The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

town clerk explained that the difilculty with government
wit to give blenchaster acu tom-house on other terms,
without establishing a precedent which would preclude the
denial of the same rights to Sheffield. Birmingham, and
other large towns; but he believed it would be now don e, in
all probability, Runcorn having been declared a free bond-
ing port, by making Manchester a part of the port of Run-
t corn.

WORCESTEBSIMus.
BEWDUsTELECTION.--POLL AT VIM CLOBL—Mitri-
Seville, 171 ; Letteitoe, 156 : majority for Lord Mande-
vile, 15. The liberal party tendered the votes of 20 voters
struck off by the revising barrister, an appeal against
which decision is now pending, but the votes were not re-

CLERICAL.
tisw Cattier( ge.—At the last meeting of the Incorpo-
rated Society gle ?matodog the Ealargensent, Building, and Repair-
hug of Churches sad cbape., grants were male tonna, building a
church at Ozenb, a newly constituted district in the chapetry of
Haworth and parish of Bradford, th Yeriuthire ; towards building a
church far the new district of St. Jade, a partial of the city of
Brisug ; for rebuilding the church at Tharmsston, near Leicester ;
enlarging the church at Veryan, near Tregony ; and re-arranging
the seats, and maids' other improvements, in the churches at Stout-
tem, near Worenter ; liansfield Woodbonee, near Medalsid Cau-
-1 lielel.nnear Battle, North 'Moresby, near Louth; and icklecharn,

NAVAL.
ADYIAALTT, =IL 19.—ESPOINTKINT6.—Marter J.
L. Pritchard, to be officer of Comet Guard.—Ltiaplain : Rev. W.l
L. Onalow, hlaster's•Aasistant :G. Nixon, Ididehlproan E. Knott,
Clerk Aaelstant :E. Cooper, and Naval Cadet :E. H. Wilkinson—et
appointed to Heatinge.—Wate : G. Elliott, to Prince Regent.—Mid-
ebipmen W. Spark, to Waterwitch. —Assieunt EggineeT. (2nd
claw): J. W. anatood, to Plapard.—Carpenter 8. Cornish, ad-
, canoed to 2nd clam

MILITARY.
TEE 27ve REGT., which has served at the Cape of
G Good
Hope ranee HU, disembarked at Gravesend on Tuesday, ex eneral
Hewett, and proceeded at once to Chatham. The depot of this rcgt.
is at (eave, and the amine companies will leave Ceethsio to join
thedepOt imm‘Wlately In Scotland.

SPORTING.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—Ttersimr.
Two TEOULLND GIIINIAS 13wczts.-8 to 4 agst Blase,
9 to 1 apt Elstastclul, 7 to 1 apt Fern (taken), 10 to 1 apt Be,
(t freely), 12 to I apt Deerstalker (t).
CIIRSTIR CD P.-1,200 to 100 apt War Eagle, 18 to 1 opt
Gies &Adel (0), 10 to 1 apt Lightning (t), 23 to 1 apt Maid dray Soul
), 25 to 1 apt Intrentress, 37 to 1 agst Magnet to 1 agst
Enchanter (t), 33 to 1 apt Mr. Eddison's cult, 33 to 1 at Conyngtuun,
100 on Conyngham apt rffirtiLLs the Fast.
DERRY.-8 to 1 apt Surplice, 10 to 1 agst Springy
Jack (t), 12 to 1 apt Glendower (t to 231.), 20 to 1 apt Eagle's Plume
(t to 25/4, 12a) to 50 apt The tiddler it), 30 to 1 &Pt Fera, 33 to I
apt Ths Stager, 33 to 1 apt Spoor, 40 tot apt Great Western,
1,000 to 13 Snnyvale (t).
INTELLIGENCE kiLTRA.—NP.WMARKET FIRST SPRING
MEETING, 1640.
MoNhaT.—Duke of Richmond's listMna, 4 yrs, 9,0, eget
Duke of Richmond's Syrup, 2pk srit. 31b. T.Y.C. 100, bR.
TrESDAT.—Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, opt Mr. G. 11.
Moore's Wolfdog, list Mb each. A.F. MO, h ft. Off by ooasent.—
Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 4 ps, receives :0 sup forfeit from b,r J.
Hawley's Mendicant, 5 yre, Bst 71b awls A.T. 500, 100
R.
TILURSDAT.—Duke of Bedford's Fetters, Bst 71b, apt
Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, Sot. B.C. 200, hR.
FRIDAT.—Mr. Shelley's Tamils, Bet 71b, apt Lord Glas-
gow's Kim Whip filly, 7st 12Th. D. 1. 100. h ft.
SECOND OCIOBEIt ISEETLYG, 1845.
MONDAY.—Lord Chesterfield's t by Jereed out of Rho-
darithe, opt Sir J. Hawley's f by Ilarkaway, out of Miss Twirlicn-
hAm, bet Rh each. T.Y.C. 200, hR.
FRIDAT.—Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair agst Lord
Glasgow's Miss Sarah, Bst 51b each. Al,. 200, 20 ft
ASCOT 11EATII, 1618.
NOMINATIONS PORTER EMPEROR OF RUSSIA'S PLATE.—
Distalus, 3 yrs ; Flatcatcher, 3 pa; Enrolee, 4 yrs; Saddle, 4 yrs;
ConTallbasl. 4 rri ; siltd ; Dolt-again, 3 yrs;
the First,
ths Hera,
5 yrs ; SunnysW, 3 yrs; Sir Tattoo Sykes, 5 yes Pyrrhus
5 yrs; War Esgle, 4 yrs ; Foreclosure, 4 yrs.
EPSOM, 1646.
NOMINATIONS Poll THE GRAND STAND FLATII—SiSter to
Valentissimo, 3 yrs; Nester, 4 yrs; Swim Boy, 3 yrs; Sir Martin, 4
yrs ; Fauteuil, by Jereed, 4 yrs; Trapp, b Rats:Metter, 3 yr.; Este-
rase, 3 yrs; Plaudit, 6 pa; Wbinstone, b yrs ; Fergus. 4 yrs ; Mr.
Caudle, 3 yrs; Forest Flower, .6 yrs; Palma, 4 yrs: Hydrangea, 5
yrs: Martipgale, 4 yrs; Captain Pepper, 4 yrs; Snuffbox, 3 yrs;
Genuine, 3 yrs.; St. Dmuctri, 5 yes.

lab) Intelligente.
EQUITY COURTS.
Before the Vice-Chancedor of England.
SMITE V. TRH GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
—INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN A COMPANY FROM TAKING
PROPERTY WITHOUT DEPOSITING VIZ VALUE. This
wu
a motion to dissolve an injunction which had been obtained
to restrain the Great Northern Itailway from entering upon
certain premises belonging to the plaintiff, near Gains-
borough, on the river Trent. The objection raised by the
plaintiff was, that the company intended to take one part
only of a certain warehouse belonging to his premises, and
had deposited the value of that part only, whereas it was con-
tended that, under the 92nd sec. of the Railway Act, no party
could be obliged to sell a part only of Any building, if such
party should be desirous and should have the power of
sell-
ing the whole ; and that the company ought not
to take possession of the whole without making a de-
posit of the value of all. For the company, it was
contended that the plain iff had in fact treated the notice as
a good notice, and that they were not boand to deposit more
Own they had de:le.—Thu vale-Chancenur Bald be moat
provide that justice should be done, and if by means of the
notice in its present form the landowner would be estopped
from taking the benefit of the 92nd sec., then he was of
opinion that a new notice might be given. If it were the
construction of the act that the railway company were hound
to take the whole of the land, then it was evident that the
company ought to deposit the value of the whole ; and if the
proceedings should have been such that a
be security for all
the property which the company might compelled to
take had not been deposited, then the court ought to inter-
fere. Under these circumstances he should refuse the mo-
tion to dissolve with costs.

Before Vice Chancellor Knight Sense.
EX. PARTE LEACH ax BEArrtz.—LlEN.—The petitioner,
who is a merchant trading at lk.anchester, claimed a hen in
the nature of a sub mortgage on certain return proceeds on
which the bankrupts had a lien, in respect of advances made
by them to a consignor named Stephen Vertue, who was a
merchant at Liverpool, and had large dealings with houses
in Ceylon and Hong-liong. It appeared that on the sth of
February, 1846, Mr. Vertue having stopped payment, the
bankrupts applied to the petitioner for assistance, and that
afterwards, on the 19th of FOTUILTJ, an interview took place
between the petitioner and Alexander Beattie, one of the
bankrupts, in which Alexander Beattie stated to the
petitioner that the payment of any bills
for toeu
which the petitioner might lend his name,
purpose of assisting the bankrupts in providing for
their acceptances on account of Vertue's consignments,
would be met by the bankrupts as they became due out of
the proceeds of such consignments. On that occasion the
petitioner came to no decision as to the application, but pro-
mixed to consider it. On March 3 A. Beattie wrote to the
petitioner, proposing that if the petitioner would assist the
tirm he should draw on the bankrupts against an account,
A.V., and saying that the matter should be kept distinct
from all other transactions between the parties. On March
5, the petitioner accordingly drew three bills of exchange
in the following form : " Six months after date pay to the
order of myself 1,5401., value received as advised, A.V."
On the same day he wrote to the bankrupts, acquainting
them with the fact, and stating that he required no commis-
sion, and only wished to be sate, of which he stated he had
' no fear. The question was, whether, on the whole of the
' transaction, there was a good contract of lien ; the bankrupt,
A. Beattie deposing, in opposition to the petitioner,that he did
' not mean to give any specific lien or security on the goods.
—The Vice Chancellor said lie should probably have held,
even if the case depended on the written oocuments only,
that there was a valid contract of lien, but taking those in
conjunction with the parol evidence, he was perfectly satis-
fied that tie lien was effectual.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
ALCOCE V. ROYAL ExCIIANOE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—
MARINE INSURANCE.—This was an action on a policy, of
assurance for 1,0001. on the ship William Thompson during
a voyage from Alexandria to 'Trieste, in the course of which
she was stranded about 40 miles west of the Arab's Tower,
a point well known on the coast, and the plaintiff claimed
as for a total loss. The defendants had pleaded that it was
only an average loss, and paid 4601. into leaded
has vessel
sailed from Alexandria on the 31st July with a g
caro of
cotton belonging to the Pacha of Egypt, and went on shore
during the same night. The insurance was not effected
lentil the 10th Augur, and was uuknown to the captain,
who, it appeared, was a man of intemperate habits. After
some unsuccessful attempts had been made to get the vessel
off she was sold to a Mr. Scotto, the only sbi . builder in
Alexandria, who subsequently, at a cat of 7,110 dollars,
warped her off, repaired her, and sent her to Leghorn, where
she was sold for 6,190 dollars to a merchant, who afterwards
put her in repair and made her thoroughly seaworth
Guyildhall . The
cause was tried at the sittings after laat term at ,
when a verdict was given for the defendants.—Mr. Watson,
Q.C., now moved for a rule for anew trial on the ground of
the admission of improper evidence, misdirection, and other
points. It was proved on the trial that the captain was
an intemperate man, and had been seen in a state of
intoxication at Alexandria before the vessel sailed, and
the learned judge had allowed that fact to go to the jury
as affecting the udgment of the captain, who, it was in-
stated by the defendants, might have got the vessel s.ff if
he had used proper means. The learned counsel now con-
tendedthat the judgment of the captain, or any other person,
either at the time of the accident or subsequently, was not
material to the issue, as no plea of unseaworthiness had
been put upon the record, and it was simply a question for
the jury, from the evidence given to them of the state of the
vessel when stranded, whether, if got off and repaired, ohs
would have been of more value than it wd cost to d
rake so.
All the evidence went to prove that the ca oulptain had n
the only course which he could properly pursue, and that if
the vessel had been get off she could not have been tho-
roughly repaired at Alexandria for want of a dry dock.—
Rule granted.
CROTTS V. CHARRINOTON AND OTHER/.—ALLEGATION
OF MALICE IN OBTAINING A FIAT IN BANILRUTTCY.—
In this case, which was tried at the last Surrey assizes, it
appeared that the plaintiff had for some years been the
landlord of the George Hotel in the Strand. In
June, 1847, he disposed of his interest in that
establishment, and at that time owed the defend-
ants 1031., but it did not appear that he was in
embarrassed circumstances, or incapable of satisfying
their demand. Shortly after he had sold his business
be went to Margate to reside for a short time, with his
father, the proprietor of a respectable hotel there ; and
whilst there was arrested at the suit of the defendants, upon
affidavit that they believed he was about to leave the