The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-04 00:00:00

liP'w - di e risiaa, as likely . to lead to delay a new pene. Ha aboiblu k k o to hear smnetlung from the engi on the subject. Mr, Idlesee stated that there would be no engineering q ty in making the proposed tunnel, which would he oty feet below tee surface, and would wou ld g a bed a/0 , d ,, day. The actual extra cent be 12,0001., h decedit must be taken for 60001., wli:ett the orginally pro: weed connecting sewer would hare cost. This estimate did tt t include the parliamentary expenaec. A fissanuotmett (Mr. Buchanan, we believe) asked that me et o(Mr. Smith, of Heaustown, be read, W• The Secretary read Mr. Smith's report, a Inch recommended tot the society should rather get to work with their present than Meat the risk and delay attendant on another moon to parliament. . t. F e then, one of the directors, explained that the d o does had intended or i g inally to go direct to Hounslow, piat were defeated by the opposition of the inhabitants of the latermediate districts. They then sought to go along the A o o side, and do so, proarlded they had the piameutary com also the mittee gave them per: aim to vi consent uf the planavigatin Committee. TMs was refused, and the di ty left was that which was now before the share bagels, He trusted that a slight difficulty world not deter from carrying out a project which a distinguished earl dom:jet had said, "Would confer wealth on the nation in amount than the interest of the national debt." rf rc I n r e Mr. Cox begged to remind the shareholders that one mem advantage of the tunnel would be, that it would bring a d ip piece of delivery within a quarter of a mile of a large number of market gardens, and would intercept in its course " m e water enough to supply the surrounding country. It would also remove the objection which had been raised m olest the erection of powerful engines in the heart of the cit y, es if they required any it would be a very small one. V A peculiar feature of this company was, that it proposed to , a pply manure to the farmers and gardeners in its liquid Age, while at present they only obtained it in its solid form. This e a: founded on the principle announced by Liebig and adopted by all the agricultural eh:mists, that it was only in its liquid state that manure had any fertilising power. Ile otto peny did for the farmer at once that which at rata he was obliged to wait for until a shower Mein d:ssolved his manure, and thus enabl'l the earth to awl/ it. It was the liquid manure which contained the hailing ammonnia as was well understood in Switzerland gad the north of Italy, where it was preserved in tanks and ti thed in wooden vessels, on the backs of women, and thrown upon the fields. Surely, thou, if it paid iu those countries to have the sewage water transported to the fields by human labour, it would pay here to have it done by mac hinery, where the products of the *oil were a) valuable sad where, moreover, a large profit wps realised by the trans: rota pure water for the supply of the metropolis. He trusted that the shareholders WOUli acquiesce in the proposed dine. The report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned. WATERLOO -BRIDGE COMPANY.—The half-yearly general assembly of this company was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Mr Beadnell having been called to the chair, the report of the committee was read and unanimously agreed to. It contained the following " The tolls received for the half-vear ending 23d of last August, amounted to 7,643!. 2s. 1 . 0 d., those for the corresponding period of the pr.:violas year to 7,3481. 4s. 10d., showing an incense in the half-year of 2941. 18a. The tolls received for horses sal carriages since August last to the 241 inst. amount to 4,806/. 9.. Id. , heirs; 3,2761. 9s. 6d. more than the corre sponding period of the previous year. The great increase in the horse gate receipts arises principally from the stoppage of the carriage traffic of Westminster-bridge since last August; but previous to that there was a steady and progressive in crease in the carriage trathe, realising the anticipations of your committee that the reduced toll would ultimately prove advantageous to the company. Previously to the reduction, the carriage toll was only a little more than one-fifth of the foot toll, but is now more than ha/f :he amount of that toll. At the last general assembly your committee reported that elterpsying the current charges and expenses, and making a divides of 3s. in the pound in February last, there remained a balance of 746/. 19.. 7d.; and they have now to report that atter appropriating 256/. lbs. 9d. of that reserve to pay the interest of the cninpany's bonds, and for the dividend of 31.2 d. in the pound on the several annuities in August last, there remained a balance or 4911. 2s. 101., as will appear by ;hetet/art of the auditors." CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—The general half-yearly tout of the subscribers to this institution was held at noon, jenenla3, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet greet, fur the transaction oi the ordinary business, and the diction of twelve children, 6 boys and 6 girls, as inmates of he asylum. Mr. J. A. Simpson, the treasurer, presided. — Burnie, the secretary, read the minutes of the monthly miffs of directors, which were severally confirmed.—At the mart of directora held previous to the general meeting, a tee:slut/on had been agreed to, expressing the deep concern 4the tlirectors at the lamented death of the late I'. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., the treasurer of the nstitution, and tiering their condolences to Lady Shaw S i ewart. It had ale been resolved that, at the next election in June, 1847, II boys and 6 girls should be admitted. There were at gennt 80 boys and 34 girls in the institution ; 12 were now ale admitted, and 1G wore in June; in the interval 7 would po out, leaving then 90 boys and 45 girls in the asy in. fhe number of candidates at present was 44,-32 boys and 12 girls; only 6 of each sex were to be elected ; and a the ground of the number of boys who must be rejected, Ives thought better to take a larger number at the next election.—Mr. Niebett moved the confirmation of this re solution, which was seconded by Mr. Lindsay, and unani mously agreed to, Capt. Lamont expressing a hope that the directors would continue to augment the number of children, not doubting that the subscriptions would propor tionably increasse. —•the Chairman said the only other business to come before th meeting was, to authorise the directors to sell another 1,0001. of stock, if they should find it necessary. Mr. Charles Sutherland expreseed a fear that the directors were going on too fast. Ile woo anxious that they should keep 20,0001. stack as a nucleus.—The Chairman said there was above nueot. yet. —Some discussion ensued, in the course of which • one gentleman said it was the duty of the directors to dis burse the sums which had been placed at their disposal for this charitable purpose, and leave it to those who came after them to provide for the support of the institution.--Ulti tely the requisite power was given to the directors.—Mr. edges moved : That the votes recorded at this election be carried forward, for the wit of the unsucees.4lll candidates, to the next election in June, at all future elections of candidates. r. Nesbit seconded the resolution.—Mr. Lindsay eme nded that such a regulation would operate unfavourably (swards the great body of the candidates. lie moved, as an endment, that the consideration of the subject should be deferred till the next quarterly court in March, which, after a short discussion, was carried.—Thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting proceeded to the election of inmates. The poll closed at three o'clock, the following being the nicceseful candidates:—T. Mitchell, 1,789; R. Hutchinson, 1,673; A. Fell, 1,406; J. Chambers, 1,157 ; R. Alexander, 1,062; I. Gunn, 1,032. —Mary Aen Cooper, 1,227 ; Mary Charlotte Cl ar k, 899 ; Eliza Prentice, 699 ; Lucy 'lsabella * *Leed, 333; Margaret 51•Kenzie, 312; Rosins thither Mary Ann Robertson, 234. The two last, hee -1 number of votes, were both declared elected, makes one more than the number. D HILL AT TIIE POST-OFFICE. — O OlO ftel .sties will be confined to the superintendence of connected with the secretary's office, the inquiries the ma thy-order office, the missing-letter "e accountant and receiver-general's, with Mr. Hill will have the control of the itive departments—the inland-office, the e. the newspaper-office, and the London , which departments the introduction of -afferent systems of assorting, district offices, often% deliveries of letters, will principally whole of the provincial distribution of letters within the scope of Mr. Hill's government."— tdrertiser. PorrtscEß.—A sketch of the life of died officer having been published in the Dot ty Magazine, he has addressed the following that publication, which appears in the number at month she sketch of my life which you have published in your October, there is one point regarding whic becaus h I must now beg good as to insert a brief correction, e, se it !gilt conveys reflection which would be totally undeserved, !am equally certain, has never occurred to you. 1 allude 'e. which you speak of my leaving the two ill-fated ,aans, in the' Travellers' Bungalow, at Wa gam, arid acmes the country to Poonsh. Now, bad 1 done so, vctunstancee whatever, and those /OOT young men erect as they did, I should not only have never but I conceive that I might hare been justly eeling and selfish conduct, especially were it taken that they were entire strangers to that part of the theother hand I was intimately acquainted with the Mee*. The facts were briefly theee :—I quitted Penwell, Bombay Harbour, at midnight on the 3rd November, -sea placed at different distances on the road), and - tans near the t pot Bhore Gbaut, about ha lf w live and four the next morning, but wit lf hout or ascertaining who they were, it being then dark. ;Wood, after sunrise, my horsekeeper informed me Itahratia horse were all over the country; that during ( night he twice had to lead the horse he was in charge !tillage, and secrete him in a hollow, and that it 1/.13 re. British officer had been speared (which proved quite ' before, close to toe city of Poonah. I had neither :gage of ot any kind with me, and did not think of halting tat Wargaon. I, therefore, hastily scribbled a note with . the back of a letter, warning the travellers I had yawed, .11 ahem, of the daneerous position of affairs, and advising luck toward. Bombay. This note I left in the hands of the employed to take care of the Travellers' Bungalow, ey steed — long celebrated throughout the Deckan by licoot —and galloped across the country, pursued (as ad; by some !Havana horsemen, but whom my gal outstripped. I got to the residency, at Poonah (after ste hours at Dapoorie, where the t'alebwa's regular 'd by British officers, was stationed), late In the of November ; the battle of Kirkee was fought the but neither the names nor fate of the poor Vaughan"' emend days. Had my local knowledge not enabled I should doubtless have ebared the latter with rot act on my advice, It Is now fruitless to aeir cattle and servants, and they themselves, evening all night, and they were seized, as you conclude, I may ob. hernie g an at d l dritin heo". he Before ajj Eldred P was ;2'. sad not younger brother. —I remain, sir, your r ent • ;ser Pcrrrisma.-67, Eaton-place, London, November 2." FIRE broke out last night a little before nine at 41, Duke-street, Grosvenorsquare. Notwith ` the exertions of the firemen, and a plentiful supply was not extinguished till 11 o'clock. The fire ale premises belonging to Mr. Pierman, in which it ed, end the cabinet-makers' shops of Mr. P. Bo g & Tulles'. Neither of these gentlemen is insured. a . 'cuitY was experienced in extricating Viscoun t Can t th ' ::"" hw e'ev , which were in a stable under the sho p s, were got out safely. SONK.—Heteen seven and eig ht o'clock plash ,tfley evening the crew of the schooner ynx, lying What, were suddenly alarmed by 4 rush of water to 16- i p e r sl4,4 ► nuinW be saoPli°a 11 . 1Aod, 334 ; Margaret eded land, 234: Mary Ann Rot sap- Me an equal number of vi nlit/ although this makes one n nt tO ROWLAND HILL AT blaberle's duties will be CI 3 ten e dudes connected with tde up-stairs, the mom department, and the /moo t dead-letter office. Mt eget , h , :is of the executive de eque: etter-carriers' office, the if iftrict Post-office, which !age •- mil offices, different sy d more frequent delis the eet. The whole of th . A di ' also fall within the a ensnig Advertiser. fititts SIR HENRY POTTI! • distinguished officer I r the University Magazine xl also ' .ent to that political e a, the present month : With '.l,—ln the sketch of m for October, there h •tobe ro good as to inure n• the it might conreya tett which, 1 ant equally cert by the that pan,ige in which Dm paths. thsrs. Vaughan:, in the IS re' - afore across the coy of in 0 any cireunritancet a ;01 of . . suffered an th .tea myself, but I col .rotated h•r unfeeling am , considerdion that they •try,whilot on theother t E'pie and localities,. Therm the hail of Bombay Ilarb s o d . , harin g known placed the two Vaughans Del lay. 4 Potash, between three at The ogle them, or aseertai • Sta s teaching Werguoti, after i:om eel th s . ,.. Patrols of Mahn hors ialt night he twin nee u.' frank the village, and en ,e We' ad that a British officer peer/. < the day before, clone to rs ' wha t ••• nor baggage of any kis trusted ' %moment at Wargaon. A 4 ll, on the back of a let' . APP I°- ~ '2 ~. al other., of the do t' to Ito hack toward,. lim dlich is who was employed to had el" led me trusty steed —1( ad bet e tame of Bandicoot—and ilt emotln found, ho some a vrnellt- i . . ~_Arab easily outstripped. Iniaril uoir tufted some hours at main* I , , roramanded by Bs , ga tiaed • of the 4th of North] , ' been ' t t hrnirfr• but neither I o bject, , luntot hr so vend da tunnel p to bare the road, I thou near th e rtt ti ht Slay they did ro re . Probably their Stanley tdirued from trarellin this Pio be, shen sitting at 11 xi pri , that the heroic a nd d bun lit ittthew, and not young's /e soothe ft, lima Porrim,ra A FIRE broke out rate the instill"' cl oth, at 41, Duke-st r out be 'ding the exertions o was e m - water, it was not esti t e tunne l 4.4 the premises bel apply, ix ' merited, and the c ! ehann j dif ficult.ng. ts adoini. .. Neitl —.mu.. ff In eir en er• bles art tei rtly any D, as io iG half or* after 'Pr , agar by t estop. ' es aad ad bee' ival !au go' Ain! pea, instant's. could the starboard aide of the veuel. They rushed on del „ heir was found that the pressure of the vessels in the outside tier tea :anal a liege noodeu fender through bet MU. The metro tried to stop the leak proved ineffectual, and the vessel ft.'led and sunk in hill' an hour. She was thrown so ea l aple:ely on her broadside that her masts and rtgging formed • coft.olete bridge over the other vessels. ISQUESTs YF.STP.:tfIeT. — DEATH FROM THE FIRE At LARRIITH.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the Hero of Wateilo.: lac. Waterloo-rued, on tje body of Mary Ann Southey ' ethenrise Robertson. seed 10, the dwarf who lost her life by the fire on Wednesday. Tire jury having viewed the body, Mr. James Ferguson' said, on the evening of Tuesday, witness and Mrs. Edwards, his housekeeper, had been spending the evening at the Surrey Theatre. They returned home at twelve o'clock, when the shop was closed, and he understo-d that the deceased had retired to bed. Not having a fire up-stairs, he went into the kitchen to take his sapper. About • quarter of an hour after that time, ho &eat his servant out on an errand, and on her return she cried out "Mester ' master ! the house is on fire !" On witness run- Jung up-stairs, he found the exhibition room all on fire, and the flames rolling up the staircase. He understood that the servant took a lighted candle with her when she went out, , and elle placed it on one of the organs in the middle of the exhibition.—The Coroner: Wes any attempt made by you , to save the deceased ?--Witness : It could not bo done. 'the staircase was very narrow, and the flames were ascending most rapidly.—The Coroner : But was not any attempt made to get to her from the windews ?—Witness: Even that was impracticable, for the fire burned so fiercely that the flames extended nearly half across the roadway.—The Coroner . Can you form any opinion as to how the tire originated ? Witness : Only by supposing that some perion who bad visited the exhibition during the evening, had dropped the end of a lighted cigar, which might have sinouldered fur some time, and then have burst forth into a flame. I did not, however, detect the smell of lire nor of gas on my return home.—Mr. Robert T. Barrow, deputy foreman of the West of England Fire-office, on the marring of Wednesday was called to Mr. Ferguson's premises, which he found were enveloped in flames from the bottom to the top. At that time there was no possibility of coveting the place. Ile assisted to extinguish the flames. The tire having been subdued, witncia procured some sealing-ladders, and on entering the second floor back he found the deceased lying partly in and partly out of bed.—Maria Riggs, a servant in the employ of Mr. Ferguson, was quite certain the tire was not wilfully caused by any party.—Verdict, "That the de ceased died from the effects of burning, caused by the house having acei&fttally taken fire."—DBATH FROM DESTITUTION AND EXPOSURE TO Coto.—By Wm. Carter, Eq., Coroner for Surrey, at the Jolly 4a . lo Sailor., Roth F erhithe ess , as to the death of Mary Jones, a gSarah urn, nurse in Rotherhithe workhouse, stated, that the deceased was brought there on Tuesday morning, about a quarter be fore four, by a policeman, on • stretcher. She wits quite in sensensible ; her lower extremities were quite cold, and she died in 'shout 15 minutes. As soon as witness saw her she called the master, who directed that Mr. Austin, the surgeon. should be scut for, and he came directly, but the was dead. She came to the workhouse on Friday, very tipsy, for • night's lodgirts, and she left in the morning against the mas ter's wish, as she had no home to go to. She slept in the streets, courts, pig-seyes, and privies ; any where she could lie down. She said thar she never laid nn a bed when out of the workhouse.—Elizabeth Jones, the mother, deposed, that deceased, when very young, was barmaid at the Adam and Eve, and the barman took her away ; since then she had led a drunken life. She would not sleep at home, even when witness had a home to give her. She was continually drunk for 20 years, and slept where she could.—James Packman, 229, of the el division, a aid, that a little before four en Tues day morning, he found the deceased lying on her side nit the stone pavement of an alliy called Cook's Orchard. It had been a a dreadful cold night, and deceased had no other clothes on than an old gown in tatters, no under clothing, not even a chemise. She had a bonnet, and her shawl was under her; her shoes were off and lying by her side. Upon his speaking to her she said she was very ill, and be found she was so cold and benumbed that she could not get up or move. She was conveyed to the workhouse. He had seen her about two o'clock, when she appeared tipsy. He knew and had had her often in his custody.—lnspector Hornsby ; She has been in custody and prison upwards of a hundred times, and at last the magistrates, finding they could do nothing with her, used to send her to the work house, where she would stop a day and then go out. She was incorrigible.—Mr. Sandwell, the master of the work house, said she was in the workhouse for a day or two, but di-charged herself on Thursday. She went before the guardians on that day, who endeavoured to persuade her to stay in the house, but she refused, and said, " I am too old to reclaim." They then offered to pay for a room for her and allow her Is. Gd a-week, besides a loaf and tea. She at last accepted the offer and went away. The next morning she came again very tipsy for the Is. 6d., which was of course refused. He tried then to get her to sleep in the house, but she would not. When she was brought in she was in a state of nudity. She had only a gown and stock ings on. When she went away a gown , chemise, tipper and under petticoats, were given to her ; shawl, cap, and bonnet, stockings and shoes, and these, she must have made away with.—Verdict, " Natural death, arising from destitution, exposure to cold, and her habits of life." The jury ex pressed their high satisfaction at the conduct of the board of sun:diens. The deceased had been a very fine woman. THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. The columns of our contemporaries have, within the laid few days, teemed with attacks upon the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, in which the conduct id the cadets themselves, as well as the general management of the establishmeet, has come in for a large share of abuse. As far as the conduct of the students is involved in the cen sure, no apology whatever can be offered. It would be vain to .4. tempt excuses fur conduct to which the brutalities of our collegiate schools in the last century were tame and even compassionate. There ate officers In the Ordnance corps at the present moment (or were so • few years since), who bore upon their persons at an advanced stage of life, the evidence of the grossest outrages indicted upon th, m whilst in the Academy. A few years since, street rows and encoun ters with the police were frequent, and many of the officers emitting near the Academy were unable to trust their daughters abroad of an evening without imitable protection. All them evils were allowed to pass without the slightest reprobation on the psrtdf the press. Occa . Monally, indeed, one of the local papers raised its voice against these disgraceful exhibitions, but the 7 inset and other journals which boast of their zeal in the denunciation of public grievances. were utterly silent. Within the last ten years matters have mended : the conduct of the cadets has been more in unison with the genend tone of public feeling, and it is a source of some satisfaction to know that within the last twelvemonth not a single case has occurred without the walls of the Academy that has called for the intervention of the civil power, or even led to any unpleasant feeling on the part the authorities. There have undoubtedly been great irregularities of conduct on the part of the cadets themselves within the establishment, hot the thin ness of the present governor, Major-General J. B. Parker, would have ensured an ample remedy. The present moment, then, is of all others the last time that should ha v e been choeen for an attack upon the authorities, particularly when a strong disposition has been evinced by the Lieutenant-Governor to suppress the evils complained of by a prompt and immediate expul sion of the offenders. The Times, in its attacks upon the Academy, falls into sail blunders. It first attacked the ma-ten and profesaors of the in4itution and then finding its position unte nable, shifted the whole responsibility ' upon the mi:itary heads of the Academy. The whole force of that immense moral power which is wielded by the press is timed on the accuracy of its information, and the censures of the Times, from the absence of this accuracy, fall harmless. It is only justice towards the heads of the Academy, Lieut.-General J. 11. Parker and Major It. Burnaby, to state that the evils so loudly com plained of have not originated through any neglect on their part, nor through the want of stringent regulations for the suppression of the mischief. It is to the existence of calves quite opposite to this that .re must look for the origin of the mischief. Ole of the wont features in the management of the institution is the everlasting inculcation into the minds of the young men of the notion that they are youtha of high birth, who must keep themselves aloof from all surrounding society. Pride is but a poor incentive to virtue, and in the ease of young men amongst whom the esprit du corps exists in its strongest and most repulsive form. is far more likely to induce an indifference to the good opinion of others, which lies at the root of all external con sistency of conduct. In the Academy, also, the bum is never unstrung. There is hardly a factory of working men in the kingdom that does not possess more facilities for the recreation of its mechanics than the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich presents to its youthful stu dents. The intellectual labours of the Academy are severe, and youths who have, preparatory to their admission into the institution, under gone the process of "cramming" to an extent calculated to endanger their health, require, in the blest degree, a participation in those healthy and innocent " out-door recrestions. which alone can tit them fur the hard studies of the form. In the Royal Military Ace detny provision for this need of human nature is entirely overlooked, or nought for only in military drills and exercisee, as severe taxi as trying as the abstract studies themselves. On what other ground can we account for the feet that them youths, when liberated from re straint, rush to fairs, and races, dl edblind booths, with theaviaity of a countryman who has never easels ouch the rudiments of C.iliCatiOn. Such a thing as an orderly afternoon's walk in the country is utterly unknown to the cadets, to whom there Is nonaiddle path between the toilsome round of study and the madness of boisterous and even drunken revelry. The authorities of the Royal Mili hat tary Acad^my would find it easier to rule five hundred young men by rules t thug' appeal to their better feelings, than fifty by the mere abstract notions of blind obedience, or at best indifference and neglect. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Dn. 2. The accounts from the country represent the people as in a very deplorable condition. In Cork there are several deaths reported to have occurred from absolute want of food, and the same melancholy tale is reported in Kilkenny. The suffering is becoming more severe and general as the winter advances, aggravated by the sudden change of the weather. The movement in favour of reduction in the tea duties in England has been responded to by our mercantile community. An auxiliary society to those of London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, has been formed, composed of some of the most eminent commercial men in our city, and an address issued, inviting the co-operation of all classes. After detailing the general advantages of reduced duties, the address states that " these considerations apply with double force to Ireland, where the probsble extinction of the potato crop as an article of food makes it essential that wholesome and nutritious sub stitutes should be found and encouragement afforded to habits of temperance." The chairman and deputy-chairman are Alderman Joseph Boyce and Alderman O'Brien, M.P. for Cashel. Landed property at pre sent does not appear to be sought with much avidity for investment. The sale of the Bless ington estates yesterday, comprising several valuable lots in the city, realised very little, most of the sales having been adjourned for want of value. The highest offer for a plot with a rental of 1271., and on a lease of lives renewable for ever, was only 1,6001. • the master declaring that he could not take less than 3,00'01. Another illustration of the low price of land was the sale of a fee-simple estate in the county of Kilkenny, comprising nearly 1,100 statute acres, subject to neither quit nor crown rents, and producing 3171. per annum, upon which there will be an increase on the falling in of some old leases. For this there were only two bidders. One obtained it for 6,5001., or about fourteen y . ears' purchase. Thep roperty is within a few miles of the city of Kilkenny, which adds to its value. The Chtmcellor delivered judgment yesterday in] the nun case, dismissing the bill on the ground. that compulsion bad been used in procuring the execution of the deeds under which the plaintiffs claimed. The only interesting question as to the existence of civil rights in such persons was not pro perly raised by the bill, though his lordship very clearly inti mated his opinion : It did °mar to his mind that it was a The and a prudent thing, and THg EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1846. whether It woo thedectrine of Canon low engrafted mh S heoges- . mon law, or of the ems law ore?. ;hog roams* ,h, tl , l l l olowegorism tt MOO wise thing this. • " ..1 of poverty sOMMI, L ,7 construed Itterally, end that a vow of plata: we should sever e°°°'d oak • vow of poverty. And what the 94114D100 carnet to be ensidered as to what the rights of suelt sit ODDIDIUnity 110 W maws he emit tblok it tho duty (.f It WOW tonsistent with the mime et god of law) of any person having t o °4- Mildelor ilews of • Judge determining :hat right. So pies linet! am I* Ns be could esset the tetwita:o. hew saimi In, edgenteeting at the t hu s sh e law so pren2 oo l :sr is ea egett the mos priselpte, *oh se be had adverb* to, db.: to tarrying lit thetterge girths M bee eidoesta semgebeng his Ronal NW, bretbrea, the gene up* *AO they acted threads* when the Rama Mem wee the melee of the redeem ef de usesits7. He condo* Isi ft* *my wen *tided * min that be we dispeeed fully * eve them; en' be would Y*lllll. OrithiAke body, It be egebk aaeeeig*the mks of kw awl Imam and!, vim they shied when It wee the religion or the lemkeed ghee the Reams eolk hag Ihemegves, Is bog* Wog mid edgedleeleg en thee very switter, eemselesi r would be =the ry of the country that Ms we porertY beiz os neeming but that which was them Wash* to it. The anise Labour Rate Act are being expressly extend . The Gazelle of last night contains proclamations for holding extraordinary sessions in 13 baronies. The remote and comparatively poor county of Kerry ap pears to be the most munificent in its contributions to the re lief of the poor. Besides, Killarney, in which the gentry arc at the head of Irish liberality. Tralee has contributed nearly 1,0001., and the small village of Kellorglin the same sum, Of this Mr. Offlienddy, of the Reeks, has contributed the sum of 5001. Her Majesty's frigate, the Andromache, has crrived in Bugle harbour with a cargo of Indian meal, and the steamer Blazer, is employed in conveying it rouad the coast to those parts of the country where there are no local markets, or the purchase of food rendered unusually difficult. The Andromache was received with great rejoicing. This day has been fixed by the general assembly as one of humiliation and prayer, with the Presbyterians of Ireland. The country papers received to-day, contain the average number of outrages, robberies, and petty therm Here a gun is taken from some stray fowler—then an attack is made upon a dwelling for the same purpose. In another quarter sheep and bullocks disappear, all buttke heads and hides ; and yet in another, we hear that flour is appropriated, and money plundered by roving bands—one-third of whom, perhap., hare not the poor excuse of poverty for these enormities. THE Ilitsit Pouce.—This, though an admirable, is not a very popular force in a disorganised social state, yet it is of the last importance to a government that the men who put the law in force should enjoy the confidence of the people. To bring about such a result the government arc determined to confer pecuniary rewards on such of the penpleas voluntarily assist the police in casts of emergency. In the late affray at Mountmeilick between the military and police, two men assisted the latter, and the government, through the Inspector-General of Constabulary, has sent them three pounds each. TIM OLD AND NEW Buries ON Cosa.—The money which the parties in the corn trade in Cork were entitled to, es remission of duty from the government, paid by them in their own wrong between the lapse of the old corn-law and the operation of the present, was this week paid to them. One eminent firm in this city receive , ' sn large a sum as 13,0001. SCOTLAND. STIRLING BURGHS.-OH Saturday last a meeting of elec tors took place at Queensferry, for the purpose of hearing the political sentiments of A. Alison, Esq., a candidate for the Stirling Burghs. Mr. Alison gave a general view of the grounds on which he came forward to solicit their suffrages, which appeared to give general satisfaction. On the motion of R. Wyld, Esq., that ISlr. Alison is a fit and proper person to represent these burghs, seconded by Mr. W. Sharp, a show of hands was taken, after which an amendment was propoud by Mr. M'Arthur, seconded by Mr. Walker, that J. B. Smith, Esq., of Manchester, would be a fitter repre sensative, which latter motion was carried. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS of EAST LOTHIAN held a meeting at lladdington last week, for the purpose of con certing measures for the advancement of their wages. The meeting principally consisted of representatives from dilferent parishes throughout the county, and resolutions to the effect that the wages of the labourers be advanced to 12s. weekly, together with certain other perquisites, making in all about 401. yearly, were unanimously passed. A central association was formed, into which every member is to pay a weekly sum, and it was announced that a thorough orga nisation was to be immediately effec:ed throughout toe county. The speakers emphatically deprecated " a strike," and seemed to think that the intellectual improvement of the labourers was one of the essential means for ameliorating their physical condition. We (Scotsman) understand that the demands of the agricultural labourers relate rather to the mode than the amount of payment. Payments in kind and the " bondage r" system are the two principal subji cts of com plaint. A number of farmers arc willing to pay 12s. a week in money. but demur to give these wages in addition to free houses and other perquisites at present possessed by the I labourers. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. SETF.NTEEN MEN WERE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL by the magistrates at Warrington, on Wednesday, on a charge of conspiring to intimidate Messrs. Jones and Pott and the workmen in their employment. The conspirators were members of a trade union, and the charge arose out of their attempting to prevent Messrs. Jones and Pott from getting any workmen, because those gentlemen had taken adult apprentices into their employment. AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE 110CSE of Mr. Brit wistle, a builder, at Bury, was made on Sunday last. It appears that some evil-disposed person pulled up a flagstone in front of the house, and lowered into the front cellar a considerable quantity of gunpowder. Mr. Britwistle heard a noise, and thinking that some one was trying to get into his house, he looked out of window, when he saw four men in a stooping position ; he called to know what they were doing, but they made no answer, and skulked away. Before he had time to dress himself, a loud explosion took place, carry int, a way the front and back windows, driving out several of the fivors, destroying furniture, glasses, and pictures, and very nearly causing the destruction of fifteen persons, at that time on the premises. The bowie is cracked and shaken from top to bottom. It appears that some months ago, Mr. Britwistle had a bulk of timber, which his sawyers refused to cut up. He sent it to Liverpool to be sawn by steam power, and for this simple offence (if offence it may be called), his sawyers turned out, causing all his workmen to turn out with them, and the place has been " picketted " ever since, Mr. Britwistle not being able to get a single hand to do his work. A reward of 1001.1tas been offered for the discovery of the person who caused the explosion. THE JUVENILE REFUGE AND SCHOOL OP INDUSTRY at Manchester, is likely to be brought into early operation. The subscription list gradually augments, and now exhibits dons Cons to the amount of 2401., and annual subscriptions of 1401. The Recorder of the borough offers his testimony to the usefulness of such an institution. In a letter he says : The project is most wise as well as humane. I expect great moral good from it; and in no locality could it be more Elle ful than in such a place as Manchester. It is a mistake to suppose, as I have seen it stated, that the children of mere wayfarers or persons casually here without any settled em ployment, are those mainly to be benefited. I think the children of persons in regular work stand quite as much in need of such an institution. Even nursing mothers leave their babes, to go to the factory at five o'clock in the morn ing ; and the children of married people generally, who work at the mills, see nothing of their parents from morning to night except at meal times, and not always then. It frequently happens that several children, belong ing to different parents, before they are able to work, but long after they are old enough to get into mis chief, are left in the care of a little girl barely of an age to take care of herself ; or what is still worse, they are some times left in the care of a young woman competent enough from age for the charge, but who is either too idle to work, of too weak intellect to learn any trade, or of such a cha ratter as to prevent her getting other employment. lam not speculating about supposable cases ; instances such as all of those which I have enumerated have come out before me on judicial inquiries. When such a system is common, as I believe it to be, can we expect anything else but that youth ful delinquents should be numerous? In this state of neglect, or worse than neglect, in which they are left, the most towardly children, and those of whom, under proper nurture, the most might be made, are unhappily those most , likely to be led astray. Often and often, in the discharge of the most painful part of my duty, that of passing sentence ' upon a mere boy, but who had become utterly depraved, have I felt that he might have been only one of the many victims to neglect, such as I have described, and that early and better training might have kept him a good lad, to grow up to be an honest man and a valuable member of Tull SAILOR CHARGED WITH STABBING a man in the streets at Liverpool, has been committed for trial. the magistrates in.qnarter sesaiasi, at i;::..lbab e r s Ci t i r o s st Moods; last, of various delinquencies . A long itiv thin too. plate. The chug(' were arranged under seven tads, as to which the bench found, substantially, that Eve were not I proved, and that the other two were substantiated ; but that one of these bad been previously visited by their diaapproba trait. They conclude a report on the subjeet, by recom mending to the coast that the Rev. W. 0. Eaton, the chap lain of the gaol, who had preferred most of the charges, should be removad, and that four subordinate officers of the prison (two of each sex), who bad been called as witnesses against the governor in the investigation, also be dismissed. The courtadopted all these should regon im ,dis:ions by considerable majorities and a mo tion of Mr. E. Lloyd, that Dunstan, the governor himself, be also dismissed, was set aside, for want of previous notice. It was alleged, amongst olher things, that this chief officer of a gaol had allowed transports to remain in the prison a very long time after the order of the secretary of state for their removal to Milbank had been received; that he was involved in debt, and was thus in various ways improperly situated with regard to the tradesmen supplying the gaol ; and that he had allowed the female prisonere in the gaol to wash for himself and 'amily,—sixteeu in number,—and also, formerly, for three sons in Manchester, and now for one son there ; this being clearly a contravention of the prison rule that the prisoners should do no work for the governor. This last charge brought from the Rev. R. N. Fielding, one of the visiting magistrates, the extraordinary avowal that the visiting justices were cognisant of this washing ; and they " let it continue as it was." That is, the visiting magistrates of the gaol permitted the governor to continue habivally to violate one of the rules :of the prison, which they were bound, as visitors, to see enforced. The whole of the proceedings pre sent a singular picture of the state of the gaol, as regards its government and general management One thing seems to be tolerably clear (says the Manchester Guardian), that if the magistrates desire to restore order, regularity, and disci pline, they cannot decently continue to keep the present governor in his office. By discharging from their situations his accuser and the four principal witnesses again.st him, they will most effectually deter any subordinate officer in future from making a complaint; unless they also remove the governor, who, as Mr. Lloyd well observed, had in several instances been guilty of irregularities which sufficiently war ranted his dismissal. INFORMATION AGAINST AN ENOINE•DRIVER.—On Mon day, at the Borough Court. Stockport, Charles Winter bottom, an engine -driver, lately in the service of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and who, u the driver of the passenger train engine, was one of those iwpli rated in the late collision which occurred on the line near the Stockport station on the preceding Tuesday, appeared in answer to an information, which charged him with negli gently running into the tender of a coal-train engine, at the time and place before-mentioned, by which considerable injury was done to both persons and property. After a lengthened investigation the prisoner was fined 40s. and costs, the mayor remarking, " The bench think that other parties are quite as blarneahle as yourself." WORCESTEttSIIIRE. REPRESENTATION OP EAST WORCESTERSHIRE.—No less than four gentlemen are already named as likely to come forward as candidates for the representation of this county in the stead of the late Mr. Barneby. These are the lion, Capt. Rushuut (C.), the Ikon. Humble Dudley Ward (C.), Richard Spooner, Esq., M. fit Birmingham, and John Hodgetta Foley, 1:41., of Prestwood, near Stourbridge, a Liberal. With reference to Mr. Spooner, we have the best authority for stating that he has no intention of offering himself, and we have also good reason to believe that Mr. Foley will not come forward on the occasion of this vacancy. It is alleged, too, that Mr. Ward is nut desirous of obtaining a seat in the House of Commons. The probability, there fore, is, that Capt. Rushout will be the new candidate ; but until the late member is interred no steps will be taken by either party. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER IN THIS CAMBRIDGE ER GISTER.•- The register of electors of this borough fur the next year was published on Tuesday, and we understand that a most serious blunder has been made by the omission from the register of the name- of no less than 49 persons who made their claims to be placed thereon at the last registra tion, and whose claims were allowed by the revising barrister. The number we have mentioned is composed of 27 Liberals and 22 Tories. We are unable at present to ascertain who is in fiult in the matter ; but whether it be the revising barrister or any other person, most serious responsibility rests somewhere fur this wholesale disfranchisement, and the mat ter demands (what we doubt not it will obtain) the most rigid investigation.—Cambridge Advertiser. HERTFORDSHIRE. Jusrica or PEACE SCEPTICIEM.—At the adjourned Quar ter Sessions for the county of Hertz, a case, trivial in some respects, but of importance to railway companies, came on for hearing. A young man of the name of Saville, a dra per's porter of Bishop Stortford, was charged with stealing 25:be. weight of iron on the 12th of November, at Bishops Stortford, the property of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Evidence haring been given, showing the pos session of the property, which consistedof an iron chair, or support for the rails, by the defendant, Mr. Nicholson, the chief clerk at the Stortford station, in answer to the chair , man, said he had not got a copy of the act of parliament constituting the company with him.—Mr. Chambers, who appeared for the accused, submitted that as the property was laid in the indictment as belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway, it was necessary that the act of parliament which made the c,mpany a corporate body should be produced. —The Chairman was of opinion that it was necessary to pro duce the act of parliament.—Mr. Nicholson said the exis tence of the Eastern Counties Railway Company was so well known, that he thought there would be no necessity for the production of the act of parliament, added to which the let ters E. C. R. were stamped upon the iron, which showed that it belonged to the company.—The Chairman said they knew nothing of the Eastern Counties Railway as a com• pany, without the production of the act making it a corpora tion, and, as that was not produced, the prisoner, who there was no doubt had committed a felony, must be discharged. ISOM ERSET,HIRE. A LETTER dated " Southmolton," and bearing the names of the mayor of that borough, the mayor of Barn staple, and others, and addressed to the editor of this paper, solicits attention to the following " Distressing case :" " Mr. 11. Ilibberd, a practical farmer and considerable occupier near Wardour Castle, in Wiltshire, was a omit time since in duced, through the representations of • gentleman a young county member, acting as his father's agent -to undertake the cultivation of a tract of waste moor land, situate on the western borders of Somersetshire, at an altitude of one thousand feet above the lend of the sea, the landlord covenanting to erect necessary and suitable farm buildings and fences theron. This, from some unaccountable COUPS', was not done; and the unfortunate farmer's valuable stock of horses and cattle were, through exposure to the rigours of the climate, nearly all chilled and destroyed. With these ruinous prospects before him, Mr. Ilibberd appealed in the most re spectful manner to hs landlord, who stated (throuh his bailiff for the first time that he t was only an agent to his f g ather, who was in Rome. Thus he was not only refused compensation, but his goods and implements were detrained upon and sold (as might he expected in .rich a wild country) at an enormous sacrilicc. Toe unfortunate man, together with his wife and four infant children, are now left upon the inhospitable ulcer, 100 miles from their native village, with scarcely • bed to lie on. Mr. Ilibberd's lasses are not less than 1,400 f." CLEVEDON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The ninth anniversary of this association was celebrated on on Tuesday. The cattle show took place as usual in a field under Clifton Hill. The supply of stock was very large, and the animals exhibited showed the improvements which within a few years have been introduced into the breed and feeding of stock. There was a large attendance of gentry, farmers, graziers, and dealers on the ground, from various parts of the county. A dinner took place in the evening, at which Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Bart., pre sided. WILTSHIRE. A SOIREE in aid of the funds of the Literary Institution at Chippenhant was held on Tuesday evening. There was a very numerous attendance. Capt. Boldero, M.P., was present, and took part in the proceedings. The committee had invited T. Moore, Esq., who lives near Chippenham, and received an answer from him accepting the invitation he was prevented, however , fr om attendin g , b y unexpected circumstances. His acceptance of the invitation is a refuta tion of the report current a short time since, of the dan gerous illness of the poet. SUSSEX. SERtots CHARGE AOAINST THE POLIOE.—The Brighton Guardian says :—" A strong feeling of indignation exists throughout the town at the escape of a titled offender, by the culpable connivance of the servants of justice. During the evening of Tuesday, the lith ult., a stranger was given into the custody of one of the police in the open street. The stranger, after some parley, was brought to the hall, where he gave a false name, and where the charge on which he was arrested was reduced to writing. He remained in custody all night, and the next day was discharged without being brought before a magistrate, and without being confronted with his accuser. The worthy magistrate, who, it seems, assented to the prisoner's being discharged in this most un usual manner, partakes of the general indignant feeling that prevails, and affirms that he was led to give his assent under a wilful misrepresentation of some of the facts, and an un pardonable coacea!ment of others. A more disgraceful oc currence is not within our recollection. Rumour says that the delinquent is a peer of the realm." liausit. "THE SPIRIT OP THE SHELL."—A concert WM given in the Hanover-square Rooms, last night, by Mr. T. H. Severn, the object of weich was the production of a Can tata, under the above title, composed by him. The subject of the poem, which is written by Mr. Wyman, is of that wild and fanciful character which German poets and musicians love. Two youthful lovers are strolling on the sea-beach by moonlight, giving themselves up to the dreams of fancy inspired by such an hour. The youth gives the maiden a shell, telling her to hold it to her ear, and she will hear the voice of the spirit that dwells within it. The maiden com plies, and interprets the murmur of the shell into a tale of two lovers, who, like themselves, wandering of old on the same sands, plighting vows of love, were surrounded by the sea, and perished in its waves. While she continues listen ing, the murmur of the shell changes into moans and shrieks of terror ; the storm-clouds gather ; the rushing of waters is heard, and the lovers find themselves in the situation they were fancying. They fly in terror from the pursuing waves; while their friends, assembled in distracted groups on the beach, are endeavouring to save them ; and after an interval of surprise and agony, they are rescued, and restored to life and happiness. This subject, which affords much scope for musical painting and expression, is well treated by the poet. His verses have much beauty, and their variety of measure is well filled for the exigencies of the composer. The can tata opens with a short instrumental introduction, well calcu lated to awaken attention, which leads without interruptiin into a chortle describing the lovers and their tender moon light walk. This is followed by a tenor recitative and air, in which Edwin tells M 2 1 .1011 to listen to the song of the shell: In the lowly cells Of these lovely shells The spirit of the mermaiddwells : And of lovers that sleep On the gems of the deep To livening ears it sweetly tells This ,so'ng is exceedingly beautiful ; its round and flowing w - engi - b.,ing supported by a rich but clear accompaniment. Marines t a k es the same subject, which is carried on in • highly-wrought anti misterly duet, to which the utmost justice wu done by Mr. Loc•er and siss Birch. The song of the spirit* of the shell is represented lir a chorus which would have been effective, had it been sung u the author evidently intended; but the mystic murmur, which should have been breathed in the softest pianissimo, lost all its etherial character from the remorseless loudness with whieh it was sung. The next movement is the air in which Marian, listening to the shell, describes the fate of the two lovers : A gentle maiden and a youth, Wandcr'd en these sands of yore; Pledging vows of love and truth, Heedless of the ocean's roar ! Warning came, alas! too late. Listen to the lovers' fate! liemm'd in by the rushing wave, With no human hand to save, On a shelf of rock they stood, Gazing wildly at the Soul Seeking in each other's arms, Shelter from those wild alarms: Till one rest o'erwhelining wave Became their bridal-bed and grave The last twin sigh of that food pair, I rescued from the troubled air! The musical treatment of this subject is admirable : the vceml melody is parsante, admitting of clear elocution of the words, while the horror of the situation is painted by the wild and agitated sounds of the orchestra; and the same powerful musical description accompanies the distracted cries of the lovers. There is afterwards a vocal quartetto, sung without accompaniment, so pure and beautiful in its harmony, and so well sung, that it was loudly encored. With all its musical merit, however, it appeared out of place, as it consists merely of reflexions which stop the action at a time when its impetuous current does not bear interruption. The duet and chorus, in which the despairing shrieks of the peri.hing pair are heard amid the storm, and the cries of their friends on the cliffs, are full of striking effects. Marian id saved, but not seeing her lover at her side, believes he has perished; and her phrenxied grief is expressed in an air, " Ah, tell me not that I am safe," which struck us as the finest thing in the piece, and which Miss Birch sung with great energy and passion. At length Edwin also is saved; and the finale is a song of jubilation, reminding us a good deal of the conclusion of Fidelio. This finale, including Miss Birch's song, was loudly called for a second time ; an', at the end of the performance, the composer was greeted by reiterated plaudits. The room won well filled, and we observed among . the audience a great number of the most eminent members of the musical profession. The other principal singers, be sides Miss Birch and Mr. Locke y, were Miss Cubitt, Miss Solomon, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. Wether. b.*. The instrumental orchestra was numerous and good ; and the performance was, altogether, careful and correct. The work does the highest honour to Mr. Severn's talents. It belongs to a class of compositions which, iu this country, are not likely to be very popular. But the breadth and sigour of its style, its open and flowing melody, and variety of dramatic effects,convitmed us that Mr. Severn is capable of at least rivalling any of his countrymen in writing for the stage. MILAN.—At " La Scala" great preparations are making for the carnival season. Four new operas and two ballets are promised. The principal singers are Mies Mayes, an Irish woman, Elena Angri Stephanone, Luigi Mei, Marteni, and Masset, formerly of die Paris Opera Comiqns ; Moriani, and Fanny Elssler, are also engaged ; and Perrot is the ballet master. Mini Mayes has obtained the most complete success, and the Italian journals go so far as to compare her to Mali• bran : but the latest accounts express anxiety as to tke state of her health. . Nartvs.—A new opera by Mercadante, " Oli Orazj e Curiazj," . has been produced at the San Carlo with immense applause. ha success is ascribed in a grew. measure to the brilliant performance of Madame Frezzolini. PItAGVE.--The " Midsummer Night's Dream," with Meudelssoho's music, and Donizetti's " Don Sebastian," have been recently produced here. The first of these pieces was successful, and Mendelssohn's music was received with fu►ore. In " Don Sebastian," the scenery and dresses were much applauded, and the music wu listened to with the utmost indifference. TORHsIIIRE. THE FRIENDS of the VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE at Hud dersfield have effected an entire clearance of the debt con sequent on building the chapel at liighfield, which, together with the school-house and minister's dwelling, have coot upwards of 6,0001., the entire of which has been subscribed within four years. A tea meeting was held on Monday, when it was ascertained that 9301. still remained unpaid, but, by an effort of the congregation, the whole amount was raised during the evening. DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A Doo.—On Tuesday, at Leeds, an inquest was held on the body of Stephen Gill, a labouring man. On the 9th ult., deceased was drinking at Woodhouse, when a quarrel ensued, and he was bitten by a bull-and .terrier dog in the calf of his leg in a serious manner. Deceased was removed to the infirmary, where tetanus ensued and caused his death. Verdict, "Died by the bite of a dog." HuDDERBFIELD.—A society is in course of formationhere, having for its object the education of young females, by means of evening classes, addresses, and a library. A room is has been taken wherein to carry out the purpose, and it expected to commence its operations early in the new year. It will be conducted on the same principles AS the mechanics' institutions. CHESHIRE. THE EFFECTS OP THE PROTRACTED CONTINUANCE OP THE WORKING OF SHORT TINE, are, according ontodition the Manchester papers; already very perceptible in the c an d appearance of the working population. Both their per sonal looks and external appearance seem decidedly to have deteriorated of late. For several weeks Stockport market has been miserably attended and supplied by country vendors, doubtless to some extent owing to the season of the year, but principally to the diminished demand of the ort time i greas t mass of consumers Haw long the working of sh likely to continue Is not known. It is stated n the au that a st ingmeet- of the manufacturers' association was held obi last week, and that some of the members were disposed to commence the working of full time if a reduction in the rate of wages was conceded. This course, however, was stronqly and decidedly repudiated by other members of the associa tion. T RH GOVERNOR Of CIUNTER GAOL WAS accused before UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. 01PORD, Dec.. - 3.—ln a convocation holden this morning, the 1:3111CI of the following gentlemen who have been nominated to suc ceed Lathe office of leeleet preacher. at Michaelmas. 1.1 7, was approved -of by the house — vv_: Revs. BM. of Jonas ; IL Rimier, 8.D.0r Christ Church; J. IL Gile., M.A. of (Impel. Christi; IL 13. M.A. of New; E. H. Howell, M.A. Remy of Magdalen. In a congregation holden at the same time, the following degree. wereesonfem4 , —eix. B.lL—The Rev. T. Hurtling Newman, Fellow of Magdalen. M.A.—lt. Ludlow Lopes, Christ Church; R. Haider eon, Wadharn ; Itev. W. 1.. Beynon, Magdalen 11.11; Rev. IL B. Power, Oriel ; Rev. It. FAMIIII, Lincoln; T. Ivory, Rallied. B.A.— J. Robinson, tleholar of Oriel; 11. W. Tweed, Exeter; R. P. Wilkin son, Exhibitioner of Lincoln; W. Pubnim, of Christ Church; T. Williams, Fellow ofJeaus ; W. J. Morin, Jesus; 11. Watford, Wad ham; E. Hill, Wadluun; .1. Bumatead, Ncw Inn Hall; 11. B. Walton, Pembroke. LiseoiJi.—This morning Mr. J. C. Andrew, D.A., of University, was elected a Fellow on the Yorkshire foundation, and Mr. 0. Darras. of the Univcraity of Dublin, wan elected on Lord Crewe's foundation. In consequence of pigeon and other shooting having been carried on by the junior members of the University to a very large extent, during the present term, the authorities have determined on putting a Mop to this expensive amusement, and for that purport the Vice- Chaneel/nr has irmed a bandbi I calling the attention of the under grvoltaate, to the puins and penalties of an infringement of the statutes, which they are determined in future to enforce. ritrrrnsirwrl.—Rev. John Munnlogs Johnson, A.R., to the Rectory of Scoulton, Norfolk, V. 4021., on the presentation of J. Weyland, Bag., of Woodricing Ilan. Rev. Lord C. Thenne to be Vice-Dean of Canter bury. Rev..l. Whitley to Newton-le-Willows, It. 330/. rAC.ViCI.. —Newton-in-Maker field C., Lancashire; dio. Chester; by promotion of the Rev. J. Whitley. %Viirirnmve I'. C., Lancashire ; dio. Chester ;by promotion of the Rev. J. Whitley. Nether Broughton R., Leicesterah.; din. reterb. ; value 3971., with reaidente ; iutmna, 1100. P. P. Ikauverie and sir 11. Sawyer; vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Scott. The antique and dilapidated chapel at Torver, near Bmnglitim-in. Furness, is shortly to be pulled down, and a new place of worship will be erected on its site. Tuner Chapel was tanccerated by Thomas Crammer only a shurt time before he au/fired death. The Bishop of Norwich intends holding a general ordination on Sun day, Jan. 31, in the Cathedral Church of his diocese. NAVAL. DETONPOIIT, DF.C. 1. (tender to the Ceedonin, 120), anieed from Portsmouth yo oterday in charge of a party from the St. Vorent, 120 ; and the .Vtirrls, P., from Portsmouth, for the purpose of conveying the party buck again.--llic tiellooslo, 72, troop ship, Capt. J. KillgetAlle, sailed this afternoon for the Went Indies: - The S' Agar, a., Cont. J. D. Crag", sailed on the 3rd for Ilona Vista, with Dr. King, an Inspector of Hospitals. After landing the doctor, the Sphoo.r returns to England. Colonel Irvine, Ltinetor of Works, made an official visit to this port on Monday, to inspect the various public works, and the pro site at MW-Ray for coaling SteanterS, instead of their being pot posed brought into the harbour for that purpose. Ile was accompanied by Capt. G. Hartmann, ILE.; Mr. Henderson Master Attendant of the Duel lard; Mr. W. Walker Harbour Mast e r ; and Mr. Stuart, Super intendent of the Breakwater. Col. Irvine took his departure foe London shortly after. In consequence of the Brazilian frigate Consfirstion being at this port repmnng, a royal salute was tired by the ships in port on the 2nd of December, in honour of the Emperor's birthday, although the frigate could not take part in it. The Coletiosain, 120, ea well ea the Vigo, in which the crew of the Costsfitanots are hulked, wax gaily dressed in colours. In Os morning the officers of the frigate attended High Mars in the Catholic chapel at Stanehouse, and in the evening gave a grand ball, at the Royal Hotel, to the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, and the ollicens of both services. Poioniounr, lire. 3. -The crew of the Rottirmokr, Capt. Owen Stanley, which went out to Spithead on Tuesday, were mustered to. day by Admiral Sir C. Ogle, and she will leave Spithead to-morrow. Iler Majesty is expected to-morrow at one o'clock at the Dockyard on her way to °Annie-house. The Merino, 12, Commander R. Tryon, still remains in harbour, awaiting final orders for a destination, the Caps, the coast, and the Mediterranean having all been named within the last few days.—The row! , po steam frigate. Capt. Gifford, pnog.s...a but slowly in pre paring for sea, as no able seamen will juin her, on account of her com plement of men having been so greatly reduced. It is doubtful if she will obtain a crew, unless her danination be altered, or an increase of men allowed. Ausloprrxr..rnt, Nov. 30.—Acting.Master E. Maunder, to Mutine ; Maurer P. C. U. Bean, to Tortoise; surgeon .1. Wilson (1.1•;, Cale donia; Asdat.-Burgeon C. S. Lester, to Recruit; Paymaster and Furver T. 11. Gulliver, to Crocodile. MILITARY. OnDEL lOW TEX OIMANISAIION Or PMNIOXIMA TOW New ZrALA,D. —Was Orrice, Nov. 30, 1616.—Sir,—I em directed to inform you that, in consequence of nwrerous applications from pensioners who are anxious to settle in the colonies, her Majesty's Government pro- pone authorising the enrolment of a corps of six companies, each con sisting of 1 serjeants, 4 corporals, 2 inunrners, and 76 privates, for settlement in New Zealand, on the conditions hereto annexed. These conditions you will explain to the pensioners in your district at the next monthly payment in December, and you must also make them known as soon as possible, through your out-station serjeants at those places where the pensioners, being paid quarterly, are not likely to be visited by you before January next. You will observe that the leading features of the present arrangement Ls to extend to the colony of New Zealand the mine principle of defence, by means of armed pensioners, which has been found to answer so well at home, and by which the old soldier will be enabled, while no danger threatens, to follow the agri cultand or other pursuits to which he has been accustomed in this country, but in the event of war be will be ready to take the field, and join the regular force employed for the defence of the colony, receiv ing fur such occasional service the high rate of pay authorised for en rolled pensioners by the royal warrant of 7th September, 1043. There is this difference, however, as compared with the arrangement s under which they serve in this country, and which you will be careful to explain to them, viz., that instead of the pay and enrolment money, to the extent of about V., which they hare been in the habit of receiving here annually, they will in New Zealand have a cottage and an acre of land provided for them on their arrival; the annual Yalu t of which is much more than equivalent to the money payment I received for t-e same service in this country, and which cottage and land will become their own property in perpetuity after seven year. of their engagement have been completed. By t he arriumements which have been made, coupled with the strict superintendence of the officers who will be placed over them, it is anticipated that t hmc men and their families will be relieved from most of the difficulties which have generally attended settlement in a new colony. They will have a cottage to enter on, and a small plot of ground available for cultiva tion, immediately on their arrival ; they will hare their pensions, as in this country, to aid in supporting them, end there is every Proba bility of their obtaining abundance of labour, at good wages, foe them selves and their families; but to prevent any difilmity on that head, the government will engme to provide labour on the public works at Is. MI. per day, for each person enrolled on the force during his first year of residenie in the co l o ny. (Signed) 1.. lictuvan. To the Staff-Office:of Penmonere. The remainder of the order, which is long, pointa out the ge ner eahinms of the climate, limits the number to be selected to one -oneseventh of the whole force, and intimates that pensioners who are not enrolled will be received, under certain restrictions, to be mentioned hereafter. A printed code of conditiorus &mom paniee the order, which provides a free peonage for the pensioners and their families, with rations; an advance of three months' pension on embarkation ; an advance of money for furniture, and other advan tage.. A considerable number of pensioners have already offered themselves. ROYAL AIMILLIMY.—Forty-two fine young men arrived at Wool wich yesterday from Lisburn, in Ireland, as recruits foe the Royal Artillery. Thirty-two more were at Lisbtun at the time they left. Lieut. James Clarke, who presides at that station, has sent to head quarters upwards of 300 recruits during the prevent year. Among the recruits that have arrived are many who have been in very respect able circumstances; in feet. the general standard of recruits, in a moral point of view, is far higher than it has been for years past- In consequence of the ecent augmentation of the Royal Artillery, and the increase which is still further contemplated of two mpanies to the strength of each battalion, the accommodation at pres ent furnished by the Royal Ordnance Hospital has been found insufficient, and a sew ) 1 0 % 2 , i/it for the use of the gentlemen cadets, is to be erected un t u :lmrsi, near the krlal Nil.tary Acsolcmv. This will be • very gnat boon to i 5.... rtabbennienv, as, in the treat of marlin, • considerable time most clap*, from the distance between the mar dem, and the hospit a l, before , s edical arbiter* can be procured. Cruirowi er Morrie Garer..wer-L—ft boolaellev in Glasgow allowed a military gentleman stationot with his regiment to run up an amonnt with him. 'The regiment alt. , : 00 Mr time win orderosil Itaglned, and the officer alluded to *dire Or netkeieft•u military men r well as others sometimes do—to pa,' his arrOOnt The median took emasion, after he had left, to remind of it ?MT eidLLy, and to request payment when convenient. No answer whatever wax returned. After • decent interval, another applies: 'on, ("qua,' Polite, was made fur the money; but sill the result, or nun.reault, was the mine. Five applleationa, extending cr.'er a con siderable period, were thus made, to each an: all of which the gallant calker maintained • most p:ovoldoig silence. The bookrcilcr at last wrote him names - hat more si. • than before, that if the debt were not paid in eight days he 'would lap the whole of the circumstances before the Commander-in-Chia. There was no answer seen to this, and the creditor, true to his word, did as he had threatened to do. In a few day, he received a letter from the military secretary of the Duke of Wellington, announcing that the officer alluded to had been apprised from the Horse Guards of the demand against him, and that iloubtleo the recount would be paid. Almost simultaneously the money win sent by the recusant °Meer, but without a word of explanation. The authorities nt •he War-oflee consider °facers bound to pay their debts.—Glasgow drous. SPORTING. TATTEFLiALL'S. -TIIVIL•PAT. We subjoin a statement of buidnee.i done, from which it will be seen that the betting took a very limited range, and that the market prices remain as they were last quoted : 1000 to 30oit;1711;:it;:ftlogh (t I)aaay. if te I agst Tao Tromp jt. to 217:1 - 1000 to 21 ant Red Itut jt.. oft of) art. of.) 13 loom of N•elee (e) 800— 30 Zrorole k t.) 2000-100 tiabbter, Projectile 2100— 100— Planet (. ' ~.0 UV _ ...net (t.t Weal Ittdut Planter . WOO— 00 Old Port (t.) mad K. of Marren ft.) TM latter of 014 Part am aalloas to go on. 0f.., to take 1000 to se thou Laegdale, and 1000 to a about Wanota. (In thei betting on Monday. we omitted WOO to 10 mat Cloreadonl Mr. PhManlove, a gen tleman of high standing on the turf, died at Brlghtcm on Monday last, after an ilium of two years. The Domino thins of Saddle and several other horse. become void. The Leamington Steeple Chases, as we stated yesterday, are post poned till Tuesday, the 15th. Bets, we presume, are oft; and it is a question if the races themselves are not void, unless the engagements be renewed. The power of postponement from day to day is admitted, bat It is doubtful If it extends beyond the week fur which the races were originally made. Tea BANTINCA BLNNTOLDNT AND PAONIDIENT Peso, inelading the sum of 2,lNi. Consols, being stock purchmed with money subscribed for a testimonial to Lord George Bentinek, now amounts to 1,4001. Consols. The fund is establishea for the benefit of trainees and jerkiest their widows and children, under the provisional rosnage.. ment of the Dentine.. Testimonial Committee, vin., the Dukes of Beau. fort, Bedford, and Rutland; Idrds Chesterfield and I.:glinted, and the Hon. G. S. Ilyng ; each of whom has subscribed 231. to the fund, in addition to an annual subscription of 101. The subscription of a trainer or rider is limited to 2 guineas annually, and those who have contributed to the fund, and their widows and children, will have a preferable claim to relief, the committee, however, having the power of rejecting the donations and subocriptions of those who, in their opinion, are nut worthy to become mem bers of the society, and also of striking off.the list any trainer or rider who may misconduct himself after becoming a subscriber. No grant will be made until after the Newmarket Vied Spring Meeting, 1847. Forty-seven trainers and kitties have already subscribed, themajority fur 2 goineassich ; the fines imposed at York and Newmarket races, amounting to 511., have been added to the capital. I abs lEntrUtrita. LAW NOTICES.—Tan DAT. CHANCERY, Lincoln's Inn, at 10.-1 unopposed cense petition and 18 unopposed Lunatic petitions.- Appeals : Bainbridge v. Baddeley, port heard Stocken v. Donlon; Finileu v. Stephen. VICE-CHANCELLOR, Lincein'a Inn, at 10.-Before Sir L. ShadwelL- Cause petitions, the unopposed drat, and short cause, after nhicb petitions and further directions by orders, and causes commencing Small v. Bickford (2) part heard. Befiire Sir J. Knight Brum. -11 petitions.-Cmuses, Re. : Radcliffe v. Hewlett; Gibbs v. Waters, (2); Treadwell v. Meng; Morgan v. Pritchard; Crommolin v. Earl of Belfast ; Coßrreave v. Colgretive ; Henning v. Dingwall ; Rentall v. Sides; Gregory v. Wade; lloagson v. Hodgson. - Brlore Sir 2. Wigrald.-Causett, ite. • Ogle v. Hansard, part heard; Levis v. TIKIIIIW; Dobkin v. Land (2) ; Bel-hank v. Harrison; Winter v. Winter; Coates v. ILimmond ;2); Shi.ttleworth v. Bens gough ; Champion v. Banks. M Tbe usterof lice Rolla will attend the Judicial Committee. . . .-..—... -.—..... --.-.-. ......... Wrwminster, at 1 100. -Middle", etmution parks. —Williams v. Cromwell; Birklicad v. Laurence; Gay v. Wouilhaisi ; Blundell v. Drummond; Spencer v. Harrison ; Weston v. lkirsigny ; Gent.. CUM; Alley v. Gain. The lust eau* is So. nl on the list. The Court will also sit in Banco. . ' " • " ' 0011110 N PLILAN W cxtmin.ter. at 4 p. 9.--Middlesex speciol Juries. —Brown v.Sinith ; Soulter v. Barton; Shields v. Boucher. Middle sex common jury.—Parkes v. Strung. Exclimicau, Westminster, at V.l.—Middlesex special t ev ie , is.ur h. ; 4 —Bell v. Samuels, part heard ; Ilibberd v. Smith ; Iteilby V. S ; Cole v. Shepherd ; Cole v. (liaplia ; Broadhurst v. nastiness; Payn v. Prichard; Wilson v. Howe; Waddy v. Dillon; Mkt v. Ward. Ike Court will also sit In Banco. EQUITY COURTB.—YPmTF.RDAY. Before the turd Chant. hoe. MAC MAHON r. BURCHELL.—LEG At'Y SET-OTlP.—This was au appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Sir J.Wignun. The bill was filed by William Mac Mahon and wife for two legacies left to them respectively by Ann Mac Mahan, sister to NVilliam. The defendants, executors of the testatrix, ad- mitted the legacies, and admitted assets, but claimed to set off against the legacies on one seventh part of occupation rent of a house and premises in the island of St. Kitts, which had been devised by Terence Mac Mahon, who diced in that Wand in Bill, to his seven children as tenants in common. The testatrix and William were two of these seven children. The testatrix resided in England front 1815 to 18:10. Wil liam and others of the seven children administered their, father's estate, and occupied the house and premises in St. Kitts. 'l'nere was no eget ement as to rent between the parties—all of them might reside there; but Wil liam, in a letter to one of his sisters in England, admitted that rent was due front him to her, and the other children in England, in respect of his occupation. There was no evidence in the cause. The Vice-Chancellor held that there was rent due of the plaintiff to the testatrix, and that it might be set off by Ann's executers against his own legacy, though not against his wife's; and his Honour directed the Master to inquire whether any, and what, r,nt was so due, &e. Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Bagshawe were heard for the plain tiff in support of the appeal from that decree ; Sir F. omit) kinson, Mr. Molt, and Mr. llislop Clarke, supported the decree. The Lord Chancellor, without hearing any reply from the appellant's counsel, said he could not see how the decree could be maintained. These parties were tenants of pro perty, and, although the appellant admitted by a letter tha he was liable to some rent, that could not be admitted as proof of ad, lit in this cause. There was no ca.o in which one tenant in common was without agreement held to give an occupation to his co-tenants. The p'aintiff might be held accountable in a suit for administration of the assets of Terence Mile Mahon, but he is not accountable to the estate of at.other person. His lordship reversed the decree, with costs, up to the bearing of the cause. Before the of Erg GARROD v. MOOR.—ItZFUAAL OF A SOLICITOR TO DE LIVRR are Parittui.—This suit was instituted against the defendant, a solicitor at Woodbridge, for the purpose of compelling him to deliver up the title deeds to an estate at Felixstowe. It appeared that Samuel (Jarred, who was the tether of the plaintiff, had by his will devised his pr iperty at Felixstowe to the plaintiff in fee, charged with the pay ment of legacies, debts, and expenses. The testator had devised another portion of his estate to the plaintiff, and the defendant, as trustees for the benefit of his widow and younger children. The testator died in 1841, and the will was proved by both the plaintiff and the defendant. The plaintiff then entered into a contract fur sale of the Felix ' stowe estate, and applied to the defendant for the title I deeds which had been left in his custody. The defendant refused to give them up, alleging that the plaintiff was a person of dissipated habits, and had several times been convicted of drunkenness and as•aulta, before the magistrates at Woodbridge, that he was therefore not a pro per person to have the management of the property, which was liable to the payment of debts and legacies; and that the defendant was himself interested under the will of the plain tiff's father. Mr. Bethell and Mr. It. Moore appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Stuart and Mr. Metcaile for the defendant. The Vice-Chancellor said the testator, by devising his estate to his son, had given him a right to the title deeds, notwithstanding the property was charged with legacies and debts. The defendant ought to have known the law better than to have retained the deeds, and obliged the plaintiff to institute this suit ; he must therefore pay the costs of the proceedings. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. eittings in HMCo. THE QUEEN V. ARNOLD.—REOISTRATION OF A VESSEL THE PROPERTY OF A COMPANY IN WHICH FOREIGNERS ARE SHAREHOLDERS.—This case came before the court on demurrer to a plea to a return to a writ of mandamus. The object of the writ was to compel the comptroller and the col lector of the port of Liverpool to register and give a certificate of the registration of a vessel, called "The Ecuador," the property of "The Pacific Steam Navigation Company," which is a chartered company, having its chief place of business at Liverpool. By 8 and 9 V ict., c. 89, the secretary of a corporation is empowered to make a declaration, corresponding to that which is required from individuals as a condition precedent to registration. The secretary of the company prosecuting this writ offered to make the declaration required by the act in respect of the Ecuador, and required the officers of the port to register her. They refused, on the ground that some of the shareholders of the company were not British subjects, whereas the right to registration only existed in respect of vessels wholly and exclusively the property of British sub jects. After lengthened correspondence bad proved fruitless, this writ was moved for, and such proceedings sebrequently had, as really raised the question above stated as the ground on which the registration and certificate were refused. Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., for the defendant, now contended that by the policy of all the laws of this country, from the Navigation Act downwards, foreigners were absolutely dis qualified from being owners of vessels entitled to the privi lege of British vessels ; that the 8 & 9 Vict., c. 89, even to the extent of including any . person usually resid ing abroad, enforced the same policy; that corpora tions were in respect of registration subject to the same rules as individuals; and that as the declaration was only a condition precedent of registration, and did not by the express terms of the act constitute a ri ght to registra tion and certificate, the defendants were justified in in quiring whether foreigners had an interest in the Ecuador, and in refusing registration, if it turned out that foreigners bad such an interest. Mr. Hill, Q. C., on behalf of the prosecutors, combated each of these propositions, and insisted that they were quite irreooncileable with the law that regulates bottomry bonds. He further relied on the fact, that though by the continued operation of the 26 Geo. 111. c. 60, and the 27th Geo. 111., c. 19, the provisions ofettbe itils and 9th Vict., c. 89, were in force from the:year 1786. until the East India Company ceased to trade, the registra• • lion of its trading vessels had never been ref 4 or delayed, on amount of any of the numerous sales of stoWltust must have been made to toreigners. If that were so, iitotmet -have been because the ownership of the vessels had Mit bees in the corporation as a corporation ; the interest 4.,^e indiriduala 4 4. • ; - . _ S .1:1 i1\:-1 II a