The Sun. — London, England, 1835-05-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS When the language of those among his Majesty's Ministers who have recently had occasion to address their constituents on being re-elected is put side by side with that of some o f th e p ersons w h o are pl e d ge d to their support, and whose steady support they, the Ministers must receive, or be compelled to throw up the Government, it is very clear that Lord Melbourne and his colleagues have before them but a precarious and anxious tenure of official power. In Lord John Russell's speech from the hustings of South Devon there is more of reasoning upon those questions which formed the topics of difference (and that difference having far less relation to principles than to parties) between his Lordship's colleagues and the Cabinet of Sir R. Peel, than we have lately had the good fortune to discover in the productions, whether oral or written, of the Noble Candidate for Devonshire. There is likewise much more of a sobered and practical view of politics than might have been looked for from the context of his Lordship's course throughout the Ses sion. Then if we advert to the speeches delivered by Mr. Spring Rice at Cambridge, reported in last Tuesday's Times, and to that of Mr. Poulett Thom son at Manchester, although spoken after dinner, there breathes throughout them both a spirit of moderation and caution, which is not the less satisfactory for the decided contrast it exhibits with the spirit of that reck less and ruthless party, by which, if not upheld both in England and Ireland, the Administration must fall to the ground. The Radical papers pant for the hour of unchaining the movement, and of sweeping away those impediments in the path of pure democracy which form the sole remaining bulwarks of the British constitution. Mr. O'Connell, who comprehends within himself the wholepower andessence of the Irish (otherwise Popish) movement, has just yelled out his war cry against every principle of policy with regard to Ireland which does not tend directly to promote the advancement of Roman Ca tholic despotism. This learned libeller of all who differ from him, and of all whom he cannot make the instruments of his selfish projects, has already written to the " people of Ireland," and followed up the mission by a speech to them. The letter is of little moment, being no more than a tirade of abuse against all that has ever been done in Ireland, and a boast of what shall be done in future ; but the speech is of sterner .stuff. After charging the fornier Whig Government with " all the features of fraud and intimidation" towards the Catho lics, the political mountebank a few sentences after wards felicitates himself and his hearers on their return to office ! He exults in the preponderance of tail members over the sound and indcpenu:::n:. portion of the representatives of Ireland, and with cool effrontery de clares it was indispensable, because the majority of English members were Tories. A pleasant admission this to the people of England, who, let them elect their own Representatives with ever so much pa triotism, loyalty, or judgment, are thus to be overridden by Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and afterwards insulted by his assurance that a majority of his dictation was necessary to amend their faulty and defective choice. " There is not a single Tory in office," he cries ; and by the blessing of God, there will not be a single Tory in place either," This being uttered ex cathe dra, we may look upon it as a far more authoritative and infallible clue to the real intentions of the Govern ment, coming as it does from the Autocrat himself, than if any of O'Connell's slaves, the persons in whom the nominal power resides, the pageants of State, from Lord Melbourne downwards, had risked so broad a denunciation. We all know whom the Agitator describes as Tories. We all recollect the language of his last year's letters to Lord Duncannon, when he reprobated the whole community of Whigs, as a thousand times more ;odious and execrable than Tories, for no reason but that the individuals whom they appointed to office, were not drawn from the rank and file of his own Repeal raga muffins. And it will be so now. The instant the Melbourne Ministers stop short on the rail-road of revolution—the instant they open their eyes to the gulf towards which O'Connell drags them, that moment sounds the death-warrant of the Whig-repeal alliance. The tail is out of joint-50 most sweet voices " are hushed by the frown of the master—the Minister is in a minority, and all the rest speedily follows. There is but scanty accordance here be tween the temperate tone of Mr. Spring Rice and the Agitator's imperious denunciations. To repeal he is constant, if to nothing else. Turn out all _the Tories (where are they ?) from office, or have at you ,with the "repeal of the union." Work the elective franchise at my will and pleasure, giving votes to all my Popish beggar myrmidons, or bang goes the " repeal of the union." There shall be vested rights for clergymen, whose individual votes can neither be reduced nor multiplied by any ima ginable change in the terms of the Tithe Bill. But for the legal possessors of corporation privilege there shall be no such thing as vested right, let Are exer isting race,of freemen and their ancestors have exer cised it for centuries uninterrupted. I will therefore disfranchise them, without remorse, and so re-construct the Corporation system, hitherto calculated to maintain a living Protestant and British interest in Ireland, that the whole power shall henceforth be lodged in the hands of Papists, and Protestant, and Englishman, with their adjunct and dependency,—the Union between Ireland and Great Britain will henceforth be so many names, recorded indeed on the page of history, but obliterated from the book of life. We have not time nor space to go through this characteristic production. O'Connell has, at last, declared himself a convert to that which we have always recommended for Ireland, but which he has invariably and obstinately condemned, viz.--.a system of well-regulated Poor Laws. The difference is that we, and it is to be hoped most other English men, would have made them an engine of charity and justice, while O'Connell's manifest object is, that they should be subservient to electioneering ends, and to the extension of his own ill-gotten power. Upon the whole, this man's support of Lord Melbourne will be like that of a barbed javelin broken in the side of the noble Viscount. Their confederacy, for it is one by what ever name or under whatever metaphor the noble Lord may think proper to disguise it, cannot outlive the wear and tear of even half a twelvemonth's action. We should scorn, instead of personally esteeming, Lord Melbourne, did we suppose it possible that he could long endure a 4 f - devotion" like that with which O'Con nell has threatened to besmear him. There is a better support within Lord Melbourne's reach—one which is not dangerous nor hollow—one which would have a real harmony of views and principles for its foundation, and which would enable his Lordship to preserve the Monarchy instead of driving him to its ruin. We are sure, at least, that let Lord Melbourne act in any man ner in which he is capable of acting, however erroneous as to policy that may be, he will not have to encounter from Sir Robert Peel or the Duke of Wellington a fac tious or perverse opposition. As it was not through their intrigues that he was dismissed from office, so will he not be embarrassed in his resumption of it by any venomous or revengeful animosity of theirs ; and when he appeals to them for help in his extremity, as ere long he must, they will remember only that com mon interest and duty which bind all upright and loyal gentlemen to stand by the Monarchy and each other.-- Times. We have elsewhere inserted, at the request of Lord Alvanley, a letter addressed by his Lordship to the Members of Brookes's, and a requisition - to the Com mittee of Managers to call a general meeting on the subject of Mr. O'Connell's conduct. Lord Alvanley complains of the coarse and insulting expressions made use of by Mr. O'Connell with regard to him. Mr. O'Connell did certainly make use of strong expres sions ; but Lord Alvanley's language with regard to Mr. O'Connell was extremely offensive, and his Lord ship might have remembered the adage, that men who play at bowls must expect rubbers. The first thing to be remarked in this affair is the adroitness with which Lord Alvanley, in hii letter to Mr. O'Con nell of the 22d of April, contrived to preclude all possibility of obtaining an answer. He does not call on Mr. O'Connell for any explanation with regard to the language he was reported to have used, but at once tells him that he is aware he assumes a right of insulting with impunity, and that he can hardly hope he will make an exception in his Lordship's favour, by doing that which every other gentleman would do. The plain inference is that he wished no answer. Colonel Darner writes, to Mr. O'Connell iriDublin on the 28th of April, and on the 2d of May'we find Lord Alvanley complaining to the Members of Brookes's. Between the 28th of April and the Ist of May, there was hardly time for a return from Dublin. This is sharp practice, to say the least of it, and affords strong presumption that the correspondence with Mr. O'Connell and the complaint to Brookes's were part of the system of tactics which dictated Lord Alvanley's question to Lord Melbourne. If we had any doubts on this subject, they would have been removed by the manner in which it was taken up by the Morning Post of Saturday. " There have been six Cabinet Councils, we believe (says the Post) ' since the formation of the new Ministry—three on the Devonshire election ; and the following quandary' has supplied the subject of consideration for the re maining three: —Mr. O'Connell is about to be expelled from Brookes's Club; several of the leading members have signed a requisition, calling for this measure, or else requiring an ample apology from the Hon. Gentleman for the language lately applied by him to Lord Alvanley." The Post having mentioned some of the names to the requisition, naturally enough chuckles at the consequences it anticipates. "If Mr. O'Connell is expelled from Brookes's, Lord Melbourne will be expelled from office." _ The fact is, that the whole scheme was one of the Tories and Dilleys, headed by Lord Alvanley, to get up a difference and dispute between Mr. O'Connell and the other Re formers. The people at Brookes's never heard of the requisition till the account of it appeared in the Post - 7 -a pretty plain proof of the object of some of the parties, whatever Lord Alvanley's intention may have been. The requisition was yesterday sent to Brookes's. Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Mr. Gaily Knight, and about half a dozen Dilleys, are the largest party. Lord Jersey, Lord Villiers, Lord de Ros, Major Fan court, and other bitter Tories are the next. There are, it is true, some Whigs, amongst the others, the Duke of Norfolk, who have since expressed their regret at having signed the paper. The Duke of Norfolk, we know, with drew his name, which he signed incautiously, because he believed that an apology would be rendered more difficult by the interference of the Club, and that the matter had artfully been made to assume a political character, which did not belong to it. We have not a doubt ,as to the course the managers will pursue. They will say they have nothing to do with private disputes of the mem bers of the Club, and refuse to call a general meeting to discuss the matter referred to in the requisition. It is, indeed, impossible that they should come to any other determination. What, we ask, would be the consequences, were they to come to an opposite decision ? Is the Club to become a Court of inqui.;ition to pry into the affairs of indivi duals? We would appeal to Lord A:-;Lnicy himself, whether he would like to have all the private transac tions of his life canvassed by a public meeting of the gentlemen of any club. But, at all events, if Lord Alvanley's life have been of that unexceptionable com plexion that he would lay himself open to the minutest inspection without hesitation, there are few men simi larly circumstanced ; and it would be dangerous to allow his case to form a precedent for a course of proceeding from which most other men would shrink. The Tories already exult at the success of their contrivance for annoying the Government, and sowing dissensions among the Reformers, by converting a per sonal difference between Lord Alvanley and Mr. O'Con nell into a great political engine. They view in this notable scheme a certain means of destroying the una nimity which to their utter dismay now exists among all the Liberals throughout the country. That the whole is a Tory scheme to set the Reformers by the ears, may be inferred with tolerable certainty from this quarrel transpiring throng-1i the pages of the Post two days before even the requisition was sent to the ma nagers at Brookes's. The whole plan was evidently got up for party and Tory purposes. But the Club at once scouted the idea of lending itself to such a barefaced design, and the attempt has therefore sig nally failed. The members had too much good sense to allow themselves to become the dupes of the cunning originators of the scheme, who laughed in their sleeires at the success which they had in the first instance with two or three of the bosom companions of the Noble Peer, who hastily and without consideration yielded to their personal feelings in favour of the witty and agree able associate of their table, and signed the requi sition without closely examiningits contents, or reflect ing on its object and the effect it would have. We think it far from improbable that the members of the Dilley, wishing some excuse for cutting their old friends at Brookes's, and finally separating from the Liberal party, have taken this means of effecting _their object, as, if the Committee refuse to interfere, they will make that a pretence to justify their with drawing from the Club. Mr. O'Connell has just published an excellent address to the people of Ireland. It is impossible to speak too highly of the tendency of this paper, which cannot fail to be productive of the best effects. To be called on to defend himself with his own party on the accusation of a Toryacting in furtherance of Tory views, would be but a poor re quital to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman for the zeal and industry which he is now displaying in se conding the views of Government in Ireland. The Tories would, indeed, have cause of triumph, had they, through their allies, the " half-breeds," and two or three Whigs who fell into their snares, succeeded in producing a breach between Mr. O'Connell and the other Reformers, at a time of all others when he is strenuously exerting the influence he is well known to possess with his countrymen, in disposing them to rely with confidence on the present Government.—Morn ing Chronicle, It cannot be with any truth asserted, that the battle about to be fought in South Devon is one between Whig and Tory principles ;—if it were, we should confine ourselves to merely relating the particulars, without taking any part in the conflict. Lord John Russell does not come forward, on the present occa sion; as the trepresentative of Whig principles ;—he has abandoned - them, as the condition of obtaining the support of Mr. O'Connell and the Irish " tail_ Need we say more to prove this, than to state that the proposition relative to the Irish Church, which Lord John carried by the assistance of the Popish Mem bers, is the one that he opposed last year, when brought forward by Mr. Ward, the Radical Member for St. Alban's ? If there was any difference between the two propositions, it was that Mr. Ward's was less ' strong as against the Irish Church, than that of Lord John Russell. But it was not an abandonment of principle alone, which the Whigs exhibited upon this occasion. They did it with an open and flagrant con tempt for consistency, which showed that, with the dereliction of principle, they had lost the sense of shame. Last year they declared their incompetency to legislate at all, with regard to the Irish Church, without first obtaining the necessary and authentic information by means of a Commission delegated by the Crown, whose report was to form the basis of whatever legis lative proceeding it might be thought proper to adopt. The Commission was accordingly issued—the termi nation of its labours was drawing near ; but before that report was presented, the Whig Statesmen, with Lord John Russell at their head, at whose instance that Commission was issued—.who had declared its re port to be indispensable as the ground-work of any le gislative measure—those very Whig Statesmen them selves bring forward the rejected proposition of Mr. Ward, or one rather more strongly worded respecting the Irish Church, and by the assistance of the Popish party in Parliament, carry it, and force Sir Robert Peel to resign, who, by preferring the sacrifice of power to that of principle, has greatly raised himself in public estimation. Lord John Russell and his colleagues having thus regained power by advocating the princi ples of the Popish party, which they had formerly, in the most emphatic manner, repudiated, can no longer be , considered as the representatives of Whig principles. They have sold themselves for place to the enemies of our Protestant Church and Protestant Constitution, and they must now carry their principles into practice, or their Popish allies will turn upon them,'and extinguish the power which, through their instrumentality, they have obtained. T o oppose Lord John Russell;there sf:rnet,atiinonhiosfaDtteemvopntsthoirree,gias not nt to possessionsetup To ofr m—but to defend frOm its papal and destructive enemies the j British Constitution. As to the assertion made by Lord John's supporters, that the confiscation of the property of the Irish Church, and its transfer to Papal among other purposes, will be a panacea for the evils of Ireland, and restore its tranquility, is only a repe tition of the gross fallacy which was urged in support of the admission of Rpman Catholics to seats in Par liament, which, notwithstanding a solemn oath, they now make instrumental to the subversion of the Pro testant establishment. Restore the tranquillity of Ire land indeed 1 while O'Connell and the Whigs refuse any system of poor laws to his famishing, and conse quently, desperate population I Has not the Repeal Agitator, the ally of Lord John Russell, repeatedly declared that nothing short of the repeal of the Union will satisfy him ? Lord John then is the champion, not of Whig principles, but of Popery and Repeal !—Morning Herald. On Saturdey we were enabled, from our peculiar and exclusive sources of information, to bring under the notice of the public the proceedings now in pro gress, with a view to try whether it be possible to render Mr. O'Connell amenable to the laws which govern the intercourse of the gentlemen of Great Britain. In stating the facts connected with this affair, it was our good fortune to anticipate the whole of our contemporaries ; and we have now little to add to what we said on Saturday in the way of comment , upon this extraordinary transaction. The case is, in deed, of such a nature as to set all commentary at defiance. Active efforts have been employed, we un derstand, by his Majesty's Ministers and their imme diate friends to hush the matter up, as if it were a matter that could be hushed up. Surely the pre sent Ministers of the Crown, as men of the world, must know that an affair of this descrip tion, when society has once taken cognizance of it, must be settled, in some way or other, that is satisfac tory to the feelings, and in unison with the habits of society. To settle it, however, is certainly no part of their ministerial duty ; and, fully occupied as they are, or ought to be, with the business of the country, the anxiety they have shewn, and the pains they have taken to bring Mr. O'Connell off with the least possible dis grace, prove, more strongly, perhaps, than any other circumstance of recent occurrence, how intimately con nected they are with that Gentleman. The character of Brookes's Club, and that of the great body of its mem bers, are now fairly placed in issue before the tribunal of the world. If this society of Whigs think that per sons who employ such language as is most familiar to Mr. O'Connell, and afterwards refuse all reparation or satisfaction to the parties whom they have insulted or injured should not be tolerated, they will now have the opportunity of declaring that opinion. If, on the other hand, they are of opinion that no conduct, however de grading in the estimation of society, at large, amounts to a disqualification for Brookes's Club—this opinion, also, they will have an opportunity to express. We .!•._e. on one side of the dispute the character of Mr. O'Connell, and tie 7.-l1ol.s? influence of his Majesty's Ministers ; and on the other, Liie ref ufation of the Club at Brookes's, and that of every gentleman a member of it. Which is the more likely to obtain the final predominance we do not pretend to know ; although we incline to suspect that the influence of Lord Melbourne and the loaves and fishes, will prevail over the feelings which ought to characterize gentle men, and which form the only cement by which socie ties of gentlemen can be held. together. It is evident to us that if Mr. O'Connell be not expelled from Brookes's, Brookes's will speedily cease to exist.— Morning Post. The speech of Lord John Russell, 6n his nomina tion as a Member for Devonshire, at Exeter on Friday, does honour to him as a British statesman. It is ener getic, searching, and argumentative, and may be pro nounced as effective a specimen of electioneering elo quence as has been exhibited since the times of the ultimi Romanoruni, the Burkes, the Foxes, and the Sheridans. To employ an every-day phrase, it dis played a mind " up to the mark" in the promptitude and intensity with which it grappled with and pros tiated the hack and stock arguments of the Conserva tives. The ground which Lord John Russell assigned for the glorious resolution which brought the agony of the late Ministry to a close was most triumphint. The question between the Tories and the present Ministers was one of principle, not of party strength. It concerned the application, or non-application, of the surplus revenues of the Church of Ireland to the education of the people. But there is no surplus, proved, say the Orange and Conservative prints. Lord John Russell replies in the following irresistible and caustic manner to this allegation : " Let me describe what is the present state of the Church and tithes' in Ireland, and what is the system which I propose to substitute in its place. Under the present system there are in many parishes large owners paid for tithes amounting to 8001., 1,0001., and 1,500/. a year, out of which a very small sum is paid to the curate, the Rector being altogether absent, sometimes there being no Cnurch, and oftentimes no congre gation. Gentlemen, repeated instances of the working of this system have been brought under my notice. One—l may say five—Mr. Sergeant Perrin quoted in his place in the House of Commons. Another was stated to me by one of the Commissioners ; another was stated in a letter which was sent to me, signed by a Protestant curate, who gives his name and place of abode ; another instance has been stated to m e to this effect :—That i n a p ar i s h i n M a y o th ere i s a large sum, say 1,0•0/. a year, p a id t o th e R ec t or i n tith e —that the. , Rector himself is n ever seen —th a t th e cura t e i s p a id o nly 75/. a year, and someti mes l ess , an d th a t, consequen tly, a very large sum is r a i se d f rom t h e popu l at i on , i n return f or w hich no religious education whatever is given. Now, gentlemen, my argument is, that the purpose—the main and sole purpose—of this Church Estalalishment is to provide religious instructioa for the people. When I see a Rector with a large sum de voted to his support, which ought to be applied to religious instruction, I point to that Rector, and I say, that he is himself the surplus, which - some gentlemen complain they cannot dis cover the existence of." Yes, the fat, and ruhicond, and idle clerical sinecu rist constitutes the surplus ; and must such a surplus be employed as at present ? Will any friend to the real principles of Christianity, or of the Protestant Church, gainsay the advantage of the mode proposed by Lord John Russell for employing the surplus ? The Protestant who insinuates or argues that the diffusion of religious instruction in Ireland will tend to the pro gress of Popery, is in fact arguing against himself, and is ignorant of the ABC of his own creed. The essence of Protestantism may be truly said to be the progress of information ; it was while the light of know ledge was struggling with error that its birth occurred. It will be a work of supererogation to analyze in detail Lord John Russell's masterly exposition of the Irish Church question, and of the policy by which Ministers will be guided on the subject. That speech must, ere this, have been perused and digested by every individual who feels an interest in the honourable consistency of public men, and in the public confidence which that consistency creates. We shall not hear much more, we suspect, of the alarm cry sounded on the subject of subserviency to Mr. O'Connell. Yielding to justice and to the claims of good policy and national tranquil lity, was a different concession from yielding to fear and agitation. There were certain Statesmen who yielded to fear of O'Connell, as Lord John Russell urged, and we leave to them and to their dependents to di gest the reminiscences he sets before them. Let them con them over, and " then to breakfast with what ap petite they may."---Morning Advertiser. CAPTAIN BOTELER'S " NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO AFRICA AND ARABIA."—" This ex pedition," observes the Naval and Military Gazette, " was one of the most eventful ever undertaken by command of the Bri tish Government. Captain Boteler ascended the unknown rivers, traced the forests and wildernesses of the savage coun tries surveyed, held interviews with the native Kings and other barbarous chiefs, and underwent great perils. He gives us not only a vivid picture of many hitherto untraversed regions of South Africa, but statements relative to their capabilities for commerce with Europeans, and particulars curious in the high est degree, of the native tribes, their forms of government, & c . Captain oteler's book, indeed, is one of which the nation may be proud. There is not a single page in this important work which does not stimulate the curiosity and enlarge the knowledge of the reader." EFFECT OP PLURALITIES.--A curious scene was witnessed at our parish church (Broadwater) on Sunday last. A numerous congregation having assembled, waited nearly half an hour expecting the clergyman. They were at last informed by the clerk that his Reverence was not at home, that there would be no service, and therefore that it was use less for them to wait. It appears that our Rector was several miles away at another living which he also holds; the Curate was occupied at his living- at Tarring; consequently the in habitants of the parish of Broadwater were left to take their chance, and to get to heaven how best they could. This, by the bye, is no joke ; and the affair assumes altogether a very serious aspect, when we reflect that the emoluments of the clergyman are not less than 1,000/. per annum I I It was very naturally asked—But wiftre is the Rector's Chaplain ? Surely he might have been doing duty at home?" Where he was, we cannot say ; but sure we are, that amongst the party the pa rishioners were , most shamefully neglected. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1835. 8R00K26 V. COCK. Air. PLATT stated that this was an action for an in fringement of property under the Bth of Geo. 11., c. 13, sec. 1, by which it was enacted that " every person who shall invent and design any historical or other print or prints shall have the sole right and liberty of printing and reprinting the same for the term of fourteen years, to com mence from the day of the first publishing thereof, which shall be duly engraved in the name of the proprietor_ on each plate, and printed on every such print or prints." The print which the plaintiff had published represented what was called one of a series of " Popular Sketches," and this print had been pirated by the defendant. The plaintiff's publication contained the name of the proprietor, but omit ted to state the date of publication. On this omission the defence was founded ; and the question was, whether the omission of the date would prevent the plaintiff from re covering in the present action ? Judgment for the defendant. THE KING V. JOHN lILLIOT CAIRNS. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL appeared on behalf of Mr. Alderman Copeland, an Alderman of London, and the re presentative of the borough of Coleraine, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not issue against Lieutenant-Colonel Cairns for sending a letter to Mr. Alderman Copeland, with a view to make him fight a duel. The affair grew out of the election for Coleraine in January last.—Rule granted. THE KING V. GEORGE LESLIE PHILLIPS, COOMB, AND WOOD WOOD. Mr. Serjeant GOULBURN applied for a rule for a criminal information against these defendants, for publishing a libel upon a Mr. Badger, a magistrate of the counties of W or cester and Stafford. The defendant Phillips was a book seller at Birmingham, and the others were tradesmen at Dudley. Phillips had avowed himself the author of the publication in question. The Court granted the rule. DANCE V. BADGER. This was an action of assealt and battery, arising out of the Dudley election, and connected with the motion made yesterday for a criminal information. The defendant was a Magistrate of the counties of Stafford and Worcester, and, having interfered to put down a disturbance that oc curred at the Dudley election he was accused of having violently assaulted the plaintiff, and the present action was brought against him. The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, on a former day in the term, moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should be set aside, on the ground that it was a verdict against evidence. The Court had taken time to consider that application. Lord Denman this morning said, that the defendan might take a rule. BAIL COURT. THE KING V. THE ARCHDEACON OF MIDDLESEX AND ANOTHER. Sir W. FOLLET moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Archdeacon of the Arch deaconry of Middlesex, and to Dr. Phillimore, the official of the Archdeaconry, commanding them to admit Messrs. Hayward and Taylor to be churchwardens of St. Martins in-the-Fields, and Messrs. Staunton, Cobbett, and several rtliers. to be sidesmen of the same parish. The Learned Counsel stator;, by a late decision of the King's Bench, the above-mentioned parish 117. 1 . !ler‘ri made an open vestry parish, after its affairs bad been for many y,c.l-1 , rlminis tered by a select vestry. Pursuant to the right thus esta blished, the inhabitants of the parish on the 15th of April last, held a meeting for the purpose of electing parish officers, when the persons before mentioned, with two others, namely, Messrs. Feun and Simpson, were nomi nated to fill the respective parish offices. A poll was de manded and taken, and it having been first arranged, that, in consequence of the time that would be required to fix upon the exact number of votes, to which each voter (voting according to Sturges Bourne's Act) was intitled, the names only of the voters on each side should be taken, and that there should be a subsequent scrutiny as to the num ber of votes to which the voters were severally entitled. On the first day, the Rector being in the chair, the polling was adjourned ; and on the second day, when the Rector was unable to attend, and when Mr. Deville was chairman, the polling terminated. Scrutineers were then appointed, and a scrutiny accordingly took place, when Messrs. Hay ward and Taylor as churchwardens, and the other gentle men named as sidesmen, were declared to have a majority of votes, Messrs. Finn and Simpson being excluded. The latter gentlemen, however, now objected to the proceed ings at the scrutiny, on the ground that the powers of the scrutineers extended to the numbers of the voters only, and not to the numbers of the votes. Rule to show cause granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Shortly after the arrival of Lord Abinger and the other Learned Barons, his Grace the Duke of Wellington at tended, and was sworn, in the private room, ,to his ac counts as First Lord of the Treasury, under the late Ad ministration. We are happy to state that the Noble Duke appeared to be in excellent health. Their Lordships, upon taking their seats, proceeded to hear arguments against rules which had been obtained du ring the present Term for new trials. PREROGATIVE COURT. THORPE V. THORPE. Dr. Annams said this case was of an extraordinary nature. The deceased was Mr. Thorpe, of his Majesty's Treasury, whose wife also held an appointment as house keeper to the Treasury, in which she had been forty years. By her emoluments and economy she had saved 16,0001. The deceased's husband was a nThst eccentric man, se cluding himself from society and fond of writing ; but not the least idea was entertained that he would prepare a paper to distribute the money gained through his wife : a will, however, was found in which, after giving legacies to his daughter and her children, he left the residue of the fortun e to a relation, Mr. Richard Thorpe, who, however, would not propound the paper. The Learned Advocate said by one of the codicils he directed the interest of 6,0001. to accumulate till 1872, and then to be divided among his daughter's children ; a power was given to divide, however, 1p 1860, if it was thought advisable. The deceased, he contended, could not be called sane, as the codicil sounded of folly, and he, therefore, prayed the Court to pronounce for an intestacy. The 'Court rejected the motion. ADMIRALTY COURT. THE MARIANA. Dr. ADAMS had to make an application to.the Court, under circumstances of a singular and somewhat anomalous nature. His Majesty's ship Primrose captured the Ma riana, a Brazilian slave ship, and she had been sent to Sierra Leone, where she was adjudged as a good and lawful prize, and one-eighth of her proceeds was directed to be paid to the Primrose, the remaining seven-eighths to be considered as droits of the Admiralty. In the event of no claim being made to the remaining seven-eighths, the Prim rose was to have an advantage of it. The sum of seven hundred and eighteen pounds had been ledged as the pro ceeds in the Registry of the Court, and in consequence of a previous application to the Court having been met with a negative . as to the application of the money, the Lords' of the Treasury had been applied to upon the subject, and their Lordships had sent a reply, that his Majesty's Proctor had been directed not to offer any opposition to the distri bution, but that they could not take any further steps in the matter. The Learned Advocate, therefore, expressed a hope that the proceeds would be directed to be paid out of the Registry to the officers and crew of his Majesty's ship Primrose. Sir JOHN lgicHoLL did not consider the Court of Ad miralty was, under the circumstances, justified in granting the application. The Court would be too willing to carry into effect the law which would give the officers and crew of the Primrose the proceeds'if a lien was proved, but, under the circumstances of the case, he must reject the motion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Bunn, a pauper of Ikldgate parish, was brought before the Lord Mayor nnder the following circumstances : Philip Johnson, a pauper, who works as a cobbler in the workhouse, stated that the prisoner occasionally worked with him. On Thursday the prisoner disappeared from the room, and at the same time a watch, which was kept in an open drawer, vanished. When the alarm was made, the prisoner was taken and searched. The watch was not found, but he had in the corner of his pocket a pair of cop per earrings, which a little boy said he had taken, without effect, to a pawnbroker's shop to shove up the spout. The moment the earrings were exhibited, a barber, who went into the workhouse to pick up news for his customers, cried out, " Eh, my eyes, there's the earrings as was in the ears of that ere corpse as died yesterday." The LORD MAYOR—Did he rob the dead, as 11 as the living ? A Watchman—Please your Lordship, a poor woman got a fit of hoppiliepsy, and though we gave her twenty of Morrison's pills, she gave up the ghost. We thought she was purtending, so we offered her twenty more ; but I'm blest if she'd have 'em at no price, and so she went off, she was so obstinate. Prisoner—l never took the rings out of any body's ears. You see, my Lord, as I ivas a going along, Hobon, says a woman to me, says she, " Bill, I've had a bit of lucky," and she gives me a lick, and splits my nose, " put that in your pipe." So, you see, I calls the police, and off she bolted and leaves me with the bobs. Very well, my Lord, what was Itodo ? I wanted to go the potticary, and I thought I might spout the bobs ; and I sent this here boy with 'em to raise the matter of a plaster. Boy—Please you, my Lord, the gentleman told me they was his wife's. I thought Mr. Bunn didn't steal 'em, be cause they was too shabby to steal, so I tuck 'em to put 'em up the flue, but he would'nt have 'em at no price. Watchman—When the poor woman departed, I left her to fetch a doctor, and Mr. Bunn was with her ; but when I comes back he was gone, and her rings was gone too. I said, says I, " How is this ?" but she couldn't say nothing, for you see, my Lord, she wan't alive. Prisoner—That 'ere man's bribed to go against me. I staid with the corpse all the time it was in fits. I won't say but the bobs might have fell out of her ears while she was a going, but I never seed 'm till that ere woman says to me, " Bill," says she, " I've had a bit of lucky." The LORD MAYOR directed that the matter should be investigated, and remanded the prisoner. BO W-STREET. John Alliston was charged with obtaining a situation as footman in the family of Mrs. Dodswell (whose house was recently robbed of a considerable quantity of plate) by means of a false character. Mr. HALLS convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 201. which not being prepared to pay, he was committed for three months to the House of Correction. SPAIN. GENERAL ORDER OF THE DAY. The Secretary of State for the War Department, and Commander-in-Chief to the Army of Operations and Reserve : " Soldiers,—Selected by the august Queen Regent to place myself at your head, it becomes my duty to express to you the sentiments of satisfaction I feel in seeing myself for the second time among you, and upon the same theatre where I have so frequently witnessed your noble sacrifices. " In the midst of the regret which the continuance of this desolating war creates in the breast of every good Spaniard, I have observed with delight the good spirit you are ani mated with, your proofs of valour, and the perseverance with which you have undergone the fatigues and sufferings imposed on you by your defence of the just rights of your beloved Queen, with which are connected others so dear to your country, and on which depends its happiness, prospe rity,. and liberty. " The august Queen Regent, desirous of manifesting to you, by all the means in her power, how highly she esteems your distinguished services, has invested me with the most ample authority for recompensing them as they deserve, and as their importance demands. Nothing will be more agree able to me than to fulfil these sentiments of the Royal goodness, by conferring rewards and offering incentives to valour and to talent ; and the more honours that are gained by military merit, render it the more worthy of the Royal bounty, and of the gratitude of the whole nation. " As a step to the fulfilment of this object, I hereby make known— " 1. Every officer of the army of operations, who, previous to the Ist of January of the current year, has served on this side of the Ebro, who has given proofs of steady conduct, perseverance, and assiduous attention to his duties in the field, and who has received neither rank nor promotion during the whole period, will obtain the rank next above he is not already in the enjoyment of a rank superior to that in wiiici: be is employed. In that event he will be preferred for the next service. " 2. All the cadets •and first sergeants, who have per formed the same service, will be promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenants, subject to the same circumstances as are expressed in the preceding article. " 3. All the ()dicers of the garrison of Olazagoitia and Rlaestu will receive the Order of the Cross and of Fernando of the second class, and all the privates of the same will receive that of Isabel 11., without prejudice to other re wards to which, by the two preceding articles, or by other services rendered, they may be entitled. " 4. Those soldiers who have served out their time, be sides receiving their free discharge, and their pay and allow ances due to them at the conclusion of the campaign, will be preferred by their removal to other stations, conformably to their particular circumstances. Those will likewise ob tain their full discharge who have yet two years of service to conclude their term ; and those who are still further from its completion, though they should have served but one year, ill receive their full discharge a year after the conclusion of the campaign—a period considered necessary for the raising of the new levy, and placing the recruits on a footing of effective service. " Soldiers,—lt is needless to inform you that the hand which rewards the valour, the enterprises, and the sacrifices of the warrior, will chastise severely their omissions in su bordination and discipline, and will be inexorable in regard to other faults which I shall not enumerate—a stain to a profession of which valour is the basis, and perseverance un der sufferings the indispensable requisite. " Companions in arms,—The Queen Regent, the entire nation, expect that we should bring to as speedy a conclu sion as possible a destructive war which compromises so many sacred interests. Your firmness and patriotism in spire me with a well-grounded confidence of fulfilling the wishes of all who love legitimacy and justice, and feel an interest in the progress of true liberty—the indispensable condition of civilization and intelligence. VALDE Z. " Head-quarters at Vittoria, April 18, 1836." , c PROCLAMATION. " Inhabitants of Navarre and of the Biscayan Provinces, —Her Majesty the Queen Regent, in the name of her il lustrious daughter and our Legitimate Queen, Donna Isabella 11., has been pleased to confide to me the general direction of all the forces destined for the pacification of your country, and of those which support them in Arragon and Castile. My mission is essentially pacific, and on you alone it depends whether or no it ceases to have this character. Her Majesty deplores the calamities which now afflict you, and sees with profound grief your plains de luged with your blood, the ruin of your possessions, the de vastation of your hearths. It is necessary, it is absolutely indispensable for your own advantage, and for the tranquil lity of the whole nation, of which you form but a small por tion, that this cruel and fratricidal war should terminate at once and for ever—a war which has been lighted up amongst you by some ill-disposed persons, in whose estimation your utter destruction is as nothing compared with what gratifies their ambition, and satiates their appetite for blood and rapine. It is indispensable, I repeat, that this unfortu nate war should be brought to a conclusion, in order that those days of peace and happiness may return which you enjoyed before perfidy and treason deprived you of them. Such, inhabitants of Navarre and of the Biscayan provinces, is the noble task which her Majesty has confided to my care, and which I will perform at all risks. Known to you in former times, you are able to judge, by experi ence, of my humanity and indulgence ; but though I shall ever endeavour to follow the natural impulses of my heart, I also know how to sacrifice them, resolutely, to the duties imposed upon me, by the mission with which I am charged. " Her Majesty, in her infinite clemency, grants a full and free pardon, and places from henceforward under the pro tection of the laws and of the authorities charged with executing them, all, without distinction of class or persons, who within the term of fifteen days shall abandon the ranks of rebellion, and present themselves armed to the chiefs commanding the divisions, brigades, and corps, which com pose the army of operations, or to the commanders of the garrisoned points ; and her Majesty also exempts from cor poral punishments prescribed for the crime of rebellion, all who shall verify their appearance unarmed before-the above mentioned authorities. ' " Her Majesty hopes that the parents, wives, relations, and friends of those whom compulsion or seduction may have brought into the ranks of the rebels, will hasten to communicate to them this first trait of her maternal solici tude, and to induce them not to disregard this last oppor tunity of saving themselves which is now afforded them, and her Majesty does not doubt that the inhabitants will act in a like manner, and show their gratitude by a *lump of conduct. But if unhappily this change does not take place within the period above prescribed, I hereby declare, in the most positive manner, that I shall deliver up to the flames, without any reservation whatever, all the towns of such vallies as serve for the ordinary refuge of the rebels, and in which they find resources and a criminal reception, respecting, nevertheless, the persons and property of the in habitants, who shall have shelter and security if they with draw to the towns in which there are garrisons, or to the pacified provinces. This measure is painful, but when the welfare of the country is at stake, the sentiments of huma nity must be silent. The burning of Moscow was the sal vation of Russia. I b r i n g to you, then, inhabitants of Navarre and the Biscayan provinces, pardon and peace, or punishment and extermination. The alternative depends on yourselves. If emancipated from the illusions with which the enemies of your true felicity have deceived you, and, listening no longer to their voice, you reject their perfidious instiga tions, and join me with good faith in promoting the same establishment of legal order and obedience to the laws in your country as exists in all the rest of the monarchy, you will find in me a friend, a protector, and in every soldier serving under my command a defender. If, on the con trary, you continue in your fatal blindness, and reject the words which, in the name of the Queen our Sovereign, I address to you in anxiety for your prosperity and future welfare, I will be inflexible in my duty, and will omit no means of fulfilling it, however rigorous it may be. Attend not to the vain hopes with which they delude you, who seek to build their own fortunes on your ruin. Turn your eyes to the other provinces which in the Peninsula and be yond the sea compose the vast Spanish monarchy, and you will perceive what tranquillity and what new life they enJO under the beneficent Government of our legitimate Queee, —a happy state,-guaranteed by the union of dispositions, against which it is madness to suppose that your peg! efforts can prevail. Cease, then, this struggle, which 1. alike unequal and disastrous for you. The nations ot Europe behold it with horror and indignation, and interest themselves in its prompt termination ; and the most power ful and influential, such as France and England, hav e joined themselves to the just cause of the Queen, our So vereign, by treaties, the most frank and solemn, which theY are resolved irrevocably to maintain. The benignity of be r Majesty is your sole resource : depend on it with confidence. I offer it you sincerely in her Royal name. 44 Given at the head-quarters of Vittoria, April 18. VALDEV PORTUGAL. LISBON, APRIL 13.—1 n the hereditary Chamb er th e e project' presented by Senhor Sarmento, that one of Secretaries should take charge of all ultra-marine m atter" was approved of. be The Conde da Taipa proposed that a message should d sent to her Faithful Majesty relative to her marriage al/ that a commission should be nominated, charged to Prrt sent, without delay, a project of law for settling the rigts of succession. He also made a proposition, having. tbr l o f object, to render the sale of tobacco free in the ale s the Azores. The report of the Committee respecting the proj ect b re ; lative to the basis of the judicial system, which had ee.. sent from the Elective Chamber, is appointed for discus to-day. In that Chamber the discussion on indemnities and!: respective substitution was continued the day before terday. The third paragraph of the substitution b., agreed to with two slight amendments—one proposed j. the Minister of the Interior, and the other by Sealer f A. de Magalhaes ; after which the rest was approved o f It was decided that .the liquidation of damages, sli t take place in the kingdom and in the adjacent isiesniol months after the publication of the law, and in the earths two years after its publication. The first article °I, the project of majority was also approved of as Par t 1:4 substitution. be The members of the commission already noticed, t°,..1 itPP charged with the preparation of a message - to her Fa l l Majesty on the subject of her marriage, were noglioa te ,ot well as the members of the committee appointed to Pre a The of law on th right of ion project of law e respecting su the ccess new . impost of 111116' ' and the decimal money, were passed. of The law project respecting the militia was aPPr °Yea with a few modifications. ArRIL l g MESSAGE FROM THE CHAMI3ER OF THE PEERS OF Tll% 51543} 0 TO HER MOST FAITHFUL MAJESTY. .401 0 " Senhora,—The Chamber of the Peers of the 1 0i f o l• sends to your Majesty this deputation to present the lowing message :--: The Chamber directs respectful message to her, t o jesty the Queen, praying her, as speedily as poss ibl .n et fit arrange her marriage, inasmuch as that constitut es , l- and necessary a measure for the establishment of the 0' and the security of the State." HER MAJESTY'S REPLY. ten"; " Worthy Peers of the Kingdom,—To have " 5 # 61 twice in one day to the wish which you have just esna exce2ds amy oppressed heart. Those 8 . 1 10 you who were intimately acquainted with the magnalli— and honoured spouse whom I have had the misfortter the lose, can justly appreciate the nobleness of his spirit, a !:o,iff generosity of his intentions—weighty reasons, which J .. t ioth my profound sorrow ; but since the interests of the 119 ,• 0 0, and my own, which are inseparable from those of the ea"l have led you to my presence this day, what I ought t I can reply to the worthy Peers of the kingdom, is , :10 1 take into due consideration their wishes and the lig" 1 " interest s." - MESSAGE FROM THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES TO ni g --0 5 FAITIIF UL MAJESTY. P e w r " Senhora,—The Chamber of the Deputies of the ll guese nation, though deeply feeling the sad necessity Pief obliges them to renew in. the heart of your Majesty t r i o lt in which the whole nation so strongly participates, t.eo themselves in their duty bound to supplicate your Wi es e" to be pleased to overcome the just sorrow which oPPc you, and to consider such a step as an indispensable P, 4 1. for the welfare and tranquillity of a nation eminent l y f' t he " The Chamber of Deputies, as representatives 0 ' pi s, Portuguese people and the interpreters of their sentit s to direct to your Majesty this respectful message, to suPP _ you to be pleased - soon to contract new nuptials: es : so o " This expression contains in it se lf a l one a ll the r t be which recommend the object which it has in view, a n „cito Chamber and the nation feel confident that your Maiet r oe not omit any effort to secure the permanenc e of your r art o and to preserve to the nation the in s tit u ti on s of the cu .. , w ith which cannot prosper unless in the midst of peace, 0,13 u certainty in the succession of the Crown. " Palace of the Cortes, April 11. lj ide nt' n " ANTONIO MARCI AL DE ACEVEDO, z ce s i nOv° " FRANCISCO JAVIER SOAREZ DE AC C ' Deputy and Secretary. N TDOP I X " FRANCISCO BOTO PIMENTEL DE MB Deputy and Vice-Secretary." HER MOST FAITHFUL MAJESTY'S REPLY. if 1 " Senhores, Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,ll:64 did not do justice to the weighty reas on s w hich have i n etis the Chamber of the Senhores Deputies of the portal:4h nation to send me the present message, I should t i dier deplore that my profound so r r ow was not resPe c o {o o some time longer. But now that the representatives hoe nation, knowing, as I do, the immense loss which ° A lice' suffered, believe that to consolidate the institutions w-eeafti ded by my august father, of glorious me mory, it is % c ot that I should select another spouse—to the r epresrn ta all this public necessity, thus laid bef o r e me , I replY, that o bt, a Queen and a Portuguese, and tho se t w o qualities °;ips and may, induce the Senhores Deputies to expect fr? ch ar° those sacrifices which the country demands, a nd vib i not offensive to my dignity."—Diaria do Govern°. SHIPPING INTELLIGEN CE TO ‘ VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS ATTHE HOUSE, MAY 1. 17° The Belfast, Middleton, from Calais; Good Hopp,;o" Jonge, Amsterdals; Sir Edward Banks, Norwood, AO' dam; Charlotte, Mys, Bruges; Market Maid, We dd lieef e6 werp ; Tre Sostres, Landberg, Copenhagen ; B u rroe , d ole' Canton ; Sarah, Elifard, Berbice; Vriendschap, T i PPstfe r Worcum; Perseverance, Pain, Hambur g ; Columbi ee ' nack, Hamburg; Trithiof, Falander, Stockholm. i uf ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING , ` - olie * ILO The Rhodac, Paul, for Malta and Messina; yor ; Healne, Havre and Rouen; Turbe, Whitton, Ne vi , 're!: Mint, Woodward, Quebec ; Tourist, Bridge, Antwer'l9o" ser, Airth, Genoa; Englishman, Sharp, Quebec; Strannack, Ostend; London, Rumburt, Hamburg. *I 1. no d CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARG O ' iferr / The John Bull, Corbin, for Hamburg ; Earl of Tradef' Lomax, Ostend; Ramona, Strannack, Rotterdam; , Gfr Laugh, Hamburg; William Fawcett, Brooks, Lisb°llitide nalceon, Skinner, Cape of Good Hope ; Perseverance, Bergen; Maas, Blake, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST , 16 2 . 0 1 I r4 o.ii " . The Waldemar, Tornoe, for the Baltic; Felix , S t G e o „—sb° l/ ' St. Übes; Nautilus, Tate, Sierra Leone ; Louisa, Kid. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. c , Niger, 16th ult., lat. 48. long. 25. : Sarah, of P , " „g lat. 49. long. 24 ; Charles Forbes, 18th, lat. 49. 14) 1 7 . 11 0. by the Factor, Poor, arrived off Dover. Tulloch Css,t'oidss'A don to Jamaica, 19th, lat. 49. long. 10., by th i e n dop , be arrived at Havre. Charlott e , C ons t an tinople to .1-4°.:by Esther, Liverpool to Naples, 4th, o ff Cape Trafa l P" Sophia, Pate, arrived off Falmouth. BIRTHS. On the 13th ult., at the Rectory, Beckley, the 10— of th e 1 9 Bel. Henry Hodges, jun., of a daughter. AaabOr' On the 2d inst. at Portman-square, Lady Bingham , n.,f a n u Tian e l' At Dieppe, in Normandy, the lady of Edward Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., in Russell-square, the lady 01 rot o f Sam Esq., of twin sons. .rd if ' MA RR II; D. On the 28th ult., at Cheltenham, the Revere,— 10: Wakeman, youngest son of the late Sir Henry , 102e' of Perdeswell, to Louisa, youngest daughter of Allan ' Esq., of the former place. Will i° On the 26th ult., Smith, Esq., to Miss Margaret Eyre, both of Manchester. pi. , of, On the 30th ult., at Bishham, Berks, T. E. Brinsde,T , o p., Great Marlow, to Sophia, youngest daughter of Mr. 1 1 °" s o f at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, the same place. Tolig e • On the Ist inst., at St. Pancras Church, 31r. George Job Mecklenburg-square, to Ann, eldest daughter of the Hodgkinson, Esq., of Stamford-street. Hainuto D IE D. ed 65 ' On the Ist inst., at Clapham Mr. William Franks , * Surr e l' On the Ist inst., Thomas ' Simpson, Esq., of Herne-hill, and on N t e h w e - Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in his 88th year. Y o of the ult. ,Rev.i n p h r her Harwood,ith yea 9 r, o Louisa fL i daughter v. & O n On the Ist inst., in Hans-place, Sloane-street, Ali" ''.-- Bewic • ke, in her 27th year. 00 0, ii 0 01 1 f On the 27th ult., at the house . Ivi - • W fig.' : of her son-m- a , Es• -€l., in Edinburgh, Hannah, widow of Joshua Rowe, Torpoint Coldnign House, Cornwall, in her 71st year. On the 25th ult., in Kildare-street, Dublin, Lady 0 01 , . - oh stow ehfielcu. deplore, .Yth widow of the late 'Sir Vesey Colclough, of Tintern OT , n On the 13th inst., at Belfast, aged 102, Miss Mary Na.5me.g5gr,terraft........rn.............................. °' London : P r i n t e d an d P u bl .. ished by MURDO Yq u . t h e OW/ „,„ 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Si d ' n of Middlesex. C K sz 4 AG • abi 11 the. 1 1, 0 1 •Arl Or ti . B Prit 4 14 6 4 tom' Azd' Pt ,ttotts, I l