The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-08 00:00:00

rbe Court.

WINDSOR. TrMAT, Emr. 7.
The Clues end Prince Albert took their usual
early limiting walk. The royal totally took walkisg af.d
posy extreme is the filers rid Wisels.r.puk. The Doke
Of CambriJg• went out houtiag this morning. Ms Royal
afghan. woe attesded by Major-Oeseril Wasps and
Lissy-Colonel P. H. Seymour. Lord sad Lady Jobs
liarlaU, and to Spask-r sod Alm Stow Lefevm, ars
=posted to arrive at die Carla today, on a visit to thy
Clasen and to Priam. The royal Caner pary at the
Castle tics evening wi I include the Dockers of Kant, the
Maks of Cambridge. to Dodoes of Satherlasd, art Lofty
C. Lite.oll Gower, Lord sad Lady John Reese% Lady
Farm Reward, Russo" de Smith, the Night Hen. the
Speaker and Mn. Shaw Leteme, sad Colima the Hon.
Charles Grey.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. William' Burton,
clerk to the Contesiesionen of St. Leonard, Mr. J. M. Cla.
boo, agent fcr the West liatticgs Improve= nt 11, sad
Mr. P. B4llltP, had as antereaw with Lod B.yin mr,
today, at the ofLe of her blejetty's Cornsisfiosere of
Woods sod Forests, is Wh.tchall place, as the subject of
the spplicstion oftheHeolth of Towne Act to Ratting*.

LOrrd and Ltdy John Ronal left their residence,
Pembroke Lodge, Riakmoml Perk, yesurdsy, for Wasisor
Castle. _ _ _

Despatchea from the Governors of Canada and
the other N •rth Anieriein e and ale from the 0 Jeer-
noeof toe Cape of (iJoct 11.4 e, eras received yeeterdey at
the Colu4.ul•• Viz*. _ . _

I)eepa•chee were sent off last evening from the
Coloeint•titile for the Ooversore of Crites sal HOU/
Koeg.

TIIE NEW NIATOIALTY.—The Lord Maycr $Ld the
Lady May ran have taki.n up theirresideas at the Illanaioa
Boum. Ilia lostalsip trossessed the new year by receiving
• family parry at dinner on New Year'a-Jay, and Cu i•eued
Garda in invitation tu. a dinner to be given to the aldermen
and their ladies o• the 31. t of January, sad for au evening
pa►ty on we ease day. The usual housch.zil ulster will oe
held, moonlit" to amiatt custom, on ri .w Monday.

103.1111.410 N SHINED BY TIIB LOED•LICOTENANT
or Proazok EAutaa. —Aldan N cholas Leto Stokes, B q.,
to bs Depity•Litutsoast —Gazette.

DECLARATION AOAINST_T FIE ENACTMENT

GI RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES.

We, the undersigned, deem it one duty at the pre-
sent juncture to declare our unalterible alubmant to the
principles of Civil and Ittlisions Liberty. and our detami.
nation to oppose by every edestitatiewal steam any e•sour,
toadies to interfere 1:y legislative enactment with the uie-
rdplise tr doctrine of any pence sf the Qama's subjects.
M. J. Bloke O. 11. Musket
Castlereagh J. O'Brien
M. E. Cuban), T. O'Brien
W. Sqa.racr. Crawford M. ()Tumuli
.1. T D.eereu: J. O'Connell
W. Fagan A. O'Flaherty
J. Pagan The O'Cionnes Makes
It. M. 0. Ouseley Hirer
11. Cranes M. Power
J. Grit's' N. Power
It. !Ostia,. E. Burka Bombe
C. L►wless J. Reynolds
W.Turreas M'Callagh J. Beeleir
N. V. Matter Pres. Bally
W. Moniall J. E. Talbot
T. Meagher

CARDINAL WISEMAN AND MR. R. CLARKE.

We have been requested to publish the following
letters, which have passed ledgers Carohal Wiseman
and Mr. Rocitfort Clarke, relative to the speech of the
latter at the Oxford county meeting:
Onldse-rguare. Jan. 4, 1851.
bir,—A letter in this dny's CArenscfo, sighed "Gentili'
Homo," has called my atteatim to some expressions in y.. car
spsch at the Oxford county meeting, on the Zed instant,
Inspecting my birth, which I cannot with decency tra,:,cribe.
1 have for the I.st two months boene *fleetly much
calumny and railing against myself; and I am ready to go
on .adoring, personally, more still, for what I believe to be
the c suss of lied. but I cannot allow to pass enaotieed
Bay el ieder of one to whom I owe all good la life, mot who.
Ood•eronamasdaeats enjoin ma to kossur, and ecnr.quesily

to shield Irons dishonour. Although molly aa octogenarian,
my venerable parent, against whom you have pot hely %uteri d
• most :evoking irrinestioa, retains still lull possession of
every loyalty. sad es keen a same of the honour due to aa
nob.siomed life as others do in earl's". yews. After having
I:7t.sr days rri,lt the revpees saideinem of all Mot know
u 1 oless the kind em of Meads shall keep her in igno•
saner of the blow you have struck at his honour, God only
knows what the effect of it may be span her mind or her
life. As it has bees the first, so it asy peon a last and fatal
Wok..

1 therefore earnestly and misery call upon you, as a
Ckrislan, as a gentli Nita, and as a rye, publicly to retract
and apologise for the on f ,unded impaYti.mawhien you have
cast upon my pnrent's honour in your sp-eeh at Oxford.
I em. sir. your obedient &&&&& ar,
nottifott Clara', Esq. N. CARD. WISEMAN.
2, Spring Garden-terrace, lan. 6, 1651.
Sir.—A initlsasa, representing himself r Mr. Hoary
Earpilieue, and year attorney, delivered us me in the
afterawn of this, Jsattry GJI, a letter from you, dated
January Ith.

I stated at the Oxford emu" meeting that, by our
awn at common law, it was high trevon for • subject to
introduce into this kingdom • foreign power • that oar
Kind I. !ward the Fast ordered oats ut his subjects to be
drawn and hanged, ace rii.ag to that eJatmon law, for
baring published • pope. bull, excoramnaicatiag another
Engli.n *abject; that Illwkitone and Case both declare
this to be the c.imuson law ; that it is a minden'• anon, at
common la v for a subject to enter into the seryis of
a tor.-ign rine., ,Le., wittiest the Q4II4WS keense, eves
is pest., but if he eaten into du envies of tko
Owen's enemy it is high trowels. each being the sea-
mos lite, it became important to eossiiler whether any
person who to part in the Popes recent aggremions was
an ale el, or Behar' sibjea, for what might be an Weals in
• eel et might be none in as abut. I thee said that you
were some AMOS represented as • B,maish alien; somntimen
b4ll in Spain of Irish parents; soma:imeaash.i.gde-
vended Inman Irish geindmother and Spanish grandfather ;
but th.t I had not the least knowledge of any eircurn•tance
reLiting to your birth or per. stage. It is no f ink of mine
this your injodicioui " Osulb Homo" and the
11T1.3f of the article in the Morning Chronicle of Jan. 6th,
whilst, by °minion Ms whole of my legal argument and
gimp a couple of sentence., contrived to suit their purpose
of destine nit injustice to me. They have held me up for a
bubo wl.iie to the disapprobstiou of their reader., hare at
the ..me t me placed you under the di -agree ,lole ne-
cessity ..f appealing to me to rehire you from their
impotati ins, not mine. It it, though I em in no way
Wiled to interfere, and heel nothing to retract
or speiogias fur, an you seem to tater, end though
from your use of thawtortes. as also " slander," of which
I have wit been guilty,—nor " revoltiag i taiau Woo," aor
"unfounded imputations," &a., I am very apprehensive you
do not intend to make a generoes use of this I-tier—and,
though such • letter was pet into my hands by your attorney,
y.t 1 will chseefally do my beet to nentrelue the folly of
your oat and hasty friends. I, therefore, assure you that
1 n: etc in:.aiod to make say insianatim snidest your
mother, es you seem to suppose. Oa the euntrary, my ob.
jeer wee to show that we none of us knew scything good or
bad ab mt your 'birth or pareatege,except that you were
supposod to be • Spaniard.
But I will do more to ming you agaiserthe Chronicle—l
will puhlish my speech so as I. be moat satislectory,
according to my judgment, to your feeling. on this point.
And if you will send me a short letter to explain your birth
and pulatage, and state whether you are a subject of Olsen
Victoria or.not—ead if I ii ad your letter of such • charaver
as to ja.•ify me in doing so, I will add it to my pamphlet,
and effort you this opportunity of placing ynur birth and
pareatagi truly bef..re the public, wish* we It salaams.' are
&aurally anxious to have explained. aro the posturlpt on
the other side.

I am, air, your *hilliest eernat,
Cardiaal Wieenna. G. ROCUYORT CLAIM&
C.S.—(Jaa 7.)—1 soot a letter very mush to the above
effect to the editor of the Morning Chronicle. on Jaa. 4th,
in sumer to the disgraceful letter of •• Gentili' Homo." I
have +sited tilt this, mornirg to Si. it it would appear ; hitt
the editor, with uabrud.of injusiet, not only hu sot
in-
sorted I', but had it in his hand, long berme he published hie
Übe leading article carrying on the attack ageism me, making
the malice men appareat. 0. B. C.

THE lior e( Maidstone Gazelle) are happy
to find that the plenten of Sussex and the Weald of best
are ceruntenciag an active and determined campaign spinet
this °jmmies tax, at least as regard. the war dal and the
5 per coat. oddities. We rejoice at this, ler it is mere
ehtld's °lay to try to get the the postponed and remitted
when due, if imperious attempt be made to attars its abolition
or reduction. Means are being taken for ma early mamba.
between the planters of litre: sad Suers at Btapleharet, 10
concert measures for the coating maim. We believe that
an effort will be made early in the melon to get a committee
of inquiry into the effect of the duty. With a view to this
step, a pamphlet will be placed in the bands of every member
of bite houses, before parliament meets, showiag
the object table near, of the tax. We have little I
doubt that if anythieg like a unitod mtvemmit be
mate arnosgst the low-priced growers, on whom the I
tax falls most oppmesively, that government would make
the reduction. It is to be Wiped, therefore, that this extent
of reduction, which has received the sanction tf so very
Lute a portion of the planters, will command their united
support The whole M u bed • bat to get off half of it
would be a prat point pained. The duty of 1348 hr beta
petty erserally paid, but we her that some pante. are still
defaulter,. After the various intimations which we have
ventured to give, sr to the po sib:* results of nonpayment,
sad the way in which the duty has been since paid by
most, we must eappoee that such eon-payment her resulted
fres ivablity. We Mill urge defaulters to make a new
effort to meet this liability, r we bre reason to believe that
alter Thursday neat (Jan. 9), the collector at Maidstone
will not et deice any farther duties on this aceoac, the col-
lection of which will then par lato the hands of the solicitor
to the /Ward of Zack', who loin Immediately issue proems.

THE CASE OF MR. SLOANE.

THIS DAT.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
ISSIOI2 MR. Jana PAITU.ON an Ma. JCSTIII TA/SOLID.

Mr. Clarks*, said that, in the eau of two perusals, named
Sloane, against whom the grand jury had, yesmday
irreales, returned a true hill, tor usaisituu and otherwise
ill-treating a servant is r.eir employ, ho had to make as ap-
plication foe the pewpoaemeat of the trial to the nentst talon.
Tho applicatiu was gronadtd soma an sill limit made by
the attorney for the male defendiat, which stated that, in
consequent* of the groat public excitement which hal
been wished upon the subject, the defendant wag used' to
A abroad without rub of personal violence, and, indeed,
danger of his life, and he was consequently p vvvvv tad even
from isoislog Is the rein to consult his ty.statel. In addi-
tion t s this cireumstsoce, he might alto state that the in-
dictin•nt was of a my peculiar character, and he had not
yet had an eppAtuaity of reading it with the proper atten-
d= ; and upon thus farts he treated the taut would only
tibial it reaenaable that the trial should be postponed.
Mr. Masidlestnne said he was Lae ratted by the B 'Led of
Oeardi ma ad the City of London Cation to prosecute !hi,
elm, and they wen very mistimes that it should be disposed
dam speedily as possibk, sad he weld not cor.sent 1 I the
application. lie should, however, madily bow to any e.g.
Arai, rs that might rase from task lordship, 'epos the
sense: ; bat hs sabzi.ted Met the defenders ought to
vr....1, at all greats, and plead to the indictment.
Mr. Jostles Pattation sa:4 it was one of the diflieslties of
the can, that the defendant could not go about toe streets
without duper of personal vi deice.
In answer to a question by the court,
Mr. Clarkson said that he appeared fo the male defendant
only. . 1
Mr. Ilnddleetone 'mid it we. understood that when the
bill was total by the grand jury Mrs. Sloane ',Ali our. '
render to telt* her trial.

Mr. Cl rktos denied that thus was any each under-

111iliuddlestone said that he was cortainly informed by
Am, the officer. that whoa hs was endeavouring t.. he
wcrr •et upon Mrs. Sloane, he was informed that she would
surrender it the gr tnd jury Mend a true bill egaiest her. tile
suggested that if the indulgence prayed for was granted, Mr.
Sloane ought to enter into sureties for the production of
his wire. The &leaden% moat know perfectly well
who,. his who wee, aid there was a. doubt the•. she was
und.r his centroul, and ►t appeared to him that measures

should he tetra to 'enforce Ite;-.Oppearance. ---
Mr. C:arkson sail that the course pr 'resod was quite
natousl. He bAieved Mr. Sloane did not know where his
wile was, and that, in point of fee., she was not at present
in this cosine,. If his harried friend had been a married
sea, be would have been aware that a wife was not always
under the control of her husband. (A laugh.)
Mr. Justice Pat'eson, after eoesulting with Mr. Jostle*
Tsltnurd, said he did not see how, upon the feet% and after
it was stated that the defeadattceuld not ga about or consult
hie c meet) without endangering hhiifie from the violenee of
the people, they could refuse the application for a postpone.
ment of the trial, and they ent.idcred It w,ul4 be hardly
consist. nt with the interests of justice to refuse
such an application. The court at the saws time
would have been glsd if any steps could be
t,ken to secure the attendance of the other defendant;
bat at she had not been hares into custody they had no
power to order any recognisancts to be entered tato with
that otjeet. The trial, tilt refore, woul4 stand vete upon the
bail renewing their recognisance* for the appearance of the
defendant at the neat lemma

The bail shortly aftetwi.rds went through the neeeimary
formalities, and the me woo chow ordered to be postponed
to the rest session, sad it was arranged that it should stand
Grit in the judge's list.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH BTRIRT.

CONTRADICTOST STATZMIXTS —lll.O medical students,
who rave the wishes of George Jamison, Charter Grew,
Robert Lames, Henry Watson. and Henry Mealturst, were
charged, the three Sumter with Ming druo k and riotous,
and the two latter prisoners with attempting w rescue then
ifolll the custody of the poliet.
Policeman 181 C, stated, that about three &click this
morning he was on (ley in the Haymarket, when he saw
the de tend sots turned out of the sal 'on They then vent to
tea bleak Horse, at the owner of Jereayne•reet, and elm-
minced knocking at the door with vi d.aee. Witeies
went up to them and requerted them to desist and go quietly
away, but the thaw Ent-named prisoners, who were very
drunk, refused. He then procured usittanee end
took them into custody, and, on the way to the station, the
other prisoners came up and attempted with some (crew to
rescue them from eustody. Is tim mall the primmer Jack-
ass 'truce him the breast.

In defence, Jacks's+, Grew, and Lyme, denied the charge
of drunkenness, and the other two prisoners said they made
GO resistance whatever to the Office fl, and, in corrobiratton
thereof, celled Mr. Bennet, a medical student, residing at
No. 18, Cecil street, &toad, who stated that he was a friend
of the defendant, and wttneued the wh, le transaction. The
three flrstnumed prismen were perfectly lobe., and the
oth' re offered no resistance to the vlice.
Several other witnasee were called, who endeoveured to
prove the same.
Poliee.oonstablo 321 A, who assisted In conveying the
orieoners to the station, proved the Jackton, Grew, and
L Imes were decidedly the werse for liquor.
Inspector Whall, C divicon, who took the charge, also
proved the• such was the tact.
Mr. Hardwick said the defeadaats had acted very foolishly
in denying the charge, and fined them 7s. each.
The money was immediately paid.

THE IarARTER-MASTER DERMAL'S DEPARTMENT.
—lt is generally understood that no one will be appointed
to succeed the late Bic J. W. Garden u Qsarter.agaster
General, and that some arrangessen• will be 'sade by which
the duties of the deparneent will he carried an wader the
control of the Assistant QoarterAlester Geseral, Colonel
Preeth, 1(.11.. The tats Sir J. W. 0 'ethos receive, a.
lasarter-Master ()salmi, Fay emanation to 1,3931. per
'anon, and au allowance in oddities of 6001., making to-
gether LEW &year ; by the abolition of this appointment a
saving will accrue to the public to that extent; unl.sa, on
the other hand, C Ploael Fri eth should be considered entitled
to some additional pay for the invents of du, to which he
will math, the proposed arrangement become subject ; even
then the public will still be considerable gainers.

Mantiatll..—TilE DCKS OP WriLLIlloVON.—It will
be in the recollection of many of oar readre that • very re
11117k4bill correspondence took place in KAY Ise, be wee
the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports sod Mr. Waddingtoa,
carpools, of Margate, relative to the capture of a whale by
cow peer fisaermea on the Leg Sand. A few day. eau
the boa Duke" remitted, throech the registrar of the
Ciagae Pets, the sum of 2W. 2s. Gd. (11i• net proceeds
received by his Brice), with directions "that the amount be
divided equally anima the old widows of seafaring m, n on
the late Mrs. Barak Rideau's b mot! list." On Wednesday,
air let of January, Messrs. Waddington, B ooke, Ride's..
aad Rowe, leer of the trustees of the benevolent deceased,
met at the London Hotel, and distributed to each of 33 poor
widows 12a 21. from his Or co the Bake of Wellington, is
addition to 21. 14.10 d. from the bounty fund, oltodetber
sash.—Canterbury Journal.
MR. Si KAELL, the refiner who was tried for receiving
stolen goods, and aegeitted, has, it it said, commenced legal
proceedings *geese Mr. Lund, of the metropolitan detective
force, for campeneauon for lees occasioned by reason of
closing his premises.
MR. WAKLEY AND THE ST. PANCRAS BOARD OF
OttnItIMANO.—A meeting of the Board of U nudism of the
St. Paws, was held yesterday, Churchwarden
parish
of
in the ekes. Notice was given by Mr. J. Clarke that
he
_purposed noticing • subject prsonal to Mr. Wak'sy,
M.P., sad proposed an adjournment until • quarter to two,
whoa it was probable that gentleman would oe present. Oa
Mr. Wakley's entreat* it soon appeared that some remarks
made by his son, Mr. H. M. Wales', deputy isotope, at a
recent inquest, were the chief subject of complaie.t. Mr.
Watley stated that Ism son had that morning received •
letter from Mr. Cook, the vestry clerk, complaining of
remade alleged to have been made by him at the Elephant
and Castle. He also found, by • newspaper report, that
his son had been charged by Mr. Cook with • corrupt
diaeurge of his functions, with patties illegal ques-
tions to witnesses, and e.ictating to the jury. II any 'spree-
,ns had been used by bas tea, they had thus not been
without cause. Mr. Cook was sorry to say that the questions
to which he had alluded were illegal questions, ruck as ought
never to have been put, and when he suggested questions for
Cr... examination through the court, they were not pot in
the form in which he intended. lie repeated, that Mr.
Wakley, jun., put words into winsome' IX MOM Mr. Billet
raid be had been present at many legman', and he mast say,
that Mr. Welder, jun., caudal: ed cues I. a way different
from anything he had ever beard of before. le • newt
Cu. he asked corer witness such questions as : —tt Do yea
have enough to eat ? I. the meat hard ? DAM Bate& ?"
If the answers did not Suit him he went on : " Did you ever
bear any oats complain of it ? Did you ever hear that it
stone ?" and so on, and that when there was no allegation
whatever about the provisions. Mr. Watley was here
compelled to leave to attend an ingeest, the hoar ef which
had arrived, and the matter was adjourned for • week.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE WEST INDIA DOC&
AND BLACRWALL JUNCTION RAILWAT.—A n accident of
a very dreadful and fatal character took place oa the lee of
the But aid West India Dock and Blackwell Junction
Railway, on Monday night, agar the viaduct crossing the
Great Northern Railway at Maiden-lane. It appose that
Ia poor fellow named Hoary Harris, aged 33, residing is
Alpha Console, Maiden-lane, was employed on the line as
Iwatchman ; about half past 10 o'clock be left his post for the
purpose of going house to yet his supper, which had bees
prepared for him. Wallet proceeding won't the line, which
at this spot is • considerable incline, be was knocked dews
by a pilot engine, which passed over his body and mutilated
it is • frightful manner. The skull was dreadfully fractured,
and death must have bee instantaneous. The night was
rather fogy, and from the Circumstance of the pilot engine
being without carriages attached to it, and the spot being
an incline, it is believed that it made so little noise, that the
unfortunate man was not at all aware that the ecgine was I.
inch close proximally to him, and that his back was towards
it when he was struck. The deceased has lett a widow and
fear young children, and the poor widow is I. a fraatio
state at her sad bereavement. Mr. Welder, the etwoner,
• held an inquest oa the body at the Forma. of War, Maiden.
r lane, yesterday afternoon, and • verdict of Accidental Death
was recorded.