The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER IN SHOE-

The Secretary of State for the Home Department
having received a memorial, which was unanimously
adopted at a public meeting held on Clerkenwell Green on
the 21st ult., relative to the death of Wm. Hogan, trans-
mitted it to the Lord Mayor, who immediately handed over
the document to the Commissioners of the City Police, with

the request that that funetiouary would pay-the necessary
uttcntiuu to it. _

The subject of the death of Wm. Hogan bas caused much
excitement, especially in the extensive district of Farring-
don Without, and the call for special inquiry seems to in-
crease daily. The following is the answer of the Commis-
sioner of the City Police to the communication of Sir Geo.
Grey :
" City Police-office, Old Jewry, London, July 38, Ml.
To the Right lion. Sir George Grey, 'tart., M.P. her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment.—Sir,—The Lord Mayor has transmitted to me the
memorial adopted at a public meeting, held on Clerken-
well-green, on Monday evening, July 21, signed L. J.
Clancy, chairman, with a request that I would give my
early attention to the subject of it. Upon the verdict of the
coroner's jury being communicated to me, I immediately
gave directions to have the matter investigated by the in-
spectors of the division in which the death of John Hogan
took place, and that the constables who were examined
upon the inquest should report in writing upon the circum-
stances as they came under their notice. I have thohonour
to transmit copies of the statements made to me in writing
by the inspectors and constables, and to call your
attention to the error in the memorial, which
charges Police -stable No. 4fts with the alleged offence,
constable' the number being in that division, or
-• • -

bearing the num...
in any way connected with the subject of inquiry. I pre-
sume the constable intended to be charged with the alleged
offence to be No. 845. I shall studiously abstain from any
remarks either upon the direct nature of the charge or upon
the statements given in refutation of it, because I cannot
doubt that you will cause full inquiry to be made into the
circumstances which occasioned the death of William Ho-
gan. Not having any power to summon witnesses or to
enforce their attendance, or to administer an oath, or to
conduct inquiry in public, the only sure mode of giving
satisfaction, I can only facilitate the investigation by di-
recting the attendance of all parties belonging to the City
police, and which I shall cheerfully and promptly do.
venture to suggest that the coroner be called upon
to transmit the evidence taken by him to the
Lord Mayor, and that his lordship should be requested to
cause an early and full inquiry to be made into the circum-
stances set forth in the memorial, unless you shall be of
opinion that the constable who is directly charged with the
offence should be put upon his trial, and the friends of the
deceased furnished with the means to conduct the prosecu-
tion. That no delay, nor any indifference to the occurrence
may be attributed to this office, I feel it correct to state that
theinquiry before the coroner was concluded on the Bth
limy of July, and that on the following day I gave the di-
rections before alluded to, and that I received the memorial
signed 'L. J. Clancy' from the Lord Mayor yesterday
morning, the 29th.—I have the honour to bc, Sir, your most
obedient servant, DANIEL Wurrrte DAILVEV, Commis-
'loner of the City of London Police."
The following note contains a copy of the memorial
alluded to in Mr. Ilarvey's letter to the Secretary of
mate :

" To the Right lion. Sir George Grey, Burt, :
The following memorial was unanimously adopted at a
public meeting held on Clerkenwell-green, on Monday
evening last, July the 21st, to which I beg most respectfully
to call your earnest attention. I have the honour to be,
sir, your most obedient, humble servant, L. J. CLANCY,
chairman of the meeting.—Tokay-street, Clerkenwell
" This meeting begs most respectfully to call your atten-
tion, and through you the attention of her Majesty's minis-
ters, to the sacrifice of human life that has recently occurred
lathe City on the person of William Hogan, a humble but
honest working man, at the hand of a City policeman, 455,
who, notwithstanding a verdict of Manslaughter' having
been pronounced by the coroner's jury, remains at large
insulting humanity; treating the laws of justice and
equity with impunity ; and making the detective and protec-
tive (swealled) police force, a ' mockery, a delusion, and a
snare.' This meeting believes that he who permits an
outrage shares in the crime, and that he who offends
against the least in society offends against all ; but we are
willing to draw a line of difference between the City police
force and those under the immediate control of the govern-
ment. This meeting further believes that it is the duty of
government to urge redress for individual loss of life, as
well as individual loss of property ; and on the same prin-
ciple that prompted the government to offer 1001. reward for
the apprehension of the supposed incendiary in the case of
Alderman Ilumpliery and others, whose property was de-
stroyed by lire, (but whose losses were covered by large
amounts in insurance companies), this meeting contend that
if justice demanded that wealthy merchants should be
treated thus promptly by government, that justice
more loudly demands that the government should
protect the poor and the lowly in the case of this
poor friendless man and his family—to the latter, as a small
atonement for the loss of one whose life has been mercilessly
sacrificed (as yet) with impunity, by the ruthless hands of
him whose duty ought to have been to shield and protect.
It remains now to be established whether it shall or shall
not henceforth be a great fact that there is one law for the
rich, and another for the poor. In the name of humanity,
this meeting calls upon the government to stretch forth its
strung arm and shield the defenceless and the weak. Surely
it is not too much to ask by those who contribute towants
the support of the state that the coffers of the state shall
be opened, and that a sufficient sum be advanced as a
means of bringing to justice the perpetrator of (to all ap-
pearance) this wanton outrage upon humanity. This
meeting calls on the government for a full measure of
justice in this case—no more nor no less—viz., that a suffi-
cient reward he offered for the apprehension of this outlaw
against society.—Signed on behalf of the meetiag.—L..T.
CLANCY, chairman."
It is stated that a full investigation will soon take place.

CAntrrsuirs (E.isr INDIA).—The following is a
copy of the points upon which candidates for direct apeoint-
moots are to be examined before they are passed as cadets,
agreed to in accordance with a resolution come to at a court
of directors, held on the 22nd of January last :-1. Each
candidate will be required to write English correctly from
dictation. 2. He should possess a competent knowledge of
the ordinary rules of arithmetic, including the rule of
three, compound proportion, simple and compound interest,
vulgar and decimal fractions, and the extraction of the
square root. lie should also have read the first three books
of Euclid. 3. In languages he should be able to translate
' into English passages from Caesar's Commentaries, or from
the first four books of Virgil's Xneid ; and he will
be further expected to parse, and show his knowledge
of grammar and syntax. The candidate will be required
to translate from French into English an extract
from one of the following works; viz., Telemachus,
Voltaire's Charles the Twelfth, and Peter the Great. But
the candidate will have the option of being examined in the
Hindustani in lieu of the French language, and in that ease
he will be required to translate from Hindustani into Eng-
lish an extract from one of the following works; viz., Rauh-
o.Buhar, Tota-Kuhanee. 4. In history he should be pre-
pared to pass au examination in Keightley's Histories of
Greece and Rome; in Gleig's History of England; and in
the History of British India, contained in vole 1 and 2 of
the Edinburgh Cabinet Library. 5. In geography he
should posies* a competent knowledge of the modern divi-
sions of' the world; the principal nations of Europe and
Asia; the name of the capitals of each nation in Europe,
and of the chief cities of Hindostan ; and the names and
situations of the principal rivers and mountains in the
world. 6. In fortification he should have read some ele-
mentary work on the subject (Stealth's Abridged Treatise,
or !slacaula)•'s Field Fortification) ; and have received some
instruction in drawing.

ADMIRALTY, AVG. 6.—APPOINTMENTS.—CIerks :
R. Shambler, to Impregnable; and J. Haywood, to Cen-
taur. Captain: C. Graham, 0.8., to Rodney.

TIIE BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR OLDUAIL—The
inquiry into the deaths of Samuel Lord, James Winter-
bottom, and Jonah Brierley, who were killed by the ex-
plosion at Messrs. Rhodes's cotton-mill, on the 20th ult.,
terminated on Tuesday last, before Mr. C. Gledhall, of
Halifax, the deputy coroner. Mr. James Hirst, an engi-
neer and boiler maker, said he had been acquainted with
the manufacture of boilers upwards of 20 years. He had
made an examination of the boiler at Messrs. Rhodes's
mill. It was of 42-horse power, the shell being cylin-
drical, 7 feet 4 inches diameter for about 26 feet
6 inches, and the take-up, or part over the fire, 71 feet
long. The flue was oval-shaped, and the fracture was
where the flue joined the take-up over the firing place.
The safety valve was 2f in. diameter, and was weighted
equal to 14lb. per square inch. It was in good working
order, but sadly too small. He did not think it advisable
to work such a boiler at a higher pressure than 121 b. to the
square inch. The flue being a fiat oval, was not nearly so
strong aa a circular one would be. He was of opinion that
the explosion had been caused by the scarcity of water, and
the injection of a stream of cold water causing a sudden
generation of steam, and a greater amount of pressure than
the boiler was able to resist.—,lames Taylor, a workman at
a neighbouring mill, considered that the explosion was attri-
butable to the faulty shape of the flue, which was a flat
oval, and did not think shortness of water had anything
to do with the accident. He thought the safety-valve was
too small. He should not like to work such a boiler as the
one which burst at a pressure of more than 161 b. From
subsequent evidence it appeared that a young man named
John Wood was always recognised as the engineer, and
had control over the engine, but when he was hired Thomas
Wood, his father, was put to look over him. John Wood
had controlled the engine for two years, but if Thomas
recommended anything, it was done according to his judg-
ment and direction. John Wright and James Halkyard, who
were employed at the mill, said they had never known any
thing wrong with the boiler, nor felt any fear on the subject;
it had been worked very regularly by the present engineer.
The jury, after deliberating nearly two hours, returned a
verdict to the effect that the deceased had lost their lives
by an "accidental explosion" of the boiler. They aeeom-
panied their verdict by stating that the evidence was not
such as strictly to justify their returning a verdict of man-
slaughter, but nevertheless strongly censured Mr. Rhodes
for employing a person who was acknowledged to be igno-
rant, in • very greet degree, of the nature of the work
entrusted to his care. The jury were also strungly of
opinion that it was time for the government to take into its
immediate consideration the necessity there was for putting
a stop (by some stringent act of parliament) to the constric-
tion of such boilers as that which bad now exploded, and
the erection of retains over boilers, as was the case in the
prelant inmate. ;

SPORTING.

BILIGHTON RACES—WEDN EBDAY.
TEAL Srants of 5 sovs. each, with 2.5 added; 3-yr olds,
7st ; four, Bat 41b ; five, 84 11th ; six and aged, 94 ; win-
ners extra ; the winner to be sold fur 300sovs., ad.:mantled,
&e. Bristol mile. (4 subs.)
Mr. Grartracte's the !squaw, 3 rts, let 3lb . (Kitcbtmer) 1
Duke of Iticlummad's fby the Ugly Busk out of Mergelitna,
S yrs, 74 (Garvey) 2
Mr. ticnittl'e Duster, 8 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 3
PAVILION STALLS of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for 2-yr olds;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; winners extra. T.Y.C.
Mr. Peyne's Freedom, lot tlb (Eiseman) 1
Mr. tarter'. ilatoptaa, Sait Db .......... .. ...... ...... (A. Dart 2
Mr. Magmata's sulky, art Mb.. ...(Bartholoute.) broke &mu
BIIIONTON STAKES of 2a soy.. each, 10 ft, with 250
added, and 5 only if declared, &c. ; the second to receive
50 SOTS. out of the stakes ; the winner of any handicap of a
clear value of 100 sora. to carry slb extra for every such
race they may win after the! weights arc declared. The
winner of the Goodwood Stakes or Cup to carry 71b extra.
The winner to pay 15 sovs. to the judge. Old Course. (80
subs., 47 of whom declared.)
Lod Waterfonl's Lord George, 3 yes, Get 131 b (Charlton) I
Mr. Pedley's Goomisk, aged, Sst 131 b. (A. Day) 2
Lord Lul Ban's Carer* 3 yrs, Est :lb (Arnold) 3
The following also started but were not placed : Land-
grave, Backbiter, Westow, Valentine, The Ileriot, Narcis-
sus, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Falcon, The Nautch Girl,
Tilsit, Waterfall.
Betting : 5 to 2 agst Westow, G to 1 apt Lord George, 7
to 1 apt Backbiter, 7 to 1 apt Narcissus, 8 to 1 apt Sir
Rowland Trenchard, 12 to 1 apt Cossack, 12 to 1 agat Land-
grave, and 12 to 1 sgst Cnacus.—Westow went otf with the
lead, and with Nautch Girl, Narcissus, Lord George, and
Sir ltowland Trenchard laid up, cut out the work for half
a mile, the running then being taken up by Nautch Girl,
followed by Narcissus and Sir Rowland 'Trenchard, Lord
George next, in company with Comas and Westow, and a
wide gap separating this lot from the second ruck. The
Nautch Girl went on to the distance, where Lord George,
who came second round the turn, took the lead from her,
was never afterwards approached, and won in a canter by
three lengths : Cossack, who came a few strides from home,
beating Cmeus by a head ; Sir Rowland Trenchard a bad
fourth. Run in 3 min. 27 sec.
STEWARDS' PLATE of 50 SOTS., added to a sweepstakes of
10 sots. each ; for 2-yr-olds, Oat 101 h; three, Bst 10lb; four,
Oat 61b; five, six, and aged, 94101 b. The winner to be sold
for 300 sows., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Mr. Marc's Prestaw, 4 yes (Mame) 0 1
Lord W. Powlett's St. Ana, 6P. (Roar* 0 2
Duke of Itachurtuat's Ploughboy, 3 yrs
Lord Strathroore's Dyable, 2 yrs (Crouch) 4
St.. Durum's Mies Landon (Gilbert) 3
IforeL-linitegas' PLATE of 50 toys. (handicap.) Bris-
tol mile.
Mr. Payse's Catalpa, 3 yrs, lot (fording) 1
Sir W. Booties Timid Pawn, 3 yr* 6st 4th (Marker) 2
Mr. Burgess's Handsome Dos, 4 yes, 7st lOlb (Burns) 3
The following also started but were not placed :—Abdal-
lah, Tordexillas, Mignon, Gloom, Guardsman, Epirus, Ella,
I by Ugly Buck out of Margellina.
Tows PLATE of 50 SOTS., added to a Sweepstakes of
3 lOTA. each; three-year-olds, 7st 1011) ; four, B,t 13th ; five,
94 51b; six and aged, Oat 71h. Mares and geldings allowed
31b. Winners extra. The winner to he sold for 200 soya.,
if demanded, and allowances if to be sold fur less. Heats.
New Course.
Mr. Grartriche's Cheerful, 3 yrs, Set 31b (IGO/ )
(Flatman) I 3 1
Mr. Careva's Aristocrat, 4 yes, let lib (1001.) .. (A. Day) 6 I I
Mr. King's VertDrer, 4 yrs, 7st 63) (100/.) (Charlton 2 6 3
Mr. Burgess's (Magus, S Its, Set Mb ('OW.) . (Burns 3 2 4
Sir C. *mahout's Nautili*, 3 yes, Gat 4lb (Ital.) (Archer 3 4 dr
xie, tt ikon's Ella, 3 4 re, Get lib ',10•11.) .... (Gilts rt 4 3 dr
First heat won by a length, the second by a length, and
the third by four lengths. The winner was put up to auc-
tion, and sold for 210 sore.
The meeting, so far, has been attended with the most
complete success, the racing proving as excellent as it was
plentiful, the attendance greater than we have seen on a
Brighton course, and the weather favourable in the ex-
treme. The new Grand Stand was crowded ; hut truth obliges
us to add that it will require several alterations to make it
what it ought to be ; a[ resent only those who have the
good fottunc to obtain frpont places in the wings can see
anything of the races. The enclosure must be raised, and
the watercart brought into requisition; the clust,not merely
in the road, but in the immediate vicinity of the stand, and
also within the enclosure, was absolutely intolerable.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, MI,

'Icr.SDAT.—THE CESAREWITCII Fleet HANDICAP of
25 sore each, 15 k, and 300 added. Acceptances to be
signified on or before September 9.—Rhesus, syrs ; Cnteus,
3 yrs ; Tightwaist, 3 yrs; King of Oude, 4 yrs ; New-
inin,ter, 3 yrs ; King Charming, 3 yrs ; Darkie, 4 yrs ;
(lusher, 3 yrs ; Clothworker, 5 yrs ; Panope, 4 yrs ; Van-
couver, 4 yrs; Heart of Oak, 3 yrs; Nancy, 3 yrs; The
Macau, 3 yrs ; Paquette, 3 yrs ; La Fiancee, 4 yrs •
Ba-tinado, 4 yrs; Sister to Little George, 3 yrs ; Dulcet;
aged; Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs; Nutshell, 4 yrs; Little
Jack, 4 yrs ; 'lophana, 6 yrs ; Nutcracker, 4 yrs ; Rein-
deer, 3 yrs ; Phlegethon, 3 yrs ; Cane, 3 yrs; Cossack.,
aged ; Lamartine, 3 yrs ; Essedarius, 5 yrs ; Runnymede,
3 yrs ; Grecian, 3 yrs • Elthiron, 5 yrs ; Hippolytus,
' 3 yrs • l'itsford, 4 yrs ; liotberp, 3 yrs ; br c by Velocipede,
out of Lady Geraldine, 4 yrs; 1, ulentine, 4 pm ' • Gold-
finder, 3 yrs ; Triekstress, 3 yrs ; Theseus, 3 yrs;
Westow, yrs ; Mrs. Taft, 6 years ; Skdmere, 3
yrs ; g by St. Martin, out of Bess 3 yn ; Candk,
wick, 4 yn ; Calmer, 4 yrs; Old Danl Tucker, 5 yrs ,•
Glcnhawk, 3 yrs; Miss Flyaway, 3 yrs; c by Tearaway a
by Alcaston, 3 yrs; Fuglemau, G yrs ; Neeshsm, 3 yrs;
Confidence, 4 yrs; Hungertbrd, 3 yrs; Harp, 3 yrs; Re-
munerator, 4 yrs; The Heriot, J yrs; Windischgrats,
4 yrs; Clarissa, syn ; Gay lass, 3 yrs; Unity-, 3 yrs;
Lough Dawn, 3 yrs; Bedford, 5 yrs ; Aaron Smith, 3 yrs;
Flying Gout, 6 yrs; Marchioness, 5. yrs ; Sir Charles, 4 yrs;
Terpsichore, 3 yrs; Fire-eater, 5 yrs; Recruit, 3 yrs;
Marlborough Buck, 3 yrs; Wansdyke, 4 yrs; England's
Glory, 3 yrs; Tragedian, 3 yrs ; Snowstorm, 5 yrs; The
Italian, 4 yrs; Constellation, 3 yrs; Consolation, 3 vrs ;
Border Boy, 3 yrs; Mare Tapley, 4 yrs ; Cocktail, 5 yrs;
British Boy, 3 yrs ; Langton, :3 yrs; Chief Justice, 4 yrs;
l'inch, 3 yrs; Cyclops, 3 yrs; Barton, 4 yrs; Aristos, 3 yrs;
Warwick, 4 yrs; b f by Harkaway dam by Rust, 3 yrs;
Seaman, 4 yrs; Grand Duke, 3 yrs; Letterpress, 3 yrs ;
Ephesus, 3 yrs; Waterfall, 3 yrs; Quicksand, aged;
Haricot, 4 yrs ; Vampyre, agent; Windhound, 4 yrs ;
Knight of Gwynn°, 4 yrs; Salute, 4 yrs ; Abderhaman, 3
yrs; Narcissus, 4 yes ; Officious, 4 yrs; Antigone 3 yrs ;
William the Conqueror, 4 yrs; Beehunter, 4 yrs ; Homan-
der, 3 yrs ; Diukanns, 4 yrs; Landgrave, .5 yrs ; Cheerful,
5 yrs ; The Nigger, 4 yrs; Hesse Romberg, 3 yrs; Exeter,
3 yrs ; Anspach, 3 yrs ; Vatican, 5 yrs ; Teddington, 3 yrs;
The Ban, ♦
3 yrs ; Confessor, 3 yrs ; Aphrodite, 3 yrs ; Beebe,
3 yrs; Vermuth, 3 yrs; Merry Peal, 3 yrs; Bacchanalian,
6 yrs; Presto, 3 yn • Cariboo, 4 yrs; Barcelona, 3 yrs ;
Strongbow, 5 yrs ; L4adstone, 6 yrs ; Borneo, 5 In; Harp-
,iehord, 3 yrs; Wallflower, 5 yrs; Montague, a yrs; Gar-
forth, 4 yrs ; Sunrise, 3 yrs; Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs ; Herbert.
5 yrs: Sir Rowland Trcnchard, 4 yn ; Jack Leeming, 3
yrs ; True Blue, 3 yrs; Itussborough, 4 yrs ; Combatant, 5
! yrs; Black Doctor, 3 yrs; Backbiter, 6 yrs; Champion, 5
yrs; b e by Gladiator out of The Abbess, 4 yrs • Pessima, 4
vn ; Woolwich, 5 yrs ; Sister to Clothworker, iyrs; Ninus,
yrs; Brother to Willingham, 3 yrs. The weights to be
declared September 2, and the acceptances September 9.
THE HOUGHTON MEETING, 1841.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of
25 Sore. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the
9th of September :—ltibaldry, 6 yrs; Rhesus, 5 yrs;
Cowan, 3 yn ; Tightwaist, 3 yrs ; Newminster, 3 yrs ; King
Charming, 3 yrs; Darkie, by Sir Hercules, out of Dark
Susan, 4 yrs; Clasher, 3 yrs; Eliza Middleton, 4 yrs;
Nancy, 3 yn; Hook'em Snivey, 3 yrs ; Paquette, 3 yrs ;
La Flame, 4 yrs; Dulcet, aged; Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs;
Manifold, 4 yrs; Little Jack, 4 yrs; Royal Hart, 4 yrs;
Nutshell, 4 yrs ; Clclia, 4 yrs; Reindeer, 3 yrs ; Phlegetn,
3 yrs; Cane, 3 yrs; Midas, 3 yrs ; Cossack, aged ; Lamar-
tine, 3 yrs ; asedarius, 5 yrs; Runnymede, 3 yrs ; Grecian,
6 yrs ; Panope, 4 yrs; %aocouver, 4 yrs; Alonzo, 4 yrs;
Elthiron, 5 yrs; Pitafurd, 4 yrs; Hothorpe, 3 yrs;
Equiria, 4 yrs ; Westow, 5 yrs ; Theseus, 3 yrs ;
Candlewick, 4 yn ' • Isulthe, 3 yes ; Tonic, 3 yrs ;
Ellerslie, 6 yrs ; Woodlark, 5 yrs ; Olenbawk, 3 yn ; c by
Tearaway, dam by Aleaston, 3 yrs ; Uriel, 5 yrs ,• -Mountain
Deer, 3 yrs ; fby Pantaloon out of Fugleman's dam, 3 yrs ;
Guy Mannering, 3 yrs ; Curl, 3 yrs ; Neasham, 3 yrs ;
Vivandiere, 3 yrs ; liungerford, 3yn ; Harp, 3 yrs ; He-
riot, 3 yrs ; Vllndischgratz, 4 yrs • Clarissa, 5 yrs • Unity,
3 yrs; Lough Sawn, 3 yrs ; f by 'Alpheus out of Boarding
School Miss, 3 yrs ; Swindler, 4 yrs ; Forester, 5 yrs ;
California, 4 yrs ; ./Eolus, 3 yrs ; Fly rag Gout, 5 yrs ;
Sister to Wanota, 3 yrs ; Deceitful, 3 yrs ; Confidence, 4
yrs ; Recruit, 3 yrs ; Marlborough Buck, 3yn Falcon, 4
yrs ; England's Glory, 3 yrs ; Tragedian, 3 yrs ; The Ebor, 4
yrs; Snowstorm, 5 yrs ; The Italian, 4 yrs; Constellation, 3 yrs ;
Chief Justice, 4 yrs; Pinch, 3 yrs • Mark Tapley, 4 yrs;
Cyclops, 3 yrs; Sprite filly, 4 yrs • Eacton, 4 yrs; Warwick,
4 yrs •Truth, 3 yrs ; Grand Duke, 3 yrs; Letterpress, 3
yrs; N ankh Girl, 6yn ; Ephesus, 3 yrs; Haricot, 4 yrs;
\Vindhound, 4 yrs; Knight of Clairrenet 4 yrs ; Abderba-
man, 3 yn ; Prune Minister, 3 yrs; Narcissus, 4 yrs ; Velox,
5 yrs ; Antigone, 3 yrs ; Officious, 4 yrs ; William the Con-
queror, 4 yrs; Beehunter, 4 yrs ; Hernandez, 3 yrs LMo-
karma, 4 yrs ; Lendgrave, 5 yrs; The Nigger, 4 psi limas
Homburg, 3 yrs; Exeter, 3 yrs Anspach, 3 yrs ; Vatican,
5 yrs; Teddington, 3 yrs; Aphrodite, 3 yrs ; Vermuth, 3 yrs;
Merry Peals, 3 yrs ; Cranberry, 4 yrs; Beebe, 3 yrs ;
Bor-
deaux, 4 yrs; Gay Lass, 3 yrs ; Presto, 3 yrs ; Amens,
3 yrs ; Heroine, 5 yrs ; Catalpa, 3 yrs ' • Fauxpes,s
yrs .Strongbow, 5 yrs ; Loadstone, 6 yn; Borneo, 6 yn; ,
Harpsichord, 3 yrs ; Wallflower, 5 yrs ; Montague, 5 yrs;
Garforth, 4 yrs; Herbert, 5 yrs,• Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs;
Humphrey, 4 yrs; Sir Rowland Trenchard, 3 yrs ; Jack
Lemming, 3 yrs ; Bushranger, 4 yrs ; Inicandus, 3 yrs ;
Rusaborough, 4 yrs; Follow•me-Lads, 3 yrs ; Black Doctor,
3 yrs ; b c by Gladiator out of The Abbess, 4 yrs ; Prelims,
4 yrs; Fellow Deer, 6 yrs; Calmar, 4 yrs; Woolwich, 6
yrs; bl cby Prince Caridoc out of Julia Bennet, 3 yrs ;
Post Tempore, 5 yrs; Sardanapalua, 3 yrs.

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ROYAL SOVTIIERN YACIIT CLUB REGATTA.—WED- 11
NIBDAY.—The only match on the card to-day was for her ;
Majesty's gold cup, of 100 guineas value, for yachts belong-
ing to members of the Royal Southern Yatht Club. The
Volante, which carried off the club cup yesterday, had been
entered some days previously, in conjunction with five or ,
ski others; but her superior sailing qualities no doubt in-
duced
gentlemen who bad intended to contend for the prise i
to withdraw, and leave the field in possession of the Arrow,
belonging to Thomas Chemberlayne Esq., of Cranbury-
park, and the Valente. The latter yacht had the race in
her own hands, and rounded the Nab 5 minutes in advance
of her competitor, which gave in at this point, seeing she
did not possess the slightest chance. It is much to be re-
gretted that out of a splendid fleet of yachts
members of tho Royal Southern Yacht club only two
oseout
be found to enter the lists. The cup was presented by her
Majesty to the club for the first time this season. The
1 Town Challenge Cup will be sailed for on Friday, for which
we beer. there art seven at eight entries.

RAW intelligence.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—YrsrE¢a.►v.

Present :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, and
Earl Fortescue. Mr. Serjeant Manning also, as Que:•n's
Ancient Serjcant, was present assisting, and took his sc.:t
on the woolsack.
IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
WINDING-EP ACTS OF 154$ ANI) 1549; AM) OF THE
DIRECT BIRMINGHAM, OXFORD, BEADING ♦ND

BRIGHTON RAILM AY COMPANY.
TAME! lit ETON P. HENRY SMITH BRIGHT: AND VII:

MAIO if. S. BRIGHT V. THE SAID
Both these appeals were brought against an order of
Vice-Chancellor Lord Cranworth confirming the finding
and certificate of the Master in Chancery (William
Brougham, Esq.), who was charged with the winding up
of the above company. This company was formed itt the
autumn of 1845, :mil was provisionally registered according
to the act 7 At 8 Viet., cap. 150, on the 12th of September of
that year. The proposed capital of the company was to be
2,000,0001., divided into 80,000 shares of 251. each, and a de-
posit of 21.125.6 d. was to be paid on each share. A prospectus
was circulated by the promoters, containing the names of
dives persons, as a provisional committee, and among them
was the name of the above 11. S. Bright. At a meeting of
some of those persons, held the Bth of October, 1845, a
committee of management was appointed, and it was re-
solved that this committee should have tha control of the
affairs of the company, and power to allot shares and apply
the funds of the company in payment of all expenses
incurred in its formation and preparation of the plans,
to be submitted to parliament on or before the 30th of
November, 1815. Mr. Bright was not at that meeting, nor
did he receive a copy of the pruceetlings and resolutions,
although it appeared by the minutes of the company that a
copy was sent to ban. On the 14th of October he received
from the secretary of the company a circular letter, dated
the 10th of October, informing him that 100 shares had been
apportioned to each member of the provisional committee,
and he, on the 14th wrote to the secretary, in
reply to his circular, stating that ho was willing
to take the 100 shares. On the 18th of October, the secre-
tary sent him a letter of allotment of the 100 shares, and
requested him to pay thereon the deposit of 21. 12s. 6d. per
share (262/. 10s.) into the bank named. Mr. Bright paid
the said deposit, but never paid any further sum, nor did
he alb nd any meeting, or do any other act in respect of
the proposed undertaking. Of the 80,000 proposed shares,
only .67,630 were allotted, and the deposits were paid on
4,294 only, so that the promoters were not enabled to go to
parliament for an act of incorporation, and, consequently,
the undertaking was abandoned. large expenses were,
however, incurred by the managing committee in the form-
ation and promotion of the company. In December, 1849,
an order was made by the Vice-Chancellor of England for
winding-up the affairs of the company under the Winding.
up Acts of 1848 and 1849, and Mr. Brougham, the master,
to whom that order was referred, appointed the said
Mr. llutton the official manager of the company. Ile
made out for the Master a list of persons, or COll-
- and included therein Mr. Bright as a member
of the provisional committee in respect of 100 shares.
The Master was attended by counsel for several parties,
and after due consideration he reported and certified to
this effect : that he had settled the list of contributories of
the company, and had settled on such list as contributories,
being members of the provisional committee who accepted
shares in the company, the several persons therein named,
including Mr. Bright, and the master hound from the books
and papers of the company, and the report of the offi-
cial manager, that there were expenses incurred and
debts contracted by the managing committee in print-
ing, advertising, secretaries' and clerks' salaries, rent
of offices, stationery, law charges, the preparation
of the surveys, plans, and sections, and the other
acts necessary to be done in the establishment of the
company, and for the purpose of obtaining an act of parlia-
ment for making the railway, for the formation whereof
this company was provisionally registered to the amount
of 10,174/. 1 Is. 5t1., the particulars where-of were set forth
in the first schedule to his report, with the purposes for
which such expenses were incurred, and he found from the
books of the said company that those expenses had been
discharged by contributories in unequal proportions from
some only of the several contributories in the manner set
forth in the second schedule to his report annexed
_ . .
And

he found that there had been costs ordered
by the court to be paid by the official manager
out of the estate of the company, and which were
already taxed, amounting to the sum of 183/. lls. Gd., and
that the costs which had been ordered by the court to be
paid, and which are not yet taxed, will amount to a consi-
derable sum. And that in the winding up of the affairs of
the company, the official manager had, by himself and his
solicitor, expended large sums of money, and properly in-
curred costs, which together with the costs so ordered
to ~be paid, lie estimated would amount to 2.063/. Ils.
Gd. and upwards. And the Master was of opinion
and found that the sum of 7,8981. 10s., being the expenses
comprised in the said sum of 10,174/. Ils. rel. up to the 30th
November, 1815, were necessarily incurred by the managing
committee in preparing to launch the common concern in
which the several contributories had engaged, and he was
of opinion and found that the several persons therein
named, including Mr. Bright, were legally liable to bear his
rateable proportion of the necessary expenses of the com-
mittee in preparing to launch the common concern, incurred
between the 14th October, 1815, and 30th November, 1845,
both inclusive, being the sum of 4,5621. 10s. 7d. And he
was of opinion and found that several other persons therein
named, but not including Mr. Bright, were also liable to
bear a rateable proportion of the said expenses incurred
between the 14th day of October, 1815, and 30th Nov., 1845,
and in addition thereto, to bear a rateable proportion of the
said expenses incurred before the 14th day of Oct., 1845, and
subsequently to the 30th November, 1845, down to the
abandonment of the company, being the sum of
5,6121. Os. Bd. And he was of opinion and found that each
of the several contributories named in the report is legally
liable to bear and pay a rateable proportion of the costs in.
mined in the winding up of this company according to the
number of shares held by him in the Joint stock of the con-
cern. And he was of opinion that it was necessary, and he
thought it proper to raise the said sums of 4,5621. 10s. 7d.
being the amount of the said expenses between the 14th
October, 1845, and 30th November, 1845, and 5,6121.05. Rd.,
being the residue of the said expeuses, and 2,0631. lls.
for the said costs, by means of a call upon each of the
several said contributories, according to the number of
shares in respect of which they then appeared, settled
by him on the list of contributoncs, each of
the several contributories who has already made any
payment by way of contributiun to the said expenses, or
otherwise, having credit given him for the amount so paid
by him against such call. And he directed an order for the
call of 101. per share to issue against such other of the
said several contributories, upon whom notice of this in-
tended call had been served, of whom the appellant was one.
The said Muster on the 13th day of Juue, 1851, made
an order fur a call of 101. per share upon each of the
contributories in the said cannyany, including Mr.
Bright, such call to be paid on the •th of July then next.
Mr. Bright and the official manager severally moved
Vice Chancellor Lord Cranworth to discharge or vary the
master's certificate and order. Ilia lordship made an order
on Mr. Bright's motion, but on the other ruction he made
an order confirming the muster's order, and ordered costs to
be paid to Mr. Bright. That gentleman appealed from the
order, insiatiag that he was nut liable in law or equity to
pay any part of the expenses incurred on behalf of the com-
pany. The official manager also appealed against the orders,
insisting that Mr. Bright was liable to contribute his share
to all the expenses.
Mr. C. Porton Cooper and Mr. Morris (with whom was
Mr. O. 0. Edwards) appeared for Mr. Bright, and con-
tended that before the passing of the Winding-up Acts, Mr.
Bright would not have been liable either in law or equity
as a contributory to the expenses incurred by the company,
and that those acts, if properly construed, had not fixed any
new liability upon him. lf, however, this point should be
decided unfavourably for Mr. Bright, then they contended
that he was only liable for a share of the expenses between
the 14th of October and the 30th of November, and that his
share of the liability must not be calculated according to
the number of his shares with reference to those actually
taken up and paid upon, but with reference to the number
of shares into which the company had been divided, and
the deposit paid on them. If so, he would be found to have
overpaid his liability.
Mr. Bethell and Mr. Roxburgh, (with whom was Mr.
Webb) for Mr. Hutton, insisted that the liability of a pro-
visional committeeman who had also accepted shares in a
company, was now definitively settled. The amount to
which he was liable was the only question which could now
be discussed. That amount could be no other than the
amount of expenses paid by others in the same situation
with himself, to whose add he was liable to contribute as
they were all equally concerned in discharging a debt com-
mon to all. The liability of Mr. Bright could not be re-
stricted to begin at the 14th of October, for whatever ad-
vantage there was in the establishment of the company he
had participated in, and he was bound to take his share of
the burdens.

Mrs. Jennings had very rapidly, as was anticipated, ac-
quired proficiency as an actress and singer, and having
made a most successful debut in Berlin, was engaged by
Mr. Lumley fur the operas in Paris and London for three
years, at 1001, per month for the first two year, and 1401.
per month for the third year. The bill alleged that the
defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, refused to permit the
trustees of the deed to receive the salary, or to furnish
them with any account of the sums received on account of
Mrs. Jennings earnings according to the previsions of the
deed, and it sought an account, the appointment of a re-
ceive:, and an injunction to restrain Mr. and Mrs. Jen-
nings from receiving any part of Mrs. Jennings' earnings,
and a writ ue carat regno. An order bad been accordingly
made, which it was now sought to discharge. In support
of the motion it was stated that the salary of 1,2001. was all
that Mrs. Jennings would receive during this and the next
year, as she could not, consistently with her engagement
with Mr. Lundy, sing even at a private party without his
permission ; and that the whole of this sum was requisite
for her support and her personal expenses in the position of
a prima donna.
Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Pole, for the trustees, contended
that an allowance of 4001. a-year would be sufficient.
The rice-Chancellor thought 4001. much too little, and
that 1,2001. was inure than lie should think could be re-
quired. But these were matters which the court could not
be expected to know much about, and it would be much
better if the parties would come to an arrangement. Be•
sides, being a dispute about the earnings of the honourable
industry of a lady, this had the additional grace M being a
family quarrel. As the lady, being married, was not com-
petent to inter into any engagement, no ;injunction ought to
have been granted against tier. The case had better stand
over for two hours, that an endeavour might be made to
settle it.

At a later period of the day an order was agreed upon to
the following ctfect ; The defendant, Mrs. Jennings, to ho
at liberty (notwithstanding the appointment of the receiver),
upon her sole receipt, to receive all the payments up to the
lst of Oetober next, and on her sole receipt to receive
1,000/. for the next year, and, un her sole receipt, 1,2001.
for the third year; the surplus of the monies to be paid to
the trustees upon the trusts of the deed of settlement.
The order to be without prejudice to uny lineations between
the parties, and the motion, in all other respects, to stand
over, with liberty to upply.