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ILLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY).
LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., fresh
gales, and dull hazy weather.
, DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Pre-
ciosa, Jacobsen, New York, and sailed for Rotterdam.
Arrd. from the River, City of Poonah, Madras ; Som:
nauth, Bombay; Berbice, Berbice ; Margaret, Quebec ;
Waterman, Quebec; Eapadarte, Madeira ; Mary noun-
sell, Rio Janeiro.
DOVER, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Grange, New
York. Off port, Adelbaide (Danish ship), Ilavannah
for Hamburgh.
COWES, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ann Smith,
Hogg, Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.,
light.—Arrd. Sophie, Alexander, Honduras ; Princess
Royal, Duguid, New Orleans, sailed from the bar 13th
ult.; Hindu°, Lawrence, ditto ; Ambassadress, Banner-
man, ditto; Pollock, M'lntyre, ditto; Margaret, Black,
ditto; Yorkshire, Tripp, Mobile; Lady Milton, Ha) es,
ditto; Speed, Grundell, Savannah, sailed 15th ult.; Col-
chester, Withers, Charleston, sailed 16th ult.; Roanoke,
Kelly, Baltimore ; Logan, Trent, New York ;Fidelia,
Hacistaff, ditto, sailed 16th ult. Sid. Ann Maim, New
York; Lord Sandon, New Orleans.
Mem.—The George, fur Quebec; London, for Staten
Island ; end Omega, for Boston, did not sail yesterday,
as reported.
SLIGO, APRIL 11.—Wind W.—Arrd. American Bill,
Beatty, New York; Adna, Sh erman, ditto. Sid. Inventor,
Philadelphia; Dromeheir, New York.
ABERDEEN, APRIL 10.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Sir Wil-

Liam Wallace, Quebec.
DUNDEE, APRIL 10.—Wind N. to W., strong gale.—
Arrd. Euphrates, Valparaiso. Put back, Ariel, Ritchie,
for Montreal.
SUNDERDAND, APRIL 11.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Gem,
Quebec.
LOUGH SwILLY, APRIL 9.—Arrd. R. H. Douglas,
Norville, BAltimore, for Sligo.
IIULL, 12.--Wind Wind W.N.W.—Sid. Fergus,
Quebec; Llan, Humuey, ditto.
WIIITEHAVEN, APRIL 10.—Wind S. W.—Sid. Richard.
son, Quebec.
OFF DONAGHADEE, APRIL 10.—Fleetwood, Richa-d.
son, Mauritius, for Clyde.
HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 10.—The Endeavour, Glasgow
to Hull, was towed in here to-day in a sinking state,
having struck on the Tynemouth Bar.
PETERHEAD, APRIL 9.—The Rose, of this place, has
been in contact with the Mullert, from Scaham, and has
received considerable damage. The Ewarts, of Nairny
went on the rocks last night, but was got oN to-day.
BELFAST, APRIL 9.—tild. Caithnessshire, Quebca ;
Chieftain, ditto ; Sabos, St. Thomas ; Abd-el-Kader,
ditto ; Sumatra, United States ; Odessa, Windsor, Nova
Scotia.
CORK, APRIL 10.—Lord Bandon, Toneran, New Or-
leans; Montague, Wade, Norfolk; Victor, Clark, ditto ;
Puritan, Amsburg, ditto; Sarah Johnson, ditto; Horatio,
Hall, ditto ; Rambler, Hall, ditto ; /Eueas, Carroll,
Carninki ; Mensagero, Sultana, ditto ; Nova Fel'z, Da
Costa, ditto. Std. Agile, New York.
LEITH, APRIL 10,—The Sarah schooner, of Yar-
mouth, was abandoned oil' the Humber on the Bth
inst., and yesterday seen off Bridlington; crew saved by
the Royal William steamer, arrived here.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship sat to-day at Westminster, and was
occupied in hearing cases which were of no general in-
terest.

YY.CE-CHANCERY.—(:r S DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England resumed
his sittings to-day in his Court at Westininsttr.
WALL V. WALL—JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR gave judgment to day in this case,
which was argued before him some time since on fur-
ther directions.
By a settlement, dated in 1802, the Baroness de
Thorin became entitled to a reversionary interest in a
fund of 14,0001., contingent on the death of her lather
and mother, of whom the former was now deceased.
The lady had intermarried in 1835 with the Baron de
Thorin, who. by the marriage, acquired an interest
in the same fund contingent upon the event of his
surviving his wife. By the will of William Wall, an
opulent banker, in Worcester, which took effect in
1842, a sum of 18,0004 was bequeathed to the Baroness
de Thorin, conditionally that she should relinquish the
benefit received by the settlement of 1802, and a re-
ference was in consequence directed to the Master to
inquire whether it was for the benefit of the wife that
she should accept the provision under the will in lieu
of that made by the settlement; hut on the Master
reporting in favour of the bequest under the will, a
difficulty arose by the husband refusing to surrender
his contingent interest in the settlement of 1802, so as to
sanction the wife's election. Application was, there-
fore, made to the Court for the purpose of having
it determined whether the wife's election could stand
independently of the concurrence of the husband.
A second question strove under the same will. The tes-
tator gave to his widow an annuity of 1,8001., issuing
out of certain real estates, vested in trustees, and the
words employed in the devise were, that " she should
have a yearly sum of 1,8001., clear of all taxes and de-
ductions whatsoever." The Income and Property Tax
Act, schedule A No. 4, sec. 10, directed that the trustees
in whom land is vested, charged with the payment of
annuities, should deduct at the rate of 7d. in the pound
on such annuities. The doubt was whether the widow
was to take the 1,8001. unbroken, or less by the income-
tax. The Court was clearly of opinion on the second
question that the income tax ought to be paid by the
widow, but with respect to the question of election, his
Honour thought that the record, as at present framed,
did not give the Court jurisdiction to decide that. His
Honour thought the best course would be to set apart
the sum of 18,0001. until the Court was in a condition
properly to decide the question.
EVANS V. HUNTER.—JUDGMENT.
His lioNoun also gave judgment in this case, dis-
missing the bill with costs, except so far as it prayed
relief with respect to giving certain certificates, and as
to that the Court granted the prayer of the Bill.
MOSELEY V. ALSTCN.—THE OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM
JUNCTION RAILWAY
The further arguments in this part-heard motion oc-
cupied his Honour the remainder of the morning.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
MALCOM V. SCOTT.
This cause, the particulars of which have already
appeared in this journal, was in the paper for judgment
to-day, but his Honour, after going at great length
through all the facts, directed a further inquiry.
BUMBLE V. SHORE.
We have already given the facts of this case, which
turns upon the construction of a will.
His HONOUR to-day gave it as his opinion that the
terms of the will should be taken literally, but stated that
he would go further into the authorities that had bean
cited.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Philipb. Hay, the s,.n 2lajor-General Hay, was
placed before Mr. Jardine, charged with cbtaining money
under false pretences, by means of a cheque drawn by
Hai upon his father, it was alleged, without authority.
Mr. Gardiner, the proprietor of the Golden Cross,
Charing cross, said that on Christmas day, 1844, the
prisoner requested him to cash a 51. cheque for him. He
said that in an emergency, the banks being all closed,
he would be obliged to him if he would advance him 21.
on the spot and iet him have the rem.tinder in a day et. two. He at first hesitate,), but as the prisoner repre-
sented that his connections were highly respectable, and
that he was the son of General llay, upon whom the
cheque was drawn, he acted upon these representations
of the prisoner, and advanced him 2/. The next day he
received a note from the prisoner, calling his attention
to the date of the cheque, and requesting that he would
not present it until the 4th of January, when it would
become due. Ile, therefore, did not present the cheque
till that day, and he was then informed that it was a
" swindling transaction altogether," and that several
similar cheques bad been presented and reused. He
left the cheque at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Green-
wood, for a few days, and he understeod that it had
been shown to Colonel (now General) hay, and he dis-
honoured it.

The prisoner called his father, General Hay, to prove
that he bad given him, a general authority to draw
cheques upon him for small amounts, and that if this
one was ref used it was by mistake. The General stated,
most distinctly, that his son had authority to draw not
only this checque, but many others, and that, had this
been presented to him he would have paid it. Ile was
surprised that Mr. Gardiner had not applied to him be-
fore taking the course he had adopted.
Mr. JARDINE said this was a complete answer to the
charge.
The prisoner was liberated, but was followed out by
the officer engaged in the case, who took him into cus-
tody again on a second charge, to be preferred at an-
other Court.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Edward Parmeutum, 14 years of age, an a3pBp,reGnitoicsteerto.
Mr. Newman, boot and shoemaker, N
o.
street, lloxton, Old Town, was charged by Serjeant
James Godfrey, of the N division of police, with cutting
and wounding his fellow apprentice, Alfred Fullum.
aged 17, with intent to do him some grievous bodily
harm.
Alfred Fullum, who appeared so weak as scarcely to
be enabled to give his evidence, stated, that about four
o'clock yesterday afternoon he was call.,d down stairs by
his master. lie was absent only a few minut?s, and on
his return he found the prisoner using his tools Wit-
ness complained, and told the prisoner he deserved a
good thrashing. The prisoner said, witness dare noi,
touch him. Witness, however, smacked his face, and
the prisoner instantly rushed at him with the knife pro-
duc2d, and cut him severely across the arm
A medical certificate having been put in.
The prisoner denied the felonious n.:t.t of the charge,
and said that it was purely accidental. The wound was
eccasioned by his putting up his. hand, in which he held
his knife, to ward off the blow aimed at him by RIND).
The Magistrate ordered that he should be again
brought up previous to his committal, on the chr-ge of
feloniously cutting and wounding with intent, &c.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A gentlemanly-looking young men, who appeared to
be in an almost dying state, was led to the bar by Wad-
dinlton, the gaoler, and Mr. Wolff, his protessionri.
adviser, to answer a charge preferred against him by
John Kelly, a shop
man in the employment of Woolston -
holme, pawnbroker, of Leather-lane, Holborn, of having
stolen a quantity of Orleans cloth and liish linen.
The prisoner, whose name was John Cooper, was
Wien into custody on lest Wednesday, and placed in one
of the cells at the station-house, and upon the officer on
duty in the yard going round to the place where the pri.
soner was confined he observed him lying in an apparently
lifeless state upon the floor, and upon closer examination
it was found that he had inflicted a fearful gash across

NOTICE TO MARINERS—BUOYS ADRIFT.
BROADSTAIRS, APRIL 10.—The East Tongue buoy on
Margate Sand, and the Border buoy, on the Gulls, base
broken adrift and been taken into Ramsgate.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor resumed his sittings to-day,
after the Easter recess. His Lordship sat in his Court
at Westminster, and, after disposing of several lunatic
petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear appeals.
APPERLEY U. PAGE.
This ease came before his Lordship upon appeal from
the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce over-
ruling a demurrer put in by the defendants to the bill
filed by the plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and others,
shareholders i❑ the Midland and Easter Counties Rail-
way Company, against the defendants, directors of the
sail company. The bill stated that in July, 1845. this
line was projected from the Northern and Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, at Cambridge to Worcester. That the
capital was to be 1,500,0001., in 60,000 shares, at 251. a
share, on each of which the deposit was 2/. 12s. 6d. The
plaintiffs paid their deposits, but they alleged that they
did so upon the faith that the whole of the shares would
be duly and properly allocated, but that they subse-
quently learned the fact to be, that only 35,000 shares
were allocated, and that of these 17,840 were not ac-
cepted. The total deposits paid amounted to 47,6701.
At the date of the Parliamentary contract, the 29th of
October, 1845, the directors well knew that the project
had failed, and become impracticable by reason of the
insufficient allotment of shares, and they incurred the
expense of surveys and other charges, although having
failed to raise the required capital, they were unable
to apply to Parliament for an Act for the projected line.
The defendants, however, applied last session for an Act
for a small portion of the line, extending thirty-eight
miles, from Cambridge to Weedon. The Bill passed the
House of Commons, but was rejected in the House of
Lords, and it has been since finally abandoned. Pursu-
ant to the standing orders, 39,0001. was lodged with the
Accountant• General by the defendants, on account of tho
Cambridge and Weedon line, which sum consisted of the
deposits paid for the line to Worcester. The defendants
obtained an order for the payment out of Court of the
39,0001. to discharge liabilities, but the money had not
yet been paid out. The bill prayed, that as the objects
and purposes for which the company was proposed, had
failed, through the neglect sad mismanagement of the
defendants, they might be declared not entitled to
deduct expenses under the circumstances stated, and
that an account might be taken of all proper expenses,
and that the plaintiffs might be declared liable to said
expenses in the proportion which the number of shares
held by them have to the 6,000 shares originally pro-
posed ; and that after the payment of such expenses
there should be a distribution of the deposits. On the
part of the defendants it was contended that as the bill
substantially prayed for a dissolution of partnership,
there was a want of parties, the majority of the share-
holders not having been made parties 19 the suit. On
the case coming before the Vice-Chancellor Knight
Bruce, his Honour ordered the demurrer to lca., overruled,
and from that decision the present appeal was brcught.
The arguments occupied his Lordship the whole
morning.