The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

TILE MILITIA.

The following conimieSionsl;;;;;been signed :
Jame. Robinson Pease, gent., to be lieutenant, vice
Denson, resigned, in East York Regiment of Militia.
Thomas Colton Mattison., gent., to be lieutenant, vice
Hopkinson, resigned, in ditto.
Herup Puget Raikes, gent., to be ensign, vice Kidd, de- I
ceased, in ditto.
Captain Manners %nth Wood, to be major, vice Wil-
liam Richard Stratton, resigned, in Brecknockshire
Militia.

Charles James Dastard, gent., to be lieutenant, vice
James R Moriarty, deemed, in Royal East Middlesex
Regiment of Milt's.
Vicentio Corbett Lee, gent., to be ensign, vice George
Mignon loses, resigned, in ditto.
(Justness Francis Munro, gent., to be ensign, vice Ed-
ward James Dyson promoted, in ditto.
George Thomas West, gent., to be ensign, in ditto.
Thomas Harpur Colvin, Esq., adjutant of the Royal
West Middlesex Regiment of Militia, and late captain in
her Majesty's nat Regiment of loot, to serve with the
rank of captain in Royal West Middlesex Regiment of
Militia. _ _

Henry Riverdale Createll, Esq., to be captain, vim the I
Hon. George Henry Charles Byog, promoted, in ditto.
Lieutenant George Edward Cook, to be captain, vim
Braileford, resigned, in Royal Westminster Regiment of
Middlesex Militia.

Edward Murray, gent., to be ensign, in ditto.
William Hamilton Williamson, Esq., to be captain, in
Durham Militia.

William Ord the younger, gent., to be lieutenant, in ditto.
John Frederick Gales, gent., to be lieutenant, in ditto.
Henry Smith titobart, gent., to be lieutenant, in ditto.
John Henry Stobart, gent., to be lieutenant, in ditto.
William Dale Trotter, gent., to be lieutenant, in ditto.

SWEARING IN OF TUE NEW Sautures.—Yester-
day, Alderman Carter and Mr. Croll, the new sheriffs,
were sworn in at Guildhall. They were accompanied from
the Court of Aldermen to the hustings by the Loral Mayor,
several of the aldermen, Mr. Swift and Mr. Cotterell, the
late sheriffs, and attended by the principal City °Steen.
Several of the members of the companies to which the sew
sheriffs respectively belong attended upon the occasion.
The new carriages and horses were greatly admired.
FALL OF TWO HOUSES IN BEVAN DIALS: Mr.
Bland, as inmate of Mr. Leg's house at the time the
accident (reported In our columns yierterday) happened, has
published the followiwg statement :—. I thlak it my duty
(alter thanking Provident* that I eon alive to record it) to
give an amount of my miraculous escape, uninjured, from
a frightful death. I have beau living with my uncle, Mr.
A. Levy, oil end coloarman, at No. 2, Great St. Andrew's-
street, Bloomsbury. I was awoke, on the morning of the
occurrence, about half-past two, by seaside resembling dis
charges of cannon, accompanied by screams and groans,
and was immediately afterwards thrown out of my bed
against a post in the centre of the room, placed there, I
assume, to Rapport the roof, the house being very old. On
recovering myself I at one* made for the stairs but to my
horror found them gone, and the whole of the back pert of
the premises, together with a house at the rear, entirely de-
molished. With mach dlfilculty I contrived to descend
from my perilous position by means of a rope, which had
for some months hang from tee top balusters for the chil-
dren to play with, bat which providentially tended to my
escape. On reaching tho first floor I !Dead my uncle in •
state berderlag on Creasy, my aunt and her two children
having been by thia time buried in the ruins, and neither
he cot I being able then to render them any assistance. On
reaching the street-door I found the shopman in • state of
audity, he having been precipitated downerards from the
second-floor. I teen ran round to the rev of the premises
in Queen Street, sad was *tabled to resew my little cousin,
nine years of age (who had fall's with his
mother) hos a frightful death. The other boy,
aged elms pan, who might have been saved at
this time, refused to mem, exclaiming that he would not
leave hie mother, and immediately afterwards the timbers
again gave way, and he wee ones mere busted. After the
legs, elan hear and a fall my ant and sensia were dug
owl hum the wilem end the be baba serimaly injured
was carried In Cheehreeent Ilesehnl. 1 cannot bat ex-
press my *ism Monis to leagastre Dodd and the police
ander his hoesilue, he eh& olibiseg swim upon this
occasion. I have trot at nametoland low matry per-
sona in he bask ham been Waved, let I saw
the fest only avow pear edger gesteedieg bum the
reins.

PROPORED FREE TRADE BANQUET AT MANCRES-
Ths.—An influential meeting of free traders wee held at
the League Rams, Mane ester, yesterday, to &ram con-
sider the propriety of a banquet previous to the memibling
of parliament. air lilkaaali Armitage, Mr. Aka. Henry,
Mr. J. Crook, M.P., Mr. Hanley, Mr. B. N. PM*, Mr.
N. Bediley, Mr. i.e. Whittaker, Mr. Jos. Mama, and
the Imbue member of the council were proseet. Mr.
Om. Wise_ pessitiod. It was ultimately reselmi that •
thbanebseld be bell et the Fmm Tuesday,
Cilievermler, to whisk Mr. Cobden,Mr. Bright, mg
all the brake fret trade members of the Nouse of Com-
mas abeadt be invited. The objets is to meth the deter-
miarYeet the fee trek party est to draw bask from
their took et fell* est the peat pi seiple they ad-
vocate la Oa etibe cmatry.
THE On SMALL EEta Am.—This day the
City of Leedom Smell Debts listession Act, puma in the
late semile, will tome late tam_ By this Waste the jai is-
distils of the City of Leaden MietW Omit Is extended
from 101. to 60/. need ere a gnat may pembions in the
Beat,
Wading the pdasimi emelmista la the County
Courts Acts, antag the amber dads siren
to oblate peenewlea of m& temmeats expense
of as milleafie *mesa& A. the bw new Meads actions
throatiest ne~ sad Wales ma be brought is county
soma he Was set emending OK, and for larger seem in
eases libels die parties arm to ab,de by the decision of
lb& mart. Is the est hr the City of Lowkia, ea la the
County Courts Alas, dare is an appeal Mesa on piste of
law, and on the sdiaissien or rejection of mik It es& is
probable that, la the next session, an appeal on the merits
will be allowed in all matters now decided by the County
Courts.

PANCINO MASTS* MR THE ROYAL CHILDREN.—
Mr. Joseph Lowe, of Mellaborgh and 'oversews, has had
the honour of a speinmend from her Majesty to attend at
Balmoral, and ha new awed in giving lessons to the
princes and priesiosess. Mr. Lowe's appointment is the
second instance of a lesiuttiesa having been selected for
this ha cambia peck dm late teacher having been Mr.
Thomson, of Olesiev, aaw deceased.—bareness Courier.
Foaatox QIATIAUIL—It is stated an arrange-
meat has been maidedied between the Bishop of London and
the Secretary for Foreign Affrin as regards foreign chap-
, bins. The Foreign Secretary has consented that they
should receive the hishop's license, on condition that there
Otould be inserted in every such license, that it is valid
only .1.0 long as the chaplain holds her Majesty's appoint-
ment, and "no longer." Several chaplains have already
been lierueed, and amongst them the Rev. Kenwortliy
Brown, HALM. chapltin at Madeira
e,'Wny Doter You SPEAK OUT !"—From the I
impos•ibility of making our present ministers say whet they
mean—or even, what they do not mean—the obiervatien
that was *nee made by Talleyrend of a celebrated nobody,
may with equal point be turned round upon them—" Ces
Messianic oat an mad tablet pow Y silence."—pousch.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON AT MANCHESTER.

A meeting was held yesterday afternoon, in the
Manchester Tows Hall, to consider the propriety of ereetiog
a permanent memorial to the late Duke or Wellington, in,
that town. Sir Jowls Porrimu presided ; and amongst
than present were the East of Ellesmere, the Earl of Wil-
ton, the Bishop of Manctimear, Mr. Thomas Baxley, and the
Mayen of Salford.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, regretted
the absence of the Mayor of Manchester, from indispuaition.
Is consequence of the reputed representationa made to him
as to the strong feeling prevalent in Manchester, in refer-
ence to the painful which had brought them together,
the mayor felt it his duty to take means of summoning some
of the most infisential of his fellow.citizens, to ascertain
what might be their feeling on the subject. Not very long
ago, in that room, they were met to lament the loss of one
of the most distinguished of English statesmen. It was
true that the circumstances were diderent ; they were not
in the present ease brought together by an unforeseen acci-
dent, but they were brought together by the demise of pro-
bably—indeed, he apprehended there would be no two
opinions about it—England's greatest son; of a man, dis-
tinguished alike fur his wisdom in the Counsels of the field,
and in those of the waste—a man who, by his bril-
liant victories, raised the name of England to a pitch
which it had
triumphs had secured to us more then 30 year. of continuous
and complete peace. Whether es a statesman or a general
we must all feel that the Duke of Wellington's name would
ever rank foremast among the heroes of Europe. It was
felt a little more than two years ago that on the occasion of
the death of Sir Hubert Peel it was desirable that some
thing *Auld be dune permanently to testify the gratitude
of the community for the benefits which had been con-
ferred upon it by that great man. It would, then, or. the
present occasion, it appeared to him, be their duty to nuke
equal or greater effort to commensurate in Manchester, the
centre of the peaceful industry of England, the great man
to whose achievements in war we owed the peace on which
every domestic and every commercial blessing had rested.
(Hear, hear.) It was with these views that the major
celled his fellow-eitizens together on this occasion. lie had
himself cordially felt that it was • time when they should
exert themselves, and that the occasion was worthy of every
effort that could be made in Manchester to commemorate so
great a man; a mar. surpassed in loyalty to his sove-
reign, and, at the same time, so devoted to the interests and
to the welfare of his country; • man respecting whose
political opinions there might, perhaps, some years age,
have been felt • slight difference of feeling, but respecting
whose character and position it was impossible there could
be any other feeling than that of veneration for his
memory. (Cheers.)
Mr. 1110111 AS BAZLEY, President of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce, said—On the less which the nation
had sustained in the death of the Duke of Wellington,
there would, very happily, in this vast community, be but
one opinion. That opinion was embodied in a sentiment of
regret and a desire that the glorious deeds of the great
Duke should be held in commemoration, sad that a pi r-
manent record should be raised to remind posterity of the
beneficial sets he had performed in this our time, and at the
same time to perpetuate the gratitude of the age and vene-
ration in which the illustrious Duke existed. lie believed
Lord John Russell had most happily described their senti-
ments with respect to the late Duke of Wellington, when
he mid • few days since in the north, "the glorious deeds in
sins done by the great Duke were only equalled by his
moderation in peace." Such • combinati.in of services
ought to be held in the highest possible regard by gentle.
men who would recall the eminent services rendered by
that illustrious general, and who were also participators in
those peaceful and important services be had rendered to
his country when he was engaged in • civil office of vast
importance. The resolution he should submit to the
meeting was,
That in order to testify the high admiration entertained
by this community for the exalted talents and distinguished
public services of the late lamented Duke of Wellington,
as a soldier and as a statesman, it is in the opinion of
this meeting desirablo that • statue should be erected in
Manchester, by public subscription, to his memory; in
grateful recognition, as well of his transcendent genius, and
undaunted courage, which under Providence secured to
himself the reputation of the greatest general of the age,
and to his country the enjoyment of prosperity and liberty,
as of the deliberative wisdom, disinterested judgment, and
noble spirit of patriotism which ever directed his endea-
vours to perpetuate and extend the invaluable blessings
of peace.' ' (Cheers.)
The Mayor of SALFORD seconded the resolution.
The resolution was carried uuanimously.
The Rev. Canon CLIFTON moved the appointment of a
committee to promote the object of the meeting, the Mayor
of Manchester being the chairman.
Mr. J. C. BARTER seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. MARTEit then announced that subscriptions to tho
amount of 2,4001. had been received, including the follow-
ing:—the Earl of Wilton, 1001.; the Earl of Ellesmere,
1001.; Sir Elkanah Armitage and Sons, 1001 ; Potters and
Norris, 1001; J. C. Harter, 1001 ; Samuel Fletcher and
Sons, 1001.; Edmund Buckley, JOU ; the Mayor of Man-
chester, 1001. • John Dugdale and Sone, 1001.; Wm. Grant
Brothers, 1001.; Oswald Milne and Sons, 1001.; J. N.
Phillips, 1001.; Sir Benjamin Heywood and Sons, IOU!.;
Bannerman and Sons, 1001.; Robert Barbour and Brothers,
1001. ' • 8. and T. Ashton, HMI • Sir Thos. Joseph de Traf-
ford, 1001. ; Thos. Barnes, 100 j.; John Hatton, 1001., and
others.

The following subscriptions were afterwards announoed
in the room:— Messrs. Bradshaw, White Hag, and Johns,
100/. ; and Mr. Rickards, 10/.
Mr. LIA.RTER said he believed within active canvassing
onamittee the sum might be increased to 10,0001. in the
course of a week. (Cheers.)
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting thee
separated.

TnE BAR AND THE ATEOR.NEYEL—OR Saturday
morning Mr. Tyree), the judge of the Exeter County Court,
announced his determination with respect to an application
made by Mr. Ring, on behalf of the bar, for exclusive
audience in cases of insolvency. He stated that he should
confine himself to the point of the law—whether he ought
or could grant to the bar the exclusive audience which had
been asked kr. It had been urged very strongly that this
court sat, in cases of insolvency, not as a county court, but
as an offshoot from the court for the relief of insolvent
debtors ; and that &Rhone% as the county court, it was
bound by certain rules, it was not bound by the same rules
when It was dealing with insolvent cases, because it dealt
with such cases only by virtue of a delegated authority.
Now it was quite true that when an insolvent pri-
soner applied for his discharge, he was obliged to pre-
sent his petition, in the first instance, to the
Insolvent Debtors' Court in Leaden ; and that the
petition, after being duly lodged in that court, came
down to the County Court for the purpose of being
heard and disposed of. But it did not come down by
virtue of any delegated jurisdiction. The c3mmissioners
above could not delegate their jurisdiction, for they did
not possess it. They had no more to do with the case, in
point of exercising any discretion over it, than any
stranger. It must be sent, by the act of parliament to
the County Court sitting in the place where the party bad
resided for the last six month'. If, within that time, ha
had resided in two different places then indeed the com-
missioners could exercise a discretion, but only to the
extent of determining to which of the two places it should
go. They did not delegate any authority of their own.
He then looked carefully through the statutes, and con-
sidered that the jurisdiction in insolvency was given to
this court as a County Court, and not an off shoot from
the Court for the rebel of Insolvent Debtor,. But, even
assuming that it wire otherwise, in that cue the practice
of the court would come under the operation of a rule
which had been framed under the provisions of en act of
parliament, and had thus become part and parcel of the
law of the land. By that rule (the 91st) it was declared
that " the provisions of the statute, 9 and 10 'Vic., c. 95,
s. 91, as to the persons who eh .11 be allowed to appear for
any party, in any proem d:ne in the County Courts, shall
apply to all proceedings in Insolvency, or for protection."
1 Iserefore, in whatever character he was sitting—whether
u a County Court, or as an offshoot from the Insolvent
Debtor' Court—if that rule was still in operation he was
bound to follow it and to reject the present application.
If, however, that rule had been repealed by a statute sub
seqlently passed, then he was bound by the provisions of
that subsequent statute, which empowered him to hear, if
he pleased, a barrister retained by, or on behalf of any
party, but which gave no right whatever, of exclusive, or
even of pre-audience. Ho was quite clear, therefore, that
whatever view he took of his own position, in reference to
those eases, this application made by Mr. Ring was one
whirls he had no power to grant.—Devonshire CA...nude.
PAINFUL OCCURRENCE. —Oa Wednesday fore-
noon a distrening accident took place on the Green, which
resulted in the death of a young boy named M'Bride,
about ten years of age. It appears that a company of the
33rd Regiment went to the Green for the purpose of prac-
tice, by firing off blank cartridge. During the rnanceenes '
of the skirmishing party, and when they had discharged
their pieces, a number of boys, n a playful manner, pre-
tended
to have been shot, by falling down on the grass.
After another discharge, however, the young lad above
named suddenly fell down, having received a shot in the
left breast, which perforated the lung. lie was conveyed i
to a shop iii Bridgeton, and thence to the infirmary, where
he lingered till Thursday afternoon, when death ended his
sufferings. That this melancholy affair was purely acci-
dental there can be no doubt, for it is impossible to con-
ceive that any private soldier could entertain malice and
deliberately shoot a boy he knew nothing of. Every facility
was afforded by Colonel Blake to the authorities to investi-
gate the case, aed the soldiers were ordered down to the'
scene of the accident on Thursday, with a view, if possible,
to discover who fired the shot; but nothing further was
elicited than what we have narrated above. There is no
doubt that the poor boy had foolishly and reek Inlay ap-
proached too close to the skirmishing party and been
wounded by the wadding.—Glasgow Conaltiationea.
Tan CASE OF ELUABETII B4.II:IIItRELL.—At noon
on Moods y last the 14 days' watch over Elisabeth Nuirrell
terminated. One of the committee assures us that every
means was taken to ascertain whether she had possession of
her sight and bearing, but she gave no indication that she
had the use of these faculties. Ile also states that during
the entire term of le days she neither ate nor drank, and
that the linen was unsoiled. At the close of the watch her
parents were allowed loses her. After embracing them she
became powcrlully affseted, and for some minutes it was
feared that she was dead. The committee have unanimously
signed a declaration that they acquit the girl and her parents
of fraud. Many hundreds of persons visited her during the
watch. On Sunday 70 were present, and at the close of the
term the cottage was crowded.—lpewiels Express.