The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-12 00:00:00

r .. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1848. t h e King, i n tbe CSJI3 of vacant bishoprics, to issue his license t s etse dean and chapter, or the prior and convent of the iii m estery in the case of an abbot, together with a letter w i ve ., containing the name of the person they were re gainedchoose • and enacted that the dean and chapter, or w mr* and to ' c dconvent, should elect such person and none other. X y d in use of default for twelve days, what was the penalty? Certainly not that of preemunire : there was in feet no pe aty at all ; the only consequence being that " the King would then nominate the bshop by his letters patent." Then as, to the construction this sou-traction related to nothing about the case of an election. The act id itee , h ene ver such presentation or nomination by - tie King's lettere patent shall be made, then the geekbishop or bishop shall, with all speed, invest asd consecrate." There was to he no confirmation in this case. This had nothing to do with the case of an election ; "and shall perform all the necessary ceremonies withene peocuriog or ebedning any bull from Rome for the ' That was, they were to make ne ipplieetion to keine, but at once proceed to invest. And, if the dean and c hapter, or prior and convent,t after receiving the letter mum elected the party nominated then, eccording to the aueceueot, the election would stand good and effectual to intents and purpottes. If they did not elect they incurred no revelry, but the King nominated and presented, and the Dam cumulated should be adopted by the title of Lord belies, elect, and, on taking the oath of allegiance to the King (fiirmerly it was to the Pope and to the King)—the King s ignifying the appointment by letters patent, the m olihishop and the metropolitan should at once proceed to isvest the party so nominated. In the case of an invest ment by nomination, coutinnation was not required, but, in the cam of an election confirmation was necessary. He came now to the ith section of the act, under which, strange i s A appeared to him, the court seemed to think they wculd incur the penalties of premature by refusing to cons firm. This section was, " and be it further enacted, that if the prior and convent of any monastery, or the dean and chapter many cathedral church, when the see of an abbot or bishop is within the King's dominions, shall, after license delivered to them, neglect to proceed to the election, and signify the same according to the tenour of this act within twenty days next after receipt of such license, they shall incur the penal ties of preniunire." This would explain the distinction which was manifest throughout the act. lf the dean and chap ter proceeded to the election within twelve days, and did not chosen the party named in the letter inissive, but came to no election at all, or chose another person, there was no penalty, the only consequence was that the crown in that ease would nominate and present ; but if within twenty days they did not proceed to elect at all, then they incurred the penalties of premunire. Now what was premature ! what was the meaning of the term ? Premature meant the setting op of the papal against the royal authority. And unless tle court should be satisfied that by refusit g confirma tion in the present Case they would be setting up the autho rity of the pope against that of the Queen. tho penal ties of premanire were merely fanciful, and had no more to it, with the question, than if the statute had never been passed. It after election the archbishop, bishop. cr any other person (including their wor ships), in reference to the coutirmatioa, should " admit, maintain, or execute any censures, excommunications, inter dictions, inhibitions, or other process or act, of what nature, name, or quality soever, against the due execution of this act "—that was to say, that the consecration should be made in all respects without reference to the see of Rome—" then they would incur the penalties of premature." lie had told them what premunire was—and they were aware that there were many other act/ of Rome for securing patronage against which its penalties were directed. One was the practice of granting ecclesiastical benefices by anticipation or by provi sion,LS it was called, 'which meant granting them during the life of the incumbent. Many acts had been pass ed against this practice, beginning with the reign of Edward 111. down to Richar d 11., in the sixteenth year of whose reign seas pared the statute of premanire, which enacted that if 111 V person should procure from the court of Rome or elsewhere, any bull or process of excommunica ton or otherwise, affecting the king, his crown, or Questioning the legality of hei reign, the party so offending should be put out of the king's protection, and his lands and tools be forfeited ; that process of premunire should issue against him, and he himself brought up, wherever found, to answer lei the charge. The name of /ironware was obtained from the tint words of the writ " Priemunire tackle," but the offence of premunire was the offence of setting up the papal authority against the crown ; and the only possible urcamstauce under which the penalty of premature could be incurred under the act of Henry VIII, would be some thing whereby the papal authority was set up in derogation of that of the crown. Such had always been the construction of the act since its passing. Since that time there had been but few precedents as to how bishops were consecrated. During the reign of E tweed VI. there were none ; for in that reign en act passed making archhishepr:es and bishoprics donative by letters patent. Harley was the first and Barlow we; the lest in that reign ; but there were no pre cedents showing that the realm of England was re cognised by the Pope. In Burnet there were menages showing that there was a sort of practice prevaihng sato this statute of Henry the Eighth, in the case of Cardinal Pole, who came to England as legate latere, but who, if elected, was not confirmed during the life of Creamer, who was burnt in 1456. On the day after that martyrdom, how ever, the investment and consecration of Pole proceeded. This ' was all that was ascertained on the subject, as regarded the reign of Queen Mary, though there was little doubt that the consecration of bishops was carried on as it had been previous to the loth of Henry the Eighth, viz., under the authority of bulls obtained from the Pope of Rome. We bad some knowledge of what was done in the case of Parker, the first archbishop appointed in the reign of Elisabeth, who having alter much entreaty consented to take the office, the range trelire was sent on the lith of July to Canterbury, and the chapter being summoned, the prebends did according to not sn unusual compromise, refer the matter to the dea n ,who named Parker according to the Queeu's letter missive ' the chapter confirming the appointment, and on the 9 th of Sep tember the great seal was put to a warrant direct ing certain bishops to consecrate him. The mat ter was delayed, however, till the 6th of December, for what cause he could not say, when four of the bishops named in the warrant met at Bow Church, where all who objected to the election, as well as the witnesses to prove it, were cited to appear. Could it be supposed that these four bishops would have cited objectors if they did not intend to h r ear nal t ti l e e:ll . , f o p r r th em st wi tear e w in o g uld th t c a m ve aft e r ,,,en ni c c u h a ci e tAit , ion i Lh a e t weld not be supposed for a moment. The statute was opposed to such a view, and precedent was opposed to it. No one coming to maintain any objections, the election was confirmed. There was one other precedent to which he wished to draw the attention of the court, and this one was perhaps even more conclusive than the others. Collier, in Mating the manner of confirmation, stated that if there were ties' objectors they should be admitted in due form of law. In the case of Bishop Mon tague an objector, of the name of J- nee, appeared to support his objection, but it was overthrown in consequence of not having been made in due form of law, GI was the case with the objection against the Bishop of Manchester the otter day ; and more particularly because the exceptions had not Leen given in writing by an advocate, signed by a procter ; and the objection felling to the ground, the confir mation proceeded. Same inquiry afterwards was instituted as to the conduct of Dr. Rivers, in the matter when that emineht civilian admitted in effect that the objection would have stood had it been properly made; but he never sup pled he would have incurred the penalties of premature had he permitted it to be gone into, neither did parliament think so It was impassible that it could be so. He submitted that whether taken on the farm of the statute, or the legal interpretation of the statute, or whether taken on the meaning of the term premunirc it was obvious that by admitting the exception in this cane, sup posing it to be made in due manner and form (which was sot what he was then contending), their worships would not, es they appeared to serpent. incur the penalties of }trcn a. sin, and, admitting such exception to he made in due legal founs they were bound alike by reason, by law, and by pre cedent to receive it. Dr. RAMAN° followed on tho same side, and added that Herr a mackery,where opposers were cited to appear before a court of law or justice, when they did so appear, to law to hear them, on the ground that there was no autho ft in the court to do so. (This elicited a loud cry of "He ir, hear," which was instantly checked by the officers of the court.) He would not occupy their time by arguing thin point, but would proceed to call their attention to the legal view of the question. The statute under which they were now acting was a penal statute , and r eq uired to Fe construed strictly. The court was required to see that the bishop had been in due form sleeted. The court, therefore, were bound to inquire whe ther the election was by proper authorities of a fit and peeper man. At present the court did not know what the opposers' objection was. Supposing the objection was that he was a person under legal disabilities—Jew, infidel, or heretic, convicted of treason or of felony—would they object him in such a case ? They were not to assume what the Objection might be. They were acting the part of the bishop , login ev.dence ; they were pronouncing all parties not ap manrg t be contumacious; they were pronouncing a solemn decision ; and yet refusing to hear opposition. Let them look on the co• 'quences of the working of jasnc,. They were doing act in derogation of the com mie law of England, of common right, and of common mann. Ile trusted, therefore, that they would be heard in an scriesiastical court, into which they were cited. Dr. R. PitILLIMORE also spoke on the same side, and mated the case of the Jones' oloectinn against Bishop Mon tague as a precedent in favour of hearing exceptions when Imali; tendered. Ddr. LIATIOItn, who appeared for the Dean and Chapter Miler, ford, was not called upon to repl y. The VICI.II-GENERAL, notwithstan ding the able argu ment of the learned gentleman who had addressed the Coen. was dearly of opinion that the objections to the cue- Ihmation could not be entertained, and that to do so would be direct)) to oppose the provisions of the act of parliament. Hew es also of opinion that the commissioners would incur the penalties of premunire if they did not proceed, in obe dienet to the royal mandate, to confirm the lord bishop elect. He might observe in reference to some observations of Dr. Addams that the act prescribed no particular mode of pro floodieg in the matter—none beyond the form which had , been ?.ct,d on for years, and by which objectors as well as ' *Masse. were cited to appear. But, if objections were to be admitted, bow they wen to be received, in what manner they were to be maintained, and with what result, was no where laid down, so far as he could find, in any writer or seithority on the subject, so far as regarded this country. llket'er any such right existed in any other country he was Kt able to say. In the present case, hr-ever, he believed Ihe mart was bound by the statute iaw of the realm, which lift theta no alternative hut that of confirming the election ef the lord bishop elect, certified as that election had been the corporate seal of the Dean end Chapter of the What're: Church of Hereford. Dr. Leenixerox said, the question to he decided was verdant the parties who attempted to appear to oppose the confirmatio before the co in were entitled to appear and be heard - "neers of his Grace the Archbishop would Canterbury ? Now, it they were entitled to appear, it _ almost of necessity , follow that they would be entitled to be heard, and that their objections must be con sidered and disposed of by the authority of the same tribunal. But what power that court would have to examine into mat tens relating to the doctrine, life, conduct, and proceedings of the party chosen since the passing of the Church Die ciplino Act, he entertained the most serious doubts. He apprehended that it would be impossible for the court under any circumstances to enter into the consideration of any feet or circumstance comprised within the provisions of that sta tute. But it was not necessary to follow up those considera tions. It was the duty of the court to look to the statute law of the land for the regulation of its conduct. Now, the statute which bad been so often referred to, and which had been read in great part by Dr. Addams, woe a statute passed at the commencement of the reformation, a statute memorable for ali its provisions and not less so because it restored to the Crown of Great Britain its undoubted rights, and put to sleep for ever the pretensions of the Bight)? of Rome, a statute to be held, therefore, in reverence, and carried into effect to the full extent of its spirit and intentions. What were the words of that statute ? After stating that it was not plainly ex pressed in previous acts, in what manner archbishops and bishops should be elected and invested, it enacted in ex press terms that the said acts in everything should stand in their full strength, virtue, and effect, except that henceforth no person should be presented by the see of Rome ; and after confirming the former acts in all parte but [hie one, it de scribed minutely in the 4th, sth, and 6th sections the form of proceeding which should be adopted, which was, that the crown should imueithe conge , (retire to those parties who had the right to elect the bishop, together with a letter missive, containing the name of the party: to be elected. They need not enter into the discussion of what would have been the course had there been no election, inasmuch as there had been a person presented to the com missioners under the corporate seal of the Dean and Chapter ' of Hereford, and beyond they could not go. The statute then went on to direct that the archbishop and bishop should confirm the said election, and invest the person elected to the office and dignity of a bishop. If these were the only , words on the subject, they were clearly directory to the archbishop, whose commissioners they were, to confirm and invest. It would not be becoming in them to enter into a discus-ion or refutation of the various cases cited, or of the question whether or not they would incur the penaltii a of a pneniunire by receiving the objections. It might be that they would, and that perhaps was the prevailing opinion. But when they were directed expressly by the enactments of a statute to perform • certain duty, they were bound to conform. He would briefly advert to what had been termed precedents in this cue. From the time of the passing of the act of Henry VIII. only two cases had occurred which could be said to savour of precedent for this. As to the cue of Parker, he was unable to account for what had been said by DrAddams. that it threw any light on the present ; and certainly it was not possible for ,lawyers to re ' ceive the construction of a statute from the book which had been quoted, that of Dr. Burnet, who, though • man of great ability, was not a man versed in law. As to the cue of Laud and Mt ntague, that had arisen in the worst possible times; and what period was that when that of Montague had arisen ? At a period when p irliament was usurping the rights of the crown and the crown was trenching on the rights of the people. It was evident then that that prece dent occurred (it precedent it could be called) when no reliance could be placed on the decisions of any court whatever; for what right had the House of Commons to inquire whether Dr. Rivers had or bad not done his duty in regard to the confirmation of Bishop Mon. tague ? And was it not likely that that learned person was actuated by a fear of encountering the wrath of the House of Commons, in those days no light matter, and that so he put the construction en the refusal to admit the articles of exception, viz., that they were not properly drawn up and signed ? But were they to come to the conclusion that be cause Dr. Riven so rejected them, that had they been cor rect in point of form he would have received them, or that the mere inuendo which he used in rejecting them was to fix him with a positive opinion ? Therewere other matters which had been referred to, as to the form of election and the alleged inconsistencies in the statutes. It would be in vain to deny that there were inconsistencies, but the time when the statute passed was one when this country was merging from popery to the reformation, when practice and principle, too, were in course of change, and when the sovereign was na turally anxious to retain the ancient forms as far as possible, but at the same time to secure in his own hands the real power. Without saying whether or not the penalties of prerniunire would attend the refusal to confirm, he (Dr. Lushington), ae one of the commissionere, deemed it his duty to refuse to receive the objections now offered, and to proceed with the confirmation of Dr. Hampden, tne lord bishop elect. Dr. Donsos had only to express his entire concurrence in the opinions which had been expressed by the other com missioners. On the demand of the Proctor for the Dean and Chapter of Hereford all persons cited and not appearing were pro nounced contumacious. The usual form of calling upon all objecton to appear and declare their objections was re ceived with almost general laughter. The Pnocrou.—The Lord Bishop elect is now ready to take the oaths required in his behalf. The VICAY.GENERAL directed the oaths to be taken. The Loan Meteor elect kneeling, then took the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and simony. The PROCTOR—I porrect a definite sentence in writing, which I pray to be read and given. The Vit.:Alt-GENERAL read sod affixed his signature to the usual sentence, declaring the election to have been rightly and lawfully made and celebrated by the chapter of the cathedral church of Hereford of the Rev. Rena Dickson Hampden, D.D., socketed, a man both prudent and discreet, deservedly laudable for his life and conversation, of a free con dition, born in lawful wedlock, of due age, and that there neither was nor is anything in the ecclesiastical laws that ought to obstruct or hinder his being confirmed Bishop of Hereford by authority of her most excellent Majesty our so vereign lady the Queen. The Paocron then said—The lord bishop, elected and confirmed, and myself, pray a public instrument and letters testimnnial to be made out of and concerning the premises. The VICAR-GENERAL — We do decree as prayed. Thus terminated the proceedings. The bishop was loudly cheered on leaving the church and on proceeding along Cheapside in his carriage.—lt is reported that application will forthwith be made to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandainue, to compel the Vicar-lieneral to allow "an appearance " to the objectors in the case of Dr. Hampden. THE CHAItGB OF NEGLECT AGAINST A MEDICAL OFFICER.—INQUEST. Yesterday Mr. Carter, coroner for Surtey, and the ry impeached on the 3rd inst. to inquire into the death of Elisabeth Hopkins, the reputed wife of a man named Jan Howard, who died a few hours after her confinement on the 29th ult., as it is alleged, through the neglect of the medical officer of the union, Mr. Berncastle, re-assembled at the Gun Tavern, Croydon, for the purpose of pursuing the investigation. The proceedings were adjourned from Friday last owing to Mr. Neville, the medical gentle man appointed to make the post mortsm examination, having omitted to open the head of the deceased. Mr. Neville now stated that the heart and lungs were per fectly healthy, with one exception—an adhesion of the left lung, indicating former inflammatory mischief. There was a general fulness of the vessels of the brain. The brain itself was firm, and no inflammatory action had been set up. Witness considered the condition of the brain was the natural consequence of excitement and consequent ex haustion. The deceased appeased to have been a very healthy woman, and witness found no appearance of disease which might account for death.—By the Coroner: He be lieved the deceased to have died from exhaustion arising from protracted labour. Examination in chief: Witness had heard the history of this affair, and had no hesitation in saying that he should not have felt himself justified in throwieg up such a patient, or indeed any case, after having once undertaken it. Wit ness could not say whether the deceased might not have been relieved earlier—ln reply to Mr. Richards, eolicitor for Mr. Berneastle, witness said he did not think it would have been prudent to use instrumental aid from what he had heard of the ease. Mr. Richards was proceeding to question Mr. Neville on other points, but the latter gentle. man objected to reply to what he described a speculative question, and asked on whose behalf Mr. Richards appeared ? —The Coroner explained that Mr. Richards represented ,a gentleman whose name had been very prominently brought forward in the affair, he meant Mr. Benicastle, and he thought Mr. Richards on his behalf was fatly entitled to put any legal question which might apply to the death of the deceased. It was proved by Mrs. Arthur that Mr. Berncxstle had ad ministered to the deceased three doses of secala to force her " pain:' before he finally left her. On being questioned no Olt. point Mr. Neville said, after administering secala he should not have left the patient at all until she was delivered. Mr. Richards said Mr. Bernca..tle was ready to be ex amined, and to state f.ll that he knew of the affair. The Coroner said he could not examine Mr. Berneastle after what bad transpired. If Mr. Berne:tette chose to make any statement, however, and was prepared to meet the consequences of that statement, he should not object to receive it. 7.1 r. Berneastle said, on the night of Monday, the 27th ult., he was called to see deceased, who was described as being in labour. Oa reaching her cottage he inquired whe ther she had got a " parish order." She said " No," and witness told her that she must immediately procure one. Somebody was sent off to Mr. Smith, the relieving officer, while witness was there. Witness made an examination, awaynding that the labour was not likely to come on, went for two hours, and was again sent for at half-past 12. Found no progress had been made and returned home at 1 o'clock. Went again at half-past 9on Tuesday morning and remained until half-past 10 Inquired about the " order," and found it had not been obtained. Went away, and was sent for again from the workhouse at half-past 12. About 2 o'clock, Witness thought secala a proper medicine to administer. Remained with deceased nearly two hours, but the wale teak no ,ff,ct, and having fifty other urgent cases witness left, remarking that, as the case was anurgency one, if wanted he moat be sent for to his surgery. The witness Arthur came for him about seven o'clock. Up to this moment he had considered the patient a parochial one, but as he was leaving home, about half-past seven, haying told Mr. Bet tomley, his partner, where he was going, that gentiemsn told him he must not attend that case, as the woman had got no order. Witness immediately went to the relieving officer, and mentioned the subject, asking whether he should go on attending Mrs. Howard. Mr. Smith said decidedly not, on account of the parish. The board of guar dians bad refused the order. Witness did not wish to fly in the face of the board of guardian?, and returned home, when ha found that Mrs. Arthur had again been to seek him, and that Mr. Bottomley had told her Mrs. Howard could not be attended. The same night, about half-past 11, witness met a man and a girl in the street as he was going home, The man said his name was Howard, and that he wished witness to come and see his wife, who was very bad indeed. Witness remonstrated with him for running after him, u be bad not obtained the order, and bade him go and get some other doctor, telling him there were twenty in the town, every one of them having fewer patients than himself. Witness named lour doctors, upon which the man left, and shortly after returoed with Mr. Dale, asaistant to Messrs. Fletcher and Neville, with whom witness had a few words conversation on the subject of the case, the result being, as witness understood, that Mr. Dale would take charge of her. Witness called at Mr. Neville's surgery next morning, and ascertained that the case had been got over at an early hour after Mr. Dale was called in. Witness then believed be had fulfilled all his duties to humanity as a medical practitioner, and contended that he had no control over her after treatment. He believed Mr. Dale could not have considered the cam a dim& tons oae, or he would not have allowed fifteen hours to elapse after leaving her before she received • second visit. if there had been danger there had also been great neglect. Witness bad heard Mr. Baker state that before deceased died she was black in the face, and very much convulsed; aad looking at the state of the brain he confidently believed that deceased had died from puer peral convulsions, and not from exhaustion. These convul lions arose in many cases and in every class of life, and the post mortem appearances exhibited were invariably the same as described in the present case. Dr. Chalmers, knowing the history of the case, and having been present at the post mortem examinaion, should say that the congestion of the brain discovered was c ,used by ex citement arising from the protracted labour, which would also produce great debility and exhaustion, A very similar state of the brain might be produced by puerperal convul sions. Witness had been 46 years in practice, and did not consider it either prudent or judicious to leave a patient from four to twelve o'clock in the state deceased was described to have been. _ Mr. Tipple, surgeon, of Mitcham, considered Mr. Bern. castle fully justified in leaving the deceased as he had done, as she had no order ; and further, that be thought he had. been very kind to give up so much time to her. After some further evidence of an unimportant character, The Coroner charged the jury. The court was cleared at nine o'clock, and jury re mained in deliberation,until half-past eleven, when, strangers being admitted, the Foreman announced the following as the unanimous verdict .—" That Elizabeth Hopkins, alias Howard, died from exhaustion, resulting from protracted la bour; and that Mr..Berucastle has shown the greatest in humanity towards the deceased in leaving her when in la• hour; and that we (the jury) consider him a very unfit person to act as a paochial medical officer." CAPTAIN HosKEN.—A paragraph appearcd in Lloyd's List of Monday, to .the effect that the steamer Guadalquivcr had gone ashore at Nueritae, while on her passage from New York to Havana. Captain Hoeken is named as the commander. • A Liverpool correspondent re quests us to state that he is not the captain of that ship. He merely took her out to New York from Liverpool, and thin resigned his command into the hands of hcrnew owners. lle returned to England immediately after. COLONIAL BANK.—Yesterday the usual half-yearly meeting of proprietors was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Colvile in the chair. The secretary read the statement of the account, from which it appeared that the circulation amounted to 236.1371. 19s. 2d. ; the deposits, and other lia bilities, to 671,1581. 17s. Id. ; and that the profit on the last half-year was 22,23t11. 2s. 10d. The directors stated in their report that in consequence of the state of the money market at borne, and the operation of the act of 1846, for the admission of slave-grewn sugar at reduced duties, in con travention of pledges which had been given, the business of the bank was not so extensive aa it otherwise would have been. The comparative price of British plantation sugar at the commencement and termination of the year 1847, showed the ruinous depreciation which had taken place in the prin cipal product of the West Indies. In the beginning of the year tho price of British plantation sugar in bond was from 33e. to 425., and at the end of the year it was only from 19s. to 255. A fall of 51 per cent. was the consequence of the change which had been male is 1846. The directors, fearful of the injury that would result from that measure, had sent out instructions to their ma nagers in the Weat Indies, to be extremely cautious ; but the fall in prices was so heavy, that it baffled all ordinary calculation. The consequence was that many bills were dishonoured or in abeyance, from which the hank must suffer loss, but to what extent it would be impossible to any at present. The pressure was for some time very severe on the branch hanks, in consequence of a monetary crisis at Barbados and Jamaica ; but all demands had been met by the branches, and shipments of specie had been made them, of which they were now in receipt. The directors, under the present aspect of West Indian affairs, did not feel them selves justified in recommending a dividend, hut that the 22,2361. profit on the half.year he carried to the reduction of the bad debt account, which would reduce it to 7,1951. The report, in conclusion, stated that if the act of 1846 was not so amended as to enable the IVest Indian Islands to be cul tivated with a profit, these colonies must be ruined; and it called on the proprietors to lade the government to make an alteration in the act.—The report was then received. —Mr. Cripps, M.P., and Mr. Nattan were elected directors. A vote of thanks was passed to the directors, and the meeting separated. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX.—Last evening public meeting, convened by the parochial committee of St. Pancras, was held at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Colville place, Fitzroy-square, for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted to obtain a repeal of the window duties. Letters of apology having been read from Lord Duncan, Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord Dudley Stuart, J. Hume, Esq., M.P., who had promised to be present, the chairman (Mr. N. Crouch) congratulated the meeting upon the fullness of the attendance, and said he did not at ell regret that the subject they were met to consider had not been taken up by the aristocracy. It was a matter that the people intended to carry out, and it was, therefore, for them to be earnest in their endeavours. He thought the time had now arrived for government to seethe absolute necessity of repealing the win dow duties, and he trusted that meeting might prove part of an effectual crusade against a law so obnoxious. Mr. Hetherington moved, That no sanitary measure can be effective unless it includes a repeal of the window duties, which duties are the causes of disease, misery, and death; that the window tax operated most unfairly and unjustly upon the industrious classes : that petitions be presented to parliament ; and that Sir Benjamin Hall be requested to present the same. The resolution was carried. Several other resolutions, embodying the sentiments of the meeting, were passed, after which thanks were voted to the chair, and the meeting dispersed. SKETCH OF AN IRISH LANDLORD, DT ONE OF THEI(SELVES.—At a dinner given to Mr. Howe, one of the agents of the Dufferin estates, Lord Dufferin said :—" An Irish landlord is unlike any other landlord under the sun. He lives in a peculiar atmosphere of his own. The daily conditions of his life, and the occasional conditions of his death, arc totally dissimilar from those of other men. lie is a complete genus of himself—an erratic body in the social tyska'. He may be described as an individual who does not get rent ; as a well-dressed gentleman who may be shot with impunity, the le,ritimate cockshy of the immediate neighbourhood; a superficial index, by which to mark the geographical direction of the undercurrent of aseassinatiou ; a cause of bewilderment to coronas, and of vague verdicts to distracted juries; a subject for newspaper paragraphs, and a startling text for leading articles." EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY AND THE LONDON AND WETIMINATEN BANK--The Railway Magazine says: " Sometime ago our readers will remember we mentioned, in our City article, that a large metropolitan railway had had its bill for 2,000/. refused to be discounted by the Bank of England. As it often happens in rumours, when one at the time cannot apply to the proper parties to furnish the particulars, the rumour was partly true and partly false. In the principal part, the sum of money, and the refusal to cash the company's order, it turns out to be true; but not in the bank, not exactly in the document. As there has been a great deal of talk, and occasionally continues to be among railway men upon this matter in and about London, we think it right to lay the following particulars on which we have no doubt, for they have been corroborated by two parties, before our readers. The Eastern Counties have nearly, or quite, from the beginning of times, banked with the London and Westminster Bank. The introduction of one to the other came through Mr. Henry Bosanquet, the first chairman of the company who bad a connexion with the bank as a director. The account has no doubt been a very profitable one to the bank, which, it must be admit;ed, until the ex traordinary conduct which, closed the connexion, has acted liberally ; but, of course, always with a very good eye to number one. On massy oecasious, and when the company were far from being in the position in which they now are, er having the same prospects and means of repay ment, the bank has made large advances, as it has been usual with other banks to do with other comps flies. The money was always honourably repaid, and we have no doubt has been very beneficial to the bank ; for these institutions rarely to anythiunr, even to assist their friends, without assisting themselves. On this day (a Saturday) it seems there .118 a bill of three months coming due, and payable to the Eastern Counties Compau), of 12,500/., from another company, very respectable, and in good odour. It was the first instalment of a certain debt due to the Eastern Countirs. This bill the Eastern Coun ties had had discounted by the bank, and then possessed a cash balance at the bankers' of some 8,0001., and they drew a cheque for 2,000/., which on the Saturday the company band• d over to an eminent contractor, believing, then, thiy would have a balance at the beak of 6,000!., besides the ex pectation of paying in on Monday the two largest days' traf f ic receipts for the week.. Unfortunately, however, the bill for 12 ; 5001. was not paid, and the bank, which had advanced here tofore many times the amount of the entire unpaid bill, and which might fairly have expected on Monday from the Satur day and Sunday's receipts alone more than 2,000/., refused to cash the cheque, notwithstanding the 8,00 0 1. cash in hand. without, as we understand, giving any previous intimation to the company. The holder immediately posted off to the offices of the company, where, as we hear, the board was then sitting, and the deputyhairman, • mon of considerable property, and another director, also a man of ample means, returned with him to the bank to ask an explanation, and to offer Mr. Hudson's security and their own fur any amo..nt until Monday, when the money should be repaid. if the bill was not taken up, and the tzatfic receipts did not cover toe advance. They represented to the manager that he had ample security in his hands; that they were willing to give their and their chairman's security to a much larger sum that it was then pest five o'cioc k ; and that they could not at each a time of the day, when all the hanks were &lied, be able to raise the money. Nor did they forget to represent the inconvenience it would be to the con tractor, or to remind the bank of their former conduct ; but all would not do. Mr. manager stood as firm in his re fund. At length, the gentlemen finding arguments and words thrown away, went, late as it was, to the private banker of one of the attending directors, who, on a repre sentation of the circumstances, cashed the cheque imme diately ; and the Eastern Counties account, which the Lon don and Westminster Bank has had since the year 1835, was forthwith removed. The account is now with Messrs. Beni sons and Company. Assuming the statement to be true, we think everyone will agree with us that it was, to my the least of it, extraordinary conduct. If the company bad been new to the bank, had never been assisted, had not honour. ably repaid their drawings ; if the bank had not in its bands security on another company of known stability for six times the chiquc, exclusive of the 8,0001. hard cash, and if it could not have had security of the directors to twenty times the amount, there might have been some reason in its refusal; but under the circumstances represented to us, we can see neither rhyme nor reason for BO gratuitous an attack on the railway company's credit." RAILWAY ROBBERY.—A robbery took plate on Monday between the Paddington and Bristol stations of the Great Western Railway Company. The loss sustained is imagined to be from 1,5001. to 2,0001. It appears that the property, consisting of gold and silver money, was inclosed in an inch thick iron-bound deal box, nailed dawn and ad dressed, " Messrs. Idsicock and Company, bankers, Taun ton ;" the weight of it was about 12011 w, and oa its being sent i.fr by the quarter past 10 o'clock mail train, it was put at the bottom of a Peat in a compartment of a carriage in front of which was the guard's teat, and behind was another compartment in which were four or five well-dressed men, some of whom got in at Paddington ; they alighted at diffe rent stations on the line, and upon the arrival of the train at Bristol it was found that the box above. mentioned, after being taken out, forced open, and emptied of its contents, had been replaced in its original position. No implement hy which the plunder might have been effected could be found. Information of tke occurrence was communicated to the prin cipal officen connected with the railway, and every exertion is being used with the view of tracing out the guilty panics. Billing, the guard, was yesterday afternoon in the custody - of Mr. Burton, one of the inspectors of the Great Western Railway Company's police, who had come up from Bristol upon the business. IRELAND. DIIALIN. JAN. 10. The great seal has this day been placed in commis sion. The commissioners named are the following : Three judges of the Court of Exchequer, 'tamely, Barons Richards, Pennefather, and Lefrov; Mr. Justice Moore, of the Queen's Bench; Mr. Justice Jackson, of the Common Pleas ; and two of the Masters in Chancery, Messrs. Henn and Brooke. As the Lord Chancellor will not enter upon the active duties of his office until his health shall be perfectly restored, the commissioners are to divide the business of the Court of Chancery among them, in such manner as will be most suitable to the accommodation of the suitors end the profession. The Lord Chancellor is nearly conva lescent, and all cause of tuisiety is now at an end. On Saturday evening Dr. Whatcly delivered the introductory lecture of the Zoological Society, in the rooms of the Royal Dublin Society. The funds of the institution are not in a prosperous condition, and to stimulate the exertions of its friends, as well as to induce the lovers of science to come forward in its support, the archbishop dwelt at considerable length, in a very interesting lecture, on the origin, progress, and benefits of zoological science. The boll was thronged. Among the hearers were the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Duke of Leinster, and Professor Forbes; and his Grace the Duke occupied the chair. The Sligo magistrates assembled on Saturday, to the number of sixteen. The design of the first notifi cation was to invite the Earl of Clarendon to secure the peace of the county by placing it under the late act ; but the unbroken tranquillity which prevailed throughout Sligo since that period, has altered their determination. An augmentation in the police force was agreed to, as well as to apply for a small mili tary detachment. Only one barony had the least ap pearance of disturbance ; and, since the landlords took advantage of their fears, to fly, Siney is as tranquil as Middlesex. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Two murders of a moat cruel character have been perpe trated at Castletown Bache, County Cork. A poor lodging- , house keeper, very industrious, and supposed to have some , money accumulated, was murdered, together with her niece, a little girl residing with her. Two men who lodged with , the unhappy woman one night last week ate supposed to be the perpetrators of this atrocity. An attempt at murder, which happily failed, has been , made at Leitrim. Mr. Lauder, an agent under chancery on the estate of a Mr. Browne, charged his local bailiff with some commands which he was proceeding to execute, when be was fired at. The bailiffs name was Quinn, and a man named Foley was with him at the time. The Mail, in relating this story, says: A man dressed in woman's clothes, with his face black crud, came up to Quinn and Foley, and desired Foley to go home, and Quinn to fall upon his knees, until he should shoat him. Foley immediately commenced shouting , murder, and ran away ; but Quinn, although unarmed, ; bravely refused to comply with the mandate, and seized stones to throw at the ateassin, who fired at him, but pro videntially without effect, although the ball passed close by , Quinn's coat, and the wadding lighted upon his shoe. Quinn, nothing daunted, contiued flinging stones at him, , and the bloodthirsty ruffian dared not tire the second pistol , he held in his hand. well knowing, from Quinn's courage and coolness, that should his second shot prove ste ineffectual as the first, Quinn would have &recited him and handed him over to justice; such, however, was the dead:y inteit of the auassin, that when Quinn made him retreat to the ditch on the roadside, he deliberately pro ceeded to reload the pistol he had discharged, in tending, no doubt, to fire again at Quinn, at the same time to retain a loaded pistol to protect him from Quian's arrest. Quinn seeing him thus preparing for a second attack, went to an adjoining house, and asked the loan of a gun or pistol, that he might capture him, which, it is unnecessary to say, he was refused, the assassin always receiving protection. When Quinn came out of the house, he saw the ruffian run ning away; and thus he escaped through several men wbo were digging close to the scene of outrage, and never offered Quinn the least anistance. THE. LATE "AFFAIR Or HONOUR" AT Coax.—A can of criminal prosecution, directed, as it was supposed, by the chief military authorities, for an assault committed by Mr. Robert Hardy, of Cork, upon Captain B. G. Bunbury, of the 67th regiment, lately stationed there, was tried nn Friday, before the Recorder of that city. The proceedings arose out of circumstances connected with the interruption of an engagement subsisting between the proeecutor arid &young lady, the sister of the accused. Captain Bunbury was examined at great length, and his answers varied the aspect of the affair very materially from what it had appeared in the statements before published. He swore that, upon his representing the consequences, to the happiness of both, that would ensue from a marriage under the circum stances in which the threatened displeasure of his father, with his own want of fortune, would place them, the lady herself, at an interview, released him from ell previous en g Temente. If she had not, he declared that he was deter mined to fulfil his promise of marriage at any ride. Captain Banbury's demeanour, in giving his evidence, was dirtin guished by the utmost delicacy at every reference to the lady, and regarded as highly honourable. In this respect his counsel proceeded further, and expressed himself, with regard to her personal attractions and her dignified feeling apparent in the transaction, in terms bordering upon enthu plasm. According to the instructions of his client, also, he interposed no technical objection to the defence. As to the reason for his client's not retaliating upon his assailant, he observed, it was evident, from the physi cal strength of each of the parties, that, had not Captain • Bunbury been actuated by a spirit of forbearance, he might have raised Mr. Hardy and dropped him over the side of the vessel on board of which the assault wascommitted.— , Evidence was offered to contradict some portions of the prosecutor's statement relative to conversations ha 1 with the lady's friends, but the court declined to admit this, as not relevant to the issue.—The jury found &verdict of Guilty ; but, as if to show the feeling entertained towards the law in their country, added that. although guilty in its sight, they considered Mr. Hardy as justified in every other respect. — The sentence was postponed to allow affidavits to be put in in mitigation of the offence. Meanwhile the treveiser, who was stated to have net yet attained hie majority, entered into a recognisance to come up for judgment. SCOTLAND. EDINBVkOH, JAN. 10. Paisley pauperism is again a subject of discussion. The sheriff and magistrates have addressed a stringent memorial to the parochial boards, representing that the able-bodied operatives have been in diztrcsa since Nov. 1846, that upwards of six thousand persons are at present on the relief list, that the weekly expendi ture is above 320!., and that such an outlay can no longer be provided by subscription. WALES. ATTEMPT TO THROW A PASSENGER TRAIN DOWN rltEriPice.—At the Cardiff 'elisions on Friday, William Steil, a young man attired in the garb of a labourer, was indicted for w i lfully and maliciously attempting to overthrow several a t a rails, train t o h l e t re h b v T p o l t a r in N i k .al tle i r,.. l" . n pup bl .:Tr o or n z pirions in cen•iderable pperil. The trial lasted more than nine hours, the proceedings creating the greatest interest. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on the evening of the Bth of last month, a passenger train, comprising eight carriages with upwards of fifty passengers, left Cardiff far Merthyr on the Taff Vale Railway. It proceeded at its usuiil rate with ^very apparent security until it had arrived , at a particular part of the line, 18 milzs from Candid and 6 • front Merthyr, when the engine, tender. sod three of the carriage• went off the line. At this point the line is formed on table land on the Kill of a mountain called Rubuchan. The mountain is on one tide, and a precipice of 100 feet over hanging the Taff river on the other. The evening was dark and stormy. The river was much swollen, and in th•: event of a passenger train going over the declivity into the stream the result most have been frightful. Fortunately for three in the train, the engine went off on the side of the moues.— As may be supposed, the most painful alarm was mani fated by the passengers, and on the guards making an ex amination as to the cause of the accident they discovered that two of the rails had been forcibly taken up ; one was thrown across the centre of the line, and the other was subse quently found to have been thrown down the embankment. The spot was described to be most secluded, the nearest habi tation being some miles distant. There area serial of severe curves, under 12 chains radius; and by a providential inter ference the delinquent, ignorant of the laws of motion, had, as appeared from the evidence, removed the rails at a point, which, although he intended to have been the means of bailing the train down the precipice, had a tendency to force it on the reverse tide. For obvious reasons the particulars are omitted, but it may be mentioned that bad they been displaced only a few yards distant nothing could have pre vented the precipitation of the train into the river. From a variety of auspicious circumstances the prisoner was apprehended on the charge of basing , committed the murderous act. It would appear that the prisoner was a native of Aberdeen, and for the pre vious six months had been employed on the works of a ' branch line, but not in the service of the Taff Vale Railway Company. During that time he had formed an acquaintance with a young female named Eliza Williams. lie had been supplanted by another party, Thomas Lewis, the stoker of the train, which had given rise to considerable ill-feeling on his part. lie had been heard to hold out several threats, one of which was that he would kill his rival. The mode of removing the rails being explained, it was shown that be had been inquiring for such tools as would be required in efficting their removal. In the course of the evening, just before the occurrence, he was seen in the vicinity of the spot, 4i miles from his house, and failed in giving a satisfactory explanation of his being there. A peculiarly constructed knife was found in his possession, which was shown to have been used is cutting some pieces of wood which were left on the spot, and which had been employed in re moving the rails. The chairman having summed up the evidence, the jury consulted for a qua ter of an hour, and returned a verdict of Guilty.—The chairman then proceeded to pronounce judgment, and la mented that the legislature had made no proper provision to meet such cases, the maximum punishment, according to the General Railway acts, being two years' imprisonment, with bard labour. Fortunately, however, for the protection , of the public, the 166th section of the company's own act ' provided, that if any person should wilfully and maliciously injure, break, throw down, or destroy any portion of the works, he should be subject and liable ea incases of larceny. The court, therefore, felt bound to apply that power. There could be no doubt as to the murderous intention of the pri soner, and the sentence was, that he be transported for the term of seven years. A LIBERAL LANDLORD.—Lord Dinorbtn lies inti mated to his numerous tenantry, that, in future, they may consider the hares and rabbits on their farms to be entirely at their own disposal. " ROBBERIES PREVAIL IN MANY PARTS OF SOUTH WALEA, in consequence," says a local paper, "of many of the Irishmen discharged from railway works, or attracted by the hope of obtaining work, having been thrown upon the Welsh fur support. The poultry yards are cleared; houses nightly attacked; and much alarm prevails. To make matters worse, it is expected that the Dowlaie iron. works will soon be stopped, in consequence of the absence of an agreement for the renewal of the Bowie', lease between the Marquis of Bute and Sir John Guest, Bart. Mr. Booker, who will be high sheriff, applied to the court at the quarter SelliiollS this week for an increase in the police force." in leyiog out his grounds. You were entirtained by him as a guest fur many weeks. For nine or ten weeks you were in his house. You took advantage of the knowledge you acquired by so being in his house of when different articles of his property were kept to plunder him. The whole of these tranNuetions appear to have been connected together. The greed jury found four different indictments against you. At first I thought it would have been necessary to _proceed, at any rate, to the trial of one of these indictment., to which you pleaded not guilty ; and nothing but the statement which has been mada by the medical officers of the Castle, as to your past and present state of health, would have prevented me hum pur suing that course. You now stand before us, liable, upon the indictment to which you have pleaded guilty, to trans portation. If the court thought it their duty to go that length I certainly for one, and my brother magistrates agreed with me, thought that it would have been a proper coarse to have another indictment against you tried ; but as our object iu the sentence I am about to pronource is to reform you, and to make you an example to others, and not to shorten or to destroy life, we don't think that, in the circumstances you are placed in as to health, it would be doing justice to do so. The scateues of the court is, that you, Gorge Thurtcll, upon thin indictment, to which you have pleaded guilty, be imprisoned in the Castle for one year, and that during the time you be kept to hard labour. I add this latter port of the sentence because it is the practice of this court, or of any court of justice, to show any respect of persons, or to snake a dif ference between the rich and the poor, between the edit. sated or the uneducated ; hut, if any difference were made, it ought to be in favour of the poor, to whom temptations are greater, and their means of knowledge less. I have no wish to enlarge nor to wound the feelings of one in your iituation, I only thought it right to state so much, that the country might know the grounds upon which the court had proceeded. I have nothing further to add. The learned gentleman then remarked (not addressing the prisoner): Perhaps it may ae some comfort to his friends to say, that though I mentioned hard labour, it will be such as the medi cal officers think him equal to. tn. $ 0 1 • t... • 1. 3 . . , • in the train, the engine went off on the aide of the mountain. in Lying out his grounds. You were entertained by him as As may be supposed, the most paialtd alarm was moan- a guest for many weeks. For nine or ten weeks you were in fasted by the passengers, and on the guards making an ex- his house. You took advantage of the knowledge amination as to the cause of the accident they discovered you acquired by so being in his house of when that two of the rails had been forcibly taken up ; one was different articles of his property were kept to plunder thrown scrossthe centre of the line, and the other was saber- him. The whole of these tramactions appear to 1 ' quently found to have been thrown down the embankment. have been connected together. The greed jury found • . The spot was described to be most secluded, the nearest habi- four different indictments against you. At first I thought it , 11 Wien being some miles distant. There are:a series of severe would have been necessary to _proceed, at any rate, to the curves, under 12 chains radius; and by a providential inter- trial of one of these indictment., to which you pleaded not • Terence the delinquent, ignorant of the laws of motion, had, ea guilty ; end nothing but the statement which has been made . appeared from the evidence, removed the rails at a point, by the medical officers of the Castle, us to your past and which, although he intended to have been the means of present state of health, would have prevented me from pure hurling the train down the precipice, had a tendency to force suing that course. You now stand before us, liable, upon • . it on the reverse tide. For obvious reasons the particulars the indictment to which you have pleaded guilty, to trans- are omitted, but it may be mentioned that bad they been portation. If the court thought it their duty to go that displaced only a few yards distant nothing could have pre- length I certainly for one, and my brother magistrates agreed vented the precipitation of the train into the with me, thought that it would have been a proper coarse to river. From a variety of suspicious circumstances have another indictmentagaiest you tried ; but as our object the prisoner was apprehended on the charge of hating in the sentence I am about to pronounce is to reform you, committed the murderous act. It would appear and to make you an example to others, and not to • that the prisoner was a native of Aberdeen, and for the pre- shorten or to destroy life, we don't think that, • vious six months had been employed 'on the works of a in the circumstances you are placed in as to health, branch line, but not in the service of the Taff Vale Railway it would be doing justice to do so. The anntelll.33 Company. During that time he had formed an acquaintance of the court is, that you, George Thurtell, upon this with a young female named Eliza Williams. lie had been indictment, to which you have pleaded guilty, be imprisoned supplanted by another ;Arty, Thomas Lewis, the stoker of in the Castle for one year, and that during the time y ou be i • the train, which had given rise to considerable ill-feeling on kept to hard labour. I add this latter pert of the sentence his part. He had been heard to hold out several threat', because it is the practice of this court, or of any court one of which was that he would kill his rival. The mode of of justice, to show any respect of persons, or to snake a dif. removing the rails being explained, it was shown that he fereaoe between the rich and the poor, between the edue , had been inquiring for such tools as would be required in cated or the uneducated ; hut, if any difference were made, effecting their removal. In the course of the evening, just it ought to be in favour of the poor, to whom temptations • before the occurrence, he was seen in the vicinity of the spot, are greater, and their means of knowledge less. I have no 41 miles from his house, and failed in giving a satisfactory with to enlarge nor to wound the feelings of one in your • explanation of his being there. A peculiarly constructed situation, I only thought it right to state so much, that the knife was found in his possession, which was shown to have country might know the grounds upon which the court been used in cutting some pieces of wood which were left on had proceeded. I have nothing further to add. The learned the spot, and which had been employed in re- gentleman then remarked (not addressing the prisoner): moving the rails. The chairman having summed Perhaps it may 3e some comfort to his friends to say, that up the evidence, the jury cuusulted for a quay- though I mentioned hard labour, it will be such as the meal- ter of an hour, and returned a verdict of Guilty,—The cal officers think him equal to. • chairman then preceded to pronounce judgment, and la- mented that the legislature had made no proper provision to meet such cases, the maximum punishment, according to NAVAL. the General Railway acts, being two years' imprisonment, oeh ee , _ , 7 .— Notice • . . with bard labour. Fortunately, however, for the protection .u re ...oat —eaN. is hereby given, that the u account of the public, the 166th section of the company's own actsales of the proceeds arising from the cap- the slave vessel, name unknown, by her Majesty's provided, that if any person should wilfully and maliciously injure, break, throw down, or destroy any portion of the shipe , te , te B4 l te Wa rwi h T. F. link,. Esq., .'Commander, on ice Bth_ et will be registered in the Rich Court of a 'i works, he should be subject and liable as incases of larceny. "'V of May , " Admiralty, on or after the 17th inst. —J. WOODRUM', 1 . The court, therefore, felt bound to apply that power. There a , could be no doubt as to the murderous intention of the pri- a g..„." 4 " " e „, e ' souse, and the sentence was, that he be transported for the —lnn.evaL TA NI TITS OT WINDSOR.—ADMIRALTY , JAW. 10. • last night's Gazef , e the Lords Commirionces of the term of seven years. A LIBERAL LANDLORD.—Lord Dinerhen has intl- . Admiralty notice to such lieutenants in her M desty's (rived 'of he'recommended for the •t- -navy as are memos mg mated to his numerous tenantry, that, in future, they may ment of Naval Knight of Windsor, under the will of the late / , ... consider the hares and rabbits on their farms to be entirely Samuel Travers, Esq., that they must apply at this office on t at their own disposal, or before Feb. 11 next, when they will Ise informed of the 1 ii " ROBBERIES PREVAIL IN MANY PARTS OF SOUTH S nature of the certificates and testimonials which are required WALES, in consequence," says a local paper, "of man o f to show that they come within the meaning of the said will, the Irishmen discharged from railway works, or attracted by which expresses, " that they are to be superannuated or di"- ' the hope of obtaining work, having been thrown upon the !bled lieutenants of English men of war," and shall he t ' Welsh fur support. 'The poultry yards are cleared ; homes ' tangle men, without children, inclined to lead a virtuous, nightly attacked; and much alarm prevails. To make studious, and devout life, to ba removed, if they give occa - matters worse, it is expected that the Dowlsis ironworks don for scandal."—H. 0. WARD. will run be stopped, in consequence of the absence of an PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Stromboli, et., which arrived on agreement for the renewal of the Howbeit; lease between the Sunray from Woolwich, has defects to make good. When ' Marquis of Bute and Sir John Guest, Bart. Mr. Booker, com p leted, she will be paid, advancewages, and await . who will be high sheriff, applied to the court at the quarter orders : Malta is said to he her deetination•—Bonetta (fitted • SelliiOns this week for an increase in the police force." at the Eastward) was to have sailed this day for the coast of Africa, taking mails, but several defects in her rigging have . i ) ll been discovered, and she will remain a day or two to make o PROVINCIAL, them good.—Cuckoo, at. v., will be ready to proceed to , 1 LANCitslllßte. Jersey on the lath inst.—Birkenhead, st. will be paid off r HIGGINSON AND DEANE'S BANKRUPTCY. The on the 13th inst.—Avon, at., will be completed, and proceed , fourth hearing under the fiat of bankruptcy against Messrs. to Cork, on the 14th inst.—Netley, tender, armed this , day li I Higginson, Deane, and Co., the extensive 'West India mess from Devonport, with . supernum.rartes.—Rear-Adm. I res- [ chants, took place yesterday. in the Liverpool District Court cott re-hoested his flog in the Excellent, gunnery ship, yes- ,of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Commissioner Perry.—Mr. Jona- terdsr• , The firm received a bank- ' than lligginson, the chief partner in the firm, was re- Siteesteass, JAN. 10.—The following minute has Oda day been issued by the Captain Superintendent of her Majerty'a examined at considerable length. ruptcy notice from the Royal Bank on or about the 21st of dockyard, Sheerneas :—" To the respective officers of this ) October, which expired on the 11th of November, and the yard—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty baying chief points of the present examination referred to two yes directed that the following number of drill officers arc to be eels which arrived here in the interim, and were sent, with allowed for the brigade at this yard, together with instruc- = their bills of lading indorsed, to Hamburg, and there dis• tions as regards the drill pay, I here to wally the seine for 9 posed of. Mr. Iligginson stated the cargo of the Lancaster your information, viz., one adjutant, and two sergeants- I to have been sent to Hamburg after the Ist of November, major, one for the battalion of infantry, and one for that of r but he could not state the precise date. Word was sent to the artillery ; one quarter-mater-seretunt for the duties of the . o catain of the other vessel, the Alice, M. Cork, on the 10th of office, and two drill sergeants for each company of infantry . November , A LAMENTABLE only o e day R A4PlLfoWrneTthAe C n c o l ti p ce EN ex T p and artillery, and one drill sergeant for each company of the ire occUrresl on exceed the sums alio - d lords have , • boat battalion. With respect to the drills, in order not to I iSe , mydecidedthat Luring k Monday, on the Manchester and Liverpool line, at Preston the month of April the officer' andnon-commissioned officers Brook, by which Mr. Edward lialliwell, agent to the Earl only shall be drilled, and Mr two days in the week. During s of Ellesmere, lost his life. This gentleman, who was only the months of May, June, July, and August, the whole form ' .. 1 1 i about 25 years'old, was a much-valued servant of the noble is to be drilled, also for two days in the week ; and the drill 1 . earl's, and had lately been stationed at Preston Brook. On will close on the Ist September, as by this arrangement lees Monday maiming he was crossing the line of rails on which time will be lost by the shortness of the days. With respect ~• a train was coming up, and could not get out of the WAY to the hand, my herds desire that it shall consist of not more F quickly enough. One of the buffers first caught him, and than 21 men, which number is to include a band o dashed him forward a considerable distance along the master and corporal; a drum major, and bugle major, ?, line, when he fell longitudinally on one of the rail?, and was will be allowed for the brigade generally, and one drummer . h unable to move before the wheels passed over him, almost or bugler to each company of the bilged'. The persons 's cutting his body in two, lengthways. The situation he held composing the bend arc to be paid only on the days of drill had been previously filled by his father and grandfather, during the bummer reason, namely, from May Ito Aug. 31, and he has left unprovided for a mother and sister, and for one day a week during the winter mouths fur prac- . ti who had been dependent upon him. He was highly tire, and their pay is to be on the following scale :—Band- h respected by the tenantry, as well as esteemed by master and drum and bugle major, Is. 4d.; corporals, ls. 2.1 ; ?, the earl, and by a very large circle of acquaint- privates, Is. My lords arc also pleased to allow the adju . - " am* in the neighbouring towns.—Another fatal accident, trans of the brigades an additional allowance of 301. 2s. fist. It by which two lives were lost, occurred about two miles from and per annum for coals, candles, a servant." , , Rawteastall, on the East Lancashire Railway, on Saturday le estimate for the expense of the brigade at Sheen NI L ' afternoon. Four men, S. Bentley, of Smalthridge, J. Hat Yard is as follows : Y stead, of Colne, and J. Dyson and J. Butterworth, of I Adjutant £lo9 II 0 to Rosendale, had been ordered to pull down all the loose 2 Sergentr-Major lO9 10 0 iprops on which the balks rest that extend across the water- 17 !trill Sergeants ,1 couree• to prevent their being carried away. They had just Drill i al y l7OO 17 0 , a knocked down one of the props when three of the great Ere' a 0 ,- balks fell, together with planks, iron plates, sleepers, stones, ry and earth, so that the party were covered with them, with The Ilavannah is to have a complement of 230 men. The a. the exception of Derain, whose head was uncovered, and who Ocean has this day been paid off, and will be recommisinned sj called for help. This was rendered as aeon as possible, anti as a flag-ship to-morrow. The Ganges has been fitted for ..! some of his companions succeeded in getting him and But- service by the ship's company of the Ocean, assisted by the • If terworth out alive. It was nearly two hours before they re. ya:d riggers, and will be commissioned to-morrow. .1. I " covered Bentley and Halstead. They were quite dead. The I' Es bodies were afterwards taken to the Duke of Buccleuch inn, MILITARY. .. a where an inquest will be held. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Lieut. Barton, 71st, Ensign • O o _ A et:n(173,40N OF DINNERS AND FETES have taken Lyons, I Gth Feat, and a detachment of the 06 th Foot , em - h: place i d n uri lf ig uctire, t Cl i t u es w hi d re uis Stffold u s u h u ir ur e, u a i nd th Le e i l e : e ur et i er ui b p ar al k ui c e d r, y t e ru st u r s r pu dal t, ne r rzi o n r g fu. from Cowes, in the General 1 s t e Stamford and uatl Warrington's come into majority. ,.. T uf h i e u ro p per: i y which it xi ts 1, A th s e ht f o u n i on y d iu W atu arn ) aeln/triiiiinuctanumesaliure,', Cheshire at pantie ; at m u on T io u l , tat) Enteiltsentr. c 7, Staffordshire; and Ansty and Eradgate Park, with other a EQUITY COURTS. lands, in Leicesterehire• The priucipal of these rejoicings in II- Before the ford Chancellor. ho the north concluded on Monday night with a ball, at Al- Yesterday being the first day of Hilary term, his lordship ,d Wincham, and a dinner at Ashton-under-Lyne. At the took his scat in court at 11 o'clock, and appeared quite i re- ' latter place a public dinner was given in the Townthall i covered from his recent indisposition. His voice is certainly • se when about 200 gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood stronger , and his • • nger, he were precut, the mayor of the borough, Mr. Abel Buckley, before his ilium. His lordship ruse at three o'clock, alter a .. presiding, and the principal guests being Charter Handley, hearing some motions. of Esq., M.P., Legh Richmond, Esq., and J. Fletcher, Esq., , D mayor of the court lent. The nehle earl was not present, B e le m the rios-(ls.tneettor of England. , I eo having previously engaged himself to preside at a similar CHRIST'S HOSPITAL v. GRAINGEN.—AI' OF ' 1 ' o f eatertainment at ninths. CHARITY Illslts IN THE Tow aor ULAIHNU.—The Vice- , aft e , M WARWICKSHIRE. Chancellor delivered judgment in miscue the tacks of which u L d, m. EE LECTORe OF COVENTRY presented, on on- were fully reported in the Daily News of Nov. 23. The ot day, a testimonial to Mr. W. Williams, late M.P. for that suit was instituted by the cormeation of London, as Revere in city. Since the last election congratulatory addresses have noes of Christ's Hospital, against the meteor, aldermen, end As been voted to Mr. Williams, and a subscription was set on bureesees of the town of needing, who are the trus- h, foot some time ago in order to present him with some sub- teas of certain charity estates under the will of is. stands' testimonial of the respect which those who had stood Mr. John Kendricke, of the City of London draper, er, by hint and did not desert him at the last, entertained dated the 'Atli of December, 1624, who left the .um of dy towards him. A handsome silver epergne candelabra 7,6001. to the curporatien of leading upon trust to purchase .. a- and salver, weighing 240 on., and of elegant lands of the value of :101. per annum, tur the benefit et the sr- construction and. workmauship, was purchased with poor of Reading, and to lay out the residue in manner iin this subscription, and the presentation of the tea- therein directed, for the benefit of poor clothiers in the said in- timonial took place on Monday in St. Mary's-hall.— town. The will contained a proviso that if the said cerpo- he Mr. Williams addressed his old constituents at considerable ration of Reading, or their sumessors, should at any time pet length. neglect, omit, or fail to perform the trusts of his said will, ith NORFOLK. and that such neglect or omission should continue for the ng THE CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST GEORGE 'fHT.IR , space of one year, then the whole of the mid le peel should rte TELL has resulted in a conviction. A Norwich correspondent be paid over to the corporation of London, for the benefit of ' i he gays : " Thurtell is a brother of John Thelma' who was I Christ's Hospital. It appeared by the bill that a portion of I / to executed at Hertford for the murder of Mr. Weare. George the *aid bun of 7,3001. had beer, expended by the corpora- his Theutell has, for mane )ears, been known in this city and tion of Iteadiog in the purchase of lend-,, producing 40/. per •si- county as a rather needy man but somewhat expenencen I annum, and that the residues, amounting to 3,600 e, Lin horticulturist. Ile occa'ionally lectured on arboriculture in i had been also applied for some time to the use tht the different literary institutious in this part of the country, of poor clothiers as directed by the will, but that of and, being respectably connected, has commonly found his subsequently this mode of applying the funds had been way into good society. Frequently, too, he has been employe I found detrimental to the interests of the charity, and a suit .. the by gentry to layout theirlawns, gardens endpleasuregrounde Was instituted in the Court of Exchequer for the perpose of the For a long time last year he was employed by Mr. Edward altering tae destination of the fund.., and a decree was made not Ferrer, of Sporle-with-Palgrave, by Swaffham, to lay out with the consent of the governor of Ct,rist's Hospital, sane- ly ; and arrange pleasure grounds, and when there was as timing a new scheme, but which contained a clause of in usual treated as a gentleman by the family, living and lodsr- forfeiture similar to that in the will of the testator, directing hey ing in the house, and receiving FIE guineas a week that, in ease the corporation of Reeding should fail to apply ;. During this period Mr. Ferrer was much annoyed by the the funds in manner thereby directed, that then the pro- :in constant loss of valuable property. The servants were perty should be transferred to the governor , of Christ's who charged with stealing it ; elle alter another they were dis Hospital. It appeared that the corporation of Rending heel into charged and their characters injured by the suspicion remained in uudiepuUd possession of the charity !mle until attached to them, but no trace could be found of the stolen the year 1836, when the charity commis loners leaned the property. At length one of them sew Thurtell coming from town, and baring made inquiries into the application a part of the house where he could have co business. le an of the funds, a report was made, by which it was , apologetic way he said he was looking for a honk, I stated that the said charity funds had long ceased to •'• but the girl's suspicions were aroused, and Thiirtell newer the purposes fur which they were intended, ' ion , leaving soon after, she communicated the tact to and, in consequeuce of this report, an information was eat her muter. Soon after Mr. Ferrer write to the I filed in the year 1841. That inforreatim not having come hat superintendent of polies at Norwich, informing him rather to a heariog the plaintiffs instituted the. e ',recce 'logs, in the nee what his servant's suspicions were than his own, describing nature of a cross oill, teethe purnose eif °Meanie? ei declaration the goods which had been lot, and asking him to look over from thecourtthatthefunds hadleommisappliee.and thatthe y are _ , Thule( ll's premise., and see for satisfaction if they were were entitled to the estates and meetly winch had arisen from swe there. Thr superintendent did so, and here was found even. the 7,5001., under the clause of forfeiture in the testator's I no item of the !its! property, with many other good. after will Vice-Chancellor said this mac appeared to him a wards found to be stolen. Thurtell was apprehended and t most clear and simple case Ile conceived that he was bound committed to Nerwich Castle for trial at the present January by the decree of the Court of Exchequer in 1839, and as a session-. Mr. Ferrer', goods were embraced in five differ- , mere matter of fact it was plain that thus" things had not eat indictments. The first was for stealing five Mien and e been done which were prescribed to be done by the decree. OWN sheet. To chi, Thurtell pleaded guilty. The other four I It was a necessary consequence that the mewling of the fan- liana indictments embraced the rest of the property stolen from guiege of the decree was, that all the residue of the 7,5001. was Mr. Ferrer, T., rech of thew be pleaded not guilty. The which was then or might thereafter be laid out, ought to be area learned Recorder of Norwich, Isaac Jermy, Fem., who is ; paid over to Christ's Hespital. Re was anxious to see the ring , elm env of the chairmen of the county semions, from his ; papers, in order that he might examine the backs, and it ap- t 50 1 previous knowledge of the family, felt some repugnance to ; peered to him meatiest from the accounts which appeared than ' taking the now. and Thuvell was sent into the other court, 1 upon them, that there had net been that application Test. I before H. Dover, Esq. Here the primate, wi appeared tr. }, of the revenue of the 7,5001. which was pet-tithed by the ning quelacles. an aid light drab great coat, and a long white decree. The money invested in the Consols appeared to right I comforter round his neck, had so dolorous an appear- I amount to about 6,30111., and the tart that M. re estate(' that f far ante, as almost "to put him out of knowledge.e Re sum was omelet the plaintiffs' cue, as it mist have arisen t its I seemed exceedingly al, and altogether an object of I from the investment of that money, which ought to have rived i compassion. Homily any one would have seppence been applied it a very different manner. It was emir, ad 6 . him to be mho person who for the last two or three I therefore, that there mint be a decree that tee ensue so •Z.N. .f f the 1 sessions bad taken a seat en the megistratee' bench. as they were vested in those persons Lolled the trustees ( sue isos rmed I and whose be rtiviltural knowledge so frequently intre•lec, , l in the corporation, most be corer yed to the geverno ,e..-- seeas .3 . char,. l him into respectable society. He held down his bead whit Christ's Hospital. His Honour was also of opinion aver- I Mr. Donee parsed ;he following sentence:—George a hurt,: those gentlemen smiled the trustees it:us. pay the outs. ' e .."..." s 4 .... i• /. dark I you bane pleaded guilty to nesting five shirts and one shee t, the governors of Cieriet's Hospital would have 10 pay the ,_ . ..... event ' the property of Edward Ferrer. I have read throes , - t) e of thecenforatioo of Iteeediftee'" wh""heleB" l " i ' d ' ' 55 ‘l',..)` I cream depositions, and the fame of the case ap rto be thew: - vetted. Oa the subject of t he legal estate his Honour w • than You were employed by Mr. Ferrer as a gardener make this observation . the 71st section of the M ' 4 • 1 1i L e''.; en f, x 51,/ •--- • • - NAVAL. PRIZE MONET.—JAN. 7.—Notice is hereby given, that the account sales of the proceeds arising from the cap ture of the slave vessel, name unknown, by her Majesty's ship Waterwitch, T. F. Birch, Esq., Commander, on the Bth day of May, 1846, wilt be registered in the Rich Court of Admiralty, on or after the lith inst. —J. WOODITELD, agent. —Gazette. NATAL KNIGHTS OP WINDSOR.—ADMIRALTE, JAN. 10. —ln last night's GazeVe the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty give notice to such lientenams in her M ijesty's navy as ere desirous of being recommended for the appoint ment of Naval Knight of Windsor, under the will of tke late Samuel Travers, Esq., that they must apply at this office on Or before Feb. 11 next, when they will be informed of the nature of the certificates and testimonials which ;re required to show that they come within the meaning of the said will, which expresses, "that they are to be superannuated or dis abled lieutenants of English men of war," and shall he " Lingle men, without children, inclined to lead a virtuous, studious, and devout life, to ba removed, if they give occa sion for scandal."—R. 0. WARD. PORTSMOUTH, JAW. U.—Stromboli, et., which arrived on Sunray from Woolwich, has defects to make good. When completed, she will be paid, advance wages, and await orders : Malta is said to be her destination.—Bonetta (fitted at the Eastward) was to have sailed this day for the coast of Africa, taking mails, but several defects in her rigging have been discovered, and she will remain a day or two to make them good.—Cuckoo, at. v., will be ready to proceed to Jersey on the 16th inst.—Birkenhead, st. will be paid off on the 13th inst.—Avon, at., will be completed, and proceed to Cork, on the 14th inst.—Netley, tender, arrived this day from Devonport, with supernum.raries.—Rear-Adm. Pres cott re-hoisted his flog in the Excellent, gunnery ship, yes terday. SHEERNESS, JAN. 10.—The following minute has this day been issued by the Captain Superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Sheerness :—" To the raspective officers of this yard—My Lords Commissitmeri of the Admiralty haying directed that the following number of drill officers arc to be allowed for the brigade at this yard, together with instruc tions as regards the drill pay, I have to signify the some for your information, viz., one adjutant, end two sergeants major, one for the battalion of infantry, and one for that of artillery ; one quarter-master-sergeunt Inc the duties of tho office, and two drill sergeants for each company of infantry and artillery, and one drill sergeant for each company of the boat battalion. With respect to the drills, in order not to exceed the sums allowed, my lords have decided that during the month of April the officer' and nomcommissioned officers only shall be drilled, and Mr two days in the week. During the months of May, June, July, and August, the whole three is to be drilled, also for two days in the week ; and tke drill will close on the Ist September, as by this arrangement lees time will be lost by the shortness of the days. With respect to the hand, my lords desire that it shall consist of not more than 21 men, which number is to include a band master and corporal; • drum major, and bugle major, will be allowed for the brigade generally, and one drummer or bugler to each company of the Inigade. The persona composing the bend arc to be paid only on the days of drill during the summer reason, namely, from May 1 to Aug. 31, and for one day a wick during the winter mouths for prac tice, and their pay is to be on the following scale :—Band master and drum and bugle major, Is. 4d. ; corporals, Is. Sl. ; privates, Is. My lords arc also pleased to allow the adju- tants of the brigades an additional allowance of 301. Ss. 6d. per annum for coals, candles, and a servant." The estimate for the expense of the brigade at Sheen NI Yard is se follows :- 1 Adjutant ... 2 Sergeants-Major. . 17 Drill Sergeants . Drill pay. PROVINCIAL, LANCABIIIRE. HIGGINSON A2ID DEANE'S BANKRUPTCY.— The fourth hearing under the fiat of bankruptcy against Messrs. Higginson, Deane, and Co., the extensive West India mer chants, took place yesterday, in the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Commissioner Perry.—Mr. Jona than lligginson, the chief partner in the firm, was re exionined at considerable length. The firm received a bank ruptcy notice from the Royal Bank on or about the 21st ot October, which expired on the Ilth of November, and the chief points of the present examination referred to two yes Gels which arrived here in the interim, and were sent, with their bills of lading indorsed, to Hamburg, and there dis• posed of. Mr. Iligginson stated the cargo of the Lam-aster to have been sent to Hamburg after the let of November, but he could not state the precise date. Word was sent to the captain of the other vessel, the Alice, a' Cork, on the 10th of November, only one day before the notice expired. A LAMENTABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT occurred ot Monday, on the Manchester and Liverpool line, at Preston Brook, by which Mr. Edward Halliwell, agent to the Earl of Ellesmere, beet his life. This gentleman, whe was only about 25 yeareold, was a much-valued turrint of the noble earl's, and had lately been stationed at Preston Brook. On Monday merning he WY crowing the line of rails on which a train was coming up, and could not get out of the quickly enough. One of the buffers first caught him, anu dashed him forward a considerable distance along the line, when he fell longitudinally on one of the rails, and was unable to move before the wheels passed over bias, almost cutting his body in two, lengthways. The situation he held had been previously filled by his father and grandfather, and he has left unprovided for a mother and sister, who had been dependent upon him. He was highly respected by the tenantry, as well as esteemed by the earl, and by a very large circle of acquaint arum in the neighbouring towns.—Another fatal accident, by which two lives were lost, occurred about two miles from Rawtenstall, on the East Lancashire Railway, on Saturday afternoon. Four men, S. Bentley, of antallbridge, J. Hal stead, of Colne, and J. Dyson and J. Butterworth, of Roscndale, had been ordered to pull down all the Lose props on which the balks rest that extend across the water- course. to prevent their being carried away. They had just knocked down one of the props when three of the great balks fell, together with planks, iron plates, sleepers, stones, and earth, so that the party were covered with them, with the exception of Dyson, whose head was uncovered, and who called for help. This was rendered as soon as possible, ants come of his companions succeeded in getting him and But terworth out alive. It was nearly two hours before they re covered Bentley and Halstead. They were quite dead. The bodies were afterwards taken to the Duke of Buceleuch inn, where an inquest will be held. A SUCCUIeTON OF DINNERS AND FETES have taken place in Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Leiceeter shire during the last few days, in honour of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington's majority. The property which the noble earl has come into possession of lies principally at Ashton and Warrington, in Lancashire; at Dunham (one of the family seats) and Altrincham, in Cheshire ; at Enville, Staffordshire; and Ansty and Bradgate Park, with other lands, in Leicestershire. The principal of these rejoicings in the north concluded on Monday night with a ball, at Al trincham, and a dinner at Ashton-under-Lyne. At the latter place a public dinner woo given in the Town-hall, when about 200 gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood were precut, the mayor of the borough, Mr. Abel Buckley, presiding, and the principal guests being Charles Esq., M.P., Legli Richmond, Esq., and J. Fletcher, Esq., mayor of the court lest. The nehle earl was not present, Before the Eice4 baleen., of England. having previously engaged himself to preside at a aimilal CuiribT'n IiWII.ITAL a. ORNINoEa.—APPLICATION or entertainment at Enville. CHAMITIf F caua IN ilia Toe a us , ULAINNu,—The Vice- WARWICKSHIRE. Chancellor delivered judgment in tun case, the facto of which THE ELECTORd OF COVENTRY presented, on Mon- were fully reported in the Daily News f Nov. 23. The day, a testimonial to Mr. W. Williams, late M.P. for that suit was instituted by the corporation of London, as gever city. Since the last election congratulatory addresses have nom of Christ's Hospital, against the ma)rr, aldermen, end been voted to Mr. Williams, and a subscription Was set on burgesses of the town of needing, who are the trus foot some time ago in order to present him with some sub. ten of eremite charity estates under the will of stantial testimonial of the respect which those who had stood Mr. John Kendricke, of the City of London draper, by him and did not desert him at the last, entertained dated the setts of De cember, 1624, who left the sum of towards him. A handsome silver epergne candelabra 7,5001. to the corporatio n ofteadig upon truet to purchase and salver, weighing 240 ozo., and of elegant lands of the value of :101. pe annum, for the benefit Cl the construction and. woremauship, was purchased with poor of Reading, and to lay out the residue in manner the; subscription, and the presentation of the tea- therein directed, for the benefit of poor clothiers in the said timonfsl took place on Monday in St. Mary's.hall.— town. The will contained a proviso that if the said core°. Me. Williams addressed his old constituents at considerable ration of Reading, or their suecessors, should at any time length. neglect, omit, or fail to perform the trusts of his said will, NORFOLK. and that such neglect or omission should continue for the THE CHAltelE OF FELONY AGAINST GEORGE TRIM- spare of one year, then the whole of the said legacy should TELL has resulted in a conviction. A Norwich correspondent be paid over to the corporation of London, for the benefit of says "Thurtell is a brother of Jehn Thurtell who was i Christ's Hospital. It appeared by the bill that a portion of executed at Hertford for the murder of Mr. Weare. George I the said sun of 7,50 u/. had been expended by the corpora- Thartell has, for many years, been known in this city and tion of Reading in the purchase of lands, prhducing 40f. per county as a rather needy man but somewhat experience., i annum, and that the residue, amounting to 3,6001., horticulturist. He occasionally lectured on arboriculture in I had been also applied for some time to the use the different literary institutions in this part of the country, of poor clothiers as directed by the will, but that and, being respectably connected, has commonly found his subsequently this mode of applying the funds had been way into good society. Frequently, too, he has been employe found detrimental to the interests of the charity, and a suit hy gentry to lay out their lawns, gardens end pleasure grounds Was instituted in the Court of Exchequer for the purpose of For a long time last year he was employed by Mr. Edward altering t'm destination of the funds, and a decree was made Farrcr, of Sporle-with-Palgrave, by Swaffham, to lay out with the consent of the governors of Christ's Hospital, sane- and arrange pleasure grounds, and when there was as timing a new scheme, but which contained a clause of usual treated as a gentleman by the family, living and lodg. forfeiture aimilar to that in the will of the testator, directing ing in the house, and receiving six guineas a week that, in case the corporation of Reeding should fail to *BPI.) . During this period Mr. Ferrer was much annoyed by the the funds in manner thereby directed, that then the pro constant loss of valuable property. The servants were perty should be transferred to the governors of Christ's charged with stealing it ; sue alter another they were du Hospital. It appeared that the corporation of Rending had charged and their characters injured by the suspicion remained in uu.lisputed possession of the charity !soda until attached to them, but no trace could he found of the stolen the year 1836, when the charity commis loners Tia.t.td the property. At length one of them saw Thurtell coming from town, and having made inquiries into the application a part of the house where he could have no business. Is an of the funds, a report was made, by which it was apologetic way he said he was looking for a honk, I stated that the said charity funds bad long ceased to but the girl's suspicions were aroused, and Thurtell @newer the purpos fur which they were intended, leaving soon atter, she communicated the tact to I and, in consequtuos of this report, an information was her master. Soon after Mr. Ferrer wrote to the Slid in the year 1841. That inforraatisu not having come superintendent of police at Norwich, informing him rather to a hearing the plaintiffs instituted the. e preen , ings, in the what his servant's suspicions were than his own, describing nature of a cross bill, fur the purpose of obtaining se declaration the goods which had been lost, sud asking him to look over from thecosietthatthefunds had leernmisapplieo.and thatthe y Thurtell's premise., and see for satisfaction if they were were entitled tutheestatesand emptily winch bad erisen from there. The sup. rintendent did so, and here was found every the 7,5001., under the clause of forfeiture in the testator's item of the test property, with many other goods after will Vice-Chancellor said this ease appeared to him a wards found to he stolen. Thurtell was apprehended and i most clear and simple ease He conceived that he was bound committed to rwich Castle for trial at the present January Iby the decree of the Court of Exchequer in 11439, and as a session•. Mr. Ferrer', goods were embraced in five differ- 1 mere matter of fact it was plain that then- things had not eat indictments. The first was for stealing five shirts and e been done which were preeeribed to be done by the decree. !beet. To te is Thurtell pleaded guilty. The other four It sees a neoessary couetquence that the meaning of the lan indictments embraced the rest of the property stolen from gunge of the decree was, that all the residue of the 7,5001. ele Ferrer. To each of these be pleaded not guilty. 'the which was then or might thereafter be laid oat, ought to be learned Recordsr of Norwich, Isaac Jermy, Req., who is ; paid over to Christ's Hos pital. He was anxious to see the also one ot the chairmen of the county simians, from his ; papers, in order that he might examine the books, and it ap preeions knawlerlee of the family, felt some repugnance tee ; peered to him manifest from the accounts which snowed taking the cone. and Thurtell was sent into the otner court, 1 upon them, that there had not been that application before H. Dover, Esq. Here the prisoner, whip appeared to of the roveune of the 7,5001. which was pre-cribed by the spectacles. an old light drab great coat, and a lone white decree. The money invested in the Censer's appeared to comforter round hie neck, had so dolorous an appear. I amount to about 6,30111., and the tart that tee re existed that once, as almost "to put him out of knowledge." Re SUM was proof of the plaintiffs' care, as it most have arisen seemed exceedingly 01, and altogether an object ot I from the Investment of that money, which ought to bays companion. Hastily any one would have sepposee been applied it a very different wanner. It was c.ear, him to be the pemon who for the last two or three I theretore, that there must be a decree that the estates so %Z. N. sessions bad taken • seat en the magistrates' bench. I as they were vested in those person. Lolled the trustees and w hose he rtieeltural knowledge so frequently intr....lee, .1 I in the corporation, most be cony' yed to the governs him into respectable society. He held down his need whit I Christ's Hospital. His Honour was also of opinion as""' Mr. Dover passed :he following &entente :—George 't hurt.... these gentlemen (salted the trustees 11:11{. pay the OW% '? 1..;\/' you bees pleaded guilty to stealing five shirts and one sheet-, the governors of Christ ' s Hospital would have to pay the the property o f Edward Ferrer. I have read throng,. tI lof tee earporation of Iteeeling, le whom the legs: estate was 44 . ) depositions, and the facto of the cue apppse rto be thme - vested. Oa the subject of the legal estate his Honour w 1 .1. 1-7`_,._ T 1 You were employed by Mr. Finer ea a gardener make this observationthe 71st section of the M • •t, +,'.- - • ,cp K 2, .-.49109 19 0 .... 109 10 0 .... 724 4 0 . 1790 17 0 The Ilavannah is to have a complement of 230 men. The Ocean has this dry been paid off, and will be recomin:wioned as a flag-ship to-morrow. The Ganges has been fitted for service by the ship's company of the Ocean, assisted by the yatd riggers, and will be oommivioned to-morrow. MILITARY. PORTSMOrTII, JAN. IL—Lieut. Barton, 71st, Ensign Lyons, IGth Food, and a detachment 01 the aGth Foot, em barked yesterday morning from Cowes, in the Wllegal Palmer, transport, for Corfu. tat) Enteiltsentr. EQUITY COURTS. Before the ford Chancellor. Yesterday being the first day of Hilary term, his lordship took hi: scat in court et 11 o'clock, and appeared quite re covered from his recent indisposition. Hit voice is certainly stronger, and his enunciation more diqinet than they were before his illness. His lordship ruse at three o'clock, alter hearing some motions. op aD. e Er. 1 1 3 4011 ve o , e wh o /sully pre. e, ble lead!, ad tb Z amen red as irm of coon, 'ebster Alber- M.A., home niver :ese of sl and e aisle, The bishop . The ref ord, ing his ailed. oatiou, srship- Hunt- F. W. posing indite Henry Arch provi- rithout oviiion L oppo- court a named riekcon appear must m can• ad. heard istruc heard Iress • at you 0 your lave to dente I -ion of ain ob- Tession ittire. being ill not lot op- Laelf to