The Express. — London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

would believe himself the better of being daily obliged to defer to the paramount whim of the head of some one family raised into the dignity of controller-general of the parish —not for any imagi nary merits of its own, but for the sake of exercising such power of veto and control? And what are the affairs which, as citizens, men have in common, in difficulty, gravity, and importance, compared with those in which we should scoff at the presumption ' of any hereditary usurper who pretended to in terfere? The question raised by the zealots of reaction in France is not as between the comparative conve nience of a constitutional regime like that of Belgium, and that of the United States, where, practically, the head of the execu . tive in neither has any or half the power wielded by Louts NAPOLEON during his term of office, and in both of which the only real control established by law is that emanating from and con tinually mo di fied by popular representation,—but between a legislative assembly elected by household suffrage, and an oligarchic chamber nominated by a select and easily corruptible few, and a senate named by an hereditary• king. It is not the executive of the republic, but the legislative authority, that the 1, party of order" hate and endeavour to under mine. 'I he PREsIDENT is personally the object of their distrust and dislike, because ho has shown himself unwilling to identity his cause indissolubly with theirs. But so long as he seemed disposed to do so, legitimacy was dumb. So long as he listened to re-actionary counsels abroad or at home, both Orleanists and liourbonists lent him their open or tacit support. By their combined influence, measures regarding foreign pelicy, education, nay, the elective franchise itself, were successively carried out ; and it was not until the con federates quarrelled that the parliamentary warfare against Louts NAPOLEON began. We are fully per suaded that bad the reactioniets confidence in the fidelity of the PRESIDENT to anti-democratic schemes they would vote as clue man for the revision of the law of PAS, and support his re-election. The crown they might never concede to him; but they well know that a thoroughly unpopular and apostate pre sident would be more completely a tool in their hands for the restoration of social and political monopoly than an hereditary sovereign. It is the occasional disposition of Louts NAPOLEON to fall back upon the people, and the audible threats he has uttered, that, in the last resort, he will appeal to their inhe rent right to choose and to decide, that has alienated every enemy of the principle of self-government, from the catholic M. m IALLOUX to the Huguenot of Val Richer. results); when that is done, we shall want a series rep preparatory schools. In these Cathedral Grammar Schools we might find them. Don't then let ns throw away the opportunity they will then afford, because of the pecuniary mismanagement of the Ecclesiastical Gommuisioners; still less because of the legal quid dities of Mr. Itot;NDELLPALMER,or the ecclesiastical prejudices of Sir W. PAGE WOOD, in whom church intolerance is provokingly intermingled with poli tical intelligence. Let us hold our hands on the subject; for there are promising times in store for education in England. IT i., we suppose, a hopeless suggestion, that, after the discw , ion in the House of Commons, it would be t wise and prudent and graeiuus step for the Ikan and Chapter of Rochester to accommodate their dif ferences with Mr. WHISTON. . . . _ Yet, if they were retillywise in their generation ; if they eouldonlvsec the true interests of their order; if they would but understand the opinion formed ou their conduot by all moderate, sensible, and reputable men ; if they could only appreciate the spirit of the age, out of their own narrow prejudiced circle, they would cancel their deed of dismissal, re-accept Mr. WHISTON as Muster of their Grammar School, re-acknow ledge his rights and privileges; and rely that he, on his part, would frankly and honestly admit that, though entirely free from the com mission of any ;paean delietion wider the Cathedral Statutes, he may have used language unnecessarily harsh when cruelly provoked, and resorted too much to the orgionentom ad hum sane • hen unce remoniously repulsed in his generous eagerness for the interests of his young c/i, utak. But, though such a suggestion may be hopeless— though the Dean and Chapter may think it Christian and charitable to push matters to extremities ; and though—more is the par.—Preened HAWKINs of Oriel may persist in luwentig his distinguished repu tation by being a party to this sad ecclesiastical affair ; the suggestion is, nevertheless, made fur more in the interest of the church generally, for the repose of the chapter, and for the especial comfort of the Bishop of RowlesTen, than on account of Mr. 'truces, than bemuse of any misgivings that his case Will not fructify for public utility, and if so for their hurt, or because we have our doubts on which side right lies. As journalists, such matters accord per haps only too much with our pursuits, and afford too easy materials for our polemics. But they are, nevertheless, scandals, involving the character of grave, reverend, and in their way sincere men; they may gratify the love of the coarse and vulgar for strife and controversy, but they arc painful to the sincere and geed ; they embitter and exacerbate public discussion; and, though it may be useful, it is not desirable to see the life, the abilities, and the capacity for better and higher things, of such a man as Mr. Wittsrox, sp ent in a cathedral wrangle, which, it is now clear, legislation only can satisfac torily settle. Society, as that accomplished man of the world. Mr. BERNAL. said, is outraged by such displays; they lay bare the obscenities of life in sacred places. The question of cathedral schools has now, how ever, been fairly raised; it must be considered. Let it not then be retarded or encumbered by a dispute as to whether Mr. WfltsvoN, in originating with great learning and even greater zeal the discussion, did not, whilst smarting from capitular neglect and shivering from episcopal frigidity, commit, by using strong language to his superiors, a graries de irtuni Let the iksn and Chapter save their Bishop, Mr. Baron PARKE, Dr. LUSHINGTON, and the church from any such inquiry and decision, with all its trouble, expense, delay, inconvenience, and discredit. It is the wisest and best policy they could adopt, even though suggested by the body News. If, how ever, the campaign have to be re-opened, then of course we are ready and willing to enjoy its excite ment, to share in its difficulties, and to pursue it d rautranee. Let us pause a little, however, before re-nibbing our pen. In the discussion raised by Mr. MO WATT, two points of importance were made—one by Mr. ROL'S DELL PAL MER: the other by Lord JOHN Itussett. The statutes of cathedral bodies touching grammar schools arc not. said the former, legal trusts. Education, con tended the latter, ought, in the application of the Surplus funds of cathedrals, to give way to religion. Supposing, however, that those statutes do not, as is alleged, involve any legal, they most assuredly do a moral, trust ; and if a court of equity can't carry out, a court of conscience ought to enforce, that obli gation. So, the utmost that Mr. PALMER'S argument proves is that deans and chapters evade the inten tions of their founders, because those founders placed unlimited confidence in the force of their oaths and in the strictness of episcopal visitation; a posi tion far kiln enviable, we think, than a liability to be corrected by the Court of Chancery. But this nice distinction of the man of law is beside the question that men of sense will chiefly look at. The founders of our cathedral churches always contem plated an educational department, where youthful kerning was to be encouraged and rewarded by Uni- Tema) exhibitions. And the point raised by LordJoil x Itessettis whether this' , thew intention,bas now, when its value has become greater than ever, to be disre garded. No doubt, as his lordship argues, it was intended in remodelling our cathedral establishments, eleven years ago, to apply their surplus funds to the extension of church accommodation and instruction. But the importance of cathedral schools was then little appreciated, they had then—that of Durham excepted—fallen into disrepute; public attention was not then fixed on them. But even at that time the Capitular Revenues Act, in giving the Ecclesiastical Commissioners an interest in the surplus funds of cathedrals after payment of their reduced establish ments, expressly provided that their grammar schools should be maintained according to their statutes. Now all that is wanted is, that this provision shall be fairly carried out; that is, carried out, not according to the then existing practice of the cathe dral functionaries, but according to the spirit of cathedral statutes. No one wishes to see great scho lastic institutions wholly supported out of cathedral funds, and so swamping or eating up the entire sur plus applicable to church extension. But what is expected is, that out of such funds the machinery of schools be provided; that scholastic organisa tion be arranged at their expense; and that through them the promising sous of tradesmen in our cathedral cities should have an easy Recces to the Universities; and to the honours, success, and prizes of English life that are only accessible thereby. We are about to reform, we hope, even to remodel, the Universities, when that is accomplished (and the royal commission for Oxford at least promises great AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. The American mail-steamer Baltic, Capt. Com stock, arrived off Holyhead at noon yesterday, and, the tide not answering for her entering the river without a detention at the bar, her consignees sent down a tug-boat for the passengers and mail bags, with which the Sampson, the vessel employed, re turned to Liverpool at about six o'clock. The Baltic has 5.3 passengers and 700,000 dollars in specie on freight. Had she not been detained by the want of water her voyage would have been one of the quickest on record. The steam-ship City of Glasgow left Philadelphia on the 17th, for Liverpool, with 60 cabin passengers, 15,000 dollars in specie, and a full freight. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain rom Liverpool, was passed at five o'clock on the Nye, ;ifternoon of the 19th, about 60 miles from New York. The Royal mail steam-ship Conway had arrived at Kingston, and the Great Western was looked for on the 13th, from Vera Cruz. The news by this arrival is three days later, being to the 19th instant. What little news there is of interest is from Cali fornia, whence by the arrival of the Brother Jonathan we have a fortnight's later news. The intelligence is of rather a melancholy nature. It would appear that the police force of San Francisco having been proved insuf f icient to protect life and property, the citizens had determined to mete out summary chas tisement to all who offend the laws of honesty and morality. San Francisco had been almost entirely rebuilt, and the miners appeared to be doing well ; but the mercantile community . had not reaped the rich harvests they anticipated, in consequence of the conflagration. The correspondent of the Nero York. Iferag in a letter dated San Francisco, Juno 14, says : The most stinting item of intellicence, which I send by this steamer, is the Lynch law excitement at San Francisco, which was participated in by a large proportion of the most respectable citizens. Before the smouldering ruins of the recent extensive conflagration bad been fairly covered, a man named Lewis was detected almost in the very net of setting lire to a large, hotel on Long Wharf, and, being ar rested by the police, the populace assembled to the number of several thousand, and demanded that he should be placed in their hoods for punishment. While, however, prepara tions were making for storining the station-house, the pri soner was taken out the hack way, and conducted to a place of safety, beyond the reach of the excited populace. This attempt, and the frequent and numerous escapes from justice of the desperate villains who infest San Fran cisco, so exasperated the property holders that they assem bled privately, to the number of one or two hundred, and enrolled themselves as a " Committee of Safety," fur the protection of the citizens, the detection of criminals, and the faithful execution of the laws, pledging their "lives and property" for the faithful performance of whatever duty or act should be determined upon by the majority of the committee. Ilye.laws were adopted, officerschosen, und a building selected f,r holding meetings and the trial of criminals. The committee numbered amongst its mem bers, bankers, tradesmen, auctioneers, and, in fact, almost every profession and calling, except lawyers. An organisa tion was hardly perfected before a terrible instance of their determination to punish crime was presented to the citizens, such as should have struck terror to the hearts of the prowling villains. On June 10th, a Sydney man, named John Jenkins, alias Simpton, was detected in carrying off a safe from an office on Lung Wharf, San Francisco, and after a struggle was arrested in his boat. Ile was immediately taken before the Committee of Safety, consisting of one or two hundred citi zens, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung within an hour. A minister was sent fur, who endeavoured to ad minster consolation, but whose efforts were entirely disre garded by the hardened convict. At two o'clock at night, he was taken to the public Plaza by the Committee, and the result is thus given by the Herald of the next morning : " Arrived at the flag-staff, some were climbing up it to arrange the halter, when au earnest cry was raised by some present ; For God's sake ' not to hang him on the liberty pole.' The appeal was heard, and those iu charge of the execution mounted the beams on the south porch of the adobe—a rope was stretched across between two of thu sup porters, to the middle of which a block and pulley were fastened; another rope was run through this, with a noose at one end. Volunteers were called tar to man the other end. The prisoner, who had not spoken a word, as far as we could hear, during the whole march and the dreadful preparations going on before him, was taken by his guard beneath the beam, the noose udjusted around his neck, and in an instant—at ten minutes past two o'clock—he was Irked high into the air, and hung dangling from the ain. He was a very tall, stout, heavy man, and his struggles were violent, and continued several minutes. Gradually they ceased,and he swung slowly round and round. Those who were executing hint held steadfastly on the end of the rope, keeping it tense, and allowing no interference. They held him thus for twenty minutes, when, no doubt the effort being very great, or the rope stretching, the hanging wretch imperceptibly lowered until his feet hung several inches below the top of the railing. No effort was made to avert his fate. Several hundred persons were un the ground at the time of the execution. When we left, at half-past two o'clock, he was still hanging, and a pro position had been offered to appoint a committee to hold him there until day light. "Tine hardened man walked to the gallows smoking a cigar, and had dropped the stub before he was launched into eter nity. The rope was adjusted about his neck by Captain Wakeman, well remembered in New York for having run away from that city with the steamer New World, while the sheriff's officers were on board." Immense excitement prevailed at San Francisco when the steamer sailed, and immense gatherings had been held on the Plaza, participated in by both those in favour and against the hanging. There was much feeling manifested towards the " Inquisition," as it is termed, which, like that of the Eternal City before the abdication of the l'ope, was conducted with great secrecy, far more than might have been anticipated from the numbers embraced. No arrests have been made for the hanging, though the principal actors in the solemn tragedy are well known, and are even named in the verdict of the coroner's jury. The popu lace seem to feel that desperate diseases require desiccate remedies. Terrence Bellew Mc Manus, one of the Irish exiles, ar rived in San Francisco on the sth of June, having made his escape from Launceston, Australia, and been carried away on board a British barque. His arrival at San Fran cisco was celebrated by a public dinner, at which the mayor presided, and which was attended by the senators, repre sentatives, and many of the most distinguished men of the state. Mo Manus looks in capital health and spirits. About the time of his escape a like attempt was made by Smith O'Brien, O'Donoghue, and O'Doherty. The sum of 600/. bad been put in the hands of an Englishman named Ellis, to purchase a brig, which was done, and after loading and clearing at the custom-house, a concerted signal was to be given by the exiles on the beach, when a boat WY to be sent on shore from the brig. The government officers, however, received information of the project, and as soon as the signal was given for the boat, the exiles were secured by the officers and carried hack. The barque immediately sailed for this port, and arrived on the same day that Mc Manus entered the Golden Gate a free man. An inquest had been held as to the Lynch case above referred to, and the following verdict unani mously agreed to : We, the jurors of inquest, empanelled by the coroner of the county of San Francisco, to inquire into the cause of the death of one John Jenkins, do find the said Jenkins came to his death on the morning of the lltk of June, between the hours of two and three o'clock, by violent means, by strangulation caused by being suspended by the neck by a rope attached to the south end of the adobe building on the I.laza, at the hands of and in pursuance of a preconcerted action on the part of an association of citizens, styling themselves a committee of vigilance, of whom the following members are impli cated by direct testimony, to wit:—Capt. Edgar Wakoham, W. H. Jones, James C. Ward, Edward A. King, T. K. ' Battelle Benj. Reynolds, J. S. Eagan, J. C. Derby, and Samuel Brannan; and the other members, by their volun tary avowal of participation in the act. Reports from the "placers" were generally favour able ; agricultural prospects were good. The market reports state that since the departure of the previous mail, a stagnation in business had been experienced; prices having generally declined, largo quantities of goods had been forced on the market. The pros pects for the future were not encouraging. Such Cownrs7 F O R THE REcToßsHrp or S T . Ales* was the unsettled state of affairs consequent upon —tsecraisns.—Yesterday was the day appointed for the the fire, that no regular rate of exchange could be election of rector of this parish, vacant by the resignation stated. of the Rev. Dr. Harding, appointed Bishop of Bombay. The Indians have been troublesome in the southern Three candidates were in the field, and the polling was section of the state. A company of white men, carried on in the vestry-room with great spirit. tip to under Captain Irving, are reported to have coin :l p.m. the advantage seemed in favour of the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, chief secretary of the Irish Church Missions. nutted many outrages upon the inhabitants of Los The friends of the Rev. Wm. Webster, of King's College , Angeles valley. The citizens volunteered and went then rallied, and et 4 o'clock, when the poll closed, the in pursuit. gut the last account received is, that the numbers were—Webster, 159 ; and Wilkinson, 139. The Indians of a certain mission had destroyed Captain Webster duly elected chairman, Mr. Rym whereupon a scrutiny was demanded, er, chilgehwarden, then declared Mr Irving and his eleven men. General Morehead's which is fixed for August 7. Mr. Childs, t h e thi r d mat. expedition, reduced to forty-five men, left San Diego date, retired from the contest early in the day. on the 12th ult. His destination is unknown. DANGEROUS STATE Or THE WOOD YAVEXENT IN A letter from M. Porte has been published in tho 2113NEW-seAD.--At the meeting of the board of directors Washington Union, in which he denies that Dr. of ths NOM of St. Pancras, held yesterday in the Vee,tiT - Gardiner made any admissions to him of fraud in his orgt,_RJVa-rood, Camden Town, T. Eld Bird, Lq., Mexican claim. According to all appearances, the ia the chair, a report from lar. the 1 7: 61 , 1.11 17 t i o tottiokroto „ vo to the highly dangerous doubt which hangs over the validity of this Gardiner sada of *a wood pavement in the New-road, was read. claim will soon be dispelled one way or the other. The The segues seated that unless immediate and efficient mica - grand jury . of Washington had sent into court indict er's. woo' takes, and the present rain continued, it would meats against Dr. George A. Gardiner, and J. Carlos be sawdelsk aseessary for the public safety to close this Gardiner, for perjury, and bench warrants had been impaalent istmankfare. ,The report concluded by re- . issued for the arrest of these gentlemen, the last of questing OM a special ecemaistse should be formed for the purpose sitviswing the obis of Os Toed, and to devise the whom had been arrested and held to bail, to answer necessary mesas for its inataikts improvement. A coin- in court for the offence imputed to him. mine*, esebslsllq of Iv.assiams and the churchwarden, Licut.-Col. Craig, of Pennsylvania, has been ap- WU foams= sumemen, um% after viewing the road, re- i otcd chief ordnance bureau, in place of ported that SIMS INAIIIIIWT flat the wood be immediately tn. Taloott. taken up, and that ea dsowls be advertised fora bed of granite. me report was adopted, and ordered to be. The Herald says : brought up Wore the vestry to-morrow (this day). It appears that some conferences hare recently been held FRANCE. PARIS, TCZSDAT EVINING. The results of the sitting of the Chamber to-day were highly important. The extension of the prorogation was carried, as I hare clearly stated, by the concert of the Club of t a h g e re tiramides with the Rue de ltiroli. It has been that the board of the Assembly should be ap pointed at the same time with the committee of permanence. The report of M.Manesean, after dwelling at much length on the advantages of an intermission of par liamentary labours, expresses confidence that the past difficulties experienced in the working of the last permanent committee, will prove a wholesome lesson for the guidance of the next, and looks forward with confidence to the prevalence of undisturbed harmony between the powers. The date of August 10 for the commencement of the vacation, is stated to be preferred to that of August 18, not for the main reason of the expiration of the powers of the board upon the 12th, but because the thinning benches will hardly furnish a house up to August 18, the date proposed by M. de Melun. In the meanwhile, the Assembly will have time to complete the necessary discussion of that part of the budget relating to the land-tax, before the meeting of the councils-general. After M. Sautayra had spoken alone upon the general question of the motion for prorogation, M. Valentin was heard in favour of an amendment moved by himself and M. Cholat, proposing that the prorogation should not commence until the promul gation of the first book of the law on internal admi nistration. The amendment was opposed by MM. Vatimesuil and St. Itoumme, and rejected by the Assembly. The prorogation from the 10th August to the 4th November was adopted by 420 votes against 232. M. Creton then demanded that his motion for abrogating the laws of exile against the Bourbons, which was adjourned to the Ist Sept., and cannot then be discusscsi, owing to the prorogation, should be placed on the order of the day for Monday next. This motion was rejected. M. Creton's mo tion has therefore been postponed until after the prorogation. M. Huguenin developed, amid the buzz of pri vate conversation, a proposition tending to make in surances fall within the province of the state. M. lupin took this opportunity to solicit the attention of the Assembly in fuvour of the distressed popula tion of the Niksre, whose dwellings and harvests have been dreadfully ravaged by hail-storms and a mysterious blight which has devastated the de partment in a hand of four leagues breadth. The motion of M. Huguenin was rejected. The bill re lative to the purchase of the preference shares of the four canals was then adopted on tho first reading. The committee for examining the bill relative to the 6th million loan by the city of Paris, have ap pointed M. Gouin to be president, and M. Desmarou seeretarv. Yesteiday was distributed in the Assembly the report of M. Leverrier on telegraphic lines. The committee proposes the following new lines : from Tonncrre to Chalons, from Tours to Poitiers, from Angers to Nantes, from Metz to Nancy, from Sam bourg to Strasbourg, from Amiens to Boulogne, from Rouen to Dieppe, from Paris to Lc Loupe, from Chalons-sur.3larne to Barleduc, from Angouleme to Bordeaux. A mass was celebrated this morning in the church of St. Paul, in remembrance of the three days of • July. A large congregation attended. During the day several crowns of ouniortelics have been thrown at the foot of the column of July. The directors of the Mint received, about twenty days since, 26 millions of francs in gold ingots from California, by way of the United States. The Mint of l'aris is now coining for the Swiss cantons money to the amount of 15 millions of francs, iu pieces of silver and copper, with a mixture of zinc. The Strasbourg mint is also coining the same metal, to the value of 5 or 6 millions. . _ A cession by the state to the city of Paris of the Bois de Boulogne is in contemplation, the city un dertaking to make vast improvements, so as to add to the convenience and beauty of the promenades. The Central European Committee, which holds its sittings in London, has issued in the I'roscrit another manifesto, couched is the usual mystic style, to the I'ules, and signed by Mazzini, Ledru- Bailin, and three others. The funds aguined opened with much buoyancy, and the Fives at one moment touched 9.3.93, but there was a reaction towards the close. The Fives closed at 93.75, with a fall of ilk. ; and the Threes at 57.40, with a fall of sc. ITALY. The of Turin, speaks of a rumour that 10,000 Austrians are marching upon Naples. PIEDMONT. The leenir, of Nice, of the 23rd, states that a Pied montese inspector of customs has visited the French frontier of that country, with a view to establish a line of custom-houses. It adds, however, that the . nature of the country is so favourable to smuggling, that it is considered next to impossible to prevent it. DENMARK. The Kjubenharen Pates positively denies the truth of the report, that the Danish succesaion ques tion bad been settled by a family agreement among the claimants. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, JrLY 28. The FranL:fiwt Journal contains a statement that the reigning Duke of Coburg is about to visit England, in order definitively to arrange the ques tion of succession. Being at present childless, and without prospect of heirs, the present duke will be succeeded by his brother, Prince Albert, whose second son will be heir to the ducal throne of Coburg. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, 13th inst., says . 1 It appears that all the members of the family of the late Mehemet Ali Pacha have decided on quitting Egypt, and taking refuge at Constantinople. By the last French packet two more of them have arrived here—Alim Bey, son of the old viceroy, and 'Mous. tafa Bey, eon of the late Ibrahim Pacha. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1851. between We. Webster, Mr. Didwer, and the Niearnguan minister, in reference to the affairs of the country, of which the lest-named ti the representative in Washingtort. It iv hkely they had reference to the continued occupation of San Juan by the English, and the difficulties which have recently taken place there between some American citizens and the authorities. ... It appears, after all, that Mr. Brace, thc Ameriean citizen who was imprisoned by the Austrian authorities, has been released only from close confinement, and that he is to be tried at Pesth before a military court. We trust that, etc this, the administration at Washington hare taken mea sures to procure his unconditional release. [For markets see last page.] WEST INDIES. From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices, via New York, to the 11th inst. Several vessels were loaded for England, amongst them several foreign ones. A large quantity of sugar would be shipped this season. Business was dull. Porto Rico dates arc to the 3rd inst. Sugar was scarce, owing to the heavy rains. Vbe Court. OSBORNE, TVESDAY, 31 - I.l' 29. The Queen, the Prince, and the royal family took their usual walks a n d drives in the neighbourhood of Osborne yesterdly. The Dache.s of Kent took a carriage airing, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. The lion. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps and M. Becker had the honour of dining with her Majesty and his royal highness. The Princess Augusta of Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived in town yesterday from Esher, and in the evening took her departure for Ostend. A meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the `% - arks of Industry of all Nations was held on Saturday, at the Exhibition in Hyde-park, at half-past one o'clock. The commissioners present were Earl Granville, the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone, Sir Riehard Westmaeott, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. Hopkins, pre sident of the Geological Society. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, secretaries to tho royal commission, attended. Lieut.-Colonel Reid (chairman), Mr. Henry Cale, and Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke, of the executive com mittee, were present. Dr. Lyon Playfuir and Colonel Lloyd, special commissioners, were also present. The Queen will, on Friday, August 8, dissolve parliament in person. (From tut olprbre Gazeffe.) DOWNING-STREET, JULY 29.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Slmuel Chapman, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the island of Van Diemen 's Land ; also to appoint Thomas Falconer, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia. COMMISSION SIGNED UT THE LORD LIEUTENANT or Somouserantaa.—Williarn Speke, jun., Esq., to be captain in the let Somerset Regiment of Militia. COMMIMION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT or Donsersittna.—Morgan Derenish, Gent , to be lieutc- Rant in the Dorset Regiment of Militia. It appears that the East India Company's steamer Scsostris was despatched front Bombay June i, fur Aden, and that a mail was put on hoard up to that date. She had not reached Aden at the hat advices, six., July D. TILE GREAT EXII I BlTlON.—Yesterday 68,496 per sons visited the building, and 3,211/, lUs. was tho amount of money taken at the doom, of which the sale of season tickets realised 61. Gs. Sin JOHN FItANKLTX.—A petition has been lately presented to the Admiralty, signed by the mayor and number of the merchants of Liverpool, urging upon their lordships to send up a steamer to the Arctic regions, in ac cordance with the promise given by them last spring. LinttG, the celebrated German chemist, is about to visit Liverpool. During his stay he will be the guest of James 3luspratt, Esq., of Seaforth.—Liverpool Mercury. PORTS3IOUTII, JULY 29.—One of thoso farces so numerous in the royal navy, and which afford so much food for the attention of financial reformers or political econo mists, was performed here to-day. The Hag of Rear-Ad• miral W. W. Henderson, K.C.B. ' K.C.H., who was re cently appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., in command of the naval forces on tho Brasile station, was hoisted this morning about ten o'clock, on board an old hulk, which, of course, having no guns could not salute it; the buntin was consequently hauled clown from the naked pole and hoisted on board the steam block skip, Blenheim, which duly saluted the commander-in-chief, whose ship then saluted the new flag, which was then hauled down until such time as the ship fitting out for him will be in a state of readiness to carry it. Now is not this a mere piece of nautical hum bug ? This playing at flag hoisting and saluting is totally unnecessary, BO far as expediency goes ; because, in nine cases out of ten the admiral hoisting his flag lives quite assay from the spot, where he hoists it, most likely in Lon don, and goes thither directly after the ceremony. But the le.istinghis buntin is the signal for the commencement of his pay and table money. Although he may not come near hik proper ship, until within 48 or 24 hours abet. sailing for the station to which he may be appointed ;and he may not do one tittle towards the equipment of Ids ship, or transact any business connected with his office, he thus has no interest in hastening away to his station, because his pay and table money it going on, whilst also is that of the officer whom he is appointed to succeed. It is to such mat ters as the..., trifling in external semblance, but material in fact, that the expenditure for keeping up the national do fences get swollen to so unwholesome an excess as to call loudly for the interference of reformers in the legislature, and the petition+ and resolutions of Peace societies. The Centaur, steam-frigate, Captain St. Ledger Cannon, which is the ship fitting out to carry the flag of Bear-Admiral Henderson, is nothing like ready, nor will she be yet for some time ; she was only masted to•day. Would it not be high time for an admiral's pay and table money to com mence as commander-in-chief when he arrived out upon his station and bad relieved the officer he was appointed to succeed ? .- As- ADMIRALTY, JELY 29.—. _ sistant Engiuer F. W. Brown, to Centaur. Lieutenant C. J. Balfour, Master R. 11. Warren, Purser S. L. Her bert, Clerks J. 11. Shirreff and It. Smithill, Second Master C. Stuart, Gunner S. Denham, Boatswain T. Collins, and Carpenter It. Harid, to Calypso. THE LATE MAJoit TowNsEND, HER MAJESTY'S 83nu REGIMENT.—This officer, the announcement of whose decease at Kurrachee on the 2nd ult. has just been received, entered the army in 1816. His commissions arc dated— Ensign in May, 1816 ; lieutenant, October, 1824 ; captain, February, 1826; brevet major, November, 1841; and regi mental major, December, 1848. In January, 1819, the late Major Townsend embarked with the 83rd Regiment for Bombay, and he served with the 83rd until the date of his decease at Kurrachee, Scinde, a station most unfavourable to the health of Europeans. THE. LATE COLONEL OGILVIE, E.l.C.S.—Coloncl Ogilvie, of the East India Company's service, and Judge Advocate-General of the Bombay army, died at Poona, near Bombay, on the 18th ult. The late Colonel Ogilvie was universally respected in India, where he had served upwards of half • century. PROTECTIONIST MEETING AT TICNTINGDON.—Ircs terday there was a gathering of farmers and others at Huntingdon to do honour to the Rev. James Linton, and Mr. George (lame Day, of St. Ives, as the untiring cham pions of the cause of protection. The advertisement stated that Lord Mandeville, M.P., son of the Duke of Manches ter, would take the chair ; but from whisperings that have been going on in the county during the last two or three weeks it appeared evident that there was a screw loose somewhere, and that his lordship would not be present. It was stated at the meeting that his lordship had met with an accident at Lady Jersey's ball ; but we were informed in the room that his lordship was fishing on Monday, near the family scat. In this dilemma, the lion. Mr. Buncombe, of Waresby, was applied to, and accepted the office ; but he, too, declined, being suddenly called into Yorkshire. Several of the local gentry were applied to, but they " all with one accord began to make excuse;" and ultimately Mr. John Mann, of Fenstanton, ta tenant farmer, was selected. This circumstance, together with the significant absence of Lord Sandwich, the lord lieute nant of the county ; Messrs. Fellows and Thornhill, the members of the county; and, indeed, of almost every per son of note in the neighbourhood, caused much surprise, and, it may be said, some consternation. These gentlemen had always been looked upon as the staunch upholders of the cause of protection, and their very mysterious absence caused great surprise and sundry Ma gi v logs. The gentlemen by whom the dinner was given are highly respected in the county. Mr. Linton is the rector of the adjoining village of Hemingford, but does not act as a clergyman; Mr. Day is a liberal dissenter, of St. Ives, an eminent attorney, who on several occasions has most elo- quently denounced the system of free-trade. Mr. Linton is chairman of the Hunts Agricultural Protection Society, and by that society the dinner was on this occasion got up. The dinner was of a very splendid charac ter—fish and venison, and, indeed, every delicacy, with an excellent dessert, a pint of wine and waiters in cluded, and all for 3e. 6d., the difference, it being understood, being borne by the Hunts Protection Society. The gathering was a very numerous one, but the addresses delivered on the occasion were composed of the usual ma terial and presented no novelty. STOPPAGE OP BIACKFRIARS-BRlDGE.—Yesterday the preparations for closing the traffic over Blackfriars bridge commenced, and in the coarse of a few days the thoroughfare for carriages will be stopped. Foot passen gers will, however, be permitted to pass over as usual. The committee have been reluctantly obliged to adopt this step, the continual sinking of the defective pier giving rise to serious apprehensions for the safety of the public. Oaths ex clusion of carriages from the bridge the superincumbent ' weight will be taken off the crown of the arch, and the necessary steps adopted for the safety of the structure. THE STREET ORDERLY SYSTEM IN THE CITY.— On Monday the inhabitants of the ward of Langbourne held a meeting, at which their newly-elected alderman, W. Cubitt, Esq., M.P. presiacd, to consider the propriety of supporting the system of cleansing the public thorough fares on the newly introduced system of street orderlies. Several gentlemenot the ward addressed the meeting, sad pooktiou la Amur of the sebum Win adopt.* - iriatu xnteitigeine. HOUSE OF LOHJA.—YESTERDA LLEWELTIV'S DIVORCE BILL. The Lord Chancellor and several other peers being 1 , 7- sent at a quarter to five o'clock, the counsel and agents lor this bill were called. For the outline of the case, with the material parts of the evidence, see the Daily News of the 16th and 19th insts. Mr. Warren, with whom was Mr. Macqueen, as counsel for the petitioner for the bill, said he understood that there were some points on which their lordships required further information. Ile was extremely anxious to give every ex planation in his power to their lordships, and had two of the witnesses, who had been examined on a former day, ready to answer any questions. One of the poi n ts o n which he understood their lordships to ask explanation was to the separation which took place in August, 1846. Now, although acts of adultery with the Baron Von Schenken berg took place before that, as appeared by Mr. Pine's evidence, Mr. Llewelyn had not the slightest suspicion of his wife's purity. They parted in consequence of her temper, but the husband believed her to be as pure as any woman in existence. They had frequent quarrelling, and they agreed to part; the wife going to reside with her married sister, in Tavistoek-street. And as proof of Mr. Llewellyn's confidence in her purity, he allowed their chill to go to reside with the mother. He (Mr. Warren) would Call the witness Pine before their lordships again. The other witness, Mary Shackell, the servant maid, who spoke to conduct between Mrs. Llewelyn and the baron that made the inference of adultery inevitable, was abse u t in the country, and could not now be produced at the bar. The session was now so far advanced that he would entreat their lordships not to delay the second reading of the bill. Lord Itedesdale called the attention ot the learned coon eel to part of the evidence given on the 111th inst. by Mary Shackoll and by Mr. Pine. The former said that at the time of the separation, in August, 1816, in answer to a question put to her, " the Baron von Schenkenberg went with her (Mrs. Llewelyn) to Henrietta-street." How lately before Mrs. Llewelyn left the Strand did you see Mr. Llewelyn ?-1 think it was three days before that. I did not see him that night. Where was he when Mrs. Llewelyn left ?-11e was ab sent. I cannot say where. flow long was it since you had ecru him before she left? I think for three days I had not seta him. Ile hail not been home MS far as you know ?—Not that I know of. She left the Strand with the Damn, did she ?—Yes, they left together. Have you any reason to know whether Mr. Llewelyn was aware that ihe was going ?—I cannot say. I should think Mr. Llewelyn was quite aware that Mm. Llewelyn would leave that night. What makes you think so ?—I cannot say for certain. I used to fancy that that was the reason ho went away from home. lie (Lord Redesdale) could not understand how it was that the husband and wife having, as it was said, agreed to separate, the husband should absent himself from his home, and leave this strange baron to conduct his wife to the new residence. Ile confessed he could not help thinking that thi , looked like collusion. Mr. Warren—The husband absented himself from mere delicacy. Ile did not like to superintend his wife's de parture, and on that account alone he went from home. Mr. Macqucen said that the petitioner himself had stated that to be the reason of his absence. Ile alone could state the reason of his absence. Ile was present ou the former day, but not being able to be longer absent from his duties as surgeon to a regiment quartered in Dublin, he had gone there. But he did state that it was by arrangement and consult with his wife that he absented himself on the occa sion of his wife's departure from their residence in the Strand, to her new residence, with her sister, in Henrietta street. Mr. W. 11. Pine was then called, and being father ex amined by Mr. Maclueen, said that although he himself had observed familiarity between the baron and Mr.. Llewelyn before the separation, he did not think that Mr. Liewelyn had the least suspicion of any impropriety on the part of his wife. The baron and Mr. Idewelyn were on friendly terms. The former had great influence over Mr. Llewelyn; he was, in fact, negotiating a partnership for him at the time. The witness, in answer to questions put to him by the Lord Chancellor, said he transacted a great deal of pecu niary matters for Mr. Llewelyn, and alter the separation he paid various sums to the wife. Ile sent some of the money to her by the baron. Mr. Warren, after putting a few questions to the wit ness, again implored their lordships not to defer the con sideration of the ease, but to give that gentleman the relief to which he (Mr. Warren) considered, upon a full view of the evidence, the petitioner was clearly entitled; or if any other explanation was required, he would ask their lord ships to adjourn the case until he would be able to afford such explanation. The Lord Chancellor said it was the duty of the peti tioner to be here and submit to be examined in case their lordships thought proper to do so ; still that was a discre tion which the house seldom exercised, and in moving the adjournment of the case, it was not on account of the hus band's absence. Ile moved the adjournment. The further consideration of the case and the second reading of the bill were then adjourned. EQUITY COURTS. -YESTERDAY. Bloom Tilt LOAD CHANC6LLOC. STAINTON C. CHADATICK.—PIeoInCrioN Ow EVIDENCE.- Excerrioxs. This appeal against an order of the late Master of the Rolls, allowing exceptions to the defendant's answer, was further and fully heard. The circumstances of she case were stated in the report in the Express of yesterday. Mr. Bird, in continuing his reply, contended that the defendant had sufficiently answered all the allegations iu the bill that were material to the issue between hint and the plaintiff; that there was no fraud or even impropriety in his getting posswrion of the under lessee's interest to strengthen his title to the property as heir-at-law of Sir A. Chadwick, in which character he obtained au order for vesting in himself the legal estate. The evidence laid In fore the Master on that occasion constituted his own title, and the plaintiff had no interest in it, and consequently was not entitled to the production of it. lle cited, amongst , other cases, " Smyth r. the Luke of Beaufort" (l Phillips, 9A9) ; "Bolton v. the Corporation of Liverpool" (1 Milne and Kean, 8S) • and " Combe e. the City of Lon don" (4 Younge and Collyer, 179). The Lord Chancellor said he would look carefully into the bill and exceptions before giving his judgment. !PLUME V. STUILUE. -A FASICLY SETELEMENT ; ALLEGED FRAUD. - - This also was an appeal against a decree of the late Mas ter of the Rolls ' setting aside a deed mado in 1841 between the plaintiff and two of the defendants. his brothers, on the ground that the plaintiff entered into the deed in ignorance of his legal rights, and that the defendants took advantage of him in making hint suppose he was owner of one-fourth only of the property comprised in the deed, while in fact he was sole owner. '1 he property is situate at Charlworth, in Wiltshire. The and Mr. Caints opened the ease on behalt of the plaintiff, who is the respondent, but bad net concluded their arguments at the rising of the court. The report is therefore reserved to the further hearing. - auto{[ rut Manca OP Tilt Bat!,. - KENT r. JACESoN.—THE CHARLEROI AND ERQUILINNES RAILWAY COMPANIES. The Master of the Rolls dismissed the bill in this ease, the facts of which were reported in yesterday's paper, with costs. BPORS LORD CRARWORIII (VICR•CIRANCRLI.OII GILPIN V. MAOLE.-BEQVIRSTII TO ROMAN PKIESTB-SECItET 7ATUOLIC This was a claim filed by some of the residuary legatees and devisees under a will dated the Bth of July, 1819, of Ann Tucker, late of 27, Holywell-street, Westmin ster, who died in July, 18.50, against Anthony Magee, D.D., priest of the Roman catholic chapel in Romney terrace, Westminster, John Bernard Palmer, William J. Daly, and William Leathers, who were other of the residuary devisees and legatees of the testatrix. The claim alleged that the defendant, Anthony Magee, was the sole acting trustee and executor of the testatrix, and that he had not paid to the plaintiffs their respective shares of the proceeds of the residuary real estate nor of the residuary personal estate. The plaintiffs therefore claimed to have the real and per sonal estate of the said Ann Tucker administered in this court, and to have their costs in the suit, and that an pro fper directions might be given and accounts taken. Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Kinglake appeared in support of the claim, and said the first object was to have the estate of the testatrix administered, and In doing suit would be n to ascertain whether certain bequests in the will wer e :Z:l7i, or whether, as the plaintiffs believed, they were given upon secret trusts for the peformance of certain ceremonies or pious acts connected with the Roman catholic religion. If It were proved that these bequests were for the secret pur pose alluded to, they would become invalid in law, and the money so bequeathed would become the property of the plaintiffs, and for the purpose ot ascer taining whether such was the case or not, the plaintiffs asked for a reference to the Master, to inquire and state to the court whether any, and which, of the legacies, and whether any, and what parts or part, of the residuary estate of the testatrix bequeathed or given by her will, were or was given or bequeathed, or were or was held, upon any and what secret or other trust. The will of the testatrix was to the following effect :—The testatrix, in the first place, appointed the Very Reverend Monsignior Anthony Magee, clerk, D.D., priest of the Roman catholic chapel in Hornuey-terrace, Westminster, and John Atharia- I sius Cooke, Esq., barrister-at-law, and her brother-in-law, Richard Tucker, executors of her will. She then bequeathed 1001. to Mary Buckingham, and her furniture equally between Richard Tucker and William Leathers. To her esteemed and respected friend, the Most Rev. John Bernard Palmer, clerk of Mount St. Bernard, near Lough borough, abbot of the monastery and abbey church of our lady of La Trappe there, 1001. She then gave several other legacies amounting in the whole to 3301. to her relations, and continued, n To the person who at the time of my death shall be the superioress of the convent of the Good Shepherd, at Hammersmith, 191. 195., for the benefit of the said convent; to the Roman Catholic Orphan Girls' Asylum, at Hampstead, connected with the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Charity School, 191.195.; to the institution of the Roman Catholic Charitable Sisters now established in the Virginia-street district, for furnishing linen to poor Pregnant women (to which I have been in the habit of subscribing) 101. 10s. ; to the Rev. J no. Moore, clerk, priest of Virginia-street catholic chapel, 19/. 191., to be applied by him in such manner as be shall think fit, towards the erec tion of the new Roman catholic church for such district, but not in or towards the purchase ofland for such purpose; to the Rey. Thomas Doyle, clerk, D.D .1 Prigs; of ft George's Roman catholic church, in St. George's Fields, 101.; to the Rev. Anthony Magee, clerk, D.D.. priest of the Roman catholic chapel, Rannucy•terrace, Weetmineter, for the benefit of the Roman catholic poor-school attached to ouch chapel, 101. ; to the Rev. James Ilearsnep, clerk, priest of the Roman catholic chapel in Wade-street, Poplar, for the benefit of the human catholic poor-school at l'oplar, 10/. ; to the Rev. Jean Jacques Morel, clerk, priest of the Roman catholic chapel at Hompstcad, for the benefit of the catholic poor-schools there, 101._; tothe Rev. Richard North, clerk, priest of the Roman catholic church of ear blessed lady the Star of the See, at Greenwich, in Kent, 19/. 19s. ; to the night Rev. Bishop Davit s, Roman catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of and for the district of Wales, 401.; to the Right Rev. Bishop William Wareing, of Northampton, Roman catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of and for the eastern district of England, 101. ; to the Rev. Edward Kenny, clerk, priest of the Roman catholic chapel at Bridport. 101. 19s. ; to the Rev. J. G. Holding, clerk, priest of St George's Roman catholic church at Whiteharen, Cumber land, 19/. 19s. ; to the Roman catholic Priest now attached to, and officiating at and in the Roman catholic chapel of St. Patrick, at Maryport, in Cumberland, 51.; to the Ro man catholic church, in Vauxhall-street, in the island of Jersey, 51. ; to the Rev. Harding leers, clerk, priest of the Recant catholic chapel of St. Alexis, at Kentish town, Middlesex, 51. ; to the Roman catholic priest now attached to and officiating at the Roman catholic church at Hackney, Middlesex, . ; to my friend, Mrs. Jane Stevenson, of Clarendon place, Vauxhall-road, 11. for a mourning ring, and to Eliza Stevenson, her daughter, M. for it mourning ring. To my friend bliss Isabella Strongithann ' now residing at Mount St. Bernard aforesaid, 101., and to her nephew, George Strougitharm, 19/. 19s. ; and I bequeath to each of my I executors, the said Anthony Magee and Richard Tucker4for their trouble in acting as suck executors, 191. 195." The testatrix then gave all the property she expected to receive under a decree in a Chaueery, suit to her executors, to be sold and converted into money, and the proceeds to be held upon trust to pay debts and funeral expenses and such portions of her legacies as lie rest of her personal estate should be insufficient to satisfy, and subject thereto upon trust as to two fourth parts for the said Rev. Dr. Magee, and as to one ether fourth upon trust fur her brother and sister, William Leathers avid Sarah Gilpiu, equally, as tenants in common, and as to one-hulf of the reumi ii i i fourth, upon trust, for the Must Rev. J. Bernard Palmer and the Rev. William Joseph Daly, priest of the !Lenten catholic church of the luimacu- Late Conception at Penzance, in Cornwall, in equal shares and proportions; and us to tic remaining portiou of the said fourth part, in trust for, and equally to be divided be tween and among her nephews and nieces. The testatrix then declared that iu case any bequest or disposition ex pressed to be contained in her will of or concerning any part of her property, should be and become void or inoperative by reason of the operation of any rule of law or by lapse or otherwise the property as to which such expressed bequest or disposition should be or become so void or imperative should not sod in her heir or heirs at law, or in any of her next of kin, but that ouch property should fall into and become part of the residue of her pro perty, and belong to the person to whom such residue was hereinafter expteseed to be devised and bequeathed, his heirs, executes, and admiuistreturs, accenting to the respective natures and tenures thereof respectively; and the residue of her property, both real and personal, she gave to the said Rev. A. Magee, his heirs, exe cutors, and administrators. It appeared that Mr. John Arhauasian Cooke had disclaimed the trusts of the will. In support of the homilies which the plaintiffs asked an affidavit of John leathers. one of the plaintiffs, read, in which he stateil his belief' that the legacies In the will given to the various Rowan catholic priests and charities were bequests made and accepted upon and subject to cer tain trusts for the performance of ceremonies and devo tional or pious acts connected with the Roman catholic religion. Another t affidavit was read. sworn by Mr. Charles Skirrow, the plaintiff's solicitor, in which he stated that he had read an 'Midas it of Juhn Athanasius Cooke, Ksq., barrister-at-law, sworn by him in another cause, whereby it appeared that he had himself prepared the will of Ann Tucker, that the said will purported to bequeath two-fourths of the whole residue of her estate to the said Anthony Magee, and one-fourth to the said Wm. J. Daly ; that he had reason to believe the gifts so purporting to be made to Roman catholic etelesiasties were not intended by the testatrix for the personal enjoyment of such ecelesiae ties, but were given sultiect to certain secret nog,' or directions :given Ilty the testatrix; that a correspondence passed between the said Mr. Cooke, Mr. Frogmen, the soli citor of Anthony Magee,. Messrs. Kerrie and Son, the soli citors for John Athanasius Cooke, and himself, for tho purpose of ascertaining what were the secret trusta directed by the testatrix; and that, in one of the letters from Mr. Cooke, that gentleman stated he had sent to Mr. Protteatt au explanatory statement in writing, in answer to the ques tions put to him, and that he had adopted this course be cause lie entertain“l a doubt whether he could with propriety MAC such a communication to Mr. Skirrow without the sanction of Dr. Magee. The special inquiry as to the secret trusts was now asked fur on the ground that the plaintiffs had been unable to obtain tuty informaton from Mr. Cooke or Dr. Magee, and without these inquiries, the estate of the testatrix could not be properly administered. It was contended that under the circumstances of this case, and particularly upon the allegation that Mr. Athanasius Cooke had prepared this will himself without the intervention of an attorney, that the court was justified in granting the inquiries. It was very natural for the plaintiffs when they found so many bequests given to all these reverend gentlemen, by which their interests were so materially lessened, to desire that the fullest inquiry should be made into the facts of the case, and they fully believed it would turn out that the bequests were void on the ground of being given to super stitious uses. Mr. Kenyon l'arker and Mr. Bagshafre appeared tor ono of thedefendants, and Mr. Waller fur 1)r. Magee. Lord Cranworth, without hearing the counsel thr the de fence, said he was clearly of opinion that lie could not give the relief asked fur. lie would lie very anxious to cue' ex pense to the parties it poi.sible, but he did nut think such an inquiry as this could Ike directed upon a claim. These plaintiffii asked for accounts which, if they had tiled a bill, they could only have had upon the hearing of the cause, and after evidence had been gone into. The deloidants had had no opportunity of answering the ulh Rations con tained in these affidavits; even if the affidavits made out the case, upon which he gave no opinion, ',till that was nut the case made by the claim. Its thought it was necessary ti proceed not only secundum probata, but also cceuudum allegata. His lordship thought, therefore, that all he could do was to direct the common administration decree upon the claim, and the parties if they wanted more must file Lill for the purpose. IN RE COOKE.-.-PETITION BY HUSBAND ANO WIFE, A WARD OP COURT, FOR PAYER-VT OF MONEY TO TUE HURRAND. In this case a sum of money hod been paid into court under the Legacy Act, 36 George 111., to the account of an infant, and guardians had been appointed upon petition, to whom the income had been regularly paid fur the main tenance of the infant. The infant married one year before she came of age with the consent of her guardiani, but without any application having been made to the court for ita sanction to the marriage. . . . . . A petition was now prt 7 sented by the husband and wifo for paynitnt of the fund out of court to the husband, with tho consent of tho wife Lord Crauworth said, as the young lady was a ward of court, the consent of the court ought to have been obtained before her marriage, and under such circumstances he thought that the money ought to be settled upon the wife. Mr. Youngs, in support of the petition, tited two caws in which similar orders had been made, and also read affida vits by the husband and the guardians, showing that it nas desirable that the money should be paid to the husband. The amount of the fund was _ . . Lord Cranworth said kV could not approve of the princi ple upon which the two cases of "Leeds and Barnadiston", and " lk•nnett v. Biddies" had been decided. Ile could only suppose that they went upon some Lets not stated in the reports. Ile thought, however, upon looking at the affidavits filed in this case, it would be beneficial that the hu,band should receive the fund. The order was made accordingly. SCOTT r. DEFFELL.-I)IIPRECIATION OP Wr•T INDIA l'aoPnlttv. This suit was inatitntCa;;; creditor of a Mr. Deoell, deceased, for the purpose of having his estate administered by the court. It was stated that Mr. Detrell had at ono time been possessed of considerable property in the West Indies, but, owing to the property having diminished in value, his spirits had been affected, end his death took place under very melancholy circumstances. 'She rat' now came on upon further directions, and an order was made under which the estates were to be sold, and the suit wound up according to the report of the Master. Mr. Bethel and Mr. Lewin, Mr. Stuart and Mr. Pren dergast, mid Mr. llennalls, appeared for the different parties. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIAT.—MmusToNE, JULY 29. The commission for the county of Kent was opemd on Monday. and Mr. Baron Alderson afterwards chargr l the grand jury, and proceeded to dispose of some of the crimi nal cases. A rather ludicrous incident occurred durisr; the trial of one of the prisoners. The learned baron MIA about to direct the attention of the jury to a solemn dietum of law, as laid down by Lord Hale when, troilism= =known circumstance, his chair slipped back, and the leased judge measured his length upon the floor of the bench, amidst a heap of books and papers that were displaced by his fall. His lordship, upon recovering himself, laughed very heartily at what had occurred, and the court, as may be imagined, was in a roar of laughter, which it required some little effort finally to repress. The cause list contains sixteen entries, three of which are special jury cases. On the crown side there are 57 prisoners .for trial, but the cases all appear to be, with ono or two exceptions, of the ordinary character. • Baroax Vt Baton ALDtnos._ CHARGE AGAINST TILE cIOVERNOLL OT A UNION -.110126E: —....... Thomas Vincent (fatherly, 40, was indicted for fcloniou4ly administering a certain drug to Harriet Dangate, with in. tent to procure a miscarriage. It appeared that the prisoner, who had formerly been in the army, and who at one time bore a very good character, had been appointed to fill the situation of governor of the Cranbrook Linen Workhouse, and ho resided in that esta blishment with his wife and family. The prosecutor was a pauper girl, and it would seem that the prisoner, soon after her admission to the workhouse, had taken advantage of the influence his position gave him over her to induce her to consent to his solicitations, and the result was that oho became ii tke family way, and, in order to avoid the conse quences of his misconduct, the prisoner had induced her to take a quality of min. It likewise appeared, is the