The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-24 00:00:00

FATHER GAVAZZI'S EIGHTH ORATION, YESTERDAY, IN THE PRINCESS'S CONCERT HALL. SOCIAL EFFECT OF __MONASTIC ESTABLISH- NF.HTC. If the revocation of the Edict of Nantes filled Lon don with French protestanta, the reversal of the fa mous amnesty of Pio Nona has been productive of a sudden influx of newborn Huguenots from every province of Italy, who have found a rallying point round the weekly platform of an eloquent and enthu siastic friar. It only required the standard to be unfurled, to gather a boat of recruits to the cause of religious reform ; and the banner once raised in Lon don by Italian hands may yet be borne triumphant through the whole peninsula. Gavazzi is evidently 0 going ahead," and his flock now counts by thou sands. He has announced his first weekday discourse at Willis's Rooms for Wednesday, halt-past two, when he will resume the subject of to-day's (Sunday's) interesting and effective improvisation on convents and nunneries. Ile began by an allusion to the weeds he wore, and vindicated his retention of the garb of his order from which no misconduct had cut him off save the glorious imputation of having loved his country, for which he stood an exile before them, and for which he might lie now lying in 116 cold grave with his comrade, Father Uko ltassi, under the ramparts of Bologna, with five Austrian musket halls in his body. But he lived, and would live on to point the finger of the world's acorn at the felon Mesta', and urge on his countrymen the riddance of all rubbish, regular or secular. There was a time, the primitive age, when friars were unknown : then• then came a time when lonely mnnasteries in the wilderness arose and were of use: there Mllowed centurb s when cusrleil brethren in handed communities were c died for by the outragenus oaandals of the clergy rioting in ignorant.. and mundanity ; those days arc gone knowledge walks abroad, and laymen have ceased to tole rate what their forefathers dared not impugn. Of what use have *'e been in their decline? To wrangle with the parochial pastors, the rpiwsipate, and among each other ; to act as sobs and pretorian guards in the interest of the Roman bishop; to enliven their leisure with sterile or mis• chic-sous disputations about free-will, foreknowledge, green', and scholastic subtleties. The men of Dominic waging fierce war with the gang of Loyola; Scotists and Thiimi.ts, the one, of Nleiliniin and Jansen tearing the lso.om of mother eharth with their infuriate dissensions: nor was the dogma 'lime doomed to di.conl, but mansion penetrated the moral code, and rigorism encountered probabilist. ; sin wan unity distinguished into sacrilegr, cardinal sin, mortal, venial and semi-venial ; works of supererogation tame into fashion, to the utter disregard of the common duties of life, the donnstie and es ery -day virtue... What are called di - ' , Minns anise in conflicting and grotesque variety ; every cashe hail its own. Dominic flourished his Moorish maul, the Carmelites held up their scapular; the cord of St. IFran eis became the rtapO r fooran, the end and object of Conte tier cloristianity. 'the Nervites obtained a patent for the " seri it dolour.," the Augustinian, se t up at Rome their sisiolonan eeforrto, and trafficked on muds. itry : fur the shop was at the bottom of all these devices, and the pence of the poor ur the duvets of opulent ignorance the aim and object of devout contrisinwes. The an, ru toundOno of Ara Ceti, in the hands of the Zuecolanti, brings in a ducal revenue ; and the rural sanetuarics which have di•plaeed the fauns, dryads, and local genii of paganism, are all Californian (ba rium. to the friars who work them. Often have I, in the emirs. of my ministry, witnessed the strife and contention of neighbouring Malonnaa, when the civil power hail to into-rte re to prevent the sanguinary collision of devout but rival prcessions. " Where friars aimunil, true religion is Mips tin' remark of every intelligent clergyman in Italy. Rivalry ha. given an impulse to the building of gorgeous struetures, w hens each order vied with its anta gonist in rich Nome, glittering relicvo, and frescoed wall.. But who will ? The patrimony of orphan+, swindled Ruin its lawful heirs by the elinveyancers of the confessional or of the dyi n g pillow. 1•1 0 . splendid Carthusian cloister of resplendent with marble and pietra diem is the price of 1.!...1 anal the at ment of assassination. Every crime had its *aril!' in mum. or niasunry. Sodom and Gomorrah prialue.ll a pillar of salt for the Iranian. ex porridge; and as malice abounded the friar's wallet swelled iu sympathetic praportiun. ((Amos.) The father fully admitted that, in their origin, a revival of sound thristiun feeling was the concomi tant of their first appearance in Europe: but they were now manifest lira -frivirre—a foul anachro nism, in mui days, and should have been buried in a common grave with feudalism and serfdom. The monks of the Western Church had promoted agricul ture by their manual toil in times of barlxirism ; but notoriously the worse cared-for lands in Italy were now the convent properties, for a variety of causes. A spirit of prayer was diffused in the vicinity of primi tive monasteries : and sweet in those early days arose. amid the jar of armour and the gronns of suffering mankind, the remote music of cloister wing. A miserable phantom of mire mechanieul and routine performanees remained to tell of bygone fervour and long-lost earnestness. The father did ample justice to the schools and Inhouni of the Benedictine body, while he characterised the sort of training given by the Jesuits to the youth of Europe in the terms aced by Bishop Mcchior Cano, alter the death of Philip 11. of Spain : " They took in hand a nation of heroes, and tliey produced a genenition of hens." The same degenerate re sults have marked conventual education under the management of kindred confraternities, Passionists, Liguorists. Somasehites, and Redemptorists: he made exception in favour of the Scolopians. Several orders existed under pretexts of philanthropy, such as the Mospitallers of St. John, and the Brotherhood for Redemption of Captives. The Turk or Algerine made no prisoners now, and the only deserving captives in Europe groaned in the dungeons of despots and in the prisons of l'io Nono; he lauded the monks of Mont St. Bernard and Mount Sinai, as contrasting forcibly with the ignoble drones of modern monasticism, whose only business in life is to malign contemporary civilisation, and howl at what they can't impede: they are still at their old work, blaspheming, not Galileo or Columbus, the art of printing or vaccination, but railroads and the electric telegraph, erecting the barriers of their querulous quarantine agiihist every fresh discovery of human ge s„ wrestling, like facob, with the angel of light and battling to bring back the dark ages with their old disastrous desolation. ((''heers.) These people still read Allairtus Magnus and Duns Scotus, travelling in the old vicious circle of exploded scholasticism, which they openly seek to make the curriculum of their projected university in Ireland. Mark these men when they get access to monarchs, and can car-wig miui.ters. It is the old game again. The Jesuit la tether, aided by the fanatical widow of Searron, !tot the dotard Louis X to revoke the Edict of Nantes, and throw back the productive industry of France two cen turies. In our nw n timer, the brutal Bombs shows himself the worthy nephew of that Ferdinand and Caroline whose court revived the cruelty as well as the Carmen of Nero, and rioted in the murders of Cirillo and Corarciolu. Is it nut the Jesuit Coyle who instigates the saturnalia of atrocities now in course of perpetration ut Naples? Is not that brutalised and down-trodden kingdom of the Two Sicilies the beau ideal of monastir handiwork, with its 30,000 victims . . ing their chain. to the music of monkish misereres (Cheers.) Davi we not an Archduchess Sophia at Schou brunn --a dism.lute parody of Etrurian Matilda. in propping up the tottering papace . • compounding with her monkish confessors for persunallicenseby crushing the liberties of mankind ? (Cheers.) But, descending from the higher region. of moral and intellectual influences, and going down to the rtnge of mere material obstruction, damage, bow, and depenlition. what unproductive energies are not wasted, what multitude of idle mouths and idle hands (idle when not positively mischievous) are the results of raonachism ? Is not mendi'eancy a social curse and a national disgraee ? What tends to ennoble and sanctify vagrant habit., raising the trade of beggary to the dignity of a liberal profession, if not the spectacle of Lary Whirs questing food and levy ing daily contributions on the industry of our citizens as seen in every town of Italy ? Talk of political economy or the wealth . of nations! And lucky were the land i( the beggar did not drop his whine to assume the bluster of the bandit, when by successful mancruvring he has got a legal transfer of the living man's property or the dying man's inheritance. (Cheers.) And we hear Archbishop Muffs, crying out persecution in Dublin because the law of this enlightened country now steps in to clip the wings of testa titary freebooter. and pious privateers ! (Cheers.) _ _ . . . The father then touched on the question of nun neries, and demonstrated that such hy ing sepulchre's were not an emanation of Christ's gospel, nor known to the early ages of our faith. The cloister was re pugnant to the freedom of rational homage, alone worthy of God, who can take no delight in his creatures being buried alive. The convent of "sepolle ewe," in Naples, was an inhuman and godless atro city. These establishments, when not converted into clerical seragli.y., were at best but abodes of childish imbecility, the broad doctrines of revelation had to be transformed into minute and puerile observances, the petty practices of a capricious and fantastic piety, a mystical jargon distorted the simple precepts of Christianity ; and, under the notion of a life of prayer, ' our maidens lead an existence of uselessness. They manufacture Asinos Des's palm branches fur F.astcr, wax tapers fur Candlemas, the paThison, and sundry objects of confectionery, but the household virtues, libel, sponse!, or maternal, are unknown. Female education in such hands was a palpable absurdity. ' : The average mortality prevalent in Italian cloisters showed its pernicious working on body and soul. The poor victims forced to take that step far family reasons lead, of course, a career of hopeless! gloom ; but when the voluntary vestal repents —(se we know occurs in the majority of instances) what bitter regret wastes and cor rodes the blighted years of self-imposed incarceration. The car of Juggernauth rolled over willing suicides and crushed out their life blood in an ecstacv of fana ticism, but here the sustaining enthuslasm has perished, and the crushing process is continued through days and nights of dismal despondency till death claims the bride of despair. (Applause.) Is there no law in this land of enlightened humanity to arrest the recruiting sergeants of this infamous en rollment of credulous girls to swell that melancholy mass of misery, delusion, and remorse ? The caso of poor Jane Wilbred has elicited a new enactment from the British legislature for the protection of workhouse apprentices. But what are the bodily tortures inflicted by the advocate Sloane, compared with the excruciating pangs of a refined and sensitive being, doomed to the long agony of blasted feelings and inward desolation? '1 he father concluded a vigorous and impassioned argument on this painful topic with the intimation above given, that he would resume the subject at Willis's Rooms next Wednesday. The applause of a very crowded auditory was emphatic and cordial throughout. ORDNA.XCE ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR 1861-52. The following 1,, the official obstruct of the sums required to defray the expen.e. which will be incurred in the Ordnance departm. re, and come in course of payment during the year coding 3lat March, 1n.52 : Amount Amount 111.51-42. 18.50-Jl. 1. Pay, allowance., and contingen cies for 14,573 officers, non com missioned officers, and men, cum- £712,582 712,755 posing the several Ordnance mili tary corps 2. Cmmuissariat and barrack supplies for her Majesty's forces, great coats 288, 2 37 273 , 837 for the army, and clothing fur colonial corp. 3. Ordnance office 4. Establishments .5. :Wages 6. Ordnance stores for land and sea 1 194,900 211,631 nervice s 7. Works, building., and repairs 470,347 440,064 8. Scientific branch Total effective services . • • 9. Non-effective aerrkti, military 1 173:218 177t.536 and civil Tata effective and non-effective %cr 12,411,497 2,434,417 vim" AMOVNT OP EXTRA nmerims Payable into the Exchequer, and brought to account be tween the ht January and 31st December, 1850. Nu. C. a. d. Discharged men 2,247 10 0 Cast horses Stoppages from engineers for quarters 1,633 12 6 Surplus Mance hospital fund E 8,729 17 7 2.-COVIMISqAIIt tt AND BARRACK SCPPLIVI. Broken stone, &c., sold No. 3.—OHOXANCE OFFICE. Expenses on ctore...upplied to public cow ponies No. I.:—EqTAILISIIMINTS. Rents of ordnance hands and premises Rents or canteens ltentsof hArniek lands and premises 3,9.13 4 10 Store damatred or deficient by troops Washing sh. et.. paid by the troops ... Condemned barrack %titres Miscelltueuut 2.00414 4 f 79,469 6 7 No 6.—OaDNANCZ STOREI. S.& °fold !store., 6,:e. No. 7.-WOXIS AND RECAIII.I. lamb and 11.ii1.ti0....,1,4 --- --- -------- £33.1 1 8 Tolls. &c., of the Military Ciutal, Hythe 1.491 810 Ditto ditto Canada 3 171 1 4 Col.mial Colitrilmtion., Mauritius 5,000 0 0 IXimage. to I:lidding, linos and l'iluilties £16,069 11 1 No. B.—Settsuric Butxclt. Sale of Maps Stoppage. for Cadet.' Clothing 312 0 8 Paymente by liontlomen Cadet. Ditto by pupil. at Curshalton Stoppages from Officers at Chatham for Quarters £33,384 7 11 No. 9.—Nos-Errrettyr. Superannuation Fund Widows Fund, Citil Ditto Military €3,977 18 8 General Total Iticruko Fox. 6E06(.6 AN4ON. THOMAS HASTINOB. THE MINISTERIAL Catsis.—NIANCHEsTER, FEB. 22.—The intelligence that ministers had resigned took people somewhat by surprise, though the general disap pointment at the budget (which has given satisfaction to no one) and the tone of the morning papers had somewhat ' foreshadowed the event. The news caused a good deal of gossip on the Exchange, but there was considerable incre dulity as to Lord John Russell finally giving up the reins of government. Some thought that the ministerial vehicle had been merely upset for a purpose—to spill an incapable Chancellor of the Exchequer, and to get rid of the anti progress party. Some openly rejoiced at the crisis, observ ing that the ministry had fairly (tied of incapacity. In the speculations as to a new minister Lord Stanley was men tioned only in connexion with a whig coalition, even by the tones; Sir James Graham and Lord Clarendon were spoken of with much more favour; but of Disraeli and protection, it seemed as if, by general consent— THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24; 1451: Out lip; are now forbid to speak Those Once familiar words. Genera-illy speaking, there appeared to be more anxiety as to the interruption a dissolution of parliament would give to trade, than to the fate of any party in office, or likely to take it. Nu doubt if a ministry were to come into power who should attempt to restore protection, or to legislate for landlordism under the pretence of relieving agricultural distress, a different spirit would be evoked. Our working classes have found that untaxed bread, cheap coffee, and cheap sugar, are too sweet to be resigned; and any attempt at a retrograde course in this direction would probably raise a spirit of resistance fiercer and more intense in its bitter ness than anything which has yet been witnessed. One great cause of indifference to the fate of the present minis try is the feeling that they have thrown away splendid op portunities—that having gone into office with a power at their back which would have enabled them to fulfil every promise made when in opposition, they have wasted that power in impatiently kicking at the friendly pressure behind rather than in manfully battling with the enemy in front. RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.—LEEDS, SATURDAY ETENINO.—The news of the resignation of the Russell ministry reached Leeds this morning through the medium of the electric telegraph. Though the postponement of the budget had prepared the public mind for some such crisis at no distant period, it was by no means prepared for so sudden • change. The news produced an immense sensation, and gave a great cheek to business operations. The general opinion seems to be that Lord John Russell had, in the present state of parties, no alternative but to resign ; and, if we may judge from Leeds, it seems not improbable that, should a protectionist minist7 succeed his lordship in otfice, and attempt the reimposition of a corn law, they will arouse a spirit in the manufacturing districts which it would be dangerous to provoke. SPANISH SOUTH AMERICAN LINE OF STEAMERS —Measures have been taken for carrying into execu tion the project of organising • line of steamers be tween Spain and her American colonies. Two vee win the Caledonia, of 450, and the Hibernia, of 550• horse power, have been purchased in England of the Cunard company on account of the Spanish govern ment. The days of departure cannot be precisely filed until the removal of the quarantine now imposed upon all arrivals from Cuba. The tariff of conveyance is classified under four beads, according to the style of accommodation The amounts charged from Cadiz to the Havannah range from 2,000 to 4,000 teals, or from 526 to 1,052 francs. THE NEWCASTLE MEMORIAL LN FAVOUR OF KOB SCTII.—The Mayor of Newcastle has received the following answer to the memorial recently addressed by the inhabi tants of this town to Lord Palmerston, praying his lord ship's intercession in favour of the Hungarian prisoners in Turkey: "Foreign-office, 15th February, 1851. Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the :nth ultimo, inclining a memorial from the inhabitants of Newcastle -upon-Tyne, soliciting his lordship's intercession on behalf of the Hangvtaos now detained M Kutityali ; and I am to leanest that you will state to the memorialists that her Majesty's government have not failed to give their attention to the matters to which that memoriol relates, but that their endeavours have not hitherto been attended with the desired sneer s. I ern, sir, your moot obedient humble servant (signed), H. D. .ILnznoroze. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. THIS DAT. At the latest moment it is stated that Lord John Russell has just been sent for to the Palace; but it is doubtful whether he will take office. In case of his refusal, it is said that Sir J. Graham, the k Duke of Newcastle, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Hon. l'ox Maule would endea vour to form a ministry. 'COE Court. Lord John Russell and the Marquis of Lansdowne had audience of the Queen on Sat urd ay, at Buckinghiun Palace. Lord Stanley had an audience of her 3lajeaty on Saturday afternoon. Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant Colonel lion. lex.inder Gordon, rode out on horseback on Saturday morning. The Royal Family took their usual airings on Saturday. The American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Charlotte Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and Viscount and VlA countet. Enfield, had the honour of dining with her Ma jests- on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked early in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The roysl family took their accustomed exercise Testcrdav forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household attended divine service yesterday morn ing in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and the Baroness de Spvth, left town on Saturday morning fur her residence, Frogmen.. Mr. Headlam, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial. office. Major Hill, 2nd West India regiment, had al., an interview with the noble earl. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Board of Cus• toms, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, at his official residence, Downing street. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yes terday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The pray,rs were read by the Rev. Dr. M esley, and the sermon preached by the Rev. W. Ctucton. THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONA HATE BEEN MADE THE EX PEVAE-4 OF THE DIPLORATIC SERVICE, to take effect from the 6th of April next:—There are to be in future hut two British ministers abroad with the rank of ambassador, namely, at Paris and Constantinople. The Paris embassy is reduced from 10,0001. to 8,000/. a pear; the Madrid mission is reduced from 6,0001. a year, and .1.301. for lonise rent, to 6,000/. a year, and 7001. hUuse rent ' • the Vienna mission is reduced from 9,6011/. a year, and 9001. house rent, to 5,600/. a year, and 90411. house rent the secretary of legatiou at Vienna to hare 4401. instead of 900/., hitherto paid to the secretary of the embassy. These re ductions, in addition to the abolition of the consuls-general at Syria and Algiers, and other reductions, which we hare already announced, in the consular department, will effect a considerable saving iu the expenses of the Foreign Office. —Obse r re r. APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. Hibbert Binuey, Fel low and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford, is appointed likhop of Nora Dougal Christie, Esq., Consul- General at the Mosquito Shore, is appointed Secretary of Legation in Switzerland. The consul-generahhip at Mos quito will probably he abolished. Mr. George Aikin, resi dent merchant at that port, is appointed her Britannic Ma jesty's consul at Sim Francisco, California.—lbid. THE SPEAKER'S SECOND DINNER wan given on Saturday, when the following gentlemen were present : Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Daukes, Mr. Ikrries Major Beresford, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Miles, Mr. Stuart, Lord Granby:, Sir John Tyrell, Mr. Parke, Captain Boldcro, Lord Naas, Mr. H. S. Waddington, Mr. Aldennan Thomp son, Lord Bernard, Lord John Manners, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Henley, Mr. Pole Carew, Colonel Knox, Mr. Chri.topher, Mr. Newilegate, Mr. Quintin Dick, Colonel Taylor, Colonel Cecil Forrester, and Sir Edward Filmer. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. The Ntarquis of Lansdowne arrived at Bucking ham Palace from Lansdowne House on Saturday morning, and had an interview with her Majesty. Lord John Russell arrived at the Palace shortly after the Marquis of Lans. downy, and had also an interview with her Majesty. At half.past 2 o'clock, almost immediately after the de parture of the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord John Russell, her Majesty wrote a letter to Lord Stanley, com manding his immediate attendance at the Palace. 'the letter Sus forwarded byn special messenger to the residence of the noble lord in St. James's-scptare. hoot Stanley arrived at Buckingham PitNee at 3 o'clock, and was immediately admitted to au audience with her Majesty, with whom his lordship remained in close con ferenee for more than an hour. After Lord Stanley had left the Palace, her Majesty wrote a second letter to the noble lord, who had not reached home when the royal missive reached St. Janses'iwsquare. Lord John Russell returned to his official residence in Downing-street at three o'clock. During the afternoon hi, lordship had interview. with Viscount Palmerston and other member, of the cabinet. ..... At five o'clock a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aber deen by Prince Albert, requesting his lordship's immediate attendance at the Palace. Lord Aberdeen was not at home when the letter reached Argyll House, his lordship having left town for Blackheath at two o'clock. The noble earl returned to town at six o'clock, and immediately rcplicl to the note of the Prince Consort. At half-past five o'clock a " nrivate and immediate " communication was forwarded to all the member of the retiring ministry by Lord John Russell. At six o'clock, Lord John Russell proceeded to Buck ingham Palace to have a second interview with her Ma jesty, with whom his lordship remained in conference nearly two hours. Immediately after the departure of Lord John Russell a despatch arrived at Buckingham Palace from Lord Stanley in reply to her Majesty's second communication to that noble lord. At half-past nine o'clock the Earl of Aberdeen arrived at the palace. The noble earl hail an interview with her Majesty and the Prince Consort, and remained at the palace ' until near midnight. On Saturday afternoon a communication was received at (the reside nee of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone in Carlton-gardens from Lord Stanley. In the evening a special courier left town with despatches for the right hon. gentleman, who was to have arrived at Paris on Friday Mr. Gladstone is expected in town this morning. A ministerial despatch was forwarded to the Earl of Clarendon at the Vice-regal Lodge on Friday night. A meeting of about eighty of the protectionist members of the lower house took place at the residence of Lord Stanley in St. James's-square, on Friday afternoon. At this meeting the ministerial crisis was, it is stated, not even anticipated. Yesterday morning the Marquis of Lansdowne received visits from Lord John Russell and the Earl of Carlisle, at Lansdowne House. Sir James Graham paid a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen at an early hour yesterday morning at Argyll House. The Earl of Aberdeen visited Lord John Russell yester day morning. The noble earl was accompanied by Sir James Graham. _ . . _ ~~At a later period of the day, the Earl of Aberdeen visited Lord Stanley at his residence in St. James's-square. At five o'clock last evening a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, requesting the noble Earl's presence at Buckingham Palace. Lord Aberdeen arrived at the Palace by appoint ment at nine o'clock last evening, and had an audience with her Majesty and the Prince Consort. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 22.—BELL SCHOLARSTIIPs.— TheVire-Chanrellor give% notice that art election of two ' , cholera upon this foundation will take place on Friday, the 4th of April ; that the members of any College (except King's Suliege and Trinity Hall), sons or orphans of clergy men, who were admitted between the commencements of 1649 and 1850, may be candidates. The candidates are re quired to signify their intention of offering themselves on or before the 6th of March, in a Latin epistle, to be pre sented to each of the electors. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—An election to two scho larships now vacant in this college will be',holden on Thursday, March 20. One on Sir Simon Bennett's founda tion is open to persons born within the province of Canter obni;tll,l7 og i t t l; m is nn opeuvii c thou to t tt;y l l c i n m t ita v3 ti t r e as to place Saturday, March 15. Rey. E Harland, to Colwich Vicarage with Fradswell Curacy, Staffordshire ; value, 5141., with residence ; patron, Bishop of Lichfield. Ven. 0. Hodson (Archdeacon of Stafford), to St. Mary Vicarage. Lichfield; ♦alue 4.581., with residence; patrons, Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. Rev, G. H. Sumner, to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Lan cashire. VACANCILS. Illogan Rectory, Cornwall, diocese Exeter; value, 887/, with regidcncr ; patron, the Right Hon. Lady Bassett. Rev. G. Trrweeke, deceased. —., St. Mincer Rectory, Cornwall, diocese Exeter; value, 8371., with residence. Rev. (1. Trewceke, deceased. Widworthy Rectory, Devon, diocese Exeter: value, 1681., with residence; patron, Sir E. 31. Elton, Dart. Rev. W. M. Tacker. d eceased. COMPLETION OF THE RUGBY AND LEAMINGTON RLILWAT.—The works upon this line, which will place Leamington in direct communication with the Midland Counties, Trent Valley, and Stamford railways, and, during the approaching " Great Eshibition" in London, form the most direct route , to be taken by Shakspearian pilgrims to ' the classic soil of Stratford, were examined by Captain Wynne, the government inspector, on Tuesday last. The new line, which branches from the London and North Western trunk at Rugby, and joins the Coventry and Lea linington at Losmington, is fifteen miles eight chains la ength. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION. STAFFORD, SATURDAY EYRNINO. The election of a member to represent the northern division of this county in Parliament took place here this morning; but notwithstanding that Lord Brackley's resig nation because of his ill health had been lung expected, the smallest possible interest was felt in the result. This was exemplified in many respects : first, in the selection by a half-Puseyite parson and a knot of protectionists of a country gentleman hitherto almost unknown even beyond the pre cincts of his own parish; and secondly, the small interest taken in the affair by the great landed proprietors of the division; moreover in this, the county town, but fur the special aid of the North Staffordshire Railway, the sem blance of an election would scarcely have been made mani fest. Lord liniekley's illness is doubtless a circumstance very much to be deplored, but when the occurrences con netted with his election in 1847 are borne in mind, it looks very muds like the "ingredients of the poisoned chalice" being commend:a to one's own lips. It can scarcely be forgotten that but for the interposition of a noble lady on that occasion almost at the last hour Mr. Buller, the old and excellent liberal representative of the division, would again have been re turned ; the hou. gentleman was, however, most uncere nioniously put aside at the eleventh hour to make way for • great family connexion—the scion of a noble house—who has in turn been compelled to give way in consequence of indisposition, and the representation has passed into the hands of the conservatives. The Marquis of Stafford was talked of, but his noble father is understood to have thought him too young for so important a charge at present, though no doubt is entertained as to the fact of his being brought forward on a very early occasion, when his election would be certain ; and the juke to-day amongst the new member'. best friends was, that he would submit to be trotted forth and exhibited until that period arrives. Mr. Smith Child. the new M.l'., is a country gentleman resident in the neighbourhood of Leaks, an active county magistrate, benevolent and respected in his peculiar sphere, hut hitherto he has not displayed any of the abilities that &repast essential in a senator. He WM 110141iMAUI' to-day by the lion. and Rev. E. C. Talbot (brother of Lord Talbot), and seconded by the Hon. E. S. Jervis (son of Lord St. Vincent), and no other can didate appearing, Mr. Child was declared by the sheriff to have been duly elected. Mr. CHILD hereupon came forward and addressed the electors. lie was there independent of the mere dictation of party; nevertheless, he appeared before them as the advocate of conservative principles—prin ciples which, they would allow him to say, were here ditary in his family. Ile had held those principles ever since he thought upon, or took an interest in, public or political matters, and he was free to confess that the course of time and progress of events had not induced him to change them. His views might, perhaps, have hes cone a little modified in some respects, and he thought must men's did the same as they advanced in life. (Hear, hear.) Whatever opinions a man started in life with, whe ther those of a violent democrat or extreme liberal, years rolled on, and wisdom came with the advancing years, and the man become less violent and more conservative. (Cheers.) On the other hand, if a man set out with what were caLed red-hut tory principles—(a laugh)—he,too,went doss a with the stream of time; and, as grey hairs mingled with the darker ones of his youth, he likewise became more liberal while he continued not the loss conservative. lie appeared before theta, then, as a conservative, maintaining Ins attachment to those principles which he believed indis perumble to the support a our happy constitution— (cheers) —that well-balanced power, which at once gave the fullest liberty without tending to anarchy. lie professed a deep attachment to that constitutional principle which pre served in their integrity the three estates of the realm— that triple combination, the Queen, Lords, and Com mons--each of which was independent in action, yet uniting to form one splendid whole—each pursuing its own legitimate functions, but when combined together forming that happy system which seemed in his opinion to be best suited to the wants, prosperity, and hap piness of this great country. lie admired that principle of the English constitution which recognised religion as having a sanctified influence on the state, and acknowledged Christ ianity by providing for the instruction of the people in the truths of the gospel, and securing to them the means of pub licly worshipping the Almighty. (Applause.) As a conservic tit e, he retained his attachment to those great institutions which had made this country so prosperous and so glorious —which had made Great Britain the envy of all the rest of Europe, and which, under God's blessing, had preserved her in peace, while her neighbours had been convulsed with intestine broil., anarchy, confusion, and bloodshed. The true conservative policy was, he believed, while they endeavoured to guard against precipitancy, not to refuse to improve where improvements could safely be made. (Cheers.) He had spoken of our institutions as iu a great degree the glory of England and the great source of her power ; and he would observe that those institutions were them ..Ives founded by Englishmen—(eheers)— and though tree and independent as thou• inati• tutious were, yet they did nut spontaneously spring up, buthail been produced time after time by the intelligentand educated mind of the country, and therefore, if the)• wished to preserve those institutions, he thought they ought to do their utmost to educate the people of the land. Hitherto the attempts made to educate the people had met with ob structions which prevented their success, but he believed the importauce and the justiceof the question were now fore- ing themselves upon the attention of all men—(cheers —and he trusted that in approaching that great but difficult sub ject all parties would come with a charitable spirit—(cheers) —it might be that they would feel it their duty to maintain, as far us possible, their own conscientious opinions and convictions—(hear)—yet he trusted that they would be enabled to find some neutral ground on which to erect some noble structure. He believed that a country to be great and glorious must have her people instructed—brought up in habits of virtue and religion. rherefore he believed that edu cation was one of the most important subjects that could en gage the attention of the legislature, lle thought the tax ation of the country .. might he equalised, and that the manner of levying the taxes might be altered, as the present system appeared to him most unfair and most unjust. (Hear.) lie thought the .principle on which the income-tax WWI levied eery unjust—(cheers) ; it was unfair to the pro fessional man, whose income depended upon the pursuit of his engagements, but which ill-health might prevent him following; it was unfair to the tradesman, who was subject to vicissitudes—as both of them had to pay the same rate as a man who possessed a fixed income arising from realised property. There was one way of reducing the taxation of ! the country upon which most men agreed, and that was in exercising a strict economy in public matters--(hear) ; and it would be his endeavour, when in parliament, to pre mote economy, as far as possible, consistent with the, honour of the country, and the efficiency of the public seer • vice. (Cheers.) He had stated in hip address that he would protect, as far as possible, British industry, as he trusted to see the workmen engaged in every branch of the industry of the country happy and prosperous; find he had a greater regard for the artisans and labourers of his own land than be had for those of other countries ; he wished to see them prosper, their hands full of work, and receiving on all occasions a fair day's wages for a good day's work. The distress of the agricultural interest was a fact; like a dark cloud overhanging the horizon, it ren dered gloomy the prospect which otherwise would be so sunny and so gladsome. (Cheers.) Believing this, he thought it was the duty of the legislature to take this matter into their serious consideration, with a view, if pos sible, to promote such measures as would tend to alleviate that distress, and place the agriculturist of this country in such a position as would enable him to receive a fair remu neration for his capital, and an honest and just return for his labour. He begged, in conclusion, most sincerely to thank them for the great honour they had done him in electing him as their Representative. (Cheers.) There was the usual thanks to the sheriff, and after the election, the newly-elected M.P. entertained his friends at lunch at the different inns in the town. Mr. Child him. self presided at the Swan, where the Hon. and Rev. A. C. Talbot also located himself, and in proposing the hon.mem ber's health, his sentiments were a good deal cheered until he came to express a hope that his auditors would be ready to come forward on a future occasion even with their purses. This remark caused the company to look rather blank. Mr. Talbot observed the feeling, apologetically withdrew the suggestion, and thereafter everything passed off in good humour. TIII COURT-MARTIAL 0,1 LIEUT. W. HUTCHINSON.— The sentence of the court-martial lately assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, for the trial of First Lieut. William Hutchinson, of the Royal Marines, having I been approved by the Admiralty, was promulgated at the barracks on Saturday last ( 2 2nd instant). The charges against Lieutenant liutchinson were, fur conduct unbe coming the character of an officer and a gentle man, in using abusive language and kicking his superior officer, Capt. J. F. Brittain, on the evening of the annual fancy dress ball in connexion with the Royal Western Yacht Club. The offensive words used were— " Here, here's your wife flirting like hell with that fellow Pakenham," and on Capt. Brittain retorting " It's Mtn your impertinence, and it's a Ile," Lieut. Hutchinson asked him to come outside the ball-mom, and on his doing so kicked him as he was going down the stairs. The (Si. Bence, which occupied several days, was very clear as to the offensive words, but with the exception of the prosecutor himself, not very clear as to the actual kicking ; while, for the defence, it was proved that the parties I had, up to the occurrence which formed the basis of the charge, been upon the m os t i n ti ma t e an d friendly terms ; and that the prosecutor had permitted jokes, both from Lieut. I Hutchinson and other officers, in which the name of Mrs. ' Brittain was mixed up, frequently to paas unrebuked. The sentence of the court was, that Lieut. W. Hutchinson be dismissed, and he has been dismissed accordingly. In his defence, Mr. Hutchinson raised a question as to the jurisdic tion of the court to try him, it being a military court martial, and he having been at the time the offence was' stated to have been committed and at the date of the Ad miralty warrant for the courtmartial, an officer of Royal Marines, in actual service andon full pay in the royal navy, as a lieutenent of R o y a l Marines on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable. It is understood that Mr. Hutchinson ' will, on this ground, appeal against the finding and sen tence of the court. With this view he put in a protest of non-jurisdiction on the first day of the court's sitting. Mr. Hutchinson is the son of Lieut. W. Hutchinson, R. es., the harbour-master of Kingstown Harbour, Ireland, an officer of distinguished merit, and the commission in the Royal Marines was presented to his father in consideration of the loss of his right eye, whilst exerting himself in saving from a wreck a vessel in Kingstown Harbour, about 16 years since. The inquiry excited more interest than any court martial previously held for many years in the Royal Marine barracks, no doubt owing in • large measure to the time and place of the offence. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. EQUITY COURTS. BEMS LORD VICECR ANC. LLOR% METAIRIE v. WISEMAN AND OTHERS. Upon the motion in this cue being again mentioned this morning, Mr. Mathis, for Dr. Cox and Edward Norris (two of the trustees of the deed impeached by the bill,) objected that Cardinal Wiseman, as diocesan, had a discretion UN to tle disposal of the fund comprised in the deed, and that he had not been served with notice of motion. He suggested that the notice of motion should stand over till such service had been effected; and, after some discussion, it was arranged that the hearing of the motion should, with that view, be postponed till Monday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, THIS DAY. DOW-STREET, ATTEMPT TO STA n Shean was charged with attempting to stab Police-constable Drinkwatcr. The prisoners left temple was covered with adhesive plaister, and he appeared to have been severely beaten by the constable. ,we Drinkwuter stated that on Saturday night last he was on duty in Bedfordbury, Covent-garden, when several dis orderly persons were turned out of the Cock and Bottle, public-house. He endeavoured to disperse them, when they all went away with the exception of one man who per si-ted in sitting upon the step of a door. Witness desired him to move, when the prisoner, who W3N illtNiCated, I called out to hint not to go away for him. Directiy after wards the prisoner and several other men ru,heil upon him and forced hint against the wall. Witness took his stall out, and the prisoner exclaimed—" Oh, two can play at that." lle instantly took out a large clasp knife, opened it, and ran at witness with the knife uplifted. The prisoner would have stubbed him; hut, before he reached him, witness struck him upon the head with the staff and knocked hint down. A struggle ensued, in the course of %Well witness's hands were slightly cut with the knife. After considerable trouble the prisoner was secured. The constable's evidence was corroborated by a young man, who stated positively that the prisoner I:ftcd the knife with the intention of stabbing him. The prisoner denied the charge, and said he never used the knife. lie had been most se%erally puuishtd by the constable, who had beaten him upon the head and body with the shelf because. he called out " Shame." Mr. Jardine was of opinion that the constable had done nothing more than his duty. If the constable had killed him he would have been justified by law, for he had a right to strike bim if he attempted to stab him with a knife. It was a must unpardonable offence to use a knife, and he (Mr. Jardine) was sorry to say he had very little power in such cases. However, he should inflict the full punishment, and order him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction fur one month. TILE SAILORS' STRIKE. SERIOUS RIOT AT YARMOUTH. On Saturday a riot of an alarming character occurred at Yarmouth, arising out of a dispute between the seamen and a shipowner. Mr. Barber, a shipowner, pre ferred an information before the Mayor and magistrates against a sailor who, after engaging to go a voyage, had re fused to do so. The man war brought up in custody, and on being questioned he said he was willing to go if properly protected. His vessl was lying at Lowestoft, and, on the advice of the magistrates, a steam-tug was brought np the harbour to a point opposite the Town Ilall, for the par pos;e of taking the man to Lowestoft, and a body of police, accompanied by the Mayor and magistrates, started from the Haft with the man, fur the purpose of escorting him to the vessel, but they were immediatelv attacked by u crowd of seamen, and a severe conflict took Awe. The police though dreadfully beaten believed manfully, and the au thorities managed to get the man on board the tug, and to send him away. Ten or twelve of the rioters were appre hended and placed in the station-house. The crowd of seamen then retired for a short time, and after a brief con sultation, they came to a determination if possible to rescue their comrades. For this purpose they I:sew:nide-a in great numbers, and, amid a concourse of about two thousand people, carried the mast of a ship to the station house, and began to use it as a battering-ram, iu order to break the door and rescue the prisoners. The station house was defended by the police, about twenty in number ; also by some men from the revenue, several of the coast guard, and eight or nine militia men. The tu mult increased : the authorities caused the Riot Act to he read, and 100 special constables were sworn. Notwith standing, however, the efforts of this extra force the riot continued, and the crowd seemed still determined to force open the station-house. At this time there were 20 po licemen, nine militia men,3o revenue cutter'smen end roast guard, and RIO special con-tables, to oppose about 2,000 pee le. The mayor and magistrates, fearing that the forte so their disposal would be overcome, and that both life and property would be endangered, sent a message by tele graph to the commanding officer of the I lth Hussars sta tioned at the barracks at Norwich, stating that a itri , lll3 riot had taken place, and requesting a suffieL nt military fierce to he sent by a special train, One troop reached Yar mouth at 6.15, and another troop followed immediately afterwards, both under the command of Capt. Douglas. When the first troop arrived at Yarm o uth , Mr. Martin found it necessary to clear the station, a mob of people having assembled there, threatening to pull up the rails and to dis connect the telegraphic communication. The manor, Capt. Pearson, R.N., was then sent fur to the station. Ills worship quickly arrived in a cab, and gave his authority to Capt. Douglass to proceed immediately to quell the riot. The military at mice rode into the town, and having received orders, quickly cleared the streets. The people, frightened at the mere appearance of the military with drawn swords, flew away in all directions up the numerous very narrow rows peculiar to the town. In a few hours quiet was restored, but the military continued to parade the streets during the night. At present all is quiet, and it is ex pected that the troops will return to Norwich in the course of the day. A public meeting of the seamen, &c., of Liverpool, was held in the Music-hall, Bold--treet, on Friday n.,cht. The meeting was very numerously attended. Capt. Palmer took the chair. The assembly WILR addressed by Capt. Elides, Capt. Cook, Mr. M'Quelan, and Mr. Smith. Reso lutions were moved to the effect, " That it was great pre sumption in any minister to legislate for the seamen without their consent, and they were determined to resist any mea sure of the kind." A letter was read by the chairman from a seaman, who called the Sailors' Home a " Sailor's Gaol and a Sailor's Market." During the evening a tele graphic communication was received from Shields, stating that the seamen there had determined to go to sea, in con sequence of Mr. Labouchere having consented to renal the 22 articles of the act; but the Liverpool seamen refused to procet‘l to sea unless the whole of the act was repealed. Allusion was also made to the answer of Mr. Laltouchere to the deputation of seamen who waited on him on Thursday. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and three hearty cheers from the seamen as sembled. The strike at Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Seaham, is virtually at an end. Since Saturday week three or four vessels have cleared daily, and hands have signed articles willingly at the shipping offices. The pitmen in the neighbouring collieries have been literally starving of late, but are now working full time. The general trade of the town has suf fered considerably from the insane conduct of the seamen ; and some time must elapse before vessels will be found for the five or six hundred men—still idly parading the streets —as several shipowners have laid up their vessels in conse quence of the difficulties they have met with in obtaining hands, in addition to the low freights offering, with in creased rates of wages to pay. The Hull Packet says:—" We have been informed that the crew of three whaling vessels bad signed articles, but were prevented going on board through fear; and one man, formerly one of the sailors' committee, having signed to proceed in the Rose, whaler, he was seized by a mob of sea man, tarred, and rather roughly handled. 'this course of procedure is altogether unjustifiable, and cannot long be tolerated. We do not know that the magistrates have been very wrong in allowing the foolish, but harmless, proces sions of the week to take place without interruption ; but we do know that if the sailors proceed to acts of violence they will surely he stopped by the strong arm of the law. We trust that a day or two's reflection will convince them that the government has conceded all that, just now, it can be expected to concede; and we shall hope to be able to report next week that the foolish strike is at an end, and the shipping affairs of the port placed on the old satisfactory tw On tin - Friday evening a large meeting of Newcastle and South Shields seamen was held at South Shields, and after hearing the report of the delegates, who had been to London and had an interview with the Board 1 of Trade, the following resolution was come to: "That as the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Privy' _ . Council for Trade have abolished the twenty-two tions, and as government is unable immediately either to suspend or cancel the other, and several parts of the recent Marine Acts to which we neither can nor will submit—ex cepting in so far ►s such submission shall conduce to the eventual repeal of the obnoxious clauses in question, we re solve to proceed to sea, and to our usual employments, under protest, on Saturday, February 22, afternoon tide, acting, however, in concert with the other northern ports, and in accordance with the principles of our friendly associations." MR. GEORGE THOMSON, OF EDINBTRGII, died at hi•e house on Leith Links on Tuesday last, the 18th instant, in his ninety-second year. He was distinguished for his attainments in literature, and his taste and aCCOmplisbments in music and the fine arts. He was the friend and corre spondent of Burns ; and it was to his great collection of the national songs of Scotland that the poet contributed the greatest number of those inimitable lyrics which have ren dered his name immortal. 'For more than half a century Mr. Thomson has held a high place in the literary circles as well as the general society of Edinburgh, where his qualities of mind and heart made him universally respected and beloved, and where his memory will long be preserved and cherished. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL POWER, R.A.—Major- General Power, who was Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Battalion Royal Artillery, died at Dover on the 17th inst. The deceased officer entered the artillery in 1794, and had completed 66 years' service. Raba Ententgence. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCR-SATFRDAY. 511700. iM BANC...—Bcrual Ma. ICNIIICIt My. Jowl= W1 , 11.11:1AN, AND MIL JCIITICY Pitt. RATING OF RAILWAYS. REGINA r. TEE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOrTH-FASTERN RAILWAY CONPANT. REGINA e. THE SorTIDEASTERN RAILWAY COXPANY. REOINA V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY CoNIPAN Y. Mr. Justice Coleridge delivered the judgment of the court in the above three Cases. The judgment of the court on the first point raised in the fleet of the. thnc WC.116 aam deride the other two Meg. That question was, as to the principle on which the poor -rate ought to he aeseated upon railway companies, —whether it should be on what was termed the mileage principle, or according to what was the ordinary mode of uectortaining the value of land in each parish. The final decision of this question had hitherto been avoided by agreements between the ranks and by mutual concessions ; but the question was now raised, and must be determined, how the particulars of the profit were to be ascertained from which the rateable vela° of such property was to be deduced. So far as the railway companies were concerned, it was to them a matter of indifference whether the mileage principle was adopted or not ; but it was not to tot' • ;El rishes, in whieb th • ' , mats of he ailwey wen•gaittal in very different proportions. The main objection which had been made to the adoption of the ordinary principle in the case of railways was the great difficulties which it was geHed would arise in the application of it. But, if the leaal principle was ascertained, the difficulties which it was suggested would arise in the application of it ought UK to influence the derision of the court. It was twinge...are to consider what force might be due to the argument if it could be shown that it was quite impossible to apply the principle; for in this case no such impossibility did exhort. A., to the legal principle there could be nu doubt. The parochial Assessment Act (11th and 7th Willeuu IV., e. 06), made to establish an unimorm mode of rating, enacted that no r: to fiir the relief of the poor should be allowed which should not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the pro perty rated thereunto, according to the rule a therein laid down. It must be observed,: that the principle there laid down was not created by the art, fur this court, 11.• Carly as the year 11e27, had derided that that principle was to be found in the original statute of Elieabeth. Now, whether or not railways had escaped the notice of the legislature in the year 1836 was perlrow doubtful, but it was clear that they were not excepted from the Oct. There was no difference, in fact, between railways and canals ; and it did nut appmr that there was any difference in law. This was u intient answer to the suggestion which had been made of the ditfi culty which would arise in the applineion of the principle. That question was independent of the expense whialt this occupier could show was necessity to keep the property at its value; but the diffieulty which might have arisen font that circumstance had in this case lawn obviated by the sessions, who had presented the court with caleurationa adapted to both priateiplee. In that the reasions had mane to a just conelusion. If in any CAW the companies should improperly refuse information to p ar i s h es , th ere were menne by which they could be compelltel to furnish it Bat it would he found that it would he for the interest of the companies to supply the requieite information, for it was only by tl.s it so doing that they would be able to obtain those nehteticos to which they wee: entitled. Their refused to do ,o would saherwiee lead a court of justice to presume that the produc tion of the informatiom ',mild be unfavourable to their floe. On the bout! prineiple, therefore, that the statute cattail} idu the principle, that the &chasms thereon were coneistesat, that no difficulty was anticipated, the court had come to the conclusion that the respondents were right. and that the de cision of the seseiums must he affinned. A second c.oslion raised was, whether a deduction ought to be allowed the the maintenance of the ix nnanent way. The r, spondente lid not deny that such a deduction ought to he ;Aimed, but they said, first, that a provision seas made for that purpo.s• molar the head of e working expenses ; and, secondly, that the necessity had not yet arisen. The court was now asked to re view its decision in the case ot' the Great Westetn Railway. In the case now before the court, no charge had beets made, either by way of outlay or by s e tti ng apart tiny portion of the company'sreecipts. opiltioott ofthe court was, that thew it lay should Inc pray fled against by layingloy a sum snout ::y ; and it the company, in order to swell the amount uf their thvi th lads, negheted to do so, they acted uulawfulay, and east the whole burden ou the future dividends, to the injury of the then proprietors. It would, of (muse, lie unjust to allow ' the deduction twice over: hut the company was eatitled to have a deductitm made, as was done in the case of Inoue, pro perty. But if that was not done nowthe company would be eetopped from doing so at a lunge period, as in the caw at an ordinary landlord. The rate must, therefor:, be amended so as to allow those &dm thee , . Anothe r question raised seas, as to whether tickets which were interchanged by the companies ha whom the variotts parts of the line belne,ad were to be considered and charged as earnings.; and, it be mg ' the opinion of the court that they must he viewed in that light, the rate must be amended accordingly. The last ques tion was front what rate the overseers ouglit to make their assessment. They ought to make it aceorling to this nap . 110401 prospective value of the property, aceordin'T to : h e evidence in their power, and were quite juuitioal in utaktog it upon the last published account, if that was the tie t ; information tiny could pnwure, and a rate so nude I ought not t o low quashed. But, if the stomp:my tom , mueicated further infonuation, the overt:are oughe to take it into neenuat, and, if they did not, [lot ran Say op • pealing on that ground ought to be etacceesfel. The note must, therefore, be amended ageonlingly. In the other two 5 ruses, the only question was as to the prinsaple on whirls the assessim ut should he made; this was, tie. refore ' dkpow .1 of • by the decision of the court on the first poiot above deeidad. SIITIMPI AT NM Pates At GrILLMALL -Risen Lola( CAM:S•II. AM, A 15Przw. Stay. WEAVEIt (TH.— LIIIEL. Mr. Serjerust Wilkins and Mr. Bagley were remise: fur the plaintiff; and the Sdieiter Geuerd and Mr. Well,. re presented the defendant. This was an action brought against one of the registered proprietors of the Dal& News newspaper, to recover corn peneation in damages for an alleged libel which appeared against the plaintiff, a Lieutenant Weaver, in that journal of the ?.Bth of October, 1840. The alleged libel was con tained in a report of certain proceeding( in which the plain tiff was ecumenical, and which had taken place at the Thames l'ulice-court in Oetober It appeared that something had taken Al ice at the Thames PMiee Court, wherein a charge was made by a Miss Court ney against Lieutenaut We us Cr of hie having detained soon short—tuds, valued at 10 guineas, which he lead originally given her, but which he had since (sorrowed of her. The statement purported to be a report, or rather narrative. of what had taken place at the police court, and which, if nut proved to be a correct report, win no doubt a libel. It is not thought necessary to repeat it. For the defendant, Mr. Elnor, who furni,hesl a report, which, however, was abridged, was called, and he read town hi. notes what hail taken place at the four different hear.ligx which hail been had at the police court, and which he had furnished to different Sunday papery, from which his 'apart was copied into the Daily A ews The plaintiff, in reply, called witnesses to show that this report was incorrect. Thew witnesses were the clerk to the plaintiff's solicitor, the warrant-officer of the police court, the second clerk, and the 111 , 11 , T of that court, but some of them admitted that the article in the Daily Sews was very temperate. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said—lt will now he for vnu calmly and delileauttly, according to the evidence whiilt has been laid beffire you, to find your verdict in this case; and your verdict will depend upon this question— whether the publication complained of as a libel is a fuir account of those pruces.alinge at the Thames Police Court between Miss Courteney and Lieutenant Weaver. If it be a fair account of those proceedings, then I am of opinion that, in point of law, the defendant is entitled to your verdict. Gentlemen, some questions have Leon raised us to bow far it is lawful to publish 110iiC0 reports, which are mere preliminary examinations of persons charged with crime. That question does not arise here, because this proceeding came regularly before a judge who had jurisdiction over it. It was in the nature of a civil action, as if it had been brought before her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, and had been to be de— termine(' by &judge and jury. Although it might reflect upon any party whose name nos implican el in it, there can be nu doubt that if it were a fair account the law will justify it, for it is of the last importance that thb public should be furnished with fair accounts of proceedings which take place in courts of justice, and the benefit infinite overbalances the inconvenience . And gentlemen, I m Folurther, after what has been argued before you, and a, y it is not necessary that it should be a report of all that took place, for if that condition were imposed, the liberty of pub lishing reports of proceedings in courts of justice would be merely illusory, and wholly useless ; because it is not pas sible that all that takes place on any trial should he put into print. You will therefore consider whether this be a fair report. If it be a fair report, the defendant wou:d be entitled to your verdict. Although Lieutenant Weltver may have been very ill-u.ed, that is not a question for you to determine. It would be monstrous to say that the pro prietor or publisher of a newspaper should be liable becaueu the account which is given of a trial may reflect upon tether of the parties, or may contain what is not true it is net the absolute truth which is to be considered, but whether it be a true report of what actually took place. Now, it lies upon the defendant to show that this is a fair report of the proceeding . ; because any persoa wh o reads it would teeman tndifferent opinion of lieu tenant Weaver—therefore, as we say, prima facie, :t is libellous ; and it lies upon the defendant to show thee the publication was justified. He undertakes to do that, by saying that it is a fair account of the proceeding in the Thames Police Court in the suit between Miss Courteney and Lieut. Weaver and, gentlemen, whether the defend ant makes that out is really the question that you have to determine. It will be no justification to the de fendant that this paragraph was copied into the Gaily News from another newspaper. It might perhaps go in mitigation of damages, but it is no justification, fiwthere would be no safety to character if it were a justification for one newspaper to copy a libel from another. It lies upon the defendant, therefore, to show that this is a fair account of this proceeding; and, if he does so, then he is entitled, in my opinion, to your verdict. Now, he undertakes to do that chiefly by the evidence of Mr. Elnor, and it will be very much upon the credit you give to him that your ver dict will depend. You will first of all consider whether he is a witness of truth, and you win then consider whether, in your opinion, what he says shows that the alleged libel is a fair account of the proceeding. Now, I must say' that Mr. Elnor appeared tome to be, as well as I could judge of him from his appearance and from the history which he gave of himself, to be a very respectable gentleman, and I could discover nothing that should detract from his credit. The learned judge then read to the jury th em Elnor of the proceedings at the police court.; notes of the viva voce evidence of tho h o:lr • tem plimenting the magistrate (Mr. Ing • •y er. •_, ' • • '' • ; .;i7 l'''' )‹...igt..kii.' ' r.4:sidS.• PI:4,11th€11:1114