The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-14 00:00:00

el it 1 114 1 1 ti a a tr r r. r t. a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 • a a 11 tr I. Its It* Ph• tat ors 'al the try 1 Ede N., eat mak all the G. the oat antil Wet• the nest Mar- srd • ss Iwo Rasa Ilne • 11 sad Wass My lei as rew ▪ U. wows h 4-; p1e:2 4 1 ay, t-rosel. init WO" a, as.' laddo•• aft" iu▪ ma.rd a ill mad tilk Aro% a )1. 0 / If mom' ▪ o va, i sstie pfevirl' Ob. 1* the •• fll l6llB one of emu • quest • arch 1110 0 I" on Fo l verdict 10• 01 -C. TIIE "TIMES" AND THE AD' DUTY. (nom t?ell'ar Nov.) The nines is somewhat Oita at the poke which we chanced to glee into that sepulchre of advertisements, its Supplement. That was a sore point. It requires no email assurance, and no Itttle boasting shout "our circulation," to make even gullible people believe that parti.ular six lines of small type will be selected out of twenty-four columns of an unopened supple ment for the special reading of all the world. The however, calls this " the perfection of adver imi g " And if by the abolition of the duty on adeertiennents, these should pour in upon it ten-fold, it would, no doubt, declare an advertisement in one of its ten daily supplement. a ten-fold perfection of commercial publicity. The allusion which drew upon us the ire of the TiMeS, was in one of a series of articles on the &how dahs and iniquities and it.equalities of the Excise. N e e the keg of these iniquities is the Advertisement Piety, and certainly it is the greatest of absurdities to hare reduced protege to a peony at a large temporary sacrifice to the revenue, y.t continue to charge ge. on the sue at efficient mode of business comma nic adeenis• merits—for the sake of raining toe 1.000/. In advocating the abolition of the tax on advertise met te, eud in necessarily alluding to the Times as their greatest recipiett, we were actuated by neither an int. resed nor a rival feeling. The abolition of all duties on newspapers would probably raise up motes. riots* competition to ourselves than to the Times; nor do we suppose that doin,t away with the ,deer. tistreent they would lessen the number of cur content poem's columns thus occupied. lhat is Lot the way in which it would aid is breaking up the monopoly. For oureesves. we have a very fair share of advertise r:ent., and by no meats complain. What we do cemplaic of is, that it is the pone and reedy who are taxed heavily fsr making tinue n their wants to the rich, the rich being lightly tesed for making known their wants to each other, and the rich being dep-ived of any mode of making known their wants to tt.e pow by the absence of any organ cheap at d popular ete ugt. fur the poor halite ally to read. 'that this will be done awry with, the lonise knows as well as that the suffrage must be ggosiiien : and, therefore, it will set itself directly no mum. against one than against the other, bat it w ittiest =tire one little fir g. r to aid them, nor, inde d, touch tt tm. beyond a ittie cautious " damning with faint praise." We by nu means intended opening our old quarrel w eb the Tenet on the mere of monopoly and cheap nets (tar own prier oo leninr makes us he rival of the T mes in that respect. Howe ter reluctantly, we have be .c of lilted to charge that fivepecce which few rice affluent lam can pay, and our disadvantage is the: et d ii.v moiress the must liberal and popular aorri: • • to a Class of readers which, io the 1 mane este cf the world at least, is more deemed then detter.d b; such lessons, and which is net ready to *hoover anirchy aid revolution lurking in tie se oar l nuctreass, which, in tiuto, are tie- only thesis of °tweet; g "eel% evils aid such catastrophe. The eh et m to be complained of is that me repo4 t`c riget and the means to b. informed ucd enter a menu: tch the wealthy arrogate to them el vcs, bb pl.ci'.g tex.s on newspapers and on books, a tee certainly not tor revenue but protection—a tax which makes ietermatien dear, in order to compel the pro vider,: c: it ti. :•e a rich and c ch.', with the ideas and interests of tat Masa. But toe reoul. is tie 11411.. 11111•311)gern 14 moral pro.. ction, u. 1:1 tilt murals %Pi , and commercial one; tc- ntr .hand trcde hee sp:urg up. The pr. ple have got a Ire,. of their ott un axed .aid uaresteiced - a press which exile at • tie most pernicieus dome-int., which it is come,. ed t, -e. d retie without the facts that would Co: tett Will, r,•4 without ire antidote of solid new, to temptr t.. m st perrici us poisen of popular theories. England, ore night say at this moment, has no press, teat ceeid b: a eatioeal one. Of the inlay doa-n nioreieg papers, lour are of the rankest toryism, symei honig with every act of tyretety abroad, Led . deatotecine every act o! liotraltsur at home. Fu e igeete would say, that tent majority ot tee pre,. necesatq represeen a the majority of We Engleti people. Tie idea would be as rrutleou* as enjwie I tie press, as at present commuted, caters for, and it deed ex gestates, the nepmed optnions of the eca!ths at..l its fashionable. T. brad p'thlic is not addressed er cared for. The public of the L ,red .0 Ire., is not the British pubic, nor even It lair secian of it. A:.d thus toe prose tads every way of its missing; it mit_ er duty represec to nor fairly it:ltalic 1; it natters prejudices where prejudice is meat e.a s; and teen.ey• no inforcuatim where in turnietit n eceect be salutary. The different organ. may be good instruments ot parliamentary parties, or wing • xpr. scions uf private recklessness and pique, but to b- tither instructors of the public mind, or echoes of the public voice, none of our journals car nor dam pr. tend. Is reading the defence of the Times, spired whom we by it, means intended an attack, we are &truth by tea utter fallacy and misdirection of every on. of its urger:rests. 'I he first is its ad calculation, worthy of Mr. Honor's cooking •science of arithmetic, by whien it pre ends that of the 51. which the public is charged for each number, 40. are spent in mate nak, leaving little more than a farthing for penman ship. Ba surely not merely the Times but the public ere per.e..tly aware, that whether the cat ot produc nue of a journal slightly exceeds or slightly fails short of the amount of sale, is of exceedingly little coroqueree. Journals all sell at or near cost price, and hod their profit in advertisement.. The close ac count of the tivepence, therefore, is but a piece of " gammon" on the part of the Times, which could net helper.* in the most ignorant of its readers. (4 similar )(uric and truth is the argument that the journal owes its superiority, and the maintenance sit it, to the command of capital. What constitutes monopoly of newspapers is by no means the capital tdablioned ones employ, but the capital which new ones must necesearily sink, and perhaps seen- Lee, in order to attain the position of as neutd.ted English journal. Amidst other &sienna that render extraordinary capital ugui.itt, and that render competition more difficult, are the vunip and advertisement duties, the latter being not always arranged an the Times lays down. It eerlitrily woo • very great hardship to us, and must cro:inue so to any new competitor. Although between ti.e Doily News and the Times, at present, as indeed the latter has shown, it does not operate to oar disadvantage. With respect to the great outlay of capital in the pructiriog of information, which the Times pleads as one element of success. we must altogether deny that it exists. We see nu proof of this superior outlay. On te e contrary, we should say, that the Morning Chronicle was at this moment making • far greater outlay to hit its columns with original matter than the Times doing, yet without that return for its capital which the latter would indicate as a necessary sequence. The leading articles in the Timer are written aith the very greatest ability, but not more than its loot standing position and connections sad command of every ministerial office, can, in a great measure account for and supply. And, as to 'an unsparing use of capital in culling intelligence eat, the greatest accuracy from every quarter of the 'twee world," we should say that whatever capital expended by the Times in this way is most incon- Et:tritely lavished. For the last year its columns site been but the recipients of such stories as the Puke of every d espotic country gathers or concocts. SJP ly our c rettmporary does not pay for the Totemi c: p I-1 which it receives from Vienna and from Nape.. All we can say is, that the police of any of these cdr..ries would uladly pay for the insertion of such Li, upon hberalient, instead of taxing our °mitten- Pew, tut the most gratuitous of fees. For our part, rtetryl or supposing any terrible outlay of capital upon •••nriee, we should have classed them, as BYRON • I sham pastimes, amongst I , •• enema Mime that may be bad for asking." etar contemporary altogether wrongs himself ' e , he pretends to be purse proud, rather than twit and in•elligent. It is not to outlay of 'q.t., that the 7,14 , a owes its pre-eminence over Journals, so much as to its adroitness in fore. l-k• Lir the niaLts, flattering the prejudices, and mdirtetly discovering the grosser errors of the ""'hy and the plying classes. This is the work, 4 ' l 'ti!uipittl, least nolo( pecuniary capital, but of and experience, and inconsistency, and rd. lding U se i n fl uence o f l ong-acquired and "Am .4 " 1 " 1. .bt-tlispiattd aecendancy, an asc e nd anc y we ll 'arneet by the journal, but moat servilely aut. ::sate d by that most servile of parties, the whigs of 11 -e Present day. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. ANOTHER SAVINGS BANK DEFAULTER . TEN THOUSAND POUNDS MINUS. ILLIIOIIISTIII, Jur. 12. The account of an other =view bank defalcation, or, at all 'nate, misappropriating of mosey, to the amount of 10,0001., falls upon the ear with startling feet after the recent painful di-closuns &maenad with Rochdale. Tee aewly-diseovered fraud is ea the saving@ bank at St. Helen's, near Warrington, well known for its extensive plate and other glen manure/stork*. and its eollleriee. The beak wee established upwards of thirty years age, and Mr. Juba Johnson was appointed and has recleaned estuary ever since. lo 1833, when Mr. Johnson married bate a wealthy family at Halton, he iutrodoced into the bank his brother William as sub-actuary, and the two brothers ban contingent to act and to conduct the again of the bank to the present time. There en some features about the affair singularly like thou, at Rochdale When the bank was started it had the apparent guarantee of a liberal neater of wealthy trustees and managers, who not only attended assiduously at the beak en deposit days, but plead their initials on the pus books and cis,mpared them with the ledgers. Had th,y reithfully continued to discharge then duties it is almost needless to say that no fraud could have loin been curled on without di•oevery. However, they were blinded by false cou ti assee. like the trustees m* managers of the Rochdale bank, were la respect to Moro- th. Mr. Johann was the owner, along with others, and ma nein g partner of extensive and valuable collieries in the neighbourhood of St. Helena, and this accounted for an ex. pitman style of living certainly not Froporttoned to his m ene from the bank (which did hot exceed 301 ), and lied to a false security on the part of the truteits. Tense trustee*, as also the managers, were gradually removed by death, or by casualties, which left Mr. Joinson almost sole master of the concern, for no attempt was made to fill up their places unti a few years ago, the number of trustees was restored to three, and the number of managers, which at first bad beta fifty, bat had decreased to six, was very considerably increased. lA. the late teenager of the Rockdale Bank, Mr. Johann appean to have hit upon the easy expedient of a diuble set of books for doping a too easy set of trustees and managers, for of late years acme of tam had ever thought of eaunining the books or of visiting the bank, except when he or his brother sent for them to afilx their signature to some document which Weal forme connected with savings beaks required their manse to. It seems probable that bat for the disclosures at Rochdale, the trustees and managers of the St. Helen's &Mtge Bank would hive slept en as soundly as they have done for the last 20 years. The healthy vigi- Laos to which the Rockdale defalcations had roused the parties cooneeted with all the banks of the surrounding towas in this neighbourhood, had at length, &movie, ex tended to them; &soy had seen reports in the nee 'paper. of the accounts of one bank after an Aber having been tound correct, an of the excellent eystem of management adopted Ito prevent fraud; and, perhaps, a Lot very blameable dispo sition to rivalry under such cireamstaams led them to take similar 'leis. The consequence was, that whoa, in January, they met to discharge the duties which should .have been performed in December, and bed tar annual balsaceseheet laid before them, though the figuring and arithmetic appeared creditable enough, there was the same extraordinary discrepancy as regarded this and all the ether balance-sheets for some years past which it has erected some surprise did not sooner awaken suspicion at Rochdale ; that the face of rapidit-exteuoing populs line and wealth in the to en and neighbourhood, the %ul • arat of the deposits had year alter year Who off. Mr. Johnson had received an official order from government to cal! in Ott c1..00-it blaiLe 111 d submit them for examination to the ire-tees and managers ; but it was not until these gentl.men had called his attention to the apparent falters off in d:pasits, and expressed a detertniastioti to c•Il in the pass hock., th-,t he made known the receipt of this order, and requiesceid in its propriety A few dye etterward', Mr. Win. Johnson, the sub-ectuary, appears to have Men amines to prevent the sull dieckwore of the e ntire fraud, for calling upon the trustees us Friday week he prepared them to expect the finding of a deficiency, hot to a mon less serious rotes than more recent tea miaation have disclosed. Upon this en interview was *aunt with Mr. John J Assoc, the actoary, and being found at the office of Messrs. Johnson, Wore...Lir-on, and Ce =pans, (:lee oftice of the c dWry emir:ay, of which he I. the managing putties, and in ' , Lich ale, hi. brother holds a share), an expiate-ton was demanded. He then admitted that the pest accounts west incorrect, and stated that be bad abstracted trom the book, so far back ci 1933, the sum of 1,5501. He denied, how- 'ref, that the fraud extended beyond that, and assured van' the balatace-shoet for the current year was correct, having :run tossiced by one of the lip,' accountants in St. lielsn'e. The trustee very properly disregarded tilts assurance. Mr. /lambert. late steward to Sir John Gerard, Bart., was acted in to examine the books, and before the close of the first l i sy ' s nomination of the depositors' books, a deficit of more than 1,0001. was direovered in the reerry.s for last year alone. Further examination has led to the. h lief that the hablirtiee of the bank will be about 23,000/.. against 13,0001., which the actuary had accounted I.r cad invested in a proper manner, so that the total deficit is expected to be about 10,0001. The frauds have been committed by doattle sets of books and like those at Roch e:ele the icitractitn of money has been principally confined to the accounts of friendly societies, and of deity icon who bad large amoucts in the bank. 0.. e person, whose deposits hod buds al , teed to extend a, far blond the limits of the eat that they had reached 8001., had been entered be Mr. John. in as huh( withdrawn the whole, and it. the ateeuet of a single ace sty there was • it< net, ..ey of 2501. There is one feature, however, about the affair, which dr en not apply to the defalcation at Rochdale The Johnson have wealth in their collieries, and shares in miles and companies elsewhere, which it is expected will cover the de& it i-. the bank, and have assigned this property over to the trustees at once, so that it is probable the deposi tors may not loos their mosey. The firm of Mears. Johnson, Worthington, and Co., at. owners of the extensive and 11111111- ahl• coal mines in the nisghbourhood of St. Helen's, called the Seek*, Brook Colliery; and the Messrs. Johnson, who are natives ..f the town, are the sons of a colliery proprietor, who had left them is respectable circumstances, but not wealthy. The teustee. are in communication with Mr. Tidd Pratt, end the affairs of the bank will undergo a more search ing investigation. The lavestigation into the accounts of the Rochdale Savior Bank, has be ea brought very nearly to a conclusion, and the liabilities amount to about 98,0001., of which the amount invested with the commiutonen is 28,6701, leaving a deficiency of close upon 70,0001 However, there will be the effects of the late actuary, amounting is debts to 3,0'01. and upon an insurance to 3,0101., besides his mill at Castle ton, valuedat 16,0001. ; so that the public, including his trade eredstors, will suffer to the amount of nearly 65,0001., but the depositors of the bank, who take precedence of al other claimants, will incur a loss of °my 50.00 a. of this amount. Adding to the assets of the beak the 13,0001. subscribed by the trusties, the deficiency will be further reduced to 37,0001., yielding a dividend of something near 13,. in the pound to the depositors, should the unenrolled friendly so cieties be admitted on the same terms as others. Our Manchester Church Reform Association, and church wardens and overseers, are proceeding vigoro usly with the preliminary measures for the division of this unwieldy parish into separate rectories, and a batter application of church funds. Subsequently to the meeting, reported in the Daily News as having been held on Wednesday, they put into course for signature by the pubic, petitions to both houses of the legislature. " A warrant of distress against the London and North- Western Railway Company," is a sound which comes oddly enough upon the ear, but such an application is now before the Salford Hundred magistrates, and is only waiting the special draft of such an instrument as is required nodes the acts of the company biters it is issued. The warrant was to have been ready to-day, but will, probably, not be drawn before Thursday. Proprietors need not be alarmed for their dividends on that account however ; the amount *ought is only 6201., and is the half of a disputed poor's-rate claimed be the overseers of Burton-upon Irwell, an appeal against which the magistrates have refused to hear on the ground that the pr open sessions for such appeal had passed. Tba case was reported at the time In the Daily News, and the object of the remelt* pay is with a view to ulterior pro ' ceedings in the higher courts. It is said that the overseers of Barton do not deny that their rate is excessive, and that they propose to reduce the assessment for the coming year, but believing themselves to be in a legal position to recover the present rate, through the oversight of the other party, they refuse to make say reduction is that. CHARON OF ATTZNPTINO TO SINK A SHIP.— Athanado Melid, captain and part owner of the Hellos, of Patna, a Naomi, 443 tons burthen, was on Monday, before G. Rippon, Esq., at North Shields, charged by his crew with attempting to scuttle that vessel while off Whitby, on the 3rd inst. The Hellos wu coming to the Tyne to load coals for the Cape, and wee under the charge of a North Sea fpilot. While alined off Whitby, the men at the helm, a sal or whom the captain had engaged at London, beard a " tap tapping" about the item sheets. Shortly after the cry was raised that the ewe bed sprung a leak, and was filing with water. Toe pumps were set on, but the captain told the crew they had better drop until aft er topper. They paid nu attention to him, however, bat kept to work. The man at the helm suspected that all was net right, got spelled, and went with the pilot down below; they found a hole in the stern-sheets, through which a stream of water was pouring la as thick aa his ars. Before the hole a sack was nailed to Iliad., the rush mating a noise. The man, who is a sort of halt bred, says that he amused the captain of having made the hole , sad the he ackno etrelited to him that he made it to sink the vowel, and to gat the insurance he had effected in London. The crow got the leek stopped by covering It with sheep skins, and nailing a piece or copprr over it. The pilot being unacquaiated with the lett/nage, could soy nothing about the alleged ocnversation. The case was adjourned to permit more time for inquiry. The captain sad reevel are M the custody of the river pelice.—Newessrle Guardian. CALLS TO TUX HAL—MIDDLE TEMPLIL—The Military Term cells to the bar of the Middle Temple were made on Saturday lam (January 12), and they compass the after mentioned Reath men :—ldiriry Armstrong Mitchell, Esq., Jolts Stephens, Esq., Joseph Stone Wwums , Req., and Henry Gough, Sao. A HINT TO MOTHERS.—On Saturday a child, four years old, sea of Mr. Comb, oilman, Lower-road, Islington, met his death under the following painful circumstances. About seven o'clock on that evening the mother bad occa sion to leave the parlour to terve a rustomer, Whilst alone, the child mode its way to the fire-place, where a tourpot was standing, and he began to drink from it. The fluid was 90 hot that in Am ► hours the child was dead. The body now I awaits a coroner'. inquest. RIGHTFUL SCENE AT MENACIRRIIII AT CHATHAM.- " LION WARN." WELL'S OP TILE On Saturday evening an inquest wen bold at the Golden Lim his, Chatham, before J. Mind*, eemmer for West Kest, touching the death of Bliss Bright, a young ski seed 17 plan, wk. was killed ea the pre v ious evening by • neat la the estatdiannent of Mr. Game Wombwell, whisk kad arrived is that town fee eabibitien ea there coding Bkpnaaday. King, the first witness examined, said he had been in the employ of Mr. Wombwell es keeper for the last ate yard The dammed was • ries* of Mr. Wombwell's, and d lighter of John Bright, • bugle player in the band. It wee the banish see of the deceased to go into tholes' and perform with the busts, which she had bees la the habit of doing several timed daily for the last twelve moults. Oa Friday evening, shortly after nine o'clock, she went into the den in which a lion and tiger wore kept, fir the purpose of pereirmieg, as usual; the tricks played by her being principally with the former anima. film had only been in two or three minutes, bat had gone through the main part of the performance, excepting that 01 making the lion sit down in • particular part of the cage, when the tiger being in her way, the deceased struck it slightly sick • small whip which she carried in her band. The beau growled ea it In sager, and crouching close to the bottom of the den, stretched out its paw, as if at her leg or dr.u, causing the deceased to fall sideways against the cage, the animal at the same moment springing at her, ends izing her furiously by the 'seek, iasertiug the teeth of the upper jaw in her chin, and in closing his mouth, frightful injury in the throat by his fangs. H. then appeared to charge his p anion, reeking a second gripe woes the throat of his victim. A keeper who was standing on the step of the den, armed with a whip, immediately lambed to her adds'anee, bat the animal l id not tome its hold until struck over the nose violently with as iron bar, and whilst King held the animal, the ant rtunate ft male was removed from the cage bleeding profusely and hie all but extinct. She was taken into one of the earavam where she wee immediately attended by two medic 1 gentlemen who happened to be present at the time of the occurrence. By the Jury—The animal had exhibited symptoms of animosity before. All the animals appeared very fond sal deceased, and see of them. Witness had fr equent ly heard 'ie. Wombwell say A. wished there was no lion queen. Witness thought if she led k. pt the whip from toe suimel it would not have attacked her. Deceased hod never exhi bited any symptoms of tear and had frequently gone into the den to the aalmals when there had been no mummy pre sent, for practice and pastime It had been said diet per haps it happened because the beasts had not been fed, and it wee a few mieutes past their time. In answer to the*, wit , atm could only say he had frequently seen her go amongst the animals on Monday., and they had not been fed im eie previous day. Richard Cooper Todd, surgeon, attached to the Royal Artillery, stationed in Brompton Barracks, said he was wit nessing the exhibition it the time of the occurrence, and was standing quite close to the rope in front of Lie deer. He saw the deceased enter, and on going in the tiger did not ap pear to be very friendlc with her; she struck him n going in and be laid down. She then proceeded to ner peruerro anees with the lion, and afterw.rds turned round and again struck the tiger. It appeared angry and immidiately earned to turn upon the deceased, rearing urei his hind lepind seizing her by the neck; she fill on her beck and the iger ereuching over her, he saw so ShOre of her until removed from the den, when he hastened to her assist anee. She was perfectly insensible, and had lost a greet deal of blood, and her face and lips wee , very pale. She was still alive, the heart was heating, but she was per. Mole unconscious. Wit ons pl ace d hi s hue. on the wound in the neck to stop the bleeding, and administered some brandy to deceased, but she was unable to swallow it, and in a very few minutia her heart ceased to hese There were four wounds on the 4 ft silt of the neck,' slight wound on the right leg, end south ron the chin, eatia..el by the teeth of the tiger, the under jaw of the animal famine caused a vary tugs wound under the chin, which, sided by the shock her wreak had 'misfiled, endured death. Th- jury returned • verdict to the effect that deee'M I was killed by • mile tiger whilst exhibiting in its den, sad ex pressed a strews opinion ..natant the practice of allowieg par- Wee to perform in • den with anicaels. It will be remembered that, when, about two years since, rale Woombwell exhibit has menagerie to the royel at Windsor, the .• Lien Queen" was especially aimioUs to ..zhibit the eztraordiorat) e.eurnand which ab had acquired emu. the fierce animal., t.ut her Maj• ate expresely terbade the pert rmance. Sine then the u.if rtunatee dee:tie/ea ta. been the great stir .clion of the exhibition in all the prin. emel towns of the Unit. .1 Kingdom. It kto be hop. r! that :hi. horrible terminatioi. to her career may have the effect of prcvrating such pertormiumes tor the future. DIRT, DISEASE, AND 3IT,ERY, IN SOUTHAMPTON, —An inspector belonging to the Hes th of Towns Commis sion is now at S :uthang.ton, inquiring into the sanitary con dition of that town. He him lien at the Gueldhail, morning sad evening, for the lost t a thy', receieing rents n r as to the state of drainage, supply id water, street nuisances, yen illation of dwelling', th. fficimcy ot the local boarns and nets of parliament, tlit it.tramural burial grounds, the I wie ral expenses of the par ' the common lands, the public walks, &c. In the ahem° in the inspector visits the various localiti.s requ•ring sanitary regulations. The interest these inquiries excite crongat the wt.alt ng classes is very great. At night the Claildtall is ervided with working men, and the intelligence and tafterness with which they give e•Wel, e shove how tearable they are of p:iy• sical discomfort, sad bow SWIG ptibie they ere of moral el. va 'ion. Ti.. inspector a aceompnied in his visit. t•r the bealitiee by the awheritiee of tee tows, numbers of Unites men and gentlemen, newspaper reporters, and by mete employed to immure the size of rooms, windows, altogether f.:tmirg a ho..y sometimes of SO persons, who are Raid. d by clergymen a: d medical men into the most obscure and filthy plates. The facts collected by these in term'Worm as to the misery, diseue, and moral depravity engendered 67 unhealthy localities are truly ap palling, and cannot f it to impress on the legislature the absolute necessity ot abolishing every tax that in•erter , i with the health ct the population and deprives them ot i get and air. A large number of most valuable statisti al replete as to the sanitary and aisle' stove of Southamption and its inhabitants have been handed to the inspector by resident scientific sod professional men. The places mentioned in the report upon St Michael's and Holyr Kid parishes are contiguous to the tiemtiful High street in Southampton, firmed of lofty houses and handsome shop.. St. Mary's parish is the parish of which the Earl of Guildford is rector. The inspector's report on the state of the town is antic.pated with the greatest interest by the inhabitants of Sou.hanipton, arid is expected to be both important end interesting. There can be little doubt but it will induce immediate step+ to be taken for improving the dwellings of the poor, for intro. clueing sanitary regulations, by which the health and comfort of the inhabitants may be improved, and for removing those plague spots of filth and wretchedness from whence, in Southampton as in other large towns, disease and death stalk forth at intervals to strike down even the strong, the tamoi.- rate, and the wealthy. MORTALITT IN TUE BAN KR' PITY COURT.—Oa Friday night Mr. William Atkinson, the respected m. 0.- wager in Mr. ColllllllllBloDer Evans' court, expired at his residence, Woodside Lodge, Norwood. The deceased was in his 59th year, and hes lett a wife, but no children, to de plore his loss. lie had been a messenger from the time of the court being established, under Lord Brougham's Amend ment Act, in 1832, and is said to have amused consi , ierahle property. His successor, pro fern., is Edmund Dubois, his late clerk, who was called up yesterday by Mr. Commissioner Evans, and had the appointment temporarily conferred upon him. We say temporarily, inasmuch as the 46th teaksn of the 121 h and 13th of Victoria, cap. 106, enacts " And with respect to the messengers, be it enacted, that on the next two occasions of a vacancy in the office of any messenger of the court, acting in London, the vacancies shall not be filled up ; and in such London shall be reduced to four." The grim tyrant has thus swept off throe official assignees, a messenger, and nearly a dozen messengers assistants, within a few months. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, ou hearing of Mr. Atkinson's death, ejaculated, " Poor fellow ! Well, it will make some of us olil commissioners look about us." The indisposition of Mr. Commissioner Shepherd continues so savers as to prevent him from attending to his public duties.—Sunday 'aper. SUDDEN ORATE! OF A CLERGYMAN IN TIIE STREET. —Oa Saturday morning, about half put ten, a gentleman who was paining through New North-street, City-road, was observed to stagger and then fall to the ground, and being raised up by some bystanders, was conveyed into No. 76, the house of a respectable tradesman, bat appeared then to be dead, having been heard merely to groan two or three times after he tell. Mr. Coulton, • surgeon, resident in Clifton street, presently attended, but f ou nd life quite extinct. Hayward, one of the warrant °Man of the Worship street Polies Court, who happened to be near, examined the poc kets of the deceased, in which were a gold watch and appen dages, cash, and bankers' cheques, bead's other valuable property, and cards bearing his name and addrers, " Rev. Spencer Thornton, Wendover Vicarage, and various docu aunts from which it was ascertained that he was son in-law of a gentleman of the name of Dupree, whew town residence is in Portland - place. The officer afterwards went to com municate what had occurred at the residence of Mr. Dupree, whale coachman returned with him and identified the body as that of the rev. gentleman above named. It appeared that he had just come to London from his father's at Wood-hill, is Hertfordshire, and he was supposed to have been proceed ing from the railway to Portland-place when he died in such an awfully sudden manner, the cause of death being conjec tured by the medical gentleman to have been demise of the heart, although his bleeds in London do not appear to have been aware of his previously suffering from such a disease. The rev. deceased appeared to have been about forty r eau of age, and is stated to have left • large family to deplore his loos. THE MUBQUITO BITE, which has lately caused some unpleasant national itching on bath sides of t►e water, and which, by injudieious editorial 'matching, threatened at or.e time totems's the "baps of a festering wound, seems now to be in a fair way of healing. Doctors Palmerston and Clayton having taken the matter in hand in earnest, have eatraeted the sting, and are bringing the wound to a happy issue, while the quacks have been sending out bulletins re presenting it as in a state of inflammation which would require the use of the national seal* to remove the offensive part, or mortification mime ensue. In other words, the prospect of a war with the powerful Mosquito King and his ally, the British Lion, is no longer among the probabilities of t►e future, and the Cana to the Pacific will be opened to the satisfaction and bent at, and with the hearty cooperation of all, including the puissant state of Nicaragua.—hero York Era. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1850. 11USLAND. Damns, 31. N. 12. The protectiasists have not dose with their unfor tunate experiment on popular opinion. They seem not to tire of all the beatings they receive, but still proceed from defeat to defeat, with something really comic in their air of heroic devoted:lass. They called a meeting of the great county of Alma, at Navas; but only a few of the high rent clams ventured td make their appearance, and seeing how things were likely to go, they adjourned their meeting 1166 di*, without attempting to move any resolution. The people, who had but a brief notice of the proceedings, assembled nevertheless in vast numbers from the surrounding districts, and resolving not to be disappointed, if they could help it, they sent a deputation to the landlords, . who had retired from the Court-bouse, requesting that the meeting should be allowed to premed ; but having failed in this mission, they returned to carry on the proceedings in their own way. Thus, in the principal agricultural districts of Ireland, resolutions toe very opposite to the landlord movement are daily adopted. A protectionist meeting was to have been held in Clare yesterday, but was postponed, for the mesons stated in a acard issued by the promoters of the meeting, in pl the following terms: The letter of the amistant.barrister, "expressing his die. approval of holding a county meeting on the same day wilt the crows business of the quarter session, In the same court. house and town, on amount of the neormity of a tall attend. anew M grand and petit Jurors, and of magistrates for the business of the noun, as well as from the nscemity that exists of conducting toe public business with decorum ; " and siso t h e Mama, in Dublin, from delicate health, of the High Sheriff, having been tiontrauniest.d to a meeting of magistrates and requisitionists, it is resolved to defer such ineetinF till WPM de, after the quarter undoes, of the time of holding which due notice will 1311 given. —Jan. 10, 1860. The Banner :of Ulster triumphantly refers to the great victory of free trade principles at Down patriek. BOROUGH OF TRALKE.—Ths Kerry Poet of Wed nesday has the following: " It was cot& Madill,' slanted in sown yesterday, that Mr. O'Connell does not intend sitting on parliament any longer for Tralee and it is anticipated that we shall have an • .ection early in the session." DESTITUTION IN ILILRUSIL—The Limerick Ex aminer et Wednesday contains as amount of two inquests lately held in this anion on the bodies of two persons, Austin Costslloe and Mary Br. Leger, who, it was alleged, died trom the iff•cts of destitution. The jury returned • verdict in both cases of "died from the effects of hunger and cold." daring burglary was oommitted st ea early hour en Thursday morning, on the premises of Mr. Findlater, of Dublin. Tne robbers effected La entrance through an unoccupied house next door, and broke • hole through a wall three feet thick, sufficient to admit a man. A considerable sum of money was la an iron safe, which did not attract their attention, as it was covered carelessly with a sack. Before eleven o'clock on Thursday morning the entire gang were found by the detectives, drunk from the effects of brandy, INGENIOUS , FOROERT. —At the H ileborough Quarter D. aliens on fd..nday last, Daniel It Garvin and, J AIMS Orin:Oil, alias M.Guire, were convicted of conspiring, on the 20th July, at N-wry, to cheat Rtibirt Mills, of Moira, of 201 by means of a false civil bill decree, grounded on 'forged 10 U. The manner in which the forgery was executed was curious. An old letter of Millis was obtained, and the I 0 U was written on the blark space underneath the genuine signature, and then &tithed from the letter. The prisoners wen sentenced to transportation for seven park—Belfast Neese Letter. UNIVERSITY rAMNRIDOII, JAN 12.-11_ 1850.—The tollowina line of ex a antler' this afternoon Approved tor Ma Annie, Joh. Ayre Emu. Bigot Trio. II 'Heine Trio B atoont Trin. cheno Queens', Bell Care 11-nee Eva'. B. aunt Joh. 1111. , infield Clare Daddy Joh. Baden Job. Breeher Job. Bruce, 11.n.T.C. Jesus Bunsen Joh. Butcher EOM. Calvert Trin. Capri Christ's Coamben Trin. Chance Trio. Cheeks Christ's Che. tl.am Chris 's Childers Trio. Cnolmeley Ceth. Cia.ke Trim. Chv Trio. t.lluver Costes Joh. Cobb Trin. C Christ's Collett Clare Con Joh Coryton Trio. Cr..ig Trio. Craig Joh. Deere Coins De Litho Trio. Dingle Joh. Drake Jesus Demist Bonn. Fairbairn Pet. Ferrier Perob Fisher, W. F. Trin. Geddes Pet. Gill Trio. Goodier Joh. Greenwood T rin. 11.11 Christ's Harman Caius Harper Corpus Harrison Joh. lia)ward Joh. Head Conies Heywood Trio. Hint Clare Hodgson, T. B. Trio. Holland Trio. liort Trio. Howse Christ's Hubbard Canis Hutt Csias Iggeldea Irving Emu. Irving Joh. Jaoason Trio. Approved for an Ordinary Degree so far as the —. part of the Examination is concerned: Barry Trio. Kewley Joh. Biretta= Caine Laing Trio. Blacker Trio. Lovell Joh. Bourne QUI“115. Maltby Joh. Claims Trio. Morley Joh. Chataway Clare Murray Caine Crooke Joh. Newton Pemb, Davies Cahn Ninon Clan Frost Queens' Payne Ems. Greenwood Catb. Pinney Christ's Hale Enna. Rote Joh. Heath Chr. Suter Trio. Hodpon, W. C. Trio. Waterhouse Joh. Huff Trim. Woodhouse Joh. Kemp Job. Quarles' Coxxraa.—The undermentioned gentlemen were elected Fellows of this Society on Thursday last:— Campion, WM. Magan, 4th Wrasgler, 1849; Gibson, Stan ley Taylor, 13th Wrangler, 1848. Calausi.x, JAN b.—Archibald C. Tait, D.C.L., was ins*. toted and installed Dean of Carlisle, on the presentation of the crown. PRIFIItIitINTS.—Rfv. J. F. Reeve, to Thornham Magna Tborobam Parva R , Suffolk, dio. Norwich ; value 4971., with residence : pat., Lord Henniker. Rev. J. Clancy, to Claverdon V., so. Norton Lindsey C. Worcestershire; value, 2651., with residence: pat., Oa Archdeacon of Worcester. Rev. J. Usher so Butterwiek West P.C., Lincolnshire, dio. Lincoln • value, 801.: pat., the Vicar of Owaton. Rev. Regi naldi Robert Bradley, BA.. of University Col lege, Durham, son of Eaten Bradley, Req. of Eden-place, Westmoreland, Liu been appointed colonel' chaplain at the forts on the Gold Coast. VACANCI2B.—Bitten V., so. Oldland C., 00. and dio. Gloucester ; value, 2001 , with residence ; pat., the pre bendary thereot: Rev. 11. T. Ellacombe, prom. Brompton C., Middlesex, dio. London; stipend, 1001.: pit, Rev. W. J. Irons. Nallihaste,r St. Andrew, 'instant C. ; stipend, 801., with title: pat., W. W. Willock. St. Michael, Crocked-lane, R., London; value, 3951.; pitt., the Archbishop of Canterbury : void by death of Rev. W. NV. Dakins, D.D., whore demise also racists" St. St. Magnus the artyr 8., London; value, 2941.: pat., the Bishop of Load°. ; and Asheldam V., Riser, dio. Rochester; value, 3301., with residence : pt., the Bishop of Loudon. kNI) CLERICAL. ITHIMATICAL Ex AMINATION, lueetioniAta were issued by the mustiest Honours. Jacarvin Caine Jeddere-Fisher Trim. ' Jenkins Magd. Jenyns Emu'. Jonas John Kearney Joh. Kirkby Jesus Kirkland J h. Law Joh. 1 L. . e Joh. Lethbridge Joh. Liveinst Job. Loc',ck Trin. L melon Trio. Macenssie Trio. Monts Corpus Munn Ems. Newham Emits. Nioolan Pet. 1 Nonheott Cahn Patterson Caiut Penrice Ti in. Perowse C..rpus Putter Trio. Powell Job. Prescott Trio. Raper Trio. I Roger Trio. Sale Ems. Schreiber Trim. Soon Caine 1 Shedden Trio. Simpson Caius Simpson Joh. Smart Sid. Smith, F. Joh. Smith, J. H. Cairn Smyth Jesus Stallard Trio. Stephenson Pemb. StATeILSJII Cams Stoke. Otitis Tatham Job. Turnbull Pet. Wallis Caine Walton Trio. H. Watson Corpus Watson Trin. Westlake Trin. Whitehead Ems. Whiting Caius Whitley Qoeens' Wkyley Trio. Williams Trio. Williams Joh. Wilson Cath. Wiltshire Trio. Wolstaskole Joh. York Queens' XGROT. Hatehard Cetus Melvin Trin. Stuart Qaeens' Firm IN LAMBIITH.—On Saturday afternoon, a Bre happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Haul's, a scale• hoard alter and lucifer box maker, carrying ea Mlliner at Nu. 65, Untonotreet, Lambeth. The dames eammeneed in the drying-house, Ithich at the time esataimed a large quan tity of lucifer splints. The whoa, Mt the bermes in the immediate vicinity soon became enveloped la melte which was ot such a dense character that some of the nei ghbours ware unable to remain in their rooms. There wee an abundant sqpply of water, but is spite of the utmost exertions of the firemen the tire vu not extinguished until upwards of three hours had elapsed, and not until about two-thirds of the property in the drying-house was emunteed and the building severely damaged. The fin originated from the overheat of the drying store. SPORTING. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. Very little basis's@ ea racing or steeple chasing. MITROPOLITAX HANDICLP.-300 to 12 apt Black Eagle (taken). Canna COP.—Not a bet laid. Offers to take 35 to 1 a►oae Poop o' Day Boy, sad 40 to 1 about Lady Evelyn. Dazor.-600 to 8 apt Black fiasart colt, and 600 to 6 apt Crossbow. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Beath Berkshire hosacts, the Bret open day after the frost, at the ketrael. 117mblesdon hounds, Wedaseday, Westbury; Friday, Marwell Hall. Huntley hounds, Friday, Toothill brick kfins—halt past 10. Bast Kent hounds, Friday, Amiss Mill--haltpast 10. Mr. Lushington's hounds, Tuesday, Leeds Castle ; Thum day, Seamed Park ; Saturday, Key -street-11. N. F. hounds, the first open day, at the kennel. South Wiltshire bounds, the first hunting day, at Stockton Wood. Colonel Wyndham's hounds, the first open day, at Pet worth K•nael—hait past 11. Mr. Mame' harriers, Tuesday, Bramiagton Wharf; Friday, Winkel!' Village—half-past 10. Dumfriesshire hounds, Tuesday, Kirkwood ; Friday, Springkell—halt•pme 10. Mr. Selby Lowndra's hounds, this day, London entrance to Wobum Park ; Wednesday, Saldia Winclaull; Saturday, Two-mils Ash-11. F. B. hounds, this day, Pendants Lodge; Friday, Truck Hill —halt past 10. West N.efolk harriers, this day, Great Massingham ; Thursday, Wortbing Mill-11. Suffolk hounds, this day, Chedburgh Mill; Thursday Boston Hall. Cambridgeshire hounds, this day, Sandy Warren; Friday, Eltieley Green—half put 10. Oakley hounds, this day, Season; Tuesday, Shersinston Tollbar ; Thursday, Wootton; Saturday, Knotting Fox— , quarter to 11. Carlisle harriers, this day, Dardar ; Wedneaday,Wetherak; Friday, Houghton-9. Himont harriers, this day, Lasoalsy; Wednesday, Cal thwaite ; Saturday, Bull's Head, Plumpton—half.past 10. Whitshairen harriers, this day, Chapel House; Wednes day Bone...pod-10. Tindal. hounds, this day, Stagshatr Bank Gate; num , day, Ninisick. High Peak harriers, Tuesday, Duke of York; Friday, Ideridshay. Lord Redesdale's hound., this day, Great Tew; Wednes day, Longborough Gate; Friday, Bruern ; Saturday, Ditehley. Mr. Fane's harries", this day, Ipsden Field ; Thursday, Sheepleys; Saturday. Jointer's Farm. Berkshire hounds, first open day at the kennels. Mr. Phillips's hounds, first open day at Helton Wood. V. W. H. hounds, Tuesday, Charlton Gate ; Thursday, Ledian Plain ; Friday, Duffield Saturday, Wi lismstrip. Prtchley hounds, first hunting day at the keurtel—cpssr to 11. York and Aissty hounds, this day, Shipton ; Tuesday, Red House; Thursday, Copgroye ; Saturday, Riceall—halt. past 10. S r Talton 13) kW, hounds, this day, Whinmoor Build ; Wednesday, Cutle Howard; Friday, fiettrington Howse— Lalf-past 10. Bt. nington hounds, Tuesday, Hovingham ; Friday, Tylu Bridge—hall-past 10. Beduin hounds, this day, Breugh ; Wednesday, Pickhill; Friday, Kiplin—half-past 10. Busworth houeds, Tuesday, Croft Bridge; Saturday, Ginley Sear—half-put 10. Cleve Lad hounds, this day, Ruby, at 9; Thursday, Guisbro'—half-past 10. Hambleton hounds, Tuesday, Bahl/ Village ; Friday, Toulon-10. Durham County hounds, this day, Great Staintan ; Thurs day, Wynyard Park; Friday, Kennels—hallpast 10. Ilarowitate harriers, this day, Beckwithekaw ; Friday, Clint—halt-put 10. Captain Id Lavia's harriers, Tuesday, Sand Hutton ; Fri day, High Silton-11. Mr. Hillvard's harriers, this day, Stainton Vale; Friday, Swainbv Village—half -past 10. Mr. Morgan's hounds, this day, Luscombe Plantation ; Trtursday, Pitland Corner—half-past 10. Sir Henry Seth's hounds, this day, Wallaton Croce; Wednesday, Ogwell ; Friday, Forcher's Croak near Newton. Tiverton hounds, this day, Samptord Pevtrell Village; Thursday, Cruwys Morchard Mill; Saturday, Wash field, near Tiverton—hall past 10. Baron Rothschild's stag.hounds, this day. Oving; Thurs. day, Halcott-11. Mr. Powell's hounds, Tuesday, Plough and Harrow ; Fri day, Llandordy Village-10. Llanelly hounds, this day, Pembrey House ; Friday, Kidwelly. Shon Qui!t hounds, Tuesday, Rhydeina; Friday, Dihe wyd-11. Tinyside hounds, this day, Lechryd Bridge ; Thursday, Ponteumon Bridge-10. Crawley and Horsham hounds, this day, Crawley Village ; Wednesday, the Cock, Ssumwater ; Friday, Wanham Coast—quarter to 11. Cheshire hounds, this day, B^eston ; Wednesday, Worm bury ; Thursday, Chelmondely ; Saturday, Ravesamoor Windmill—hslt-past 10. Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds, this day, Newciiffe ; Wednes day, oredinton ; Friday, Carden ; Saturday, Halston—half past ten. North Steirordshire hounds, this day, Swynnerton Hall ; Wednesday, Ercall Heath; Frldsy, Croxdon Abbey—half put 1. Lend Southampton's hounds, this day, Stoke Plain ; Fe.day, Bradttrn'a ; Saturday, Shrob Lodge—quarter to 11. A hereon. hounds, Monday, Red Lion, Appleby ; Wed nesday, llopwas Bridge ; Friday, Newuham ; Saturday, Three Pots—quarter to 11. Shropshire hounds, this day, Bdlinaley ; Thursday, Montatord Bridge ; Friday, High E:call—quarter to 11. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12.—APPUISTYMIT.—To tor— Surgeon : C. T. S. lievern. fimeramourn, JAN. 13.—The Sidon having received on board her sea stores of all descriptions, and having received ballast to the amount of weight of provisions, pox der, &c., is now coaling. She will take on board between 200 and 300 tons of fuel, and will probably be tried on Tuesday 11011 a the mile in Stokes Bay. She will then complete her coal, and be tried on Thursday at her load draught —The Argus was brought into dock on Thursday, to be prepared for going round to the Thames for her engines by Messrs. Penn.—The Termagant, screw st.-fr., having had her new anew properly fixed, was taken oat of dock on Thursday, and will be tried on Wednesday next. As her sails, cordage, &c , have been put on board, it is probable that she will soon be commis aioned.—Tne Ajax, GO, steam guardsh'p, is ordered to be fitted for the first class of the steam squadron at this port, i. e, made in all respects ready for comfaission.—The Bull dog, 5t.41., Commander Key, and Rosamond st-sl., Com mender Foote, an neared home from the Mediterranean. DEVONPORT, Jaw. 12.—The Myrtle, st -tender, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday, with marine artillery and seamen gunners for the Gladiator steam-venal, Capt. John Adams, fitting at this port. The Myrtle having received some supernumaries on board, left the same evening to re turn to Portsmouth. The wind, however, shiftieg to the east after she lett, and commencing to blow a heavy gale, she put back in the course of the nighr, She has sprung a leak in her boiler, which will be repaired by Tuesday, when the will pree Ad to Por:smoutit—The Sampson, et-frigate, is ordered to be made ready for commission with all possible despatch. DITONPORT DOCILTARD..--The system of individual pay ments was introduced in this estsbli•hment on Saturday. The whole of the officers of the yard were present to witness the Introduction of this system of payment, which originated with Mr. Jenkins, the storekeeper of this yard, and was communicated by him to the Lords of the Admiralty while he was at Portsmouth. Eight clerks were engaged to con duct the payments which were accomplished in about a quarter of an hour. WooLwlcie, Jas. 12.—The Monkey et.-v. which had been employed during yesterday in conveying coals to the Arctic discovery ships, left Woolwich lest night for Green hithe, to be in readiness to tow the Investigator through the downs. A steam tug from Sheerness, probably, the Arrican, will tow the Enterprise, and both vessels will leave Green hither this morning and proceed direct to Devonport. Niger screw st. sloop, which was to have accompanied the Arctic ships to Devonport, is to undergo some alterations in her machinery and will not, therefore, leave Woolwich for some time. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—At • meeting of the shareholders of Gainsborough, just held, it was resolved that the disastrous paid Ai of this company im peratively required • thorough, unrestricted investigation into the Seances, affairs, and put policy ; and that the un expected determination of the diranors to apply for an act of parliament in the ensuing end in to enable them to create new preference s:ock to the amount of 500,0001., was inex pedient, and that it ought not to be prosecuted until the pro posed inquiry had been instituted. MURDER AND FOROERY.—GLASGOW JUSTICIARY COVET, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9.—Margaret Lennox, or Ha- Whom, was plaoed at the bar, chanted with theft, forgery, and murder, in so farm, in the month of June lest, in the house in Kirk-street, Btratkaven, occupied b Jean Black or Hamilton, • widow, the prisoner did wickedly and felo niously at, el a batik deposit receipt for 2W, in favour of the now decassi d Jean Hamilton, daughter of and residing with the said Jean Black or Hamilton. She was further charged with having, on the 21st of June last, indorsed the document with the name ot Jean Hamilton, and procured the same to be cubed in the Ain of the Bank of Scotland. The third charge in the indictment was, that on the night of the 7th, or morning of the Bth of July, the prisoner administered to the aforesaid Jean Hamilton a quantity of arsenic or other poison in some articles of foot., or in some calomel, mag nesia, or other medicine, in consequence of which the said Jean Hamilton spired on the Bth of July. The jury gave in • Teri iet fiudiug the prisoner guilty as libelled, with th e exception of the theft ; but, by • majority, recommended her to mercy. Lord Cockburn then senteaced her to be hanged at Glasgow, on Thursday, the 31st of January. - - FIRL—On Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire was discovered by the polio* on duty, on the premises 01 Mr. Blagg, • fishmonger, in Bpi,altields mukra, supposed to bate originated in over heating the room used for drying fisb. The eat/hies were promptly on the 'pot, and there being • plentiful supply of water, the fire was extinguished, but not before considerabls damage bad been done. The premises are uninsured. MILITARY. Annweax.—Capt. Ireting's Comp m of Royal Artillery, (12th battalion) was relieved frees field battery service on Saturday, by Capt. Warburton's Company (6th battalion), and is under orders to leave for Birmingham and Pembroke to relieve Captain Hill's company, which is ordered to head quarters preparatory to going on foreign service. Captain Townsend's company will lean Woolwich oa Tu'sdey for Dover to relieve Major Moe. company, which will soon be ordered en foreign service, Poaramourn, JAN. 13.—The Rants Teleyroph of yester day announces that among the military arrugements for the ensuing spin, the regiments in this Retrace will be removed u follows : the 4th, or King's Ogre, to Dover ; the 77th, or Rest Middlesex, to Manchester ; and the 91st, or Argyllshire, to Glasgow. ROYAL EZOIMINT OP 110111111 OIIAADS.—Thia regiment, which had received orders to return from Canterbury to Hyde Park barracks, has received farther order. to inure on the 21st instant, and is therefore still at Canterbury. Writ FOOT. - -COIRI.—It has now been arranged that the Bombay, a troop-ship of 1,200 tone is to convey this regiment early in February to Gibraltar, instead of the Hercules, still is the Mediterranean. RIMPONSIBILITY 01 GOTIIRRMINT TO DRPOSITOWS 111 ARMY fLivisos' Bute —The fiecreterpat-War nee noti fied to regiments shut the government is resportnlsle to the depositors in regimental savings' banks to the amount of each sem deposited. T. MILITARY Lana AT THE HORIIR , GUAIGNI—To. morrow (Tuesday) Lord Fitzroy Sunerset will h o ld hi s usual levee as military secretary to the commender.ineltief. MOURNING FOR TEI QUZIN DOWAGER.—Circulars to officers both of the army and navy have been lent, to the effect that black crape is t be worn round the lett arm until the 20th inst., when the mourning will cease shot/ether. CHALSZA COLLROI.—LieGL-General 84 A. Barnard, the new lieutenant.govemor, Au removed into his 'swim* in the college. RAW )intelligence. EQUITY COURTS.—SATURDAY. Boon ens MAWS@ or re■ noun. SALOMON@ O. LAING. — APPLICATION OP TEI FUNDS 07 A RAILWAY COMPANY PON ILLEGAL PURPOISLEL The Master of the Bolls gave judgment in this case, which was betted on demurrer, for want of equity and multi iartousneee fn December last. The bill was tiled by the plaintiff, D►vid Salomon, on behalf of himself and all the other ah ireholders in the London and Brighton end South Coast Railway Company, against that company and the di rectors thereof, and also against the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company. The object of the suit was to have it declared that the purchase et 4,677 shares in the capital of the Portsmouth Company by the directors of tne Brighten and South Coast Company, which was effected in the year 1846, for the purpose of completing the amount of subscribed capital required by the Ports mouth Company, to enable them to entore the compulsory powers of their set, was illegal, and to compel the directors of the Brighton Company to repay to that cots pant the sum of 24,5541 , being the amount of depute which they had paid on account of such shares. Tne bul also sought to impeach an agreement entered into between the directors of the two companies in 1849, whereby it wos ar ranged that the Portsmouth Company should ahandon all their line except the portion of it between Epsom and Lea therhead, which they were to make ; and that the Br , gh•on Company should pay the Portsmouth Company 20,0001., and that ea application should be made to parliament to sanction a pureuese by the Brighton Company of the line astween Epsom and Leatberhead for 60,000 C, and in the meantime that that company should work it. And it prayed that the directors of the Brighton Comosny o'ight repay to that company the sum of 20,00 W. which it was alleged that they had, in pursuance of such agreement, paid ti the Portsmouth Company out of the Nane of the Company--deommers were We I by the B•iphton Cutup...y rod iu uirectors, and also by the Portsmouth Company, OIA the ground that the plaintiff had not eh iwn AST equity agairat them by his bill, luso also on the µrimed of • multit.irio iseesS, it being alleged that the transivion r,sprct ing the putebase of the 4 677 shares, aid that rele, in 2 t•, the purchase to [hobos between Epsom and Leathsrhea 1, wire ',palate and distinct, and were not so conrec,tl by •be allegations in the bill as to justify their b,ii.g inciiitled in the suit. lies lordship was ot optoion MA both the Meningitis' were illegal, and that the dint, ors of the Brighton Company hid no p. - ,wt r to apply the funds ut that company either capital or revenue, in pur chasing shares in the Portmouth Company, or in piing to that company the 20,0001. paid in pursuance of the agree ment of 1849; and he overruled the demurrers for went of trinity. But he was of opinion that the transactions in ques. tiun, although they might be the result of one scheme, were not so coneected by the bill as to make teem proprr ts be included in one suit, and he allowed the demurrer tor multi fariousness. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-SATURDAY. THE QV BEN T. HARDY -ARBITRATION IN ♦ CA•R PERJURY. The arguments in this case, which was pan heard en Friday, were brought to a close to-day, the counsel in sup. port cf the rule contending that there was no corruption in such a reference, as the indictments were not made •be nth ject of arbitration, but only the matters in difICMOCS. The court rook time to consider their judgment. GAD6BY e. ECTALL —CRAM CON. This case, which was an action for ceminal centre ration, had been twice tried, and on both cessions vervii...s had been returned for the defendant. A rule bad b.en again obtained to set aside the second verdict, 'n the gr and that it was against evidence. The evidence to prove the criminal connection turned on the circumstances of the deferlant's constantiy visiting the wife of the plaint,ff during the absence of her husband, and also on his having been admitted to her bedroom, and remaining for some time, once or twice, int mratiately alter her confinement, htsid• s other acts of familiarity. A portrait of the defendant had be•tn fniinti by the plaintiff in the possession of his wife, accompan.ed by a letter containing strong expressions of affection for Mrs. Gadsby, which was said to be in the handwriting of the de.endant. It was not, however, signed, and the proof of the handwriting was not complete. At the trial an affidavit had been made by the plaintiff, in which he swore that it was in the defendant's writing, hut the defendant had made no affidavit in answer to this. It was contended that there was not sullioient evidence to wannest the jury in giving any other verdict than that for the defendant. Mr. Serjeant Shee showed cause against the rule, and Mr. Hawkins was heard in support of it. The Court was of opinion that, considering the rculiar circumstances relating to the letter (without giving any opinion as to what might be the effect of it), there ought to be a new trial. There was no positive rule that where tw , verdicts had been given in the same way a third new trial should be refused as a matter of course, although it was not usual for the court to persist in granting new trials under such circumstances, as it might seem to be, in some degree, invading the province of a jury, and therefore the exceptions should be rare. In this case, however, the court thought thr re was evidence which might go to convince a jury which was not properly before them in the other trial. The rule, therefore, would be absolute for a new tr.al, but on paymtut of costs by the plaintiff. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-SATURDAY. drrn.v. Ix BAvvo. MACGREGOR V. KRILIY=LIARILITY OF RAILWAY CMG KITTIENMX.—Tan WIXDIXO-CP ACTS. Mr. Conic moved for a rub calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the proceedings in this case should not be stayed. It wee an action against the defendant, as a member of the managing committee of the Miuland Grand Junction Railway Company, to recover the amount of the plaintiff's bill as solicitor of the company. A verdict for 3401. had been recovered, and subsequently a petition was pre sented to the Court of Chancery for the purpose of having the /Heirs of the company wound up under the provisions of the 11 & 12 Vic., c. 45, which was passed last session to enlarge the power' of the Court of Cnancery, and further facilitate the winding up the affairs of joint stock companies and other partnerships, unable to meet their pecuniary engagements. That act empowered the Court of Chancery to appoint an official manager to investi gate the affairs of the company, and prepare lists 01 the " contributories." The third section enacted that the word " contributory " should include " every member of a com pany, and also every other person liable to contribute to the payment of any of the debts, liabilities, or losers thereof, whether as heir, &c., or administrator of a deceased member, eras a former Member of the same, or as heir, ac. , 01 a former member." Other sections empowered the Master to determine who the contributories were, and apportion amongst them, by means of a call, the sum necessary to sae raised to discharge the liabilities of the company. The 73rd section provided that after the appointment of an official manager, no creditor or other person should have power to commence or to !no osed with any action against the company, or any person representing it, or as • contributory thereof, unt il alter proof of his debt before the Master ; and that it should be lawful tor any judge of the court in which such action was pending to ceder that all further proceedings be stayed until such proof shah have been made or exhibited before the Muter. The affairs of the company were now under the control of the Court of Chancery, and it was competent to the plaintid to prove his debt in the manner pointed out by the statute Instead of proceeding against an individual member. Mr. Willes opposed the motion. This was not such n case as the act of parliament contemplated. Tke plaintiff had recovered a verdict and signed judgment before auy proceed lags were taken in Chancery. The maven, never wee incorporated or even completely registered. In Wabash V. Spoliswoode and other cases it was decided that mere sob teribene, to an undertaking of this sort, were not responsible for debts incurred by the promoters. There were, here fore, many members of the company who could not be made liable by action for the plaintiff's demand. The defendant was properly proceeded against as a member of the elleanki.tet, but the plaintiff could not make the whole company responsible. If the defendant paid the sum Low sought to be recovered, he mild afterwards prove that he had done so before the Master who had power to make the "contributories" reimburse him. The eat did not at all apply to this case, asd then were no grounds what shown for interfering with the executor* of the plaintiff's judgment. Mr. Corrie said there was no controversy about the fact that the debt had been incurred on behalf of the company. If his learned friend's argument prevailed no company 'e af fairs could be wound up under this act. It would be altoge ther useless. The court held that the proceedings should be stayed until the plaintiff had proved his debt before the Master en woe dance with the 73rd section. The debt was incurred on behalf of the oespacy, and the cue came fully within the provisions of the ail. A rule to Any the proceedings was accordingly slanted. • 5 oe'