The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-09 00:00:00

f , assitictio• would in vela : Ger -c 4 MI l a tits collective cons titution with • that senate aseeNs throsgh which it nay realise the 0 ' • " ...t tt. h cane tree within, sad innate a (IJM• :•• What has the goveraseat dose to Five el- OW It. ruhikly.rspreeresi convictions 7 Howl. the slvi ich asention reconcileable with these 'envie tear that this a inventio• has already been res. . t.y tI i meinft. of certain cahiseta.especially A . TOT the silliest diemolutioa of bat lively nsi ww o bly by the governments. an weemibly heir t. not been recalled, what has Germany • •e S thrwitoverswests in the wey of sincere tare r .••;:r1 unt's scd freedom—and when ? Have the Otr•onsolvcil that their deliberatio, s on the Gerais 4.11 ts • reWfeeted by the ihtluence of non-Get. BAI)EN. 0 from eularabo of \ lay :1 is, that the govern ; Jetsam, as order prowniiiag the state of ti , ge fit/J3 01 IM•11111 law fur lour weeks. ' ; era vecsetts ? , N srANTINOPLE—MALTA.-01BRALTAR. r., r, ft:Jun . 4r and Oriental Company's steamer . ,• Evan*. strived yesterday at Southampton e. Sts rata, lial7e, and Gibraltar. She * *.„yze s; e:n. trriftm. eh ire • quarter of a million in and silver. from Caiistan•inoplii. The was :petal at Malta from Athena. •.: br , acti: ship le ter bags finm all the porta are • She mai, a some time at Malian,' lb. Bombay to leave Malta eight hours Maartre mail 'teaser arrived there with the l us t y sail. rats steamer, however, bad •mi• y pawng:ro, BO is lumber. in Etypt, r ., teams armed at Alexandria before the r revh that plate ; the SM.,/ loft il.lllO. .• s.! the mail on heard. It is hardly imprem4 .1 which will being the SAS aspics Grey s! Lis s nrh. will be able to and roes for the i ' rim ra trvra leypt. The &mine met the . . •Oriental Compeers steamer Poitioger, • Sisthscrou Cose•aniisople on the int alt., •• • • O•braltar. The Belies left Malia on the ti.l.r.l•ar oa the 2ad hart. Amore the pu• •-. ate Well 112•priSII fiefliffeel 1,016 t .ey landed : they received assistance to • • Lea: n from this Mayor of Bratiumpton and . 4 f Ltdy Noel Byrum the widow of the • •ho r• sides Ia Sastkamp os. (Her ladyship . written to the mayor, rapers ing syn. • •te tat* of Ilanga.y, and offettrg to rg.ri.n refuges, whoa they landed at South .• the Eitaine, also, tho followirg letter was re. I- • •-. •Btl t Hot. Moro OTerrall, this U. rumor A . . s 1: Andrews, El.. who now tills the Mika of • ...•re it Souttionaptoa. " Valettt, April 15. • g leave to enel -sr you a letter far Major . ha. sailed from this with 10 of his . , •.• slur. for Southampton on thole war to Bel. Y viz proh&-ly receive oth. r letter. f•r him from • , and tut er fritadsof the roles in Liation. .• • . .• ey will rill Smthampton betwrea the I.t y. Tv.• name of the maul is the Felice, of • .rven him a letter for you. I know your seal • 1...er-1. is meanies, sad these poor Poirs. ;• r Magary. from Muir ezeellent enidaet while . tae sympathy of all toot men.—B•lteve ms " H. Moan O'Faaatu.. 4rgwo. :XING IX NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND. AT !tiros OT TVS PAILY M ire. t` it M. W. Ridley, I am a Narthumber :aid know the northern division probably t bat I.e dots. So a ward or two on his e ('roan and Anchor yesterday. .f th. mart priers of grain rale, rents tt tvcnt, the event of the fall the praise money value of protection to rd. and of injury to the consumers. If, :aim , ts whr effared 3801. a year far au eas .tai Grey less than it had previously been op:aion that the present prices will pet y wee justifel in they offer. Bat as Lard s r,t tiank so, he prefers waiting to test the •c of present pekes before be lets the iro ny thing be more natural? General or: the contrary, agrees with the farmer., arc. his farms on the assumption that bt permanently low. ...awe me to ask Sir Matthew a question . I f.re. know Noel Northumberland, (and -vat !Nine tne coca law of 1813 was en wtt tliltd with families who had tartizts by agriculture. These families tr aLritu'ure after the corn-law was c 1 a:" where, Sir Matthew, are they ILic'et y. o:: r.l - hand and hankrapt! Wain are the Mwris Hall? where the Bongs, of Trew t...... ~. .trt :he South', of Baal.? when the Gale, e : 41, • where the Dinning.? Gone: 4.:rs ! And who has had their fine for- .7.cs Tte landlords, utder a system which ; etd injured ererr one else. This, !argot to tell the Crown and Anchor _.'Aer,. 1 iine, Sir, your obedient Servant, May. GLENDALE. NtE FREEHOLD LARD SOCIETY.-W • ItTO 1 that two mon wake, of comparatively Fnmel • the minty of /di:Wiese:, have been pireftased for ...main of this society. One rendre of about ATI f good !building land at Ilorissey, and the other is at Eafield, and contains about two acres and a half. •••e•es at Malden and Kiarton are exported to be !,t distribut.oe in • few week., during which time .. f r reducing the stamp duties upon small coeval .. • .41 mortgages will prob.bly become law. The Mid t estate. will cower about 30 votes. This following par . :roes a circular which has been sent to the members, much that is new and peculiar in the working ..i.t-y .—" A portion of every estate, equivalent to • .:.: of mosey in hand in respect of shares not yet •:.e i. appr priated by lot among the holders of such have the optima of choosing their allotments In • iT .4 set.ich their shares are drawn; and the remain ; is offered to the members who have paid up 7 •Lsres, for the purpose of obtainir.g their qualifications, *. • , r s wtich their shares are completed. When • s-r. 'hares be!onging to one member is drawn, he •• 7 • c .mes emitled to an s deem* of money upon sty • , • •t. m but to an allotment in respect only of the see '• ue.less he should wish to take several out of .• is which ease If he hold two shares he may take • r.• • + h:,41 three or more shares he may take three 1 .L Army member whose share Las been • etc does not wish for an allotment in respect a‘y Irab.tee 44 right to one allotment in respect of .:t., ..bares Groan ; and any member declining an -• , m , t' red to him, or entitled to an advance of money t. !befit°, may receive the amount for the purebue ;riperty of adequate value, or he may transfer t. •me advance to any ether member. For the pure /.4 • such transfers, a register in which mem- L.! ...ter the shires on which they are entitled to tad the boats' per *bare which they ea • • r • accept, will he kept at the office foe the Wi y • • ti.e memb.re, so that any members wishing to s or knowing of eligible property which Lr -is to buy before their own shares an craws • may, 4, inquiry at the office, ascertain the +Lich aLotabents Of advance+ of money can be std this members in different localities -e ' :e', be able to purchase property, and to obtain • beat.,ae. is their owe immediate neighbourhoods. • L.N.. lfbOlaf tea piece OS S.turday, the oth of April, • . wide, WA amb'oat of meaty in hand in respect of .:.• buteleaba•ed a t t h e end of the fourth month havinr •I. brt aemrained, a number of shares equivalent thereto !al drum tat of tho se takes daring the bet mouth. Thee te ." l. ruitsiatlissbares were bad to the undrawn shares al , ti e Ls,t a 14 , 4%, ISO the mot. th i s money was drawn h. a MILO INaLLIt, sad tie 'use proems was saPeakd fore Tel such d.br Loath. The resii t was that 145 shone were draw' • . somber drawn being I, and the In tu , are the draw*, will take place harm 1 11'411. 1::L /41.1.4-31 ASSOCIATION held a , • c 160• ur t 7 ..“day Act f, promote the .hjeers of the a.. Seals; hews Awuation, and to receive informs - • ;MK. ISA peones, of the National Freehold Lend y. Its ft.. eau ut %au by W. A Wahiawa, H. 9., Ne.icael !tutors' Asociatios. The chair ca. •ia US unties, showed that the House of nave., Ne• pet.eat coastituted, wee as obstruction to ' tt-osus, ',Leffler perheatalary, floshoWl• or in the •L Mat the ca:y sous of efftetuig a change wee eree•en to the mentthlnei, end the multiplication • .."'•r% n**6% of auto:4 lull societies. He explained' ',triton t. t roiety with which Le was con ••• es.4r.f .•res•d the Melina that needy three thou- •• • tat. Ia• areedy Seca taken, and that four estates `"' •rtr..sed, whi c h wou ld very shwtly be divided "won, end which would plass about 360 addl. .. ,I, c• • ..f..he r•gist•rs 'or Middle**. sad Hut Surrey. Z r , d. nett 14;41 elute at the questions of financial • ''" * ,: l "'''""s'brf ?trona, showie g th e excessive ezpendi ' • di.tributioa of the tuition, and the • ' •rra.‘ I peeper reproutation of the people in re W.ll. He referred to the late conferee," ~-,''•'' plea of 'eau laid down by that body— r•vurration, the creation of 40s. free • tetiou at tiesioas He explained the • •: freebuld lead societies at considerable ". •' ' ! • ispartaece el all reformers aiding the ` r • tr•stius of freeholds. Ile urge d clothe re ' a". 4 e fist to wore retunchaeat and reform. A, , • r.x ll . l, l7l‘)P4.—Application bail been t ta t aunt to Lady Freak in, fur the • s'.•• r • • ci• purchased lied manned to assist is the • J , al. Fracklin, to hi supplied with war.' '` • ••!., kr.te of Coo mew for a Ruch loan r ' ••$ '•.c.olered requifite for vow ls proceed •,,, at the Antic Mean, which will, se . ' • t 1144 now psuceeding to the ems .1. • f rnthd, under the special eizetuattesese 1 sm, Sir, your obedient Servant, Mac, GLENDALE. N :-N iL FREEHOLD LARD SOCIETY.—We I 1 that two more 'attire, of comparatively small • 9111 county of Mildness, have been purebred • - ..-aben of this society. One comic's of about f f good rounding land at Mornay, and the other at Enfield, anJ contains about two sores and a hi . at Malden and Kingston are expected to •,r datribut.on in a few week., during which di ix reducing the stamp duties upon small COO•I • .1.: mortgages will probably become law. The H estate. will cower about 30 votes. The following p • . • trona a circular which has been sent to the menthe s. •s, . e its much that Is new and peculiar in the worki • ..• :—" A portion of every estate, equivalent of money in hand in respect of shares not 3 ••:. a • app r ptiated by lot among the holders of sin • .• base the optima of choosing their allotments • • T .4 which their shares are drawn; and the tons ti ; •:, is offered to the members who have paid t:.• 7 for the pin of obtainir.g their qualificatice •.• r.•r a whith their shares are completed. Wit • •••re• thugs ba'anging to one member is drawn, ti• •• 7 • c ms. entitled to an advance of money upon a '.! - • • 1.. ; bet to an allotment in respect only of t '• utilise he should wish to take several out • •• t•••••. ¢ whit.% ens if he hold two shares he may ta. to r.• • e h-,:d three or more shares he may take thr ..t :.d .......tnonts. Any member whose share Las be -;••• does not wish for an allotment in respt tidy Inr.thr LP right to one allotment in respect ",,•• mum urawn ; and any member declining i red to sum, cr entitled to an advance of 100 D • • T. 'lift to, may receive the amount for the pure's' ;,.prey of adequate value, or he may transf t• me advance t t r i r i ll ether member. For the pe ism • ::....tetair such re, a register in which met ••:: a.' eater the tamp on which they MI entitled t••• . tissue's, and the bonus per share which the 61, • .• a tt accept, will be kept at the office for the i ' "ce memb.re, so that any members wishing it t %lands, SF knowing of eligible property with f ; ••Jt to buy before their use shares are Gras • • •••a, thy, by inquiry at the office, ascertain• ;2 ." • Ltd' alsotlasets or advance, of money can and thus memberi living in different localiti 44 . r••,ert.e..7 be able to purchase property, and to obta • • that.th., is their (ma immediate neighbourhood • '" treat Wig moo ea Saturday, the 6th of Apr • obeli the amotint of messy in hand in respect cot comp.ired et the sad of the f .urth month basil =•'c blot aseerainsel, a iamb, of shares equivalent there sal desalt out those takes darin g the br it month. Thi the theta,' mostWe Atha ware lid led to the undrawnshar !t r ue best ist,ath, sad tea letli smit's money was dein e th a Naos: Ranter and the MILT process was repeat, fan wry suss. d.sa Luti. rist re• t was that 145 she/ were dream ; th• lowed ainabtr arnwn heath 1, and 41 "'-- t wigs the dramas will take place on • •• • . ••• II•••TV , E.• krtoiPal Associrnou held fti• are a l'orvley am to promote the objects of tl "' .. 'a'aval 'worm A•s4ilitioll, sad to receive inform ' g", er a OrsTifeT 4 of the National Freehold Liu v. The eta ts ma. seo by W. A Wiiki neon , E st Jsu J. ot th• Na'1 , •111. Reform Atha:Salim. The ehai the leett,ae, showed that the House h• rth IN a' prela t commuted, an uted, wth obstructios • ges, utettar parliamentary, fineneinl a or la tis..l that the tthly moats tat *Lewd • ada g e TI st•et.'.os to the redistration, and the mnaltipliestb ''••!. • 7 ae.e, 0 Irethooi land societies. He explain 4 ' perstioo of t, e sAiety with which be was ft " • bf..i .11 wa. .1 the meeting that needy three the t • Cr•ady bent taken, and that four gaol . 4 ; • . which Would very sh.,rug be divid • Leto*ftl, lad which would place about 360 sit s , - •_•• •.. "•...• • •,t. the nitiet•n 'or Middlesex and East Sam Z . ' • ••• 41 , .. • r.;.14 s l am* at the quesuona of name • : Worn, shoveling the excessive espial • • ' . •.• dr.trtbutirm of the taxation, and the m ~ • . • .td t proy.r representatrin of the people ma oe.s. Ile referred to the late awakes& , - "'. 9.• pith of mhos laid down by that body - • • ••-•• r.surtaLon, the creation of 40s. Iv ••••41 setith at elections He explained I ".• bf fr•thold laud satiation at eessid,eral ' • ith• .1.014 , rtases stall reformenaidingi ' •••• tioauo n of freeholds. Merged 'loathe ' 4 4 ti . " secure retrenchment and reform I.' i • ElilTlON.—Application has be 't' I tr.t agent to Lady Frahh in, fur • bet purettased sad ',mooed to assist is ' • • • Franklin, to ha supplied with ste •• •se4rathet of the crew ior a much lon t• e• -.43 ' , outland requi•ite for verde proem "' l••••• ries the Arctic Saes, which will ... ••••••e •••.t.th ships wan c` to the at r •rouk4, soder 'mil Woman '•+K. is bucolic's. be Court. Lord John Russell bss issued invitations for a Wi dnes dinner, is celebration of the Queen's girt!-dsy, cm Wednesday seat, the 16 h host , at his residence in Muslims- A depeation on the subject of the navigation of the Ricer Haan, hal ea inurriaw grids Om Chasesllor of the Haelsoper yesterday, at his °Medal residanc• is Down ing -stmt. The deputation consisted of S.r B. C. Work man Msmaghten, Hut. M P.; Sir Robert Forgone, Bart.. M.P.; Csptata Jones, M.P.; Mr. Thomas listeson. M.P.; Sir William Verner, But., M P.; Mr. John Boyd, M.P. ; the Morn of lb. Clothworkers Company, Mr. Charles J. Roo:, Mr. J. C. Galt, Mr. H. B. Mackay, Mr. H. Balls., Mr. John Own sae, The Balding Committee of the Royal Commission for Mt Ezhibi ion of 1861. consisting of Mr. Cobitt, Mr. Berry, Mr. R &sober Dos, Mr. C. R. Cociterell, Mr. Brawl. and Mr. D 'Goodson, last yeeteray in the new Palate of Wtstaisstar. Mr. Scott Russell. Secretary of the Royal Camaission, attended. Mr. M. Rigby Wyatt woo Moo The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had • eommittee meeting yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the 0 rrrrrrrr of Malta and fibrekm. PALACS ARIUNGEMENTS.—On the death of Sir T. Murable aa cflics of 1,0001. per annum, in the Board of Green Cloth, and a hum in St. James's Palace, became vacant. The appointment was promised by Lord Joha Howell to Mr. Norman Macdonald, in consideration of the long and arduous duties of Adjwant-General, faithfully pet/armed by his (cher, the late General Sir John Male donsld. The appointment of Mr. Macdonald, though it is one in the gift of the Prime Minister, did not take ranee. The house has bees conferred upon the Hon. Colonel Grey ! —(when will there be as slid to the Rood things that fall into tie lap of the Greys o—and &gentleman, a clerk in the office, has obtained the vacant post, the salary Doing limited to 5001 per annum, thus leaving a surplus of 5001. to the privy purse, and which will doubtless be judiciously appro priated. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a court 'was held for the despatch of publie business. TIM POOR &SLIM' . BILL. Mr. LAW, (the chairman of the perliementary commit tee) roes to move t. that the court agree with the report spun the hi I to provide for the more equitable distribution of the charge for the relief of the poor in certain cities and towns," which proposed to enact tt at the guardians of any union oomprieing a city cr town of more than one parish, having a population of not less than 20.000 persons, may, with the consent of the poor law commiesinnere, direct that all costs and charges for the relief and maintenance of the poor in the several parishes contained in such un'on. shall he borne by the common fund of such union, to which the several parishes therein shall contribute is proportion to the annual , assessment to the property in such perishes respectively, to the relief of the poor, and that they be euesidered as one pariah; and all expenditure in respect of the poor of such anion be paid out of the g I fund to be raised by a cont mon rate. It stated that :he committee were of opinion I that the operation of the bill would b • injurious to the later. este of the inhabitants of several of the par.shes within the j ci.y and the liberties thereof, s•.d recommended a petition to the Hones of Commons praying that the City of London be exempted from its operations. Some diseuesion took place upon the proposition moved by Alderman Wilson, for suspending the standing order as to' the r ception of petitions on that state of the question. The Ald-roots bad, he sold, several petitions to preunt in favour of the bill, which be contended was calculated to have a beneficial effect upon the poor parishes, which at present pond an enormous amount of poot-rate, and felt it as a most oppressive burden. Alderman SIDNEY said the court would net be justified in refusing to hear the petition of those who were in favour of the bill, after having already received the evidence of those who were opposed to it; and the court acquiesced in that opinion. Alderman WILSON then handed in six p - titions against the report of the committee. Alderman SIDNEY then proposed the following amenri ment to the motion tor agreeing with the report:—" That the court ao not agree with the committee in their report, because it is the opinion of this court that the present law of settlement an 1 rating for the relief of the poor is unjust, partial, and oppres.tve in its operations throughout the City of London, inasmuch as it annually relieves thcse parishes where the property ts of the greatest rateable value and trade ;most extensive from ;their share of providing fur the relief and maintenance of the poor, and at the same time throws a most unfair and oppres ive burden on those parishes in which the houses are small. and where the poor can find a residence." He called upon the members of the court to support the public interests, and not to allow any affluent district, which did not come in f r a fair share of taxation for the benefit of th , poor, to affect their decision on a ma•t•r in which the whole population of the City was most importantly concerned. Mr. WHITESIDE also opposed the recommendation of the committee, and showed that increased burdens had of late years been thrown upon the shoulder+ of those who sere ill qualified to bear any taxation at all. He contended, that in tact the present system tended to make the poor more poor, and to dicer the rich almost completely from the ob ligation to render any assistance to those who were nat.:if , tunste. Alderman LAWRENCE thought it would be well not to burden toe poor parishet in the way propuied in the measure before them. Many parishes might feCtiT• advantage from it, while mane more might ezperience injury by its opera tion. He believed, however, it some general plan of rating were Mantel, a al Fool raialit be accomplished. Mr. PERKINS thought the system of centralisation pro- posed was not likely to work well. Mr. R. L. JONES supported the new ,bill and tht amend ment of Alderman Sidney. Mr. Deputy LOT said the bill aUu led to was neither more nor less than a centralising bill, possessing all the bad Matures of the family. Atter a few observations from Mr. R. TAYLOR and Mr. in favour of the amendment, the question was put, and the amendment was carried by • majority of 12, the numbers upon the division being 33 to 21. The court then adjourned. SOCIETY or FIRILVDS or FOSEIGNERS IN DB- TllllB.—Yestarday the anniversary festival of this society took place at the London Tavern, Bishopegatt -street. Toe Doke of Cambridge in the chair, auppor:ed by his Excel- Money Mr. Abbot Lawrence, the Antaican ; Lord Harry Vane, Baron de Wydenbrock, Biron de Katembeck, Count C. de Kielmansegee, Count de Moltke, Count Dale Feld, Monsieur de Sibbern. Chemin: Ilebeler , Alderman Salomon, Mr. A. J. Dasat.Rtv. Dr. Kuper, Mr. Frederick Huth, Mr. I'owles, Mr. Brand, and upwards of a hundrid gentlemen, the majority of whom were foreigners. It ap pear d from a statement of the condition and prospects of the society, that the objects of the institution are to grant relief to indigent foreigners here, without distinction of country or religion, especially to those who are not entitled to parochial aid : and to furnish the mesas to such as are desirous to return to their emn countries. By the regulations a board of direcon is established, who sit once a week, and carefully en mine petitions for relief, granting the rt quisite aid to soot foreigners as deserve protection, and preventing others from becoming a burthen to this country,and a disgrace to their own. The society has affordad relief to 78,411 foreigner of dif (emit nations, and granted anneal pensions towards the support of 62 Individual% greatly advanced in years, and &Inuit all of whom have spent their lives in improving the commerce and manufactures of this country, without having acquired any legal claim to parish relief, and are now totalty disabled by age and infirmity from earning a livelihood or returning to the places of their nativity The report (an ab.tract of which was inserted in the lAiily Nests so the oe• elision of the last general meeting) gave a detailed account of the benefits which had been conferred by the institution, and concluded by stating that it was not only from wealthy foreigners settled in this country that the society hoped for eneleragement, but also from Englishmen, who were OM wallow to listen to the demands of charity. His Royal Highness in the course of the evening stated that this was the 11th time he had had the honour of preeding at the annual festivals of this institution. Many year. of his lite having been spent abroad, it would be unnatural in him if he did net feel a peculiar interest in the welfare of this institution. He considered it peculiarly deserving of public patronage, and he invited particular at tention to the fact that it was not one of those charities which, by the chalices of fortune, were able to support themselves. Amongst those who adirers-d the company in support of the institution were Lord Harry Vase, the Ame rman Minister, and other members of the diplomatic corm and each joined in the opinion that the society was entitled to the support of all nations. In the course of the evening it was announced that Mr. Emanuel Hoary Brandt badges tribute.% 1,0001. towards a fund for erecting almshouse' to be devoted to the reception of distressed foreigners ; and a list of subscriptions was read, amounting in all to nearly 1,6001. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. Trig GREAT Cfarre.AL GAS CONSCMIIIe C —Yesterday the sommittee appointed by the Hesse of Commons to consider and decide on this question, re-seeembled at 12 o'clock, Mr. Cardwell in the chair. Mr. Charles Pearson, M P., t ea. mined by Mr. Wyld, had been of opinion for many years, that the gas consumers of the city of London might, on amount of their very large consumption, limited to a small space, to have both better and cheaper gas than that fur niehed in thinly populated districts, where the supply was small and the cyst of its distribution proportionally la % aad he believed that the large beGy of gas COS/MINN in city might have, at 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet, and eves at less then that, gas .uperi ,r to that for which they now paid Its. per thousand feet, after paying to the manufacturer an ample profit. It was on this principle that the Oreat Ces- Mal (las Coesumen' Company was started. The witness then stated the ;trices charged by the old companies , and gave the particulars of the manner in which the central company was constituted. Knew of no impediment to the progress of the company beyond the question of legal liability, and the natural hesitation that in these days there was to em bark in undertakings when the liability was not settled by act of parliament. Other witnesses having given evidence in favour of the project of the new company, Mr. Currie, on the pat of the opponents, raised an obj.cuon to the bill to the effect that its title was not in conformity with the ols. lees sought for in the preamble and proposed provisions. The Chairman overruled the objection, and the committee adjourned, with an intimation that they would rooms the inquiry at 12 o'clock on Yriday. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 9, 1850. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. Yesterday the first exhibition of plants and flowers foe the peemat erases took plau at the society's garden Regent's Park. The weather woe so unpropitious that it was almost to be hoped that the exhibition would be post poned to • feature day; but the necessary arrangements haviag been made sad the subscribers being accustomed to disappointnienu of a similar nature, it appeared that there was no coarse to be adopted but that of opening the gardens sled treating to the chums of a gleam of gunshot before the day closed. The maguine expectations however, of those who indulged in gush a hope were eat destined to be realised, for at two o'clock, when the gates of the gardens were opened, the rain poured down in torrents, and it soon became a matter of certainty that the horticultu ral exhibition would comprise the elements of an aquatic life. Bat the wives and daughters of England can little brook disappointment when they have once made up their minds to enjoy the pleasures of a public fete, and to display the elegancies of costume prepared for the occasion. The attendance, therefor*, in the gardens was much more nume rous than could have been expected, and it argued greatly in favour of the floral attractions of the day that so larger a number of elegantly deemed ladies were induced to leave their home* on so unpromising a day. There were in truth upwards of a thousand persons present, and notwithstanding the serious disadvantages which the Fates conspired to produce, there was a something in the broad effect of the suns which preserved the character of these exhibitions. The grounds being so wet that it would have been dangerous for the visitors—however se curely clad—to promenade in the open air, the company assembled in the conservatories, and In the tents provided for the occasion. There the great majority of the com pany remained during the afternoon, anxiously hoping for a sudden change In the weather, and listening to the murk performed by the military bands, whose duties were dis charged " under canvass" instead of, as on more favour able occasion,, in the open air. As regards the floral exhibition itself. little need be said, save that It only required the brightening aid of the sun to render it ise praiseworthy as teener exhibitions in the same gaelens. Every possible arrangement was made to give completeness to the tete, and the flowers were dis played with all that taste and skill which have heretofore characterised the efforts of the Royal Botanical Society. The SAVOIE consisted, EA usual at the tint Idle of the sea son, of pelargoniums, calceolariar, azaleas, cacti. cin • , orchids, Armes, terse, petunias , roses, pansies, and a variety of miscellaneous plant,. Amongst the company were Prinee Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour; the Duke of Cambridge, and other mem bers tf the aristocracy. ' The principal przes awarded; EXTRA GOLD MEDAL.—Mr. May, gr. to Mfr. Lawrence, for 30 stove and greenhouse pleats; Mr. Williams, gr. to Warner, Erej , for 25 orchids. MIDITM tiOLD MEDAL.—Mr. Car, gr. to H. Collyer, Bq . for 30 stove and f house plants; Mr. Green, gr to Sir E Antrobus, for 20 stove and greenhouse plan's; Mr. Mayhem, gr. to J. Rucker, Eeq., for 15 Cape heaths; Mr. May, gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, for 12 greenhouse amateur; Mr. Schroder, for 15 orchids. GOLD MuLL.—Mr. Taylor, gr. to J. Coster, EN.. for 20 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Smith, gr. to W. Quilter, E.g., Um 15 Cape heaths; Messrs. Rawlinron, nurserymen, for 12 Cape heaths : Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, fee 12 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. Dobson, gr. to E. Beek, Esq , for 10 orchids ; Mr. Cock, tor 12 pelargoniums ; Mr. Dobson, gr. to E. Beck, Esq., for 12 pelargoniums ; Lane and Son, nurserymen, for 12 roses; blesers. l'eul and San, nursery men, fur 12 rows. LARDS SILVER GILT MEDAL—Mr. CreEfOr3, Er. to H. Barnes, E•q., for 10 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Franklin, gr. to Mts. L awreuce, for 15 orchids: A Row land, E.q , for 8 roses in pets. LARGE SILVER MEDAL —Mr. Cole, gr. to 11. Collyer, Era for 15 Cape heaths; Messrs. Fairborn, nurserymen, for 1;.! Cope heaths; Messrs. Veitch and Son, nurserymen, for 12 Cape heaths; Mr. Robinson, gr. to J. Simpson, Erq , for 12 pelargonium', Mr. Gains, nurseryman, for 12 pelar. goniums; Mr. Parker, gr. to 0. H. Aughtoe, E-q., for 6 pelargoniums; Mr. R.binson, gr. to J. Simpson, Eth , for 6 pelargoniums; Masan. Lane and Soo, nurserymen, for 12 greenhouse azaleas. SPORTING. CHESTER SPRESIO MEETING. TUESDAY'S RACES—CoxcLruen. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 6 soya. each, with 30 added; the winner to be sold by cacti at after the rare, and the surplus over the selling prase to go to the fund. One nibs and a quarter. Yr. I Wald - Ulm'. Sister to Npid, 3 ‘7111(30/.). 34 lib (Charlton) I Mr. Pedlefs Prior of Lanercstt, 3 yrs (IOW.), Tat Sib ..(Verta) 2 Won by length. Tao winner wu sold by auction alter the race for 701. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. CHESTER CCP. fl to 1 apt °Ma to a apt Glatiln 9to 1 Peep.o' ley 1 100 otay.Boy 20 to I Job 3 Comer 9to 1 1164 Ann 20 to 1 Chasing bto 1 Roland 2O to 1 Fogleman 15 to 1 Mo.mater 33 to 1 Coctimamillt 16 to 1 Ellerdile 30 to 1 lAly colt °Aerie,. Mies Ann, Peep-0 -day-lily, Roland, Ellerdale, were the only hon. s r. ally it force, Osterley being the " lion" of the evening. Emedariu.., it wu &nuttily under. stood, continued lame, and It old not eln. IRELAND. DISTAL MAT a. A preliminary meeting of the Dublin Tenant Right conference will be held to-day. By far the most extensive sales of property, under the encumbered estates commission, that have been hitherto attempted in one day, were effected yester day, the estates being chiefly those of Mr. William Darcy, in the counties of Meath and Westmeath, and of the Earl of Portarlington, in the counties of Meath, Kilkenny, and Kildare. The aggregate amount of the day's sales reached the sum of 64,5001., the prices realised being on an average considered good, and no slight impulse having, it is thought, been given to the bidding* by the intimation of the commissioners, that purchasers should have all the advantages that may be afforded by Sir John Romilly's bill, should it be come law. The court, which is ridiculously small, was, of course, crowded almost to suffocation, and it appeared that some lots were actually postponed for want of bidders, while the persons who were prepared to make offers were outside the door, unable to gain admission. Subsequently those lots were again put up and sold for 18,6001. There were several Englieh gentlemen present. The commis sioners who presided were Messrs. Loogfield and Hargrave. Toe first property was the D'Arcy estates, in the counties of Meath and Westmeath, which were set up in lota, the first of which produced 4,0001., or 14 years' purchase; the second, 2,4001., or 16 years' pur chase; the third, 1,8001., or 131 years' purchase ; the fourth, 1,1001., or 10 years' purchase; the fifth, 3,5001 e, or 151 years' purchase ; the sixth, 2,5001., or 17 years' purchase. Three other lots were then put up for sale together, the gross rents of which amounted 'to 93.51. per; annum. Alter a spirited competition a ' Mr. Hussard was declared the purchaser at 18,5001., or 21 years' purchase. The next property put up was a portion of the Portarlington estates, in the counties of Meath, Kil dare, Kilkenny, and Queen's County. The first lot, which was situated in Kildare, produced 1,3504 or 254 years' purchase. 'f he rates procured for the other lota were as follows : 8115 for Years' Purchase. Lot 2 3 BOO 4 660 5 6 1,400 7.. 135 8 775 9 10 11 13 660 14 15 16 17 The last rale consisted of trn housre in the city of Cork, the property of Mr. Edward Robinson an in solvent. They were sold separately, and Produced on an average 4401. each. NEW MAGISTB.ATE.—We understand, with much satishetioe, that letters have been received in town, which nate that Dr. Lyoaa hu bees appointed to the bench by the Lord Chancellor. —Cork Examiner. THE HOLYHEAD PACKET SERVICE.-KINGSTON'S, May 6.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Fire Queen, whi c h has been here most of the winter in readitam to c invey mails to Holyhead when required, this day proceeded from the latter place to Portsmouth. The Banshee will fellow in a few days for Chatham. Bt. Columba has already been handed ova to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company with the Llew ellyn, and while the broken main shaft of the latter is being teplaced with • new one, her Majesty's packet Caradoc has been ordered to meiet in conveying the mails, or until smelt time as the 'Modem and Trafalgar (now carrying troops) are enabled to resume their form-r stations. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDOE, MAY MMULLAND Bzootow.—The annual sermon, founded by Mr. Parkland, on the subject of " Church Ezteneion over the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Empire," will he preached at St. Mary's Church, by the 'light Rev. the Lord Bishop of ',leadoff, on Sunday 'lsmailia next, the 12th instant. Potioutiks Coxxeos —Henry G mde, M.B. (B A.,1848), has been elected a Fellow of this Society, on the foundation of Bishop Lem. Ktoo's Coooroz —Thomas Lewis flaky has been elected • student of this college. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, MAT 8. APPOINTMIINTR. Maki: A. Bartley to the Ajax, sad R. Rawlins to the Superb. Naval Cadet: R. F. Onplow to the Victory. MILITARY. ]grit LA:MERL-With ►eference to an intimation in *meal of the daily pipers that the 16'h Lancers arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday at Hounslow from Norwich and Ipswich, it shculd at once be stated that the regiment an question will not arrive at Hounslow until neat week, as the several divisions only left the eastern counties on the above days, and a week is required (or the march of a cavalry regi meat such a distance. It is possible, however, that a snub detachment of the 16th may arrive on Saturday, but, Must stated, the regiment cannot arrive at Hounslow b e . fore the beginning or middle of next week. As already in timated, the 11th Hussars will be reviewed by Prince Albert on Friday, therefore that regiment will not begin to march fur Norwich and Ipswich until after that day. PRINTERS' PENSION Society.—yesterday the twenty-third anniversary of this society was held at the London Tavern, Bishoperate-street. The chair was taken by Mr. F. Peel, M.P., who was supported by Mr. R. Tay lor, of the Common Council, the Rev. Erskine Neale, and other gentlemen. After the usual loyal toasts, the chairman proposed " The Printers' Pension Saciety, and increased prosperity to it." After some general observations on the importance of the art of printing, the obligations of ' society at large to those who are engaged in its execution, and the evils to which compositors and pressmen ' are peculiarly and necessarily exposed by the nature of their occupations, he sad it had been computed that there were in the metropolis alone between five and six thousand composi tors and pressmen, while the pensioners of the society did not much exceed fifty, or about one for every hundred per sons employed. lie wished to see not only the number of the pensioners but the amount of the pensions considerably augmented, and he hoped that the public libe ra lity would j render such an extensii n as practicable as it was desirable. The toast was most ardently received. Mr. Alderman Salomon, is proposing the health of the Chairman, expressed the gratification which he felt at seeing I him in the chair u the supporter of so bone volent an institution. The honourable gentleman had, he observed, already made his drew! in parliament, where he had met with no mean success. As the grand- I son of a great merchant and a true patriot, and as the son of I a statesman who had done much for his country, great things were expected from him, and he trusted that he , would not disappoint the expectations which had been ' formed as to his future career. At all events it was pleasing to find him, after nuking a successful commencement in the Howe of Commons, following the impulus of an honourable ambition by exhibiting his sympathy for • noble work of charity. The tout was most cordially responded to. The toast of " The authors of Great Britain," was acknowledged by the Rev. E Neal*. the author of the recently published " Life of the late Duke of Kest." The subscriptions an pounced in the cootie of the evening amounted to between two and three hundred pounds; and included fifty guineas from the Governor and Directors of the Bank of England, sad twenty guineas from the chairman. PROTECTIONIST PETITIONS.—A Blackburn corre spondent says "Fir the last week or two considerable turmoil has been caused by the consumers of milk, &e., re. fusing t 3 allow certain farmers to bring them milk to be •)1,1 at the shops in this neighbourhood. It appears that, for the last two or three weeks, agents have been &mascot the farmers in the out - town ships, surreptitiously obtaining sig. natures to petitions for • re-enactment of a duty on grain. II the farmer refused to sign he was called upon by the steward or bailiff, and by them ordered to do so, and few dare refuse. Others were told that it was a petition for a repeal of the window tax, &c. Some, aft. r discovering what they had been signing, insisted that their names should be erased from the document. This has so exasperated the working class, who are the principal consumers of milk, that a regular opposition is organised not to pur chase milk from those who have really signed the petition, and they are told to take it to Townley Parker, Kul., the chairman and founder of the Protection Society in Lancashire. Meetings of the working class have been held in different parts of the town, and c n Soturday an address was posted upon the walls iad extensively circulated, say ing: "Follow Workmen,—We hope you have not forgot the long, strong, and expensive struggle we had in the aboli tion of corn laws, navigation laws, and a great many other laws, which stood in the way of free trade. These we had to remove before we could gain cheap bread for our starving familiee,_ and more work for our in dustrious population. We have had meeting after meeting, and subscription after subscription, in order to gain what ere the comm n rights of all • we have had men of the brightest talent, and the most bene volent mind, men of the most exalted cation, to advocate the cause of free trade, men whose characters have been unimpeachable, such as Peel, Cobden, Bright, anil others ; ye). a whole host of learned and patriotic gentlemen, all ple ading for bread to be cheap, and trade to be free. Will you, then, give support to those men who are exerting every nerve, and putting forth • all their strength to stop you from having cheap bread, titer , you have tasted Its blessings, =Ore just beginning to relish its abundant sweets DERBY. 9 to 2 was taken about Clincher to 1,0001 ; 6 to 1 three er four times, about B ilinebniks; 15 sad 16 to 1 to 4001., about The Italian, 1 000 to 2.5 shoat Cariboo, 2,000 to 30 about Sir Cherie., 8,000 to 90 about Brennut, and 1,000 to 15 and 1,000 to 10, four or nee times, about Alonso. RACE•COVIIBB, WEDNRADAT AFTERNOON, 5 o'Cz.oci The following races were &tided at the time our parcel was made up. SCRAMBLE HANDICAP of 5 sou. each, with 30 added. The winner to be sold for 80 s - Jvs., (12 subs.) _ _ Mr. J.ant's The Meese, 6 yrs, set lrlb .......... (J. Ems) 1 Mr. belt. Ormsby, 4 yrs, 7st , dlO (0. Marrlssa) 2 SIXTY UUldiad, added to a ewes pstakes of 3 son. etch. Once round sad a dis. Sir C. llonek's Vanguard (ginivon) 1 31r. Jamieson's Tower (2, Evarw) 2 Mr. Lainion'e Cauriri (Noble) 3 TILAD/OXAN . II PLATS 01 200 SOTS. addsd to a lisnoicap of 25 sow each, 15 it, and 6 only if declared, the second Iv re ceive 601, and Ma third to save his stake. Two miles and a quarter. 189 subs., 85 of whom declared. .. . .. • Mr. IL Pitt'. MousSeer, 4 yrs, rwt alb (Dockeray) I Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth, 5 yrs, fot 10lb (Crouch) 2 The following also warted, but wens not placed: Mr. Fedley's Cossack, Lord 11.swth's Peep-o'day Boy, Mr. Eddi son's John Comer, Capt. Hsreourt's Elerdale. Mr. Payne'. Glauea, Mr. F. Nieull's Woolwich, Mr. H. Stebbing's Westow, Mr. Osbaldeston'a Fugleman, Mr. Hill's Orerley, Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, Mr. Jsques's Chantrey, Mr. Bow e ' s the Knout, Lord Warwick's Grief, fit. Grorge's gr a by Verulam oat of Whim, Mr. C. Green tad litleshea, Mr. J. Robinson tad Flew. de Brine, Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum, Mr. Thompson's b e by Gladiator out of Lily, Mr. 11-iklant's Holing, Mr. Holdtorth tad Gen. Sale, Capt. Fraser'. Emma, Mr. Snowing's Gorge, Mr. E. R. Clarke's Rodney, Mr. Cowley's The Miner. A good race. [By Electric Telegraph.] ROODZI P MOLTS Sraar.o, of 15 soya each, &c. 1 mile and a halt. (13 subs.) Lord Chrterfleld ad b or by Liu/roost out of Coacertina Mr. Howlia's Shilmalla N tit 2 Quaass's PL.ra. of 100 is. Thrice round. sir C. Monies Vanguard, 4 yrs. 9st Sib Sir J. Larders Yenkill, S yrs. 104. 2 CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY TWO OF SCOTLAND. This suit& was downs noeionilonday, and the follow ing is the result of tile two days' play : Exotiona—(llnt Isidings.) (Second Innings.) Medea. e mon, b Voliereved 5 . . Clarke, e Bop, b Lawrence 2 A. Myna, llsq., b Lawrence Parr, e Dalierty, I) Lowrance ll not out ll Boa, b I.l.benrood 3 Martingell, b Uehernood l7 N. Fella, Eoq., to Andenon 65 Adam., run oat Clue. c Hutchison, S Usberwood 1 ... not out 5 Chatterton, not out Mayer, at Opp, b Anderson Byes 7, I. b , wide 9, Byes 4, 1. b. I, no boll , HI ... wide 5, no ball ~.. 10 134 Total 63 —. ..... .. SCOTZAND.—(First Imlay.) W. lleaborgb,: Maq., • Wynn, W. We Utah, Lg., 1 b w, b b Widen Whigbats, Es q .. run ant ... 11 R. Walker, Eaq., b Martinelli • Mr. Andaman, b Windt% 4 J. Dewar. Lc., a Wank% b Wright, a 11111yer, b Widen npt. Hutchinson, b Widen .. 1 Mr.iba.o, e Yell; b Clark* 1 lantana' Dickens. 0 Ynnz, Uiterwand, a Myer, b Minn 0 Clarke l4 Ilai m ar b lyir 0 a MM. b 1010000 0 Mr J. lar‘ not out 3 b Whigs Total _ la T. ww giet ai iil. 6 : 6. IL J. W b b wisdom • W. ER., rue l7 1 :MAN rag.. b out 0 W. Mae% Zig, run . Byes L I, war. a, 4 R io laU Total GRAND DINNER TO LORD GOUGH AT THE MANSION Housn.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have ivued cards of invitation to a banquet to be given to Lord Gough oa the 30th inst. The company will consist of peers and premien, of members of Die Mouse of Commons, of Lord (tough's companions in arms, and of the directors of the East India Company and their ladies, &c. The somber of cords issued is about 400. TUB INAUGURATION OP EARL FITZWILLIAM, high reward of the town of Cambridge, took place yester day. His lordship arrived in theta's° by train between 12 and 1 o'clock, and was received at the station by his worship the Mayor (H. 8. Faster, Req.), and others of the municipal authorities. lie was thence 'wowed to the Town-hall, I which he entered preceded by all the emblems of municipal authority. On reaching the council chamber, in which &early every member of the corporate body was assembled, his lordship was moat enthusiartically greeted both by the council and the public, and the process of inauguration was proceeded with. In the evening his lordship was enter tained at a banquet in the Town-hall, at which the Mayor presided, and about 100 other guests were present. BLACKBURN SAVINGS BANK--The committee of investigation into the affairs of this bank have made a most satisfactory report. The total amount of deposits appears to be nearly 60,0001., whsle the absent books only show the sum of 101. 3a unaccounted for ; of whisk sum a depositor of 17s. 104 has been discovered in Cambridgeshire, eaviag a balance of 41. 6e. 24. only still to be dilated. t 133 intelitgence. EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDAL Baron no fauna or ma Roma. Tea Ito= AND NORTH iIIDCANDWILIAY C t. HVlNoll.—Tutu TO ANSWIR. Mr. Toiler moved is this case, on behalf of the defendant, Mr. George Hudson, the late chairman of the York and North Midland Railway Company, for further time to put in his answer. The suit was instituted by the company against the defendant, to enforce their claims against him in respect of certain transactions in which he had been con cerned whilst he was chairman of the company. It was stated that the company had offered to compromise their claims for 50,0001, but this the defendant refused to secede to. There were in all three suits pending by the company against the defendant. Mr Turner, on behalf of the com pany, offered the defendant a month's time to answer. Bat it was urged that this was not sufficient; and after some dis cussion the motion was ordered to stand one till the first day of Trinity Term, on the understanding being that affidavits would be filed by the defendant, explaining the circumstances w►ich rendered a longer time for answering necessary. Baron VICLZEIA/MiLLOR Kmowr Bocci. THE AGAPE HONE. THONIAII V. ROBERTA. Mr. Wigram and Mr. J. H. Ooldsmid resumed their ar guments in support of the petition, which was presented by Mr. S. P. Ripley as the next friend of George Nottidge Thomas, an infant of four years of age, the only child of the respondent, George Robinson Thomas, " a brother" of the society called the Agapemone, near Bridgewater. The prayer of the petition was that some proper person or per sons might be appointed to be the guardian or guardians, or to have the care of the infant during his minority, and that proper directions might be given for his maintenance and education, and that the respondent and his agents might be restrained from epplytng for any writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of obtaining possession or custody of the infant, and also from taking forcible means or otherwise to take possession of him or in any manner interfering with him. The following was the substance of the principal statements in the petition, and the affi lavits in support of it, =say of the al creations in which however were positively denied b 7 the affidavits filed on behalf of the reopendents. Previously to the year 1842, Mrs. Thomas, the wile of the respondens, then Agnes Nottidge, and four unmarried slaters, children of Mr. and Mrs. Nottidge, of Rose-bill, near Wiz's, in Suffolk, were entitledto about 5,0001. or 6,0001. stock each. The respondent, who had been educated as a clergyman of the Church of England, at Lsmpeter College, became sc qusinted with Mr. Prince, and after leaving that place, they and several others formed themselves into a society, coiled " The Lam2eter Brothers." Mr. Samuel Starky, a clergyman of the Established Church, joined them. Mr. Prince, who was a clergyman of the Church of England, and curate of Carlinch, within four miles of Bridgewater, was prohibited by his diocesan, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, from further officiating. He afterwards removed to Stoke, near Iteee hill, the residence of the Nottidge family. After this Mr. Prince removed to Brighton, whither Mrs. Nottidge and her daughters went in October, 1843, and remained until May, 1844, and Mr. Prince preached at a chapel in Windsor street. called " Addullan." In May, 1944, the family of Mrs. Nottidge returned to Rost-hill, in consequence of the illness of the father, and after his death the daughters re turned to Brighton, whither their mother some time after wards followed them. In June, 1815, the five sisters and Mr. Thomas were at Taunton, as were also Mr. Prince and Mr. Starky and his wife. Oa the 10th of June Mr. Prince and Mr. and Mrs. Starky were sitting in a room in one of the inns there, and Agnes Nottidge and her sisters in a room in the other inn (the two buildinee being close together), 4 . hen Mr. Prinz sent for Harriet N Midge, and told her that she would give great glory to God by marrying Lewis Prince (one of his followers), and afterwards sent for Agnes and told her that God intended to confer a special blessing on her, but that before she was told what it was, she must promise to do what was required of her. She was at first unwilling he melts such a promise, but afterwards consented, and was informed that it was the mind of God, who intended to confer an especial blessing on her, that she should marry " Brother Thomas" (meaning the respondent) in • few days. She said she could not 1:•;• married eo soon, as she wished a settlement made of her property for the purpose of providing for any family she might have, whereupon she was told there would be no need of anything of that sort, " because she would have no family," as it would not be in accordance with her present calling, and that her marriage would be sully spiritual to carry out the purposes of God. Both sisters kept the int( nelt d marriages secret, but at dinner with the sisters and Prince and Thomas on the same day nines informed the party that H • aad Agnes had in obedience to the will of Gad consented to become the wives of Brothers Price and Thomas. The marriage was intended ti talcs place at Brighton. but Prince said it was the will of God that it should take place at Swansea, and that they must go there before ret u r n i ng t o t h e i r mot h er at Brighton. They remonstrated on account of the sorrow it would cause their mother, hut Prince said they must not allow such feelings to prevent them (-flowing the path marked out for them by Gad, and that if they read the hoc k of Jonah they would see the effect of acting contrary to God's commands. The two sisters then went to Rose lila for their clothes on the 12th of June, 1845, and thence, after five days, they proceeded to Swansea. Mr. Thomas. in an swer to a further request of Agnes that a settlement should be made of the property, wrote the following letter: 2, Winder-terrace, Brighton, June 21, 1145. NI, eery dear .tornee—lt gave me pleasure, by a letter from deer brother (Uhl', to learn, that he had seen ens off safely by mail on Thursday morning; by this time you are either with beloved brother Williame, or else with the dear Mrs. Matter. I know their lose In J^cus, and that they will do everything to render your sojourn In anseti good for you ; but I know something more, I know the boundleal love of Jesus ; he will he with you for his eve is on you ; and whatevr is good that will he bestow, whether It be joy or sorrow, ease or trial, comfort or difficulty; all things are yours, for you are Christ's and Christ is God•s. Let not your heart be troubled under your present circumstances, neither let it be afraid at what friends or fors may suggest. Abide in the spirit and will of God; then will your peace be like a river wide and overflowing, and your soul will be borne meetly akmg theetreala of time until it reach the ocean of eternal toe* and rest. What I say unto you I say also unto you, Harriet and Clara. Assure them of my love, and let them trust themselves to be carried by Both in the arms of Jesus whitliersoever he will—not wbitber,oever they will end they end you CU find Ile will do you good at your latter end. My beloved Agnes I must write to you just what the spirit leads me to do; this I do with the more confidence because I be lieve you have an ear tohear what the Lord may say unto you through him that lovetb you. You mentioned your desire to have a settlement of your property upon yourself ; this, I assured yon, would be very agreeable to my feelings, and is No still; but lot even. int writing on God this matter quite unexpectedly was brought before me. I had entirely put It away from my thoughts, leaving it to take its course as you might be ledtoect ; but God will not have it so. Ile chews methat the principle is entirely contrary toGod's word, and altogether at variance with that confidence which Is le exist between us, who are one spirit. This desire on your part must be abandoned. Give it up to God, end show that you can trust his faith fulneas; and I ran assure you the confidence you repine in him will not be disappointed. 1 know God, and I know that none who trust la him shall ever can ever, be confounded. Ile that bath an ear to hear, let him heir. As regards the promise you made your parents I would merely say, that any promise made when you were uncon verted. and which was not in accordance with the ward of God, you are not bound. neither would it be right in you, to adhere t I must bid you farewell : and believe me, to abide in much love, yours affec tionately in the everlasting covenant, BILOTIMft TIIUMV.• The respondent and Miss Agnes Nottidge were married on the 9th ot July, 1845, at Swansea church ; on the same day Miss Clara Nottidge was married to Mr. C4hb (an other ot Mr. Priace's followers), and Miss Harriet Nottidge to Mr. Price—Me. Prince being present, and Mr. Stark, ' giving away the brides, who were all three, by Prices di- I reetion, attired in black dresses. No settlement was made of the property of any one of the ladies. Prince sent to the respondent a summon', in the following words: "Brother ' Theme, I command you to arise, and come to Weymouth. I Amen." The respondent, however, took his wife to visit his mother at Llandilo for a month. His wile here I used all her influence with her husband to dissuade him from again joining Prince , and for a time succeeded ; but in October, 1845, they went to Weymouth, where Prince, Mr. and Mrs. *Rutty, Price. Cobb, and Thomas lived in • house altogether. A week after the arrival of Mr. Thomas I end his wits, she was summoned " to appear before l'rince in the drawing-room; then he threatened and re proached her for trying to persuade her husband as I she had done, and said to her, "If you dare attempt to influence your husband again in acting contrary to my commands, God will crush you out of the way." The ' respondent, who was present, added, " Agnes, I command you to obey henceforth the Spirit of God in me, mad* known to me through the servant of the Lord." While they lived at Weymouth, Mrs. Thomas occasionally remonstrated with her huabsnd on his conduct, and he often sad , " There is nothing but the devil in you. You are full of the devil." Mrs. Thomas hearing that Prince was corresponding with her sister Louisa, to induce her to go and live in the family. ' was writing • letter to her to dissuade her, when Williams, who was staying in the house, looked over her shoulder and read what she bad written, and then snatching it away, took it to Prince, and that evening, when she was proceeding to the bed room usually occupied by her and her husband, the latter foilmule her to go, adding, "in writing that letter you have deeply sinntd against God's holy spirit. 1 therefore care nothing about you, nor what becomes of you. The room adjoining this is empty. You can go there if you please, so that you be not near me ;" and from the Friday until Wednesday following the re spondent slept in • different room from his wile. In the latter part of 184.5, Prince began to profess and preach that prayer, whether public or private, was no longer re quisite, and ought to be abandoned, and he iuformed Mr. Cobb, Mrs. Priam, and Mrs. Thomas, that there was ao longer any occasion for their reading the Bible, and that through their husbands only they would know the will et God. It was further alleged that on the Ist of January, 1848, Prince held a meeting of affirmative answerers at an inn at Weymouth, when ha told them that Jesus hail now loft the mercy seat, and that therefore sinners could no longer littsave.l, but that all before hint were safely shut up to the, kingdom of heaven, and that he held the doctrine that the day of grace was passed, and the day of judgment arreived. In February, 1846, the respondent followed Prince to Bridgewater, when soon afterwards, upon the re H spondent admitting his wife was pregnant, Prince ez , pressed great anger, and prevented him fells return , tug to her, and she had never meen him front that time, except on one occasion throttai • window. In the same month Williams and his wife assumed the man. agement of the house at Weymouth, whence they expelled the respent's wife la that month, leaving her to find her way, as he did, alone, to Cumartberehire, to the house of the respondent's mother, who treated her with great kind new. She wu then in the sixth month of her pregnancy, on aseoant of which she wu expelled from the house, as it was alleged in support of the petition, by her husband's dire.- tions. Mrs. Thomas was dangerously ill after her confine ment, of which fact her husband was informed by letter' and he waned:lx asked by letter what name hi s c hild s h ould be baptised by, but to none did he reply. About a fortnight after the birth Mrs. Thomas herself wrote to him, spiting his directions respecting the name of the child, and what she was to do for her subeieteece and support. This letter was returned to her through Williams. Tea respondent in the meantime mote his wife the following letter : My best beloved —I herewith enclose you a sm. II portion; eat, drink ; yea, drink abundantly, and let your soul d e li gh t in fatness. Let the will of Ood be gone home and re.ting pl ce, but of his will there can be no happiness. Out in his will there is life, and joy, and peace. The servant of the Lord told me that you would not be in your present state unless you had rebelled months ago: and thus you will huger for It, In not being able to go ab tut with me, a. you other wise would ; but when I Dee you I will tell you all about It :This was signed) Your unchanging and affectionate brother, T/101141. Prince afterwards piked her, " Can your heart assent to Gad's right to dispose of you sod tee chill you h ave ca ll e d yours 1' To which she replied she oould never acknowledge man as God, and that she would not give up the care of the child. Upon this the respondent sent her a letter, renounc ing her for ever, and containing an authority for her to re • eeive the future dividends of her property, which ale had aecerdingly since received. Since the beginning of the year 1847 Prince and about thirty followers had lived at " the Agapemone," at Bridgewater, a large building having a flag on the top, inscribed with the words, " Oh, hail, holy bee." To prevent intruders blood hounds IVO placed in the ground,. Mrs. Thomas and her child were residing with Mrs. Not tidge, Mrs Thomas's mother. It was contended, that upon the facts disclosed upon the affidavits filed in support of the petition, it was clear that the respondent had abandoned his wife and child, and that there were sufficient grounds for exercising the jurisdiction thet the court had exercised in other ewes of taking the child from the modesty of its father. Mr. Thomas, the respondent, then addressed the court. He said he was quite sure that, as the father of the infant petitioner, the court would give him attention whilst he claimed the right, and the only right, to the education and care of the infant. An attempt had been made to obtain from this court the sanction of its authority to inter fere with the natural right of a father to have the custody of his nffspring. A quantity of extraneoue master had been introduced on this occasion which had nothing to• do with the question, which he could not look upon as anything but an attempt to villify, slander, and malign those who resided at Agapemone. Ile was the natural guardian of the child ; it Welled to him. Ile had • right to its custody, to give it his care, and to superintend its education. He could not believe that, even if thee allega- tions contained in the petition were true (which they were not) his right could be questioned. It was a very 'leered right, a very important right, and one not to be interfered with upon slight or trivial grounds. But the grounds upon which it was sought to interfere with teat right were wholly untenable. It had been alleged in the petition that be wet wholly under the influence of Henry James Prince; and that, therefore, he should do with the infant whatever he (Prince) might direct, regerdless of rig well-being, or his moral or mental cultivation. That he utterly denied. It had been alleged, also, in the petition, that Prince held blasphemous or irreligious doctrine,. That was wholly denied, and altogether untrue. The ground• on which the petition was rested were, that he, tl.e respond nt, was entirely under the control and authori.y of Prir.ce, and that he, consequently, should act towards the infant according to Prince's will, and not accotding to his own will and views, without any reference to the well hieing of the cneel ; and, secondly, that in consequence of his bold', g blasphemous and irreligious doctrines touching prayer, he was there fore an unfit person to have the custody of the infant. The respondent then proceeded to read his own affidavit, whereby be deposed that Prince and he and many of those called in the petition foilowers of Prince, were pro-eminently dioinguiehed us men of prayer; but as the consequence of holding that the day of grace was passed and the day of judgment commenced, Prince and the respondent and oth• rs of his friends discontinued the use of prayer as a means of communion with God, alt.Lough the respondent maintained that he wes still in intimate communion with God But the respondent denied that I.e ever on any occasion whatever informed his wife, re stated in the petition, that God's will was only made known to him through Prince ; and he denied if he obtained possession of the petitioner's person he should act in every respect as Prince might direct ; on the contrary he deposed that neither the said petitioner's health or personal security would be in any way endan gered. And be deposed that there were at the Az epomene tour children, three gir.s and one boy, of tOe respective ages of nine, three, two, and four, or thereabouts, who were all in good health, and well taken care of, and that Prince did not in any way or manner interfere with the management or bringing up of the children. In a fumer affidavit the respondent said that the assertion in the prtitton, that he had for the last five years and upwards Men one of a num ber of persons, who under the influence and di. rection of one Henry James Prince, have formed a species of community desiguated by them as a brotherhood or fame', and bad adopted, taught, and inculcated ci !lain blasphemies and irreligious doctrines and practices which they still hold, teach, and purote, was scandalous and false. He admitted that he bad been in deacon's orders of the established church, but denied that he bad up to that time officiated as a minister of such church, saying that he had, on the contrary, preached cut of the mai:dished church some time previously, and that it was his own earnest desire and prisilege to be allowed to preach at Adullam Chapel without any invitation from or even the knowledge of Prince. He deposed that it was the temper and oisposiion of the said Agnes Thomas that prevented communion between her and him and others in the house, and that the slid Agnes Thomas repeatedly acknowledged this, and admitted herself to be in a state of ?anthem against Gad. He denied that Prince tap d great anger against Mrs. Agnes Thomas in consequence of her pregnancy, or was at all angry with, or that he prohibited, the respondent from returning to Weymouth from Bridg water, as stated in the petition. He dep,sed that he and others at the Arespemone amuse themselves in various ways, both for health and exercise, and that they soree time since did so with hockey, which was a game like football, and that they did so on Sundays and other dal s, and he admitted that he did not regard one day more than another, but every day alike, and each day unto the Lord. lie said that Prince bad not to his knowledge or belief propounded any blasphemous or irreligious doctrines, and he selemely denied that Prince taught his followers that he had a divine cha racter, or was a proper object of worship, or that his followers treated him as a proper object of worship. Ile said that at the trial of " Nottidge v. Ripley," Emily Nottidge gave evidence, and acknowledged that she bad caused the imprisonment of Louisa N melee, her laughter, in a medhouse, and that she had so done because the said Louisa Nottidge would live at CharFneh He deposed that on the Ist of March last he west to Itosehill, to see the child and his mother; that he took the path leadi• g to the house by the yard, and met the child and a man servant. Being at hand, he was about to take the child to the tront of the house, and to see his mother, and not to take him away, and so he explained to the man• t; but when he got to the front door, the men and another, and Cor nelia Nottidge, violently rushed upon and dragged the child from him, and refused to admit him into the house, or to confer with him. The respondent proceeded in his address to the court, and said this was a matter between husband and wife, and that such matters were always secret, and ought not to be lightly treated upon or revealed. When Mrs. Thomas married him, see knew what his sentiments were. She entertained the sum?. She adopted them of her own free will, before he knew her, or had any connexion or intercourse with her, and Meg of one mind, and, as he supposed, wholly of the same views and admiring the same truth, and loving the same God— holding these views in common, they were married It was absurd to say under these circumstances that the marriage took place under the influence or at the request of Prince. She was a lady between 2S and 30 years of age, quite old enough to know her own mind, and to act for herself. It was assuredly of her own free will that she declared her at tachment to him. But it did appear afterwards, that whilst she outwardly professed to be of the same mind and pre tended to hold the same views, and to have no difference of opinion, yet in secret she maintained other views, mid acted contrary to that which she bad formerly proteteed. In son sequence of this she wrote letters to her sister at It we-hill. After expressing sorrow for what she had done, quite con trary to what she had professed, and so acting hyp kriiieally and deceitfully, yet she wrote another without his know ledge. If she had candidly said she was of his opinion formerly, but afterwards thought and felt differently . . if she hail come forward epenly and acknowledge , what her mind was, he should have thought nothing of it. Again, it bad been asserted that Mr. Williams wee sent to Weyeseuth by his authority to deal harshly and unk-noly 111 turning his wise out of doors. That was utterly untrue, and was denied by Mr. Williams's. own affidavit. He merely requested her to leave the house at Weymouth, and to go to has (the respondent's) mother's in Wales, whither she went. That she was turned out he utterly denied. It was also asserted that her sister, when residing at Weymouth, released to afford her any assistance in packing up her things, or to bid her farewell, from the fear that her sister would incur the displeasure of Prince... That was also untrue, and was denied by her sister, when g eve her every assistance, and saw her off when she started on her journey to Wales. Mr. Thomas continued as follows:—It has been stated in the petition that on various occasions it was the practice of Henry James Prinse to ape ik of the Holy Scriptures in terms of eontempt and derision, thin I utterly doily. The Holy Scriptures are the word of the living awl, by means of which, as a chart to guide us, we have all the blessings of that light from above, and what we enjoy at the Agape mone, by which we were brought to know God, to love llim, and to possess Iles love. That has been our chart to bring as to the good land which we have and entered upon. That has been our guide to obtain posses. session for us of the goodly heritage which we now enjoy. Yea. 1 repel with inilignatran the assertion that has been made in that respect. It is utterly false. It has been said that we do not regard one day more than another. This is no new doctrine. I need set inform this honour able court that this is set the first time that the Sunday has not been regarded. It is true, perfectly true, that we do not regard the Sunday —we regard every day as the Lord's. It is true. perfecty true, that we make no distinctions between it and the Ott Sr days, because every day we Eve , as to God ; we have no other life, no ether will, no other inclination, than to live in the glory of God. We do not live to His glory one day, laying aside the ether days. He that regardeffs the day regardeth it to the Lord he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he (loth not regard it. Is is because our lite is a life which it really devoted to Clod, to love Him, and to do His ,