The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-21 00:00:00

"FP - It'"" -----.---------11------.----.° ----r the consid n teatime of these productive - P l t tlejtese-I would su et eherefore would be that we ' welka• 1 • itge th ' el of ;his experiment, e 0 0 yam thatresolution for e tn. to _mete works to the amount ef one-fourth the poor '. Lll"Wition, that is about 11,000 L, lasould be passed by `.• P . "..a. lf we take this course, we shall show that I- oe to allow no pportunity to paw that will els 1. ditoommlernent to the poor; and in taking She step we --"' a course which I firmly believe will not eerily be korso to the country b ut to the labourers thee should suggest the expediency of haling a lapse e e e} before the presentments are passed. The sum of de Oyer presented for, being one - fourth of t he p oor-law edthe barony. • STATE OF THE COUNTRY. • loe° Comb.'.—Pit:stuen.—A Mallow correspondent • miner wraes thus respecting if ja Cork the state of Exa O. Killing cows and sheep , the p ro p ert y of + Ma kers, has become a favourite pastime with the m e Zeppeeas. Some of those scoundrels who are too hay Wi 7polk, fate card-playing and whiskey-drinking the G eni e : 0 1 / sis agrisa. A few days ago, a . leautiful cow of Mr. MililibeiggiNia'spoweoeneeteolefeL ree. d on ey ule 's di tre le hne fo o r f The police arrested a fellow on the Killer • 00 111 eg.w ' • • o ld lead, witha am ear G a i t o o u le n n tau sh e e :who th gd el t io ubs of ee mutton e 08811211riettair houses ; and on last Saturday night two • wee tilled and th e skins left on a field within half a sksit, the lsllo—eme town . liov. 17.—As three tons of wheaten meal , ...pews conveyed from the Messrs. Barry's mills, from ;:;e s ee to their stores at Killarney, about three o'clock 11 "Thije day, a mob attacked one of the carriers who had a...., a mile in advance of hie party, and plundered , la worth of the meal near Dlr. M'Cartis's, of FiTelnegashe. The man prudently retreated, and con the • es ammo remaining loads is the house of a Mew. goo PROSPECTS —THE PRESENT AND PUTURE.—The i iirr of yesterday contains the following intr. L i d s• g ad pleasing information of the fall in the prices of ood teeetet the meeting of the Relief Committee, yester day, Mr. Jame? Daly stated that he had bees offered bdian Coro—the bill of lading ready to be handed over to eist, the insurance paid, and the vessel expected to arrive kwe shortly—at 111. 4s. per ton. We have ht i to more annouvessele,nce the g eese since our last p u blication, of eg wee with Indian corn, besides which a large number of r eeds, nearly all grain loaded end bound to this port, have e m u epoken and are daily expected to arrive here. We of the sale of a cargo to pee beard, says the Eraminer, arrive at 101. 15s. per ton. The purchase, we believe, has ben made by a Midleton house, and the vessel, having left Legborn on the 6th instant, may be looked for very shortly. Thee facts are significant of the future price of the article. We may add that we have this momeut been informed, ey a gentleman from Cove, that as many as fourteen or fa maize laden vessels have just arrived at Cove. Lienuce.—The accounts from Limerick are not so fa nurable ; the Limerick Chronicle of yesterday says The applies of whest and oats to our market are this day very Insignant, and we ascribe the deficiency to the purchase and manufacture of grain in the country for home consump tion, by farmers, to the relief committees, in preference to &pool of it at the outports. We have cargoes of wheat this day at our quays, from Waterford and Dungarvan, to answer the urgent demands of our local millers, who, we repeat, have no stock on hands. Thirteen thousand barrels of oats were shipped to Scotland, last week, from this port. A miller imported a cargo of flour from Manchester rims Liverpool to-Limerick, last week, which he sold at 20 per co o profit, a lthough during that week fine Sour has far.en in price 4s. per bag. There were but 109 car-loads of pota toes at Limerick market last week, including 47 free from disease. The price is raised from 101. to ls. per stone. Of the future the same paper affords us the fol lowing unpleasant picture :—" Farmers in this and the tuljoiniug counties were never so deficient, at this season of the year, in the breadth of tillege land ready for seed to row the ensaing year's crop, and this applies not merely to Dun, but to vegetable gardens. They complain, and with sad truth, of the want of farm lebourera, whom the public works in every palish almost wholly engross at present,to the serious detriment of field cultivation, and ofdhusbanry pursuits in general. It is not only a melancholy state things, but an unnatural state of society, that the first occupation of ma, the culture of the soil, beyond all others of indispen for • table obligation, should be almost universally neglected the execution of works of no general utility, and of no urgent moment whatever. Unless the peasantry are induced to re am to their natural and ,accustomed labour, we verily ellen the prospects of the year 1847-48, will be far more disastrous to Ireland than people are yet aware of. We ear wetly direct attention to a circular from the Public Works' board on this very important subject. The authorities wear to be now sensible of the magnitude of the evil. MISDIRECTION OF,EMPLOYMENT.—III corroboration, (says the Limerick Chronicle) of what we stated relative to the employment of comfortable farmers on relit f works, we have to eel that a wealthy farmer, who keeps a shop, earned, not be from Ballinkillen, by horse work alone, voleih than 17s k . per day '. Only fancy shop-keeping farmers, large stacs dcora in their haggarts, and wealth at their command, patting their hands into the public coffers and depriving the poor of the means provided for their relief. DISTRESS IN STRABANE, COUNTY TYliONE.—lnquiries baring been set on foot in Strabane, County Tyrone, it ia found that there arc 6,000 persons needing employment in that dis trict. A large sum of money was raised by voluntary sub scription, and, by that means, a depot for t he sale of pro visions was established. This depot is now in existence about three weeks, during which time upwards of 300 fami lies have been supplied with meal at prices proportioned to their means of paying, and to tho sire of their families: some getting it at from 95. to ls. per peck, nearly one-half below market price. A sum of 5001. is to be expended on the breaking of stones, to he sold for repairing the streets and the roads in the vicinity of t he town ; and 2,0001. to be laid out on a water-wall, to preserve the people from the periodical visits of :whitey floods. COUNTY OF DOWN.—The lielfast Vindicator thus depicts the Istate of the county of Down, and the apathy of the landlords:—" Last week 7,400 bushels if wheat were shipped at the Quoilc-quay , Downpatrick, for export to Eng land; and, strange to say, that turnips were selling on Saturday last, thZ 14th inst., in the public market, to the poorer claws for food, at 21d. per stone, which, a few days ago, sold in the same market at 12d. per cwt. for feed ing cattle. Yet sonic landlords say there is no distress, and mock their tenants of small holdings, at rents from one to ten pounds per year, by publishing, in certain newspapers, a scale of allowances on payment of their rent, well knowing that these poor tenants have not as much pro duce off the land as would sustain life until the ensuing crop, and that many of them chiefly depended on feeding pigs for the payment of, at least, one hell-year's gale, which a now lost, in consequence of the failure of the potato crop. It appears certain that, in a few days, there will be extensive employment in the county Down tor bailiffs, and for police, if necessary, as the landlords aro making arrangements on a large scale for the levying of their rants. HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS.— In reply to a memorial forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant, relative to the improve ment of Dunmore Harbour, in the county of Waterford, and by his Execlleney referred to the Board of Works, Mr. Re dington says that the qovernment does not intend to do any thing at this late period of the year, but provision will be made in the annual estimates for whatever sum may be MU/Site. AN IMMENSE INIsIOVATION.—A Quaker, named Peat, has recently been admitted to the Irish bar. On Thursday last be commenced a motion by saying—" May it please the court," instead of " May it please your lordships." This enormous innovation appears to have caused a " sensation," and has been made the most of by the press. The mode of address adopted by the learned member of the Society of Friends " being," says the paper from'which we copy the information, " so widely different from the invariable prac tice of conventional courtesy at the bar, excited some degree of surprise, in which the crave and learned personages on the bench seemed to participate ; but the learned gentleman Preserved his composure amid the temporary excitement which his innovation had created." SCOTLAND. STOPPAGE OF 11IINDAT TELINS ON THE EDINBURGH Ann GLASGOW RAlLWAT.—Asnongst the great Rumex of the population congregated in, around, and between Edin burgh and Glasgow, the " heather is on tire," regarding the Stoppage of the Sunday trains. By the great majority of commercial men, the step is considered illiberal in a high degree, inconvenient, and on interference with the liberty of conscience. A protest, of which the following is a copy, has been laid down in the Glasgow Royal Exchange, and, in a brief space, signed by some hundreds of the moat eminent Citizens : We object to the resolution recently adopted by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, to withdraw m ona apperrton*l whatever Edhs. of trawling upon the railway on standby, EllseW*ld_ burgh and the intervening stations :--1. ire theinneerp end Glasgow Railway Company derive thsle riglidelbe• r eat of pan. runt, which, on the one blind, entaraill piquing of maids sets sot profits to them, and virtually annihikW every One ands et ens. seyance; aid, on the other band, laid the comma oder the dap ton of accommodating the public with casinnt awl sennliet. able conveyance along the railway at the on catablikfid. 2. Because, we bold it to be a well-ortabliehed min** that a pea& hoard, invented with the administration of le slaistlee powers. M* regulate their own and the public rights, ought nale. maw Mr 40. Cumertaixes, to exercise their powers, with a view * 11111010111 et oppose the peculiar opinions er sectarian c = a nubile s Tel wbalmr, either political or religious; and ihst lotto ought not, upon such views, to stomp* it sideline practice, twitteis to the public, and to winch art p* boa bees seiguired by °sage. 3. Because, although we are deeply emlllis of the *Tort illas of a proper observance of Sunday, rig IPI ens SA WS decidedly of einian, that it is wrong for any party to newt 1101/8/M/01. to en iero•„ according to their own peculiar Potions, the CAINIWIRIO et that dap; and we consider that the resolution to Wad*, Siss blrsto alu dlng right of travelling by the railway an @sniff, Belled se the Practice Ms been, to an extent which is asst mere diem ealleleat to “ m edarrvot and necessitous cases (a pelt will every ma Is Is w "' .° to lodge according to his own orasalaiss w * . B:rode ..." minion inexpedient in itself, and an indent the debts of the public. 1. Because. wheal WS MI 610 railway exopany actually run engines along the 111111 every !ems_ y , the enveyance of the mails, whence they derive we er their retool to attach to the engines so cm few wrier& for the accommodation of passengent, who may Twin 10 trod ea that day, to be a capricious and arbitrary examen ef Plltive injury of great magnitude, ender least se Emil which does not exist, and cane* no rot oleo extent. And we consider the resolution °bilged Is, as net esty Selelleistal to Slat just rightsof the public, but shoo, es grarsad Mo span the company by their act of psrlismoti ,— . ll . late uno consideration the vast popnilLignf or —end the intervening country—and eat eases of sickness, daily occurring . ; oleo poet cooker of Tractable persons who are eo espied la linsiness, selobe oe asap other day, to perform those dense which they ow% bath In a Rhßwsaa and moral sense, to those with whom they ere nearly and dearly Connrcud, we are of opinion that the practice of running trains only twice on Sunday, rev hitherto, is not beyond what the laws OT necessity and mercy may jic.tity ; and that this limitation to two ial git , on gundav, in place of ono every hour, es on other days, pro manta the observance of that day. Tax EDINBURGH TOWN COUNCIL have also canvassed the conduct of the Edinburgh end Glasgow Railway Directors. By a majority of 23 to 6 the municipal autho rities of the chief city of Scotland have agreed to a memorial to be presented to the company, condemnatory of their in tention of discontinuing the trains on Sundays. PROVINCIAL. THE COMMITTEE POIC. PRoIIOTING THE INCORPORATION of :Bradford have recently had several meetings for consulta tion, :he result of which is a determination to renew their a p e llesek,:. , for a charter. It is expected that the question will be in g :Aide to be laid before the Privy Council by the time Parliameat assembles. DURHAM. Tax Towle Cottacti, of Sunderland have ordered a rate of one halfpenny in the pound on the property in the bo rough, to sustain the expense: connected with the formation of a public museum, which is plazed under the direction of a committee of the council. THE WINOATII COLLIERY CLERK.- -The fugitive clerk, Cower', who absconded from Wingate eislliery, with nearly 6001, belonging to his employer, Lord Howcian, and who was apprehended at Ghent, in F landers, is said to be again at liberty. Nearly the whole of the money, with the exception of his " travelling expenses," and the cost of his ".gentle manly " outfit—his gold watch and ring, wig, imperial, sad moustaches—having been recovered, " it has not been coati tiered worth while to bring him to Durham for prosecution..' NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Tax POISONING CASE AT SUTTON-UPON-TRENT.—The inquest on the body of the late Mr. 0. Taylor was re-com menced on Thursday. The principal facts of tho case have been detailed in our columns, and are briefly these : The deceased having offended his housekeeper, Elizabeth Smith, she gave him a dose of arsenic , or as it is called in the country, mercury. This she said she did for the purpose of making him unwell, and of so keeping him at home. It had the desired effect, but the deceased recovered. Subsequently, however, he scolded her fur stopping longer than he wished at Marnham fur, and she administered to him another dose which erouser his death. These events occurred two years ago, but the housekeeper being oppressed by conscience, had lately confessed them to her neighbours, who informed the coroner, and the present proceedings were the result. The body was exhumed, and the contents of the stomach sent to London for analysation by an eminent chemist there, the inquest being in the meantime adjourned to receive his evidence. Miss Smith, who was brought up in custody, did not appear to be much affected by the charges against her. Eliza Otter, of Sutton (being further examined), said, I had another conversation with the prisoner Smith besides the our I have related. She also told me that she came down one Sunday evening to see Mrs. Taylor, and after talking a short time she went home, Mrs. Taylor going out with her. Mrs. Taylor said to her, " Have you got any of those powders for George ?" Miss Smith said, "No ; but I was going to get some mercury to poison the mice, and I thought I would give him some of that—only a little, not to take life. God forbid !" Mrs. Taylor said, ' You need not get any ; there is a pound in the bureau." Miss Smith then told me that she went to Idaraharm fair, and called at Mrs. Taylor's as she came back; and told her that George was ill, and had been to Mr. Pettinger, the surgeon. Mrs. Taylor answered, "No matter if he was worse." Miss Smith then told me that she thought from that that Mrs. Taylor meant her to give him a little more mercury. Mrs. Taylor said, " Oh, Miss Smith, how could you think so, when I did not know that you had given it at all." I can not remember any more.—By • Juror: I have frequently had conversations with Mrs. faylor when Miss Smith TM not present. She said she should never have thought of such • thing (namely, the giving of mercury), if Miss Smith had not always been coming down with tale s about Geor g e. Mrs. Taylor said she recommended antimonial wine. It was at last agreed to give him calomel powders, which Miss Smith said was the same thing, and that she had taken them herself, and they had made her very ill.—Otter, Maria Walker, Lucy Curia, and Ann Hayes, were also re-examined, but no additional facts were elicited. Several witnesses proved that the deceased was on the best terms with Miss Smith and Mrs. Taylor.—Mr. Pettinger, surgeon, fur ther said, when the body was disinterred, I assisted in tak ing out the whole of the stomach and abdominal viscera. They were placed in two jars, and conveyed by me to Pro tenor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, London, in order that they might be ana lysed.—The Coroner here stated that he had received a very long report from Professor Taylor; but as the professor was not present, he did not think it would be proper to read it. It would, however, be smite right to state, that no arsenic or other poison had been found in any of the viscera. The coroner then offered to adjourn the in quest in order to procure the professor's presence, if desired. —Mr. Pettinger was then examined at great length. He said, up to the 25th of September I saw nothing dangerous in the deceased's disease ; and I think if he had been left to my treatment he would have recovered. Ido not think the first symptoms would of themselves have become so aggra vated. I think that the urgent symptoms were caused by arsenic, perhaps by a series of very small doses, but more probably by one larger dose administered immediately before. I returned to the registrar as the cause of death, ulcerated stomach ; but that is the disease caused by taking arsenic. I never for a mo ment imagined that his malady was so occasioned ; and If nothing had occurred since I should never have suspected it. Judging now from the symptoms, and from what I have heard, I think he died from arsenic. I will not swear It, because the same effects might have been occasioned by disease ; but it is my decided conviction that the cause of the deceased's demise was arsenic. Dr. Morton said: On I looking upon all the facts of the case, my opinion is, the de ceased died from arsenic. After a few minutes' deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslarghter against Eliza beth Smith and Sarah Taylor." On hearing this decision, the elder prisoner assumed an air of virtuous indignation; but Smith, who is rather a fine young woman, about 28 years of age, appeared deeply affected. The Coroner then issued his warrant for their committal for trial at the next Nottinghamshire assizes. LEICESTERSHIRE. EXTRAORDINARY CONVICTION.—LOUORROROI:OI4, FRI DAY.—At the petty sessions held yesterday (Thursday) in this town, for the North Division of Leicestershire, an infor m ation was laid before the Rev. W. Acworth and G. J. D. Danvers, Esq., the sitting magistrates; by S. C. Brown, of Coventry, against George Dixon, paper manufacturer, of King's-mills, near Castle Donnington, for having on the 2nd inet. on his premises 148 reams of grocers' paper tied up, not labelled. Mr.Woolley, solicitor, of Loughborough, appeared on behalf of the defendant. Though the penalty of 10/. per ream amounted to 1,4801., besides the forfeiture of the paper, he pleaded guilty to the charge, alleging that the paper had been tied up, without any criminal intention, and prayed for the mitigation of the penalty. First, because Mr. Dixon and his family had occupied their present premises as menu facturers of paper for nearly 150 years, end bad never before during that long period been known to be guilty of any vio lation of the law. Secondly, Mr. Dixon bore an excellent character, and witnesses of high respectability were in at tendance from Castle Donnington to prove it. Thirdly, That there bad been no moral breach of the statute, nor intention to violate it., though the letter of the law bad not been complied with ; and as the transaction was of the most public nature, which might be seen by the plan of the premises, produce d to the bench. and the labels being cut ready to be placed on the paper when the excise officers entered, proved that Mr. Dixon, who had only just returned from a journey, and been in the habit of superintending the labelling himself, was about to complete the work, did not attempt to defraud the revenue, nor had there been any loss suffered. The magistrates having no power to mitigate lower than to one-fourth, convicted the defendant in a penalty of 3701., which, with the forfeiture of the paper, amounted to 5001. The reasons adduced by Mr. Woolley were promised to be laid before the Board of Excise, and the bench would recommend the penalty to be mitigated to 201. in addition to the forfeiture of ISHIRE . the paper. DORSE Tax REPRESENTATION OP NYEYSIOUTR.—AN M.P. CRALLENOED.—On Thursday evening a meeting of the electors of Weymouth was convened at the Royal Hotel to receive the newly-found Liberal candidate, Colonel Freestun, and to hear his political senti ments. Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr. Christie, M.P , Colonel Freestun;Admiral Ferris, and others, appeared on the platform, and the late mayor of the borough (Mr. Wil liam Deveni ah) took the chair.—Mr. Christie came forward amid loud cheers, and said when he left them the other day he did not expect so soon to meet them again, but he had thought it right to return again for the express purpose of being present on the occasion of the first public appearance of Col.Freestun, and for the purpose of hailing him as a can didate in conjunction with himself, and he thought he might and, as his future probable colleague. (Cheers.) Since he last met them in that room something had happened with reference to what fell from him on that occasion, of which he was very glad to have an opportunity of informing them at a public meeting, though he certainly should not have thought it worth while to call them together expressly for the purpose of acquainting them with it. They would pro bably remember that on that occasion he was led to enter into a statement of certain communications which had been made to him from time to time by Mr. Dodson on the subject of Mr. Gordon's conduct towards himself, and one of the statements which he made on the subject was, that he had received lately a communication from Mr. Dodson, telling him that he had strong reasons for believing that Mr. Gordon had been engaged in intrigues against him, not there, but elsewhere. He went on to say, that he bad the letter to which he referred, and that when he returned to town he would send it to • friend to show Mr. Gordon ; and, not charging Mr. Gordon that the statement was true, he said, that for the sake of his (Mr. Gordon's) character, as well as his own, there should be inquiries and explanations elsewhere. Shortly after his arrival in town a common friend of them both told him that Mr. Gordon wished the letter sent. He immediately fulfilled his pro mise, and placed the letter in his friend's hand, for the pur pose of showing it to Mr. Gordon. After this, he received a message, through the same friend, in which he was called on for an explanation of the words to which he had alluded, as being words injurious to Mr. Gordon's character ; and he was informed, that if an explanation not satisfactory to Mr. Gordon was not given, he (Mr. Gordon) must resort to that which was usually understood to be the resort upon there occ asions. (Laughter.) Now, he was not ashamed to say in that public meeting what he said to the friend who brought him the message, that he had tonngg tines made up his mind, that under no circumstances w would he be a party to a duel. (Cheers.) It was a crime forbidden by the laws of the country and the commands of God, and the practice being one that had taken a deep root in the fashionable world, he considered it to be the duty of every one placed under such circumstances as he had been to use his utmost influence for the purpose of preventing others from following . it, and with these views he had joined the L o ndon Association for the Prevention of Duelling. But although he would not fight a duel he considered it a duty to repair to the utmost of his power any wrong that he might unintentionally have committed, and he, therefore, placed himself in the hands of an experienced and discreet friend, EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1846. Sir D. Le Merchant, who being of opinion that the words amounted to a charge against Mr. Gordon, be (Mr. Chrifins) made the 011.111ade hotsorak in the following words, which he sent to Mr. Gordon: ClA:+ s bmisk ging hlneett la Ur Deals la Marehamet besar. and est at visas he wash asSiselvoi by Kr. Owes team gh. as roaralhe to a dory at bar= dresibur bear e t his ages linsit air Doh h Mambos atomism la the = lire re. l g. = 11. la- Imam et swift a dame. ma ha states that be la as saitalsat mad hr a almr si aseasta his regret hat be obrahl law used wards selia The hos. member then whirled to Mr. Bernal, whom he highly eulogised, and afterwards entered into a remo- tulatioa of has votes and viaduct in Parliament, in the course of which he said he believed he laboured under a mis apprehension as to his views on the poor-laws. The part he took in parliament last session he took because he looked upon the poor-lawcommissioners as the greatest enemies to the poor-laws which they were to administer. He was a friend to the poor laws, and believed the principles of the Poor-law Amendment Act to be sound, just, and benevolent, but the administration of it by the present commissioners had been as bad as it could be—(hear, hear)—and be believed that the state of things in, and the conduct of the poor-law com missioners towards the Weymouth Union, would afford an illustration, even as strong as that of Andover, of the neces sity of an inquiry at Somerset House, and of the summary removal of men who bad abased their trust. The hon. member concluded by recommending Colonel Freestun, and retired amidst three volleys of cheers.—Colonel Freestun then addressed the electors in a speech in which he avowed himself a staunch supporter of the present government, in whom he said he placed the most implicit confidence. Lord John Russell he believed to be • consis tent, straightforward man—cautious but moderate, and strictly constitutional ; and having had opportunities of judging, he woild speak of the ability and urbanity of Lord Clarendon, and the decision of character of Lord Palmerston, in whose hands he felt assured the foreign interests of the country were safe. He was anxious for well digested measures of reform, but opposed to all violent and rash innovations—a supporter of civil and religious liberty, and an advocate for all free and liberal institutions—educa tion, free-trade—a searching inquiry into and revision of the poor-laws, and universal peace and general philanthropy all over the world. (Hear.) The meeting was after cards addressed by Mr. Tasker, Mr. Robins, Admiral Ferris, Mr. Haggett, Mr. Tatton (who, on the part of the Conservatives, recommended the electors to withhold their promises, and promised one, if not two, candidates). Resolutions pledging the meeting to support Mr. Christie and Celnnel Freestun at the next election, and appointing a committee, were then carried. 11.11.11C0M.5.a. AN INCENDIARY FIRE occurred on Wednesday at North Tidworth, by which more than one hundred quarters of corn, the property of Mr. Northeast, were destroyed. One man was charged before the magistrates nest day with caus ing the mischief, but discharged, from insufficient evi dence. Another is suspected, but has eluded the police. A correspondent in the neighbourhood says, " 1 was sorry to hear, on visiting the spot this day, many complaints of the inadequacy of the wages now given to the agricultural labourers by this gentleman, yet it appears that Mr. North east has openly declared, that, for this fire, he will still fur ther reduce their wages from nine shillings to eight shillings a week." NORFOLK. AN EXTENSIVE SEIZI;ILE OP ADULTERATED TOBACCO was made on Wednesday, at Norfolk. The excise officers searched the suspected premises and discovered a large quan tity of tobacco much adulterated, and also the raw materials used in that illegal process, consisting of barrels of molasses, saltpetre, common salt, terra japonica, and fullers' earth. The whole of these articles, by the late act fur the regulation of the manufacture of tobacco, are declared to be illegal, and the mere possession of them subjects the parties to heavy penalties, independently of their use being proved — clear water alone being legally used in the process of manufacture. They accordingly seized the whole of the adulterated stook, the prohiLited articles, troughs for soak:lag, and an immense number of other implements. the 'Drama. ST. JaMES'a.—We derived, last night, less than our usual amount of pleasure from the generally delightful entertainments of this theatre, owing in a great measure to the excessive length of time occupied in the dscusaioa of a singularly meagre bill of fare. A trifling one-act farce—or rather two or three scenes hardly amounting even to a farce —was followed by a vaudeville in three acts ; and these two things lasted from eight till a quarter put eleven o'clock. In truth, half the evening consisted of entr'actes, enlivened, certainly, by a profusion of waltzes frnn the band. Disapprobation and impatience weae occasionally ma nifested pretty loudly. We are surprised that in a theatre, the general management of which is so good, there should be such frequent room for this complaint. The one act piece was " Le Roman d'une Heure," a mere trifle, not new at this theatre, in which Madlle. Brohan acted Lzsette, a very ordinary part, giving the actress room for nothing more than some vivacity and smartness. The three-act vaudeville was performed for the first time. It is called "Le Bonhomme Richard." It was recently uced, with great success, at the theatre of the Palais Roy al; wad i is redolent of that locality—too much so, we confess, for our taste. It is stuffed full of plot and incidents, the slightest sketch of which would make a long story. The principal character, capitally acted by Cartigny, is Monsieur Berthaut, surnamed Le Bonhomme Richard; a rich countryman, good-hearted, vial, and full of the wise saws of Franklin's " Poor Richard," or Bon homme Richard, as the French call him. The bonhomme has a nephew in Paris, who neglects his business for gay society; and his uncle, hearing of his disorders, comes thither and gets into the middle of the youth's free-and easy acquaintances. His adventures are amusing enough ; but some of the scenes--particularly the diviner where the old gentleman is plied with wice, and the agaceries of the ladies on either hand— ers somewhat testa. Madlle. Brohan, in the part of Fanfinette, a plumasskre, enacted the Parisian grisette to perfection, exhibiting all that exuberance of animal spirits, appetite for gaiety and amusement, careless freedom of speech, and generality of heart, which appear to distinguish that portion of the female sex. There was nothing at all remarkable in any of the other characters. The applause during the piece was very moderate, though Mdlle. Brohan was called for and much cheered at its conclusion. We think that, on the whole, "Le Bonhomme Richard " will not become a favourite of the English public. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Oxroao, Nov. 20.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. lateph Wagstaff Bar low, 8.A., of Brasenose, was elected a Fellow of that society, on the foundation of the Rev. John Williamson. UNDWITT PREACHEYS. — The Rev. Dr. Faussett, Canon of Christ Church, Sunday morning, at Christ Church ; the Rev. Henry (Marius Cole, Chaplain of Corpus Christi College, Sunday afternoon, at St. Mary's. 13.vuoit---Two schoLirships are row recant at this college ; open to candidates without regard to the place of their birth, residence, or education, provided they shall, on the 29th instant, have completed their 19th year of age. One exhibition, founded by Mr. Elsworth, for natives of the county of Somerset, with a preference to certain parishes in the neighbour hood of Minehead and Dunster. One exhibition, founded by Mrs. Eilgeombe, with a preference of candidates from Hanley Castle School, or from the county of Wor cester, and, in default of such, then open to candidates without re. strlction, but bi r th, geneally annexed to a schohuship. Certificates of r &c., must be sent to the Master by the 2Srd inst. The election will take place on the 28th inst. Paerriamn. a.—Rev. T. Fardell, to Sutton V. Camb., 1,200/.; Rev. G. G. Guyon, to St. Simon Zelotes, P.C. B et hnal - green; Rev. U. Nembhard, to St. Paul's P.C., Warwick - bri dg e Cumberland. The Duke of Cleveland has appointed t he Rev. .C. Lipscomb, 31-A., Vicar of Staindrop, to be his Grace's private chaplain. The Rev. T. Jones, who passed his collegiate course at Carmarthen , has been ordained a pastor over the Independent Congress =Church at Llangattock, Brecon hire. Mr. Joseph Waite, 8.A., who on Tuesday, the 10th instant, was elected fellow of University College, Durham, bas been appointed one of the Assistant-Masters of King Edward Vl's Grammar School, Bromegrove. Mr. Waite obtained a first class in classics at the ex amination held in the University of Durham, June, 1893. THIS S OCIE TT roe PROMOTING TER ENLARGEMENT AND BUILDING Or CNURCGES has recommenced its labours for the season, by ordering the payment of grants to the amount of 2,0901., to seventeen parishes where the works undertaken with the aid of the society had been completed. This number comprises three new churches, the re building of eight, and the enlargement of six churches—and the con sequence ia that additional church accommodation has thus been pro. Tided for 3,124 petenea, ine:uding free seats for 2,9 as pe r sona The last meeting afterwards proceeded to examine the new applications viz.:— B rfo aid, and voted grants of money for the follop purposes, uilding a church at Paddington, in th e of Eccles, Lance shire; building a church at Dukindeld (St. ark's district), in the county of Chester ; rebuilding the church of Crenwere, near :ear beetle, and also that in the town of Flint ; and enlarging the churches at Wallington, near Tetaworth, and Little Bowlings, near Wood bridge. A grant was also voted in aid of the restoration of the church of St. George, Lincoln, which was damaged by lightning on the Ist of August last. Ninety-one new district withm have now received aid from this society, and the owns so appropriated, amount ing in the aggregate to 28 , 6101 . , e x p ended in three years. VICARAGE LNDOWIIZSIT.—The Doncaster Gazette Sap): "At • meet ing of the tithe trustees, held in this town on Monday laid, the plan sanctioned by the Archbishop of York and the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners was agreed to. By this arrangement the value of the living of the vicarage of Doncaster will be increased nearly 2001. per annum. From this, however, must be deducted about SOL hitherto collected yearly, and which will now be discontinued; besides certain fees to which the vicar is not now entitled. THE CHCRCR or Sr. PACE, in the new parish of Denhohne Gate, Bradford, wasconsecrated on Thu rsda y by t e Bishop of Ripen. The district of Denholme Gate , lying in • central point between at thealmost three important towns of Bradford, Halifax. and Reighley, equal distances from these towns, comprehends a bleak and elevated country, of considerable extent, having a very large population com posted of weavers, comber', delvers, and miners, the proprietors of the soil being nearly all non-resident The distance which separated the inhabitants from the nearest church suggested the desirableness of the erection of one in their own locality ; bat the limitect resources of the place seemed to render it highly improbable that achurch should ever rear Its spire in that secluded district This, however, has at length been accomplished, though not without great sacrifices and extraor dinary efforts on the ram of the inhabitants. The Gazette of last night contains an order in council, authorising the sale of certain lands and tenements lately belonging to the prebend of Dinder, in the cathedral church of Wells. The disposal of the pro perty Is suggested by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in whom it is now vested by reason of the vacancy oldie prebend. SPORTING. NEWPORT PAONEL STEEPLE CHASE.—Fransv. A HANDICAP STAMM of 25 nova each, 15 ft-, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 som. towards ex =Gentlemen riding, qualified as for the Aristocrat Steeple allowed Mb. 4 miles. Lord Strathroore's Switcher, 12 st Bib (Owner) 1 Mr. Tilbury's Culverthorpe, lld Gib (Mr. Rowlands) 2 Mr. Pemberton P. Latitat, l Ui Ost 121 b (Mr. B evil) ) 3 The following also started t were not placed :—Saucepan, 12st.; Diaoount, list 9lb ; Christo North (b. b.), 1 tst 41b ; Peter Simple, llst ; Nimble Harry, 1 Ist ; A i mbassador, l Ist ; Everton, llst; Cigar, tom 121 b ; Mameluke, 10st 12lb; Tramp, lOst 1210 Quicksilver b. b.), lOst 12lb; Grenade, 10st 91b : St. Swithin, bet Bi b; Amason b.), lOst 71b ;Sir William, 1010; Little Tommy, Oat 101 b; Water • , Oat 1016. —Betting : 4to 1 agst Switcher, sto 1 agst Discount, 7 to agst Latitat, Bto 1 each aget Peter Simple and Saucepan, 12 to 1 apM Culverthorp, 15 to I apt Amazon, and 2 0 to 1 apt S ir William. At starting, Christopher North took the lead, closely f ollowed b y Discoun the others clone up ; this order was maintained for about two mike, t, when Switcher and C u l v erthorpe gradually improved their cl=l , 4t amwr tho lot Awe bed be en Lad( an bone ; here, Amami, iiiii &Mew ran In a pike Irin a.' W lilt elm" lailtut Wks tar reeratkre kf d ~k. add Meet Yee en ray MON kr eke. Mak, lAy el at de It 6,... r.D.v ... Per Bala, me ten u km eke" at lie Yea. here krarta OMB 5 errs. nen wry unit , with VIA I 311 41111 . no wenn Or ba nil kr MO mom ; it entente as led kr Meso linfld 711); ft As NN,, Wk. mil allowantes It kr lean Gondere dem (retie no A i r Iho Arlene) Meek Clio" allowed Sin 4 loy`.e. Mr. Lusedloal7 son s phoil li I Mr. o.nes Th. sse.) (Mr. Dorlll 3 Mr. 1.4141 ft Preilkgain ) (Mr. Pantand 3 7161 kliveksier wer be yore not eked :—Msear Wfilllliiam, am, Matron, Pen See. Wks Prison fas.—lneees: 3 In Isla eare—Moi l = i le two We Kw= kis %Men a length fore eke) ern—TM orlame ioneeelookli las nen. enure)), Mato of tie eseher, yin Irmseara 1 ato Erittiltsrna. LAW NOTICES.—Tuts DAY. Cow= or Cnancear. Westminster, at 10.—Appeals Corre r. Lowndes, part heard ; Watts.. Hyde, part beard; variation V. Poster (2) • Slacken v. Dan son • Hawks e. HowelL 'VICII-CHANCILLOke COUNTS, Westminster, at 10.—Before Sir L. ShadwelL Mations continued, and Terry r. Wither, cause part heard. Before Sir J. Knight Bruce Esparto Bawnee, bankrupt.. Petition by order. Causes, Be.: Law T. Law, golar4er Altkin v. Sumner, ditto; Day v. Dodd, ditto; V. Boutledge, ditto; Wilcox v. Cooke, ditto; Bright Clarke • Milne v. Bamford (2); Miami v. Most= (I) ; Bogor ' Beare ; Higgins= v. Levy; Grayson v. Deakin; Hodgson V. Shaw (2) ; Weston v. Radford; Dona= v. Patterson; GuaniU v. Biamore ; Teeing v. Howard; Shelswell v. I'reedy. Before Sir J. Wigram—Robertson v. Southgate, motion for judgment. Short causes and petitions, the unopposed Out. Causes, Be. : Penningons v. Buckley ; Tapperell v. Taylor Parka Parka v. Odell ; Carbide r. Elliott ; Handford .. }landlord; Maxwell v. Kibblewbite; Porter.. Porter. ROLLS Conan, Westminster, at 10.—Cauaea, am, by consent, and short causes. To be spoken to—Hamiltm v. Lawler (2) ; Attorney- General General. . Irensiongen' Company; Attoeney.G. meal .. Corporation of Plymouth, lu re Best and Dania. After which motions. The Covers or Queues Barren, CONNON PLeas, and Evermore& will at in Banos. CROWN-OMM Nov. 20.—Da and places for holding the Special Commiadans of Oyer and T and Gaol Delivery for the munty and city of York :—County of York, Dec. 5, at the cantle of York; City of York, lams day, at the Guildhall of the city of York. EQUITY COURTS.—YEBTERDLY. Before the Lord Chtuvellor. THR Donn OF LEEDS e. EARL AMHERST AND OTHERS. —WAST/L—COMPENSATION.—This was an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Chancellor of England. The bill was filed by the present Duke of Leeds against the executors of the late duke, his father, who died in 1838, and it claimed compensation out of his personal estate for waste committed I by him on a family estate, called Kiveton Hall, in Yorkshire, of which he, the late duke, was tenant for life, and the pre sent duke was tenant in tail. The waste charged began about the year 1819, and consisted of the taking down of the family mansion, cutting timber, &c., and converting the whole estate into a farm. The Vice-Chancellor decreed for compensation, which was ascertained at the sum of 25,0001. The appeal from that decree was argued a few days ago. The Lord Chancellor, in giving his judgment, observed upon the arguments in defence of the waste, which was not denied ; first, acquiescence on the part of the plaintiff was alleged, and next it was said that the lapse of time allowed by him before filing his bill was a bar to the suit. But these arguments were of no avail. There was no proof of acqui escence, and the plaintiff claimed compensation as soon as he came into possession of the estate. He was under age, or abroad, while the tesant for life was doing the waste, and was not entitled to compensation until after the death of the tenant for life. His lordship having gone at great length into the facts of the case, and the arguments upon them, came to the conclusion that the Vice-Chancellor's decree was perfectly right, and that the appeal should 1)3 dismissed with costs. Before the Master of the Roils. RAUWORTH V. PEMBERTON. —INJUNCTION. PROVI SIONAL COMMI'MZEMEN.—Mr. Turner moved for an injunc tion on behalf nf Mr. John. Thomas Rauworth, the plain tiff in this suit, who was a provisional committeeman in the Direct London and Exeter railway company, one of the rail way schemes of the year 1845, but which, in consequence of errors in the engineering department, and, as it was alleged, mismanagement on the part of the managing body of the provisional committee, never came before parliament. It appeared that at a meeting of the shareholders, held in December, 1845, Dr. Phillimore and Mr. John David Cham bers, a barrister, and Recorder of Salisbury, together with Sir Bruce Chichester, three of the provisional committee, were intrusted as a sort of special committee to wird up the affairs of the company ; and actions being brought against members of the provisional committee by shareholders for return of their deposit-money, some of which were brought to trial and successful, the above gentlemen set on foot a subscription amongst the members of the provisional com mittee to raise a fund to repay the shareholders a dividend on their deposits. The plaintiff, however, refused either to pay his deposits on the shares which were allotted to him as a provi sional committeeman or to subscribe to the above fund. He was under these circumstances beset with actions by share holders for return of their deposits. And to relieve himself he filed this bill for an injunction to restrain the actions. A case of collusion was alleged between the plaintiffs in the actions and those of the provisional committee who had been concerned in managing its affairs, especially Dr. Phillimore and Mr. Chambers But this was strongly denied by them. It appeared indeed that the object of the shareholders in bringing their actions was to make the plaintiff pay up his deposits an 4 subscribe to the fund above mentioned. —The case was not concluded. Before Vioe-Chancellor Wigram. KIRBY V. MASH.—TRUSTEE ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS OP A SUIT OCCASIONED BY IRIS OWN VEXATIOUS CONDUCT.—The defendant was the sole acting trustee of the plaintiff's marriage settlement, under which the latter was entitled to the dividend of 10001. for his life. The defendant, whose residence was distant twelve miles from that of the plaintiff, had refused to pay the dividends of the trust fund to the order of the plaintiff, or in any other manner than to the plaintiff in person, at the house of the defendant. Under these eircum.tances the present bill was filed, praying for payment of all arrears of the dividends, and that the defen dant might be removed from the office of trustee. Mr. Ro milly and Mr. Moore argued the ease for the plaintiff, and Mr. Rolt and Mr. Terrell for the defendant. His Honour held that the conduct of the defendant had been vexatious, and ordered that the arrears shou'd be paid into court, and that the costa of the suit should be paid by the defendant. (Before Vlce-Cluuscellor Knight Bruce.) WESTWOOD V. SLATER.—CONSTRUCTION OF SETTLE XENT.—FAILIJRE OP GIFT TO NEXT OF KIN.—By a settle ment dated the 14th December, 1840,Samuel Welles assigned certain stock to trustees,upon trust, as to twelve-fifteenth parts thereof, to dispoee thereof as follows, namely, as to one portion, to pay the dividends thereof to his daughter, Elizabeth C. Stephens, for her separate use for life, and to pay the capital to her children, if sons, at their age of 21, or if daughters, at their age of 21 or marriage ; as to a further portion, to apply the same in the same manner for the benefit of the settler's daughter, Charlotte Fraser, and her children ; and as to the remaining portion, to apply the same in the same manner for the benefit of the settlor's daughter, Ann Bell (afterwards Ann Westwood) and her children. And the settlement contained a declaration, that if there should he no child or children of the said Elizabeth C. Stephens, Charlotte Fraser, and Ann Westwood, who should live to gain a vested and transmissible interest in the said 12-15th parts of the said trust funds, under the said in. denture, then the trustees should pay the whole of the said 12.15 th parts of the said stock unto the next ef kin ef the said Samuel Welles. Samuel Welles died in August, 1807, leav ing his said three daughters his only children surviving him. Mrs. Freakr died without issue in 1816, and Mrs. Westwood died without issue in 1839. Mrs. Stephens is living, and has children, daughters, who have married. The question was, whether Mrs. Stephens, having survived both her sisters, was entitled as " next of kin " of Samuel Welles, to those portions of the 12-15 the of the fund which had been settled upon her sisters and their children, or whe ther in the events that had happened, the words " next of kin of the said Samuel Welles," were wholly inoperative, on the ground that they were intended to operate only in case of all the daughters of the settler dying without issue, when the whole fund would be payable over. Supposing those words to be inoperative, the fund would revert to the settlor, and pass under his will. Mr. Russell and Mr. H. Humphries appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr. Wigram, Mr. Chandless, Mr. Teed, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Mickeson, appeared for several of the defendants. Mr. Malin, on the part of Mrs. Stephens, referred to several eases, and particularly to Do i V. Darrell, 5 Term Reports, 518, and Doe v. Wonky East, 416. His Honour.—This is a dispute, not between one of two claimants under a settlement, but between the settlor him self and a person who alleges that something has been given to that person by the settlement; which allegation, those who represent the estate of the settlor deny. Without ques tioning either of the cases mentioned by Mr. Melia, I am of opinion that this particular instrument exhibits an intention that the next of kin of the testator should not take any thing, if there should be any child of either daughter who shou ld live to gain a vested interest in the fund in question, or any part thereof. Now, there is at least one child of one daugh ter who has lived to attain a vested interest in the fund in question, or some part thereof. CERZON v. BROWN.—LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY SPE CELATORS.—RIONTS or SECEITARY.—The bill was filed by three of the provisional directors of a proposed " Hem Bay and Canterbury Railway Company" against the other provisional directors, and the secretary, praying that the liabilities of the several plaintiffs and defendants might be adjusted, and that their contributions to the debts of the concern might be settled, and the affairs of the concern wound up, and for an injunction to restrain certain actions which had been brought by the secretary maintop* of the plaintiffs, John Stewart, for the amount of his salary. The defendant Wilson, the secretary, demurred to so much of the bill as prayed an injunction. The bill alleged that the scheme had been formed at a public meeting which took place on the 15th October, 1845, at which the plaintiff and Wilson were present ; and that, on the 20th of the same month, the plaintiff Stewart had agreed to become a direc tor, on the representation by Wilson that a sufficient number of allotments bad been made, and deposits paid, to satisfy any claim, up to that time : that it turned out, however, that in the following December no payments had been made : that in February last, the con cern being likely to be discontinued, a committee of finance had been appointed, and that they had issued circulars calling on the directors to contribute to the ex penam : that the plaintiff, John Stewart, had responded to the call, and paid 351., but that no one else had paid a farthing : that an action had been brought against him for 491. for rent of the committee-room, which sum he had paid : that, finding Stewart so willing a paymaster, the defendant Wilson had brought two actions against him for two quarte rs ' salary, w bleb however, Stewart resisted. The bill then alleged that out of the 351. paid by Stewart for contribution, the finance c im mittee had paid 281. to Wilson in part of hissalary, under an a greement or understanding th at Wilson should not Lae any proceedings against the defendants, the finance committee. Mr. Willcock ..nd Mr. Cankrini appeared in support of the demurrer; Mr. Russell and Mr. Bin for the Honour, in the course of the argurnee. said that the word "understanding" in the bill was much too vague. There appeared to be nothing more in the bill than this the tiff p brought an action sgain-t two or three :Imo= for a legal demand : the bill was brought by those liqelaantet alleging that the demand, if any, was a demand sue from them and others, and that the plaintiff at law, colluding with the others, was suing them only.—Mr. Cankrien submittal that :he bill did not even go so far as that: for though the word " collude " was once used, there was no substantial charge of collusion. His Honour, at the close of the argu ment, allowed the demurrer. COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH. In the course of the morning Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Auckland, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, and Mr. Charles Wood, entered the court, and took the oaths in respect of their several offices, as Ministers of her Majesty. BARNETT IL COT.—RIGHT or TWO County MAGIS TRATES TO THE PRIVILEGES OF • MAGISTRATE OF THE POLICE COURTS OP THE METROPOLIS, WHEN ACTIN() IN A DISTRICT FOIL WHICH NO SUCH MAGISTRATE HAS BEEN APPOINTED.—Mr. Bramwell had on a former day applied for a rule to show cause why the nonsuit in this case should sot be set aside and a new trial had. The action was for trespaes and false imprisonment against two magistrates of the county of Middlesex, for an act done whilst they were exercising, under the 3 & 4 Viet., cap. 84, the functions of a police mngietrate of the police courts of the metropolis, in a district within the Metropolitan Police Acts, for which no magistrate had been appointed under the acts last named. Notice of action had been given to them after the expiration of three months, and before the expiration of six months from the time of committing the trespass complained of, and the plaintiff had been nonsuited on the ground that the notice ought to have been given within the three months. He had submitted to the court that as these magistrates were appointed by the general commis sion for Middlesex, and not under the Metropolitan Police Acts, they were not entitled to the protection conferred by the latter. And further, if that were not so, that as the Metropolitan Police Acts were not public and general acts, hut public, local, and personal acts within the sth and 6th Vic., c. 97, the notice was good. The court postponed its decision.—Lord Denman now said that the county magis trat,s, when discharging the duties of a magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis, were entitled to the protec tion which was the privilege of such a magistrate; and that the court considered the Metropolitan Police Acts to be, as the legislature itself had classed them, public and ge neral, and not public, local, and personal acts. The appli cation, therefore, must be refused. SLATER O. HODSON. CUSTODY OF PARISH poet:- XIINTS.—Mr. Knowles, Q.C., had on a former day applied to the court fur a rule to show cause why the plaintiff's verdict in this case, which was a feigned issue to try the right of certain townships in Carlisle to have separate over seers, should not be set aside and a new trial had on the ground of the improper reception of evidence. At the trial there had been produced certain bastard) , bonds executed between the years 1716 and 1728, and in order to show that they came from the proper custody, the master of the work house of the Union in which the place referred to in them is situated, wee called. He stated that in the year 1842, a cart, driven by some of the paupers came to the workhouse, and th►t in it there was a mass of loose papers, which, as they appeared to relate to a parish of the union, be had taken in and put into a spare room, rather than leave them in the street ; but who the paupers were that brought them, whence they were brought, or to whom they belonged, be did not know. The bastardy bonds in question were part of those papers. lie had submitted therefore that these documents bad not come from such a custody as rendered them receivable in evidence. The court having taken time to consider its decision, Lord Denman now said, that the court thought the place in which these bonds had been found, a natural and reasonable re polity for the custody of parish documents, and therefore that the application must be refused. BAIL COURT. IN THE MATTER. OF THOMAS COOPER.-CONDUCT OF AN ArroaNEY.—The Attorney-Genteel moved for a rule to show cause why Thomas Cooper, an attorney of this court, should not be struck off the roll, and answer matter stated in the affidavits on which the rule was moved. Cooper was an attorney at Congleton, in Cheshire, and on the Ist of January, he sent a letter to one Hancock, demanding pay ment on behalf of one Jamieson, of a debt of 3s. 7d., and 3s. 6d. for the letter. Hancock, on 16th February, went to his office and settled the debt of 3e. 7d., and the receipt of which was acknowledged on the letter, but retusad to pay 35. Gd., whereupon Cooper gave him into ens ' tody for felony, for stealing the receipt. He was taken before the magistrates, and the case dismissed, Cooper having stated in his depositions that the debt was paid and the costa not. Hancock brought an ae. two for false imprisonment against Cooper, in which he recovered damages, with 871. costs. In the April follow ing, Hancock received a summons in one of the courts of the Duchy of Lancaster from Cooper, for a debt of Is , due to Jamieson, and costa of summons, 75., the particulars of demand showing that the debt was the same as that which he had sworn already had been paid. Jamieson denied that be had ever given Cooper any authority ta bring any action, but merely to collect his debts. It was clear, therefore, that this proceeding was adopted only from vindictive feelings against Hancock, and that Cooper hail abused the position which he held as an officer of this court. Mr. Justice Patteson : Perhaps you had better take a rule calling on the party to answer the matters in the affidavit. THE QUEEN V. THE THAMES RAVEN DOCK AND RAIL WAY COMPANY.-MANDAMUS.-Mr. Montagu Chambers, ' with whom was Mr. Lush, moved for a rule calling on the company to show cause why a return to a mandamus made by them should not be granted as frivolous and evasive, and why an attachment should not issue against those f the directors who had been served with the order. It appeared that a mandamus had been issued in June calling on the company to pay a certain sum due to Sir George Stephen, and if necessary to make a call on the shareholders so as to enable them to pay . it. It was centended that the return was frivolous and evasive, and a contempt of court, inasmuch as it had not :tided that the company had not funds to pay the claim when the mandamus was served ; that they nad pretended to obey the second portion of the order to make a call by doing so four months after the mandamus was served, and making it payable in January, when the period for the return would have expired. It was also stated by affidavit that one shareholder had paid a sum for the ex press purpose of discharging Sir G. Stephen's claim, which was more than sufficient. Mr. Justice Patteson said, there might be a rule to quash the return, but he doubted if the rest of the motion was according to the usual practice, nor did he know an in stance where it had been coupled with a motion to quash the return as frivolous. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco. SHAW AND ANOTHER V. CLARILSON.—RAILWAY LlABl 'atm.—This was an action for work and labour, brought b 7 the plaintiffs, who arc printers and lithographers, in etter-lane, against the defendant, as a provisional director of the London, Portsmouth, and Chichester Railway. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswcll at the present sittings at Guildhall, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiffs, damages 6301. Mr. Serjeant Byles now moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial upon affidavits. It appearen that the line in question was projected in the summer of 1845, by two gentlemen (engi neers) of the name of Drayson, and that the plaintiffs were employed to furnish the necessary plans, sec tions, &c., between the 13th August, 1845, and the 20th December in the same year. It was proved that the first order mentioned in the plaintiffs' bill of particulars was given by one of the Draysona, and that the defendant did not become a member of the company until the Ist Oct., 184-5. At that time he was appointed chairman of the com pany, and a member of the provisional committee of management. The present demand, therefore, comprised only the items furnished by the plaintiffs subsequent to the period when the defendant joined the company. On the part of the plaintiff, evidence of conversations was given to prove that the work was done by the plaintiffs for the com pany, and not for the Messrs. Drayson, the engineers. The principal witness as to this fact was a clerk of the plaintiffs, and he admitted that they bad often applied to Drayson for the money, and bad received front him 2001., but they had never made any application to the company nor to the secre tary ; nor had they, in fact, obtained any money on account of the railway, except through Drayson. One of the Dray sons was called on behalf of the plaintiffs, and the object of his evidence was, of course, to exonerate himself by fixing the liability upon the company. Notwithstanding the admissions made by these witnesses, and the evidence adduced for the defendant, proving that no claim had ever been made upon him by the plaintiffs, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs. He (Mr. Serjeant Bylea) contended that the result would have been other wise if the jury had not consisted of tradesmen. He made the present application upon the affidavits of the defendant and others, denying that any such conversations as those referred to had ever taken place ; and he should also be enabled to produce an affidavit from the defendant's attorney upon the same subject. The court granted a rule nisi, subject to the production of the last-mentioned affidavits, and to its being of a satisfactory nature. COURTsittin OF p in EX HamCHEQUER.m () REYNELL V. LEWIS.—LIABILITy OF RAILWAY PRO VISIONAL Comfort itEMEN.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an advertising agent, carrying 'At business is Chancery-lane, against Mr. Kensington Lewis, of Stratford place, London, a nd Worcester-park, Surrey, as a member of the provisiona l committee of the Central Kent Railway. At the trial before the Lord Chief B aron, at the Middlesex sittings after last term, it appeared that the defendant called in September, 1845, at the offices of Messrs. Park's, Smith, and Co., solicitors, of Bedford-row, and stated that he had no objection to become a member of the provisional com mittee. His name was accordingly inserted in the advertise ments and prospectuses of the scheme, and in consequence of an inaccuracy in his description he wrote a letter to the Times newspaper, upon the 6th of November, stating that he was not a member of the provisional committee of any railway company, except the " Central Kent " and the " Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railways." Upon the 16th of October, in answer to a circular stating, that as a member of the pro visional committee, he might have an allotment of 150 shams, he wrote to the secretary to say he would accept them. It also appeared that he interfered to prevent the committee from allotting shares in December, and that he had then called at the offices of the company, and having inquired into the state of their finances, and the extent to which they had then incurred expenses, he gave them credit for their being extremely moderate. Part of the plaintiff's demand had accrued due befere the defendant bemme a . member of the committee, and advertisements of the u•der taking had been inserted by the solicitors before the forma tion of the provisional committee. The only question being as to the defendant's liabdity, the learned judge, in sum ming up the case, left it to the jury to determine upon whose credit the advertisements had been inserted by the plaintiff, and whether the defendant, by becoming • mem ber of the provisional committee, authorised the solicitors to hold him out to the world as a person responsible for the ordinary and necessary expenses, preliminary to the mim ing out of the scheme. A verdict having passed for the •laintiff for 5781., a rule was subsequently obtained by the A ti mney-General to set it aside, and for a new trial upon the gr,sund of misdirection. Mr. gnowles, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Willa now showed elms, why that rule should not be absolute. It was impossible that the question could have been more correctly left to the jury th2n it was ; if it was left to them to say with w hom the contact was made, the verdict would he ambiguous, for it was quste clear that a contract made by an authorised agent bound t;:e principal just as much as if made by himself. The jury found that the defendant authorised the solicitors to bold out bis name as a person responsible for the preliminary . expenses, and that credit was given by the plaintiff upon the faith of that representation. The orders for the insertion of the advertisements were given in every instance by a clerk of Messrs. Parkes, Smith, and Co. It was admitted that they were inserted according to orders, and that the prices were usual and reasonable. The defendant sanctioned the appointment of the solicitors, engineers, and secretary, and after seeing their names in the published advertisements and prospectuses of the proposed undertaking, he authorised his name to be inserted as a member of the provisional committee. He was, therefore, aware of the liability he was incurring. Mr. Baron Parke said the question was—what was the state of things on the 26ta September, 1845, when the defendant became one of the provisional committee, and what were the duties and liabilities then undertaken by him ? It did not appear that the orders fur these advertisements were given upon the defendant's expressed authority; he might possibly have altogether dissented from the necessity of incurring the expenses of their insertion, and surely it would not then be contended that he should be held responsible for teem. For instance, if at a meeting of six committee men, five were of opinion that a certain ordershould begiven to a tradesmen, and that the sixth altogether disapproved of it—why should he be held responsible ? In such a case it would be most unreasonable that the minority should be held liable for the acts of the majority. Mr. Baron Alderson.—l don't know that. At all events, the tradesman who executes the order should have notice tha' the party did not approve of it, and dissented from the opinion of the majority of the meeting. The Lord Chief Baron : The defendant must be taken to he " a promoter," according to the precisions of the 7th and Bth Vice, c. 110, although it appeared his name was never regularly registered as such.—The learned counsel for the plaintiff contended that provisional committees associated themselves together as " partners" for the performance of certain duties, and that they werejointly and severally liable for all the preliminary expenses necessarily incurred for the attainment of the objects for which they were appointed.— The Attorney-General was about to proceed with his argu ment at four o'clock, when the court rose, and intimated that the case would be resumed this morning. SECONDARIES' COURT. Before Mr. Secondary Potter. BARNETT V. NEWTE. THE JAMAICA SOUTHERN, EASTERN; AND NORTHER:4 RAILWAY.—This was a writ of inquiry to assess diunages in an action brought against the defendant, a gentleman of fortune, residing in Harley str et, Portman-square, as a managing director of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway, for the recovery of the sum of 1121. 3s. 2d., as the balance of an account for goods and labour supplied to the above-named company by the plaintiff, a stationer and printer in Buck lerabury. The defendant having submitted to judgment, it was only requisite for the plaintiff to show that the goods had been supplied, and that the charges were reasonable. To effect this Mr. Shiers, the company's secretary, was called, who deposed to having transmitted orders to the plaintiff both for sta tionery and the printing of scrip shares, allotment letters, prospectuses, and notice*. The dealings began in June, 1345, and continued throughout the mania up to lleu•mher, when the hill amounted to 19'21. 3a. 2d., and the plaintiff received 801., which he applied to the reduction of the first part of the account ; and the items constituting the present claim were all subsequent to the lit September, 1845. The learned secondary held this evidence sufficient to en title the plaintiff to a verdict, which was accordingly entered for 1121. 3s. 2d., with costs. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT—Cy:mm[lam.. Beare Mr. Commissioner Bullock. TIDMAILSH v. NATHAM.—Ettsc PRETENCES.—Richard Tidmarsh came before the court, to recover from the de fendant, Lewis Nathan, under the Small Debts Act, 21. Be. debt, and 5/. costs.—Defendant formerly carried on business in Jewry-street, Aldgate, with a person named Solomons, and was the patentee of an alarum for watches; this patent now, he swore, did not belong to him ; although he received an interest from it. In the early part of the year he employed the plaintiff to sell some small wax-taper lights, for which he way to pay him 2d. per thousand, telling him, at the same time, that they were his own ;property; he now stated them to be the property of Messrs. Swarttchild, of Lombard-street, admitting, however, that at the time ho engaged plaintiff he told him that they were his own, and that he had 300,000 of them.—Mr. Buchanan submitted that by the defendant's own showing he had fraudulently contracted a debt, by telling the plaintiff that the property he engaged him to 11(11 was his own, when he now swore that it was not ; and, under the first section of the net, he should call upon the court to commit him to prison for forty days, fur the fraud in contracting the debt —The Judge said that it appeared clear to him that the defendant had contracted the debt upon a misrepresentation, and he must go to prison. —Mr. Buchanan said that if he would agree to pay 2/. per month he would not press for his committal.—Ultimately the defendant agreed to pay. POLICE.-YESTERDAL GUILDHALL.—MAKIIIMIADINO. — Two young men were brought up on a remand from Monday, charged with stealing a pin. It appeared that between 12 and 1 on Monday morning, Mr. Parry, builder, of Houghton-street, Clue-market, was proceeding from Smithfield towards Rul born, when he was accosted near Farringdon-street by. It prisoners, who were dressed in female attire, and appeared to him to be fine looking young women. They asked him where he was going, and he replied home. They then came up to him and walked as far as Field-lane, when they invited him to come with them home, or to twat them, which he refused to do. They still continued with him up a part of Holborn-hill, when one of them caught hold of liim by the collar and asked for some money for them to drink, it he would not have any with them, and on his again refusing, they left him, and went up Shoe-lane. Ho immediately missed his pin from his stock, and gave the alarm, when they were pursued and taken into custody. When taken to the station house they gnve the names of Emma Anderson and Jane Wilson ; but their sex was of course soon discovered. When brought up on Monday it was strongly suspected that they assumed the dress of females for other purpousi besides rob bery, and were, therefore, remanded. The pin was found on the following day about the spot where they were taken into custody. Both prisoners now denied that they ever saw or touched the pin, and that complainant was the first to speak to them, and ask them to come with him. Their real names were John Anderson and Edward Sullivan.—The prisoners declined saying anything in their defence beyond the mere denial of stealing the pin.—Alderman Musgrove committed them for trial, and said be should instruct the City Solicitor to prosecute. BOW-STREET.—STRANGE APPLICATION. —Yesterday, Mr. Marrand, solicitor, of Skinner-street, Snow-hill, ap peared before Mr. Jardine, to apply that a summons might issue ruminst Lord John Russell, to show why he detained certain documents of great importance, alleged to be in his possession.—Some years back ? Mr. William Titmouth, for whom he appeared, was a spirit merchant, in Sunderland, and, having discovered a deficiency in the measure of gooes sent to him by his distillers, upon settling his accounts with them he proposed that a deduction should be made, which was resisted, and upon which they took proceedings against him for the amount in dispute. The case was tried at Dur ham, before Mr. Justice Littledale, and the documents con nected with it, together with the rules made by the learned judge were forwarded to his lordship, who was the n in o ffi ce, a part of which were returned, but the remainder, which precluded his client from prosecuting his suit,were withheld. The answers to the applications at the liome-office, showed that the papers had been forwa r ded in 1836, when his lord• ship was in office, and subsequently . to Lord Duncannon, setting forth that his client had been incarcerated in the gaol of Durham for 18 years.—Mr. Jardine said that the presump tion was, the papers in question were at the Rome-office, with which his lordship had nothing at present to do ; besidt it would be necessary to show that there were reasonable grounds to suppose they were actually in his possession ; in addition to which, " goods " were technical phrases ; and ho did not thick himself warranted in granting a summons, such reasonable grounds not being shown that such docu ments were actually in his lordship's possession.—The Ap plicant said that the documents were of the most vital im portance to his client, as he could not proceed with his suit in their absence, and which were admitted by letters pro duced to be in the hands of the government, the expense of which had already amounted to no less than 10,0001.—Kr. Jardine said that the subject of the application was too great for him to suffer a summary proceeding to issue for the rceo very of the documents in question, and the applicant retired with his client, intimating that he should adopt another course. MARYLEBONE.—EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A DM CRAROED SERVANT.—James Curling was charged with having stolen property to a large amount, belonging to Mr. Boosey, music-publisher, Holles-street, Cavendish-square. The prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, who, at the latter end of last year, discharged him for dishonesty. lie subsequently missed a vast deal of property from his warehouse in Plicenix-yard, in which he placed publications of bis own, for which he had not room at his shop ; and he recently . missed many entire copies of " La Sonnambula," " Ethan]," and " Linda." From information communicated to him, he caused the prisoner to be given into custody, and he felt confident that no one could have committed the rob bery who was not well acquainted with the premises.— Defter, 215 D, now produced several keys which he found. on the prisoner ; one of them fitted exactly the lock of Mr. Boosey's store-room, where the music was kept. Several pawnbrokers were in attendance, bringing with them a num ber of music-books, and they identified the prisoner as the person who had pledged them. —Mr. lloosey, on exam:axing the property so pledged, found that the whole of it was his, and that it had been laden trout his warehouse ; the value of it 1 1 .4 cent/ held Dna. WW I walla Rould . _ Mcat* sob ma 800 i B Chit !VIVO g ra . Ad SI all