiated the debt. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the direftore were fully justified in the use of the word repudiated "in speaking of this transaction—(hear)—but he thought it necessary that the meeting should know a little more of the ground of such repudiation, although that groued wasstated in the report. The Canterbury Association asserted that the New Zealand Company had misrppropriuted a part of the public money—that was what, he believed. they celled it —or, at any rate, a part of the money borrowed Com the public —to purposes inconsistent with the act, and had applied it to their own private purposes—and they made this charge of misappropriation the ground fur not paying the money which the New Zeeland Company had lent them. This certainly was a moat extraordinary answer fur a borrower to give when calli d upon to pay. (Hear, hear.) If there had been any suet, misappropriation that would be • proper subject ler inquiry as be tween the shareholders and the directros of the New Zealand Company, but it could have nothing to do with the Canterbury Association. (Hear.) The meeting would be still more surprised when they were told that Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield—who was well known to have been the prime mover of the Canterbury Associa tion—not a member of the committee. but the secret mover of all the machine ry — that he (Mr. Wakefield) himself r re wrieTeddpnetief.the morsel, to the meant, u he (Mr. Buckle) of 1,0001. (Hear, hear.) Ant yet after this the Canterbury Association, including 'itch men u Lord Ripon, Lord Lyttletou, Mr. Simeon, and Mr. Caven dish, made it a ground for repudiating a debt the justice of which they could not dispute, that certain funds hid been misappropriated by their creditors. But to chow how weak even wit this ground, it wit necessary only to say that the money advanced to the Canterbury ANsociation by the New Zealand Company was money borrowed by the latter com pany, not from the governmmt—or at least the greater part of it—bet borrowed partly from one of the directors, and partly from the Bunk of Australia. 10,0001. of it was adverted by the Baron Goldsolunidt, one et the directors, and the remainder, or nearly so, wit advanced by the Bank ; so that if the ground ot unsoppropriating publio money were tenable, it was thus s • e;,t learn under the Canterbury Association. (Cheers) Ile believed the feat we. that when the company borrowed the money front