The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

. _ ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PRO- TECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE. On Tuesday a general m eetin g of the subscribers and friends of this institution was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, to witness the presentation of the rewards and medals awarded by the committee, and to receive the annual report. 11. Pownall, Esq., presided. The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report, which stated that the society was estahlished in 1836, and that in 1843 it was adoptad, and remedell(d by the present society, for the purpose of maintaining an organized body of men provided with, and instructed in the use of public fire escapes, which are kept in readiness st various convenient stations throughout the metro polis ; and for the purpose of rewarding all persons instrumental in saving life from fire. During the past year 11 lives had been saved, and the society's silver medal would be awarded to those only who had saved life at the hazard of their own. The number of tire-escape, stations now amounted to 22, being three times the number of those existing in 1843, the expense of fitting up each station was 651., and the annual ex penditure for each 751. A large body of men was em ployed in working them, and to ensure their doing so faithfully, two inspectors were employed, who in the course of the year visited the stations 2,357 times, a, uncertain intervals. 139 fires had been attended b) the tire-escapes, being within four of the total numb( r of fires occurring throughout the year , during the hours of duty of the corps, i. e. between 8 P.M. and 7 A.M. The report further stated, that besides the number actuaily saved, in many cases persons had been extricated from most dang er ous positions. The receipts for the past year were 1,7191., the expenditure being 1,705/.; balance in hand 141. The CHAIRMAN awarded the prizes with appropriate individuals:— To eloquent addresses to t he tAlowin g To John Fisher, 48 C, the first silver medal, for rescu ng Mrs. D-vonshire at Raggett's Hotel ; silver medal to W. Casey, No. 10, for rescu ing two persons from the fire in Newgate-street, July, 1846; silver medal to Slaelferd, City police 58, for most courageously,rescuing six persons from the flames at a fare in Smithfield-bars; a silver medal and one pound were also awarded to a young man na me d B est , w h o m Est heroically rescued a whole family named Grover, at Brentford, rushing three consecutive times into the house, and every tim e b ear i ng mem b ers o f t h e family in his arms, and finally falling exhausted and bleeding at the threshhold. Best after receiving the medal was loudly cheered. John Daly received the society's silver in , dal for the presence of mind, courage, end strength that h so nobly displayed in rescuing a Teniale under simi ar circumstances at a fire in Drury lane; and, after ether testimonials had been bestowed on persons for their praiseworthy exertions for the pre servation of life and property from fire, several gentle• men address' d the m. eting, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting eparated. ART-UNION OF LONDON. Goawin, the hunorary secretary, then read the following REPORT. When the council met the subscribers last year, the existence of the Art Union of London was seriously the th rea tened. Strong, however, in their opinion o g reat value of the association, and determined to use every legitimate means in 'heir power to ensure its con tinuance, they ventured, at the close of the report then read to augur for it ineny years of increasing usefulness. This augury it may now be confidently believed, wili not prove false. Tiome.,diately after the general meeting, a deputation from the council, headed by our illustrious president, :attended Sir Robert P el, then prime minister, with the view of removing the objections to Art-Unions enter tained by some part of her Majesty's Government. Net succeeding in this, ev' ry effort was male to enable mem bers of the legislature to arrive at a just conclusion on Mr. Wyse's Bill for legalizing Art-Unions, which was then before the House of Commons, and, without enter ing further into detail, suffice it to say, that the Bill ultimately passed both houses, and received the Royal Assent on the 13th of August, 1446 This Act first setting forth that associations for the pur chase of works of art to he distributed by chance to the subscribers, or for raising sums of money by sulsscrip tiou to be afterwards allotted by chance amongst the cereributors solely for the purchase of works of art may be &ewe 1 to come within the provision of the Acts of Parliament for the prevention of lotteries —declares the emu,- legal, s o long as they are carried on in good faith for the encouragement of the fine arts, provided that a Royal charter of incorporation sisall have been obtained, or that the instrument constituting such association, and the rules governing, it, shall have been approved of by a eemmittee of her Majesty's Privy Council and deposited with them. Your council therefore immediately took the neces sary steps to comply with this provision of the Act, and on the Ist of December last, " The Art Union of Lon doe" was incorporated by Royal charter,—long it is hoped, to exercise a beneficial educational influence, to open the enjoyments of art to thousands to whom they have been hitherto denied, to spread abroad a knowled g e and love sr . art, to offer enc ,, uratsernent to artists, beyond that afforded los private purchases, as well by forming a more appreciating public as by the provision of funds, and so to assist materially the progress and elevation of the tiue arts in the United Keogdom. The charter will be found to state the broad and disinterested principles which . would guide the proceedings of all such soci, ties. To our illustrious President the warm thanks of every member of the society and of every friend to the diffusion of art are eminently due, for his Royal Highness's most important assistance in obtaining this successful i.:sue. Io the Most Neb'e the Marpis of Northampton, V.l'., the the Iti , dit Hon. Lord Montesgle, V.P., and Thomas Wyse, Esq., M P., now a member of the council, simil, r than!is are also due ; and having thus discharged the agr seable duty of acknowledging these important serv'ees, the C,aincil proceed to report to the subscribers, according to custom, the financial condition of the assseiseion, and the general proceedings during the past 3 e tr. This is the eleventh annual general meeting. At every preceding me. tint the Council hare had to report a con-tant increase in the amount of the subscriptions, ranting from the sum collected in the first year, to 16,979!. On the present occasion, notwithstanding a i season of unexampled and I safentable scarcity in parts of the kingdom, and much financial embarrassment, the subscriptions amount to the sum of 17,8711. The greatness of the amount may be attributed partly to the increased interest in the fine arts induced by the operations of the society, and partly to the increased exsrtiena of the provincial and colonial secretaries, from whom a larger sum has been received than on any former occasion. The number of provincial secretaries is now 398. St. Lucia. Q Lebec, Australia, Sidney, and Jamaica, have been added to the list of places where the society has an honorary agent active in its behalf. The list before included parts of Germany, New York, Mexico, Montreal, New Brunswick, Ceylon, Singapore, Bombay, Dominica, Monte Video, ar.d China. 258 works of art were selected by the prizeholders of last year, and were exhibited, as usual, for four weeks, including a certain number of evenings. This exhibi tion was visited by upwards of 200,000 persons. The council at 'educed again to remark that the annual exhibition of works of fine art, thus opened ratuitously to the public, may be reg irded as one of the most important results of the association. They would gladly see greater facilities for the enjoyment of works of art elsewhere, afforded to the people generally than now exist. For the premium of 5001. offered by the council last year for a group or single figure in marble, twenty models, sent in on the Ist of July last, were exhibited to the subscribers and their friends in the Princess's Concert-room. After due considerati.m, the premium was awarded f the statue, The Dancing Girl Reposing," which, Or opening the letter accompanying ir, was found to be the work of Mr. Calder Marshall, A.R.A. Mr. Marshall is now executing the model in marble, and it will form one of the prizes for an ensuing year,—to which year's suit scription of course, the amount of the premium will be charged. In order to express their high opinion of a second statue, " Innocence," the council awarded to the author of it, afterwards found to be Mr. J. H. Foley, the sum of 100/, on condition of receiving from him a reduced copy of the figure, and the right of re-producing it in statuary porcelain. The reduced motel is now on the table, and fifty copies of it, in the beautiful material mentioned, will be allotted to-day. A third statute, submitted in competition," Iris As cending," found to be by Mr. Kirk, was considered by the council well adapted for working in bronze, and they accordingly at ranged with the sculptor to furnish a mo del of the required size. A copy in bronze has been produced by Mr. Hatfield, and the right to twenty such will form part of the present distribution. Mr. H. C. Selous prize painting from the selected cartoon, " Queen Philippa interceding for the lives of the Burgesses of Calais," is finished, and will be exhibited with the prizes of the year. The mode of appropriating it is not yet determined on. The Chantrey medals have been distributed to those subscribers who were entitled to them. The Wren me dal, allotted last year, has been delayed by the indispo sition of the engraver, 3 , 1 r. Wilson, but may now be expected in a short time. The council are taking steps to obtain other medals,—commemorative . Inige Jones, and Banks, the sculptor. The council nave no , t Jeptha's Daughtcsr;;' and o th ' e C e illustrations a k o f t he en o g f r a " v ings. trade of Wyoraina" ue to the subscribers of last year, Ger ave been distributed. The plate of " The eCaorn:ao. a n ue for the pr ece di ng yledscent from Waterloo," stances beyond c ontro l , is mow kept b ac k by circum- I repressions from it w ill b e dist t r l ibute the d printer's h an d s required number can b e o b ta i ned. as soon as t he The prints for the current year. " The Ls t v. and the " Neapelitan Wedding," engraved by Clarat2e" Rolls, and Mr. F. A. Heath, after M. 1:2, Mr. I. and the outlines from seven of the cartoons submitted in competition for the premium of 5001., are in the samet stage of forwardness. The council, taking in'o consideration the importance of er.couragii.g every branch of art, and of varying their plans, with a view to the pleasure of the members. pro pose to issue for the ensuing year a series of thirty il lus:rations of Milton's L'Allegro and II Penseroso, en gray( don wood in the best manner. The following artists have already undertaken to supply designs : J. Absoloa, E. H. Cornould, M. Claxton, W. Dyce, E. Duncan, A. Etonore, J. Franklin, F. Goodall, J. Gil bert, J. P. Knii t ht, R A., W. L. Leitch, Kenny Mea dows, H. O'Neil, F. Pickersgill, J. N. Paton, P. F. Poole, H. C. Selous. F W. Topham, W. C. Thomas, J. Ten niel, E. 11. Wollner, 11. Warren, E. M. Ward. Every subscriber twillFrieeive a copy of this work for each For a futtri . i.sxesr,. Mr. Frost's " Sabrina," engraved I / by Mr. Lightfoot; progress ; arid the cou nci l h ave Pt; arranged with Mr. Vrillturn Finden to produce for the l k , z - association an engraving of large size, and in his best 1 ':73- 1 1 11 F. SUN, manner, after Hilton's picture, " The Crucifixion," now in the poses ion of the Carp' ration of Liverpool. A statement of the engraving account, still open, will be printed with this report. The c •uncil alluded in the last report to their in tention of producing some work of acknowleged excel lence in cast-iron, with the view of turther promoting the connexion between manufactures and art. In ae et,rdance with this desire they commission , d Mr. Nixon, sculptor, to make a reduced model of a figure of'- Tha lid," in the gallery of antiquitLes at the Britian Museum, which has been ably done, and is now ready for casting The right to thirty copies of it will be allotted to-day. Since the last meeting, the council have been de prived by death of the valued assistance of Mr. Mo rant, one of the earliest members of the Society. Sir John Jervis, M.P., her Majesty's Attorney-General, has been elected to fill the vacancy thus created. Under a bye-law in a code recently made for the re gulation of the society, as required by the Charter, four vacancies in the council will be declared annually, and four new members elected to fill them. The reserved fund now amounts to the sum of 2,1951. 16s. 4d. With the view of increasing this fund more rapidly, for the purpose of obtaining a gallery and as misting in carrying out efficiently the great objects of the society, it is proposed that a reserve of 2,i per cent. of the amount of each annual subscription (or 61. in the pound), shall be made. . - The council consir this fund to be of the greatest importance to the permanent prosperity of the associa tion, and they invite all who think with them, and are members of the association on other than selfish motives, to pay their subscriptions early in the year, by which means a censiderable addition in the shape of interest would be made to it annually, without any personal sacrifice. With this same end in view, and at the suggestion ot subscribers who objected to the trouble ot an annual payment, it is proposed to receive subscriptions in advance; and it is resolved that " each member who pays for ten or more years, shall receive one of the society's medals in silver, at the time of payment, in addition to the advantage to which he may be annually entitled." In the event of the death of a member so subscribing, the amount will merge in the funds of the society. The following is a statement of the receipts and dis bursements:— The cost of obtaining the charter was 4071. 175., but as this is an expenditure made for the advantage of future, as well as present members, the council propose to charge the present year's subscription with a portion of it only, and to charge the four succeeding years in like manner. X s. d. Expenses as per general account 2,491 1 7 Two•and-a-Half per Cent. carried to 446 13 6 Reserved Fund Sum allotted for statuettes in bronze, porcelaine, east-iron, and plaster, also 1,090 0 0 medals and lithographs Estimated amount for engraving, paper, 1,813 2 11 &c., of prints Ditto, ditto, otitlines 1,300 0 0 Set apart for expenditure by prizeholders 10,730 0 0 17,871 0 0 The accounts have been examined and found correct by three members of the Finance Committee, and by two gentlemen from the body of subscribers, Niz , James Stewart, Esq., one of the Secretaries of the Bank of England, and J. Smith, Esq., of the Consul's•office, to whom the thanks of the council are duo. The amount set apart, according to this statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 10,7301., will be thus allotted : 300 600 720 ...... 900 840 1,120 1,000 900 30 works at 10 40 works at 15 36 works at 20 36 works at 25 28 works at 30 28 works at 40 20 works at 50 15 works at 60 12 works at 70 12 works at 80 6 works at 100 5 works at 150 3 works at 200 2 works at 300 840 960 600 750 600 600 273 10,730 To these are to be added twenty bronzes of " Iris Ascending," fifty statuettes of " Innocence," thirty casts in iron of "Thalia," and 273 lithographs of "La Fleur's Departure," and thirty silver medals commemo rative of Flaxman. Mr. Marshall's group " The First Whisper of Love," commissioned by the council for a prizeholder of 1845, having proved very satisfactory, the council thought it desirable to prepare thirty casts of it in plaster, and these will also be included in the distribution to-day, making in the whole 706 works of art. The total sum thus appropriated, including the cost of outlines and engravings, is 14,9331. 2s. 11d. To shorten the time occupied in the distribution, a similar course to that adopted last year is proposed. The bronzes will be allotted to the first twenty names drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribu tion ; the casts of " The First Whisper of Love" will be allotted to the next thirty names, similarly drawn, the casts in iron of " Thalia," to the next thirty names 4milarly drawn ; the statuettes of " Innocence" to th. next fifty names ; the medals to the followi ng thi r t y ; and each subscriber whose name is found to stand in the subscription-list next after each of the ptizeholders in the general distrit.ution, will be entitled to receive a lithograph. Notice of the latter will be sent in the course of two days. The other prizeholders will receive intimation of the result by to-night's post. The desire felt by the council to have such a selection made by the prizeholders as may confer credit on the association, and aid in properly carrying out its real purpose, has been constantly expressed by them. Now, however, and always they would repeat it, urging prize holders to consider the Art-Union an instrument fur the encouragement and diffusion of art, and not a company for securing personal advantages to the subscribers. The Council invite them most seriously to consider well before making their selection, and in the event of a want of an acquaintance with art, to seek the assistance of qualified friends. The desirability of confining the right of selection to the Council has recently been mooted. Your Council would greatly deplore such a change, and, furthermore, would consider it their duty to oppose it by every means in their power, as being calculated not merely to lessen the good effects of the Association, but ultimately to destroy it altogether, and to do great injury to art and artists. The council are con firmed by experience in the opinion already expressed by them on other occasions, that by placing the selection in the hands of the prizeholders themselves, much good is done. Great additional interest in the subject is excited, personal inquiry and examination are induced, compari son between works is instituted, and knowledge ob tabled. In this way, too, all classes of art-works find a market; whereas were the selections all made by the same five or six individuals, a bias would exist even with the best intentions towards works of some particular character and style, to say nothing of the possibility of personal favouritism, and thus injury would be done to other classes of art. It should be remembered, too, in discussing this question fully, which cannot be attempted here, under the present arrangements a large sum is an nually added by the prizeholders to the amount expended by the Art-Union on works of art, which could not be the case if the pictures were selected by a committee. Moreover, alloeving the prizeholders to select is so much more popular than the contrary course would be, that the change could not fail to lessen the number of sub scribers most materially, thus interfering with one great object of the society, that of interesting the masses in matters of art, and affording them the means of enjoying them. To familiarise the people at large with the best pro ductions of art is the first step towards ensuring such a progress in the arts as may be called national. Until now, large numbers of even the educated public have been ignorant of the best characteristics of art, and un able fully to enjoy the intellectual pleasures it offers. When a people sympathise in art, find enjoyment in it, and feel it to be an indispensable need, they will become their own educators ; but not till then, and then only, may artists be expected to achieve great things. " he arts," as a recent American writer remarks, "are no l uxur y, no mere ornament and stimulus to a civic and complicated existence, as the worldling and the ascetic alike delight in representin g them to be, but the herbarium in which are preserved the fairest flowers of man's existence ; the magic mirror, by whose aid all its phases are interpreted, the circle into which the various spirits of the elements may be invoked, and made to reveal the secret they elsewhere manifest only in large revolutions of time ; and what philosophy with careful steps and anxious ear has long sought in vain, is often times revealed at once by a flash from this torch." A true education in art has been defined to consist in a lively susceptibility of the emotion of beauty, and in a fixed determination of the principle of taste towards that which is beautiful, analogous to that of the reason to wards truth and reality,—rather than in acquaintance with works of art, or even accurate perception of the beauties of any particular work. The perception of truth, and harmony, and b eauty, where obscure and disguised, is one of the di s ti nct i ons of genius. To make these visible to all is one of its powers. Art should form a part of general education, and will do so, it may be hoped, before long. It may be made to assist in education most materially. If, as desired by the ancients, none but beautiful forms were permitted in the assemblies of the young ; if noble and holy actions gracefully set forth everywhere met the eye ; and our rooms were hung with fine thoughts instead of unmean- Ing, patterns—the effect on the national mind would be mach greater than would be believed by those who have eare s" — furnis'hi ng notAfrutlly considered the subject. which we are taus objects, shows us man as he can by no other means be ' nude k nown • art gives uxsal‘t‘ exalted —and "nobler l g o o v c a s re and ultimately t m n a o t b e l l e y r objccts, by the contemplation of ed to seek Beauty in its highest form, which is— YourseCouncil s ate their report by again urging r ae z t a e o rm t i onat G the ° p d as to furnish an additionxal letse their right of selection, views on this subjec.. argument in support of their'. GEORGE GoDWIN, LEWIS PocOcK lon, has neen Intelligence • ecetved of the deatjhoinatt. Graefenberg, of Mr. Thomas Joplin, the founder stock banking, and who has for m any years u l7e l l e d r of a promi ❑ent position in the banking and mercantil e world. g one to Graefenberg to try the effect of the celeb e ra h ted' had water cure, but bad for some months before his death re Paquished it. Sir Robert Peel has kindly consented to take the chair at the celebration of the anniversary of the King's CA , llege Hospital, at the Albion Tayern, on the 9th of June. LONDON, TFIURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1847. IRISH AND SCOTCH DISTIT_ESS. We still receive painful corninunicciens respce:ng the need of food, seed, :Ind clothes; and, at the request of t':e seer-tart' of the linited Relief Asso2iati, n, we , give i e , er , i , ,T , to the followino. let•ers re2ently received: H.M.S. Scourge, Greenock, N. 8., April 19, 1847. MY DEAR SIR—You will justly charge me with being very remiss in not h-vinz acknowledged your kind note nclosing Miss Colvin 1/., and the 4/. from your asso ciation for poor Mrs. Ga • hle of Surg,eview. I have just returned from the neighbourhood of Sligo, having been there with seed corn for Sir Ito'.:. rt e Booth, and I only received your letter on my arrival, and at the same time one from Mrs. Gamble, acknowledging the receipt of the 5/., and, with much gratitude, begging of me to express her thanks. lam happy to say 201. has been set to her. I must thank you to acknowledge the very great kind noes of my unknown friend "E.'s" gift for the same family. Should you have occasion to seed her any more a letter directed to •‘ Mrs. Gamble, Surgeview, to the care of Mr. Rowe, postmaster, Bellmullet," will reach her in safety. lam very gird the association hes taken up the seed question so earnestly. Ido hope it may be met by the people, and yet I fear in many cases it cannot, as the poorer landholders have no money ; and the landlords will not or cannot advance upon the growing c ops. I think in some cases they may hold back from fear, as, from the fact of the sowing being so restricted, the opinion has taken deep root that if they sow others will reap ; yet this would be removed if sowing became general. In the neighbourhood of Sligo Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth have done much good, and it would be well for Ireland if all the landlords took as much personal interest in their property as he does. There is a degree of cleanliness and comfort throughout his estate which speaks more than words could do of the care taken of the tenantry. Lord Palmerston's property adjoins Sir Robert's, and he. too, has bee❑ doing a great deal of good. A healthy looking man, or a strong horse in the neighbourhood, is at once said to come from " Lissadele." A portion of Sir Ro bert's property (not more than 1,000 acres) is a sands , isthmus, the send of which extends over about 2,000 acres, the half of which is the property of J. Gethins, Esq. On this sand reside about 60 families (numbering about 300 souls). The sand is a moving mass, and the drift hrs been so eTeat that many of the cabins are hid from view altogether. the sand being on a level with the tops of the chimney-hole. Sir Robert has got an emi grant ship (which his brother has bought) on her way to Sligo Bay, intending to pack off 300 of his tenantry if he can, with the view of enlarging his farms to 15, 20. and 25 acres. I believe he intends also to send those of his tenants who may have their habitation upon this sandy district. I went into the cabins in one of the villages, called Ballyconnels, in the parish of Drum eliffe, barony of Carberry, belonging to Mr. Gethins. The (hilt sand caused a cleanly appearance to both out side and in. The entrance resembled that of a rabbit burrow, and you had to crawl upon hands and knees to accomplish the task of gett:ng inside. There was misery within the walls, A poor man sat on one ride a small peat fire, and an old woman on the other; upon a log of wood. The old man was quite naked, and a skeleton form he certainly displayed. His bed rug was the only thing he had over his shoulders; this was his only covering by day or night. His limbs were much swol len at the extremities, and his tongue was like a piece of raw beef. I saw this poor old man the day before (Sir Robert having taken me), but on the occasion I speak of the surgeon was with me. He said he was he yond medical interference. :However, I insisted upon their getting him some rice, not with any hope of the poor old man recovering; he is past that. In another and an adjoining cabin lay a poor old woman in bed, literally skin and bone, her legs, her arms, her chest. were frightful; her stomach was swollen very much. and she said she was in much pain; indeed, whilst stand ing by the side of her one of her paroxysms of pain came on, distorting her features fearfully. We desired them to get her rice, and feed her by small quantities at a time. These poor creatlrEs are in great destitution, and ought not to he allowed to exist in such habitations, or on such a wilderness. I have no doubt there would be great diffi culty in +Ming them, but I am strongly of opinion some other place sh - mid be provided for them. In each of the cabins we visit - id, one or two such cases were to be found, confined to the aged and the children ; those of the family who were able to work were out on the roads or planting bent (a sort of rus% which grows on the sand. end prevents its drifting.) The district was very healthy ; na fever or dysentery. I am now going to the Shetland or Orkney Islands with meal, and sail to-morrow. I have a great many letters to write, which must plead my excuse for this hurried one to you.—With many thanks to your com mittee, believe me, my dear Sir, very truly yours. J. CRA WFORD CAFFIN. The Rev. G. 11. Stoddart, &c. Singort Manse, Portree, Skye, March 30, 1847. Sir—l am advised to apply to your society for relief for this parish, consisting of upwards of 3,000 souls. almost all now in a state of destitution, greatly aggra vated by the prevalence of measles and typhus. Some Christian friends in England placed small sums of money at my disposal, with which I have been enabled to relieve a great amount of suffering by giving food, medicines, and paying sick nurses and other attendance. I am called on also very frequently to assist, and in some instances to defray the whole expense necessarily in curred in burying the dead. Every one acquainted with the Highlands mast re member that the funds for the benefit of the poor were intrusted to the minister end his elders for distribution ; and though the case is now altered, in consequence of the poor-law having come into operatic n, still those in dis. tress think the minister is the only person to whom they should apply, and from this circumstance, coupled with the unfortunate state of the parish, were it not for the kindness of some clergyme❑ of the Church of England, would sooner leave my people altogether than be obliged to witness, not only daily, but hourly, sufferings which I could not alleviate. The supplies of oatmeal, the only food sent us by the central board, have been hitherto limited and irregular, and in the intervals between each supply the people have suffered severely. I could describe scenes I have wit nessed that scarcely would be credited in England. The famine is likely to be prolonged far beyond this year, for the want of any seed of any kind to he laid in the ground. There are hundreds of poor families in this parish, who have patches of land for potatoes, and which must be waste for want of seed, The potato crop being an entire failure none can be got for love or money in this island. Can your society do anything to alleviate our distress? If so, let it be done speedily; seed time is now passing away, and though we have applied in dif ferent quarters no help is held out to us. May God send us help, and that right early. Leaving our cause , in his hands, whose is the silver and the gold, and who can turn the hearts of those who are more favoured than we are towards us in the time of need. I sin in great haste, your obedient servant, ANGUS MARTIN. The Rev. G. H. Stoddart, M.A., Secretary, United Relief Association, 40, Leicester-square. Romelee, Kanturk, Ireland, April 8. Dear Sir,—l have the pleasing duty of returning to you and the United Relief Association heartfelt thanks for the benevolent donation of 5/. for the relief and clothing of the destitute children and females of my vicinity. This enables me to add many a sufferer to list this morning. May it please the Almighty to return a blessing fourfold to those generous benefactors of the destitute who so literally fulfil the desire of their Lord— " When I was an hungered ye gave me feed; naked, and ye clothed me." Already the altered appearance of the children who have been for some months fed at the school, and tau g ht, is remarkable. As those who have received new clothes come to the window to be reviewed each morning, it is indeed a pleasing sight; and I bless God, who has en abled me, assisted by the sympathy of the humane, to be of some use in this afflicted country. There is nothing more necessary now for the poor than clothing; most of their wretched garments are threadbare. F I propose shortly (D.V.) giving an extensive order for home-made flannel. This will give employment, and render clothing less expensive. Irish•made flannel is a most durable article, well suited for the poor. I have thus trespassed on your time, knowing that you are generously interested for the suffering poor of this ' much afflicted country.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your faithful and obliged servant, MARGARET NEWMAN. Elm Cottage, Cheam, Surrey, April 16 My dear have been urgently req ues t e d b y a friend in Mallow to supplicate your committee for a grant of clothing to the ladies' female relief association of that t ,- )vrn. My correspondent, who is their secretary, is the wife of Ri c h ar d B arret, Esq., J.P., chairman of the board of guardia ns , & c . With your permission, I will mak e a f ew extracts from her letter to me, on the subject of the prevailing eiitress. Speaking of the fever which is now raging in Mallow, she says, "several of the poor people are walking about literally dying. and when you recollect that those who recover are obliged to creep about in their old, disease infected clothes, you will n ot be surprised at the rap id spread of disease. Only imagine to be lying day and night in the same miserable rags, without any change whatever, when, if there could be a change of clothing provided for those few who recover, their old rags might be burned. Instead of this, the pestilential covering of the dead is eagerly grasped by the living, to cover their emaciated frames. If we could but procure some clothing for them, it would b 2 the greatest boon. An old cotton gown, without any under garments, is all such poor skeletons wear. Were I writing to a lady, I might tell of such wants as would amaze the women of England. I assure you that nearly everything in this house which could be converted into clothing—such as sofa covers, cur tains, old carpets, coverlets, &c.—have disappeared long since. Our committee is trying to give employment to a number of poor women, and we hourly witness such scenes as no pen can describe. Our funds are so small that we cannot afford to give away gratuitously. I see by the advertisement of your valuable committee that they propose to make grants of clothing. They little know the incalculable benefits that will arise from this branch of their b. nevo!ent exertions. Idyou bear of the p oor i n this neighbourhood, nor c iu t. id worse is I am not c a p a bl e o f delineating the deplorable state to hea r i t. Yet all this and a thousand 0 _ell __ow. the a ctual experience of multitudes of our f creatur es . You w ill b ear with me while I implore of you to use your influen ce w i th your truly valuable committee to let ine have a g rant of clothing for distribution by our ladies' co mmittee amongst these poor people, to whom we are ende avouring to give employment. I assure you that in ma n y cases it is dangerous to come into contact with them ; an d even our servants, though genettily anxious to assist, are often unwilling to approach them. Now all this we ul I be greatly nitrated, if not entirely removed, by cleanliness; but this, of course, we cannot insist on when the poor, wretched creatures have not a single rag beyond 'hat which hags on their emaciated bodies. Whole families are fourd by the visitors in bed, or rather, I should say, covered up in filthy straw for want of clothes of any description. I would willingly pay the eirriage of any parcel or bale the committee may b? kird enough to grant us. The state of our poor children at the parochial schools is truly distressing. They are all iu rags. We shall have very few left after this grievous sickness. One word of comment from me on this harrowing tale of misery would be wholly superfluous. I shall only say that I earnestly commend this case to the humane and generous attention of your committee. I remain, may dear Sir, Very faithfully yours, The Rev. G. H. Stoddart. J. D. HARE. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONS (IRELAND). The following is an abstract of the annual report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant, for the year ending August 1, 1346. (Just issued by order of Parliament) : We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, whose hands and corporate seal are hereunto annexed, beg leave to report to your Excellency, pursuant to the provisions of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 37, the proceedings of the Commissioners for the year ending the Ist of August, 1846. The repairs of the parochial churches, the greater number of which are old and dilapidated buildings, necessarialy absorb in each year a large portion of what ever moneys may be available for Church works ; and although many churches require rebuilding, did the funds admit of it, the Commissioners are able, from time to time, to select such only as are most pressing, and to defer the others as long as the buildings can be upheld. Out of the sum of 23,6871. 18s. appropriated for Church works within the year, 175/. only has been allocated to the purposes of enlargements. By this small expendi ture, aided by private subscriptions, increased accom modation will be afforded for 335 persons, in the churches of Desertserges in the diocese of Cork. Kilfithmore in the diocese of Cashel, and of Drumgooland in the dio cese of Dromore. 2,736/. Is. 7d. has been allocated for completing the rebuilding of five of the churches men tioned in the last report ; 4,000/. to commence the re building of eleven churches which were urgently required ; and 12,771 L 9s. 9d. is in the course of being expended in the repair of 888 churches. Of the residue of the sum appropriated to church works, 1,000/. has been expended in repairing the en closing fences of 131 churches; 305/. 63. Bd., in the erection of stoves and bells; 2001. in the internal clean. ing of churches; and 2,500/. in external painting. An advantage resulting f r o m a di str ib ut i on o f t hi s kind is, that th Commissioners have obtained, in aid of these several objects. contribtrioos sme•upting t( 8,4651 7s. 10d., viz., for the purpose of enlarger]) nts 445/ ; of rebuildings, 7,1441. 6s. 3d., of which 2,841/. 13s. Sd. has been received within the year; for external painting and cleaning. 324/ Bs. 64.; expended by the parishioners, and for the providing of stoves, Sze 551/. 13s. Id.; the subscribers thereby manifesting their desire to co-operate with the Commissioners in the works undertaken by them. • Connected with the preservation of the churches, se veral matters continue to engage the particular attention of the Commissioners, which are more important than may at first appear. A system has prevailed in thi= country of interring bodies close to the fabrics, and the effect has been to engender damp, and rot the flooring and adjoining woodwork; this, together with the almost general want of gutters, pipes, and sewers to carry off the water, has caused considerable injury to the churches and expense to the funds of the board. The enclosing of churches by suitable fences has been in some cases wholly neglected, and in others the en closures have Eeen so insufficient, that the demands on the Commissioners under this head are increasing very considerably. It is only by degrees that these matters can be attended to ; but the Commissioners have the satisfaction to state that they are in the course of being remedied as opportunities present themselves and their funds will admit. The following' churches, rebuilt by the Commis sioners, have been opened for ce':bration of Divine ser vice within the year :—Loughguile, in Connor diccese, capable of accommodating 320 persons ; Enniscorthy, in Ferns diocese, for 880 ; Gallen, in Meath diocese, for 220 ; Charleville and Cloynepriest, both in Cloyne diocese, the former capable of accommodating 264. and he latter 90 persons ; and Dysertenos, in Leighlin dio cese, for 120 persons. And the churches now in progress of rebuilding, or for the rebuilding of which, although not yet oommenced, funds have been provided, either wholly or in part, by the Commissioners, are 23 in number. In some of these cases, as in those of Ballyhalbert and Whitchurch, the Commissioners have only contributed about one-fourth of the expense, the parishioners having undertaken to provide the remainder; but the works are carried on under the superintendence and direction of the architect and directors of' tha board. In other cases, where funds have been provided for one or two years, the Com missioners have not been able to commence the buildings from the difficulty experienced in procuring new sites and obtaining the necessary consents. These delays are not attributable to the Commissioners, and are occasioned by circumstances over which they have no controul. In relation to the moneys arising under Bishop Gore's will, from the inappropciate title of Cahir parish, in the diocese of Lismore, of which the Commissioners, by order of the Court of Chancery, have been made trustees, a separate account has been opened, by which it appears that a sum of 2,4461. 11s. 4d. stood to the credit of the trust on the Ist inst.; as the testator's will limited the bequest to the rebuilding and repairs of old ruined churches in the dioceses of Waterford and Lismore, the Commissioners have, with the approbation, and under the direction of the Bishop, appropriated thereout the sum of 2,0001. for the rebuilding the parish church of Drumcannon, in the diocese of Waterford, and a plan to afford accommodation to 500 persons has been prepared and submitted to thefißveishporpebEconrdsh,isaanpdprfiovftayl. d e i a g e n e it b ie e s c ' ame vacant withi n t h e year, of which It appears by the returns of p romot i ons and otherwise, parochial benefices, nine are liable to tax, and the rest are not liable. In respect to the dignities and prebends, the Lord-Lieu tenant and Privy Council hav e , on the recommendation of the Commissioners, been pleased to suspend the ap pointments of clerks to the treasurership of the cathedral church of Ardfert, of the annual value of 48Z 19s. 9d. ; to Taghsaxon and Kilmeen, Prebends belonging to the cathedral church of Tuarn, the former of the annual value of Si. 12s. 6d., and the latter of 116/. 8e 11d. ; and to Kilcooley prebend, belonging to the cathedral church of Elphin, of the annualpvearlpueetteiftyB4pLulrcl h s. ases, 46 appli catilornitsh respect op sp ur e c c h t purchase t l h ia e ve been received from immediate tenants, and 52 from sub-tena nts . O f the applications from the sub-tenants, so many as 44 related to property comprised in one lease from the see. Purchases have been completed to the amount f 3,7781. 2s. I Id., of which sum 2,4991. 10s. Bd. has been paid into the Bank of Ireland to the credit of the perpe tuity purchase fund, and the re s id ue h as b een secured by way of mortgage. '['he smallness of the amount re ceived within the year, under this head, was occasioned by certain inquiries made by the Privy Council, in re lation to the calculations of the Commissioners, which caused the approval of the terms of purchase in twenty two cases, amounting to 9,923/.lls. 6d., to be delayed for several mouths. A sum, to the amount of 8,9241. 4s. 2d., has also been lodged in the Bank to the credit of the fund, in liquidation of mortgages heretofore granted on former sales. And from these payments a further instalment to the amount of 10,000/. has been paid to the Board of Public Works, in liquidation of the loan of 100,0001. advanced by that Board to the Com missioners un d er t h e provisions of the Act 4th and sth William IV., c . 90. A n d t h e residue, a f ter defraying the necessary expenses, has been invested in Government securities. Under the provisions of the Acts 3d and 4th William IV., c. 37, and 6th and 7th Victoria. c. 99, the sum of 2,338/. Os. I Id. has boon paid to the Bishops of Cork and Kihnore ; 6,362/. 15s. 4d. has been paid to curates, vicars-choral, and diocesan schoolmasters. And under the provisions of the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 101, 930/. 7s. 10. has bQen paid in augmentation of' small benefices, exclusive of the sum of 4,451/. 2s. 101 applied under Primate Boulter's Bequest to augmentation pur- poses, thereby making the total payments made within the year on these several accounts amount to the sum of 14,0821. 6s. Ild. An account of the receipts and disbursements of the Commissioners to the Ist instant is annexed to this re port, showing the sources from whence the receipts have arisen and the specific purposes to which they have been applied. (Signed) JOHN G. ARMAGH. RICHARD DUBLIN. EDWADD MEATH. R. DERRY, &c. HENRY MEREDYTII. JOHN C. ERCIC. GYM. C. QUIN. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. —The packet ship Mary Ann, Captain Brown, arrived in the Mersey this morning with advices from Boston to the 6th inst. inclusive, bringing intelligence of considerable impo rtance from Mexico. Later dates per Ashburton have, however, superseded the advices by the former ship. INVEIGLIN G AND ROBBING A SURGEOW.—At the Court of Justiciary, held at Glasgow, on Thursday, two per sons, James Ford, and Jane Livingston, were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, for having inveigled Mr. Black, a surgeon, into their lodgings under the pretence that his services were required for a sick person, and then as saulting and robbing him. M. Dietz, whose name has been so repeatedly mentioned in the domestic affairs of Portugal, arrived in London on Tuesday. THE COMMISSARIAT ESTIMATES.—The Net total amount required to meet the expenses of the Commissariat Department during the year 1847-48 is 494,433/., against 397,2C31. in 1846-47. GRAY'S INN, Aram 28.—The under-named gen tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law, by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn—viz , Ed ward Jo..epli Powell, Esq., Peter Borthwick , E s q ., and Wil liam Frederick Higgins, sq. THE TALLOW CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. —The anniversary festival of this charity took place Oil Tuesday at the Londo n T avern , an d was well atten ded b y the members of the trade. L or d 11. Grosvenor pre sided, and Alderman Challis, Sir G. L ar pent, Ald er man Farncomb, and Mr. W. Hawes, we re among th e guests present. Th e bene volent objects o; the charity are the relief of indigent and / incapacitated tallow chandlers, their widows, and others connected with the trade. From the report it appe:rs that the society, although only in its infancy, has already been the nie •ns of much usefulness; an d the increasing amount of donations, exceedi ng this year the sum of 300/., gives every reason to believe that it will be enabled materially to extend the sphere of its operations. The dinner and its ac companying arrangements were all that could be desired. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April2B. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day. MOSELEY v. ALSTON.-JUDOMENT.-TIIE NARROW V. THE BROAD GAUGE, The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him a few days since upon ( a , v n e a r l: . u p l e i a n l g fr a o m d e t n h l u e rr decision er, o put fh in t b e C they ice- defendant, haricel i orE o t f ot n h g e l and. Bill filed by the plaintiffs. We have already given a length ened account of the facts of the case, and it will, therefore, be unnecessary to repeat them here. Ilia Lordship, in giving judgment to-day, said, that this was a case in which two -persons, not alleging dis tinctly that they were shareholders in a railway company, but describing themselves as such, had tiled a bill in which they alleged, that owing to circumstances to which it was not necessary his Lordship should further allude. certain individuals who were originally appointed directors ought to have ballotted out four of their number and elected four others ; that they had omitted to do so, and that, consequently, they were not now a body of directors, such as was contemplated by the Act of Parliament : and the bill prayed an injunction to restrain them from voting Or acting as directors of the Railway Company, and that they might be ordered to place the common seal of the Company in the hands of six other persons, whom he alleged had been appointed directors under the provisions; of the Act of Parlia ment, authorising the increase of the number of directors from twelve to eighteen. The result, therefore, of granting the injunction prayed by the Bill, would be to restrain twelve out of eighteen of the directors from acting, and permitting the whole duty of directors to be performed by the other six. There was nothing in the Bill praying the Court to set aside what might be an error, but the Bill assumed that the whole twelve were illegally exercising the functions of directors, and that they ail ought to be restrained. Great difficulty arose with respect to the construction of the Act, but upon that it was not his intention to give any opinion, because in his way of viewing the case he thought it to be his duty to allow the demurrer without any reference to the Act at all. He thought it was not within the jurisdiction of the Court to take that matter into its consideration. Years ago there could be no doubt that the present Bill was demarrable. The rules of the Court of late years had been relaxed to suit modern times, but th e re l axat i on of those rules ought not, and never had been extended be yond the exigencies of the case itself. Now, in the pre sent instance, there was no case of necessity stated in the bill, but the most obvious mode of cor recting the grievance discussed is the bill, were to be found in the allegations of the bill itself ; added to this, if such a bill as the present was permitted to be on the files of the Court, every shareholder in every corn pany, might file a similar bill, and the Court be inundated with them. Even if there were no other objections to the bill than the one to which his Lordship had adverted, he thought that would befatal, although there was no doubt that that might be easily corrected; hut there were in his Lordship's opinion many other objections to the Bill. First, that which was complained of by the Bill was not personal at all to the parties who had filed it. What was the complaint? Why a usurpation of the rights of the corpo ration, and it was prayed that the party that had done so should be ordered to hand over the seal of the company to the party whom they alleged were the proper directors of the company. The case of " Foss and Harbott le," decided by Vice-Chancellor Wigram was precisely like the present, it was stronger, because there there was malversation, and in that case the Vice-Chancellor Wigram decided that the bill could not be supported, and in that decision his Lordship perfectly concurred. In the present case, for anything that appeared in the bill, the Company might file a bill, and ask for relief as a properly constituted body. The present was the first attempt that had ever been made to call upon the court to exercise a jurisdiction under such circum stances. None of his (the Lord Chancellor's) predecessors had ever exercised such a jurisdiction as he was now asked to do, and he would not be the first to adopt such a course; the question in the case was, whether these parties were proper corporate bodies ? Now, that was purely a question of law, and not of equity. If his Lordship was to grant what was now asked by the bill, it would have the effect of putting an end to the railway com pany altogether. On the whole, without expressing any opinion upon the merits of the case, his Lordship was clearly of opinion that his duty was to allow both the demurrers. Sir F. KELLY said that, such being his Lordship's judgment, the Court would, as a matter of course, order the injunction that had been granted by the Vice-Chancellor of England to be dissolved. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes. The Court also ordered the costs of the motion for the injunction in the court below to he paid by the parties applying for it. The court, was crowded to excess during the delivery of the judgment, and among those present we noticed Mr. C. Russell, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Spooner, M.P. COURT OF EXCHEQUER April 28. (Sittings in Banco.) LEWIS V. IT T XLET. This was a special case, arising out of a devise in a will and which came before the Court by the direction of Vice. Chancellor Bruce, but the particulars possessed no feature o public interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 27. MUNDEN V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. This case came before the Court upon a special de murrer to the replication. The action was brought by the plaintiff, Mrs. Char lotte Munden, against his Serene Highness, Charles Frederick Augustus William Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, to recover payment of an annuity of 2001., which the defendant had secured to her by deed on cer tain conditions ; amongst others, that the plaintiff should be content therewith, and acknowledge it to be in discharge of all claims which she might have on the de fendant ; that she should not write to the defendant concerning past transactions between the parties, and on several other conditions, the breach of which was to ren der the deed void. The declaration fully set out the deed and alleged a breach. The defendant, in person, pleaded a plea to the ju risdiction of the Court, alleging, that at the time of the making of the said deed he was a Sovereign Prince—to wit, the reigning Duke of the Duchy of Brunswick and Luneburg ; and that the said deed was made by him in his dominions; and that from the time of making the said deed be had been, and still was, justly entitled to all the rights, prero ga ti ves , an d pr i v il eges apper taining to him as the Duke of Brunswick and Lunt-- burg, &c., and prayed judgment if the Court here ought to take cognizance of this action. The replication alleged that the Court ought not to be barred from taking cognisance of the said action, because the contract was not made with the defendant in respect of any matter appertaining to the state and Govern ment, or policy of the said duchy of Brunswick and Luneburg, but that the said debt was a private debt owing from the defendant, in his private capacity, to the plaintiff; that after the making of the said deed, and be fore the accruing of the said debt, the defendant quitted the said duchy, and was domiciled within the jurisdic tion of this Court, not as a Sovereign Prince, but as a pri vate subject of, and owing obedience to, her Majesty the Queen. To this replication the defendant demurred, and several points for argument were raised by the de murrer. Mr. Lusts, in support of the demurrer, said the de fendant was a Sovereign Prince, and as Such he was not liable to be sued in a court in this country for any act done by him while a Sovereign Prince, and acting as a Sovereign. The delendant was the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, and was no more liable to be sued in an English court than the Emperor of Russia or the King of Prussia. The defendant alleged that he was still entitled to all the rights, privileges, and preroga tives of the Duke of Brunswick; that part of the plea was not traversed by the replication— it was admitted. There was no averment that he had abandoned his country, there was nothing inconsistent with his averment that he was still a Sovereign Prince. The question then was, could a Sovereign Prince be sued in the courts of this his country? He contended that he could not. There were not many authorities on this subject , and th e chief w as the case - of the "Duke of Brunswick v. the K ing_ o f Hanover" (6 Bevans' R. p. 9), in which a bill in Chan cery had been filed to set aside an act of state done by the King of Hanover; and there was a general demur re r for want of equity, and it was held by Lord Langdale, the Master of the Rolls, that the Court had no power to relieve. The Master of the Rolls, in giving his judg ment, entered fully into the discussion of the question, and he decided that he could not interfere in such a case. The immunities of Sovereign Princes were grounded on the same reasons as the immunities granted to ambas sadors. He submitted that the ruling by the Master of the Rolls was correct, and should be followed in this case. It was admitted on the record that the act was done while the defendant was a Sovereign, and it ought to be presumed that it was done by him in his capacity of Sovereign. A Sovereign Prince domiciled in this country was prima facie not liable to be sued in the English courts. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Primit facie, a Sovereign Prince is not liable to be sued even in his own dominions. Mr. Luset—The plaintiff ought to show that he was so liable, for if he was not liable to be sued in his own country he could not be in this. It was for the plaintiff to show that, the defendant had ceased to be a Sovereign Prince, and had become a subject of her Majesty. She had failed to do so. The Duke of Brunswick's stay in this country was only temporary, and he had not aban doned his rights as a Sovereign Prince. On these grounds he submitted that the demurrer would be sustained. Mr. Bormit., in support of the replication. The pleadings bad been framed in accordance with the de cision of the Master of the Rolls, and he was surpr i sed that his Learned Friend relied upon that decision for his defence. His Learned Friend did not deny that the defendant would be liable for what took place in this country. The Duke of Brunswick was now domiciled in this country, and was responsible for acts done in bis private capacity, when in his own country. In the case of the " Duke of Brunswick v. the King of Hanover," it was considered that the acts done were acts of state; but that was avoided in this case, by replying that the debt w as a private debt, owing by the defend an t i n hi s pr i vate and personal capacity to the plaintiff! The regal of the decision of the Master of the Rolls was, that Minis ters were responsible for the acts of their Sovereigns. The decision in the case of the King of Hanover was, that if there was a contract not made by him in that character, but as a private individual, he was liable to be sued here. lie relied upon that authority. The plea was one in abatement, and that no court in this country had any jurisdiction. lie contended that the plea was misconceived; it should have been in bar, and not in abatement. A plea in abatement, which did not give a better writ, was bad. Mr. Justice WIGHTMA.N—This is a plea to the juris diction, and it concludes as such. Mr. Boyne—As the defendant relied on a personal privilege be must show that he was a Sovereign Prince. The plea alleged, that at the time of the making of the contract the defendant was a Sovereign Prince, but he did not allege that he was still a Sovereign Prince—he only alleged that he was entitled to all the rights, &c., without showing how he was entitled. The defendant did not aver, that by the law of Brunswick he was not liable on this deed, and if he was liable in Brunswick he was liable in England. Mr. Lusts, in reply, said, that the plea was a plea to the jurisdiction. The reason why parties were liable here for contracts made abroad was because theywere liable there, and their liability went with them vrherever went. It that eontract could not be enforced in Bruns wick, neither could it be enforced in England. If it had been an ordinary person who had made a contract in Brunswick, the plea would have been bad, but that was a plea of privilege. An ordinary individual would be bound to submit to the judgment of that Court, but a Sovereign was not bound. The COURT took time to consider their decision. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, April 27. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE ) POWELL V. BRADBURY AND EVANS. Mr. HUDSON, the plaintiff's solicitor, applied for an order to inspect a document, and also for a copy to be supplied. The plaintiff was a sub-editor of a paper be longing to the (let - tridents, called the Daily News, and had brought an action to recover damages for the breach of an agreement for two years. which had been mutually entered into. The plaintiff having received from the Bristol correspondent of the Daily News a re port of a case in the District Court of Bankruptcy of that place, in the course of his ordinary duty had revised and abridged it for insertion. This insertion formed the pre text for the plaintiff's dismissal, the defendants pleading in reply to the action that the abridged report so inserted was an unfair, partial, garbled, end improper report. The plaintiff and his solicitor had made a j o i n t affidavit, swearing that an inspection of the original copy was material to the case. The defendants' solicitor contended, that in all cases where inspection and copies had been granted the plaintiffs had been a party to the document, which was not so in the present case. Mr. HUDSON relied upon the case of" Blogg v. Kent,', (6 Bing. 664), where a party being trustee, or in the cha racter of trustee, was compelled to grant inspection of the document; and he submitted that the defendants in this case were quasi trustees, as newspapers were com pelled by Act of Parliament to keep the originals of matter insem ted for twelve months, for the bemtit of the public, in case proceedings should be taken in the mean• time. Mr. Justice MAULE said he saw no reason for the ap plication, and should not make the order. Mr. HUDSON hoped his Lordship would, if he had any doubt, allow an application to the C mrt. Mr. Justice MAULE said he could not prevent the parties from applying to the Court, but he had no doubt there was no ground for the application. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 28. (Sittings in Banco.) GRANDON AND OTHERS V. NEWMAN. The Court was occupied nearly the whole of the morning in hearing the arguments on a demurrer in this case, which arose out of a bill of exchange, but the particulars possess no interest but to the parties concerned. COURT OF BAAKRUPTCY, April2B. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) KNIGHT V. WALMSLEY. In this case the defendant was summoned under the Small Debts Act, to show cause why he did not pay a debt of 3/.los. due for rent. The defendant said he was unable to pay or make any order as he had filed a petition in insolvency, and obtained his protection. Mr. HUGHES, for the plaintiff, contended that as the sum mons had been taken out before the schedule was filed, that the protection would not stand against an order under the Small Debts Act, as the plaintiff had not had notice of the intention to apply to this Court, and if his Honour would make the order, the plaintiff would take the responsibility on himself of acting on the order. His HoNoun said that he could not make any order in defiance of the protection which was from all arrests for debt. The order was therefore refused. IN RE D. MACLEAN. To-day was appointed for the adjourned last examination of this bankrupt, who was formerly M.P. for Oxford. An application, however, had been made previously to enlarge the time for the bankrupt's surrender, and the business of the day was pro forma merely. SECONDARIES' COURT, April 28. Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. WILD V. KAY. This was an action to recover the sum of 11/. 10a. for one quarter's rent of premises in St. Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. Tnomis appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and called witnesses to prove the occupation of the house ; but a difficulty arose as to the production of an agree ment, as the plaintiff had not been able to find the at testing witness, although an expense of 6L had been gone to to get it stamped, so that it might be put in evidence. Mr. HORRY called a witness who happened to be the one in request, as he admitted that he was present when the agreement was made. Mr. THOMAS said, that if the witness could have been found, the case might have been tried without the extra expense of the stamp. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. There was only one other cause tried OR an I. 0. U., which was undefended, and not of the slightest interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. William Medhurst, otherwise John James Parker, was charged with stealing a prismatic compass, the property of Mr. Curtis, civil enginear, of 14, Robert -street, Adelphi. It appeared that the prisoner had called at Mr. Curtis's cham'Jers to seek employment, being a surveyor. On Sa turday last, and shortly after he left, a compass which had been seen safe on the sideboard a short time before, was missed. Suspicion did not fall on the prisoner until Mr. Swift, a pupil of Mr. Curtis, heard from Mr. Denham, ma thematical instrument maker, that a person whose descrip tion answered that of the prisoner, had sold a compass to him which corresponded most minutely with that lost. He then with some difficulty traced the prisoner (who had given the name of Medhurst to Mr. Curtis, and Parker to Mr. Denham, and had given false addresses to both). and left a message for him, that it be would call at Mr. Curtis's he would get employment. The prisonet called and was taken into custody. He was imrnediatell identified by Mr. Denham as the person who sold the compa; to him. Mr. Curtis, who alone can identify the instrument wit certainty, being out of town, the prisoner was remanded f a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ll'illiara Macqueen was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with assaulting a young lady of the name of Woods, residing at No. 6, Marluorough-read, St. John's-wood. It appeared that on Tuesday night,about 11 o'clock, tk e com plainant, accompanied by two other young ladies, were pro ceeding along Tottenham-court-road, when the detendan went up to them, and seizing hold of complainant, exclaimed "I'll have this one," and caught her up in his arms in such a manner that she had the greatest difficulty in getting from his unwelcome embraces. After a severe struggle, she at length got away, when the prisoner again caught hold of her, struck her in the mouth, and said he would give her in charge for attempting to rob him. She then called a police constable, and gave him in charge. Ann Furby and Mary Anne Jones, the two young ladies who were in company with the complainant, corroborated her evidence in every particular. The defendant said, he was extremely sorry for what had occurred. He was in liquor at the time, and did not know what he was about. _ _ Mr. BINGHAM said, respectable females were not to be annoyed and insulted by every man who chose to plead in toxication as an extenuation of the offence. He should fine him 31. for the assault; and trusted that it would act as a warning to him in future. Harriet Wiltshire, a middle-aged female, was placed at the bar, charged with intermarrying with George Baker, her fJetner husband, Thomas Wiltshire, being still alive. George Baker, grocer, No. 3, Bruton-street, Berkeley square, stated that he was married to the prisoner at Stepney Unurch, on the 11th of June, 1843. She had previously re presented to him that she was a widow, and that her former husband bad been dead for some years. Upon those repre sentations he married her. The certificate of the former marriage was produced, and the prisoner, who declined to make any answer Wale charge, was remanded till Monday next, in order to procure the attendance of the witnesses who were present at the marriage. WORSHIP-STREET'. A SAINT IN TROUBLE.—Sergeant Teakle, of the H divi sion of Metropolitan police detective force, applied for and obtained summonses for the appearance at. this Court, of Messrs. Meeking and Co., linen-drapers and silk-mercers, &c., of Holborn-hill, and Messrs. Williams and Co., of Re gent. street, also in the same line of business, under the fol lowing very peculiar circumstances. It appears that an individual, named William Travers Hunter, had obtained, in the capacity of town-traveller, four pieces of silk goods, valued at 60/., from the firm of Messrs. Brooks and Co., silk-weavers, Spite!fields, and that the sale thereof was effected by Hunter at Messrs. Meeking and Williams, as above. Hunter, who is represented as an individual belonging to the society called "Teetotallers," and who has also bee❑ re -1 cognised for his apparent piety and general good conduct by the clergy of the district in which he resided, absconded, and was traced by Sergeant Teakle to Liverpool, and found at the "Temperance Commercial Coffee-house." The pri soner acknowledged having sold the goods to Messrs. Meek ing arid Williams. On being searched, a portion of the money, 251. 13s. 6d., was found upon him. Mr. Keane, clergyman, of Bethnal-green Church, spoke in high terms of the respectability of the prisoner, but k r. Broughton observed that he had a public duty to perform ; it was well, perhaps, for the prisoner that he had such powerful friends. He, however, sat there for the purpose of administering justice, and a worse case had not, perhaps, come before his notice. The prisoner should be brought up again, preparatory to his being fully committed to Newgate for trial. ROBBERY AND CAPTURE BY MEANS OF THE RAILWAY TELEURAPIL In the latter period of last week, a young man named John Bourne, respectably attired, took up his residence at Mr. John Cox's, the Ord Arms Inn, Scotswood road, Newcastle, for the ostensible purpose of being trained by Henry Clasper to row a skiff match at Manchester, and Mr. Cox, in order to make him comfortabl e , gate up his own sleeping apartment, in which was a chest of drawers, containing a sum of money amounting to above 2001. Bourr.e's deportment, altogether, was such, that not the slightest suspicion was attached to his proceed ings until Tuesday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, when the drawer containing the money, together with a cash-box in which it was deposited, was found to have been broken open, and the entire contents of the box taken away. The alar m was i mmediately given, when it was ascertained that Bourne had left the house about two o'clock, and from various circum stances no doubt was felt that Bourne was the guilty party, and it was concluded that he would make down to Gateshead and take the train southward. Mr. Taylor, of Stvalwell, accordingly m o u nte d hi s horse, and rode ' direct to the Westgate station, where he gave informa tion of the robbery, and a description of th e d ress B ourne had on, to Mr. Inspector Little, who, with Sub-Irapectir Drummond, proceeded at once to the telegraph c tfiee at the Gateshead station. Almost simultaneously Mr. Cox himself called at Mr. Steph ens ' s, the superintendent of police, and gave information there, with a full description of Bourne's person and d ress, with the amount and de scription of the notes stolen. This was sent ov, r imme diately to Mr. Johnson, the station -master at Gateshead, who felt the importance of this additional information, and instantly set the telegraph to work ; and these particulars were so full and accurate that the station-master at Nor wanton felt no hesitation in acting upon them. This would be about six o'clock, and as the mail train left at a quarter past three o'clock it was conjectured that if he had left with it he might be intercepted. When the ac- count of the robbery and a descrip t i o n of the pe rson reached York, th e tram had passed, and the infor mation was forwarded to Normington, in advance of the train. The station-master at Normington sent instantly for a police officer, and in the meantime the train had arriVedi on the officer hearing the description read over he at once remarked that a man answering the description was standing on the platform, where he had just passed llia 3 ; The station-master gave orders to apprehen d him, pd when the officer walked up and seized him by the arm, an; asked him to walk into the station, he refused, and considerable force was necessary to get bin] there. He then refused to ba se:ached, but that was $ 1 length effected in spite of the resistance he offered, and the sum of 2031. Bs. found upon him , which Oa sisted of two 51. notes, 1921. in gold, and 2115. in silver. He was then brought back to York by the next train, and information was transmitted by telegraph to Ga tes head that he had been apprehended. The telegraph Wa s , put to work about seven o'clock, and at nine, two h°,,gra afterwards, intelligence was received that the man u r t ; been apprehended a hundred and ten miles distant. yr; the intelligence of Bourne having been apprehendr reaching Gateshead, Mr. Inspector Little proceeded of the next train to York, and returned with his prisoner at halb -pef fast one o'clock the following day. ne per taken ore Mr. Alderman Dunn, and transf e rred to t he county, when the particulars were laid before Dix OP Dixon, Esq., and the prisoner was remanded. Bourne, it seems, is twenty-two years of age, and belongs to chester, where his wife and family are residing--IVew castle Journal. MARKE T NEWS.—(YESTE RDAV means large. AU kinds moved CORN EXCIV 3II°Z. The arrivals of Engl . -h %'b eat have been tolerably gCn't this week, yet the show of sampleset here to-day was by o'' lay's quotations. The best qualities of foreign iVbest If!" . 4eld at full prices, but all other denriPtious met a slow if. 'limy. Most kinds of Barley. except the finest malting, Net t off steadily at about :doil; 4 dull sale but not cheaper. The Malt trade was doing l!, .. t bout stati onar y p r ices. There was a fair trade doe, Oats, at the late improvement in va lue. Beans slid le rir. vere quite as dear, but Flour com manded very Title rentiou. ARRIVALS. 120 qrs. 150 qrs. "v I ...... 300 I _........-- Barley. Oats !IV: 0 3,520 Wheat. 1,070 qrs. Envlish • • • • Irish. • • ...... F , a•eign .. • • • • 1,860 970 4ait, 2,630 ers. • WHITZOKAPEL. ofr er Fair average supplies of eLch kind ot meat were o to-day, yet the demand was steady at very NI! ILA Beer, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8a; lUd to 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2 d ; and Pork' 3 0 53 per Blbs. by the carcase. ____.-----_-= .' --- stAT I° ed Tits BISHOP OF LONDON'S C°N d ri n g CO Tuesday morning the Lord Bishop of Lo his annual course of confirmations, Westminster. Prayers were read by tee bo iry i rite wag s loe. son, M . A. the Rector ; after which the . i he Bight . nistered to upwards of 1,900 candid at at Islington, ; _ Prelate will proceed with his ann ual docen t, in the cou r . places a .1 Marylebone, Walworth, and the Me of the current week. : state that , a r AERONAUTICS.—Letters from Pisa made twenty-.0._. Italian aeronaut Orlandi, who bas already __ te d thri.7 successful ascents with his balloon, has construe; ~,, 0 to at . S t . . 11 J ., a 0 . n j t e a s n i ' s e hu l k' - . f o r : i d ,:' secure and give direction to his apparatus. 1' 12 . 5. quite a new machine, composed of different engin , Dv IDETENTION OF THE PENINSULAR MAIL.! oi r day . a notice was issued at the Gen eral Post -offi ce , St• fds . tin's-le-Grand, that the Peninsular mail of the 27th so' io b tamed, and that letters, &c. would be in time this 1n0r 23 the 28th inst. A AA Owing to the present state of the money 111 - d go F th r e an r k at fo es r , t, negotiations in the foreign exchanges were not effec te ;ped t o i v 3 e o r. of 'There fi ollan w d, as H n a o m a b l u te rg ra h t , io a n n i d n currently as usual, and in many instances bills retn°; ei r tiler higher. The • Right Hon. Joseph Planter made his willed December last, leavm his entire his wife , t g property to ~.,4 he has recommended that his papers should be destroYri p ' eel that his wife should &It consult with her son, Ad 0 00 ° Oom,and further obtain the opinion of his esteemed r y 0 Sir Woodbine Parish, as to what it might be n ec f sg o a s r pel l wwihthichthweer: to, preserve; but where positive directions are left on the roetir themselves he has requested that they may be most Po ally executed. • sue d ii No YOUNG NUNS.—The King of Bavaria Is! ,or decree on the 26th ult. prohibiting women from talc in l' t eir 4 nastic vows before they have attained their tbirtr o f a year. The ceremony is to take place in the presen2°,,ter commissary, not a churchman, who has the right o,t_Tiiiiit rogating the person about to take the vows, and if °P ....., tit to put a stop to the whole proceedings. RTll O ' . lk DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN FARRINGDON"-- driv i ii g On Saturday a youth named Williams, while thr°:°l suddenly carrier's cart along Farringdon-street, was _ ‘ wprz forward upon the road, and before the horse could en the wheel had pa-sed over both his legs. He W re aoie s ingly taken to St. Bartholomew's, where he now a very dangerous condition. n 3,f00/ 0 THE ELGIN Man.—At a jury court, °-- n . u iity 'f e y week, John Lawrence, butcher in Elgin ! Ple d .„ - wee: to charge of rioting, on the 26th January lAA a'„„„ c oitieß' tenced by Sheriff Cameron, after a suitable num" Aver sixty clap,' imprisonment. —lnverness Courier. crdri•— o f [ADVERTISEMENT.)—A CURE OF Alava' 0011B e trell OF LONG STANDING BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. -- "T eS O re th lin , - 10 • 1 Temple-street, Bristol, had the liver complaint "; - "ns 0 0 ', re years ; be was in Bath Hospital several months. bu t sw angt,, bat weaker state than when he went in. Afterwards s' we jtut.;;; D lin cowed the best attention of the medical men at tt°„ ri , to I use of derived no benefit. Being una ble to do sufficient ^ n ",4 t he pe rfed he returned to his friends at Bristol, and conun e- filln - n. - a WO t, Holloway's Pill:, whili in three m. nths res to res ° blisilm en health. He is now working constantly at his trade I ;sta - , old by all Druggists, and at Professor Holica vrAY - ----- 244, Strand, London. '-*----- the 2d nit., at 11 gal Army, the of 4 2 2 o d n i . nst . , in C Meerut,l em Ei n fit h t r ' e s irw3 l al: wife 1 : r 87 . 7 . .. hi r :::: ::: o O r n l On the 23d inst ,in Suarez-lace, R e ar-r of Isa Moses, Es . q., ot a son. gen,S, erw_ in: of lilt Tiny, On the of a 2 s 4 o t n h , i Ham . IV' the still-born.nstat Eastbourne-terrace, Brown. 1451"_ B r tint the 24th s i e n x s , t of a son 1 1 - v l . o a l f n e ld . en A mz q l . ) , le o t f t O' On the 24th just of, t'n Paradise-street, Birrninff"l—' , the wife of Thorns' . son. On the 24th inst., ' a a t s S on ca . !Trott, Yorkshire, the ' vire 0f G. rheld, tbs On the 25th inst., in Abbey-road.` Regent lid/ of Wilmot Buxton, Esq., of a daughter. 's-park, ARRlED.wgsietelr On the 27th inst., at S t . Alphege, Greenwich, by the J. K. Gold ney, chaplain of Green wich Hospital, HenrY is- A ta Wilson, of the Inner Temple Esq., barrister -at-law, to , 1 ,, T; Foostieirt,hoen2l)6-tdhauigrishtt.e,raotfstth.e;liaatrye C ,s a , ptain John Fi1ni15071.4 Esq., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Mriss.lll.lnlgatrZent 11 4 -I°-" ' °I _.../...... the same place. DIED. eto On the 22d inst., at Shibden Hal l, near HalifaX, c _mre, George Mackay Sutherland, of Abera rder, Inverneaa-P'- North Britain. J Elliott On the 23d inst., in Park-road , Regent's-park, .P . Esq., aged 61. 130 1 On the 24th inst., in Cloudesley-square, Colonel G. • Bengal Native Infantry, aged 61 . po Chil i On the 25th inst., at Bath, Arthur Henr on y, the , of Colonel Maclean, 18th Dragoons. ~ L London: Printed and Published by PifintDO YOUNG. * . ,7ecipot strand, P:intn ' , at The Sun Office No. 112. Strand , In t_ 2 lo l 4 :' ASO of the Savoy, in tho County of llddletion, ThUrg." 29, 1547. MORE POISONINGS IN ESS EX. E s sex, On Tuesday, at the Witham petty sessi ons, held at the White Hart, before a full bench of oasis. trates, Emma Elizabeth Hume was brought up for find t examination, twistthevt hae certain vie w ch o a pf r o g ci s e ao c t l ios iwtnoigt her ehri having shdo es ah tahoattempted ina st townie, uo s ci fti F ace : features of this case resembled that for which Catheri,nans Foster suffered ut Bury, the greatest anXie;Cnbey evinced to hear the proceedings, the room in whic„u , he took place being crowded by the inhabitants. ve ; e d taoccugisveed evidence, their c t e h d ei a r t a th p e pe b a a r r a , o tr e cl an t d he th h e u sband gr eat diel; .rity between their ages created much astonishment ; ! as being in her 24th year, while her husband, vi b e, dressed in the garb of a labourer and seemeo h e r cessively weak, is old enough to be her grandfc;-e.' being fast verging upon his 70th year. From the e r l e i t i deuce of the old man and several witnesses, it marrie daPPen h t h h u a s t bsa t a h nm e d y eh eubdseeei been suffering i t st h hi t e irt v ielr i e l i l mn a g g . e of Tollesbury , a ast ia son te of the prosecutor and his wife end family residing in ad p th la a i t n t t he an a d ce i o t s 'Jo.. "".h severely For some from ill accused seemed to flag attending on hale' ha , lhe e l s appear, from his eonstant. frequently had words, and t w i c e or Wre heard to tell him, " Mind you are not o found deadsbe before• long." In the course of Monday, the sth in st., tered him some broth whi c h s he had mpde in s and re- He tasted it, and finding the flavour rather strc ° s - the fused to take it. She took it down stairs, a n v t he wife of his son, Sarah Hume, saw her ei r P t d Der' broth out of the basin, and on wiping it roue per broth to ceived a white sediment at the bottom. Pr evinu ased this, however, it should be ebserved, that the 113 e" had remarked to her husband that she had been Pe On suaded to pisen him, but had not done it as Ye t. .., t he Wednesday, the 7th inst., the wife of the son, : 9 ;p l, sba prisoner making two pills of flour and water, c'" - pe n to said she was going to take that night. She el s : 5 1, - put them in a small box. On the following nig. - f i s he wished to give her husband two large pills, wb w ic tr ier said were good for the liver complaint, as Tow Warier had told her so. The husband declined to take " - . 0 % and she observed that it was no use bur it. medicine for him, as he would not 010_44 She replaced the pills in the box, and the next Oro s ; she again presented them to him and beggee° to ol he would swallow them. He still refused, and 313 ,, w ere angry words in trying to persuade him. The Pi h ‘ , o l eo subsequently delivered by her to the son, who W ll 'oo o into the hands of the police on the prisoner being.ied the into custody. The man Warner, previously allan, deposed that he never recommended any pills ci r .lie accused as being good for the liver complaint ~,e s er- Phillips, an operative and analytical chemist in ''jod. vice of Mr. Dawson, a surgeon in the neighT7c,s r of said that, in connexion with Mr. Cooper, a Pr °e te d the chemistry in the Blackfriars road, he had sobr - „stigtr pills to an analysis. He had found them to coach - was of lead to the extent of 26 grains. Sugar of lee' b poison, and a dose of 26 grains might produce deat • i „ ra Mr. Dawson used to prescribe for the prosecutor..st had beard her say when she ca me to the surgery, that she hoped that would be th e last medicine she W°,lz,A hare to fetch for her hu sband, for that if he were de she would be a happy woman. The chairman, to duly cautioning her, asked her if she had anytbiot say? She answered, that she was in the workbotw with her husband when the pills were sent home; thcg • postman brought them, and left them at some Pil"';il whete they were taken away. The chairman told that it was the duty of the bench to commit her or at the ensuing assizes. She seemed little affected announcement. On leaving she wisbed to sPe ted a k bth h ry o ei ar u tl s h e e , to her husband, but the police int fered sod Pr even her. In the course of the evening er she was conveyed to