The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, KONDA V EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1864.

rule, do not absorb shares liable to calls, but prefer
fully paid stocks, or, what is nearly the same thing,
stocks which have been paid up to the full extent
contemplated in the understanding arrived
at between the directors and the share-
holders, and in respect of which, therefore,
no further demands are likely to be made. it may
also be useful to bear in mind that the market for
the shares of the great majority of the new com-
panies is, at the best, of an extremely limited nature,
promoters having no object in maintaining the con-
vertibility of the property after the expiration of
the period during which public subscriptions are
invited. The broad lesson which subscribers over-
taken unexpectedly by calls have to learn is, that
when they affix their signature to a form of appli_
cation, or toa deed of transfer, as buyers, it is their
duty to ascertain that they are able to meet calls to
the full exteut of their nominal holding, due regard
being had, of course, to the period over which these
payments are to be spread. If the public would
but bear this in mind, and take only such number
of shares as they are able to pay upon, instead of,
embarking in a vaguely speculative manner to an
extent far beyond their means, there might be a
hope that a mania such as that which we have lately
gone through would pass over without any of the
cruel lcsscs frequently heard of. Perhaps the most
remarkable feature of all is that chief nervousness
is shown by the shareholders of some of the princi-
pal financial companies, whose shares have been
diffused with remarkable rapidity throughout the
country. It is easy to perceive by indications of
this sort that the mass of new shares lately created
has not yet been really digested by the public, and
there is ground to fear that one or two sharp
lessons will yet have to be impressed before
the excrescences of speculation will be effec-
tually cut away. Shareholders in these under-
takings will do well to ask themselves
whether the credit of the companies with
which they have identified themselves would
be 'raised and consolidated through the directors
being placed in possession of an amount of paid-op
capital better adapted to the broad scope of their
operations, and bearing also a more reasonable pro-
portion to the nominal amount of the company's
capital ; and if tbey find it impossible to refuse an
affirmative answer to the question, nothing more
should be required to demonstrate to them the
unreasonable character of the position which they
assume iu deprecating calls designed to promote
their interests and to extend tke basis of their. pro-
Perty.

Cbt Court.

WLVDSOR CASTLE, Nov.s.

The Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the Castle
yesterday, on a visit to bar Majesty, attended by Lady
Geraldine Somerset sod Lientenant-Colonel Clifton.

The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning,
accompanied by Princeu Beatrice.
Prisons Helena rode in the riding school.
Princess Louise went out driving, attended by Lady Caro-
line Barrington.
The Judge-Advocate-General had au ►udience of the
Queen.

Nov. 6.

The Queen, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Helena,
Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and
gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Beryl*, this morning
in the private chapel.
The Rev. C. Tarter, Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty,
olSciated.

The Duelled@ of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine
Somerset, drove out in a carriage and four yesterday alter-
-11000.

Earl Granville arrived at the Cutts yesterday, and had
the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family.

A deputation from Rochester, omelet* of the Mayor,
Aldermen Coles and Everist, Councillon Tribe, Hills, Bal-
my, Edwards, Focrd, and the Town Clerk, had an interview
with Earl de Grey and Ripon, at the War-offloe, on Satur-
day. The deputation was introduced by Mr. P. W. Martin,
IL P.

Despatches were reoeived on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of lialta. Despatches were seat to
the Governors al the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena,
and Osnada.

RETURN OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE
PRINCE AIoID PRINCESS OP WALES.—(THIS
DAY.)

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales will arrive at Marlborough House this afternoon
from their continental tour. After leaving Denmark their
royal highnesses visited the King and queen of Han-
over at Hanover, and the Prince Louis and Princess Alice
of Heim at Darmstadt, and also visited Cologne and
Frankfort, whence they went to pass • few days with the
Count and Countess of Flanders at Brussels.

Yesterday their royal highnesses arrived at Antwerp from
Brussels, and were to embark at an early hoer on their
return home. The Prince and Princess and suite are ex-
petted to disembark ►t Woolwich this afternoon between
3 and 4 o'clock, and oa leaving the landing at the royal
dockyard will proceed at once to Marlborough House. Their
royal highneeme will to-morrow leave town to pass a few
days with her Majesty at Windsor Outlet.

MmertitteL MOVEMINT3.—EarI Russell left
town on Saturday, accompanied by the Countess and Ladies
Russell, for Alderleyperk, Cheshire, to be present at the
wedding of Viscount Amberley, eldest sou of the earl and
countess, and the Hon. Katherine Stanley, which takes
place to-morrow. The noble earl will leave Alderley-park
on Wednesday for Aberdeen, where he is to be installed
Lord Rector of the University. Viscount Palmerston is
expectedlialtown this evening or to-morrow =ruin. His
lordship has accepted an invitation to dice with the Lord
Mayor, at Guildhall, on Wednesday. The Earl Granville,
the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chancellor, and
the Earl deGrey are the cabinet ministers at present in town.
The Duke of Argyll is staying with the duchess and family
at Edinburgh.
Summonses are out for a Cabinet Council on the
15th inst., by which day all the members of the cabinet are
expected in town.

His 11. Tal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
return to Glcueoster !loose this forenoon from • visit to her
Msjesty at Windsor Castle.

His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Canute's.' Appouyi are expected to arrive at Chaados House
shortly atter the 20th Met. from Vienua.

The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House
OD S►turday from Str►th6eldrye,
. _ _

The 31.miois and Marchionem of Abercorn have
been eutertainiug the followiog party at iteandeaert for
black gsme shooting diming the early part of the past week
—The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, the Earl Cow.
per, Viscount and Vi.countess Newport, Viscount Handl.
too, Lard Charles I:uasell, Lord George lianiiltoo, Mr.
and Mrs. John 1.-she. Mr. Henry Greyille, the Hon. Geo.
Bridgetnau (let Life tkiarde),

We have to ;1110,4111CN the death of the Lady Over-
stttoe at Lockinge !louse, near Wastage, yesterday (Smi-
thy, the 6th Nov.), after an illness of only a few days.
The lti,ht Hun. Sir Andrew Buchanan, the
newly.appointerl ambassador at the court of Russia, left
town on s.ttirday last, accompanied by Lady Buchanao,
for Berlin. no Ma way to St. Petenburg, to enter upon his
diplomatic duties.

When the Belfast !iota occurred the government
of Ireland was without a head. In the absence of the Lord-
Limit-next from illoess, three Lords Justices had been ap-
pointed, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin,
and the Lord Jamie., of Appeal. But they were all out of
the country enjoying the eaeation. When each returned
he woe sworn in, soil it was not till Saturday afternoon that
the Lord Justice of Appeal went through the ceremony.
At this late boor, and within two or three days of the
lyrics! of the new LoniiLieutenant, it is presumed that
the Gird Justice of Appeal has been merely qualifying to
talc. port in the public reception of his excellency to-
morroir, and to form a portion of an historical tableau in
Dublin Cantle—thc inauguration of the last of the Irish
viceroy..

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

THE NEW DANISH FROSTIE&

A letter of the 3rd inst., from Vienna, in the
Independunce of yesterday, says :—" I am in a
position to give you some dotails—tho accuracy of
which I can guarantee—of Article 5 ui the Dano-
German treaty, which has reference to the new
boundaries of the frontier. The following are
almost the exact terms :—The new frontier will

commence at the middle of the embouchure of the
Bay of Hejlsminde, on the Little Belt, and, after
having crossed that bay, will follow the present
southern frontier of the parishes of BOIs, Vejstrup,
and Taps, the latter as far as the course of the
water which lies to the ,outh of Gejlberg and
Brenore. It will then follow this stream from its
embouchure in the Fors-Aa, the length of the
frontier south of the parishes of Odis and Vaudrup,
and of the frontier west of the latter, as far as the
KM:alga-Au to the north of !lotto. From this point
theThalweg of the KOnigs-Au will form the frontier
as far as the eastern boundary of the parish of Iljort-
lund. Leaving this point the outline will follow this
same boundary and its prolongation as far as the
salient angle to the north of the village of Obekjar,
and then the eastern frontier of this village as far
as the Gjels-Sa. From thence the eastern boun-
dary of the parish of Seem, and the southern
boundaries of the parishes of Seem, Ribe, and
Vester-Vedsted will be the new frontier, which in
the North Sea will pass at an equal distance be-
tween the Isles of Manoo and Rootnoe.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

nor Om ows cosamosossr.)
PARIS. SUNDAY Emma).

K Gueroult, deputy for Paris, makes, in the
Opinion Nationale, some smart observations on
the two despatches of M. Drouyn de Lliuys, pub-
Relied in yesterday's Moniteur, which he says
suggest a " crowd of reflections." How did it
come to pasts that M. Drouyn de Lbuys—who
was minister for foreign affairs when the
Roman expedition was decided upon in 1849, 1
and who, in 1862, superseded 31. Thouvenel I
because the latter was not sufficiently favourable
to Pontifical policy--ever signed the convention of
September, which stipulates for the recall of the
French garrison from Rome 1 That is a constitu-
tional mystery not to be inquired into, because the
ministers are responsible only to the Em-
peror. The same consideration interdicts the
Opinion from considering why it was that M.
Dronyu de Linty; who is reputed to be favourable
to the maintenance of the temporal power, ever came
to sign that despatch of Sept. 12 to M. de Sartiges,
which describes with such vigour and clearness
both the radical differences in the principles of the
two governments and the reasons which led France
to put an end to an intervention diametrically at
variance with the fundamental principles of her
public law. How again came M. Nigra, in giving
an account to his government of the negotiations
which be happily conducted to a conclusion, to de-
ceive himself completely as to several essential
points ; and how is it that his despatch, inserted
in the Moniteur, never repudiated in any respect
by its author, but yet completed by explana-
tions which greatly change its spirit, can
after all remain the basis of an understanding now
closer than ever I Upon these formidable myste-
ries the Opinion thinks it could throw some light
were it not for the law which now regulates the
press, and the two warnings which already hang
like a double halter round its neck. However, it
ventures as it is to say that the contradictions are
only apparent, and that the " fewer the explana-
tions between the governments of France and
Italy the better is the understanding." As to
what will happen at Rome when the French
troops go away, the truth Is that nobody knows.
After all, as the man says iu the play,
who knows that the world will exist three
weeks hence ? And who knows but that before
two years M. Drouyn de Lhuys may be re-
placed by a minister professing doctrines in regard
to the " national aspirations" of Italy quite diffe-
rent from those of the minister of to-day I But
since diplomacy itself does not altogether disdain
the field of hypothesis, M. Gueroult submits that
" if " a revolution were to break out in Rome after
the departure of the French troops, France would
probably think twice before going back again, more
especially if she had at the bead of her diplomacy
the minister who only a few days since wrote to
11. de Sartiges that "our occupation constituted
an act of intervention contrary to one of the funda-
mental principles of our public law, and all the
more difficult for us to justify, because our object
in assisting Piedmont with our armies wan to
emancipate Italy from foreign intervention." After
these observations, which I have given in a con-
densed form, M. Gueroult concludes :
After all, the convention is pod for France and good for
Italy ; and we taut it will be ratified by the Italian parlia-
ment. As to the two despatches which serve as a com-
mentary upon it, had it been the deliberate intention of the
concoctors to prevent the convention from being voted,
they could scarcely have devised a more appropriate form
for the purpose. Snob, of course, cannot have been the
design of the minister who signed the treaty ; but a spirit
of conciliation of an importunate character must have given
a wrong bias to his pea. As it is, the treaty will please
nobody. The text will displease at Rome and the commen-
tary at Turin. It is a concession to the milk-and-water
policy of La Prance, which, by striving to be neither this
thing nor that, has at last come to be nothing at all, and re-
mains majestically balanced in void space. We, however, are
contented with the recall of our troops, even although we
meat leave the France the consolation of the despatches of
October 30 and November 2. Let the Francc have words;
be ours facts and results.

In another article from another pen the Opinion
Nationale, referring to M. Nigra's telegram and
despatch published unconspicuously in the
Moniteur of to-day, gives M. Drouyu de Lhuys
great credit fur having given these despatched to
the world simultaneously with tthe Official Gazette
of Turin, which will not arrive in Paris till to-
morrow. This despatch shows it thinks that the
difference between the two governments is only a
matter of form ; "intelligent people will compre-
hend why upon a picture so glowing the French
government has felt it necessary to throw a little
judicious shade."
The Gazette de "'ranee interprets M. Nigra's de-
spatch as "making small account of those of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys," and notices that it appears "in
small print in a little corner of the -Vouiteur
among ordinary foreign news.' The Gazette ex-
presses itself "profoundly sad " that M. Nigra,
immediately after an interview with the Emperor,
should be found nailing his colours to his first
despatch, and, above all, to the Cavour programme
—" a free church in a free state."

The France publishes the following reply of
Deputy Boggio to M. Jules Favre :
The telegraph announce* a letter from M. Jules Farris,
in which be complain* that a conversation we had together
in Paris is incorrectly reported. I understand and appre-
ciate M. Jules Favre's susceptibility, but he has evidently
been led into an error in regard to the tenour of the words
used by me. There is nothing in what I ever said in the
Chamber, or ever wrote or printed, which could raise any
doubt as to M. Favre's opinions on the unity of halt. I
said, and (maintain, that M. Fevre in the course of conver-
sation observed to me that, in the present state of partied in
France, no government could, without danger, brave the
hatred of the catholic., who are all-powerful through the
support of the masses and universal wiff rage, and that, con.
sequently, the government which should give up Rome to
the Italians would run a most serious risk. There was,
therefore, no question between M. Fevre and me about
Italian unity so far as principle was concerned. We spoke
of Rome and the Pope in the point of view of opportunity,
and not otherwise.—l have, &c., P. C. RuGuio.
Turin, Nov. 4.

It will be observed that although M. llo4gio
says M. Jules Favre was "led into error" as to the
tueaniug of his words, he does not deny that they
were accurately extracted from his pamphlet by
the France. lie probably means to say, therefore,
that M. Jules Favre led himself into error—a pro-
position in which the latter will scarcely agree.

M. BERRVER.—Thin dietinquiahttil French advo-
cate arrived io London on Saturday evening from Paris.
Lord Brougham who, sinus his departure from Brougham-
ball, bad been staying a few days at Brighton, artired at
his residence in Grafton-street on Friday evening exploit/ay
to receive his illustrious friend on his arrival in London.
On Saturday evcoing Lord Brougham had a select circle at
dinner to meet M. Berryer • the Duke of Wellington, the
Marquis of Clanricarde. and' Sir Fitzroy Kelly being among
the guest.. Yesterday evening Sir Fitzroy Kelly had the
honour of receiving M. Berryer at dinner at his house in
Connanght.place. Covers were laid fur twenty•faur per-
eons. Among the guests were Lord Brougham, the Duke
of Wellington, Lord St. Leonard., Geoersl Sir Henry
Storks, Sir Jas. L Knight Bruce' Viols-Chancellor
Sir John Stuiut, the Lord Chief Baron Pdlock,
Hon. Edw. Cotton, the Hon. Mr. Theaiger, Hon. George
Norton &c. This evening M. Berryer will dine at Lord
Brougham'., and to-morrow will beat the banquet arranged
to be given to him by the members of the English bar in
the hall of the Middle Temple. On Wednesday M. Berryer
will dine with the Lord Mayor at the annual inauguration
banquet at the ChuldhalL

THE BEERIER BANQUET.

FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.-(THIS DAY.)

The banquet to K Berryer at the Middle Temple
will take paws to-morrow (Tuesday) at half-past G o'clock
precisely. We have authority to state that the invited
guests will take their mate at the upper table, and that
the Queen's counsel, serjeants, and other members of the
bar will take the places assigned to them as nearly as may
be according to their professional staudiog.
The company will number about 410.

CLOSING OF THE NORTH LONDON INDUS•

TRIAL EXHIBITION.-(THIS DAY.)

From 9 till 5 to-clay the hall is open at Is., when
a clearance will be made for the closing ceremonies, which
commence at 7 o'clock. and to which the admission will be :
—To the body of the ball, 2s. Gd.; to the gallery, Is.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone will preside, and deliver
a closing address. During the evening the ode which wee
composed for the opening ceremonies will be sung by
Madame Louisa Vinoing, Mime Sasso I'vne. Miss Leffler,
Mi. Vernon Rigby, Mr. Lewis Thomas, and a choir of 1,000
voices.

The attendance has averested about 7,000 daily at 6d. each.
So large a sum has been realised that the committee will
not only be enabled to relieve those noblemen and gentle-
men who put down their names for various amounts as a
guarantee fund of all liability, but will have such a handsome
surplus as will render such fund unnecessary on any future
occasion ; moreover next year they will be able to offer such
valuable prizes and other inducements to the development
of the talent and indlstry of the working classes as to ex.
tend the exhibition to the artisans of the whole metropolis,
and thus dll the galleries as well as the basement of the
Agricultural Hall with useful and valuable novel produc-
tions,

IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE.
BLAKENEY NORFOLK, Nov 5
. .

"I have the ilessuitT,';lritostheire;,li. H.
11Bard, "to report that the lifeboat of the National Insti-
tution here has been instrumental in saving six lives this
morning. A French cheese-mares, the Eleanore, of Nantes,
came op shore last night, about half-past 9 o'clock, the wind
blowing bard from N,N. W., and the eight hazy. At day-
light she was seen from Blakeney, and the weather being bad
and the sea wen heavy, it was determined to send the lifeboat
out to her. The vessel was on the West Saud, about an
hour's pull from the boathouse. When the lifeboat got
alongside it was found that the vessel was aground, water-
logged , sod rolling very heavily, the sea breaking over her.
All hands on her were within a very little of being washed
overboard in sight of the lifeboat's crew—they were pre-
vented only by an oar lashed across the rigging. The
poor fellows were overjoyed at the sight of the lifeboat,
and only too glad to leave their vessel and get on beam
the boat. They were landed at Blakeney Quay about 10
o'clock. The lifeboat crew speak in the highest possible
terms of the boat, and espedsily of her sailing before the
wind, with a heavy sea following. They also say that she
behaved beautifully in returning under canvas and in
pulling out against wind and tide with a very heavy beam
sea. The cost of this valuable lifeboat was presented to
the National Institution by Miss Fkightwall, of Norwich."

.-(THIS DAY.)

T. $ LX.

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WEIMISDAT,

s. W. t0.i79/..ii;ct lack, biiits. zr.w:ii.s7ii.;Li s.E.,
moderate t. fresh, moderate to strong,
with some rain. with rain In places.
B.E. to S.W. and N. W., Willi& N.W. to 8.W., mode.
rnoterate to fresh, rate to Woo& some
some rain to places. rain.
N.E. to b.E., fresh to 8017nclai. E.S.E. to 8.8. W., mo-
Inodcrate, generally deratc to fresh.

fine.
NW.an\. L, and beet Zuffs3ll. N. to W. and !LW., mo-
te kW., fresh, gene. Berate to fresh
rally fine.

Northers =Scotland. Waitartmladaad, Wake, sad ad-
larea4et. dontheru= MOO Channel sad Bay of Marv. Santora
=Eastward Baglaad iuut North Bea

According to the German journals the news of the
sieneture of the treaty of peace has been coldly received in
the Duchies, owing to the fact that the populations are
dissatisfied with the evident indisposition of the groat Ger-
man Powers, especially Prussia, to solve the question of sue-
cession ro conformity with the national wish. The inhabi-
tants of the Duchies are still uneasy on account of the an-
nexiooist tendencies of the Prusisn feudal party, and they
think, it is said, that the best means of putting a term to
these projects would be to proclaim the Prince of Augustan.
burg the only candidate recognised by them.
REPRESENTATION or IPSWICH.—Mr. J. Kelk
having declined after mature consideration to contest
Ipswich on oonserrative principles, Mr. W. Tidmas„ of
Sutton Bonnington. Loughborough, has been invited to offer
himself u a candidate, and will meet the members of the
local Conservative Association this evening. It is expected
that Mr. 'Nimes will contest the borough In the con-
servative interest in wejunetion with Mr. J. C. Cobbold,
ILP., and in opposition to Mr. H. E. Adair. M. P. (liberal).
Mr. Kelk, although be has declined to contest the borough,
bra handsomely forwarded 1004 to be applied to charitable
Purfcin the town.
iiT GREAT EXHIBPrION BVILDING.—The opera-
tions in °Desertion with the further removal of the Great
Exhibition building were resumed by the Raul Engineers
under Sir J. Burgoyne, Colonel Lovell, Lieut. Knocker, and
• corps of Sappers and Miners from Chatham. The first
erpenment was directed to the displacement of the great
corner tower in the Cromwell-road, on the left of the greed
entrance, in height about 50 feet by 40 square, and 150 tons
in weight, the explosive charge being from 100 to 150 lbs.
of gunpowder. The fuze having been applied, and the
Sappers and Miners having connected it with the electric
wires of the battery, some 200 yards away, the signal was
given, but the explceion had no perceptible effect on the
enormous structure, Wood making • breach ie the bricks
at the basement, and causing a cloud of smoke and dust. A
secood and a third time supplementary charges°, ammunition
were applied and the bugle sounded and the battery fired,
but with the same result es before. the tower stood stub-
bornly, and it was thereupon determined to abandon that
part of the experiment., and to operate on the Albert towers
at the weeders end of the building, to which the spectators
flocked. Here the apparatus of destruction was !gale
arraoged, and one half of the first tower came down with •
tremendous crash to the mined. amid the applause of the
spectators. Further attempts were made to dislodge the
other half of the tower, but esit was getting dark further
operations were deferred.

OPENING OF SOUTIIWARE-RRIDOE FREE OF TOLL
- On Friday mulcts were posted, uuder the authority of the
corporation of the City of London, that Southwark-bridge
would be closed this day and until two o'clock to-morrow,
when it will be opened to the public free of toll by the pre.
wat Lord Mayor as the Last official act of I.is mayoralty.
SURREY COAPFI..—FOPELAR Lacrt•Rly.—The
winter course of Monday Evening Lecture* will be com-
menced this evening by the Rev. Newman Hall, LLB., oa
" Rambles round Mout Blanc sod the Italian Lakes." To
corm:mew...it Imlf-pset ri. Admission free.

THE GREEK CHAIR IN THE QUEEN S COLLEGE,
CAT.WA Y.—We understand that the Professorship of Greek
in the Galway College., vacant by the appointment of
Professor Nesbitt to the Latin chair at Belfast, has been
cenferred op..° Mr. D'Arcy Thompson, a distinguished
Cambridge scholar. The appointment, which was made,
we undorstaod, in deference to the opinion of the college,
will be approved by all who rPgarti the Queen's Colleges
as something more than a preserve for Dublin men. The
government deserves credit for resisting the pressure
Put upon it to limit the range of its choice to a single
university. Mr. D'Arcv Thompson, to whom ability and
attainments many of the beet scholars in England have
borne testimony, stood high in the classical tripos at Cans.
bridge in one of the beet years. He is the author of •
volume of mettles] translations from Greek and Latin an.
thou, entitled " Ancient Leaves," which is marked by ea
unusual degree of elegant scholarship, as well as of genuine
poetic faculty ; and of a later work —" Day Dreams of a
Schoolmaster " of which some of the ablaut periodical
critics of Emetic(' and Scotland have spoken in terms of the
highest praise. The appointment was made, we believe,
strictly upon the met its, and will give general satisfaction.—
Northern Whig.
THE MATOR•LTY or LIVERPOOL.—At a caucus
of conservatives, held on Saturday. twenty-five gentlemen
hiring present, it was unanimously resolved—Mr. J. G.
Liviogstnne having declined the honour—to nominate Mr.
Edward Lawrence for the office of chief magistrate of the
borough for the ensuing municipal year. The selection of
Mr. Lawrence will give general satisfaction. His election
may be looked upon as a certainty. The respective parties
in the town council Dumber thirty-sir ooasanatives sad
tweatpansa libel le.—Liverpool Albion.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THLS DAY.)

EQUITY COURTS.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
rir►RTC THE C.W.-17:N0R3 or ST. TV 1,,

This was an api ai from an order of Vic_ s • . .
Wood, and ti.o ,juestion involved rslst .1 •
right to select the site oa which a new h..
hen of that of St. Thomas, formerly situated .
borough of Southwark and near Londoo.bi: I.
be constructed. It appeared that by charters the i
of the City of London were constitut,l
four hospitals situated within the city—namely. .
Christ's, St. Bartholomew's, and lit. Thomas',l
charters which related to the hospitals', the exist.i. 4
tion of Logsdon wsa c:uted a new, or rather
poratioo, by the style of the mayor, counusualty, s.,
of Loudon, guardians of the said four harper,:..
bodies consisted of the tame persons
they were two separate corporstious. hael, •
powers. to progrese of time it occurred that, w r •
which may be termed the hospital corporation 1,, . .;
cised, the right to nominate the officers, awl t •
mauege the altsirs of those institutions, a „
nominating persons, who were called donati,
appointed by the hospital corporation. but . •
themselves, who assumed the actual
administration of the hospitals. This pi,
taken such root toward tho end rf •
century, that the donation governors roorui,l
up themselves independently of the hospital .•
dispute which arose was compromised, and is.,
entered into, which was confirmed by au act M 1..
in 1782 (rid Geo. 111., cap. 77), between the is .;
position of the one part, and the demotion gov.-ris
I other, which, as is alleged, did not dent: .
hospital corporation, or qualify its rigrit,,
it as it (mod them 000stituted by the ..•
governors of the hospitals ; but recoguised ti..
tioo governors and was iDaellded to confirm nod k
actual oontroul which they bad acquired : and the
governors were to continue to manage the
atfairsof thelitapital, as they had done in practice :
time, and up to that period. It also provided •
had to defend the property of the hospitals it_ w
snits, they were to nee the name of tlo L,
corporation. It sou alleged that the result of is..
ment was that the abstract powers of the hospital
tion remained ss before ; but they delegated to
dividaals other than the corporation, and called
governors, power to administer and conduct
the hospital as had been dealt with by t'...,.. -;
to that date. St. Thomas's Hospital was ,
with large landed property, on which a
was erected devoted to the objects (ALIA
by the charter, namely, the providing of a hospits: '
poor of Southwark, and it was laid down that the'.
should be kept up in that locality. A year or too
railway was about to be constructed from London.l.n.r
Charingcrces, which pared by St. Thomas's hoo :J,
touching a fragment of the buikliog • and the coupe,
log given notice that they would take what 'sod tterr-•
<aired, the governors of the hospital, taking advarit..—!,
clause in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act inonid
their right to compel the railway oomprinv to
whole of their land. That right was established, •,,
land on which the hospital stood sold for s cf
about dOO,OOO/. It was necessary to choose a -le
a new hospital should be erected, and an act of
was passed authorising this step (25th and
Victoria, c. 4). Under this act the
governors claimed the right to choose :by
new site, and after some negotiation for other ~to use.
chose use at Staogate, in Irunbetb, opposite the Hours if
Parliament : and the governors came to the Veld d
Chancery for its unction of that choke as provided hr
tote. Objections having been raised to the eligibility
that site, a question was raised whether this pow
of selection was within the powers delegated ry tie
hospital oerporstion to the donation governors, by tie
arrangement of 1782, and the hospital corporation ap•
peered before Vioe-Chaucellor Wood, and opposed tie
exercise of this choice by the donation governors. Ii t
honour decided 'garnet the hospital corporation, kit
in favour of the right of the donation governors
For the appellants it was contended that, according to tts
, act of 1862, 25th and 26th Viet. cep. 4. the persons w".,
were entitled to choose the site for the new hospital were
the hospital corporation, such a right se this Dot hark:
been delegated to the donation governors by the agreemeii
of 1782, and that the exercise by the hospital corporatr:
of this right did not derogate from the powers of maw
aunt delegated to the donation governors in 1782.
Sir H. Cairns, the Common Serjeant of the City it
London, Mr. A. H. Miller, and Mr. Archibald, of the ea:
mon law bar, appeared for the corporation of the Cue,;
London ; Mr. Holt, Mr. Milward, of the common law 14.
and Mr. Mernaghtan, for the governors of the hula;
appeared to support the order of the court below.
[The arguments were not concluded.]

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittiop at Nisi Prins in London.—(Before Mr. Janie
Willie and a Common Jury.)
COWAN V. Elec.—an AGED " IN-rmrr."
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C. (with him Mr. Joyce), aid the
the plaintiff was an engineer at Greenwich, and he
from the defendant, who wu in the same line of basics*
41/. 98.6 d. for the price of a zinc plate bending ruchire. etl
for SOON work done. The defendant had, in :he cooler,
pleaded in answer to the action that be wu .3
"infant " when the contract was entered into, thoujja It
(Mr. Chambers) was informed that the defendant bad bee
engaged in business for some years, and was at least M Matt
old. (Laughter.) If he appeared the jury would hare to
opportunity of judging for themselves.
The defendant, however, did not appear, and evilene
having been given that be had admitted the debt, aral pr.).
raised psyment, a verdict was returned for the plaintil
the amount claimed.
1111.131111 N C. OTOTRARD. —POOR BRETHREN OF CHASTEI
HOOSZ AT LAW.
Both parties to this suit were brethren at the Charter•
house, the defendant being the sou of the celebrated
painter, and the action was to recover for Quart
Mr. Kemp appeared for the plaiatitf,:rMr. Dowd*
well for the defendant.
It was stated that it wan the custom smog the pea
' brethren to discuss any matter in which they were tat:'
rested in the common hall, after dinner. In November.
1863, the plaintiff was in Whitecrosestreet Prison, under
county court proceeding for 31. 18s. ; and Mr. Moak. one
of the brethren, spoke in the common hall upon the sutrct.
and was about to propose a subscription to literate ilia,
when the defendant interrupted by stating that the p
tiff was a man of bad character. This was the slander
plained of.
An attempt was made to prove special damage, and
ral of the brethren were examined to show that they n,u,d
have joined in the subscription, but for what the defecate
had said ; but their evidence did not support this. tbs
moat that any witness could say was that he (Mr. Mot.)
would have subscribed if any subscription bad been started,
but none was.
Mr. Justice Willes said that the proper end of the pre
endings would be for the defendant, if he did not meta te
impute anything to the plaintiff, to say so, and then h:
juror be withdrawn.
Mr. Dowdeewell thought that the matter ongbt w
have been settled by the principal.
Mr. Kemp said that had been proposed but the fwd•
deacon would have nothing to do with it.
Mr. Dowdeswell observed that there had been a I,:ee
dispute, and all the defendant said was that the plc c::
satisfaction
tataice
ought not to have got locked up for contempt of cult !it
not paying this debt.
knWojellieing gemiodtleomneenhadfrorahadtbeheChlrrternrout'l
of whom one could not think without forties' o: tti
deepest consideration and respect, and one' ry
loathed the idea of au action of slander arising out of
after dinner talk at the Charterhouss. It was dear a."'
Mr. &other,' had no malicious intention fa wbat be sal.
The foreman of the jury said he thought it was a red
pity that the case had ever come into court.
eltiror was then withdrawn, and so the matter tem
j

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Sittings io Banco.—i flefore Lord Chief Baron Pollock.''-1
Barons Bramwell, Channel', and Pigott.)
NICHOLSON r. LA.NCAsHIRE AND TOREsHIRE ILAIL,A •
COY CANT.—JUDGMENT.
This was an action to recover damages for bodilr in
snstaioed by a railway accideot. The declaration c!siN •! =
eum of '2,000i., but the amount given was 300/...,,
Saturday a motion was made for a new trial on the Er
that the damages wore excessive.
The Lord Chief Baron said they had consulted
Jostice Cockburn, before whom the action Iris try,
Manchester, and he was of opinion that the damages "
not too large. There would, therefore, be no rule upoi: •
Point, but they thought the defendants were eotttlial
rule to show cause why the damages should o4be I •
to'2.OllllL on the ground that there was no power to Cu.
the damages after the verdict had bees given.
TOSSER AND ANOTHER r. G kIIWER.—AN INFANT" TAI

BILL.
This was an action by tailors and drapers at
recover • sum of 5431. 4s. 6d. for goods supplied. '
defendant paid 231. 12.. into court, end as to the rem., r•
pleaded infancy. and that the articles were not
At the trial before Mr. Justice :thee at Oxford the •"'
found a verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. J. J. Powell, QC., now moved for • rule to set ••
the verdict and for • new trial on the ground that the s
diet was against the evidence. The queatino resolrial •
into whether certain articles furnished by the plairitic • ,•••
necessaries. The defendant was the eon of a late trades'
at Birmingham, who had placed him with • fa- ••,
near Oxford, for the purpose of laming the
of farming, and in the course of • very few '
he ran up • bill to the amount DOW claimed with the l• i •
tiff.. Among the items in the bill were the follow,:
A blue Melton hunting coat, 4 guinea.: two peir• K
racing breeches, with buckles, 21. 2.. rid. ; white
asp, 10s. 6d.; OdDIDOII ilk miss jacket with elk