The Express. — London, England, 1849-11-26 00:00:00

r .l SIPI 111 04 1,1 11 la. ACCOWITANT'S 1210111. Tear tomatittee him sow so ants your attention to the seseaseit's tepid, and the Watsmats with which it is assemesie t Theo etateseste embrace the following : & Tie capital kit, showily; the outcast expend' d the load sad weeks each liae of railway. .The ensue cement of each half year from the lot of stealjem,•lB4B,le the 31st Demeter 1846, shooing the lliolio retail mesa% of lasesie aad expenditure is is, period, with a desitedexplaaatioa of the overstatemosts a es d e rstatemesta, and of the mason is which they hay. do weeelly ask with. Boos farther special remarks d o me wi r .l aloe bo dead he the accountant's report ander hese Ne. 2, " ABM tlie Royals* Amounts of the Cos pas y." a Teo Sepias , Asereast. coseistice of 1. The peeks of the ovorita'avarato is the traffic sad aiderotatomeata is the working chows which lave be' a till Ws time tinprovided for titbit oat of capital cor eise. W 1. Coarse. iscurred previously to t h e 31.1 of Deem lotr, 1843, but which at that time wire maliquidated or seprouided & Bad Ethos and defalcations, overcharge, compel ratios for damage &c., not slitter. Lif at th e time of their occurrence. ref balance of the suspe um id account shows the sum of 0,7922 , . id. to have been dived eatong the shareholde ea r ffer eroiee no provision erh Astor has as ye t bees made; and that ma now rands as • debt in .11. compels'', book., width the shareholdeis will have to entertains in what w.y it is to be liquidated, whether oat of the capital stoek, or out el the future Tevenue of t • company. The detailed statements and report of the waterloo**. smountant in connection with this account render it unne y for you committee to do more than to rads rto those docenents for a full explseation of the regressive hawse, of that account to Its pre tont kris mono.. The omiseion to charge each ball year's revecme with the debts incurred is earning unite, they hod been s a ss ily paid at the time, is &defect tes‘he system of keeping the accounts which appears to have exi-ted almost from tin sommeneement, but to have been of late taken advantage of es an easiest% in regulating the Wanes to be shown se op. pliable to dividend, by putting forward or keeping back aceounia. So far ult has been made to serve Otis par pre, it differs in no way from the intentional over-stateesents of traffic and under statements of workisg cherry • Your committees may observe, that they dad, opal In. query, that the late direct. re generally appear to have been unconscious or these Omuta'. proceeedi gs; and in this, as is almost all other mitten requiting any explanation, your lllMain.ttee bees had to apply to Mr. Hodson. The prin cipal reseons assigned by him for borrowing from future traffic, and peetponing to a future day the cheeping of some M the Current serums are, that in the gaily period of rp .n -leg new limes, the traffio falls very far abort of the future gery.oe that may be Nifty reeksaed upon, while the wok lag mot is very greatly is e mom, rendertag their relation to each other eaormously d sproportionme to the omits average. That some among these • sc•-atve chards, a! the operang of • user line he entemeten fairly chargeable to cepa el, just the wee se the maintenance of the railway ire m' stly placed by railway eempealn to capital during the fins year; that this company has crone less in this way than almost any ether company, and he lays csp dal stress upon the Tay smell assn ant of merest placed to capital loy this comel as compared wish other companies, tke real don Mine the same, whether it be iota rest or work Mg eb eyes so serried, namely, to increase the amentat up which little lowest and . rv,dends have to be paid. Your committee would observe that some portion of 0 e enteresolinaccounts, and of degree st the a te em, back, in a greeter or less ,to the first opening of the line. On femme to the seventh pipe of the accountant's report. Wag the emeehoion sr his remarks spat the capital accemot el Of company, he draws sometime to the fact of a sum of 72,1041. twit g been paid e uiag the two years to leliebiu steer LSO, as dividends au • poems of the compost's share espi ed, which was at the tone employed in lines then in course Of toad:action, red therefor* earning nothing towards such dieideed; and that this dividend was thereiore paid out of the revenue derived Irma the other fine • of the company --• rreumstaue not orly withlet precedent, so far as jeer elemmittee are aware, but contrary, in Ibis particular case, to • nerslaties which had been previously paned by the strop Wens vie , that interest at the rate of 4 per cent. par amass should he paid net of spit - I upon such share sub wiptien until the worker were completed. Had this resole ties bees fated upon, the militia' account would have been charged with 4 per cont. interest, arnouittiog to 28,8421., and the holders of the share capital then entitled to dividend would have received the whole benefit of the 72,10.11. And it is further worthy of remark, that the entire amount of intense paid out of capital, isetuding that on the 'artier. nor Agree is not more thee 71,7421., which is a less addition to the capital ezpenditure than ie to be found in the capital ateoiiios of most o'lw railway companies. Your committee have now to lay before you the conclusion they have come to ae t the beet means, tvr the iteiser.l in terest of the shareholder, of eerreMing these: sic. yeas in diyideed of former alf 'n. Whatever plan is adopted will have the same ulti h mate ra result le one seem, namely, to disiniek future dividends by so week as they twee here tof..re bees in ewes; but it makes • very material dif ference as to the effect it will have upon the share holders., whether that diminution be made is one or more gross sums. or in snail per mamas. A shareholder, who Yin f rrtaaitely large resourees heymid Al. share interest in the railway, can afford to /WINO his divi lend mail all irregularities have been emereeted, tic ultimate future dividends being proportionately increased in eossequetee, precisely the same as if be to .k a present dividend, and in ere** d hie shareholding with the amount but even a eltarehold. r, in this h ppy financial condition, would most likely prefer receiving et once • lair average oividend ; while to a shareholder of limited resources it becomes a matter of the utmost importance that he should do so, es his circumstances will not admit or his setting aside part of hie present to increase his boort income. A regular dividend, though of small sweat, 1- of greater importance to him than an inn eased dividend in esp mangy. These ferneries will clear y • xplein to you the views of the esawittee, and the coselii,loa that they have moo unwil come to . on this queries (as they 'wetly see no other way to wet it), which is to place the amount of the sus pense account to cepital, when each future half-year will bear its pr. p-rtion of the irregularity, instead of the whole burden brie g thrown upon one or two, or more, stated num bs/a of halt year', and your committee now leave the matter entirely in your hands to be dealt with as you may think proper. l tivit iiii• see , tlis o+ abl nnallUrad On DiniCTOMI. Your committee will now report the events that have transpired since the last meeting of the ihereholdt n with respect to Mr. Meek and the chairmanship of the board : On the bet - rd minutes of the 2nd of November there ap pears the following : "The chairman having laid beforethe board the following letter, resigning his office t To tree dir:CtOn of the Y. and N. li. R away Company. " Nev. 2nd, 1849. Cieneemen,—ln consequence of the majority of votes (including proxies) of the shareholders in this company having been recorded on the 31st ult. against my coat inuang the chairman cf the board of directors, being a member of the Great Northern Rnileay board of direction. la deference to the opinion of the ahareholds re, I therefore nags my seat at the board of direction.—l have the honor to be, etc. (Signed) JANES MILIK." It was resolved unanivously,— .. That, under existing cir cumstances, it is the el , tided opinion of this beard that it would be highly iejarious to the interests and prejudicial to the proper management of the affairs cf this company, to be deprived at the present time of the services of the Lord Mayer, and that he be therefore earnestly requested to retain his seat until the adjourned general meeting of shareholders to be held on the 29ch inst." On the receipt of a copy of the foregoing letter and rwolu- Son, your committee addressed to the board the following letter : " York and North Midland Railway Committee of Inves tigation, to the Chairman and Directors of the York and North Midland Railway.—York, Bth November, 1845 . Geatlersen,—ln the board minutes of the 2nd instant the committee find retarded a letter from Mr. Meek, resigning his Seat at the board of direction, in cow( queen , of the once of the shareholders haying been recorded on the 81st ult. adverse to his continuing the chairman of the board. This letter is followed on the minutes by a resolution of the di rector*, requesting Mr. Meek to retain his seat until the ad journed general meeting of shareheldtn„ to be held on the 29th instant. The committee of investigation desire to be informed whether Mr. Meek has acceded to the request of the directors to retain his seat; and, if so, whether it is intended that he shall continue the Chairman of the board doing that time.—l am, gentlemen, yours faithfully, Joint SWANN, Chairman of the Committee of Investigation." This letter produced the following reply:— "York and North Midland RIIIWIIy, kerMIT,'S Office, York, Bth Nov., 1849. Cepy entry on sinrd minute. The Lord MI7Of communicated to the board his intention of ae• ceding to their unanimous request that he would retain his ae;t as chairman for a short time longer." This committee having failed to obtain a full and explicit avowal of the intentions of the board and of Mr. Meek, addressed to them oa the 14th instant the following com musioatien : Entreat from the minutes of the committee of invest**. ties, 14th Nov., 1649.—" The committee having received from the directors a board minute of the Bth November, is which it is stated, in answer to a resolution of the 2nd of November, that Mr. Meek boa scolded to the unanimous request of the board that he Amid retain his seat as chair = fit a short time now,— " Reeolved,—That the committee being anxious to have a frank understrnding with the directors on the subject, re- quest to be informed it there is any intention on the.r p ,rt of pressing Mr. Meek to continue as chairman after the 29th inst. Or, wnether the resignation of Mr. Meek, in cone quence of the recorded opinion of the meeting of the 3let of °Meter, will take effect —Joss SWANN, Chairman." The asswor wee : " November 14, 1849.—1 n reply to the communication received from the committee of 4-.vestima , ion, requesting to be usloresed if there is any intention on the part of the directors of pressing Mr. Meth to continue its chairman after the 29th last , or whether the resignation of Mr. Meek, in consequence of the recorded opinion of the meet ing of the 31st October, will take effect, the directors (in the absence of Messrs. Thompson and Crainhay) beg to inform the committee that Mr. Meek has stated his determination to retire from the board previous to the meeting on the 29th instant. Jamas Mxxx, Chairman." On the 16th of November the committee spin wrote:— " 16th November, 1849.—Theeoranattee have received the communication. of the director? , of the 14th instant, stating that it is the intention of Mr. Meek to retire from the bard previous to the meeting on the 29th instant. The committee r.quezr th. 7.:.r.1 1) 1.-..:r= i!cm if tic y ot ., st consider the matter settled, and that the directors will not sanction any THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 26, 1849. few yards fined* beller-kolue lay the body =the ea u ear the reins. It wee not until daybrak, hewer= =t u t full severity of the enmity wee discovered. It was then seen that the boiler bad exploded with each vio lence as to fores one end throe& the strong wall of the warehouse into the mill strewn, and a considerable portion of the foundation being thus carried away almost the whole of the bantling fell is raise. The loon wore lilted to a considerable height, width= fell is with a terrible crash, carrying with them large quantities of grain, with which the noses were stored. A panne of the wall name down with great force upon the gas meter and smashed it ton= an extent as to reader it entirely useless. The engine house was also thrown down, sad considerable damage was done to the machinery. Fortunately the mill escaped ' =injured, bat the spacious warehouse le a complete wreck. OM and of the boiler, mask shattered, was found lying out el le the ether, is frost of the warehouse, and the outer will friths oases is considerably damaged by the violence film dank which it sustained 4 heat what we have been able to ascertain, it appears that Matthews left work at seven o'clock. At that time the helm were in proper working condition, wen supplied with weer, and he had fed the fires a short time preview y. Belk of the boilers were at wet*, and they were used toge ther. The pressure was about 8 I= to the 'guars inch, which we. quite as much as the old boiler was oaken= to bear ; and, in fact, the engineers had been mullioned spinet working at a greater pressure. The amount of steam was indicated by a spring valve, and =fe-y valves were fired on the top of both the boiler.. A short time before the accident, one of the young men employed is the mill was in the eosins bouts, and having observed the spring valve, or having other reason to seppuse that the steam was being too rapidly generated, he said to the egoism, "Bob, I think your steun's too high ;" to which the unfor tunate man replied, in a careless manner, 't Yes, I know ; I could have the boiler in th' goit (the mill stream) in 20 minutes frem new if I had a mind!" Scarcely had that time • speed when the explosion took place, past of the boiler actually was in the stream, and the eagineer's life fell • .1110`&11 to his curl. sanest. Fortunately no other lives were lost. Shortly after the young man alluded to left the engine house, he heard the engineer being of the steam, sad saw bin go down to the fire hole to open the doors, bet his pre caution came too late. An inquest wee held en the body of the unfortunate de ceaoed, on Thursday, before Mr. Deardee, at the Windmill public-house, Canteen. Stephen Matthews, one of the engineers who was then examined, stated that the deceased had been employed at the n.ill about eirhteen months. lie considered the toiler to be in a good condition, anti tale, if it was not worked beyond Blb. to the inch. He never worked it mon than that. There was plenty tit water in the boilers on the night of the accident; the pumps were is good seder, and the safet valves wire in working condition . Be considered that Hollows had raised too much steam, and that he had weighted the valve', so that it could not escape. It was not necessary that he obould obtain a very high pressure; because the goit was full, and the connecting wheels were at work, so that lees steam than usual was required. Various other witness& were examined, all of whom agreed an ascribing the accident to the careleseaess of the deceased engineer. The inquiry was ultimately adjourned to Thursday next, and Mr. Robert Howarth, boiler-maker of Roctdale, was appointed to in spect the engine at d boiler, and report thereupon to the jury. The boiler was made by Mr. Petrie, of Rochdale. It was well stayed in all perm About two years ago it was repaired ; it Leaked, and it was patched uses the firing ; but there are no fractures in the boiler near the spot where it was mended. Shortly after the accident a fire broke out amongst the rubbieb, which was with thiliculty estinguishee. The loss of Mr. Tweedue will be very serious, not less, is is than 2,ooo4.—loaranforefer Estuniner. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 24. It is tow very generally believed that the Orange men, notwithstanding all their threats and bluster, have nothing to " reveal," besides what has been stated in the newspapers over and over again for some weeks past, and that the issue of their quarrel with Lord Clarendon will be the ridiculue mus of the table. It would appear that the editor of one Orange ;sisal, having broached the charges against the government of privately arming the Orangemen, was impelled by some pique to tell, from time to time, all that he knew, and that he knew the whole affair—that is, the whole tattle of the Orange lodges; and that now any statement or documents which they could produce would seem weak midi diluted after the eoncentrated venom of the editor's paragraphs. This le what the public ay; and to judge from the Evening Mail of last night, there is acme reason fur that construction, for the Mail vainly urges the "brethren" to tell out what they have to say. With something more than regret (says the Mail) we ansounce that the committee of the Grand Otsego Lodge are net yet prepared with their report on the subject ol the aegotiations carried on between that body and the head of the Irish executive, touching the armament of 1848 against the then pending insisreciton. One would think the demi mentiu7 evidence put on roc red at the time could be matter of no very lahotioin study ; and u this is known to exist, it i. to he hoped that no "tawdry sentimentality " will stand lin the way of publication . We cas tell the Orange in stitution that it bas now a high card to play for its character, honour—nay, its very existence; for upon the straightfor ward conducting of this case all those consideratins are vitally involved. Something more satisfactory than the preceding was expected in the Warder of this morning—the weekly organ of the Orangemen—but the following is the amount of information there afforded We are happy to state that the must entire unanimity pre vailed at the meeting. We expect to be enabled in our iii et publication to give a detailed report of their proceedings, stud in the meantime we are authorised to state that the select committee has presented its report to the grand lodge, and' that as soon as the document has ben formally placed opals' the records of the institution it will be given in extenso to the public. 01 the contents of this momentous document it would be obviously premature end improper to otter any outline until it shell have appeared under the authority of the grand lodge. Its authentic publication, however, we are saluted, will not be delayed beyond the next public*tion of the Warder. The deputation of contractors from the insolvent unions in the s.utti of Ireland has obtained no redress whatever from the poor-law commissioners, and has had an interview equally unsatisfactory with the Lord Lieutenant. They were told that they should await the liquidation of their demands in the ordinary way by the levying of rates as long . as any rates could be collected. The deputation intimated that they would have recourse to Lord John Russell him- self, but it was plain enough that the result even then would not be one whit better. How some of the debts were accumulated is explained in the following r esolution, adopted at the last meeting of the New castle boa rd: of guardians, on the motion of Mr. Monet% M.P. : That on the 16th of May, 1849, Mr. Lynch, the poor-law inspector, being present, to vice-guardians adopted. the fol. lowing resolutioa, which was transmitted to the poor-law essnonesionets, and was not Russelldiret:, or indirectl oected to by them : " The Messrs. having this da y pres ented a presented • wader to the board for the supply of breadstuff', and the Mansartfians having failed in procuring them on better Mims, It is resolved, twit Mi sus. Russell's tender be accepted be three montbs, at the following rates, Indian meal 101. 71. per ton, and subject to the payment of ls. on the tos for each I end every additional week the payment shall be with held, and that no sums to be received by the con tractors are to be placed to the credit of deliveries under this tender, until the debts due under former contracts s wish hall be first liquidate I ; ceasecontactors supplying by giving seven days' notice to the vice guardians. That, on account of this seatract, an expenditure was iacurred of 8,2.531. 3c—that the previous debt due to the Messrs. Reseal has not yet been completely liquidated, and that therefore this union is at present, if the above contract be legal, under a penalty to Means. Russrll of more than 401. per week—or, in other words, that for aMS of 8,2531. 3s. this union is hound to pay at the rate of more than 2,00 01 . a year. That the adop tion of such a control by the vice-guerilla is, and I.e unction by the poor law commissioners, clearly proves that in their opinion the resources of the union were at that time ex hausted, and that the poor law oomminionen be respect. fully requested to =form this board why it is that the same measure of relief was not granted to this union which was afforded to unions in less disastrous circumstances; and whether, as the affairs of this union were managed by the commissioners' own officers (who cannot be supposed by them to be guilty of misconduct) rate payers be t h ispe on which a policy so ruineus to the of union can be justified." A destructive fire took place in Dublin this morn ing, the house No. 4, Tighe-street, having been dis covered in flames about 3 o'clock, and being very soon totally consumed. The inmates had a very narrow escape; and but for the intrepidity of a soldier of the Enniskillen Dragoons, would, in all probability, have been burned to death. SALE OF ERE EARL OF BLESSINGTON'S ESTATES. — The sales of these estates were resumed yesterday in Mesta Litton's office. Toe attendance of gentlemen from all parts of the country was very great, and the dike was crowded lea heron the sales commenied. After the terms of sale 'bad been stated by the muter, it was announced that the ' ground rents is the city of Dublin would be offered in the course of the day, and alio on this day (Saturday), and that the Tyrone lots would be resumed on Monday next. Mr. Anderson, the solicitor, having the carriage of the sales, stated that he had received proposals or offers from seve ral of the tenants to the estate, to purchase their own ground rents at years' purchase, and handed in their written proposals to that effect. These were approved of by the mas ter, pursuant to an order of the court made in the sense and the purchasers declared accordingly. The various lots in the Dublin rentals were then put up for sale In such order as was repuested by the gentlemen in attendance, the lowest price at which they would be sold being publicly announced and strictly adhered to. There was a very brisk competi tion, and in no single instance did en adjournment take place, each lot being knocked down in succession as °Med. At the end of the day's sales we were informed that the aggre gate rents sold amounted in gross to 8882., for which 19,2001. had bees Wain• d, being nearly 22 yen,' purchase L ore the rental. Tam principal buyers were Benjamin law lag of Ike Court of Rzentinen on the 23d inst. : Maim Samuel Whitlow, Loury Whitley, Cbetbire ; James New. ham, Lynn Regis, Norfolk; Henry Parker. Sheffield ; William Robert Stewart, H ackney; Henry Her,, Wool. house, army ; Frackda George Evans. Cardiff, Glamorgan shire ; and John Weeks', nekton*, Devon. At the same meeting of the court Mr. Henry Loury paged his examina tion for naval surgtoo, this gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the allege, his diploma bearing date May 29, 1846. therefore, still remain in this court. The V,ce Chancellor Knight Bruce had only delegated power by the appointment of his lordship. He read the let and 4th sections of the new sot, and said they left the power of this court as it was before in respect to fiats. The lest section repealed all former acts and parts of acts to the extent expressed in schedule A, "except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of supporting any proceeding taken or to be taken under and after the commencement of the new get upon trading, act of bankruptcy, petitioning coeditor's debt, flat, or other proceeding in bankruptcy, before the comma cement of this act." The 4th section abolished fists for the future, and directed that all proceedings in bank ruptcy, and every Sat, &0., dependi-g at the commencement of this act, should be proceeded with and o rought to a con clusion under its provisions: Provided, &c , and that no thing in this act shall render invalid any proceedings in bankruptcy, or any flat, or any petition for arrangement de pending at the commencement of this sot. This peition was then pending. The difficulty in the CA SS was upon the construction of these motions, but there was nothing in them to take away the power of the court to supersede this fiat. He referred also to the 12th section and other sections, as the 230th, empowering the Court of Bankrup'ey, upon ao oeptanee of csmposiiion by 9 10.hs of the creditors, to annul the adjudication, or dismiss the fiat or petition for adjudica tion, and also read the 4th section of the act 10 & 11 Vie., e. 102, which is not repealed by the new act He still urged that his lerdship'e.power in this ease remained under the let and 4th sections. The Vice-Chancellor had made the order required, bat his lordship's approval was necessary to its validity. The Lord Chancellor asked whether it could he raid that supervedirg a fiat came within tho e—oestiot fa the Ist section, " except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of supporting any proceedings taken, &c , upon any fiat, &e., before the commencement of this act ? " Mr. Bacon submitted that it did. 11's lordship said, as we understood him, that be would consider the point. Mr. Bliehawe said that he bad a similar application to make to his lordship, exeept that his case was stronger, by re.eson of the order to supersede the flat being made by the Vice• Chane llor in February last. That order required his lordship's confirmation. Hie lordship said nothing to this application. At the rising of the court his lordship intimated an in tention to abrulge the usual week's vacation at the end of BAIL COURT—SATURDAY. BUORM MIL Joon= PAITIBOIL THE ROCHESTER GRAMMAR-SCHOOL CAFE. THI Queue O. TH2 DIAN AND CHAPTER OP ROCHES. Tilt CATHIDRAL IN TIM NATTER OP Till REY. ROBIN! IRISTON, ILIAD MAIITIR OF TMa ROCHR9TIR Fan GRAMMAIit SCHOOL. In this case, a brief notice of which appeared in Saturday's Express, Sir F. Thesiger said, he was instructed to apply to his lordship for a rule, calling upon the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Rochester to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not newt, to prohibit them from proceeding further in the matter of certain charges which had been preferred against the Rev. Robert Wheaton, con cerning a certain pamphlet which that gentleman had pub lished, under the title of "Cathedral Trusts and their Ful -1 anent," or in the matter of a certain citation under the seal Id the dean and chapter, bearing date in August, 1849 ; IN kit carrying into execution a deprivation contained in a deed of the 14th of October, 1849, in pursuance of a sen tence alleged to have been pronounced and resolved by the dead and chapter, for the removal of Mr. Whiaton from the head-mastership of the Free Grammar School at Roches ter ; or for giving effect to a certain other deed, &c. Ac eordiog to the affidavits and documents before him, it would appear that the cathedral church of Rochester was fotuaded and a ndowed by Henry VIII. in the year 1642. By that endowment the dean and chapter were made a corporation, and estates and possessions were given to them for divers purposes; but one material purpose wee the foundation and endowment of a grammar i school, which was to consist of a head-master, and under master, twenty free scholars, and other boys Who might be edneand at that school. The statute provided fur the ap pointment of a headmaster and under-master. Provision was also made for four students being sent to the university, end being maintained there out of the funds of the endow ment. It therefore appeared by the statutes that there was to be a grammar school established ; a head-master and an under-muter, who were to be appointed by the than and chapter ; 20 free scholars, and filar students who were to be sent to the universities—the free scholars and the students to be maintained out of the funds of the cathedral endowment. Stipends were fixed (or all the parties. The den was to receive 1001. alear; the canons 201. a-year, the free scholars a small sum (21. 13,. 4d.), and the students who were to be sent to the univer sity were to receive, until they took the degree of bachelor of arts, 51. a.year; and after taking that degree, until they took the degree of master of arts, 61. 134. 41. &- year. It was clear that the object of the endowment was by these stipends to exhaust the whole fund. In November, 1812, Mr. Walston was appointed head-muter of the gram mar school he considered his office was for life, or during good behaviour, and it appeared that his predecessor before the last had died in otti e, and his immediate redeemer had left only upon being presented to a living by the dean and chapter, whims confirmed him in hie opinion. Ur. Woieton, finding that no provision had been made by the dean and chapter for the accommodation of boarders in the school, laid out 4,0001. in the purchase of a house and land for the purpose of providing the wasted accommodation, and he expended a further sum of 2 7001. upon fitting up the house, 7001. of which was for the accommodation of the boarders. This he would not have done had he not considered that his office was (or life, and that he was not liable t be removed unless he became " slothful or negligent, or unfit or inept to teach," which were the words of the statute. At that time there was not a single free scholar in the school, but coin utter his appointment be had not less than 50 boys, including 20 free scholars, which would show that he was fit for hie effiee. Many of these scholars had since obtained honours at the different universities, and Mr. Whiston had very high testimonials from parties high in the church, as well as from the dean and chapter themselves; sad the morn of examiners, appointed by the dean and chapter to examine into the acquireme. ts of the scholars, also highly commended Mr. Whiaton. It was evident that Mr. Whiston took the very deepest interest in the welfare of the scholar., and having his attention called to the statutes of the founder, and finding reason to believe that the object of the founder was that all the different persons mentioned, and particularly the free scholars and the students, should be maintained by the stipend allotted to them under the statutes, and that the whole of the possessions of the dean and chapter should be exhausted, in certain proportions, in the satisfaction of these different stipends, end finding that the dean's stipend, which had been allotted at 1001. a.year, had now been raised to the sum of 1,5001 a.year, and that the canons who were to re ceive 201. a-year, now had 7001. a-year, but that the free scholars were still left at the original stipend of 21. 134. 44., and that the students at the universities received only 51. a year—Mr. Whiston was induced to believe that the de an and chapter were not following the intention of the founder, and were not performing their daty in respect of the scholars and students; he therefore wrote a letter to the dean end chapter upon the subject, and he thought his lord ship would be of opium that it was a temperate and proper letter in which, after adverting to matters of no moment in tat case, he asked them, on some early occasion, to take into their favourable consideration the propriety of aug menting the exhibition to the scholars. No attention was aid to this letter, upon which Mr. Whiston wrote another lever, calling the attention of the dean end chapter again to the subject. He received en answer from the chapter clerk, informing him that they had taken his letters into their consideration. They dad not doubt the correctness of th. facts, but they said he wee mistaken in his inference as to the sugmentation. Mr. Whiston answered this by ex pressing his pleasure that the facts were not disputed, and his conviction that he was not mistaken in his inference. To this the chapter clerk replied that the chapter dissented from the conclusion of Mr. Whiston, that they were bound to increase the exhibition to the scholars, and they desired him to close the c irrespondence by express ing their opinion that they could net maintain Mr. Whistt.n's proposals. Mr. Whiston then took the opinion of counsel as to the liability of the dean and chapter under the statute, sad in order to prevent the possibility of any complaint being made on the part of the can and chapter that he was proceeding hostilely egainat them,he wrote to them stating what his intention was, and expressing a hops that the matter would be settled amicably; that if it turned out that he was wrong, he would apologize, but if he should be right, he had determined to persevere in maintaining the rights of these of whom he was in same degree the guar dian. The only _answer to this was a reference to their former letters. Mr. Whiston then laid his cue before counsel of the highest authority and rank, and he received from them an expects opinion that the dean and chapter were, by virtue of the letters patent and charter, under an obligation, in the nature of a trust, to allow out of the common funds of the cathedral to the four students a yearly sum of money sufficient for their maintenance at the university, subject to their complying with the conditions of the statutes. That the dean and chapter were shoo under an obligation to defray the costs of the maintenance of the 20 foundation scholars out of the common funds of the cube dral. The moment the case and opinion were received by Mr. Whiston they were sent by him to the dean and chapter, by whom they were returned with am answer, stating that they were taking the subject into their consideration, but they would take another opportunity ot expressing their opinion upon the tone Mr. Whiaton had adopted. Receiving no other answer, Mr. Whiston, fortified by this opinion, thought it his duty to prosecute the matter by applying to the Bishop of Rochester, who was constituted the petered visitor of the cathedral church, not for :11 pur ls:se:4r but be w in ith g regard specid to the grammar n .?d r . school,wt hi st the dean an d th whole matter to the bishop in a very long letter, and . re quested th at shearing might he given t o him u p on thesuloect. Un h t e il b whether or not he had received his letter that was sent to him on the 15th December, 1848. The bishop ecknowledged taishro.pwdbiidstonnotpeartonozrlyledsr. his lordshipreeeiot o a f ta th i i n s il l u e i t r t ed er the receipt, and promised a hearing. On the 27tb of Dee:m her Me. Whiston wrote another letter to the bishop, and "7 1 ss i i t o h n e h r s i that brought an answer on the 30th of December, which stated that the t. Mo uld attend to it as l interested, d dt r ant op at p hn o od u c i tyu tcceihaesp t o e : f r.. ? c o n were or l n definite reply cou'd be given without therefore no co Wog the commissioners. In answer to this Mr. Winston wrote a letter, stating that the information relative i t is ers tic t al o the bishop, commissi o ners but wu eparticu larlyws pbeined that mare than 13 months had elapsed since he had r a e s g a In w as t i g hviiee as hrad, th b o huat tae asked the dean and chapt r to augment 49 alowsace, and to on the t roo h f e teth l o s te t h h ece rc o ll f ent Much, 1849 , Ise which he co tet threc altatler F.vitel -ince he meek se k eektes the ~,. ',. ,_ L revival of the guidon at the assaig lasHin of the share holders. "Joint 1111•311, Chairman." Which brought the following:— Roams from Use board uslantse, Nth November, 1849. " The committee of investigation laving requested the board to Worm them whether the directors will sanction the re vival of the question of ldr. Meek's retirement from the board at the ensuing meetiag of the shareholders, the beard deems it tinapedisea to pledge itself as to the acne which the interests of the emnipaisi may require the directors to take Ow that OneatiOu. Wee. OUT, juts. Beeretary." It would theeracre seem that, netwithstandiag Mr. Meek hos, within two months, Ivies recorded his resignation the board minutes (ea the first octagon in deference to the opinion of the committee, and on the wand in deference to that of the ahanholden), sad has now stated hie deters& viatica to retire for the third time ; la king at the cons spondee's which ha passed between them and the oilman, I yam aussmittee cannot confidently rely upon the point being eads& Year committee consider it Demean to sash' some allusion le the remarks which fall from Mr. Crawshay (am of the !Wears), at the last meths; of the shareholder., that your Mathiettee had objected to the removal of a portion of the eeeepeay 'a account to another bank, which the directors had suggested should be done for the purpose of keeping the eapital and revenue accounts distinct from each other. Separate bank books for these two accounts have been always k-pt by the company, end can be continued so equally wet. with one banker es with two; while the keeping the account with two bankers will be attended with this serious disadvantage that the company will often have to pay a high rate of isternt on the one account, while receiving a low rate of intern: on the other, which will be the cue whom ever the one account is in debit and the other in credit; whereas, with Gay one Maker, the balance to the debit of I the one account will be set off by the balance standing to the credit of the other. Without discuteing the question of soy practical "dean- 'I tags in keeping two separate baclobaoks for apical' and revenue, 7011 f committee bad strong /111144111 at the time (and which they stated to Mr. Crawehey and Mr. Meek, who waited upon them on the subject) for not as tertainiog the proposal of the directors to opus aimed bask meant. Your committee were then "best ts emstism bee she pat Cashiers accounts of the coa -1 gamy, Nish they have uses done, and have satisfied them elves of their perfect correctness, although not altogether se I &Wearies to the system upon which they have been kept ; 1 they therefore had a statement of the account from the Ist a January, 1847, prepared upon what they considered a awe i equitable principle ; and had a coafensos with the aasegties of the bank thereon, wto met the views et the committee most fairly, and, after a full ezplanation, they agreed not only to adopt for the future the system recommended by your committee. but have virtually carried back the principle to the lit of January, 1847. Your committee consider it doe both to thentselvn sad the 'beta Adeis by whom they wen appointed, that they shooter notice the circuities' ance of the el:gelation by the directors of the accouut of the meeting of the 31st ultimo, through the medium of the Yore Herald newspaper of the 3rd of No , vember a copy of which was forwarded to inch shareholder. I Not only is the report of the meeting which that paper 'sou -1 tabu a partial and garbleo one, but it is accompanied by a 'leading article of virulent abuse of the committee. Your committee flud it difficult to understand under what circum names the editor of a newspaper should consider it to ems within his province to abuse them, as Sage appointment was simply one of business, and as eac hl it has been conducted, ' without any ulterior object, for they have neither sought to make it a vehicle for par y or banking purposes, or to derive any personal aggrandisement therefrom. Your affairs, sad their annege "sent, have alone engaged their attention; and yews committee tilt retore consider that tt.ty have reason to eumplair, that the directors have been the means of *Amnia ties such calumnious abuse as appears in that newspaper. Had the newspaper been left to . its ordinary issue, it would have teen behead% notice ; it is its circulation by the direc t,'" that renders it of any importance. Your commitice recommend that the directors should abs airs from the use of newspapers for the future to circulate the proctedion of the company. Your committee consider that in the future management of the company, private and local interests should be co chided as much as possible, and it is with this view that the committee are milieus that the board should he varied in As character, which in their opinion, is the best safeguard ; and they therefore recommend that the present vacancies should be filled up by the appointment of shareholders from Vcalities not at present represented, and whir: your in terests require especial protection and apart. Your committee are inherited by the secretary of the com pare, that the newspaper slips of the ',pat of the meeting were forwarded to the direct to for inspection and refesion. Ton have, nevertheless, omitted any mention of the fact that the chairman of your committee offered, at the meeting, to es i hdraw the adoption of all the points objected to by the directors, esntained in the first part 'tithe third rt• part, a' d to t the the opinion of the meeting simply upon the question of its approval, er otherwise, of Mr. Meek continuing the chairman of the hoard. This proposal the directors declined, but the circumstance ought to have been men tioned in the report. Your committee have compared the payments for land with the conveyances and find them cogent. Your committee may remark, in conclusion, that, in addi• tion to the sums to be reoovere d by the directors acooreing to your cumaittee's reports, the con recovered by your com• mitt. is has been 11,4.501. 161. 111.—vis Overpayment on iron rails Return oe interest overpaid as debentures By arrays's' with York Unica Bank 1,380 0 0 Amount of York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company's cheek, dated 16th January, 1847, debited to this company in error 640 0 0 L 11,450 18 1 (Sigatil )--Joffig SWANN, Chairman, JOHN BILOOKI, lIIDIRT BELL, OEOIOI KINNEEIL EDWAILD LLOYD, NI. EMAIL DTOCIII.-0101101KINO, SICTELO7. Pummel) NORTU Devote Liren.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Barnstaple, on Saturday, to aid the prn. posed North Devon line. The Mayor took the chair; and, after some observations, Mr. Bremriage, M. P., moved — "That it is of the wisest importance to the district of North Devon that railway communication should be esta blished ; that the proposed Taw Vale Railway affords the only prospect of the district obtaining such ccmmunication, and therefore it is hignly desirable that such railway should be completed with as little delay as possible."—Mr. Buckingham, of Exeter, seconded the resolution, which was adopted.—Mr. Geo. Buck moved " that from the statement made on the port of the TawVale Railway Com pant it is evident that the line will not be proceeded with unless assistance be of Untied from the district; that it is therefore meat di citable that the landowner and eccupienon theline shculd take shares in tee company for the amount of compensation that may accrue to them, and that the merchants, traders, and in t abitants generally of the district shall also some forward to subscribe for shares." The above resolution having been seconded by the Rev. Henry Wrey, was put from the chair and carried unanimously. An undertaking to sub scribe for shares was then handed round the table, being to the following effect:—" We, whore names are under signed, do agree to take shares in the Taw Vale Railway and Duck Company to the amount set against our re spective names, on the following conditions :—That no calls than be made on such shares until an act shall have been obtained to divert the line, in order to avoid the expensive tunnels—the question of gauge settled—the land &treed for —and contracts for making the line entered into." The above undertaking received many subscriptions, and a com mittee was appointed for the purpose of prosecuting the ap peal through the district. A resolution was then adopted, pledging the necessity of the strictest economy in all the fu ture operations of the company, and a committee appointed to ascertain from the landowners on the line the terms in which they would be disposed to negotiate for their respec tive interests. The thank. of the meeting having been voted to the chairman, the meeting broke up. UsaaT NOZTIOMN.—Aboat 60 miles of the permanent way of this company's main line, between London and Peter borough, are already laid, and it is expected the whole length of it will be open by August next. BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR ROCHDALE. DESTRUCTION OF A NULL, AND LOSS OF LIFE. An alarming accident occurred on Tuesday evening lea, at the mill of Mr. James Tweedale, near Spoilt Bot toms colliery, in she township of Codeine. The building i• known as the Roach corn mill, and is situated near the banks of the ' , about a mile from Rochdale. The acci dent to which we allude wee the bursting of a large boiler, but in order to render our account of the catastrophe more intelligible, it may be necessary briefly to deieribe the pre- Mum. The corn mill is a large atone building, four storeys high, adjoining which is a spacious warehouse, of three 1 storeys, used for housing grain. This building is of unusual 1 strength ;the walls nearly two feet in thickness, and the floors supported by beams of immense dimensions, *Ass. I lated to sustain with safety the enormous pressure to whiMi when the warehouses were full, the floors were subjected. Behind this warehouse, which extends from front to bock about forty feet, end in width nearly the same, runs a mill stream, • divenion of the water of the &itch, which wee frequently used for turning the machinery. The engine- house and boilers were built under them premises, the boiler•house °peeing out to the front of the warehouse, the ground floor of which wee embed end supported by pillars. A few yards from the front of the warehouse, and about ten yards from the end of the boilers, Komi small offices are erected, and a short distance from the end of the building stands the chimney, and a gasometer used for the sundae. hare of gas for the mill and the premises adjoin ing. The building has been erected and used by Mr. Tweedale as a corn mill for a number of yeah. 1 The sill ie worked both by water and steam power. The oughts at present in use is a condensing engine of forty-horse power, and there are two boilers, the am a eireular boiler, with the flue running through it, and the other (the one which burst), one of the old-fashioned waggon boilers, underneath which the flue was constructed. This trifler was about ten or eleven years old. It was about ten yards in length, and eight feet in diameter. It appears that foe some time past the mill hes been at week night and day ; amm name John Matthews was the gli .. . : suit the day, and a young man sassed Robert eMeleted at night. About half-past nine o'clock en Tani, mewing, the people at work in the mill were alarmed ley a terMis el:elusion, which shook the building to ins founds- Yee, sad hemediately afterwards a fearful crash wee heard, messiessi, se it was found, by*, falling of the adjoising ware house. Raving recovered from the state of alarm into which they were momentarily thrown, a lumber of the workmen pro ceeded to the boiler-house,which it was not difficult to coojec tura was the scene of the accident. There a frightful stated i things was discovered. The end of the waggon boiler had WM I completely tc rn c if and thrown against the offices in treat ; 1 bricks and rubbish won strewed shoat la all diresikee. li• Guinness, Esti , Rev. Richard Dill, Alexander Fiatilater, Reek, the Board of Excise, gad Mr. Ryder. DINNER TO COLONEL CKATrIRTON, M. P.—The friends sad supporters of Colonel Cimmerian, anxious to celebrate the return of the hon. and pliant gentleman to the representation of the city of Cork, entertained hits on Thursday evening at a splendid dinner at the Imperial Motel. Covers were kid tor 160 tulle which somber sat down to dine. Captain Westropp, I. P.,_presided ; sad among those who were present were the Bari of Bandon, Viscount Bernard, and several members of the aristocracy, wealthy merchants, de. THE Imes Fmanttr.s.—The St. Peter, from Bete haves, arrived in Queenstown on Tuesday, having on board, for a market , 100,000 herrings and 20,C00 mackerel; and on same day the George and Ann, from Berehaven, alto arrived with a similar quantity of the latter fish, and 40,000 herring'. —Cork Constitution. CLERICAL. PIEFIIILVIINTS. —Rey. J. B. J. Bateman, to Sheldon 8.., Warwickshire ; 3b91 , with residence ; pat., Hari Digby. Bev. B. Ciarke, to Blozwkh C., Staffordshire. Rev. S. B. Day, to be Chaplain to the Mayor of Bristol. Bev. W. B. Drew., to Longrock V., Dante ; 28.51. with residence ;pat., Sir J. B. Milli, hart. Rev. J. F. G. k'ortescue, to Great Semolina. 8., Rum ; 1031. ; pat., Lore Rayleigh. Rev. W. Malone, lie. Nov. 16, to Christ Church, Ply mouth, Devon ; pat., the V. of St. Andrew's, Plymouth. Ray. B. MaekWmon. to Mackwortb C., Derbyshire. Rev. W. Palmer, V. of WhitchurckDasonioorum, to the Canonry of Highworth, in the Cathedral Church of Salis bury. Rev. R. C. Swan, to Hotlefield U , Kent ; 2431., with residence ; oat., Berl of Thanet. Rev. G. Trevor, to be Chaplain to the Lord Mayor of York. RAY. W. R. Lawrence, to the EP ipendiary Caney of Egton cum Newland, Lanombire. elite. Chester. Der. J. Daintry, to the Perpetual Curacy of North Bode, in the county and diocese of Chester, on his own petition as patron thereof ; vacant by cession of Rev. W. Sutcliffe ; value 601. Bev. B. Maitland, to the Perpetual Curacy of Brunswitk street Chapel, In the district of Marylebone ; patron, the Crown. Rev. J. Burden, to the Living of Welsh Bickner, in the diocese of Hereford ; patron, the Crown. NAVAL. ADMIZALTT, NOV. 24.—ArreilielltleNTS.—To Ranger. Acting Pay mast. r and Furor—W. B. Maintrize. Victory: Secretary's Clerk—B. R. Chamberlain. Crocodile: Secre tary's Cork—C. M. Balfour. Terrible: Lieutenants—D. Miller, C A Ladder, C. B. Symons, and T. J. li'Donald ; Master—J. Jarvis; Second Master—W. 1 , Lewis; Master's Assistant—C. Grady ; Mate—H. i.Raby ; Midshipman— W. Young; Paymaster and Purser—W. A. 11 • ; Cletke—C. W. Take and F. F. Everefield; Clerks' Assist ant—J. B. Moorman; Boatswain—G. Martin; Carpenter— ]. Conway.' roitTeitooTH, Nov. 25.—The Constance, 60, Capt. Cony- Mazy, arrived yutetday from the South Pacific and Rio, with a freight of about 2, 1 00.000 dollars, which will be landed at this Port, and forwarded to London per railway. She sailed from R.ei on the 12th ult., two days atter the Ex press packet. Ater discharging her freight she will proceed to Plymouth to be paid off. Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C 8., in the Southampton, 60, arrived at Rio on the 9th October, from the Cape of Gard Hope, whence she sailed on the 12th Sept., to supersede Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., in the command of the Brasile sta.ion. and was about to pro ceed to Monte Video. The Raleigh. 60, Tweed, 18, ()talon, brigantine, and Rifleman, screw schooner, were at BASSOS Ayres; and at Rio, the Hydra, Kestrel, and Crescent, receiving ship. The Rendre, tender, had bee* sold at Buenos Ayres. The Athol' sailed from Rio on the 25th S ptembir, for the Cape of Good Hope.—The Inconstant, trisate, left Valparaiso on the 20th of August on her return to San Francisco. Commander Ileatheote, promoted, came home passenger by the Constance, which will be towed into harbour to morrow morning by the Stromboli, which steamer will, after the freight is landed, take the Constance out again, and if necessary proceed with her to Devouport, where the frigate is ordered to be paid off, the Stromboli afterwards going on to Queenstown, Ireland. A rum , tar is prevalent that tome courts-martial relative to the Constance may be expecte 4.—The next arrival from the coast of Africa is expected to be the Britomart, 8, Com. W. C. Chamberlain, who was to leave Ascension about lit inst.— The Swift, 10, Commander Aldbam, which sailed from Dublin on the 9:h July, arrived at t he Cape of Good Hope on the 12th September, with the state prisoner', Messrs Smith O'Brien, Meagher, 111•Manus, and O'Donohoe, cal I board, under sentence of transportation to Van Diemes's Land. They were perfectly well, and were much surprised to find that John Mitchell had not yet arrived there. The Swat lett (limos's Bay on the following day for her deed- Intim. Tan COSIXANDER-IN-CHIEF ON THE COAST OP Arit.CA. —A report has arrived from the Least of Africa (says the United Service Gazette) to the effect that Commodore' Fetishism was about to send home his resignation of the command in chief of the station. Tort ROYAL YACHT AND HER COST.—The Victoria and Albert is ordered to be docked at Poriaarmth to have an entire refit, and to have her boilers planned for her. This will be the third sato( new boilers within five yeses, although she is only employed about a mouth each year. When this vessel was launched we (United Service Gazette) estimated the cost at a hundred thousand pounds. The idea was then scouted ; but it is nevertheless the fact that she has cost the country altogether nearer 200,0001. than 100,0001. We are quite sure that the public would not begrudge the ex. penditure of the larger sum in procuring for Her Majesty a suitable yacht, if the accommodation could not be obtained for a less amount, but it will most decidedly object to paying foe one most intillcient v *ad what ought to purchase at least half a dozen. The Ruler of Egypt has degraded and banished the Neva Architect and Captain of his yacht—a good and effl , lent ship, assay hundred tons larger than the Victoria and Albert—because the cost exceeded the estimate! but Our liberal and enlightened government has given the navel architect of the royal yacht a retirement of 5001. a year, whilst his assistant has had Lis salary increased from 6.301. to 8001. a year, and the ship wright, builder, and his progeny have received all sorts of promotions. People of commou sense will easily determine which government is most wise and just. A CHEAP MAN-OP-WAR STEAHEB.—It is stated upon' pretty good authority (United Service Gazette), that the Cyclops, 6, attain frigate, Captain the Hon. F. Hastings, now serving on the coast of Africa, has cost the country 10,0001. in coals since September, 1848 Ton &HON. —Yesterday morning Edward Gough, a dockyard rigger, met his death by falling from the rigging of the Sidon steam frigate. The poor man was killed on the spot. Himmel-owe, Novasenta 2-s.—The Gladiator, ream frigate, one of the reserve steam squadron at this pert, was taken out of harbour yterday for a trial of her engines. Among the persons o n es board was Mr. Atherton, the chier engineer of the dockyard. The steam was kept up some hours altogether. The trial cru'se was round the Ed dystone L'ighthouse. The greatest rate of spud accom plished by the Gladiator was 9 knots an hour.—The Pan dora, 6, surveyins vessel, Lieutenant Commander James Wood wtieh arrived here from the h.cifit. ono last ir.171 Portsmouth last Tuesday, will b- paid off into ordinary on Tuesday next —The ()curia, 60, has been removed from the dockyard to her moorings up the harbour.—The inde fatigable, 60, Captain Robert Smart, is alongside the dockyard, fltting.—The liuheeter, lighter, Fredericks, master, atria. d on Thursday with stores from Chat ham—The Sinbad, lighter. Follett, muter, arrivel on Thursday with stores from Woolwich.—The Constance, 60, Captain WC. Courtenay, was signalled in putting up the channel from the Pacific station on Thunday.—The engage. meat of the Medea and Amazon with the pirates in the Chinese Sees, of which accounts were brought by the last ov-rland mail, has excited considerable interest in this port and neighbourhood, as several of the officers who took active Captainn it are either natives of the towns or well-known here. Lockyer is a Plymouth man, Lieutenant Could. of the AIIIVIZWI. is a Devonport man e , ron of the late aptain John Rawe Mould, and brother Thema, Mould, ' Erq., of Tamar-terrace, Devonport. Mr. Edye, of the Amazon, is also a Devonport man, son of W. Edye, Esq., the master shipwright of the dockyard. Movauntrrs.—Her Majesty's shies Encounter and La Hogue wars at Li.bon on the 19th ; the latter arrived on the 17th from Cork, and was to have received pratiqus on the 20th. The Spiteful, Hercules, and Janus were at Gibraltar on the 16th, the Jana, sailing at 1 p.m., for the Bif coast. The Arrogant left Mogachr in company with the French frigate Pumone, and while Arrogant reached Gibraltar in two and a hall days, Pomona was four days on the passage. MILITARY. 3an Daanoote Grains.—This day the above regiment is, in consequence of regent acts of insubordination, to be removes from Nottingham to Sheffield, which latter place will be the head quarters' station. No cavalry regiment will replace this at Nottingham, nor will any other cavalry move ment take place this year. QueuN's TROOPS IN helms—The Camperdewn, having on toard detachments for the following regiments serving in B.ugal, arrived at Calcutta on the 27th September last. Daachmeuts for the 3rd Dragoons, 9th Dragoons, 14th Dragoons, and 24th Foot. The Sie Park, having on board a large detachment of the 61st Foot, arrived at Calcutta on the god October. A detachment for the 80th also arrived in the Sea Park. 69rg Foot.—This regiment is suppo.ei to have re-em barked about the 9th September, on board the Apollo from Illa Grande, on voyage to Hong Kong, to touch , at the Cape. 34TH, 56TH, AND 67TH Rzonavivc.—Drafts for three regiments embarked at Cowes on Friday on board the J. W. Dare, for Gibraltar. INVALIDS MOM THI DlAMTlCll.—lnvalida from the sth and 12th Regiments, serving at the 31auritins, arrived at Chttham a few days ago. 18TH ROYAL IRISH RZOl3lll24T.—The lest mail fro vi India brought the intelligence that the 76th Foot had been or dead to proceed to Umballa, there to relieve the 18th, which is to proceed down towards Calcutta, preparatory to embarkation for England. The 18th left this country early in 1E37 for Ceylon, served there until 1840, when it em barked for CMS, and in 1847 went to the Raigal presi dency. Slr GAILIIISON,—In the absence of Lient.-General Edward Blakeney, who left Dublin for England lut wick, Major-General Prince George of Cambridge has assumed the command of the troop. MEDICAL. Roca. Couroz or Suaosors.—The following *theo rem? haying undergone the neeeivery eleminatione to the dtptoota, were atio.iittel megeet.i. et the CO ttes• et We 114fte SPORTING. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. CUL/TII Cur.-60 to 1 apst Prep o' Day (t). 60 to 1 apt Sir Richard (t), 60 to 1 apt Melody it), 60 to 1 apt Cossack (t), 60 to 1 apt Vesta (t), 60 to 1 apt Whim colt (t), 1,000 to 10 apt Horn of Chase (t). Each of the above have plenty of huhus at the quoted prices. DISBY.-18 to 1 apt The Italian. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON NOVEMBER MEETING. NOMINATIONS 701 THZ STAKES WHICH CLOS= ON THURSDAT LAST.—SWZIPSTAKIIS for 2 and 3-yr olds. Arena, 2 yn (to be sold for 8014; b f by Don John out of Sic to Ainderly, 2 yrs (601); Second Rand, 2 yrs (301.); Rochester, 3 yra (3014; Captain Parry, 3 yrs (301 ); 2yn (6014; Emma, 2 yrs (300 ; Countess, 2 yrs (301.); Pansey, 2yn (301.); Syrup, 3yn (301 ); Bt. Denis, 3 yrs (301.) ; Dlothwerker, 3 yrs (301.); Young Esnland, 2 yrs (7011; Carbuncle, 3 yn (301.); Sisyntachns, 3 yrs (301.) The Peasant Girl, 3 yrs. ENTRIES 101 THE HUNT Cl7P.—Miss BEM, Sobriety, Outcast, Kilkenny, Merriman, Loam:plant, The Prophet, The Ace of Trump, Gas Or, l'he Agent, The Mangler. LATIST BITTING ON TIC GRAND Orax CHAIM —7 to 1 wt Vain Rope (t), 7 to 1 apt Peter Simple (t), 7 1. 1 apt British Yeoman, 8 to 1 eget Chandler, 9 to 1 spit Rattrap, 10 to 1 apt Maria Day (t), 10 to 1 apt Knight of Owynne, 11 to 1 apt Agitation, 12 to 1 apt The Dntor, 16 to 1 agst Vernon (t). HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cheltenham stag hounds, fisturdar,Churelsill's Farm. Nortelk stag hounte, Thundsy, Mr. Gowen's. Allnighton hounds, Tuesday, Hunningtou; Thursday, Belbroughton • Saturday, Wassail Top—halt past 10. South Berksloire hounds, Tuesday, Stanford Streit ; Fri day.Streatleiy. Sir John Cope'sb•unds, Wednesday, Rye Common ; Fri. day, White Waltham—MU-put 10. Craven hounds, Wednesday, Brimslads ; Friday, Alborne Chase ; Saturday, Asheridge—half-past 10. Hambledon bounds, Wednesday, Hill Plate; Friday, Up hem. Haydon hounds, Wednesday, Kennels ; Saturday, wood Hall. Cul. Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, Fit shall ; Friday, Bu ks Houses—half-put 11. 11. IL hound., Tuesday, Hinton House; Thursday, Her thud Park ; Saturday, Me dated Oreen--quarter to 11. Mr. Luthington's hounds, Tuesday, Hollinkurnis House ; Friday, Owe Cont-11. N.F.H., Tuesday, Denny Lodge ; Thursday, Bowlesbury Farm; Saturday, the Rising Sun, Wootton—half-put 10. Sir Henry Si ale's hounds, Wednesday, Morley Tolibar ; Saturday, Torbrian. Vine hounds, Thursday, Ash* Warren Farm ; Saturday, liwhunt-11. South Wilts hounds, Wednesday, Bathampton ; Friday, Jervois' Farm-11. ?dr. Deacon's barriers, Wednesday, Shaugh Village ; Saturday, Bheepstor Bridge-10. ' Lord Londsdale harriers. Tuesday, Drayton Mead; Sa turday, Wendover —l2. Blackdown hounds, Tuesday, Wellington Pillar; Friday, Staple Hill—half past 10 Dolverton harriers, Friday, Red Deer, Oak'ord—half past 10. N. D. H., Wednesday, ?Trudy Mill; Saturday, Way Town, Cleave—half-past 10. Cambridgeshire bounds, Wednesday, Warder Village; Friday, Stow Fox—half-past 10. High Peak harriers, Friday, Ideridghay. Morpeth harriers, Tuesday, Cockle-park Tower; Friday, Botha% Village-10. Tindale hounds, Thursday, Cochlan Tower; Saturday, friesleyside—half-past 10. Durham county hounds, Wednesday, HMO and Hounds, Durham-road; Friday, Embleton. Mr. Fane's harriers, Thursday, Sheepleys ; Saturday, Siakenchureh. Mr. Phillips' hounds, Tuesday, Petsworth ; Friday, Stad hampton. York and Ainsty hounds, Tuesday, Skip-bridge; Thurs day, Pill Moor, Brafferton ; Saturday, Naburn. Captain I. , swis'a barriers, Tuesday, Borrowby Cross-lane, Creel"; Friday, Yafforth-11. Sinnusgtou hounds, Tuesday, Sinnington ; Friday, Hiccal bridge. Harworth hounds, Tuesday, Enter-commsn; Saturday, Oak Tr‘e Village—half-past 10. Bedale bounds, Wednesday, Scotton Village ; Friday, Cat terick-brides—half-past 10. Dake of Cleveland" hounds, Tuesday, Wakerfield ; Thursday, Winston. bridge ; Saturday, Walworth Castle —hall-past 10. Earl Fitakardinge's hounds, Tuesday, Pewadown ; Wed nesday, Sudeley Castle ; Thursday, Withinglen Village; Saturday, Broadway. The F. B. hounds, Tuesday, Bonithon ; Friday, Kennel. Mr. Newton Fellowees hounds, Tuesday, Knowatone Vil lage ; Friday, Allswear-bridge. The West Norfolk harriers, Thursday, Bradsnhamtreen. The Hopton hounds, Thursday, Burgh tit. Peter. The Egmont harriers, Wednesday, Melmerly Hall Saturday, Newton. The Dumfris rehire hounds, Tuesday, Kinmonnt ; Fri day, Dalton Village. The Somerset Subscription hounds, Tuesday, Kennel, Dormster ; Friday, Buncombe hill. Mr. S. Lowndes's hounds, Wednesday. Bilden Windwiok ; Ss:unsay, Ledlington. Rain 31ntertteence. EQUITY COURTS.—SATURDAY. Barons rue Loan Csamenizein. SHARPY W. SOULIIT.--BETTLIMENT IN CONSIDIRATION OP PRAT COHABITATION, TILE BITILOII. BRING INDEBTED. His lordship gave judgment in this case, which was argued a few days ago (see Express of Thursday), on appeal from a decree of the Vice-Citanceller of England setting aside • settlement made by a woollen-draper on a woman with whom he had colial ited, and her children, in consideration of that connexion, which was then disContinutd. The grounds stated for hie Honour's decision were that the set tlor was " indebted" at the time, although it did not appear that he owed more than one debt, which was on an I 0 U for 2001, His ezecutors by their answer in this snit said the estate of the testator was not sufficient to pay the debt. His lordship said the bill in this case was flied by creditors of • testator, who died in 1846, to set sable a settlement made by him in '1842, and it stated that the settlement was voluntary, and made at a time when the party was indebted to divers persons. There was no evidence in the cause of any more than one debt being due at the date of the settlement. The Vice-Chancell z was of opinion that heing indebted at the time was sufficient to set aside the deed. His lordship then referred to tee observations of Lord Hardwi lee in "Russell a Hammond" (1 Atkins, 15), "That a settlement being voluntary is not for that reason fraudulent, but evidence of fraud only, though hardly a ease where the person con veying was indebted at the time that it had net been deemed fraudulent ;" and in " Walker e. Burrows" (1 Atkies.93), to the effect that in order to set aside a settlement under the statute 13 Riz theth, c. 5, it was necessary to prove the senior was indebted at the time of making the deed, as a different cenEtruction of the act would defeat every provision for children and families. Accordingly Lord Kenyon in " Stephens er. Olive" (2 Brown, than. casts, 90), held that a settlement in favour of a wife and children was not within the statute, although the settler owed a debt, but which was secured by a mortgage. The tame doctrine was applied in "Townsend e. Windham" (12 Vesey, sen., 10), and in " Lush v. Wilkinson" (5 Vesey, 384), in which Lord Al vanly held that to impeach such • settlement within the statute of 3 Elizabeth the peaty must at be _proved to be indebted to the be extent of insolvency. Bin " Townsend v. Westmsoott," (2 Heaven, 340), Lord Lang dale held that it was not necessary to prove insolvency, in order to set aside such a settlement under the statute ; but being "largely indebted" at the data of it, and becoming in solvent afterwards, was sufficient. And Sir Thomas Plumley, in " Richardson s. Smallwood" (Jacob, 5.52), appeared to be of that opinion. In the present as there was no proof of any debt being due of the senior in 1842, when he made this settlement, unless an lOU for 2001, dated in 1841, be so considered. That debt was not stated is the bill. It appeared to his lordship impossible to sustain the decree of the Vice- Chancellor upon such grounds es it was put on. The ques tion was whether he would direct a reference to the =ester, to inquire what debta, if any, were due by the testator at the date of the settlement, as was done in the cue of " Kidney v. Couurnaker " (13 Vesey, 15.5), and in " Richardson s. Smallwood " (Jacob 552), or dismiss the bill. If he dis missed the bill, no other creditor could bring &nether suit; for that reason he would direct the inquiry before the muter. I He went into the consideration of the ease and of the cases cited, not because he had any doubt of what he ought to 0 , , but from the great authority of Lord Iludwicke, whose decisions as cited seemed to afford ground for the' opiaien, that being merely indebted was sufficient to set aside a settlement under the statute. It appeared to his lordship that being indebted was not sufficient, without evi dence of an intention to defraud creditors, and the object of tke statute was to prevent fraud—the meet fact of a debt existing coould not per se make the deed void. In RE HARWOOD, NZ BANYRUPTCT.—NRW BANIRUPTCT AM.—JURISDICTION. —MORE LIGISLATITS BLUNDERS. Mr. Bac.n applied for an order to annul the fiat in this case. It bad been issued early in this year, and certain proceedings were taken under it, hut at • meeting of creditors held on the 3rd of October a resolution was agreed to unanimously to supersede the fist. The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1849, came into ope ration on the 11th of October, before an application could be made to this court for an order of supersede's, which this court alone could grant. The new act abolished the fiat, and transferred to the Court of Bankruptcy primary jurisdiction of adjudicating in bankruptcy on petition to that court, and also power to annul ell proceedings in respect to bankrupts, but not to annul fia issued before the llth of Octoher. The power to do that was vested in this court alone by the 1 & 2 Wm. IV., c. 56, and by subsequent acts was delegated by his lordship to one of the Vice Cnsncollors. That tower is arc. translated w any oth..: court by the new mt . ; i: must,