The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-23 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICFO DEC.

Bth lA. Dnigs.-I.Leut. J. Thompson to be cap'., by -put., vim
Low/Wes, who ret.; Coe. W. Davis to be lieut., by par., vice Thomp-
son ; D. 11. autterbuek to be cur., by pur., vice Davis.
14th U. Drags.-A. Lloyd to be cur., by pur., vice Bradbury, app.
to list Drag. Gds.
4th F.-Ens. J. N. M•lielvey to be lieut., by pur., vice Byrne, who
mt. ; O. F. F. Whitlock to IN ens., by par., vice Whelvey ;Cadet G.
Morgan, front Royal Mil. Col., to be ens., without put., vim Thorpe,
dec.
Sth F.-To be capt., without par.: Lieut. L. 11. Hamilton. To be
fleet 'hots., without pur. : See. Lieuts. A. E. C. Forster, G. S. Home,
A. E. Johnson, from 66th F. vice Hamilton. To be sm. lieuts.,
without par.: Ens. J. W. T. 11ickson, from 27th F.; Cadets A. 1,-
Ross, from Royal Mil. Cul. ; J. blood, from Royal MR. Cot., vice
Forster; W. U. P. Hearn, from Royal Mil. Col., vice Holme.
26th K-Ens, It. W. Clerke tube lieu[., by par., vice Rudyerd, who
ret. ; 11. V. Stuart to be ens., by pur., vice Cleric.
30th F.- limy. Lieut.-Cul. E. A. Angelo, from h.p. feat[., to be
mot., vice Brev. Maj. 11. J. M. Cregury, who exch., rec. the dill. ;
Lieut. 11. Shum to be cwt., by par., vice Angelo, who ret.
33rd F.-Lieut. C. P. It. Wsller to be capt, by par, vice 11. K.
Erskine, who ret. ; Ens. T. Wickham to be lieut, by intr., vice Walker,
J. H. Twice to be ens., by pur., vice Wickluini.
36th F.-Lieut. J.. 1. Briddell, from h..p. of the mgt., to be lieut.,
vice Dickens, app. to 26th F.; Ens. it. It. S. TrehArney to be lieut,
by pur., vice Briuldell, uhu mt. ; it. Ilarbord to be ens., by par., vice
Trelawney.
44th F.-Lleut.J. S. Howard to be adjt., vice Philippe, prom.
Stith F.-Assist.-Surg. O. A. Cowper, M.D., from 60th F., to be
surg. • J. 11. May to be asaist...surg.
outh F.-Cadet C. NV. Earle, from Royal Mil. Cot, to be see. lieut.,
without pur., vice Johnson, prom. in sth
66th F.-Licut. S. Browne to be capt., by pur., vice Ju'laston, who
ref. ; Ens. lion. D. U. Finch to be heat., by pur., vice I:rowne ; W.
F. W. Oat forth to be ens., by pur., vice Finch.
7lst F.-Assist.-Surst. H. C. Made, from h.p. 79th F., to be assist.-
surg., vice Grant, prom. in Royal Newfoundland Companies.
76th F.-LkuL T. C. Poole, from Nith F., to be lieut., vice 0. A.
Bayly, who ret. on h.-p. 37th F.
81st F.-Lieut. G. W. Haikes to be capt., by pur., vice Neynoe,
who ret. ; Ens. C. E. Goodwin to be lieut., by pur., vice 'Lathes; W.
F. Currie to be ens., by pur.. vice titiodwin.
Royal Newfoundland Compantes.-Assist.-Sure. C. C.. IL Gra..t,
from ;Ist F., to be surg., vim ]'ink, app. to Pratt.. Batt.
Provisional Batt.-Burg. J. F. Pink, from Royal Newfoundland
Companies, to be surg., v¢r S..t. Piper, M.D., who ret. on h.p.
Bilivrr.-Licut-OoL E. A. Angelo, from 30th F , to be cuL
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dvc. 22.
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Royal Artillery.—Cadets to IwSec. •. J. E. MicbcTl, G C.
henry, T. P. Warlow I'. Bed ngfield, S. P. J. Childers, W.ll. Mytton,
lion. J. J. Bury, lt. P. C. Jones, lI.J. M. Ciunpbell, li. 0. Farmer, C.
14. Govan, C. 11. ingilby, and IL I'. GAMMA.
Royal Engineers.—J. Liddell, vice 110 Cam, pram.; C. W. Barry,
vice Kerr, prom.; C. 11. Setilky' vice Moggridge, prom'.; W. F Lam-
bert, vice Roe, prom. • IL Warren. vice Jerre's, prom. ; H. Williams,
vice Tyler, prom. ; nod A. Mackenzie, vice De Butt,, prom.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. —Last night's Gazette
contains notice of the prorogation of Parliament from the
12th of January, to Tuesday, the 19th of January, A hen it
is to meet for the despatch of business.

COCNTY COURTS.—A notice appears in last night's
Gazette to the effect, that after the expiration of a calendar
month from that date, the (Limn in Council will take into
consideration the propriety of making orders for putting the
Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts aad De-
Demands in England ' in execution in every county
throughout England and Wales. Our readers will
recollect that the old constitutional County Court is
the machinery by which effect is to be given to this
act, and that her Majesty is authorised, with advice of her
council, to make new and more convenient divisions of
counties to that end.

THE WARDMOTES.—The aldermen presiding at the
various wardmotes yesterday had an easy task to perform,
the voters coming up very slowly, and a remarkable absence
of excitemei,t distinguishing the proceedings of nearly all
the meetings. From this general remark must, however,
be excepted the word of Farringdon Without. This section
of the civic corporation has obtained an unenviable notoriety
for the boisterous character of its meetings, and yesterday
formed no exception to the rule. The chief feature of the
day was a violent altercation between Dr. Lynch, who was
elected for the first time lust year, and Mr. W. Carpenter,
the editor of a cheap Sunday newspaper, who comes forward
as a new candidate on the present occasion. The personali-
ties reached such a height that Sir James Duke declared his
intention of breaking up the court if they were not
discontinued. In most of the contested wards the new
candidates occupy the lowest position on the various polls,
which will close at fiur o'clock to-day.
INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD.—The COM-
mince of Management of this Asylum met yesterday at their
office, No. 46, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of making an
addition to their third rule. Mr. Win. Kirby took the chair,
and stated that they were frequently disabled by the rule in
question from givina the benefits of the charity to many
children of respectable parents, who, by some accident or
other, had at some period received the slightest amount of
parochial relief. The third rule provided, "that in order to
preserve the benefits of this charity to those for whose aid it
was specially intended, no child be eligible whose parents
have received parochial relief," to which it was now thought
desirable to add the following words—" unless it shall have
been under some urgent and extreme circumstances, and the
connexions of the child have been respectable." That was
the only object for which they bad met. A proposition to
that elrect was moved by Mr. NVm. Devey and seconded by
Mr. Chas. Hilhouse, and unanimously carried. The meeting
then separated.
CHEAP NEWSPAPERS.—Sir,—As one of the hard-
working classes, I hold myself indebted to you, not only fur
the Daily News itself, and, and for the only opportunity I
have ever had of a sight of a London daily paper at my own
fireside, but for the reforms whickyour noble example has
worked here. It is not yet a month, sir, since we had not a
single newspaper published in this town under Ficcpence,
yet we shall open the new year with half a dozen cheap
papers, or more. The following have either already reduced
their price, or rumoured their Intention to do so forthwith :
The Journal is to be THREEPENCE.
The Chronicle
The Seandard THREEPENCE.
The IVeekly News Times:Pearce.
The .ilail
The Express TWOPENcE.
Our neighbours, too, at Manchester, are at length aroused,
and the conductors of the Examiner announce—

The Express at THREEPENCE.
With hearty wishes that your success may bear a due pro-
portion to your merits and your daring, I remain, &c.,
A MECHANlC.—Liverpool, Dec.2l.

GASPEFISDEIIT AND COAL MINING COMPANY.-Sir,
—ln reference to the report in your paper of this day, of the
Gaspe Fishery and Coal Mining Company, I am directed to
correct an error into which you have inadvertently fallen.
You say, "The failure of the mining project, which re-
sulted in a loss to them of 10,0001." Now the fact is
simply this, that a coal mine was alleged to exist by the
vendors, and from the date of purchase two years are
allowed them to substantiate that ftet to the satisfaction of
the company ; failing in this proof, the sum of 10,0001. is to
be deducted by the vendors from the amount originally
agreed upon as the price of the estates. It is clear, there-
fore, that the company can be no losers by the coal-field
turning out valueless.—l am, sir, your glint obedient see-
, vant, FILANCIi DYKEN, Secretary.-2, New Broad-street,
Dee. 22.

PENNY LABELS FOR RAILWAY PARCELS.-Sit -
A greater boon to retail tradesmen can hardly be conceived
than that which is announced in your paper of the 16th,
:ollowed up the next day by your spirited article upon
increased benefits in post-office arrargements. The idea of
Penny Labels for Parcels is one calculated to confer immense
advantages on tradesmen, who, like myself, arc so heavily
taxed in railway charges for parcels. Surely, however, this
benefit is not to be limited to the metropolis. Rowland
Hill's principle—uniformity of price without regard to dis.
tance—must not be sacrificed. Liverpool, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, and the other great towns muvt he sharers in the
boon—must be put on a level with London itself. Let the
free-trade principle have full scope in this as in all commer-
cial measures, and while individuals thrive under it, the
revenue will largely gain. The plan I propose is, that in
imitation of the Post-office I would have all parcels on the
same line charged at the same rate, irrespective of distance,
so that a parcel front Liverpool to London should be the same
as one to Birmingham or any of the intermediate stations
on this or the other dde of that town.—E. F. —Liverpool,
Dec. 18, 1846.

PUBLIC RECORDS.— Nir,—Your remark/1 on A_
increased jeopardy to which the frost expo,ed the records -1
Carlton Itide, by freeriu 4 the waterpipes, scent to be... 14
awakened the authoritie, to a sense of the danger,
found to-day, on going to that repository to make •
for a judgment, that 901..0 workmen were employed •
covering the watcrpipes .te.r the Searching-office with jet?,
to prevent the water fr,o/ing. Pray do not cease yo.
efforts to obtain a suitable Lailding, which will relieve*,
Records of their present •' • il3erous situation, o to
1 merchant of ordinary pr00,...,,e would 16. 4::41
aceount."—A SoLicrror.
BARLVI AND MALT I.P.t 1311EWING.—Sir.-1 ao, a
tired practical brewer, and 11 e been engaged during the !:4".
torty -two yam% to aeverat t '.3 large beewerice, theunet
berms noticed a paragraph la the kapreu of this
" Novel mode of reducing thc Irma duty," which I emotive teiThi
mislead those permits who tirco at home, I beg leeveto state from
own experience, that the pro,css recommended in the fiaragrethl
which I refer, of mixing barlc with malt, could not fail of proth,„„„_.
a bed result, male beer brewNl Clout this mixture of grain amid mkt...
bra one sour. Brewer. COll4l int I. reject molt imperfectly Duce, [bet
Each as contains bard Or Wilnuitod corns of barley, or boin,teemuz,
ere only panty malted, well knowing that such malt would make to„
pound beer that would not k 7,: a,. I bore no motive in troublirc
with this notice, save that Ix.- ar.xlous that sO useful a Lorry,;
your should not be the moan. of Promulgating an optaion roext,„
iatvd to me.tead as the ark-L. trOrrred to. If any or your
should doubt the correctness 01 ;kat I state, they will, jam eaa,„,
be satisfied that I ant right, if :bey Igioultl be tempted to make
experiment of a mixture of by tiy with twit in their brewing.
.Ile
late Mr. CObett, in his early edition of Coinior
article on brewing, aloe s, ode ~! using birley with malt, but onintet
it in a subsequent edition.-7..t. Baowx.---Dec. 21.

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ItEMOVAL OF THE WVf LINGTON STATUE TO Tire
HORSE-GUARDS PARAI" . —Whatever may he the ultimata
destination of this statue, tii:3 does not seem intended for ib
final resting place, the 4. xravations recently male he•
yesterday filled up and Atoned, the bite having, if ,„.
Intended, been found tri..';‘• unfit for ‘uch a purpole—ths
numerous land-springs imth.:diately filling up the escaratitna
with water, and renderinz it impussible to procure a solid
foundation.

THE SUPPOSED Srl.llll-7..—The bodies of the tut,
fortunate woman and child • .re yesterday morning Amu/rat
by a sister-irtlaw of the Jr :and woman ; their mole, are
Hannah Reid, aged 32 , utd William Reid, who wu
remarkably handsome chi , aged 11 months. The femalewas unmarried, and for s lorigth of time had no settled
residence. Shc had been I:. : state of the greatest goy,
and destitution. There is .cry reason to suppose tharl
was an act of self-destru.,,Qa on the part of the women,
and it is aLo thought tha-. •'..3 did not precipitate herself sag
child from any of the bridt,a, but went into the river from
one of the wharfs in the BA-Mere-rood. From the anew
once of the bodirs, it is Wm.:lied they could not haw beeei
in the water more than iris o; seven hours at the time they
were discovered.

ISIQUEsTS, YEeTERD.,V.--DEATH FROM WaXT.—.
CHARGE AGAINST A PA oISH SUosEON.—By Mr. J I.
Mills, in the Board-room ief Clerkenweil workhouse, we
cerning the death of .Anee Wright, aged le. !duet,
Wright, the mother of di .eased, said, on Tuesday Wow
daughter, who was out at eervico at a laundreseo, wet e)r
her, as she was ill, and etee2lained of severe pain in the
chest. She brought deccosail home in a cab, and immediately
went to the parish worlhow.e for a medical order, which
.w.asrimgoiivie,nintollch,ehri.te SLhioeu.k;tere„tn,wibthut ictotouldMmr.ikGeilif, the
no one
' hear,
She came back and told this at the workhouse, and 1148 tent
back to Mr. Gill, but dill .tot see him. She went a third
time, at seven the same te ming, having left the medical
order with Mrs. Gill at fns i ieleck. She then saw Mr. Gel,
jun., who said his father w.'. fll, ;old that lie did not think he
was bound to come out, at is: had had so many to attend to.
Witness told him the state 11. x daughter WAS iu, and liei ea
2
her two powders to make di' caned sick, end two pills, •
witness to put her feet in warm water, and a mustard
tice on her chest. He atidtil, if she was worse by ten o'clock
to let him know, and h. would came mid see her, bet
he would be sure and te., her at twelve on the follow.
ing day. The deceased did not get worse that night, but
on the Wednesday morale.; she complained of itertaed
pain, and appeared most e ....ions to nee the doctor. She
died before one o'clock. The gentleman who had opened
the body proved that death 'esti resulted front inflemmatioa
of the membranes surrounliag the heart, no doubt produced
from cold. The only chinea of seeing life in such acre
would be prompt meslieel treatment. If a surgeon sail
prescribe in such a UK! without seeing the patient, he num
be extremely clever. Me. Gill, jun., said his father wadi
and he did duty for him. lie considered the blame
rested with the mother, ne she did not inform him of dk
ceased bring worse so Tweilly night. On the Wednesday
he went the other way to visit patients in the morning, sad
on calling in ou his way home to see deceased, Le was in-
formed she was dead. The jury ultiraatey returned a
verdict —" That the dene.ited, Anne Wright, died from
inflammation of the lin:a3 membranes of the bean,
and that she did n, .t base the prompt and db.
eject parochial medic..l aid her case required."—
THE SUICIDE OF MAJOR EASIES.—r Mr. Be ford, who
concluded the inquest, on Major R. aide: Eames, which
was adjourned for the atteocitlnce of deceased's relatives, and
fur further evidence as to the state of his mind. Captaia
Claude Roberts, of the Ist Urns Native Infantry, and the
Rev. Benjamin Eames, \leer of Killcandougb, co
Mayo, the brother of the do cased, who was deeply affrted,
having deputed to the die.erbed state of his 'Mud, the jury,
alter some deliberation, returned a verdict of " Temp:rary
Insanity."—DEATH rite-. Ex rosuitE TO COLD—By
Mr. Mille, in Islington workhouse, on the hedy of John
• Birt, aged 32. On the ee aing of Monday week he was
brought to the workhouse, offering either from the effects
• of intoxication or of come ffection of the brain. He was
• placed in bed, and food W l-, given him, hut not getting
• better next day he was retaiiied and attended by the sargon.
l Deceased died on Saturday I:st. A past mortem examina-
tion showed deceased had di I•el of inflammation of the bra's,
; probably resulting from pri :mien and exposure to the cold.
Verdict accordingly.

THIRD CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDATION

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
The Third Centenary of the Royal Foundation of
Trinity College was celebrated yesterday with unusual mag-
nificence; for some weeks past rumour hail been rife alto
the splendid hospitality whice the college had determined to
exercise on this oecuion, and from what we had the oppor-
tunity of observing we should say that rumour on this occo
don did not exceed the truth. The proceedings commenced
at 10 o'clock, p.m., by the recital of the Prize Essays in the
Dining Hall of the College, end the distribution of prizes to
the prizemcn. The Masar nresided, and there were prment
most of the noble and distininished guests who bad been in-
vited to take part in the fasted. The list of prizemen wil
be found under its proper head.
COMMENILIIUTION Staivt. s IN THE C 11.% PEL.—Precisely
at four o'clock. the 7tlaster of Trinity, attended be the great
majority of the distingui/lied members of the University,
who had been attracted by the festivities of the day to revisit
the scenes of their scheluetic life, entered the chapel. The
stalls were, by order, reserved for the heads of houses, fa
fellows, and distinguished visitors, while the hods- of the
chapel was allotted to sach -..rangers and other intlivilluais as
had been fortunate enough to secure cards of admission from
the senior dean, the Re e. William Carus, M.A. By some
gross want of arrangement. the chapel-clerks, in oheying
the orders of the superior feectionaries, kept at the entrance
to the choir a ma-s of lathe, and gentlemen, though amp:.
space was left unoccupied ou :he floor of the chattel. Amongst
this body stood no less distineuished and learned a personage
than Mr. Justice Coltman. In short a more wanton neglect
of that which almost *moue to self-imposed duty it never
was our lot to witness.
It is with the utmost dilieulty, in consequence of the tots]
absence of all accommodation, that we are enabled to furnish
even a narrative of the proceedings. The Commemoration
Service commenced with the chanting by the choir of three
Psalms selected appropriately for the occasion, viz., Psalms,
145, 146, and 147. The 41 s chapter of the Book of &eke
siutes was next read as tha lesson of the day, which html
ended, the Rev. James Amitaux Jeremie, M.A., one of the
Fellows of the foundation, Cl Classical Professor in the East India
College, Haileybury, and .;amining chaplain to the Lord
Bishop of London, proceeded to deliver the commemoration
sermon or oration. So far ^is we could, in the portion
which we were placed, full.. - the rev. gentleman. we under•
stood him to open with au s iequent allusion to the advan-
tages of a sound classical and ..cademie course of education, and
to enforce his views by a reteospect of the events which turd
closed each of the three centuries of the foundation of the
college, the lastot which the sroceedingsol' the day were in-
tended to commemorate. Its two predecessors had bre*
marked—the one by intestin. wars, which brought monarch
to a scaffold—the second by a divided empire, which led to
disputes, destroying the nearest ties of affinity and kia,
while the third century, which the expiring year brought to
a close, saw this nation blessed with peace, and happy vac
the dominion of a gracious monarch and constitutional go-
vernment. The rev. preacher then proceeded to point oat
the many brilliant ornamenhs of all the learned prefet-ton!
which this college had sent forth to advance literature ph
science, and to promote the best interests of the natio;
Taking a rapid review of the lives and characters of Lon!
Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and other distinguished names el
the olden times, and of Bentley Parson and Greene golly own
times, and adopting as a prey Sae of future excellent:, the feet
that the college had now exiseed three centuries unimpseeed.bY
decay, the rev. gentleman concluded the discourse be
coking a blessing of Providence upon the future chile
which would still remain to he made by- those entrusted with
its conduct. The choir sun' Purcell's celebrated anthill.
" Oh, give thanks unto the lend." The reverend the roaster
and the visitors retired from the chapel, the Hallelujah
Chorus being executed as a voluntary by the organist% e
THE Bexur ET.—Of this, the crowning ceremonial, :rid
arc wholly unable, in consequence of the peremetcrY
on the part of the superintending authoritiev, to cupw,
tickets of /Omission to re ten of the press to tunnels torch
any record of the p in ,s except the fact that ewers
were laid in the hail for abut $OO guests.

have applied themselves eunestly
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, DEC. fl
The Committee of Landlords have not been idle. TIP Y
present events and future prApects have compelled them to
undertake. They have had -everal meetings `last wee's, and
a sub-committee of practiell and intelligent men Was
pointed to prepare a report for adoption and circulation
among the Irish gentry. The report will be submit:ldt°
the committee to-day, and i r possible 1 will forward a ci,pY,
If attainable, before closing t'qis letter. The substance to
the following effect : Each proprietor is required to undr'
take his proportion of the b a onial assessment, on cot:dates
to the heavy task which
of expending it on reproductive employment on his own Pr)"
Pert'', subject vs the supers ision of the Board of tt oro•
end opening tie employment to all the Ishmael
in the barony, whether his own tenants, or not;
This suggsstion ii a great improvement on the tows and