The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-11 00:00:00

TAXING MASTERS.

The following order has been leaned by the Lord
Chancellor
" Friday, the sth day of November, in the Ilth year of
the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1847.
000ra or cora,
"Whereas, George Getty, Esquire, one of the taxing-masters of
the High Court of Chancery, did, on the 2nd day of November instant,
resign his office as one of the said taxing-masters, sad whereas it is
expedient that provision should be made for the due despatch of
such .0.41 and matters as stand referred to him, his lordship
Beth order that all rouses and matters which stand referred to
the eaig George Getty be tranaferred to Henry Ramsay Baines,
Robert'at•yley Follett, Philip Martineau, Richard Mlle, and John
Wainewright, some or one of them to be taktn by them respec-
tively in ouch order as the said Richard Itilasshalk direct. And his
lordship dotb further order that the slid taxing.masters to whom
ouch cares and matters shalt respectively be assigned, do proceed and
act therein as the said George Getty was to have done, and for that
purposegall books, papers, deeds, writings, and account. that con-
cern the causes and other mattes which formeriy stood referred to
the said George Getty *hall be transferred to the said taxing-raiFters
respectively to whom the said causes and matters shall be so assigned
as aforesaid, and ibis order ism be drawn up and entered by the ie.
gtstrar of the said court. Registrar.
The above order of the Lord Chancellor is the best com-
mentary upon the imputation attempted to be cast upon him
by the tones, of being chargeable with the salaries and con
pensations to the taxing-masters. The charge was first made
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made, was repelled by Lord John Russell, on the part of the
Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Chitty retires upon a compensation of 5,4241. 14s. 4d.
a year during his life, and half that compensation to his
executors for seven years after he is dead and buried—a com-
pensation awarded, without the 'lightest previous inquiry,
by the late House of Commons, who delegated on the occa-
sion to Lord Lyndhurst, as Lord Chancellor, nominally, but
really to Mr. l'erry, his principal secretary, the dnty entrusted
t. them of taxing the Queen's subjects in general, and among
them the unhappy suitors of the Court of Chancery, who,
under the act, have to pay these salaries and compensations.
The act, it will be recollected, was drawn by Mr. Waine.
might himself, one of the taxing-masters, and compensated.
Norton and Bombay for a while made people's ears tingle,
and bad their day ; but in the present case the evil created
is t. endure beyond the lives of the parties compensated, and
there is no Donkey to relieve the foreground, or convey to
prison the broken down suitors ; nor, after paying the com-
pensation, is there enough of the suitors' fund left to furnish
them, on reaching their sure destination, with the Pick-'!
wickian luxury of a three-legged table, to be to them both
tecta, laremque. Surely parliament must by this time have
become satisfied that it has been imposed upon, and will no
longer refuse inquiry in order to screen the delinquency of
the late House of Commons.
The labours of Mr. Watson's consmittee on fees and sa-
laries (which committee, it is hope will be revived so soon
as parliament meets) will alone satisfy those born in the
twentieth century that these salaries and compensations are
not fabulous.
the state of business of the Court of Chancery has at
I length become such, that for two days the Master of the
Rolls has not eat for lack of causes.--Morning Chronicle.

COLLISION AT SEA.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 4 P.M.—The ship Isaac
Miller, jest come in from New Orleans, reports having been
in contact, at five o'clock this morning, with the steamer
Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of Dublin Company,
off the Skerries, about 50 miles from this port. The ship
sustained considerable damage, about 20 passengers got on
board out of the steamer, which was not afterwards seen,
though the Isaac Miller remsined in the spot for some time.
It is possible the darkness of the morning may have ob-
scured the steamer from sight. The Queen Victoria left lest
night for Dublin with cargo, and, according to some ac-
counts, 160 passengers, though she has not for some time
carried the government mails.

THE NIINISTRY.—the Times of yesterday has taken
the trouble, in its leading columns, to assure its readers that
there is ne truth whatever in the report of the Morning
Herold touching the supposed resignation of Lord Enfield
and Mr. Bernard, to make room for Messrs. Macaulay and ,
Hawes, The contradiction is no doubt authentic. Had our
assertion been neither more nor leas than an idle rumour, we
presume our intimation would have been allowed to pass
unnoticed. Lord Enfield and Mr. Barnard have reason to
be thankful to us. The policemen who detects two suspicious
characters skulking near an honest man's house, and by a
timely warning drives them off, may be assured by the dis-
appointed burglars that the last thought in their heads was
directed to the plate and valuables, but his claim to the gra-
' titude of the parties be has served and protected will be ad-
mitted by all.—Herald.
GRAND POLISH BALL AT GUILDIIALL.—The ball
announced for Wednesday next promises to be extremely
brilliant, both as to the nature of this annual f,le and the
company likely to be present. No place can be better
adapted for such a purpose than the magnificent hall where
the civic banquet has just taken place, the splendour of
which, with all the gorgeous decorations and additional
ornaments, have excited the admiration of the guests. The
generosity of many eminent vocalists—Mine Poole, Mild
Bassono, Miss Ransford, the Misses Williams, Miss Steele,
Miss Dolby, Mr. W. Harrison, Signor Brizzi, Mr. James'
Bennett, Mr. F. Bodda, Signor Burdini, and Mr. John
l'arry, assisted by Messrs. W. li. Holmes, 8. Noble, and
Lindsay Shiner, who have kindly tendered their gratuitous
services—offers to amateurs the delightful enjoyment of
listening to most lovely music; while to the votaries of
dance an efficient band will also supply their share of qua-
drilles, polkas, and waltzes. Many distinguished foreigners,
at present in the metropolis, and a large number of the nobi-
• lity, brought te town by the opening of parliament, will by
their presence testify the interest they take in a cause which
has always met with deserved sympathy at the hands of Eng-
lishmen.
A HINT TO THE LA DIRS.—The Arottinghant Journal
states that a singular fraud has been successfully attempted
by some laceworkers, who have given to cotton the appear-
ance of silk. Silk thread is dissolved by a chemical proems,
and, after the cotton thread has been drawn through the
solution thus obtained, it has the gloss and appearenee of
silk thread, from which the eye cannot distinguish it.