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• NC I THE CASE OF THE REVEREND DR. HAMPDEN. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 24. - - - (Sailors in Banco before the LORD CutEr-JUSTICE and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and EARLE.) TpIB QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Learned Counsel then proceeded to quote numerous e7tracts to prove that by the ancient law of this country the Crown possessed the right of presentation to vacant deaneries and bishoprics. He contended that the Court had no power by mandamus to interfere with the canon law of the country. Gibson stated in his Codex," in a note on letters missive, that the only choice left to the electors was, either to obey the letters missive, or incur the penalties of prremunire ; and that the whole proceeding was only a seem ing election. It was most absurd for his Learned Friend to endeavour to maintain that the whole confirmation was void, because the citation was Dot responded to. The whole of the proceedings up to the period c of confirmation were strictly in accordance with the various Acts of Parliament on the subject, and at that stage all further opposition was precluded. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read an extract from the MS. of Sir James Marriot, found in Trinity Hall, Cam bridge, which stated, under the head "confirmation," that that confirmation must be disputed within twenty-one days, or in default incur prsemunire ; that then there needed no citation of opposers, nor were they to be heard if they should offer any opposition. Lancelotus, who wrote a very excellent work on the c anon law, and which was referred to in a judgment of Chief Justice_ Wiitelocke, stated that the electio n was not perfeactkeedn until confirmation, and until confirmation_ had t place the npene of the party was not changed, the bishop elect being as it were embryo in utero. His beamed Friend had said if this citation was a mere idle form, why was it continued, and why were the parties pronounced contumacious if they did not appear? It was not for him to endeavour to account for the reasons which in. duced those e parties who had gone from the Roman Ca tholic over to the Protestant religion; having obtained the snore important posts they might have been satisfied to have kept up certain forms which they knew did not in point of fact interfere with the prerogative of the Crown. It was not essential to inquire into the reasons why it was retained; if he had satisfied the Court that upon the continuation of the statute the Arch bishop had no right to enter into an inquiry, an inquiry which ceuld have no effect upon an election which was binding to all intents and purposes, and the exercise of which would have the effect of causing a spiritual cessation of the duties of the see. The Crown was the head of the Church, and as such was the best judge of the fitness of the ministers for the Church. standing there as he did, in the office of Attorney-Ge neral, he felt desirous of obtaining the judgment of the courtin favour of the prerogative of the Crown; but he still felt ft necessary to take other objections to the course fursued by his Learned Friend. His first objection was, that the Court possessed no power to issue mandamus in a case affecting the spiritual courts. Lord DEL.-mess—The ground upon which the appli cation was made, and upon which the rule was granted, was that the confirmation was not complete, and that the matter was left incomplete by the Queen's officer, and upon hearing the case it occurred to me whether it would be competent for the Court to issue mandamus to the Archbishop, should he refuse to proceed to the confirmation. The ATTORNEY GrNERAL said that he apprehended the Court had not the power in that ease to issue man damus; the statute itself provided a remedy for such a case, which was przemunire. The whole of the objections which might be urged against the Bishop elect on the ground of his age, of his bodily infirmities, or any other ground named in the canon law, could be dispensed with by a postulate from the Pope, and the Crown row stood in the place of the Pope ; and it was clear, therefore, that whatever the Pope could do the Crown could also do, and if they considered Dr. Hampden a fit and proper per son to appoint as bishop, no person had any power to interfere in such appointment. The grounds upon which the oppositioa rested were not of a temporal nature, but purely spiritual ; the affidavits stated erroneous doctrine, and it was not competent for the Court to interfere in such matters. There was the Dean and Chapter to attend to every piece of idle tattle and report which might be taken up by persons who had not taken the trouble of inquiring into the matter. Suppose this Court should entertain such a case, the whole affair wotelel put him in mind orla famous trial they had all heard of, where one " Faithful " was put upon his trial, and " Blindman," the foreman, said im mediately, " I see plainly this man is a heretic." Then there was another objection. The Bishop had been con firmed—he was now a bishop—as much a bishop as he c0u,1.1 by law be made. What could be done ? The Bishop could not revoke it ; he had acted according to the letters patent, and the canon law would not allow of any such revocation. The Court could not surely interfere in such a matter. Then, again, where were the precedents for applying for mandamus in the E ase ? He had not been able to find any, and his Learned Friend had referred to none. In none of the cases which could be cited could any one be found in which the Court had interfered with the spiritual concerns of any diocese. But the whole ques tion before the Court was to be decided upon the prin ciples of canon law, which were entirely foreign to the princip!ea which prevailed is the common law courts. Ms Learned Friend was wrong in comparing this Court to a court of magistrates. In the latter there was so appeal, whereas, in the former, all their acts were capable of being reviewed by a superior Court. It was a well-known rule of practice that a mandamus to a magistrate compelling him to perform any acts would not shield him from the censequenees thereof. It this rule should be mule absolute, and the Archbishop decline to confirm, it would be his painful duty, as Atestrney. General, to issform his Grace Olathe had breugh t ithin the penalti sof prsaniunire. Would the Court, then, consent to interfere in this matter, anti issue the Queen's writ to the Archbishop, compelling him to act in opposition te the prerogative of the Qtieen? Ile felt fully confident that the Court would not act in filch a manner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL followed on the same side. lie would be quite eontent to leave the case with such arguments as had be en brought forward by his Learned Colleague and Friend; but he felt it hie duty to address a few words to the Court upon a most important subject, and one which involved the highest and most important interests of this country ; for he realty believed, as a member of the Church of England, that if this rule should be made absolute, there would be an end to the Church of England. as by law established, and the door would be opened to every sort of interference with the prerogative of ap pointing the bishops, and he believed that henceforth there would not be an appointment of a single bishop which would not be subject to some impertinent inquiry or other, which might be suegeeted by the restlessness or peevishness of any men who considered that they had any grounds of complaint or interest in the question. ) to, for one, was Lot ashamed of confessing the ditfl velty in which they were placed, in consequence of the statutes of Henry VIII. not having been framed with truth, sobernese, and honesty. Ile was not ashamed to stating that such .statutes were only a shadow and a sham, and he thought no harm would result to the interests of the Church of England if these proceedings should lead men's minds to consider calmly what was the real utility of such legislation. The Learned Counsel then pro ceeded to refer to the precedent quoted by his Learned Friend on the other side, of the confirmation of Bishop Montagu. With respect to the opposition of Dr. Ryde to that confirmation, he was very sorry not to be able to speak in terms of approbation at this distance of time. He would refer the Court to a letter by Archbishop I;Ther, in which he warned the Government not to re pose conVence in such a man, for that he would not fail to turn upon them in the same manner as he had upon the other party. The recent oppo sition by Mr. Gtst.t.eridge to the confirmation of the newly-elected Bishop of Manchester showed clearly to what an extent this mode of opposition would be carried if the door was to he thrown open to such a course. The L earne d Counsel then proceeded to read she various Acts of Parliament from the time of Edward tip to the time of the statute 25th henry VIII. , c. 20, un the subject of the el ec ti on of bishops, and contended that whatever power wns posses se d b y the Pope in this country the Crown of England did, by the statute t o f Henry VIII., incorporate into it s own P iero that the Crown was not to be interc e p te d in prerogative; an d exerciseof this prerogative; and that the motio n o f his Le a rned Friend if successful would be an intercepti on of this kinglyre prerogative, and ought not therefore to be granted. If the rule was made absolute, he believed the peace of the Church would be destroyed, and that it would be a great triumph to the enemies of the Church of Eng land. The Learned Gentleman, after referring at some length to the law relative to pram - moire, in order to show thit punishment had taken place under it, where the /L atter did not relate to the Church of Rome, pro. seeded to draw the attention of the Court to the letters the diocese of missive for electing a bish op Dr. o f Hampden . for election, Hereford, forth and recommending Crownhad not purpose of showing that, even if the . Cr person for election to the see of nominated a proper .:lereford, the Crown had been invested by Act of Par liament with powers far above those of t he Dean and Chapter, and that it wasthei,r business and their duty to submit to the will of the Crown, and had no right to entrench upon its prer ogatives. .'There was of no au tliority in existence for the adoption is course as had been pursued in the present instance, and he felt convinced the Court would eever sanction i t by making this rule absolute. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read the st atutes of elm time of Henry VIII., for the purpose of showing that there was no authority in the English canons for tho present p roceedings, and that the power which the Pope often then exercised by hisgrace alone of appointing bishops, without the confirmation of that appointment by any inferior authority, was now vested in the Crown of this country. There was no canon rule either that laid down principles of those who might come in and oppose might the (tihee nomination of the upon it, if they Crown, and their Lordships opened the door and laid a rule statinpel and who not, they would give an impet usgw o ulighty()ppose who might feel himself aggrieved to put tfoorevheri person pe salon and vent his spleen. But what was :her " """ present case? Literally nothing; there was lit:railnlytne no cognitio causw. The Cro wn h a d issued pietrssoilletteor missive for the election of a proper bishop of the see of Hereford to the Dean and Chapter. Thoy had selected a proper person. 'That individual had been approved of by the Crown, and that individual had been presented to the Arch bishop for confirmation, and no person had a right to oppose that confirmation, according to the canon law. For the purpose of supporting this proposition, the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 25, c B4S. Learned Gentleman referred to the authorities of Bishop Gibson, and in concluding a most excellent and learned speech, submitted to the Court, that what was now asked was a damage and a wrong to the prerogative of the Crown, and that the Court had not the power to grant it. All that the Archbishop had done was in obedience to the commands of his Royal Mistress, and that he had no other altenative than to submit to those commands. It was not to the Bishop that the opposition protested, but the act of the Archbishop alone, and that, in fact, the commands of the Qieen and her royal prerogative were to be considered but as dust in the balance, when com pared to the constitutions of John de Otho, and the other authorities they had adverted to. Mr. M. D. llu.L followed on the same side, and sub mitted that the statute of Henry VIII. laid down al b e rules and regulations by which bish o p s were to be elected and confirmed, and that those provit l i e o d ns having peen complied with, the Court wasno a look to any earlier statute. Nothing would u have shielded confirm the bishop. i fhe had t r h e e tn A s r e c d h , shopb a i fte r what to prmmunire penaltiestaken place, It was not his duty t o in q uire into the acts of the Crown, or the p ro p riet y of them; all he had to from t hadd e do was to discharge that ministerial duty which his office called upon him to perform. The Learned Gentle man said he would nox refer to au authority for whom they all entertained the most profound respect—Sir William Blackstone, who, speaking of the statute of Henry the Eighth, said that it vested the nomination of a bishop in the Crown. Sir William Blackstone was not in the habit of publishing sentiments which he had not formed with the most ma ture consideration, and hence his opinion on the matter was entitled to the utmost weight. The appointment of all bishops were vested in the Crown ; but until within the last few years the state of the Isle of Man must have been dreadful, inasmuch as the appointment to the bishopric of Sodor and Man was vested in a sub- ject.—(Laughter.) Who opposed the sentiments of Blackstone ? Literally the opposition raised against his view justified him in calling it nothing. The Learned Gentleman then referred to some other autho rities, and was continuing his arguments when Lord DENMAN interrupted him at half-past four o'clock, by saying that they would hear the remainder of his arguments to morrow. The Court then rose. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner SIIEPIIERD.) IN BB W. HUMPHREY'S. This bankrupt, described as of Bow-street, applied for his certificate. It appeared that Humphreys was a bankrupt in the year 1845, and paid no dividend under that bank ruptcy. He then commenced the second trading, without capital, and now owed to creditors unsecured, 2,8001.; to creditors with security, 8001. ; and there were no assets. The profits amounted to 470/. ; the trade expenses being 3671.; personal, 1171.; and losses, 1,7601. Mr. DUNCAN, upon behalf of the bankrupt, sub mitted that the absence of assets was not to be made a matter of complaint against a man, were it shown that they arose out of clearly unfortunate circum stances ; and with respect to the bankruptcy in 1845, had the estate been properly managed, it would have paid (as alleged) 30s. in the pound. There was no charge against the bankrupt as a trader, and his books had been well kept. He had a right to struggle for a living in a line of business which he had been brought up to, and the cause of this bankruptcy %vas (aa alleged) the misrepresentations made to the bank rupt respecting the' takings" of the house in Bow street, they being stated at about 301 or 401., when they were not as many shillings ; and the extensive repairs he was obliged to make to the premises. The Learned Counsel concluded a lengthened address to the Court by hoping that the certificate would now be granted. His HoNoun thought that the bankrupt had no prospect of success when he took the business, and under such circumstances the certificate must be sus pended for six months. Protection was applied for, and granted for three months. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 24. Two Commissioners sat to-day. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAw.) In a case heard before his Honour it appeared that the insolvent, who had petitioned under the new Act, had omitted two creditors, whose debts made the debts more than 3001., the sum allowed to traders, and the result was that the petition was dismissed. It would seem that the parties are in a measure regard less of the solemnity of an oath. Frequent cases have occurred where debts have been omitted to bring the parties within the Act. In these cases the peti t►oners take an oath that the schedules contains all their debts, when, in fact, they omitted some to pe• tition under the new Act. Under the old jurisdic tion a schedule is sworn to at the time of adjudication, but under the new, both on its filing and at the granting of the final order. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pnimars.) IN RE W. U. GAsCOTNE. In this case Mr. Cooke opposed, and proved that the insolvent had omitted a debt from his schedule, contracted just before he petitioned. Mr. CooKE prayed the dismissal of the petition. By the new Act a person swore that the allegations in the petition and schedule were true, that all debtors and creditors had been inserted. Mr. Commissioner Pumurs said an insolvent must comply with the requisitions of the statute, and if he lid not do so the Court would afford him no protec ti:l-). The petition must be dismissed. Dismissed accordingly. IN RE ROBERT CULLYFORD. In this cave (in which Mr. Cooke and Mr. Dowse appeared) a rule was obtained to appoint an assignee. Th.? case had been heard under the transferred juris diction to the County Court Judges. His HONOUR asked how the matter came before him, seeing that the case had been heard in one of the County Courts ? Mr. DOWSE said that such applications must be heard in this Court when assignees were not ap pointed by the County Courts. The rule was heard on its merits, and discharged. the prosecution for the present, until the officers had sufficient time to summon another jury. The Court then adjourned the trial to a future day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Elcoate, printer, appeared before Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart., to answer the complaint of James Edwards, his apprentice, for refusing to pay him the weekly wages stipulated by his indenture. Mr. Collett, a solicitor, attended on behalf of Mr. Elcoate, and produced the indenture. The apprentice was bound for seven years, when he was eighteen years old, and being an out-door ap prentice, he was to receive ten shillings per week for the first three years, and then his wages were to ad vance gradually to eighteen shillings. He had served nearly three years when he was attacked by consump tion. He had been unable to work for eight weeks past. The first week he stopped away Mr. Elcoate sent his wages. The next week Mr. E. sent him ten shillings, but as a gift, and not as wages, and the apprentice now claimed an arrear of 3/. wages. Mr. Collett said his client resisted this application from its bearing on other cases. He had other ap prentices, and it was contrary to the custom of the trade to pay wages while the apprentice was ill and unable to serve. He also objected that it was not a valid indenture of apprenticeship, inasmuch as the parties had not put their seals as well as their signa tures. There must be a sealing with wax to a deed. The parchment produced was a mere nude pact. He had taken the opinion of counsel on the case, and he was fully sustained in his view of the matter. If the Magistrate made an order he should appeal against it. Sir Was. MAONAY, after consulting the chief clerk, said there was nothing in the objection The parch ment was prepared for sealing by introducing a strip of green silk into slits in the parchment, and if the parties chose to adopt the appearances of the silk as their respective seals, they might do so. Mr. El coate had adopted it, by acting on the deed for three years. Mr. Elcoate had benefited by the lad's earnings being greater than his wages, and he had the prospect of benefiting considerably in the latter portion of the apprenticeship. There was a chance of great profit, and it was only fair that he should bear the risk of loss from the illness of his servant. Mrs. Rogers, the mother of the apprentice, iden tified him as the party named in the indenture. Frederick Pratt, a compositor at Mr. Elcoate's, said he was present at the binding, and signed as a wit ness. The words to which he had set his name were, "signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of us." Cross-examined—Believed, in fact, it was not sealed. It was signed, and handed over to Mr. Elcoate. Re-examined—Would venture to swear (after a little hesitation) that it was not sealed with wax, because he drew out four indentures, and they were all in the same state. Sir Wm. MAGNAY decided on making the order for payment, believing it to be equitable as well as legal. Mr. Collett gave notice that he should resist the order. them for an unlawful purpose. He trusted the magistrate would immediately discharge Phillips, as not the least evidence had been offered to prove that he was there. He could assure the magistrate that he (Phillips) merely went into the house for the pur pose of taking some refreshment. Mr. BINGHAM said he thought it was sufficiently clear that the business carried on in the lower part of the house was a mere blind to the gaming transac tions. As it had already been proved that various in struments used in gaming were found, amongst which one constable had produced two caps used in tossing, for the purpose of making the coin come heads or tails as they liked. He thought that Phillips and Levy were liable to the penalty imposed by Act of Parliament, inasmuch as they had been found on the premises. He, however, believed that they were all concerned in what was going on. Upon the whole, he thought there had been sufficient proof offered to convict all of the,prisoners. He should send the three principals for three months without hard labour, and the assistant to six weeks without hard labour also. The rest he should fine in the mitigated penalty of 50s. each. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JAN. 12.—The Indil mail h.. just at-- rived by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus. Since my last but little has occurred worthy of note. It may not be uninteresting to the navigator, with reference to the late wreck of the Oriental schooner, on the eoaq of Sicily, to remark, that from the trip made by the Peninsular end Oriental Company's steamer Ariel, from Malta to Alexandria and back, in 14 out of 16 voyages a strong southerly set has been observed, and upon one occasion, though steer ing precisely the same couri;e, the set to the north ward was as much as ten miles. During the last two vo , , ages this set has not keen discovered, and, as the care given to the steering of this ship is proverbial. her officers being all skilful navigator:4, three com• passes being used, and corrected by amplitudes and the azimuth, the assertion merits some attention. Captain Brown, of the English brig Flash, which arrived here on the sth instant, reports that on the preceding day, when between Pantellaria and Gozo, he fell in with four frigates, one of which bore a com modore's pendant, and on hoisting his colours he showed Austrian colours A brig afterwards joined the division, fired a salute, and having communicated, steered for Malta Harbour, where she now is. The only Austrian vessel which arrived here on the .sth was the Pansalinos, from Alarseilles, and she was probably the bearer of dispatches to the Austrian Consul here from the Commodore. _ Rumour is of course busy as to the destination of the Flotilla, and under the circumstances, the Admiral felt justified in sending a boat to examine her. From what I can learn, she seems not to have been armed, though pierced to carry five guns, nor has the mystery been yet satisfactorily cleared up. Her Majesty's 97th Regiment, reserve battalion, will embark in the early part of the ensuing week for the West Indies, in the hired transports Blenheim and Maria Somes, No. 26 and No. 24 The regiment has been relieved by Her Majesty's 69th Regiment, reserve battalion, which has entered on garrison duty. The American steam-frigate Princeton arrived in the Great Harbour on the 7th inst., from Athens; last from Milo. _ Her Majesty's ship Vengeance left port on the Bth inst. She has on board six months' provisions, and as much more as she could carry for the fleet, if it should be in want of any. By the last accounts re ceived, the English squadron was in the Gulf of Palma (Majorca), but would, it was thought, pro ceed to Cagliari, to which place the Vengeance is bound. This port of destination is, however, a mere matter of supposition, the movements of the ships being rigorously kept secret from the public. The foremast of her Majesty's ship Vanguard was surveyed on the 10th instant by three captains, tour masters, four carpenters, the master attendant, and master shipwright. After a species of court-martial, which lasted several hours, the mast has stood the ordeal, and will not be removed. The Tartarus steamer, previous to leaving the har bour for the Levant, went out for trial of her engines on Wednesday. Her Captain, Sir Godfrey Webster, had invited a large party on the occasion, and much amusement was derired ; the Vanguard's Weippert was in attendance, and played several airs. The weather was very fine, and the sea smooth. ller Majesty's steamer Sidon will leave port on the 20th instant, for Alexandria, where she will remain to await the arrival of Lord Ilardinge from Ills Excellency the Governor and Mrs. More O'Ferral have issued cards of invitation to their firit ball for the 19th instant. DV , TRIITUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart. ; the Vanguard, 80, Captain G. F. Rich ; the Volage, 22, Captain T. Graves ; the Harlequin, Commander Moore ; the Sidon, Captain W. 11. Hen derson ; the Tartarus, Commander Sir G. Webster ; the Locust, Lieutenant E.R. Power; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F Roberts ; the Hecate, Commander R. Moorman ; the Blenheim troop. ship ; the Maria Somes, and the Wee Pet steam-tug. On a Cruise—The Hibernia, 120, Captain P. Richards, C. 11., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in- Chief; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Nott; the Rod ney, 90, Captain E. Collier; the Superb, BU, Captain Corry ; the Thetis, 36, Captain H. Codrington ; the Gladiator war-steamer, Captain Robb; and the Bull dog, Captain A. C. Key. On Surveying Duty—The Research, Lieutenant Lord J. Browne. At Gibraltar—The Polyphemus. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Meteor, Commander Butler ; and the Mutine, 12, Commander Palmer. At Beyrout—The Amazon, 19, Captain J. Stop ford. En route from Beyrout to Athens—The Spartan, Captain Simonds. At Corfu—The Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy. Wind N.E.; strong breezes, and dark, hazy weather. APPOINTMENTS. Douglas Reid, Lieutenant in charge of mails ; Charles W. Riley, Commander ; Thomas Tait, Sur geon, to the Star; George Pardoe Cooke, Acting Assistant Surgeon to the Victory; Edward W. W. Baker, first class Assistant Engineer, to the Meander ; Robert Drummond, second class Engi neer, to the Medina; Thomas Tobias, boatswain ; James M. Casey, carpenter, confirmed, to Geyser ; James Jeffery, gunner, confirmed, to Brilliant ; James Elliott, boatswain, confirmed, to Blenheim ; William Rowe, boatswain, confirmed, to Cygnet.— Times. CHRONOLOGY OF EUROPEAN SUVERI'IGNS. The Deutsche Al44erneine Zeitung, of Leipsic, publishes in its number of New Year's-day the following interesting statistical and chronological details respecting the sovereign houses of Europe:— " The number of the sovereigns or reigning princes of Europe has been lessened by two owinsz to the death of the Duke of Anhalt-Kiithen, in which his line bad become extinct, and the abdication of the Duke of Lucca and the renunciation of his son, who had transferred that duchy to Tuscany—an event which would have been brought about, independently of this circumstance, by the death of the Duchess of Parma; so that on the Ist of January, 1843, there were only forty-nine sovereigns in Europe, or fifty, if we include the Emperor of "Amongst these sovereigns there are only two who are above 70 years of age, viz., the venerable King of Hanover, the Nestor of the Princes of Europe, who is 76 and a half years of age, and the King of the French, who is 74 years and four months old. " Amongst the others, 11 are between 60 and 70 years of age, 16 between 50 and flO, nine between 40 and 50, three between 30 and 40, and seven be tween 20 and 30; finally, there are two still under 20 years of age—the Queen of Spain, who is nearly 17 and three months old, and the Prince of Waldeck, who is not quite 17. " The sovereign who, of all the rest, has reigned the longest period, is the Prince of Schaumburg. Lippe, who is in the 61st year of his reign, in cluding the years of his minority. Of the others, three have reigned upwards of 40 years, including, the period of their minority ; these are, the Princes Lippe-Dttmold and Sell warzburg• Rudolstadt, and the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Two have reigned between 30 and 40 years, six between 20 and 30, 22 between 10 and 20, and 15 (including the Elector of llesse and the Duke of Parma, who only assumed the reins of Government in 1847), have not yet reigned 10 years. " Six sovereigns are unmarried, or have never been married. These are, independently of the Pope, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Duke of Brunswick, and the Princes of Reuss-Schleitz, Reuss Lobenstein-Eberdorff, and Waldeck. " Six are widowers, viz., the King of Hanover, the Grand Dukes of Darmstadt and Oldenburg, the Duke of Nassau, and the Princes of Ilohenzollern• Sigma ringen and Hohenzollern-Ilechingen. "One sovereign lives in a state of polygamy; another (the Elector of Hesse) married according to the morganatic mode, or with the left hand ; 36 have espoused princesses of reigning houses ; and amongst them one has married a third time, and eight a second time. " The oldest of the; wives of these 36 sovereigns (amongst whom there are three female crowned heads) is the Queen of France, who is 65 years and S months old ; and the youngest is the Duchess of Modena, who is 24 years and 9 months old. The longest •married is the Grand Duchess of Weimar, who has been a wife 43 years and five months. Of 44 sovereigns, married or widowers, 12 have no issue, or only by morganatic marriages. Of the other 32, those who have the largest number of children, after the Sultan, are the Prince of Lichtenstein, who has nine ; the King of Bavaria and the Prince of Lippe, each of whom has eight ; the Queen of Portugal and the Grand Duke of Baden, each of whom has seven " The Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg having only daughters, it follows that only 31 sovereigns pos sess presumptive heirs qualified to succeed them; and amongst these the King of the French has, as his successor, a grandson ; the Emperor of Brazil, a daughter ; and all the rest, sons. " Fourteen sovereigns have only collateral relatives as their zucceisors ; 12 have brothers ; the Queen of Spain, her sister; and the Elector of Hesse, a cousin. "Five sovereigns are without any certain succes sors in their line, viz. (besides the Pope), the Duke of Brunswick (whose brother has been declared in capable of reigning), the Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, and the Princes of Hohenzollern lUchingen and Reuss- Lobenstein-Ebersdorff. " Amongst the 45 princes who are either hereditary or presumptive heirs (of whom the Prince of Elec toral Hesse, sixty years of age, is the oldest, and the Imperial Princess of Brazil, only one year and five months old, is the youngest), 23 are married to princesses of equal birth ; but one of them, the Crown Prince of Denmark, has already been divorced a second time ; 18 of these princes have children, amongst them the Prince John of Saxony, who has eight, is the possessor of the largest number. " The following changes took place in 1847 amongst the members of the sovereign families : "The nmber of deaths was fourteen, including, as in 1846, three reigning Princes, viz., the Elector of Hesse, the Duke of Anhalt-K6then, and the Duchess of Parma; besides these, the wives of two Sovereigns, viz., the Princesses of Hohenzollern Hechingen and Hohenzollern Sigma ringen ; two presumptive heirs, the Imperial Prince of Brazil and the Prince Frederick Francis Anthony of Hohenzollern H6chingen, aged, the first two years and three months, and the second 57 years; three Archdukes of Austria, viz., Joseph, aged 71; Charles, aged 76 (both uncles of the Emperor) ; and Frederick, son of the Archduke Charles, aged 26. So that the Imperial family of Austria lost, in th 3 course of last year, four of its members ; and the Eliperor two uncles, one sister (the ex-Empress of France), and one cousin. Finally, there are included in this list of deceased one French Prince, the Duke of Guise, son of the Duke d'Aumale, a month old ; Prince Ernest of Saxony, son of Prince John, aged 16 ; the Duke Adam of Wurtemberg, brother of the Queen, aged 55 ; and Lady Charlotte of Wurtemberg, wife of Duke Paul (brother of the King Regnant and sister of the Duke of Snxo-Al tenburg) aged 60; to whom must he added Madame Adelaide of Orleans, the old King's sister, wh9 ex pired on the 31st ult. " In the family of the Bonapartes, three died, be sides his widow. the Duchess of Pama, viz., Jerome, the eldest son of his brother Jerome, Count de Mont fort, aged 42; the eldest daughter of his brother Lucien, Donna Christina Egypta, afterwards Lady Dudley Stuart, aged 49 ; the eldest son of his sister Caroline, Louis Napolean Achille Murat, formerly Duke of Cleves and Crown Prince of Naples, aged 46. " The births were thirteen in number, including eight princes, the sons of the Queen of Portugal, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia, the Archduke Albert of Austria, the Duke d'Autnele of France (since dead), the Nea politan Prince Count Louis d'Aquila, the Duke Max of Leuchtenberg, and the Count Henry 11. of Reuss-Kosteritz ; and five Princesses, daughters of the Emperor of 13razil, the Crown Prince of Sardinia, the Hereditary Prince of Lucca (now Parma), the Duke Max of Bavaria, and the Prince Christian of Holstein-Glucksberg. " The number of marriages was four--viz., that of the infante John Charles of Spain (son of Don Carlos), to it of Modena; that of the Infante Henry of Spain (son of the Infante Don Fanciso de Paula), to Dona Elena of Castella y Skelly Fernanda de Cordova ; that of the Infanta Louisa Theresa of Spain (daughter of Don Francisco), to Don Jose Osorio de Moscow y Carhajal, Count of Trastamara, Duke of Sessa ; and that of Prince Ferdinand of Modena to the Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria." ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS. — Very considerable pressed by some of our corre dissatisfacti.n has been ex F pondents on the groun d t hat, while the architects who Were engaged as survei ing officers in inquiries last year, un der the " Preliminary Act," had in no case been paid more than five guineas a day, the civil engineers, who were employed on the same errand, claimed and received double that amount. It seems scarcely likely that the Government drew such a distinction : the difference must have originated in the modesty of the architects themselves, who have not been on quite so many Govera merit inquiries as the engineers, and wore, probably, and very properly, anxious not to overstep the mark.— Builder. CAUTION TO LADIES.—One of the most daring attempts at robbery within our recollection occured on Tuesday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, in Jewry-street, Ahlgate. A lady, passing through the above street, with her daughter, twelve years of age, was suddenly grasped at the throat by a ruffian, who forced his other hand into the pocket of her gown, from which he drew a canvas hag containing about eighteen or nine teen shillings. The lady called as loud as possible for help and held the man with the utm ost determination, hut unfortunately there was no one passing at the mo ment to render any assistance. Finding he was not likely to obtain his liberty, he dropped the bag of money and renewed his attack in a fierce endeavour to escape, which at length he succeeded in effecting, not however until ho had severely kicked and bruised the courageous victim of his savage attack, who was carried is a fainting state into the nearest shop. It is supposed the man was one of a gang of four men and a woman, who were seen a few yards in advance just previously, in close conversation. The police were on the spot in the course of two minutes after the occurrence, to whom the appearance of all the parties was minutely described. Colonel Rodenbach, who took a leading part in the Belgian revolution, died suddenly of apoplexy a f ew d ays ago, as he was entering a eaf6 at Brussels. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. REMOVAL OF JEWISH DicADILITI ES. On Saturday, pursuant to special notice, the Mary lebone Vestry assembled at the court-house, for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting a petition to the Legislature for a repeal of those enact ments which prevent the enjoyment of civil and po litical rights by members of the Jewish persuasion ; Mr. Lewis in the chair. On the minute of the previous Saturday, resolving that the Vestry shall petition the Legislature for the removal of Jewish disabilities, being brought up for confirmation, Mr. STANFORD moved the non-confirmation of the minute. He contended that it was unconstitutional for that vestry, as a parochial. body, to make that board-room an arena for politics. Sir JAMES liAmr.t.roN seconded the motion. The reason he (the lion. Baronet) seconded the non confirmation of this minute was, that from conscien tious and religious motives he was opposed to the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. Joseph, Mr. H. C. Wilson, Mr. G. Daniell, Mr. Grange, and other gentlemen having spoken on this motion, the question was put from the chair, and the confirmation carried by a very large ma jority. Mr. Josarn then brought up the petition he in tended to submit to the vestry for adoption. He observed that the vestry having decided the previous question by so large a majority, he felt very little doubt as to the result of that which he was now about - to propose. He was astonished at the course which had been pursued by the honourable and learned gentleman, Mr. Stanford, and he would con tend that the vestry of St. Marylebone had a right to petition the Legislature for a repeal of the disabi lit!es which affected their Jewish brethren. Mr. Joseph concluded by moving that the petition be adopted. Mr. STANFORD said he protested against the entire proceeding as illegal. Mr. H. C. WlLsort felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution, and contended that the objections raised by Mr. Stanford to the vestry dealing with the subject were fallacious. He denied that there was the slightest fear of an injury to the principles of Christianity by the adrnission of Jews to parlia ment. On the contrary, it was his belief that, by admitting the Jews to a participation in all the civil and political rights which we ourselves enjoyed, it would tend rather to convert Jews to Christianity than the present course of fixing on them the odious badge of exclusion. Sir JAMES IIAmILToN said, that it was with great regret that he found himself differing upon this ques tion with so large a body of his fellow parishioners; but at the same time he hoped they would accord to him that he did so from purely conscientious and re ligious feelings. Mr. William 'Williams, Mr. G. Daniell, Mr. Bell, Mr. Stevens, Sir Walter Stirling, and several other gentlemen addressed the vestry in favour of the peti tion, and it was adopted by an immense majority. A resolution having also been proposed and car ried that Lord Dudley Stuart be requested to pre sent the petition to the House of Commons, and that Sir 8.,Ha11, Bart., be requested to support the same. Lord DUDLRY STUART, M.P., said he begged to assure the vestry that he felt the greatest pleasure in saying that he should be happy to present a petition so entirely in concurrence with his own feelings on the subject.—(Loud cheers ) A memorial was read from a number of rate payers, praying the vestry to call a public meeting on the subject; but it was decided, as the ratepayers would have the opportunity of signing the vestry petition, that such a proceeding would be un necessary. 3IIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. WALESBY and a full Bench of Magis trates ) Considerable interest was created yesterday morning in consequence of it having been understood that toe trial of Mr. John Gore, the dust contractor of the district of St. Luke, Old-street, indicted by the parish authorities for a nuisance alleged to exist in Ilatfield-street, was fixed for this day. air. Parry and Mr. Metcalf appeared on behalf of tin parish authorities ; and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. L'rentice for the defendant. The Learned CHAIRMAN had no sooner taken his seat than Mr. Ballantine applied for an adjournment of the trial to a future day, in order to obtain from the prosecuting party a statement of particulars rela tive to the nuisance, which he contended was not fully and sufficiently specified by the indictment. After an hour and a half's argument for and against the application, The Learned CHAIRMAN consented to adjourned it until one o'clock, in order to give the prosecutors time to furnish the particulars sought for. About half-past twelve o'clock, however, the do cument was made out and handed in, but Mr. Bal lantine objected to it, on the ground that the docu ment was imperfect, not giving any additional, or even more explicit, information than that conveyed by the indictment. The argument, therefore, was resumed. Mr. PARRY contended that the wording of the indictment was sufficiently clear; and, after a long discussion, The COURT decided that the document was suffi ciently clear to meet the objects of the application made by the Learned Counsel, and therefore ruled that the trial should go on. Mr. BALLANTINE then rose and objected to the whole panel of jurors, thirty-six in number, on the ground that every one of them resided in the parish of St. Luke, where the nuisance existed, and, as such, were ineligible to try the case. Upon this several of the jurymen, both those in the jury -box, and those in waiting, expressed their dis inclination to try the case, on the same grounds on which the Learded Counsel rested his objection. A lon g argument too k p l ace on thi s po i n t, w h en it was decid e d b y t h e C ourt, on re f erence t o " B urn ' s Justiceappoit , n ( , )f the P eace ," th a t th e pro p er course was to triers," to ascertain whether each or any of the panel were biassed in their feelings by being inha bitants of the tended he had a Mr. BA LLANTINE r . ight at to fi e r h st al o le bj n e g e e te t d o t i c) , th th e i p s o , l a e n ” d m, c ,i o th n : out s u t h b i s s e g fo u r e m n tly, however, he consented; and after the lapse of some time, D r . Guy with Dr. Ryan and , and Dr. S o uthw o od Smith (who were in attendance triers;' and were !ers, 40 other witnesses) were sworna s acc ommodated with a seat on the bench. Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the triers, and de scribed to them the nature of the duty they were called on to discharge. The parish officer of St. Luke's was than called in and sworn, and deposed that the first person on the panel, George H. Gur ne y , was a resident of the p ar i s h of St. Luke, and lived within a short distance of the alleged nuisance. Mr. PARRY then addressed the triers, after which The Learned CHAIRMAN male a few observations. The Triers then consulted together for a few minutes, when Dr. Guy addressed the Court, and said that Dr. Southwood Smith and himself had, after due con sideration, come to the conclusion that Mr . Gurne y was ineligible to try the case, from the fact of his livin g • So near the nuisance himself, his family being perhap s liable to M r , p A any from it. reference invul ve d with then refe said, that as the same point was annoyance to all the other jurors, he would not pr ess for the trial. He would withdraw , MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Nunn, accompanied by a gentleman, under stood to be his professional adviser, came into Court, to request to be furnished with a copy of the deposi tions taken in the case of cruelty to a horse, heard before and decided by Mr. Hardwick, last week. The Professional Gentleman said Mr. Nunn's ob ject in asking for a copy of the depositions was, that he might indict one of the witnesses for perjury, as that witness had sworn to matters which were not true. Mr. Nunn felt that his character was com promised by the position in which he was placed, in consequence of the misstatements of one of the wit nesses, and he felt that it was necessary to take steps against the party who had sworn to circumstances that were not strictly true. The witness had stated that he saw Mr. Nunn in Bond-street at twelve o'clock at night. Now, this was not true, as Mr. Nunn was many miles from London at that time. Then, as to the alleged cruelty, and the appearance of distress in the animal, he could also prove, though the animal certainly died shortly after arriving in London, that the statements of the witnesses were very much exaggerated. Mr. BINGIIAM said there were no depositions taken, only the particulars of the charge and the decision, therefore he could not comply with the application, even if he was inclined to do so. But he shou d rather advise Mr. Nunn to take no further steps in the matter. He had read the case, and it was his opinion that Mr. Nunn had done sufficient to clear his character, by the regret he had expressed at the unlooked-for termination of the affair, and the gene rous manner in which he had afterwards shown his contrition. He thought, therefore, that the applicant, es Mr. Nunn's professional adviser, would take the wisest course in dissuading Mr. N unn from the step he appeared desirous of taking. Mr. Bingham then referred the parties to the clerk's office, for the pur pose of having the evidence taken in court when the summons was heard shown to them. Ic is right to state that the witness who spoke to the time when he saw Mr. Nunn in Bond-street, either misunderstood the question or was misunder stood in his reply. It was 13 o'clock in the day, not 12 at night, when Mr. Nunn was in London. Mr. Nunn started from Leamington at 12 at night. EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE or GAMBLERS.—Wm. Stephens (coffee-house keeper), Edward Cayley (porter), Charles Summers (servant), \Vm. Mordaunt (25, Belgrave-street, gentleman), Henry Williams (shoemaker), Louis Phillips (tailor), Robert Ash doure, .John Saville, David Levy, Charles Rainsforth, Ed ward Jones, John \\Talker, Solomon Dav:s, John Laurence, Alfred Smith, Stephen Hopkins, Win. Johnson, Henry Ball, George Irving, John Drew, llenry Smith O'Reilly, and John Wyse, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with being found in a common gaming -house, 68, Castle-street, Leicester-square, without lawful excuse. Mr. Henry Beresford, superintendent of the C division, said he produced his own report, and the order of the Commissioners to enter the house, No. 68, Castle street, Leicester-square. In compliance with these orders, he went to the house about a quar ter before two on Sunday morning. On entering the passage of the house from the street, he found the parlours occupied as a coffee-shop, which was entered by a door on the left-hand side of the passage. He proceeded along the passage, and went to a door alongside the staircase, where he found a trap-door covered with iron, which completely covered the regular descent to the kitchen. This trap opened by means of a pulley and weight, the latter completely securing it when closed. Knowing the trap to be fastnied, he directed it to be broken open with a sledge hammer, which was done with very little difficulty. lie descended to the bottom of the stairs, and found another door closing the entrance to a room. This door he also caused to be broke open by a sledge hammer. On entering the room he found the whole of the prisoners, with the exception of the prisoners Stephens, Ball, Levy, Drew, O'Reilly, and Wyse, who were in the coffee-shop. He then had the whole taken into custody. He sub sequently heard a cry from some of the officers that some cards were burning on the stove. This was a fact, and he afterwards saw a quantity of cards burn ing on the floor. After the prisoners were taken into custody he caused them to be searched singly, and then conveyed to the station. Having done that, he proceeded to search the premises, and found the brass instrument produced, which, though having the ap pearance of a double-branched gas burner, was no thing more than a roulette wheel. He also saw two dice boxes taken from a drain. The prisoner Smith was found in the back coffee-room up stairs standing by a door leading to the trap. At the entrance of this door a bell pull was placed communicating to an alarm near the trap-door. In this room was also found a table, which seemed to have been used for the game of hazard. The witness added that he was not molested in any way in - making the entry. Police-sergeant Webb, C 18, said he was in the coffee-house from half-past six on the Saturday even ing till the time Mr. Beresford arrived. He was on the stairs, and saw several persons go in a door to the left of the passage, and proceed along the coffee shop and out of another door on the right close to the trap-door. When they came to this trap, some of them knocked and others stamped on it with their feet. When this was done, he heard some one call from below, " Who's there ?" when the party ques tioned rejoined, " All right, Kelly." After this proceeding, from what he could hear, the trap was opened and the parties descended, and the trap closed after them. He remained on the stairs some time, and heard a female go the trap and inquire for a man by the name of Hopkins. He then heard Hopkins's name called out. This person shortly after came up the trap, and in a few minutes after a person came up to the top of the stairs and called for Ste phens to bring a cup of tea, and a slice of toast. He subsequently searched the prisoners, Ashdown and Summers, and upon the former found an ivory ball, and the latter three counters. Police-constable 178 C proved finding a dice box and cards in the drain. _ _ Police-sergeant C 7 proved finding a roulette cloth, and two half caps, one to cover a halfpenny, and the other a shilling. These were used in tossing. Several other constables proved finding implements used in gaming in various parts of the premises. A witness of the name of llelling, residing at 68, Castle-street, proved that Stephens was the owner and keeper of the coffee•shop, and that Cityley acted as his partner. The solicitor who attended for the prisoners ad dressed the magistrate at some length, endeavouring to show that Levy, who is a jeweller, was in the house, not for an unlawful purpose, but for the pur pose of seeing a customer about some repairs which the latter wanted done to a watch. He admitted the gaining implements being found on the premises, but that did not show that the defendants had been using WORSHIP-STREET. A lad named Henry Walker was finally examined before Mr. Hammill, charged with having incited James Hunt, a boy of fourteen years of age, to plun der his father, Mr. Ralph hunt, a watch implement maker, in helmet-street, St. Luke's, and two women, Sarah Hime and Sucan Jones, were charged with feloniously receivieg the stolen property. The facts of the case have already been fully de tailed in this paper. Sergeant Brannan now intimated that he had made every effort to trace the other parties implicated in the affair, but without success, and he had ascer tained that they had left the country to escape jus tice, and fled over to France. The prisoners, who declined offering any defence, were ordered to be fully committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. Mr. Richardson, of the firm of Richardson and Son, of Tooley-street, near London:bridge, attended before Mr. Cottingham, to complain of a statement mad© by Mr. Fenning, and the observations of the magistrate, which appeared in the papers of Thursday las. He said that on Wednesday he made a com plaint before him (Mr. Cottingham) of a horrible stench arising from the vaults underneath his pre mises, which were in the occupation of a wholesale pork dealer. Ile then said that he believed the pork was diseased, as the effluvium was so nauseous. He (the worthy magistrate) on hearing his statement, sent an officer to the place, when he saw Mr. Fen- Ding, who showed him over the vaults. He then saw that the smell arose by their removing legs of pork from the brine, which was sour. Mr. Fenning in stantly sprinkled the floor with chloride of lime, which induced him to believe that the smell would soon abate, consequently he did not return to that court with the officer and Mr. Fenning, but on Thursday morning he was surprised to see in the report of his application that Mr. Cottingham had censured his conduct. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he had nothing to do with the reports in the newspapers. When he did read them he had the satisfaction of finding them quite correct. lie certainly did say that he was surprised Mr. Richardson did not return with the officer and Mr. Fenning, after making such a state ment. Mr. Richardson—Then you did not attach any blame to me, Sir ? Mr. COTTINGIIAM replied that the only blame that he attached to him was for not coming with Mr. Pen ning, who made a complete denial to his statement. lie certainly considered that, after making such ex parte observations, which were likely to be injurious to the parties, he ought to have returned with the officer. Mr. Richardson said that he applied to Mr. Seeker on Thursday, but no reporter was present. On the following day, however, the nuisance was removed. Mr. COTTINGIIAM told him that, after the repre sentation he then made, ,he considered that the nui sance was of such an extent as required his instant interference. He accordingly advised him what to do, and sent Murray, one of the officers of the court, with him to Mr. Fenning. The officer returned with the latter gentleman, and informed him that all per scns had access to the vaults, and that the nuisance was not so great as stated by him. The occupier was removing some pork from the brine, which caused the slight smell. He inquired at the time why he (Mr. Richardson) had not come with Mr. Fen niog ? and the answer was, that business detained him. lie certainly considered that whatever busi ness he had he ought, in common courtesy, to have returned with the officer . and heard Mr. Fenning's answer. Mr. Richardson said that the stench was so great at tha time that it was on public grounds that he made the statement. lie then withdrew from the court in great haste. The Magistrate begs to acknowledge the receipt of a 51. Bank note from " W. 1 - 1. C." and 21. 4s. from W. Stagg, Esq., in aid of the poor-box. THAMES. Mr. Yardley was engaged for three hours in the investigation of a case involving an important prin ciple of maritime law, arising out of five summonses, at the suit of as many seamen, against Mr. Henry Barred?, shipowner, for wages earned in the ship Amigos, on a voyage from London to Kertch, in the Black Sea, Constantinople, and Falmouth. The respective balanus claimed by the men amounted in the aggregate to 401. The seamen were represented by Mr. Jos,-ph Smith, and the owner by Mr. Stephen son, both solicitors. Mr, Smith stated he would first call on the case of Richard Henry Furneaux, second mate, who claimed a balance of 81. 10s., and who was one of five who left the ship at Falmouth, before her arrival at the final port of discharge, Hull, on the ground that the captain so far misconducted himself, that they consi dered their lives were in great danger, and that it would he unsafe to proceed to Hull, although it was the wish of the crew to reach that place, where they would be more likely to meet another ship, and pro cure a fresh engagement, than at Falmouth. In con sequence of this refusal to complete the voyage, the captain obtained a warrant, and caused the men to be taken before the magistrates at Falmouth, who decided that the men were quite justified in leaving the ship altogether. The captain then consented to the men going away, made up their accounts, which were not paid by the owner, and gave up their register tickets to a constable, by whom they were delivered to the men. The captain also permitted the men to take their clothes out of the ship, and paid for the boat which took them on shore. Under the circum stances, he meant to contend, the men were clearly entitled to the respective balances claimed by them. Mr. Stephenson, for the defence, contended that the men had forfeited their wages by deserting the ship before she arrived at her final place of discharge, at a port in the United Kingdom, according to the articles of agreement. Captain Mead was really a sober and steady mariner. It would be a monstrous thing for the maritime interests, if seamen were to be made judges of the captain's competency or in competency to navigate a ship. Captain Mead was then called and sworn, and denied the assertions of the complainants. Mr. YARDLEY said he shoald decide that the sea men were entitled to their full wages up to the day they left the Amigos, at Falmouth. SHAKSPERE'S lIOUSE.—The question that was raised a short time since, regarding the truth of the tra dition which assigned thfs house as the birth-place of the poet, may be considered as set at rest by a document discovered by Mr. Halliwell, and printed in his recent lite of Shakspere. It was previously known that John Shakspere, the poet's father, lived in Henley-street in 1552, and that he purchased two houses in the same street in 1575; but no one had discovered in which of these houses he resided. Now, in 1596, John Shakspere sold a small fragment of land situ ited at the end of Henley-street, and the indenture conveying the purchase distinctly states it to he bounded on the east aide " by the tenement of me John Shakspere," and as part of the property " in the tenure or occupation of me the afore said John Shakspere." The house now shown as the birth-place of William Shakspere is, unquestionably, the tenement here described, and no better proof of its authenticity can be hoped for after such a lapse of time. We are not among those who love to see old associations destroyed by the antiquarian magnifying-glass, and are therefore rejoiced to find that this national memorial is placed beyond the reach of such an infliction. Mr. Hal liwell's volume is exceedingly interesting,, and brings some valuable aditions to the store of information con nected with the immortal man Shakspere. It is nicely illustrated by Mr. Fairholt.—Builder. THE LORD BISHOP OF CAPS TOWN.--The Persia Indiaman, having on board the Bishop of Cape Town, arrived safely at Madeira on the 30th ult., after a fine passage of ten days from Portsmouth. His Lordship, on New Year's Day, held a confirmation in the English Church, in the presence of her Majesty Queen Adelaide, when several young persons were admitted to that holy rite of the Church, and in the evening the Bishop and Mrs. Gray had the honour to dine with her Majesty. His Lordship, with the clergymen and catechists who accompany him to his diocese, were most kindly enter tained and lodged, during their stay at Madeira, in the residences of the principal merchants. On the 4th inst. they sailed from the island, and will touch at St. Helena, where it is expected the Bishop will again be called on to administering his sacred functions in aninistering the rite of confirmation to the young members of the Church re sident on that island. A POTIIECARIEs' II ALL—The following. are the names of gentlemen who passed their e xamination . in the science and practice of medicine, and received cer tificates to practise, on Thursday, the 20:11 January. 1848:—James Bally, Wednesburv; George Bobart Hanbury, Hereford; Frederick Greenwood, Hudders field; John Broadbent, Leeds; Josiah Clarkson, Bir mingham. Prince John of Saxony, to whom is due a trans lation of Dante's Inferno into German verse, has lately published one of the II Paradiso of the same poet. Both the translations appear under the assumed name of MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Oberon, Lieutenant Gardner. En route to Cagliari—The Vengeance, 84, Cap tain S. Lushington. En route to Gibraltar from Malta—The Belleisle, Captain J. Kingcome.. En route for Marseilles from Malta—The Volcano, Lieutenant J. Crang. En route for Malta from Marsailles—The Flamer, Commander La•ie. En route from Malta for the lonian Islands and Greece—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald. En route from the lonian Islands and Greece for Malta—The Ardent, Lieutenant-Commander W. No wel. En route for Trieste and Constantinople—The An telope, Lieutenant F. Smyth. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM- PA N T'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Oriental, the Hindostan, the Achilles, the Ripon, the Pacha, and the Tagus. En route for Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta—The Sultan. kn route from Qibraltar for Malta—The Euxine. En route for Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Alalta—The Tiger and the Erin. At Malta—The Ariel and the Indus. FOREIGN SIM'S OF WAR ANI) YACRETS IN PORT. The French steamers S:sostris and Leonidas—the United States steno-frigate Princeton—the Norw•e gian corvette NordstjETnen—the schooners Gitana, Merlin, and Ariel—the Ottoman schooner Sajah Catera. Tii IMAuM.—Our attention has been recalled to the paragraphs which have appeared, in this portion of our p a p er respec ti ng Li e ut e nant Cawley, late of the Imairn, and we are now sivisfied that no ships of war were asJetnhled at Port Royal in consequence of any charge against that officer. It appears, how ever, that some unpleasant circumstances in relation to a transaction with a commercial house at Madeira had been brought by Commodore Pting, under the notice of Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austin, commanding on the station, by whom they were referred to the Admiralty for further inquiry, but that, although Lieutenant Cawley's pay was impressed for a short period, that impressment was taken off, the Admiralty having received a satisfactory explanation. We there fore regret the error into which our correspondent in the first instance led us, and the trouble and annoy ance that error has occasioned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—The Meander, 44, Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, arrived at Spithead this morning from the eastward, and saluted the Commander- in- Chief. She is a very handsome looking frigate, and has made a most extraordinarily quick passage, hav ing left Sheerness yesterday only at noon, and anchored at this roadstead at nine o'clock this morn ing. She went ten to eleven knots during the pas sage, although under very adverse circumstances, the rigging and sails being covered with hoar frost and snow. She is fully manned, with a finer crew, as a body, than any other ship in the navy possesses. Captain Keppel has been compelled to refuse numbers of first class seamen, such has been the avidity to sail with this gallant and popular officer. This, we be lieve, is the Meander's first commission. She is an improvement upon the old 42's and 46's, by Sep pings, and clearly works well. She draws 17 feet aft as she now sits upon the water, with all her stores and munitions of war aboard. The new screw launch with which she has been supplied, is a failure. In the first place the boat has been built seven tons weight, instead of one half that weight as the extreme ; the consequence is, she draws too much water for shallow rivers such as she is intended to navigate. It is Captain Keppel's intention, however, to con struct a suitable boat for the 4-horse power machi nery when he arrives out. The launch now on board, when tried, made about five knots; but when towin g a boat she went no faster than a ,culler could pull. It is considered that teak is too heavy, while fir would have been more suitable and quite as service able as the boat is coppered high up. The Raja of Sarawak's berth is on the main deck, occupying the space of two guns, and those of the Lieutenant- Governor of Labuan are on the same deck. Mrs. Napier and family also go out in the Meander, and supernumerary officers for the China squadron. The Powerful, 84, advanced ship, is ordered to be brought down from the ordinary, and ri gge d. I t i s expected she will be the ordinary guard instead of the Illustrious, 72, and kept upon the w a r es t a bli s h men t similar to the sea-going ordinary guard-ships at the other ports. The Duck and Lively lighters sailed with stores for Devonport yesterday. The Confiance steam-tug, Mr. John Jagoe, master commanding (acting), arrived this morning from Devonport, with marines belonging to this division, and seamen gunners for the Excellent, late serving in her Majesty's ship Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle, recently paid off at that port. The Rochester lighter, with stores from the east ward, arrived this morning. THE GAS QUESTION. The report of the committee was brought up for the third time, and was exceedingly favourable to the Western Compony. The amount of security is re duced to 10,0001. The company have the privilege of laying down their mains on completion of the security, and to contract to light the parish with gas or some other substitute at the expiration of the present contract, with the proviso if they amalgamate with another company the vestry can cut off their supply. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, J. 24. STOCK Excuarcon.—The sales are—Ambergate and East ern Junction, 2A Lancashire, and Cite. shire Junction (late C. and B.), 5 per cent. in 1847 aid 1843, and 6 per cent, in 1849, 111%—East Lancashire, New, 3z i c. dis.— Ditto, Quarters, 3 c. di4.—Lancashire and York shire, 7 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 1% p.—Leeds and Thirak, New, 14 c. dis.—London and North-Western, 152% c.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, par—Ditto, Preference, % p.—Midland, 115—Ditto, Halves, 1 1 4 die.—Ditto,4o/. Shellac, 44 1 4—North British, New Quarters, par—North Staffordshire, % p.—Sh i ew s b ury , Oswestry, and Cheshire (Chester), New, % dis.—Seuth- Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and lierwick, No. 1, 4 1 ,‘ p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purch.), 1 3 , p.— York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 352—Dutch Rhenish, 9 le. 3d. dis. MANCHESTER, Jaw. 24. STOCK EXCIIA KCL—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 2 3 16 dis.—Birkenhead, Lascashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dim.—Eamt Lancashire, New, c. dis.- Great Northern, 5% dim,— Lancashire and York shire, 821. Shares, 4 7 4 dis.—Ditto (We'd. Riding Union), 2% di , .—Ditto, Preston and Wvre, (B), 5-16 p.—Liverpoor, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2 die.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 4 p. - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2t, dis— North Staffordshire, % p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 9.16 dis. LEEDS, JAN. !4. STOCK ExcliAstan.—The miles are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 din—East Anlian (18/. E. and IL ), B—East Lancashire, 21% c.—Ditto, New, Zi. Is. 3d. die.— Ditto, Quarters, 18s. dis.—Great Northern, 5% dis.— Leeds and Minsk, 15 dis.—Ditto, New, 14 dis.—London and North- Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 44, p.—London, Brighton, an d S out h Coast, 44'4—North Bri ti.h, halves, 12!4—Ditto, Thirds, 3s. p.—Ditto. Extension, fid. dis.—North Staffordshire, W s . p.—N or th-W estern, 4/. 13s. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 4 1 4 dis.—South. Eastern and Dover, No. 4,30 s. dis. —South Yorkshire, Don caster, &c. 2 dig.—Turk, Newcastle, and Berwick. Prefer ence, 1 ji p.—Ditto,NA. 2 (New Berwicks),27) 4 c. p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 24. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3!4 dia.—Amber. gate, Nottingham, and 805t0n,,435. ¶ht. din. BRISTOL, J. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Great Western, 171. Shares, 19.16—Midland, 401. Shares, 4 1 i p.— Shropshire Union, 2 7-16 dis. EDINBURGH, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales sire—Edinburgh and North ern (Newport), B—Great Northern, 91s. ex int.—North Bri tish, •)6 3 ,i—Ditto, Quarters, 5/. Bs.—Ditto, Thirds, 425. 6d. —Scottish :Central, 30/.7-Shretrsbury and Chester, 1776--• Ditto, Oswestry, 6'q—Ditto, 'inferno, 7, GLASGOW, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCIIANOK.—The sales are—East Lothian Cen tral, 15s. 6d.—East Indian, 15s. U.—Glasgow and Garn kirk, nrd. 109.—Ditto, Quarte ts , 91 . l s. —Midl an d , 1151 . Ditto (40/. paid), 431. IN.—North British, 25/. 15s.— Sla manumit), 191. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-i. SURPRISING CURE OP A BAD COLD THAT HAD SETTLED ON THE LUNGS BY 1-I,,LLOWAY'S Pius.—Jane Kruz,T, residing at 33, Cur sitorAreet, Chancery-lane, was reduced to a mere skeleton, owing to a violent cold, so that her liver and lungs had become dangerously affected. When she last attended Bartholomew's Hospital, her mother was told by a medical gentleman " that he scarcely thought she would live to reach home." Her father then, as a forlorn hope, commenced rubbing her chest, sides, and loins with Holloway's Ointment, and gave her these famous pills twice a day, which, to the surprise of all, saved the child's life. Sold by all vendors of medicine through out the civ;lised world, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. NumEaous Fuss.— S everal fires took place in the metropolis on Friday. The first broke out in the premises of Mr. Stringer, in Short-street, New-cut, Lam beth, and the flames spread so rapidly that the family had some difficulty is escaping. Five or six other firve, but which were speedily extinguiohed, took place in darer:int parts of the metropolis. AMERICAN PRODUCE.—We observe that the mail ship Hibernia has brought, among other articles of merchandise, two barrels of oysters, rather a novel importation, from the United States. She also brought three boxes of an article called " Ceagrces Water," individually addressed. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at Eaton-square, the Viscountess Adare, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Pau, the lady of Lieutenant A. A. Shaw, 2,1 Madras Native Infantry, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., the wife of John Howe, Esq., Allesley, Warwickshire, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Loxwood House, Sussex, the lady o John King, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at the Vicarage, St. Ippolyta, near Hitchin, Herts, the viife of the Rev. Thomas Henry Steel, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at Longoot Parsonage, Emily, the wife of the Rev. E. Harenc, of a son. On the 21st inst., in Doughty-street, the wife of Dr. W. Smiles, of a son. On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Mrs. n. Stein Tarrell, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., in Chesham-street, Mrs. Francis Offiey Martin, of a son. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Kensington Church, Frederick W. Strickland, Esq., of Alfred-place West, Thurloe-square, to Harriett Isabella, only daughter of the late Major Archibald Dickson, WEB. At his residence, 7, Haverford-terraco, Caledonian-road, Jan. 25, after a painful illness, James Aylward Walpole, Esq., in his 35th year. At Horn House, the Rev. William Money Kyrie, of Hom House, Much Marcie, Hereford, aged 72. On the I Ith inst., at Limerick, Captain William Baillie Jopp , 64th Regiment. On the 12th inst., Mrs. E. G. Bartlett, aged 32. On the 15th inst., at Chichester, the Rev. W. B. Bayton, Rector of Ford and Vicar of Madehurst, aged 77. On the lath inst„ in Queen-street, Cheapside, Mr. David ap Thomas Young, aged 64. On the 18th inst., at Hungerford, Mr. Barker, surgeon. On the 22d inst., at Hastings, Julia, daughter of John Turner, Esq. —---- -- - London: Printed and Published by MUMBO YOUNG, - at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at the San Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, Jimmy 25, 1848. ~~ s! i { f (, s;.~