The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

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Pe e sled dividend aoy cotlernen specially hoped it would h en by the Creme's ,nt and permanent lion, and also et• • the directors, and t, in the repcst by d —that whi c h ea'. aey from England. at at the last meet ict of the accounts, it, very satisfactory could he better Si, sent of the receip t loyal Mail Stow aanasemett of this c best way to pre ly refusing this the ant it would limbs aceounts until the 11 its lines is th e could support sorb as, he was satisfied edition at the pre- not open to all the As to the reslas in under considers. directors saw their 3uld aftyrwards be n done earlier, was vessels they wen Lion of the Ilettraits Id subject the one time would come ut at present several .predation if this e, at the company's aster these racem e pressed. of passage money and this might b e seeking a redurdon rument othcen naz is company, more ri ; and, it was en esult from giving a at the reduction is paid by an increase he dividend had not to salaries of the it the support of not be left to the vs, but would be tang. This might eyed that the tom the amount of the if the company did ion, at Si nthamir most desirous that is its benefits had the payment of ser equal to those of Sag unary merit mu dor x increase of salary. he could assure the hateTer to conceal. Tort was then pat, t 4i per cent out ot the tuAlitled to receive go .ear equal tot per ceiL eh was agreed to. !es that had been re company would be ras the ease in mod the last 4,000 shuts hareholders at a me. Lble to the immense from about 100,0001. apply the premium purpose, instead of 'I , . The shares went aium of 301. on emit iced from 106,0001.1 e tors for the satisfm eted the affairs of the he ability with whiffs lodged these eompli . erday, the remain- Ll the pavement of the e replaced by a very e," that formed the re in 183 8 , a qn?nn 1, but this being rks have remained et 11 a fresh supply mild WIDE, THE AO'S" We have to record the which took place Tee est union workhoual nv fluff, Ler it * at:dians of this anger on the preTict e ah r' ter his arrival, he ee ne of the bed-meet raited very freelri, bi u ntil the arri ve idvice of this FM** a bed-room, and e'er/ ast were used 0 re, are t til Thursday morsel! 1 his last. An inqao b e f o re Georg Pain t as his opinion , Yha t . _ if a blood-vessel in Ye , Natural Death----"r" Great diatre at reri for want of empk9' b een opened nudert!!! tial inhabitants of 1"' —lt was ion, at the wee k ly " the refractory Pt ismi nP erg on wards on Cur other pauper'' y SIVE 1.0- 711 INF t to examine armor !ry is occupied In t"_: neither trenches on Inn n i ous i n vention to rtoS: latter, of a totally . I'M: istantaneousiY, 1;0'1' discover] c p..- werful elastic prZ team from hoilingln, ed familiar to the ingenious Mr. Per/in in i ng each other oere with oprotr..! ,verwhelming effect propelled 941011m' V4O DEAThI BY A ...A, • 14 Hospital. on WO 1t . 8 . 5 . labourer. Decease d °1; themse l ve s on the Tr. pmpov ed to fire !liTrd lsed had his right Iwo, dly sunk and died e' a. Verdict " .fic; _eyes ' : OF Suicinu.-1 tent, Royal WM, o ,r e :b nee* attending the 07_,, of a jeweller. It . ---------- ide o7----- e that deceased left - her bed on Monday , as ir ilen •e i g :fore the rest of throat.ly were up, and destroyed r - alf by cutting her Her husband's busi aw.--,,,,,, b ee n %cry precarious during the last als , "'"" which caused considerable despondency 1 . 6 „ c0 cd.” 4"4 Verdict of " Temporary Insanity. it .rrc sr SUFFOCATION. —By Mr . Baker, at the Devon- D 4 . ;, . lons, Devonshire street, Globe-town, Mile-end-road, """" b o dy of S. Hodder, aged 40. Deceased, on Monday els 1 " . Ammon, was employed in excavating a sewer in Devon- WieJetreet from the main line . The groun d was of a midi sa m, but the deceased, though warned, refused to put up 1 . 1 1_,,.. D ecea sed was at a depth of 9 feet , W h en suddenl y r;;nd ga ve way and buried him. On being extricated i'; was found quite dead. Verdict, " Accidental death." ...--g in BY JUMPING OUT OF A WINDO r. NAM, in the beard room of the Strand Union Work h ouse, cliceliad fi t, St. Pancras, on the body of Charles Fisher, Deceased was labouring under excitement, and ,7,„ 0 that account placed in the workhouse. At nine ( iamb on the evening of Thursday week ho got out of bed i c a paroxysm of excitement, and threw himself out of the i g a deer, tailing upwards of forty feet ; he lingered until seaw a y last, when he expired from a fracture a sbe spine. Verdict, "'Temporary_ insanity."— ~,„ FR O( WANT.—By Mr. ky, M.P., on the body rr ica ms Wells, an infant, aged four months. The mother, ...mg woman who had seen better days, in giving her e 4l i iii isec , a ppeared to suffer great agony. Deceased's father 0 g oid and silver chaser, but having been out of employ ment some time, he contrived to obtain a miserable pit oat by writing window-bills and fancy labels for drapers' Utterly that species of work failed, and for the last atek, he was unable to earn more than would get a co ol, and that a wretched one, a day, sing the nights in ow e :t ete, unless some coffee-shop was open, where they crawled in for shelter, the landlord, on hearing the case, m o m refusing them protection. On Saturday night the i / if s obtained a temporary lodging at Mrs. Emerson's, n 001os-street, Drury-lane, and on waking in the morning she infant was found dead by her side. The medical A set e o r a v o c it a i i i m s e h n i t s . op , n: r o ,: i i t iet th o ll the deceased " from Dsarx FROM A FALL WHEN INTOXICATED. —By Mr. Biker. on Monday, concerning the death ot Edward George, 4 ,163 years, late cook on board the barque Reliance. De mised returned to England on the 22nd ult. after an abeence 4 i i y e ars, and on the following Saturday went on shore. Be became intoxicated, and in the afternoon he fell in Wells oast, Whit/chapel, and struck his head a violent blow against the kerbstone. ale was conveyed to Denmark-street station, where he was locked up until the following day, when he ins bailed out. Ile afterwards complained of his head, cry aptlas ensued, and he expired on Saturday.—Verdict, "Ac cidental Death." OPENING OF TIIE AND BURY ST. EDMUND'SR AIL WAY. The directors of this line, accompanied by a arty l of their friends, proceeded on Monday to opeii lti re Inse of railway just finished between Ipswich and Bury St. /legend's. A special train, fur the convenience of those ansenrs who reside in London, left the terminus of the Ulm Counties Railway, at Shoreditch, at half past nine, Ong another train at Colchester, and arriving at * w ith, where the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's line Wes the Eastern tJniou, rather before twelve. At the us at Ipswich the arrival of the train was greeted with beal cheers by a large number of persons assembled there kale purpose of witnessing the departure of the first train W gary. Notwithstanding that the weather was slightly inffavourable, smart showers occasionally making their ap pearance, a very large train was soon formed, and filled by a most numerous and respectable company, several ladies else testifying by their presence their desire to do honour to the new rail. The twenty carriages of which the train con sisted, drawn by two new engines, gaily decorated with flags and evergreens, and having in one a respectable brass band (whose music sometimes drowned the roaring of she engine), left the Ipswich terminus at half-past twelve, and proceeded at an easy rate along the new line, which traverses a neighbourhood presenting no great wintering difficulties, the highest gradient being 1 in 132, sad the greatest radius being only one in half a mile; the cut tings are, with one or two exceptions, small, and the em bankments trffing, excepting at Bury, where there is also a most magnificent bridge. The only at all serious difficulty that the engineer has hail to encounte r, is the boggy nature of the land about Stowmarket, where a portion of the lines wee time back gave way. The works of the railway are, as yet, only partially finished ; on portions of the line , si n g le rails only are laid down, the battlements of some bridges are unfinished, and the stations are not built. It is exactly 26 miles in length. The train was enthusiastically received at all the stations. On its arrival at Bury St. Edmund's, amid the firing of salutes, the waving of flags, and the cheering of ID immense mass of persons—indeed, all Bury seemed un earthed—the train was met by the Mayor and corporation, and a procession having been formed, the directors, with the Mayor and corporation, proceeded through the town to the Angel Inn. At five o'clock, the directors and their friends, to the num ber of three hundred, sat down to a well arranged dinner in the large concert room at Bury, the chair being taken by J. Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., supported by 0. G. Sampson, Esq., the Mayor of Ipswich, P. Bennet, 'Esq., M.P., 14. Prigg, Esq., the Mayor of Bury, &c. &cc. The dinner, which was sold, having been discussed, the usual loyal toasts, and such of a local nature, as are common at local convivial meetings, were proposed and duly honoured. REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—John Bright, Esq., M.P., met a large body of the electors of Manchester again, last night, in the township of liulme, one of the largest and most populous districts of the borough, and met with • most enthusiastic and encouraging reception. The geeing took place in the large room of the Shakespeare Inn, which, together with the adjoining rooms, were densely crowded. The chairman of the Ilulme Committee, Mr. Rampson, presided, and said the committee was a hundred strong, and in their first day's canvass out of 400 voters who were seen six to one had pledged for Mr. Bright. He con cluded by at once introducing the hon. gentleman to the electors present . Mr. Banat? spoke only for about twenty minutes, ex plaining his sentiments upon most public questions, aft r whch several persons proceeded to interrogate hint upon the factory and other questions, for upwards of en hoar, but nothing was elicited to give a different view of the hon. gentleman's political principles to whtt has already been stated by him over and over again. A vote of approval of the hon. gentleman as a fit and proper candidate was carried with only one or two dis sentients. It was an excellent meeting. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 7. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE AM OFFICER. OF THE DOLED or ViORKS.—From a stop edition of the Limerick Chronicle of Saturday evening I extract the following ;—" That after noon Mr. ilennes.sy, overseer under the Board of IVorks, was fired at near the garrison town of Clare Castle ; nine swan drops were lodged in his body. Hopes are entertained fur his recovery. llr. Leyne and the p ;lice from Ennis are on the alert to discover the perpetrators. The county Limerick magistrates' meeting to-day agreed to increase the constabulary term at Croom.' The proposed measure to invest a central authority in London with the control of the local Harbour Boards of this country is exciting strong opposition among the merchants and shipowners. The Sligo Champion deprecates the in terference of a foreign board, because the Harbour Commis- Soners of that port, with abundant funds and the use of the dredge, are gre atly improving its safety. The more power ful body of the mercantile class in Cork pipes loudly on the lime key. Parties are divided as to the constitution of a Proper Harbour Commission ; some being for popular elec tion; others to transfer the duties to a corporation ; but all ire agreed as to the rejection of the London controlling Powei. The proceedings of the Repeal Association of this day are of great importance. It had been rumoured for some days that an arrangement would be sought to be effected. Yr. O'Connell, at the close of his speech to-day, realised the rumour, for he proposed a conference to hear and report on all matters connected with the dispute, with the view of establi.hing final order, and bringing Young and Old Ireland again into working harmony. The commissioners are all banisters, with the exception of Smith O'Brien. The opi nions of tha two sections are also fairly represented—three being of the Young and the same number of the Old Ireland Party. Two—Sir Colman O'Loghlen and Mr. O'Hagan— ire not members of the Association. The public will look with much anxiety to the results of the conference. Mr. O'Connell also prop-ses an immediate meeting of the Irish landlords, not only to relieve present but prevent future evils, and suggests a loan from the State of 30,000,0001., on the security of the property of Ireland, to meet the crisis. The country journals received this morning exhibit a suffi ciently gloomy condition of the country, and distress is on the increase, nothwithstanding the employment on the public works and the refuge of the poor. houses,which in mane districts are crowded beyocd the accommodation ori ginally provided in their erection. Temporary buildings are being thrown up to meet the increased pressure on their resources. Exclusion is of course impossible. though in a few localities it has been used without pity: and may afford no relief to the rate-payer. In Wexford workhouse the in mates last week amounted to 1,063, and in Waterford to 1,20 3. Indeed all the unions are likely to undergo severe taxation in the ensuing year, under the combined influence of the labour-rate and poor-rate. In some districts the cries of distress have been rendered more painful by the suspension ofpublic works and consequent addition to the Prevailing misery. This is not attributable to the board but to the baronial sessions, which did not present for an amount nifficient for the completion of the works. In one district of Roscommon 500 persons have been di , charged, and an equal number will share the same fate in a few days more in the tame county from the insufficiency of the original present mew,. Of course this must he remedied. The works must benompleted; the poor relieved ; and to accomplish both an uhliti "al sessions must be held to prevent for an adequate "m. As might have been naturally expected, the commis ;'sners are subjected to some popular odium. They are the uriensers of emploj merit and money; and where innlabr is too abundant for the district works or punctuality money ifYreents cannot be strictly obser ved, from the nature of Una I . boar, and the immense number to be relieved, the b oard is 7.!rg,cl with heartlessness, inattention, and unnecess ar y TM'. I believe, however, that the subordinate officersl of the board might be mere punctual. The pay-clerks, in very many caws, have withheld the sustenance money, and, it is red, have hven tarrying on a small trade in pec ulation. "entations have been made to the hoard and the go grnment, avid inspectors of pity-clerks arc in progress of ap iotment, who will exactamore rigid accountof their duties. The REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Tme DAY. weekly meeting, a crowded one, of the Repeal ASY- two way Lela thi, day in Conciliation Rail. It was remarked, though perhaps the eircumWance was merely accidental, that the Goremnsent reporters, who, since the monster meeting at Mullaghrnast, have always been present, were, on this occasion, absent from the Hall. On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, An drew Russell Switch, Esq., a barrister, took the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, upon taking h;s seat, expressed his regret I that the ancient curse of their wretched land had again come upon them, in the form of dissension and di'union. (Hear, hear.) It was much to be regretted that there should have been a division in the repeal camp; but as it had taken place, he thought the time had arrived when every man should express his opinions in favour of one party or the other, end he, therefore, was prepared to give his reasons fur " the faith that was in him "—his reasons for support ing the " moral force " policy of O'Connell. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Stritch) was wholly in favour of the policy of the association, but still he was willing to give credit for in tegrity to some of the seceding party. Mr. O'Cosexxu.—Hear, hear. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proceeded to say, that he spoke from his knowledge of some of the " Young Ireland " party, and that he know that their ardent wish was, that the disunion be tween them and the association should be healed. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The minutes of the Association having been read by Mr. RAY, Mr. O'CosexeLt. handed in Ml. as the subscription of the different members of his family for the year 1847. Mr. O'Co•NELL then proceeded to make his steement fur the day. He commenced by declaring that the septet of the country could be described only in one word—starvation. Starvation was stalking over the land. It was in every dis trict, and was deepening in its hue over every district of the island. He warned the government of this, for he felt it his duty to do so, as no man had such means of knowing the condition of the country. Men were dying of starvation in numbers never before occurring in the memory of living man. And numbers were dying of the inanition produced by continued want, though they had still some food remain ing. He had been accused of upholding the Board of Works. He was not their detender. He had stayed in Dublin, though his physicians had recommended strongly a return to his mountain home, to represent to the Baird of Works the ca-c of every man who did him the honor to call on him. He was happy to say, that no appeal of that nature was made in which either proper explanation or redress was not afforded by the board—save in one case. And, if ever satisfaction should not be given by the board, he would be ready to do his duty, and pass censure on them. But, he believed, with every disposition, they not the means to do what was re quired of them. They had not staff enougb, they ought to have twice as many. But it was his duty to warn the go vernment, and to warn the people--for, despite the recent miserable dissensions, he had the confidence of the people. (Great and continued cheering.) It was his duty to warn the government, that starvation was over the land, and that the means of the government were utterly inadequate. They appeared to have been de ceived by fiatteren into a belief that the crisis was not so great, and they had not half, one-third, scarce one-fifth the means necessary for the relief of the starvation which pre vailed. SCOTLAND. - - - - - FREE CHURCH COLLECTION FOR THE DESTITUTE HIGH LANDERS.—A collection was made on Sunday last in the free churches in Glasgow, for the relief of the destitution at present existing in the highlands and islands of Scotland. It is calculated, by the Glasgow Argus, that the aggregate col lection will be considerably above 2,6001. THE WEATHER IN GLASOOW.—During the greater part of last week the frost was so intense, and the ice con sequently so strong, that the skating ponds were fully peopled, and the curlers enjoyed their " roaring play " on many a rink. On Friday night the wind changed to the west, followed by rain, which fell constantly for some hours, and so completely relaxed the vigour of the frost, that heavy masses of broken ice floated down the Clyde on the follow. lag day. On Saturday evening the frost resumed its supre macy. PROVINCIAL. The GOVERNMENT iM1011ATIO;: AGENT at Liverpool has written to the local papers to call attention to the case of a number of people now on board a ship in the docks of that town. lie says: In order to save the community of Liverpool the painful reection of allowing the remaining passengers of the Columbian re fl ection within their docks from cold and wet, I beg once more to call public attention to their very distressed condition. hey have been embarked upwards of seven weeks, and have returned to this port in conse quence of having got on shore on the cast of Ireland. Their supply of food is consumed, and they are now lingering out a miserable ex istence in the No. —, Graving Dock, in an empty ship, without fire or light, sub.isting on ships' allowance—namely, lib, of biscua and water. In the late severe weather, their position needs no comment. There are no means foe transit rring these unfortunate people to other vessels, so they have the wretched prospect of remaining in this con. dition for three weeks or a month longer (if they east so long) before the vessel can proceed on her voyage, and then with no other provi. sions than biscuit and water. YORKSHIRE. COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—E. Blayds, Gent., to be Cornet of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry. LINCOLNSHIRE. New WRIT FOR NORTH LINCOLN.—Last night's Gazette contains a notice that a new writ is about to be issued for electing a member of parliament for the northern division of the county of Lincolnshire, in the room of Lord Worley, who has succeeded to the peerage by the demise of his father, the late Lord Yarborough. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.-111 the second number of a new paper, called the Lincolnshire Advertiser, we find the following independent announcement :—" We desire it to be understo.d that we arc not committed to the particular form or sire of the newspaper, or to the day of publication. It may be found convenient to publish a larger or a smaller sheet—to issue it once a week or twice a week, or seldomer than once a week ; or, if weekly, on any other day in the week." NORTHUMBERLAND. SUFFOCATION OF A FRENCH SHIPMASTER AND MATE. —Yestentay week Jacques Meuri, aged 32, muter of the brig Marie Angilique, of St. Mato, and his brother and mate, Frangois Meun, aged 29, were found dead in latud from suffo cation, after passing the night in a close cabin, in which a fire had been burning for several hours. The calamity having occurred within toe jurisdiction of the coroner of Newcastle upon-Tyne, that gentleman held an inquest on Wednesday last in the dead-house, where the bodies were then lying. The cabin-boy, Pierre Jannin, stated the circumstances of the catastrophe. On Friday, the 20th ult., the brig arrived in the Tync from Dunkirk, and on Monday, the 30th ult., she was lying at Pelaw Main. The night being very cold, a fire was made in a pot which had been used for boiling pitch, and placed in the cabin. The fire was made of hot cinders, with Dunkirk coals on the top. The master went to bed at eight, and the mate at a quarter before ten. They both slept in the cabin, which contained two sleeping places. It was on deck, and had two doors, but no chimney. There was no aperture through which the smoke could es cape, with the exception of a small hole in a broken pane. The cabin was about fifteen feet long by twelve broad. In the morning the mate did not, as was his custom, call the crew ; and at eight, when he (Pierre JaNnin) went to the cabin, he found him dead. The next witness, Themistoele Mataranza, an Italian, gave corroborative evidence, and added that when the alarm was given he and others went to the cabin, and found the master dead as well as the mate. The deceased brothers, he said, were always on friendly terms, and were esteemed by the crew. The master was an equal-tempered happy man, whom every one loved. The ry returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—Mr. Dillon, French consul at Newcastle, then said that he had himself made an official inquiry into this mournful event, that he might make, as in duty bound, a report to the Minister of Marine, but he had thought it right to delay his commu nication until this inquest had been held. The conclusion to which he had come was in accordance with the verdict of the jury. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. MURDER OF A DAUGHTER MY HER FATHER.—BRISTOL, Dac. B.—This morning, at about two o'clock, a man, named John Cann, a butcher, carrying on business at a place called Camden Terrace, Baptist Mills, a mile or two from this city, committed a murder by beating the brains out of his own daughter, a child in arms. The man said he was drunk when he committed the crime. The coroner's inquest was adjourned in consequence of the prisoner having been seized with a fit when under examination. WOKCESTERSUIRE. THE LATE COAL MINE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURY. A meeting was held at Oldbury yesterday, for the purpose of raising a fund for the widows and orphans of the men who lost their lives by this calamity. Several sums were sub scribed. A memorial to the Home Secretary was adopted, calling upon government to appoint an inspector of mines. It was stated that Sir George Grey, in reply to a similar memorial from Dudley, had stated that he was in com munication with the Coroner on the subject. ESSEX. THE POOR-LAW REMOVAL ACT.—ET • circular sent round to most of the unions in this county, it would appear that the guardians of the Walsingham Union have taken up the opinion which has heretofore been occasional:y broached, that the support and maintenance of the poor ought to be a national charge ; and they are endeavouring to prevail on other districts to press this question on the attention of par liament. The circular gives a series of resolutions on the Poor Removal Act, in which they set forth their belief that it is likely to be attended with great hardship both to rate payers and paupers ; that it will create litigation and expense, and produce unfriendly feelings between neighbouring parishes and unions; and they then add their opinion That it has become essentially necessary that the Law of Settlement should be done away with altogether, and that the inaintentmee of the poor should be national and not parochial, and that as labour is the source of all value, and every description of property is made and supported by labour, decry description of property should be rated for the maintenance of the poor. KENT. Yesterday a meeting of the agriculturists of the western division of the county of Kent," desirous of aidin the efforts now making for obtaining a repeal of the malt. g tax," took place at the Star Hotel, Maidstone. A resolution that the agriculturists of West Kent consider it desirable that every sup port be iven to the Metropotan Anti-Malt-tax t d. KENT for obtaining a repeal of the duty on malt, was adopted. KENT AND MAIDSTONE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY held heir annual*, meeting and dinner at Maidstone, yesterday; T. Law Hodges, Esq., presided, and was supported by Lords De Lisle, Torrington, Romney, Abergravenny, and Bexley, Hope, Esq., M. l'., C. G. Wbittiker, Esq., Twia den Ilodges, Esq., Colonel Stratford, &c. &c. ; but all agreed that it is a waste of money and time to fatten up which, when killed, are a lmost entirely unfit for food. animals LITERATURE. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. Two Vols. By CHARLES HULTZAPPFEL. A work of this kind has long been a desideratum in the mechanical world. Some few hooks on mechanical suliji..ct.. have appeared from time totime, but they wen. either THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1846. limited in their notices to particular subjects, or were mere compilations of what had been published before them, " there being," as the author in his preface truly sin " no general treatise in the English language for the guidance of the amateur in these pursuits." Its further states that " the greatest difficulty he has encountered in his task has been that of selection and arrangement, so as to produce from materials so numerous and dissimilar a work of general refer ' ence and practical instruction at once sufficiently copious and accessible." We have no hesitation in saying that what ever might be his difficulty, he has overcome it most com pletely, for the work is in every respect " a work of gene ral reference and practical instruction at once copious and accessible." The most orderly arrangement per vades the whole work, a comprehensiveness which gives the natural history of the materials operated upon, and a scrutinising detail of what is going on when the material is under operation. An extensive acquaintance with en gineers, manufacturers, and amateurs, has enabled the au thor to add valuable communications to his own large stock of knowledge. Thus the botanical account of upwards of one hundred varieties of woods used in the arts, has passed under the review of Dr. Itoyle, the professor of Ma teria Medics. in King's College, who has enriched the account with many additions. Professor Willis, of Cambridge ; Sir J. Robinson, and C. Babbege, Esq., amateur engineers; and J. Naysmith and R. Prosser, manufacturing engineers; and many others ; have contributed short but valuable papers to this useful work, which is at once thoroughly practical, and thoroughly philosophical. The author has described hies method of cutting the models illustrative of Crystallography, and which may easily be accomplished by the amateur. And here " Professor Willis has examined the details mathe matically, and furnished the corrected angles that are glean." Not the least valuable portion of the work is that relative to *crews, a small but most important subject. The work, taken complete, will form a complete encyclopaedia of me chanical manipulation. Ut Bram. HAYMARRET.—SUDDEN ILLNESS OF MR. FARREN. —We are grieved to say that Mr. W. Farren, while on the stage last evening, was seized with so severe an illness that he was disabled from going on with his part. The comedy of " Secrets Worth Knowing," in which he per formed the character of Nicholas Rue with his usual ex cellence, and without any apparent weakness, was followed by a farce, produced for the first time, called " Story-telling, or Novel Effects," in which he had the principal part. Oa his appearance he evidently seemed fatigued with his previ ous efforts, but not to a degree which threatened any in capacity to proceed. But when he came on for the second time, it appeared at once that he was is a state of great suffering, and was struggling painfully to sustain his share of the dialogue. At length he came forward, and, address ing the audience, said that a severe indisposition with which he had: been seized rendered it impossible for him to do justice to the author of the piece, which, however, he hoped to be able to do another evening ; and, in the meantime, he begged the audience to allow the curtain to drop. Having said this with evident pain and difficulty, ha sank exhausted on a chair, and the curtain fell amid strong expressions of sympathy from the audience We earnestly hope that th's distressing attack will not be attended with any serious consequences. Of course it was impossible to form any opinion of a piece thus interrupted; but its beginning was lively, and Mrs. Humby, in in in triguing soubrette, was not unworthy of a comparison with Mademoiselle Brolian. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. Usrezasm or Los rios.—Badisfor of Medicior.—tiroand Renomi nation, 1846.—Evosinalion for Hasorra—Physiology and Coin paratioe Analonsy.—C. Elam (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds Sch. of Med.; J. C. Day (Goli Medal), London Hoop.; T. J. Start ani T. Hawks's'', King's Coll.; J. C. Romp's, Univ. Coll. Surgery.— C. Elam (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds Sch. of Med. ; J. C. Day (Gold Medal), London Hosp. Medicine. —C. Elam (Gold Me I al), Leeds Sch. of Med. ; IL F. A. Goodridge, Univ. Coil.; J. C. Da., Lon don Hosp.; J. C. Bompas, Univ. Coll. Midicifery.—C. Elam, Leeds Sch. of Mod. Struchiral and Physiological Butany.—J. C. Day, London Hosp. Toe VICA.R Or Criamss, the Rev. Sir C. Bisshopp, Bart., has re. signed ids living at Plymouth, and ban nominated the Rev. B. A. Greaves, Incumbent of St. George's Chapel, Stonehouse, as his successor. The cause which has induced the rev. gentleman to va cate his church is said to be the serious and continued indiapositiou of Cady Bisshopp who is compelled to reside in a southern climate. Pacrrnmesys.—Rev. W. Boyle, to Kilmeagan C., Ireland. Rev. W. Disrbv, to Clongish R., w. Clongiah-Killoe V., dio. Kihnore. Rev. B. 6. Gou g h, to Dunboe, and to the Archdouconry of Derry. Bev. A. Hudson, to Killashee. Rev. E. K. Luscombe, ,n a minor canonry in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. Rev. T. O. Moore, to Clonbrony V., dio., Kliniore. Rev . . S. Parsons, to luvan C., dio., Meath. VAcswerra.—Castlerickard R., dio. Meath ; patron, the Bioll o P ; by the death of the Rev. J. Lawlor. Drumconrath C. ;by promotion of the Rev. S. Parsons. Durrow, P.C„ dio. Meath ; patron, Countess of Norbury; by resignation of the Rev. P. Toler. Faughancalr, P.C. • by the promotion of the Rev. B. B. Go u g h. Lelcest.r, S. Margaret, ie. Knighton C., dio. Peterborough ; 440".• patron, Hinkel, of Peter borough ; by the death of the Rev. A. Irvine. NAVAL. POILTAVOrTO, Dsc. B.—The Neptune, 120, is to be brought forward. She is to be commissioned by hir J. Sttrttng.—The Naiad, 42, coal depot, will be ready in about three weeks, supplying an opportunity of communicating with Volpe/aka and other ports on the Pacific. The Matins, 12, Commander Tryon, is detained for disnatchee. Her destination will be the Brazils.—The *ace and Edinburgh, steam block ships, have a great number of hands employed upon them, it being the wish of the government that they should be immediately ready for service. Roost. MANN!: Conn.—By Ms death of Col. Braila the vacant oolonelship will fall on Major Whylock, an old and deserving ofiloer. There are upwards of 1,200 meu fit for the defensive regiment that is to be formed in this dockyard. Tux ORECIMC—Notice Is given, in last night's Ges , tte, to the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Grecian, W. Smyth, Esq., commander, that an account of the refunded expenses incurred in prosecuting the Ilamburghese barque Lanier, seined on the 25th Feb., IR4I, and restored at Cuxhaven, onginally deducted from the proceeds of the Sandadc, seized on the 12th Feb , 841, will be deposited in Cie Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the Sth inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament . — T. Stilwell and Sons, agents, 22, Arundel- street, Birand. -- - A Mitarroators CHEW.—We are informed that the Tyne, Captain Glascock, now about to return to England, and be paid off, hasnotbeen disgraced by a black list, and has nut had one seaman put in irons during the four years the has been in commission. Nevertheless; the strictest discipline has been maintained, to the satisfaction of the commander, the great benefit of her Majesty's service, and the com fort of all the officers and crew. PROTKCTION sus THE DOCIL.VAIDR.-7'he rumour we mentioned • few days ago that it was the intention of the Admiralty to form the able-bodied men of the dockyards into regiments, for the defence of those establishments, • case of necessity, is confirmed. Orders have been Issued to the several captains superintendents, to consult with the superior officers of the yoga, in order to devise means most effec tually to carry this intention into effect. SPORTING. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING, TURIDAT, Dex. 6. ALL•AORD Stamm Mr. Neah's Cloak beat Mr. Dobedes'a Dunkirk; Mr. Miller's Mischief beat Mr. King's limb-Lel ; Mr. Fos ter's Highland Lassie beat Lord Stradbroke's Mane ; Mr. Fyson's Figaro best Mr. Mare's Minus; Mr. R. Bagge's Fortune Teller beat Captain Wyndham's Wildfire ; Mr. Miller's Magic beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck; Mr. Inskip's Probity beat Mr. Anstrutber's Castoff ; M r. Foster's Lucy Bertram beet Mr. Vipan's Vanguard; Mr. Inskip's Jericho beat Mr. Arabin's Firefly ; Mr. Beenet's Wish-you-may-get-it beat Mr. Nash's Swallow ; Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Mr. Finch's Brighton ; Mr. Squire's Omen beat Mr. Finch's Planet; Lord Strad broke's Mawworm beet Mr. I)obede's Dutchman; Mr. B. Smyth's Silesia beat Mr. Gillett's Goldflnder ; Mr. Stradbroke's Miles brat Mr. Inon'a Pencils; Mr. Anstruther's Former beat Mr. IL Bagge's Theorist Pr err Rracri.—Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Mare's Bracelet; Mr. Fysen's Farmer's Boy beat Mr. Miller's Magog; Mr. Rennet's Whiskey beat Mr. Batchelor's Merlin ; Mr. Foster's Thorepway Lass beat Mr. Moody's Rodney ; Mr. Dobade's Dais' beat Mr. Arabia's Ales; Mr. Anstruther's Clementine brat Mr. hmyth's Kite; Mr. Vipan's Vesta heat Mr. Gillett's Goody ; Mr. Buckworth's Buonapartc beat Mr. Squire's Orange Flower. A splendid day, fine trials, and satisfactory decisions. Fuca-Race rost .ClOO. —Yesterday, the walking-match between East, of London, and Powell, of Hampton (two well-known pedes trians), to contend over 16 miles of road. came off near the Dog and Partridge, at Beetroot Powell took the lead, and performed nearly /een mile in one hour, and ultimately won , he cove ring the I 6 miles of vs road In less than two hours and a bolt, at a fair toe and heel walk. tats Entetttgentt. LAW NOTICES.—nue DAT. The Court of Chancery and Vice-Cbsncellors will sit at Lincoln's inn, at 10. The Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Mess, and Exchequer, will sit at Westminster, at 94, on Middlesex special and common jury causes. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—YEStERDAY. Present: Lord Brougham, Lord Langdale, Mr. Baron Puke, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Right Hun. Dr. Luahington, Bight lion. T. Pembertnn Leigh. F. H. DYKE, ESQ., HER MAJESTY'S PROCURATOR GENERAL, APPELLANT, O. T. WALP:RD, ESQ.,SOLI CMS FOR THE AFFAIRS OP HER MAJESTY'S DGCHT OF LANCASTER, RESPONDENT.—This is a question be tween the Queen, as sovereign, and her Majesty in her character of Duchess of Lancaster, whether she be en titled to the goods of a person dying intestate within the county palatine, jura corona, or in right of the duchy. The Queen's Advocate, the Solicitor-General, Mr. G. Chilton, and Mr. Townshend , appeared for the crown; Mr. . J. Parker, Mr. Ellis (Attorney-General), and Dr. Jenner, for the duchy. Lord Campbell, as Chancellor of the duchy, being about to take his seat with counsel at the bar, Lord Brouaham said: Being a privy councillor, you are entitled to take your seat within the bar, as Mr. Sheridan did.—Lord Campbell: I should be happy to do any thing that is agreeable to your lordship, but having a bias in this case, I thought it would not become me to sit as a judge ; therefore, according to the precedent of Lord Holt, I appear at thebar. Your lordships may recollect there was a case tried in the court of King's Bench, in which he was interes'ed; and the report states that a chair was assigned to hint at the bar ; and upon that chair he sat and instructed his counsel. Lord Brougham : Do you claim a chair ?—Lord Campbell : Yes, in respect of my office. The Solieitor-General : The report says that Lord Holt sat with his hat on. (A laugh.) Lord Campbell: I do nut claim to be covered before your lordships. Lord Brougham : That is attending to both ends at once —a chair and his hat. (Much laughter.)—Lord Campbell : I believe I am right in point of law. Lord Brougham: No doubt you have a right to a seat among your counsel. I only wished to remind you what your privilege is. Mr. Sheridan sat within the bar as a privy councillor, not with his counsel, Mr. Charles Warren and I being counsel against him ; and he exercised another pri vilege, which we should deny you if you claimed it. He got up, as a privy councillor, and argued his own e , se ; and abused us, the counsil, for about half an hour ; which you probably, would omit. (A laugh.) Lord Campbell : I hope I shall not abuse any privilege your lord-hip may allow me. I think it more becoming to waive my privilege as a privy . councillor, and to take my scat at the bar, without prejudice to the right of my sue cessors in time to come to sit within the bar if they think fit. Lord Brougham : Very well. The Queen's Advocate then proceeded to address their lordships, and was about to he followed by the Solicitor- General, when that learned gentleman discovered that he had left his papers at home, and their lordships, at his re quest, adjourned. The ease states that Anne Rothwell Wignall, commonly called Anne Rothwell, who died at Preston, in the county palatine of Lancaster, on or about the 18th of December, 1840, under the age of 21 years, a spinster, and intestate, was born illegitimate, and therefore left no heir or next of kin. She left or was entitled to personal estate within the county of the value of about 3,500,', which is claimed by her Majesty, in right of her duchy of Lancaster. The rights of her Majesty, jure Dumas, within the county palatine of Lancaster, originated in the charter or letters patent bearing date the 28th day of February, 1377, by which King Ed ward 111. created the county palatine, and granted to his son John, Duke of Lancaster, in which is the following clause: That he for the whole of his life !where within the ecamty of Lan caster hie chancery and his writs to be ended under his seal, to be de puted for the office of the chancery, hie justices to hold as well pleas of the crown as all other pleas whatsoever touching the common law and the cognisance thereof, and all manner of execution to be made by his writs and 'his ministers there, and all other liberties and Jura regalia pertaining to a Cormt Palatine, as freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester to well known to obtain within the same county of Cheater, saving always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contributimm and subsidies granted and hereafter to be granted to us and our heirs by the commonalty of our realm, and the tenths and other contribu tsons (granted; and hereafter to be granted to us by the clergy of the came our realm, or Imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy by the apostolic see, end the pardon of life and limbs in cue that any person of the same county, or other person in the tame county, ought for any delict to lose bin life or limb, and also the superiority and power of correcting those things which shall have been erroneously done there in the courts of our came eon, or If our same son or his ministers shall have failed in doingjustice there, also in the courts of the lame our son. _ _ _ These powers and exceptions were confirmed by another charter dated the 16th of Feb., 1390, granted by Richard 11., with the assent of parliament, to the same John Duke of Lan caster. Both charters were set forth in the present proceed ings for the purpose of showing that the right of the crown, whether by escheat or otherwise, to real or personal estate, was not mentioned or included in the reservations therein made in favour of the crown. Various historical facts were quoted to prove that the duchy of Lancaster and its fran chises have descended to her present Majesty with the crown of these realms, but separate therefrom, in as full and ample a manner as the same were possessed by either of the kings of England above mentioned. Notice of the deceased's death, under the circumstances before stated, having been commu nicated to the Chancellor and Council of the duchy of Lan caster, her Majesty's warrant, bearing date the 28th day of May, 1842, and countersigned by the Chancellor of the duchy, was issued as usual in such cases, for obtaining a grant of letters of administration of the intestate's estate to the then solicitor for the affairs of the duchy, in order to the collecting and receipt of the same for her Majesty's use. In the mean time, however, under an assumption that the pro perty in question had fallen to her Majesty in the right of her crown, a warrant, bearing date the 7th day of April, 1842, and countersigned by three of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, had issued for a grant of letters of administration of the said intestate's estate to George Maule, Esq., the solicitor fur the affairs of the Treasury, as nominee of her Majesty, and for her use. Proceedings were accord incly taken, first in the Consistory Court of Chester, where, on the 30th of November, 1811, the Chancellor of the dio cese, the Rev. H. Mikes, M.A. delivered a learned and elaborate judgment in favour of the crown. From this there was an appeal to the Chancery Court at York, which on the 21st of March, 1844, decided in favour of the duchy. From the latter judgment the present appeal was brought. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Lord Chancellor. STOCKEN v. DAWSON.—PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNT/.-111bl was an appeal from an order of the Master of the Rolls, dis allowing exceptions to the Master's report. John Stocken, who had carried on the business of a brewer at Walborn green in partnership with his brother William, died in 1820, 'having by his will bequeathed his moiety of the brew ery to William (his brother and partner), Benjamin Daw son, and another person, in trust to apply the profits thereof in support of the testator's son and daughter until they should come of age, and then to divide the property, &c., between them, in equal shares. The will directed the testa tor's share in the brewery to be valued, and that William might have the right to purchase it, on giving satisfactory security for the payment of the price ; but, if he declined, then the business was to be carried on as before. The brewery was valued after the testator's death, and William, as the ostensible purchaser, carried on the business up to his death, in 1824. By his will he gave his son, Oliver Stocken, his whole interest in the brewery, and appointed him and Benjamin Dawson his executors. From that time Oliver carried on the business for his own benefit. In 1827 the son of the testator, John, filed his bill against Oliver Stocken and Benjamin Dawson, impeaching the alleged valuation of the brewery to Witham, and praying for an account of the profits since John's death. A decree was made in that suit in 1830, and it was referred to the Master to take the accounts, with just allowances to all parties. To the Master's report under that decree the defendants took exceptions, some of which were disallowed by the Master of the Rolls ; hence this appeal.—Mr. Bethel, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Whitbread, were heard on a former day in support of the appeal.—Mr. Tinney, with whom was Mr. A. Gordon, was heard to-day in support of the order of the Master of the )tolls.—Mr. Bethell proceeded to reply, but bad not finished at the rising of the court at four o'clock. Before Tioe.ChanCellor Knight Bruce. 'JAYNE o. H ow. —Rm HAY AY COMPANY.—INJUNCTTON. Mr. Malins stated that in this cue, the facts of which ap rared in this paper of Saturday last, the parties had en tered into a compromise. lie therefore moved for leave to dismiss his own bill with costs, which was granted. FINCH V. SECKEU.—CONSTRUCTION or WILL.—LEGACY TO EXECUTOR.—Mary Field by her will appointed John Seeker and Robert Mason joint executors thereof, and gave and bequeathed to them the sum of 1001. each, as an acknow ledgment of the trouble they would have in the execution of the trusts thereof. By a codicil she revoked the appointment of Mason, as arse of the trustees and executors of her will, and also revoked and made void all and every the devises, be quests, and trusts, thereby given to and reposed in him jointly with the said John Seeker, as the trustees and exe cutors of her said will, or otherwise howsoever. And in his place the testatrix appointed James B. Bryan to be a trustee and executor conjointly with the said Juhn Seeker ; and she declared that all the devises, bequests, and trusts given to and reposed in the said It. Mason, jointly with the said J. Seeker, by her said will, should go to, devolve on, and be vested in the said J. B. Bryan, his heirs, executors, and ad ministrators, in such and the same manner as if he the said J. B. Bryan had been originally named in her said will as trustee and executer thereof, instead of the said R. Niemen. The question was, whether J. B. Bryan was entitled to the legacy of 1001., which by the will hat been given to Robert Mason Mr. Cooper and Mr. Ball appeared for the plaintiffs, who were devisees under the will. Mr. Bacon, for the defendants, the executors, submitted that the 1001. given to Mason by the will was given purely for his trouble as executor. It was clearly the intentioa of the testatrix, that the executors, whoever they might be, were to have 1001. each as a remuneration for conducting the executorship. Therefore as Mason VMS no longer executor, and the legacy was revoked as to him, the court would hold that it went to his substitute, Mr. Bryan. His Honour. The testatrix declares that the bequests which are made to Mason jointly with Seeker, shall go to Bryan, but she says nothing about the bequests that are made to Mason separately. She bequeathed to her executors the sum of 1001. each for their trouble. Mr. Collyer and Mr. S:dney Smith having been heard on the part of the other defendants, His Honour, at the conclusion of the arguments, said, that probably the gift of the 100/. to Bryan was what the testa trix would have willed if the point had been brought to her attention, but that she had not willed it. That being so, he was sorry to express his opinion to be, that Mr. Bryan was not entitled to the legacy in questioa. It might, however, be worth Mr. Bryan's while to make his claim for it in the Master's office. The Master might come to E. different con clusion, and might induce his Honour to view the matter differently at a future stage of the cause. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Non Pares.—Before Lord Denman and a Common Jury. BERKELEY O. EAMONSON.—INKTRECTION IN TEE FINE Attrs.—Mr. Crowder, Q. C., and Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff in this case, who sought to recover the amount of a promissory note for 1501. The defendant, who was represented by Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Willmore, pleaded that the note was obtained by fraud and covin.— The substance of the evidence was this :—The defendant was induced by advertisements which he had seen in the newspapers to place his son with the plaintiff, for the purpose of receiving instruction in painting, the plaintiff having represented that he was the inventor of a new method of painting, by following which a student would be enabled to paint well in a much shorter time than by any other sys tem. As a voucher for the truth of this representation the plaintiff stated that he had received as a reward for his inven tion two gold medals from the Edinburgh Society of Arts. The arrangement agreed on was that the plaintiff should receive 1501. for six months' tuition of the defendant's son, who, at the expiration of that period, should be at liberty to use the plaintiff's invention; that the plaintiff should teach the youth to sketch views in the vicinity of Exeter, where he lives ; and that he should give actual instruction to the boy for one hour in each day. It appeared also that the defendant had been induced to suppose that at the end of the six months his son would be enabled to paint saleable pictures, and himself instruct pupils so as to gain a living, especially as the plaintiff had represented that he was making from 1,8001. to 2,0001. per annum as an artist, and had never communicated to any one else the invention on which he relied. The note on which this action was brought was given in payment of the sum of 1501., which was the consideration for the plaintiff's agreement to teach. It turned out that the invention was one for laying on dry colours, over which varnish was afterwards la'd, and that the Society at Edinburgh had rewarded this method, and not the artistic skill of the plaintiff; that the medals were silver, and not gold; and that but one was voted to him, although in fact two were sent, because the plaintiff disliked the inscription, "Teacher of drawing," on the first, and paid for a second, with an inscr:ption that pleased him ; that the boy was t .ught to colour, but not to draw or compote ; and that on the whole he did not derive reasonable profit and improvement from the instructions of the plaintiff, which hail been occasionally interrupted. On the other hand, it was shown that the defendant did not object to pay the promissory note until he found the plaintiff unwilling to wait for pay ment, and that the discontent of the defendant and his son with the progress made by that youth was suspiciously coeval with an avowed inability to pay the note.--Lord Denman having left it to the jury to say whether the evidence did not show that misrepresentations had been made by the plaintiff, especially concerning the medals, a verdict was immediately returned for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nun Purs.—Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury. HOLDSWOUTH V. GIBBON AND OTHERB.— LIBIL.—EX. TRAORDINARY CHARGES OE GANIRLING.—Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Sorjeant ehannell, and Mr. Montague Smith, for the plaintiff ; Mr. Cockburn, Mr. noggins, Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Collier, for the defendants. This was an action to . . recover compensation in damages for a libel published in the Plymouth and Devotsport Weekly Journal, on the 12th Feb., 1846. The defendants, who were the proprietors of that paper, pleaded, first, that they were not guilty ; and, secondly, that they were justified in publishing the state ment complained of. Sir Frederick Thesiger, in opening the case, stated that the plaintiff was a physician at Plymouth, and he had been compelled to bring the present action for the vindication of his character against a slanderous attack which had appeared in the journal belonging to the defendants. They had not been content with denying the publication of the libel, but they bad put upon the record a justification averring that the charges against the plaintiff were true. He would here observe that in reference to the result of this inquiry, the position of the plaintiff was widely different from that of the defendants. If the verdict of the jury should be for the plaintiff, it would not operate in the slightest d'gree to the prejudice of the defendants. They would probably not sell one newspaper lets in consequence ; but if, on the contrary, the result should be in favour of the defendants, it would oe impossible for the plaintiff to hope to maintain his position in society, and therefore upon their verdict would depend almost his very existence. The facts he should lay before the jury were br;efly these: The plaintiff had, since the spring of 1845, established himself as a physician at Ply- mouth. He was a married man, with a family of eight children, and until the circumstances arose which led to the publication of this libel, he was generally respected, and his ' connexions were gradually increasing. Very soon after his ar rival at Plymouth he was proposed as a member of the Royal WeaternYaeht Club, and had been duly elected. It appeared from the statement contained in the libel itself, that there was a rule in the club that if anything occurred which corn. premised the reputation of any member a general meeting was called, in order that he might have an opportunity of vindicating his character. The course then was to put the question to the ballot, and upon the result of that ballot de pended the continuance of the party as a member of the club. It happened that in the month of Feb ruary, 1846, some communication had been made to the club, tending to the disparagement of the plaintiff, and a general meeting of the club was called, a ballot took place, and the result was unfavourable to the plaintiff. That was undoubtedly a circumstance which was calculated to create some suspicion. It was most fatal to the plaintiff, and the injury he had experienced was increased by the publication of this libel. He (Sir F. Thesiger) was not aware that the proprietors of newspapers had any right to interfere in matters of this kind, but it unfortunately happened that they were often disposed to encourage what were called "strong articles;" and it would appear that the defendants, taking advantage of the affair in quest on, had launched an arrow at the character of the plaintiff. The libel had destroyed his reputation at Plymouth, and had compelled him to come into a court of justice to vindicate his character. It ap peared by the pleat.inga that the person alluded to in the article complained of as ' Mr. M--, ' was a Mr. M`Donald, and " Dr. 11—" would be proved to be the plaintiff in this action. The libel was published in the Plymouth Jour nal on the 12th February, 1846, and was as follows: ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB. Corer Or Scrum.—ESPVISION or TWO BIACILLF.OI4—For tom. time past circumstances of suspicion had attached to two members of this club, owing to two gentlemen baring been plucked at the rrsitience of one of the intapreted members, in a manner that seemed to indicate foul play. One of the party was fleeced to the amount of 1,0701. in nor evening at cards and the other gentleman lust above 2001. In the Cabe of the first gentleman that we have alluded to, the parties were betting on the turn-up card, and his opponent managed to turn up a king nine times running. Al these circum stances led to suspicion that suspicion led to inquiry, and the Inquiry has resulted in the expulsion of the two suspected persons, and one of them suddenly leaving the town. A short time since, a person known now to be a confederate of the expelled pertiee, sought ad mission into the club. Hie name was O'Brien. lie gave a crack entertainment a few days before he was to be elected, as he thought, and bis party was graced by almost all the rank and fashion of the neighbourhool. Ito was going to make hie entree into the club in grand stale. Two or three days after, he stood the ballot, and he was blackballed' The met morning he bulled, and some of the poor tradesmen had to lament the fashionable character of his entertain ment, and the great desire he bud for display. The talk and excite ment that this blackballing ocausioned wae very great- Other gentlemen who stood the ballot about the same time trembled, lest the same fate might await them, especially no I black ball in 7 excludes any who seek for admission. Subsequent event prove that the emote then adopted with regard to Mr. O'Brien was a very judicious and wise one. The events that we have detaikel led to an inquiry into the character of a Mr. who lived near the club, and into that of a Dr. II —. Both these persons were citizens of the amid : we cannot !earn whence they came, or whither they are going. (in the 29th ult., the secretary of the club, Walter Leiner, Esq., by order of the committee, Muted *circular, summoning a special general meeting of the members on Thursday, the sth inst., at noon, "when informa tion, forwarded to the committee from Tours, relative to the conduct of two members of this club, will be Laid before them." The members of the club generally knew what the object of the meeting was; and, therefore, on Thursday last, there was an exceedingle large attend ance, there being nearly eighty members present. W. It. Hawker,_ req., was voted into the chair. Previously to reading the report of the committee and the documents mentioned therein, Mr. John Beer, of Devonport, rose to inform the meeting that he had been consulted professionally, and that he attended the meeting as the professional adviser of the two persons implicated. It was then put to the whether a proferaional man could appear there ° and it was ne c g e a t li th Z unanimously and decidedly. The history of their morementa, as de tailed to the meeting from sources beyond all doubt, was this: were said to have been connected with a notorious gambling transaction with Mr Connaty, at Tuuts—that of marking cards— in which a French offt :cr was made to suffer moot severely. Mr. I Connaty was tried at Tours; and he then removed the Did to • higher court at Blois, and again into a higher court at Orleane, and had decisions against him in all mom and he was for the offence im prisoned two years. There wan then a charge against them for mal practices in play at Guernsey, where they were ejected from the Civil and United Service Club, all of which will be more amply de tailed in the letter of which we s - tall give a copy presently. Thalia the circumstances that love occurred, which were not its the dub, but by melon of their connexion with it, were also stated. Wham thew circumstances were known, Mr. tosser rent a letter to them, previous to the general meeting being called by the committee, sug gesting the propriety of their withdrawing. They replied to this be requesting to know what charges there were against them. 'The . secretary sent a copy of the chargee, to which they made no reply. On the meeting deciding that they would not bear a profeseional nun, Mr. Beer and their proposers sent for them. The club Caen waited one hour and a half, in order that they might make any defence that they felt necessary. They, however, made no appnnmx, and sent track no answer, though one of them was seen from the window of the room walking about. The letter received by the secretary from Guernsey, in answer to inquiries, was as follows: — The affair that took place in this island with reference to there two Mart-beg was this :—They had gat themselves introduced into a club lately formed, called the Civil and United Service. Several strange oecurroicen had taken place in and out of this club, large sums of money were trot, suspicion was afloat. They quitted anal went to Baden. Something drove them out of that place, and they returned here. bi— came back Bret, and wished to re-enter the cub, but he was black-balled; mad X— out of the occurrence, assaulted at night, in the public street, • hi ghly-reepectable elderly gentleman, for which he was sent to gaol for a fortnight. Shortly alter this • person from Paris came here to arrest him, but he stowed himself away in his house, which overhung the sea; and while the police were wntching outside, he let himself into oa t •b , and thin is the last we know of lahn. You are in the right direction—Tours. You may go to Ireland also - Tipperary, I think. Ile was brought before the court there for swind ling. Ile made a bolt, and got out of Ireland in a notnewhat similar way that he did out of this place. I hope my friends at Plymouth have not been fleeced. Mr. homer, you have been asleep at your post. Had I had the least suspicion that these chaps would have bad the impudence to introduce themselves at your club, I should have felt it a duty that I owed, to have gone to Plymouth at my own cost, to have put you on your rend. " The letters and evidence having been read, sndthe members having waited till endurance could wait no longer, the meeting pro ceeded to ballot under the 11th rule, which provides that, " its caw any circumstances should occur injurious to the welfare and character of the club, the committee shall call a general meeting, giving seven days notice, and in the event of two-thirds of the members present voting ;by ballet) that the name of any member shall be removed from the list the eubscription of that member for the cu rrent y ear shall be retu rned, and he shall cease to be a member." The result of the ballot was a most awful affair. At the time of the vote* being taken • number of gentlemen had left, the proceedings having lasted three hours. There then appeared — For Dr. li. 2 against 50'—Per Mr. M. I against SI!! Mr. M. has Ante kit the town, but the doctor remains. We think that the inhabitants are under the greatest obligations to the members of the committee, and to the club generally, for the prompt and determined manner in which they obtained evidence respecting these mast, awl acted upon it. They had introduced them selves into the society of every respectable ;drawer who viaited the town, with what intentions we leave it to our readers to determine. The club is not 1 hely to be impaired through having bad two or three black sheep in it; it still maintains Ito high and respectable character; and the honorable way in which It has vindicated Itself from this possi ble stain, will redound to its credit rather than detract from it. The club is of great paddle utility—it afford , excellent literary gratifica tions to those of its members who desire to avail themselves of them —and it must be a source of "demure to its friends to know that there arc fifteen new candidates tote ballotted for at the meeting on Friday next." It would be idle fir him to waste the time of the jury in speaking of the character and tendency of this libel. It charged that the plaintiff and :dr. M'Donald had been guilty or cheating at cards, and that they were in the habit of committing acts of the greatest dishonesty. From the time Dr. Holdsworth took up his residence at Plymouth he had endeavoured to procure an honorable existence for him self and family, and he could not maintain his position unless he called upon the proprietors of the journal in which such an attack wee published to justify what they had stated. The proceedings had been delayed in consequence of the plantiff's being unable to ascertain who were the parties liable; and further delays had been occasioned by the neces sity there was fur examining witnesses abroad. A commis sion had been sued out fur that purpose, and was executed at Tours and at Guernsey. The result of that commission would be laid before the court on the part of the defendants. The question they would be called upoa to decide would be, not whether certain charges had been made against the plaintiff as a member of the Royal Western 'Yacht Club and whether the result was unfavourable to the pl tie tiff—that was not the question to be determined—the ques tion would be whether those charges against the plaintiff were or were not true ; and he (Sir F. Thesiger) trusted the jury would carefully keep in their minds throughout this inquiry the distinction he had pointed out. The defendants undertook to establish that those charges were true, and that therefore they were justified in publishing the libel. The plaintiff positively denied that he had been guilty of those charges, and he was confident that the defendants would fail to prove them. lie was placed in a very painfuiposition, but he would trust to the discrimination of the jury, and would, look forward with confidence to their verdict—The libel was than put in, and evidence was given to prove that Dr. Holdsworth was the person designated as " Dr. H." It was also proved that he had been met " in consultation'' as a physician at Plymouth, and that there was no other gen tleman lathe same capacity at Plymouth whose name began with H. The plaiatiff's case having closed, Mr. Cockburn addressed the jury for the defendants, and raid he agreed with his learned friend, that the result of this action Was a matter of great importance to the plaintiff. If he could succeed, at the expense of the defendants, in re-establishing a character which had been to seriously damaged by reason of his expul sion from the: club, it would undoubtedly be most advantageous to him. Whether that result was likely to be realised he would leave the jury to judge when they had heard all the circumstances of the case. 'the defendants knew nothina of the plaintiff nor his associate, M.. Donald ; but they fend that they had established themselves as habitual gamblers, and they felt it their duty, as public journalists, to expose their conduct in the newspaper under their direction. In doing this they had conferred an obligation on the column nity, and it was not fair to charge them with having been so fluenoed by personal motives, with a view to increase the circulation of the paper. His learned friend bad not given one single ray of light in reference to the past conductor the plaintiff, and it would bo his painful duty to draw aside the curtain which had been allowed to shroud and screen bis past history. He should prove that Dr. Holdsworth had formerly resided at Biladen, in the neighbourhood of Lei cester, and that he quitted that place in the year 1839, leaving his debts unpaid. He afterwards went to Tours in France, where he arrived in the autumn of 1840, and where he became acquainted with a person named Conaty, who was discovered in a gambling affair of the greatest infamy, and being tried and convicted before the court of assize at Tours, was sentenced to two years' im prisonment. An appeal was afterwards made to a higher court at Blois, but the decision of the court at Tours was affirmed. Ultimately Conaty appealed to the Court de Cane nation at Paris, where the judgment was set aside on a point of law, and the case was ordered to be tried again in the Royal Court at Orleans, when Conaty was discharged. Dr. Holdeworth and )'Donald, it would appear, attended at the trial to give him a good character. It would also be proved that shortly after this affair the plaintiff and Mr. M'Donald left Tours, and in the autumn of 1843 they went to Guernsey, where they got introduced to the Civil and United Service Club. They there carried on the mus ters of gamblers, continuing to play as often as possible, until at length an e.rposi took place, and they were com pelled to leave Guernsey. They next took up their abode in Plymouth, where they arrived in the spring of 1845, and where they became connected with the Royal Western Club, of which t hey were elected members in July, 1845. Circuits . - stances showing tbo course of life which the plaintiff and Mr. M'Donald had pursued, came to the knowledge of the club. and they were both expelled in the month of February, 1846. These facts came to the knowledge of the proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, and in order that the community of Plymouth might be made aware of the class of people they were liable to meet in society, the defendants had felt it their duty to expose those who had been guilty of such disreputable transactions, as would be detailed in evidence. The learned counsel having concluded a very long and eloquent speech, the court ad journed at six o'clock, until the next day. This morning the ease was resumed, and the following witnesses were called Major Ford stated that he was in Plymouth in the year 1845, and was then a temporary member of the Royal Wester& Yacht Club. He recollected being invited to sup with Mr. M'Donald and Dr. Holdsworth. The supper was excellent., and they played at cards before and after. The stakes were increased after the supper. Holdsworth always bet on M'Donald, who played with witness, and M'Donald won everything. He observed that Holdsworth moved about tho room a good deal, but be generally stood behind witness's back, and could see what cards he had in his hand. They played at icarti, at which game there were five points. The king was a very important card at that game. The kings were invariably against him (witness) on this occasion, and at length he remarked that he never saw any person with such luck before in turning up the kings. 1,0751. was the whole amount of his loss to Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald. He paid the money by a cheque shortly afterwards. In cross-examination, the witness said he wee 36 years of age, and that he had never play( d for large stakes previous Ito that occasion. 1001. was the largest sum he had ever lost at cards before that time. Mr. Walter Lomax, secretary to the Royal Western Yacht Club.—There are 312 members at the present time. The members comprised a great number of noblemen and gentle men. In 1845 he saw Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M`Donald at Plymouth. Dr. lloldsworth was introduced as a visitor on the 10th June. 1845, by Mr. Ayre, and " 'f ours" was given as his place of abode. On the 25th June, Mr. M•Donaid, "of France," was introduced by Captain Atkinson. The were afterwards elected members of the club. On the lith July, the election took place. Notice papers had been pre viously given by Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald. In those papen Dr. H oldsworth's address was given ns" Whitehall, Leicestershire," and Mr. M'Donald's, as " Stonehouse." In the early part of the year 1846, he heard that there witesome thing connected with those persons which the club wished to investigate. A letter was accordingly written to Guernsey, and in consequence of the answer received by him he wrote to Dr. Holdsworth on the 27th January, 1846, suggesting to him the propriety of his withdrawing his name from the club, as certain information had been received reflecting upon his conduct during his residence in Plymouth. To this commu nication Dr. liohleworth replied by letter, stating that he would defy any one to substantiate any charge derogatory to his character us a g. ntleinan and a man of honour, and beg ging that the club would specify what they had heard respeet ing him. Notice wan, afterwards, given of a general meeting, which took place on the sth July. There were upwards of 90 members present. Mr. Hawker was in the chair. The letters were laid before the meeting. Neither Dr. llohlsworth nor Mr. M'Donald appeared.—Mr. Beer was pmeent that day on their behalf as an attorney, though a member of the club. It WY resolved that he should not be heard as their legal adviser, but that Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald should be allowed to attend personally to give such explana tion as they might think proper. The club waited morethan an hour. The letter from Guernsey, dated January 31,1846, was laid before the club. (The letter was read, and it spoke of Dr. Wadsworth and Mr. M'Donald as " two blacklegs.") Another letter from Guernsey dated 2nd February, was pro duced, and it contained certain observations respecting Dr. H. and Mr. M., whom the writer spoke of 84 " these two bucks," and he expressed his surprise that such " fellows " should have been recommended to the Club. The result of the ballot was, that Dr. H. had two white bells, and against him 50 black balls. Mr. M.l white ball, and against him 51 blink balls. Itwas accordingly resolved that they were no longer members of the club. Witness was not aware that they had taken any proceedings in consequence of this resolution.. In cross-examination the witness stated that he allowed a friend of his (Mr. Latimer), the editor of the paper, to take copies of the letters. The learned judge here cautioned the witness that he was at liberty to decline answering any questions the answers to which might be libellous. The witness went on to say that he had recently had a full from his horse, which had much affected his memory. He learned that Mr. Latimer had taken a copy of the letter characterieing the plaintiff and M'Donald as 1)1 icklegs. He believed he objected to Mr. Latimer having a copy. Sometime afterwards a geatleman came into the room, and while he was conversing with him, Mr. Latimer remained in the room. The letter was on the table at the time, and he afterwards discovered that he had a copy of it. He might have said words to the effect that he mustn't printt eat—alit would be libellous. To this Mr. Latimerreplied, " Oh, nonsense, you'll hear nothing more of these blacklegs —and it will be as good as a thousand pounds to our paper.' Re-examined.—lle allowed Mr. Latimer to see the letters. It was on the day that the paper was printed that he told Mr. Latimer he must not print the letter. Mr. Latimer was in the habit of coming to the club for information. — Mr. J. W. Peep!, a barrister on the Western Circuit, and eulecharroan of the committee of management of the Reyal Western Yacht Cluh, said he put a black hall on the occa sion of the ballot. Before the business of the meeting com menced, Mr. Bi er, solicitor, said he attended professionally on behalf of Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. Sl'Donald, hut the meeting refused to hear him except as a member. A letter from Dr. Holdeworth was thereupon read as his defence. Mr. Earnest John Craigie, a member of the club, said he remembered the 9th July, 1845. Captain Ford and the plaintiff were present at the club that evening, and also Mr. M'Donald, and Mr. Ayre. They left the club about half past twelve o'clock, when Dr. Wadsworth proposed that they should go home to sup at Mr. M•Donald'e, Dr. Holds worth, Captain Ford, Mr. Ayre, and himself, were of din party. There was a very nice supper, and plenty of cham pagne ; cards were introduced; and whilst they were play ing he laid upon the sofa, and, after making certain bets upon the game, ,he told one of the party to let him know how much be had won or lost, and then he fell asleep. (Laughter.) Before he fell asleep he saw Capt. Font playing with Mr. M'Donald. Dr. Holdsworth walked about the room. Witness backed Captain Ford. and when he awoke he found he had Iced 20/, He was told so by Dr. Holdsworth or by M'Donald. He afterwards paid the money to them. Shortly afterwards Dr. Holdsworth, Mr. M'Donald, and others, spent an evening at his rooms. Ecarte was then played, and witness betted with Dr. Holdsworth and M'Donald. He lost 1001. to Dr. Holdsworth, and 401. to M'Donald. lie found that he lost his money more upon the turning up of the king than upon the game itself. Dr. Holdsworth used to say when he had four cards, What's the odds against turning up the king ? " The king was turned up by him four or five times out of seven. Crone-examined: Witness was a member of no profession, and had no particular platy of abode. It was not a fair question to inquire into his on- Tate affairs. He had lost money by betting at races. He once lost 1,000/. by one bet. He had occasionally woo, and in the last year he cleared 5001 out of a wager of 1,0001., which he had won. lie kept a small betting book. He recol lected losing a sum of money to a Mr. Jarvis He paid him 1001., and left something unpaid. He had hitherto been fond of play, but he had now left it off. He did not wish te say where he resided at present. If he must answer the question, he lived with his mother at 24 Edward-street, Portman-square. All letters would find him there. The servants had received directions to say he did but when he was not reside there. He did not lice there, in town he was to be found there. When he was out of town people knew where to find him through his agents, Mesas. Analie and Co., Lincoln's-inn-fieldr. He was a ward in chancery. Eliza Thompson proved, that in May 1845, Mr. M'Donald took apartments in her house in Stoneham for his wife and children. Dr. Holdsworth came with them in a coach. Dr. 11. lived opposite, and took his meela at her house. Mr. M'Donald's family remained there about a fornight, mud then took a furnished house. A Mr. O'Brien afterwanis took the lodgings, and Dr. Holdsworth a' well as Mr. M'Donald constantly visited him. Mr. O'Brien once gale an entertainment, at which Mrs. 11 ddsworth and lin. M'Donald presided. Mr. Anthony B-.urnier (examined through an interpreter) was aresident at Tours in the winter of 1842. lie was as quaint ed with Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'llonald. On the 9th of December, 1842, he saw them at the Cat de k Ville. Mr. Connaty was present with M'Donald. Cap tain Derondes was there. Baron Rosette and Viscount Septeuil were also there. Captain Desondes and Ma. Connaty played billiards together. They afterwards played aft cards. They went into a room at the bottom of** garden atcr the time of closing the cafe, and Mr. M'Donaid then went out to fetch Dr. Holdsworth. There AM a polies regulation at Tours, by which the masters of the cafes wise obliged to close their doors between 11 and 12 o'clock. When Mr. M•Donald returned with Dr. liold,worth, Connsty was then playing with Desondes. Cornatv and 1/monde wad I nuttily betted: the former backed by • Dr. Holslaworth eel I Mr. M'Donald, the latter by the two *French olfleera. Rosette and Septeuil. They played until dai-break. ta the emus t • Ss - . , .