The Express. — London, England, 1851-01-21 00:00:00

.--- - Me. SODEN moved the accord etiolation adopting a politica in conformity with the previous solution. He said imi ins sorry that it should be neesesery for the people to meet at a day like the present to force the goverment to do them what was only common justice. He con hoped that it my person free at aught cold the Chance llor of the Es• shogun wows, pay his doctor's bull. (A voice—" Ay, and the andertaker'.." Loud laughter) Having read the petit Ilea, the epithet concluded by moving its adoption. Mr. Warrnono secooded the nullities. Mr. GREEN (Wimps) supported the resolution, and outeaded that they had ally se resort to what be might justly rill " the people's budget" to find • muss for redo& lug sot only this bat all other obsoziens taxes. That budget wee brought forward ley • mast of wheat the people eaglet be proud—Richard Cobden—(hood cheen)--aad be had shown the wooden Chancellor of the Exchequr how be might have brought the expenditure of the ociastry within the means of the peo ple to pay it. Hs exhorted them, in conclusion, to take • • lag pull, • strong pull, sad • pull all together." The ruologoo wee then put and carried unanimously. Mr. JOSEPH bad another resolution to propose, which, however, would only he necessary in the event of the prayer of the petiuon b.iag rejected. That resolution was to the effect that should the prayer not be greeted, the represents beet of the people, by stopping the supplies, shou.d give think a legal sad constitutional mode of expressing their opiainae. (Hear, hear ) He reminded the meeting that the repeal of the window tax was only I .st lut year by three vote• It was therefore proper they should call on their re preseutatives to attend to their duty in the nest newton. and that at all events nth au aocideat shall not occur &Ma. With regard to the rumour of subetitstier • house tee, be could not understand how that would relieve the people of the 'endow tea. (Hear.) Bat he would remind them that when it was proposed to Unease the income tax the deternueed expression of popular feeling compelled the sinister to 'tondos that prepositicn. Let the same course be taken in the event of say attempt being made to impose • tom wiz, and depend upon it the same result would fellow. (Clues.) The reseletioa be had to submit railed spou the members for Marylebose is the f the prayer of the petilkm lot being anceded to assist in stopping the supplies. (Hear.) Mr. OEESIN, of Bt. James's, seconded the resolution. He could not see with • glass pales* staring them is the face, and 111411 repute of the sanitary commissioners before their eyes. se to the injurious tendencies of the window tax, bow it mild Mager be matatsiord. He recertuseeeted • pseud sulteeriputh to defray the expenses of printing and others isrideat on such meetings. C. LCSHINOION, Esq. M.P., thee came forward. He Mooned that this beteg tae feet tome he had bad the he our of addressing the retepayers of Marylebone, ft was cle arable be eboald declare to them—what he Dusted was mi. pertuous—that ke had invariably give. his support to every notion for putting aa sod to the obnoxious window tax. (Hear, bear.) It was his good teethes, as it wee his duty, and his undies to be one of the 77 members of the Roue of Comatose who lest sessioa voted for the total aholitlas of that burden. (Hear, bear.) He war sorry to have to add that he cousidered it • great imputation oar that popular branch of the legislature, that spore a. ormolu so interest ing to the people only 17 members could be gut together to veto epos it. (Cries of " Shame.") For himself they might rely upon it that the coons be bad commenced be would carry oat honourably and faithfully, and if be shuld be called upon to vote when the question should again be brought forward they might rely upon it they would find that vote coosistest with his previous conduct and in deference to the requirements and rights of the people. (Hear, hear.) They would have inferred fuss what hie hen. colleague said at Westminster the other day, that trie Dame course would be taken by him. At the meeting to which be al.uded—the routing of the parish of St. Anne's— assonnt the other resole• ions passed was one of the same character es that which had just mow been presented for the adoption of the present meeting. That resolution, which was carried onaDimously and enthusiastically, was in effect en instruction to the numbers for Westminster to vote for the stoppage of the supplies should the prayer of the petition fur we total and unconditional repeal of the window tax be refused. (Hear, hear. ) Hen hon. colleague (In De Leg Evans) and himself wars on that occasion formally instructed by their constituents to stand for ward in their places I. parliament, cad declare to the minister that farther financial aurora should not be proceeded with until the window tax was abolished. (Hear.) Tome instructions he and his colleague had cheerfully and heartily segued to fulfil— (eh/etc—end he trusted that similar meetings would be bald and • similar pledge elected from their members in all tits other metropolitan parishes. (Hear, bear.) Probably as goal • tilt as they could have of the leeling et the people of Westminster on thi• subject was in the fact that • deputa tion of WO ratepayers of St. Anse's had come there to offer their assistance and co-operation to the parishioners of Mazy labone to carry out the oommen object. (Cheers.) Mr. MEC HI also spoke to the neolutioa. He condemned the window tax and repudiated the idea ef compromising the question by submitting to • house tax, observing that the Teases, which proftseed to lead public opinion, when it found that opini..n determined upon the unconditional repeal of the ebuozious impost, would follow in the wake ono erne against the boom tax which It sow reommeeded. The resolution was then put aad carried unanimously. Mr. H. C. WILSON moved the fourth resolution, which condemned any modification or situation of the tax snort of its total repeal, and pledged the meeting to support the committee in their unceasing endeavours to bring about that object Mr. HODGES seconded the resolution. He reminded the muting of Lord John Rusell's statement last year, that the people felt no interest in the question, as if they had, they would have sent in more petitions to parliament against the tax, cad warned them not to leave the minister with the same excuse to the nest session. TM. resolution vim put and carried unanimously. Mr. DWYER. proposed the 111th resolution, requesting Lord Dedley Stuart to present the peation, and Sir ii 11.11 to support it. Mt. GREENE seconded the resolution, which was car. Mod neasimuttsly. Lord D. 81.! ART wished to say one word before t►ey separated. lie said that as they bad entreated t►e petition to him, he should feel proud and happy to present it. ((After.) He could also promise for his cull hat he would give it hearty support, and that both should be at their pet whenever seeemery. His opinion was, that it sinister, could not do without such a tar as this, and with. out substitute, they were lit to be ministers of this country no longer. I Loud cheery.) Mr. FRES 111 proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was duly seconded, and carried by acclamation. The Chairman returned thanks, and the proceedings ter. Lasted. Tne TRIAL or Ma. SLOANY.—It is stated that the proseedotes against kik. Sloane will be removed by tertiorars ben lb. Old Bailey to the Quetee }Mae Mn. Sloane is Set yet apprehended, but there is meow to believe that she will be in custody before the trial swam on. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOClElT.—Yesterday • quarterly special meeting of the members of this insti:ution took place at the Thatched House 1 , St. James's street, for the purples of electing a secretary is lieu of the late l'ommander I)ison, and for the transaction of other business. Lord Radstock in the chair. A report wee read from the committee appointed to inquire into the quali hcitions of the various candidates for the mike of secretary. The names of three geode:nen whom testimonials were deemed bee deserving of consideration were then brought forward, and at the conclusion of the t 'teflon Mr George hope Skied, muter in the Hord Navy, was declared to be the successful candidate. Certain et solution respecting the rules of the society were intended to form the nest step in the proceedings of the day, but owing to the Mumma of the hour at which the election terminated they were postpmsed to a future meeting. The financial statement for the quarter was than read, and it showed that the amount of diOurse meats between the Ist October and 31st December,lB6o,was 6141. 17s. Ild , whilst the receipts for the same period (includieg a balance in hand of 1,3371. 8d 84) amounted to 1,4631. 12e. 10d., leaving a balance of 9481. 14s. Ild. This account kavi , ,g bee* received and confirmed, the meet ing proceeded to grant suns of money to varies. applicants for relief, sad the basinfuls terminated. __ ANTI-PrithVlTE Mu TINO AT HEWORTH.—The adjourned ?OMITS to the Poseyite practices at Helicon's, was held ca Thursday 'vetting. It will be re eollected that a monis. was called to be holden la the parish e.heirch of Haworth; but in comequeme of the refusal of Mr. Temkin to eve up the keys of the thumb, sad also those bonnetsg to the Wesel room. it wee found memory to adjourn ths meeting, in order that a matte:lls plass might be provided. Nettie wee amerdiagly gives that the meeting wield take place on the premises of Mr. Henehinsoe, at Crowhall Cottage, "totals into consideration the mason la whisk the services of the church are conducted." The their was taken by Mr. William Clark, churchwarden, and Use following resolutions were carried znanimonely " That the innovation is ad diode of conduct.. ' lag worship in Haworth Church, istrodueed by the incumbent, Mr. Plsensior, from time to time, have been s source of discontent and dissatisfaction to the parishionen, sad have seriously diminished the number of the congregation. That the determination to adhere to I these novel toms and ceremonies emphatically expressed by Mr. neonate before he left the meth six years age holds out no hope of changing that 'estimate's peculiar view.; and this meeting is strongly of miens that the church yard's' should forthwith open a correspcadeace with the bishop of the diocese, mad roves-day urge that distin &she] prelate to exercise his lawful anthority In putting en end to pract.c a in Haworth church which prevailed among the worshippers, and which approach much more closely to the eeremonies of the chunk cil lianas than to the pate and apoetolic ritual of the reformed church nf England. That this meeting specially oppose the plating of large beam candlesticks on the communion table, the cheating of the psalms sad various novelties in noes( the serene, and in the position of the minister offielating at the toaasanaioe. Al, ADVENTURESS IN DIRICULTIEL—Min Lan Bell, whose nem* ham been mute before the public, on the 12th of September, 1860, gm at London a bill of exchange for 1951., for jewels outlined of Mr. Josh. Joel. She came to Pan. without paying the bill, and Mr. Josh. Joel passed it to a Frenchman. When it became do, IL Rognoux, the holder, caused proceedings to be tibia on it, end had her arrested. She was taken before the President of the Civil Tribusal, who ordered the angst to be 'maintained, as the debt was perfectly reviles. Miss Bell, instead of being taken et mem to prison, caused herself to be conveyed to the residence of M. Cloy de la Tour de-Pin, and that gentlemen advanced her 6 300 f. to pay the debt and costs, but under MOTTOS. The Indy wee therenpsa released, sad yesterday she appeal. d to the Conn of Appeal to Imes the Juliet"; of the Civil Tramiel, &amisg the validity of the debt, set aside. Bet, after hearing arpments. tbe eft" eeltfireeesi the judpiest.-411•Nrossee's THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1851. WRECK OF H.M. STEAMER FLAMER ON TRH COAST OF AFRICA. POILTSMOUTH. JAN. 20. By the Cyclops steals frigate, Captain the Hoe. George T. Hastiap, which arrived at Spithead last eight from the mast of Africa, welters that the Flamer, steam vessel, Commander Jams A St. Leger, has Irma totally wrecked on that cmst. This disaster took place on the 21st of November. on some rock. about 15 miles below Mon rovia, to tie sowl of Sierra Leone, whilst the ship was ia the immediate charge of the commander; the mister acting ander his orders. The wreck wee complete, the engines having gone through the bottom of the angel. We have sot heard of any casualties by the wreck. The Flamer hu only bees is commismon since August last, when she was commiesioned at Woolwich, taking out Use November mails to the oust. About 40 of the crew of the Flamer have come home in the Cyclops, who will be landed at this port ; and a court martial will, of COUTI• , be the result. The Cyclops brings borne the mails from the coast. Oa the 21st of November she took a prize if Ambrize, having 630 slaves on board, 270 of whom she conveyed to Sierra Leone, only lacing two on the some. This prize and the disposal of the slaves were the causes which detained the Cyclops, and not • court martial, as reported by the Birken head. When the Cyclops left St. Helens there was no Tema of war there. There we. an American merchant vessel which had been made a prize of by the Rattler, as 'Mimi' she h►d no slaves on board, there was a large quantity of very suspicious articles. She was nearly fall of merchandise. The Cyclops left the commodore in the Centaur near Ashes*, bet it was his in:en•ion to proceed to St. Helena, to spend tits Christmas there. Capt. Buckle, of the Cowan'', cows home in the Cyclops, invalided. The Tortoise was at Aso/mica when the Cyclops left, and on the day the latter vessel left Madeira, from which place she has come home in • week exactly, the Locust, steam vessel, also loft for Rio. The last 275 miles to Spit head the Cyclops ran in the short splice of 26 hours. She will leave Spithead either to-night or to-morrow morning for the eastward, a circumstance which has caused great dia utisketion at this port, not only from the small share of naval patronage it has lately received, bat because the C3elope was fitted here and moat of her crew belonging to Portsmouth, who must naturally be pet to great inconve nience by being taken so far from hone. 7HE SEWER ACCIDENT AT ISLINGTON. INQUEST ON THE_BODIES. Yesterday ao inquest wu held before Mr. W. Payne, in the vestry room of St. Mageus's Church, London bridge, on the ,bisdies of George Ellis and W Ebeling, who toil their lives by the breaking in of the bed of the New River, au Friday last, whilst the deceased were engaged in constructing a drain into the main sewer recently constructed by the Commissioners of Sewers in the Lower road, Islington. The bodies of bath the deceased were found at the month of the sewer at London-bridge, having been drifted to that point by the force of the water—that of Ellis on Saturday, and that of Birling on Sunday night. Mr. Frank Forster and Mr. Woolrych, on .the part of the comstirsioners, were present. Mr. Edward Gum, surveyor ; Mr. Besse, clerk of the works or the commissioners, were examined, as also • number of other witnesses, wham evidence was in substance • repetition of the facts which have already appeared in the El g e e ss tatement of new facts commented with the •vi. deuce of— . _ William Bevan,laboanr, of the Paacras-road, who deposed that he was at work in the heading upon Friday afternoon, shoat 3 o'cicek, when the accident occurred. Mr. Kesteven had employed him to m ke a drain from Mr. Cox's collar at the Kies'. head into the new sewer. Witness had contracted to do it for Mr. Kesteven, and commenced a fortnight ago last Saturday. He began at the cellar, and had sunk a shaft 16 feet deep, and he then started to drive • heading from the bottom of the shaft towards the sewer. He had driven this heading about 25 or 28 feet, sad the sewer was 34 feet from the shaft, the tunnel of the New River being between the sewer and the shaft. The beadicg was about 3 feet high and 18 inches wide. No part of it had been leeched, the inters Ilea being to carry earthenware pipes through. Believed he had got his heading beyond the tunnel of the New River. Did not knew himself the depth of the tunnel from the road, bat had heard that it was 12 feet 6 inches. For all he knew he might have run right into ir. On Friday week lest, after working at the heading, he found live or six feet of water standing in the shalt. He thee ceased working at the hesdiag natal Monday, when he shored the shaft is order to p its sides breaking in. The "heft bad not been examined since, but he had filled it up. The heading also he had filled up. Did not give sty information of the matter to the commisaioners, but understood that Mr. Kesteven bad been to them. Oa Friday, between 11 end 12 o'clock, Mr. Cox told Mr. Kesteven to go to Mr. Johnsoa'o ofiloe for leave to go into the sewer, and before he came beck witans went down into the sewer along with two other men to try tomtits a hole through to join the heading that be had previously made. Nobody told them to go. They begat to awl a heading about the same size as the other. The Coroner—How did you know your ends would meet? How did you take levels?—(The witness' proceeded to ex plain, and showed that though he bed some g I and incomplete knowledge of the 'object, he had a very imper fect notion of the principle of taking level., and that no spirit level had bee. employed. He admitted, is fact, that it was all guese.") He then used as iron searcher about the thieknem of kis finger to find out how they were with reference to the position of the other *ad of the heading, and Ito had not put it in above three inches when the water began to come in with great force and rapidity. Witness was carried about 40 feet by the strength of the water, and he ultimately estesped up a shaft. The two deceased men were not employed is the heading, but bad merely come down to look on; and they were lying upon some struts at the time when the water broke in. Mr. Ootto recalled—Upon the 3rd January I gave leave, upon the application of Mr. Kesteven for Mr. Co:, to make a iii inch drain from his premises into the newer. Mr. Kesteven, however, was hound to give notice of his inten tion to commence the work, and this he lied not done. Had be done so a competent offieer would ave been appointed to watch its progress. It w► improper, moreover, for him to have dose say work in the consmisidoners' sewer, and he had no ant►:sky to work from that sewer, and I did not know that this work was noise on ►y Mr. Kesteven. Wm. Anthony Harder's, clerk of the works over house drainage, deposed that, on the 4th inst., in consequence of Mr. Kesteven's application, be made a plan and section of Mr. Con's premises. Oa the 11th. witness was informed that Mr Kesteven had sunk a shaft acd commenced a head lag. Witness told Mr. Kesteven that be bad done very wrong, but sa be bad driven the heading within seven feet of the sewer, he had better lay his pipe drains, fill up the heading, and complete the remaining portion when the sewer Amid be completed to past the house. By Mr. Layton-1 made no official report to the commis slaters of the convenation between Kesteven and impel, nor did I examine the works that he was carrying on between the Ilth (the date of that conversation) and the 17th, when the accident occurred. Some further evidences bevies been adduced to identify the bodies, and to prove the finding of them, The Coroner inquired when a ecientiffit report as to the cause of t►e letiJelit could be laid before them. Mr. Forster said some time must neceeserily elapse first, as the sewer was now completely filled up to • level with the Nor River, which flowed on in its natural course. He might add, that though it was very irregular for Mr. Kesteven to have commenced this drift, he eho•ld not him. self have anticipated that the breakisc in of the New River would have resulted. He should certainly characterise this ea.astrophe more as the result of accident than negligence. The Coroner said, that being ao, the Commissioners of Sewers b tog the penooe who would coffer damage from the stoppage of their works, &c., and they not suggesting that blame attached to any one, possibly the jury would be of the same opinion, and think that this was an accident. The jury thceurred in this view, and returned • verdict of " Accidental Death." MONET AND PASSENGERS POE INDlA.—Amospt the cargo taken out by the Indus, which left Sntharepton yesterday with the Indian mail, was specie to the value of 300,0001, destined for India. This is the largest quantity ever taken out by an Alexandrian steamer. It was con tained in 1,2 X) Imes, weighing 45 tone, and arrived at Broth. ampton on Saturday in eleven railway waggons; cote hun dred men were employed is emberkieg it, who were guarded by all the officers of the Peninsula Oast in the ,whanapton docks. A very strong guard was plated over It on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning, during the time the ludas was alerageide the dock quay. The specie *waisted of gold end silver but principally silver, a great portion of which was to In dian rupees. The lodes took eat also Dearly 130 penmen, most of that first class. About twenty of the latter were cadets in the Bast India Company's service. The transit of Indian paseeegirs sod cargo acmes the Egyptian desert, the tan. wmest of which has bees in the hands of the Pasha of Rgypt about f.ur years, bee just begun to be remunerative to his highness, sod the management has never been so satisfactory to the public as it is at present. The Nil* beets have hoes inertias. d in number, and the accommoda tion on board of then has been much improved. The bona about 300 in number, employed in drawing the carrier's acmes the desert, are in good order, and are ea cadingly well hammed. Crest complaints used to be made by the Indian perinea on accoust of their being hurried away teem Cairo as aeon as they landed from the Nile, althoogh they had perhspe to wait at the unintereet. ing and ill provided town of Suss for the Red See steamer. Abbas Paeha boa attended to these complaints, and the paseenprs are now allowed tee hours' stay en Cairo to refresh themselves ad see the place before they start /or the desert. THE MEDTTERIANZAN SQUADRON,—ID Malta bar- bear, Jan. 10.—Qmpen, Ceylon. Powerful, Superb, Caledonia, Merlin, Terrible, Firebrand, Scourer. Traca en roots from C-oln ; Ober's, en route for Ragland. Medusa for Kamilla, with overland mall. Powerful was to leave Malta for Maenad about the 14 b. Albion tutored M ilta as the Ripon 1 on the 14th.—At Gibraltar, Jan 15. Jame, steamer, and °Moon. The latter was to sail for Zeglesi ea the wessfra nedsestag. LAW INTELLIGENCE, THIS DAT. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Boma Ma. Comminossa HOLAOTD. IN Al WALLAS. The bankrupt, dneribed as a bill broker, of Limon-grove. This was an adjourned lost ex amination meeting; but, owieg to the voluminous of the anaints, which are in wane of arrangement by Platen. Herding and Politic, of Oreshans-etreet, the baleen• stint, Ike., had cot bran filed, and au adjountraent breams necessary. In addition to carrying on the bovines, of bill brokir, the bankrupt had been secretary and mousses of the Tower Hamlets Loss Society ; his total liabilities are stated to be about 4,0001, with an inconsiderable amount of 1111.11. Mr. Groom, the official assignee, hieing certified that due diligeLce bad been and, a (umber adjournment of six weeks was ordered at the bankrupt's mime,. Bireas Ma. Cosnitunosta Enim. 17 , 1 at WISLIT. The bankrupt, a hotel le;per,etl 7 leWport P►ioel, applied for his cortifimte. supported by Mr. Linklater. Mr. Flews (of the firm of Lawrence and Plows) appeared for the s► *nem, and did not oppose. His unsecured debts were 2,0761.; estimated smote, 1,4401. A second-clue certificate was granted. (Barons Coanturrowsa POSIILANCIM) IN Al BLACK. The betkrupt, Alexander iiTseist nu • bookseller, in Welliegtoa.street North. He now cams up for his last examination, on a balance-sheet prepared by Messrs ICKillop and Yeast!, of Basingball-street, which extended over about sixteenth months prior to the 18th of November last. He had a capital, in July 1819, of 1,2181. ; he owed 1,4451. to unsecured and 6411 to secured creditors; hie liabilities were 6171. The meta were cousiderable, 4371. in good de its, and 8921. is property ; and the pre perty held is security wu valued at 2051. He had expended 9921. in trade and 4341. in doeseatis expeases. Hse losses won 8071. ; profits, 6301. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. THIS DAY. The January adjourned genteel quarter mations, foe the trial of prisoners for the county of Middlesex, commenced this morning, at the Sections hours,Clerkenwell-green, Wore Mr. Serpent Adams. A.•latent Judge, and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar, which is rather heavy, contains the names of 82 prisoner.. ROBBIRY At TIM GAISAT WESTIIN Wu han lMshmnn, aged 17, pleaded " Not Dinky" to sit indict ment charging !lint with stealing on the 23rd of December, tress the person of Mn. Louisa Millard, s purse, containing two half-crowns and other monies, the property of Thames A. policeman stated that on the even?•g of the 23rd ult., about seven o'clock, he was on duty in private clothes on the platform of the Great Western Railway Company, at Pad dingtoo, when just as a train was coming in he observed the prisoner, with four or six other boys and lads upon the plat form. As soon as the passengers began to alight he saw the prisoner walk up to • woman and put his hand into one of her poeki-ta. The prisoner then walked off to another, and did the same. After this he went up to • third woman, who proved to be the wife of the present pro- of cutor, and put his hand into her pocket. The lady moved onwards, and the prisoner kept walking by her aide. Presently the stopped, and then witness saw the prisoner in the act of drawing the purse from her pocket. The prisoner had nearly got clear of the lady's dress, when she turned round, and stood taco to lace with the pri ether, who thereupon let go the nurse, which fell back into her pocket. Witness then took the prisoner into custody; and, on searching him, found, among other things, a memo randum-bock, Or which were t ntries carefully made of the hours of the arrival of the different trains on the Great Wes tern and other line The prisoner denied any intention to commit a robbery. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The officer of the House of Correction stated that the pri soner had been several times summarily convicted, and had only just Lett prison. The it4stant•Judie sentenced him to sic months' hard tabour in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW-aTREET. Aea•VLT UPON ♦ COY.TAILUI7YA. SOLDIER. —S. Gis - • private In the 2nd Life Guard•, sewe charged with at•sulting police constable No 78, F division. Yesterday afternoon, the prisoner and another soldier, who were both drunk, entered the Prince's Bead, public house, Buckingham•street, Strand, and requested to be served with liquor. The barman refused to sopply them, and the prisoner became very riotous, and, after bring turned out, he forced his way In again, and struck the barman e. violent blow upon t►e fees. The prosecutor endeavoured to remove the pris .nor, but without success. The prisoner became very violent, and knocked the constable down. When he nee from the ground, the prisoner struck him several violent blown upon the face, cut his mouth, which bled most profusely, and blackened his eyes and face. The constable war unable to defend himself, the pri goner being much taller and longer in the arms than he we,. The prisoner afterwaids commenced using • stiuk over the constable's head and shoulders. Alter much Mi nsky the prisoner wasaecured and lodged in • station house. The constable said he still felt the effects of the vi,lence inflicted upon him by the prisoner. Ha was informed at the barracks that the prisoner was a most troublesome parson, and had frequently been in custody. The prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness, was sent to the House of Correction for one math, without the alternative of paying a line. UNION-NIEWB RAGGED SCHOOL. Yesterday evening the seventh annual meeting of the Union mews Ragged School was held at the Hanover. square Rooms, Lsrd DVDLIIT STUART, M.P., in the chair. The retort stated that the chg./meter of the ragged schools had been clearly vindicated at the lest annual meeting of the Ragged School Union, and therefore but little need now be said in justification of them. The Income of the school had enabled them to liquidate the debt owing to the late venom, and also to effect much good In the school by engaging a more competent master for the week day classes, and in establishing • shoemakers class in ' addition to a tailoring class; and the committee hoped that an increased subscription would soon permit them to commence a day school and an infant school, for which there was not at present sufficient funds. The attendance on Sundays for the post year had bees, for the six summer months, 81 ; for the six winter months, 144 , girls. The decreased number was probably oiling to the strider discipline which was now kept, and which pre vented idlers from entering only for the papas of annoying ' the others and having what they called " a lark." The ' number of children who.. names had been placed on the books after an attendance of three Sundays was 370. Of these 110 could read in various degrees of pre &irony ; 146 could read imperfectly, and 114 could not read at all ; while many knew not how to spell their own names. The total number that had passed through the school was 636, out of which there were 165 who had only attended once doting ! the year. The average attendance for the week evenings had been 33 boys sod 37 girls; total, 70. The rule was more strictly enforced, which gave value to the weekly even ing instrucuon, by making admission to the school dependent upon good behaviour on Sundays. The childrea so admitted wen those really desirous of learning • and, constquently, were not disturbed by the misconduct of others, who came with very different intentions when all comers were promiscuously admitted. Here the report contained details ' tending to disprove the supposithn that parents able to avail themselves of other sources of education, and to pay the charge of it, availed them/selves of the ragged schools. Many instances had occurred of girls having obtained situations from the school. There were on the books the names of ten girls between the ages of 7 and 10 years who, when admitted, could not hold a needle, and were now able to work very neatly. The library, though scanty, was valued by the scholars, and donations of books would thaokfaily received. The number of Bibles sold to the children during the last year was 23 ; of prayer books, 5 ; and of hymn books, 7; besides • great number of small publications at a halfpenny each. The committee of the Nagged School Union, although the government still refused to encourage emigration among the attendants at these echools, had raised • special fend to aid the different schools in affecting to desirable an object. Still the funds were inadequate for to important an object. The report here gave an account of the successful progress of a ion belonging to this school, who had been enabled to midge eta, and who was the fourth scholar who had been sent out from this school. _ . The Rev. H. HUGHES, proposed the first resolution, which expressed satisfaction at the general propels of the school, and resolved the adoption of the report. Mr. W. LOC/Lll, hoe. secretary to the ragged school; union, seconded the resolution, and in so doing enured into many details respecting the progren of the system, describing the founding of schools in different parts of the country sad the advantages which had been dittoed from them to' the d i strict; es in Aberdeen, Dublin, and other places. There wen now from 90 to 100 ragged schools is existence, and about 150 paid teachers. Londoa atone had about 1,000 voluntary teachers, snd not only that, but is large number of highly infinstial permits actively employed themaelou on behalf of then schools. He described the proceedings in different schools, and related instances of some who had received eduestion E them, and had emigrated, and were now earning 4s. 61. per day's wages. The resolution, with others, were poised; and a vote of awake to the chairman haves, on the motion of the Rev. Roseas BID/PATH, sounded by the Rev. Mr. grimace, been passed and acknowledged, amidst much cheering, the proceedings tertaiaated with a doxology about bolt peat nine o'clock, the secretiu7 biassing to*. ladies that he would be happy to receive use amass of these of them who were willing to act es tessitars. WESTERN DISPENBARY.—OR the 28:11 ult., Memo. Hallett ■od Co , bankers to the Western DispemarT, Char:m atfett, Westminster, received from rine !mailman (e4O refused to give his name) the sum of 501. in aid of Ms feeds of th►t institution. This is the fourth Instant* of pure aeonymoas e k ari•", supposed to be the act of the name bent ' voinit Woad. 'ANSWER OF THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL 1 . NAMPA ASSOCIATION 10 3. /1.. ON COMPS TI PION. TO THE EDITOE OP TEE EXPRESS. SlR,—The council of this aasociation observe in your paper of the 14th instant a letter signed "J. H.," courteously milling for a clear and tall exp:anation of what they mean by that expression in their recent circular, in which they allude to " the adoption of all possible means of mi igating that artificial and exaggerated competition, from which both employers and employed are now suffering to a lamentable extent in almost every department of trade." The explanation the cottacil beaten to afford, though the passage does not appear to thane particularly obscure. Your correspondent may rest perfectly satisfied that Ibis council has no idea of preventing or evading the natural operation of competition ; they would as soon thick of evading the law of gravitation ; the one attempt would, in their opinion, he ',Atkins chimerical than the other, and calculated to lead to no more beneficial result, thaa • fresh demonstration of its imp asibility. It is pretty evident, however, that competition has in most branches of industry in the I.luit.d Kingdom, reached a degree of severity, in volviag evils of appalling magnitude, and such as m.,et ur gently all for " anrigation." Passing over the sufferings of the employing classes, and coming at once to their depen dents, the council would ask, whether dock labourers, selling "five shillings per week on an average ;^ stotaingen, handloom weaver', and farm labourers, working for seven, eight, or nine shillings, or in Ireland three or tour shillings per weak; or shirt making at three halfpence a piece, not to mention turther evidence of the greedy scramble for employment in all but a few fortunate trades, and even on met %thrum aaaaa tire terms, are social phenomena upon which a wi.e man can look without alarm or a good man claw pain. Bittieethe competition which has produced such results ie "artificial and refrigerated, ' or competition cannot be regarded as the ordained and permanent condition of our race, and therefore any plausible scheme for its avoidance ought, the council conceive, to be earnestly welcomed and most respectfully considered. But, happily, it is not necessary to entertain the alternative, el the tote of parl.ameat which cause this re morseless intensity of competition, and conseqoently the " means per its mitigation," are met far to seek. To prevent mistakes, Ist it be remembered, that this exemeive depression in the price of labour, and in the pro- fits of trade (which usually sympothise, in • wonderful, considering that by certain polititiane, capital and labour are always represunted as utterly howl's interests) exists along with, and in spite of, a plethora of capital. There is no lack of means for setting people to work ; money is a. great a drug u labour itself, and the querion is, why are not both per. fitably employed? Aad as capital cannot become productive, or return one shilling per cent, to the proprietor, save by directly or indirectly em ploying labour, perhaps the practical question may be fur ther maireeweeinto the inquiry, why capital stands Idle so long, and even prefers the worse tS an doubtful security of a foreign loan to agriculture, manufactures, or commerce at home? The council have no desire to conceal their conviction that no sufficient answer can b• given to this quitetion without an exposition of the effects of our existing law. and custom. relative to the tenure, settlement, transfer, and letting of land; and also of the existing laws of partnership; laws which, though requiring the tome diets 'tunnel of the legislature, and which are, no doubt, largely conceraed in aggravating the pressure f competi tion, the council do not enlarge upon, because they do not come witnin the scope of • financial reform association. Bat another, and nut smaller portion of the answer to this great question is within their ecope. The council be lieve that the "artificial and exaggerated competition," now so universally complained ot, is owing principally to the operation of our present unjust, waateiul, and truly barbarous fiscal system. Excise and Customs duties are, in their opinion, nothing better than elaborate contrivances for the p ion of trade, the cutting down of profits and wageo, end the spread of pauperism—aid they propose to mitigate the unnatural eeveril of competition and to gain numerous other, hardly less important, advantages, at the lame time, by their total abolition; by setting industry free from it. present bondage; aiming every man to labour and to exchange the produce of hislabour when and how he pleases without any toll, tax or restriction whatever. And the council are sanguine enough to believe that were this done, and the ,ue raised by any system of direct taxation possible in these days, competition would be "mitigated," business would be Incalculably 'vended in every direction. With so much more for everybody to do there would be less scrambling for it, profits and wages would rise, and able bodied pauperism become • thing of the past. To take au team's!, France end the United Kingdom possess each • population of thirty millions, or thereabouts—in many respects highly civilised, and each producing in abundance numerous articles of universal con sumption of which the ether is destitute, or nearly so. Under theme cii curnstance a • trade between the two nations to the extent of 10s. per head per annum would acutely seem a vary extravagant expectation—but how stand, the fact? England shuts out French wines and brandies; France retaliates upon English iron, salt, coal, yarns, and manufactures; and the result is, instead of exporting to France to the extent of 15 millions of pounds yearly, our exports last year did not reach two mailions ; er in short, here is • trade of some thirteen millions a year, with one single nation, of which we are deprived mainly, as the council apprehended, by our inapt.% dutits. Let • similar estimate be made of the effects of the duties upon tea, sugar, coffee, timber, tobacco, i!ke., and the excise upon soap, paper, malt and hops, poet horses, &e. &c., in limiting consumption, and of course production also, both at home and abroad; or in other words prohibiting industry and commerce; and the reason why competition is excessive will become tolerably obvious, and the " tarsus" for relaxing the screw not lea so. To talk of traits being " free," while it is loaded with some thirty-five millions a year in duties, and an endless soh, dole of prepcsterous restrictions, is a mere abuse of language. When tariffs and excises are swept into the limbo of departed tyrannies, trade will be free indeed, but not before; and until this is done the lees we boast of our commercial Iree dom the better. By order of the council, WILLIAM FOULKES, Secretary. Financial Reform Association, 26, North Job- street, Jimmy 11. THE SOUTHANPTON PORTION OP THE INDIA MAIL.— The Oriental Company's steam packet Ripon, Captain Moresby, arrived at Southampton, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. John Hay, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Alexandria, Jan. 6th ; Malta, 10th ; and Gibraltar, 16th. The mail from Corfu had not arrived when the Ripon left. Her canto comprise eight packages of specie on merchants' account. There were two mer chant brigs on s►ore at Gibraltar; and • brig, supposed to be French, foundered en the morning of the 14th o 8 Xpoiras. THE HOMICIDE IN THE REGENT'S CANAL DOCKS. —The inquest on the unfortunate man Ablett, who IrII by a ran shot on Thursday last, while at work in three docks, wu concluded yesterday before Mr. Baker. Mr. Stapp, a gunmaker, proved the capability of the gun found on Wm. East to carry from lass house to the dock. Joseph Lucas sioke to East'. practice of firing with a gun. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against William Enet," who was ccmmitted by the coroner to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court. SMUGGLING ON TIIE COAST.—A daring attempt was made by some smugglers on Monday to land a lot of spirits at Betsey.. It appears that at about half-put six o'clock in the morning, when about high tide, a galley, in which were three men, two of whom were French and the other English, having on board 160 tabs and three flagons of brandy and Geneva, made an attempt to run ashore in the Cockbush Guard of &laity station, when a large number of men were waiting its arrival to run the tubs ; bet the officers on ' duty, named Thomas and Hodge, were unexpectedly on tie spot to receive them, and succeeded in capturing the beat with the whole of the tubs and two of the men, the Englishman nuking hie escape. In the course of the morn lag. the two prisoner, named Dubois Luc and Alexandre beadle, were taken before Colonel Rotton, at the County Magistrates' Offin Chichester, on the charge, and were reminded till Friday next. Six men, named John Finnie, James Peahen, David Joseph Budd, George Orman, George Omen and John Sampson, were charged en Friday, at Word:lag, before Captain Forbes, IL N., W. Whitter, and T. 8. Brandreth, Erg., with beteg concerned in smug gling tobacco. Mr. Somers Clarke represented the Board o/ Customs; Mr. Housman appeared for the defence. The widow', was eimply that on the arrival of the Caller steamer U Shoreham, from Jersey. on the 3rd lust , she was hoarded by Robert M'Adam, a tide surveyor of the Customs, Wm. Waterman, a tide waiter and boatman, and others, who, on aluminise the forecastle and forepeak, the huh of the berth where the craw slept, found coneeeled 3811 u. of toliseco The aix prisonen were on board, and he consequently detained them and the vessel also. The whole procuair ge were under the 8 and 9 Victoria, a. 3, which rendered every vessel, on hoard which • lees quantity than 300 lb. of tobacco, not being in • cask or package, was found coming into an Bog. bah port without being driven thiller by siren of weather, liable to seizure, and those on board liable to apprehension and floe of 1001, with power of mitigation. Sampson, who I had pleaded guilty, was fined 1001.; the other five priemers, after an able speech from Mr. H0U11171411, were discharged. EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN ASSISTANT OVERSEER.— On Saturday last J. P. ileaseltoe, one of the assistant over seen of Wakefield pariah, was examined on a charge ,of enibesslement, before the W,et Riding bench of magietrates. A considerable number of witnesses were examined, who proved that for more than • year past the accused had fre quently made alteration, and erasures of the figures in the broke under his charge, for the purpose of concealing his appropriation of large same of money belonging to the parish. It wee also eitowt, in more than one inataue, that he had received money from certain ratepayers of which no account was entered in his book at all; and in other came whore the sum ha had collected was, for instance, 31.135. 4d. ' the figure 3 in the pounds column was erased, and the slid• hags and peace only remelted. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next York Assizes, the wart refusing to accept bail foe his appearance. HORRIBLE BIRITALITY.—During the night of Saturday last, tome villain so seriously injured lour cows and a pip. belonging to Mr. Cutler, • farmer of Darnall, by chopping their fore legs (apparently with • bill) that it wee found suieseary to have them killed. From the feet of Mr . Ceder hiving that day discharged ens of his farm-tabour...a, named Norman, suipeion te!l ups him, and he was &Treelike. The prisoner was then locked up for the night in the lid:glue cage • but, on the following morning, it was bead that Ike ha d *seep d therefrom, having picked the locks with • bale of a bucket which had been locked up with kW. Re hi NM ea lertga—Desehe Cirossiols. WINDING UP JOINT STOCK COMPANISS. MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY. Yesterday the directors of this company were ens. mined at considerable length, and gave important evider ce relative to the general transactions of the company, which occupied from II to 4 o'clock. Mr. Selwyn, counsel for the official manager. said that in prosecuting this part of the charge against the directors, calling upon them to account for the disposal of the sum of 106,0301., he proposed to all all those gentlemen oat of the 13 of the committee of management who were is t►is country, some of them being in '• foreign climes." Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk, then proceeded to call out the none of the first director summoned to appear on his suln coos, namely, that of " Wm. Chadwick," the chairman cf the company; the call was reps eted wee times, and there being neither response nor appearance, Mr. John Knell, wharfioger, of Fresh Wharf, Theme,- street, the next director sunamoned,was called and examined. He deposed that he was an original member of the provisional committee, and that he had two hundred shares allotted to him in the company, upon which he paid the deposit of 21. per share. He was also a member of the committee of management and of the finance committee, in which latter capacity he believed he had signed some cheques. Was aware that a sum of 106,0301. had been paid into the ba-kers lon account of the payment of deposits, but could not tell the shareholders or the court what had beemie of that large sum of money. Ile knew that expenses had been paid, but not in what particular way, as he was not an active member of the finance committee. Had not and had any beet ks or pepen of any kind belonging to the company. He thought that everything was going on wall at the time ; and with many others, put confidence in Mr. Chadwick, who he be lieved had, but not of his own knowledge, a large sam of the company's money. Hau attended meetings of t►e tioance committee, and occasionally heard discussions as to the par. stage of shares in the corn p any when it was considered desirable to get them out of the hands of those persons who were eon sidered troublesome; that was to say persons who had brought fictions wont the directors, and it was agreed by the directors, be presumed, that these shares should be par. chased out lot the funds of the company. Had moon for believing that these shares were in the hands of Mr. Rose, solicitor to Mr. Chadwick, to whom he thought they were delivered for the purpose of defending some actions that were brought. Some large sums were paid for engineering, but he could not say whether they were actually applied to that purpose. Monies of the company were paid into Magterman's in the name of W. Lowell Palmer. who is one of witness's clerk., and this wes done to prevent an attachment of the funds of the company. Did not know what amount of money wat paid in in that name. Mr. John Capper, merchant, of No. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, the third director summoned, was next examined, and deposed that he bad paid the deposit on 250 shares allotted to him ie the company. Wes not a member of the Seance committee, who managed the company's tiffany, under the control of the Beard of directors, from the commencement, and could not say what had become of the 106,0301. Believed that the object had in view by the di rectors in buying up shares in the market WIN to prevent their being pressed upon the market, and to prevent their being depreciated in price. Understood that they were bought to the extent of between 20,000 and 30,000 shares, but was not aware that it was for the purpose of what is technically termed "rigging" the market. Did not know what had become of the shares or the *nip, but believed that they were lodged with Muter:ma's, but did not know how, at the end of Ibl9, they got from there into pootessioa. Had never made any inquiries es to what had become of the monies which were placed in the name of W. Lowell Palmer, which was done by the authority of the gamma committee, to prevent, he believed, an apprehended attachment. Was sometimes in the habit of signing cheques as a member of the finance committee, but did not know that any undertaking had at any time been given to part with the funds of the company. Mr. Solomon Lomb Waley, of 22, Devonshire- place, having been sworn on the Old Testament, said that he was cue of the provisional committee of the company, and • "'umbel of the lineup committee, though not from the commence ment. Paid the delimit of 21. per share on 2.50 shares, either into Mastermao'e or Currie's. Signed the authority to Masterman's, authorising the payment of cheques with the signatures of certain directors on the 21st of October, 1845. Messrs. Chadwick, Colquhoun, and Knill were always trustees of the company's property, and when the finance committee was appointed, their duties, by a resolution passed at the Hard of Directors, were defined to be that of the payment of the current expenses connected with the company, while the main funds were totally and entirely coeficed to the care and control of Mears. Chadwick, Colquhoun,andKnill, who were its trustees, and who were so before witness joined the company. The investments and reinvestments of the compans's funds were entirely confined and limited to the care and control of those three gentlemen. On the origin of the appointment of the finance committee it was determined that a cash-box should be deposited with the bankers, containing Exchequer Bills arid any other securities of the company, and that any access to teat box should rest only with the trustees. No doubt, on the first formation rf the company, there might have been from 60,0001. to 70,0001. paid into Mogermen'ts from the deposits. In the monition defining the duties of the finance committee, it was agreed to leave a certain balance at the bank- n', with which the finance committee were to deal. There were separate meetings of the trustees. Witness attended the last public meeting of the company in October, 1846, and made • speech, and the temper of that meeting was so ma nifest and unmistakeable that he the same night wrote a letter to Mr. Chadwick, the chairman, tell. ing him that with the then shareholders, it would be totally impossiole to carry out the objects of the com paey, and that if he or others wished to go on with the concern, it was only to be done by the dissolution of the then existing company, and the formation of a new one. He was present at a discussion in November, 1845, at a meeting of the board of directors, about the purchase of shares with the funds of the company—originally there were to be 40,000 shores to be allotted fur the Spanish shareholders, and 80,000 for the English—the whole of the latter were allotted, hut ouly 53.000 of them were paid upon. There was • grist delay in taking up the Spanish shares, and it was suggested at the board, that if the Spanish shareholders saw that the shares were at • great discount in the English market, they would not take their proportion of shares ; and it war pro posed that • considerable amount of English shares should be bought, as an inducement to the Spanish shareholders to pay their deposit. Witness objected to any large sum being devoted to such • purpose, but ally acquiesced in the purchase of e•.ares to the extent of about 1,0001, which he believed was repaid in Masterman's account. He believed the cM goes to this amount were drawn for these purposes, but he neither directly nor indirectly derived any profi from these Vanua:llas. The board of directors did not give any directions to the trustees as to the loans to the London and South Western Railway, though witness was aware of it at the time. The trustees dealt with the shares that were purchased in the same way as they dealt with the Exchequer Bills, and he (witness) did not know where they were at present. Did not know that there were any funds of the company standby in the name of Mr. Lowell Palmer, and did not hear of it until after the present inquiry was commenced. Strongly objected to the appointment of Mr. Lewis Pocock as a director and member el the flounce coin mattes as • most improper one, from having discovered that the object of the appointment of this gentleman and of others was very different from that hail in view by witness at the period—which was, to get the company brAen up. Never knew that any of the funds of the company were standing in the name of Mr. Pocock and others, and was the author of a statement that the whole expenditure, including three embassies to Spain and the survey of 50 miles of rail way there had not exceeded three or four shillings per share, and he had made the statement upon the authority of the secretary. About 31,0001. had been paid for the concession of the line. Witness did not authorise any expenditure on behalf of the Company after Oct. 20, 1846, and was very lila consulted after the lAter alluded to which he wrote to Mr. Chadwick. He knew in 1847 that there were additional expenses hr yond the four shillings per share. la that year Mr. Chadwick went to Spain to obtain a modifica tion of the concession, which was granted by the Spanish government to do the work in five suctions instead of one. It war weed that Spanish engineers should eo over the line between Madrid and Valencia, and make surveys as propped, at the expense of the company. Mr. Chadwick took an engineer over with him, who was to be paid by the company. The Spanish shareholders paid on only 7,000 out of the 40,000 shares, but even after allowing for all toe expenses, there ought to have been • very con siderable sum in hand belonging to the shareholders, but he had no knowledge whatever as to where that sus, if any, could be found, nor could he give any information obout it. His .belief, however, as he believed was the 'mansion of gone in court, was that Mr. Chadwick ob tamped • stun of 25,0004 in a lump and appropriated it to his own use. (Laughter.) While witness was abroad they juggled him out of the finance committee, and put in others without his knowledge. and at the end of two years, or in 1848, on his (witnees'e) applying to see certain books connected with the company, he was told to his surprise and indignation that he was no longer a member of the finance committee, and that they could give him no information. (Laughter.) Witness then. insis ed upon knowing where the funds of the company were, upon which they said they would afford in. formaioa to a friend of his who went with the secretary of the company to Masterman's, where they learnt that the directors of the company were apprehensive of an attach. meat of the funds on the part of certain shareholders who were very clamorous at the time, and that it was desirable t t h o pl ata a n ce .c t oo he un f t un u d p s beyond onthi snore t r b e e w ir u rs o u pe h, ned an i d nat he o n tb ee er it issim arose e. He had not a document or memorandum of any sort or deecription in his possession connected with the company. There was a negotiation with Mr. D. W. Harvey sometime in 1848. Mr. Harvey was the representative of a large body of shareholders, who had employed Mews. Wire and ChUd to carry on negotiations, and the difference that arse between Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Harvey, and those he represented, waa to the amount of about Is. a share. The former insisting upon • return of 225., and the latter on a return of 23s a share. Witness had an interview with Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Harvey. when the latter said that, whatever was his due, he would take it, whether it was 10s. or 30e. per share ; but that in the absence of all accounts he should insist upon SS large a sum as he could possibly obtain. In consequence of this, and with a view to bring the affairs of the company to an entire close, witness urged that the 235., per *bare should be paid ; and said that, rather than that the negotia tion should go off, be would pay the diffnecce out of his own pocket. Mr. Chadwick then said he would give 235., upon which Mr. Hervey said he woild take nothing for granted, hut that Mr. Chadwick should have his shares and that he would have Mr. Chadwick's monsy—(laughter)—and 3200, shares were taken from Mr. Hervey and paid for by Mr. Chadwick out of the funds of the company. It was deter mined et tt Is interview that Mr.D.W.Harvey was taproom* by his influence a return of the 235. per share as a Ina con, and it wassainpel tbM *lams Wald p to th• of Milers. Wire and Child with the mosey to take up the "."7,h. aa. !Mtn wawa are a :: :hare on faiLa/ day that a great many of the shareholders would aoteg to it. He then as k. d M r . Wi re w h at h e wou ld a d v i se him to do upon the subject, and he said " Pay the Rooney to be sure." (Laughter.) Mr. Chadwick, who was witk 'him, maid, " If you, Mr. Wire, will disc nni et yourself with these hostile proceedings against the company (as he had in fact 81. d a bill), I will eanctioa a payment of a portion of the shareholders." Mr. Wire said, u may pay the money, and I will do as I please." U,tnn which Mr. Chadwick said he would have nothing !until r to do with Mr. Wire. Knew that Mr. Chadwick opposed the petition for winding up, and that he got it to stead over, but not that Mr. Chad. wick had given an und,rtaking not to part with any or the foods. On the 23rd of April, IMO, Mr. Chadwick paid Mr. I). W. Harvey and took the scrip as trustee of the company, and on hsicg asked afterwards what bad become of them, said they were safely • epesited with the. other meta cities of the company. Witness saw Mr. Chadwick in January, 1850, the latter having written to him to the effect that he bed met with a fearful accident, he believed from falling down an area. (Laughter) He found him in ht bedroom, in a state of great debility, at his house at Forest Hill, when he told witness that he had withdrawn from 32,000 to 3.5 000 shares from public circulation, end that they now formed part of the assets of the company. Witne:s asked bum where they were deposited, when Chadwick said he could not tell where, but he was satisfied they were in perfect security. Wi:utse, in the course of his conversa tions with Chadwick, thought that the eject bad relation to the proceedings in coon, Zion with winding op. Understood that the shares h•cl been purchased with the funds of the company, and exprcesed his surprise at the hugeness of the amount. Chadwick tcld him they were safe, out did not tell him where, and witness would have been more satisfied had he been mold they we re safe at the banker's. DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAlLWAY.—Yes terday the 1111M1L114600 of Mr. Walter Bloairp, relative to the charge of the official manager against himself indi eidually, and his co directors jointly, calling uton them to account fr r the disposal of the 30,0001 received by them as depoit, was continued by Mean. Daniell and Valiance, as counsel for the otOciel manager, Mr. Baptisers appearing for Mr. Sbairp, before his Honour Master Brougham. The examination of the wanes' was not concluded when the pro ceedings, at 4 o'clock, were adjourned. DIRECT LINCOLN AND HULL RAILWAY COM• PAN Y.—Yer erday, after considerable discussion, his Honour Master Koldereley suagested that, as in the present condi . two of the law it appeared to him that there use sub stentially no company to be wound up, an application I should be made to the court to rescind the original order (or that putprae. LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAlLWAT.—Yesterday, in this case also, before the same Master, it was determined that an application should be made to the court to scant • new order for the settlement of this oompany's affairs, it having been discovered by Mr. Doodchap, the official manager, that the original order bad been granted informally up in the petition of a party who had no legal right under the act of parliam.nt to do so. LONDON AND NOR CH-WESTERN AND THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY BOARDS. The correspondence in reference to negotiations b queen the L indoa and liqrth-Western and the Sorters hury sad Birmiaghem boards for a settlement of all matting is dispute between their rtspective companies has been pub lished. Tha last letter will show how the matter now stands. It rues as follows: " London and North-Western Railway, Offiee, Easton Sta. ion, Jon. 16 —Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 10th instant, inetosing resolutions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham board, dated the 7th instant, having been submitted to the board of directors at their meeting on Saturday last, the y referred the document' for consideration and reply to the committee specially appointed, on their behalf, to negotiam with your company. I am instituted by this committee to abstain, in reply, from entering upon the queatim as to your motives, the deputation in their letter Marina dealt only with facts, ,ind with eatements made by you in their presence. The resolution of your board, on the faith of which our deputation was appointed sod have con ducted the negotiation up to the prt sent point, naturally led as to hope for a speedy and amicable setthment of the qu•stions in difference between the companies, and the continuance of which has proved detrimental to the interests of both. The subsequent proceedings, however, coupled with the resolution now under consideration, not mile leant the chances of that desirable tomtit, but have led our depute ion, very reluctantly, to the conclusion that the negotiation must be considered virtually at an cod. It will suffice to mention the two following ae the grounds, amongst others, which have led to this conclusion :—First, that your hoard having, without the most distant ointment to arrangements of any kind with the Great Western Company, avowed their desire for an ' amicable arrangement' between your coin paay and owe, as "desirable for the intonate o your proprietors ,' and hoviag accepted, at the hula for settlement the adoption of equal rates be tween all competing peiuto, now whop y decline that basis, except upon payment to you and the Sitrewebury and Ches ter Company of • compeetation'—in other words, except we will buy off your and their opposition. " Secoadly, as regards an amicable arrangement with the London and North Western Company,' you, pending the negotiation with us for that gement, wi re &mutts teem:, engaged upon another with the Great W. stern; and even, when informed (by our letter of the oth inst.) of the construction which we thought that any lair dealing pram must put upon the latter negotiation, your compile, never tildes" still proceeded with, and, as you now inform us, ac ually concluded, such arrangement, and that, 'oo, before even replying to our letter. Such ere the grounds upon which we atsume that any friendly settlement has become " We forbear to refer, except in general terms, to your attempt to explain the circumstances which have led to the present state of affairs, by the very extraordinary statement that the 'desire ycu have evinced to meet our views as to the L'verpool and Birmingham traffic ought to hove suggested to us that you must seek from other sources the traffic of which such an arrangement must deprive you.' It really had not for a moment metered into our content olation as possible that, whilst professing to ' nao t our views,' as you call it, as to certain traffic, by an agreement in consider. ation of very important matters to be at once conceded to you by us, you all the while intended, alter the agree ment was made (made, as it now appears, simultaurously), to deprive us of the value of it, by means of alliances with our opponents for the recovery of the traffic that only nominal., conceded to us. Such an avowal would have been wholly incredible if not under your own signa ture, and we cannot even now suppose that it would be deliberately adopted by a single member of your board. And, again, your statement that the arrangement made by you with the Great Western is only a ' traffic arrangement,' for the exchange of your traffic with them, of course needs no other answer than this, that the amicable arrange ment with the London and North-Western Company,' which your board resolved was so' desirable for the interests of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham provision.; was also only a ' traf f ic arrangement" (to use your own words) for the exchange of the same traffic with the London and North Western Company which you were simultaneously agreeing to exchange with the Great Western. Bat if our deputation could, after all this, bring themselves to believe that there was (any longer at least) a real desire to effect an arrangement with us, the extraonlinary list of entirely new terms now asked of us, and the sort of arrangement of which those terms are proposed as the price, would at once have prevented any attempt at further negotiations. When the depu'ations last met, yours named ten points as the points which they sought to have conceded; but now they add many more, and I also for the Shrewsbury and Cheater, many of them, moreover, being (and some of them, to your knowledge) entirely beyond our power to concede, even if we were inclined. And, after all, the proposal which, in tart, your board now makes tom is neither for a permanent' nor for any 'amicable' settlement, but oily for a truce for a year, and that not to commence for three months yet ;—not even a temporary settlement on the basis of equal rates (which your board agreed to), unless we will pay your com pany and the Shrew•hury end Chester a distinct prim, er, as you call it, ' compensation,' for adopting that basis. It is not even for a settlement such as would terminate, or even for a short year suspend, all disputes and litigations, and put an end to the enormous law and parliamentary expenses which have now for years incumbered both companies, but, on the contrary, a settlement which actually provides for the continuance all the while of your company's Chancery suits, and for the prosecution of their attacks on us by their hottile bills in parliament. In conclusion, I am directed to say, , that it hereafter the Shrewsbury and Birmingham board shall find themselves in a position to enter into an amicable arrangement with this company, and shall be disposed to revert to their opinion as expressed on the 20th of December Imo, in that event nothing which has occurred in the course of the recent negotiations will be allowed by the London and North Western board to interfere, so far as they are con cerned, with the completion of a fair arrangement of the difference' between the two companies. In the meantime, however, they have no alternative, with reference to the con tiaumace of your company's aggressive proceedings, but to adopt such meuuree as may be necessary for the protection of the iatereste thus attacked. Our deputation have felt constrained to trouble you at such length, from an anxious desire to place on record a statement of the facts connected with the moot negotiation, sou to relieve them and the board, of which they are the representatives, from the responsibility of having, through personal feeling or other cause, sacrificed the certain good of an immediate peace for the sake of the distant and, to say the least, more doubtful prose:sects of the future.—l am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, CHAS. K STIWADT, Secretary.— 0. Knox, Req., Seczetary, Shrewsbury aid Bir mingham Railway Company." PROPOSED TRIBUNAL OF COMMERCE.—Yesterday a deputation from the iserchante, bankers, traders, and others of the City of Leaden, waited upon the Lord Mayer upon the subject of establishing a tribunal of commerce. The deputation consisted of the following gentlemen H. Frazer, 34, Mark-lane; Mr. Francis Lyn*, 12, Mark lees • Mr. George Draper, 4, Great Wincheeter-etreet ; Mr, Brook, 35, Fenchnrcl-street ; Mr. James Coahead, 32 Royal Bachangs ; Mr. Daniel M.Farlane, b 2, Oreoe.t.olifell 'Veit ; Mr. W. Aston, Crowis•court ; Therms Frantic, Angel court ; Mr. H. H. Lyeester, Berkshire, who pro moted to his lordship a memorial in f t the project, signed by upwards of a thousand persona. !Ar. Lynn repre sented to his lordship the east Imp...name end advantages of such an estabhasatist, and stated that F,ngland was a l most the only country to which a tribunal of commerce did not exist, and expressed a hope that We lords►ip would consent to take the chair at a meet►ng proposed to Ds held upon tae subject. The lerd Mayor enured the deputation that he would give the menet Al. best eemetheesdee. A I