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London, England, 1846-11-25 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY P

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JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.—A return, to o
the House of Commons, made up to theillfalra,VAUT
1846, of the Joint Stock Companies, which have
been registered in conformity with the provisions of
7 and 8 Vic. 110, comprises, under distinct heads, a list
of existing, of provisionally registered, and of completely
registered companies. The first is a return of compa-
nies registered, as having been in existence previous to
September 5, 1844. It merely gives the title and the
date of the registration of these companies, of which
there are 994. The second is a return of 1,633 provisionally
registered companies, the formation of which was
begun subsequently to September 5, 1844. In 1,112 of
these there has been no registry of directors. The
names of the directors of the remaining number form
the subject of a separate branch of the return. In 863
out of the 1,633 projects no capital has been declared, and
in the 770 in which there is a return of the amount of
capital, it reaches the enormous figure of 634,127,5501.,
of which 40,000,0001. was required for " Cooke's Na-
tional Railway," and 35,000,000/. for -the " British and
Irish Granary Corn-mill Company and Provident
Institution." The third part of the return contains
a list of the compantez which have been completely re-
gistered since September 1344. They number 115, and
their joint capital (excepting one, tho " New Protecting
ciety," which does not propose to raise any), amounts
to 29,774,220/. Of these 24 are gas, 16 railway, 14 in-
surance, 7 steam-packet, 7 building, 7 loan or invest-
ment, 6 mining, 5 glass, 3 mill, 3 cemetery, 2 coal, 2
salvage, 2 iron, 2 brewery, 2 market-house, 1 bondiEg-
warehouse, 1 smelting, 1 tontine, 1 bath, 1 emigrat on,
1 cork cutting, 1 screw-ship, 1 baking, 1 Demi sugar,
1 commercial, 1 railroad-carriage, and 1 oyster com-
panies. The names of the directors of these several
companies are set forth in a separate branch of the
return.

EXTERNAL DECORATIONS : HINT TO SHOPREErERS
AND LANDLORDS. -:-Extraordinary, advances have been
made within a few years, in the internal and external
architectural arrangements of houses for the purposes of
trade. Architects of eminence have directed their atten-
tion to this subject, ar.d some beautiful shops now adorn
our towns; and a tradesman about to commence business
on a grand scale might, by engaging an architect and a
painter, have a beautiful design tastefully executed, et a
cost much less in amount than the methods of advertise-
ment resorted to in almost every instance. When the
splendour of the Parisian cafi3 is remembered, it must
be admitted that latterly, in this country, painting has
been but sparingly employed in aid of architecture.— Me
Builder.

Her Majesty the Queen of Spain has been pleased
to confer on his Excellency Don Pedro Juan de Zulueta,
the eminent Spanish merchant, the hereditary rank and
title of the Count de Torre Diaz.
INCREASE or PtuPEßrsar.—ln the past week 465
more persons have been relieved by the parish than
in
the corresponding week of last year, at an increased ex-
penditure for out-door relief of 40L 2s. sd.—Brighton
Herald.

IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW AUSTRALIA.—Sixteen
sergeants of the Royal Artillery, two sergeants and two
corporals of the Royal Sappers and Miners, have been
selected at Woolwich, and will embark in the course of ...
the week, for the district of New Australia, over which
Captain Sir William Dennison was recently appointed.
Governor. The sergeants and corporals are to receive
their pay as non-commissioned officers until Christmas
next, when they will be placed on the pension list, and.
receive pensions according to their length of services.
They are each to receive 20/. as an outfit, with a free
passage for themselves, their wives, and children, in-
cluding rations. On embarkation they will each be al-
lowed 4s. 6d. per day, in addition to their pay as non-
commissioned officers, to Christmas, and to their subse-
quent pension after that period. On their arrival at the
colony in New Australia they will be appointed over-
seers or superintendents of the formation of roads.
under the direction of the Governor, Sir William Den-
nison, and will be divided into three classes, according to
ability, the first class receiving 10s. each per day in ad-
diticn to the pension, the second class 7s. 6d., and the
third class 4s. 6d. per day. This selection of so many
trustworthy non-commissioned officers of the Ordnance
corps for responsible situations, and the liberality of the
pay and privileges offered, has given great satisfaction to
the intelligent and deserving noncommissioned officers
of that branch of her Majesty's service.
THE Aemr.—A return has been issued pursuant
to an order of the House of Commons, dated the 25th of
June, showing the average effective strength of the army
in each year, from 1834 to 1843 ; specifying severally
Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Foot Guards, and Infantry
of the Line. It appears, therefore, that in the first-
named year the total numbers were as follows :—Ser-
geants, 5,675 ; trumpeters and drummers, 1,789 ; and
rank and file, 90,831. In 1843, the numbers were :
Sergeants, 6,760 ; trumpeters and drummers, 2,064 •,
rank and file, 115,12 g. These include Life Guards and
Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Foot
Guards, Infantry of the Line, and West India and Co-
lonial corps. The Life Guards and Horse Guards have
remained during the entire period at about the same
numbers—viz., 132 corporals, 27 trumpeters, and 1,040
rank and file. In the Dragoon Guards the sergeants
were 173 in 1834, and 181 in 1843 ; the trumpeters have
remained 44 ; and the rank and filo numbered 2,130 in
1834, and 2,256 in 1843. Of Dragoons there were 506
sergeants in 1834, and 552 in 1843 ; trumpeters, 109 in
1834, and 121 in 1843 ; rank and file, 6,125 in the
former, and 6,877 in the latter year. The rank and file
in the Foot Guards numbered 4,365 in 1834, and 4,505
in 1843 ; and of the Infantry of the Line there were
7,983 rank and file in the first, and 95,135 in the last-
waned year. The West India and colonial corps ser-
geants have been increased from 247 to 315 during the
period ; the drummers from 77 to 103 ; and the rank
and file from 4,188 to 5,308. The total number of rank
and file was 95,460 in 1839 ; 104,579 in 1840 ; 108,194
in 1841 ; and 111,831 in 1842.
DuNmOw. THE DODGE ARTFUL. Last week
Mr. Valiance, the governor of the Dunmow Union
Workhouse, discovered that the scales for weighing the
paupers' bread had some clay fixed on the bottom of the
weight side, so that each pauper had upwards of an
ounce more bread delivered to him than was allowed.
On Friday, James 'Utley was taken before the Rev.
J. P. H. Chesshyre, and the offence being sworn to by
one of the inmates as having been done by him, he was
committed to gaol for 14 days.—lpswich
_Express.
THE HADDINGTON BURGHS.—On Friday last it
was officially announced in Haddington, that at the first
general election the opponent to Mr. Balfour of Whit-
tingham, the present representative of that district of
burghs, is to be either Lord John. Hay, brother to the
Marquis of Tweeddale, or Lord Melgund, eldest son of
the Earl of Minto.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
IMPORTATION OF VENisom.--Venison, imported
whole from Hamburgh, was offering in Hull shambles on
Tuesday at 6d. per lb. for foreparts, and Is. for haunches.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A POACHER AT EDMOND
CASTLE.—OD Friday last a well known poacher in the
neighbourhood of Brampton, named John Bell, was net-
ting hares in the gardens of Edmond Castle, when he
was disturbed by a person coming out of the house with
a lantern, and supposing that he was discovered, en-
deavoured to make his escape, in doing which he fell
over a sunk fence, about 15 feet high, into the park.
Rendered insensible by the fall, he lay till near daylight,
and then being unable to stand, he crawled a consider-
able distance, nearly a quarter of a mile, when he found
himself unable to proceed further, and was seen in a
very exhausted state about two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon by a woman who happened to pass near the
spot where he lay. He was at once taken into the
Castle, and medical assistance procured from Brampton.
On examination it appeared that the injuries he had re-
ceived were of a very serious nature, and after restora-
tives had been administered he was removed in the car-
riage of T. 11. Graham, Esq., to the Cumberland In-
firmary, and although hopes are entertained of his re-
covery, he is still in a state of considerable danger.—

1 Carlisle Patriot.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday afternoon
last, two men named Colborne, a farrier, and George
norler, a shoer, descended Clandown coal pit, for the
purpose of examining a horse which works underground
there, and afterwards, as they were ascending the pit, at
about ninety fathoms from the bottom, the chain in
which they were " slanged," was knocked off the rope
by another chain of about 5 cwt., which fell from the top
of the pit, and the two unfortunate men were precipitated
to the bottom, and dashed to pieces.—Bath Journal.
AN " UNTOWARD" HONEYMOON. —On Sunday
evening last a fire occurred near the New Quay, Exeter,
by which two houses were burned to the ground, and
most of the property contained in them was destroyed.
Six families occupied these houses. The apartment in
which it commenced was occupied by Henry Rowe, a
shoemaker. This man has children who are grown up
and do not reside with him. He was a widower of about
some three months duration, and had that morning en-
tered again into the blessed and holy bonds of wedlock.
Towards evening the happy party had left for the pur-
pose of a walk into the country, in order to regale them-
selves, first, however, placing a pair of sheets before the
fire, so that these might be duly aired. Nothing
t alive,ll
ave
as far as is known, was left in the ap!irtme
cat, which had been in the habit of reposing
ot
bob. In what wailthe fire was caused is
that indeed
n i ne
known,fson butth e
when the happy pair returned, they
found
•
there had been something more than anf anirdingtheosfethine
sheets, since, on opening the door, they fou
of the air against
fire whichflames,andw waserderittenmbseylvtebse met by a complete body of
in witnessing the
them, and forbade all attempt for admission,. and they
epiernpdrotl;eirrtyh.o_nez
destruction emvooonpn ort Telegraph.
A I
A COMPLICATION OF DISORDERS:" How do do .
were obl.igedoftotbs
how do do, Doctor, I'm dreadful glad I've found you at
home I I want you to give me a ' steffikit' to get a quart
of sperits, to put into some rutes and barks, that I've
been getting to cure my poor old carkiss !" " What is
the matter with you, madam ?" " Why I've got the
information of the liver, and my disguster is out of
order ! I'm troubled, too, with the rebellious colic, and
have it sometimes so that it seems as if it would screw
me all up into knots, and I have a notion of trying
these rutes and barks, if I can get some sperits, to see
if the medisum won't cure me." " Well madam, you
certainly have a complication of diseases, by your ac-
count : but I don't see how I can help you about pro-
curing spirits. Why don't you steep your roots and
barks in water !" " Water ? well there, now, that beats
all natur ! What's water good for ? Ye can't get the
vartue of the stuff out, to steep it in water."
It has already been stated, but not officially, that the
Pope had authorioed the construction of railroads in his
States. The decree, however, is now issued. The railroads
determined upon are the following :—One to the Nea-
politan frontier, by the Valley del Sacco ; one from
Porto d'Auzio to Rome ; one from Rome to Civita
Vecchia ; and lastly, one from Rome to Ancona, and
from thence to Bologna, following the ancient Via Fla-
\
minia-Emilia. The execution of these lines is to be
confided to private companies.—Galignani.

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COURT OF CHANCERY, J.VC: v. 21.
The Lord Chancellor did not attend his Court at
,;eitminster to day.

ROLLS' COURT, J.Yov. 24.

FORDYC} V. navtinEs.
His LORDSHIP delivered judgment in this cluse this
iorning. He said, this was a WA. filed by Alex.ant,l
Fordyce, for the purpose of setting as
a decree teat
had been obtained by the detiet,r(3ar Sir J. Denny
August,of 1843.
Brydges, &c., in this suit onht •
pThe question in that suit hic wasa
araiequat e blsed
yidsculssed
y
tiff was one that could not be
I, app in eared that the testator left his
before the Master. I
property, which consisted of estates
Scotland and
Encdand, with directions that those in the former coun-
try should be sold, and the amount resulting frcm such
sale to be invested in the purchase of estates in Eng-
land, and then left the same to the party under whom
the plaintiff claimed as heir. There was no question on
these points. The trustees, at their own request, had
been discharged from the trusteeship, and the plaintiff
filed a bill, which raised the question as to whether he
was bound by the acts of the trustees, who had invested
nearly the whole of the testator's property in the pur-
chase °restate.; in Scotland, as well as other dispositions
to which he objected. Two questions were before the
Court—the first, whether the present Bill was in a proper
form, and the other as to the decree. With respect to
the forater point, he was of opinion that the present bill
was quite correct in the mode in which it came Lefore
the Court. With reference to the next point, as to the
correctness of the decree, it was necessary to deal With
the question more fully. It appeared that the testator
had given discretionary powers to his trustees, and au-
thorised them to appoint trustees; but as this appoint-
ment was left by the terms of the testator's will entirety
in private hands, with that the Court did not interfere,
nor institute any inquiry into the nvnner in which they
were to act. But alter they had been a' nnointe,l
acts were to be considered by the Court. Sow they had
not acted in conformity with the express,3,l it:Lel:L*l,n, of
the testator, and therefore the plaintiff was not bound
by the decree of the 3d of August, 1843, which the trus-
tees had obtained to invest the property in the manner
they had done. He declared that the trustees were er-
roneously appointed, and directed that it be referred to
the Masterto appoint new trustees under, and to inquire as
to the amount„ and all the particulars of the money paid
to those who held the property of the plaintiff in trust.
CARPMEAL V. POWIS.
His LORDSHIP also gave judgment to-day in this case,
which has been for some time before the Court.
The bill was filed by the plaintiff for the purpose of
rectifying an agreement into which he had entered with
the defendant, IVliss Letitia Powis, or to have a deed of
the 7th October, 1839, delivered into Court, to be can-
celled. In August, 1839, the plaintiff agreed to put-
chase some house property from the defendant, for
which he was to pay a sum of 1,830/, but
subsequently • considering that, as the defendant
was advanced in life, it would be more adiasable
to give her an' annuity instead of the purchase-money,
be made a proposition to that effect, and to which she
acceded. Mr. Powis suggested that it would be only
equitable-for a private individual to grant more than
GoVezeneat. Platntiff acquiesced, and agreed to give
181. per annum more than Government. Then the q.:e4-
r.on came as to what Government would give, and Mr.
i'ovfis applied to a gentletaln in the Government Annuity
°Ace, named Cuthbert, who stated in writing that
the then price of 1,8001. in the 'Three per Cents. was
1591. Bs. 6d. to a female of fifty-eight years, the age of
the defendant at that time. On the 6th of October,
1339, this was, according to the statement of Mr. Powis,
shown to Miss Powis, at the same time all
the circumstances being communicated to her.
Miss Powis, however, stated that he only told her that
the plaintiff had agreed to give her an annuity of
1761. 10s. 6d. On the 7th of October, 1839, this was
agreed to byall parties, and the deed was executed. Besides
the statementof Mr. Powis,there was the evdence of Miss
Powis's solicitor, as well as that of a gentleman who
was present when the parties met for the purpose of
signing the deed, and who stated that the plaintiff pro-
duced a piece of blank paper, which he said was for the
purpose .of /making- the calculation according to the
rule that had lieen- agreed upon between him and her bro-
tiler. The annuity was paid from Oct. 1839 to Jan. 1844,
when the plaintiff discovered that lie- had been erro-
neously informed as to the amount that would be given
by Government, ander the circumstances under which
he had granted the annuity, being instead of 158/. 9s. 6d.
only 1361. 6a. 9id., and therefore that he had been pay-
ing considerably more than he should have done. lie
then applied to Miss Powis to be released from his
agreement, which she refused. The present bill was
tbi;;;_filA prayingaie Court to set aside the agreement.
It was contended on behalf of the defendant, that
Government payments were so well known,' that the
pliuntiff was not entitled to any relief. 'Mr. Powis had
certainly offered himself to obtain the information ro-
(paired, but he (the Master of the Rolls) should not in
a matter of such importance, have implicitly relied on
t_he,statenaentof a party so closely related to the defen-
dva‘at gr. Powis, although there was no imputation
Fait upon y that gentleman for his conduct
in, the, transaction. Besides, the .plaintiff continued to
act under-the erroneous information for more than four
yeitrs. His Lordship thought that th 6 agreement should
be,deelared void, and he would deem a that an account
should be taken of the sums that had been paid by the
plaintiff, arl{l that, upon his paying the balance between
such and the purchase-money, the deed of agreement
should be cancelled.
The Court rose at half-past one o'clock.

VICE- C ANCEII Y COU I; Non. 24.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
TERRY v. W ACME R.

Tile further argument; in this part-heard cause occu-
pied his Honour the Vice Chancellor of England the
whole morning.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, IVOv. 24.
llEit NAJEsTY'S
At the sitting of the Court Lord Campbell, Sir John
Jervia, Daniel Dondas, and Mr. Charles Boller,
took the oaths usually taken on the acceptance of office
of her Majesty's Ministers. Th‘ y held respectively the
following offiees:—Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
Attorney-General, Solicitor General, and Judge-Advo-
cate- General.
THE QUEEN V. TURNER.—CRIMINAL INIORMATION.
Th(l ATTORNEY. GENERAL applied to have the rule
in this case enlarged, on the ground that the defendant
required time to obtain affidavits from France and otheo.
places Alois were necessary for the proper hearing of the
case. The rule was obtained on the 11th of June, last term,
but it appeared that notice was not served upon the de-
fendant until the 7th of August. •
Sir Vs. Tur.sragn opposed the application, on the
ground that the defendant had had ample time to obtain
all the affisleldta he, might require. lie might even
have qbtaiged affidavits from India.
The CotOR7 refused the application.
MR. 'I-WM:VD, nr., AND MR. LEWIS, TIIE
A SgT,Tit. Nkf-POOR -L AW COMMISSIONER
THE (WEEK eiIitt'BtTSFEILD FERRAND, 31.P.—CRI3IINAL
INFORMATION.
This ease, the particulars of which must be fresh in
the reeiallactiosi of our readers, came on this morning
for arhuihent. The rule was obtained on the first day
of term, and called upon Mr. Ferrand to show cause
why a criminal information should not be filed against
him for the publication of two letters in the Times, on
the Bth and 10th of August last, which charged Mr.
Lewis with having connived, with Sir James Graham,
in order to obtain from Mr. Mott, an Assistant-Poor-law
Commissioner, a false report s%ith respect to the
Keighley Union, for the purpose of injuring his
character, and crushing him as a Member of the House
of Commons, Mr. Ferrand being the chairman of the
board of guardians of the union.
Mr. Ferrand was present, and occupied a seat next
his counsel.
Mr. MARTIN, Q C., showed cause against the rule.
He said in the summer of last year a Committee
was appointed by the House of Commons to in-
vestigate certain charges which had been made
with respect to the management of the Andover Union.
It was during the sittings of this Committee that the
two letters complained of appeared in the Times. Re-
ports of the evidence adduced before the Committee ap-
peared from day to day in the newspapers, and thus
came under the notice of Mr. Ferrand. A few days be-
fore the first letter was written a Mr. Parker, who had
been on a Government Poor-law Commission, but who
had been dismissed on account of some proceedings
with respect to the Andover Union, and Mr. Chadwick,
who held the office of Secretary to the Commissioners,
were examined before this Committee. The first letter
was written by Mr. Ferrand on reading alheporit, of the
arned
evidence given by these gentlemen. T
Counsel then read the letter, which stated that he (Mr.
Ferrand) had been unable to at.teni. Parlbta-
=eatery duties on account of indisp)sition,but
that he had .watched the proceedings of the
Andover Committee with e most intense interest,
and that t Che feelings of evetb ry Hon. Member of the
House of Conmons must revolt at the eviJence ad-
duced before the Committee on the preceding Saturday,
as it was distinctly proved that part of the statement
made in the House of Commons by Sir James Graham,
reflecting severely on his conduct, was false. Further
disclosures were prevented by the chairman requesting
Mr. Parker to confine his answers to the matter before
the Committee ; and when further observations with
respect to the Keighley union were made, Mr. Manners
Sutton ordered the room to be cleared. The letter went
on to state that he should prove that Mr. Mott was
merely the tool of Mr. Lewis, that the whole business
.was nothing more than a conspiracy on the part of
Sir James Graham o,nd Mr. Lewis, in order to " crush
him " (Mr. Ferrand). The second letter stated that
Mr. Lewis had been gouty of the most deliberate
falsehood, in order to deceive the House
a Commons, and order to rescue his
confidential friend, Sir
that awaited him.) James Graham,ilvm the infamy
From these letters it appeared that Mr. Lewla
-was charged. with having assisted
in
made by Mr. Mott which contained getting a report
;else
3 statements,
lelhivd the
.ere and that, knowing them to be false,
pepOrt to Sir James Graham, to be used delivered
inwast his
place in the House of Commons, and that thye report
so used.
sir FREDERICK THESIGER said that was not all. His
learned Friend should read the last pttssage.
Mr. MARTIN did so. The letters went on to
elate that the whole proceeding was a false
• d infamous conspiracy, on the part of. Mr.
JAI'? is and Sir James Graham, to crush him (Mr.
Yertand) in the House of Commons. The second letter
At...41,.....tatAd that Mr. Lewis, when examined before