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EASTER. PAROCHIAL MEETINGS. ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK. ANOTHER REMARKABLE SCENE.—On Easter Tuesday, in accordance with annual custom, a meeting of the parishioners of the united parishes of St. Stephen, Wal brook, and St. Benet, Sherehog, took place in the vestry room of St. Stephen's Church, for the election of church wardens, &c., for the year ensuing. In the course of last week, notices, convening two vestry meetings for the election were posted on the church doors—one by Mr. Rock and Mr. Flight, the churchwardens appointed by the open vestry, and the other by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the part of the select one—and to meet at the same hour, namely, eleven o'clock. Shortly before the time the Rev. Dr. Croly, the rector, accompanied by Messrs. Rock and Flight, the vestry-slerk, and a party of parishioners, took possession of the room; and on eleven o'clock arriving, Mr. Alder man Gibbs, with three of his colleagues, entered, and addressing those who had already assembled, wished them to retire, as it was a select vestry that had to meet there for the choice of parish officers. The request, however, being politely declined, the Alderman, with his three friends, retired to his residence in Walbrook, where their parochial business was, no doubt, performed. Dr. Croly then took the chair, acd Mr. R. CUNLIFBE proposed the re-election of Messrs. Rock and Flight as churchwardens. The parishioneara were fully satisfied with the manner t hose gentlemen had endeavoured to regain their privileges ; and he trusted they would go on in the same spirit, and obtain that jus tice that was so justly due t o the parish at large. The proposition having been seconded, the re-election of Messrs. Rock and Flight was declared to be carried unanimously. Mr. Roex, in returning thanks, said he felt . obliged for the renewed proof of confidence of the pari Alderman shioners ; he had hoped th at the question, w hether Mr. Gibbs and his colleagues, or Mr. Flight and himself (Mr. Rock), were the legal churchwardens, would have been settled last term ; but the case unfortunately was not reached as yet. It now stood No. 6on the list, and was appointed for argument on the 22d inst., and on the re sult a general meeting of the parishioners would be called in order to take the whole of the parish affairs into con sideration, with a view of securing a speedy and just dis tribution of the parish property. Ile had been asked, what they had done during the three years of litigation ; but he would say, that if they had not succeeded in ob taining those privileges that had been unjustly withheld from them, they had prevented the enforcement of rates to the amount of 1,5001. The parishioners might rely on his continued exertions in the claim they were prose cuting, for a fair and prompt statement of their parochial concerns. o f Mr. FLIGHT having acknowledged the approbation of his fellow-parishioners, in a gain selecting h im as one their churchwardens, and deelared his intention to pro ceed fearlessly in the task they had entered into, The Rev. Dr. CROLY rose and addressed the vestry. He said nothing but a strong sense of justice, and of his duty to his parishioners, would have brought him there that day, under the severe domestic affliction which had befallen him. But the condition of the church of the parish and of those to whom the p arish was indebted, , absolutely demanded immediate inquiry. Why Mr. Alderman Gibbs persisted in forcing his services on them was a question which, palpable as the object was, he avoided mentioning, merely for the reasons stated by the vestry-clerk, that the whole case was about to be decided by the judges. But the facts, which none could dispute, were these : that the church of the united parishes remained in a state of squalid and scandalous disrepair; that the parishioners knew nothing of the distribution of their revenue, and thus the three indivi duals most necessary for the proper performance of divine service had been unpaid for years. It was with considerable pain that he had been informed by the organist of the church, that the debt now due to her amounted to 110 guineas. The sexton for nearly three years had not been paid; and he (Dr. Croly), as the afternoon lecturer, had now upwards of three years' sti pend due to him. As for the services of Mr. Alderman Gibbs, as churchwarden, he knew of none, for he seemed to have lost sight of the most important duties appertain ing to that office. It was the duty of the churchwarden to see that the church was kept in repair. A glance would show how that duty had been done.—(Hear.) It was his duty to prevent the parish being involved in debt. Mr. Alderman Gibbs brought it in debtor to the amount of 1,8001., and that debt to himself.—(Hear, hear.) And, lastly, it was the duty of the churchwarden to attend the church during divine service; but he had not seen Mr. Alderman Gibbs for some years, and, as far as he was concerned, he had no particular desire to see him there. For fourteen years no church-rate had been raised; certainly, from no reluctance on the part of the parishioners. He must do them that credit on all occasions, but simply from their declaring that they would pay no more money until they had an account of what had been done with the past.—(Hear, hear.) A more natural and necessary demand he could not con ceive. But no account was given, and in consequence no rates were received. They could easily calculate the average rate, and they would see that the loss amounted to a very large sum, now whollyirrecoverable. He would abstain from saying more, simply because the whole matter would be speedily decided by . the legal authorities. Still he felt all the sincere determination to see justice done, which every man ought to feel in such an instance; and he looked forward with strong hope to the decision, which would extinguish the evil already so deeply in jurious to the peace of the parish, and to the credit of the church of this Protestant country.—(Cheers.) Other parochial business of minor importance having b .ien proceeded with, the vestry broke up. ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCII. On Tuesday the annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, took place in the parish church, for the election of churchwardens, and Mr. Long, late junior warden, was unanimously chosen as successor to Mr. Bewley. Mr. Pearce then nominated Mr. Tho mas James Simpson to succeed Mr. Long as junior warden, and in a speech of some length highly eulo gised his character and previous services in the parish. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cottell, but was op posed by Mr. Solomon, who nominated Mr. Robert Black ; and, upon a show of hands, the majority was declared to be in favour of the latter. A poll, however, was demanded by Mr. Pearce, on the part of Mr. Simp son, and the polling was directed to take place on Mon day and Tuesday next, when a fierce contest is expected between the opposing parties. ST. THOMAS, STEPNEY. On Tuesday a vestry was held in the large district church of St. Thomas, Arbour-square, to elect officers for the year ensuing. Mr. George Ward, the son of Thomas Ward, Esq., ship-owner, and Captain Richard Male, were elected churchwardens for the ensuing year; and a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wasen and Self, the past churchwardens, was agreed to without a dissentient voice. Several gentleman addressed the meeting on the necessity of appointing a vestry-clerk, and Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, was proposed and seconded by Mr. Heslop and Mr. Kent. His election was carried nem. dis. ST. DUNSTAN, STEPNEY. A meeting of the rate-payers of the hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, which forms a greater portion of the exten sive parish of Stepney, was held on Monday, at the Town house, Mile-end-road, to elect churchwardens and other officers for the ensuing year. A society, called the Stepney Anti-Church-rate and Parochial Reform Association, sont out placards, recommending Mr. Morse and Mr. Howlett for churchwardens. The Church party rent a requisition to Messrs. Head and Hawkins, church wardens fbr the past year, to allow themselves to be again put in nomination. The contest was looked upon as a struggle between the church-rate and anti-church rate parties. After several speeches, the question was put to a show of hands by the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey, the rector, who presided on the occasion. The majority was three to one in favour of the old churchwardens, and they were declared to be re elected for the ensuing year. The anti-church-rate party demandeded a poll, but they abandoned their intention, and said they should fight the battle of church-rates in another way. ISLINGTON. On Tuesday a vestry held the church, Mr. Thomasg o f the rate-payers of St. Mary, Islington, was Walter Perry, sen., churchwarden, in the chair, to elect s an i d ie upon the churchwardens for for the ensuing is r e tz r , 'iral business of the parish. and Jackson were elected churchwardens. E . La cy,tn called the attention of the meeting to the dis graceful gmi condition of Islington-green, which had been granted by the Marquis of Northampton for the benefit and or- I nament of the parish, but which was allowed to remain in such a neglected state, that instead of being either useful or ornamental, it had become a complete nuisance. Several other parishioners having expressed a hope that itieasure; would be adopted to improve the green, it was ultimately resolved that those suggestions should be speedily acted upon. The vestry-clerk stated, that 2,247 worn-out horses acd asses had been slaughtered in the parish. Thanks having been voted to the churchwarden, the meeting separated. HACKNEY. On Tuesday the annual election of parochial officers took place in the vestry-room of the church, the Rev. T. 0. Goodchild, rector, in the chair. Mr. ROPER proposed the re-election of Mr. Pulley as vestry-ckrk. No opposition was made. A resolution empowering the churchwardens to make provision for an increase of salary was then carried. Messrs. Bonter and Man were elected churchwardens. The other officers were chosen without opposition, an increase of 151. being made to the sexton's salary, in com p e nsation for decli ne of interment fees, &c,. arising from ihe proximity of the metropolitan cemeteries. After a vote of thanks to the rector, the meeting separated. At four o'clock the inhabitants assembled at t isheionerrs coa mittee-rooro, Church -street, to elect 13 comms for the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests. A spirited. discussion ensued upon an opposi tion raised byr. Mr. C. to the re-election of Mr. G . Odor, tralistrate, Green whole condnot, with that of Messrs. Butler and Hum phreys, in relation to an allegNl connexion, as provi sioi n co n lc u t l i c o otocoit. :n te p e , r , n, with the Metropolitan Railways Tti gentlemen was severely animadverte d on. The accused men defended themselves ; and the meeting deprecating the introduction of any further dis• cuision on the sub.',ect, dropped, and the board was ultimately elected. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON. On Tuesday evening the annual meeting of the rate-payers of Newington took place in the vestry rooms, to elect a churchwarden to act with the one Lo ininated by the rector, and for the appointment of other officers for the ensuing year. Mr. Hemmings, the late churchwarden, was proposed for re-election, and Mr. Mideot was also nominated for the office. A vary warm debate then took place on the merits and fitness of the candidates for office. It was urged by many of the ves try who addressed the chair, that it was the invariable custom of the parish to permit a churchwarden to re mqin in nfAra fnr twn inaiara Tt,ia nrinninla .nri nrece- Mulcot came forward, and said that rather than disturb the parish by going to a poll, he would withdraw his name as a candidate for the office of churchwarden, and Mr. Hemmings was then declared duly elected to serve as churchwarden for the ensuing year. Eight overseers were then chosen, and the other minor offices filled up. _ LAW IgTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 15. This being the first day of Easter Term, the Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his house, George- street, and afterwards proceeded in procession to Westminster The Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in Court until after one o'clock. Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Peacock appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Clark for the respondents. The case occupied the Court from ten o'clock in the morning until seven in the evening; but the brief facts are these:—ln the year 1832 Mr. Curling was ap pointed to the situation of clerk to the trustees of the waterside district of the parish, and enjoyed that office until :the last session of Parliament, when a Bill was passed which placed the whole of the parish of Ber mondsey under one commission, and abolished those previously existing. On the passing of the Act, the Commissioners tastier it elected Messrs. George and George Henry Drew. solicitors in the parish, their clerk, upon which Mr. Curling applied for compensation, under the Act of Parliament, for loss of office. The Commis sioners. after due deliberation, made an award of 336/. 15s„. This amount Mr. Curling considered insufficient, and gave notice of appeal, conceiving himself entitled, according to his own calculation of loss, to 7,5001. Sir Thomas WILDE addressed the bench at consider able length in advocacy of the claim of the appellant to compensation immeasurably beyond the insignificant sum offered, and called witnesses to prove, that with salary and emoluments appertaining t) his office his in come atreraged 230/. per annum, and upon this amount he required compensation. It also appeared that Me•. Curling had brought an action against the trustees for the balance of his account, got a verdict, and actually arrested one of that body for the amount, nearly 1,0001. Mr. CHAMBERS, in his address for the defence, cha racterised the claim on the part of the appellant as perfectly monstrous. The appellant (Mr. Curling) ought to consider himself fortunate in having, since his ap pointment to the office in 1832, been engaged in two Acts of Parliament for the parish, by which his emolu ments were enormously increased. The Learned Coun sel contended that the appellant had no right to add those sums as ordinary estimates to swell the average, and that he ought to be quite content with the handsome sum he had made by these proceedings, without attempt ing to get them paid a second time. On a fair calcula tion the applicant's salary and emoluments could not have been more than 100/. a year ; and as the Act of Parliament only fixed the compensation at a quarter of the income, the Commissioners had acted fairly and liber ally in offering Mr. Curling 238/. The Magistrates withdrew to consider the decision, and after an absence of about twenty minutes returned into court, when The CHAIRMAN said they had fixed the award at 750/. ; and with respect to costs, it was their opinion that each party should pay their own. As, however, the Act of Parliament made it necessary that costs should be given, they fixed those at 40s. ST. CLEMENT DANES. The usual Easter vestry meeting, of this parish was held on Monday at the vestry-room in the Strand, the Rev. W. W. Ellis, the rector, in the chair. The following gentlemen were put in nomination for the office of churchwardens, the election to take place on Friday, viz.:—For the Upp er Liberty, Messrs. J kin, Bovell, and Partington aid for the Lower Liberty, Messrs. Wood ward, Spencer, Younger, and Jacqeet. The ordinary routine business w as afterwards dis posed of, and the vestry separated. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aprills, The Vice-Chancellor of England did not take his seat on the Bench until after one o'clock. Being the first day of term, his Honour, with the other Judges. had breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 15. (Sittings in Banco, at Westminster Hall, before Lord DENMAN, Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice WIL LIAMS, and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Their Lordships entered the Court shortly after one o'clock, and heard a few motions for rules for new trials, which were not of the least public interest. ST. MARTIN -IN-THE FIELDS. On Monday a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish, according to ancient custom and usage, was held in the vestry-room, for the purpose of electing church wardens, sidesmen, and other parochial officers for the year ensuing, and also to receive the accounts of the committee for paving, cleansing, and lighting of the parish for the last year. The Rev. Sir R. 11. Dukin rield, Bart., the vicar, in the chair. For four or five years the gentlemen nominated for churchwardens and sidesmen have been chosen unanimously. Such was the case yesterday ; and Messrs. Hall and Dalton were ap pointed, without opposition, as churchwardens. The other officers having been proposed and seconde d, no op position was offered. A desultory conversation took place upon the paving committee's accounts, with respect to the Health of Towns Bill, and the good that might be done by the committee in inquiring into the nature of the drainage, &c., in some of the crowded courts in the parish, which seemed to be the general wish of those present. BERMONDSEY. On Tuesday a very crowded meeting cf the inhabitants of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, was held in the chapel, for the purpose of electing officers for the year ensuing, the appointment of trustees of St. James's Church, and also to consider what sum should be paid to Om rector in lieu of Easter offerings, and other very important business ; Mr. Churchwar den Cris p in the PARISH OF ST. JAMES, CLERKENWELL. On Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, the parishioners of St. James's, Clerkenwell, assembled in the vestry-room o the parish church, to elect the churchwardens, vestry clerk, and the usual parochial officers for the ensuing year; Mr. Sabel in the chair. Messrs. Ellis and Whitelock having been chosen, churchwardens, in opposition to Messrs. Mason, Mills and Thompson, and Mr. Wakeling having been res chosen vestry-clerk, and the other parochial officere being appointed, the vestry broke up, a very amicabl feeling having been displayed throughout the pro ceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-DOUSE. THE STEAM NAVIGATION OF THE THAMES.-Mr. Young, one of the governors of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, attended by Mr.' Banyon, the clerk to the Company, waited upon the Lord Mnyor ; his Lordship having intimated on the preceding day that he was desirous of communicating with them upon the subject of the alleged overcrowding of their vessels on the Thames. His LORDSHIP asked what steps the Company had taken in order to diminish the dangers attendant upon steam-boat travelling ? Mr. Banyon said that placards, of a large size, to the following effect, had been placed for public inspection at every steam-boat station from Yantlet Creek to Chis- PARISH OF LAMBETH. Tuesday last being Easter Tuesday, the annual vestry meeting was held in the Boys' School-room, Lambeth green, to nominate parish officers for the ensuing year, and appoint new trustees to the various parochial chari ties, in the room of Dr. George D'Oyly, and of John Field and John Charles Stalschimidt, Esqs., deceased ; also to elect duly qualified persons to serve as sur veyors of highways, and for the general dispatch of business. The chair was filled by the Rector, the Rev. Mr. Dalton, and the matters brought forward were dis cussed in a friendly spirit not always observed at Lam beth assemblies. wick : " To free watermen and lightermen, and the owners and masters of steam-boats navigated upon the River Thames ; "The Court of Master, Warden, and Assistants of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. hereby give notice, that the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Londcn, in pur suance of the power contained in the Act 7th and Bth George IV., c. 75, have made certain bye-laws, which have been allowed by Sir T. J. Platt, one of the Barons uer, for the following of her Majesty's Court of Excheq purposes, viz.:-- "For granting licenses to persons to act as masters of such boats. " For regulating the rate of speed of all steam-boats navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye-laws. " For regulating the placing of lights upon all steam boats navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye- KENSINGTON. On Monday last a meeting of the inhabitant rate payers of the parish of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, was held in the large room of the National Schools, for the purpose of electing churchwardens and other paro chial officers for the ensuing year. The Venerable and Rev. John Sinclair, M.A., Arch deacon of Middlesex, and Vicar of Kensington, having taken the chair, The reappointment of Mr. Beliworthy was carried by acclamation. The Venerable CHAIR3IAN then nominated Mr. J. Sheppard, of Kensington-square (Registrar to the Bishop of London), as his churchwarden for the en• suing year. Several of the leading inhabitants having borne testi mony to the eminent qualifications of Mr. Sheppard for the office, that gentleman explained at some length the principles on which he should act while churchwarden, and the other appointments having been filled up, the vestry broke up. laws. " For regulating the burthen, size, and dimensions of wherries, skiffs. and other boats, and the number of pas sengers carried therein ; and for regulating the manner of plying turnway. " The Company of Watermen and Lightermen are now prepared to grant such licenses, and all persons navigating such boats without the same, or acting con trary to the bye-laws, will subject themselves to the penalties mentioned therein. " Copies of the bye-laws, and printed forms of appli ction for license, may be obtained, on application, at Watermen's Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, Lower Thames street. " JOHN BANYON, Clerk. " February 9th, 1846." These bills had, it was to be regretted, produced no effect ; and until a day or two ago not a single applica tion had been made for a license by the commander of a steam-boat. On Monday; in consequence, it was sup posed, of the conviction of the commander of the Green wich steam-vessel, upon the complaint of Mr. Nias, one application had been made. The LORD MAYOR said, the Watermen's and Lighter men's Company, who had the power of licensing . , were bound to see the regulation carried out effectually, and he should expect to find the Company actively engaged in the business. Mr. Young said, the Company would most readily act upon the suggestions of his Lordship, and wished to know what course was considered most advisable. The LORD MAYOR replied, that the Company were bound to send their beadle to act against the commanders of any of the steamers who had no licenses. If the beadle did his duty properly, there would be as many penalties secured in one week, as would pay his salary for years, so that the Company were strongly interested in the zeal of their officer. As for the duty of the Lord Mayor upon such occasions, there should occur no neg lected opportunity. Every one should be fined the full penalty for violation of the rules. His LORDSHIP again directed that placards similar to those which had been already issued, should be de livered to the various stations. It is believed that in every case brought before the Lord Mayor an appeal will be made, and if such appeal prove ineffectual, the Queen's Beach will be applied to for its decision. Two oysterman, named Nort on and Chaplin, were charged with h avin g excited a mob at Billingsgate against the police. A fight, it appeared, had taken place in Billingsgate market between two of the dealers, and a policeman stationed there interfered to prevent further violence. Norton, who used formerly to indulge in active amuse ment of this kind, considered that the policeman was impertinently interfering between the two combatants, and called upon those around him to put the officer aside and give the men an opportunity of taking a belly full of vengeance. It was an easy matter to gather to gether the blackguards and to set up a shout against the policeman, who, perceiving that the crowd was unani- MOll3, called the assist - ,nce of some of his brethren, and they seized the two prisoners as the most furious of the instigators. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoners how they could think of breaking the peace on the very spot on which they made their livelihood ? Norton said the policeman had interfered with the liberty of the subject, before a word had been said to him. The LORD MAYOR—The liberty of the subject ? Norton—Yes, my Lord, I say the liberty of the subject. He came up and laid his hands upon one of the men who was doing nothing to him whatsoever. That I call meddling with the liberty of the subject. Then I cer tainly did accuse him before the public, and they hissed and shouted at him. The Complainant—MY Lord, he said he had influence on a Sunday newspaper, and that he would write an ar ticle blowing me up for my conduct, and he addressed the mob in a speech against the whole body of police. Norton—l think they interfere with the liberty of the subject, and I won't stand that upon any ground. What, my Lord, are we to be stopped in our lawful pursuits by men like these ? If a man gives me a lick in the head, an't Ito give him nothing in return ? He knew I never took part or parc , l in the fight, and yet he appre hended me, and lodged me in the station-house. The Complainant—lt was with difficulty my brother purpose. t i h ea T i ; 11 Theyleb. iLi R D policemen and I got the prisoners along, and if we had not exerted ourselves very much, we should have been overpowered. The LORD MAYOR—Then there must have been an men was fighting obstruction to business ? The Complainant—The ob struction was very great, and the crowd were particularly influenced by Norton's address. Norton—l only spoke the truth. lam a lover of liberty, and I don't like to see its enemies flourish. The Eng lishman but to see it was all fair, and what would we be but for fair fighting any on us ? fair, but I had nothing to do as an T N h o e rt L on o_en MAc eit—l shall flee you, Mr. Norton, ten shillings for so improperly interfering with the police man,the policemaMn who was doing his duty in endeavouring to pre vent breaches of the peace. Norton—l haven't got ten shillings for any such Norton—Well, ct o y me of MAYOR—jecThen you must go to prison fur ten days. Laughter.) y th L a o t r o d u , g l h s t a t y o y b o e u ti r n d e e d c , i f s , i , roninitserwrerroinogg with your liberty for tea days, if you don't pay the pc- MAyon,—l shall certainly interfere with I suppose I mu st g o. I ain't the first, es at any ra t e, t h at su ff ere d for the g ood of my country. The pri soner was t hen token from the bar, loudly de precating the liberty w hi c h the Lord Mayor was takin g with th e liberty of the subject. In the car, however, his patrieti,m began to ebb ; and b efore an hour elapsed the flue was pa i d, and ho walked off q uietl y to Bil- The other p r i son er, who was comp arativel y harmless, and by no means eloquent, was discharged. Information was received at the Mansion-house, that a clerk in the house of Coutts and Co. was robbed, be tween twelve and one o'clock in the day, of his pocket book, containing nea rly .1,5 001 . in B ank of En g land note, in Lomb ar d-street. notes, He had j ust received the money at Hanke y 's banking-ho use , i n F e nchurch-street , and had not reached Gracechurch- s t ree t when he misse d the p ocket book. On Tue s d ay a b an ker's clerk was robb ed of a 100/. BO W STREET. Christoph er EV on , an advertising ag ent, was char g ed with obtainin to the Universig ty Insurance Society , under f a lse pre 3/. 9s. from Na thaniel Willick, secretary tences, and with intent to defraud William Harris, the proprietor of a weekly publication of a religious cha racter, called the Alliance. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. On Tuesday a public vestry was held in accordance to annual custom in the vestry-room, which was afterwards adjourned to the church. Mr. DAY, the vestry-clerk stated that a communica tion had been received from the Rector, stating that the Rev. Gentleman, in consequence of ill. health, would be unable to attend ; but that he had deputed his curate, the Rev. Mr. O'Neill, to be present to nominate the rector's-warden, and sidesman, for the next year. Mr. H. Hoole was then re-appointed the rector's warden. A resolution was carried for the appointment of a committee to report to a future vestry as to the building of a rectory-house. The vestry then proceeded to the election of the various parochial officers for the year ensuing. STEPNEY FAIR.—The amusements at this fair ter minated for the first day at twelve o'clock on Monday night, when every booth, show, and house of public entertainment was cleared by the police acting under the immediate direc tions of Mr. Marquard, the superintendent, and Mr. Horn, inspector of the K division. The conduct of the multitude who visited the fair during the day was exceedingly good. The utmost good humour prevailed, and there were no out rages, assaults, or accidents of any description. The people dispersed in the most orderly manner when Mr. Marquard closed the fair. The largest exhibition in the fair was Wombwell's menagerie, which was visited by 10,000 per sons. The crowds were so great in some of the dancing booths that the people were unable to dance at all. There are no fewer than 100 swings, ups-and-downs, and round abouts in the fair. Ginger-bread stalls are in profusion, and altogether it outshines any Bartholomew fair in the olden time. Mr. Marquard, an old and intelligent police officer, has estimated the numbers who visited the fair on Monday on the lowest calculation, at 200,000. DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH MACGREGOR.—We have to record the demise of Lady Elizabeth Macgregor, widow of Major-General Sir Evan John Murray Macgregor, Bart., K.C.8., and K.C.H., formerly Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Leeward Islands, who expired on Sunday last in Hanover- square. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL H. GARRETT.—' have to record the death of another flag-officer. The above gallant Admiral died on Monday morning, at his residence at Angle sea, near Gosport, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been above sixty years in the service. When Lieute nant of the Princess Royal he served on shore during the occupation of Toulon in 1793, and in 1797, while in com mand of the Trial cutter, he captured a French privateer of far superior force. In the following year he assisted at the destruction of the French frigate eonflante off Havre. His commissions were dated as annexed :—Lieutenant 18th Feb ruary, 1793 ; Commander 27th December, 1798 ; Captain, 16th September, 1799 ; and retired Rear-Admiral, 16th October, 1833. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, in 1839 he was transferred to the active list of flag-officers, with the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue. He was in the receipt of an annual income of above 3001. for his services. COMPARATIVE STATE OF THE MERCANTILE NAVIES OF EUROPE.—At the annual meeting of the Seamen's Hos pital Society, held last week, the report gave the following statement of the number of patients admitted on board the Grampus and Dreadnought from March, 1821, to January, 1846, which in some measure gives a criterion of the average trade of each nation whom they represent to London :—The total number was 51,406, of which 2,709 belonged to her Ma jesty's navy, 1,797 to the East India Company's service, and 46,900 to merchant vessels of different nations. Of these there were 30,346 Englishmen, 6,264 Scotchmen, 4,775 II ish men, 1,574 Swedes and Norwegians, 969 Prussians, 926 Americans, 904 West Indians, 786 East Indians, 682 Germans, 652 Rile:liens, 632 British Americans,43s Italians and Maltese, 398 . Portuguese, 298 Africans, 196 Frenchmen, 176 South Sea 126lamaxdreerfruekla,1021:6DIFLabitat sea; 28 Chinese, 26 New Zealanders, i it t ale s, au m t: C of ,P N E ew ON Sol.l T t n h E W and EASTERNI2 cTouurkNs.. Tess 'RAILWAY On Saturday night last a young man, son t) f d Company,r . Snow,clerk s iao r a e a t ite the h b , o o 1 - r o toffice of the Eastern Coun tieswith his life. It ponernt r li the tickets pi,-a to t rt 1 t g i e n t , appears that, as is his usual practice, shortly had been taken from the passengers, he y ate upon the step of one of the carriages u which arrives in London at 10 A. 1., when it was e i ted n u intendingthe missed narrownt d o h ri i d s e sfpoo i into en theb e tween t awsntedaii uttering e at w t h h e e en t ls e p r ia m enr inus. He, m otion, the side of the footway, where he had the of the footway. Happily, he fell close to and to lie motionless upon his back until all the steps of which projected over him—had d ein th g e serm st on e-kerb ' ofwel.l presence fl mind with passed c carriages—the i a h g i e m s —, and,the to the astonishment of all who witnessed the occurrence, h escaped without the slightest injury. GENERAL POST OFFICE.-011 Tuesday morning the following notice was affixed atlhe General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" Her Majesty's ship Ferrett has not yet sailed from Devonport for the Island of Ascension. It is probable she will be detained for some days longer." FIRE AT MESSRS. KINAUAN'S SPIRIT STORE Room. —Tuesday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, the inha-1 bitante of King William - street , Char in g - cross, were alarmed '1 by an outbreak of fire on the premises of the above firm. , The porters, it appeared, had been to their breakfasts, and on their return they found a portion of the flooring on fire. The tire threatened, for a time, the most serious consequences, but the firemen ultimately succeeded in subduing it, though not until great damage had been done to a portion of the stores. It is supposed that a spark must have fallen among some loose straw, whilst the porters were engaged in corking same bottles (1 whisky for order. The firm is insured with the Licensed Victuallers' Company. A curious ca:e has occurred at Plymouth. In conse quence of some remarks m ade b y a relative, the body of Rebecca Wyatt has been disinterred after being three months in the grave, and an Liam h been held upon the remains, the husband, William Wyatt, has been com- . mated to gaol for manslaughter. MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. STOCK DALE AND SON. —On Tuesday last a meeting of the creditors of this firm was lief" at the Clarendon of t R h ooms, Hugh Hreornby d , • the c h a ir. By a statement e affairs, it appea Esq., in that the liabilities ex(ceexecileudsiv3el4o, f 4 the. se to pa m ra e t e e t e w st h a i t c e h s o t f h t e i r w e was about 114,000'. resolved that all claims on the estate partners), which would allow of a dividend . of 6s. Bd. or 7s. in the pound. It was . of Mr. Stockdale's great age, his household furniture, &c. under 501. should be paid in full; and that in consideration should be returned to him. The ► private estate of Mr. John Stockdale, including property in several ships, will, it is ex. footed, be separately adjusted, and the debts paid in full. Losses on important speculations and foreign busines,s mere e the sole cause of the insolvency of t he firm.— 'P° le MEHEMET Am.—The Augsburg Gazette states that the Pacha has again expressed his intention to retire from office, and to entrust the Government to Abbas Pacha, his erandson. to whom, however, will be added the assistance of THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL lA_ 1646. Mr. Kean appeared to defend the prisoner, and stated, i the outhouse where the prisoner was found. One of at an early part of the investigation, that the case arose out them opened the street-door of Mr. Williams's house, and of a dispute between the proprietors of the paper. The another was - applied to the lock of the bedroom, and prisoner had certainly obtain ed the motley, but he had opened that also. O'Conner also found an old boot in been authorised to do so by the pres:.cutor s partners. the soil, and in a yard adjoining the prosecutor's h ouse The prosecutor said, in a very ve h emen t manner, thatadjoininghe. picked up a blanket. Other evidence inculpating the he was the sole proprietor of the paper, and that " the prisoner was given, and a strong case made out ag a i ns t party" who had sent the prisoner to take the money had hi. no property in the paper. The prisoner, in def , nce, said he heard the cry of The, prosecutor heving been rebuked by Mr. Henry thieves, and jumped over a wall in pursuit of them. fur the expressions he had made use of, proceeded with Mr. BRODARIP committed him for trial for barglsry, his evidence ; from which it appeared that the prisoner the offence having been committed after the clock struck had been employed by him to collect advertisements and nine. obtain subscribers for the Alliance newspaper, but left his employment abruptly in the course of last week. He was paid by commission. He was not authorised to re- ceive any money for advertisements. Witness wrote yesterday to Mr. YVillick, requesting him to pay . a sum of 31. 9s. due for advertisements of the University In surance Society, inserted in the Alliance. Mr. N't illicit sent answer that he had already paid the amount to the prisoner. Witness immediately gave information to the police, and the prisoner was arrested in the course of the day. In cross-examination, partly by Mr. Kean, and partly by the Court, Mr. Harris admitted that other persors besides himself had an interest in the paper. He had entered into an agre,ment with a Mr. Rebell Holt, a Mr. William Holt, and a Mr. William Bright, that on condition of their lending him certain sums of money, they should hold certain situations (as editor and sub editors) widi fixed salaries, and should have a sharp in the profits of the piper. Ho, however, was the sole proprietor. The payment of the money to the prisoner having been proved, Mr. HENRY observed that there was no proof of any false representation being made to Mr. Willick, and the very essence of the offence was the false pretence. It was clear that there were partners in the cone , in, who might have authorized the prisoner to receive the money. The prisoner was discharged. Mr. Holt wished to make a statement in answer to that of the prosecutor, and other personal charges, but Mr. HENRY said he could not hear anything that had reference to disputes between partners, which must be settled in a court of equity, and not in a criminal court. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Margan t Mackay. a young woman of decent appear ance, was charged with the following robbery : Madame L. Crewe. of No. 20, Grafton-street, Fitzroy square, stated that the prisoner had been in her service about a fortnight, having received with her an excellent character from a lady with whom she had lived for six months. On Monday evening last she absconded from the house, and it was then discovered that she had taken away with her two shawls, a new pair of stays, a silver table-spoon, and two tea-spoons. A half-sovereign had been missed by prosecutrix a day or two before. Police-sergeant No. 7 of the F division stated that he accompanied the prosecutrix to the house of the pri soner's mother, in Queen-street, Seven Dials. The pri soner was there, and on his asking her about the spoons, the mother banded him the tea-spoons, and afterwards gave to him a duplictde of a silver table-spoon. The prosecutrix's stays were found on the prisoner's person. James Gray, shopman to Mr. William Brown, of No. 4, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square, pawnbroker, stated that the prisoner pawned the table-spoon at his em ployer's shop for 6s. The prisoner, who was very anxious to speak, was then cailsd upon for her defence. She stated that the prosecutrix had given her permis sion to wear the stays, and on Monday last she sent her to pawn the spoon as she was short of money; the tea spoons were only German metal, and were refrised to be taken in pledge. She obtained the 6s. on the table spoon, but on her way back she lost the money through a hole in her pocket. She therefore did not then return to her mistress, intending to make up the money as soon as she possibly could. As to any other property she knew nothing about it. Mr. MALTBY asked the prosecutrix if it was true that she had sent the prisoner to pawn the spoons ? The prosecutrix said she had done so. Mr. Maurer—Do you perfectly understand my ques tion ? Prosecutrix—l do. I certainly gave her per mission to pawn the spoons. Mr. MALTBY—The prisoner is discharged. Prosecutrix (very indignantly)—But she hed no right to wear my stays ; she ought to be punished for that. I think the magistrate does not well to me to discharge the prisoner.—The parties then left the court. MARYLEBONE. William Restall was charged before Mr. Hawlinson with the following offence : Serjeant Bennet, 18 D, deposed that on the same morning, between two and three o'clock, he saw the pri soner down the area of 23, Allsop-terrace, New-road, and on asking him what he did there, he replied, "It's all right, we have been out on the spree, and are trying to get in ;" at the same time tapping at the kitchen window, and saying, " Susan, open the door." In a short time after this another man, whom witness had not in the first instance perceived, made his escape over the wall, and got away, notwithstanding a second constable was placed at the spot to keep a look-out. Witness added that he took the prisoner into custody and coa -1 veyed him to the station, and that on going back to examine the premises, he found a large chisel and a box of lucifer matches close to the water-butt in the area The prisoner was not known to any one at the house, and his object, and that of his companion, was un doubtedly that of c ommitting; a robbery. Lennard 50 D said, that be knew the prisoner, who had before been charged at this Court under very sus picious circumstances. On that occasion he had various mplements for house -breaking in his possession. He was then sent to the House of Correction for a month; he had also been sent from Clerkenwell Police-court for three months ; and had been tried at the Old Bailey, where he was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Prisoner—l have only this to say, the chisel and the lucifers are not mine, I know nothing about them; if I had not drank too much I should not have been in the place I was. Jacobs 81 D deposed, that he heard the prisoner, who had seen the chisel on the mantel-piece at the station, say to another who was locked up with him in the cell, " They have found the chisel, and I shall be safe for a " drag' , (three months). He was committed for the period which the slang word " drag" denotes, and on his being removed from the bar he thaned the magistrate for the sentence. William Jones was charged by Skidmore, 160 S, who stated that on the previous afternoon he was on duty at Chalk Farm fair, in private clothes, when he saw the prisoner " dive" into a gentleman's pocket, and imme diately took him into custody. On searching him at the station-house witness found in his possession three silk h a ndkerchiefs, one of which was in his hat, another con cealed beneath the upper part of his shirt, and a third tied round his neck. The prisoner, who gave a very unsatisfactory account of himself, was committed for six weeks to the House of Correction. James Williamsand Henry Ewbank were charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief from the pocket of John Goding, 50, Castle-street, Oxford-market. The prisoners, while at Chalk Farm, were for some time standing behind the prosecutor, from whose coat pocket Williams took the handkerchief and passed it to his companion,Ewbank.—They were committed for trial. LAMBETH. Janus Spernmore, a middle-aged man, of rather re spectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Elliott, for final examination, on various charges of obtaining property, but particularly boots, by false representations. The prisoner it appeared, by making inquiries in the neighbourhood, obtained the names of several gentlemen engaged in the middle of the day in the City ; and when they were from home he called upon the servants, and giving the name of some bootmaker, represented that he had been sent for the boots to have them made water proof. By this means he managed to get, some hundreds of pairs of bouts from servants in all the outlets of London, but was at length apprehended at Camberwell, with two pair of boots in his possession, which he had just obtained. He was committed for trial on six clear cases, these being considered quite sufficient to transport him. THAMES. Thomas Cole, a tall young man, who belongs to a Whitechapel gang of thieves, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with breaking and entering the dwell ing-house of Mr. George Frederick Williams, an officer belonging to the West India Dock, and stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel and other property. It appeared from the evidence, that Mr. Williams and his family left home at half-past seven o'clock on Monday evening, and requested Mrs Brown, a neigh bour, to look after the baby, which was left in its cradle, during their absence. Soon after nine o'clock Mrs. Brown was going towards the house, No. 1, George street, Limehouse- fields, when she saw a light in the front room up stairs. She put the key in the street door, and the light was immediately extinguished. The, woman called a young man, her nephew, to her assist ance, and directly they entered the house they heard a, noise up stairs and a jump. They called Mr. Williams,' and Mr. Knight, his father-in-law, by name, but neither dfAhem answered; and concluding there was a thief in tiff house, made all the haste they could into the first floor back room, where they saw a tall Window.resernbng the prisoner, making: his escape by the Before they could seize him, he jumped into the yard befo re scaled a wall, and got into a garden at . the rear of the . adjoining premises. An alarm was raised, and the ins habitants were soon on the alert, an , d formed a cordoa so as to prevent the thief escaping. The fellow got over several walls, and after being pursued for some time he found his way into the yard at the back of the house, No. 1, Catherine-street, inhabited by Mr. Marshall, an East India Company's messenger. Mr. Marshall was seated in his parlour, when he heard his dog barking in the back kitchen, and fearing an attempt was being made to enter his dweliing. he went into the yard, and was informed by his neighbours that there was a thief secreted there. Mr. Marshall procured a light, and upon opening the door of a privy, found the prisoner there. He seized the prisoner, and detained him until the police arrived. Re had on two coats, which were the property of Mr. Williams, and had been stolen from his le else. A silk handkerchief and a money-box also belonging to the prosecutor, was found in his pockets. Two silk handkerchiefs which he had stolen were taken off his neck. Overton and Prescott, policemen of the K division, Nos. 43 and 75, afterwards proceeded to Mr. Williams's house, and found it in a state of great confu sion. Everything had been disturbed, and several boxes and drawers ransacked, and the contents removed. Se veral bundles containing wearing apparel, linen, and silk dresses were found both in the upper and lower rooms, ready to ba taken away, and if the thief had not been so opportunely disturbed, he would have carried off a rich booty. The prisoner's boots were fitted to the foot-marks in the grass and gardens he had passed over in his retreat, and they corresponded exactly. A police man named James O'Connor afterwards made a farther search, and discovered ten skeleton keys in the soil of WANDS WORTH. Mr. Henry Knill, the contractor for the Richmond Railway, charged Charles Harris, one of the drivers, with negligent driving, and thereby injuring two horses, his property. It appeared from the evidene3 given by Thomas Cook, another driver, that about half past six ocleFic that morning he saw the prisoner, who had charge of a long train of empty carter waggons drawn by two hones, go behind the waggons, and the consequence was that the horses went off the " fatter," or roadway, and were only prevented falling down the embankment Ly b Ing held up by their collars. To prevent the animals being stran gled, however, it was necessary to cut the harnes:4, are then they fell about sixteen feat, injuring iheznAlves very much. had the prisoner not left the head of his horses the accident could not harp oe.:tirt , e,l, The prisoner treated the afriiir very lightly, and said the accident arose from the many waegons being attached, and the horses in straining themselves got off the line. Mr. CLIVE said his only wonder was how such great works could be carried on when so much dependence was obliged to he placed in such a careless, abusive set of men as wore invariably to be niet with on new railway lines. The contractor had kindly pressed fur no punish ment, otherwise he would have convicted the prisoner in the full fine of 40s.—The prisoner was then discharged, Mr. Knill afterwards charged a lad named John West, about sixteen years of age, with the following miscon duct f The contractor stated, that about half-past eight o'clock that morning, he saw the prisoner with one (,f the railway barrows, running a quantity of gravel into a ditch, and as it approached the edge, another boy " spragged" the wheel, that is, inserted a log of wood between the spokes, which caused the barrow to tip, as the trucks do on the line. By this amusement he had had between thirty and forty harrows destroyed ; and as he found this lad was much older than those who were with him, he gave him into custody. Mr. Kniil said he had no desire to press for a conviction, as he thought that his being apprehended would be a sufficient punishment. Mr. CLIVE told the lad he was very fortunate this time, and trusted that would be a caution to him. IREL AND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, APRIL 13.—1 n consequence of the return from London of the principal repeal Members the pro ceedings at Conciliation Hall to-day were advertised to be of more than ordinary importance. The " hall" was crowded to suffocation—number , having left despairing of obtaining even standing room. At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, in full corporate attire, and attended by his officers, upon the motion of Mr. O'Connell, took the chair. His LORDSHIP said he considered that the honour conferred on him was one of no ordinary character, as it was a time when they were threatened with a Coercion Bill, or rather, he should say, the suspension of thecon stitution.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was happy to say that he had very little apprehension about this horrible Bill passing, for they had no less than thirty five patriotic Members of Parliament working under that great and good man Mr. O'Connell, in opposition to it, who was in himself sufficient to prevent its passing.-- (Hear, hear.) " Separation" was also a cry in the mouths of the enemies of Ireland; but they never wanted separation or anything but justice, and he be lieved that whilst the Liberator lived—and it should be the prayer of every man that his life should be prolonged until at least repeal was obtained—there would not be separation ; for he believed in his heart that Ireland would fall back 300 years if he was lost to her suns.— (Hear, hear.) With the blessing of God, his precious life would be protracted until justice was obtained, and nothing was justice but repeal.—(Lot:d cheers.) Mr. RAY having read the minutes of last week's pro ceedings, Mr. O'CONNELL handed in several sums of money, the subscriptions of himself, and relatives and friends, after which, Mr. J. M. NPDONNELL, the newly elected Member for the county Mayo, rose and addressed the meeting. Mr. O'CONNELL said he supposed his friends ex- peeled that he would make a speech, and if they did they would not be disappointed, as he had, in fact, come from England solely for that purpose—for the purpose of having his voice echoed in the Irish Na tional Hall, and sent through the land—through the entire nation, which was awaiting the crisis of affairs (Hear)—at that moment with an anxious eye.—(Cheers). They had arrived at a period of extraordinary and anti cipatory results for either good or evil ; he (Mr. O'Con nell) trusted for good.—(Hear.) He came to tell the Irish people to be peaceable and tranquil—he came not to check or control the public spirit—he came not to suggest the insinuations of a desponding spirit, for he knew of no despair ; as long as the people were true to themselves so long their country was in a fair way of success. As long as the people were peaceable and quiet, justice should be done--for 8,000,000 people never asked for relief in vain. —(Cheers.) " Peace and perseverance," and failure was impossible. If the peo ple were but true, Irishmen should succeed. — (Great applause.) Having made these preliminary ob servations, the first topic which presented itself to his mind was the . state of the country as to famine and dis ease. There was great difference of opinion on this sub ject, which was the subject, above all others, of vital importance: It was the subject which induced him to go to London, in order to work, by some means or other, a remedy, so as to prevent his fellow-country men from dying on the roadsides by starvation • to save them from a visitation which, he hoped, was but short and transitory ; for he was confident that the all powerful Being who watched over Ireland and all the world would not let a faithful people continue to suffer beyond their capacity for endurance. He (Mr. O'Con nell) brought- them befbre the House ; he showed the spreading nature of the calamity, and he met a response in almost every quarter. He found a ready compliance with his wishes from the Government itself. .He gave Sir R. Peel credit, and he was willing to allow him the merit he deserved; he gave the Government credit for their endeavour_ to relieve Ireland at the present crisis. —(Hear, hear.) He was convinced if Sir R. Peel had succeeded as he ought, more efficient relief would alrealy have been given. The famine would have been already anticipated and prevented; but while he gave the Govern ment credit for sincerity in their design in this respect, he did not consider that they had done all they ought to have done; bat they had done much, and what they had done would have been more valuable, but for the mode in which it was administered in this country. He did not like Lard Heytesbury ; he was a most unfit man to be in this country at that moment. He disliked him for his tediousness in giving to the people of Ireland the re lief afforded by the Government.—(Hear.) He believed he would rather issue an Ai/natant than a hag of meal —(Hear, and laughter.) Nothing but relief, permanent sad immediate, would save Ireland, but let not the peopl e be guilty of any violence whatever in this period of famine; nothing could be more absurd awe the practice of stopping the transit of provisions.—(Hear.) Let the people meet and raise their voice too loud to be misconceived or neglected at the Castle, and if not lis tened to there, let them apply at St. James's—(Hear, hear)—let them send a memorial to the Ministry, and let them petition the Queen to remove Lord Heytes bury, and to send over a man that will work out what the Ministry intended for the relief of Ireland. — (Cheers.) The next thing he had to call the attention of the meeting to was the Coercion Bill.—(Groans and hisses.) It deserved to be groaned at. It was exceed iugly criminal in its nature. Only let them think of the idea of any Government to make this a perpetual law. He exclaimed against it.—(Cheers.) He de nounced it as a permanent law in the newspapers. The Go vernment said nothing; but yet they removed the perma nent clause, and made it only to endure for a year. But he e did not want it for a year—(Cheers)—and he de spised the wretch who consented to endure it for a day, or even an hour—to be a slave to any law of that k t in ll e —(Loud cheers.) There was never anything so totally mistaken as this Coercion Bill. The fact was, shocked i they were were committed, they all knew ; t fyine- them. trated.—(Hear, hear.) at the assassinations and e m re ur w d Th man should be board to jus- Heaven forbid that any oright to Spill the blood of • his tify them. aeasrnsdnotnjauts N i vere e Perile genhheas who n did so raised the red arm of e d te b r r n o a u l g v h en t g o e n a h n i c tn e himself the he an punishment fe 1 (; c ud's lo w - y m e vengeance :: n r e d e man over a n h d i him, at the murders which had been committed, hear) —but whilst he spoke in the accents :f nd hor w r h or whilst he denounced them as outrages against everything human and divine, he did not forget that there were murderers that went unpunished.—(Hear, hear.) He alluded to the clearance syAem—the turning out of the naked, the unfed, and unclothed poor of Ire land.—(Hear, hear, and hisses.) Oh, he did not know of what materials they were comp sed who could read those accounts in the newspapers without being depres•ed in heart at such a sate of misery—the little children wailing in their mother's arms, and saying—" Why don't you take us home ?" Oh, that home was pros trated around them, and the wretched mothers have no home for their beloved children but their shelterless arms. Oh, they were monsters who could rejoice at such a scene. He trusted that England was beginning to understand the true state of Ireland. —(Cheers.) Lord Devon's Committee had put its true condition on record, and had made a strong impres sion on the !louse of Commons.—(Cla ere.) How long that impression would last ho (Mr. O'Connell) knew not, but while he repeated the words of Lord Levan, and when he found in the words of that Commission—that the people of Ireland were badly housed, clothed, and fed, he would raise his voice in their behalf.—(Cheer:.) Their sufferings were more than those of any other nation in the civilized world. They had been hitherto successful against the Coercion Bill, and the Ministers had been unable to succeed in the fiat teadinz.— (Hear, and cheers.) Just let them observe how the Coercion Bill was brought into the House of Com mons from the House of Lords. The House of Com mons, with few exceptions, agr, ed in the impropriety of introducing such a Bill, to inflict coercion on the people of Ireland, instead of giving them bread.—(Cheers.) They were offering them a stone in lieu of bread, and for a fish they gave them a serpent.-- (Hear, hear.) They would not, however, receive them in the language of the serpent ; but if it was true, as he took it that it was—that there was, no proof before the House of Lords further than was put before the Com- COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 15. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court did not sit till half-past one o'clock, in consequence of the Judges and the Queen's Counsel having breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his pri vate residence, from which they afterwards w.nt in pro cession to Westminster Hall. HENNIKER V. JONES. This case was tried at the late Monmouth assizes, before Mr. Baron Platt and a special jury, when a ver• diet was returned for the defendant on the second issue. Mr. WHiTELY now moved for a rule nisi, calling on the defendant to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and entered for the plaintiff with damages 70/. It appeared that this action was one of assumpsit on a contract, by which the defendant engaged to deliver to the plaintiff, at Newport, from 150 to 200 sacks of first flour from Baltimore, in Ireland, at 375. 3d. a sack. Their LORDSHIPS were of opinion that sufficient grounds had not been shown why they should grant a rule in the terms moved for—that the verdict should be set aside—but would grant it for a nonsuit. The remainder of the day was occupied with motions of no public interest. SECONDARIES COURT, Aprills. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) SMITH V. WILSON AND OTHERS. This was an inquiry to assess damage for trespass and illegal distraint. The plaintiff is a wadding manufacturer in Minto-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey. The defend ant, Wilson, was the landlord of the premises occupied by the plaintiff. Sergeant WILKINS stated the case, whereby it ap peared that the plaintiff had laid out between eight and nine hnndred pounds on improvements of the premises, but a dispute arising, Wilson put in a distress for 1251. for rent of a portion of the premises, and all the property was seized and sold for 9/. by the condemning brokers, who were not licensed auctioneers. Smith. father of the plaintiff, was called, and proved that he took the premises, on an agreement for a lease, in November, 1840. and then laid out 700/. or 800/. on the premises, which he afterwards let to his son. When the goods were taken away witnesses took an in ventory, and valued them at 701. Witness said he would buy them at the condemned price, but the broker, Nix (one of the defendants), said he should not say what it was, and it was no use attending the sale, for there would be brokers to run the price up. Cross-examined by Mr. HUMPHRIES—Had not paid any rent to Wilson, but it was deposited with a Mr. King, to be paid to Wilson when he executed a lease, but the attorneys could not agree upon the covenants. King was in the habit of discounting for witness, and deducted the amount for the rent. King had advanced 700/. on a mortgage of the machinery. Witness had given up the business and machinery to his son, but there was no deed executed. Did not claim the pro perty as his own. Became bankrupt in 1844, and King was dead. There had been five other distresses put in, and an action had been brought and a verdict given against King, who was also bankrupt before he died. Other witnesses were called, who proved that the busi ness done at the time of the seizure was 4,000/. or 5,000/. a year, and the net profit 1,000/. Mr. HUMPHRIES addressed the jury for the defendants, and said that there could be no question that the rent was due, but in consequence of a technical point no de fence could be made—it would be seen that the agree ment for the lease extended to one portion of the pro perty, and that connected with the other was the right to use a flue which was called in law an " incorporeal heriditament," which would not pass under the agree ment, but required a proper deed, duly signed and sealed. He considered, howeve r, that the justice of the case would be met by very small damages, and that the plaintiff was not entitled to anything for the loss of premises which he was holding without the payment of rent. The SECONDARY having summed up, The jury asked for the inventory, and then gave a verdict for 251., for the furniture taken, and One Farthing damages. ROLL'S COURT, April 15. This being the first day of term, Lord LANGDALE sat at Westminster at half-past one o'clock. TAYLOR V. WILD. Mr. KINDERSLEY applied for an order for the post ponement of the hearing of this case. This cause came on originally as an exception to the Master's report. A bill had been filed by the plaintiff against the husband's trustees for the purpose of obtain ing the benefit of certain proceedings that had taken place. His Lordship had made an order overruling the Master's decision. In the meantime an application was made that the bill might be taken pro confesso, and his Lordship ordered the cause to stand over till the result of that application should be known. That bill had been dismissed with costs, and notice of motion had been given by the defendant Wild. There being no objection on the other side, the order was granted. There were several other motions to the sa me e ffect, none of which possessed any public interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Aprills. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court did not sit till half-past one o'clock, at which time there was a very full muster of the learned gentlemen who usually practice in this Court. WRIGHT V. BA SKERTILLE. Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a rule to show cause why a verdict obtained in this case, tried before Mr. Justice Erie in the sittings after last term, should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered, or a verdict given, to the defendant on the two issues. In the trial a verdict had been given for the plaintiff—damages, 403. The action was brought on the allegation of a nuisance created by the defendant by smoke, generated through certain chimneys which he had erected. The present applica tion for a rule was made by consent, arising out of cer tain objections taken at the close of the trial. The de fendant sought the reversal of the verdict on three grounds—first, that the defendant did not light the fires that gave out the offensive smoke; second, that the de• fendant at the time was not possessed of the property of which complaint was made , ha vin g demised it to other parties ; and third, that the smoke arose from chimneys of low houses, contiguous to the dwelling house of the plaintiff, and not from any obnoxious trade or workshop; thejefore that he had the right to the use of the atmos phere for the purpo , e of carrying off his smoke in common with his neighbours.—Rule to show cause granted. JARDINE V. SHERIDAN. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL moved for a rule to show cause why a new suit should not be entered, and a new trial granted in this case. The plaintiff had been nonsuited in last term, from a material witness not forthcoming when the case was called on for trial. The action was for work and labour done by the plaintiff, for the defendant, in collecting data from official documents, respecting the importation of coals and other merchandise, into the port of London, with the barges employed, in order to furnish materials on which to found a new company. The affidavits set forth that the defendant had been guilty of great irre gularities, and had been the means of keeping away the material witness to the plaintiff's case, by which he had been nonsuited.—Rule granted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) The April adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell• green. The calendar is lighter than usual, containing only the names of fifty three prisoners for trial, of whom forty were committed charged with-felony. The Learned JUDGE briefly charged the grand jury, after which they proceeded to discharge their duty. ROBBERY OF UNFINISHED HOUSES.— Daniel Green, aged 27, with Henry Kite, aged 30, were indicted for stealing a quantity of lead, the property of Charles Watkins. The police, in consequence of information which they had received upon the 3d of April, followed the pri soners to the neighbourhood of Twickenham, and, upon Overtaking them, challenged them respecting a sack which they were carrying, and which proved, upon examination, to contain a quantity of lead. Being ten able to give a satisfactory account of the way in which it came into their possession, they were taken into cus tody upon suspicion of stealing it. They made consider able resistance, and the officers were compelled ultimately to carry them to the station-house in a cart. The lead was evidently, as was represented, torn from the roofs of some new buildings in the vicinity of Twickenham. The jury found the prisoner Daniel Green Guilty, and Acquitted Kite. The Learned JUDGE inquired of the police whether Green was known at all to them ? The officer said that Kite was about the worst cha racter in the whole parish, and that Green was his cor.- stant companion. The Learned JUDGE cautioned Kite of the conse quences to himself if he ever came there again, and se ntenced Daniel Green to imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction for six calendar months. These robberies from unfinished houses appear on the increase, and the Court both at the last and present session have made some strong examples of prisoners convicted of this offence. SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. FRESHFIELD strates , Chairman, and a full Bench of Magi.) MR. JOHN CURLING V. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE IM PROVEMENT OF BERMONDSEY PARISH. This was an appeal made on Tuesday to an award made by the Commissioners, under an Act of Parliament, the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 177, entitled "An Act for Improving the Parish of Bermondsey," as compensation for the loss of his situation by the appellant, as clerk to what was called the waterside trust or division of the mons, it was surprising that a Bill should be so hastily passed through that House (the House of Lords). When he came to the Commons, what was the fist step he found was taken ? By the standing orders of that House the Bill could not be read that day.—(Hear.) Well, what did tlie Minister do ? He got a majority of the House, which he always had at hand, to trample on the standing orders—(llis'ses)—in the same manner as everything in favour of Ireland is trampled on (Groans and hisses)— and what had he done then ? It was the habit of the English Parliament to give the Easter season a vecation from the Good Friday to the Monday week after Easter-day. Well, he (Sir Ro bert Peel) had decided on shortening that period by three days. He had trampled on the old practice, and forced them to go back at the end of a wPck, instead of eleven days, which was the usual period. —(Renewed hisses.) Let them mark well what the Prime Minister was doing for England ; he would, how ever, do him credit for anything he did which deserved. it : he thought he had acted nobly as regarded the Corn Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He had then a mejerity of 9(1 in the House, and as long us he chose to be an enemy to Ireland he Wtl.3 sate in acting w such. If he chore to have continued in the ni'eloritv at that crisis, he could have done so. He (Mr. O'Connell), ttias not his friend, and they had h;.ra ranged amongst his political foes. He had behaved nobly in that and! in other respects—(Hear, hear)—but he would divide with him on every question, and he would still tell. him that he felt a heart-felt gratitude towards him for. what he had done in behalf of the people of Ireland.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Peel was doing what vvouldl give food awl employment for England; but what was he doirg for Ireland? He was giving her a Coercion: Bill—(Hear)—in fact, the two Bills for the two coun tries were struggling against one another, and clash ine;; inasmuch as he had fixed a day for the Corn Bill, which interrupted the progress of the Irish measure until the month of June, when, with the blessing of God, it would be successfully opposed.—(" Hear," and cheers.) If they had an Irish Parliament, would any other people be comparable with the Irish?—would a. Coercion Bill be necessary?—would a Coercion Bill bea passed when people were starving? Certainly net. (Hear, hear.) The measure of the Minister reminded him (Mr. O'Connell) of a story of a friend of his, who had two sons, one of whom he loved, and the other of whom, the best of the two, he cared little about.—(Hear, hear.) This lad, to revenge himself, used to sing a song e and the chorus ran thus : " White bread for Kit, Brown bread for Mat." —(Cheers and laughter)—which put him very much in mind of Sir Robert Peel, who wanted to starve and im prison the Irish at the expense of the English.—(Hear,. hear.) However, he would take care that the Irish should also get a white loaf —(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) lie (Mr. O'Connell) wished to appeal to the Irish people on another subject—the subject of assassi nation, and particularly to the case of Mr. Carrick, of the county Clare.—(Hear, hear.) He had lately alluded to this horrible murder in the Heuse of Commons, and referred to some particulars he had heard concerning it, which had drawn forth a letter from Mr Creagh, of Great Charles-street, in contradiction of some of his assertions. Now he wished to state that he put forward no fault against Mr. Carrick, upon his own authority, but merely read a statement from a Clare newspaper, and he had nothing to say for its accuracy ; in fact, he said nothing from his own knowledge, and he never there or elsewhere attempted to paliate the awful crime of murder under any circumstance; although, if he thought proper, he could refer to at least twenty letters which fully bore it out.—(Loud cheers.) Ile had also been attacked by Mr. Ryan—" his faithful friend "—but he would say nothing about him.—(" Hear," and laughter.) No landlord crime could palliate assassination ; and if he had any influence with the people of Ireland—and he believed he had—he would appeal to every miscreant murderer in the country (and he was sure there were but few such characters) to abstain from crime. —(Hear.) He would warn every honest man in the country against illegal societies and secret oaths, for no one should belong to a secret assembly—as nothing secret was ever good—and secrecy was always a forerunner of crime. —(Loud cheers.) Before the emancipation, he (Mr. O'Connell) preached against those bodies, and said they were the only obstacles to his obtain ing justice for Roman Catholics ; and he then believed the Ribbon Society, and other such societies, were the chief obstacles in the way of repeal.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman concluded by again calling on the people of Ireland to be peaceable, assuring them that the Coercion Bill before Parliament would never pass, and that he hoped and believed he would live to see the Parliament yet sitting in College-green. Messrs. Maher, John O'Connell, Grattan O'Brien, &c., Flaving addressed the meeting, at five o'clock, the rent for the week was announced to be 2001., and the assembly adjourned to next Monday, a vote of thanks having. been previously passed to the Lord Mayor for presiding MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORM EXCHANGE. Since Monday the receipts of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, as well as by land carriage and sample, have been on a very moderate scale ; yet, although the shim' of that article was limited, the demand was inactive, at blrely, but nothing quotable beneath, previous currencies. Very little free Foreign Wheat was on offer. Selected_ parcels of both Red and White were in fair re quest. In other kinds comparatively little was doing. Bonded Grain was a mere drug, and almost nominal in v a lue.. Malting Barley sold steadily, other kinds slowly at late . rates. The supply of Malt was small, yet the Malt trade was. heavy at unaltered currencies. Oats, Beans, Peas, and- Flour, the supplies of which were comparatively limited, were! inactive, yet prices were supported. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. English ...... 3,190 qrs. 2,110 qrs. Irish .. - - Oats 1 Flour. 3,320 qrs. 1,280 ski. 660 2,930 Foreign Malt, 3,810 ore: WHITECHAPEXI. The supply of Meat on sale was by no means extensive, yet the general demand ruled heavy at late rates :-- Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5% 8d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Blbs by the carcase. DISCOVERY OE SOVEREIGNS IN THE REGENT'S PARIC" —On Tuesday mottling, at an early hour, James Walker, t 5 poor man who obtains a living by letting out donkeys for children to ride, in the Regent's-park, whilst driving donkey, observed a sovereign in the horse-road, opposite Macclesfield-bridge. He picked it up, and a few feet further he found another ene, and, by the time he arrived at the Zoological Gardens he had found twenty-seven. 'They are supposed to have dropped out of th e t rowsers pocket ei e, some gentleman, whilst riding on horseback the evening before. EXPORT or HORSES.—Twenty-six useful mares sf l4 geldings were shipped on Sat day last by Mr. Ribv Nichol -- son, from the White Horse n stable s , per t h e R o b Roy" Captain Knocker, for Hambur h. Twenty ma re s an d geld" r l i ings, purchased in the met politan m ar k e t s, b y M . Von Sachs, of Berlin, and brought o Hull on Friday last by the London steamer, were re shipped on Tuesday from Smith Black Horse stables on board the Leeds, Captain Mowle, f or Hamburgh. Two entire horses, two mares, and two gelding s , selected by Mr. Scholefield, o f F ax fl eet, f or M r. S traus , of Vienna, were also shipped from the Paragon stables, per the Rob Roy, for Hamburgh.—Hell Packet. SEAMEN OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—AS anothe r proof of the great demand at present existing for seamen i n the merchant service out of this port, the boarders at the Sailors' Home (where from 100 to 200 men are usuall). living), who have only a few days returned from long foreign voyages, are actually engaged by captains to ship 80 1 1 : before they have received their wages from the last vesse. _ This increased demand has had the effect of raising their wages, and 21. 15s. per month is now paying fur Quebec voyages. STONE v. WOOD.—Newgate• street, which has been blocked up for nearly a fortnight, was on Tuesday thrown ope n , to the public, It has throughout been paved with square s of new granite, placed on their edges, in the same stile s s ; Ludgate• hill and Blackfria rs - bridge, in lieu of the blocks (3,' wood. The first vehicles which passed along the new-paveu way formed the City procession to Christ's Hoe; ? Lal. [ A DV ERTISEMENT.]—ALL HEAVY, SLEEPY, Ihto - W O9 AND APOPLECTIC SYMPTOMS IMMEDIATELY 'REMOVED BY Ral e : WAY'S PlLLS.—There is often much danger to be apprehended /It; attacks of paralysis or apoplexy, whenever any of the foreg' a t symptoms hang about the system for any length of time. Such - state of things Indicates much derangement of the stomach and liver' and clearly demonstrates a great want of purity in the blool Wo e ; this is the case, not a moment should be lest in taking a few stro p , doses of these celebrated pills, which so thoroughly cleanse 1,,r bowels and stomach, while they act upon the liver and et,` at or ;ans. and thus restore the blood to Its pristine purity.—sold Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, S!rand, London, and w all medicine sellers throughout the civilised world. _.....A BIRTHS, On the 11th inst., at Earl's terrace, Kensington, Mrs. P btt , Parkinson, of a son.. On the 12th inst., at Highfield, Exmouth, the lady of 89'. Cole Cole, Esq., of a son. B r an' On the 12th inst., in Hyd e - park-square, Mrs. Henry dreth, of a son. On the 12th inst., in Arlington-street, the wife of D i e pli Staahope Illingworth, Esq., of a daughter. - • MARRIED.• On Tuesday, at St. G eorge ' s, H anover - square ,;y4e B eg : W. H. Dickinson, M r . J ames C o lli ns , o f Norrf, Sherbet:lr v , lane, to R.salia Albertini, eldest daughter of the J!„ Nicomede Albertini Arnati, Esq., Prof essor o f M o d e rn Lite r ' ture to Winchester College. • On the 9th inst., at Pannall, Yorkshire, John C a ss Pr ki of 'haw, Esq., C.E., of York, to Frances, youngest daughter the late J. Thackwray, Esq., of Harrogate. to On the 11th inst., at Bright on , Ed war d Barry, „ Mary Ann, widow of Mr. David Masterton. DIED. are? On the 12th inst., a t the Hanover Hotel, Hanover • j o y( the Right Hon. L a dy Eli za b et h M urray M acgreg or, 031 "" of the late Sir Evan John Murray Macgregor, Bart. ck" On the 31st ult., a t P ar i s , M rs . A nn P o ll ar d, l a te of Ilia man-street, Suth w , i ark. „ Aca r4 On the sth i o nst.n Barboume-terrace, Worcester, D u " Lloyd, Esq., Mayor of the city of Worcester. On the sth ult., at Monymusk, Jamaica, Edward Sy O3 P Esq., late of the Royal Navy.' pat On the Bth inst., Margaret, the wife of William Esq., the Larches, near Birmingham. oe.4' On the Bth inst., Mr. John Barnes, of the Howe, near wick, Cumberland, aged 89. On the 11th inst, at Hastings, William Thorpe, Esq.,; i teri On the 11th inst., Lucy Elizaeth, wife of William K° of Craven -street, Strand. rret On the 1 lth inst., John Gale, Esq., of Upper Tooting, wuf On the 11th inst., at Herne-hill, Henry Kidd Jones , late of the Board of Control. On the llth inst., at Brighton, John Scott, Esq. of On the 11th inst., Henry Albert Frank, the infant son On the Rev. Augustus James Tharp, Vicar of ChipPen' Cambridgeshire. On the 12th inst., at Reading, Mr. H. C. 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