The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

the churchyard of St. Botolph's. Thwuarde of the college
and its situation were both changed by William Bateman,
bishop of Norwich, executor to Oonille, and in 1653 he
eseablished the college where the donville court now stands,
and altered the name to the " Hall of the Annunciation of
Blamed Mary the Virgin." In 1667 John Cebu., M.D., ob-
tained the royal charter, in accordance with which it was
thenceforward called Gonville and Caius College.
Quagga' COLLEGIL—On the authority of "Coopers'
Annals of Cambridge," it would seem that the present year
oomplates the fourth centenary of the f oundation of this col-
lege by Margaret of Anjou ; but the " Cambridge Calendar"
dates the foundation 1446.

ORDINATION.—At an ordination held at Ely, on Sunday,
Jan. 9, the following gentlemen, all of the University of
Cambridge, were ordained.—Deacona-0. Birch, Christ's
Coil. ; R. 0. Chalk, Trinity ; C. Gooch, Fell. of Magd. ; L.
Newham, Fell. of St. John's ; T. T. Peewee.. Corpus
Christi; J. S. Purton, Fell. of St. Cuth. Hall; W. Willimot,
Corpus Christi ; J. S. Wood, Fell. of St. John's.
Farmrs—Rev. H. W. Cookson, Master of St. Peter's; Rev.
W. B. Hopkins, Fell. of St. Cath. Hall ; Rev. J. G. Mould,
Fellow of Corpus Christi ; Rev. J. S. Serjeant, St. John's,;
Rev. A. Wolfe, Fell. of Clare Hall.
PREFIELIMINTS.—Rev. 0. Beddoe to St. Mary C., Bir-
mingham ; dio. Worcester.— Rev. 8. Doria to be Head
Muter of the Grammar School, Wigan, Lencashire.—Rey.
H. R. Fortescue to St. Michael's P. C., Ottery St. Mary,
Devon; dio. Exeter • patron, the V. of Ottery; vice Rev.
J. T. Boles, promoted.—Rev. E Joan to St. Matthias' P. C.,
Liverpool ; dio. Manchester ; 1501. ; patrons, the Rectors of
Liverpool.—Rev. E. F. Pewees to Lower Whitley P. C.;
co. and dio. Chester ; 1081. ; patron, Sir J. N. L. Chetwode.
--Rev. W. Williams to Whitgift P. C. ; co. and archdio.
York; 2871. with residence; patron. N. E. Yarburgb, Esq.
VACANCIIIB.—DOdIOIIOIIO C. ; en. and dio. Chester; Rev.
E. F. Parsons, prom.—Heptonstall P. C., Yorkshire dio.
Ripon; 1601. with residence; patron, the V. of Halifax;
Rev. J. Charnock, dec.—London. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
C ; Rev. T. F. Stooks, prom.—Lye C. ; co. and dio. Wor-
cester; Rev. 0. Beddoe, resigned.—Lamorran R.. Corn-
wall; dio. Exeter; 1931. with ersidence; patron, the Earl
of Falmouth ; vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Cur-
genven, whose demise also vacates St. Michael Penkevil C.,
Cornw. ; dio. Exeter.

NAVAL.
WAR OFFICERS OF THE NAST.—The following Me-
morial has been laid before the Lords Commissioners of the

Zimiralty
The reepectful Memorial and Petition of the Commanders is her
Majesty's Royal Navy, residing at Plymouth, Devimport, 80. :
Your memorialles and petitioners respectfully beg leave to represent
to your their deep feeling. and hopes, with respect to their
peculiar situation as a class in her Mejeety's nervier, and to beseech
your lorePhips' sympathy in their behalf. Your neemerialida being
debarred from rising by rincsion in the service, and not having had
ruflicient influence to obtainem employment, a greet part (the old com-
manders In particular) now find themselves, horn advanced
age, &c., entirely abut out, even front the hope of active
employment, and have, therefore, only left them to lay be.
fore your lordships their unfortunate position, trusting,
with oinfidenee, that through your lord-hip& j uxtlee and
benevolence, they may be awarded an win:pude pecuniary retirement
for their long and arduous nervier. Your memorialist. most re.pect-
fully wish to Unlace.. on your lordship. that a large portion of them
have borne a tort in the numerous battle. and various dangerous PP 1.-
I.loe, in which the 13ritioh navy cue so often and m gloriously tri-
umphed over the enemies of their country, and many of them, foe
several ye we, been placed in the very responsible and hard-working
posts of first.lleutenantx; but, in consequence of the long-continued
peace, have not, einee they were made enmniandere, been able to ob-
tain the smallest opportunity of eirmaddng themeelnen or gaining
further promotion. Your memorialhus beg moat respectfully (aiming
before your lordship., that their almost stationary position In the ser-
vice ha. not been occasioned by their own nettligence, indifficenee, or
want of zeal ; but, on the oontrary, their utmoet ethane have been ex-
erted to obtain employment of any bind, or In any part of the world.
Your memorialists beg further to rdste, that with great
hope and anxiety they have, for the hut two years, been in expects.
lion that the ronpideration of their cone, with reelect to retirement,
would bare followed that of the captains; but being as yet diem,
pointed In that hope, and finding that a clans of officer. n
, junior
that of
in
rank to themselves, have obtained euperior compenaatio to
captains retired from the commanders' lid,
your memorialiste do
now moat respectfully and earnestly pray tour lordship.' favourable
conelderation of this their humble petitlon,Leggingth ,t your lordships
will be Metered to grant them the long.dmired beer of retirement,
prortionate to that of the captain., and for, which your memo-
rialhrte, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &A.—Monied In behalf of
the raeotins of commanders, and by their request, at Devonport, this
let day of Ire., 1817, 11. LOWCAV,NMMander, Chairman; J. THOMP.
lON, Commander, Pee.
Wooxwtrit, JAN. 10,—Banshee, at -v., whose first experi-
mental trip we alluded to last week, wan again tried down
the river yesterday, a large party of gentlemen having em-
barked when at Blackwell. The rrnulta of the trial were
rather more favourable thin in the former instance, and
stamp the Banshee as one of the fastest boats that has ever
been built,

SPORTING.
TATTEILSA.LL'S—MuirDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPER CHASE.-15 to 1 gest Pioneer (t);
20 to 1 egst Jerry (t); 60 to 1 apt Dick Thornton (t); 50
to 1 apt Linnet (t).
2.000 GUINEAS STAMM-2010 1 opt Broekett (t).
CIIRSTRII Cur.-1,000 to 15 to
Litly Ilylda (t); 1,000
to 15 apt The Tartar (t); 1.000 to 15 apt Chat (t).
DERBT.-10 to 1 agst Surplice (t and aft off) ; 13 to 1
asst Glendower (1 14 to 1). 20 to 1 apt Asaault (t and aft
off); 20 to 1 apt Springy Jack; 25 to 1 apt The Stinger
(t 30 to 1); 25 to 1 swot Nil Desperandum (t); 33 to 1 apt
CeTTUJI (t); 35-to I molt Setomtris (t); 40 to 1 apt flesh°.
rough (t to 2501.); 40 to 1 apt The Fowler (t) ; 50 to 1 agst
Swim Bey (t to SU); 51 to 1 apt Flatcatcher (t); 500 even
between Cirrus and Springy Jack.
Springy Jack was again in high favour, insomuch that
although extremely liberal cdds were laid to small sums in
two or three quarters, we do not believe that the odds quoted
could have been obtained to any amount. Beshorough was
also in force, and a few scores were laid out on Nil Drape-
random, Cervus, and Swiss Boy. In other respecta the
betting was unimportant.

EXTRAORDINARY hf ATCII.-Mr. Nunn, a gentleman well
known on the turf, having undertaken for a large wager to
ride a steeplechase mare from Leamington to Long's Hotel,
Bond-street (nearly 100 mil. a), started at 12 o'clock on Sun-
day n'ght, and reached his destination about a (water
before 12 yesterday moraine, winning by a quarter of an
hour. The rider, we b.•lieve, is very little worse for the
journey, hut his gallant, ill u‘etl mare is not expected to sur-
vive it many hours.

tam iinttlitstrett.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Mr. Commiosioner Shepherd.
IN nr. DREW. -SIX TINEE BANKRUPT.— For this bank-
rupt, who wan a licensed victualler, application was made
for further protection, the certificate having been suspended
on a former occasion —Mr. Duncan opposed the application
on the grounds that the applicant had been six times bank-
rupt within eleven years, and, except upon one occasion, had
never paid a farthing in the pound. The toatute expressly
provided that no certificate after a second bankruptcy should
be any protection to future acquired property, unseen 15s.
in the pound shall have been paid. A certificate having
been refused, the court had no power to grant protection,
which, in feet, the learned counsel contended the bankrupt
would as willingly have as the certificate ; the point of his
prayer being, in fact, first, that the court should stultify the
statute; and, secondly; to stultify its own decision.—The
learned Commissioner determined to grant no protection
whatever. He had already decided the point, and would
not reconsider it—Frotection refused accordingly.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.
Before D. C. I'dnylan,
FOAKESV. MITCHENSOIT.—RECOTEIONG A LOST BANK
NOTE.—This was an action of troves' to recover of the de-
fendant, a licensed victu:iller, a 101. note lost by the plaintiff.
—lt appeared from the case on the part of the plaintiff, that
in the month of September last he was attending a sale by
auction, and had in his possession a 101. note During the
sale he had occasion to put his hand into his pocket, and in
withdrawing it the note Tell upon the ground, the plaintiff
not noticing it. On leaving the auction-room plaintiff missed
the note, and on making inquiries ascertained that a mm
acting as a porter at the auction was seen to pick up a ph co
of paper. He lost no time in giving information to the
police of his loss, and also at the Bank. Ultimately the note
found its way to the Bank, and on being traced. back, was
found to have been paid into the firm of Mears Seeger and
Evans, the distillers. On reference to the pars.books of the
latter firm, Mr. Flowers, one of the collectors, proved reviv-
ing the note from Mr. Mitchenson, whose name was written
across it. In order to make the defendant respon.ible, so
he could not say from whom he received the note,
a police-constable was called, and he swore that he called
upon the defendant on the 29th of September, and gave him
notice of the loss of a 101. note ; that he called again on the
4th of October and gave the number of the missing note,
when the defendant said he had not heard anything of it.—
Mr. Robeson, who appeared for the defendant, submitted
that the notice was not sufficient —The learned Judge
thought it was quite sufficient, and that now it was the de•
fendant's duty to show in what manner he became possessed
of the note. If he showed that he had posses,ion of it before
be bad notice of the loss of it on the 4th of October, and that
it came into his possession in the regular course of business,
that would be a sufficient answer to the plaintiff's case.—Mr.
Mitchensoti swore distinctly that he never took a 101. note
after he remind notice without putting his initials on it. It
was impossible for him to say from whom he received the
note in question.—The learned Judge &aid he was of opi-
nion that there was a great want of caution on the part of
the defendant in not taking the name of the person from
whom he had received the note, and therefore he most make
an award in favour of the plaintiff'.

SURREY SESSIONS.
RATING THE RItIOFITON RAILWAY COMPANY.—Ap. 1
PEALS: LONDON, BRIO/470N, AND SOUTH COMM RAIL-
WAY CONIPANT V. THE POOR RATES OF CHOTDON AND
COULSON.—These were a series of appeals made by the above
company against the assessment of the poor rates in Croydon
and Coulson, wherein they have extensive works. Some of
the rates were assessed in 1845, others in 1846 and 1847. The
company objected on the grounds that they were excessive
and not levied according to the value of the property. They
have been respited from the previous Suarter sessions under
an arrangement that if they were not litigated at the prevent
sessions they should be 'truck out, with costs.—Mr. Clark,
on the part of the respondents, applied to the court for spe-
cial costs. His clients were quite ready, and be now under-
stood that the appellants did not intend to litigate. They
had been put to an enormous expense in bringing evidence
to prove that the
would grant them costs on that oassessmentiruest ; therefore he hoped
court the ccasion.—
Mr. Wallinger, on behalf of e appellants, said that he had
received no intimation from the company respecting the costs,
but he begged to call to the attention of the bench that they
had no power to gnat more than nominal costsin such eases.
Puckle (thaehairman) observed that they had power
to grant Freest costs in such ores.—The amount of the