The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1846. Daily News. A deputation was named to proceed I to London, for the p ur p ose o f having an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. Thanks were then voted to the Mayor, and the meeting, aft.r a few hear',7 cheers, separated at a few minutes to four o'clock. IRELAND, DUBLIN, Not 24, ARMIN° OP THIS Pzofizi.—The north is quit: e as active 60 the south in giving 'practical effect to its ideAl of citizen ship. Limerick siza ipperarT are e_qualled, in zeal b 7 Ty rone and Fermanagh. The AnniskiUnt ijhronick, received this mailing, gives the following ahrming account of the dangerous extent to which the traffic in fire-arms is carried on Within the last few months, several shopkeepers in this town have commenced to retail guns, pistols, &c. A respectable merchant, who has lately entered into the trade, informed us that in one day last week he could have sold 15 or 16 guns if he had had them ; but his stock, although the fourth or fifth importation, having run out, he was obliged to mend his customers away. The difficulty of obtaining guns in Birmingham is also so great, from the very pressing and extensive demands from all parts of the country, that it is impossible to get them executed, without experiencing the most considerable delay. We have heard an instance of an order given upwards of six weeks ago, and which has not yet been attended to. The manufacturers of Birmingham are puzzled to know what to do." MILITARY LIBERALITY.—FoIIowing the example of the Soots Greys in Tipperary, the officers and men of another Scotch regiment, the 92nd Hie:lenders, stationed at Bally , shannon, have contributed 5L to the local relief fund. EXTRAORDINARY PREfIENTME. , ;T lESSIONB. I AI - ery ex traordinary presentment sessions was held yesterday, at Hells, in the county of Meath. My informant states that upwards of one thousand of the labouring poor assembled at the place of meeting, requiring that something should be done, and that quickly, for that not oae of them or their families had a morsel of food. The Marvis of Headfort took the chair, but very soon retired to deliberate in secret with the other teas-payers, on the amount and character of the presentments. The multitude became exasperated, rushed through the town begging for bread in the fashion of the rob ber in " Gil Blas." One baker helped them gratuitously to a batch which had just escaped from the oven. They were in the act of imposing peremptory conditions on another baker, when the police arrived and they dispersed. There being comparatively little tillage in the neighbourhood of Kells, as the country is all laid under pasture, the distress of the labouring classes is consequently more general and acute. TILE RATIONALE OF THE SMALL FARMER'S CONDITION. —The Rev. Mr. Sheehan in the Chew Journal of yesterday, dwells at much length on the distressed state of the peu entry in that country. The following extract describes very forcibly the probable state to which the secondary class of Irish farmers will be reduced without the forbearance and protection of their landlord:. Did you ever know a tenant to be buying provisions for three months of summer, who was not almost r ed uced to beggary, and who had not to struggle hard for a year or two to regain his former posi tion 1 How often did it require the most determined exertions of industry, and the most stringent economy, aided by the help of a good landlord, to enable such a tenant to pull up in a year or two, and who would never get on his ler at all if it had not been for some such indulgence, some such artificial assistance, and what will it be now when the tenant clam in general have to be buying provision, not for two sr three months, but for ten months couseeritiody, and perhaps more I if the odd tenant baying only for two or three months wan so reduced in means, and found it re difficult to regain his former place, what will become of the great body of the email farmers of the country buying up at famine price, with the prospect before them of having to du so for many months without any interruption After so severe an ordeal far au long a time, it cannot be a matter of surraire if they all became banktupt sad were put hare du. combat. 1 would have the pauper provided for; I would have no one starve; but, ocrtaialv, I would not leave the corder tenantry behind, as at present, for it they fail, and tail and fall, and sink they must, unless taken in hand and kept up stoutly, moiety crumbles, and the idea of property as it at present exists, quickly vanishes and disappears. OF THE SLESSINCITON ESTATllB.—Yestenk7 was the day fixed for the sale of the estates of the late Lad of Blessington, husband of the Countess of Blessington, and father of Lady Harriett D'Orsay. They are very extensive, consisting of 68 townlands in the county of Tyrone, com prising 32,000 statute acres, let generally at low tents, and on long leases; besides the demesne and residence of Mount joy Forest, in that county—the demesne comprising 2,600 acres. The rental of this portion of the property is 10,0001. per annum. The Dublin portion of the estates comprise a large area on the north aide of the city, on which Mountjoy square and some fashionable streets are erected, and present ing besides several valuable sites fur building. The rental of this • .rtion is principally made up of chief rents, producing 13,111 2. annually. The gale took place in Master Litton's office, and the first lot put up contained 1,969 acres, produo- ing a rental of 1,3071., but valued, at the fall of some old leases, nearly expired, at 2,6001. per annum. After several bidding., the sale was deferred until this day. To-day, it opened again, but the utmost languor appeared to prevail amongst the bidders, of whom the attendance was large. After the whole day bed been again spent in tempting pur ctasers, the sale was adjourned until to-morrow, after the disposal of three small lots, which brought about 3,090/. It is expected that the sale will not conclude this week, cer tainly not before Saturday. There is a portion of the Bles aington property in Kilkenny also to be offered for sole. conunutatioill ea act, in order to stop smuggling, and to add to the comforts of the people, reduced the duty from Is. and 6 per cent, ad valorem duty to 124 per cent. The conse quence was, that the consumption rose from 5,000,0001b5. to 21,000,0001 b.. in 1795. (Loud cries of " Rear, hear.") There is some little discrepancy in the actual amount of the tea consumed at that period. dome parties state it as low as 3,000,0001 W. ; I think 5,000,0001 M. may be taken as a fair estimate. In 1795 the duty was raised to 20 per cent. ,• and from that period to 1834, when the charter of the East India' Company was abrogated, there was a continuous rise of duty at nine various periods ; and at the latter date the consump tion though more in pounds was less per head than in 17e - 0 . (Rear.) As this is from a parliamentary domment. b e e better read you the statement, and it will carry or e eleg tory of the trade to the year 1836. la 1784 the tan was 121 per cent.; in tr..a it esse et t ee e to 20 per cent.; in 1797, to 20 per . eent. ell 2a. &I. I' at and above that tim e; at 17 9 8 . in 20 end S S PeTri in IMO, to. 20 lnd 40 per cent. ; in 1801, to ',/;' er ene t B t P Y in 1803, and 9S per cent. ; in 1806 to 9 6 . per cent. OR ell Primo; :au in 1319, to 96 per CCM.. under 2s. %Re lb., and 100 per cent , at and above that price, continuing to the w ee m e ti en o r the comp uire shunter. InlaMkeledtheectThdeentngbeinfite throw n open, the duty was attempted be quality, being le. 6d. per a or 2, 4e i the whi l c e h wel as teo„ sup 2T " ld. to pe w r lb k . 011 the middle, and In , per lb. cm the finest kinds. This scale was also constructed on the p r i nc i pa l of taxing, aa Dew aa may be, the article with an average d• ,rty of 100 per cent. ; but was abandoned in 183 0 owing to mowo o necessary tostate I ere, and was succeeded by a uniform duty of 2„ id , per lb., until 1840, when the additional Per cent, Imposed 'AI all Castoms• duties, brought it up to Is. 21d. perlb. A very imPot'eant fact connected with the importation of I I tea is embraced between the periods 1822-3 and 1831-2.1 The PAW.. India Company reduced the price of Bohm 71d. per. lb., and as it was charged an ad valorem duty, a similee reduction was made on the part of the government, together amounting to Is. 3d. per lb. The consequence was, that the consumption, which, in the former period, was 1 .,800,000 rose in the latter to 64,000,000 lbs. (Hear.) If this reduction had not taken place, it would appear from the figures that there would have been an actual decrease in the sales up to 1833 of 1,000,0001 be. •. this reduction produced en excess of 46,000,0001b5. On the abrogation of the charter, the consumption increased from 31,000,0001b5. to 44,000,600165, producing • revenue of 4,800,0001. We have to contend with the difficulty of supplying this. But when we look to the increase that has taken place by the re duction of duty, and the effect of low duties in other coun tries, I trust it will induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to believe that the reduction of duty will produce a great increase of consumption. (" Oh, oh.") The quantity often consumed in the Channel Islands:is about 411bs. per head. In Newfoundland it is 51bs. per head, and in New South Wake %lbs. per head. ("Oh.") Now, with the evidence before us that moderate duties produced increased consumption, the Chancellor will be fully warranted in doing what he can to increase the comforts of the people. For tea is not now a luxury ; it has become one of the necessaries of life. A friend of mine, whom I see in court, was in Staffordshire', lately, where he saw four men doing some work; some ale was sent out to them, but they said, " We are not teetotaller., but we find that tea enables us to do eur work better; we shall therefore be obliged to you for a cup of tea instead of ' the ale." This shows clearly the taste of the people, so that they will prefer tea if they can get it. Mr. Brown then combatted the objection that China would not be able to pro duce a sufficient quantity of tea. He went into several cal culations to show this. The Chinese, for example, used tea as we do beer. Their consumption was about 71b. per head ; ' and multiplying this by the population of China, it would be seen that the additional per tentage we should draw would he trifling indeed. In fact, they had the means of indefinitely extending the cultivation of the plant. We must not lose sight, Mr. Brown continued, of the fact, that a larger con sumption of tea would necessarily produce a larger con sumption of sugar. This will greatly assist the govern ment in making up the revenue. One argument brought against us will be, why do not the United States consume a larger quantity, where the duty was already moderate, and now there is none at all ? The answer is, the taste of the I Americans is for coffee. They use six lbs. per head, or 120,000,0001 be. per annum, while we consume but 34,000,000 lbs, or 1 fibs per head. So that what we use in tea they use in coffee; and, hence, as our taste is fur tea, and not for coffee, I should not be surprised to see the consumption in. crease three-fold. (Hear.) As for the moral effect, that part of the question will be ably handled by some of the gen tlemen who are to come after me. It is quite true that the collection of a specific euty is much easier for the govern ment and for the merchant ; but is it equity—is it justice— that the most valuable dmeriptiens of t a should pay only the same duty as the lowest kinds of Bohea, depriving the great tams of the people of the use of this wholesome teverage ? It has been clearly shown by Mr. Bamfield, in one of his lectures, that the great mass of the consumers of tea, the poorer climes, are as 10,300,000 compared with 4,500,000 of the middle class, and 1,200,000 of the rich. Mr. Brown concluded by pressing upon the public at large the necessity of aiding in the movement for the reduction of the duty on tea ; inasmuch as it was only by enlisting the almost omnipotent voice of public opinion in their favour that their efforts could be successful. Mr. BRASILRY relocate rose with great pleasure to emend the resolution, 11e entertained no fears as regarded the re duction of the duty on tea. Rethought the reduction might safely be made, without danger to the revenue, and on such a scale as to affect the retail price to the consumer, without which no benefit would be conferred on the poorer classes. There could be no doubt that a reduction of the duty on tea would confer great benefits on the town of Liverpool in par ticular, on the working classes in general, contributing largely to the comfort of the fire-side, and inducing the working man to speed his evenings at home. Mr. Moore concluded a long and able speech by seconding the resolution. Mr. Duxes, wine and spirit dealer, thew rose to address the meeting. He said, feeling deeply the exorbitant and dis proportionate duty imposed on tea, he had deemed it his duty to aid the object for which the meeting was assembled, and had made some calculations from official documents as to the effect of a reduction on another article. And if he could prove that such reduction had not diminished the public revenue, but had, on the contrary, augmented it, he might hope that such evidence would strengthen the hands of those who had to impress upon her Majesty's government the ne eessity and advantages of a reduction of the duty on tea; because the conviction that such reduction would injure the revenue, was perhaps the only obstacle in the way. It would be in the recollection of many in that room that, early in the present year, the duty on brandy was reduced from 228.101. to 15s. per gallon—a reduction of nearly one-third. Mr. Dixon then read in extenso a table, showing the amount of duty paid, and the number of gallons released for a certain number of months in 1841, 1815, and 1846, from which it appeared that, notwithstanding the extensive reduction of duty, such was the increased consumption, that there was already an:actual gain to the revenue of about 16,000/. The reduction made on wines had also tended to increase the revenue. Mr. Dixon proceeded to remark that if a reduction of duty on articles of luxury, the consumption of which was confined to the more affluent portion of the community, had led to an actual increaseof revenue, how much more forcibly would the pi inciple apply to an article absolutely required by every class of the community ? (Applause.) He would , not endeavour to show the advantages of a reduction of the duty on tea in a commercial point of view; this had already been so ably gone into, that it would be unbecoming in him to add one word to it. All he would do, in conclusion, was to express an ardent hope that the millions of those who moved in the bumble walks of life in this densely-populated land might be enabled, through the instrumentality of the promoters of the present movement, to partake plentifully of that beverage which " cheers but not inebriates," and adds to social intercourse and the comfort of the domestic hearth. (Applause.) Mr. Hume HORNBY moved the next resolution. He said he felt some difficulty in making observations on this subject, inasmuch as he had never yet heard any argument advanced by those opposed to the reduction of the duty on tea, to which it would not almost be an insult upon the common sense of the meeting, to attempt to make any reply. It had always appeared to him that the excessive duty on tea was so utterly indefensible—attended by such manifest, such un mitigated severity—that it was a matter of surprise so little hail been hitherto done to induce its reduction. But it was in reference to its mischievous effects upon the moral habits of the working classes that it had now become a question of paramount and pressing importance to the public at large. At the present moment, when the utmost anxiety existed to rescue our working population from ignorance, destitution, and degradation, it should require no inducements to be held out to cause government to make a reduction of the duty on an article of general consumption—a reduction which it was admitted on all hands would ameliorate the social, moral, and physical condition of the humbler dames. He was aware that, a making these observations, he had entered on a topic reserved for gentlemen who should suc ceed him ; but he felt deeply on the subject, and trusted he would therefore be excused. We had been so long accustomed to the high duty on tea, that he believed we had at length be come unable to make a proper estimate of itsevil consequences. If any stranger ascertained that China mead supply us. to all practicable purposes, with an unlimited supply of tea, — what would be his astonishment on finding an impediment to the increased import of tea, arising from an artificial regu lation of our own ? that it was in consequence of our im posing a higher duty on this article, with the exception, he believed, or ardent spirits and tobacco, than any other in the commercial tariff. There was no valid reason why a reduc tion should not take place. He (Mr. Hornby) believed there was no instance of an excessive duty on any article of universal consumption being reduced, where an increased consumption did not compensate for the lose of revenue which must otherwise have been felt. In the case of coffee the reduction was attended, not by lees, but by actual profit to the revenue. With tea, in his opinion, the result would be still more striking, bec ause its taste was more congenial than coffee to the people of this country. Rel for his part had not the slightest doubt, if the duty on tea l were reduced from Is. 21d. to la. per lb., in a few years the consumption would be trebled, and the revenue would be a gainer instead of a loser. Mr. Hornby concluded by . affirm ing that we had not acted in a spirit of true reciprocity with China—maintaining the duties on tea after their granting a tariff admitting British manufactures at the moderate duty 5 per cent. Mr. T. B. House .ALL seconded the resolution. He expressed his opinion, amid loud applause, that no trilling reduction I would be of any importance whatever ; but that we must have a large and substantial reduction. He amplified the calculations of Mr. Brown, to show that previous reductions of the duty on tea had not injured the reveen months ofth and stated the important fact that during the past te n present year the shipment of goods to China bad fallen off 40 per cent. He concluded by expressing his conviction that government not only would, but readily, attend to the re presentations which the meeting might make to it. The meeting was subsequeotiy addressed by Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr. Winch, Mr. Brod ribb, Mr. Hepworth, Mr. Christopher Rawson, Mr. Geo. Grant, Mr. J. Cropper, Mr. T. Brocklebank, Mr. William Rathbone, and Mr. Thornley, M.P. and all the resolutions were passed unanimously, and orde red to be inserted in the PROVINCIAL. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The first parliamentary or cheap train from Manchester to Leeds, on Monday last, arrived at Wakefield about nine, where it stepped for a short time. Everything had been reported right, and the engine again leR the sta tion, but had not progressed more than twenty or thirty yards, when it was stopped in consequence of an accident. One of the assisting guards, named Corns, was proceeding along the foot-board to his break, as is the custom, after all has been found correct, when the hide of his head or neck tame in contact with a luggage-waggon on the siding, and be was struck with such violence as to be knocked from his standing on to the line. lie was thrown under the wheels of the train by the force of the blow, and one of the heavy horse-boxes, and another carriage attached to the tender, passed over his legs, and severed them both from his body, the one above, and the other below the knee. The unfortu nate man gradually sunk under the injuries he had sustained, and died on Tuesday. An inquest was held, and the verdict was—" Accidental death." A CASE or STABBING occupied the attention of the magistrates of Liverpool on Tuesday. A sailor named Winslow was standing at the corner of a street, when another seaman, who was running away from some com panions whom be had offended, stabbed Winslow in the abdomen. The ruffian who used the knife was secured, and now lies in gaol. CHARGE AGAINST THE REv. W. MOLEswoRTH.—The Manchester Guardian of yesterday says :—The town of Rochdale wan thrown into considerable excitement on Sun day morning, by seeing the Rev. W. Molesworth, incum bent ofSt. Clement's Church, and son of the vicar of Rochdale, brought into the town in the custody of the police. Notice has been given in the Manchester papers, by the commis sioners, of their intention to apply to parliament nextseseion for fresh powers, and it is necessary, in order to comply with the standing orders, that certain notices should be placed on the church doors within the parish three Sundays in October or November. On the Eth and 15th of this month, those notices were placed on the doors of St. Clement's Church, and in a short time after they were pulled off by some one. Mr. Molesworth was suspected to be Unperson. The commissioners were determined to discover the offender, and on Sunday last they sent on to the graand Mr. J. Butterworth, the inspector of nuisances, and two of the Constabulary force, with strict orders to apprehend the person who should attempt to take down those notices. Mr. Molesworth came, pulled them down, and tore them to pieces before the police force, who immediately apprehended him and brought him into the town. He was taken to the house of Mr. G. Ashworth, the magistrate, but that gentleman had gone to chapel. The constables then took Mr. Molesworth to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Baillie-street, where Mr. Ashworth attends. The latter gentleman was called out, and the party went into the vestry, where Mr. Molesworth was bound in the sum of 501. to attend at the Flying Horse, on Monday, at twelve o'clock, to answer such charges as might be brought against him. The arrest of Mr. Molesworth obliged his congregation to return home, without hearing service performed. On Monday, the room at the Flying Horse was crowded long before the magistrates arrived. Mr. Heaton appeared on behalf of the commissioners, and said there were three charges against Mr. Molesworth, for having, on the three last Sundays, defaced certain notices, and pulled them off the five doors of St. Clement's Churia The papers were notices of application to parliament, in the next session, for an extension and amendment of the Roch dale Improvement Act. Parliament had made standing orders that such notices must be posted on the doors of the various churches and chapels on three Sundays in October or November. The papers had been duly posted by the ser vants of the police commissioners, but had been torn off the doors by the Rev. William Molesworth. What motive be had for so doing, he could not tell, unless it was because the clerk of the church had not put them up, and was thus de prived of his fees. It had formerly been customary to employ the clerk to post these notices, for which he was paid a small fee. He (Mr. Heaton) thought a rev. gent. should be an in strument in tesehing the people good morals, but here he had acted differently. He called witnesses to prove the faets. Mr. J. Molesworth, for the defence, said the church doors had recently been painted, and the papers had been posted on the doors in a disgraceful manner. They would have been allowed to be put on the doors in a proper manner, had the parties first asked leave of the incumbent. The case was out of the jurisdiction of the bench, as there was no law on the subject, but only a standing order of government. His brother had been under the impression that he had a right to act as he bad done, and that there was no law to punish him, for whilst he was incumbent of St. Clement's Church, it was his property. Mr. Heaton said he was not aware of any law on the subject, except the rending orders of parliament. Mr. Chadwick : I do not at all approve of the manner in which defendant has acted. The case was dismissed. SHORT TIME.—A journal favourable to a ten hours bill (the Preston Chronicle, of Saturday last) has the following paragraph :—" The hands in the employ of Mr. George Smith, spinner, being dissatisfied with the reduction of the hours of labour to eight daily, gave notice of their intention of leaving work, if the old time was not resumed. Mr. Smith not being disposed to give way, closed his mill altogether, and as yet no terms have been come to." A NEW TEMPERANCE HALL was opened in Liverpool on Monday. It has been raised by the exertions and perse verance of a number of working men. NOTTECCHAMSIIIRE. PEOPLE OF TANITL—On Tuesday last the NottinghamTovns Council. at a meeting in the Guildhall, agreed to a memorial to Lord Palmerston in which they state, that, viewing with deep regret the sufferings entailed on the queen and people of Tahiti, by the forcible establishment of the French protec torate in that island ; and, believing that this is a ease which specially calls for friendly interposition on the part of the Briti:a . nation, they respectfully intreat her Majesty's F ( '.eernment to use its beat offices with the government of France, in order to procure for such of the Tahitians as may desire it, permission peaceably to withdraw Prom the island, and also to make such negotiations as may secure the perma nent independence of the Society Islands, as well as of the other Wands of the Pacific, shich may otherwise share the fate of Tahiti. ATTEMPTED MDT/DLR.-1001. Rawanh.—The govern- ment Police Gazelle contains the offer of the above reward for such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the individuals who, on the evening of the 20th ult., caused such injuries to Mr. David Congrer., near his own residence, on the Holbeach Turnpike-road, by shooting at him with slugs, as to endanger life—viz., 601. by her Ma• jesty's government and 501. by Mr. Congreve. A FIRE occurred at Plymouth on Monday, by which it is estimated that damage has been done to the amount of 3,0001. It broke out on the premises of Messrs. Plimsanl, ironmongers, at the corner of Bilbury and Buckwell-streets, and afterwards partially extended to the houses of Mr. Watts, tailor, Mr. Woolf, pawnbroker, Mrs. Weeks, milliner, and Mr. Trickett, dyer. THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE exhibited a flag of distress during the late gale ; but so violent was the storm, that the agent in vain attempted to hold communication with the light keepers. On Sunday a more successful effort was made, and the Eddystone was reached by the Diligent tender. There was a tremendous sea in the channel, and the wind was blowing strong from the southward. After approaching the light-'' house as near as the boisterous state of the weather would permit, the light keepers were signalled to throw out a letter in a sealed bottle ; from this it was ascertained that the dis tress hag bad been kept hoisted in consequence of the da maged state of the lower part of the door of the basement entrance, caused by the great weight of the water, which had forced itself into the lighthouse at the upper doorway during the storm. Measures are to be immediately taken to repair the damage. Aar 'NurEar has been held near Sudbury, upon the body of a labourer named Foster, who is supposed to have been poisoned three weeks after his marriage. It is said that some suspected parties are in custody. The subject is under investigation by the authorities of the county. BVROLART AT KTON.--011 Tuesday morning es.ly the house of Mr. Johnson, one of the assistant masters of Eton College, was broken into. The burglar was lighting a lueifer-match in a pupil's room, when the young gentleman awoke, and, giving an alarm, the thief scampered off, and dropped upon the floor a valuable timepiece he had taken from off the dressing-table. Ho made his escape, 'carrying away with him three pairs of shoes belonging to Mr. John son's pupils. KENT. THE LATE FIRE AT OtuvEmENrs.—Yesterday, at noon, a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Gravesend took 1 place in the Town-hall, relative to the late fire, when the following resolutions were adepted:—Resolved, that the aeceral acts of parliament which appear to give the municipal and parochial aathorities the means of making adequate provision, viz., the local acts the 3rd and 4th Will. IV., e. 90, and the tad and 3rd Vp et., c. 28, be referred to the Town-Council and the Commissioners of Pavements, with the • &tire of the inhabitants that ' will, without ...,e earnest , __ . they w.., , it loss of time, 00-operate for the es— ahstent of adequate and permanent means for the suppression of tires : that the Fire Insurance Compsaies should be written to, and be requested to contribute towards the support of an effickait tire establishment. nuisance could be supposed to arise from the build ings to be erected. If there was any danger at all it must be from the manufacturing of the gas for which the buildings were intended. It was said that the manufacture of gas would net commence before the month of March ; and the result was, that the damage was prospective, future, and contingent. The case was new in this respect; that there was no instance in which the court had interfered where there had not been works begun, and an injury done, which was capable of being made the subject of legal proceedings, except perhaps the case of Crowder v. Tinkkr. In nearly all the eases the matter was more or less connected with a trial to be had at law ; but the court would sometimes be so impressed with the apprehended danger as to atop works until a trial. It de pended on the circumstances. The court had no jurisdiction to determine whether a particular act was a nuisance, but it had jurisdiction to protect the rights of persons fr om the effects of a nuisance which a court of law had no power to prevent. And though damages might he had at law, yet where that was not enough for justice, it would interfere by its preventive process. No case had been adduced in which it had been held at law that the manufacturing of gas was to be deemed a nuisance. It was no doubt a disagree able thing, whetherlit was to,be considered a nuisance or not. Nobody could doubt that the products from coal were offen sive, but whether they amounted to a nuisance was quite a different question. The scientific witnesses for the defend ants did not deny the offensive nature of the products from coal ; but it was a question whether these products could or not be so managed that they should not be offensive. One of the witnesses had even expressed his belief that the pro ducts from manufacturing gas would correct other noxious matters in the air, as miasma and fever. It might be con cluded from that evidence that it would be a sanatory pre cess. That was contrary certainly to common impres sions, and hard to be believed. But he was persuaded that the progress of science might discover means of making noxious matters enter into combinations in which they should not be hurtful; and there was the evidence of able men that they could be governed and suppressed so far as they were not made to enter into other combinations in which they should be innocent. There were, indeed, scien tific men who expressed their belief that this could not be done. But on the other side, there was the evidenceca sci entific men that it could be done. Mr. Palmer did r.ot state the means by which he proposed to effect this desi*.able pro. cess. His statement, therefore, on this point ,ould not go 1 for much. But if his evidence on this eubject, on account of the obscurity in which the matter was bat by him, went a very little way, we had experience. that science had almost completed the prevention of these noxious and deleterious consequences. If so, were tliet,e works to be stopped merely because they were intended for manufacturing gas? Could it be said beforehand that, gas could not be manufactured without these deletctiens consequences? He could not blame the plaintiff c.or hulking the application at the present time. Had he esloired the works to be completed, Inches might have beer s ineputed to him, and there were eases in which an ink luodou had been refused on that ground. Under the cir eumitances he could not grant the injunction. The apprebf.nnons of the plaintiff might turn out in the end well greur.dedi but, on the other Land, he was far from saying thr.t the defendant might not be able to prevent any nuisance. He 'believed it to be possible. He could not, as Lord El ;on in a case before him under similar circumstances observe d, treat the case as if there had been a verdict against the de fendaysts. He declined to grant the injunction et pre sent, but he must do so in such way as to give the plaintiff an opportunity of bringing the matter before the court at a future time. He did not mean to declare that there was no nuisance by refusing the injunction. His lordship ordered the motion to stand over until after the works were com pleted. Before the Vice-Chancellor of DIEL111(1. CLARKE V. THE CORPORATION OF DERHY.—APPLICA TION POR Ft RTHER TIME TO AMEND A RILL OWINO TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF ISIS SOLICITOR, REFLRED.— Mr. Stuart and Mr. Toiler moved fur leave to amend the bill in this case under these circumstances. The suit was instituted against the Mayor and Corporation of Derby, for the purpose of obtaining restitution of certain rights of common which had existed for a great number of years. Upon exceptions taken before the Master in May last, an arrangement was made that the plaintiffs should have leave till this day, the 2.5 th of November, to amend the bill. The ground upon whieb the plaintiffs now asked for further time to amend, was, that a Mr. Flewker, who had formerly acted as their solicitor, had been guilty of great negligence, owing to which, other solicitors, Messrs. Rickards and Cur, had been appointed in his stead; and that, owing to the immense quantity of deeds and documents to be examined in the suit, the present solicitors bad nut yet had time to become acquainted with the facts. The Vice : Chancellor, without hearing counsel for the de- fence, said, it appeared an order had been made under which the plaintiffs had leave till the 2:ith of November to amend the bill; and, through the negligence of their solicitor, the amendment had not been made. The plaintiffs were an swerable fur the negligence of their solicitor; and if the plaintiffs suffered from it, they had their remedy against the solicitor. Ile could not, therefore, relieve the plaintiffs, and the motion must be diamis•ed, with costs. Before Viee-Clioneelior Wircram. • BLAIR O. BROMLP.Y.—LIABILITY FOR THE FRAUD OF A PARTNEL—The bill in this case was tiled to recover from the defendant, Mr. J. W. Bromley, a sum of 45001., alleged to hove been lost to the plaintiffs through the fraud of Mr. William Bromley, the brother and late partner of the defen dant, committed during the continuance of the partnership. The money in question was paid into the bankers' of the firm in 1829, for the purpose of being invested by them as solici tors for the plaintiffi upon mortgage security. The money was afterwards abstracted from the banker's, and misippro printed by William Bromley, who, however, repre sented that it had been invested upon mortgage, and continued to pay interest upon the supposed investment down to the year 1841. In 18:14 the partnership between the Bromley' was dissolved, and in 1844 William Bromley, who had continued in the employment of the plaintiffs as their solicitor, became bankrupt. The fraud having then been discovered by the plaintiffs, the present bill was filed to recover the moues , from the defendant. The claim of the plaintiffs was foutided upon the rule:of lawlthat a partner, though morally innocent with reference to the transaction complained of, is liable for loss occasioned in a partnership transaction by the fraud of his co-partner. The Vice-Chan cellor now delivered judgment upon the case, which has been already mentioned upon the argument in our paper of the 16th instant. His Honour observed that at the conclu sion of the argument he had expressed an opinion that in deciding upon the liability of the defendant, it should be assumed that the sum of 4,5001. had come to the hands of the firm without fraud. To that opinion be still adhered, and he thought thatthe firm we/originally chargeable in respect only of the receiptof the money. The only question there fore was whether the fraudulent acts of William Bromley were to be deemed and taken as the acts of the firm, so as to keep on foot the liability of the defendant, which would otherwise be haired by the statute of limitations. The false representations made by William Bromley, with reference to the alleged mortgage, must in his opinion be taken as the reps sentation of the firm, and the receipt of the money fur the purpose of effecting the mortgage was undoubtedly the receipt of the firm. Upon the evidence in the cause, and according to the principles governing courts of justice, whatever the fact might be, a knowledge of the receipt of the money, and of the purposes for which it was received, must be imputed to the defendant. In that slew of the case it was the duty of each partner to toe that the mortgage was executed; and the information ,given to the plaintiffs, that the mortgage had been executed, was unquestionably within the scope of the duty undertaken by the partners. He could not stop short of the conclusion that that representation was the representation of the firm. Such would have been the conclusion bad the representation been made by an agent employed by the firm; and the case could not he viewed less favourably for tho plaintiffs merely because the agent in this case happened to be himself a mem ber of the firm. The plaintiffs, upon whom the onus was of proving misrepresentation, had done so in the instance alluded to ; and having done so, they had done enough, unless it could be shown that the relief was barred by lapse of time since the fraud was discovered. There was here a suggestio falsi sufficient to constitute fraud, and a loss of the money as a consequence of such fraud ; unless it was re coverable against the defendant. From inquiry as to how the case would have stood at law, it appeared that in an action brought upon the receipt of money only, the statute of limitations would have an answer to the plaintiffs' demand ; and that there was no mode of proceeding at law founded solely upon any distinc tion arising out of the fraud itself, by which the effect of the statute could be avoided. The plaintiffs, therefore, having lost their remedy at law, would be wholly remediless, unless they could obtain relief in equity. The fraud, however, which had been proved, was sufficient to give this court jurisdiction, and that jurisdiction being assumed upon the ground of fraud, time for the purposes of the statute would run from the period when the fraud was discovered. The case appeared to be one of great hardship upon the de fendant, and he felt bound, therefore, to add (as was ad mitted by the plaintiffs' counsel at the bar) that, morally speaking, there was not the elighhtest ground for any charge against him. The case was simply a case of civil liability. His Honour then made a decree directing payment of the money by the defendant, with interest from the last payment of alleged interest. The costs to be paid by the defendant, who was to be allowed the benefit of any divi dend which the plaintiffs might receive in respect of their claim in the bankruptcy of William Bromley. PENNINGTON V. 13UCKLEY.—CONSTRUCTION OF WILL. —GMT TO CHARITABLE USES.—His Honour also gave judgment in this case, the facts of which appeared in our report of Monday last. The question was as to the con struction to be put upon a bequest in the will of the late Rev. Abel Collin Launder, of Nottingham, by which the interest of a sum of about 4,4001. was given upon trust to be dis tributed by the Dean of Nottingham in sums of 101. and 201. each to " such unbenefieed curates of the Deanery of Bing ham, in Nottinghamshire, whose annual salary and income did not exceed 3.51, per annum ; and to such as should be recommended to the Dean by a plurality of voices of the beneficed clergy of the Deanery at his annual official visita tion at Nottingham. His Honour held that the testator had given the fund to be distributed in the proportions mentioned in the will, in tNIVERSITT LNI) CLERICAL NEWS, esirsa.usw, 'Nov. 2.—.1.2 a Coagregstion, hohles this ;Ls, the following degrees were conferred ; C. Bissett, ; IL Wright, St. Catlasrlue's, PROMICDTNO9 AGAINST A CLEIUTX4OI BIDER me etirnrei Dtrn ru.c etemmiraita, issued by tie Lord Batton of Math and WOK according to ter powisiora of the Church Diwtithite 3W4.111. bled on Monday hat, at the Grand Jury Room, Taunton, to inquire into the conduct of a baxtical clergyinan, of high standing at Taun ton, against whom charges of a any grace character are nreferred. On the puler the reverend defendant, Mr. Serjearat Kinglike and Mr. atone, who appeured for him, oppliod to the ocauniationers for per. miation to aunduet the inquiry with closed donee, • request with which the rotrimi"doners immediately and unbeqtat ingly emonhal. Efr. shillihear intimated to the commis. wieners that the reverend defendant had threatened to indict wane of the witxweeee, whose evidence was moat material fur conepinicy in the coma of their eating anything tending to damage his character; so tl at in behalf of those person", to requested that they might remain in court during the inquiry. This was objected to, and the witnesses, as well AB its Shillibrer, were ordered to with draw. The inquiry will be conducted in the same manner as that in the caw of the Ilea. and Rm. Mr. Monekton, in London, some time since, and is expected to last emend days. Tne lire or Msiceiciwria.—it is rand that the two Welsh rem are to be preserved, and that the Ike of Manebe,4'r is neverthekvs to be erected itomediatch - . It lain confirmation of this report that the nee 41 ht. Asaph hue unruly been Iliad up by the translation of the late Bishop of Ilan, and that the tine sf:tian is also just fl ed.—Guardian. NAVAL. NVOOLICSCP lA—Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, the newly appointed superintendent of this dockyard, paid it a vWt yes terday, nod was introduced to the various officers, but he has not yet commenced his official duties.—The Gorgon, Com.Csouch, will be paid off at this :furl to-morrow (Thursday).—The Centaur, s. v., has been down the river to try her engines, and Is now having some alters. timis made in her machinery.—Sir C. Napier, C. 8., visited the Sidon as Friday last, but notwithstanding all his attentions the vessel still lies with a list to starboaril—The armaments fur the Rosamond and AG , Ais have been fixed as follows. The Rosamond, one 68 pounder of 95 cwt., one 10 inch gun of 85 cwt. and four 32 pounders of 42 cwt. The Nedra, one (8 pounder of 95 eat, one 10 inch gun of 85 cwt. and four 82 pounders of 25 cwt.—Capt. Forbes and Com. Cracroft have been permitted to study in the steam factory at this yard. SUFI:IOMM, NOV. 28.—The Terrible steam frigate, Captain Ram sey, came up to the Nom on Sunday, and saluted the flag of the Com. mauler-in-Chief. A pc wder-hoy was in waiting for her, and inane- Widely took charge of her powder. She came into the harbour on Monday, and will dismantle preparatory to being paid off. The .Ifriean steamer sailed on Sunday for Devonport, with hear-Admiral Arthur, the late Captain-superintendent, and family. The Bose, 18, Commander Pcely, wan paid off on Saturday. The Birkenhead, iron steam troop ship, Commander Ingram, was unlocked on Monday, and is under the shears to receive her masts and bowsprit. llw secersgopation, 42, receiving ship, bee been hauled into dock, to be fitted as a coal depot fur the Cape of Good Hope. Ease-INUJA STATIONR.—The Scoot, 18, Comtminder Loring, arrived at 110115( Kong en the lth September, from Chatham. The Spiteful steam sloop, Acting Commander Newland, arrived at Bombay on the ath October, from Trincomalee. The B'olrerene, 18, Commander Clifford, and the Hon. East India Company's steamer Nemesis, sore at Canton on the 29th September. The dlyincourt, Diretalta, Nested, and i'atteire, were at anchor off Green tithed, Hong Kong, on the 2 4 )th September. The Pilot, 18, Canal:wilder Wilson, sailed from Madras for Trincomalee on the IGth September. Areovencesce, Nov. 24.—Llent. and Comm. 3. W. Tomlincen to Harpy. Flag Lieut. to Rear. Adm. Parker, Portsmouth, Hon. I. W. Spencer. Master lt. T. Saunders to Resistance. Chaplain Rev. It. Wilson to queen. Clerk in Charge J. I). Gilpin to Andromeda. Clerk It. W. Warwick to fliledonia. Midshipmen G. Temple to Hibernia, and J. A. Cary to Penelope. MILITARY. ROYAL Antn.c.ray,WootincE, Nov. 2,. —i NONA.Ol1:111,0.11 , N1.1, 0; FICERS.- The following non-commissioned unarm of the Royal Artillery, having retired on reduced pensions, have been appoinied overseers of works in the penal settlements at Hobart -town, Van Diemen's-Mad, and will emturic on Saturday next on board the Elphinstone freight ship : -Seryeanta Gurnatt, Burgess, Eindkson, Hume, McAuthur, and Page. Three serjeants of the Royal Sappers and Miners have also obtained similar appoint ments. Each overseer will receive 201. as a gratuity, 201. advance for neeessariea, and their regimental pay will be continued till the end of January next, in addition to their pay as overseers. Rarairrmeroa Tlll.Aiddr.—For some weeks past continual alterca tions have taken place at the Woolwich Police Court, in conse quence of the mode adopted by many non-commissioned officers employed in the reennung service in enlisting recruits. It appears to be a very common practice to enlist married men, a promise being given to the recruit that his wife and family shall be pro perly provided for on his arrival at head-quarters. As the authors ties, however, object to receive married men, and the recruit ing officers are well aware of this, the recruit is instructed to declare that he is single, and his attestation papers, which arc verified on oath before the magistrate, describe him as a single man. In innumerable cases this poutligute system passes undetected, and the family of the poor recruit, on their arrival at the head-quarters of leis regiment, rind that the barrack regulations are strictly enforced, the husbands treated as single men, and they themselves ;educed to a state of ab solute destitution. It frequently, luwever, happens that the recruit when put on his oath, objects to the attestation paper, and declares himself to be a married man, a circumstance which, of course, gives rise to much animadversion on the part of the magistrate, who refutes to sign the attestation of the recruit. It is high time for the authori ties of the War-offise to put a stop to a system which is productive of such mischievous results to the morals, both of the recruit and the recruit ing-officer,by visiting with condign punishment the first well proved case of delinquency. Tier CIIELSF Our-Pi-vsioaras.—Yesterday the second north clivi- Mon of the Chelsea out-penairmens, under Captain Cordon, completed their drill in the Regent's Park; all the Metropolitan divisions are now ready in =SC of emergency. The drill would have been continued some time longer but for the unfavourable weather; for the mine rea son the expected field-days are indefinitely pootpoor. Katy Entrlitstna. LAW NOTICES.—Tate DAY. Trcx-Csarscsunim' Corms, I.incohi's-inn, at ten.—Before Sir J. Knight Bruce—Bankrupt petitions • Court of Ideview. Ex parte Greenstock v. Greensteck ; ex parts Fletcher re Phillips; ci parte Winterbottom re Potter; ex parte Worrell re Worrell; ex parte Bastard re Wise. Equity causes —Wroughton v. Colquhoun, part heard ; Hulbert v. Hulbert ; Francis v. Francis; Edwards v. Brown ; Ballard v. Bateman. COURT or Queries Breen, Westminster at half-past nine.—Middle sex special juries—Oldfield v. Fleming ; Dee item Oliver v. Coning barn ; Dear v. 'Upson ; Evan.; v. Fletcher ; Normansell v. Clef; Williams v. Wyrua, Bart.; tild ll ibeer v. Eastern Counties Railway Company; Hocking v. Sq uire ; Pike v. Tome; Came v. Right and others • Plummer v. Anderson ; Mienamara v. Grace; Doe dem m ; Hai T. Marling ; Palmer v. Toros. COURT OP Connote PLF.AB, Westminster, at half-part nine.—Middle sex common iuries. Cocas OF EXCRELIVIZ, Westminster, at half-past nine.—Middlesex common juriee.—Pluiner v. Denman; Grant v. ll•Kenzie; Plockton v. Mains; Osprey r. Levy; Moore v. Drayer.° ; Egerton v. Hick molt; Moans, v. Cook; Brown v. Illelanott; Weeks v. Argent; De Bemardey v. Gal; Biggs v. Laurie; Hutchinson v. Blake; and seven uniefended mses. SHERIFFS Cocas, Red Lion-square, at ten.—Rabbeth r. Blacklock ; Bellin v. Croft ; v. Badger! ; Hunt v. Christmas ; Pearce v. Dyer; Doughy v. Conquest; Slater v. Purse; Virge v. Mare-bete ; Hawkins v. Jackman ; Parker v. White; Nancy v. Lapierre ; Braham v. II °tenet ; Reidy. Mason ; itceing v. Say; Heron e. Salter; Ely and Huntingdon Railway CM/pan) , F. RVeN Welford V. Day; Youngs v. Cullinane; liativ v. lb.mlin; dealt v. Gray. . EQUITY COURTS.- —YESTERDAY. Won the Lord Cht.'eellor• . _ _ nerere ine Lora tau swiss- The Lord Chancellor, after hearing Mr. Bethel'', reply the fir s t instance to cu .- Jai - es whose incomes did not exceed in an appeal case of no public inters's; rose to-day again, 351. ; and the surplus only (if any), to such unbeneliced as he did last Monday, at 12 o'clock, t: ere being no more curates as should be recommended by the beneficed clergy at cases for hearing. This is so unusual a nutter in this court, the annual visitation. Y ,:.'.. especially on the last day of term, that it appears worthy of COURT OF THE DEAN AND C i...' 7 . ..: -- , - ', l being recorded. ST. PAUL'S. 1 ...., ' • . • ' Before the Master of the Rolls. KING AGAINST KlNO.—This is a divorce caae — *if., . ...-- DAVIES V. TAYLOR. THE K ENSALL-GREEN GAS Mrs. Maria King, prays for a divorce from Sh and, ..... WORKS.—MUISANCE.—Mr.KindersIey having replied in this John King, on the ground of adultery. The., d, is .... case, the Master of the Roth gave judgment. The plaintis bar of the suit, denies the charge, and all tar :-----, was possessed of a house, in which he resided. At a moderate t ag:ir oa. t . t t h a e wife. tt _ To-day a ce r r esponsise ra pl o ea ns, . :f ril distance from it the defendants possessed a piece of land, on h admitted it after site ti ..... • • 1 wh i ch they proposed to carry on works for the manufacture answers being required, oil e p 0 w i . of gas. The works were in a course of erection, but no of her allegation. •.....•,LS . --- 0, - . of age (she looked sixty), and ken I can get work to do. My 'ember, at eleven o'clock in the hat morning with spasms of the at some bed-furniture in Balls se back Mrs. Bryant, a lodger, t for a doctor for her to the on the previous day, but he did getting the right address. My to work, except very little, and olly dependent on my earnings, sther received from the pariah. room, for which we paid 2a. 3d. nit of the half-crown. I some week but •^metimee not more violent spasms in her .'for her death through cold and ant of proper clothing and the it 93, Crawford-street. On the I was called up by deceased's ht ker daughter had gone. I I she was dying. I have known the glace they have lived in the ul want. I went to see deceased her death, and the mother then of them were dying for errant d that the poor creatures had n. I never knew an officer of to their case. Deceased and her ained of being very destitute and I believe they were so. rling examined : I reside at 6, .square, and am a surgeon. 1 illation of the deceased's body Flxternally, the body exhibited all ion. The intestines were com mit of nourishment ; the stomach ption of a portion of facts, about This was the only vestige of solid ent of the intestinal organs. The ' was the spasmodic contraction of t was produced by privation and °sure to cold and want of food. you say she died from actual that is the case. The spasm°. 1 from the absence of food. Dr. se post-mortem examination and : Before we came to live in Craw lisbug-street. We were in want hat time. When I first applied ief at the workhouse, I asked ievo me, as I was out of net) said he could not relieve n asked him for a loaf of bread, or drink. He gave me a loaf of er and mother were without food. vorkhouse. He could do nothing was a pensioner on the books. No d-street from the parish. I after use and got a loaf of bread every weeks, but no money. On each it my mother and sister were in nswer I got was that we mast come I wanted a little relief for myself ner was not fit to be left by herself. d us in Seymour-place, and seeing ag, and clothing, wanted us toga id sooner go miles away than do so. been without sufficient food and e months. I have myself been so, ed how we could keep life in us. tea and bread and butter. We have •s and days together—not once a ted us from the parish since the , but we have had food given us by the summoning officer, in answer declared that he conveyed to the ingent message given to him that , d, and relict afforded.—Mr. Messer ,uch message; but, from the facts of d, he expected an application for you wait for such an application in ig women made known to you?— of disapprobation from the jury.) whose orders do you act?—Under of Directors and Guardians, but I rer also. In this case I knew the her havine half-a-crown per week, daughter they had better come into —The Coroner : But, seeing their ou surely could have gives them a esser : We are not in the habit of t casually, to such young persons. meted immediately.—The Coroner: ind that relief was refused in this were not old enough ?—Mr. Messer: age would be considered young in g under sixty would be considered (Laughter.) t, in answer to a question, said the or two since with the blue ticket atitling her mother to her monthly !ome up stairs.—The Coroner: There of stairs between the family and the every one in the house knew they sector never made any inquiry. Is nnnagement of the poor in the great (larylebone ? If such is the case, I d 20 or 30 inquests like the present. :s are not more than 30 years of age, 'die of starvation ?—Mr. Messer said I that the Inspector had not much a had SOO blue tickets to deliver. ne Maudant resumed: The last time for relief, he said as I came away Now mind 1 have done with you, I , mu." (The witness sobbed bitterly). is, and observed that the application is ho had not time to talk to anybody. t: It is quite true. My sister went for relief. She was kept the last dog till 5 in the afternoon, and then rt-broken, as she had been refused. easer, and although she told him she I her relief. That was on a Friday, told him her age.—The Coroner: As vim since the last inquest, what is to arties from being starved to death, nest on them ?—Mr. Messer : I will em, and bring the matter before the ting. her evidence, the Coroner said, the enough in themselves to show the e poor through the present system of perfectly clear that the deceased hnd he common necessaries of life, and relief from the parish of Marylebone. a hour's consideration, delivered the he jurors in the case of Louisa Mau * that her death was caused from the cessaries of life ; that the jury regret parish of St. Marylebone have not y scrutinising the necessities of the fireman begged to add, on the part of rors, that they equally regretted the exhibited sines last Friday, after the rosier to the authorities, in their not wants of the mother and sister of pith the jury, and expressed his con winter would render additional eau trishes exceedingly necessary.—The CG SCHOOL, CrTT-ItOAD. A ernors of this institution was held f Commerce for the following busi half-yearly report from the general if the chanty ; to elect auditors for elect fifteen children into the school. Esq., took the chair. and the ?ad the report, from which it appeared children in education, and the state mt satisfactory. The building fund use at Haverstock-hill had reached e would he required. At the close of 39 children would be receiving the ion, making an increase of 39 in a ter the disposal of some routine busi to the chairman, and the election of ded with. The successful candidates non. 5,452 votes; John B. Belphage, , 4,972 ; John Griffiths, 5,191 ; Thos. rt Hogg, 4,626; Edward I. King, ill, 5,228; Donald H. Miller, 4,802.; ,467 ; Frances H. J. Bartle, 3,118; 7 ; Rachel Burry, 1,700 ; Mary A. bn Rogers, 4,617. dMITTEEMEN. Sir,—Notwith the Times for the correctness of its legal etail of the railway trials must be moat and, residing as I do in the country, lecision, I know not how nufildently to rll report of Baron Alderson's opinion. I, ntry gentlemen, was willing to oounte- Away in our neighbourhood, for we were (lowing our names to appear provisionally, visional told every one that there was no f parliament had been passed that fixed . if an advertisement appears in your 4, B, and C arc met provisionally to work million of money, would the law allow C, if, merely on the face of that advertise. a order from Mr. Ai Was It not the el to have proceeded with due caution, May, in all human probability, exceeded that the advertisement's declaration, that lion/illy and temporarily together, chewed re yet executed, if at all contemplated. ask Mr. A if B C was a consenting party ; and did he, as a tradesman, use proper hose circumstances ? and I might further el ever dreamt of looking to others than (40 no partnership bail up to that time C), until the Times paper presumed to lying down a principle of law hitherto at promoters and provisional commit • and liable to responsibilities as such. I was at Boulogne in the spring, when ks brought daily, on an average, from 70 semen; by tar the greater proportion of . to 7,6001. a year.were country gentlemen eculating in railways or even taking a have no hesitation in asserting that the sea has created more suffering in private at any one period alnee the war. Juries mg articles, and in consequence of their e of property has taken place. I look with the judges who will lay before the country it can they repair the mischief the Times 7 persons, whose united income cannot be money have fled their homes, and are now ig these decisions, upon which depend o be expatriated.—A Paovnuosat Con iou EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— It said that the government have recently taken into con sideration a series of improvements for effecting an imme diate communication with the Royal palaces, government offices, dockyards, garrisons, and fortresses throughout the kingdom, by means of the electric telegraph, already in use on the various railway lines. THE "TIMES" AND THE CORN TEM:M.—It may not be mini to take notice of a paragraph which appeared in the money article of the Times of Friday. It is there stated, on the authority of a New York co dent, thatconsi derable uneasiness had been crea ted that city in cone qualm of the exports of floor to Europe, and that fears were entertained that after the close of the inland navigation, by which supplies from the interiiir would be cut off, the stocks on the spot might prove inadequate for city um- and it was even deemed possible that the inhabitants of New York might have to reimport flour from Europe to satisfy their wants till spring. In how far there may be any real grounds for this statement we are unable to determine ; and as the startling changes which the opinions of our contemporary have lately undergone on matters relating to the corn trade has caused it to be regarded by all mercantile men as a some what erratic and unsafe guide, whatever emanates from that paper is now very naturally looked upon with suspicion.— Mark-lane Express. THE SCHOLASTIC PROFESSION.—The first public examination for admission into the recently-formed College of Preceptors, and for certificates of qualification, is appointed to take place in January. The examination is to be con ducted by graduates in honours of Oxford, Cambrikee, Dub lin, and London, together with experienced and well-known professors of the French and German languages. The can didates themselves are to select the branches of learning in which they desire to be examined. REPORTED MARRIAGE OF MISS. RAWES.—Sir,- , - I am requested by my sister Miss Maria Hawes to beg you will contradict a paragraph which appeared in your paper of yesterday, sbnng that she " sang for the last time in public on Thursday last, at Mr. Marshall's concert at Oxford ;" as such a report is calculated to interfere with many engagements she has to fitllll.--Joint Hawks. 7 Adelphi Terrace, November 25. [This paragraph was quoted hem the Standard.] ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.— About half-past nine o'clock last night the following accident occurred at the London-bridge terminus of the Souta Eastern Railway. The Brighton engine, No. 20, is usually employed as a " ballast" engine after the trains have ceased running for the night. The fires were lit for that purpose, as usual, last night, the engine being at the time at the Nose cross station, and, after lighting the fire, the stoker and engine driver went to supper, and whilst both were away the engine started off (being at the time on the " up" line with the tender in front), and continued its course uninterrupted until its arrival at the London-bridge station (a distance of three miles). The only thing on the rails at the station was a horse-box, which it forced against the double buffers at the end of the platform, tearing them up and the brickwork in which they were set, forced the horse-box against the " inwards parcel" office (in which were one of the office porters and a boy, who providentially escaped with their lives), doing great damage to the office itself, and shattering to pieces both horse-box and tender. Hut the accident happened a few minutes earlier, before the Brighton train, whichhad justtheu arrived, had delivered its passengers and removed from the rail, the loss of life must have been great. Whether the accident occurred through negligence, or threugh some malicious per son turning on the steam, it is impossible to say ; but the company have considered it their duty to give the engine driver and stoker into custody, in order that a full investiga tion of the circumstances may take place. THE FIRE IN CL ERKENWEL L.— Sir,—An exaggerated account has appeared in the papers of the lore sustained by a fire at one of our branch manufactories, quite detached from our principal works in Sutton-street. We shall feel obliged by your correcting it, si farm to say, that the loss of property (exclusive of the building) is under 2,0001., which is principally insured, and that no suspension of Mai ners has for a moment taken place. Psuess and Co. INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—DEATH FROM INABILITY TO SWIM.—At the Queen's Head, High-street, Poplar, by Mr. William Baker, on the body of George Lewis, a lighterman, aged 41 years. On Friday the 6th instant., deceased, at the Limehouse entrance of the West India Docks, fell into the river and was drowned. The tide was running very hard, and it was quite dark. Though he had been working for thirty years on the river, he was unable to swim. Ver diet —"Accidental Death."----A MELANCHOLY WI now.—A lICYANE JIIRY.—By Mr. C. J. Canter, coroner for West Kent, at the Ship and Half Moon, Woolwich, on the body of Joseph Harwood, aged 40, a sawyer. Deceased was in the employment of Mr. Kirk, in Warren-lane. Before daybreak on Tuesday he came on to the wharf to commence work, and having occasion to go near the edge of the river, he accidentally fell overboard and was drowned. Deceased left Birmingham a short time since in search of employment, leaving his wife and a family of five children in distressed circumstances. Hosing succeeded in obtaining employment he wrote to his wife, and promised to remit her some money to enable her to join kim with the children. The poor woman, in reply, informed him, that since his absence distraint warrants had been put into the house on account of rent and taxes, that the whole of the furniture had been seized, and she herself, with her five children, left destitute. Deceased had, since then, remitted her money to come up, and the poor woman is now, it is presumed, on her road to Woolwich with her children. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." One of the jury suggested that a subscription should be set on foot for the relief of the poor wider of the deceased, and the coroner having contributed half-a-sovereign, the sum of 21. 3s. was collected amongst the jury.— SUICIDE OF A BOY IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.—At this prison, by Mr. Bedford, on the body of James Niblett, aged 16, a prisoner. Deceased had been confined separately, and employed at tailoring. He hung himself by means of a skein of thread to the grating which admits hot air into his cell. No suspicion was entertained by the warders that he in tended self-destruction, though James Baker, a prisoner, about 1-5 years of age, stated that deceased had recently given him by stealth, several scraps of paper upon which 'he had written with a pewter button that he would hang himself or cut his throat. That morning (yesterday) he told witness that he had tried to cut his three,t with a knife at the dinner table the day before. Witness did uot like totell that for fear he should be punished for talking to him. The jury, after some discussion, returned the following verdict Tempo rary Insanity, brought on by a disappointment at . not re turning to the receiving ward." [The investigation dis closed the existence of some revolting practices in the prison to which the Secretary of State cannot too soon nor too seri ously .direct his attention]. —SUICIDE FROM Mener.es.— By Mr. Payne, at the Horslydown Tavern, Fairatreet, Horelvdown, on the body of Lieut. W . Douglas, aged 37, late of her Majeaty's 12th foot. Front the evidence of Mr. H. Owillen, of 116, Strand, it appeared that deceased had been is several lunatic asylums, and had made repeated at tempts on his life. He had been much addicted to taking ardent spirits, and had been on that account allowed to re sign his commission. How he came to be at large, with ample means of subsistence allowed him by his friends, did not appear. Caroline Daily, of No. 4, Church-row, Horse lydown, said the deceased had lodged in her mother's house about six weeks. That (yesterday) morning, whilst passing through the passage she saw hint in the parlour, standing before the glass, cutting his throat with a razor. An alarm was given, and although assistance was promptly obtained, he shortly ceased to exist. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." THE TEA DUTY QUESTION.-MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. The public meeting convened by his worship the mayor, in compliance with a numerously-signed requisition presented to him for that purpose, was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, in the Sessions - hoe, Liverpool. The attendance was extremely large, the building being densely crowded in every part. The MAYOR having taken the chair read letters of excuse, for inability to attend the meeting, from W. Entwisle, Esq., and Lord Sandon. The requisition having been read by the town-clerk, the chairman called upon Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., to move the first resolution. Mr. Bnows having read the resolution (which, with the others, will be found in our advertising columns), spoke as follows : I am not at all interested in the exportation of British manufactures to China, or in the importation of tea from thence, neither am I a shipowner, nor manu facturer, nor a member of the society who are bringing this subject under discussion.—l am interested in pro moting the social comfort and domestic happiness of the people; and I believe a reduction of the duty on tea would have that effect. Our position with China at this time seems to be nearly a dead lock. To that immense empire our exports ten years ago were 1,300,0001., and now they are only increased to 2,300,0001., which shows, in the clearest point of view possible, that there is no such thing as a one sided trade between nations. We must buy to enable us to sell : it is the cardinal point which we must never lose sight of in discussing commercial questions. All commerce is an exchange of equivalents, each party receiving from the other something that is more valuable to them than that with which they part. It is not necessary on all occasions that we should carry on a direct exchange of equivalents with any country to which we are exporting our goods, if that country has the means of paying us through some other channel. But unfortunately this is not the case with China, and our object, therefore, must be to increase the direct trade; and I will endeavour to show, by statistical and historical facts, that we can do this without materially impairing the reve nue, or unnecessarily alarming or embarrassing the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who feels the great responsibility that rests on his shoulders to be able faithfully to comply with all our public engagements, and sustain the honour and dignity of the nation. (Hear.) For we must all admit that the preservation of public credit is our sheet anchor, and at every sacrifice that must be sustained. I believe the present government have every disposition to remove all unnecessary burdens from commerce ; but they are powerless unless sustained by public opinion to enable them to .re-adjust taxation, and place those unavoidable burdens on those objects most able to bear them. I shall now endeavour to give you a short outline of our China trade from its commencement ; from which you will see the remarkable fluctuations that have taken place with the rise and fall of the duty on tea. Prior to 1667, no tea was imported into this country by the East India Company, but a little by the private trade. It was made into a decoction at the coffee-houses, and sold at an excise duty of 3d. per gallon. In 16G7 the East India Com pany sent out their first order for 4001bs. of the best " toy," u it was then called. From that period, up to 1707, I am not able to ascertain the duty, but I believe it to have been heavy ; because, in an old newspaper of that date, ' it was stated by one who was anxious to get customers, I that he was prepared to sell it from 255. to the very low price of 100. per pound. In 1717, the duty was reduced 25., and it quadrupled the consumption. (Hear.) In 1768, the duty on black tea was reduced ls., and the consumption increased eighty per cent. In 1773, the duty was reimposed, and we lost that eighty per cent. From that period we come down to 1784, when Mr Pitt, under the