The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS_ ,IFl.'om the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, rap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 15th f Jan., 1847:- I Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and C 0.., - Andover Bank, Andover - H eath and C 0... 8,870 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 8,753 4ytshain Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 0,058 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt Ba 'dock Bank and Baklock and Biggleswade !lank, italdock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 26,285 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 10,783 Basingstoke and Odihart Bank, Basingstoke- Cole. Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 3ewilley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and ( 'rano Bieestei and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co 15,110 D rmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,405 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming hiam.-Lewis, Moilliett, and Co ............. .••. 13,012 Blarultord Bank. Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 7,820 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridg v Iter Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 7,217 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harfor d, and Co. 32,446 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 21,000 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham- Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. ................................. 19,756 Bnvy and Su ff olk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and C 0............ 70,769 Bant ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 24,309 Banoury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 37.982 Beth City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son BedFordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 29,930 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 55,438 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry - Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Dritfield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds .l'. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 16,752 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 28,645 Oarmarthea Bank, Carmarthen -Morris and 17.257 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and lladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro -Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 13,119 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, _ and Co 1.841 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co 5,052 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromag,e, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 25,974 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co 10,284 DiAs Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,321 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leathlm, Tow, and Co. 8,459 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Baekhouse, &Co 63,214 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man !)orchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. 83,589 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, ('helmsfurd—Walford. and Co. 44.972 Xxeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 23,735 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk hock, and Co. Pafringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 4,188 liPirtiham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 12.090 Favrer3bain Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 5,515 Golainmag Bank, Godaluaing—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham —Kewney and King 18.655 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 11.093 Grantham Bank, Grantham—liardy and Co 22,463 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, ' and Co. 28,229 ne-reford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— ' S. Adams and Co. Ii nil Bank and Kinqston r upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. , 20,508 Pnntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey 11 arwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,067 Bernet Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall tlonitot Bank, Honiton--Flood and Co. ILertfor I shire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen —Sharpies and Co. 31,449 tt•rof9rd, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 20,888 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. wich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, •Trafileigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley :tank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexar_ders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, •and Mercer Riagton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—.T. Davies and Co 6,113 fcraresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna-esberough—Terry and Co Keltlal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, !And C. 37.788 Ketterinc; Bank, Kettering-06 :J - ) and Sons.. 6,540 ae 1-7. id Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C. liarv,:y and Son ,..• 5,474 Lf‘eds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co 52,640 La•Nla Union Bank, L'ieds-W. Williams, Brown, and C ). Lank and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, andeo. Leioester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 24,844 Leans. Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 31,760 Li.diFeld Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 19.749 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 86,106 L4n,lovery Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very -David Jones and Co. I ouchborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. ••• 88,792 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. 1! acelesfield Ba n k, Macclesfield-Brooklehurst 13,580 and Co 10,545 :+lanning,tree! Bank,Manni ng t ree Nunn andosB Marlborough Bank, Ma r lb o rough . Co. • ' and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl- Wrough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, A nd Hungerford Bank, Marlbor oug h-T anner and Pinckney 10,858 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Mariborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hilliet 8,160 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-J on „ and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and C 0...,.... 15,863 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Ualik, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 25,780 Monmouth 01(1 Bank, Monmouth Bank, B recon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead Alonmonthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport Willia,ms and Sons 7,550 Newark Bank, N e wark-Godfreys and Hutton 25,062 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark -Handley, Peacock, aod Co ................. Nt'arbury Bank, Newbury--Bunnyand Slo_c_o a c m k : 19,234 I ° 4 ' ket Bank, Newmarket -Eaton, ~ 20,567 raonil„ and Son .. •••"•' Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Dis; * -- *- Ta ** ; .... 2,294 N( j )r j w ys i o ch n Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and iludsons ....................................... . 42,346 Pc iwich an d Norfolk. Bank, . * Nor wich-G ur npys end Co ottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not titigham-Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,518 Nti , icaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and Co Naval Bank, Ply mout h-H arr i s, Mudge, and 4,454 co Iclcw Strum Bank, Sarum-H et l ey, Everett, and 21,900 Nott,ing'aam Bank, Nottingham-S m i t h and Co 288,454191 ()aweatry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os -- 9.610 10,372 wcatry-Croxan and Co Oa turd Bank, Oxford-J. 'and R. I Vic) ** ;t:eil ...... oxford 31(1 Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, land Thompson... Oil Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge_. Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Whlls and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-- iliaaching and Swig imfodahire Witney Batik Witiey—Williama, —414; and 04...4 ,111.11. 7,997 Average Amount. rease's Old Bank, hull, the Hull OM Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,882 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,776 ?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter- borough—posers. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,515 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. and Co Reading Bank, Reading-iamonas and Co 22,950 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy , and 23,391 Co Richmond Bank,'Richmond-Stapleton and Co 3,065 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and and Sons t o y of s Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard 7,536 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 9,510 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 12,614 Rugby Bank. Rugby-Butlin and Son 13,876 Rye Bank, Rye - Curt eis, Pomfret, a nd Co 17,139 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 9,350 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay 4,151 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-B ur t on , Ll oy d, an d Co 12,018 Scarborough Old Bank, 'Scarborough-Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Markel Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Maths, and Co Shrewsbury Old Batik, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co . ' Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 3,260 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton -Maddisnri and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 11,657 St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 928 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 5,965 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co 13,688 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 13,502 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . • ... Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Wclshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 16,876 , St. Alban's and Hertn Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart - Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 18,824 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 8,442 Thornbury Bank, Th orn bury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne 7,855 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,900 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towceste. -J. and. S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. 8,903 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co, Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 6,041 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 24,929 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers . 2,698 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,050 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,034 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkeswlrth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good riche and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 9,079 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 70,809 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S.Kenrick not rec'd Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe•ik, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,113 Yeovil Ohl Bank; Yeovil—E. and J. Batten 6,084 York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh. and Co 39,583 THE SON, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1845, of Parliament. He maintained that, consistent with the exercise of the great power of the prerogative, might also exist the rights ot the Church and ot the people. It had been argued that this was an infringe ment of the prerogative ; he quite agreed that from the Crown, and the Crown alone, must come the ap pointment of every bishop, but there was nothing irreverent towards that prerogative to suppose that there should be the power in the high dignitaries of the Church to inquire into the fitness of the person so nominated. What secu rity would there he, if there was not such a power, that the whole bench of bishop might not be filled by Roman Catholics, if the throne should ever be filled by a person holding such opinions as were held by James 11. ? Suppose that an Aat was to be passed making it illegal for any lay patron to present any person to a living, and vesting them in the Crown, could any person say that such an Act would put an end to the right of the Church to inquire into the character of all such persons previous to their ordi nation ? But such was the argument used by the other side. The 233 Henry VIII. only provided that the appointment of bishops should vest in the Crown, but it was not to •be supposed that the right of the Church to inquire previous to confirmation was superseded by that Act. With respect to the real meaning of the statute, he did not know a better way to discover it than by referring to the modes of confirmation under that Act, which had taken place shortly after the statute passed; and it would appear that in the Ist of Eliza beth, the year when the statute was revived, the pro ceedings at the confirmation of Archbishop Parker were precisely, step by step, the same as was now contended ought to have been taken in the case of the late proceeding towards the confirmation of Dr. Hampden. His Learned Friend Dr. Bay ford had thrown some doubts upon the power of the Arch bishop to compel the attendance of witnesses. lie apprehended that the Court at Bow Church was the Court Ecclesiastical of the Archbishop, and as such would have had power by some means or other of doing justice to the parties. He felt convinced that the Archbishop had the power in every Ecclesiastical Court under him of compelling the attendance of witnesses necessary to obtaining justice between contentious parties. Some objections had been urged in this case to the remedy by writ of man damus ; it had been said no mandamus would lie, because this was a matter of spiritual jurisdiction ; that might be so, but the ground en which they came to this court to exercise its powerful jurisdiction by way of mandamus was, because this Court would cause justice to be administered by its superior jurisdiction, wherever an inferior court, having a certain jurisdiction, refused to exercise it. The Learned Gentleman, having adverted to the parties in the case, and the importance of it to them, concluded a most excellent speech by expressing a sincere hope and firm conviction that the Court would make the rule for a mandamus ab solute. The Attorney-General rose to reply, when Lord MINMAN observed that he and his brother judges were not prepared to say that he had the right to reply. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that he had the right to reply. The present proceeding was an attack upon the prerogative of the Crown ; and this was the Crown's court, and he apprehended that it was the undoubted right of the Crown officers to have the last word. Lord DENMAN observed that the Crown was not the prosecutor in the present case, and he knew of no precedent for the adoption of such a course. The ATTORNE r- GENERAL remarked that there well might be no precedent s because there never had been an instance, that he recollected, in which the Crown was called upon to strike a blow at its own pre-' rogative. Lord DENMAN wished to hear Sir F. Kelly upon' this point, although he considered it a matter for the discretion of the Court whether they would hear the Attorney-General's reply or not. Sir F. KELLY opposed the right of the Attorney- General to reply, on the ground that the Court should not increase and extend the prerogative of the Crown, which it would in giving effect to a claim of this kind, where there was no precedent for the claim being allowed. Lord DENMAN said that he and his brother Judges, upon consideration, had thought it would be the most convenient course to hear the Attorney-General in reply. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied at some length, and concluded by imploring their Lordships, as early as consistent with justice, to dispose of the case. The Court took time to consider its judgment. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 42,504 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Utt,,xeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn- pany, Cheltenham v 9,157 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry - Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11.962 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle _ - 21,011 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 15,427 Dudley and West Bromwich .'ianking Company, Dudley . 35,454 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,203 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 13,858 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 121,919 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 12,480 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 24,800 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,548 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, llelston 1,500 ' Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 13,787 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 24,766 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,764 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds I3anking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 47,139 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,216 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 21,686 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- , . Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 27,499 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 324,861 North Wilt! Banking Company, Melksham 41,757 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 68,021 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North amptonl 9,746 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 12,014 Pares's Leic2st( rshire Banking Company, Lei cester .. Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,028 Sheffield Bat:kin:4 Company, Sheffield 32,870 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford • 45,820 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port i Shropshi re B ank i ng Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridg e an d K i dderminster Banking Corn P anYand Stourbridgeil. ' llt. Sheffield mshire Banking Company, Sheffield 17,700 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock leg Ban m Company, Rollick' Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company Richmond... 42,291 Storey and Thomas's Banking Com Shaftesbury .. ..... .................... .Company, . 9 139 Sheffield and Retfera Bank, Sheffield . 'B6s Wolverhampton a. i‘lStaffordshire Bankin . g C0m ... - pany, Wolverhampton .................. ............ 33,633 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 9,909 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking C ompany, Whitehaven . ..... .. Warwick and Lc,onit_gton Banking Company, Leamington ....... ................................. 30,050 West of Englan , ILIA South Wales District Bank. Bristol .................................. 58,728 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 49,695 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud. dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcestar City and County Banking Company, Worcester...., , ................ 3,970 York Union Banking Company, Y0rk............ 66,761 L.°r eitY and County Banking Company, York 87,980 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds atc ;• l4m P i . DEANS, Registrar of Bank Rehm. Jos. anuary 22,1848. THE CASE OF THE REV. DR. HAAIPDEN. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 27. (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEr JUSTICE, and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday). Mr. Justice ERLE—Can you cite any instances in which the opposer has appeared and examined the parties ? - Mr. BADELEY could not cite any such case at present. But what he contended for was, that wit nesses had been examined upon oath npon such occasions. The affair had not, therefore, been con sidered as a " sham" in the time of Archbishop Parker, neither was it so considered in the time of Wickliffe, for in the " Life of Wickliffe," by Strype, p. 253, there was an account of the proceedings at the con firmation of that Archbishop, where opposers were cited to appear and witnesses examined. The process was not a " sham" unier Cramer, Wickliffe, or Parker, neither did it so appear in later times. The case of Evans v. Asketh, in the time of Charles 11., was not considered by the judges as a " sham." Bishop Fell, about the same time, did not so treat the subject; in a note to the Epistle of St. Clement, published in the year 1699, he said " that the confirmation of the bishops of England was according to the customs of the Primitive Church." Aylin, in his life of Arch bishop Laud, speaking of the confirmation of Bishop Montague, said " that it was the ancient custom of the archbishops to confirm in the church of St. Mary le-Bow, Cheapside, and to cite all opposers to appear and make their objections, or for ever after hold their tongue." Dr. Nichol!, in a supplement to his " Com mentary cn the Book of Common Prayer," stated that "it is an impudent slander to state that the bishops de rived their power and authority from the King ; the King can only do what belongs to kings, and the bishop what belongs to bishops ; the King issues his conge d'elire ; after the election has been made by the Dean and Chapter, parties are cited to appear and state their objections to the form of election, or to the person elected, and when those objections are heard and judicially decided upon, the bishop proceeds to conse cration." Surely upon all these authorities the Court could not consider that this proceeding was all a " sham ;" would they not, on the contrary, believe it to be a reality, and a most important reality ? Charles 11., in the year 1681, and William 111., in the four years of his reign, were so fully convinced of the importance of appointing proper persons to the office of bishops, that they actually appointed a com mission to inquire into the qualifications of the person nominated by the Crown, and the exercise of this great care on the part of the Crown to appoint proper persons might possibly have accounted for the small number of cases which had occurred of opposition since the date of those commissions. Now, it was well known that great changes in the mode of admi nistering justice was actually taking place. The Sheriffs' Court had almost lost all its jurisdiction, and it was but a few years since that the public were astonished by the appearance of the mode of " wager of battle," which had slumbered for centuries, and after a very long argucneht in this Court it was decided that " wager of battle" was not a " sham," but a reality. It was not to be supposed because a law slumbered that therefore it was only a " sham." Such laws were a reality, and their power only lay dormant till it was necessary to call them into existence. His Learned Friend Mr. Hill had said, somewhat scarcastically, " What a distress ing state Ireland must be in, where the bishops are not confirmed at all." Now, it was a matter of his tory that Dr. Randall was appointed a bishop a few years since, but it was found that he would not be able to stand the ordeal of Bow Church, and he was therefore made an Irish bishop; it would therefore be probably much better for Ireland if this mode of public confirmation were used with respect to Irish bishops. He denied that this was a question affect ing the Reformation. That great event was not a transfer of infallibility and despotism by a mere change of persons. The doctrines put for ward by the Reformation, and recognised by statutes, was far different from that. The principles of the Reformers were completely identified with those of the parties who now prayed the Court to make the present rule absolute. The 24th Henry VIII., c. 12, distinctly stated the duties of the Archbishop and of the King, the one to appoint and the other to examine and confirm. Coke was an authority also in favour of that view of the case. Was the prerogative to be exercised to the injury of the subject? Was it not frequently the case that letters patent were repealed on the ground that the Crown had been deceived ? and was it not monstrous to suppose that infallibility should alone attach to the prerogative in its exercise in the choice of a bishop? If the prerogative was for the benefit of the subject, was not the present proceeding rather in aid of the preroga tive ; for was it not for the benefit of the subjects that proper persons should be appointed as their bishops ? There was no injustice to the bishop in the opposition that was brought forward against him; he had ample grounds for meeting the charges. A bishop was not appointed for his own benefit. God forbid ! He was appointed for the good of the Church. The welfare, of the Crown, the State, the individual, and the Church, all required that the investigation should be gone into fully and completely. It was quite possible for the Prime Minister to appoint any person whose moral conduct was unknown to him, and was it not right that an opportunity should be afforded for investigation ? He believed that a layman 'might be consecrated a bishop per saltuin without going through the various inferior grades, or without even subscribing the Thirty-nine Articles. Such a person would then be a judge of doctrines in the whole of his diocese, and exercise an entire control over the habits and fortunes of his clergy. Was it not preposterous that such a state of things should exist? A Prime Minister re maining long in office would be able to fill half the sees of the country, if no inquiry were to be made, by Unitarians, Rationalists, or Presbyterians, or he might even go so far in opposition to the Reforma tion, as to fill those sees with persons nearly allied to the Raman Catholic religion. If the rule were re fused, and the construction of the other side agreed to, the effect would be to annul entirely the power of the Archbishop—he would be a mere machine, possessing no more power than the veriest clerk in the Home office who made out a copy of the patent for the Crown. He would be a tool for the purpose of regulating these elections. Was it not absurd to suppose that the power of the highest dignitaries in the Church could be thus trifled with ? The present question was one of great im portance ; it was not so much whether Dr. Hampden should be a bishop or not, but it was the interests of the Church which were in jeopardy, and, trusting that the Court would look at the question in that light, he entertained a fervent hope that the Court would make the rule absolute. Sir F. KELLY then rose to address the Court. Nothing less than the commanding importance of this question could induce him to occupy their Lord ships' time upon a question which had already occupied so much time. Except the whole of their Lordships should feel every point in this case clear and free from doubt, he felt satisfied that their Lordships would imitate the example of the wisest and greatest of their predecessors, and abstain from giving a final determination upon a question involving such great considerations, and such consequences, upon a mere motion for mandamus upon affidavits, and put it into such a course of inquiry as to submit the whole ques tion involved to the highest tribunal in the kingdom. The question involved beside the prerogative of the Crown, alluded to by his friends on the other side, the character and efficiency of the Church and its most exalted ministers, the respect and reverence in which they were henceforth to be held, the confidence which henceforth should be reposed in them by their entire flock, the people of this country ; moveover, not the temporal interests, for that were little, of the clergy of the diocese of every bishop, but the eternal interests of the wh de community of this country ; and it was such an important question as this that the law officers of the Crown prayed their Lordships to determine finally, upon a mere motion on affidavit. Be fully admitted the right of the prerogative of the Crown to nominate a bishop for election, he had no wish to invade that prerogative; but, on the other hand, there were other rights in volved. The confirmation of the . bishop was placed in entirely different hands. But it had been said that this ceremony was a mere frivolous form ; if it were so, he was at a loss to know what other part of the proceedings were not also liable to the same charge ; the proceedings with respect to the election by the Dean and Chapter might also be termed a frivolous form. The rite of confirmation was not however of so entirely a frivolous nature, it was first enjoyed by the Apostles under Divine direction, and continued throughout the early ages of the Church to be exercised as a most important event, and he defied his Learned Friend to produce a single case in which any Bishop had ever been ordained except by ecclesiastical authority. The apostolic direction to Titus with respect to confimation had been carefully followed by every chureh in Christendom far a period of 1,700 years, and it was this rite which was now denounced as a mere idle ceremony. Lancelot tus, Ferraris, and Van Espin had alluded to the cere mony of confirmation, and the authority of these foreign jurists had been acknowledged by Ayliffe, Linwood, Gibson, and Burn, writers of this country, ' and though differences might exist as to the mode, of confirmation still it was always in accordance with the principles laid down by these jurists, and in no case had the confirmation been by laymen. If his Learned Friend the Attorney-General should prove that the Archbishop, according to his construc tion of the statute, was bound to confirm as a minis terial act, then was the whole ceremony of consecra tion, as contained in the Book of Common Prayer, not only a mockery, but a direct violation of the Act A SLEEPY FARMER. The Gateskead Observer tells the following story : A worthy Northumbrian farmer left home the other Saturday for Newcastle market, on the day of the rent dinner, and Peggy, the maid, who was also com ing, received strict orders from her mistress to see him in the train at night: Peggy was true to her trust ; she saw her master into a second-class carriage, and got into a third-class carriage herself. On her arrival at the station she went on foot to the farm. " Well, Peggy, where's your master," asked the dame ; " did you see him into the train ?" " Yes, ma'am," replied Peggy. " Then where is her continued her mis tress; "did you see him get out ?" "No, ma'am," rejoined the literal maid; "you didn't tell me to do that." " Stupid!" exclaimed the farmer's wife ; "he'll have gone on with the train." And so he had! He went forward to the next station, and would have gone on to the very terminus of the line, but the guard popping his lantern into the carriage, saw him snoozing in a corner, and rousing him up cried, "Hollo! Mr. —, where are you going to ?" "To —," said the farmer. "To —I" echoed the guard ; " why, you've got to --." Our hero started at the annoucernent, and his friend of the lantern, assisting him to descend, transferred him to the mail train, which just then came up from the opposite direction. Manful was the struggle which he made to keep awake until the train arrived at —; but his potent enemy, sleep, came off conqueror. He awoke no more until a voice resounded in his ear, " Rollo, Mr. --, what's brought you back to Newcastle?" lie thought it was a dream; it must be the reverberation of the cry which awoke him at —. But no! it was a waking reality. He had got back to Newcastle again ; and the news of kis return reached his brother tenants before they had broken up from the rent dinner ! He made no further trial 'that night by the rail, hut came to the resolution that " he would not go home till morning." WILL OF SCROPE Ilwrcntrtsow, M.D.—The late Scrope Hutchinson, Esq., of Guildford-street, Russell square, Doctor of Medicine, formerly of Dover, Kent, who died on the 25th of November last, had exe cuted his will on the 16th of December, 1846. lie gives to his son William Barclay Hutchinson all his medical books, and those books strictly termed pro fessional, and all his surgical instruments of every description; and to his son George Rowan Hutchin son he gives fifty volumes of hooks, to be chosen br him from his library; and directs that all his leasehold and personal estate, and all his freehold houses, lands, and real estate, be disposed of and converted into money, and invested in good securities, to pay the interest, dividends, and annual proceeds of such trust moneys or securities to his wife for her life ; and after her decease to pay or transfer the same to his five chil dren, as follows:—Two-fourteentbs thereof to his son, William Barclay Hutchinson ; two-fourteenths to his son, George Rowan Hutchinson ; four fourteenths to his daughter, Mary Hutchinson; three-fourteenths to his daughter, Isabel Hutchinson; and the remaining three-fourteenths to his son, Charles Scrope Hutchinson; and leaves all estates vested in him upon trust, or by way of mortgage, of which he had power of disposition, to his son, William Barclay Hutchinson, Esq., who is the acting executor, a power being reserved to his relict to prove hereafter. The personal estate was estimated at 10,0001., and probate granted on the 10th instant. EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.--The total num ber of hands employed in the last week within the bo rough of Manchester was 44,261; and in the present week, 44,581. The number of hands working full time last week was 32,266 ; in the present week, 32,718. The number working short time last week was 4,732 ; in the present week, 4,711. The number of bands wholly out of work last week was 7,262 ; in the pres Wit week, 7,153. From this statement it will be seen that little variation in the state of employment, as regards the bo rough of Manchester, has taken place within the last fortnight. Whatever change has occurred has been favourable to the operatives ; but how long this state of things will continue it is difficult to say. In most of the towns surrounding Manchester, comprising Ashton, Staley bridge, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Stock port, Middleton, and other places, the condition of the operatives is daily becoming worse. Short hours of labour are proposed, and in some places the reduction has already begun. It is satisfactory to find that wages are still maintained, yet how long this maybe the cas e i s doubtful. The Manchester market indicates no ini. provement, and languor and depression pervade all de partments of trade. The prospect is gloomy, and there is no hope of immediate amendment. SOFTENING HORN.—" Can horn be so softened as to be moulded into any required shape, or pressed into moulds? And can it be made white or is white horn to be purchased ?"—Querist. Horn may he softened by a degree of heat not exceeding melted . lead, and may afterwards be moulded into any required shape. The horn handles of knives, razors, &c., are now commonly made by moulding. The softened horn is first pressed into a mould or die, which is then inclosed in a nut cracker sort of clamp, and the die, clamp, and horn im mersed in boiling water for a few minutes , after which the clamp is screwed as tight as passible by means of a screw attached to the end opposite the joint. In about twenty minutes the horn is taken-out and finished. It is commonly died of various colours, and may also, we presume, be blackened, though we do not recollect to have seen any articles of white horn. Ivory is usually whitened by boiling it in pearl-ashes and water; and perhaps horn may be so also.—Mechanics' Magazine. Baron Delaitre, Consul of France at Santander, died last week at that place, after a long illness. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. • An elderly, well dressed man, named William Edwards, was brought before the LORD MAYOR at the instance of the Mendicity Society, upon the charge of having acted as a gross impostor. The details of the system were so skilfully arranged that few, with the exception of th ose w h o h a d b een deceived by the genius of the London mendicant, would be likely to entertain the slightest doubt of the genuineness of the tale of distress or of the signatures. Samuel Daniels, an officer of the Mendicity Society, stated that in consequence of information which he had received he went to the offices of Messrs. Thompson, in St. Swithin's-lane, for the purpose of taking the prisoner into custody. He had bad the prisoner in custody on a former occasion upon a charge of having imposed upon Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and had known him as an impostor for seven years. Mr. T. Thompson, of Salters' Hill, said, I received this Fetition from my brother. Here the following petition was read : " Parish of Crayford, county of Kent.—Whereas, on the evening of Sunday, the 2d instant, while Mrs. Amelia Hall, widow of the late Mr. Edward Hall, grocer, draper, haberdasher, &c., of this parish, with her family of nine children, was attending Divine service, her shop and dwelling were entered by burglars, who stole and carried away divers moneys, goods, wearing apparel, and plate, the whole amount ing to at least 300/. ; which said loss, together with previous misfortunes, will prove her entire ruin with out the timely aid f the nobility and gentry con nected with this neighbourhood. " Mrs. Hall is a person of the strictest integrity, and her family of excellent moral character, in con sideration of which, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do most earnestly solicit the sympathy of the benevolent on behalf of this worthy and distressed widow and family, trusting their combined dona tions, together with our mutual assistance, will re lease them from their present circumstances. " Given under our hands this 21st day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1848." Then followed the names of a long list of contribu tors, in which appeared the names of Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Bexley, and a number of the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood in which the robbery was stated to have been committed. Mr. Thompson continued—lnformation was given to the Mendicity Society. The clay before yesterday the prisoner called at the office, but I did not see him till this morning. I had gone to Bexley and ascer tained that no robbery had taken place at Crayford, and that the signatures were fictitious. The follow ing is the certificate of the police on the subject : " Bexley- heath Station, Jan. 25, 1848. " Sir,—l certify that I have not heard of any such robbery as described in the begging petition bearing the name of Mrs. Hall, in the village or parish of Crayford during the last two years, and I am not ac quainted with anybody of that name as a shopkeeper in Crayford. "JAMES ROPING, Sergeant." Yesterday a young woman called with this letter, and said she was the writer's wife : " Crayford, Jan. 26, Wednesday, Seven o'clock. " Sir,—l am unable to leave my business to. day, and therefore I take the liberty of sending this note by my wife, who will wait an answer to the docu ment I left in your possession yesterday, and for which I was desired to call this morning. I trust you will condescend to add your name to the list of subscribers as it may be of great service in the neigh bourhood.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN HALL. " To E. Thompson, Esq." I saw 21. given to her, and she was told that if the facts were correct, she should receive 31. more if Hall, her husband, called. The prisoner accord ingly called this morning. I merely asked him if he had authorised the person to call who had brought the letter addressed to me and signed "John Hall ?" He replied that he had ; and he assured me that he had received 1201. in consequence of that petition, and that the money was paid over to Messrs. Swaisland. I held the petition in my hand at the time, and he told me the letter the woman brought to me was in his handwriting. 'The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, what have you to say in answer to this most serious charge ? The prisoner said, he had taken the petition to Mr. Thomp son on Monday, and he could not help pleading guilty to the charge. He admitted also that the young woman whom he had sent with the letter had re. ceived 2/., but he protested most solemnly that he had n of handled a halfpenny of it. The LORD MAYOR—You spoke of the woman as your wife. Is she your wife ? The prisoner —No, my Lord. I merely said she was my wife • but she is no relation to me. Ido not even know her. But I acknowledge that I am guilty of this charge, and I am very sorry for it. The LORD MAYOR—I have not, in all my expe rience, met with a more gross impostor than you. You have got up this case with all the ingenuity of a regular trickster, and no doubt you have been very successful, tOr it was one very hard to be detected. You have not only told infamous lies as to the rob bery, but you have added a great variety of forgeries to the falsehoods. It appears that you are well known to the officers of the Mendicity Society, and I regret that they have not produced any proof of a former conviction. If they could produce evidence to that effect I should be able to add the punishment of a good sound whipping to that of three months' im prisonment and hard labour, to which I now adjudge you. Lewis Jones, Nathaniel Kingha, William Jarvis, of the crew of the City of Rotterdam steam-vessel, and George Benton, were brought before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbs upon an information charging them with having been on board a vessel liable to for feiture for having on board a quantity of tobacco upon which the duty had not been paid. The first three pleaded " Guilty," the last " Not Guilty." Benton was, of course, the only person against whom evidence was called. Against him a case was proved, and each of the thur defendants were fined 1001., and ordered to be committed until the penalties should be paid. The LORD MAYOR begged to acknowledge the re ceipt of 51. for thepoor l box from " M. C." BOW-8I REET. Two miserably clad and impoverished children, the eldest of whom was named Mary A.en Murray, aged 13, and the other about two years younger, were brought before Mr. Hall, in the custody of Dodgson, of the I` division, upon the following horrible charge : They had been in the habit of singing and begging in the public streets for the support of their worthless parents in idleness and debauchery. On this occasion they were found in Holborn. A male infant, about two years old, was in the arms of the eldest girl, the pitiful cries and apparent suffering of which excited the sympathy of by-passers, and caused them to be surrounded by a mob of persons. An elderly woman, perceiving that the child was writhing in agony, and feeling satisfied that it was undergoing some torture, mentioned her suspicions to the constable, who de sired the two girls to accompany him to the police station. The eldest girl dropped a large pin at her feet, and it was instantly discovered, upon examining the child, that his sufferings had been caused by its continual incision in the lower part of the body, while being carried in his sister's arms. The condi tion of the infant was altogether so deplorable, inde pendently of the punctures and lacerations caused by the pin, that it was deemed advisable to take it to St. Giles's workhouse, and put it under the care of the medical officer. The constable, by direction of his Worship, ascer tained that the inhuman parents lodged at 4, Tyn dall's-building, Gray's Inn-lane, and that the father, who received Is. and some bread per week from the parish, spent nearly his whole time in a neighbour ing beer-shop, waiting for the alms brought to him daily by his wretched children. This man admitted to the officer that he sent the girls out with the baby to sing ballads in the streets, but denied that he either sanctioned or knew of the torture in flicted upon the child. Lie said that he had no parish settlement himself, having been born' at Edinburgh Castle while his father was serving in the 92d Regi ment of Foot. One of the beadles of the parish proved that the father, with his children, had been repeatedly offered shelter in the workhouse, but that he had always re fused to go in—preferring, in fact, to live on the pro duce of his children's begging exertions in the streets of London. Mr. Bennett, the medical officer of the parish, said, that the child, when shown to him, was in a shock ing state of debility and disease, the result of neglect and ill-treatment. The body was covered with ulcers and otherwise disfigured by the itch; the lacerations caused by the piercing of the pin being almost im perceptible in consequence. He did not think the child's life was.in danger, but it was in a very sad condition. Mr. HALL did not feel disposed to put the children in the witness-box, as they would hardly dare to tell the truth in the presence of their father; and, indeed, if they did, it would only be exposing them probably to more brutal treatment by thg parents hereafter. He desired the father, however, to be brought before him. The father, who said his name was John Murray, and that he was a working man, appeared to be rather elderly, but quite able bodied. He again denied that he was aware of the fact that his two girls were in the habit of pi nc hi ng an d t or t ur i ng th e i n f an t t o ma k e it cry and excite compassion, although the bruises and other evidences of such treatment were suffi ciently apparent. He admitted that he sent them out to sing and sell ballads, not thinking there was any harm in that. Mr. HALL had never heard of more horrible bru tality by a parent. He was convinced that he was living upon his wretched, half-perished children's labours in the streets, and he must have been con scious of the state of the infant which they were car rying in their arms. It was high time that they should be separated from him for a while, and as the parish officers would take care of the children, he should commit him to one month's hard labour. MARYLEBOIVE. Yesterday the court was crowded to excess, in consequence of its having been the day appointed for the re-examination of Frederick Sharman, who for nir-e months past has held an appointment as a con stable in the D division, No. 254, who stood charged with .having endeavoured to induce a man named James ‘Valkley to assist him in the perpetration of a robbery ofjewellery, plate, &c., at the residence of Miss Dingley, 24, Paddington-green, to the amount of 2,000/. It will be remembered that the prisoner was brought up through the exertions of Hardwick, an active officer of the division to which the accused belonged, who adduced such evidence at the Mansion-house, when a man named James Coates, a cousin of the prisoner, was charged on suspicion of being con cerned in railway and other robberies, that he (Coates) was colmnitted for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Justins, from the office of Messrs. Maples and Co., Old Jewry, accompanied by Mr. Collard, super intendent of the Great Western Railway Company's police, now attended to prefer against the prisoner a charge of felony arising out of Coates's case. Mr. Justins opened the case by stating, that the company for whom he had the honour to appear had nothing to do directly with this charge, yet felt so strongly that the prisoner and Coates were so impli cated in the numerous robberies effected on their line that they felt it a public duty to take the matter up. Mr. Justins then stated, that Coates, since his incar ceration in Newgate, sent on Friday last for Captain Spong, one of the gentlemen for the robbery of whose propPrty he had been committed by the Lord Mayor, and told him that one of his missing rings (a valuable diamond one) was pawned at the shop of Mr. George Bonham, High-street, Whitechapel, on the 17th of December last, in the name of Henry Phillips, for 305., and he believed from Hardwick's description that the prisoner was the person to whom the said sum was advanced. Mr. Justins called Captaing Spong, who deposed to the loss of the property contained in a bag while on his passage by steam from l3lackwall to Gravesend. Hard wick proved the finding of the bag and other property belonging to the captain upon Coates at the time of his apprehension. Mr. Bonham proved that the prisoner was the man by whom the ring had been pawned. Mr. LONG asked Inspector Wiggins if he thought it worth while, considering that the ring case was so clear, to press the former charge ?—The Inspector said he should be satisfied with a committal upon the present ease. The prisoner, who denied his guilt, was sent to Newgate for trial. "X. Y. Z." transmitted 11. for the poor-box of the court, with a request that it might be acknowledged. iVESTMINSTER. Joseph Clarhe, a powerful looking fellow, was charged with being concerned with a woman of the town (not in custody) with drugging and robbing Mr. Edward Hynd, grocer, of Praed-street, Pad dington. The prosecutor, who appeared to be in a very weak and delicate state, said, that he was returning from the Blackfriars-road to his own residence late on the previous night, when he was accosted by a woman, and prevailed upon to accompany her home to Pump court, near Old Pye-street, Westminster, a neigh bourhood with which he was completely unacquainted. After being there a short time he gave the woman, at her solicitation, a sovereign, to procure something to drink, and she returned with some spirits. She handed him a glass, but he had no sooner swallowed it than he was seized with a most extraordinary sen • sation. Although he was cognisant of all that passed around him, yet he was completely powerless, and while in this state the woman plundered him of his purse, containing six sovereigns, and his handkerchief, and ransacked his pocket-book. He distinctly saw her do all this, but from the influence of the drug that had been administered to him was incapable of resistance. He was not aware how long he remained in this condition, but on recovering he was endeavour ing to follow the woman from the room when he was stopped by the prisoner, who had a male companion with him. Prisoner in a rough tone exclaimed, " Who are you ?" when prosecutor, recognizing his voice as that of a person he had heard exchange a few words with the woman just before he had been drugged, told him that he had been robbed, and that he believed that he (the prisoner) had been an acces sory to the act. Prosecutor then left the house, and was followed and abused by the prisoner and his companion. Prosecutor went in quest of a constable, and having found one, returned to the house, where he found the prisoner and gave him into custody. On. searching the prisoner one of the letters which had been taken by the woman from his pocketbook was found upon his person. The constable who took the accused into custody proved that he endeavoured on his way to the station house to pass a flash 51. note on the Bank of Ele gance to a companion. There were also three medals resembling base coins found upon him. The prisoner, in the course of a long rambling story, said, that he was at the tap in Palace•yard, and at another public-house in Tuthill- street all night with his brother, and knew nothing of the robbery. The house to which prosecutor had been taken be longed to him, and as he was returning to it early in the :waning he met "Black Anne" (the woman who took the prosecutor home), and she gave him a a shil ling as he entered Pump-court, for her night's lodg ing ; and when he got to the door of the house he found that somebody had taken off the padlock with which he had fastened it on the previous night, and been in the house. He went to the room which had been occupied by the prosecutor and the woman, and observing a letter on the floor picked it up and put it prove an alibi, and i n th e in his pocket. He could same breath that he admitted that he was the owner of the house declared that he could produce a number of witnesses to show that he was a most respect• able man. _ The prosecutor observed that the loss of his mon e y was of but trifling consideration to him. It was a mercy that he had not lost his life, and it was only his desire to bring the perpetrators of such atrocious outrages to justice that had induced him to come forward on the present occasion. He could dis tinctly swear that the prisoner exchanged a few words with the woman in the passage at the time she went out for the liquor, and that they again spoke as she returned with it; and he was confident that the 'prisoner was in the passage, close to the room door, while be was robbed. The prisoner began repeating his former story, hut adraitttd that he had no witnesses in attendance to prove it. Mr. BURRELL said it was a most serious charge, and he should remand the prisoner until Thursday. A post-office order for 1/. was yesterday received from "E. C. B." fir the poor-box. The donor re quested an acknowledgment of it." LENT ASSIZES, 1848. OXFORD CIRCUIT. -------- (Before Sir JOHN PATTRSON, lint., and Sir CRESS. WELL CRESSWELL, Knt.) Berkshire—At Reading, Saturday, February 26. Oxfordshire—At Oxford, Wednesday, March 1. Worcestershire—At Worcester, Monday, March 6. City of Worcester—Same day. Staffordshire--At Stafford, Saturday, March 11. Shropshire—At Shrewsbury, Saturday, March 18. Herefordshire—At Hereford, Thursday, March 23. Monmouthshire—At Monmouth, Saturday, March 25. Glocestershire—At Glocester, Wednesday, March 29. City of Glocester—Same day. SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN FROM DlSTRESS.—Yes terday forenoon Mr. Wiliiam Carter held an inquest at the Fleece, Commercial-road, Lambeth, on the body of William Sawyer, aged forty-seven, a master hairdresser, of No. 10, Commercial-road, who committed suicide under the following distressing circumstances:—From the evidence of Jane Woolden, who pas:ed as deceased's wife, it appeared that for some considerable time past his business had fallen off to such an extent, that during the last two or three months he had been unable to earn on an average sixpence per day. The consequence was that deceased and his family were reduced to the greatest destitution. To find food for his four children, the household furniture had been parted with. Of late there had been a great change in the conduct of the deceased, and he appeared, according to the witness's testimony, heart-broken. He also felt Breath depressed on account of the condition in which the female was in with whom he lived, she being in an advanced stage of pregnancy. On the morning of Monday last he got upiabout seven o'clock, and having opened his shop and lighted the fire, he went and plunged head foremost into the water in the butt in the 3 an% He was found in that condi tion shortly afterwards, quite dead. Verdict-- .. Tem porary insanity." Mr. Samuel Hutton, a descendant of the historian of Birmingham, died at his residence, Satley, on Sunday night. He was in the 63d year of his age, and had lately become possessed of his family estates, worth about 3,0001. a )ear. He was many years engaged in the paper trade, and was elected an alderman on the incor poration of the town. He has left three sons and one daughter to inherit the property, the foundation of which was laid by the historian. SOUTHAMPTON, J AN. 27.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, left the docks at thi•ee P.M. this day, en route for Gibraltar, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails; also a full cargo of merchandise and 18 passengers. The inward mails from Portugal, by the Madrid, Captain Weeks, is hourly expected. The Royal West India mail-packet Teviet, now overdue since Saturday, is most anxiously looked for; as also the Indus, Captain Soy, from Alex andria, rbidi the bulk of the West India mails. The Washington, from New York, will be due in two or three days. -- RAILWAY SHARE- MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, hx. 27. STOCK EXCIIANGB.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 17—Ditto, 221. Shares, 7 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Ilalves (late L. and B), 91 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, % dis.—Ditto. Fifths ( West Riding Union), 2% dis.—London and North-Western, 152—Midland, 115—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.—North Union (A), 208%—North Staffordshire, % p.—Shrewsbury, Oswes try, and Cheshire, 5% dis.—Shrewsbury and Ch e st er , N e w, dis.—Suuth-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2,2% p.—Dutch Rhenish, dis. MANCHESTER, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Anglian, New Preference, % dis. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par— Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 13.16 dis.—Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 2% dis..—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lin colnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 17%—Ditto, Preference, par-- North Staffordshire, 7-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 31 1 % 1 —Ditto, No. 4, 1 11-!8 dis. LEEDS, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following prices have been ob• tained to-day, but only a few sales were made :—East Lan cashire, New, 3% dis.—Ditto, Quarters. 17 s . 6d. dis.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% n. Leeds and Thirak, 15 1 4 dis.—North British, Thirds, par--- Ditto, Extension, 9d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 7s. 6d. North-Western, 4% c. dis.—South•Eastern and D o ver, No. 4,1% dis. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (Nor Berwieks), 21 4 p. - BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Statiordshir6 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3% dia. ax int. —Ditto (B), 435. 91. dir. ex int.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis. ex int. BRISTOL, J. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been more active to-day. The following are the sales—Great Western, Fifths, 4 p.—Bristol acrd Birmingham. 125—Newcastle and Ber wick, No. 1,6% p.—Taff Vale, 125—Ditto, New 101. Shares, dis. YORK, JAN. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sale!! are- Great Northern, 4/. 16s.—Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds, 8 c.—York, New castle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1, 6 3 4 p.—llitto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 12 5 4—Ditto (G. N. E. Purch.), 9%• „ EDIN BURGH, J.iN. 26. STOCK EXCISANGC—The sales are—Caledonian, 36—Dun dee and Perth, Quarters, 435. 6d.-=Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 3s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 16 1 ,4 —Ditto. (Newport), 7%—Great Northern 975. ex int.-- Nurth British, Quarter s , M. B s . ex int.—Ditto, New Quar ters:(scrip), 11s.—Ditto, Thirds, 41s. 6d. OLD ST. PANCRAS CHURCH.—This venerable edi fice is now in progress of undergoing a complete trans formation. The whole of the exterior presents a ruin ous appearance ; it is not, however, to be razed to the ground, but only to be enlarged and beautified. • For this purpose, several graves have been disturbed, and the tombstones removed, but with all proper respect for the remains of the dead. In the space of a few wet ks the singular-looking dwarf tower, that has endured the storms of so many ages, will be replaced by an - elegant new spire. The date of the erection of this ancient fabric is lost in obscurity. It is believed to be the oldest church in the vicinity of the metropolis. The churchyard is remarkable for the number of celebrated persons who have been interred within its precincts. — It 1 is a noted burial-place for members of the Roman Ca tholic persuasion, particularly of the Irish. CURLING COMPETITION.—The annual competition for the gold medal and prize curling stones, given by the Duddlestone Curling Club took place on Saturday last, on the loch, and were gained, for the second time, by John Gillespie, Esq., W.S.—Edinburgi Advertiser. CONVEYANCE OF GOODS BY RAILWAY COMPANIES. —On Vi ednesday, Mr. Greenlaw, coal merchant, sum- moned the North British Railway Comrany for 81.65. itd. as damages due by the company tor annoying and ob structing him in the pursuit of his business, by failing to provide trucks to convey his coals along the line, and also charging demurrage on the coal detained by , the company. Acting Sheriff Campbell, after recommend ing the parties to seek a more deliberative mode of de ciding so important a point, and Mr. Greenlaw having preesed for a decision, pronounced judgment in favour of the pursuer, intimating his opinion that the company I were regarded by the law as common carriers, and bound to provide the public with trucks for the conveyance of goods.—Caledonian Mercury. REFUGE FOR THE DESTlTUTE.—Yesterday the annual Court of Governors was held in the London Tavern, E. Forster, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. The secretary'read the report, which stated that during the year 42 were admitted to the male refuge, that 63 left, and that at the close of the year there were 174 inmates. In the female asylum 130 were admitted during the year and 83 left, leaving 185 inmates. The males and fewalea were taught useful trades, and the conduct of those sup plied with situations proved highly satisfactory: The receipts, including 3,0001., a Government grant, figured 6,5051. 7s. Bd., and the expenditure left a balance of 3381. Bs. 2d. The funded property amounted to 20,3561. The report was adopted, and the committee was autho rised to expend 4,0001. in building a wing to the Female Refuge. CHARGES AGAINST ARCHITECTS IN THE LATE WESTMINSTER SEWERS' COMMISSION.—Mr. Donaldson has addressed to The Builder a strong disclaimer, in which he says:—" It was my intention, when I had ..pe rused the report on the late Commissions of Sewers (published without the appendix of evidence), and the commissions had been supersedi'd, to have taken no• further part in the question. I did, indeed, feel sur prised at such a document proceeding trem public men, who, having been commissioned by the Queen to inquire ii,to whit would appear to have been a mere question of science and economy, as to the very interesting subject of sanitary improvement, seemed only anxious to estab lish a for, gore conclusion, and mixed up with their report touch virulent personal matter.- With that intent we find accumulated a mass of ex parte evidence, the ob ject of which appears to be to charge with ignorance, dishonesty, a xtravagance, and perjury several bodies of public mi.n. This inquisition is pursued in secret (like the Star-Chamber practice of old; those against whom imputations were brought were not allowed to be present, nor, indeed, to receive the slightest intimation of the nature of the accusation ; they knew not who were ' their accusers—what the evidence adduced—and-were not aft tided the opportunity of justification, refutation, or cross-examination. Under such circumstances of unfair, unconstitutional and anything but English pro cedure, is a report issued of a condemnatory character, written with a pen of gall. Trio WEATHER AND THE PARBS.—The frost, which set in a few days since, continues with increased severity. During the night of Wednesday the mercury was'as low as 25, being seven degrees below freezing point. During yesterday morning the wind was due east, occasionally veering round to the north ; the glass , stood at the same point it did the preceding night until late in the afternoon, but at seven o'clock in the evening the mercury had fallen several degrees, denoting a con tinuance of frost. The whole of the ornamental waters in the several royal parks have become frozen completely over, and although the ice, in many places, is in an extremely dangerous condition, an immense-number of persons ventured upon the frozen waters, and several serious accidents occurred. NEWSPAPERS CANNOT BE LEGALLY LENT ON HIRE. —At the Bloomsbury County Court, yesterday, a news vendor, named Miller, sought to recover from a Mr. Champion, a retired tradesman, the sum of 6s. for news papers lent to him to read. The plaintiff having proved • his case, the defendant admitted the debt, but doubted,. whether he could be compelled to pay. The Judge ob- • served that such a remark from him he considered dill! graceful ; but still he could - not entertain the claim, as the law now stood the same as years ago, when it had ' been decided that persons lending newspapers to read could not recover, but were. liable for so doing to 'a penalty of 501., it being ccnisiddred:by.such trafficking in stamps to be defrauding the•revenue, as it prevented the sale of papers. He therefore ,must dismiss 'the plaiat._Judgment for defendank . THE LATE MURDER AT DUNDIty.—^BRISTOL, WED'. • WESDAY.—The coroner's inquest on the body of the de ceased, Farner Hazell, was resumed.at the. Carpenters' - Arms, Dundry, yesterday,' before the coroner, Mr..UR? hill. The prisoners were not in attendance. The evt.., dente was of a similar character'to that!given before the magistrates. The inquiry has notyei-terminated. ' : DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE P - birtritr.Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out at No. 29, Poultry, adjoining St. Mildred's Church, in the t okonpation of ‘Messrs. , Prettyman and .Rizon, stationers, and other parties. The flames were first discovered, by Mr. Helshans, •s. -' solicitor, living on the third f1004 , ,,,,H0 t a b le d an ir ome wl) diate alarm, and the inmates sum:ended in effecting their' escape. Mr. O'Hara, who lodged on the second floor, in 4.1 returning to save some of his property, was . burned about the face, and a female servant was also much in jured. Mr. O'Hara and the servant wrapped'themielves in a blanket, and by rolling dokin Stairs they eseeped. The engines from the Church of St. Mildred, the brigade from Watling-street, Jeffery-square, Whitecross-street, and numerous other stations, arrived in•rapid succession, as well as the West of England engine, from the Water. 100 road. Great fears were entertained fur the safety of the church. The flames almost surrounded the belfry for the space of a quarter of an hour. The firemen got the mastery over the finales by two o'clock, but not until property of considerable value was reduced to ashes. During the time the fire was raging the utmost con fusion prevailed, the whole neighbour hood being ren dered impassable by the immense crowd, so that, to protect their property, many of the tradesmen in the vicinity were compelled to close their shops. 1 SIXTEta, On the 27th inst., in Park•street, Lady R. Grosvenor, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Moreby Hall, York, the wife of Thomas Preston, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Hampstead-heath, the lady of Alfred Ray, Esq., of a son. On the: 27th inst., in Greek-street, Soho-square, Mrs. L. C. Hertslet, of a son. On the 26th inst., in Grove-hill, Camberwell, the wife of Robert Wrench, Esq., of a 8013. On the 27th inst., at the Rectory, St. Anne's, Soho, the wife of the Rev. ri g ent Wade, of a daughter. MARltlia. On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Farnham, Peter Spark, Esq., of Birchanger, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parris, Esq , of Farnham, Essex. MI Nb. On the 2d inst., near Windsor, Nova Scotia, the Hon. Lewis Morris Wilkins, Judge of the Supreme Court of that province, aged 80. On the 15th inst., at Peckham, Lieutenant T. J. Irvine, R.N., aged 59. Oa the 2lst inst., in West-street, Walworth, Mary Ann, widow of the late Mr. Benjamin Blakesley, aged 72. On the 21st inst., at Hytbe, Kent, Mr. William Chalk. On the 21st inst., at Netherton Rectory r near Andover, the Rev. W. Lance, M.A., Rector of the parish of Earecombe- ' cum-Tangley, aged 86. • London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct •f the Savoy, is the count! , ol Middlesex, Friday, January 28, 1848.