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The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-16

SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION BILL.

Mr. SPOONER moved the second reading of this bill.
After a few words from Mr. C. BuLLza and Mr. HUME,
the second reading was postponed till Monday the 26th.
The house then adjourned at half-past twelve.

POLAND.—WAINAW. MARCH 29. Tho Pat
Ampg t;asetts of Frankfort says : " The sad events of the
last year in Galicia have unfortunately found imitators in
Russia among the peasantry. It is stated that very recently
thirteen landowners of the environs of Witepak wan killed
by their peasants."

HAMBURG, APRIL 10.—The Emperor of Russia
has recoiled General Von Vansum, who fur many ram has
bet u his representative in the ceminibsion for military affairs,
and has appointed him ambassador at the court of the King
of Hattori r ; and has directed his ambassador, Baron Von
Mayendurt, to go in a few days from Berlin to Warsaw. The
Emperor of Austria has bent Simon Von Werner to Berlin
to be in that city during the sitting of the Diet
London, England, 1847-04-16

praiet

SHERIFFS' COURT.
Brion .r. Undersherilf BurchelL

THB CROWN V. PATINT AND ANOTHER.—CROWN COM
NISSION.-Thu defendants in thin case (tried specially on
Wednesday, before James Burchell and Wm. Privet Rob-
son, Esp., commissioners) tere Messrs. Pettet and Newton,
navy agents, of No. 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, and they
were called upon by the crown to refuted (*main monies re-
ceived by them from the Lorde Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty, under a power of attorney held by them, but which
was a forgery. The payments had been made at various
times, from August, lil4l, up to the present time, and
amounted, in the aggregate, to 2871. 10s., but it was proved
that the person whcse name had been made use of in the
fictitious power of attorney, had died previous to the elate of
that instrument.—The defendants were declared debtors to
the crown in the sum of 2871. 10s., being the ameunt they
had rece iced.
London, England, 1847-04-16

TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES BILL.

On the motion of LordMottrttrn, iltdsbill was referred
to the following select committee :•-Viscount Morpeth, Mr.
Greene, the Attorney.Oeneral, Viscount Sandon, the Lord
Advocate, Sir William Heathcote, Sir William Somerville,
Mr. Brothertoc, Mr. Esoott, Mr. Loch, Mr. Beckett, Dr.
Bowring, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell,
and Viscount Ebrington,
London, England, 1847-04-16

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of
basiness, and also for the resumption of the adjourned
debate on the question of National Education.
THE HEALTH or TOWNE HlLL.—Deputy PEACOCI pre-
seated a report from the Centinisaioners of Sewers, stating
that they had received a communication from Viscount
Morpeth, to the effect that it ia the intention of her Ma-
jesty's government specially to exclude the City of London
from the operation of the Health of Towns Bill, as the
commission of sewers is already, in distiaut mansion
with the corporation of London.—This conemnsinehina was
received with much ap_probation.
THE FREEDOM OF LONDON.—HAID OT THE PROCEED-
124A.—Deputy COALE LY Fainted the following report upon
the long-contested, subject regarding the freedom of the
city :
Ore whom. name. ere hereunto euteeribed of your oonnetter, in
relatioa to the freedom of Loudon, do entlfl Vat harts; readvdd
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24 years of age. It was alleged that the name of the son
was fraudulenly stated, the chriatian name Wheeley being
left out in the Deans, and the name of Hollos ay being
by the wee.= substituted for Spitted.
The &fence was supported by Drs. Addams and J.
The court had no doubt as to the question to be decided.
There had been an undue publication of banns, the son
being a minor at the time. It was necessary to prove both
parties were cognisant of the fraud. One of the baptismal
names of the husband was omitted, and the woman was
married in the name of llolloway, not of Spinal, her real
name. The parties adopted their simulated names at the
altar. It was clearthat secresy was intended by buth parties.
What was the conductofthe parties after the marriage? They
separated at the church-door, the reputed husband return-
ing to the father's house. All the proceedings were elan-
desline, and intentionally so. There had been facilities of
intercourse; still it ought to have been shown that the
woman had not knows the accurate baptismal names of the
son of Mr. William Orme, the father. The names were
concealed in the publication of the banns. The court had
not any doubt but this marriage was a clandestine one ; and
both parties were cognisant of the fraud. The publication
of the banns was undue, and the court had no hesitation
in pronouncing in favour of the nullity of the marriage an

COURT OF REVIEW.

Re BttfliTgat.2l;;;STlSralFlTST C FiRTIFICATIL-Mr.
Swindon applied to the court far a direction that the hank-
rupt'a certificate might be delivered out by the efficer of the
court, ul.o declined to act, on the ground that the certificate
had not been properly ►dvertised in the Gazette. It ap-
peared that the description of the bankrupt, u a mine-
merchant, was omitted in the advertisement, but that, in
other respect.. the identification was sufficient.
The CbiefJudge ordered the certificate to be delivered out.
London, England, 1847-04-16

SCOTLAND.

EIHNBCIROH, APRIL 14.
The D Atilke 13mrier contains the following intwl-
lint nee, which will doubtless be duly appreciated by
Mr. Biensiss:;
It wr • simaineed last week, by a public advertisement,
that a meeting was to be held here last night of " throe who
are or posed to the government scheme of Education; " but
the attempt turned oat a complete failure. No meeting
app sewed; and Provost Black's acrunble speech at the late
me ding of the Edinburgh Town Council is getting the
tw sit .f this failure. Will the voluntaries not read the signs
of . the times and learn wisdom ?
The Edinburgh anti-petition is said to have received
16,500 signatures, not a large number when it is con-
sidered that much of the signing took place in the
open air, and so afforded ample scope for juvenile
caligraphy.
William Thom, the Inverary poet, has re-
I marked that "if it were not for the poor the poorer
, would perish," and the Dundee parochial board have
' acted on the maxim by exempting the " poor " trades-
men and others of fifty pounds income from payment
of poor-rates; than leaving those free to exercise the
g voluntary beneficence eulogised by the weaver-poet.
• The sub-inspector of the poor at Falkirk has been
: indicted for trial before the High Court of Justiciary,
i for the improper performance of his duty. It is said
. that he had not taken due cognizance of the case of an
II old woman reported to have died in a state of extreme
indigence.
•
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bills have not slackened in the present sessions— )
rather increased, in consequence of the care with I
winch the emigrants contrive to forget their small
obligations. At Killaloe, county of Clare,the aesistar.t
barrister was obliged, such was the civil bill pressure,
to adjourn the sessions. There never was at those
sessions anything at all approaching to saran an
amount as in the present year. Two classes r,f cases
greatly predominated--processes for rent, and for
food given out on credit. At Kilkenny seesions the
number of entries reached the enormous amount of
8,585; " a great number of the plaintiffs being," says
a local journal, "dealers in provisions."
The appearance of the growing crotA is promising.
According to the Lough Adrertmer, the oat crop in
Loath looks welL A very consid,:rable breadth of
wheat, oats, and barley; and the cu.nivation of turnips,
carrots, and beans, is very conskterable. The paper
states, that for this cheering pro spect much credit is
due to the government insprAtor of the district, ae
well as to the Roman Catkeolic clergy and soma of '
the local gentry.
The total emigration fr.= Cork dazing the present
season has been, to Nor th American colonies, 2,377 ;
to United State', 1,010: grand total, 3,393.
London, England, 1847-04-29

IRELAND.

DIJBLIN, irßizz.27..

The inquiries at the Castle to-day were exceedingly
numerous, and included all classes of the citizens of
Dublin. The following notification—not a bulletin—
was exhibited to the inquirers :
His excellency passed a tranquil night, and felt rather
better this morning. There is no truth, therefore, in the
alarming statement of an evening paper of yesterday, th►t
" his excellency was at the point of death, and is not expected
to live an hour." Nor is the statement correct respect ing
the result of a consultation held at the Castle last even-
ing, no such consultation having been held. It is not the
opinion of his excellency's medical attendant that his life is
in immediate danger.
In the Dublin papers of this morning are queries
and answers of some importance. A member of one
of the city committees questioned Sir J. Burgoyne m
to whether relief should be given to the members of
any family whose chief " was in receipt of any wages,
however small." Sir John's reply is in the negative.
To a second question,—whether relief should be dis-
tributed to any member of a family who should not
present himself or herself at the depot, unless in ease
of sickness or other sufficient excuse, the chief com-
missioner replied that no relief should be given, save
to heads of families ; as it was desirable to prevent
impoeition,they should appear and remain at the dep6t
for a considerable time each day. It would seem from a
statement appearing in the Clare Journal which came
to hand to-day that these instructions of Sir John's
are of universal application, for it is there stated that
having been made known to the peasantry on the
relief lists at Ennis, on Friday last, they instantly
attacked Captain Fishbourne, the inspecting officer.
Thp Clare Journal, after intimating that quiet was
easily restored, states that the repugnance of the
people to the rule that heads of families must in all
cases apply where not rendered incapable by infir-
mity "is insurmountable; and if persevered in, the
result will be, either that those who refuse will
quietly bear with their privations till death relieves
them—take food when they can get it—or that those
regulations must be relaxed."
the rates under the Temporary Relief Act are
looking very high and creating some alarm. Five
shillings in the pound 'track the citizens of Limerick
with dismay, but they are in a better condition to
pay than the small town of Mallow where a rate of
4s. 7d. has been struck in the electoral division, and
in the rural divisions the assessment varies from ls.
Bd. to 2a. 6d. The rate-payers complain violently and
ask, " How are the rates to be paid ?" a question
which will prove in many districts most difficult of
solution.

SCOTLAND.
(EDINBURGH, APRIL 27.
Some surprise has been occasioned tilr the conduct
of the Glasgow representatives, at the division on the
education scheme. Mr. Dennistonn voted against it,
and Mr. Oswald was absent. The Argus understands
London, England, 1847-04-29

lint gins.

VENUS ATTIRING.—There is now on view at the
Egyptian-hall, in Piccadilly, a statue in plaster of" Venus
Attiring," modelled by Mr. John Henry Nelson, of Dublin,
and for which a public subscription has been opened, under
the patronage of the Royal Irish Art Union, to enable the
artist at once to transfer it to marble. Mr. Nelson has repre-
sen.ed Venus fa'tening a bracelet on her arm. The weitf►t
of the body is chiefly thrown on the left leg, and the position
is at once easy and unaffected. The best view of both face
and figure is in profile. This is a very different work from
the marble Venus by Nollekins, sold at Christie's • few
weeks ago—a plumper goddess altogether, but hardly as
good, though clever.
London, England, 1847-04-29

COLONIAL

.....
NEW ZEALAND.—We have received papers
from Auckland to the 29th of November, 1946.
The government Gazette of the 19th of that month con-
tains evidence of the elasticity with which the revenue was
being re-established in the southern settlements, under the
administration of Governor Grey. The customs duties,
which had sunk to 7861. for the quarter ending 10th October
1615, had risen to 1,96.11. for the corresponding quarter of
1846—a nett increase of 1,1791. The Auckland customs
duties (supported by the artificial market of the troops and
civil employis), amounted in the quarter ending 10th
October, 1845, to 2,2661., in the corresponding quarter
of 1846 they were 2,4941.—an increase of only 2181., not-
withstanding the increase of the artificial market, owing to
the military operations in the north.
NEW SOUTH WALES.—We have received a
broken file of the Australian (Sydney) to the 10th of Dee. last.
We some time ago published the intelligence contained in a
similarly imperfect file to the 12th of that month. The only
impinent addition made to our knowledge of proceedings
in Sew South Wales by the present arrival, is the fact that
• proclamation by the Governor, of date the 9th of Nov.,
1816, had declared the 26th parallel of south latitude to be
the northern boundary of the colony. The parts to the
northward, formerly comprised in it, now constitute the
colony of North Australia. A previous proclamation an-
nounced the division of Australia Felix into five districts.

A PERNAMBUCO vessel arrived at Liverpool yester-
day. She brought no mall from Rio, nor any news of inte-
rest from any other part of South America.

GRiT'S-INS, APRIL 28.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-
law, by the Honourable Society of Gray's-inn, viz. }Award
Jcee h Esq.. Peter Berthwick, Eq., and William
-Ftederiot Higgins, EKI-
London, England, 1847-04-29

haring been born in 1777. In earlylife he entered the army,
and served ander the Duke of York and Sir Ralph Al er-
cromhy in Holland. He afterward' represented u,e county
of Argyll for more than twenty years as 13,ism Sundridge.
He retired from parliament about the year 1821, and chiefly
resided at Ardencapel Castle, his seat in Dumbartonshire,
till his accession to the title on the death of his brother, the
sixth duke, in 1839. His other titles were Marquis of Lam
and Kintyre, Earl of Campbell and Cowed, Viscount Lnchow
and (Acadia, Lord of Inverary, Mull, Morvern, and Tiry, in
the peerage of Scotland ; Baron Sundridge, of Comb Dank,
county Kent, and Lord Hamilton, in the peerage of Eng.
laud. Ills offices were, hereditary master of the Queen's
household and keeper of the great seal of Scotland, admiral
of the Western Isles, keeper of Dunoon Castle, and of Dun-
staffnaze and Carrick ; one of her Majesty's state councillors
for Scotland, and lord lieutenant and hereditary sheriff of
the county of Args IL He was a fellow of the royal societies
of London and Edinburgh, and knight of the thistle. He is
succeeded in his estates and honours by his only son George,
Marquis of Lorn, who married, is 1833, the eldest daughter
of the Duke of Sutherland.
London, England, 1847-06-12

PROVINCIAL.

THE TRIPLY MIIIIDIR AT MIRTIELD.-011 Thursday
last the inquest on the bodies of Mr. Wraith, his wi e, and
servant, murdered at Mirtleld, was resumed. The addi-
tional evidence adduced, though new to the jury, was not
new to the public; it was a repetition of that given before
the magistrates at Dewsbury on Saturday last. The jury
pronounced their unaoismois verdict to be that of " Wilful
murder against Michael All'Ciihe and Patrick Reid."
0011.2(11ALL . .

Moan FOOD RIOTIL—Tne mums of this district. follow-
ing the example of these in the oast and west of the county,
cearedeto lindruth en Friday macesktm la number., with
their trim, ethemediai 7,000. The Inhabitants became
abroad, the market vim ceded. the shops and public-
hostas yen deed, sad balms yr entirely at a stand still.
The megkaraise esd MilnentiM gentlemen of the neigh-
bourhood aleemlied. Them gentlemen addressed the men
on the ilk alai impropriety of breaking the peace, at
the *NM aesenng them that immediate measures
Amid be adopted for their relief. The men, bow-
ever, were deaf to the en treatioe of those who addressed them,
awl presssial MD commit many acts of violence by seising
meetamisagetellin. The disturbance at length became so
FINIS Sb *especial constables were unable to act egainat
&emend, and the magistrates called on the military, a de-
tainment of the bth Fusiliers and Capt., M'Doumffi's com-
pel of veterans, which had arrived from k almorath in the
morning. The riot sit was reed, and the mom energetic
measures adopted to preen* the peen. Fortunately no
lives were sacrificed, but several of the magistrates and con-
stables were very roughly treated, and received some severe
bruises, many of the mob being armed with bludgeons. A
company of the 6th Fee liers and a detachment of artillery
were despatched from Plymouth to the scene of the riot.
London, England, 1847-06-15

COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET 8c CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Two o'clock.—The funds have again been all on
the more upwards this morning. Consols have seen done
as high as 88, ex•dividend for the opening, which is equal
to 891 with the dividend on, as quoted last week. They are
now a shade lower at 881 to •. The advance upon
yesterday's prices is about g per cent., therefore. The market
has a decidedly firm appearance, and prices are expected to
ascend still higher. Reduced Threes ue 881 to g. Three-and-
a• duarter per Cents., 891 to 90. Exchequer Bills, 7e. to 10a.
premium. Bank Stock, 196 to 7.
Some of the foreign stocks mark better also to-day, though
London, England, 1847-06-15

STATE OF TKII CO37IIITAY.

n. Limn;;: Fcrostiiiis;cai I.6lififfeiiai nal records.
Or details the n Ltda. el a saws sealed Beanie, a Land
steward, who bad served ewes law ea defaulting
toanto. An armed party etteeked iY Loris, took* late it,
MINI hie to the womilooti rift tiono to lip bond
and sod Was. Rio sow witi ri wioo, with
*dr mar, lime Thome ef this set, to am
their haw. Tto fhwolo dry beat with jr,a Ansi* her
eat of the hem, stowied her arms a if ape a wow, and
toiled a boded sat owes law arms, piaiwolos his to the
worth, sad breaking liedi her arms at the wristi. The un-
happy wib of the anuierei awn they beet while she wept
over ids amagied rewatee. sad treated hi eta so savagely

that he is since dead. lie was a mere youth. The same
paper states that the murder of twu brothers, in another part
of the county Limerick, on Friday lest, was " reported."
Five can laden with flour were plundered near Limerick on
Thursday—a portion of the property was recovered. One of
the plunderers being taken, was identified as •a person to
whom the owner had given charity in the morn-
ing. There are accounts of houses attacked for arms
in the noonday —of parties entering and ordering
entertainment from substantial farmers proceeding
on their missions of lawlessness, and returning at en hour
appointed to the repast. Several of those vagabonds, to the
amount of eight, were arrested a few nights since in the
county Clare ; among them war the man wounded by Mr.
Canny, of which you published an account last week. It is
supposed that he will die of mortification from the wounds.
He is now in the hospital of Ennis gaol. Fever is increas-
ing: there are in Belfast hospitals not fewer than 1,600
London, England, 1847-10-28

IRELAND.

Delius' OCT, 26.
It is scarcely necessary to direct general attention
to the important documents subjoined, or to add a
word of comment. The reply of the Earl of Claren-
don is justly considered a masterpiece of ability, and
raises him still higher as a statesman, while it proves
at the same time his true knowledge of the evil and
the remedy.
The poor-law commissioners are strenuously carry-
ing out the intentions of the government. Relief is
now about to be administered to 25 unions in which 1
the guardians have neglected their duty. Six boards
are already administered by paid officers, and other
refractory bodies will share the like fate. The sum I
allowed for collection is 2s. 6d. in the pound, and if
that will not suffice the commissioners will advance a
still higher rate.
The plan of Lord Clarendon to diffuse agricultural
information has been hitherto quite successful. In-
stead of 300/„ as his lordship proposed, a sum of
1,0001. will be at the disposal of the Agricultural
Society. This is compounded of the required 3001.
which was at once subscribed by a few members ; of
2001. placed for that purpose at the disposal of the
committee ; and a balance of the fund allocated by
Lord Heytesbury to encourage thorough drainage.
London, England, 1847-03-03

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Mimes 1.
A circumstance occurred to-day, which stamps at
once the popularity of the ministerial measure of out-
door relief to the poor of Ireland, end promises to
facilitate its operation throughout th. 2 country, so as
to ensure not alone favour but games)). A deputation
of the poor-law guardians of Dublie, with the Lord
Mayor, who is 'ago chairman of tiro North Dublin
Poor-law Union, at their head, waited upon the Lord
Lieutenant, to represent to him their anxiety to com-
mence immediately the administration of nut-door
relief to the destitate and able-bodied poor,
and to ask his Excellency's sanction for such
a step. His Excellency, after listening with great
attention to the deputation, was pleased to
give the required sanction, and the deputation then
retired, resolving that the system—in anticipation of
the temporary relief measure—shall commence forth
with. lam assured that inspectors are already ap-
pointed to select the objects of relief, and that out-
door assistance to the poor will be in operation in
Dublin on to-morrow, or the next day at farthest.
The Lord Mayor, the head of this movement, for
many years fought the battle of out-door relief against
O'Connell, through the columns of the journal of
which he was the bead. He has been at length suc-
cessful.
Before the Solicitor-General Las recovered from
the excitement of his election and his bills been fairly
discharged, his constituents hay: fallen upon him
with a formidable catalogue of improvements which
he is to propel through parliament or otherwise within
the shortest possible period. Among the elements of
regeneration which Mr. Monahan is to compound for
the City of the West are the ceinitruction of a pier
and breakwater, the improvement of Lough Corrib,
and the formation of a railroad between Dublin and
Galway. Nothing short of a thorough line will
satisfy the Galway citizens; and Mr. Monahan must
coax the government on that point. Then he is to
have a barrack built, though this was only partially
discussed ; but, above all things, the Solicitor must
give his aid "in enabling them to obtain grants."
The Galwegians will have no sinecure representative
in furor°. 'fhe bench would Le a relief to the Soli-
citor-General.
The through and-through gentlemen of the repeal
party were quite wroth at the return of Mr. Shiel.
Yet the "splendid phantom" has proved a very sub-
stantial reality for the poor ).?,)s.rvan fishermen.
By his exertions a cargo of ..ofrlVOns has arrived,
shipped by the government,; 40s no of the poor,
e4044.0.12aie
consisting of 176 bags of 0144.53.,bags of whitmeal, 309 begs of pea m , .109 bags of boad.
This is very generous on ' the goody' t,
and the seasonable supply ,;11
"
ring." is . v. ; -
Emigration growing ' ! ye
are crowded with multitudA 'Allay ut of
the well-fed and comfortable. lave seen several

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London, England, 1847-03-03

'- /,4,,,

Mayo contradicting the statement made the other night by
the Right lion. the Secretary for Ireland, that a cmibina-
tion omitted in that country to prevent the cultivation of the
soil.

Mr. LABOUCIIERE replied that the vat:Hunt he made
with reepeet to Miro had been founded o i a later from a
gentleman on whom he placed the utmost reli nice.
London, England, 1847-03-03

THE LATE SIR GEORGE GIPI'S.

This brave and intellig,ent soldier, who expired at
Canterbury on the 2Sth ult., in the 6;th 3 ear of his age, was
one of our peninsular veterans. Re ohigiocd his commivuon
of second lieutenant in the corps of Royal Engineers on the
11th of January, 1809. He heearne tint lieutenant on the
21st of December in the same year ; captain, on the 30th of
September, 1311; brevet.maior, on the 10th of January,lB3; ;
and regimental lieutenant-colouiA on the 2.3 rd of Ni.vembs r,
1841. He screed in the I'eninsula to the end of the war. was
present at the siege of Bastajoz, in M.irelt and April, 1312 ; in
the affair at the pass of Biar, battle of Castilla, at other smaller
affairs in Cataloi.ia, at the capture of the Fort of Balitquer,
the siege of Tarragona, and blockade of Barcelona, in 1313-14.
He led one of the columns of assault at Fort Picarina,
during the siege of Bsdaj as, and was wounded
in the left sun on that occasion. Hu was knighted
in 183.5. In
.1837 he was appointed to succeed Sir
Richard Bourke as Governor of New South Wales.
London, England, 1847-12-25

GENERAL STATEMENT OP
COATES ♦ND CO.

To ersdltore, as per— list
To auditors holding uocurlhr
Lan value of ea.-linty
To creditor, wholly seeurid

To liability wpm blba eeelrable
dhrowned. amounting to
Z. 163.265 8a Od.. of which It is sup.
pood will be dialsonoured, and
claimed on this estate . .
To liability npon isceeptod by
Command Co.. for account of partite
in America, but which bills aro to be
prodded for by tho odd parties ....
London, England, 1847-12-25

MILITARY.

Powrtimorm, DP.c. 27.finef;tclivision of the 76th Rest.
arrived yesterday afternoon, and the remaining division and head-
quarters are especial We day.

tittD Entsltignte.
EQUITY COURTS.
Before the Vice-niantellor of England.
Although it is not wit.' for the court to sit on Christmas-
eve, the Vice Chancellor consented to attend, at the particu-
lar request of Mr. Rolt, to hear the following cue :
IN RE THE SOUTHAMPTON ESTUARY, EI AAAAA THE
SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY CORP•NT.-
1881:11 DIRECTED TO THE QUERN'S BENCH TO TRT THE
RIGHT TO THI ESTI:ART AT SOUTHAMPTON.—IT appeared
in this cue that the Southampton and Dorchester Railway
Company required, for the purposes of their railway, a por-
tion of the Southampton estuary, at • place called Red-
bridge, abutting upon the' manor of Rilbrook. A question
had been raised whether Sir John Barker Mill, the lord of
the manor, or the crown, was entitled to this land, and the
sum of 1,4241., the nurchase-money, wax, consequently, paid
into the Bank of Ragland, under tho act of parliament, by
the railway company. A petition was now presented by Sir
J. B. Mill. that the said purchase-money should be paid out to
him, as the lawful owner of the estuary.—The Attorney.
General and Mr. Maule, on behalf of the crown, append the
petition.—After the case hid been orened for the yeti-
Lion, the V,cc Chancellor suggested that the right to
the land ought to be tried by a court of law. This was as-
seated to by counsel on both sides, and it was agreed that an
issue should be directed to the Court of Queen's Bench, to
try the question as to who was entitled to the estuary.
London, England, 1847-12-25

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY

ilea were tilled with members of the chamber of both
garde., the principal members of the corm
alpliornatique, and other persons of distinc-
tion. AmongTh thee, present was observed
M. Thiess. e King did not appear, a
circumstance which, in fact, contributed to the con-
tinued fall at the Boone. We have received from
our correspondent further usurances that the reports
of the indisposition of the King are altogether devoid
of any real feandation. On Monday evening, and
the morning of Tuesday, the King saffertd from a
slight catarrh, which rendered it prudent for him to
abstain from his usual drives. On Wednesday, as
we stated yesterday, he was quite recovered ; but the
solicitude of the Queen induced him to abstain from
appearing in the crowded drawing-room that evening.
Nothing could equal the surprise created in Pans
on Thursday by the arrival of the unfounded an-
nouncement of the abdication of Louis Philippe,
given in one of the London morning journals of
Tuesday.
The journals of Thursday contain no intelligence of
I interest, with the exception of the death of the Arch-
duchess Maria Louisa, ex-Empress of the French.
This event is announced to have taken place at
Parma, on tho 17th. The principalities of Parma,
Piacenza, and Guastalla will now pass to the Duke of
Lucca, under the terms of the treaty of Vienna of
1815.

We read in the Prone ; "The news which we
gave a few days back, of the determination come to
by the northern courts to interfere, conjointly with
France, and, if necessary, without the participation
of England, in the internal affairs of Switzerland,
appears to gain confirmation in every point. We
learn, in fact, that yesterday M. Guizot had, with
MM. d'Appouy, Arnim, and de Kisseleff, a long con-
ference, an invitation to which had been forgotten to
he sent to the Ambassador of England."

The Madrid mails of the 17th arrived by extraordi-
nary courier at a late hour in Paris on Thursday even-
ing. The result of the debate in the Chamber on
the 16th was unfavourable to the opposition, and
effected a complete reconciliation between the cabinet
and all factions of the moderado majority. The mem-
bers of that party held a private meeting on the 17th,
the subject of which was believed to be the accusation
proposed to be made against M. Salamanca.
London, England, 1847-12-25

the firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co., in the chair.
A fresh inveasigation of the accounts had been deemed
necessary,and they had been accordingly gone through
elaborately by Messrs. Farrington and Ladbury, the
accountants to the estate, upon the new data supplied.
The amended balance-sheet shows 65,828/. liabilities,
and 22,2551. assets only. Mr. Coates, it was stated,
had made an ofer to pay 3s. 6d. in the pound by four
instalments, of which Is. 2d. down, the same
in three months, the last in eight months. It
was remarked by Mr. Browett, one of the creditors,
as singular that Mr. Coates should offer only 3s. 6d.
in the pound, when, at the former meeting, the ac-
counts showed Os. 6d. The assets new exhibited,
however, were equal to 6s. Bd. only. He repudiated
the offer, and recommended resort to the Court of
Bankruptcy to wind up the concern ; to which effect
he presented a resolution. The chief grounds assigned
by him for this proposition were that the parties had
carried on business fur years without taking stock,
and with nominal capital only. A creditor, recently
from the United States, stated, from facts within his
own knowledge, that nothing would be forthcoming
to the estate from that quarter. Mr. Fawcett, another
creditor, asserted that if the estate went into bank-
ruptcy the assets would be reduced to much less than
the proposition, and if that course were adopted he
would beg to offer his debt to Mr. Browett for 2s. 6d.
in the pound. Eventually the offer of composition
was negatived, and the chairman authorised to file a
declaration, so that the estate should be wound up in
bankruptcy.
It may be doubted whether this was the most pru-
dent or politic decision. No gross acts of immorality,
or of prodigal expenditure, were charged against the '
partners, as in other insolvencies that could be named,
and it might be well for the creditors to remember
that the insolvents, being of another country, might
readily withdraw themselves from the jurisdiction of
the laws here. As honourable men they should
eschew a course so dishonourable ; and if they have
means or friends it is both their interest and their
duty to amend their proposition, which there was evi-
dently a disposition among many of the creditors to
entertain in such cane. . _

The following was the amended balance-sheet of
the accountants, prbduced by Mr. Wild, the solicitor
to the firm:
London, England, 1847-01-09

SCOTLAND.

RZPRISEXTATION OP GLAPOOW.—Rurnouti having lately
been circulated that it is the intention of one or both of our
present memlaas to retire from parliament, we have autho-
rity to state that, iu the event ol a dissolution, Mr. Oswald
and Mr. Detistoon Mill again come forward an candidates for
the representation of Cilaagow.—Gkogow eltronicle.
London, England, 1847-01-09

LANI).

ilished in this country
a the evidence of the Chief
, that the convicts have not
used, and ought to
others, that from the excel-
save lately been sent there,
lent control over them, the
widener of any one who has
est interests; on the evidence
s, which have in late yearn
lens chiefly to meet the co-
ed neotasary by the presence
ind oppressive; and on the
tA, at Hobart-town, before
most [tripe,. taloniots,
London, England, 1847-01-09

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

documents,published in this country
in April last, it is shown, on the evidence of the Chief
Justice of Van Diemen's Land, that the convicts have not
lately been controlled u they used, and ought to he; on
the evidence of the Bishop and others, that from the exees•
rive number of convicts that have lately been sent there,
and from the want of sufficient control over them, the
place is not wow tit for the residence of any one who his
the least regard for his own highest interests; on the evidence
of the Governer, that the tRIMI, which have in late yews
been imposed on the free settlers chiefly to meet the ex•
pen,. nt establishments rendered necessary by the presents
of convicts, have been utilise and oppressive; and on the
evidence of an affidavit, sworn to at Hobart-town, before
the Chief J unties, by two of the most respix:Jble t.alocasts,

-
London, England, 1847-01-09

PROVINCIAL.

lANCASHIBZ.
ACCTORNT ON THE NORTH UNION MAILWAT.-011 Wed-
nesday last the down-train to Preston, of eleven o'clock, was
as usual proceeding on its route between Chorley and Eon-
ton, when the stoker left the tender, and got upon the roof of
a horse-box immediately adjacent. The guard seeing his
perilous position, motioned hint to fall down on the roof of
the carriage in consequeoce of the train rapidly approaching
a bridge. The stoker, however, appears not to have seen
the signal, ter bi leas them a minute the bridge struck him
on the forehead, and the train passed over his body. His
arms were both cut off, and he died on the spot, the body
being dragged by the train for many yards.
COLLECTIONS IN FAVoe It Or DiSTRESSED Irtcsu are in
progress in the Wm). of Pontefract. Among the contributors
the Doncrarter (Serene mentions the Rev. R. Stain weal, the
vicar; the Society of Friends, the Independents, and Metho-
dists; many of the ladies of Pontefract, r.nil also the
tradespeople. 'fhe gross amount of the whole money and
articles of cloth inc would amount to considerably above 20W.
Sermons have been preached in the parish churl and the
Independent Chapel, whi re a considerable suns was collected
in furtherance of the object. Ou Sunday last a sermon
was preached in the Pontefract parish church by the
vicar, at the request of the mayor and other members of the
corporation, after which a collection was made for the dis-
tressed Irish amounting to 271. 6s. On the same d.y a ser-
mon was preached in the Independent Chapel, in this town,
by the Itev. J. E. Million, in aid of the above, whom the
sum of Ni. was collected. No doubt a larger sum would have
been obtained, but the town had li:en previously canvasird,
and subscriptions from all pers./us obtained.
CONsClaNce. MONIST. —The 11o:waster Gazelle says, On
Christmas-day, Mr. William Clarke, Omitr and beerier,
Bridgegate, East Raiford, received a letter from Leeds, in
which was a card csotaining tau half sovereigns, and also •
letter, of which the Milo shin is a copy
air,—come time 1440, in sum, truisactiona I hail with you I de-
frauded you out of suie-cien. I now take Una upp,tunity of
making restitution. You will nod two h.df sovereigns embedded ia
the curd which 1 have endou a in this lettsr,

R.Y.LIEP OF 'RIM! Di —Preliminary meetings
were held at Bradford and at Leeds yesterday, on the subject
of the existing distress in Ireland, and the best =Ale of aid-
ing in its mitigation. A public meeting has been held at
Halifax, at which a sum exceeding 400/. was submeribcd,
with a prospect of still further inerca,e.
London, England, 1847-01-09

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the New York Hemld, Dee.
York)
New Dee 17

BRIANITUFFIL—SiIIOO our review of this market last
week, in consequence of the sudden change in the weather
which occurred last Saturday, and the probability of the
closing of navigation for the season, prices adv. need 124 c. in
the early part of the day, and at the close of the day the
market was firm. Notwithstanding the immensely large re-
ceipts this season, owing to the large quantities ex-
ported, we now find at the close of navigation, that
the stock on hand is not as large as last year's, by
100,000 barrels. The stock on hand now is about
450,000 barrels unsold, and about the same quantity
in store, waiting for vessels to export, most of which has
been cold, for nearly a month. For corn meal there hes been
I more enquiry. The groin market hubeen pretty brisk, and
priers have not receded since the arrival of the Caledonia.
The demand continues good. During this week there has
been little done in corn, but as the stock is extremely large,
the closing of navigation will hardly affect prices much—in
fact, the stork of all descriptions of hreadstuffs on hand is
sufficiently large to supply all demands, foreign and domestic,
so that prices cannot advance a great deal.
Corrox.—ln consequence of the inclemency of the wea-
ther, the only buyers in market were spinner,, who have
taken about 600 bales to-day. Prices are steady at our in-
side quotations.

I.I\'EfPOOL CLASSIFICATION.

L' Lads. Florida. New Orleans,
Mob., and Tex.
Ordinary .. 81 to 9 81 to 91 9 to 91
Middling 9i —9t 91 —94 91 —lO
Good Middling... 91 101 10 101 101 101
Middling Fair .. 101 101 104 —10 i 101
Fair .. 101 101 101 101 11 111
Fully Fair .. 101 104 None. 111 -- 111
Good Fair 101 11 None. 111 111
Fine
London, England, 1847-01-09

SIMUIBE,

A Ftae broke out nt Chester on Wednesday morning, in
the centre of a laity range of buildings, known an the Dee
Mills. These premise. ore used as corn-mills, and are in the
several occupations of Me•ars. Cameo, l'a'in, and MUM.
The mills were originally of great antiquity, haying been in
existent* as early 35 the year 1119, when they Mooed to
the Crown, who granted them to Sir Itivhard thitton, to
whose family we believe they still remain. The fire was
discovered by the driver of a coach, returning to the Albion
Hotel. The man instantly gave the alarm, and, in a very
abort space of time, the city engines were on the spot, and
commenced playing up-sn the devouring element. Every
room was filled with grain to the very roof, and it is a me-
lancholy fact, that scarcely a mingle bag has been rescued un-
injured from that portion of the pile which was the scene of
the conflagration. The outer walls are all that is now stand-
ing, end these are momentarily expected to Gill. The lure
sustained is supposed to be "bunt B,OUOI.
London, England, 1847-01-09

revenues of Mexico are so much the more burdened, and to
all the extent the interests of the creditors secrificed ? As loan
contractors they take a position hostile or in collision at once
with their obligations as agents. As the result of such collision
they will surely attend to their own interests first before
waiting upon these of the bondholders. They represent
the Bntish consulate beside*, so that here we have agents, '
' loan jobbers, and consols all in one firm. The various func-
tions must clash strangely en occasions.
The Spanish American committee are, however, moat to
blame in this unfortnuate businns of loan and conversion, if
nut at the root of the evi►. If they had really been, or any
of them, interested parties, or partners in this financial
irn&rogllo, they could not more resprehensibly have deviated
from the line of their duties.
London, England, 1847-12-22

Dab of the opposing candidate at the last election remain, it
is whimertd, unpaid.
Ivy nonserautrta te

COMMISSION BY LORD-LIEVTENANT.—Ensign J.
Lowden to be Lieutenant, vice Wilkiaann, in Bedforiskire
Itcgiment of Mititia.

MR. J. W. Ron's CO:ccann.—This concert, which
tool piece at Crosby-hall last evening, is deserving of notice,
not only as having been a very agreeable one, but as
consisting almost entirely of excellent English music, suss by
English performers. It commenced with the Hoe chorus,
"Soul of the world," from Purcell's " Ode for St. Cecilia's
Day," sung by • choir of nearly 40 voices, under the diree.
non of Mr. Tunic, of Westminster Abbey. There were the
beautiful madrigals, " All creatures now are merry minded,"
and " Flora gave me fairest Rowers," given with great core
redness and delicacy ; Houley's flu-part glee, " Cold is
Cadwallo's ten quo ;" and Stevens's " From Oberon in fairy
land ;" and a number of Sae English songs and duets.
Among the most renstrkable of these were Arne's " Where
the Ine sub," sung by Mist P. Horton ; Glover's " I love
the merry moonshine," sung by Miss Williams; " Spring,"
a duet (Me.), composed by Mr. J. L. Hatton, and sung b
the Misses Williams a pretty thing, full of freshness, and
charmingly warbled; and "Ocean," a descriptive cantata,
ly the same composer, sung by Mr. Kench, and accompanied
by the Mather—an effective composition, which displayed to
great advantage the power and compass of Mr. Kench's very
remarkable bus voice. Modem. Duleken played Schulofs
fantasia on Bohemian airs, which was performed by the
composer when hers last mason, and did not fall short of him
in force and brilliancy of execution. There was also a
sonata of Beethoven on the pianoforte and violin, by Messrs.
Hatton and nand° ; and a prelude and fugue of Sebastian
Barb, by Meson. Hatton and Hopkins. Tke concert, in
short, was • musical treat of a high order; and it appeared to
be folly appreciated and enjoyed by an audience who crowded
the hall to the very doors.

AND CLERICAL.

CANSILIDOS, DEC. 21:— Plll3lOll COLLEOII.—The
8188modaratear rift Imodatioa stela rip tin as
NSW, MI Yd. The Mailman et the akar askt lime Is.
dotletiftipibail ridemlis ills add Imumbeis atioa
are nwieweei Emit at of the toasty,
She reprearnallnidra in prligungell% , county, and
town, tNa hied. of wan's, awl lbe pallamea amid earn of the urd-
I Putty.
Sr. Jollied COLLEGE. —PAL 1. Eisharda, X A., Anima.-
Mister of litag Edward'. sand 4 iikaskgbain, has been appointed
8.,d PdaWer of the Grammar laisai. Rendised, Trku lm
M A FMB/HAW-101i —Z. 8. Crooke, M.A.,
Panbooke toll , Comb.; Esw. W. /LA., St- John's Coll-,
pmt. ; and W. H. pawl,. 8.A., Urdu Oat, have been op-
p toted Aasistant.ktiotaset 118 singe.
London, England, 1847-12-22

RAILWAY NEWS.

We had still a heavy share market yesterday, and
prices in decline. Quantities of railway stocks were
offering, with few buyers. The lighter shares, or scrips,
have not been so much affected, but were still flat.
Australian minim shares havo had an extraordinary
rise ; in the morning they might have been purchased
at a slight discount, but before the close of business
they commandell from 2 to 3 premium.
SHARI LTST.—LONDON, DEc. 21.
Itoon.—Tbo quotations of line Eon= eliarnotors assets aattsl
transactions : tbass of 110 s in /Wks dim' prior.
London, England, 1847-12-22

TO 00 lILISPONDINTI.
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.g Moak oernet. Tore eslook ea lir Z.Vgp=lre

NIGH Walla AT DD. 1111:1411R.
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22.
WITH respect to income and expenditure, and the
balance between them, that most important subject,
likely to become se much more important after
the 6th of January, we are of the opinion of Lord
ASHBURTON, who has been exclaiming for years in
vain against the tendencies of every Chancellor of the
Exchequer to pare down and throw away income, in-
stead of keeping a surplus, and applying it steadily
in such proportion u each generation is
bound to do, to the alleviation of the debt. For
years, however, the ministerial road to popularity
was the reduction of taxation, and rival statesmen
rubel ao greeipitately along that path, that the
isneneet derengement of international concord abroad,
or of food 'apply and commercial industry at home,
instead of being met and neutralised by a full trea-
sury, has, on the contrary, led to the disastrous result
of • needy exchequer, weetigghing at the most critical
ineamot on the dieteawd oommercial interests of

the .coutity.
At Set, these reductions were made with the most
exuberant confidence in the elasticity of revenue,
and ilk, as it were, the compreesed prosperity of
the 4011Mily. Statesmen an public have been
far N time cured of such hallucination, and of
We peas the cry has no longer been " empty your
reloskin order that Providence may fill them fuller,"
but " 4olith indirect taxation, and let the burden be

•

.
London, England, 1847-12-22

AW INTELLIGENCE.—Tais DAY.

SECONDARIES COURT.
Before Mr. Secondery_Potter.
AND ANOTHIR V. Tea BIRMINGHAM AND 01-
..NCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—This was AR action
ant, brought by the plaintiffs, the well-known con-
to recover the BUM of 21,6001., for work done on the
to of railroad. The plaintiffs' counael said that it
mly be necessary for him to put in a judge's
older which defendants bad admitted their Ha-
rder the covenant, which was, that they would
Plaintiffs every fortnight the amount of their bills, on
ate being produced from Mr. Brunel, the engineer,
work had been properly performed. In this case
In bad been going on for a month, and the eertifi-
d been duly given, but the amounts had not been
Ile judges order was thee put is, by which the
y admitted the whole of the facts.—The jury gave a
for the above amount.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—The arrivals from
ted States of packetehips sailing subsequently to the
t. will be looked for with much interest, u they will
7 bring President Polk's annual message, which
>e delivered at Washington on the 7th. The ships
d from New York are the Ashburton, packet of the
Lich would await the arrival of the message, and the
oint, packet of the 11th. Judging from the rapid
which the packet-ehips have lately made across the
the former vessel may be expected to Uric, in the
at the close of the week.—Liverpool AZion of
London, England, 1847-03-04

SHIPPLNO.

MAILS ABA I BD : Dublin; Waterford; 1, Do-
naghadee ; I, French; 1, Irlanden ; 1, Holland; 1, Haat
India, . . .

i.OEDON, March 4.—Wind this day at noon, N. by E.,
light, steady, and fine.
DEAL, March 3.—N.N.E.—Arrived Dacila, Trinidad de
Cuba; Hideout, Charleston. Sailed : Beulah, Sydney, New
South Wales ; Marion, Baltimore; Bethel, Virginia.
PORTSMOUTH, March 3.—E.N.E.—Arrived: Dorothea,
Batavia, for Amsterdam.
DARTMOUTH, March 3.—Arrired : Evergreen, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
Bniarol., March 3.—8., fresh.—Arrived Hornby, Bar. .
badoes.
CORR, March l.—E.—Sailed: Sarah, DIMMERS; Mars,
Halifax.
LEITH, March I.—B. by N.—Arrived: Panama, Callao.
Baxraer.—Sailed : Kathleen, Brazils ; Genteel*, New
York; Nathua New Orleans; W. Price, St. Thomas's.
m iausn.—Bailed 27th: Ann Moore, New York; Shen.
',Melees, ditto.
CLYDE March 2.—Arrived: Hamlet, Mauritius; Copia,
Demerara. Sailed: Medora, Beaton; Gauntlet, Tobago;
Harlequin, Havannah ; Lyra, Trinidad.
Nawronr, March 3.—N.E.—Sailed: Diamond, Grenada;
J. Herrman,, St. Thomas.
SCILLY, 7
Bayonne,
Bent, he-"

unknown,
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