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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Subjoined is a resolution adopted by the benchers of the Inner Temple, and by them recommended to those of the other inns of court, for the sake of equa- lizing the couditions to be fulfilled by all sects of his Majesty's subjects before they can be called to the bar. Under the existing regulations graduates of the Eng- lish Universities, and of Dublin, may be called to the bar after keeping 12 terms, whereas persons who have not enjoyed that advantage must attended two years, or eight terms, in addition. A similar rule has been laid down by the College of Physicians, and has operated in the same manner against the attainment of the degree of M.D. by persons who have not been at an English or Irish University. This exception in favour of graduates, to the exclusion of all other parties from an equal facility of admission to such of the learned professions as are open to laymen, was a great subject of complaint which the Eng lish Dissenters last year made to Parliament. But by the form of the Dissenters' petition, the blame was thrown upon the Universities, which imposed a religious test, without the slightest reference to the after-destination of the student, instead of on the heads of the law and medical professions, which had esta blished partial rules in favour of the aristocracy of the church of England. Now, it would at all times have given us satisfaction to see the power of graduating opened to Dissenters from the church of England, and we never hesitated to declare as much, adding, that so far as a mere degree was concerned, the grave alarms expressed upon the subject appeared to our minds an -unnecessary bugbear. But the Dissenters would not have been satisfied with the right of graduating. They avowed in their petitions that not University honours alone, but all the rights, privileges, progressive ranks, offices, and powers accessible to laymen of the Church of England, and to them confined by the original sta tutes of the University and its several colleges, should be likewise open to Dissenters from her doctrines; in other words, that effective authority over those great eclesi astical institutions should be exercised by strangers to their religious principles, and men jealous of the pros perity of the church for the promulgation of whose doctrines they had been founded. We repeat, that had our dissenting brethren aimed at nothing more than the right of graduating, and been contented with a certificate of that single fact, we never saw any reason able ground for rejecting such a pretension. tut they insisted, some expressly, and all by necessary implica tion, on fellowships, on tutorships,on collegiate offices, which would have placed both funds and church pa tronage at their disposal, thus diverting property from its lawful and recognized ends. They sought, in fact, what would have amounted to a share in the general government of the education and property of the Uni versities, parcel as they are of the church of England —a concession which we suppose was never made to its avowed enemies by any church or any sect in Christendom. All must remember that the obstruc tion experienced by Dissenters seeking to practise as physicians or at the bar, because of their not being able to produce testimonials of having graduated at either University, was a grievance of which they most loudly complained. Yet the Dissenters must have known that this grievance was rather nominal than real—nay, that it was in some respects au advantage, because the Cambridge graduate could not avail him self of the pri v il ege resu lti ng f rom a d egree either in arts or physic, till the whole amount of time consumed an his passage either to the English bar or to the ho nours of the medical college exceeded by at least two years the time required by the candidate who had never spent a day within the academical precincts of Cambridge or Oxford. Such being the real state of the case, we can hardly hope that by the removal of the grievance as now meditated in the resolution ad verted to above, the murmurs of the complainants will be silenced. One point will, however, be gained. The complainants must speak out ; they must avow that they not only seek to be relieved from the alleged clog upon their success in life, but that they must be re lieved in the way and by the identical process which they themselves chalked out, or some among them will give the Universities and Parliament no respite. This is nothing new. It is not the first time by many that when men ask for relief the real object of their appli cation is power—power over other men's interests, actions, and possessions. There is a difference suffi ciently glaring between the principle on which the Dissenters have pressed for a release from the inter meddling of the Church of England with their mar riages, births, or other domestic occurrences, and that of their claim to meddle with the Church in its most unquestionable and unobtrusive attributes. Why can not they endow a University for themselves, and then ask the Crown for a charter, and Parliament for a law of incorporation ? We do not know that any efficacious resistance to such a purpose need be dreaded by the Dissenting body, at least on the part of the Legis lature, and with any other they need not concern themselves much. But, at all events, the alleged evil, viz., the loss of time incurred by Dissenters in preparing for legal and medical practice, is now about tr be got rid of. So far as regards their professions, they will be en an equal footing with members of the Established Church, and that without the trouble or - uncertainty of an intervention by Parliament. How far the two learned professions affected by this change may be raised by it in public estimation, we vouch not ; but looking about us, we certainly see no reason for supposing that any loss of reputation will be the consequence of the change. Some of the highest names in legal and medical science, both in past and present times, are totally unconnected with Cambridge or Oxford, though either of those Universities would have been proud of their fame. We will not mention living persons, but what academic names are more ce lebrated than those of Hardwick and Romilly, of Mead and Babington ? We should have no fear, there fore, that the professions of law and medicine would cease to exhibit great and shining lights; but one result is evident (the importance of which we do not presume to exactly estimate) viz., that there will henceforth be no pressing or definite motive to send any candidate for the bar or for medical practice to the University— none but a conviction of the general advantages de rivable by every English gentleman who can appreciate them, from that mixture of science, scholarship, early intellectual conflict, and social tastes, habits, and ac complishments, of which; taken as a whole, and with numerous drawbacks, the civilized world presents no similar opportunity or example. " INNS OF COURT AND UNIVERSITIES. The Benchers of the Inner Temple (on the motion of the present Attorney-General) lately passed the following reso lutions : " That it is expedient that it be proposed to the other societies, that so much of the Bench regulation of the 22d of June, 1798, as exempts members of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin from the deposit of 1001., prior to keeping terms, be rescinded. " And also, that it be proposed to the other societies, that all persons of the full age of twenty-four years and upwards be admitted to the bar, after keeping twelve terms, provided .during five years immediately prior to the call they bad not been in any trade or business, and in all other respects be entitled to be called to the bar, according to the existing usages, orders, and regulations of the several Inns of Court. " rdered, that the above proposals be submitted to each of the other Inns of Court ; and that they be requested to depute three or more of their bench to meet in the Parliament Cham ber of this Society on Thursday, the . 29th of January, at three o'clock precisely, to take the same into consideration, with a view to their being adopted by the four Inns of Court." —(Times.) In our paper of yesterday, on the subject of Church Reform, one of the most important subjects that en gages public attention at present, we contended for the abolition of sinecures, as an essential part of a full and efficient measure for the purification of the Church Establishment, and the promotion of the interests of true religion. We referred then to the efforts made by Bishop Burnet, in the reign of William 111., to bring about a reform of the Church, which exposed him to much obloquy, and caused him to fall under the suspi cion of being engaged in a treacherous design to work the downfall of that Establishment, whose foundations he was endeavouring to strengthen, by clearing away the abuses which served as a cover to the real enemies who undennined its security. It would have been well for the Church if Bishop Burnet's timely warning had then been attended to, and the interests of " religion, pure and undefiled," been secured against the injurious influence of corrupt patronage, and the temptations of worldly cupidity and ambition. In a memorial which the Learned Prelate addressed to the King in the year 1696, we find the following passages, which, although a century and a half have nearly passed away since, are about as applicable to the state of the Church as they were at that time : " The condition of many livings in this kingdom is most mi serable. Many have not twenty pounds, and in some places ! three of them put together do not amount to forty pounds a year, which is the case in Wales at the present day. A poor clergyman may be scandalous, but he must be contemptible. and ignorant. To this, in a great measure, we owe the, Atheism and impiety, the sects and divisions that are spread over the nation. " It would be a noble demonstration, both of zeal for the, honour of God and religion, and affection for the Church of England, if the King would appropriate this revenue to the raising of the livings in this nation to some just proportion,. beginning at those in Corporations and those within the, King's gift, but not excluding others, upon condition that the, King shall have his turn in presenting, in proportion to the augmentation that shall be made by this provision. A Corpo ration might be settled, as was the case from the reign of Queen Elizabeth down to that of Charles 1., with power to re ceive the gifts of charitable persons to the same pious end ; and all Bishops, Deans, and Chapters, might be obliged to pay towards it a fourth or fifth of every fine they received." • Bishop Burnet wished to - have the maxim practi cally recognized in the spiritual vineyard, which says that the " labourer is worthy of his hire." He saw, and was afflicted to see, the great inequality which ex isted, as to a large proportion of the working Clergy, between the labour to be performed and the remunera tion received. By obtaining the Act for the establish ment of the Board of First Fruits, he was the means of procuring the augmentation of a certain portion of the small livings ; but, as we remarked yesterday, the operation of this remedial plan was on too limited a scale to produce any general or extensive effect. We have seen that his attempt to make an adequate pro vision for poor incumbents, by annexing the prebendal stalls of cathedrals to their livings, was unsuccessful, in consequence of the opposition which it m,et with in the Church itself. If we recollect right, the late Ministers gave a stall in Westminster to the Bishop of Hereford, brother to Lord Grey. They could not find any poor and hard-working clergyman in England de serving of it. There was no " piety and learning" undignified by a mitre, unenriched by pontifical reve nues, on which—Reformers as they were—they felt themselves bound in conscience to bestow it. So, in general, have the sinecures of the Church been always disposed of. They are made the reward of political connection—not of professional merit. Objecting,. as we do, to all sinecures on principle, this appropriation of them, in the great majority of instances, to those who least need or least deserve them, gives additional force to our argument for their abolition. Against pluralities Bishop Burnet set his face, and would only olerate the holding of two livings in instances where the churches lay near each other, and the livings were poorly endowed. In such instances the incumbent might be able to perform the duties of both parishes, and consequently the great evil of pluralism did not attach to the arrangement. But on every oc casion in which non-residence was the consequence of a plurality, he made every exertion to prevent it, and in some cases, his biographer states, he even hazarded a suspension rather than give institution. It is further narrated that, in his charge to the Clergy in his dio cese of Salisbury, he exclaimed against the abuse called pluralism in the strongest language, describing it as " a sacrilegious robbery of the revenues of the Church." But he knew that no reform of the Church could be effectual and permanent, unless men well qua lified to discharge its sacred duties should be provided. So great was his anxiety to admit none to the pastoral office that were not adequately trained for it, in all re quisite learning and spiritual accomplishments, that he maintained at his own expense a " small nursery of students" in divinity at Salisbury, whom he enabled to pursue their studies until they could be provided for in the Church. They were ten in number, and to each he allowed a salary of 301. a year (a sum of much greater value at that day than the present.) His bio grapher says " They were admitted to him once a day to give an account of their progress in learning—to propose to him such difficulties as they met with in the course of their reading, and to hear a lecture from him upon some practical or speculative point of divinity, or on some part of the pastoral function. During the Bishop's absence the learned Dr. Whitby supplied his place in overlooking and directing their studies. By this means the learned Prelate educated several young clergymen who proved an honour to the Church." Such are instances of practical reform, when one unassisted Prelate of the Establishment, having the virtuous inclination, carried into effect without waiting for an Act of Parliament. To others, who have the same or greater means, and who have, at least, equal interest in strengthening the Church by giving it the support of a truly pious-and learned body of Clergy, and preventing " lewd hirelings" from climbing into the fold, may we not say " Go and do likewise I" Morning Herald. The feeling of confidence in and attachment to the Administration of Sir Robert Peel gains ground, and increases with unexampled rapidity. Scarcely a day elapses without some fresh manifestations of the grow ing strength of the great body of Conservatives, and additional demonstrations of feebleness on the part of our factious antagonists. The insolent tone of bluster drops by imperceptible degrees into the querulous ac cents of complaint ; the loud denunciations of success ful hostility are gradually converted into the gentle re monstrances of discomfited opposition. Few will, we believe, be found to deny to us the merit (if any merit there be in so obvious a matter) of anticipating this desirable result. When impeachment was menaced by the loyal individuals who would deny to their Royal Master the choice of his servants, and thus secure to themselves a permanent and, indeed, perpetual tenure of that power which they had so grievously abused, we treated their threats as the dying ravings of disap pointed ambition, and reposed with confidence on the good sense of the people of England, whose real feelings and sentiments had been grossly and grievously misrepresented. We have already shown that our hopes and anticipations on this subject, have been fully realized. Oh, but we are told trade would suffer by this change in the Administration, alarm would be created by the circumstance of the King having dared to exercise his undoubted prerogative, commerce would be affected by the substitution of Mr. Baring for Mr. Poulett Thomson, our foreign relations would be disturbed by the transference of the management of that department from Lord Palmer ston to the Duke of Wellington, our legal character be endangered by the removal of Lord Brougham and the re-appointment of Lord Lyndhurst ! We listened with composure to the ribaldry, nonsense, and abuse which adorned the columns of our contemporaries, and awaited with tranquillity the unanswerable reply that would before long be given by those " stubborn things" which are commonly called " facts." And what has been their reply ? Look at trade. We have been in formed by those most conversant with the subject tia. traje has materially increased since the remo va l of the Althorp incubus. Business in the metropolis, which had fallen off, as we are instructed, to an alatitihg degree during the four years of misrule, is " looking up" in a most satisfactory manner. The scenes of Bristol and Nottingham had so alarmed the well-disposed por• tion of the community, that they were unwilling to lay out money in those perishable articles whose exist- , ence might at any moment be endangered, if not de stroyed, by the practical auxiliaries of the Ministry of the day ; while the higher and wealthier classes, alarmed at the gloomy prospect which obscured on every side the political horizon, were hastening from the English version of the cry, " A bas les Aristo crats," to more peaceful climes. But look on the pic ture now. Convinced that better times are approach ing, and that under a Conservative Ministry the noble and peasant, the rich and poor, will be equally pro tected, our noble and wealthy countrymen return, to acid their quota of liberal expenditure to the sums laid out in comforts and elegances. What wonder, then, that trade greets with joy and gratitude the recent change in the councils of the Sovereign ? The merchant and manufacturer, sick of the doctrines of fructification, anticipate with reason that " reciprocity all on one side" will be no longer endured ; they foresee, in the appoint ments of Mr. Baring and Lord Lowther, the approach of better and more prosperous times. Again, the " merchant Prince" believes that the realization of a legitimate and honest ambition is no longer a vain and empty hope, to be followed by bitter and heart-re n di ng disappointment. He looks, moreov er , t o th e secur i ty - , the British security, in which he has invested his THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1835. well-earned gains, be they small or great, and he finds I a gradual but certain increase in their value and con sideration. Let us now turn to the prospects of the country with regard to our foreign relations. " The Duke of Wellington at the head of the Foreign De partment," says the political quidnunc, " what gua rantee for the fulfilment of treaties ?" We have pro tested against the foreign policy of the " Cupid of the Clubs ;" we have observed in it a mixture of imbeci lity and coxcombry only to be conceived by the mind of a Palmerston ;• yet had we regarded it in a totally different point of view---had we even seen it in the light in which it was regarded by the ex-Member for Hampshire, whose singularity on that topic was remarkable—the accession of the Duke of Wellington to the administration of Foreign Affairs would have been a subject of rejoicing ; because in the hands of the hero of a hundred fights—of the warrior and statesman before whom warriors and statesmen alike have acknowledged their inferiority —we should have been confident that the honour and interests of Britain involved in the maintenance of treaties were safe. Or perhaps the country deplores the removal of the man who recommended the elevation of a Rolfe, a Williams, and a Pell, and contrasts this with the appointment of a Scarlett, a Pcllock, a Follett, or a Coleridge. Upon this subject it is indeed unnecessary to enlarge. Viewed, then; in every possible and imaginable light, the prospects of " merry England" are brightening. A few weeks more, and the measures of the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel, combined with the characters of the men composing it, will have earned the support and approval of all whose support and approval are valu able, and will have extorted even from its former op ponents the praise and admiration which even they dare not deny to triumphant honesty, integrity, and ability.—Morning Post. The elections are now over—all but one, and the result of that one, notwithstanding the exertions of the Conservatives, is by no means doubtful. Instead, however, of the rejoicings which might have been an ticipated, on the part of the Tory press, at the result, there is nothing but silence in one quarter—lamentation in another—entreaty and appeal in a third. The anti national party begins to see at last, what it might have seen at first, that it has been beaten—beaten with all the power and influence of the government in its favour—that its friends throughout the kingdom, in stead of being " like sand by the sea-shore," are as few in number, as, compared with the mass, and mind, and determination of the people of England, .they are powerless and helpless. The Albion of last night has confessed this fact, much to its credit, not in the lan guage which we now employ, but to those who can read, in even stronger language, as we shall ow spew " It appears from the table published on Monday, and that which we this day publish, that the counties of England have returned seventy eight, and the cities and towns one hundred and thirty-four members of decidedly Conservative political opinions—making together two hundred and twelve. And there are of moderate men, declared promoters of Reform, but not to be reckoned as hostile to the Administration, thirty-five returned from the counties, and sixty-four from the cities and towns." We contest not the accuracy of our cotemporary's statement by any counter statement of our own, illough, were there need, we question not that we could reduce the 212 to somewhere about 185 ; while with regard to the " moderate men, declared promoters of reform, but not to be reckoned as hostile to the Admi nistration"—that is to say, the waverers and the rats— we put it to our cotemporary whether, be they " thirty-five for the counties or sixty-four from the cities and towns," the slightest reliance is to be placed upon them ? To say the least of them, they must be very doubtful cha racters. Our cotemporary next proceeds to observe that— " Of the Ultras again, or violent men, who would distract the country, and overthrow any Ministry likely to promote peace and security—of these selfish and tyrannical Represen tatives there are calculated to be, from the counties forty-six, and the cities and towns no less than one hundred and forty three, making together a dangerous band of one hundred and eighty-nine, from England alone." A very " dangerous band," indeed, for the Tory Administration 1 So dangerous that it would require a purer and more pensionless band than the Tories can muster to face it with any chance of success. But who are the Destructives ? We call upon our contemporary to name them. What are the Destruc tive measures ? We call upon him also to name them. Who, in the press, are their supporters ? We call upon him to name them also. Let us have a fair field and no favour—but, in the name of all that is just and true, let us have no misrepresentation. Our contemporary next makes a confession of the weakness of his party : " Let us not disguise from ourselves," says he, " the strength of our enemies, nor yet be unmindful of the superior force with which, if those interested will but do their plain and obvious duty, this hostile strength is to be encountered." " Those who are interested" have done their duty tolerably well, and if not to our entire satisfaction, yet so satisfactorily that we care not much for those who originally " put their hand to the plough, and have since looked behind them." Now for the finale — which is rather long, and pathetic at least, if not abso lutely lachrymose : " There is now," says the Albion, which, by the bye, is the organ of the Wellington party, " a fair opportunity for the friends of those principles which bind together the social structure of English society, to settle the question between them and their enemies, the partisans of Revolution. They who have looked beyond the surface, must be aware that of late years the political conflict in England has alto ether changed its character. It is not a question whether this or that party of men (both of them professing allegiance to the Monarchy, and love of the institutions of the country), shall manage the executive Government ; but it is a question whether the institutions of Monarchy and Aristocracy, of a National Church, and a peculiar Priesthood, shall be suffered to exist at all, or shall not. And closely connected with this, is also the question whether the rights of property n ow re= cognised and maintained by law, shall or shall not be suffered to continue. " It is the business of the people of England now to decid e, not merely in their own minds, but by their actions —by t heir strenuous exertions,—whether those questions shall be prac tically carried in the negative or affirmative. " Taking CJilLervatives and Moderates together, the Mem bers returned from England amount to three hundred and eleven, the whole number returned being five hundred. " It is for the public to show these three hundred and eleven, what is expected of them." The people of England " have already decided, and it is in consequence useless to call upon them to decide again. The allusion to " their actions we by no means mistake. We are quite aware that the Tory party are reduced to the necessity of appealing to " actions" instead of arguments—and our prayer is as our wish, " God defend the right !"—Morning Advertiser. We are able this day to announce that Mr. Aber cromby has consented to be nominated as candidate for the Speakership of the House of Cntrinitiit. This an nouncement will, we know, afford high gratification to Reform Members throughout every part of the Uni ted Kingdom. Day i t 'i tor d a y letters have been poured Xll, expressive of the utmost dissatisfaction, that the earliest opportunity was not taken to tiatignilliie the Reformers on a subject so deeply involving the reputa tion of the next House of Commons. The impudent boasting of the Tories, that the Reformers must acqui esce in the election of Sir Charles Sutton, however obnoxious his conduct—in intriguing for the dismissal of the Melbourne Ministry, and sinoothing the diffi . culties in. the Way of the formation of the present—might have rendered him to them, because they had no candi date with the requisite qualifications to propose, receives thus an appropriate reproof. Mr. 4.berctorriby is Sir C. Sutton's superiot in talents, in character, in experience of the mode of conducting the business of the House of Commons ; in short, in every 'quality calculated to obtain for him the teSi)ect of what has been termed an assembly of the first gentlemen of Europe. Before the elevation of Sir he was of no wei g ht i n t h e Charl d e a s Manners mwsehenenioewnhecdee Sutton to the Chair, whichdHi d o i o s p e ea . nn any one n i sevwooi mouth,eu would ch' he seldom s s s h e e d dt 0 00 n ni l r h ed e me a r ei d z ; br ee a dr. n i his elevation to his connection with the Rutlandahnferiaonsmntadiroely sr—see Scotland, o a vut n elt d d aa nt deo o l,ne t .vw e a i aßt t si h ouo e ntn r me tooor f. professional ttihlAeeb moe rffioc sretoe meof f bfesyckL,tiilvoll long odndrgecbpbhaeaitfereolfrir debaters Par liament, and we may without fear of contradiction affirm of him, that no man's judgment was held in higher re gard by both sides of the House, no man's whatever w ° h ) i i e n hf i a n l was more respected, and that his we ll-k nown candour f a r i o id m fa h ir i i m ie . ss r g r a o ve de t s li c e rib u e tm t o h s e t qu weight aiifi c a t ot 9 Speaker of the House of Commons ou g ht to possess, would be drawing a character of Mr. Ab erc Sir Charles Sutton is possessed of good temper ; but it would be difficult to select a man with fewer positive I qualifications in other respects for the Chair. His opinions cannot be controverted, for the best of all ' reasons, that - they are incomprehensible. The Re porter listens to a succession of sounding words with painful anxiety, in the hope of being able to discover some indication of meaning in them. Sentence follows sentence ; but the Indian who chaces the sun from hill to hill is as likely to reach his object, as the listener to discover any distinct proposition in the solemn twaddle uttered by Sir Charles Sutton. If Mr. Abercromby had not consented to be put in nomi nation, there are at least a score of Reform Members who would have better filled the chair than Sir Charles Sutton. But Mr. Abercromby's consent renders it unnecessary to enlarge on this point. Between Sir Charles and Mr. Abercromby no comparison can be instituted. We need not impress on Reformers through out the country the necessity of supporting Mr. Aber cromby. It would be insulting a Reform Member to suppose that he could hesitate one moment as to whether he should support Mr. Abercromby or an Ultra-Tory, one of the most decided Anti- Reformers, an intriguer for the downfall of the Melbourne Ministry, whose demerits as a politi cian are not redeemed by high intellectual quali ties. We never saw any force in the argument that the experience of the Speaker of the old Parlia ment was necessary in the first Reformed Parliament. There might have been something in such an argument if the new Parliament had not contained a number of men of old Parliamentary standing. But now even that argument is inapplicable. We are arrived at the second Reformed Parliament ; and it would be strange indeed if that Parliament were to be also unable to move except by the aid of Tory leading-strings. No, no ; the Reformers will not degrade themselves by seeking in the ranks of their opponents for a Speaker, thereby pronouncing sentence of incapacity on themselves, and • libelling the constituencies by whom they are de puted. Let Sir Charles Manners Sutton be thank ful for the favours he has aiready received, and look for further rewards to those for whose sake he has intrigued and toiled. He would have been in the Ca binet, had not Sir Robert Peel and the Duke con ceived that lie might do better service in cajoling the Reformers to vote their own degradation by elevating him to the Chair a second time. There must be no mistake. Whoever votes for Sir Charles Sutton is no Reformer. He may not call himself a Tory : but it would be far better that he were ; as the man who has not sense to discover the folly of wavering on a ques tion of this nature, only injures the cause he professes to support. It ought to be a sufficient reason with all good Reformers, to vote against Sir Charles Sutton , that the Tory Ministry have this object greatly at heart. That must be strange policy which benefits [ the Tories and benefits the Reformers at the same time.—Morning Chronicle. COURT OF CHANCERY. ANGEL V. WESTCOMB. His LORDSHIP having yesterday decided that the plea of the defendants in this case was bad, and must be overruled, a discussion of some length took place this morning between Mr. Jacob and Mr. Dixon for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wig ram and Mr. Walker, on the propriety of allowing the de fendant for a second time to amend his plea. His LORDSHIP at length decided that the defendant might have liberty to amend as far as respected that part of the statement which fixed the time of the death of John Angel, as lessee, under whom the defendant claimed. The parties then prayed permission, as the case had now been fully argued, to set down the matter for hearing before his Lordship, without going back again to the Vice-Chan cellor. . vv His LORDSHIP would consider whether the application could be granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE KING V. FORD AND OTHERS. Sir J. CAMPBELL was sorry again to be obliged to trouble the Court with this case. The parties had not agreed, and he must now ask the judgment of the Court. He ought to say that he had been blamed for the course he had already pursued. He thought when he made it that he had the authority of the prosecutor to make the offer he had done, as they disclaimed the wish to press with undue severity on the defendants, and as the prosecutor, except by such a course, would obtain no compensation for what he had suffered. Lord DENMAN said that the offer made by Sir J. Camp bell was most handsome and considerate. It was to be hoped, for the sake of all parties, that it would be adopted. Sir J. CAMPBELL had no authority to repeat the offer. He bad already incurred some blame in going so far. Lord DENMAN—Then the case must stand over till next term. Judgment postponed till next Term. BUSINESS OF THE COURT. On the representation of several of the leaders of the Bar, the Court determined to devote two days of the Term to motions. THE KING V. ANTROBUS. Mr. KELLY applied for a rule to direct the Corporation of the city of Chester to produce and allow the defendants the inspection of the documents belonging to them, which might be material to the defendants in the trial of this case, recently appointed to be tried at the bar of this Court. Lord DENMAN asked whether the Corporation of the city of Chester were parties to the present proceeding ? Mr. KELLY answered in the negative, but said that the application wa s ma d e on behalf of the Under-sheriff, who was a member of the Corporation. The COURT could not grant the application. were other courses open that might be adopted. Rule refused. There BAIL COURT. Mr. Justice PATTESON sat in this Court this morning for the purpose of hearing motions. Sir Frederick Pollock took the oaths as Attorney-Gene ral, and Mr. Kelly and Mr. Shepherd as King's Counsel. Mr. CROMPTON applied to the Court for a Rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding the Liverpool and Leeds Navigation Canal company to take equal tolls from bodies corporate, and all other parties, without making an exception in favour of any. The appli cation was made on the part of one of the most extensive carriers residing in the North of England. The Court granted a Rule Nisi. NOVEL DIFFICULTY. Mr. WATSON, in moving an ejectment case for judgment against the casual ejector, said there was a difficulty in the case, one of the defendants being a Welchman.—( A laugh.) Mr. Justice PATTESON—How does that create a diffi dully ? Mr. WATSON—My Lord, we nave no affidavit that the notice was explained to him at the time of service. The other defendant, also a Welchman, but who understands English i had the notice explained to him at the time of ser lice, and he Was desired by the clerk who served both do fendants at the same time, to explain to his countiyihati what the notice was. The clerk `(who did not understand Welch) swears that the one defendant thereupon said something to the other, but what that was he did not know. --(Loud laughter.) Mr. Justice PAtTESON-L-41e said something to the other defendant in Welch. Mr. WATSON—Yes, my Lord, in the hearing of the Clerk. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Then I believe we must take it far tinted that he said what he was told to do, and con fider lihh a§ ad ititeitireter; without being sworn. THE KING V. GELLEff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. PEEL V. OWENS. In this case plaintiff' had agreed to give defendant a re lease of his right as Lord of the Manor to four cottages, of which defendant held possession, in Herefordshire, for 90/., which defendant had refused subsequently to pay, and pleaded that plaintiff had no title. The replication was, that plaintiff had the title of fee simple. A verdict was had for plaintiff. Mr. Maule had obtained on a former day a rule Nisi, calling on plaintiff to show cause why there should be a nonsuit. Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD argued in support of the ver dict, on the ground that plaintiff would be entitled to one, if an action of ejectment had been brought. Mr. MAULE maintained that. in law and justice there should have been a verdict for the defendant. The terms of the grant to plaintiff were nothing more than the general words ordinarily inserted in the conveyance of a manor from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who had no com mon law power to represent the Crown, and there was proof that a person held possession of the lands encroached upon more than twenty years before, who did not acknow ledge the seisin of the Crown. The King could only act through responsible officers, and his prerogative was always exercised with mel‘s_ , .ration. He would therefore have the power to do wrong if he could confer it upon a subject who would exercise it for his individual interest without any mi tigating power, which the Court of Exchequer possessed to mitigate judgments after had by the King against the subject. The Court said that the case involved most important points, and that it would be necessary to consider well the authorities before it pronounced its opinion. Three other cases in which the same person is plaintiff depend upon the decision of this. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Monday evening last 3fr. William Chalman and Mr. Henry Frost, working jewellers in Denmark-street, St. Giles's, in a very extensive way of business, were brought before THOMAS HALLS, Esq., the sitting Magistrate, in the custody of J. J. Smith and Ledbitter, the principal officers, on a warrant granted under the statute of the 13th Geo. 111., cap. 69, in which the defendants were charged with having feloniously transferred the Hall mark of the Gold smith's Company from a ring to a gold snuff-box, with intent to defraud the said Company and his Majesty the King. The defendants have been long known in the respectable trade to which they belong, and the circumstance of their arrest upon such a charge excited great interest. Mr. Lane, the Solicitor to the Goldsmiths' Company, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer, Flower, and Co., of Hatton-garden, appeared for the defendants. Mr. Lane had to prefer a complaint against the defen dants under the statute above mentioned, which forbade the transfer of the Hall-stamp from one piece of plate to an other under the penalty of seven years' transportation. Mr. Josiah Sharp, the Deputy-warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, was employed in the Assay Office. On Friday, the 23d, the gold box now produced was brought to him by Mr. Poulton, whom he knew to be in the service of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, of New Bond-street, jewellers and goldsmiths, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Hall-mark was the legal and proper one. He examined the box, and found that the mark was not such as is used for boxes, but the same that is used for rings. The mark must have been extracted from a ring, and placed or in serted in the box. Mr. Charles Morris Taylor, clerk to Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, of Bond. street, deposed that some time ago an enamel painting was sent to him by a gentleman, which was to be fixed in a gold box, to be manufactured according to a given pattern. Witness made a sketch of the pattern and the box, desiring that it might be made according to the drawing. A month ago he saw a box with the same enamel fixe in the top of it. It was sealed up and directed to witness. The pattern was not quite according to the order given by witness, and he took out the enamel. There was inclosed in the package containiag the box a bill of parcels in the names of the defendants. On looking at the Hall-mark, he found that the initials were not those of the persons to whom he gave the order for the box. He saw a mark put upon the rim inside the lid, which could easily be taken off or soldered on. This aroused his suspicion, and he therefore directed Mr. Poulton to take it to the Hall, to make inquiries upon the subject. Mr. Lane said this was all the evidence he had then to produce, but he trusted there was sufficient to induce the Magistrate to remand the persons accused until further in quiry could take place. Mr. HALLS, although not perhaps strictly justified in taking bail, sitting alone (Sir Robert Peel's Act requiring two 'Magistrates to exercise that power), would under the circumstances take sureties, each defendant in 1001., and two respectable persons in 501. each, for their appearance 'on a future occasion. Mr. Robins and Mr. Clare, a gentleman of respectability, became bail immediately, and yesterday afternoon the case was again called on. Mr. Adolphus attended with Mr. Flower for the defendants, both of whom were accompanied by numerous friends. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Poulton repeated their former evi dence, with some additions, entirely unimportant. Mr. Sharp, in addition to his former statement, had exa mined the books of the Goldsmiths' Company, in which entries were made of all the goldworkers. The books were kept for the purpose of making entries of all gold ar ticles brought to be stamped. There was a certain stamp for gold boxes, and another for rings. There was no gold box ever sent by either of the defendants to be stamped. Their names were not entered as a firm until the 19th inst. The name of Henry Frost appeared alone as a goldworker, entered on the Ilth of February, 1829. A lengthened discussion then took place, Mr. ADOLPHUS contending that no case had been made out against his clients, Mr. Chalman in particular. Mr. HALLS thought with Mr. Adolphus that no case had been made out at present which would warrant a com mittal. The facts were certainly strong prima facie, but still they were not sufficiently so. He should discharge the defendants simply because the evidence failed to esta blish the case.—The defendants were then discharged. In this ease Mr. Smirke, on a former day, applied to the c ou rt for a idle; calling upon an attorney named Warren to answer the matters contained in certain affidatits, and in default of doing so, td shew cause why he should not be s t r uck og the rolls. The affidavits alleged that he (War ren), after bringing certain penal actions in the name t 4 his c lerk; William Henty &filth, had offered to compound the same (the particulars of tne Cage LiPtaiarad .in The Sun of Wednesday last) when the Learned Judge said !zation of he would take time to consider whether the app: the Learned Counsel ought to be granted. Yesterday, the Learned Judge, observing Mr. Smirke in Court, addressed him with reference to the above case, and said, " I do not think I have the power to grant the rule you moved for. The party against whom you applied is not charged in your affidatits With having extorted or attempted to extort any money by means of any false pretences, or under a threat of bringing any action, as in the case you cited in support of your application. In that case, there had not been any action brought, but there was a threat to bring certain ac tions if a certain demand was not complied with. Here actions have actually been commenced, and I do not see that this Court has any authority to order an attorney to be s truck off the rolls merely because he brings actions in the name of an informer. Mr. SMIRKE (interrupting his Lordship)—All the ac tions, my Lord, were followed by an offer to compound them. • Mr. Justice PATTE3ON — Had any proposition of the kind been made antecedent to bringing the #ctions, then the Court could have interfered, but, as the matter now stands, mitted him to the House of Correction and hard . labou r the rule you applied for cannot be granted.—Rule refused. for a month, and order the spaniel to be kept fo r air We reference to the above case, we understand that an owner. application will be made to Parliament, to pass a Bill of Indemnity, to protect the defendant from liability to the payment of the penalties sought to be recovered. Similar actions have been brought against other local papers, as well as against some' of the London journals, and the amount of the penalties sought to be recovered is enormous. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Mr. John Apsley Sydney, a solicitor, residiutg at No. 53, Beaumont-street, High-street, Marylebone, tended at this Office before the sitting Magistrates, Messrs.- HOSKINS and SIIUTT, at the instance of the firemen con nected with the engine establishment in ,Marylebone-lane , in order to show cause why he should not pay them the reward allowed by Act of Parliament, inasmuch as they had promptly hastened to the house of the above-named gentleman on the Tab inst., with their engines, for the purpose of rendering assistance at a time when the chimney was on fire. Mr. HosluNs to Mr. Sidney—Do you deny, Sir, that your chimney was on fire ? Mr. Sidney—Why, Sir, I have some witnesses here who - Mr. HOSKINS—Let all the witnesses retire except tYe firemen's first one. As the fire is disputed the evidence 'in proof of it must be heard. On the part of the claimants two boys were separately . examined, both of whom stated that on the afternoon of the day alluded to they distinctly saw a body of flame and. smoke issue from the top of a chimney belonging to Mr. Sidney's premises ; in consequence of which they directly' ran to the engine-house and gave information thereof. Mr. HosKINS (to Mr. Sidney)—Well, Sir, I think you cri't get over this ; but if you think proper your witness shall be heard. Mr. Sidney then called a young woman, who stated that she resided opposite to that gentleman's house, and that there was no chimney on fire when the men with their en- glues arrived. Mr. HOSKINS (to Mr. Sidney)—That may be, Sir, but it has been clearly proved that the boys saw the chimney in a blaze, and therefore those who attended with the engines are entitled to the rewards. Mr. Sidney here contended that, admitting the chimney to have been on fire, the men could not claim under the Act of Parliament unless they came up with their engines before the said fire was quenched, which was not the case. Mr. HosKINs and Mr. SHUTT said they were of a dif ferent opinion ; the firemen had, for any thing that had been shown to the contrary, used all due diligence in re pairing to the spot, and were undoubtedly entitled to the reward under the Act. _ Mr. Sidney was then adjudged to pay the following mi tigated rewards, viz., iss. for the first engine, 10s. for the second, and 6s. for the third. Mr. HOSKINg at the same time teling him that he was at liberty to appeal against the decision if he thought proper to do so. Mr. Sidney then left the office. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Yesterday Mrs. Ann Strike brought her sister, Jane Hodgcs, a showily-dressed young girl, before Mr. CuAsi- BERS, for having assaulted her on Tuesday last. The complainant said her sister, although of such we' manly appearance, had just turned sixteen, and as her be -I:aviour recently had given reason to fear the consequences , she (complainant) had felt it to be her duty to remonstrat e with her. Instead of attending to her admonitions, he r sister became violent in her conduct, and declared her , de termination not to be controlled in her actions. She had made acquaintance with a number of young men, and had stopped out from home nine nights, refusing to give app account of her proceedings. When spoken to on the sub" ject, she got into a passion, and, as on former occasions* commenced a fistic attack on her. The complainant de clared that she was quite willing to work for her sister's support, but she found she was wholly unable to contribute towards her maintenance in the course she was pursuing , especially as her sister for a length of time had refused t° do any work. She wished the Magistrate to inquire of her sister how it was she always contrived to appear so wen dressed, and to have money in her pocket. The defendant, who kept gazing about her, and g iggliog during the charge, with great energy called out, " You've told a story to say I struck you. I've got witnesses to prove I only gave you a bite." Mr. CHAMBERS—Do you acknowledge you bit your sister ? Defendant—Yes ; I bit her in the arm, for she is always quarrelling with me. I` can't live with her ; she don't allow me enough wittles. Complainant—Oh, Jane ! how can you say so. YO U know I am willing to work night and day for you. Mr. CHAMBERS—Why, your appearance is the picture, of good living ? Defendant—l know it is ; I look fat ay° hearty. But that's a mistake. Mr. CHAMBERS—And pray where do you get money from to make yourself so fine ? Defendant—By hard work' Complainant—You have not done a stitch of work thes e six months. Defendant—What's that to you. I don't mean to work unless I choose. You shall keep me. You know bov/ cruelly I'm treated ; I can't mention all your barbarity, fel' didn't you lock up my tea and sugar in your drawer last week? Complainant—Because you stopped out all night' and would not say where you had been. Defendant—l'll stop out as often as I please. Y e° struck me the other day on my side, and made a mark ther e " Complainant—lt was the mark of the bone of your stays' and you know it. Defendant—Well, I won't be told what I'm to do ;, o.° too much spirit. Mr. CHAMBERS—YOU show a little too much of it her e ' but I think a way can be found to tame it. Defendant (drawing herself back with a theatrical airy Tame me ! What, me ? No, I'm not so easily tamed es, you may think. I don't care for what you can do ; and Yf a may send me to prison for six months ; I shall like it all t•P` better. Complainant—l don't want to hurt you. As long as I'r' e a home, you shall be welcome to it , if you conduct y ourse properly, and not have so many young men to come after you. Defendant—l've only one, who has the most honourable o intentions. Complainant—You've half-a-dozen at least. The MAGISTRATE, finding there was no chance of ITO, ciling matters, held the young termagant to bail. Q UEEN S Q UARE. ITed Spivey, a coalheaver, in point of dress and apP O :: ante the prototype of Dusty Bob, and wearing what called in that business a " fan-tailed shallow," the exe c image of that formerly worn by Walbourn, appeared befog Messrs. GREGORIE and WHITE to answer the complaint r Mrs. Mary Spivey, his better half, for refusing to mai nt3irj her, and threatening to take her life. Mrs. Spivey, a young and pretty woman, but whose l ir lubility of tongue appeared to be a great tax upon the P r tience of the Magistrate, had been only married to the cl: fendant since the Ist of December last, and he had ma rriv r her for the " bit of fortune" she possessed. He had ne v , e allowed her anything for a maintenance, and on Wedn es 'l week he threatened to knock her precious head off b shoulders. One Mrs. Day was called as a witness, but her irrita lity of temper seemed to have obtained so much ascendal over her more tender feelings that it did not very c lear, appear whether her evidence went in favour of her frie od, ; not. She said that Mr. Spivey had " insaulted her in most shockingest manner," and swore that he W 0 " scrush her." The husband, who appeared rather to be one of the be; pecked breed, and " more sinned against than sinning , di being called upon for his defence, said, " It's all a lie, Y ° , B Vorship ; the werry first night as I married this be' roman you see she goes avay vith another man, and lslel all by myself on my vedding night. Vell , that say s nothie et but howsomever I forgives her that caper and takes 11 0 back again—more fool me—vhen vot does she do but ra t avay for nine days and nine nights a sleeping vith vo te i , s ' e s men she chooses. Vell, she comes back again, and I t3."0, her in again after this second dodge ; but, Lord bles s l o t I never had nu home, and not a hit of wittels purvideaa ° me, and so I couldn't bear it any longer , " and be "06 brought his brother Jem vot knew all about it , and vial of the cleverest chaps in Lunnun. Brother Jem was sworn, but his evidence reflecte d .strongly upon the character of both ladies that the ot, was very near being in a state of uproar, each party minating upon the other. This was put a stop to by 00 Magistrates ordering the defendant to enter into his ° be t reco gnizance to ke,n the peace towards his wife, and Liir iourned to a neighbouring P °l 46 all left the office and house to take a glass of ct;.rdial, and discuss the n le " over again. ---- DIED. late °` On the '27th inst., at Bushey , Ge or g e Jackson, Esq., Six Clerks'-otfice in Chancery , aged 64. On the 23d inst., Benjamin Goo dison, Es q ., late of Queen: el°' j , Chelsea. eir On the :28th inst., at Acre-lane, Clapham, Mrs. Jan e in her 87th year. L on don: Printed and Published b y MURDO you ,o, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. LAMBETH-STREET. An officer, who had formerly belonged to this establish ment, applied to the Magistrates, Messrs. WALKER and TUBBS, for a summons against a broker named Oppernzan, for having, contrary to an Act of Parliament, commonly called the Printers' Act, issued or published a certain printed document without having the printer's name at tached to it. The Magistrates, after referring to the Act of Parlia ment, granted a summons against the broker, but at the same time said that the point at issue was one of great im portance to the public, and one, therefore, which required mature consideration. Sh&lid a conviction follow in this case every shopkeeper or tradesman who delivers bills or cards partly printed will be liable to a penalty under the Act of not less than ot. HATTON-GARDEN. Jack Davies, a well-known dog-fancier, alias a " prigger" of the canitie bteed, was brought up by a policeman of the G division, charged with having stolen a valuable spaniel. The policeman was in Russell-square, when a gentleman told him he suspected that the prisoner was about to steal a dog, and he watched him, and saw him take up the dog and walk off, and he took him into custody, when he searched him, and in the knee of his breeches he found a horribly scented piece of liver concealed, by which dogs were en ticed to follow him. Mr. LAING—What are you ? Prisoner—Vot am I ? Vy, I'se a shoemaker. Mr. LAlNG—Where do you live ? liz in Doory-lane. Mr. LAING—Are you in work? Prisoner—Vy, I'se been out o'work a fortnight. I kept a cipple o' stalls in that ere neighbourwood, but somehow I was obliged to kvit. Mr. LAiNG—What have you to say to the charge? Prisoner (scratching his head)—Vy, consarning the charge, your Vorship, I can only say as how the hanimal belongs to Mister Brett, ii' Doory-lane. Mr. LAING—Who is Mr. Brett ? Prisoner—Mr. Brett, vy the marchant. I nose him. The matter is this here : ; ' , ard as how Mr: Bre tt lost a hanimal of that breed, so with it I set out a looking arter it, and being her-ke-va '- the ske-vare I seed it working as I yos passing throng,. 'ter. So thinks I that ere along as if a vondering for a mab,... . is the hanimal. I sartinly did follow' it conwince myself, so I thought no harm to pick it up, your Vorshq;, nd that's all I ar to say. Policeman (producing the liver, which nauseously fumi gated the Court) —This is the liver which I found on him, your Worship. Prisoner—Veil, vot on it ? That piece o' liver I bought this morning to have for my dinner.—(Laughter.) Policeman—You nor nobody else could eat it. Prisoner (smiling) Vorker. I'd eat it directly.— (Laughter.) Ven I bought it I put it into my pocket, and it slipped through a hole. 1 never tices dogs. I'se no dog-stealer, and never vos. I can get my living a mending. I\lr. LAING, however, entertained a different opinion, and thought him an adept in the " art." 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On the 28th inst., in Portland-place , the lady o f Jaraes rtti Todd, Esq., of a son. ~,,, v On the 27th inst. at Paris, the lady of Alexander Hall, e'/ Sloane -street, of a d a ughter. ---"' MARRIED. 0; e ; On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Jose land, of Old-street, to Frances Ann, eldest daughter of 1" V' j Brogden, On Esq., of Colk-row. the 27th inst , at ebroo Edgbaston, Warwickshire, Mr. S t , 2avis, of Birmingham, to Jane, youngest daughter a the la Fdwar ' Kidder, of Giltspur-street, London. Oil On the 2‘.h inst., at St. Mark's, Kenning ton, Peter . 4e, Esq., of the Islanc; 9f Grenada, to 31ary, eldest daughter o '' Jackson, Esq., of Leadelee t • 1 01