The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-27 00:00:00

Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 424 — to Do., Branch 1 ,6 Shares 124...... Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 24 Ditto, Extension (green)... 2. , A — Do., New Eaten. (pink)... 214 — ...... to ‘ Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New Do., de., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 34. .... Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Litbtpodl, Manchester, and , , / 4 1efreetle J unc t ion 2 1,4 — ...... to PAtidoia. & Blackwell ...la/. 6s. 84 — Ditto New, No. 1,. Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 441.... Do. Extension Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Dos Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... 'o. Guatanteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... ... pc Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... Ditto, ditto 1852 i 0 London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... BIA to Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... —...... to London & North Western 100 152 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22 Do.do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths 1)s. Quarters ... G. J. 25 Dd. 401. Shares L. &M. 15 ...... ...... to Po. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 A 2 . •••• to Do. 10!. .. M. and B. (13.) 7 . — Do. 10/.... M. and B. C.) 1 London and S. Western.... 41.. 618 d... 54 1 A to 55 Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40 Ditto New 501..,.,.., ....... 32t,i..... Ditto. Nev: 40/..._...,... .. 26 Pith l'4nths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Po. Tenths (Consolislated) 40 Ditto, Thirsts 61. 65. 8d ... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — •••••• i'`" Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Manch. Buxton. & Matlock 3 — to Monthr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 bat°, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7%. ..... Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... 4% — to Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... Manchester and Southampton 2 1 ,4 — .. ... to M ithand 100 115%..... to 114 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 401. Shares... 4O Ditto, 50/. Shares... l5 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Cense)). Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 10 Midland, Bristol and Gleuc. 36 Ditto ditto 11/. 3a.6d. .. Mitland, Leicoa. and Swan- aingten (8 per et.gea.)....100 .... • Midld. Oreatffestere(lrish) 35 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares ..... ....•• to -- Newmarket and Chesterferd 18 1 ,4 — Ditto Extension e*pokt Alietig., and Heref. 0 Oftdlk lOO Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. Serip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 N ewrY, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% — ... .. to Northern Counties Union .... 14 North British Ditto Half Shares.-- Do. Quarters 4%. — - Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 • 18Ai to North Wales 3% ..... , .... to North Western utfotd, Worcester,•and Wol- . Yerhampton Reading, Guildfd. , & Reigate 7% 7%...... to Ijaystsa and Hitchin ......... 1,6 — ...... to !Scottish Central It oafish Midland .... ........ ... 20 Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole •••• 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . Ditto, Oawestry l2 — to Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 5 ...... Shrewsbuly and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union Beuth Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, No. 4. V% 5% ... to month Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... 4 — to Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% — to Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath ... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13% to Waterford and Limeric k..... 46 —..— to Waterford, Wexford, Wickiw, and Dublin West Cornwall tVhitehayen andFurnees l2 ..... ..... to --, Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts , Somerset,&Weymoath 80 .._ ... to York, Newcastle, stadl3erwick 25 .... — - to Do. Ori g i na l N ow & Ber'ck 25 Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. to Do. Exton:N o .l (T. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 1.1 % Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. $ 0 ..- 77 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension ls 36 ....- to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of Franco ( Orleans and Viers's) ............... 14 Central of Spain Ceylon ..._ Sa. Domorara. ..... ................. S Dendre Valley Direst Bombay and Madr as fn. ..- . Ditch Rheni s h East Indian ... . 4 to Great Indian Peninsular Italian add Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - Louvain Ila Sambre ..... .... 1 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentin Namur and Liege........ l6 Northern of France. Orleans an d B or d eaux ... - 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — .. ... to Paris and Lyons Pans and Orleans Parts and Rotten ..• 2O Paris & Stra s bou r g ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre 24 Sambre and Meuse .. Strasburg and Bale .. ... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... - ...... .. 8 - to MINN Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders s% — ...... to JOINT STOCK RA'NKB. 40 . Australasia British N or th American Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ... Loadon and Westminster... 20 - to National Provincial of Englci. 85 Ditto, New .... 11 •••••• ......... :::.. to National of Ireland - ..... 22;i .. to Provincial of Ireland - lO ...... to Ditto, — Union of Australia to New ..................... 2% — U n io n of London ........ --- 10 Unison of Madrid ............... 40 MINES. Anglo Mexican .. ........... .100 _ -to AAstrian Mining Company ... 11 • ... ustralian .......... 2 - • ............. Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... ill Belanes Seri? ................. — •— to British Iron ...... ... is ...... .. . .. .........•24•7 ' to .... •• ••• •••••• Galvanized Iron - Ditto, Ne w -. ............ ... 11 4 te .................. teal d c l M oats, Uaregittered —— .. IA t. R.EBUCTION IN THE RATE OF T. The Bank of England DISCOU Direc N tors have just reduced the minimum rate of discount to four per cont. LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN, 2 7.—Wind E. by N., fresh gale and fine clear frosty weather. OFF Si'. ALBAN'S HEAD, JA N . 23.—Vibelia, of Jersey, Rio Grande. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind E.—Arrd. 25, Waterloo, Van Eisen, Batavia; Bucephalus, Small, Penang; Zo diac, Popkin, Surinam. 26, Conrad, Kolas, Rio Ja neiro, for Hamburgh. FAratorm, JAN. 26.—Wind E., strong gale.—Arrd. Zealand, Noord, Batavia ; Phantom, Kurdsen, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26. Wind E.S.E.— Sld. Wan derer, Trinidad; Jessie, Miller, Calcutta; Beethoven, Ceylon; Lord Nelson, Africa; Sylph, ditto; Mary, ditto; Windsor, Brazils. WM ITEMAVEN, JAN. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Penelope, Grenad a . D CORK. JA N . 2 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 23, Cremona, unna, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, JAN. 2 6.—The Torvo, Alexandria to Ant werp, has put in here, reported to be leaky, and must discharge. The Providence, Rio Janeiro for Antwerp, arrived here 20th instant, is said to be leaky, and has come into the harbour. PENZANCE, JAN. 25.—The Susan, Newport to Hull, has put in to-day leaky, and with loss of bowsprit, cut water, &c., and one man overboard, from contact last night with a large barque. SHIELDS, JAN. 25.—The Brechin Castle, of this port, struck on the bar yesterday, and has put back leaky. MUNDSLEY, JAN. 25. A vessel, name unknown. sunk last night about two miles from here. A boat, said Kobe m ar k e d " General William Ritchie, of Newburgh, " s washed on shore at Bacton. YARMOUTH, JAN. 26. The Nordetiernen, Chris tiansen to Marlaix, has put in here waterlogged. HAM/ROUGH, JAN. 25.—The Johnstown, of New- THE SUN, LOST DON, castle, went on shore here yesterday, and filled ; crew saved. ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 2.5.—A locker board, branded in two places" Wave," has been picked up here. MALDON, JAN. 26.—The Wear, of Sunderland, was lost on the GuAeut Sand, yesterday, during a snow storm ; crew saved. NEWBURY, JAN. 24.—The Pilot, of and from this place to Leith, in being t , 3wed to sea yesterday, was driven en the sand at the south side , of the entrance of the river, and is di,charf.. ,, ,ing. The cargo of the Ge broeders, De Leaw, fromDantzic to Rotterdam, which got on shore near this place, 10th inst., has been landed partly in a damaged state. DUNDEE, JAN. 24.—The Male, from Archangel, which went on shore at the river, 9th inst., has been got off, and was towed up to port this day. MiDDLEsnonouan, JAN. 23.--A boat, marke . d " Al scrim," or " Algeria:`, of Lynn, Stephen Gulls, master," has been picked up by the Clio. HARWICH, JAN. 25.—1 t blew very hard last night from the east. The following has been posted at Lloyd's:— NOTICE TO MARINERS. ILLUMINATION OF THREE NEW LIGHT- HOUSES. Nlinistry of Public Works, Paris, Dec., 1847. Mariners are hereby informed that from the Ist of January next three new lights will be exhilaed through out the night, one at the northern extremity of Corsica, and the other two at the entrance of the roads of Brest. The following descripticn shows the geographical position, character, and range of these three lights, the establishment of which has hen already announced in the three last editions of the "Description d.•s Phares de France," published in 1845, 1846, and 1847: LIGHTHOUSE OF THE ISLAND OF GIRAGLIA. Light with eclipses of from half minute to half minute. Upon the island of Giraglia, lat. 43 1 45, long. 7 3 55 E. Elevation above the ground, 22m.; above the surface ol the sea, 82ra.; range, 27 miles. In ordinary weather these eclipses will be total only beyond a dis.ance of ten marine miles. LIGHTHOUSES OF THE MAIN CHANNEL OF BR ES F. 1. LIGHTHOUSE OF PETIT MINOU.—FIXED Upon the Point of Petit Minou, situated at the western entrance, and at the northern side of the inlet of Brest, lat. 48 21 29, long. 652 19 W. Elevation above the ground, 33m. 40; above the sea, 32m.; range, 15 miles. 2. LIGHTHOUE OF PoßTme.—Light varied from three to three minutes with flashes, preceded and followed by brief eclipses. Upon the Point of Portzie, at 6,400 metres N., 68 E. of the lighthouse of Petit ninon, 1at..1 48 20 12, long. 657 9 W. Elevation above the ground, 33m. 40; above the sea, 56m. 20; range, 18 miles. In ordinary weather the brief eclipses of this lighthouse l i will become total only beyond a distance of eight ma rine miles. These two lights, in a line with each other, will indi cate to mariners the course they have to steer to the entrance of the inlet, in avoiding to the north the shoals of Coq, and of the Basse Buzec, and at the south that of Vandree. 3. SUPPRESSION OF THE LIGHT EXHIBITED IN FORT BEROUARD, UPON THE JETTY EAST OF THE PORT OF ClOTAT.—Mariners are hereby informed that from the Ist of April, 1848, the light exhibited in the Fort Berouard, at the jetty east of the Port do la Ciotat, will be discontinued. The entrance to this port will con tinue to be indicated by the fixed light, with a range of nine miles, exhibited at the extremity of the same jetty. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NZIWG.ELTE AND LXVIDENH.A.I.36. A very steady demand was experienced for each kind of Meat, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6‘l to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s .41; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per Bibs, by the carcase. vzzAT r•Ea.lammTs. SOUTHALL, JAT/726.—We had a firm trade to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef from 4s to 45 101; Mutton, 4s to 53 2d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 26 —Each kind of fat stock sold freely, at higher rates. Beef from 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per Sibs ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. LEWES, JAN. 25.—Beef, from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81b. A short supply and steady trade. BL AT DIAILMETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21105 to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 108 per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41105; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 108 per load, Supply rather limited, and trade dull. WEITECRAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 13,; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4l 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per load. Trade heavy, at the above quotations, COAL MARKET Adair's Main Bate's W. Hartley... 19s 6d huddle's W. Hartley.. 20s 3d Carr's Hartley Chester Main lB5 Od Dipton Tanfield l4s 6d l Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley 2os 3d' Holywell Main ... ..... Ids 9d North Percy Hartley 195 6dl New Tanfield 155 6di Ord's Redheugh Pontop Windsor .... South Peareth Wylam West Wylam Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Bell and Brown ...... 13ewicke and Co 2 ls 6di Brown's Gas , Gosforth 2ls 6(1 1 Hotspur 2os 3d l Hilda 2os ad Killingworth 2lB Od Northumberland Riddell's 2ls Bd, Washington Lden Main 22s 3d '.-YESTERDAY. Harraton Main ...... Od Belmont 22s 3d Braddyll's Hetton 22s 9d Bell East Hetton .Hasvrell 23s 3d Hetton Lambton Lumley Rus ell's Hetton ( Richmond 2lB 3d Shotten Stewart's Cassop.. ..... Caradoe 228 9d High Thornley Heugh Hall . Kelloe . ..... 22s 6,1 ITrimdon ... 21s 6d lAdclaide Tees .;Cownden Tees . I Seyrnour Tees .!South Durham 2ls 6d 'Fees West Corn f orth 21s Od Whitworth l7s 6d I'DerwPntwaterHartley 19s 9d II Ships at market 2OO CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 27, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. [BAREY.' OATS. I RTI. I 388 N BS.d8 S. d I SIAS. PRICE .. 53s 1 d 30s L 4d 21s Id 30s 8d I 4ss 2d The Duties on Foreiin . .9fain are now suspended CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CA.NCELLOR took his seat in his Court at Westminster:at half-past eleven o'clock to-day, and gave judgment in several cases. .STRICKL4.ND V. STKICKLAD.7-*JU . DGMENT, The L CAANCEiLOIV - galiP RafiMent to-day in this case, which came before his' Lordship twelve months since upon an appeal from the di cision of the Master of the Rolls dismissing the bill of the plaintiff. The suit was instituted in November, 1839, by Henry Eustatius Strickland, a son of the late Sir George Strickland, against his brother, the present Sir George Strickland, and other members of the family, and asked that the will of his father, made in the year 1808, might be established, and that it might be declared, that upon the death of Walter Strickland the plaintiff became entitled to all the estates, including Win tringham, East Heslerton, and Knapton, which, by the- will of the testator, were expressed to be devised to George Charles and Walter Strickland respectively for life ; and that the defendant, Sir Geo. Strickland, who had held since the death of Walter, and still con tinued to hold, the said estates, might be decreed to render to the plaintiff an account of the rents and pro fits of them, and give up to him all th- title deeds. The Master of the Rolls in his judgment, delivered in August, 1842, said that the title of the plaintiff depending upon the will of the testator was a purely legal cute, and, therefore, this Court cluld have no jurisdiction in the matter until such title had first undergone the ordeal of an investigation at law. The question, therefore, was, whether the Court should retain the bill until that issue had been tried. The practice of the Court was not to retain a suit which involved the mere legal right to property, unless the assistance of the Court were equitably invoked for the purpose of making out such title at law, such as restraining the setting up of outstanding terms, or compelling the parties to make certain admissions. In this case, however, no such assistance was asked from. the Court ; and although the plaintiff claimed an equitable interest in the property, no such interest had been shown. The Master of the Rolls, therefore, ordered the bill to be dismissed. without costs, as far as concerned the defendant Sir George Strickland, but with costs as to the other defendants, and against this decree the parties appealed to this branch of the Court. The Lord Chancellor this morning, in giving judgment, went at consider able length into the facts of the case, and stated his opinion unhesitatingly to be, that the Master of the Rolls had come to a sound conclusion in dismissing the plaintiff's bill. He must therefore affirm that decree of the Master of the Rolls with costs. Appeal dismissed with costs. PARKER V. MORRELL.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHAN CELLOR also-gave judgment in this case, which came before his Lord ship previous to the long vacation, upon appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The bill was filed by the plaintiff to cancel a bond, by which the plaintiff !undertook to be security for his brother, who at that time owed a sum of 2,500/. to the defendants, who are hankers in Oxford. The bond was dated in 1831. Subsequent transactions took place, by which the plaintiff's brother became more deeply indebted, and it was alleged by the defendants that the bond rende red the plaintiff liable, as it was given for a continu ing ba lance, and therefore a general guarantee. The Vice- Chancellor directed issues to try the question, and on a verdict being given in favour of the plaintiff made a decree. The defendants appealed on the ground that the issues were imperfectly framed, and that they did not embrace the whole question. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in givii:g judgment, went at some length into the facts of the case, and after adverting to several points of practice involved in it, directed an issue, to try A-,hetila is bond and war rant of attorney of the lath April, 1834, were ob tained fraudulently from the plaintiff, or by false misreprasentions giving liberty to endorse special circumstances on toe plstea, and reserving all costs until the issue was tried. TIIE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY V. DIMES.- JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upon an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Chancellor of England. It appeared:that, as long ago as the year 1774, the Grand Junction Canal Company had obtained an Act of Incorporation, under which they concluded purchases of land, and took leases for the purpose of carrying out the line of inland navigation, in cluded in which was a piece of copyhold land purchased of one Skidmore, tenant by copy of court roll to the lord of the manor. Dimes, the defendant, had come in first as mortgagee, and subsequently had bought the manor with all its rights. Skidmore had for thirty years been tenant to the lord, render ing him customary services and fines, and then died, and the heir of Skidmore being an infant, the lord of the manor seized the copyhold land until he could have a tenant capable of rendering him the cus tomary services, treating the company as trespassers upon their own line of navigable canal, and bringing a large quantity of bricks with which he threatened to impede the navigation. The lord then informed the company that he should not desist from this course unless the company should agree to buy up his interest. In this state the case came before the Vice-Chancellor of England, who, in giving judg ment, stated that he considered the whole diffi culty had arisen from the fact that when the Act of Parliament was passed, under which the plaintiffs had power to make their canal, sufficient consideration was not given to the circumstance that a portion of the land tObe.,taken was copyhold ; if that fact had been larOught toathe attention of the framers of the Act theft , Would lave been more special pro visions intro luced. , .. As it stood, his Honour thought that the sect had authoriser_ any person who had the right, title, or interest. in the land, by such a con veyance, the form of whi&l was pointed out, to con vey all their right, title; and interest. Jos. Skidmore was the copyhold tenant of this land, and the corpora tion purchased from.,hita;- for valuable consideration, and the land was cOriveyed under the Act. He con sidered that this Act provided for the conveyance by a party who had an interest of his own and no more, and it could not mean that where a party by that form conveyed his interest, that he should be taken to have 'passed anything which trespassed on the rights of others. Joseph Skidmore, in conveying his interest, had perfect right to demand that his copyhold should be continued to his grantee by the admission of his heir, but it could never have been intended by the Act that he should pass the absolute interest in the land which, in fact, would be passing what did not belong to him. His opinion was, that the heir 'of Skidmore was a trustee for the company, and the company could compel the lord to admit such heir. He therefore declared that Thomas Edmund Skid more, the heir of Joseph Skidmore, the copyholder, according to the custom of the manor, was the person who ought to be admitted tenant on the court rolls, and, when admitted, that he would be a trustee of the estate for the company, and that there should be a reference to the Master to decide what fine was to be paid by the company upon the admission of Skid more's heir, and that the company should pay his costs, and recover them from the defendant Dimes. The Lord Chancellor, after adverting to the facts at some length, stated his opinion to be that the decree of the Vice-Chancellor of England was perfectly correct, and ordered the appeal to be dismissed, with costs,—Judgment affirmed, with costs. • JONES V. ROSE.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upon appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. The main question in:the cause was, whether the plaintiff Jones had not, by neglecting to pay the calls, for feited 150 shares in the property called the Rosher ville-gardens, at Gravesend. The Vice-Chancellor directed inquiries before the master, with which both parties were dissatisfied, and both therefore appealed. The Lord Chancellor thought the course adopted by the Learned Judge was a perfectly correct one, and ordered both petitions of appeal to be dismissed with costs. SIMMONS V. GARRETT.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this ease, which came before his Lordship yesterday upon an appeal cause petition. His Lordship was of opinion that the order of the Court below was cor rect, and dismissed the appeal with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions and cause petitions. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. SIR W. YOUNG AND ANOTHER. Mr. COCKBURN moved for a rule to show cause why the order to bring up the defendants in this case for judgment to-morrow should not be rescinded, so far as Sir William Young was concerned, and the matter allowed to remain over till next term. He moved upon two affidavits, one by the attorney of Sir Wil liam Young and the other by his medical adviser. The affidavit of the attorney represented that Sir W. Young had for some time past been confined to his room with illness, and owing to the precarious state of his health, his medical attendant bad forbidden him access to the presence of Sir W. Young. The con sequence was that Sir William was as yet ignorant both of the recent trial and its result, and as his medical adviser swore that it would be dangerous to his life if the matter were broken to him in his present en feebled condition, it was hoped the Court would extend the order for judgment and the recognisances till next term. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on behalf of the prose cution, had no objection. There was, however, this difficulty in the matter. His Learned Friend in tended to move for a new trial, on behalf of Sir Wm. Young, but no such motion would be made in respect of Captain Charatie, the other defendant. It would be a serious inconvenience if Captain Charatie were brought up for judgment to-morrow, and a new trial were afterwards granted. The better course to adopt would be for his Learned Friend to make his motion for a new trial when he (the Attorney-General) moved for judgment to-morrow, and he would under take, in the event of its being refused, not to press for judgment against Sir William Young till such time as his health admitted of his being brought up. Mr:-Cocts.ftuart assented to this suggestion, and an order was made out, dispensing with the personal attendance of Sir William Young to-morrow. BANKRUPTC Y.-(T EIIS DAY.) THE GREAT FAILURE OF MESSRS. ALEXANDLR AND CO. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gota.nuarq.) This morning the first meeting for the proof of debts and choice of assignees took place under the fiat issued on the 12th instant, against Lesley Alexander and William Bardgett, of 53, Old Broad-street, city of London, corn merchants„ trading under the style or firm of Lesley Alexander and Company. Messrs. Rees and Wilde, jun., attended the meeting as solicitors for the petitioning creditor, Mr. Richard Saunders, of King William-street, discount broker. The debts proved on this occasion amounted to 289,0001., and it is stated that the further proofs will be, about 200,0001. more, so that the whole amount of the partnership debts are something under 500,0001. The assets already in the hands of the official assignee amount to 45,0001., and consist of the proceeds of the sale of stock and debts collected, &c. The probable future amount of assets cannot be accurately stated, as it will depend upon the sale of estates in the north of Ireland, belonging to Mr. Lesley Alexander. The following gentlemen were chosen assignees, without opposition, and accepted the trust : —Mr. John Gellebrand Hubbard, of Bi rchin lane, merchant (a director of the Bank of England) ; Mr. Spencer Ashlin, of Mark-lane, corn factor; and Mr. James Pittman, of the firm of Saunderson and Co., King William-street, gentleman. Mr. Rees, on behalf the creditors, applied for an audit and dividend meeting, to take place at the ear liest possible moment. The, bankrupts' examinations were fixed for the 13th of March, and expedition would be attended with great convenience to creditors. The Learned COMMISSIONER, concurred, and said, by the recent Act of Vie. (5 and 6, chap. 122, s. 27), he had the power to fix the dividend immediately after the passing of the bankrupts' examination, and therefore he would appoint it for the same day. WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles Houltem was charged with being drunk and assaulting police-constable 71 H. The policeman stated that he was on duty in High street, Shoreditch, at about nine o'clock last night, when he observed the defendant quite drunk. Pro secutor did all he could to persuade him to go home, but without avail, and as a brother constable now came up, it was thought prudent to take him to the station-house. The defendant walked along quietly fora short distance, when he suddenly turned round and knocked prosecutor down, and for the moment rendered him insensible. The defendant said he was a licensed victualler, and came up to London from Weir yesterday morning. He had been drinking freely during the day, and had lost the train by which ha was to return home, and what he did or what became of him afterwards, he knew not. Ha was extremely sorry for what it appeared he had done. Mr. ARNOLD said, the defendant had expressed great contrition for his conduct, which, however, could not he suffered to pass by. He had power to send him to prison. However, as he hoped it would be a warning to him in future. He should fine him 405,, or feu: teen days' imprisonment. THE SOUND.—The number of vessels which passed through the Sound in 1847 was 21,536, being the larg,:st nueier in one yea' vv r 'Decoct, known. This increase was owing chiefly to the numerous exports of corn. FIVENIMG, JANUARY 27 1848. THE METROPOLITAN COMMIS SIONERS OF SEWERS.—(THIS DAY.) A Court of Sewers was held this morning at No. 23 Committee-room of the House of Commons; Lord Ebrington in the chair. A report of the sub-committee appointed to advise as to the direction of the Ordnance survey of the metropolis was read. The report stated that Captain Yolland, of the Ordnance Department, had applied to the committee for instructions as to the point where the survey should be commenced, and the committee, considering the low sanitary condition of the popula tion in the poor districts of Westminster, and coupling that circumstance with the low level of the \Vest• minster district, and looking also to the proximity of the district to a county adapted for the application of sewerage manure to market garden purposes, re commended that the survey should be corn meneed, and a block plan at once prepared for, the district bounded by Bridge-street, Westminster, Great George street, Birdcage-walk, Constitution hill; Hyde Park-corner, Knightsbridge, Brompton road, Fulham-road, :Park-place, Milmates-row, and the river line from Milman's-row to Westminster-. brid ge. The report was unanimously adopted. A supplementary report was presented, setting forth that the survey had already been commenced, and efficient accommodation received for the officers engaged upon it. This report was ordered to be entered on the minutes of the Court A number of cases of defective sewerage were brought under the consideration of the committee, in the course of which it transpired that from ignorance the poorer classes of the metropolis were greatly averse to the drainage and sewerage of their districts, but the good which had resulted from the operations of the surveyors in various parts of the metropolis was daily removing the erroneous impressions which prevailed on the subject. The surveyor's report on flushing sewers and cleansing courts and alleys intimated that since the last Court foul deposits had been flushed away from the sewers of Westminster, Surrey and Kent, ai.d Tower Hamlets, to the extent of 70,826 feet and 10,656 loads. During these cleansings the surveyors had recourse to Sir William Burnett's deodorizing fluid, and now they were about to test the fluids of M. Legoyns and Mr. Herepath, of Bristol. In the parish of Marylebone several courts and mews, which had hitherto been neglected, were beginning ,to be paved and cleansed. The report was adopted. The Court then adjourned till this day fortnight. THE CASE OF THE REV. DR. HAMPDEN. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The arguments were resumed at the sitting of the Court. Mr. BADRL ET proceeded.—He said—Yesterday he called the attention of the Court to episcopal elec tions prior to the passing of the statute of Henry the Eighth ; he thought by going back to the period an terior to the Reformation that their Lordships would the better arrive at the intentions of the Legislature of that day in passing the statute in question ; and that they would the better arrive at the legal meaning of the word " confirmation," which, he contended, being a legal term, meant " confirmation " according to law. He then passed to the statute, and con tended, that every impartial person must, after a careful perusal of it, be of opinion that the object of the passing of the Act, and the intentions of the King, as evinced in history, was that the Act was simply passed to abolish the power of the Pope in this realm. He then submitted—and he submitted the point now with confidence—that from the time of the passing of Magna Charta up to the latest proceedings by the Legislature in matters ecclesiastical, that it was the intention of the Legislature to continue those privi leges to the clergy which they had formerly possessed —namely, the power of electing those who were to be placed over them, and who in all things apper taining to them exercised full spiritual jurisdiction. He apprehended that the whole scope and history of the constitution of this country showed that no popular right such as this - should be interfered with by legislative enactments, and he should, he con fessed, be content to try the Act of Henry VHI. by the test of the popular voice ; for Bacon, and other eminent writers, held that it was an inviolable prin ciple in our constitution, that unless the popular voice consented to any public matter it could not be decided in the affirmative. The choice of the people was always respected. Thomas Sims, an eminent and curious writer, speaking of the election of bishops, said, in words which deserved to be immortalised and handed down to posterity, that persons appointed to the office of bishops should be free from all ill-repute, and if scandalised and of bad life, that these things should be inquired into by a competent tribunal, and that he should be rejected iti-'he were found unfit to take so high an office. if the people in the olden time were not entitled to vote for bishops, they were entitled to oppose their appointment. He could cite numerous other opinions to the same effect; but he would not occupy the time of the Court at tco great a length. Bingham, in his work on Ecclesiastical Antiquities, book 4, c. 2, spoke of the right of the people to object to their bishops. Blackstone, and in fact every ancient writer, agreed in stating that the people possessed an inherent right to elect their she riffs and other persons to whom the aafety . of their lives and property were entrusted, and he implored the Court to transmit those rights to posterity unim paired. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE asked the Learned Coun sel if his argument was not this—that the people had a right to elect their bishops ? Mr. BADELEY said it was. He did not wish the Court to introduce anything that was new, but to preserve what was old. He contended that the Dean and Chapter were compelled to elect those whom the Crown nominated; but that this did not affect the right of the Metropolitan to refuse to confirm or the people to object. He contended further, that if the election was a " sham," that the confirmation was a sham also. Mr. Justice ERL said there must always be a con secration. Mr. BADELBY said the Metropolitan only pos sessed the right to consecrate, and he might refuse to do so. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired how bishops were confirmed when the Pope exercised power in this realm ? to the Metropolitan to Mr. BADBLEY said the carry Pope out generally ceremony, senta bull but Metropolitan. sometimes the P o by a process in the Ecclesias tical Rufus b C ss ee o l g u a e r oi df t t s ot o afh f et phsaet p i al Pope, home,x 1 i give it up until he had i m DQ ad ß e t r e e r m m i Mr. Justice C o terms with the the P L o e p a e r . ned u ezen tr t om in R hi o s in to e r , h an th d at ref l u V s i e l d lia t m o Mr. BADELEY s a id the consequence if the this was So. What would be might a b as bishops ? There might os pe , ople were not allowed to t p m er il s i o t n at s e a r g es a i i d n i s n t g the in ir ag e - object to persons Pm be mightmany.trn neen tt thingsa abuses un soews whichknown creep e e y ere tgo sought to be appointed, and pow , -. into the Church if those alone dioceses, where they on w l boldly coming forward acquainted with these at the solemn ceremony of things were prevented from confirmation, and stating grounds to grounds of opposition which were, perhaps, known them isThere was no more solemn ceremony than that of confirming a bishop, and the right of the people w ith res p ec t t o it A bishop was placed ii . n improper person was ought not to be lightly treated, over the clergy in his diocese ; n a y, more, he was empowered to ordain ; and the bishop might mere rights that ordi narily appointed, was it not possible that -and man, he asked the fill the sacred office of n ordain hrgy ms p u e eb r n s s persons se subsisted Lookingb disqualified etvi ee na tmt a t one Court, if a person , w h o knew or , errors of doctrine, or r of permitted t o come for ward to prove them if h e could ? If the Court decided scand al , was n chine. againstinthothet eitsolsiufbe o ieng of th e man d amus, t h ey would decide that the Archbishop was a mere ma f a perso n t o b e a pp o i n t e d a bishop, [Sir Fitzroy Kelly, wh o h , as been absent two days, owing to indisposition, here entered the Court , and took his seat in the Queen's Counsel box, und e r Mr. Badeley . 3 Now it did not appear that the Archbishop was subject to prremunire. Bacon, though he spoke of the penalties that attached to the receivin g of bulls frau the Pope, said nothing about those high officers of the Church being subject to such a penalty. Lie was at a loss to know how, looking at the statute the Vicar-General could decid e that those who ap peared at Bow Chur ch could re nder themselves liable to prremunire, or how those who heard them ren dered themselves liable to those penalties. This was clearly the opinion of Lord Bacon. The meaning of the act was, whatever the election might be con sidered, merely judicial, and was required to be done " in due form of law. Mr. Justice BaLE—lf the act of confirmation is a judicial act, what 1 5 to he confirmed or annulled 9 Mr. BADELE y —The election. Henry the Eighth, with all his tyranny, did not take away the power of the bishops either to confirm or net. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired if the tempo ral;t les were restored before or after consecration ? Mr. BADELEY replied not till after. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE further inquired if a man damus would lie in this Cour•-, addressed to the Archbishop ca lli n g upon him to proceed to the busi ness of consecration ? Mr. BADELIii apprehended not. There were seve- ral accounts of confirmations in the records of the Archbishop of Canterbury which showed that wit nesses had been examined and cross-examined in support of the charges of opposers et such confir mations. Mr. Justice COLERIDG E —Were the witnesses cross examined by an opposite interest, or by the Arch bishop's officers ? Mr. BADELEY believed it to have been a sifting by the officer of the Archbishop, not technically a cross-examination. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the pleasure grounds adjacent to the Castle. Lord George Lennox left the Castle to-day. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at the Castle this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen. Earl Spencer and the Viscountess Palmerston are also expected to arrive this evening on a visit to her Majesty. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel gians left the Castle shortly before four o'clock this afternoon for Frogmore House, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice., took their usual airings to-day in the Castle pleasure grounds. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out this afternoon. The Countess of Desart has left the Castle. The Viscountess Jocelyn has arrived from her residence at Richmond, and has succeeded the Countess as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Earl of Morton and Sir Edward Bowater have taken their departure from the Castle, and have been succeeded by Lord Byron and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer, La Mar quise de Trazeynies, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Earl Spencer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady John Russell, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Major de Moerkerke. The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will after wards attend in the Castle. The Bishop of Manchester bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl of Harrowhy had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home• office. Mr. Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday, at the Colonial-office. Lord and Lady John Russell left their residence in Richmond Park yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. THE ANTI-GOLD LAW LEAGUE. MR. COBDEN AND MR. BENNOCH. TO THE EDIT6I? OF THE SUN. Six,—Why did Mr. Bennoch disguise from Mr. Cobden, that one of the objects of the Anti-Gold-law League is to substitute a silver standard at the fixed price of ss. 6d. per oz. for the present gold standard at 3/. 17s. 10Id. per oz. ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, R. W. DICKINSON. Ilfracombe, Jan. 25, 1848. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. - TUESDAY. CHESTER CIIP.-20 to 1 agst Blaze (taken), 30 to I agst Jonathan Wild (taken), 33 to 1 agst Swallow (taken), 40 to 1 agst Clumsy (taken), 40 to 1 agst Swiss Boy (taken), 40 to 1 agst Stultz (taken), 50 to 1 agst Cracow (taken), 50 to 1 agst War Eagle (taken). DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 13 to 1 agst Glendower (taken), 20 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken), 20 to 1 agst Assault, 30 to 1 agst Beverlac, 33 to 1 agst Cervue, 35 to 1 agst Sesostris, 35 to 1 agst Keraun. LEAMINGTON AND SOUTHAM STEEPLE- CHASES. The stewards have decided that all bets made upon these chases prior to the frost shall " stand," whether the races come off next week, or in the event of a further postponement becoming necessary. IMPORTANT EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The public will learn with great satisfaction that the Government having determined that no expense shall be spared in providing an efficient expedition to proceed in search of Captain Sir John Franklin, K.C.8., and his gallant companions in the arctic regions, the Admiralty have spared no pains, and have lost no time, in meeting the wishes of the Go vernment and the public generally by providing superior ships, and selecting an efficient officer to command this perilous enterprise. With reference to ships, we may state that two vessels have already been purchased, one of 420 tons, from Messrs. Green, to be called the " Resolution," the well-known name of Captain Cook's discovery ship; and the other, of 470 tons, from Messrs. Wigram, of Blackwall, to be called the " Endeavour," the name of the famous circumnavigator's first ship. They are entirely new, and the names of the builders are a sufficient guarantee of their qualities in every respect essential for such a service as that to which they are to be devoted. With respect to the officer who is selected to command this expedition, when we mention that it is the gallant and distinguished Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Knight, D.C.L., F.R.S., who returned about four years since upon a polar voyage (and who is the nephew of that other celebrated arctic voyager, Captain Sir John Ross, C. 8.), the most unanimous confidence will be reposed in him as an excellent seaman, an effi cient officer, and a most skilful and experienced navigator. In his appointment to command and conduct such an expedition, an assurance will be felt that everything that can be done will be ac complished to gain tidings of, and to afford succour, if required, to Sir John Franklin and his gallant band of adventurers ; while at the same time we shall have the satisfaction to know, that what by any possibility can be effected in the way of solving the grand problem, the pursuit of which has already cost so much, and in which so many gallant lives have been sacrificed, will at least be bravely attempted by Captain Sir James Clark Ross, in the Resolution and the Endeavour. Already we have heard that many of Sir James's old shipmates, who are not with Franklin, are desirous of casting their lot with him a second time amongst the eternal ice fields, and we are certain that by the time the ships are ready fitted by Messrs. Green and Wigram, which by their contract will be about the Ist of April, as efficient a complement of officers and seamen will be collected as ever devoted themselves to any national enterprise. The Resolution and Endeavour will follow Sir John Franklin's track as close as possible.—fierald. RUMOURED ROYAL VISIT.—It is stated that the King of Prussia will pay a visit to Queen Victoria in the course of tho spring, when the " Shield of Faith," on which the artists are busily engaged, will be presented to the Prince of Wales. DEATH OF COLONEL VAUGHAN, OF RUG.—We have to record the demise of Colonel Vaughan, of Rug, Merionethshire, the commanding officer of the militia of the latter county. He was brother to the late Sir B. Williams Vaughan, who for more than 44 years repre• rented the county of Merioneth in Parliament. His death took place on the 19th inst., at Nawna, near Dol golly, one of the family seats. The vacancy in the militia will be filled up by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Hon. E. L. Mostyn. THE WEATHER.—Yesterday morning the guards who arrived at the General Post-office by the different railway mail trains stated that many parts of the country, especially in the north, are covered several feet deep with snow, and the water completely frozen over several inches thick; so that in all probability canal communi cation, should the present frost continue a few days, will be closed to navigation in the eastern, western, and midland counties. The tall of snow has been very heavy also in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and parts of Surrey. Yesterday numerous cart loads of ice from the environs of the metropolis were shot into the ice-houses of the confectioners and fishmongers. The Serpentine in Hyde Park, the pieces of water in St. James's Park and Regent's Park denoted the probability of soon affording amusement to skaters. In the north of France the fall of snow during the present week has been very heavy, and the waters in the vicinity of St. Omer, Ber guos, and Calais are frozen, forming an immense sheet of ice. THE CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGE.—By last Thurs day, we understand, about 200 feet out of 400 of the wooden supports to the tube have been removed, with which the tube exhibited no sensible deflection. When they are all removed the bridge will rest on two temporary pillars constructed under its ends, for the purposes of testing it. By this day it is expected the whole will be removed, and the invention be fully tested. After that it will, with all expedition, be floated to the piers in the river, and raised to its proper place. I n a workk of this sort so much uncertainty exists, that credit is due to the engineers for having hit the time so nearly as they have. We understand Mr. Brunel was there the other day, inspecting the bridge. If all things go on well, it is expected that the line to Bangor, 591 miles from Chester, will be opened for goods traffic by the Ist of March.—Chester Courant. AsyLums FOR THE HOUSELESS.—In consequence of the severity of the weather, and the appearance of a continuation of it, the committee of the " Asylums for the Houseless" had an especial meeting on Saturday, when'jit was resolved to open the asylums in Playhouse yard, St. Luke's. and Glasshouse-yard, East Smithfield, in which establishments about 400 applicants were received on Sunday night. The Western Asylu m , i n O g l e -street, Marylebone, is also to be opened. We regret that the funds of this most effective but unobtru sive charity are . scrioesly reduced. Alderulan Plums, on the day of his inauguration at Guilhall, very liberally transmitt e d 501. t o t h e T ower Ward Schools, in addition to his former donations, THE CASE OF THE REVEREND DR. HAAIPDEN. COURT OF QUEEII ; S BENCH, Jan. 26. (Sittings in Banco before the LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE and Justices PATTFSON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday). Dr. ADDAMS said—lf this mandamus were granted, his doctrine would be at once determined, and if it was proved that his doctrine was not erroneous, he would then be in a position to take his seat on the bench with greater satisfaction to himself and the public at large, and if the suspicions with respect to his doctrine should be confirmed, he would not of course be a bishop "to all intents and purposes," and the Crown would again have to proceed to a fresh election or appointment. If the present was not a case for mandamus, he did know what could make a case ; no other course was open to: the parties if they did not succeed in the present motion. He did not consider that the case Lucy v. Bishop of St. David's, referred to by the other side, was any authority upon the pint, because the allegations of the Bishop were rejected by a superior court, and there was not, of course, any appeal. The present case was totally different from that, for if the allega tions in this eaie had been heard when tendert d, an appeal would have been brought to a supreme court. With respect ,to the other authorities cited by the other side, he would not go through them, but leave it to those Learned Gentlemen who would follow him to do so. The Learned Doctor concluded by apolo gising for the great length to which his address had extended, and trusted that the Court would grant the mandamus. Mr. A. J. STEPHENS followed on the same side. The object of the statute 25 Henry VIII. was to annul the power of the Bishop of Rome in this country, and that the Archbishop of Canterbury should be allowed to confirm and consecrate without any appeal to Rome. This power was not first granted to the Archbishop by that statute, but, on the contrary, was recognised by it. The sentence pronounced by the commissioners for the Archbishop with respect to the confirmation of Dr. Hampden proved that the Arch bishop acted in a judicial manner, and in 17 Viner's Abridgement, title 0. E., it was stated, " that if sentence is given by any ecclesiastical judge, it is to be pronounced by the common law judges that it is according to the ecclesiastical law." In Glloson's " Codex," page 114, it was stated " that the election, prior to confirmation, is an incompleted act, and may be vacated by the refusal of the person to accept, and by the King to admit, and by proof of any legal incapacity at the election. In support of the judicial character of the Archbishop in the confirmation of a bishop, the Learned Counsel cited $, Salkeld, page 71, Godolphin's Repertorium ; the case of Peacock, 5 Coke, page 58 ; Lord Raymond, page 541. It was evident, therefore, that the finding was a judicial one. Now, what were the facts of the case ? The confimation was appointed to take place at Bow Church, opposers were duly cited to appear, and three beneficed clergy. men of the Established Church came forward with their proctors and counsel, and with their charges properly reduced to writing and legally signed, and they were refused a hearing, and he contended that there was therfore an absolute denial of justice in the case, and no other remedy was left for the parties but that of mandamus. No appeal could be brought, because the parties had nothing to appeal against. The Court had power to issue man damus in this case. In support of the argument that the Court had the power to issue mandamus the Learned Counsel cited Rex v. Mayor of rovvey, the case of Bagley, reported in 11 Coke, 118 ; Rex v. Baker, 3 Burrell's Reports, 1267, and in this case Lord Mansfield stated in his judgment that writs of mandamus were introduced to prevent disorder from a failure of justice, or defect of police; therefore it ought to be used on all occasions where the law estab blishes no specific remedy, and where in justice and good government there should he one. The case of Rex v. Bishop of Lincoln, 2 Term Re ports, page 338, in a note, Rex v. Bishop of Ely, 5 Term Reports, page 477, also bore out his views of the jurisdiction of the Court. Then it had been said, on the other side, that the Court would not issue mandamus in cases where penalties might attach for obedience to the writ. The case of Rex v. E►erett, cases of the time of Hardwicke, page 261, was a cause decidedly in opposition to that view of the case. Even with respect to points of practice, the Court had interfered by writ of mandamus. The case of Rex v. the Justices of Caernarvon was a case in point. Lord DENMAN—In that case the Court has some reason to think they ought to re-consider their de cision. Mr. PEACOCK followed on the same side. It had been assumed by the other side that the King had the same power as the Pope. He contended that he had not; the King could not consecrate a bishop. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—He had the same power of dispensing. Mr. PEACOCK submitted that he had not the power to dispense with the question of age, as that subject was regulated by several statutes. One of the ques tions submitted to the Archbishop on his consecra tion was, " Will you be faithful in ordaining bishops ?" Now, would it be considered that the Archbishop would be bound to lay his hands upon any person whom he knew to be incapacitated legally from the performance of his duties ? His Learned Friend Dr. Bayford had said that a profound darkness rested over them with respect to what was the canon law. There was, then, the greater necessity for en deavouring to obtain what light they could upon the subject, and he conceived that the best mode of ob taining this light was from the practice which had existed for centuries in the confirmation of bishops, and that practice had always been to cite any opposer to come forward. Now it appeared from the affida vits in this case that the parties cited to appear were not allowed a hearing. Suppose, for instance, the Archbishop previous to his consecration of a bishop should put the question to him, "Do you believe in the Scriptures ?" and the bishop was to answer, " I do not." Would the Archbishop be liable to prx munire if he refused to consecrate such a person who had no faith in the Scriptures ? Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—What is the nature of the proceedings under preemunire Mr. PEACOCK apprehended that it would be indict ment, and that the party would he entitled to plead " not guilty," and thereby raise the whole question. In the case to which he had just alluded, supposing an indictment should be brought under prremunire against the Archbishop, he would be entitled to plead " not guilty," and show that the Bishop did not believe in the Scripture ; and he apprehended that would be sufficient grounds for setting aside the in dictment. There was no provision made in the sta tute for the Crown doing any act tantamount to confirmation or consecration, should the Archbishop refuse to do either the one or the other; but if the Dean and Chapter should refuse to elect, then the Crown had the power to nominate, which clearly showed that it was intended to grant some discretion to the archbishop in the matter of confirm ing and consecrating any person who might be elected. He contended that the commission sent by the Crown contained no positive command to confirm at all events. It had been said that the present was not a proper case for mandamus ; no other resource was open, no appeal could lie, unless there had been a hearing of the case. The parties had been refused a hearing, and the only course to adopt was to call upon the Archbishop by mandamus, from this Court, to compel them to bear the parties. In the case of Lucy v. Bishop of St. David's the parties had a right of appeal, the case having been heard and decided in one of the courts, and this Court could not interfere by mandamus, and it would be found that in all the cases cited where mandamus had been refused, it had been refused upon the ground of a decision having been given in the case. A writ of mandamus was only a command to hear, and not to decide. Mr. BADELRY—The king, by virtue of his pre rogative, had full power to call upon the Ecclesiastical Courts to do right. It was clear that th e commis sioners acting for the Archbishop at B ow Ch urc h h ad mistaken the law, in refusing to hear the parties. It was important for this Court to interfere by prohi bition in the case of excess of w rong ; an d upon the sam e principle the Court had th e power of i nterfering by mandamus in such a case as the present, where there was a deficiency of justice on the part of the commissioners. It had been argued upon the other side that the Court could not i nter f ere i n matters o f ecclesiastical law. Th e present was not a case o f ecclesiastical law; it was a matter of statute law— the construction of a statute—and it was fully com petent for the Court to interfere in such matters as the interpretations of statutes. There was no doubt that the Archbishop had a discretionary power. That Power was deducible from the Scripture itself. St. Paul, in his epistle to Timothy, ch. iii 21c1 and follow ing verses, and to Titus, ch. i., gave that power to the bishop, and enjoined a careful inquiry into the fitness of the persons to be ordained, and see that they were not 'liable to any charge or imputation. The canon of the Council of Nice, in the year 325, and of Antioch in the year 375, of Laocliccea in 372,the Fourth Council of Carthage, in 387, and various others, acknowledged this pow, r, and threw upon the bishop the duties of inquiry into the fitness of candi dates previous to their ordination by him. The: Learned Counsel having concluded reading the authorities with respect to the rule of the canon lass in foreign countries, stated that he apprehended that that. was the rule received in this country, and he sub-. mitten that the arguments of hi s Learned Friend the Attorney-General, that the canon law was to be consi dered in this country as foreign law was a total mistake. In support of that proposition the Learned Gentleman referred to the argu ments of the late Sir William Follett in the House of Lords, in which that learned and lamented counsel had stated that the canon law was the law of England. Lord DENMAN called the Learned Gentleman's attention to the fact that in the case hr was referring to the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal, respecting the judges in the House of Lords, .had stated that the canon law was not the law of Ertgiand, unR less it had been approved of and adopts 0 in this country. Mr. BADELEY then resumed his argutnen ts, and proceeded to cite authorities at some length on the subject of the confirmation of bishops by the archbishop, and the statutes before and aft a the Reformation, in respect of it, and arg'u'e ag from them that it was clear that ti he penalty of proemunire would not result to the Arcl h bishop if he did not comply with the command of his Sovereign, and the wishes of the Dean at Id Chapter. All that was required of the Archbislic )p was that, if he did confirm, he should do so judiciallY• that was, receive any objections that might be' offered to the confirmation, and do all in his powne to afford full information of the quality of the pal,' whom he was called upon to confirm. Mr. Justice ERLE wished to know whether there was not a part of the history of this country in which the King claimed the right to instal a bishop without the confirmation of the archbishop ? Mr. BADELEY was not aware of the claim ing of any such right by the Sovereign of this country. On the contrary, in the reign of Edward the Third, and in that of subsequent monarchs, statutes were passed for the purpose of ensuring the rights of the Pope to confirm the appointment of bishops. The Learned Counsel not having concluded his arguments at half past four o'clock, the further consideration of the case was adjourned till to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. UNITED MEXICAN MINING AitS. - - SOCIATION. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the United Mexican Mining Asscreiation was held yesterday afternoon at the offices, Finsbury Circus; Sir John Easthope in the:chair. The report represented the mines to have been utterly unproductive owing to the disturbed state of Mexico, and the scarcity it lied caused in the article of quicksilver. The last difficulty, however, had been overcome, and there was now a prospect of the mines being again brought into profitable em ployment. The balance-sheet showed an available balance in London of 8,7811. 6s. 4d., and in Mexico , of 72,409/. 6s. 4d., exclusive of bonds, &c. in the hauds of the Mexican agent, and claims upon the Mexican Government. The balance in London could be greatly augmented if remittances could be safely made from Mexico, but the war rendered it dangerous to venture upon a transmission of specie to this country. The report was unanimously adopted. DEATH O O F F EDDItiJOSEPH BELL, It is with sincere regret that we have to an nounce the death of one of the most dis tin g uisd practitioners Edinburgh, Dr. Jos e f ) BURGH , lließdellm. ed T ic h sl e melancholy event took place in his house in ueor% e street, on the evening of Saturday lest, about ni o'clock. The cause was, we believe, typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his professional du.tip-s Up to Wednesday the 12th, Dr. Bell was in the enjoy ment of his usual health; on the following' day, he was seized with illness, which continued to inc: "r until he was cut off in the midst of his fame and h2 B usefulness. The present season, it has been rentarkedr has been peculiarly severe on the members of Ott medical faculty, several of whom have been attack ed by fever; but perhaps the heaviest blow they hi,ave sustained is the loss of Dr. Joseph Bell. By the public and the profession he was universally esteemed. Few stood higher, or enjoyed a wider reputation than he did. By hs brethren be was held in the greatest respect. The publics placed every confidence iii his skill and abilities, as was testified by his extensive practice. By the poor his death will be sincerely lamented, for his charity was unbounded. His professional eminence, com bined with the pleasing and gentle amiableness of his character, endeared him to a wide range of friends, amongst whom his memory will long be cherished. Dr. Bell had a sort of heredit a ry cl a im to distinction in his profession. He was the youngest son of the late Dr. Benjamin Bell, the Liston of his day, one of the most celebrated operators and practical surgeons that Scotland can boast of. His mother was a daughter of Professor Ha m ilt on , who filled with distinction the Chair of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh ; so that, by parentage, as well as by professional celebrity and personal labours, the name of Dr. Bell has long been intimately connected with the medical renown of the Scottish metropolis. He was warmly attached to the Esta blished Church, of which he was an active member, and, at the time of his death, an elder in St. George's Church.—Edinburgh Advertiser. THE CORN TRADE. At most of the leading provincial markets held since Monday, the value of wheat has given way to about the same extent as it did on that occasion at Mark-lane. The depression at Liverpool has been somewhat greater than elsewhere, owing to the ap pearance there of rather liberal supplies of wheat said flour from Ireland. On Tuesday the best qualities of wheat were obtainable in that market 3d. , and rough parcels of Irish 6d.. per 701bs. below the rates cur rent on that day se'nnight. Fine fresh brands of American flour were not quoted lower, but Irish was offered freely at a decline of ls. per sack- Later in the week more confidence was shown, and on Friday quite as much money was realised for wheat, whilst flour and Indian corn sold better than on the previous market day. The accounts from other large towns in the north are dull. Our letters from Scotland describe the weather as having become cold and seasonable, and the corn brought forward at Edinburgh and asgow on Wed nesday was, it is stated, in better condition than on any previous occasion this winter. At the first• named market wheat brought very nearly former terms ; but at Glasgow prices were quoted 6d. per boll lower. From Ireland the accounts are on the whole dull the recent arrivals of Indian corn at Cork, &c., and the expectation of further supplies, had occasioned this article to be pressed on the markets ; and rather increased deliveries of grain of native growth having at the same time appeared, with full advices from this side, buyers had refused to act, except at lower rates. Meanwhile, great distress continued to prevail amonk the poor, owing to the dearness of poNtoes• Some falling off has taken place in the suPP)7 of English barley, only 5,941 qrs. having been ileceivel within the last eight days. Prices of this grain havirg• been reduced of late to a point deemed tolerably sue, factors have been firm ; and though the maltsters as ad distillers have since Monday conducted their opera tions with considerable caution, they have scarcely been able to buy on as easy terms as those then cll7 , - rent. In foreign barley there ha s been ver y little l s e a s m h e a r v a e te b s ee a n s sa th m e p taken passing, in, s s t m i I l a If good n b t e i a t i v e y s grin g i a n egh before. The stand which the price of barley has lately po a s n: t l io t n he ; a fi e n r er ha k v i e nd w s e h h av e e ar m d a e i f nt l a e i s n s ed m t e h n e e i y r made has induced holders of malt to display m ore previous , having been taken for the common descriptions, though the latter have been very dull of sale. We have to report an increased arrival of home grown oats, having, in addition to 3,132 qrs. from our own coast, received 2,957 qrs. from Scotland, and 9,329 qrs. from Ireland. English beans have come forward rather sparingly; and though the inquiry has been of a retail character, lower rates have not been taken. Egyptians have also been held firmly at previous prices. Neither boiling nor feeding peas have excited much [ attention ; and in the absence of business of im portance quotations have remained unaltered. The accounts from Ireland being discouraging, Indian corn has been more freely offered, and this article has gradually given way ls. to 2s. per quarter; good Galata having lately been sold at 335. to 355. per quarter. The value of Indian corn meal has also re ceded more or less.—Merlt-lane Express. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN R . AIL WAY.--• Yesterday morning an accident of a serious nature, though providentially not attended wi th any fatal con sequence, occurred on the above train which leaves Exeter at 6 30 A.N. was proceeding same line of rails. line. L ith A in s a t . h v e er e :sl r i e ; 4 l on its way between that place and Bristol .. at the usuki p o u n t t ohn the perce i ved , e sam e when in ;In rate, distance,the a n engine obstruction t i i l m r driver e t r o He had but just instant the train dashed against a ballast truck, and the passengers were thrown into a state of the greatest ex citement. It was at first feared that the e ng i ne had beers t h row n off the line; owing, however, to the velocity of the train, the wreck of the truck, which was almost shi vered to atoms, was carried along the rails for some distance, and thus any sudden j er k t o t h row t h e ang i na off the line was prevented. As soon as the train could be stopped, the passengers began to r ecover f rom th e ir alarm, when it was found, that beyond considerable jarring, and the unpleasant situation in which they hail been placed by th e di saster, no mater i a l i n j ury was sus - taineu by any on e . Th e d r i ver an d s t o k er b o th re t a i nci l considerable presence of mind. The steam was shut off and the breaks applied the instant the obstacle was dis - covered. The intelligence of the occurrence was imme diately conveyed up the line, and at the next statiwi ever} possible assistance was rendered in order to for ward the train with as little delay as possible. A daring American projector proposes an electric telegraph from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is already. carried from the Atlantic to St. Lows, in the valley of the Mississippi. The distance from St. Louis to tho Pacific is 2,000 miles, and the estimate is that the Huts could be formed for 300,000 dollars.