The Express. — London, England, 1849-01-19 00:00:00

brro g i aeat, will be ow seesaws* isiessi stale, so as to sae a minim ea tbst bras* at the palls espadiears, se pos eed midi dm last rear.—Morwiry Post. BMWs or TM PUBLIC 01710 M—It will be netwaloseel that some time slags we data that Lard m.nimessa bed deeidadly .mewed the pespadlien at dm F e ipary ta mad air C. Tvevelpaa whit • eenntwiew al as opmelito ororbsal and noise tits apertamst Um Ws late* Maim tbat et the =Lod it asysessrp that tko eslablisbissat *mid bo revisal, time sin gala Its tad idler to e aderlsks tate ask usemesims. happen. besener, *at bed Palmorstom bee km Wooed to ir k. way, sad that wak the satisidandlag that ewe of dm Lord. . (the the Trete N o e los amesimd with the vosion mounittes, the • d a ta ik of the isceignmillne is sstablisbasat are to bs leteestsd tbe flosses winviay. It is alas reported that the lioesealls• astablisksont, the Mud of whisk bes YitMtb eseesedad ia km*, elm invades Lord at bay apse • ella° Irina" Si thou. by Lord Palmerston iff aiest their adatimisa, its. likewise sarreadiand.— aleedard. MEETECO OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES . A meeting of the j2etiote of the county of Middle en trek plata yee•erday at the Illeseions-house, Clukenwell. The chaireass,lisitry Powaall, Hriq , presided. The venal prelimlaary =sten having beam disposed 01. 1 sr. Bain Had, mend that • county rue. ef area hat 'may is the pound, be made for the issuing quarter. This tote was estimated to 'realise the sna of 18.1444. 17e. Toe r volts of the visiting justices of Hanwell Lassile Asylum, Coldbath-fields Prison, and of the Westminster House of Carecti in were received and adopted. The fern from the Hones of Detention a:praised the freavicion of the justices that the separate system, with re ference to untried and remanded prrasen, wee the best to which that clam of prisoners coal be subjected. Tam Couirry Rana.—At the last quarter regions a eon- Ritter was appointed to amid r whet means wile requisite la order to procure for the justices the power of revising the estimated rental of any parish in the amity, and • report hunt that committee was now laid before the ann. It will be remembered that the whole of the musty rental was KUM thige ago raised, and the ameemsent apse **ruin places was lammed, upon °then it was dummied; bat, In sense in muse, it was satisfactorily shown to the surietratee that the rental had beta over-estimated. They had not, however, sap pewee to alter the sesemment upon say Individual parish without undertaking the trouble and expense of a revision Of the whole county rentsl, sod to dune amass to obviate this difficulty, this committee was appointed. The report was elaborately drawn up by Mr. Freshield, the &simian. sad stated that there was no remedy is the present state of the law but an satin niarsesament. Atter epee dis tilleriess it was reeelwd that • ropy of the report should be scat to the Secretary of State in the Home Department, In the hops that some legislative numeric might take pleat for the remedying of the evd complained ef,• and that the report be also refereed hick to the com mittee de er the purpose el 'depth what ransom they maght dem memoir? to awry into effect the reconemenda yenta eastaiaid in the report Tea Paoro•in Now House or Coarmertorr.—Sir P. Lavatl requested that certain memorials which bad been mat in to the c .urt from various rename sad distriets in the county, protesting apiust the erection of the peepsd new How of Correction, might be read.— la n daude, the deputy-clink of the pesos, protruded to reed the memorials. They were from the following _places The Strand Union, Poplar Ueda , S t . Andrew Holborn, St. George the Henn, the liberty et Saffron hill, Hatton gerdeii, and Ely-rents, St. James Westminster, at, Har pist end Si. J din Westminster, St. blutiterin•ti e. Fields, Mayleboas Vestry, St. Pancras, Paddington, Brent ford, and Illeckaire. Capt. C ~,,,, ea ob,erved that thus memorials were couched in language the meat respectful, and it was in his opinion the duty of the cunt to pay UN greatest possible deference and reopen to the feelings expressed by so large • parties of the ratepayers. He therefore moved that the Md. SOWS be printed ins:unto, and circulated amongst the ma. lir. ABIARTKONO seconded the motion with very great fir., kr, if the sainnonals were printed and circulated, the sentiments of the ratepayers would have an opportunity to be more fairly weii;Leit and considered than they wau!el it merely read in court. When the monstrous peasentment of the BOW' of Correction as a unisons wm lint submitted to the court, he protested 'talon it, and hoped that the rate parrs would apt ak out. They had spoken eat—(hear) • and in a way to which this court wi.a not used, and he bored that the presentation of those memorials that day would lead to memorials from parishea and ratepayers being treated with mace respect in future than being ' ordered to lie on the lab*" se they . bad been generally hitherto. (Hear.) Several magistrates disapproved of the proposition for the printing of the memorials; but ultimately the motion was carried by a great majority. Some routine busineu wu then transacted, and the court sijninsed till the nest session. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. At the asmasl meeting of the proprietor's of this Beak, held yesterday at their premises in Priams-street, Anthems Moor Esq., in the chair, the decestary read the following report : The statement sow submitted to the abantbsidere of the business a the teak during the halt.mor ending the Seth Der lest, shows the net prats to be 24,7781. Ils. led. MY menet added to the 15,4901. 3s. ad. len at the meek of the prelleemil seenwat of the preciding halt-year gives thew at "MK kM.he M now dispred of. The Mentors, tbirsibms have Illedied Is dedess the anal dividend alter the rat" of St. per sentuat per Mlte rad des' toms of 7e. per share. both tree frau Mesmo Um These ammate will nave • belasee at 1.2931. 64. Id. to be sanded is lb' wait et the mermsee le a d, Midi, with the etz sseedie IMMO Wed theesto, trewsias w the orss d *sae& at sitefsment, wta mem, to IMAM 06.64. The mob In the dinalles hessme vesenton this masks see those of WT. Iseth, Dart.; Willlema WSW Chriwy, bal.; Mulles OrmagOore, Dee., M.P. ; Sleazy Omsk Sq. ; aod sir • itakiNS, G.C.R. ; and these eentleaso soft themselves as essaldates toe re-siMParai. The dividend sad boons will be payable on sad neer Friday, tie instint. Lisammus AND Mares, 30th Dec., 1643. Dr. paidS s. d. To sapital up—via, 65,600 shares at 101. each 5300,000 0 0 To mama diss by the Dank 3,328,036 13 6 Vs mown or " the memates fend," 80.1 s Juis, 11143 £135,615 9 4 sit none' Waren os Ana et 31. per cent. per "ism'l,lll4 4 117,40111 14 0 To undivided moat kw the hut holl-ysse ... Misses canted to posit sod km Basset. 61,0117 17 3 £3,1n,154 10 5 Cr. S s. d. By Eselsequal Be. By bills doeounted, kolas, sad orb MVPS 77 1 0 By building, fu rn iture, / t o ., Poore& street £l ,7!0 0 By ditto ditto ditto in Pall-stall 11,973 0 0 £4,137,134 10 3 PBOM AND Loss Asoixrwr Ot lbo Leedom Jdot Oloalt BmU far the koll-year aiding Dee. 30, ISO. Dr. £ s. d. Tr mesa eznona, nosnks et Winn swoon Stonn ramorinna, bog eiston. lemon In. M. 17,620 19 11 7611110/1/64111910 3 to non and kos. get nowsn; Min of Wont am Ws annand sot Yn lee - to moat trardwan thrweilt at tin in nor tind." Is nano to the shon aminut al 12441119. 140 To &Maul amen be tin nonsin et Irna.paes Owns.. at nu et IL par sawn por moan inkne‘ man et pone min spin o En inn 16,008 0 0 Tln pynost et • boor at inn Maw In non 176,573 0 II d. Wines Itramsld Bh3tet6e6 aft behead treat the hat lehlear 576,313 0 it It was then moved by the chanties, and seconded by W. J. Laseastei, 13.41 , that the report be adopted. Mr. Bonteuusin said that although the general tenor of the report wee mat Satisfactory, he begged to inquire whe ther the difference between the prvfits of the present half leer and the previous one, as shown by the July accounts, arose from bed debts since ascertained, or from banking bonnier being WS profitable. He would rather see an in different account in July, and an over estimate in January, than the reverse. The CIiAII.3IAS replied that there were two causes for that difference—oaf, that basking bushier woe lees profitable that was to soy that same" did not beer so high • rate et Interest; the other, that in the format halt. year more bed debts had been recovered than they bad estimated weeld have be He could mare the proprietors that the me multi were made out mast accurately to the best of their judgment, and that they could have no object is making the forms r half appear better than the present. order to avoid ovi r estimating, they were is the habit of suiting the had debts at the lowest computation, lied a proof of that was to be found in the fact he bad just stated. The report woe then unanimously adopted, the dividend declared, and the gentlemen ab:.v• named is skated. A veto of thanks (proposed by Mr. Borrodale), to the chair ...MA directors, and also to lit. Pollard, the manager, dual die leveNdiags. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the pro prietors *lshii /wpm, ems held in the Bard-roost of the est•Mishasent, as Tower', for the purpose of declaring a dividend ; Theme T. eke, Req., ia the Tin Camases Ned a seesaws; which may be con adored as •wstmary of the report sad flaancial state of the company. Prom this it appeared that the reseal balance in levant of the conpasy en the Ist day el Jemmy last was 33,9911. 19s. 3d., sad that the balance beetO i t ail ierward oa the Ist day of the presset vest wac. te. 104., showing an 'anew of 3 , 3831 . 7s. .a7That the roes earnings of the eompeny were der's( the pest year 234,60361. 10s 6d., and the expeeses lees the sharp fee 'Merest 132,8491 10.. Ila. ; left applicable to dividend in the sic months ended December last, 37,3941. 2s. 10d.; of whico sum the directs's reanamend that Dee divides 3lst should be &- eland of 2 per cent. for the half y year last, end that the property tax thereon be defrayed es weal by the sompeey. The dividend would 111110 ant to 36,0751. 6e. 94. when there would remain a east of 1,3181. 17s. ld. to be added to the Rest, which would increase the amount thereof to 66,2501. Is. Id. The Chairman next proceeded to observe that to the proposal of • dividend of 2 per cont. for the lest half year the directors did not appitrehend in sc any objection on the the part of the proprietors, because was eordance with motion which induced the resolution of the meeting in Jan., 1848 to rubies thawed irivideo to 4 per cent le saingir; with the view to a menet reelsestion to the "mar of die sass widsh bad hese withdrawn Iron it is kaispisig op the krwar dividend of 6 pas seat. per ensue. Bat Miry wars prepared to caplet that the /moiety ef their resssomenda. Ilea of the payment ef the lintel, too en Ibe dividends to be =ebY osimpany would be selhoi is am a (Br. T. Shia), whole egioiewh wheasvor be bed to ewer *en as the state of the ibis d the coespany, bad been reesived with anemias sod dolman, bad barb NNW his elieslisa to the poetise. Be (the charms) lies to suds slat tlie directors had bees Wilson to donde Pak stunting opesielly to the easeiderstion of ilp iinsetion. sail the meek el their deliberation had been s eaminions opinion against a departure from the polies beeeleihre oberrved Ia the present Wearies the pubs el do pent year were upwards of 4 per erns., sad wadi provide for the lowliest of the ionise tam, leaving owing of 1,3184 17.. ld. to be added to the Best la the etssaelssn tbt esseaste sod slatistkal moues which were Wise tion inggsdal a ire remesin. The pose ausiage fir Ses , me lira , wen WPM lea lid as Lomat eon- Nam that of the eatables of 1847, bat the greet ensso impeetstiens in 1847, shied, of province', took thst poor s t iris saterry of ordinary sessone. Be (the ehointems) this rivaled to semparstive statistical Mural Weft to the 'hippie' sad Imogia la the pert of London, awl of the gips, tones" sad Istalar, end stock is w.re hewn in the Bt. Lathartae's Dein is the lam three yam of whisk the lellowbig are the peedsobre eirmam—sheeten the orkW et dap mad Oak reorldorld tea mom art modomod IlmmTort 1 1IM= wish !argon from lore*, pett• la the lot three ma. and the maim that attend the at. bathrtae boar, &who, the mai pododo. rosy or Loom. SARI INS SAT Irma 441 hi I MI, 112 1.134.144 I 2,479 1.424612 3.103 1.3111.463 3.013 Dona • Dialan a we Wig P UM 13 tc4 4 , , =UN spun 411),4111 Derma 10 tomes 61.9* . 9 TOT XO 9.1• S Immo. 1/2: Irt. ZATIIALLVII 0000$ (tilw period.). lielsrad with Cars we frau forays Porta. MS. 1047. 111411. Ukips.l 171,401 741 I T c. 115,•37 a tt i r 1 1 ;3 032 Thr maws or named la light to load, esonded tie year 1147, 3,703 I. N.B. Mee yaw of 1647 was owe el extraordinary haportados of =lsar, sod proWaiont. solar of we lades with thaw that Moroi the St Katharine rooks in 1347, vs. 1.13, and 37,100 reffiellefadtosw; lf *pee are drabotead Iran the arrivals la 1647, tle o rzalad adV soap tbst gond Urn dation ha 1046 would hare the pressilad year. laarlaffins••m -- Goods Is 1846. III?. 1848. warebou*. ... 61.091 tuns. ... 70,772 tam .. 70,132 Wei. Ist um darang —117,923 tasa. ... 137,720 tom, ... 122,5311 tam raeolecT ibi l abut, yews, al width about 44 1 000eoweted al aura, dour, sad prunicoa The resolation was then pat, and. alter some further re marks (ton Mr. Smith, was unanimously agreed to. Thanks were returned to the &news, sea the iseetans adjourned. THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES. CORONER'S VERDICT AT ST. PANCEML—Last even ing Mr. Mill. resumed and concluded, at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town, he adp anted inquest on Josiah Joseph Coster, aged 6, a pauper child, who sled in St. Pan cras woekbonie of cholera, after his removal from Surrey lodge, Toning. Mr. MOilahey, clerk to the board of guardians, deposed that with the approbation of Mr. Hall, assistant poor-law 0012101i0a00111., and Mr. Toffolon, inspector of poor schools, the guardians of St. Pancras famed out the pauper children to Mr. Drown a: 4e. 6.1. • head per week. They had pre. viondy satisfied themselves that the place was 'ally suited to the children. Every month • committee visited and we ported upon the condition of the children. These report. were saustattery until August, when, in consequence of a report of • boy who died, having been ill treated there, Messrs. Robinson and Johnson, two medical often, were deputed to make • personal inspection of the boys. They did so, and hood that several had wasted limbe„ large abdomens, and suffered from debility, the resuloo of bad or insuficient diet. 68 were so affected. It was also their opinion that the master was rather sever% The guar dians communicated that to Mr. Drouet, who promised that these things should not again mar, and that it would not he his fault it the boys did not in future look plump. Mr. Pitt, actuary to the guardians, estimated, from the workhouse dietary, that the net cost of each child would be 3s. 7d., and therefore be flied on 4s. 6d. as • fen sum for Mr. Drouet. Upward. of 30 apprentices frost Mr. Drottet's through his hands. They all proved strong, athletic arertlit for sea, to whien they were mut. Coroner : It was singular that he found the bodies of the children quite emasiated, although their lac. s appeared plump. Mr. Pitt : Mr. Drone gave notice of the outbreak of the cholera instantly, when the guardians removed the children without delay. John Woodhouse, aged 14, one of the boys from Tooting, examined.—He went with deceased and other boys to Tooting, where deceased and several others caught the itch. The mares gave them and other boys who had sores on them some medicine, without their seeing the doctor. They had not enough to eat. Toe master would knock down and beat the boys across the back with • stick until welds and sores were formed. Beat • boy and pulled the cereal others, biome they complained of insufficient food. Some boys ran away, cad when brought beck had their heads shaved, as a punishment. If he were sent back he should like to get more food. He preferred the workhouse, because he got mere food then. Bome of the boys eat the potato peelings out of the pig-tub. Mr. Drouet was uppcsed to the boys being beaten. Margaret Yarrow, aged 13, also from Mr. Dewitt's, said that they had not sufficient food or clothing. The bed clothes were aka insufficient. The mixed flour and arrow root which they go: for breakfast they could not use, so they only had dry bread for breakfast. They were allowed neither towel. nor soap, and had to wipe their hands and faces on their pinafores. She much preferred the work house, for in it they had plenty to eat. James Alford and another child corroborated the above ; and with the other two witnesses said that whenever the committee from the workhouse interrogated them, almost all the children replied they had no , enoug i to eat. Mr. Bird, the endie' officer appointed over the children in the workhouse, repeated his history of the progress of the cholera, which lass been already published. Verdict:—'• We find that Josiah Joseph Coster died from virulent cholera, a disease occurring to him at • time when he was suffering from the effects of insufficient diet, defective warmth of clothing, and impure air, at Surrey House, Toot. lag ; and the jury add to their verdict en expression of their regret that the directors of the poor of St. Pancras did not hied Mr. Dronet, the proprietor of Surrey Hall, to fulfil his any to such • large number of children as they had confided to his care, under • written and a more definite contract than appear to be executed by them. At the same time the jury most emphatically condemn the practice ot farming pauper children in the house of strangers, because the system engendered by it affords to unprincipled persons disastrous opportunities of defrauding the poor children of their proper food and clothing. in • manner that does not seem to become publicly apparent, norto produce such adequate effects on the minds of the guardians, as to lead them to the correction of the evils which inflict the most direful effects en the helpless population of such an establishment." INQUEST AT KENSINOTON.—Yeaterday Mr. Watley hold an inquest in the board-room of the Kensington work house, on the body of John Wilkins, one of the twenty throe boys belonging to that parish, removed from Mr. Domes establishment, and who was subsequently attacked with cholera, from the effects of which be died. After the evidence of the boy's mother respecting his death, the Coroner directed the daughter, 9 years of age, to he brought into the inquest-room. She was brought in, in the arms of • nurse, wrapped ia • blanket. Oa examining the child, the Coroner said he had never before sem such a bad case of itch : it was really frightful. Mr. Blackwell explained to the Cormier and jury. The girls had been removed from the Tooting establishment ever since the £l.h of November lest. in onyequence of the com plaints of some of them that Mr. Droset's brother had acted improperly towards them. The girl was then removed hom the room, and the Coro nes repeated that she was • perfectly sickening sight. Pau Edify deposed that she was 14 years of age, and, *his Mr. Drcust's establishment, was a helper in the word which the deceased boy was placed She knew 4 Ids, an used to see him frequently. There were 65 boys =y in the ward.—The COMM: Did all the children their in the hall (the number was stated to be 1,371) ?—Witness; No, dr ; about 700 dined in the hall, and the others in other parts of the premises : some in the wade—The Coroner: Did you ever complain of the food you had at Tooting t—Witness : No, sir, I was always afraid to speak about Mr. Drouet, or of what we lad to eat, for fear of poniskunot.—Tate Coroner * • Did you . ever know of any of the children being punished for speaking of the food they bad there f—Wit nem : Some of the Chelsea girls were. Mr. Duna blew them op.—By the Coroner: When any of the E m ton guardians came to sae their children, they saw them the parlour, in the prwnce of Mr. and Mrs. Dronet, the governess, and schoolmaster and nurses, and never alum.— By • Juror : Was only once present when the guardian , saw them alone.—The Cottmer : Now, on your oath. had ra ever, while at Tooting, enough to eat ?—Witnees: Not when I had say meals in the hall. Had enough when I was in the ward, as the Donegan sae more than the allowance. TllOOl4O Mills, 12 years of age, was next examined. He could neither read nor write, and he did not know his cate chism, and the coroner would nut therefore administer the oath to him. He stated that he hail been occo snootily to wheal • was employed with another boy to emu out two of tie attics, which were sleeping room.. Sonsethaa they were dam every morning, hat generally ogee • week. They were each paid twopence a-week for doing so. There were 12 beds in one room, and 13 beds in the other, and is each bed three boys slept. Never while at Tooting had enough to eat ; was always hungry after his mesh , . A great many boys had run away from Drotiet's establishment—The Coroner i Tell us what you think made the children bad, and brought t cholera to Toing.— Witness : Want of enough " grub h ." e There were n o water closets to go to at night at Tooting, but two tubs were placed in each bedroom, which the boys used. The Coroner here asked lir. Ottazzaroni (the medical officer of the workhouse) if he had ever visited the Tooting establishment and exam ined the quality of the food there ? —Mr. Guar-weal replied that he had, and that he had found the quality of the food exceedingly bad. John Thomas, • boy, 14 non old, was them brought in, and it being_tound that he had net been to school, and could not tell an ill from an A when it was Mown him in the room. emeher tilde pet whir Ile lode the rum iniennla al Oh*, Mddhalme dr. dm& Mr. Geriddli e I the W um • nay Wagon boy lam he welt la flasks, het am be appeared to have 100 ell hie malmedem. mid amend Ready a fuel He had alifted the estabfflemeedb home cer Jmly Is= with gemse or the cumin% whim he MIN esimilma W amatglela of the ovirefogra;egeir IY *Wm is b the baleen@ OM the school-rook Is an Inlii lie thy, lei fleeced It different to that& de is wedtbeen, nen bens no fibre of meat is Jo- Ho em.eeme taloa at 'mill: . wr it e anything fa uto bee&, and ea the way helm he ' = os t h e gium u di o dee seneatty aides the ebildna hut the Warttb." l "___..._ _on Wine oath it eon not be dose.—Afar some farther: g"." 0 .9 The Conan Banned imp, ra, d the juq totosood a war, ss That the & mo w g aol lad at,,d from the mortal Minn of exhaustio•eosmgwt ape few, SofooVielli eh ha dim& =inset yrefeeta, said tbat th.r, eas y neddeted that, is retarmingi.• MAMA wart man with the misdled tindmsay, they it:NM oaf do right in eestpling It with their synth= that the thew* of cholera predated at T preneded from Insaffleiency of ro od end wane and the want of preplo ventilation in Mr. Dronet's Imam: AT HACKNEY. —31 r. W. Baker released the imen at the Old which was adjewsid en &today Int, teueldni the eleatm ofJohn Hen, Thema Nieman, William Walton, end ate= Burke, pauper children= the parish of Islington, who wee o removed from Mr. Deenet's establishment at Teoues to a temporary whim at Hackney, whets they died of cholera in a few days subsequent to their removaL Mr. W. Pears. dopmed that he was one of the amens to the Islington Union. He had been sent down to Tooting to examine into the condition of the children of that parish, who had been placed under the can of Mr. Dream. He found several of them suffering from cholera, sad many had died of that disease at Tooting. His inatrnistions were to remove aL that were not affected, and he accordingly bad 54 children taken away on the sane day, ell of whom he then considered free from cholera. It was, however, a disease which nicht set in, and not develops itself for days. The incubation might exist, and yet not show he'll even for weeks by premonitory symptoms. The four children into whom deaths they were now inquiring, were of the number removed on his first visit to Tooting. They wen taken bad on the night of their arrival at Hack nay, and after mitering under cholera from 10 to 30 boors, expired more from d bility than the cholera, which disease had loon subdued by the treatment he had adopted. The other 50 ehiPreo were now doing well, being all free from that dames, Omagh suffering wider other 'light deems. One of the hwy.—What is your opinion with regard to the origin of cholera at Mr. Bromic'. /—Witness bad to hesi t Won In saying that it was mused by the =ceded state tf the establishment, the want of proper ventilation, the in nutritiousness of the diet given to the inmates, together with exposure to cold. Mr. Grainpr read a portion of the report which he had given in evi&cce before Mr. Wakley, end which has already appeared in this paper. Mr. Grainger said that be now verified that report with one exception, via., that point wherein he stated that Mr. Hall, the assistant poor law coth minioner, had given a written order limiting the number of chit free to be received at Mr. Brunet's establishment. It appeared that fir. Hall had, on the last day of Mr. Wskley's inquest, corrected that portion of the report, by stating that tre order was verbal, and more Ia the light of s suggestion than an order, and was therefore not considered binding by Mr. Drone. Mr. Lovett deposed that he was assistant surveyor to the Board= Health, and had by the orders of the board sur veys i the ditches in the vicinity of the house chosen at Hackney for the children removed from Tooting. He (=tad ditches filled with stagnant water, and which in sum= r migh', if disturbed, throw oat mast offensive effluvia. He, however, found no disagreeable effluvia on his last examine, tioa, but some time ago, when surveying the mine place, be had experienced a very offensive effluvia= indeed. Mr. Purse said that the house was only taken for a short time to meet the emergency, and in his opinion it was the most healthy that could have been adopted under the circumstances, as all the children were getting on well. The Coroner sal I he should adjourn the further investi gation to Tuesday next, in order that Mr. Oldenhaw, of Is lington, and other persons might be present, whose absence on so important as inquiry, he said, surprisedhim very mush.—Adjourned accordougly. CHoLERA.—Yeaterday the following fresh cam. were reported by the Board of Health :—Peckham House Asylum, 1 fatal ; Bow, 1; Wandsworth, 1 ; Kingroron Thames, 1 ; Carlisle, 6, 3 fatal; Wakefield, 2, 1 fatal ; Bowden Union Workhouse, 2 fatal; Edinburgh, 1; Glas• goer, 59, 26 fatal ; Howson, 6 ; Donne, 1; Jedbargh, 1 fatal ; total new cases, 79, 34 deaths. THE NEW DISPENSARY AT BETHNAL-GREEN.—The flues D 'wager has c. ntributed the munificent sum of 100 guineas towards the establishment of a new dispensary now in progress of formation in the destittte districts of Bethnal-green. The Bishop of London has also presented a donation of SOL The tioritution is to be called " The Royal Adelaide Diepensary." SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY.—Teater day, a meeting of proprietors of this company was held at No. 2, Jeffrey square, ht. Mary -a x e, for the purpose of ascertaining their opinion as to e expediency of seeking a junction with • kiudred establishment, passerine greet capital, now in full operation in various parts of the colony. Tne chair was taken by Mr. Robert Oakes. A statement addretsed to the shareholders by Mr. Edmund Chalmer and the Rev. Thomas Timpson, and the reply of the di= were read. The former gentleman urged that the p amalgamation, on the terms offend, would be highly ad. vantageous to both companies, and more esprcially so to the South Australian Bank. The expenses of its London branch wood be saved by placing the management under one board of directors. The directors, in their reply, denied that sub would be the result, and submitted to the proprietors the inexpediency of countenancing as tempts which would prove fruitless, the court haring taken legal opinion, and ascertained that nothing short of an act of parliament could legalise toe pro reed amalgamation. Mr. Anglia denied the impracticability of the amalgamation, and stated his belief that the once of the offer would be the immediate means of the shares to their 4tiginal value, and eventualey securing a handsome dividend to the proprietors. In anticipation of the union, the shares had risen from 131. and 141. to 191. and 201. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Shaw (of Halifax), Mr. Howett Watson, Mr. Hitchon (of Wakefield), Mr. Brewster, Mr. Chalmer, the Rev. Mr. Timpson, the Rev. Mr. Lawrie, and others; and resolutions in accordance with Mr. An :as's views were unanimously adopted. A requisition, calling upon the directors to convene a general court of proprietors on an early day, to take the proposal into consideration, was signed by every gentleman present The proceedings, which lasted nearly three hours, termi nated in a vote of thanks to the chairman. NATIONAL EQUITABLE POOR-RATE ASSOCIATION. — Yesterday evening a preliminary meeting was held at dm King's Arms Tavern, Palace-yard, preparatory to the for mation of a society with the above htle.—Mr. Beckwith, governor of the poor of the d'y of Norwich, was called is the chair.—Mr. Hutchinson, the secretary, read the 'ninnies of a previous meeting on the same subject. The secretary ales stated that he had received communications from various parishes expressive of their sympathy with the object In view, and read • list of the parishes. He had received as objections from any parties, although some had declined to come forward at the pausal moment,—Mr. Beckwith thee stated that the rums why he had been placed in the posi tion of chairman was that the city of Norwich was very grievously oppressed by the general operation of the poor !aw, and particularly by that portion of the late act for the amendment of the law, which had operated in the ease way upon many of the unions and towns in the kingdom. The true principle on which a poor law ought to be carried out was that the poor ought to be rezeved oat of the property of the rich. ?low, nothing could be further from that principle than the actual stags of the poor-law of this country. Therefore, it became nem- eery for those places whisk were grievously oppressed by the operation of the law to make their saes known—to state their case to the legislature or to the public—in order that they might have that remedy which their grievance demanded. It wait quite clear that under the statute of Elizabeth (which might be celled the poor man's charter) parties were to be taxed mending to their ability ; but shortly after the statute of Iliisabeth settlements became introduced, and varis legislative enactments took place with regard to the law o n settlement. Ever since they the constant dispute between parishes had been how they should beet get rid of the bur den. The object now wee to Ind • remedy, which would do away with the self( h principle by which parties sought to shift the burden from themselves. The only mods in which this could be done was by an equal taxation all over the country.—Mr. fledge, of Norwich, proposed that an WO ciatim be new formed, to be called " The National Equitable Poor Association," having for its objects the equal distribu tion of the just and necessary burden tor the support =1 maintenanoe of the poor, and the improvement of their con dition morally as well as physically.—The resolution was agreed to, as also were others for the formation of branch societies, and the calling of a public meeting in February, at which all members of parliament, of every shade of p &tint opinion, were to be invited to attend, it being expressly un derstood that the association would have no political nor sec tarian bias, but would act solely upon the principle of doing equal justice to the ratepayer,' nd, at the same time, im proving the oonditim of the poor. THE THREATENING AND LIBEL CARE AT Boer- STRElT.—Bir, — la reference to the case of Mr. Thos. Waller and the prosecrtion of Mr. Buller at the Bow-street police. court, reported in you p .per of this day, I beg to sty that the prosecution was instituted under the advice of sounsa. as won proper under the circumstances and the nature of the libel which your report has omitted to set forth than • criminal information or an action at law. Mr. Buller has this day submitted to his friends a statement of facts and documents bearing upon the statement made by the prisoner, and, acting upon their advice, Mr. Bullet ab-tains from mak ing any reply to that statement until the trial of the indict ment which is now about to be preferred, but, in the mean time, Mr. Buller has been permitted P. B. Brodie, Esq., of 49, Lincoln's-inn.fields, to leave (a his custody docu ments which completely answer Mr. Waller's statements, and which Mr. Brodie is so good as to say be will show to any of Mr, Bullet ' s friends who may be desirous of sinus them.--ftrimantram AND SLATIZ. 23, Great Tower street. Jan. 18, 1849. LARGE ARRIVALS or SPECIE.—The following large arrivals of specie from China and the East Indies too k place on Tuesday into the metropolis: The vessel Diana, from Hong Kong, brought 39 boxes of specie, the whole of which was to aced order ; the vessel Northumberland , from CalcuTtr, i tre Cape of Good Hope, and Ascension, respectively. bronglit 200 boles of rupees, all of which were consigned to the Rua India Company ; the weal Bit Edward Parry, frem Y4sre dhip: —", Tuns. 1.6114034 Lioltfad 1,)314.070 Demise 11 21 4 . THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING,, , IANUARY 19, 1849. Malik mad **caps et Mimi Ms" k 6 6 4111 AIM Se latest (Ilene 1 bag et Indieffinallp alkaloid ; sag as gaol Minim kern Cakoms, Marken avid the Ouse, wapaeLLwly, her lb gereglit hem Madras 167 beam it goosigued to Mho lest Ladle end 3 hones if Ingle= tondsnel to seder, sad eke t of ammo tom the Owe co Good H pa sonsiipei in a chase nanser. banns, YISTEIDAT--U•1111 OF DIIIIITUTION Dr Wnelnktevan —Mire Mr. Bedford, at Mr. Lomat% the Keep aid Grapes, Claensequare, Westminster, ea view of the hotly el Kr. Z. Williams, artist, ,vied 46, whom ore hue bees &tidied duets' the pest three dip ander the head of" Weetsalaster Paliee Court."—T. C. Ohreer, the land lord of the house is which the family of the deceased mided, repeated is precisely the as terms the account detailed in the Myra, of Tuesday last, and added that the unfor tunate diseased end family had occupied a front attic is hie house for MO weeks, but had only paid the rent (7a. 6d. per week) for three weeks. He did not like to press them be came they seemed so poor, but they sever breathed a word of their truly wretched condition to him, nor was he aware of it until after Mr. Williams's death. In the wane of his evidence wham stated that Mr. Paynter, one of the pariah doctors, was seat for ea Monday morn. ing, hut the poor gentleman was dead at the time. Emily Williams, the daughter of the deceased, who was deeply affected. stated that for some weeks pas t they had bees is want of the common necessaries of food, bring, end clothing, bat did net make application daring that tame to the panels authorities for relief, because her father strongly objected to their doing so. The little food the family got was by knitting articles, which she mid in the streets. Her father miten went without victuals all day. Neither he nor the rest of the family had had any meat for a loog while. Her lather had as covering when he kid down but the clothes he wore, and he used to go without while these were cleaased. Poe eight days previous to his death he had had no bread, only tea and water. There was some breed, but be would not touch it, because there was riot soingh for the children.—Mr. J. Le vies, surgeon, stated that he was requested by two trades men to visit the widow on Tuesday evening, and beheld the scene of wretteednere already described in the Express. He had since visited the we by direction of Mr. Broderip, the magistrate, and in obedience to en order from the 137f0• ner had made • post morose examination. There was ea absence of any disease to nate death. In his opinion the unfortunate gentians* died from examen* debility. accele rated by west of rood. The body was emanated. Went of warmth, clothing, end food, were noelitrants to a person in his condition. There was no food in the stomach. Mr. Bedfad observed that he supposed everything was being lice to comfort the 'Misted lenity of the deceased at present ?—Ths chief usher of the Westminster Police Court said that Mr. Broderip had ordered that every atten tion should be paid to them, and one of the guardians of the poor repeated that similar directions had been given by the parish authorities, to whom no application had been made until after Use unfortunate man's death. It was stated that Mr. Painter had most promptly attended at the very moment he was sent for, which was not until after the deceased lad died; the board of guardians had been two nights engaged in • meet searching investigation into the complaint of the landlord that, although he stand the extreme urgency of the we to the doorkeeper at the work house, no attention was paid, and be was told to go to the relieving officer, and went backward and forward without goatees—ln the opinion of ono of the guardians present, the porter at the gate was to blame, but the landlord went in a blustering sort of way. The relieving officers were at the One out on business—The jury returned a verdict Died from the want of common necessaries, the wants of the family having beat congested from the parish."—The jury then subscribed 21. la. 6d. to the fund for the benefit 01 the family, the list of subsmiptions to which will be found under the head of "Police." 111 r. C. 11011111111035 ant addressed the miming t sap port of the sentslallem sod he 1115810. Mr. A. C. BTHWARTssithre is the charge of doing away with the hatismal debt, he eepudintod it; bet he retorted that it wag the desire of the enessiseins that the probate and hemp, &dial ahead be set spirt der ite liquidation. (Hear.) The ipeakor than west es halm the Wanda el the mode by Nish the ditty en lea wee leveed. Wm it fair to fora our gaggwaggg the Woo* at a duty.' 5 to 7 per oust., while we Asir front 100 to 400 Wet. os tea. Beside., the China trade was net ppssying and Willa not be inatiamed on he present fwNMimm The Chinos wanted oar 'Mom, but mild only pay he theta in tea ; and if the tea duty were not re dosed, that trod. would go by the board. There was no tredocapable of greater extension, if just and proper mea sures were adopted. Ho then argued la favour of the aboli tion of the dudes on butter, cheer, and hams from America, sostending that they ought not to survive the eon-laws : and aged with regard to Canada, that if that country had the managienent of its own affairs, soldiers, tailors, and all protective duties might be withdrawn. He concluded by sayiag, that if manufactures are to flourish—the industrious cheese to have fair play—the doctrines of free tradeto Whiny carried out—they must make one universal demand for this moderate and comprehensive measure of national justice.—. [Abridge from the Liverpool Timm. ] IRELAND. Dome, Ike. 18. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Pierce Mabony to the office of Clerk of the Crown to the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, vacant by the recent demise of Mr. Bourne. Until 1832 the appointment was a patent one, and was held by Lord Seymour Conway. WALES. A MINER UNDER GROUND FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH OUT FOOD.-A miner named John Edwards, aged 24, em ployed at the Plymouth Works, Merthyr, missed his way in coming out of the level on Tuesday ae'nnight, and was not heard of until Wednesday morning in the following week, when a party of his fellow-workmen went in search of him. They found him is some old workings. His feet were blis tered by walking to and iro endeavouring to find hie way out ; and he was in that dreary and unwholesome place with. out having anything to eat or drink for that long period. He is in a fair way of recovery. He lost his light, and had no matches with him. PROVINCIAL. MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday the monthly meeting of the Finan cial Reform Association was held at Liverpool. There wee a numerous attendance, this being the last meeting of the association previous to the assembling of parliament. Mr. It Shell was called to the chair ; and the Secretary having read a report, which exhibited the large amount of sympathy the objects of the emaciation had met in various parts of the kingdom, Mr. BRODRIBB ssid—ln the year 1846 an association was formed in Liverpool for the reduction of the duty on tea, zed in furtherance of this object two public me. tinge were held. The first of these meetings took place on the 25th Nev., 1846. The result was the adoption of a me. urinal to the governmeat, to be presented by a deputation representing the inhabitants of this town. The interview took pl,ce by appointment on he sth of Dec tuber, the government being represented by the Prime Minister, Lard John Rumen, and Sir C. Wood, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. This deputation from the inhabi tants was accompanied by deputations /leo from the am cimion for the reduction of the duty on tea, from the Liverpool East India and China associatioc, from the Liver pool shipowners' mociatien, from the Liverpool West India emaciation, from the Manchester commercial asseciation,' iron the inheeitants of beds, from the manufacturers of Nor wen, from the merchants and 'manufacturers of Blackbisra, from the Glasgow Best India emaciation, from the Glasgow Town Council, from the Glasgow Merchant , ' House, from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce. and from the Dublin Camber of Commerce. A deputation more fully representing tho commercial interests involved, or one more important, never, perhaps, waited on any government. The interview lastodiapwerdeof an hour, in the the mires of which the subj.'s& was urged upon her Majesty's government in all its bearla This deputation was succeeded in the course of a few days by another from the London Bast Italia and China Association. We may, therefore, fairly conclude that if the deliberate and matured opinions of any mercantile body were ever conveyed to a government, it was on that occasion, and we should na turally expect that their wi,hes would hays been complied with, or that some iteuperable objection to them would have been stated, followed up and supported by send and convincing reasons. But what was the issue ? The govern ment's reply was—" The question is, how will it affect the re venue ?" The financial statement of the country was made in parliament a few weeks after by the same ministers, and not one word was said on the subject, not one passing allu sion made to the interview. To say the least of it, this was discouraging.. Still the association had hope they placed some faith in the good desires of the minist ry; they gave them credit for their willingness if possible to give relief to trade sad manufactures and destitution, by fiscal changes so recommended. They thought, possibly, that the go. moment were cot fully convinced of the truth or the im portance, or the practicability of all their statements and sug gestions. They therefore, sought, through their representa tive in parliament, the appointment of a select committee to take the whole subject into consideration. This coma mime was granted, of which Lord Bandon was the chair man. The result was a report presented to the Mouse of Commons on the 12th July, 1847, ' confirming every repro. se ntation the deputation bad ma de, and recommending the adoption of the very course it had urged upon the govern ment. Animated and encouraged thus, the association re sumed active operations to bring the subject so strengthened and recommended again under the notice of the cabinet, prier to the financial arrangements for the year 1848 49 being decided upon. This occasioned the second public meeting, which took place on the 14th January, 1848, under the presidency of the late mayor. Its result was the ap poi ntment of molter deputation to wait on the government, with another memorial, fortified, as they conceived themselves now to be, by the report of the select committee of the House of Commons. This second interview took place in the early part of February, on which occasion Lord John Russell was the oaly member of her Majesty's government present. The deputation were accompanied by the members for the borough, Sir Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell, the latter or whom opened the proceedings by a very clever and in telling speech, which the ism gentleman celled his lordship s attention to all the strong facts established by the evidence on which the reoomations of the report were founded. But that of which I would particularly remind ou is the earnest tone in which the government were ads on that occasion, especially by our president, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, so unusual I believe at intirviews of this kind, but justified in this instance by the urgent neces sity of the case. His lordship must be aware of this het, and the total inattention subeequestly paid to it by the government cannot be construed into anything else than as either a rebuke for that earnestness, which may have been considered Satiated and ill-placed, or as a wanton and heed less, and therefore inexcusable, disregard of the important matters brought under his notice. His lordship's reply, in substance, was again, that it resolved itself into a question of revenue. A similar answer was subsequently given in the House of Commas by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, In hie reply to Mr. Cardwell's epeech,ca ll uigthe attention o f house to the report. He said that in almost every position the non. gentlemen laid down, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) entirely and perfe ctly and altogether concurred. But he said the same moments would apply to wine, to to. bane, and to all articles on which a high duty bad been im posed ; and he was afraid that a necessity for additional taxa. tion would arise, and, somewhere or other, would be entailed up in him.Thusthe question wee disposed of by the government, but not so by the deputation. They thought and reflected on the reasons assigned by the government, three in number, and very simple. The first was, that the revenue could not afford it. And why not they asked themselves, seeing that it amounts to upwards of fifty-eight millions a year, and that during the last thirteen years you have not scrupled to nevem the expenditure year by year, till now it is nearly eleven millions more than it was in 1835. The second was that the lame arguments for reduc tion will apply to all other articles of coosuniption heavily taxed And why not so apply them ? they again ask them selves, seeing that such heavy imposts interfere ruinously with the employment, and consequently with the pleysiml necessities and social condition of the people. The thud rem son was, en alleged fear of a necessity for increased taxation. This the deputation treated as a mere excuse. No such con siderate fear was ever evinced in laying on a million or two, to be spent on the war establishments. Of this they had good proof very shortly liter, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer g to inOrollie the income tax by some two or three miillions or more, to be splint in war. or in Pre paration for fear of war, although he did not propose to rs duce one single tax in return. 15mon a arms of argument appeared to them to place the revenue supreme, to make it the first consideration of the government, to which the wel fare of the people was to be altogether subordinate. The deputation thought, on the ecatrary, that the welfare of the people ought to be the first consideration of every wise and good government—the wary object for which govern ment itself was instituted, awd to miry out which was the first and greatest use of weenie. They therefore came to the conclusion, that there must be something radically wrong and vicious in • sYs tem which inverted such an order 0. things, which turned fat into an instrument of the peo ple's oppression which 'was originally intended as the mesas to car ry cut east INV, their liberty, their comforte, and their happiness. FIRST LORD OP THE ADMIRALTY AND THE LY coma Tax.—the Hants Guardian says : " Numberless rumours yr, re afloat during the pending negotiations between Lord John Russell and other members of the government, as to the Callse of the delay in the appointment of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Some said that L,rd John was coquetting with Sir J. Graham ; some that be was deter mined to have Lord Minter again ; and others whispered all sorts of things, reasonable and unreasonable, as best suited their fancies. We understand, however, that the chief salsa of postponing the appointment lay in Sir F. T. Baring himself, and arose from his determination not to 'incept office Übe were compelled to support the income tax. We believe this to be the truth, and feel happy to learn that the right hon. gentleman had so bigh a regard for his character for consistency, and that he would forego the sweets of patron age and office rather than sacrifice principle for them. The question is to b-, we hear, as far as air Francis is concerned, an open one." ronsmourn EtacrloN.—On Tuesday a numerous wenn; of the friends of the Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, was held at Portsea. J. Hoskin*, Esq., was called to t.i.e chair, and said that the interests of the borough had been ',presented fearlessly and lode' endently by tte right hon. baronet, who agoin asked their votes, and he felt assured that he would so con•inue ti represent them. He left the mattes in the hands of the meetine. A number of resolutions were carried favourable to Sir F. T. Baring, and district committees were formed, and other matters arranged.—Lord G. Lennox suggested, tic although there was r o probability of a contest, yet it would be well to wait upon the electors, -s iu the event of a contest at a future tine, they might with some show of justice complain of neglect when their votes were not required. STAFFORDSHIRE. REPE SENTATION OF SOUTH STAFFORD.—It Wha currently reportrd yesterday that the H..n. John Talbot, Q.C., the parliamentary barrister, and brother of the present earl, is to be brought forward to supply ti it vacancy iu the repftsentatior. o: this ceuaty. Patacaas's—An opera, called " Marie; ci, the Foundling of the Lake," wee produced at the above theatre, last evening. It is an adaptation to the English stage of one of the best pieces of Herold, a French composer of distinguished genius, whore untinatly death at an early ago cut short a career which promised to be of extraordinary brilliancy. lie had, however, produced several dramatic works of a high order. particularly bis well-known Zampa„" and the opera now brought upon the English stage. Were the English public to judge of his merits by last evening's performance of the English version of " Maria," they would estimate them at a very low rate ; for the piece was so imperfectly got up, and so poorly pr 'formed, that It was barely tolerated by the audience. Vhen the curtain fell at the close, the silence of the house was broken only by a few hisses, and the usual appearance of the performers before the curtails. In these circumstances we may dispense with any account of the opera and of its performance, beyond saying that the two principal charm , ten, the heroine and the lover, were exceedingly well sus tained by Miss Poole and Mr. Allen, who were several times greatly applauded, and that the intrinsic beauties of the music were frrquently apparent, no withstanding the inca pacity of the outer performers, the slovenly nhorus-singing, and the false intonation of the orchestra. The truth is that the musical resources of this theatre are at present quite inadequate to the production of an owe of magnitude or importance. lEbt Drama. MARYLIBONE.--A new play by Mrs. Mowed, en titled, " Armand ,• or, the Peer and the Peuent," was pro duced here yesterday evening, and announced for repetition every evening until further notice with the apparently una nimous sanction of a crowded audience. We have no dispo sition to contest this decision : we have seen worse plays— and better. The plot of " Armand" is none of the most osiginal in the world: indeed, considering the infinite mul tiplicity of the dramas acted and unacted, it were rather difficult for a playwright to discover any very decided novelty for dramatic adaptation. The heroine, Blanche, is the daughter of the Duke de Richelieu, by the daugher of the Duke d'Antine, but the Duke de Richelieu as the only person in the secret: Blanche, supposing that she is a poor orphan, owing everything to the benevolence of Dame Babette, a village gossip, and the Duke d'Atsline being wholly ignorant of his daugh ter's having borne • child to the Duke de Richelieu, know ing only that the duke, some 20 years before, had carried off that daughter, and supposing that, as in most other cases, the brilliant libertine had simply seduced her, and then le ft his victim to die in obscurity. She is dead, indeed, having died in girl's birth to Blanche, bat she died the wedded wife of Richelieu. It is the ignorance of this fact on the part of the Duke et Alain., upon which the story turns ; for the duke, having ascertained the fict that Blanche is Richelint's daughter, has detern into' to revenge in her person the in jury he Imagines to have been done to his own child. He accordingly contrive* to throw the girl in the way of Louis X V., who at once falls desperate) y in love with her, and resolves to obtain possession of her, wholly regardless of the vows subsisting between the sup posed peasant girl and the artisan, Armand, who, a found ling, had been twenty years since adopted by the village in which he sow lives honoured for his virtues. Richelieu, in order to save his daughter from the king, administers a sleeping draught, which, on the very day when she has been chosen Queen of the May, amigos her apparently to the armed dealt. When her supposed corpse is exhibited, by rather a strong effect, upon the stage, in rural state — the king and the artisan, the royal and the peasant lovers, meet, and, in the purification of that moment, Louis forgets his put jealousy of Armand, and gives him a com mission in the army about to open the campaign of Fontenoy. Meanwhile, Blanche, awakening from her slumber, and, in formed by Richelieu of his paternal claims to her obedience, complies with his injunction to retire to a convent ; and so the first portion, as it were, of the play ends. When the curtain next rise., five years are supposed to have elapsed ; Richelieu. is at Paris, his favour with the king perilled by the riving influence with royalty of Armand, now a successful captain of the king's armies, end on two occasions the saviour of the king's life, but still within his heart the same Armand who, in the obscurity of her village, won the love of the supposed peasant girl Blanche. Armand himself arrives, the messenger of a new victory, gained chiefly by his shill and valour; the king, as an acknowledgment of his services, offers him the hand of Mademoiselle de Mohan, but Armand, true to her he believes dead, rejects the alliance, and eo incurs the dig pleasure of his despotic master. Blanche herself comes to Paris, a fugitive, by the secret agency of D'Ainine, front the convent in which her father had placed her. Inchelteu seeks to induce her return by a story of her lover's falsehood. She seeks the protection of the king. still facilitated by D'Antine. At length the latter learns his relationship to the girl whom he bas been seeking to destroy, and he, Richelieu and Armand, combine to save the girl. They effect this object, and Blanche is united, by the king's own hand, to the ob ject of her enduring love. The language of the piece is not without merit, though there pervades thronghout the whole that tendency to exaggerate which chansterises Am ericus I composition. Then is requisite as careful a revisits ef the text, in point of style, as we believe there las been in point of expediency ;—• vast deal of republican matter — more suitable for other intimates than these—having been expunged. Quite enough of it remains for all ordinary purposes here. Mr. Davenport, the imper sonator of the hero, is a man with good stuff in him, but he needs discipline to modify some of the sharp points, which, however effective elsewhere, rasp somewhat sharply our insular idiosyncrasies. Mrs. Yowatt, the authoress of the piece, was its heroine, and pleyed her part well. We weuld recommend her, however, as well as Mr. Daven port, to study somewhat closely, and for much the same reason, though it is rather difficult now-a-data to point out whom any histrionic artist is to study. Mr. J. Johnsume was effective enough u the Duke de Richelunt, end he was well supported by Mr. 0. Cooke, a comedian of much and original humour, and by Kiel Villan, always a careful and pleasing actress. The @pessary wee extremely good, end the play well put upon the stage. CLERICAL Passzaimmrs.—liev. J. B. Btaveasos, MA., to be Ibsen Andstent boner in King Edward's debeol. Rev. J. 0. Lockable to to of theNstional gedity ; Dm W. J. Kennedy, ren—Ree. C. IL de Hs to to kkomegis eingteln to Viscount Moketeorth.—Bey. r. Habit to et. Ilegebbre C., Milk. sped.—gee. A. IL Lodge to libuddlin C., NAVAL ADmiauxr, 'Art. 18.Jii.ro — ni — murrs.—Dr. W. Rae, to be tuopeetoe of Plymouth hospital ; J. Dnuatoond (a.), to to deputy.toopeetor ot hoopitsl; 0. Roam, to be to specter of Woolwich LA : J. Raman, to Oen. tsur ;J. A. Douglas, to alpOsti ; E. Setae% to Apollo ; B. Anders" to Raleigh ;B. llontaga, to Ratellent ; 14. Y. 14. Jamti to dumb; W. Votary, to Iharpshooter.—Naval cadets ; Y.F.Holmo, to Unprovable ; E. N. Dayton, to Rakish. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S -TmunDAT. THI HANDICAP 101 THE CHESTEXC UP not havinprteched tows, Ousintas was drawl at a stand still. We hays, therefore, outs to gnats the prima at which a few small sums were invested : 40 to 1 apt The Tartar, 40 to 1 east Great Western, 40 to 1 apt Funiesaan, 00 to 1 apt Peep o' Day Boy, 00 to 1 apt Chanticleer, 1,04 to 13 Fare well., BToURTOtt STIOSPLII ClABl.—Victint and the Doctor at about _ 4to 1 emelt, but so bosincos dank LIVERPOOL ISTISPLZ CHAIR,-15 to 1 eget Proceed, 20 to I opt Chandler, 30 to 1 apt British Yecattan.—Tar above bets laid to 101. each. Thenst.—The oal bete to our knowledge were 5 to 1, in fifties, apt lbe Flynn; Dutebman, 7 to 1, to 401. area Tatham, 00 to 10 apt Ekniran, and 500 to 10 apt Chatterer. Offers to lay LI to 1 rock apt Nalutyldrk and iltroaslow (or to take 30 to I). HUNTING APPOINTMEN PS. Mr. Drake:. Hounds. —Tus sday, Weston Pest Pitta; numbly. Thaw Town End; tiatur&y, Thenford House—half pim Lewd Redesdale's Hounds.—Monday, Booker's Barn ; Wednesday, Bradwell Grove; Friday, Addl•Mrop Gate; Saturday, ye~proke--half- 10. BerkshiroHounds.—Monday, Longeott ; Wednesday, Boa selskigh ; Friday, Rowlinnirreen tars—Lalf-part 10. V. W. H Hounds.—Tuesday, I' • airturd Park ; Thursday, Bordror • Saturday, Lediard Plain. H. H. Hounds.—Monday, Button Common; Tuesday, Aniseeds House; Thursday, Elsfield Down; Saturday, Hartley V Dies Phillips's Hounds.—Tuesday, Stanton; Saturday, avi kn a an be e's Harriers—Monday, Tetsworth ; Wednesday, EiberghTs ; Saturday, stokeschureb. Durham County Hounds. Monday, Wynyard•park ; Wednesday, Maingorth ; krlday, Great Wanton—half-past 10. Hurworth Hounds. Tuesday, High Wend Toll-bar; Saturday, Neasham—half-paat 10. Roby Hounds —Mondry, Newsharn; Wednesday, Wilton; Saturday, Middleton Tyas—quarnr-past 10. Mr. Hildyard's Harriers. Monday, Putt. ; Friday, Newby—half-pest to. Mr. Watson's Hounds.— M^sday, Mnrpeth High House ; Wednesday, salmi& Village ; Friday, Netherwitton— half .past 10. Ha) u Hounds.—Weelneiciay, Slale3 ; Saturday, Capon's Cleugh—haßgast 10. Tindal* liounds.—Monday, Halton Carle ; Thursday, Tbe lieogh, Countess Park—ludtpast 10. York and Ainsty Shipton ; Tuesday, Nahum; Thursday, Red House; Saturday, MD Moor, Brafferton— half.past ilk liedale Hounds.—Monday, Wild Wood; Wednerday, Oak Tree Inn (Leeming Lane); Fr id ty , Thorp Ferrow —hall-paat 10. Bennington Hots .ds.—Turbctry, Cowsby Woou ; Friday, Caner Bridge. Harrogate Beagles.—Monday, Little Wonder Inn, Ripon Rand; Friday, WurrnoMGreen—halfpast 10. Ilolderness Hound..—Monday, Landeihorough Park; Tturiday, Srandesburn n Moor; Thursday, Lnwtborpe lodge; Friday, Welton—quarter to 11. Captain Lewis's Harriers.—Tuesday, Northallerton ; Fri day, (..uwby Mill-11. Cl, "eland Hounds.—Monday, Hutton Low Crtni j Thum day, Ormsby—half-tea 10. Lard Elcho'a kl.ourds —Monday, Akeld ; Wednesday, Kyloe pottage; Friday, Birdie; Saturday, Red Scar bridge—half. p.s. I'. Cambridgeshire Hounds. • -Monday, Wareal y ; Friday, Stowe Poe—ball-peat 10. Oakley Hounds.—Monday, Tyringhant ; Tuesday, Snel son ; Thursday, Carlton ; Saturday, Hail Weston —kalf-paot Suffolk liounds—blonolay, tioadarell l'ark ; Thursday, Harding Green; Saturday, Toxworth Bridge—half-puiit 10. Devon Hounds—Monday, Canonttign ; Thursday, New Inn, Storer. Mr. lurse's Hounds.—Monday, Friar's Hale, liartherley; Wednesday, Riddlesvambe, A•bmiE ll 7 Friday, Torrington Wood. Mr. Morgan's Houcas.—Mouday, Memell Down Turn pike-gate; Thursday, Immerse's. N. 1). Rounds.—Monday, nacelle ; Thursday, Yard Down; Saturday, Stoke Village —Wawa to. Mr. line's Hounds.—Monday, Curyton; Thursday, Bab land Gate. F. B. Hounds.—Monday, Truck Hill; Frilay, Pelain Cron—halt-prat 10. Mr. Morgan's Hounds.—Monday, Morwell Down; Thurs day, Dunterton, half-put 10. Mr. Brand's Hounds. Monday, Three Howes, Friday, Warden —half-past 10. Gar.iale liarriers.—Monday, Houghton; Wednesday, Ar mathwidte-9. Mr. Salkeld's Hounds —Monday, Limekiln; 'Thursday, Hutton End-11. Alum Harriers. Mc&day, Whitricgles ; Thursday, Wistgonhy ; Saturday, Aiktcar —M. ruckeridge Houton, —Monday, Mmodon.green ; Wed nesday, rewards; saturduy, Corubelowe—kalf.pust Eawout Harriers.—Monday, Spitala, Tempe Sowerb); Wednesday, Sun Inn, Sheltie' Pasture; Saturday, Ilunemby—half. peat to. Mr. Napper's Hounds.—Monday, Raincoat, Turnpike gate ; Friday, Thakeharn Poor-bane—half-past 10. Southdown Hounds —Monday, Jeving on Holt; Friday, Loughran Pound—hair-past 10. Baron Rothchild's Stag Hounds.—Monday, Broughton Farm; Thursday, Ashton Abbotts-1 1. 00U1143ING. South Lancashire (Chtt•wurth) Meeting.—Tburefisy and Friday.—The Chatsworth ('up for 16 Miami dogs, was won by Mr. Barnes Ilandy-Ands ; 21r. Booth's Larsistr tin up.—The Devon. shirt Cup for 16 puppies woo won by Mr. 'lO tor's Npot ; Mr. Pan. eurry's Pride ran up. -The Burlington Cup for 16 all aged flogs was won by Mr. (fake's ; Mr. Berries Bepoorins run up. The Caren. dish k?gbtulog Stake wits won by Mr. Jepson's Burk Nue ; Mr. Rubin. son'a lady Wee ran up. Lanerourn Open Meetlng.—Wednesday and Thursday.— The Larnbourn Puppy Makes (16 saw) were won by Lord Seftost'a 8780sPr trix St. George Gore's Queen Mab run up. The Craven All. Aged Stakes (16 , 435.) were wen by Capt. Bezant's Yigledean; Mr. T. L. Brewer's Bab)lon run up. The Craven Pupn , Stakes were won by Lent. Sauna's Superfine ; Mr. Leurenee s Look-Out ran up. The Ashdown All-Aged Stakes were won by Mr. Ken nont's Warwick, jun. ; Mr. Goodlokei's Becf.eater ran up. The Lunbourne All-Aged Stakes were won by Mr. Ken oud's Young claret Lswresee's Last of the Kdrita ran up. The W. yland Puppy Stakes were won by Sir St. George Gore'. Cytherea; Mr. Jamer's Flatcateber drawn. • The Weylend All• Aged Stakes were won by Mr. T. L. Brewer's Bnniant ; Mr. Etwall's Elf ran up. lab; IntrEltatiut grIIINO CIIKVITS Or 11111 JUDOM 1049. Yesterday Lord Denman and the several judges of the Courts of QUKII . II Bench, Common Nem, and F.:chequer, met in the chamber of the latter Court, to determine the circuits upon which they should respectively proceed in the several counties of England and Wales. wb n, utter conaiderable discussion, the following arrangements went propoted and finally agn..l upon. Ilona Clad tr.—Mr. Baron Psrke and Mr. Justice Wiehtman, to bold the WWI for the several ouunties oomprhied in the circuit in the Mowing order : At Hertford, Chelmsford, Maidstone, Lewes, Klogstocon-Thames. MlOLANDCiecun.—Judged : Sir T. Wilde, Lord Chief Junket of the Gomm n Pleas, and Mr. Jtettioe Maule. Moises to be held at Northampton, Oakbam, Lincoln and city, Derby, Leicester, Coventry division of Warwickshire at Coventry, and War wiek division at War. NooeOi.a Comm.—Judges ; Sir P. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Eschomer, and Mr. Baton Rolfe. Assizes to be by at Aylesburr, Bedford, lluntingdon, Catuttridge, Bury lit. Edmund's, Norwich and city. Citroen Claccrr.—Judges : Mr. Justice Coltman, and Mr. Barra Platt. Meisel to be held at Reading, Gated, Worcester, Stained, Slirewslo.ry, Hereford, Monmouth, Gloucester and city. HORMEL" CISCVIT.—Judges: Mr. WOO Aderem, and Mr. Jos. tiee Coleridge. Amines to be held at Tort, Durham, Newcastle, Car. lisle. Appleby, tiowhan Division of LNIICAIACT at Liverpool, ad Northern Division at Lancaster. WiNTLIN Ciacm.—Judges bird Denman. Lord Chief Justice of England, and Mr. Justice Williams. MANUS to be held at Winebta. get, baliebUry, Doecheater, Exeter and city, Bodmin, and Taunton. Sovrir Wales Aso Comma,.--Judge Mr. Justice Rile ; to hold the awasee at Ba soma, Carmarthen, liaverforthrtet, Cardigan, Bre con, Preateign, and meet Mr. Justice Creswell. who proceeds on the North Wales Circuit at Chaster, aod hold the assize fur the county cad city. NORTH WALEA CllCVlT.—Judge : Mr. Justice Crescent, to hold as. since at Welcbpool, Bala, Dolgelly, Carnanon, Bearuniria, Anthem, Mold, and afterwards Join Mr. Justice Erie at Cheater. VACATION Jupos.—The Hop. Mr. Justice Paueron will remain in town and sit daily during the vacation at his chambers in Serjeanes. inn, and dispose of all interlocutory MAIM ariAng in the three courts during the absence of the other judges on circuit an vocation Judge. EQUITY COURTS.—YnseenDAY. Before the L.:edam=nor. LORD BROOKI v. Tan EARL AND CotaCrßee OF WAR WICK AND OTHERS—CONSTRUCTION OP A WlLL.—This was a friendly suit for the adminieuslion of the eet.te of the late Lord Monson. The chief question in the cause wu whether Lord Brooke was e ntitled to the residue of the taw! tator's estate under a bequest thereof, " freed le d discharged from all the testator's dents and liabilities," the fund which was specifically app.opriated by the will Isr pee meet of these having proved deficient to the extent of a IsF , rtnette on the flatten estates foe 21,6001. Vice Chancellor K. Bruce held that the bequest of the residue (worth a boutbo 3,00 g) was ap plicable pro Mato to the payment of mrtgage. (The re.rticular words of the will end the other material facts, with an outline of the argume nt upon the appeal in this court, lest Wednesday, were reported in the Express yesterday.)---The Lord Chancellor, now giving his judg ment, said the question in the appeal was, what construction was to be Rut on the w approp riated oe events which happened of a directing deficiency in the fund te the I ayeteut of the debts--a deficiency which the testator did not cmttemplate. By his will he disposed of his property at Oatton " freed and discharged from his debts," particularly a mortgage debt of the surplus monies arising from these, together large amount. Ile then disposed of his Lincolnseire estates, with other property, to be applied in payment of all his debts; supposing, no doubt, that that would be a sufficient fund to discharge the debts. The testator then gave some si ecific leg ,ciee ; and, lady, gave the residue to Lord Brooke, " freed and discharged from his debts and liabilities," as he directed the previous gifts to be. The eititest was between the devisees of the flatten estate and the residuary legstee. It appeared to him (his lordsh i p) on the hearing of the case en Wednesday that theYice•C hancellor's decision was right ; and now, after reading the will, there appeared no reason to alter that opinion. The question wee whether the residue wee not liable to pay the debt. 'I here is a manifest intentioa expressed in the will that the Gallon estate should be freed and disi.harged from the mortgage ; so that there is no question at all that t he devisees of that utnto 4 14 a, 0 a- lay, 'id. or i - ri sae, Kr. iana Mr. Will BS*. lair wigs