The Express. — London, England, 1851-11-20 00:00:00

gbe Court. WINDSOR, Nov. 19. The Royal dinner circle yesterday included the Decbees of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal High ness, the Baroness de Speth, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, the Hon. Charles (lore, and Sir George Cooper. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and the Stops thin morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal family took their usual exercise. The Duchess of Kept visited her Majesty to-day at the Castle front Froptiorc, and partook of luncheon. The Hon. Charles Gore took his departure from the Castle to-day. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting y at the official residence of the First Lord of the re:sty in Downing -street. Preeent : The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, Professor Badgwick, and the Rev. W. It. Howson (secretary). Mr. H. G. Gordon, Chairman of the Oriental Bank Cor poration, bad an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday on a visit to the Speaker of the House of Commons at Heck field, near Hartford-bridge. Despatches were sent off from the Colonial-office yester day to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands and the Oovernon of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. Despatches were received yesterday from the Go vernor of Canada. THE LATE KING OP HANOVER. In Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (whoa* death was announced in our impression of yesterday), died the last of the many eon, of George the Third. The contrast between his calm and peaceful and honoured death-bed, and her stormy, feverish, violent life-time, will Strike all who remember that the popular Ernest, King of Hanover, was the execrated Ernest, Duke of Cumberland. It is not a conteot merely between the period of active man hood and the retreat of decayed old age. To the last the deceased was in action, to the last vehement, vigorous, and obstinate ; and it would seem to be very certain, so far as his impulses and instincts had to do with the alteration, that the King of Hanover was still and always the Duke of Cumberland. Whether or not the fourteen years of king ship will compensate fur the twenty years during which the Duke of Cumberland was a prominent figure in English polities may remain a question ; but, at least, it will be ciear that that would be a niialeading estimate of the man and of his character, which did not in some degree balance his recent against Ws early history. In his career there were peculiar incidents which precluded a just view while be was a resident and an actor among ourselves. The Duke of Cumberland, as a politician, (lid and said many things which, had lie only been an ordinary peer, would have made him unpopular, but which, because he was a member of the royal family, at one time being within sight of the throne, made him conspicuously an object of hate with the Euglish people. But all that ho ever said and did in political warfare would be insullicieut to accomit for the resolute and almost savage detestation which fur years followed his name. It was his misfortune that, whe ther with or without reason, his private life was as oir noxious to the people as his public life, and that the repu tation of the man aggravated the notoriety of the politician. That defective disposition which made him intolerant as a peer of parliament, induced him as a member of society not only not to be virtuous, but to refuse even the homage which vice pays to virtue. The mermen of the times, the exam• plea iu hi. family, and the absence of that responsibility popular upiuioa which, other checks Ming waiting, com pels courts to observe the laws respected by .objects, may explain, and in some sense excuse, the bold profligacy which distinguished the hot youth of the Duke of Cumberland. He and the public were at enmity from the first ; and to the last he ...earned to give or take quarter. lie plunged into the anti-catholic strife between 1820 arid Pitt with an energy which iudicatcd a craving fur un popularity, and the discretion which malign) the (batistes of his brothers to the Reform Bill was never resorted to by him. lie knew that the people hated him: and he made no disguise of the Met that he hated them. " 1 would not walk to that wield,* to gain all the popularity in the world," was hi. passionate exclamation in the House of Lords, and it was not a mere boast—it VIM true. When all others gave way, after 1832, he remained the same, tad continued to intrude the doctrines which he had learned from Sid mouth and Castlereagh. His consietnut abhorrence of popular power was not the consequence of royal birth. lie exceeded his father and the most tory of his brothers in the maudeatution of criminal prejudices. His religious intoler ance was nut the trailitienal intolerance of George the Third. hi polities he was nut the atattanme, but the vin dictive partisan ; and, in religion, he was simply guided, as his eunnexiim with the Orange lodges by a factious anxiety for Pocialdieturhance. That such a man, after such • career in England, could become the comparatively mode. pate and tolerably constitutianal sovereign which he proved himself to be in Germany, is extraordinary enough. Put the Mast was a change, not in him, but in the country. Ile Is reported to have said in 1818, in commenting upon some complimentary references to him, that it would have been strange if he, educated in au English parliarueut, could not be more constitutional than other Gentian kings. His, however, forgot that, when he *wended his throne, and before be had become Hanoverian he paid slight respect to national institutions . lie only b ecame a goad king when he discovered that his people would not mei:nerdy hate him. Ernest Augustus was the fifth son of George the Third. He was born on the dth June, 1771. Ile spent the years of his infancy and boyhood in the then nuincenta royal nursery at Kew. At Kew he received the rudiments of his education, with the Dukes of Sussex and Cam bridge, from the royal tutors, one of whom, Dr. Hughes, has left en opinion upon record that Prince Ernest was the cleverest of the princes and, generally, as compared with other boys, WAS as excellent Lain scholar. At the age when other than home-instruc tion becomes essential, it was resolved to send the young princes to the Haney...ay of Gottingen. Hanover was then part of England, and the lame of Gottingen was at its height • arid aa German leanings still governed the court, notwit hstanding the personal English predilections of the king, the choice of an Alma Mater for the younger sons was very natural if not very judicious. 'the three bro thers were entered at Gottingen iu 1786, and they there learned is state, insisting on the royal ruud to knowledge, for the usual number of years, enduring, no doubt, all the studi ous rigidity of a German university without enjoying any of the cuiupensatury frolics, for, ofeouree, princes were precluded by etiquette from the Knelpe, the duel, and akittlea. Each prince was accompanied by a " governor," a "pre ceptor," and a "gentlenzau." A house was appropriated to thew and their " table " was maintained at the rate of six hundred crowns a week. 'they were taught German by Meyer ' Latin by aerie, religion by Less, and morality by ?crier; and each professor received, nut the ordinary fees, but • thousand dollen per annum. Anecdotes are still current in Gottingen story-books of the miseries which the solemn prufernors hal to go through in Valuing the princes; aad as whipping-boys were obsolete, they no doubt sutfered mach. Prince Ernest left Gottingen in 1790, and selected the army fur a career—the only career pusable for a cadet prince in those days, aud practically inciting, then, since war was raging over Europe. He served in the 9th Hanoverian Light Dragoons, and, in three years, with the usual luck of the suns of kiwi., he became colonel of the same regiment. Nature had Betel hint for a soldier, and his birth =de him ardent fur the anti-republican war against France in which he took part. There is no special mention of any particular engagement in which ho partici pated, except one in 1794 at Tourney, where he appears to have commanded a brigade of cavalry, and where he was severely wounded in the left eye. In consequent* of this wound he returned to England ; but in a short time after wards he was again in Germany, and again tightly!. A bio grapher says that he took part in the sortie from Nuneguen, and afterwards commanded (vicarially) the rear-guard of the British force in the discreditable retreat through Holland. He was next left in command of the " line of demarcation "is Westphalia until 1733, when, peace being made between Prussia and France, the army retired into Hanover. From 1796 to 1799 we Mud the prince at his father's court in England. In 1799 he was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, in the peer age of Great Britain. and Earl of Armagh, in the peerage of Ireland; parliament endowing him, to commence with, with 12,0001. a year. From this time to the close of the war in 1813 he was almost constantly and responsibly engages! as a soldier, his residence in England being only at those brief interva ls allowed to Europe by the hollow truces of Bonaparte and l'itt. Six continuous years he did stay at home . • and in that period he held the nominal command of the Severn and `South-West Districts, spend ing his time, however, in the metropolis, and assiduously damaging his fair fame. He was not a great oelcer in foreign service, but it was allowed that he was an ave rage subordinate, and in a dash led dragoons very well. Bosse test, it was evident, was placed in him at times when the commander-in-chief, the Duke of York. could not afford to pay fraternal compliments. He was appointed to command the British cavalry in the ripe dittou to the Helder; and cis honour was not tarnished, because, the expedition proving a blunder, his dragoons were not disembarked. When the English were not bodily in the field, the Duke of Cumberland joined the Prussians. He was in the Prussian ranks at the battle of Lcipeic. He does nut appear to have been in the Peninsula or to have served at all under Wellington. After the battle of Leip sic he was allotted high command in the forces which re took Hanover. The final defeat of Bonaparte gave peace to the world ; and from 1811 to 1837 the Duke of Cumber- Iliad was a restless civilian. He was, however, • add marshal—crested in 1813. In ISL. he married, first in Strelits and afterwards in Landon, the Princess Frederica, of the Mecklenburg Stre ik/ House, and twice • widow—first (by divorce) of • Prince Louis of Prussia, and secondly (by death) of a Prince of Solon Braunfels. Royal necessities or political stipula tions do not seem to have had anything to do with this alliance. It was of no consequence to the English throne, as it then appeared, whether the Duke of Cumberland married or not ; and not only was it a marriage of choice on the Duke's part, but it was a marriage in direct opposition to the wishes of his mother, the Queen. The bride was the niece of the Queen, bet abs WM never presented at court until the Regent's tire; and the reason of this was understood to he the old Queen's displeaaure with the lady, in consequence of her previously projected lOW 'nage with the Duke of Cambridge having been broken off. It was three years after his marriage, which was said on the whole not to have been en =farm. nate one (and, at any rate, the duchess was renowned r a beautiful woman), before the duke induced pallimesat grant him an additional allowaaos. A bill badlatan Wes& in, the first year altar the marriage, to increase Isis allow-1 ante to 18,0001. a year; but his unpopularity was against him, and on the second reading the bill was thrown out. In 1818, when allowances were being made for the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge, •claim was put in for the Dukc of Cumberland; but the proposal again failed, in consequence of too much (10,0004. a-year additional) having been asked for the Duke of Clarence. In 1819, however, the persistent duke succeeded ; and in a general Perambli, consequent upon the report of :select committee, he obtained the coveted income. ThM wu increased after wards, as the royal brothers died off, to 21,0001. a-year, and that stint the Duke of Cumberland continued to receive, even after he had a.cended the Hanoverian throne. By so much the English public gains by his death. The life of the Duke of Cumberland from 1820 to 1830 presents few points of seizable interest. It is sufficient to say, that in regard to all the questions which then agitated the country, he seized with avidity the unpo pular side. Ile was an earnest ally of George IV. against Queen Caroline. Ile cheered the Duke of ork when the Duke of York made the memorable declaration against catholic emancipation. He was a virulent opponent of the Corporation and Teat Act. He voted and protested in the House of Lords against the two Reform Bi!ls, and would have been an unscrupulous agent, had King William listened to the advice of his family and resisted the demands of the people. The Duke of Cumberland was never one of the family, and never trusted by either of his elder brothers, or his private influence might at seasons have been dangerous. With George the Fourth he was always at understood enmity, and the selection of the Duke of Cam• bridge as viceroy in Hanover was not calculated to render him better friends with William IV. The importance of the Duke of Cumberland increased, however, year after year, nearer and nearer u he approached the throne; and utterly as he was without influence as a politician, simply because the character of his mind unfitted him for impress ing his convictions, which were only passions, upon others, his conduct and predilections could never bo over looked. One by one, those who stood between him and the English crown were dying off, as it were by a fatality: and when King William was on the throne, his Queen childless, a young princess only pre ceded the hpted Duke of Cumberland. The chance of his succession Zisregardedwith the most intense avervion by the whole country : and the proceedings of his royal high ness, in the latter put of King William's reign. were well calculated to increase the odium which his life had invited. The report of Mr. Iluine's select committee on the " Orange conspiracy" is still within the recollection of most of our readers , , and although the dispassionate consideration of time has led to a very general conviction that the Duke of Cumberland was ignorant of half the mad nonsense and treason which were talked in secret and written in cipher, in Isis name, and as if with his s.inction and concurrence, it is still impossible to avoid believing that his own solemn denial of all knowledge of the transactions of the illegal society, of which he was the chief, was, in the spirit in which the repudiation was to be taken, untrue, and that, from first to lied, his conduct was unworthy and unwise. Harsher words it would be indecorous now to use; but such words give but a faint idea of the hurricane of public indignation which followed the parliamentary ex posure of the extraordinary conspiracy to which the Duke of Cumberland, contrary to all the laws which should have governed him as a prince of the blood, and as a citi zen, had lent hie name. In this instance he reached the climax of his evil reputation ; and his wonted audacity, in the face of the popular sentence, availed him little, for the condemnation was sanctioned and engrossed by a formal parliamentary resolution. At one time, it will be remem bered, there was a very decided inclination in the House of Commons, during the development of the insane conspiracy, to send the Duke of Cumberland, the Bishop of Salisbury, (who was the chaplain to the association), Lord Kenyon, Col. /*airman, and others, before the Central Criminal Court, to take their trials fur a criminal offence: and had the documents been forthcoming which were supposed to be in existence, and of the full purport of which the duke had probably not been aware, the results might have been even more serims than they were. As it was, the Duke of Cumberland escaped with an indirect censure from the House of Commons He withdrew from the society; the society was suppressed; and Orangeism, in its dan gerous shape, became a matter of history. The friends of the duke represented him as a victim to the fanatical Colonel Fairman ; and in this there was no doubt a great deal of truth. Bat the people made ne excuse. They cried out at the Duke as a conspirator against his brother and against the Princess Victoria ; and' pus !loyal Highness would never have dissuaded them to the contrary. lie and the people were glad to part Co pany in 1837. In a memoir, however brief, of the deceased king, it would be impossible to pass over without some notice the remarkable incident, so fruitful of scandal and libel, of the suicide of trellis, ono of the valets of the Duke of Cumberland, in 1810. The case was a very plain one, and political and per soul animosities only mull have complicated it. A certain amount of mystery has always hung, and always will hang, about the antecedent circumstances which drove Scllis the attempt upon the life of the duke, and to his sub's. orient suicide; and any attempt to trace the tangled narrative would be here quite out of place. But Sellis, the only person who could supply the facts, ass dead; and libellous jailer. emcee were drats•u, and slander never wearied of attacking the Duke. In 183.1 the calumny was brought before the public in a tangible form. His Royal Highness met it boldly, acting, it was understood, on the advice of his friend and counsel on the occasion, Sir C. Wetherell. Phillips, the publisher of the book conveying the accu sation, was prosecuted for libel ; and the jury fond him guilty. This verdict was a sufficient answer for the Duke's purposes, even had the verdict of the corutier'a jury, which, in 1810, had sat on the body of Sepia , not been a sal. ficient vindication. The foreman of that coroner's jury was the celebrated (and we are glad to say still living) Francis Place, the "radical tailor ; " and the fact of Mr. Pince's known political hostility to the Duke materially strengthened the weight of the opinion which ho gave, on the trial for libel, that the inquest had been carefully and searchingly conducted, and that its conclusions had been is strict conformity with the evidence. After 1833 little was heard of the Seth,. tragedy . • but much matter was still left, arising out of other episo des in the Duke's career, le supply his enemies with cruel and destructive weapons of annoyance. Those were days when in a political battle there were no rules of war. No names were too foul to launch at the unpopular duke: and the synonym whiled' O'Connell invented was quarrelled with less than most of that unscrupulous abuser's felicitous nick-names. The Duke of Cumberland was a favourite object of vituperation with others than the great agitator. Lord Brougham spoke of his royal highness, in the House of Lords, and he ' his presence, as "illustrious by courtesy; " and the once Sir John Hubhoese used language towards the same per nonage of which the taciturn Lord Broughton would be now sincerely ashamed. At the meeting of princes, peers, and counsellors, on the death of King William, the first person who took and signed the oath of allegiance to the new Queen was "Ernest, King of Hanover ;" and the joy of the people at her Majesty's accession was doubtlesa incalculably enhanced at the intimation afforded by that si..nature that her Majesty's uncle was about to depart from the counay. At first the Hanoverian, who had got accustomed to a sleepy contest with the jog-trot government of the viceroy Hake of Cam bridge, had no reason to be satisfied with the advent of king. Ile was at once vigorously mischievous. Imme diately after his arrival he prorogued the Assembly of Estates. His next step was to announce in his let- Aars patent his intention of setting aside the consti tution, and in a month more he dissolved the estates, and semalled, unconstitutionally, the constitution. There wee easement. The Gottingen professors refused obedience ; Shedeets applauded the professors ; but the King was and the professors were banished or imprisoned, and Ma elradrate were put down. The question was, however, met mum* Hanoverian, but German ; and the diet inter lined, encoring the old constitution, and thus after =immesh between the King and his parliament, tie way for his Majesty to grant with ; P W pew ia 1840 nearly all that the estates, not very eissems• bed wested. Since 1840 the king and his subplots lora less es pod terms. As German kings go, he km been a geed king ; and in 1848, when the roar of reveletions was over Europe, he evinced a tact and discre tram of which few believed him capable, and, by lie timely momessie• kept out of his dominions thee iseeme sd dimpuess sentiment and dreamy lodides Tido* were se disastrous to so many other Mewed leads in Ganairay. He called Herr Stiffie, the mid long-imprisoned deputy for Osnabruck, to his seundle ; he promised the enfranchisement of the press ; smile talked vague nothings, which were wiser than open *idea, in reference to " German unity." The latter idea he mover entertained, and his triumph was in the eon fuaian which other monarchs produced by their timid encampment of it. But there is no reason to doubt that he menst, as far u they were practicable, all the other reforms demanded from him ; and his language, at wee of firmness and conciliation, certainly in duced his people to put confidence in him. Do- moony he Hewer was at no time of a very eager duerip ties, est lime lid has received no e 7 esthetic aid from without. Eke licame libma with which he bad le deg. the wit advimd, was earl enabled to maar d ri Ass hes sis b. h Pod and satienel restille, is the news the day. Had he not, during 1849 and 1850, laid a solid foundation of point rarity, be would never have been able to carry, in 1851, his coosinereial armesseions to Preemie. The mileshited prompotty, i. reesst mars, of the kingdom of Henewe, bee led meek tee" with the Hanoverian popu larity of this deems& king. The German railway system has bees to Essmerefe, the capital, what the English railway 'mum bee less te Rugby. Nam 1840 the city has nearly doubled in vies: wed in a pemperme city, more especially in a Iww•towt Owiwwia city, them is little political discon tent, if the gelded ems= be at all bearable. The king dom of Meow loos pegraphical advantages which rendered the railway eyes= a species of re-crea tion to it; and its capital and its ports, reacting their thriving influences rape seek other, hays latterly disseminated a grand beim' lords and peed; fatal to those sWwedel mamba whirl la insets ad In other poetises of Gonmany paralysed the gormosoa. Xing Ernest sad peeeporiky were concurrent ; end tits km wee diligently made te wpm attributable to Me hems,. Hence the of essidsratiom with whisk always the Rans verbless weld meek ef, and perheps blame, maw else ILheig." They weld nee see the austere end emCiermer meenee of his .net-sod they would net intim the WE mei wiry lrgWk hastene with which he asimeeriedged Mau samara • mail oreeskas. His menses were very diewent hum these of big easy, smiling prodeemear; bet ills iabablissai of the espial very quickly reeemmed it *NIL He did net meddle is all matters with the olidowoos ori the 'linens meld slink kuX se a: his paederast dirmadwiners arcandied e an the affairs militery eaters. reserve saved THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1851. him, no doubt, from many mistakes ; and his anxiety about his hobby, the army, left his mi nisters at peace, which they turned to account. All who have ever resided in Hanover attest to the result —his decided popularity ; and perhaps the rejoicings in his capital on his successive birthdays were as genuine tributes of good will as sovereign ever received from subjects. This may indicate that he ass in same measure the impulsive creature of geographical circumstances —full of faults in England, and of virtues in Hanover; and as the English part of his story is a story entirely of the pest, without any bearing on the present, and without any moral for the future, we may judge him lightly. George Frederick, only pm, and only surviving child of the deceased, succeeds to the throne of Hanover. The pre. tent King's blindness has suggested the precaution of swearing in twelve counsellors, who, to attend in rotation of two., will have to witness and verify all the state docu ments to be signed by his lideilanty. SHAKSPEARE AND KOSSUTH. (Prom the Daily News.) The proposal made through our columns by Mr. Douglas Jerrold, to present to M. Kossuth a copy of Shakspeare in a worthy casket, purchased by penny subscriptions throughout England, has at once been met in the heartiest manner. The Manchester Athe- nseam has already led the way. We would, with Mr. Jerrold, advise that boxes should be affixed at the offices of the liberal newspaper press throughout England; and, let us add, at willing institutions, and under the charge of duly accredited bodies and indi viduals. We have received the subjoined letter on the subject from Mr. Jerrold. TO THE EDITOR OT TUE DAILY NEWS. SlR,—This morning's post brings me various let ters, with subscriptions, towards the object which, in your columns, I had the honour to propose ; namely, to present at the cost of the people of England a copy of" Shakspeare," in a fitting casket, to Kossuth, in admiration of his marvellous mastery of " the tongue that Shakspeare spoke." 1)r. J. W. Hudson, of the Manchester Athenocum, writes : " Your proposition to present Kossuth with a copy of ' Shakspeare, raised by penny subscrip tions, is one we deem so valuablo that we shall at once second your efforts." I have also received subscriptions, all accompanied with hearty and significant words, from Bridgewater —from Royston —tram the Minories—and "from an establishment in the City." Trusting, sir, that you and your liberal contempo raries will be willing to become treasurers to this fund, I hope you will further allow me to refer all future subscribers —for their name will be legion— to the box of your office, as one of the liberal press. The shower of pennies subscribed by Englishmen will not be without its significance: such copper will have its effect even against the iron of iron Russia and the lead of leaden Austria. I have the honour to remain, Your obedient servant, DOUGLAS JERROLD. West Lodge, Putney Common, N0v.19. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 19. The ceremonial of the investiture of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambeidge, K.G., and the Right Hon. ltobcrt Shapland Baron Carew, with the ribbon and badge of the most illustrious order of Saint Patrick. took place yesterday, in the Presence chamber, at the Castle. In the Encumbered Estates Court, yesterday, five estates, some of them of considerable extent and value, were put up for sale. The estate of Mr. G. Rutledge, of Tohcr House, iu the county of Mayo, was the first in order, and was submitted for competition in 18 lots, a few of which only were adjourned for want of sufficient biddings. The estate containsin the aggre gate 5,777 acres, chiefly situated in the county of Mayo, and yields a net rentalof 1,991/. Thirteen lots were sold, realising altogether a sum of 13,8051., at rates averaging about 13 years' purchase, one of the prin cipal purchasers being Mr. John Hood, of Nettleham Hall, Lincoln. The Mayo estate of Mr. Walter Blake, of Oran Castle, in the county of Galway, was next offered for sale, in 11 lots, containing in the whole 2,750 acres, and ,yielding a net rent of 1,241/. per annum. There was a brisk competition for this property, and the whole of the lots soon changed owners; the sum realised being 17,880/., equal to about 14; years purchase. The next property put up was that of John Shee, a minor, in the county of Kilkenny, and the parts sold brought about 11 years' purchase on the net value. The estate of Mathew Pennefather, of New-park, in the county of Tippe rary, followed, but only a small portion of it was dis posed of, the rates being about 15 years' purchase. Some lands in the King's County, belonging to Mr. Thomas Mitchell, and held under a fee-farm grant, concluded the day's sales. The gross sum realised yesterday was 42,3351. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The advent of the let of December, when the superintendence and control of the Crystal Palace is to re vert to the contractors, seems to have a moat salutary effect in stimulating the muscular capabilities of the workmen employed in the remo'al of the goods. The exhibitors are in formed in bills liberally posted through the building, that the aids heretofore so kindly provided by the commissioners fur the purpose of expediting the dissolving process can no longer be relied upon, as far as they are concerned; and that those whose goods continue iu the building after that date, must make their arrangements with the new autho• rities. It is felt, no doubt, by the foreign exhibitors that there would be great inconvenience and perhaps some uncertainty in having to act under an untried government. They have accordingly made great exertions within the last two days, and a larger area has been cleared during that time than on any previous occasion. The colossal cast of the hero of the crusades was yesterday taken to pieces. Some of the other artistic treasures in the foreign nave have been more kindly treated, but the preparations for their exile are quite at far advanced. The beautiful and spirited bronze statue of Libussa, the famous sorceress and queen of Bohemia, modelled by Schwanthalcr, has been considerately and emblematically covered over with the purest of white. Each day uow subtracts one or more well known work of art from the longing vision, SO that we should not be at all surprised if we had to record even before the let of De cember that not a vestige remained of this once glorious gallery of art. CESSATION OP MARRIAGES AT TTIE PARISH CHURCH OP LEloll.—Most of our readers are aware that some time ago the Vicar of Leigh instituted a number of obstacles in the hitherto smooth course of matrimony in Leigh. He will not marry any one who cannot say the catechism off very well, or who has not been confirmed, or become a re ' ohm sammanicant. The result is, that marriages have Mina ft be solemnised at the ancient parish church. Them difficulties in the road to matrimony have turned dm antra to other channels. At the last meeting of the Maid of guardians the usual returns were read over, from which it appeared that not a single marriage had taken place at Leigh church during the quarter (June to Sept.)— an unparalleled circumstance in the history of Leigh. It appears that the marriages formerly solemnised at church are now taking place before the registrars, and at the various dissenting chapels licensed for the purpose. Belem the vicar's new arrangement nearly , 200 mamagea per am• num were solemnised at the parish church. l times are now driven away to other places. Before the new IMO*. tration Act a still greater number were solemnised at the parish church. At the last meeting of guardians no less than eighteen " askings" were read before the meeting by the superintendent registrar. So much for the successful working of high church principles and the renewing of church discipline.—llanchester Guardian. TILE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday meeting of members and friends of this association took place at the offices, Adelphi-terrace, for the purpose of re ceiving information upon the subject of the settlement, and discussing such matters relative thereto as might be brought forward on the occasion. Mr. Selfe, one of the committee of management, occupied the chair, and observed that they were not in a position to communicate any particular news,but a large packet of documents had been received, which were now in the possession of a member of the committee, and would be brought forward on a future occasion. In answer to a question, the chairman said it was almost certain that Dr. Jackson would not return to New Zealand ; but he might observe, that no time would be lost in applying to the ecclesiastical authorities to appoint a new bishop, possessing those qualifications which were so much admired in Dr. Jeckson. The chairman then read the fol lowing extract from a letter which had been received from Dr. Jackson on the subject of the coleny : " I find that an impression has gained currency at 11 ellington that I am, un the whole, disappointed with New Zealand. The origin of such a notion I am utterly at • loss to guess. On the contrary, I am daily more and more convinced that our j adopted country must become one of the most valuable de pendencies of the British crown. I have now travelled some distance into the interior of this part of the country, ! in two directions ; while one cannot help being enchanted with its MagnifiCeat scenery of woodland, mountain, har bour, lake, and valley, one feels at every step its inferiority to the Canterbury plains in the agricultural and pastoral reserves, which are so necessary to the foundation of a great settlement. My communications with the best informed. persona lead me to expect a similar condition of the soil in New South Wales. I return to England with the most thorough conviction that Canterbury must become to New Zealand what New Zealand is to the Australasian Colonies. I shall feel obliged if you will kindly convey these my senti ments to the Society of Land Purchamrs." Some conver sation having taken place, the business terminated. Sr. PAUL'S COVENT GIARDEN.—A ogee of come inte rest to the public, and particularly to this district, has lately been submitted to Sir Fitzroy Kelly for his opinion. It appears that the pariah boundary is completely encircled by that of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, and consequently there have been presumed encroachments, perhaps accidental, on the precincts of the former. Bedford-house and grounds, the mansion of former Earls of Bedford ran into the Strand, and every map of moment confirms that feet, and makes the parish boundary mesewbere in the pathway of the street; the question, therefore, has arisen by what =anal the parish of St. Martin's has been able to area two or ' three houses on either side of Southampton-street, approxi mating the Strand. The subject was agitated by the parish authorities in the early part of the 18th century, and so stands reseeded in the parish book. Since that time the subject has slumbered and would have done so still, but for a research whisk has been made, and new matter has pro vided an important cue for the opinion of counsel. SIR CHARLES FOX AT DERBY. On Tuesday a public dinner was given at Derby, in honour of Mr. Douglas Fox, who has thrice filled the office of mayor for that town. The principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were present, as also was Sir'' Charles Fox, who, in returning thanks for his health hav ing been drunk, said—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—lt is difficult to find words which can adequately express my feelings upon an occasion like the present, when my friend. 'and fellow-townsmen have men together for the purpose • paying a tribute of respect to my dear bro.her, and of wearing hint of the satisfaction they have felt in the gnawer in which he has, through a long series of years, informed his private and public duties in this our native town. (Hear, hear.) Were other evidence wanting of the estimation in which you hold him,sthe fact that wit are now met together on the close of the third year during which, by your choice, he has had the honour to act as your chief magistrate, would surely suffice ; but I know well the feelings of affection which exist towards him in this town, and while the inhabitants of Derby rejoice in having such a townsman, I am, indeed, proud ill possessitig such • brother. To his good example during the long and last illness of my beloved father, and to his instruction, more particularly of a scientific character, I owe much of my success as an engineer. When I. was a boy he was always ready to explain any point of difficulty to me, and during the five yearn it was my good fortune to serve him as an apprentice (preparing for the medical profession), I hail an opportunity of beholding and appreciating those sterling qualities of character which must always meet with the admiration of those who witness them. It will be In the remembrance of many of you that, during the last few years of my residence in Derby, my brothers Francis and Douglas delivered, at the Mechanics' Institution, seve ral comas of lectures on scientific subjects, such as chemistry, gas lighting, the laws of mechanical forces, &c. In the preparation of the philosophical apparatus, and the numerous diagrams used on those occasions, I was constantly employed, and to this valuable opportunity of sei log physical science brought to the test of direct experiment, I am mainly indebted for the knowledge of those subjects which have guided me in the execution of the many engineering works I have carried out, and which have paved the way to the construction of the Crystal Niece. Fur the kind and enthusiastic response to the toast of my health, so handsomely proposed by the Rev. W. E. Wilkin son, I beg most cordially to thank you. Your warm ex pressions of approval of the part I have taken in the Great Exhibition of 1831, arc especially gratifying to me, and are second only to the satisfaction I feel in having been selected by our beloved Queen, as one upon whom she has been gra ciously pleased to confer an honourable mark of distinction, rehtlered the more pleasing by being associated with two een [lawn, who of alluthers connected with the great building, were most deserving of Royal favour—Sir Joseph Paxton for his magnificent design, su well fitted to meet all the require ments of the world's great fair, vied Sir Win. Cubitt for the attention, judgment, and great practical knowledge which he manifested during every period of the great undertaking. Mr. Henderson end I entered upon the work when it was surrounded by great difficulties; we proceeded in the face of the most discouraging prophecies of every conceivable calamity, and completed the building in time fur the opening on the Ist May, but with the knowledge that, from the im possibility of controlling the cost of labour under the pressing circumstances of want of time, the expenditure would very far exceed the amount which the commi,siuners were Sound to pay. Much of this loss arose from the fact that, as soon as exhibitors felt that a building would be ready for the reception of their goods, their applications fur space were greatly augmented, rendering it necessary fur the commissioners to call upon us to execute a very much larger amount of work than was originally consemplated, although it was by them considered verry• . doubtful whether it was possible to finish the work comp rised in the first order by the Ist of May. The additions thus rendered necessary increased the contract, use and waste, value of the work from about 80,0001. to 130,0001., but without the possibility, as in other extra work, of giving more time fur its execution. We were thus left in great measure at the mercy of the workmen who, knowing the pressing nature of the case, generally YOdl. care to profit by our difficult position, taking the high( st rate of wages and giving as small a quantity of work in return foe it as possible. To try to restrain this outlay would probably have led to a misunderstanding with our men, which might have seriously retarded the progress of the work ; and to have represented our difficulties to the commissioners, would have divested our attention and occupied time which it was impos sible to spare. Any delay would have postponed the opening of the Exhibition, and thereby have damaged even the cre dit of England. tte, therefore, determined to run the risk, to finish our work in time, to do all in our power to make the Exhibition as attractive and convenable as possible, and when all was triumphantly over, and the commissioner. were fairly landed upon the golden shore of a large surplus, we laid before them a statement of the circumstances, showing that we had incurred a loss of upwardsof 50,0001., and with out making any claim, requested their consideration of our case ; and I ant sure you will be interested in knowing that the Royal Commissioners, with our illustrious Prince Con sort as their president, determined to Place us beyond the poseibillity of loss, and promptly . paid us on account of our dehcit and pending the examination of our accounts) the large sum of 35,000/, Before I sit down allow me to mention one or two curious coincidences. We fixed the first column on the 16th Sept., 1850, without knowing it to be the anniversary of the birth-day of our much respected chairman, Sir William Cubitt. We received notice to take down the building on the 26th Sept., 1831, exactly one year afterwards. Our contract with the commissioners was signed on the 31st Oct , WO, and the 3,5,0001. beyond our legal claim was paid to us on the 31st Oct., 1831. Apolo gising for having trespassed so long on your attention, and with best wishes for the prosperity of the town of Derby, which has ever been ready to take the lead in the great march of improvement which is now forcing its way all ova r the world, allow me to conclude by agaie thanking you for this renewed proof of your kindness and by wishing you all long life, health, and happiness." (Loud cheers.) Among other toasts proposed was " Sir Joseph „Pexton."-- Derby Mercury. PEACE SOClETT.—Yesterday evening the first of a series of lectures in connexion with the operations of the Peace Society was delivered at the Hall of Commerce by L. A. Chaniavouxow, Esq. The subject of the lecture was The Law of Nations," and the lecturer urged that, al though this topic was not so calculated u many branches of the great peace question" to appeal to the feelings of the audience, yet it was most important that a knowledge of the system of laws by which the relations of the various political states of the world were governed should be more generally diffused than it was at present, especially as, in times of war and international disturbance, the prosperity and happiness of the people was the most imperilled, and therefore they should be made able to judge for the future whether their rights were infringed upon by foreign nations, or whether they were the victims of the juggles of diplomacy. Was the law of nations a tangible reality, or only a myth or political mystification? At least the paraphernalia of truces, mediations, and mani festoes of secretaries at war and foreign affairs and ambas sadors, were realities. Although no code of international law, based on the principlesof equity and justice, existed, yet there MN a thing called dipbmacy ; and persons called diplomatists asserted that the relations of the world were to be governed by compacts and precedents which were by no means founded on those principles of the "jus gentsum" which were laid down by Vattel, Puffendorff, and Gratin,. It was the duty of the people to protest against a law of na tions founded, not on principles, but on precedents, which, being possibly not originally based oa equity, might be come the instruments of the grossest iniquity. After tracing the progress of the law of nations from the re motest periods of antiquity and through the middle ages down to the present time, the lecturer proceeded to contend that modern diplomatists did not permit the laws of justice and equity to be the guiding principle of the relations between states, but chose for its first element that expe diency which would stigmatise as wrong to-day that which it had asserted to be right yesterday. He then argued that the law of nations should be regulated by the same prin ciple as those by which the conduct of individuals was to be judged, and proceeded to expose the daring violations of this principle by recent instances, concluding by asserting the principle of arbitration, sometimes so much derided. The PARISHIONERS of St. Michael, Cornhill, have presented the Rev. Thomas Bennett, MA., a purse of 70 guineas, as a token of their esteem for the great increase which has taken place in the congregation at St. Michael, on a Sunday evening, since his appointment to the lecture II - ' ship of the pariah. THE ALLEGED HOMICIDE AT CAMBERWELL. — On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Priam II Albert public-house, Clarendon-street, Camberwell New road, before Mr. W. Carter, on view of the body of Mrs. I Hariet Browne, aged dl, whose death was attributed to the violins. of her own son, the unfortunate youth who bad been brought before the Hon. O. C. Horton ou Saturday night last, on the charge, and who is at present an inmate of the musty lunatic asylum. The facts of this truly me limelsely IMO were given in the report which appeared in the Ea•• of Meaday last, under the head of the Lam- beds PWetswesmt. sad it was the general impression that the dim* adds@ deemed was attributable to a kick given I te bee by her awn Ise while struggling to getup, and while sbe was emiesswemies W restrain him. The husband of the siseemei and ease Massa were examined, but it Arleta , kg hem the Matimeny of Mr. Flower, Ma medical gentle• sea wise made the peel menses examination of the body, that dank wee menemil_ by the reeeineetese of the principal blood mash is the need Meier, mtessel a verdict to that effect. Dlr. Plower admitted. in the minim of his examina tion, that then was a slight mink et diseoloration extern ally en the abdomen el the desenesil. bet this had nothing to de with her iliwith; awl the besting ef the blood yard in the stazibnlied bead, whisk Mena reinsed dark he (Kr. Flower) le Mein eintileMent. PROPOSED APPLICATIONS TC PARLIA- MINT FOR RAILWAY BILLS. The following notices of intended application to parliament for important new powers have just been given by the leading railway companies for the purposes therein mentioned. By the LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAT.—For crea tion of new shares for payment of debt; extension from Chester to Birkenhead, and branches, and amendment of precious acts. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND BUCKINGHAM SHIRE ltaltwxvs.—For branches to connect the Bucking hamshire Railway with the Oxford, Worcester, end Wol verhampton Railway, and for working arrangements with the latter • for additional lands at Kilburn, Linalade and Wolverton, creation of preference shares for liquidation of debt, and amendment of acts. _ . CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—For extension to Birkenhead and branches; for branch to join canal at Cheater and road; power to London and North Western to use and to subscribe ; power to Chester and Holyhead to subscribe to Birkenhead Docks; regulation of capital; consolidation of shares into stock; release of payments to Woods and Forests, and alteration of tolls. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (No. I).—For purchase and transfer of Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation and property, arrangements for completion of Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and lease thereof; additional works at Didcot, and extension of time to purchase lands. GUEAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM, ♦ND SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANIES. —Fur their amalgamation. GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND lIIIIMINOHAM, SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER, SHREWSBURY AND HERE FORD, BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CRESHIRE JUNCTION, AND HEREFORD, ItUsS, Gad GLOCCESIER CuurAxims.—To authotise arrangements fur the manage meut, direction, and apportionment of traffic. ORFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVPILHAMPTON RAIL WAY.—Fur extension from Wolverest to Oxford, and new station nt Oxfurd ; brunch to join the Buckinghamshire Railway near Oxford ; and alteration of provisions yin Ox turd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway acts relating to the Great Western. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL- W./Y.—For powers to lease or sell to, or amalgamate with the London and North Western, the Buckinghamshire and the Midland Railway Companies, and amendment of acts. WORCESTER AND HERA:PORI/ Italivay.—For incorpo ration of company for making a railway from Worcester to Hereford, with branches to Worcester, Malvern and Led bury, for working arrangements with Midland, London nnil North Western, and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Companies, or any or either of them, power to use portions of Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and to purchase or make arrangements with the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Company. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—For power fur the compaaies to enter into agreements in respect to the Hull and Selby and Bridlington Brunch Railways, and the Wakefield, Pontefract mid Goole, and Aiken' Branch Railways. YOUR. AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—For a branch to the Victoria or East Dock, ut Hull. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—FOT com pletion of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway, and use of Birmingham station, and r -gulation of capital. SovTli YORKSHIRE RAILWAY AND RIVER DUN COM rAsir.—Fur extension of the railway into and near the Isle of Axhollue ; fur sale or lease to, or amalgamation with, the Great Northern Railway; and power to latter to hold shares in the South Yorkshire Railway. SHROPSHIRE UNtoN RAILWAY.—For branch canal to connect canal of Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company at Middlewich with Trent and Mersey Canal Navigation, regulation of capital, and repeal of alteration of tolls. Also for branch railways to connect Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway with Shrewsbury Canal ; the company's canal at Chester with Chester unit Holyhead Railway ; en largement of tidal basin and construction of other works at Chester, and regulation of capital. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (No. l).—For power to use portions of the Great Northern Railway, and to pro vide for the more convenient interchange of traffic parsing over that railway to or from the Eastern Counties Railway. (No. 2) Fur power to use the whole or any portion of the East Anglian Railway; provisions for more convenient interchange of traffic between toe two railways; and for power for purchasing, renting, or working the whole or any portion of the East Anglian Railways. (No. 3.) For brunch railway to the riveriNctie, or branch railway below Warhead', with power to construct warehouses and for abandonment of portion of Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway. (No. 4.) For junction with the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, with branches to the northern and eastern line, the Stratford and Thames branch, and a connecting line between such branches, and enlargement of goods station at or near Devon. shire-street East. EASTERN COUNTIES AND NEWMARKET AND CHESTER FORD RAILWAY—For confirmation of agreement for work ing a linden of the latter by the former, with an option of purchase. NOIUOLK RAILWAY—For regulation of capital; power to carry out arrangements as to Waveney Valley line, and for working arrangements with lialeswortn, Beeeles, and Haddiscoe Railway. NuurH STAFFORDSIIIHE RAILWAY (Ni,. I)—For powers to make a railway trout Sandbach to the Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, near Warrington, and to establish the mixed gauge thereon and on the North Staf fordshire Railway ; tur running powers over the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, the Warrington, and Altrineham and Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham, with power to companies to make arrangements. (No. 2) fur powers to make rail , way and branches from Colwich to Wolverhampton and Wednesbury ; to establish the mixed gauge thereon, and on the North Staffordshire Railway, to complete part of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and for • running powers on and making arrangements with various other railways. (No. 3) for power to lease and make Cr. rangements with the London and North Western Railway. Sr. HELENS AND SOUTHPORT ItAttwAY—For power to use East Lancashire and St. linens Railways, and London and North Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Companies, and the St. Helens Canal Railway Company, to contribute towards the St. Helens and South port Railway. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY—For arrangements as to capital preference shares and debts, for we of London and Blackwall, and lease, ink, or amalgamation with Eastern Counties. (No. 2) Extension of Time with respect to line from Ipswich to Woodbridge. EASTERN UNION AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS JeNeTION—For a railway from Norwich to East Rercham, and powers with respect to Great Northern, East Anglian, and Eastern Union Railways. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL RAILWAY.—For incorporation of company, construction of railway from Salisbury $o Yeovil, with branches to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Yeovil, and the proposed Exeter and Yeovil Railway at Berwick, in the county of Somerset, with powers fur the London and South Western Railway to subscribe and guarantee certain payments. BASINOSTOKE AND SALISBURY RAILWAY.—FOr incor- pending a company for making a hne from Basingstoke to Salisbury, and for purchasing the works executed by the London awl South-Western Company. EAST RENT AND MAIDSTONE RAILWAY.—For various railways in the district of East Kent, with power to the South Eastern Railway Company to carry out. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CIIESHIBE RAILWAY. For powers to lease and amalgamate with the Great West ern and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shrew,- bury and Chester railways, or any or tither of them, and for revision of tolls. WYCOMBE RAILWAY—For amendment of act, extension of time, reduction end arrangement as to capital, and power to sell or lease to the Great Western Railway. ALTON AND PETLIISFIELD RAILWAY—For extensions from Petersfield to Havant, from Peterstield to Fareham, and for incorporation. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY—For regu lation of capital and creation of new shares, abandonment of certain portions of railway, extension of time for purchase of lands and completion of works in respect of Clifton branch extension, and for sale of surplus lands and addi tional station accommodation in Rochdale end Liverpool. _ MIDDLESBOROUGH AND GAINSUOROGOX RAILWAY- Incorporation of company for railway between these points . from the Middlesborough and Redraw Railway, with branches to the Cleveland Hills, and making arrangements with the Stockton and Darlington Railway. SOUTH WALES RAlLWAY—Construction of New Rail ways to Milford Haven and to Newport, abandonment of portions of lines from Fiahguard and Haverfordwest, branch to Pemberton Ferry, arrangement with Taff Vale and Monmouthshire Railway and Canal COM( any. GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY—Additional powers for construction of Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Extension, for purchase of lands to construct the Birming ham and Oxford Junction and Birmingham and Wolver hampton Railways, new lines, power to lay the broad gauge rails on the Nor th Staffordshire, between Wednesbury and Dudley. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAIL WAY—For altering certain tolls now taken by the North Staffordshire Railwa y _ on the Trent and Wry Navigation. ' STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY—For regula tion of capital, and increase and consolidation of acts. NO/ITN WEBTERN RAlLWAY—Extension of time for completion of works, purchase of additional lands, and re gulation of ca_pital. VALE OP NEAT!! RAlLWAY—Extension of railway and further works; further powers as to capital. FRONK, YEOVIL, AND WEYMOUTH RAlLWAY—lnt:Or poration of railway, and powers of sale and lease. STOCETON AND HARTLEPOOL, AND CLARENCR AND HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY, WEST HARBOUR AND DOCK Cowrawina.—Lease, purchase, and amalgamation. THE COMMITTEE OF SPANISH BONDHOLDERS have received from Mr. Weisweiler, their delegate, a copy of his memorial to the Chamber of Deputies. Mr. Weisweiler in that document strongly urges the injustice of Article 2 of the lately enacted law for settling the public debt, inasmuch as, by diverting the conversion of unpaid and overdue inte rest into 3 per cent. deferred debt, it reduces gratuitously a sacred property to one half its value. He further so knowledge+ the sense of justice of the Spanish cabinet in propoaing the modification of the late law in respect of the overdue interest of the home debt, but complains that the reduction of one half the coupons of the ra tire stock sheald be maintained, and concludes by calling upon the ',lumber to order the other half of the above-mentioned interest to be made good In the Deferred Three per Cants., as is I already decreed in the aforesaid law. *AV) iintelliaence. EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDAY. Itan:las 111 Lomas .lAurneira ur Arpsm. SPARROW 0:71; aportD, AND WOLVY.R. HAMPTON RAILWAY COMPANY. The Solicitor.Goueral obtaioed leave to give notice of motion fur to-morrow for an injunction in this case. Tho motion is a renewal of a motion lately made before Vice- Chancellor Turner, who refused to interfere for the reasons alleged in the report of the motion before him in our im pression of yesterday. SITTINGS IN I INONI.N . S-INN, likruNlß THU LORD UNAS, ZI.:LUETA V. VINENT.-INJUNCTION. This was an appeal motion from an order of the Mater of the Rolls, refusing an injunction. The plaintiff, after filing his original bill, obtained the common injunction to stay proceedings at law. The defendant, Whe was in Cuba, filed his answer negativing the equity set up by the plaintiff in his bill, and tile injunction was, on the 13th of last January, dissolved. The plaintiff on the 23rd of the same month obtained leave to amend his bill by in .king his right to relief depend upon the law of Cuba, and the cus tom of trade between this country and that island, in addi tion to that of a contract allepil in the original bill. On the 19th of March the plaintiff obtain. d, as of course, an order for the common injunction fur want of appearance to the amended bill, upon affidavit of servico of the subpecna, and on evidence of no appearance having been entered ; this order was discharged by the Master of the Rolls on the ground of irregularity, hence the present ap peal. The case was heard alter Trinity Term, and was argued on the first day of the present term, and on Tuesday. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Shadwell were for the appellants, and Mr. Loyd and Mr. Wilcock fur the respondents. Mr. ltoupcll having now concluded his argument in reply, the Lurd Chaucellor took time to consider his judgment. WARD V. MARTIN.—TITIIRS. This was an appeal from a judgment M Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The plaintiff, as Vicar of Hawley, tiled a bill in respect of certain tithes, or peas and beans, which he claimed as incumbent of the parh.h. The defendant de murred on the ground that the plaintiff had been a party to an information, in which it had been held that he was not entitled to tithes. The plaintiff replied that he was not a party to the information as Vicar. Ilia Honour the Vice-Chancellor held the dt mercer to be good, hence the present appeal. Mr. J. Rumen and Mr. Melina acre now heard in sup port of the appeal, but the argument was Out cuncladed when the court ruse. Ilman Ttcw.eniANcouna TuENEE. HEWITT V. LUOSEMOILE.-1 3 1110141TY BETWEEN 3101tIOACJEEri. This case, which wasinirtlteL4on Tuesday, way con tinued this morning. Mr. ltult and Mr. Giffird appeared for the plaintiff; and theSolici•or-Lieneral and Mr. Speed for the defendant. The short facts of the ruse were as follows :—The plain tiff and H. Loosemore wore co-trustees of a sum of 1,706/., and It. Loosemore being a tanicitur, the plaintiff lett the money in his hands for investment; but, finding that it had nut been invested, he took as a security the deposit of a iCalla and a promissory note from his co-trustee. IL Loose more afterwards made an assignment of this lease to the defendant John Loosemore, to secure a suns of 31101., and upon being wilted fur the lease said ho had mislaid it, and would baud it over on another day. The defendant employed uo solicitor in this trikcietiou. It. Loosemore afterwards became a bankrupt, and the defendant entered into possessien of the premises, and the present suit was brought by the plaintiff praying that he might be decreed entitled to priority over the defendant and fur foreclosure. The plaintiff contended that the defendant hail acted with out due caution in lending his money without Mimi:dug the lease, and that he must be taken to have had constructive notice (Atha prior encumbrance. It woe contended for the defendant that he had advanced his money, mid obtained a good legal title, mud that upon the authorities that legal title could nut be defeated by the innissiou to obtain the lease. Turner mid the case was one of so much importance and the danger of dropping any loom observa tions in such a case Was so great that he would tate time to look into the autiniritks and the pleadings. Barnaa Vi . BUILBIDOE V. CoTTON.—IMPoILTANT DBUSION AS TO FILIEN OLT SUCI ET I ES. In the year 1815 a society was formed called The Frugal Investment Association, which was announeell to have been established pursuant to the 4th and sth William IV., c. 40, an Act to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies. Its rules were duly certified us being in conformity to law, and the provisions of the act, 10 (aurorae IV., c. , ffi, as amended by 4 and 5 William IV., c. 40, by Mr. J. Tidd Pratt, the barrister-at-law appointed to certify rules of savings banks, on the I Ith of August, 1815. By the first rule of the association it was declared that the objects of the society were, to accu mulate and employ the savings of its members, and there with to assist those of them who might need immediate pecuniary advances, either to carry on their pursuits, or to promote any other laudable and legal purpose. The first meeting of the association was held on the 2nd of September, 1815, and its future meetings were to be held once in every succeeding month. By other rules oh' the association it was provided that every member of the association was to commence at the first meeting to pay his subscription money of 11. per share ter each share he might hold, and was afterwards to pay the same amount of subscription money at every succeeding subscription meeting fur a period of eight years and four mouths, by which time it was estimated that 100/. would have been subscribed upon each share. livery member neglecting to pay his subscription was to be fined for each subscription ita arrear according to a table of fines which was subjoined to the rules. Those who might join the asso ciation alter the first meeting on being members should subscribe for an additional unmanr of share., or should purchase forfeited shares were to pay Su full amount of the subscriptions for such chores from the commencement of the association, together with such further hunt as the directors, from a calculation of the current year's profits, should consider reasonable. The funds of the association were to be divided into two portions, to be re spectively called the "subscription fund" and the "dividend fund." The termer lucid war to Consist of all monies paid as subscriptions upon the shares, and the latter fund of all monies arising from i . CCF, fines, for feitures, premiums, and all other receipts than those for subscriptions. The "dividend fund" 'CO to be applied first in paying the expenses of the association, and, after making good all losses, the surplus was to be divided among all the members, whether they were borrowilig members or not, sail was to he divided between them as some as con venient after such annual acncral meeting, but it was pro vided that no holder of shares on which any arrears were due should be entitled to any dividend for that year. At every meeting far advinices to aharchulders of the value of their shares the directors were to offer fur competition one share of Mt., at a reserved price, to be fixed u:ion by them, and the member who offered the highest premium for the immediate advance of that share was to be ceelared enti tled to the advance, and wan to be at liberty to have advanced to him, at the same tee of premium per cent., any additional sum not ex ceeding the amount of 201. shares on his immediately announcing his intention so to do. Those members who had the amount of their shares at once advanced to them were said to anticipate them, and were to give security to the association for all payments to become due on the ad vance. The premiums agreed to be given by any member wishing to anticipate his share were to be paid by him in equal monthly payments during all the remaining existence of the association. It was provided that each member who anticipated his shares should after receipt thereof pay the sum of its. per month as interest fur every share he should hold, and was to continue to pay the same interest during the continuance of the association in addition to the pc riodical subscriptions. The interest of Bs. per month upon each share advanced was to be designated "redemption money." The shares in the association were nut to exceed 2,000 in number, and tie duration of the association was limited to the pe riod of eight years and four mouths, when the pro perty of the association was to be divided among its members. In the course of February, 1846, about five months after the association had been formed, Mr. Edward Burbidge, then a solicitor in Hatton-garden, since deceased, became one of its members by paying an admission fee of 55., and ho agreed to take one share. At a monthly uo eting, held subsequently, on the same evening, shares were offered to competition between the members. The anxiety to obtain advances was such that one member engaged to give a pre mium of 761. for an advance of 100/. Mr. Burbidgc on this occasion agreed to give a premium of 73/, per share of 1001., and took two shares of 100/. on those terms. Ile also ad to take three other shares at a premium of 711. per share, being in all five shares, forming • total advance to him of 5001. In April, 1816, an indenture was executed, by which be secured to the trustees of the association the repayment of 4001. (part of the sum of 6001. agreed to be advanced), together with the premiums and the redemption m, payable according to the rules in respect of the 41110 an assignment to the trust of the association a a . trusts d house which he occupied in Hatton-garden,and two of assurance on his life for 200!. and .3001., with le s lit and British Mutual Life Assurance Societies. The permit of the premiums and of the sum of 4001. waa to be lamb by equal monthly instalments, extending over a pe riod of eight years, and during the same period Ma. Bur bidge undertook to pay 11. Ids. per month by way of in terest. The remaining lOW., balance of the 5001., agreed to be advanced to Mr. Burbidge, was advanced to Mr. Bur budge in July, 1846. The repayment of this sum with the premiumand redemption money, payable in malice' of it,was secured by an assignment of a policy of iteeurewcio levee the life of Mrs. Burbidge, a widow lady, the hitter do-htw of Mr. Burbidge, now his executrix, and the present plaintiff, effected with the British Mutual Life AMITILSeIt Office for 1601., and by a fine charged on hit house in Hatton-garden, and the two policies then already assigned to the trustees of the association for securing the loan of 400!. The sums actually secured by the deed of April, 1846, were : 92 monthly instalments of U. per share on four shares (eight months of the society having expired), 3681. ; 92 monthly payments of Bs. per share king redemption or interest money), 1471. 4s. ; premiums or bonuses (payable monthly), three at 711., one at 73 !., 286/.-8011. 4s. The sums actually secured by the deed of July, 1816, were : 89 monthly payments of 11. each (11 months of the society having elapsed), 891. ; 89 monthly payments of Bs. redemp tion mosey, 361. 125.: premium or bonus payable monthly, 731.-1971 Mu Making a total of moneys securest by both deeds of 9981. 16s. Mr. Burbidge fell into arraig *Blythe . payments to be made by him, and the trustoei Of Hit alga • • elation, on the 24th of May, 1848, distraino4 upon hint fot . • • . . . .4.4 t 11