The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

%SU Court.

The Quten will hold a Privy Council on Saturday
the 26th inst., at Windsor Castle. The council is appointed
to he held at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Lord John Russell had the honour of dining with
the royal circle at Osborne house on Wednesday evening.
The noble lord left Osborne-house yesterday morning, and
returned to Wimbledon.
WINDSOR, TRunsDAY EVENING.—Cards of invita-
tion to the grand entertainments to be given by her Majesty
at the Castle, on Wednesday and Thursday next, were issued
yesterday from'
the office of the Lord Steward of the House-
hold.

General Bell had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday at the Home-office.
The Committee of Visitors of the Hanwell Asylum,
consisting of Mr. C. A. Tnlk, chairman, Mr. John Willis,
Mr. Pornall, Mr. Freahfleld, Mr. Marlborough Pryor, Mr.
Armstrong, and Mr. Kemahead, had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
office from the Governor of Sierra Leone. Despatches were
also received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town yesterday for Mickleton, near Doncaster,
Yorkshire.
MARRIAGE IN NIGEL LIFE. Yesterday the
marriage of Mr. Charles Robert Scott (formerly M.P. for
Aylesbury), and the Hon. Amelia Fraser, eldest daughter of
Lord and Lady Lovat, was solemnised at the Catholic Chapel
in Spnish-place, Manchester-square. The Right Rev. Dr.
GriMths, V.A., of the London district, officiated on the oc-
casion. After the ceremony a dleiner was given by Lady
Lovat in Eaton-place. At 1 o'clock the bride and bride-
room left town fir Milton Abbey. the seat of the Earl of
rostarlington.
We hear that the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Villiers, the
Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, is mentioned as likely
to be the new Bishop.—Globe.
THE LATE. EARL OF YARBOROUGIL—The Queen
gsainrular and Orienta Company's Steam Packet) brings
telligence if the death of this nobleman, which hap.
toned on board his yacht Kestrel, at Vigo, on the 10th inst.
31.21 lordship sailed from Cowes, unaccompanied by any of
his family, in July last, much against the wishes of his
friends and relations, who had noteil his declining state of
health. At Lisbon, the noble earl seemed to be much im-
proved in health by his aquatic trip. While there, a per-
ceptible change took place, but his wdirits remained good, and
fie there received at dinner, on bond em yacht, several
friend*. Bo pursued .his Toys ge as far as Gibraltar.
sad was on his return to Cowes , when, owing to alarming
CPtotus, they called in at N igo. lt was then apparent
his lordship was fast oink* „. and he was himself con-
firms of his approaching diseok,tion. He expired without a
Mic, at about four o'clock , a.m., on the Gth on
his yacht. At to tlrJ statement in some evening

papers of the Earl having eaten unripe grapes, there is not
likely to be any truth, fur he did not take anything for some
days before his demise, and therefore it Is netlike!, that
in the event of his taking that fruit, it had any influence
on his health. A special messenger was despatched to
convey the intelligence to the family, and his remains are
being conveyed to England in the Kestrel. Charles Ander-
son Pelham, Earl of Yarborough, was the inheritor of a
baronial coronet, conferred fur loyalty as the word was un-
derstood in 1794, and expanded into an earl's for liberalism
as the ward was understood, in 1837. The name of Pelham
was assumed by his father, Charles Anderson, Esq., on
inheriting the estates of his great-uncle, Capt. Pelham, of
Brocklesby, Lincolnshire. The Anderson. are descended
from Sir Edmund Anderson, who was twenty-three years
chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the reign of
Elizabeth; and the Pelhams from Sir William Pelham a 11
distinguished military commander in the same reign. The
late earl was a supporter of the Grey and Melbourne admi-
nistrations, and liberal in most points with the exception of '
the corn-laws. lie was vice-admiral of the Coast of the Isle
of Wight, and county. of Southampton, and member of
several literary and scientific societies; but better known as
Commander of the Boyar Yacht Squadron. Lord Yarborough
is survived by two sons and a daughter. The eldest, Lord
Woraley, now Earl of Yarbor.ugh, is, like his father, liberal
on most points—corn always excepted.
THE LATE DUKE OF ATHOLL.—This nobleman died
on Tuesday last, at his residence, near St. John's-wood. He
bad for several years been secluded from society. Ile is suc-
ceeded in the titles and family estates by his nephew, Lord
Glenlyon, eon of Lord James Murray, brother to the late
Duke, who was a major-general in the army, and created •
peer of the United Kingdom (mainly fur the purpose of
keeping together the family influence, in danger of being lest
from the mental incapacity of the last two dukes) in 1821.
The title of Atholl was revived in the present family in the
reign of Charles I. (the earldom having at that time lapsed to
the crown), on • representation that the wife of the then
Earl of Tullibardiue was the eldest daughter of the deceased
Earl of Atboll. The earldom of Tuliibardine dates from,
1606, but the family were distinguished among the baroni
minores of Scotland as early as the reign of David I. At the
of 1715 and 1745, the blended earldoms of Atholl and
e"
Tuliibardine were preserved in the family by the judicious
arrangement of one brother taking a leading part on either
side. The property and influence of the family in the High-
lands has long been great, but as is the case with almost all
the noble families in that region, it is of Norman, not of
Celtic origin.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OP LONDON.--The court (in which Mr. Arnold
presides) was again occupied nearly all day in altering de-
scriptions of residence. In the course of the day the lists of
the several companies from Dyers to Haberdashers, in alpha-
betical order, were gone through. The only cases worthy of
notice were the following :
Mr. Patey, perfumer, of Lombard-streetwas objected to by
the Tories, as residing at Croydon.—Mr. Paley appeared, and
proved that he had also a dwelling-house in Lombard-street,
and frequently slept there. He applied for ousts, which were
given in full, the Tory advocate not being able to prove
that any inquiry had been made as to the real facts of the
case.
Mr. Henry S. J. Spicer was objected to on account of the
initials "S. J." only appearing on the list. Mr. Spicer wa.
sworn, and stated that the "S. J." meant nothing but "S. J."
—that, in fact, he was christened " Henry S. J."—The bar-
rister said it was an extraordinary case ; he should retain the
name on the list, but should not give costs, as the case was a
novel one. In future, where objections merely turned on an
error in the Christian name, which the court bad power to
alter, he should give costs, as also in other cases of simple
misdescription.
In the case of George Vanhcyson, a fruiterer, who had
been objected to on account of a wrong address, application
was made for coati; this was opposed by Mr. Legard, the ob-
jector, on the ground that the address given last year was
merely a colourable one; but this not being clearly made out
though it appeared that the voter had been moving about
from one place to another, full costs were granted.--The
advocates on each side objected to the course of allowing full
costs in such canes, where the objections were clearly not
frivolous or vexatious ; but Mr. Arnold rested his decision on
the ground of the case in the Common I'leas, referred to
yesterday.
Mr. Kimber, of the Haberdashers' Company, was in the
unenviable position of being objected to by both parties ;
but, contrary to the usual result in such cases, he succeeded
in establishing his vote. lie accordingly claimed costs
against both parties, which the Barrister awarded, to the
amount of 10.. from each.—Mr. Brown complained of this,
alleging that Mr. Kimber had given him a retainer to defend
his vote; but Mr. Kimber being peremptory, the sum was
paid.
The result of the two days' revision is, that 46 Liberal
objections were sustained, and 55 failed or were withdrawn.
Tory objections were sustained to the number of 52, whilst
173 failed or were withdrawn. The double objections sus-
tained were 29 ; only 9 failed or were withdrawn.
FINSBURY.—Mr. C. 1). Moylan, the revising-
barrister fur this borough, commenced and finished
yesterday the revision of the list of voters, in the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, Lincoln's-inn. No case of any im-
portance occurred during the day. The disputed claims
amounted to seventy, of which forty-four were allowed, ai.d
twenty-six disallowed.
11ERTFOHD.—On Wednesday, Mr. Espinasse held
his court at Great Berkhampotead, far the revision of the pa-
riah lists in the district of that town, and made some start-
ling decisions. In the Northelaureh list, the name of John
Arthur Moore, described as residing at " 33, Queen Anne-
et, eet, Cavendish-square, London—tee farm rent—Augustus
Smith, owner," was objected to by the free-traders, un
the ground of erroneous description, Mr. Moore having
removed from Queen Anne-street ; and also that the pro-
perty on which the rent-charge was secured is known as the
"New Lodge," which words were omitted. The objection was
proved, but Mr. Espinasse considered it " only a spvculative
one," and awarded to Mr. Moore the utmost amount of costs;
20L—Mr. Spence, who appeared for the free-traders, pro-
tested against the decision, contending that as it was
admitted that Mr. Moore now lives in Upper Haney-street,
the description was wrong. The barrister, however, per-
sisted in designating the objection as " frivolous and vexa-
tious," and in awarding " the utmost amount of costs in his
power." Mr. Speuce then applied to have a case of appeal,
which Mr. Esping's. refused. Tho neat case was that of
Mr. Charles Henry Moore.—Mr. Spence said he did not
prove that notice of objection.—The witness Moore then
claimed costs.—Mr. Spence admitted that the case was not
before the court, as the act directed the barrister to inquire
into the ground of objection after the service of notice had
been proved and not before, and as he (Mr. Spence) did not
prove the notice, the barrister was not in a situation to award
costs, as no case was before him.—Mr. Espinasse: I consi-
der the objection frivolous and vexatious, and shall award
costs.—Mr. Spence : Before you do so, air, I would submit
that the mere description in the third column " fee farm
rent," without stating whether charged upon houses or land,
is insufficient.—Mr. Espinaase : I do not think so, I
shall therefore award the witness 205., which was paid.
In the third case, William Brown claimed in respect of
certain freehold cottages, set down as " next the common ;"
which the Free-traders objected to as insufficient.
Mr. Espinasse gave it against them with full costs.—The
costs were paid, but Mr. Spence drew the barrister's atten-
tion to the fact that the voter had net been put to any
costs in coming to the court, and thought the sum awarded
too much.—The voter was called back, and in answer to
questions put to hint, stated, that he had not been put to any
expenses except that of baiting his horse, which he had
brought from Tying, four miles distant. Mr. Espinasse then
ordered him to refund 155., which he accordingly did.
Some surprise was created in court by Mr. Espinasse, after
he had given his judgment en the cases, correcting the de-
scriptions in the list according to the alterations contended
for by Mr. Spence, remarking at the time that he thought
the additions would " be a more definite description of the
property, and enable parties to inquire into the validity of
the claim."
The result of the day's revision was as follows:—New
claims by Free-traders, 40; by the Conservatives, 25;
Liberals, struck off, 16; Conservatives, 26: making a total
majority on the first two days' revision in favour of the Free-
traders of Si.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of this corporation was held in the court-room of '
the establishment, for the purpose of declaring a dividend, ,
and upon other matters. Owing to the recent alterations in ,
the rate of interest, and a probable future change in the
rate of discounts, the attendance was good, but, as far as
the proprietary at large, the meeting could not be
regardscalled
a numerous one. The minutes of the last Court
having been read, •
The Oovenston. said he had to acquaint the proprietors
that this was one of the halt-yearly courts appointed by the
bye-laws, to consider a diAdend ; and also one of the usual ,
quarterly courts. And he had to state that the directors,
having carefully examined the Bank accounts, they were of
opinion that a dividend of three-and-a-half per cent., with-
out any deduction for income tax, on the half year, arising
from Profits and interest, might be declared, if the proprie-
tors so thought fit. Before, however, he put that question,
it was the wish of the directors that the court should be
put in possession of the present state of the
On the 31st of August, 1845, the rest was 3,688,8871.,
showing an increase of 16,0531. On the 28th of
February, 1846, the rest bad increased to 3,689,4301., in-
crease, 103,5431. (Hear.) On the 31st of August, 1846, it
amounted to 3,839,7521., being an increase of 150,3231. The
total increase in the year being 250,8601. (Hear, hear.)
Now, it was a source of great satisfaction to the directors, to
have on the present occasion to lay such a favourable state-
ment of the affairs of the Bank before the proprietors.
Before, however, putting the question that the Court agree
to a dividend of A per cent. on the half year, without
deducting the income-tax, he wished to state that if the
proprietors had any questions to ask, he should be happy to
answer them.
Mr. HAMMOND said, be rejoiced to bear that the affairs of
the Bank were in such a prosperous state. He hoped that
the directors would think themselves justified in giving an
increase of dividend or declaring a bonus. (Hear.) If that
was not done, it must appear as though the proprietors were
working for the interests of postenty, not for themselves.
(Hear, hear.) He did not intend to propose any motion
on the subject, bat he leeway threw out the suggestion.
The Clovsason meld were the hon. proprietor that the
question had not been Let West of by the Court of Directors.
It should be reoolleeted, however, that it was only a short
time since the attention of their charter, and therefore it was
advisable to proceed with the greatest caution.
In answer to a quells by u proprietor,—The 00..11/INOR
added that the income-tax paid on Bank Stock amf,unted to
about 30,0001. annually.
Mr. De Wixven asked several questions relating to the
differences in the amount of the rest at various periods, which