The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-14 00:00:00

FOZEIGN-OFFICII7 APRIL 10. The Queen has .proved of Mr. J. Grown, as Consul at Harwich fur his Mil the Sing of Hanover. °EI'4TEAL CONFERENCE OF OPPONENTS TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION. Tide conference was commenced at ten o'clock yes- I wean morning, in Crceby-ball, Bishopegate-street. Tea Rev, Mr. HINTON explained the object of the meet which was conneed by the central committee for the of giving full expnesion to the sentiments of °ppm gies to e . meantre a es Pu r l * " 'I over th e untry. To prepare roan a • • and to any out practical measures, it was ntheseary to convene a meeting before the aggregate conference was lisld oa Thursday next, at Exeter Hall. Dr. Teta] Han moved that a committee should be &p -rated wa d ed a c hairman, end white the committee was „ p l a yed in so doing, letters were read, among which was os fteee Lord John Rumeit • in answer to one from the w end committee asking when his lordship could meet a deputation frum Leicester, to the effect that his lordship had o g ady received revers' deputations on the subject, and any to the preesure of public business was unable to nsme a ny tame. Alderman Kershaw, of Manchester, was then declared ehairrnan. It was moved and seconded that e. bad oea commieee should be appointed to recommend an order of proceedine for the conference. During the retirement of d a p committee the members of the meeting were requested to express their opuions. lir. AlegLIE called their attention to the pamphlet is which the mimeo of ounell are said to be explained. The following the possum, which is at page 20 : Irks, therefore, freedom of education from the interference of gortrament becomes the war cry of any party, will it not be INU, egdthat they seek the interest of a class, rather than the welfare ,ci t b, gown; that they prefer public ignorance to party the liberty to neglect the liberty of the people, rather than the hb,,,q of progrValve education! He regretted to be compelled to call this a gross insult to the (Monsters. If they were so insulted now what might they expeetif the minutes were carried out? The Daily News, o f M o nday, had stated that the British and Foreign School s oc i e ty bad given in their acquiescence, which was utterly enamour. The same paper, on Friday last, had stated that the report or the buird for general education had implied • w illingness to receive government aid. This was entirely foes; nothing of the kind had been thought of by the bowl of education. A good deal has been said as to the gaieties of Mr. Edward Baines bring false. lle would give t u rn i f ew figures, the truth of which was evident. A school muter, being 100 children in his school, under the present „ gam got 31 from each child per week, making 601. per sane. The government, in addition to this 601. per Wan, offered him four pupil teachers, with whom he denial have 601. per annum, and four stipendiary memilon, with whom he shou , d have 351. rev annum, making p.jl, per annum, which he was to receive in addition to what be got under the existing system. Da. HAMILTON observed that it had been said crime was the test of education or ignorance, This assertion could easily he overturned. It did not follow because crime accom panied ignorance, that virtue would accompany education. la the year 1839 there were the same number of committals se in 184 ; then, as the population had greatly increased, it would appear, &minding to the shove principle, that the education of the people had greatly advanced since then, but this was not the case. The supply was greater than the demand, all could be found except children. Then again in the year 164-5, the committals in England were one in 5,564; in Ireland, one in 6,244 ; and in religious, educated Scotland, one in 4,495; of the population, thus as far as karts show, Ireland is the best, England the next, and Scotland the wont. As for the occasion that had given rile to the measure, might it not be, not the want of educa tion, but, that the cabinet was bound to purchase sweet voices; was it rot a measure of conciliation ? He did not think • former cabinet would have elected four new bishops. It was little to be wondered at that whiff, tenni no difficulty in making their peace with the established church, who were unable to pay their way. The measure was clearly a compromise between the church and the whigs, throwing the dissenters overboard. It was a mere mockery and delusion, • forego of ignorance, and he would not say imposition, but the silt of imposing. The Rev. J. James hoped they were all unanimous in their opp ultioa. Thouth dissenters could not all be mem bers of one Anti-Church Society, they could all be members of one Anti-State School Society. It must be evident to all that there was something in the measure that went against their censci• nee., or they would not thus expose themselves to the imputation of opposing education altogether. If government had come forward repudiating religious educa tion, he would have felt much greater difficulty in opposing it; but it is a bond fide religious education, and on that ground he opposed it. He would not impugn the original motives which dictated the measure, but the measure itself he believed to be fraught with evil to the dimenters. The Rev, Mr. MILANI). of Bradford, Yorkshire, depre cated the misrepresentations of the Daily News, in which he saw a kind of profligacy of sentiment respecting that most important of all matters—religion. The Daily Noma, he supposed, would say that the delegates present from Brad ford, were the six who had opposed the 1,500 who there de clared in favour of the government plan. They had had meet ngs upon meetings in opposition. The Rev. Dr. MASSIE then brought in the recommenda tions of the committee. They recommended, let, That Drs. Leeman and Massie, and the Rev. J. H. Hinton, he requested to act as secretaries to the conference; 2nd, That the himi nes committee be charged generally with the arrangement of the business of the conference, and that all notices of sub stantive motions shall he referred to it for examination before being read from the chair; 3rd, That an enrolment com mittee be appointed, consisting of Messrs. Ketterns, Critters, jun., and Pratt; 4th, That Mtwara G. W. Alexander, W. G. Lewis, and Tellett, of Norwi...ll ; J. James, of Birming ham, and W. Morris of Manchester, be appointed a financial committee ; sth, That the hours of sitting be from ten till four ; Gth, That they regulate the order of speaking. At a further stage of the proceedings the following additional suggestions were sent in by the committee That a com munication be made to the Lord President of the Council, respectfully soliciting an interview with his lordship, and such other members of the committee of council on educe cation as may find it convenient to attend on Thursday next. 2. That all member' of this conference, who are electors, be requested to wait on their representatives is parliament, and to report the result to the business committee; and, that, in order to afford an oppor tunity for this, the conference meet at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. 3. That the conference solicit an interview with members of the Hawse of Commons, whether liberal or other wise, at Brown's hotel, to-morrow evening, at five o'elock, invitations to be addressed to members hereafter to be de rided on. The Rev. JOHN Bustuev, who repeated nearly verbatim Imola male by him at a meeting in opposition to the .1 __t pin ef education, held at the Laden Tavern, es the Other Merck, sowed the first of a arise of [resent liaistieas made end seat ia by the briars ecomittee, Shish was sa follows : The eanterasee apalls le meg sat willersern hots in =et the earned.= tha t - the arslostra Almetteee desalt Britain we boa sub= peeneesse et peptise aleeatiee lhat May have Aron tr its sehwienment dosed alma dilearraged, end spreed; sod est hs the= purled they have keg. sad still ma Me eleitut sod &Mal W in doing so cimrseherhed dm church eateeltimas the Went that had ever bees •••••asl From religious insulia the the minutes dereeded te that of the wash-tub, and every washerwoman would be heresterd. Mr. HAMILTON moved, and Mr. FLETCHER seconded the had reethaticsa, which wee net Y the Irethetaaes, all losilletelead eollaterrobpe ere as Eanse roma the Wm, lr areikerlag harms and eashmesse ea the amass at Assewiesy obeelat, aseeloped la the aims' et the assmilass dsssi sec aerAttio s at Asp* sad De. boakads, Wass kasa Aim he eat Desedim s It set), la esa k probes ; *ins la Ismee, evesteddsp the Mal via= Warm sat ateptp, sassms • t= i ta las As pelotas; ma (wedhleee, gsag Wade= hi Ism% Re her a bimetal, It all eetestesa moist ea the ate tuA std mama • graduate/ intli• ea the sews. Inc Exam weed 10 pat the younger portion of the Media; on their gaud eppdaet the mistaken notion that ellseation mart 'akar the mind • it may, on the contrary, weigh down and dope the mind, and prove a tool of tyranny. Mr. HENIT Vnscurr, the Chartist lecturer, hoped that they would endeavour to convince all that the present meembly was the representative of the true principle of liberty. They were all convinced that the government had no right to undertake religions education' and the pre sent measure (or placing it in their hands could not be lashed apes without grave suspicion. Their new-born love of edu cation. compared with their hitherto hostility towards it. was te be looked upon with a suspicious eye. The dissenters, he rid, had teethe last thirty yeas* been the advocates of edu cation, during which time they had been aided by individual members of the clergy, hot had never experienced anything bat opposition from the church, as a body. The ecclesiasdad eyeam had greatly served to obetruct education. The cods isYs always said, " Don't instruct the common r.Ple." Government, too, bad always opposed education. 7t Ma been said that the schools in England under the ex iling system were not nearly so well organised as in Freesia. tee adadated it; but he contended that they had a more in telligust populace. Hitherto, indeed, it was the people who bad always Instructed their rulers, instead of the reverse =tits ease ; and he instanced the manner in which the of abolishing the corn laws had been laud apes ministers by the people. The House of Cessna be characterised as the place whither old, beekiddes dogma.; retired, driven there by the people, to come forth as the ideas of ministers. With regard to the declaration of some of the labouring classes in favour of the government measure, he contended that they did so through ignorance of the true principles of religious or any other liberty. It should be decided that education does not, cannot, fall within the province of government ; secular and relkious matters must be separate. The Hee. CHAS. STOWELL attributed the revolutions in France to the workings of the imperial university, and so with Germany. The mesnure, he contended, teaches the people what the government really is, and what they had to expect from it. Let their rulers relieve the people from th, tide of iniquity which is constantly rolling from the cesspool of Oxford; Ict them relieve Us from tithes and church rates, and then eovernment sever need educate the people. Mr. 'OOMPH STtEcr, of Birmingham, moved the 3rd re solution, which was as follows: That the scheme being Mus widow and injurious as an educational measure, In the opinion of this renference, there is nothing to break the force of Mows collateral objections to which it is liable ; first, ee baying been brought forward not in the oonstitational form of a bilk to he discussed in both bowies of parliament, but so minutes of a committee of the executive. Secondly, as involving the issue of a large and unprofitable expenditure dig..public money; and, thirdly, meting an internee on the part of government over the pomlar manna, which may he at any time emplo yed for objects politically corrupt, and can waready exist for any monde:vide period without messing or. influence unfavourable to the national character. Mr. Sturge said that if be were quite run that it would ensure a good education, he would gladly contribute to the measure, but it was clear that the government were the last Perms to educate the people. He quoted a letter of Lord Grey in a Guiana journal, advocating compulsory odueation. I Mr. EDWARD SAVORS, jail., is bray seconding the resolution, said be had been taunted by the Tunes, and he °outs-wed not without reason, with having inflicted him self on the public. He was certain no measure had ever been so threatening to religions liberty as the present. If it was the province of government to take the educatioe of children out of the hands of their parents, it wu likewise their pro vince to make that education compulsory. He then went over the difl rent clauses of the resolution, opposing them on his usual grounds, now so well known to the public. Dr. VA DOH AX, in moving the 4th resolution, observed, he need scarcely say that his mention in regard to the con troversy was one of great delicacy and pain. He had left the church in order to ensure his ecclesiastical liberty ; and whatever might hapsen, to the end of the chapter he would remain a free man. The honesty of dissent was now tried by the necessity of making sacrifices, which he WY ready;to make to any extent. It was not a little to the dis honour of the press that they should have represented the proterant dissenters as indifferent to the interests of the people. History would record it as one of the wrougs which nonconformists had to bear in their struggles. lie begged to move the following resolution : That moot menially this confrere objects to the government mea sure as In a sew form allying the state with religtous institutions, and thus aggravating an evil alreody of enormous magnitude and pressure, by the creation of a subsidiary eeek starter establishment Mr. ALEX AN DER seconded the riot ution , which was carried. The conference was adjourned till 10 to-morrow (this) morning. FEMALE EDUCATION IN THE EAST.— A meeting in aid of the objects of the North London Auxiliary Au ms. tion to the Society for Promoting Female Education in the East, was held last evening, at the Music-hall, in Store street, which was crowded by a numerous assembly of both sexes. Mr. Labouchere presided. The committee's report, the ninth annual one since the formation of the auxiliary, stated that the receipts diaries the past year. in money, had been —donations. 1391. 17s. 9d. • subscriptions, 691. 45., making, together, 1991. Is. 9d. T he expenses had amounted to 521. So . 94., which left a balance of 1461. 13.. The an:diary bad again been most kindly aided by the continued libe rality of " A Steward of Christ," and, in addition, they had to aiknowledgea grant of 501. for Caffraria, since the balance sheet had been made up. This grant had been peculiarly ap propriate, as, in addition to their other trials, the minionaries in that country had experienced the miseres of both war and famine. Dunng the past year, in addition to the foregoing, gifts in work and other ways had been received to the amount of 2191. 16e. 4d. The remainder of the report was occupied by a series of letters from various distant parts of the world, where the parent society has extended its lode ence, detailing its satisfactory progress in the establishment of schools, and other means of spreading knowledge and ins provement. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Cadmar, the Rev. Mr. Graaff, Dr. Clegg, the Rev. Mr. Gloster, and other gentlemen: and resolutions in support of the society were unanimously agreed to. SUPPRESSION OF SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION. —A meeting wee held yesterday, at the King's Arms Hotel, New Palace-yard, Westminster, to support Mr. Spooner's Bill for the suppression of the trade in seduction and prosti tution, which is to be reed a second time to-day in the Howe of Commons ; Captain Gladstone, M.P., was called to the chair. Prayers were offered up by the Rev. Mr. Craig. The chairman bad heard only of two objections made to legislative interference on the subject. The first, that it was extremely difficult to legislate on so delicate a subject; the next, that by legislating on this subject they were giving an injurious publicity to the question. But he thought that by making public the means that were used towards these who were the objects of seductioa, it might be of great service, by producing greater vigilance on the of those who had the custody of females. WI: Bishop of Norwich said he came there to show himself friendly to the principle, and to promote a measure which had a tendency to correct ono of the greatest evils that existed in their country, and which reflected on the very civilisation of England. From what he learned him self, from unquestionable sources, the evil which the bill proposed to remove was far worse than it was represented to be. Cases had come before gentlemen who had clear proofs of the guilt of certain parties, whose names he would not for obvious reasons mention, but they had found such a difficulty in bringing them under the operation of the law, that they were obliged to drop all proceedings, and the criminals escaped. Though he did not believe that en act of parliament would prevent what they all deplored, it might effect much good. There were ramifications in this subject which could never be conceived but by a person acquainted with all the details. Human nature actually revolted from the conduct of some who called themselves gentlemen. The Rev. Mr. Muir pre cd that the thanks of the meeting were due to Mr. Spooner e favour of his bill be signed by the chairman, in the behalf of this meeting, and forwarded to Mr. Spooner for presentation to the House of Commons. Mr. Spooner, M.P., in replying, stated that he was quite convinced of the ultimate success of the measure; and Sir George Grey bad owned that the subject to which it referred was one that was entitled to every consideration. A petition to parliament, praying the adoption of the bill, was then agreed to. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting ae_parated. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES.—This society held its anniversary dinner yesterday evening at the London Tavern, Bishopagate-street. The Lord Mayor took the chair, in the ahsence of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, who was prevented by a sudden attack of gout from miring his at tendance pennant to the announcement. This institution has for its object the relief of distressed persons educated at Christ's Hospital, and that of their orphans and widows. After the usual routine toasts had beast drunk, with all the honours, the chairman proposed, " The royal and ancient foundation of Christ's Hospital ; may they prosper who love it, and may God increase their num ber.' This toast having been responded to with the greatest enthusiasm, the health of hiv. Ald. Thompson, the president, was proposed, and the alderman in returning thanks, stated that the school had been in existence upwards of three centuries, and that the number of children at pre sent educated there, in London and at Hertford, amounted to 1,500. It appeared from the list of donations announced by the secretary to the Benevolent Society, that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert had each imbecribed 251., and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 201. Other donations equally literal were made by the Lord Mayor, Mr. Ald. Thompson. and others connected with Christ's Hospital; and the total amount of subscriptions was stated to be nearly 7001. Loth OF THE TWEED.—A sabscription has been opened at Southampton on behalf of the widows, orphans, and others dependent hitherto on the sufferers who have unhappily perished with the above unfortunate vessel. One hundred pounds has already been subscribed. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. About nine o'clock on , Monday evening, as Mr. Collier, of No. 31, Upper Marylebone-street, who had been on business to Ramp• stead, was returning by the footpath leading from Hamp stead church through the fields to the Swiss Cottage, he was stopped by four men, who bound his hands anTa with cords, end took from his trousers-pocket 11. 17s. 6d. is gold and silver monies, and also a parcel of lace, with which they decamped, leaving their victim bound hand and foot. Mr. Collier is only able to diatribe two of them, viz., one about 30 years of age, thin, dressed in knee-breeches and stockings, and a had: he was en Irishman. The other, shoat 46 year. of age, middle height, and stout, droned is &mien, and hod a black mask on his face. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS. —By Mr. Wakle the Middlesex Hospital, oa the body of Samuel Allen, ~ aged 68. The deceased resided at Weethourne-grove Ba yswater. Oa Saturday morniag he went out in his mild Maas of hea4i, whisk was tolerably good, and got in* a Weilinelesi at Busseater, to reach the City. He wee ems ear fahketL a tta d c w. ked= fit ; and although the assimsa received to pull up at the flo s t i iesa'e, Woe they had pro ceeded many paces thpired, est was them earthed on to the ohms inatitatiss, where inellasthal efforts were made to restore aniamtlam—Verdiat, " Natural death."— StaCtoll 11011 Ravish or FORTUMIL-11016111 Mr. Charles Lewis, at the Red Lion public- Leytonstime, respect log the death of Mr. Alexander H ose d i s t s Oloass, of No. 3, Grottos-street, Bethuithirma. wet formerly in possession of =Pates fieethead, hat in consequence of he was compelled to mortgage them. He lamas thwrey much reduced and era borrowed, and his wile sod 'Wren were on several our dons unable to procure the SIGINIOS necessaries of life. Ha was considered very imbeslis, and hr ems gm Sat he had been in very low spirits. ()a Saturday manlike' lam be left home, and on the aftermon of the same day he was dis covered lying on his hoe la a ditch in Church-Lae, Leyton *tone, quite dead, with his throat cut. On the ground where the deceased was discovered, was found a razor covered with blood, and also • razor ere. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." IRELAND. magistrates for breaking glass in the wiadews of tradesmen, for the avowed purpose of getting into prison, amounted in the last four weeks to 85. Fever is making many victims, and the deed bodies are not unfrequently left adjacent to the pollee Nations, for the p dice to coffin and commit to earth. As a necessity, indeed I should say inevitable con- sequence, the pollee form of Cork have bee. virulently attacked with fever—km*lmila in seem one of their stations. To add to t►e horron of this time man-pox is making dread ful ravages amongst the children of the poor. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Amu. 12. Political excitement has not been at a lowerpro than it is at present, " within the memory of ebb oldest inhabitant." A party here, which has a the of town councillors fer its nucleus, will very knot bably set up a candidate at next election, but they cannot touch either of our present members. They are talking of Mr. Miall ; but the idea of asking the votes of a constituency which (with or without reason piques itself upon its literary character) gravely imputed to Sir William Molesworth as a crime his liberality in giving the world a complete edition of Hobbes, is preposterous. Orthodoxy (i.e., Calvinism) is more deeply rooted in the national feel ing of Scotland than of any other part of the empire; but Scotch orthodoxy rather seeks than spurns an ac quaintance with metaphysical writers. From the founder of the blue and yellow downwards, every person in Edinburgh affects a smattering of literature, and every one of them is aware that an intelligible survey of the history of the philosophy of mind leaving out Hobbes would be valueless. The black myalism of Jamaica would have as mock chance here as the Miallisni of Southwark. The contest at Glasgow will be a piece of parish polities : whatever its result, the political tendencies of the re presentation of that city will be unchanged. The opponents of the present members do not object to their politics, but complain of their inattention to the local business. They bring forward Mr. Macgrego r, believing that he will advocate the same line of policy androve a more efficient member. At this stage of the business it is impossible to conjecture how the election may go. In like manner, there is little dif ference to be detected in the political creeds of the three candidates for the Dunfermline burghs. The election will depend upon the suc ceed of Stirling or Dunfermline in conci liating the majorities of the other boroughs. Whatever is supported by the Stirling constituency aid be opposed by that of Dunfermline, and rice versa. Unless the old influences are much altered, the chances are in favour of Captain Speirs, who will stand in a gre at measure in Lord Dalmeny's shoes. Mr. Alison 'e recommendations are his rapidly .. acquired wealth and personal qualities, whatever they may be. Mr. Smith's recommendations are, that being identified with the struggles of the anti-corn law league, he is agood card to play against the sup porter, of Captain Speirs. It would be rash to say that he has no chance, but as a general rule it may be laid down that no Englishman who values his own comfort will accept the representation of a Scotch constituency. It isimpoesible they should understand each other, as sooner or later he is sure to be taught in a disagreeable manner. The contest for Fife will be entangled, and its result difficult to fore see. The constituency are heartily tired of their present member, but he is not tired of them. The liberals are sincerely anxious to Mom Mr. Fergus, in whom they have confidence; but Captain Wemyss, who carried the county, by his own confession, not to please himself, bat to plague the country gentlemen, will not relinquish the amiable pleasure of teasing, and his indefatigable and brusque style of canvassing will deter many of his old sop porters from revolt Meanwhile the Tories are soak ing out a plausible man to ran away with the lost while the two Liberals are battling for it. There are only two other Scotch constituencies in which an earnest struggle appears to be toward—Berwick shire and Ross-shire. Orkney was talked of, but the latest accounts from Shetland, the supposed strong hold of the aspiring candidate, represent even i's constituency as unshaken in their attachment to the tatting member. In Rom-shire, Mr. Matheson will give Mr. T. M'Kenzie a rode shake, if he does not altogether unseat him. In Berwickshire, the Hon. Francis Scott (whom the Duke of Bacelengh has made up his mind to unseat in Rexburghshire) will be opposed to Lord John Hay. The elections in this county have always been neck and neck, and so will the next be. A meeting of those favourable to the govern ment measure of education is to be held in Glas gow on the 13th inst It is summoned by the lord provost, at the request of a respectable body of citizens, which embraces among others Dr. Hill, professor of divinity in the university; Dr. Barr, one of the city clergy ; Dm Nichol, Angus, and Mackay ; and Mr. IYOney, well known friends to liberal education; the ex-lord provost, Mr. Lams. den; and a great number of the leading merchants in Glasgow. The Secession presbytery of Kelso are to petition against it, but discriminating in their con sideration of public matters, they are to petition in favour of the Marriage and Registration Bills. Petitions in favour of protection to British shipping are being got up in the principal Scotch ports. No differential disability, such as the distillers had to complain of, is set forth, but naked protection is in sisted on as the only safeguard of the British mercan tile marine. Sir It. G. Booth, of Sligo, is fitting out at Ardroesan, a fine 800 ton ship called the Eolus, for the purpose of conveying the poor on his estates to the North American colonies. The provisioning and accommodation are on the most liberal scale. The Edinburgh banks appear to be vieing with each other in the production of magnificent premises. A year or two ago the Edinburgh and Glasgow bank built a new establishment, which is now to be enlarged. The Commercial bank has just now opened a magni ficent structure, on the architecture and sculpture of which the newspapers are dilating learnedly. The Western Bank is busily building a new office, and the British Linen Company are to commence one forthwith. All thew places are congregated near the east end of George-street, in the new town. Mr. John Hunter, W.S., who is probably the agent of Colonel Gordon of Cluny, has addr ess ed a letter to the Courant in reference to the statement which lately appeared in the Inverness Courier, and which was referred to in the Express, regarding an alleged interference on the part of government with his pro perty. Mr. Hunter says: The statement is unfounded in almost every partMular. • • • • It is true that an officer of the board of super. vision has lately traversed the parishes of Barra and South Uist, and reported to the board as to the state of the poor and the parochial boards ant their inspectors—that the board have made a communication to Colonel Gordon (the clergyman of the one pariah not being inducted, and of the other at present incapacitated by illness), with suggestions for the guidance of the parochial boards and their inspectors. But it is entirely untrue that any " stringent" measure in reference to the supplies to the poor of those parishes is " necessary," or that the proprietor is liable to be subjected, in regard to them, to any greater, or other responsibility than other Scotch landlord., should it be found expedient to pro vide for those supplies by an assessment instead of voluntary contributions as at present. DUBLIN. Aram 12. REPEAT. ASSOCIATION.—At the weekly meeting to-day. Mr. John O'Connell stated that the accounts from his father did not indicate any change in the character of his malady, but he was not worse. With reference to the re jection of his overtone of re-union by the " Young Ireland" party, and upon the subject of their recent meeting, he spoke at great length, and while he mid he desired to be personally respectful to Mr. S. O'Brien, he must designate his asser tion of the existence of " a Whig alliance" as a mischievous and complicated falsehood. A petition in favour of the Dublin Improvement Bill, now before parliament, was adopted. The repeal rent was 201. STATE Or TIRE COOMIT.—The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received a communkatioa from the island of Grenada, announcing that a sum of 3,0001. had been subscribed for the relief of the destitate Irish. The Rev. Mr. Frani', a clergyman of Tipperary, states that in his vicinity the potato crop of 1846, "though deficient in produce, has remained sound." He adds, that the planting of potatoes is far more extensive than was supposed, and those "set early are throwing out nodeuoo is an extraordinary rise in the pof articles of con numption be retail, not alone in the markets of Dublin, but throughout the country. Mutton, of the best quality, fetches in Dublin 9ld. to Ifkl Bacon (nice cuts) 71d. to &l. Hams, 61d. to 7d. Fowls, ss. a pair ; and vegetables proportion ately deer. In felt, every article of consumption, save gro ceries, is now from 50 to 75, and even 100 per cent. clearer than at this period last year. In Castlebar where never in my recollection has best beef exceeded sd. per pound. lid. to Bd. is now the price. In Cork the price of mutton is Sd., 9d., and 10d. per lb.; beef, for best cats, en high as Is. per lb., and fowl cannot be had at any price. he firmer have not reared any this year. The stet. of Cork city is represented in the local papers as most alarming--not only are diem= and destitution making h a voc, but disorganisation threatens to loosen all social obligations. The number of individuals brought before the THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1847. L,udon, Manchester, and other stations is to be made available, is os follows :—A large room is to be taken near the Exchange News Room (if possible in the muse building), into which the wires and the whole apparatus are to be introduced. Here all information of public interest will be received, and be immediately deeiphered, and pceted up, for the information of the subscribers to this Telegraphic News Room. The yearly subscription will be from two to three guineas, and for this rum the subscribers will be en titled to see all intelligence relative to the arrival of the East and West India mails, markets, to political events of im portance, as decisions in parliament, to the arrival of Liver pool vessels at other ports, and whatever else may bethought deserving of transmission by telegraph. The company will also convey private communications. TONORANCIS AND CANT. —Out of 40 prisoners for trial at the Preston sessions, 14 are ignorant of the merest rudi ments of education, and the rest an only read and write imperfectly. YORKSHIRE MEETING OT TEI RONAN CATHOLICS OF LEEDS ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION.-00 Youilety evening • pub lic meeting of the Roman Catholic eswiragations of Leeds, convened by the loading members die respective churches, was hall intim mirseirosm Wasson to St. Ann's church, to uprise the of that is Anwar of the government scheme of 'on. J. Req., was called to the chair, sad after • brief Mteibesowy address, the following resolatioa was proposed by Kr. J. Dsavey Holdforth, and sessaied ley **Rev. H. Vslssaby : That fhb ineelthn meows at the seevermset 111111100 of edueetkt es psalmodist In the thinner et earl; it es • meth hoed , Olt thenenthe mom new wor th y et en thed mid • Mend eanthietreden, Mill et ere einewleinee yeekeary any at every gerwernmet i t be the elltheeten et phe esein thereby enabling then the mare rest b egiseedthe end eneleretesd the laws aphids they are required te they. J. Prost, Esq., solicitor, next propossi, sad J. Autos, Esq., soessitd : That Ms masa( has heard with alarm SOL earls see maths by soryagesessimentis sesensre ee Inierdthe devernment me le hither edema le Whin vat eallthets end rethelellsee, es to render r aih ibr that le semi the bees ellbent eassigemlasi their She die asellths besteeee, to tee mei mallinse to the eel Isitheetth etas sellehlened eel threat etheleletrn• Wei le OA they weld he • Nemeth Nam Is a geepolden es inesillielly Went. be 114 If merely to their expeendlee, say sea ladinsity Mould be eared le the Wheels body, tide treeting Meshy pledgee iteeltle rein say sea attethyb by every gendlin. tem' new within lb peat, It was then moved by Mr. S. Jackson, and seconded by Mr, 8. Hayes. that a mentwiel be signed by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting, and forthwith presented to govern ment, craving them to entry out their proposed scheme in its origteal integrity. - - DBFEAT or TOE ANTI.EDUCATIONUMC—On Monday. • meeting which Is allowed to have been the largest ever held in Barnsley, took place in the National School Room in that town. On the Thursday previous, a meeting had been got up by the opponents of the government plan of 1 education. and was held in the Court House at three o'clock in the afternoon. In consequence of the inconvenient hour of the day at which the meeting was called, and in order to give the people of Barnsley a fair opportunity of discussing the question, a motion for the adjournment of the meeting was carried, against the wishes of the opponents of the go vernment plan. The meeting held last night t e Na tional School Rom was the result. Mr. Joseph Woodruffe, the chief constable, on being called to the chair, requested a fair biasing for all parties, and then called upon Mr. B. Gill, who moved the first revelation : ntat thle usetka deeply deplores the laradkiney of the adman at peered elladad be the Jacealie papolation at We maim boa ea to oaantlty wary; aad, blind sowthisi *ma tcortdarrde MO sat dee Naar sheras Oak It la, tharedbee, *ld ad bey at peramist yeeeide a educed= /se the Map reaeratlea ; mad Oil wettalag hat rch=rellandied by her ibjeArs Prtyy ea obi ta bolt* a biter, cheaper, sad mon ezesalre mem of Midas. It was the duty of the patriot end the philanthropist, and the friends of education generally, to propound and support a rational system of education, it was their duty to pro perly train the infant mind, and set in motion the power of thought, to teach the child the principles which are calm- Intel to make him a good man and • useful member at society. The working classes were not able to Rive their children a proper educat'on ; if they were able, they would do it, but, from the low rate of Wel" it was morally irepousible. They had too much striving to clothe the body and feed the body, that they had nothing to spare for food for the mind. The voluntary principle had been tried, and found quite inadequate to educate the people. It had been said by dissenters thew. selves it would take many years to educate the people an dds principle ; hut he asked what war to become of the hs bearing population in the meantime ? What had been done W those who, in 1843, made such an astounding exhibition la this very place ? Where was the day-school of the Inde pendents, of the Wesleyan, of the New Connexion of the P/121W veMethodists, of the Baptists, and of the HistCalvin ist@ ? He knew of only one wheel, the Wesleyan, and that had sprung out of the measure of Sir J. Graham. The dissen tese had not the means to educate the people ; tf they had, why did not they do it ? It was an axiom that • good govern ment man be a paternal government, especially in the provisions foe the poor, and where was the man who would come forward and say it was not the duty of govern ment to furnish the means of education ? Even Mr. Edward Baines said, in 1839, that for government to refuse aid towards educating the people, was a proposition so mon strous that it would be rejected with scorn and indignation By the people. The Lord Chief Janke of England said it was the duty of the state to educate the people ; and, no doubt, had the Lord Chief Justice's opinion been on the other side, that that jump Jim Crow politician, Mr. Edw. Baines, would not have failed to make ample use of the argu ment and the authority. The speaker then went on to contend that if the government were justified in spending 6.000.0001. for training soldiers in the art of war, and 600,0001. for an unconstitutional police, they were surelY justified in spending 2,000.0001 for the education of the people. Also, that the old adage, prevention is better than cure, here laid geed with respect to crime. He called upon the vememmot ts Prevent crime, by • wise, and timel end efeirasgieme of education for the people.—Mr. liempowa, working man, who, in addressing the meeting, reed them to excuse his rrammatical errors, for he knew dos want of a good national stheme of education, seconded the motion.—Mr. Edward Parker, of Atchley Stair Foot, supported the resolution. In some preliminary obser vations, he alluded to the remarks of Mr. Flint, of Leeds, on a former ocession—especially to the remark that it was no part of the duty of government to interfere with the education of the people at any time, or in any way , whatever. He (Mr. Parker) would like to know wham that principle was derived. It was not to be found in tor part,of revelation, nor in the creed of any religion, Pages fie Christian, Jewish or Gentile; neither in the *twit or the letter, or the practical working of the constitution ; it was no p rt of hereditary andition, as the sentiment, of than who had reared the lads of the constitution amidst all Asl vieinitodes and crises ihrotegh which it had paned ; dos primal* hid not been ipodurhod for ia l : ne se e as narchista or aw ai palls" dablishadadmina nts tons ▪ *a OW* et dr seer poinsier the ; ti mair Wks. sae aim mar assindail assimilea in die padimmiat and ilia Ma fa het be Parker) l/end it with no puke moldiseity than that of the Lade Mercury of liras muddle old. (Cheers, and laughter.) The govaramsat, it aimed. might inter fere to prevent the people being poisoned by deleterious exhalations ; they might enter the Fiesioste of dirt and darkness ; ignorance was the and, domain they should not trespass upon. But 1111•1 Mee another thing. It was very curious that Ike Outtorie at Leeds, whose odic* was to lay at di polio of the consti tution, should have lain there tampon hire he espied the denimr he now sees. (Cheers.) TY principle was no new peinciple. The governmest granted 10,0001., and Mr. Baines did not *loot they increased the grant to 30 , 0001., and instead of making any :complaint, Cerberus rather wagged his tail in satisfaction, and he (Mr. Parker) remem bered a certain allusion in the Leads Mercury about the 70,0001. expended upon the Queen's stabled whilst only 30,0001, was. voted for education. Now, then, it seemed that this vigilant watch dog, who keeps guard over the consti tution that we might rest in aefety,required ten years to poke him up. Certainly, when he was roused, he appeared determined to atone for his neglect. Witness the columns of the Mercury, and the letters be had addmesed to every eminent man in the country bat the hon. gentleman in the chair to-niot—(laughter)—who no doubt after this meet ing would be favoured with one of these long epistles. (Laughter.) It was the duty of the government to do for the people what they could not do for themselves; and whether the people could ethane themselves he appealed to the testimony of the two speakers who had preceded him. He alluded to the state of education at Ardsley. The schoolmaster was a poor decrepit old MAW, who could scarcely walk ,• his revenue from the school amounted to 3s. per week, and the other day the overacr relieved him with a trifle to keep body and soul together. But Mr. Baines was afraid of destroying the independence of the school master if the rate gave them anything to eat. He (Mr. Parker) should like the experiment to be tried on the school- Mader at Ardsley. It was a diagram to our age and civi lisation that the schoolmaster, to whom we entrusted the important task of forming the men of the next age, should not receive any better remuneration than an ordinary mechanic. The people must be educated, for even Mr. Baines put forward the irk norance of the people u an objection to their having the franchise. He (Mr. Parker) concluded by heartily support ing the resolution. Key. Mr. Beddowesondependent minis ter, in propelling an amendment, declared himself free from party influents and sectarian prejudice. He war for a national education, but he did not want it carried on thmugh • power and control that might be dangerous, and he pointed to the examples a b road to show that national education, under the control of the state, was bad rather than otherwise. He did not object that the measure was unconstitutional, but that it WY intro duced in an unconstitutional manner. and he referred to the declarations of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Stanley, at the time that the committee of the privy council on education were originally entrusted with their powers. The rev, gentleman enlarged on these topics at some length; he quoted the opinion or Win. Howitt respecting the coati• neat*, system of education, .n also the opinions of Dr. Hoek, to show that the Church of Illaglend ought to her own resources in edu i t s izate ses psople. He oeseleMby ro pposing the following That this meeting, rtiMalll pis liberty no Grua:wised& value, protest &pleat the prepsnsemsmmed apereressent set hails the minutes at dee emu lOW 41 patty mod. on education, as Mtn introduced lea maute oeueney le the spirit and pehrept in S the British cosothalka; as pmedel led isPest in its opeutleut calculated to Intrudese as esimive emu ot COITUVe fence, which may he brewed le leer in Or mom r i geti d ir, awl tbetetwe meet tug le dewyd sisly Wiper Imo SI i/Vedlie the prospect et a spasm ei pueuemeat atm mei* et wet end In. &Jae esterlek but et "Midi the eseiestemes moot be Moen, aad eatillog tit ojeediellie boom al the petit braes. Mr. Beady sissegoi lb gr it. Thin min aloe assoAas ansuidami prepossi, teS 'as =Wag Alamely carried the orivinal resolution, by a large Majority. The meeting unmated after eleven o'eloek. CIIP.SIIIRE. Runcona.—Last night's Gazette contains the official announcement appointing Runcorn to be • pert. Its limits as such are stated to commence at Warrington-bridge, fol- lowing the course of the river Mersey, and including both shores until a Hll4l can be drawn from Chapel Farm-house, on the Lancashire shore, to Bottom church, on the Cheshire shore, including the shores and waters of the river Weaver to Frodittarn.bridge The following places are appointed legal quays . : New D ock, Old Dock, Lower Basin, Old Basin, Franco' Dock, and Old Quay Docks. _HUNTINGDONSHIRE. ..... Tun Caors.—The young wheat wait very much cut with the frost about a week ego, but the late rain has made a great improvement in it. A considerable quantity of barley is out of the ground ; It seems to come up well. Turnips are all consumed, and graa•keepiog is scarce ; yet sheep continue very dear. There are great complaints of a de. ficiency of lambe, in consequence of a great many ewes having slipped when they were attacked by the epidemic about six or seven weeks ago. In some flocks, half of the ewes are without lambs. The wheat in the Fen wee coml. derably injured by the late frosty nights and warm days (these extremes are always very injurious to Fen wheat), but the late rain has made a greet improvement in its ap- pearance, although the plant i+ in many instances very thin. WILTSHIRE. AN INQUEST WU held, on Monday., on the body of E. T. Culoton, Esq., of Itoundway Park, and a verdict of " Found drowned" returned. The jure was composed of magistrates and neighbouring gentry. Deceased was shown to have been in his usual state of mind on the morning of his death, and nothing was observed in kis manner that could justify the suspicion that it was a suicidal act. The pond in which he was found is surrounded by very steep banks ; and • person unable to swim would not, if he accidentally fell in, be able to extricate himself. - - ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—" Lucia di Lammer moor " was performed at Covent Garden last night. Madame Persiani appeared in the character of the heroine, and Salvi in that of Edgar Ravenswood. Persiani'a re-sp pearance, after an absence of three years, was bailed with acclamation. Lucia always was one of bar finest parts,and she now performed it, if possible. more beautifully than ever. She looked remarkably well, and was in the fullest posses sion of her vocal powers. She acted with her accustomed sweetness and pathos; and, in the purity of her tones, the grace and delicacy of her execution, her briEiant articulation of rapid passages, and her rich and finished embellishments, she left all rivalry far behind. Her reception during the whole piece was enthusiastic. &lei, who made his first ap . UanCC on our stage, showed himself to be worthy of his g a i r tcontinental reputation. He is tall, and handsome both in face and figure; and approached nearer the aVal of the young Scottish chief than any performer we have seen in the part. His voice is a very pure tenor; less powerful, we think, than Fraschini's, but much more mellow and sweet, and more capable, constantly, of soft and tender ex pression. In the great scene in the second act, he did not pour out his wrath and indignation with the terrible force of Fraschini, the "tenors della maledizione," but in the final scene, his comparatively quiet and subdued, but intense, ex pression of amef, was much more affecting than Fraschini's loudness and violence. The beauty of hie performance was fully appreciated, and he (as well as Peniani) was called for at the end of each act of the opera. Ronconi sustained the part of Ashton ; but the effect of this great performer's dsiwt (as it may be called) was marred by a severe hoarse ness, which so much affected his voice that, after the first scene, it was found necessary to solicit in hie behalf the indulgence of the audience. No this unfortunate circumstance, he occa sionally showed great powers both as an actor and a singer, especial) y in the scene with Lucia, in the second act. The character of Bidebent was performed by Signor Polinini, who did it great justice. His voice is of good quality and considerable power; and all he did was marked by good sense and propriety. The orchestra and chorus did their duty adastrably ; and we certainly have never seen this opera, as a whole, more finely performed. The theatre was very full in every part. PROVINCIAL. THE SCHEME OP EDOCATION.—The meeting of dissenters at Manchester, adjourned from the town-hall on Monday morning, to the comexchange in the evening, lasted from seven till ten o'clock, and was addressed by the Rev. F. Tucker, the Rev. D. Ford, Mr. Prentice, the Rev. Dr. Dsvidson, the Rev. R. Morris, the Rev. E. Pears, Mr. T. Roberts, and Mr. J. Bird. The reeol utions were tattle effect that the tendencies of the proposed measure were to augment the wealth of the establishment, enervate voluntary efforts, pro mote error equally with truth, prejudicial to the liberty of the subject by placing the power in a privy council whose principles would change with the change of ministers, degrading to religion, and dangerous to those int9llec tual and moral qualities constituting the glory of the nation, while violence was done to the consciences of many loyal persons, by premiums being held out to attend religious duties. On these and the resolutions passed at the morning's meeting, a petition to the House of Commons was founded, which is to be transmitted, for presentation, to Mark Philips, Esq., T. M. Gibson, Esq., and Jos. lisetherton, EA., the members of parliament for Manchester and Salford; and a request is to be made to the members for the county, sad to John Bright, Esq., that they will support it. There were no new arguments brought out in the discussion, but it is worthy of obsseration that in this, the largest and most respectable meeting of dissenters ever held at Manchester, at which it has been proposed t raise the whole question of the policy of religious establishments, every expression of disapprobation against the church, is its relation to the state, was caught up and cheered to the echo. There were prohshly from 1,500 to 1,800 persons present. EXTENSION OP THE ELECTRIC TELEORAPH. The Liverpool Times of yesterday states that a gentleman was in that town on Saturday last makina arrangements for intro. during that mode of communication between Liverpool and the metropolis. He had previously made similar arrange ments in Manchester; and it is hoped that both these capitols of Lancashire will he connected with London and with each other by means of the electric wire, within three months of the present time. The same paper says:—" The manner In which the information rewired in Liverpool from CLERICAL.. Rev. R. C. Cone, M.A., Vier of kw been presented, for the thild time. with an Rooter Offering of 300/ PIRTEILIfINTS.—Rev. F. Dyson to the Hon. Cssoary of Iluraborne and Surber, in Salisbury Cathedral, void by death of late Dr. Hue loth. Rev. J. Haggard to St John's C. Newcastle, dio. Durham. Rev. C. 0. Davies, Clerk, M.A., to Walton Cardiff P.C., county and din. of Gloucester; value, 631.• pat. All Rath, Oxford ; void by death of Rev. W. Plower. Rev. J. Marshall, to Christ Church, Clifton, P.C., Bristol, dio. Gloucester; void by cession or Rev. J. Hammon, on the noadoatton of the Ven. G. Hodson, Archdeacon of Stafford Rev. W. Murk D.D., Rev. W. Wilson, Rev. W. Carus, ash Rev. J. Venn, the IMMO. Vacurr.—Bentworth Hants, din. Win.•, value 7601., with rad. dance ; pats. represents/Ives of the late incumbent, Rev. T. Matthews, whe died on the 13th Init. NAVAL. Poor...mot - re, Aran IS.—A court martial was held this morning at erne o'clock 03 board the Victory. Mr-Adm. H. Parker president. The prisoner tried was Janwe Smyth, seaman gunnet of H.M.S. Recruit, on a charge of demotion Bel that ship on the 2 Ith of November Let, while lying in liamome, at Plymouth. The prisoner was found guilty, and the depute judge-advocate announced the men tenne of the court to be, that the prisoner should receive fifty lashes, be imprisoned twelve months to hard labour in one of her Majesty's goals, and be mod of ell his pay. The St. Vincent, ISO, timing completed her defect, in dcek and brain preparatory to her summer cruise, was this day moved semen the harbour and resumed ber osual berth. Atrra.stxr, Aenic 13.—Arronevorwm.—Surgeons 0. A. MOAT* to Growler, and T. it. Kamen to Crocodile. Master W. Archer and Second Master W. Bette to Avenger. Master's Amistant T. Bower to Caledonia. MILITARY. ROYAL Aarnazar.—The — it;llNTl.:Ce. 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Lard Olsegew's Ckrk of the Council eget Ur. leocre's Urania, 04 71b seep. FAIDAT.—Kma. 200, bR. D.M. Lord Olsogre• Chsinticanir, 84 710, eget Mr. Gregory's Clermont, tat Lain Entelltattut. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Lord Chancellor. AMWAY AND OTHER/ V. PAGE AND OTHERS.: PaovisToial Coe MISOONDUCT.—This was an appeal against a decision of Vies Chancellor Knight Bruce, overruling a demurrer to the plain tiff's bill. The bill stated, moon other things, that in October, 1846, • company was formed for making a railway, called " The Midland and Etats= Counties Rail way," from Cambridge to Oswestry, 118 miles. with a capital of 1,500,0001. in 80,000 shares of 261. each share; that a provisional committee was constituted, end a prospectus issued by them, and that applications were made to the com mittee for shares far exceed the number of 60,000. but that they did not allot more dos 3.5,800, of which 17,8t0 were sot ,• Wit the isheedpticse ea the shares that were set betas melleleet le amble the provisional esmmtllm tit a betbre peritemeat for as set for the whole line, they for an let for a Ike of thirty-eight miles only, and as without the consent or even knowledge of the paerel body of the shareholders who subscribed, on the smissalanding that all the shares were subscribed as for the while Ilse; that to enable the committee to comply with the orders of the Houle of Contemns, they issued shares to themselves, and a great number of fictitious persons, or their own nominees; that the bill posed the House of Commons, but won rejected in the Hems of Loris; that notwithstanding such rejection, the committee continual, with the sanction of a majority of shareholder' fraudulently obtained, to take farther expensive protesdings, with a view to obtain an eat of parliament sanctioning their said line. The bill was flied by four shareholders, on behalf of them selves, and all the other shareholders of the company, except the defendants, who were the members of the provisional committee, mod after charging various circumstances imply ing misconduct and fraud on the part of the defendants., it prayed for an account of the deposits, and that what re mained after deduction of the just coots and expenses, up to the recticia of the bill, might be rateably disrelleet , tl among the s hareholder, .p.id butu f that o an mingi n y p o e cost e s d beal i lowed to defend ants .t of the which they took after the rejection of their bill in the House of Lords. To this bill the defendants demurred cc three grounds first, for want of equity ; secondly, for want of parties, inasmuch as all the shareholders were not made parties; and thirdly, for misjoinder of parties, inasmuch as the majority of share holders who sanctioned the proceedings of the defend ants had not a community of interest or object with the other shareholders, including the four whose names appeared on the bill as plaintiffs, and yet the bill was filed on behsl. of ell the shareholders except the defendants.—The Vice. Chancellor having come to the opinion that the plaintiffs made oat a case for relief against the committee, overrated their demurrer, and ordered them to answer the bill.—The defendants brought this repeal against his Honour's decision. Kr. Speed, hisleader being engaged in another court, stated the cue fur the appellants, and relied on the second and third grounds of their demurrer, citing, in support of his armament the case of " Richardson v. Hastings" (7 Beeves, 301), and observing that his lordship had in the case of " Wallworth v. Holt" (4 Mylne and Craig, 634) reviewed all the former cases in the objection for want of par ties to a bill like this, but did not retract front them, or lay down any proposition inconsistent with the validity of that objection. The eases of " Colburne e. Thomson' " (16 Veiny, 321); the" Widow's" case (cited in 17 Vrecyl6); and other cases referred to in " Wallworth v. Holt," as ex ceptions to the general rule of this court, requiring all per sons interested to be made parties to a suit for winding up a partnership. were not applicable to this case, which was not • partnership in the ordinary sense, nor had this bill for its object the winding up of the concern, but to prevent the committee from having their expenses out of the deposits. The Vice-Chancellor, in his judgment, said that if he were to allow the demurrer the complaining shareholders would be without remedy. Suppose that to be the case, still that was not a sufficient reason for altering, by a decision o. this sort, the established rules of practice in courts of equity. The general orders, fronted in 1841, did alter certain esta blished rules with respect to the necessary parties to a cause in some circumstances, but this case did not fall within those orders. As to the objection en the ground of Ms joinder of plaintiff", there were 96.5 shareholder. not at all represented in this suit, for they formed the majority of shareholden who at • public meeting approved of the proceedings taken by the defendants, and they could not, therefore, be properly joined with the plaiatiffs w h o dissented from the defendants ` proceedings. The Lord Chancellor—The case for the plaintiffs made in their bill was, that these 965 shareholders did not exist ; that they were fictitious, or mere nominees of the committee, to fill up the sum required by the orders of the Houses of Parliament to be subscribed. Mr. Speed.—They subscribed the parliamentary contract. The plaintiff' said in their bill that the names of these shareholders were unknown to them, but that allegation could not be admitted, because as they subscribed the par liamentary contract and the plaintiffs took or might tate a copy of it, they could not be heard to allege ignorance of their names or residences. The Lord Chancellor said, at the conclusion of 31r. Speed's argument, that the case appeared clear in the opening of it, and before he would call on the counsel for the plaint dfs he would take the bill and read it. If objections such as those raised by this demurrer, in respect to the want and misjoin der of parties, were to prevail, there would he no remedy for the complainants, but these persons composing the pro visional committee would hoid the deposits in their pockets. But to prevent this, this court would extend the rule (admitting exceptions to the general nil, of bringing all persons interested before the court). However, in looking to the circumstances of this case his lordship was of opinion that the cases already decided were sufficient authorities, and that it would not be necessary for him to exten.l the rile. Mr. Rolt, for the bill, said that the decision of the Master of the Rolls in the came of "Richardson r. Hastings," referred I to by Mr. Speed, wade parted from by the Master of the Rolle himself on the further bearing of the same case, which is reported in the same volume (7 Boum, 323). Belpre the Master of the Itolls. SZAFTTESUIT O. MAILLBOROUOIL—PATISRPIT OF LFOACT Durr.—George, the third Duke of Marlborough, by hie will dated in 1812, after granting certain annuities charged on particular parte of his estates, devised an estate called Cornbury to the late Lord Churchill for life, and then to , trustees for a term of 600 years, and subject thereto, and to another term of 1,000 years, for raising a sum of 5,0001. to the present Lord Churchill for life, with remainders over, and the trusts of the term of 600 years were declared to be for raising, after the decease of Lord Churchill, the dear yearly sum of 2,0001. for his widow, and the mull of 30,0001. as portions for his daughters end younger son,. And he settled the remainder of his real estates, subject to a term limited to trustees for 300 years, on his son and grandson, the present Duke of Marlborough, in strict settlement. The trusts of the term of 300 years were to raise so much money for the payment of the debts and legacies given by his will and codicils, as his personal estate should be insufficient to pay. The testator gave by his will several annuities and legacies, and he directed his executors to pay the legacy duty on all the annuities and legacies thereby given, and the discharge for the same. The testator bequesth , d the residue of his personal estate, after payment of debts and legacies, in trust, to be bid out in land to be settled on the remit duke. In 1845 Lord Churchill died, when the an al2,oool. to his widow, and the sum of 30,0001. for for hi, younger children, and also the sum of 5,0001., payable ; and the parties entitled thereto now pre sented a petition, in which the question was raised whether the testator intended to charge his personal estate and the lands comprised in the term for 300 years with the pay meat of the legacy duty on the sums rideable out of the Cornbury estates, as well as on the other hermits and annuities given by the will and codicils. It was contended on behalf of the Doke of Marlborough that the exemption from legacy duty did not apply to the sums raisable under the terms of 600 and 1,000 years. Messrs. Hinienley and Fretting appeared for the peti tioners ; Moons. Turner and Stevens for the Duke of Marl borough. The Mester of the Rolls was of opinion that all the lega cies given by the will were to be free of legacy duty, includ ing the earns minable out of the Cornbury estate. If the tedalsr had intended the duty on a particular clue of lega lise oat to be paid, be would have said SO. Ikkee the of Eogfood. MOSSIAT v. AIATON.—INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN Ina DIRECTORS OF TAR OXFORD AND BIRMINORAN RAILWAY COMFANT FR/3n ACOND AS DIRICTORS.—The arguments in this are, width were reported in this paper of the Ist and aed of April, were resumed this morning. Mr. lons Parker and Mr. Wilke* followed Mr. Bothell in support of the bil c y an injunction; Sir Fitzroy Kelly woe thin heard in . The Vice. Chancellor, in glints jolvaist e rid the lest question was, whetLer there had braes Improper minion la electing four persons to fill the phew elite kw direstsee who it war said ought to have gene set by retails& Tab question turned upon the true arierwetion of the language in the 13th whoa of the "seta act, hoesnee, if the special act had allowed the miser is pressed according to the pro. Hides* of the Clempewies Mow Consolidation Act, then Ewald have bees se tilliesity. There would have beta a ping eel el Her directors, being one-third of the winks nweiter, ie he detensined by ballot among them : oaths, salon they shoal otherwise agree which should go out of office. The grail act of parliament, which was part of that larger thing which was combined of the special act sod the consoLidathe haeett,, was so (destructed, as that what was hand in the awWetba sot became part of the special aet, se for as it wee net nrdlged by the rests:on* contained in the special mt. What was by the special act wee this: in the het plass, peke= were appointed direolies, sad then it was emoted by the 12th clause that the illrertore sprinted by the ad Ewald continue in office me the fine ordinary mestieg to be held after the prolog of pi the =and at such mortine the shareholders presoak sr by petty, might either con dor in cis agoilles appointed by the act, or soy number et than, or Eight elect • new body of dine meow dbleseare le sup* die pious of thole not continued in Moss the diseabre 'Ephrata by the act being slieble as Emilia of sue new body." Then it appeared by the 16th Meath that the first ordinary meeting of the said cons paay was to be held within az swaths after the passing es the est." By the 13th section it was enacted " that at the fint ordinary meeting to be held in the year next after the ear in which sash last-mentioned directors should have been appointed er elected, the shareholders present, per sonally or by proxy, should elect persons to supply the places of directors then retiring from office, agreeably to the provi sions in the said Companies Clauses Consolidation Act con tained and the several persons elected at any such meeting, = to neither removed, nor disqualified, nor having resigned, continue be directors until others should be elected in their stead, in manner provided by the said Companies Claus Consolidation Act." In point of fact, what wee done was this, they continued ten of the twelve directors, and elected two in substAution et two others, no that there was a partial continuance directors, and partially a new election. In this respect there was a variance introduced, so as to make the course different from what it would have been ualetw for the special albumin the special act. It appeared to his Honour that an act of par liament must be construed by the actual language it con. Lind. A case occurred before the Lord Chancellor very , lately, the cue of " The Attorney-General v. Malkin, where the question was the construction of certain words in a testator's will, and substituting an act of paniament for a testator's will; the rule there laid down by the Lord Chancellor would govern this and ell similar cases. His lordship had made use of these expressions: I cannot, however, abstain from observing that such evi dence ought to be very strong to justify a construction incon sistent with the ordinary and legal meaning of the words need. That such cases may exist cannot he doubted ; for the words being only the media through which the meaning is conveyed, it is immaterial what words are used, if we are Sufficiently informed what meaning they are 'ntendel to bear ; but the actual probability that the author of the in strument intended that the weeds used should be understood according to their ordinary and legal meshing, is so wrong, that alight tirenmetmer Emit he ewslioned enellisiest 'Edina ofaessimeybialles. Teemsgediesluesiounli r I