The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1848.

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THE SALE AT STOWE.
THE BlthEngtaltE POligrithrr.-The celebrated
Masao portrait of Shaman beteg in the catalogue of yes
twig it was tunably expected that a large number of con-
nebesue would 'Wad the We. Ii this the anetiethl e wen
sae disappdated before the thati
lot WM Slabadttrelared :e
mud
to mien was literally crowded with not less than from
400 6OO persoaa.
Tie flat picture ecld 4res-281. A Portrait of Martin
Luther, by Ennuis, for 20 Oases. 282. Portrait alit Man
Is a Mack cap holding a linter in his bend, by Raul* for
61 plum 283. Philip, Earl a Chesterfield, and his
Onotess, • yak, by IA: y , sees 9 gasses. 284. Philip, Lord
Wham. and his Lady. a pair, small, by Russell, for
11.Lgaiseas. M. Primo Eugene Ire armour, by Kneller,
by the rhea to Mr. Crap, 22 guineas. 269.
etas.
-ry VIII. in • risk sleeked dress, with hat and feather,
by Holbein, 90 gamma 290. Queen Mary in a black dress
with ornamented sleeves, by the same great master, 67
guineas. 291. Queen Elizabeth in a rich drew, hulditis a
fan, by Zuochero, 58 guineas. 292. Heresy 111. of Franukl
hale length, by Janet, 20 guineas. 293. Louis XVL. 31
c 11294 Math Antoinette, the tom ion, Ildtheithas.
.. Duke of Mwlborough on Honebank, by Wick, 17
guineas. 298. Pope, by Richardson ; this poracut was given
I.2ll.itret to Mee. Knight ; it is a very fine picture, and its
excited a good deal of interest; it sold fee 70 guineas.
-:•Locke, by the same artist, 40 guineas. 298. Ben
Jemmy unknown artist, 151 guineas. 299. Quin, by Vanier
IsMtBe. 300. Addison, uy en unknown areht,
301. Dean Swift, pretested by Dr. Nelda M
Earl Nugent, 19 guineas. 344 General Waked
ihMseds and General John Richards, with a siege in Ms
Keener, 20 guineas. 30.5. George I. i• Ide
ObigeZelsnaradAse, hy Thorthill, whole gas
iles&
161. • Parameaster, by P. Ha* 101 . 308. Dr.
lal==, guineas. 309. wines Maurice of
t, 22 guineas. 310. Lord Bacon,
wfwerwes, 344 Plasm 311. Frederick King of Bohemia
land Eltaa his Queen, by Minvelt, 69 guineas.
1312. James I. In his Rothe 31 guinea.. 313.
°tag* Monk, Duke of Albstearie, in Armour, with''!
the robes of the Garter, by Van der Malan, 41
guineas. 314. John Duke of Marlborough, whole length,
by Kneller; this portrait was
.triven by the Duke to Mr.
Secretary Craggy, 60 guineas. MB. Sir Richard Lemon,
by Van Dyck, 82 guineas. 319. The Earl of Strafford and
his Secretary, by Van Dyck, 47 guineas. 321. The Duke
of Marlhorough, by Wyck, 21 guineas. 322. Lord Keeper
Coventry, by Jarsens, 31 guineas. 324. Sir C. Hatton, by
Misevelt, 38 guineas. 326. Mary Cary in Countess of Dor-
set, by Vandyek, 181 guineas. 328. General and Mn. Des•
borough, • pair, by Net:other, 31 guineas. 331. Col. Jonas
iftanyan, by Mitten', 17 guineas. 332. Philip Earl of Pem-
broke, by Vandyek, 161 guineas. 333, Anna Maria Coun-
tess of Shrewsbury as Minerva, by Lely; this picture
came from Avington ; it was purchased for Sir linhert
Peel's collection; tho price 65 guineas. 331. Eliza-
beth Countess of Chesterfield, by Van Dyek, 104. gui-
neas. 337. Helena Forman, by Ruben., 25 guineas.
339. Heart Grenville, Countess of Chatham. by Madam, 60
guineas. 340. Sir Thomas Temple, by Van limner, 11
guineas. 341. Richard Grenville Earl Temple, in Robes of
the Garter, half length, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mr.
Manson announced that this, as well as three or four other
portraits, world he withdrawn foe the family. 342. Mary,
Marchioness of Buckingham, with her Son, the late Duke,
when a Boy, whole length on a landscape, also by Sir
Jaime Reynolds. This was a companion picture to the last.
It was put in at 70 guineas, and knocked down at 130
guineas, the purchaser being the Dean of Windsor. 343.
Lord Grenville seated at a Table, by Hoppner. It era.
bought fur Sir Robert Peel, the price being 65 guiaeas. 345.
Sir Richard Temple, 1686, by Miguel This portrait was
knight for the Dean of Windsor, the price 101 guineas.
348. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, by Thaw, 82 guineas;
347. Robert Earl Nugent, seated, whole length, by (WWI
borough; Lord Nugent made the first bidding of 501, but did
not secure posseesion until the bidding reached 101 guineas.
348. Hater, Coutes' Temple, by Kneller, 12 guineas.
360. Sir Richard Temille, 1850, by Lail, purchased at 10
(sham fir Sir Robert Peel's collection. 353. Oliver Cram.
walk, attended by Sir P. Temple, by Richardson, 62 guineas.
We understand it is likely to return to some of Oliver's elle-
Minlielati. 361. Anne Hyde, Duchess of York by Kneller, 33
guinea. 365. Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine, by themes
mime, 36 guineas. 356. Prince Henry in half aroma, whale
length, by Jansen', 28 gainers. 367. Portrait of Mosel( by
Van iluysure, 20 guineas. 358. Lady Henrietta alisli
!al Lek, 70 guineas. 381. Gaston d'Orleana, bretsai
ems% XIII., by Lely, 40 guineas. 362. Frame Wan
Duchess of Richmond, whole Length, by Lely, IS guineas.
264. Charles 11.. whole length, by Lily, yresestati by the
Xing to Sir Richard Temple, 16 guineas, 366. Sarah
lensing Duchess of Marlbetrough,_byLula--(this portrait
was given
_by the Dachas to Mr. fiethetary Craggs)-18
/mssied. James 11. is ids ememelen rte, by Inly,
W the King to Sir Mira Taub, M
W.ltktens Howard, Duke a Morita, is ausear,%"'Vlat
Aitrinses. 368. Anne. Countess of Saabs*. by Lely,
NI Count Gondomar, in a black death by Va
*qua, whale length, 61 guinea. 370. Nell
Laiy, whole length, 100 guineaa. 371. ThGewat
if Granby, wide length, by Sir Joshua
IM gains. 372. The Marquis de Vienville, b Van Dyck,
US Onus. 373. The Church of Don, with is on the
elmr, by Van Goyen, 18 gamut. 376. St. Peter delivered
bum prison, by Steenwick, 90 guises. 378. The Adoration
dye Magi, by P. Veronese 10 pineal. 378. The Shore
at Mewling, with a fish market and numerous boats and
rag,. by Van Goyim, 29 guineas. 380. Minehenden
Soushgate, formerly the seat of the Drake of Chau-
au This *cum next to the Chador portrait of Shak-
ps, the best hater, In the day's sale. It is by
ICerairstiaeas. It is now the property of Lad
LANA& ameandent of the Chandos family. 381. Caner-
ties Deems with ts and attic,-ansther of Wilson's
pgw*Mu ors bought at 110 guineas.
Addis paint of the eases greatest possible anxiety sad
Mims* Ins exhibited, the next lot being the °flathead
Obarke portrait of the great bard. When title portrait had
has bresikt forward and *ad upon the easel, Mr. Man-
us mid hs believed se &GM whatever misted all
hem es te the pselratt now Mantises
a pram peidesdia, wed Me met verielmilitaie id the
great bud.- la addition to the paligme whisk 1M adebres
contained be might inform them ern Sir Was. D'Aeussat
had thought so highly of Bestows/lily XneDategask=w;
The first-bidding was for +5Ol. 7/1/MI OM the prise
rose up to 2001., the chief Mame ban J. Nias it EEs
Head= House, a dosemintd Me Nieolts of
Hams (through Mr. Pallesms), Mr. lipase, Mr. Man,
end Mr. Bold. lb. Mae hare parted aompaay : Mr.
Nicoll went up le may SU nWees. and from that pant
Mr. limaaa and >da Held bsi the Nati( es tbeseelves.
The anises we tel mods : latliesd, Mr. Meseta
:Crasesedlated use hie a_ am pews% is
t.dindase Mr. Itymea te se_ am Oa, lesramr, he did
go up to 360 geisesk when -Mr. Medd, maidnamother
whams ci 6 Wm" Mr. Ryan relied sad MO MA Budd
the possum et the Menem tee 363 Reim Alm the sae
we asseelinei IM. Maid bad been ingeneled by Mr.
J. P. Carer aid Med as portrait le am yes piesity at
the Earl at limmera
The lest lee la the day's sale was Masfieles mislealled pie-
ta* of the a Wwake a Calais." The dhpessl of this
magnificent work eadmi an emirs competition. It wee out
in at 2001., and eve twerp bought for 410 guineas, Aso Mr.
Grandy, of Uverpath
The day's sale realised 6,3191. 44 6d. The Rembrandt
this day, it is said, will sal for nearly this amount.

A COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL was held yester-
day, when the City Coroner drew attention to the subject of
Inquests held in eases of Gm, and submitted that the foe of a
gummt was moody a milkiest remunerations la cases that
sometimes malted two or three days' investigation. The
matter was referred to the general purposes committee.—A
grant of 1001. was voted to the Royal Infirmary for Con.
sumprios.
IRISH WASTE LAND BOCHFIT.—A meeting of this
society was filed for yesterday in compliance with the pro-
visions of the act of incorporation, but a sufficient number
of members not being present, the praceedisge were ad-
journed for a week.
CHRIST'S lloariral..—On Thursday next, being Bt.
Matthew's Day, the Lord Mayor, with the governors of the
several royal hospitals, will attend divine service at Christ
Church, Newest' street, where a sermon will be preached
by the Rev. 8. J. Phillips, of Pembroke College, Cambridge,
after which they will repair to the great trill in Chest's
Hospital, where orations on the benefits of the royal hoe-
pitals will be delivered, according to annual custom, by the
four senior scholars, who are about to proceed to the univer-
sities; In Latin, by C. D. Craven, 2nd Oradea , who is pro-
ceeding to Lincoln Coll., Oxford ;in English, D. W.
Thompson, 3rd Grecita, who is proceeding to Trinity Colt,
Cambridge ; in Greek, by R. Bleck, 4th Grecian, who is
proceeding to Pembroke Coll., Cambridge ; and in French,
J. 1.. Ramniond, let Grecian, who is pavecediag to
Trinity Coll., Cambridge. Seven poems wilt also be de-
livered by others of the senior scholars, via., an Mac ode on
" Cleopatra," by A. Beetling, 10th Grecian ; Greek iambics,
"Manfred's 8olloquy," from Byron, by H. C. Heilbronn, sth
Grecian ; Latin hexameters, " British Freedom." from
Goldsmith's " Traveller," by L. Craven, Bth Greets& I
Greek sapphice, Collins's " Ode to Evening," by T. Rol-
brow," Tub Grecian ; Latin hexameter, on " The Death of
Socrates," by J. Oil), 11th Grecian; Latin elegiacs, m
" Mary Queen of Scots," by H. C. P. Jones, 12r1 arida& ;
and an English poem on " Borneo," by 0. H. Cooed,
Grecian.
RRFCGE FOR THE DESTTTUTL—A special gamma
meeting of the governors of the above initiation was held
yesterday at the London Tavern, Blifremmalseamed. to can
eider thl propr.ety of purchasing as estate at Daiwa for the
of the :tinge. The their barbs. balm taken by J.
rollt:rEsq, treasurer, Mr. Hoare said that Os old build.
log in the Hasknsy-road had been found most wesitable to
the wants of the inmates, and as the neeseaty Om a new one
was generally admitted, the committee had aaaidered it
better to purchase freehold ground than add to their present
institution, which was on tombola. The saw Institution
which It was proposed to erect would be at abtoa. a most
ealabrious ciao', and would cost about 9,0001., via., 3,0001.
for throe amen of land and 6,00 W. for building. He moved
a resolution empowering the committee to wears the
ground at the prim mentioned, and the motion having been
Maeda by Mr. Kelly it was, after some discuasion,
nmmsly carded. The Meeting then separated.

THE INDIA MAIL VIA SOUTMAMPINISLIMr.
With vetereace to a letter under the shwa beralso oblib
appears to the Erpress of yesterday, mired ma b nursed'
some errors Into which the writer the kith. lie tape that
when the Orteatal Company speed la tbb so a
liberality" aoaveyanc• of the ma be
tines livathamptoe and Malta) they were maim to ob-
tain the contract for conveying the Indian emits from
Marseilles to Malta, and they naturally thought that when
• doubts againaisation to India monthly was moss NW
the pubis would not let the governammt dbmmalnse
it. It would be therefore only necessary for this te decline
dropping the mail at Malta, and then they woad be paid for
conveying it from Southampton to diemmitia,'• b.e.
Now, sir, I have the means of hemming, end elm in the
most unqualified manner meet, that din state
meat just quoted is entirely without foundation,
and that the manceuvre therein attributed to the com-
ray would have been totally ineffectual in furthering
the insinuated object. No intention of plaoing the trans-
mission of the mails between Marseilles and Malta in the
kande of private enterprise was lather ed at the time the
company undertook the conveyance of the bi-monthly mail
between Southampton and Alexandria. Nor his the com-
pany at any time been anxious to obtain the ex,-
intim of that Nuke. The writer further states that
the Oriental Company, and not the government, caused
the arrompment (s. e., for transmitting the mail via South-
ampton) to came. This /mutton is equally unfounded with
the former. The Oriental Company did not cause the
arrangement to cease. They were willing to continue the
service, although, per se' it was not remunerative to them.
The government gave notice to the company that it was to be
discontinued; and theoompany, he acknowledging the receipt
of the notice, mfr. ly stated what was the fact, namely, that Its
discontinuance would be • benefit to them. Permit me to
observe, in conclusion, that the disoontimeance of this
branch of the India Mall is a very ill-considered measure.
The results to the public interests are, an Wanw of el'
panic by the employment of a government steamer to eon
ye; the mails between Malta and Alexandria, at a hearitr
cost than the conveyance for the whole route between Sduth-
ampton and Alexandria amounted to, when performed by
the Oriental Company ; the loss to the community of an im-
portant means of communication for letters, passengers, and
; and a 100 of t _postage revenue.-1 am, do., A
ilts lOLDIS Od THa P. and O. 8. N. Co.
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE IN rue UNlTznut-
rns.—Sir,—Alany and bitter complaints have been fre-
queatly made by the lower classes of temporary disfranchise.
Intent from change of residence, the neg'ect, accidental or de-
signed, of overseen, and other causes. The iejury sustained
by other chases of society from • similar cause, and at one,
at least, of the universities (Cambridge), where the wisdom
and justice of our ancestors are, doubtless, held in the high-
est veneration, leas been overlooked. There a man may be
disfranchised for life without any fault of his own, by the
arbitrary decision of irresponsible authority, and no other
reason assigned than the old one of sic tato, sic Jobe°. I
will give an example of what has happened in my own ease
and I wail informed by the registrar that many similar in-
stances hue wound. Some ears ago, in consequence of a
mistake of the tutor of my college as to my address, I had
requested him, by letter, to insert my correct address on his
ire. Title he neglected to do before he res:gned bis
and on my next change of residence being communicated to
the college, I was informed that the letters addrewed to me
havit.g bean returned through the Dead Letter nflee—a
sufficient evidence that I never received them—and the sum
of 71. Ils. 4d. being due to the college, my name hail been
removed teem the hoards. It w.• easily replaced on the
lords of the college, but to restore my vote it was necessary
that a grace should pass the senate. The grape must first
rens the Caput, a body of six persons, consisting of the Vice.
Chancellor andpersons,
five others usually nominated by hint, each
of wham has an absolute veto on soy propeeition
made to the senate. The Vice. Chancellor, as one
of the caput, can effectually prevent a grace front
being put to the senate, and though it woo under-
stood that he indivilually was disposed to allow the
thouses
to be submitted, )et the majority of the other heads of
being adverse to my claim, he was induced by their
dictation to intimate that he should put on his veto. I thus
found myself at once robbed of my freehold, which I had
purchased at a coosiderable expenditure of time and money
--it having, with the expense of taking my degree and keep-
ing my name ca the boards for many years, coat me at least
1,0004 The heads of the university deuied me the omens-
city of obtaining redress for • wrong committed by one of
their own authorities, a hard, an unfair proceeding on the
pan of men in their station towards • humble indivl ihal.
Not befog a member of any Issued profession, the elective
franchise was the sole advantage I acquired. I believe it is
the opinion of some men of high standing at the university,
and of some lawyers also, that every muter of arts hes, as
he certainly ought to have, the right of voting for members
of parliament, whistle, r his name be on the boards or not ;
but the question has never yet been tried before a committee
of the House of Commons. Believing that you are one of
thew who would Contribute to the stability of our institu-
tions by reforming their abuts* I make no apology for
troubling you with this oommunkiation.—Oren or run Dia-
IMAXOIIIBID.

THE LATE ACCIDENTS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAT.—It is seated that the expanses caused
by the late accidents, including all eisime,willamouat to about
2,6001. The relatives of the late Cul. Baird have intimated
their intention not to make any claim on the company.
INgtrzir, YESTERDAY.—AOCIDENT AT THE NEW
Mousse or PARLIAKENT.—By Yr. Bedford, at the West-
minster Hospital, on the body of Patrick Farrell, aged 21.
It appeared that deceased was on Friday morning at work
at dm new houses of parliament, end while engaged in
lowering a heavy chain OMR the ventilating 'haft of
the HOMO of Common he took the rope off which held it,
and the weinht of the chain OTWEINIS him, and he was
thrown down a height of upwards of eighty feet. He was
injured so severely that he died an Weelneeday.—Verdiet,
" Accidental death."