The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-24 00:00:00

Trinity.—At the acme Congregation the Groom insetted Ii snorer-
day's Daily Ncrr passed the sennte.—Notice had been ven to offer
the following Orem, but it was withdrawn : " To prmen i petitloo to
the Commons Hour if ParliaMent against a hill entitled • A Pill fir
the twitter Enaeiments imposing Pains and Pinalties opao
bet Majesty's SOMID amount of their teligion.'

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TITRE COW4VTATIOX.—bIr. C. 11. •. pub-
'lobed the following result of the averages for the seven years to
Christmas last, vie.: Wheat, 7a. I Id. per fop, bushel ; barley, 40. lid.
do. ; oats, 2a. 91d. do. Each lOW. of rent charge will, for Or year
1448, amount to 1021. Is., or rather more than 2 per cent. besood
the average of last year.
PUEFIIIIMENTS.—Iice. T. Greeoball, to (frappe
R.,
co. and dio. : 5131., with residence ; pat.. T. Cmohall, F.eq.—
Rev. A. flute% to Orburgh R. with Youltlen V.. Norf., din. Norw.gev.
:
5164., with residence ; put+ Gonville and Cain. Coll.,
W. Camb.—
bi. Wright, to Stowbeilon V., Norf., dim NOM ; 2920.; es the
1 presentation of Janette Susan, bin wife.

NAVAL
rrtIZE.MONET.-WASP,-Tuesday'a Gazette [tires notice
that an amount of the proceeds of the Brazilian brig Lobo, raptured
by 11. M.'s sloop Warm, Jan. 15, 15 If, and of the tonnue bounty
granted for the nail capture; alm of the tonnage bounty and part of
the emperors allowed toe the capture of the Ur than brig Parquet°
de Rio, captured by the Wasp, in company with H. M.% olonp star,
Feb. 17, 1046, will be delivered into the registry o the Admiralty on
March 3rd next.-(rnmanney and Co., agent.
)(COON.-Notice is also given to the °Meer, and company of the
Maine, B. B. Crawford, Com., that account premeds of the tonnage
bounties for two dhows or vowel. names unknown, 107rti Oct. 15,
1945 ; of the barman bounties for, and proceeds of the hell of, the
Braellian barque Diana, seized Nov. le, 1845; and of the tonnage
bounties for, and produce of hull and stores of, the barque Amelia,
seised Feb. 0, larG, will be deposited in the registry of the Ad-
miralty on the 19th inert.-J. G. and T. Stillwell, agent:, 23, Arundel-
.t, Strand.
WATOMITCII.-Notice Is likewise given to Com. T. F. Birch,
_and
the officers and crew of the Watcrwiteti, who were actuolly on toad
and entitled to share in the proceeds seising from the capture of the
slave vessel Gabric., on the lath day of April, 1814, that the distal-
Dation thereof will be made, on the oth day of Much next, at No. I,
Jammateet, Adelphi; and where the list will be recalled every Wed-
nesday and Fridny for three mouths :-Controander, 1841. tit. I ;
I+l clue, 551.4 e. Hit.; 2nd e. 5..., 51/. 2. 71d.; 3rd clam, 25/. 1 Is. d.;
4th elms, 111. OA. 10511.; sth clue, V. 10.51 d. ; bila elm. 51. 194.7 ;
7th class, 21. 16a. 95d.-J. Woadhearl, agent.
Loan.-Notice Is alm girl en to the officers and company of the
Cygnet, H. Layton, Com.. that the proportions arising from the •
ear proceeds and loom the bounty money on the tonnage, and
zripen the slams taken in the Qualm do Mare., Bra-
zilian slave brig, on the 19th December, 1645, and of a
slave brig, name unknown, on the 6th of Jan., 1546, will be paid to
these who were actually on board at the time of capture, or to their
repro entatimo duly authorireil to receive the same, on the 2nd of
Alarch next. at No. 3, Clifford's-inn; and the shams not then claimed
will be recalled every Wednesday and Thursday, for three months to
come. Proportions due to each view.-Quatro de Marco: Com-
mander, 3001. 70. 9d.; lot Maw, 10af. Ts, Od.; 2nd Mass, 621. 0,6 d. I
3rd elms, 321. 10a. 3d.; 4th class, 211. 13. id. ; sth elan ,101. 16. 3d.;
6th class, 71. es. 6d.; 7th ems. 3!. 121. IL- -Name unknown : Com-
mander, 300/.; Ist Masi, 100/. 190. 2d.; 2nd clam. 60/. illa tki. ;
3rd clam% 30/. ss. 6.1.1 4th claw,, 201.31. 10d. ; sth clam, 101. to. Ild.;
6th clam, 01. 14s. 7,1.; 7lb clam, V. 7. 31d.
AIMING MERCANTILE STRA VERA FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
-A parliamentary paper just issued contains a petition presented to
the }joule of Commons by Captain Burton, FLN., in which that
officer states :-'That in the year 1410 your petitioner ventured to call
the attention of her Majesty % minittus and of the pa
meetly to the reel
of strengthening the defences of the country. That amongst
other means of attaining this object your petitioner recommended
the enactment of a tie or laws to ma it compulsory on all builders
of ships throughout Great Britain and Ireland to °on:buriall steram-
boats with a seantli,g sufficiently strong to enable them to carry at
the least one piece of ordnance proportioned to their
tonnage, and to At to them such piece of ordnance
as noun as they are completed, so that they moo
be each capable, in cam of neceraity, of 00-r petition with
the ships of 11.71.'s navy. That in caw of non.comphance with this
enactment it 'Mould be at the same Buis enacted, that the builder or
owner of the ship or boat. in respect of which ouch non-compliance
has occurred, should forfeit to her Majesty a sum in nmount equal to
the value of the gun or guns so omitted, and of their fitting+, in
order that ths government should forthwith reapply the detterencv.
That further it ohould be enacted, that the mid gun or guns Mould
be deposited in the otorchonm of the owner, or in some other con-
venient place, at or near the river creek, harbour, er estuary
where such steam-boat plies; and that the crew of every each
Moat should be trained to the use of the pieces of ordnance
which she earn.. Thal, your petitioner has observed that ream-
niendationo similar to term have been made by the Persia, nt of the
United Matts, in his bat message to the legislature of the Union. •
That, in the opinion of your petitioner, the ezample of the United
States +trongly suggests, and the exigrocleo of Great Britain Impera-
tively demand, the adoption of these maisurest, as a part at hut of
the means to he called into 2C!:011 for the purge:erre of secunng adequate
national defences, and thereby a lasting pram. That you prtitioner
therefore humbly pram that the substance of these reernimendations
may be considered and embodied into a law by your honourable Amite.
PORTSMOUTH, Fen. 23.-The Flying Fish, 12, Acting
Coen. Powell, late First Lieut. of ILM 8. Styx, arrived this morning
from Sierra Leone. which ohe left on the 25th ult. At that date, the
Penelope, Corn. Sir C. Hotham, Britomart, (bas. Chamherlayne, Fa-
vourite, Corn. Murray, Philomel, Corn. Wood were at Sierra Leone,
on well as the Alert, which arrived from England on the 24th ult. The
French admiral, in the Moon-ship El Dorado, in ceremony with the
et .al. Narval. arrived at Sierra Icons on the same day PS the Alert.
The Devastation, Com. Mitchell, Kingfisher, Com. Horton, and Bit-
tern, Coin. Hope, were at the Bight of Benin; the Styx, Cum. Chad.
Siren, and Conti at, Corn. Nl'slilicio, were on the meth moat. The
Philnetel tailed on the 24th ult. for Isle de Loa. La Abeille, French
man-of-war brig, of 16 gun. was lost off Goleta, Right of Benin. on
the 24th of December, la 17 ; oil handl. eared, The Philomera boath
in command of Lieut. John Wharton, had captured, after a desperate
fight, a piratical slave felucca, the Wandering Jew. Seven' of the
boats' crew! were worinded, ore mortally, Mace did of his wounds;
a great number of the pirates were killed. The prier was armed with
• long 14-pounder, the firing from which watadminebly directed. on
Last Monday week. the Flying Fish fell in with a wreck off the Western
Islet, the Amity, of Liverpool. The Africanmuadron was healthy. The
move trade was being =Mad on with great spirit by the Brazilions.-
The Stromboli, et., Lord Beauclerk, from Lisbon, arrived at tit
Helen's last night at 12 o'clock and anchored; thin morning, ut II
o'clock, the came into harbour to coal and repair mine damages. The
mail from England entered the Tagus as the Stromboli won leaving
for England, on the 17th inst. Sir C. Napier's squadron wan in the
Tagus, and consists of the St. Vincent, Howe, Queen, Canoe a,
Anipluon, and Dragon. 'The Amphion, M.-frigate, was cruising off
Lisbon for the pupate of trying her engine. The small's. mill pre.
railed in the St. A inornt, whieh vessel had lost 14 men by that disease
and 2 from fever. Cow. Nice, promoted, 2 elerke, a discharged
master'. assistant, and 36 supemameraries and invalids have come
borne in the Stromboli. The
me Stronibidi will probably return in the
eourae of a week to Lisboa, thence proceed with the Howe to
embark her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who is about to quit
Madeira.
DETONTORT, Fen. 22.-Albion, 90, was taken into dock
thin morning, to be final for commietior. Expreas, 6, Lieu=m
will he paid off in a few days, when the Linnet will he onm
in her stead. Sealark, Com. Iloaypenny, warts the making up of a
mail for the coast of Africa.
SHREKNEee, Fes. 22.-The following order has heen
Moped by the Commander-in-Chief at this port :-'• Many onlinary
meaner. paid off from 11.51.'5 ships with certificates, having br en
rejected at the naval rendeirrons, as well as by individual officers
earning men for their respective ship. the Lords Conamiasioners of
the Admiralty have directed it to he publicly made known that any
ordinary seamen or °daemon presenting themselves at the offlee of the
Commander-in-Chicf, wlw have good certificates, and are fit for the
service, will be received, and permitted toenter for way of it.M.'sehipa
or eeeeelii where there We votaries until further ordem.-By order,
J. Frinioari, tiec.. .
ADM tatALLY, Fen. 23.-Arroitmer.ters.-Lieutenant H.
Johnston, to Mar.-Lieutenants : O. J. Jones and G. T.:l. Winthrop;
Muter C. Oaken ; Paymaster and Purser T. Kerigaa ; lloatowaint.'
B. Douglas ; and Carpenter J. Smith-all appointed to Ganges.

tato Inttittgena.
EQUITY COURTS.
tefove the tioc-Ctiancelice of England.
RICHAEDSON c. Rein.—INJUNCTION Tel RESTA-AIX THE
SALE OF SI:GAR DISSOLVELL—Mr. Rolt and Mr. Roundell
Palmer moved in this case to dissolve an injunction awarded
by the court in December last, to restrain the dehndants,
Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., from taking possession of, or
selling. certain cargoes of auger in the bill men-
tioned, and from receiving the proceeds arising by
the sale thereof, and from selling or disposing of such
further cargoes already or hereafter to be shipped or con-
signed by Messrs. Adam and Co., being part of the crops or
produce specifically appropriated to and charred with the
payment of a bill of 6,6001. • and also to restrain the London
Dock Company and the East India Dock Company from de-
livering to Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., any of the sugars
' arrived by the ships Thomas Blyth, Warlock, and Eclipse.
The bill stated that the before-mentioned sugars were
assigned by Messrs. Adam and Co., who were agents
of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., in the :Mauritius,
and that blessrs.Adam snaCo. had drawn the bill or 6,0001.,
which was in the following form :--" Port Louis, f
Sept. 22,
1847.- -At six months sight of this our second of exchange,
pay to tLe order of Messrs. James Richardson and Company
the suns of 6.0001. value received, account crop 1847 and
1548, and place the same, without further advice, to account
of your obedient servants, ADAM & CO."—lt was also stated
that this bill was endorsed over to Messrs. Richardson,
Wood and Co., of the Mauritius, who were the
agents of the plaintiffs, Mears. James Richardson and
Co., who carried on business as merchants at Glasgow.
The bill was presented by the plaintiffs to Messrs. Reid,
Irving, and Co., who refused payment thereof. it
was alleged by the plaintiffs that the cargo of sugars arising
from the crops of 1847 and 1818 was specifically charged
with the payment of the bill of 6,0001., but that Messrs.
Reid, Irving, and Co., intended to sell tho sugars and cep
apply
the produce to their own purposes. For the defen it
was stated that Mewrs. Adam and Co. were their agents,
and were very largely indebted to them for advances made
In respect of such consignments as might from time to time
be made by the Messrs. Adam; that the advances on
inns were, in fact, made in anticipation and on the
security of the growing or next ensuing crops
of sugar ; that the defendants bad consequently a lien upon
such crops in respect of the money. due to them, and thatof the
the
sugar was not specifically appropriated to the payment
bill of 6,0001.7111 r. Bothell and Mr. Rogers appeared in sup-
port of the injunction.—The Vice-Chancellor said the only
question was whether the words " account crop of 1847 and
1819," which occurred in the bill, had necessarily created a
lien upon the crops of sugar in favour of the holders of the
bill of 6,0001. His Honour did not think that these words
were sufficiently expliat for that purpose, and the defendants,
by their answer, had given an explanatory mousing to the
transaction. He should therefore dissolve the injunction,
and with costs.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Net Faire.—Before Sir F Pollock, CB., and a Special Jury.
MIDDLETON V. BEHERPOILD.—RAILWAY LITIGATION.—
Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Bevill were for the plaintiff;
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Phipson were for the defendant.
This action was brought against the defendant as chairman
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, to recover back deposits
of 21. 12s. Gd. • share upon 100 shares in that scheme. The
action proceeded upon the ground that fraudulent representa-
tions bad lu en made by the board of directors. The case for
the plaintiff completely failed, and a verdict was returned
for the defendant.
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WHITECIIAPLL, COL HTT COVET.
helbre Mr. Sorjcant Manning.
JAY V. JO:,‘LPIL ADT.-708EP11 ADY AGAlN'—This was
• plaint brought by Mr. Alfred Thomas Jliy, a coal mer-
chant, residing at No. 7, Eccleston-glace, ri;alico, Wind
Joseph Ady, for the sum of 205., which was paid by the corn-
plainant to Ady for some information which would result in
his advantage. —A. tall, meagre-loos 'mon appeared for
Ady, and stated that be was in great distress, and
mate ea
was unable
Ito refund the 209. directly, but would pay it by lments.
' Ile bad no defence to offer, and was obliged to throw him-
' self upon the mercy of Mr. Jay.—lt was agreed that Ady
should pay the 20s. by inssaloaents, at 4.. per month.