The Express. — London, England, 1848-11-22 00:00:00

ta. on is lis on. ent no atial laid, it hip and hare Co. rent ring a for ; w• arks w. • mat t pro kola, mak M ea Mao an- VIA law May dor moor hn a nose h SIII sties N to aims soo t tho i an i ham -p Nll the ~..------- faterti of the monarchy, which has arisen between the down snd the legislature of the country, will be o ared in the manner mast in conformity . with the vibes of the pacific part ot the population; inasmuch • this nomination by causing the disacoord between the Assembly sod the ministry to cease, would re ightehsh the harmony so much desired between the mot powers of the state. It must be hoped, on the 4h i e 104 that the Assembly, seeing its legitimate inito oot iogerl, will not push its exigencies too lle FMANKFORT.—Onr intelligence from this free M of the 18th Mat. In the German parliament soe 17th, the minister, Sehmerling, said that the w ool government was taking part in the negotia- Ono ea the queetion of Italy, and that it hoped to olive at a pacific arrangement. He added that, in a ko , g o ys, the cabinet would make known what mea nies it bad roolved on with respect to Switzerland. A emelatioa was adopted to the effect that the m i n istry was invited to interfere directly in Austria, t o assure 'Topic' to the law as regards forced enrol ants in t h e arm y acrd arbitrary arrests. It was an loosesd that the Prince laming., not having thought eight to accept the mission to Auotria with the instroc ems of the ministry, another personage would be c h o ose. The following resolution was proposed by IL Reppard and supported by several other deputies : c oos s e rate that A. liessermann he. placed himself oa the tile et Ow Crown of l'rusds. contrary to the mobil:ion of d. jostled , ache lath,, die Nat:omit Assembly invites the pima aoseroveent to meal St. Doberman end to send soother r owelismoa to Bettis, to prevent a collision between the mei* wihe '7 , 00.. sad to oblige the Pemoian govern. OW to iii: haw , the measures declared to be illegal by the Milked Arenibly of Nasal, namely, the transferring of that holy to Itrandenbedy, the diseolation and disarmament et the as kOnti ousel, the decleratimi of the state of 'wee! at Birdie. the ft onetion ot the liti-rues of the preen, and right N Theasseaeg. proposition to diecoes this resolution forthwith was only rejecter' by a doubtful majority, but the Aseenibls decided that it would hold an extraordi tare sitting the next day to take it into consideration. Accordingly on the 18th the question came on for debate. Previous to this, however, M. von Schmer hag announced to the Assembly that M. Baseermann hot returned from Berlin to Frankfort, and that be would render an account of his mission to the Assembly in the course of the sit e% M. Von Schraerling added that, the ministry haying recognised the necessity of having a Berlin a permanent representation, Messrs. Simeon, vice-president of the Assembly, and Her geolohn, had left that morning, in order to cause the 4ml:. On taken by the National Assembly on the 14th instant, to be carried into off, ct. Mr. Rappsrd then peopoecd his motion, but was in t:noted, in o-der that M. Blacrinann might be heard. That pereansge presented an account ot his mission,and endeded by declaring that having seen the Impossi bility of a pacific arrangement, he had thought to leave Berlin and give in to the Vicar of the . c m 1.1 • his resignation as , :der Secretary of State. M weber. of Nierstein, then proposed that M. Rappard's motion be referred to the committee on the ',lances of the central power with particular states. The peeped was adopted. tL FrObel appeared in the Assembly, and gave a recital of the circumstances of thearreet and execution dßlum at Vienna. The Germin Journal q F,,,,apre says that M. Bananz has resigned the post of Envoy in Prussia, (inject° his disapproving ot the attitude assumed by the teinistry of the empire in the affairs of Austria rod Prussia. WURTENIBERG—The Clamber of Deputies of Wurtemteng, in the sitting of the Itith Mat, passed a soils of resolutions calling on the government to recommend the central German government at Frankfort to take in hand the Prussian aff tie, and treat it as its own, to protect the Prussian Assembly against the ministry, and to preserve the l'russian tents from military despotism. MADRID, Nov. 15. There is much reason to believe that :the Collet we is es the eve of t, ratiaation through negotiation. The =seam of Cabrera to the bead-gaarters of Cordons, the ia =of both parties, sad the getup to and fro of eon& wastage= between the Carnet leader and the Cap nia-Gessral of Cattalos*, without more, would indicate the probability of such • rusk. Meantime. letters have been tessived in 11,roslons from offic,rs at head.que eeeee (Cor ms) which go far to confirm this surmise. These state fist Cabrera is to be restored to his rank, titles, &e., up= hying down arms. What concretions are to be made to the Omat of Illontemolin Is more doubtful ; but it is said that aims will forward to him the terms of the government, sad, is all eases, make his own submission. So that we any shorty expect • pendant to the treaty of Vellum The Gazette contains an official toatradiction to the ra yon' pet forth by American papers concerning negotia nt= mid to be on foot log the purchase of Cubs by the prerament of the United States. Brigade's Saes and R alrignes are promoted to the risk dram' tor their services in La Mancha and the Mars trstro ageing the Carlitts. Pees, atter h .wing made his enEmission to the government, is to hind a column to extinguish the remnants of the faction be commanded in the mountains of Toledo. The calmed= Calmat' has seat is hie submission to the government from laados. Letters of the Bth from Lisbon announce the arrest of the Culist general Micuel o.ltllt s, in the Algarve, and the =sore et his papers. D. Manuel Ruis has also been detained by the same authorities, and both these Spanish lexicn, who were supposed to be leaking their way to the bootier for the purpose of joining the parties in arms against the government, wars seat with • 'military escort to Fiuo. CAPTURE OF PIRATES DT THE MEDI TERRANEAN. Let slegitt's auntie contains the official despatches sides* this Asir, are morn of which we hove already PIMA Oa the 7th. of November, Capt. li'Cleeerty, amenees of lea Majesty's steamer Polyphemus received lle foliewise lease from the consignees at Oibraltir of the idg Tres Maus, whir the latter had received from Mr. larater, die militia et that Tenet: assolowein—lt is with nurse regret that I to imam the spared Me dig Three dial by de blood* pride Mar Tom Pro se the dad Instant. When I Wt Gibraltar en to. Slat rel Orr, leaded a fair wind anal t; it thew MI very light, tai d with calms, uoul b o'clock the whoa a Warr up from the erred. 1 thenst a trer r an• orle. iml,eal tag that I waa under the truer cd • serer mothry wear l stood to the northward at el p.m. On the Id k lad sr, Midi continued. At 10 art. of the Sad, I sheered ✓ed Mess err off from the shore, writ err my matt toparty sionard ; boweiver, I waded .st I ORM rim ▪ thet tbd eedir dm t o boat pig der Ida 14 or err seal a mirldr.witatitalt In imolai al reedy tor sera; thrd bed also lire goins on dr gmwer Ada wimriog all the Ismaidable worme, I der* it medal Ilme It look los the remertion et aar rem • sear. Ws mew the mall boat to he pt are, to dike to hasp wir ed Id andi ot their guns, but, to my aseesdriama r swam bed le Wilma the ship than a volley of shot =se tanistes Meet arum botherately they all MO a tow yards red" lei I sea raid bed 1 metrod arra bare der mend be r Per im rig mis. However, we maw sr or them Wert id the 21 . 1 5 1 s heltsp their aria' the shipat • direr drag or to ba hatundely he gm up vita aMrhakarMed woe loom retried to Its eimpror, sad seetited them la tow. ahlii i. tessi war their own dortions. Maseerty mined ea the er r e enlog. He writes If le Admiral Sir Willis. Parker: liar era sloop Polyphones, at 011endar Nov. 9, lb*. wMi2lltlttlis hamar to lakina yea that the other I re. • mennerma r Irma Mr Gamow, fi rrimat, par lair gm ire frees Mr. J. Farr M a W W Mk Vues Said irer& We darted the sere rears to the mar al arrzse hr Al ► !myrrh Bay, rd oared ties titre, , awards Cape Tres Toter kr the puree of dis. "bill„ tele they shoult• have labia her to the westward. At " dile t opera the Port Cada ar wedbs. agar he rebored dew bi the Wln ore, In a .mall hayTrandat, Wel/ Mr. r AMe br m 41 0 1 11.111theatre el pretipiem Mob ors, and r " tme, awes wer, crowded wit men armed with by raker ..d l 2l 4 ithe purpose of protecting the brig, which laid ciao Ned* shine tau slot range. Their bouts rya is "Wei was haule p on the bar, and la die months =mos_ with a err party of armed men lyiog under - rif tia protection of sort of the ergo, which they lel lama ---; notr whole form appeared to consist o( at lent Jr 1 111111. Oa done to the brig they marl • fire of mos. ba lbilla= ad which inuneloteiy returned with graor, ormerd arreury, dashers with ve il ry rod saws " 4 7•77 1 " 1 ° Rated Oen lira dying about is all director sad WRAF oe awe nose proem tring dislodged to.. rim the beech, we =leer the Venn in tow, Iv Menem' performed by ate, who vulantored to take the rest, with a br ew, '•• IMO the Wes aerie. lad at this time • ire was Waal ram a pia reward to be a Na or doe pawpaw, sad ord 1. see were was towards the err a point bow, Ind rare cor Ere we l toto it eel m rear due, er rina • dir.eted id 1,7,n- 'oll lo dny severviy wounded Lieut. Wow', rd üßabOy 1 .1111 MN Ulm . dap, sal one seoin.na ,fiCria el, is the cutter. Id bran to bare tsar and burnt the boar but for the ""•1 6 .....WW•ha. aka by a, nu a holy of well armed RM. ww7 Ingtent to ri.li axOW ear r mime a loss se mad have Irm piste, partientarly as the Are ter our T; l ;4' !is hid rridered them unrerviciable. drag Now ► eensw i r lb tow, we glowed to OM Fret the sift Pero tarn up by the pirates, it wend be lat. Jeer to estimate their re • but foto the al two ""'"'"dow7 dm having been Warted to full, sed aws earerearrled Fl""wwilnet out el the bey, there to little doubt bat a rid et m .Tewf7 wvere. In performer this oervier, it would he het. priMe to point out any individual wre every one behaved bd 1 err omit rewind to he your Make the awl aria: Wet listatertt, who volunteered to beer ntder m deem •a m and who has at all time shows anxiety to mit la 'crowding the ar to ica ; abto bred derived Wry, coninions Clg PM. and th e coolnen by Mr. Taylor, in erring tbe chip In so intncate a Inee I beg to * i... 8 , 18 5 1 b0a1i. to dr. V. (Albert, payload.; and :user% who ves -117m*1ne...._*116-"0:100,1 of the .mall dm men. Having placed ...:70! 1 ,r' , .....eattn.nt, on board the prize, with sin men, I Z o t litbrt ! tar, twl., re I arrived this day. As • steamer is hardA, I nave thought It marts to forward • oommunication to the deentary of the Admiralty.— . ;,..1 1 :411 .4 71.E. MILT 1, ek k aullaluirr.— To Admiral tar Wilasm the oil tat list or casualties ea board her A • moo Polyphemus rand Lieut. E. F. N. K. •••7 i owersly wounded, ball lodged in the boas of right THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1848. appeal, and, they had, would, perhaps „ fear to do so, lot toy should adfead " the gontlemea." You may form sours idea of the foaling of the sootier of rate payers on Easter Tessdsy last, when I tell you that on a vote of thanks being, as anal, proposed to the retiring churchwardens, it was aegatived by a large majority. Should you favour me nom. eemally with a small spies in your powerful journal, I think I shall be able to Caroled you with such facts relating to the proceedings of the vestry, as may indoor you to take up our cause, winch is tow become the came of honest right seism oppremive might—Your, &e., A RATS -ratan, Padding. ton, Nov. 21. LORD ASHLEY'S CONFERENCE WITH THE LONDON THIEVES. The Weekly Chronkle of Sunday says "We have seen Lord Ashley in many situations--en the House of Com mon*, on public patters. la churches and committee rooma, and a variety of Places—hut his last appearance transcends them all : he has made a debug among the felons, in a den of the Writ thieva of the metropolis. The motive with which he went there was, of course, philanthropic. As a missionary on behalf of emigration, he encountered the Pantiles end pests of society, and held a conference with them, as Penn Old with the In dians, proposing plans for bettering their condition, and exhsAing them to forage their savage habits, and take up with a mere reputable course of life. Apparently be suc ceeded—at least for a time, he has evidently produced a favourable impression. The felons listened with decided approbation to expressions indicative of sympathy and good will. Like their savage prototypes, they were moved by the accents of a being more civilised and humane than them selves. Whatever ray lei the issue of their conference in one respect, it cannot be doubted that good will flow from the contact of brings so opposed in their views, their motives, their habits, and their modes of life. We cannot approxi mate the extremes of gaiety without tighteeing the band which cements it together, and improving the spirit which , leavens it all. " The attitude of Lord Ashley is almost poetical. It re minds u. of Una among the Satyrs, or Sirena encompassed by the salvage men. The circumstances of the COG terence were especially interesting. Some thieves, desirous of relinquishing their practices, had already taken counsel of Mr. Jackson, who was at the time interested in a speech he had received from Lord Ashley on the abject of emigration. Among them were two young men who had happily been induced to glee up thieving, hut who (having once lest their character) were obtaining a bare livelihood by picking up bones and rags in the streets. They had persevered in this, to them, self.denying course, for some time, and a great change had been effected in their habits and practices. As Mr: Jackson's mind was occupied with emigration, he asked one of them, ' How should you like to emigrate 1' His answer was, ' I should jump at it.' As Lord Ashley was about to perambulate the district with Ms. Jackson in the course of a few days, and as Mr. Jackass mentioned this to his visitors, it became a subject of conver sation with the fraternity. Subsequently, in comequaes of what then transpired, Mr. Jackson was sent for by a number of thieves living in a court called Blue Anchor yard. He went, and they expressed themselves extremely desirous to know whether any hope could he held out of their obtaining an honest livelihood, however humble, in the colonies, instead of punuing a criminal course, from which they found it impossible to extricate themselves. 'lt would,' said they,' be a capsal thing for chaps like us.' " Finding that these impre.sions were increasing, and that the subject of emigration was beoeminc talked &bout among these outcasts of went and crime, it occurred to Mr. Jackson that he should assemble tome of them is the Irish Free School to meet Lord Ashley. lie expected to gather 100 thieves who might listen to what his lordship hail to say. But his expectations were more than fulfilled. On July the 27th his lordship went, when no less than 207 professed thieves were assembled, each of whom expressed his earnest desire to renounce his dishonest course if it were possible. Some live or six gentlemen were present with Lord Ashley, and 'it was such a meeting,' toys one among them, • that no one could forget it to the day of his death.' Several of the best and mat experienced thieves were stationed at the door, to prevent the almission of any but thieves. Some four or five individual., who were not at first known, were subjected to examination, and only allowed to remain on stating who they were, and being recognicd as ambers of the dishonest fraternity ; and before the pro sadism, of the evening commenced, the question was very artfully put, and repeated several times whether any one was in the room of whom others entert ained doubts as to who he was. The object of this care was, as so many of them were in danger of ' getting into trouble,' or, in other words, of being taken up for their crimes, to ascertain it any who might betray them were present: another intention of this scrutiny was to give those assembled, who naturally would feel amid/sob:a fear, a fuller confidence in opening their minds. " It should be mentioned that Mr. Jackson had attempte d to commence religious meetings with some of them, and this singular conference took pace with the singular pre liniments of singing and prayer. What was the real state or heart of those present while these devotional exercises were proceeding, it is of course impossible for any man to say ; and it is as difficult perhaps to pronounce on the wis dom of seeking to influence men like these by appeals to which they are probably obdurate. Certain it is that they were deeply Impressed by what was said on the subject of emigration. His lordship addressed them for a emuiderablis time, and there is reason to suppose that the subject broached occupied their thoughts after they had separated. It is likely that many among them would be struck by the means suggested for changing their life, end bettering both their morals and condition. " One thing is strongly brought out by this occurrence, and is highly suggestive as regards ourselves—and that is, the relation of a scheme of emigration to the enormous growth of crime in the country. It will be impossible, doubtless, to find a panacea which shall utterly obliterate moral depra vity ; but how much of the vicious habits of the maim, which are referable now to an svrcrowded population, it may yet be ultimately in our power to remove . One Wag is plain : the distinct connexion of the latter with the former as cause and effict ; and the thieves themselves, while expressing their hopes for a better state of things, are the best of witnesses citable to prove it. Many of these men, making allowance for the charm of novelty and the illfilleSlolll of others, were, doubtless, sincere in their ',Wining= to re form. But the presence of an outraged society prevents the reclamation of those who have transgressed. To sash, emigration would be, indeed, a boon, opening an honest means of livelihood, and rilievins the pangs of a moral nature, stricken and diseased, but not yet maned. For some even of those living there is hope, but there is a still higher, more abundant, promise from efforts like them to after-gene. rations." arm; Andrew Day, able seaman. severely woueded, ball paused through the right thigh; Patrick Marken, able sea. Man, slightly wounded, hip grazed; Francis Fairweather, able semen, slightly wounded, oostuainu is the breast.— (Signed) Jenne J. WC , Commander. J. 0. H♦aauow, 841pCil. Ebe trotm. WINDSOR. TEIVIDA7.—The royal dinner party at the Castle Shia arming will ine'tid• the Dueller of Kent, the Pries.. Amelia or Hotwalohe Sahillinpfant, the Marebianew of Nonnaaby, Lady Alma Maria Dawson, Bassesde Bpoth, Dowager Lady Lyttaltoo, Major Gene ral and Lady Labelle Weer, Lkut..Col. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Sir Gawp and Lady Cooper, and Mr. Glover. Bir Hobart Gardiner, Governor of Gibraltar, had an interview with Karl Grey yesterday at the Colosial•office. Visoonnt Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon he the seat of Varmint Melbourne, Bracket Nall, Herta. te were received yesterday at the Colonial offitehetbt Governor of Canada, and also from the governors of the ether North America colonies. ALLZGED DEATH Or was reported la town, last night, that government had received intelligence ad the death of Ibrahim Paha, whose imme diate demos was man& by ea attack of cholera. (Prom last Nov. Gazette.) Bowen:co-enure, Nov. 21.—Tbe Queen has been appoint Major•Osneral 84r R. W. Gardiner. tna to ~ to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the city and garrison of Gibraltar, P. D. limper, Esq., to be liegetrar of the Court of First Instance for the , Island of Mauritius. J. &tout, Esq., to be Deputy Queen's Advocate for the Wand of Ceylon. B. Palmer, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Prince Edward Island ; sad to place the Turks and Caicos Islands under the super vision of the Governor of J41E1111:11 end to appoint P. II A. Forth, Esq., to be President of th e Council of Government of the said islands. Downixo-orazirr, Nov. 21.—The Queen ban been plebeianly pleased to give orders for the appointment of Paul Edmund de fitneleeki, Esq. to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division 05 the Third Clue or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN -OFFICE, Nov. 18.—The Queen 11112 been pleased to approve of Mr. John Taggart, u Consul at Demurer% for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the A/garves. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 20. Royal nest. or Ara—Firs. Lind. A. V. Cannel to be ore. eapt., vier Thorailike, ; Staff-Fetid. G. Cl idle to be iptertermantet ; Staffeeret. W. b['Kowa to be quartermaster. CALLS TO VIE BAB, LINCOLN'S-INN.—Yesterday the Michaelmas term calls to the bar of Linoobiainn were made, and ineludt d the titer-mentioned gentlemen :—R. C. Care, M.A. • W. H. Hodgson, M.A. ; R. T. litnt, M A. ; H. P. Woke, Esq. ;C. Sargent, B.A. ;T. J. Herey, ; and R. H. Frank, lisg . _ . Tim l'oos is Sr. PANCIAL—At a meeting of the board of direr:toes held at 441 workhouse ynterday to in quire into champs made at ea inquest reported in our papa of Monday, se to the death of a child, whose father, it was mid, bad net bees informed of its dines/ until after the child's burial, It was resolved: Tit the breed elm with much regret the circumstance that the meter of the wiwklionse should have neglected to hare informed Syl vester Shaw of the death of hit son ; and that in all eavw of ocath in the workhouse the master be requested immediately to inform the nearest relative tithe deo:soul thereof, and that this decision uf the board be reed to the muter. _ Efec tanr.—Yeateeday. a public meeting, at the requisition of the above society, was held at the Mall of Commerce, for the purpose of hearing a lecture from the Rev. Dr. Burnet, on the evils of standing armies and their antagonism to the liberties of nations. The large room was crowded in every part. The chair was taken by H. Clapp, Erq., of Massachusetts. The lecturer said the question to be decided by the meeting was, whether standing armies were or were not tae best security for governments, or the true bulwarks of a nation. In his opinion they were an unmixed evil. He might be told that in this country the standing army was dependent on the House of Commons, and that the House of Commons might put it down any time at the end of the Tear. Bat what was the House of Commons ? There were in that house ISO officers in the army and nary—and osuld you ask them to put down themselves ? There were 200 more in that house, either noblemen, or connected with the aristocracy, to whom the army was an open field for the employment of their families. Could you expect them to take the bread out of the mouths of their relations? Therefore they had notkinglo expert . from the Hones of Commons unless such a (ores of public opinion was broht to bear as it would be impossible to resist. But for vending armies there would have been no bombardment of Vienna, nee would the King of Prussia dare invite his con stitutional parliament to hold their sittings in the fortress of I[We:ism, whore he might at any moment make them all state prisoners. But for standing armies we should net groan . under 1,000 millions of debt, the interest of which swallowed up nearly half the revenues of the country. But public opinion was beginning to smart its influence. Although the continent was in an uproar, Lord Palmerston dared not stir ; and why ? Bonus the people of this country bad grown wiser, and would not permit him. Ho trusted that standing armies would eventually be put down, and that sovereigns, by governing wisely and well, would find that the bat armies were the affections of the people. MALTA, Nov. 12.—TRAVELLEB8 IN THE MEDI . . . . by or her Majesty's steam packets am greatly ineoavenienad want of a packet-office in Valletta, Muller to the French packet-offiee, where they could go =demure their berths without the trouble of going on board, without, probably from the absence of the com mander or clerk, being enabled to effect their object. Six teen of the India passengers who mme in the Sultan went on to Alrxandria in the Preach steamer Nil: had there been an authorised admiralty mosey they would have been looked after by the agent's people, and would, probably, have waited to go by the man of war steamer on Eh. 13th.—A. Toe Oovniieoa or CETLON.—Sir,—Lord Tor rington was the last man who ought to have been sent out as Governor of Ceylon. Every one who knew him prognos ticated his incompetence and failure. During has rather lengthened stay in Southampton before be went out to India hi gaieties and defiance of public opinion created prejudices against him. It wu jocosely remarked that r one Mr. Glad stone, who was so shocked at Sir Eardlev Wilmot, would have been thrown into hysteria by his lordship. When he embarked kr India, people shrugged up their shoulders and maderfeasess, as much as to ay I wish the Cingalese joy of governor." When Lord Torrington was on beard the Haddington steamer, on his passa.• to India, he insisted that his servant, for whom he had paid as a second•class pas senger, should enjoy Rat-ease atelier I, and had a violent quarrel with the captain because it was not allowed. His lordship was sulky during the quarrel, and locked himself and family in their cabins. If the aristocracy we to be selected foe the important psi of governors of distant pro vines, throe pomesssed of the aost suitable qualifications should be sleeted. The appointment of Lord Torrington was " too bad." What would the whirs have said, if the tones had sent oat Lard Cardigan as governor of Ceylon / Reform Club.—A WHIG AND SOMETHING MORN. A REMONSTRANCE AND AN EXPLANATION.—Sir, —To a MSS living some 200 miles from London, as I do, in a retired country house, a daily paper is almost a necessary of life. The Meriting Chronicle supplied this want to me nearly 30 yean, when its teriiveriatm obliged me to look out for another paper; the dishonest Tines was out of the question, when fortunately in the Express I found ex. actly the publication which l wanted—great talent, just and enlightened political principles, and entire honesty of pur pose. It an scarcely be imagined, then, the surprise and vexation that I felt in reading the following passage in the Express of the 14th inst. :—" The increase of dissent, and the augmentation of vice and ignorance." Sorely you do not mean deliberately to abide by this unwarrantable asser tion ; or that the two can have the remotest connexion; such, however, appears to be the eau, as yen hove put " the in crease of dialing and the augmentation of vice and ignorance" in the same category; and this too when the gist of your argument is the deprecation of an abuse libel, ti be perpetrated by a bishop of that church which you represent as the Palladium against vice and ignorance. If this be a correct assumption on your part, then it memo to me that aU which you have written lately with such force and effect upon the shameless robberies of the Durban clergy is insincere and incorrect ; whereas all the world knows that the charges which you have brought against these men are perfectly true. And when you can, with equal truth, bring such charges against an body of dissenting Weide", then, and not till then, will yes be justified in stating that the increase of dissent, and the augmentation of ignorance, have any connexion.—l hope king to remain your constant subscriber and reader, A MS saznixo LAY MAN —Ntas fiuddenfield ? Nov. 18, 1848.—[We thought, and, on reverting to the article, we still think it obvious, that the expression here complained of is given, sot as the opinion of the Express, but as one of the" rant phrases of the clam of clergymen at whom the article was levelled. Since, hawever, SO intelligent a reader Se our correspondent h as overlooked this, others may have done the same, and therefore we beg leave most explicitly to dealers that we do not think ' the increase of dissent" and the eacaentation of vino and ignorance " synonymous expen der.] Tun PADDINGTON VESTET.—Sir,—Ae there have been of late so mane onsjiaints against the Abuses of parish vestries, I am induced to hi g a corner in your journal for a feet it two connected with the Paddington vestry, elected land*? Sturges Bourne's Act. About a year ego a partially sow ISISISIONIS for parochial rates wee made, but it was eon 'lamed to be so unequal and aejust (house of theme's value and similarly . eireumstapeed very differently assessed) that many Wh en against it—some were relieved end some not. This ceramists/bre, together with great dissatisfaction at the general management of the affairs of the parish, and the ex traordinary way in which its funds were disbursed, gave rise to the formation dna "association " for " the establishment of an equal assessment in the parish, and securing a due ad. ministration of its funds." This association was soon joined by many influential rate.payers (tannest whnm are seedy twenty harristers and other member. of the legal profesrVm) who occasionally held public meetings, and became so name sous, active, and formidable, that many appeals were made against the rate st.d the money returned a gear proof that it b,,,1 bees unjustly levied. So much Mr the influence of the association, which is still at work, and hamming in magnitude sad importance. I de not like to Vespers too much epos your valuable space, and shall, therefore, eontent my self at p resent with then few partiesdan, hoping that others may be induced to attack these abuses, which press most heavily upon the smaller rate.payere, who have not tills to COLLISION ON TILE RATCHET RAILWAY. Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. W. Cuter ' at the Marqu.s at Granby, Richmond, on the body of Richard Perry, aged 33, a labourer, who was killed in the collision the Richmond line on Friday last. The jury visited the locality of the accident. The engines Hornet and Vulture, which in their strongest parts were literally I shivered, were also inspected. D. Pitt, a porter in the service of the South Western Rail way, stated that on Friday evening, about a quarter to six o'clock, ha was on the departure platform of the old shed at the Richmond station, waiting far the mord of the six o'clock train, when he saw the Vulture engine standing on the opposite road on the arrival side. His attention was called by Mr. Cooper, the superintendent of the station, to the engine, which was blowing off her steam. There was so person in charge of her. He looked into the gauge glass, ' and ascertained there was about an lath of water in it. He then went to a beer-shop adjoining the station, where he found Healey, the driver, and Watkins, the fireman. Witness asked Healey if any one was with his engine, and he said" No." Witness said, ' She is blowing offeery much. and I don't think she has much water." Healey said, " Run i in, mate, and see to her." The fireman did not move im mediately, end Healey said, •' On on, I'm coming." Wit ness then followed the fireman into the station. T. Webber. a pointillism, stated that on Friday evening, a few minutes before six o'clock, he was on duty at the Richmond station, when he saw Watkins, the fireman, get on the Vulture, which was under the shed blowing off the steam, and move her out of the station. He was I going up the road when witness told him he must not go up the line as there was a down train coming. Watkins an• swered that his mats was not there, and he wanted water in I the boiler. Witness insisted on his returning to the shed, and he did so. Witco's afterwards went a short distance up the line to an engine driven by Hunt, to turn it on the turn table, when be heard a rush of steam, and the Vulture rushed put them with all her valves open and enveloped in steam. He turned hi. red lamp on and held it towards the engine as it was coming up, and helloed to them to stop, but the man at the engine paid no attention. The Datchet bell had rung, and the express train was a minute over due. He afterwards went up the line, and saw that two engines had come in collision. Both engines were on the down line. There is only one main line from the station to New Richmond, and the Vulture would have to cross 'aver both the up and down lines of the Patchet branch, which joins the old line at this point. The Vulture left the station at about eight miles per hour. It was not must for a train or engine to go out at ouch a rate. When he resched the place of accident the Hornet engine and express train were five or six yards off the line, and the Vulture had ri bounded at least 35 yards. Witness could not say whether the steam that was blowing off from the Vulture would obscure the light of his hand lamp. When he showed the red light the eecood time thedriver was bound immediately to stop. S. Luck, poinuman and signal man at New Richmond, stated that at six he saw an engine leaving Richmond old ' station. He showed his red light, and the engine went bath. Two or three minutes afterwards he saw the express train coming, and rung the bell to announce its arrival at the Richmond station. As soon as he had ceased ringing he saw au engin- again coming up from Richmond, and then turned the stationary light to red and full up n the coming engine ; he also waved his hand lamp. Finding they did sot stop, he turned the red signal . against the express train, and almost immediately the col li sion took piece; the Hornet engine and trsia went off the line, and the Vulture rebounded nearly 40 yards. He afterwards went to Lane and Dear, the driver and stoker of the Hornet, who yen both 'tending on the engine unhurt. On examining the Hornet, witness saw the lever reversed. He did not see that the Vulture slackened her wed as she mart'? him. The Vul ture must have rem; the Hornet's lights. The blame, if any, he con Were..., ruts on the (hirer of the Vulture. It an , peered to him that the driver of the Vulture had thought to clear the points and reach the up main line. H. Brantford, parcel porter, proved that, on the evening in question, he was in the old shed at the Richmond station, and he distinctly saw the light at New Richmond, a mea sured distance of 4.30 yards J. Andrews, who was still suffering from the injuries be received, proved that on Friday last he and the deceased had been assisting the engineer in Lying out the new line hoot Hatchet to Windier, and returned to Richmond with Healey, the driver of the ballast engine, who to take wha and other back to Richmond. rhalimgwham and on the engine sad tender, the party consisting, to the beet of witnese's knowledge, of himself, Bone, the deceased, and Sutcliffe, a flag-man. They went at a rather brisk pace out of the station, and had gone but a very short distance when Healey blew his whistle, and immediately afterwards said, h We are going into the express train." He lint fifth* steam, and told the airman to put on the brake, which be did with all his form and then jumped o ff on the right side. One man pushed witness down on the coke, and fell upon him ; and he knew nothing MVO till he found him. Belton the ground. Witham remembered seeing the deceased attempting to leave the tender, but his neat seemed to have been caught by something which drew him back. Mr. E. H. Hills, surgeon, proved being called to attend the sufferers, end afterwards, having had his attention drawn to the deceasedewho was wedged in the left hand side of the tender it took half an hour to get him clear of the engine, and then his lower extremities were par-boiled. He bad made a post martens examination, and found a No uns of the whole of the right aide of the base of the skull, and a piece three inches in length had been driven into the halo. Hie death was the result of a violent blow inflicted by being thrown against some hard substance, such as iron The Coroner thought it would be advisable to adjoin% the proceedings until the condition of the driver Healer, who war not yet out of danger, was more clearly ascertained. The irqaest was adjourned until the 30th instant. REPRESENTATION OF WEST YORKSHIRE. Yesterday, the Hon. Charles Wm. Wentworth Fitzwilliam commenced his ceneening tour of the West Riding of Yorkshire, as a candidate for the representation of the Riding in gummiest to Lord Morpeth, now Earl of Carlisle. After walking through the coloured cloth hall, accompanied by Jas. Brown, Esq., T. W. Tuttle, Esq., John Sykes, Req., and other merchants, the party ascended the snip' in the area, where Mr. Brown briefly introduced his friend, Mr. Fitzwilliam. He wag a worthy scion of a noble family, whose name was of itself sufficient to ensure him a cordial reception. Some objection had been taken to his friend Mr. Fitzwillianee reluctance to pledge himself to any particular course of action ; but with regard to that he would observe that they could not expect a candidate to be depien. dent upon them, and independent of everybody else; but they might rely upon it that if they re. turned a man of guilt a pliant mind and flexible conscience as seemed to be required by some, ho could not be expected to be insensible to other influences that might be brought to bear upon him, and would probably desert their cause upon the first opportunity. He had much pleasure to introduce Mr. Fitzwilliene ; his position in the riding was such ea to point him out as an eligible candidate ; he believed him to bee strictly liberal and independent man, and that if he was elected he would make a zealous and active representative. H. begged to introduce to them the Hoe. Charles Wm. Wentworth Fitswilliam.. A person here inquired if Mr. Fiftwaliam would remain to answer questions like was patiently heard ? Mr. Faxwatiam stood forward amidst partial cheers and expressions of dissatisfaction. He said : I have been 1 asked to give • pledge that I will stand here and answer any question that may be asked when I have done 'peeking. I will give you that pledge. (Applause.) I find myself placed in an exceedingly difficult position. Your late representative is a man of stick extraordinary talent, end a man who was so justly peptide: amongst all his constituents, that it would be exceedingly difficult for me to tread in his steps, although I hope I may have that power. (Hear.) Ido not inlaid to give you a set speech, but I will endeavour, to the beet of my abilities, to touch upon the lending topics of interest at the present time. With regard to free-trade, 1 give it my most cordial support; and, although its action has not been so beneficial as was at fint expected and hoped for, it has been owing to many and great disadvantages. The unsettled state of the continent prevents some of our best customers from trading with us to that extent that they would otherwise do. The famine in Ireland has been another of the obstacles to its full deve ' lopment ; the failure, also, of the cotton trade is another cause. With regard to the endowment of the church by the state, I wish to go into par liament entirely unpledged, for it is a question that has been deliberately considered in parliament, and it does not befit me to give an opinion and to pledge myself upon a subject that has never been fully considered. (What fur ? Ilan You not made up your mind ?) If I 'do make up my mind I won't give a pledge. What I have said I meant more exclusively to apply to Ireland. The state of that country calls for some extraordinary remedy; and when you have two denominations of religion, the presbyterian and the protestant church of England, receiving support from the state, it seems but reasonable that the religion of th e ma j o rity should participate in that support; and, perhaps, some means might be devised of rendering the state of Ireland better, by, in some way, paying the Roman catholic priests. (Disapprobation.) I don't wish to tax Ragland for it, bat some means might be devised to put that unhappy country in • more prosperous state, With regard to organic changes, I must confess that I am not prepared to give them my sappers. When we turn our attention to the continent, and see how distracted those countries have been which have brought about great changes, it is not likely to dispose one to advocate any ex. t wive changes. Some years ego great refer= were brought about in the representative system of this anntry, which I certainly think went far enough ; and though I should not wish to prevsat those who are able to use the privilege of the suffrage from acquiring it, I should be opposed to bringing about any violent or organic changes. Econ‘imical reform is • subject to which I should like to mace a few allusions. I think that in the prevent state of the country great and extensive retrenchment is necessary in the public expenditure ; in what way perhaps it is impossible to my ; but, certainly, r think that if due consideration is given to it, it will easily he found that great retrenchments may be made. Though it would not perhaps be expedient to diminish the army or navy in the present state of th e continent of Europe, especially when it appears exceedingly probable that at the election of the president of the republic of France there will be • great outbreak which may affect the whole of Europe. At such • time it would be unsa• iefactory to diminish the force of those great national safeguards, the army and the navy. We must have our trade preserved, and that cannot be done without ships of war to protect it in those seas where piracies occur. I think it would be very heart rending to the trader of Leeds to find that all their goods consigned abroad had bean seined and taken by parties who had no right to them, and that the goods themselves would never arrive at their destination. I would again ask you to give me your indulgence, for from my youth and inexperience I greatly need It. And when I address such an enlightened constituency ea this of the West Riding, lam sure I shall not ask that favour in vain. I shall not detain you any longer, but I am willing to answer any ques tion that you may propound. (Cheers.) Mr. F. Celiac - re then presented himself, and related in detail all the steps that had been taken at and in the inter. sal of the several meetings at Normanton end Wakefield, and rimmed himself strongly that Mr. Fitawilliam, in of ring kims.lf to the constituency, without reference to the Normanton resolutions of Sept. 17, had offered a great in dignity, not only to the gentlemen who composed that meet ing, but to the electors generally. It was owing to fortui tous circumstances, over which they had no control, that they had not yet been able to start another can didate •, but it was, perhaps, not yet too late. Mr. Fit:wallets' was not yet quite safe. Those with whom he (Mr. Carbutt) had acted were yet con sideriog whether they could find a man, and whether they could find the money. (Cheers.) They had convened a meeting of deputies to be held on the morrow (Wednesday), at Normanton, to decide whether they should bring forward • man or not, and, therefore, though no other candidate was before them to-day, they must not give up the hope yet. In conclusion, he asked Mr. Fitzwilliam , "Have you consi dered the question of the differential duties for the protec tion of the colonies ; and what are you, as a legislator, pre pared to do respecting them ? " Mr. FITZWILLII.3I—What do you mean? Mr. Curet:TY—Are you prepared to abolish all differen tial duties in favour of any article whatever, the produce of our colonies? Mr. FITZWILLIAM—I am not prepared to abolish them all. lam not prepared to abolish all the differential duties. Mr. CABBUTT—Whieh are you inclined to retain ? Mr. FITZWILLIAM.—I am not prepared to say, as they have not been dimwitted in parliament. Mr. CARBCT? —The question of differential duties hes long been before parliament. Mr. FerzwittiAm.—Gentlemen, it is a matter of free trade. _ Mr. CAREUTT.—Mr. FitSEillilEl is not prepared to do away with them entirely. What, air, are you prepared to do with the navigation laws ? Mr. FITZWILLIAM —With regard to the navigation laws I am certainly prepared, not to do away with them altogether, but perhaps with all but one clause. " What is that?" 'the silo ring foreign ships to carry on the coasting trade of Great Britain. (" Good.") Mr. Caarivrr.—Will you otlige us with your views on the proposition for making an seri, and considerable exten sion of the suffrage Mr. FirzwaLtam.—l have already answered that in my speech. (" No, iio."—" Let us have it again then.") I cer tainly am not for making an early and osnsiderable exten sion of the suffrage. (" Why? ") But, as circumstances may point out that some extension of the suffrage would be expedient, I shall not be averse to it. In the terms of the question, I am not prepared to support an early and con dderable extension of the suffrage. Mr. JOSEPH BARKER, the chartist, then spoke at COESi derable length, deprecating not only the pretensions of Mr. Fitswilliam, but the manner in which he had been brought forward, and the terms in which he had bees introduced by Mr. Brown. He concluded his harangue by asking Mr. Fitswilliam if he was prepared to vote for the abolition of the law of en.ail and primogeniture, and for a tax upon land, whether cultivated or uncultivated, of fie. an acre at least. Mr. FlrzWll.uale : No, I will not. Mr. J. RICHARDSON, solicitor, next presented himself, and after enlarging upon the impaetinee of the present crisis, called attention to that part of thereport of Mean. Carbutt and Baines, the deputation to Mr. Fitswilliam, which re lates to the endowment question. He read that passage of the report, and tLen asked if it tiorrectly represented Mr. Fitzwilliam's opinion upon the question of the endowment of reheat by the state ? Mr. FITZWILLLANI, after perusing the report (see Etym., Noe. 16), said—What I said referred more especially to Ireland ; and cerpWy I Wine I said what is reported. Mr. RlCHAaneO.c— ' this necessarily gives AN to another question, which I will ask. Holding the opinions on the endowment of religion by the state expressed in the report, how would you, as a legislator, deal with the establahed protestant Ouch of Ireland, which is the church of a very small minority ? Mr. Firzwiudus —The protestant church of Ireland has now property, and prrhaps by some arrangement of that peoperty the clergy of the Roman catholic church might be paid. Mr. RICHARDSON—The number of Roman catholic people in Ireland is about seven millions, and of those con nected with the protestant church about half a million; will you be prepared to give the Roman catholic@ a fair share, according to their numbers, of the church property ? Mr. FITZWILLIAM—I have already said that as the pro- testant church in Ireland hu property, by some arrange ment—l cannot my how, as it hu been proposed, the Roman catholic clergy might be paid. Mr. RICHARDSON repeated his question in another form. Mr. Ftrzerataaw replied—Gentlemen, this question has never been discussed ; therefore, it is impossible to give a definite answer upon it. Mr. RICHARDSON said he would take it for an answer that the question had never been discussed. Re thought from what had transpired that the hon. candidate was not the man to represent the Riding ; and it was only due to him that they should declare their opinion by a show of hands He, therefore, called upon all those who considered Mr. Fitswilliam a fit representative to hold up their hands. Only throe or four hands were ^eld up. Mr. Richardson then called for those who thought him unfit, to show their hands, and nearly all were held up. Mr. Alderman ROARK and Mr. W. BROOKE frith spoke in deprecation of Mr. Fitzwilliam's claims, as did a Mr. BARRON and *Mr. PURLAND,• working man, who promised to give M. if another candidate were brought forward.—Mr. 11. - Batteas was also called forward, and he declared that he could not support Mr. Fitz elitism, though fully sensible of what his father bad done for reform in past times. At length it was announced this Mr. Roebuck, the late meta. her for Bath, was in the crowd, and there was a call for him to come forward. _ _ After some delay, Mr. Roebuck was formally introduced by Mr. Peter Feirbairn. Mr. ROEBUCK raid, that in obeying the call made upon him, he appeared there in a private rapacity only. He could not presume to obtrude himself for their suffrages before a constituency of that sort, without that species of formal and direct and deliberate indication which became them, and which was requisite for him. He could not prone to have that sort of standing in the world, to thrust himself among them. (Laughter.) if they had any desire for an other candidate, why did their leaders confine themselves to talk and whining lamentation ? (Hear.) The learned gen tleman then went on to canvass the mode in which Mr. Fitawilliam had come before the constituency, deprecating the attempt to dictate to the Riding under the influence of • great name, and expelling his opinion that he war not • fit man to represent the Riding. At • quarter before 2 Mr. Fitswilliam and his friends re tired from the hustings, and the meeting broke up. Though Mr. Roebuck made no particular reference to his own politi cal views, an opinion is beginning to prevail that he will be nominated u a candidate at th. Normanton meeting this day (Wednesday). IRELAND. DullLim Nov. 21, Further errors in the case of Mr: S. O'Brien were, by leave, handed in yesterday on his behalf by Mr. Fitzgerald, one of hie counsel. The argument in this case comes on to-day. The case will be argued on the part of Mr. O'Brien by Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., and on the part of the crown by the Attorney-General and Mr. D. Lynch. In the case of Kevin Izod O'Dogherty, of the Tri bune, a memorial, signed by every one of the jury who found him guilty, verse presented to the Lords Justices on Saturday, urgently praying for a com mutation of the sentence from transportation to a term of imprisonment. There was, at the same time, presented a memorial to the like effect, most nume rously and influentially signed by the citizens of Dublin, the names of the Lord Mayor aid Lord Clon curry heading the list. The reply is expected to be favourable. O'Dogherty was certainly the least cri minal of all the convicted editors. He published but five numbers of the Tribune altogether. The death of Mr. Bourne, which was rumoured yesterday morning, is very confidently asserted in the halls today, and it is said that Mr. Peirce Mahony is likely to be his successor. Calculators sometimes, like other very clever people, over-rate themselves. An instance of it is found in relation to the now vacant office of Clerk of the Peace for Dublin. The office was double—filled by twopersons—nominated each as a vacancy occurr ed. During Lord Heytesbury's administration the office was under the consideration of the legislative. Mr. Archer, who died the other day, was then in extreme ill-health. No one believed he could sur vive even a few months. The office was then declared a joint-office, Mr. Archer and Mr. Dickinson being in possession ; but the clause referring to it was so worded that, on Mr. Archer's death, the full office would be vaunt, and could be appointed to. The calculators made sure that they bad provided for their own friends, through Lord Heytesbury, an easy, quiet place, with a salary reaching 2,0001. per annum or thereabouts. But Mr. Archer did not die in Lord Heytesbury's viceroyalty, though all his conservative friends expected he would, and the result is that Lord Clarendon has the appoint ment to the fall office, Mr. Dickenson vacating by Mr. Archer's death, through the legislative manage ment of his own party. There are 8,000 paupers on the oat-door and work • house relief in Skibbereen. SCOTLAND. COMMISSIONS HONED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT or Borussia'. —Capt. J. F. D. C. Stuart, T. D. Douglas, EN., Major G. Douglas, and D. A. Soutar, Esq., to be de putplieutasamla. PROVINCIAL. YORKSHIRE. PASSENGERS' LrGGAGE.—ir ease of some iM portatre as determining the Lability of railway companies, in regard to passengers' luggage, was decided on Friday last by W. Walker, Esq , the judge of Barnsley County Court. A Mr. Tradd, a commereal traveller, sued the Midland Counties Railway Company for 131. 10A, the value of a portmanteau with the contents, which was proved t 3 have been put into the luggage basket at the Barnsley !tattle, but which was lost between that and the Muborough station. The company pleaded non liability, and proved that a notice was affizei at all stations, warning passengers that they would not hold themselves listle for luggage left in the offices or with their servants—to one of whom, a porter, the portmanteau in question had been handed by the plaintiff. The judge pronounced in favour of the plaintiff for the amount claimed. _Musk. POPULAR EDUCATION.—A lecture seas delivered last evening in Crosby-hall, by the Rev. Mr. Curwen, on the subject of vocal music as a branch of popularinstntction. This gentleman appears to be an enthusiaatio, and at the same time an able and intelligent, votary of the great Cause of education, and justly estimates the d' sin of music as one of the means of softening, riSoing, and elevating the cha. ratter of the people. He has introduced into certain large Sunday schools under hie superintendence a n-ethod of vocal tuition devised by himself; and the object of his lecture was to give an account of his method and to give practical illus trations of its operation by meansofa large body of pupils, who sang a number of harmonised airs adapted to pleasing and po pular poetry, and went through the various exercises whereby they had acquired a knowledge of the scale and facility in I the use of all the intervals. We cannot at present give any details of his method, nor are we prepared to deliver an opi nion as to its merits compared with other systems. It differs wholly from the methods hails of Mullah and Mainzer ; its peculiar feature being, that the knowledge of the scale, and of the principles of tonality, are taught by means of a new mode of notation. Mr. Curwen, however, was at pains to point out that this mode is not meant to supersede the ordi nary notation, but only to impart the above ele mentary knowledge in the simplest and easiest manner, so as to prepare the pupil for encoun tering the anomalies and difficulties with which the ordinary notation abounds. To talk, at this time sf day, of abolishing the established system of notation, would be altogether out of the question. Crosby-hall was crowded to the doors last evening by • respectable audience, who listened with great attention to the lecture and its vocal illustrations. The lecture was clear, frequently eloquent, and delivered with great felicity of manner; and the mu rex', &limy, andexpresaion of the singing were calculated to give a very favourable impression of • method of instruc tion which had produced such results. At the close of the lecture the thanks of the meeting (which was an open one) were carried by a general burst of applause. CLERICAL ------- Ptutrannurers.—The Ras. J. Jones, te an honorary canonry, St. David's eathednd &or:h.—Bev. O. N. Des'try, to Out. well R.,; Norf. and Caro.; din Nor.; airy madude: pat., Shop of Ely; Rev. J. Johnson, dec. VACANT.—Wombonrae V., w. Tryout' V., Stafford; dio Lids.; 6010., with residence : pat., mt.= trustees; Rev. J. Rushee dec. Lab) 'lntelligence. EQUITY COURTS—YeSTiRD►Y. Seem the Lord Chancellor. ROL►ND V. lIOYO►N ►ND 07 it Ett.l.—BEol:IST OP JEWELS, &C., ►a HZIELOOMB.—This is an appeal from • decree of Vice-Cnancellor Wipe= upon the construction of bequests contained in the will and codicil of Henry, late Eul of Abergavenny. By the will, dated in 1839, the testator bequeathed to his sou John, then Viscount Neville, and his heirs, Sara of Abergavenay, certain plate, jewels, pictures, and serious other ornaments of value, to be held as heir looms, and he directed his executors to make an inventory of them ; and by the codicil, dated in 1841, the testator de clared it to be his will that, in addition to the articles which he had made heirloom in his will, certain other articles of the same description should be added awl considered heir looms; and he gave the same to his executors u heirlooms in his family, and directed them to make an inventory of them. On the death of the testator soon altcr, his eon John, Via want Neville, suoceeded to the title and family estates, which, by act of parliament of Phil. and Mary, bed been settled on his then ancestor in tail male, without power of alienation and with reversion to the C7olln. Earl John having died In 1845, without issue, his only brother William succeeded to the earldom and estates, and claimed also for himself and his eons the enjoyment of the said chattels en heirlooms under the said will and codicil of • his father. The ex , tutors of Earl John also cleaned them as Laing under the bequest vested absolutely in him, the float taker. That was the conclusion to which the Vice- Chancellor came. The question was raised upon a bill filed by the surviving executor and trustee of Earl limy, the testator, *Naiad the present Bell and hie sons and the coma tors of Earl John.—Mr. Bothell, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Goodeve, in support of the appeal, maid the Vice-Chancellor himself admitted that his decision was opposed to the testator's in- Minden which unquestionably was that these chattels should descend as hair-looms with the title as far as the rules of law would allow.—The learned counsel contended that the trusts were executory, and they cited a treat number of casts.— • The further harm; was adjourned at 4 o'clock. Before the Master of the Rolla OLIVER V. DUINE.—RECaIer you LECIACY.—Mr. Roupell and Mr. De Gex supported the bill. which was that of a legatee and her husband mealiest the surviving executor and the representative of the deceased executor, the executors being alto trustees and residuary legatees under the will. The bequest in question was one of 2,500/., which was given to the executors in trust to pay the income to the testator's daufe.ter for life, and to pay the piincipal among her chil dren at 21, with a proviso that if any child died under 21, leaving issue, the issue should take the patent's share. Then was also a proviso that the executors should cot be aecoenta ble for leaving at interest in the hands of the husband of the legatee for life any RUM owing from him to the testator, but that the same should be considered part of the legacy of 2,5001. The intended legatee for life died before the testator, leaving live children, of whom one died before the testator, having attained 21, and leaving issue. The testator died in 1829, and the only question was, as to the share of one of the four surviving children, who was one of the plaintiffs, and who attained her age of 21 in 1831, when she signed I receipt for 500/., which was therein expressed to have been received by her from the executors as her one fifth part of the legacy of 2,5001. On behalf of the plaintiffs it was contended that eke was entitled to one-fourth inet.ad of one• filth, and that uhtwithatanding the receipt, no money had been re aeiv,d by her. I a support of the former proposition. " Viner v. Francis" (2 Cox 190), and " Shuttleworth v. G.caves," (4 Mylne and Craig, 38), were cited, and in air port of the latter, the evidence was read of the son and partner of the testator's son-in-law, to the effect that he must hay. , known if the tern y had been paid by his fatter, and that to his knowledge it had not. It was also contended that the legacy was not specifis of any debt due from the father, but that the general residue was liable. The case of the defendants was, that 2,0001. was due from the son•in law, who had settled with his daughter, the plaintiff, Wore her marriage, and that after a period of 13 year', which elapsed before the bill was filed, the plaintiff could not be heard to dispute her own acknowledgment contained in the receipt. " lAmpon v. Corte" (5 Barnewall and Alderson), was, however, cited, to show th't the receipt was not conclusive. Mr. Turner, Mr. Randall, and Mr. Par sons, for the defendants, admitted that the authorities as to the division into fourths were too strung to contend against. But the substance of the case being to make a demand which had been settled so many years ago, they contended the bill must be dismissed with costa—The Master of the Rolls said the objection to the defence was, that it stated the amount to have been settled between the father and daughter, whereas the receipt relied upon repre sented that money had been actually received from the executor,. The plaintiffs might have an inquiry into the fact at their own risk, unless they preferred taking a decree at once for payment of the difference between one-fifth and one-fcurth, with interest for a year after the testators death, without costs, the rest of the bill being dismissed without costa—The counsel for the plaintiff accepted the latter alter native, which his lordship then said be considered by far the best mode of settling the eispute. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII.—YESTSBDLY. Sitting? In Banco. Lows V. PENN.—THE SCREW PROPRELER.—This was an action, which has been tried two or three times, for the infringement of a patent granted for the manufacture of a acre A - propeller for steam vessels. The defence was that neither the principle nor the mode of carrying it into effitt was new. The cause was tried at the sittings after last Hilary Term, at Guildhall, before Lord Denman, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff. Sir F. Thesiger subse quently obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and ane • trial granted, or a verdict entered on the fifth issue for the defendant, that issue raising the question whether the specification was not defective, on the ground of vagueness and uncertainty.—The Atterney- Oen , ral, Mr. &taint Bytes, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Smith now showed cause against the rule, contending that the plaintiff's invention was novel, and that it was sufficiently set forth in the specification.—Sir F. Thesiger, in support of the rule, argued that the invention was not now, and that the specification either claimed that which was the invention of others, or gave no precise and real information as to the construction of the propeller.—The court took time to con sider it. judgment. BAIL COURT.—YEeTrithAV. Situngs m Harlem—Before Mr. Justice Putnam. STETENSoN o. SHICICSI.L.—WILIT OP PROHIBITION TO THR COUNTY COURT OP CAMBIUM/R.—Mr. Pashley moved for a rule to show cause woy a writ of prohibition should not issue, directed to the judge of the county court of Cam bridge, held at Witheach, restraining all further proceed ings in this cue. From the statement of the learned coun• sal it appeared that in the year 182 i the defendant was appointed by the magistrates of the county of Norfolk to the office of inspector of weights and measures within the hundred of Wisbeach. That office, on account of the num ber of false weights and measures seized, had been one of considerable profit to Mr. Shickell. The 4 and 5 Will. IV., cap. 63, was the act of parliament which had been patted relating to the subject of weights and mea sures. That act, although it did not directly repeal a previous act passed in the reign of the ume sovereign, contained so much which negatived the pros:aim,' of the former act that the magistrates entertained a doubt whether the power given to hlr. Shickell to act as an in specter of weights sad measures still remained. Neverthe len, he continued to exercise the office, and in discharge if its duties he had occasion to seize certain weights and measures belonging to the present plaintiff, Mr. Francis Stevenson. That person was brought before the magistrates by Mr.Shickell ; but they refuel to inflict any penaltyupon him, alleging as their reason that, under the 4 and 5 Will. IV. cap. 63, they d.ubted whether Mr. Shickell was entitled any longer to act as an inspector of weights and measures. Subsequently Mr. Stevenson brought an action against Mr. Shickell, in the county court at Wiabeach. The learned judge of that court was of opinion that Mr. Shickell had no right to seize the weights and measures of the plaintiff, and that the act of parliament which gave him that power was repealed. It was many months before the judge bad given his opinion, anal he felt so muck doubt upon the matter the he was desirous of the point being brought before that court.—Mr. Justice Patteson ob served that whether the 4 & 5 Will. IV. repealed the former act or not, that did not affect the case. The question was, had the judge of the county court any jurisdiction in the I matter i—Mr. Pashley submitted that he had not, inasmuch las the 58th section of the County Court Act prohibits the judge from inquiring into cas,s of title, tolls, &c. The earned counsel also contended that the 45th section of 4 & 5 Will. IV. provided that any appointments made by the former act were still to continue, and therefore Mr. Shickell was now entitled to act as en inspector of weights and meu sures.—Mr. Justice Patteson : I suppose you must have a rule.—Rule granted. HOLMES o. TRH SOUTII.WRBTRRN RAILWAY COMPANY. —Mr. Help moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial in this case. It was an action tried on the 6th of the present month, before the Under-Sheriff of Lon don, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 64 10s. The grounds upon which the learned counsel now moved were, that the verdict was against the evidence, that the learned under-sheriff had misdirected the jury, and had im properly rejected evidence which was offered on behalf of the defendants. The facts of the cue were shortly these. The plaintiff had been in the service of the defendants for eight years. He first discharged the duties of an under-guard, receiving a salary of 275. 6d, a week; and in the mouth of June, 1846, he was raised to the first class ' at the same time having his salary increased to 30e , a week. I. that month, however, he was guilty of some misconduct towards a pas senger, for which he was reduced to his former position of 1111 under-guard, being paid only 255. a week. In the month of January, in the present year, his salary was further reduced to 205., for having gone away with en after noon train without taking any lights with him. The plt.in tiff, with a few exceptions, had always received the 203. a week, and signed the pay lists for that sum. The learned counsel now complained that the under-sheriff was wrong in telling the jury that the company had no right to deduct ss. a week as a flue from the plaintiff's salary ; that a book kept by Mr. Godson, the general superintendent at Niue Elms, ought to have been admitted is evidence, as it was from that book that the pay lista were made up, and it would have shown that the plaintiff was put down as being only entitled to 20s. a week ; and, also, that the weight of evidence went to prove that the plaintiff had agreed to receive only 20s. a week. The action had been brought for 26 deductions of Se., and from the direction of the under-sheriff, the jury bad found that the company had no right to inflict a to upon their servants. tinder these circumstances the learned counsel submitted that he was entitled to a rule.—Rule nisi. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Yeergnosr. Fittings to Banco. • BROOKER S. Cooran.—WHEN Altll PLAINTIFFS DID ' ENTITLED TO COSTS OF SUIT IX SUPZILION COURTS 1— This was an action of debt, in which a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for 61. 16.. 6d. Mr. Collier showed MIMI yesterday against a rule nisi to enter up judgment for the debt only, without costs, or that the defendant might he at liberty to enter a suggestion to deprive the plaintiff of costs, on the ground that the action might have been brought in a county court. The learned counsel relied upon the authority of " Meshing v. Nicholls," recently decided in the Court of Common Pleas, and of " Butler th Corney," in this court. He contended that tho affidavit upon which the rule was obtained was defective, in not showing affirmatively that the plaintiff was ret within any of the exceptions men thmed in the 128th section of the County Courts Act (9 it 10 Vie c. U.S.) The first exception was where the plaintiff resided more than twenty miles from the defendant second, where the cause of action had not accrued wholly or in part within the jurisdiction of the count court within which the defendant d we lt or carried on his trade or busiams; and third, where an officer of the entity court was a party. In the present case, the statement in the affidavit was, " that the defendant resided at No. 2, Eliza betlhstreet, Walworth, and that the plaintiff carried on hie business within a short distance of that house, namely, on Welworth-common." The court could not infer front th3t statement that there were not twenty mike between %hie :! ~ ~ ~G~4' ,~~ . i