The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION --------- FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 10. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Major W. Dunn to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bridge, retired on full-pay; Second Captain J. Bloomfield, to be Captain, vice Dunn ; First Lieut. J. W. Mitchell to be Second Captain, vice Bloomfield ; Second Lieutenant F. W. Haultain to be First Lieutenant, vice Mit chell; Second Captain E. Trevor to be Captain, vice Cole brooke, retired on half-pay First Lieutenant G. J. Beres ford to be Second C/ptain, vice Trevor; Second Lieute nant H. L. G. Cooper, to be First Lieutenant, vice Beresford ; Second Captain R. R. Drew to be Captain, vice Schalch, re tired on lull pay ; First Lieutenant R. F. Crawford to be Second Captain, vice Drew ; Second Lieutenant Thomas Willi a m Laurence to be First Lieutenant, vice Crawford ; Second Captain H. Palliser to be Captain, vice G. Palmer, retired on full pay; First Lieutenant J. St. George to be se cond Captain, vice Palliser; Second Lieutenant C. Wilson to be First Lieutenant, vice St. George , Second Captain A. Macbean to be Captain, vice Howell, retired on fun pay ; First Lieutenant W. R. Nedham to be Second Captain, vice Macbean ; Second Lieutenant F. J. Travers to be First Lieu tenant, vice Nedham, April 1. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second ' Captain C. Mac kenzie to be Captain, vice Smyth, retired on full-pay ; First Lieutenant Thomas Hosmer Rimington to be Second Captain, vice Mackenzie ; Second Lieutenant George Bent to be First Lieutenant, vice Rimington ; First Lieutenant Wil liam E. Delves Broughton to be Second Captain, vice Lancey, retired on full-pay ; Second Lieutenant Eimund Yeamans Walcott Henderson to be First Lieutenant, vice Broughton. CommissiOn by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Hon. E. R. Lytte hon to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. M. Lush ington, Gent., to be Cornet, April 1. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. Arundel and Bramber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet H. G. Lord Fitzalan to be Captain, vice R. Prime, re signed, April 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Stockport Hussars—E. Maxsland, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Andrews, resigned, March 27. Congleton Troop—W. Read, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Ash nees, resigned, April 7. DECORATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES somv, builder, Carlisle-street, Lambeth. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, merchant, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. THOMAS TRIPP and JAMES BENN, distillers, Belfast, ft om April 6, to May 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. JOHN WILKINSON, ironmaster, Brymbo, Denbighshire, -from Feb. 5, to May 5, at eleven, at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexham, Denbighshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. HENRY LAFFER, merchant, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. JOHN WARBURTON, tailor and draper, Liverpool, to surrender, April 27, and May 25 , at one , at the Clarendon rooms Liverpool. Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-house place, ; Waring, Liverpool. FRANCIS HOSKINS, wine merchant, Birmingham, April 22, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Pollock, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street, London. RICHARD JONES, block maker, Liverpool, April 27 and May 25, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings. Holborn, London ; Lowe, Liverpool. WILLIAM BUTLER and RICHARD PARKES, wine merchants, Birmingham, April 27, and May 25, at eleven, at the Offices,of Sir. Augustus Yeates, Birmingham. Holmes, Knight Rider-street, Doctors'-commons; Yeates, Birmingham. EDWIN JEANES, bookseller, Exeter, April 27 and Slay 2.5, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter. Laidma.n, Exeter; Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. JOHN LATHAM, seed merchant, Bain, Yorkshire, April 30 and May 25, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Doncaster. Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Mason and Collinson, Doncaster. HENRY COX, grocer, Nottingham, April 20 and Slay 25, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. John son, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Bowley, Not tingham. GEORGE KENDRICK GEILL, calico-printer, Whittle le-Woods, Lancaster, April 29 and Stay 25, e eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Adling,ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Winstanley, Catterell, and Charnley, Preston. BENJAMIN BROOKS, teazle dealer, Badgworth, Somer set, April 23, and Slay 25, at ten, at the Mitre Inn, Wells. Paterson, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, London ; Okey, Bristol. NEWTON EMMERSON, draper, Bishop Auckland, Dux - ham, April 26, and May 25, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, ]B shop op Auckland. Bowser, Bishop Auckland ; Meredith and Reeve, Lincoln's Inn, Landon. WILLIAM MURRAY, innkeeper, Manchester, April 27, and May 25, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford row, London ; Law, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Brine, wine merchant, Hart-street, Crutched-friars, May 4, at one—M. Evans, J. Evans, and T. Evans, paper manu facturers, Pump-row, Old-street-road, May 4, at eleven—hi. Carruthers, wholesale cheesemonger, Lower Thames-street, May 4, at one—R. Heyiard, linen draper, Lamb's Conduit street, May 4, at twelve—J. Healey, victualler, Portugal street, Lincoln's !tin-fields, May 5, at one. In the Country. M. May, earthenware dealer, Devonport, June 14, at twelve, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport—C. Poulter, dealer, Long Melford, May 12, at one, at the Blue Posts Inn, Colchester B. Jacques, J. Cotton, and T. B. Oliver, hosiers, Nottingham', May 10, at twelve, at the George the Fosrth Inn, Nottingham Ulyatt, cattle dealer, Crowlacd, Lincolnshire, May 6, at twelve, at Standwell's Hotel, Stamford—R. Morris, coach maker, Gloucester, May 13, at twelve, at the Office of H. and R. Wilton, Glousester—A. Fussell, ironmonger, Oxford, May 10, at half-past ten, at the Town-hall, Oxford—J. Dilworth, R. M. Arthington, and R. Birkett, bankers, Lancaster, May 1, at one, at the King's Arms Inn, Lancaster—J. Wilkinson, ironmaster, Brymbo, Denbighshire, May 5, at eleven, at the Virynnstay Arts Hotel, Wrexham—J. C. Knill, tailor, Glou ce.ter, May 3, at two, at the Office cf J. Lovegrove, Glouces ter—R. J. Foster, painter, Gloucester, May 3, at three, at the Mica of J. Lovegrove, Gloucester—J. Wile, ironmonger, Stafford, May 13, at twelve, at the Vine Inn, Stafford—J. V. Storer, linen draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 7, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. CERTIFICATES—MAY 4. T. Lee, draper, Cockfield, Durham—H. Scott, draper, Sun derland—S. Wilson and J. Knight, builders, Radford, Notting hamshire—G. Coles, jun., coachmaker, Portsmouth—H. Cun life, brewer, Southampton—J. Denew, auctioneer, Charles street, Berkeley-square —J. R. Duff, wharfinger, Lower Th ames - s t ree t—T. Wood,cloth manufacturer, Leeds—T. Proc ter, merchant, Fenchurch-street—R. Law, banker, Manchester —T. Gill and W. Wheelwright, dyers, Leeds—E. H. Hart, glass manufacturer, Gateshead, Durham—J. Caton, cotton spinner, Preston, Lancashire—E. Young, scrivener, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne—M. Evans, J. Evans, and T. Evans, paper manufacturers, Pump-row , Old-street-road. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Perkins and M. Henry, North-place, Gray's Inn-road— E. J. Coates, J. H. Bill, and J. Hilliard, London (so far as regards J. Hilliard)—M. F. Spencer and M. Williams, milli ners, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury—W. and R. Michell, Bilk mercers, London—J. and N. Robins, tailors, Bampton, Oxfordshire—J. Sturmey and R. Pinney, coal merchants, Poole—J. Wilkinson and P. Bell, joiners, Haslingden, Lanca shire—G. Pigott and J. Jones, corn merchants, Northop, Flint shire—J Marston and H. B. C. Hillier, surgeons—D. M'Allum, J. Wakinshaw, and E. B. Stamp, Naphtha manufac turers, Jarrow, Durham (so far as regards D. M'Allum)—C. Walsh and T. F. Charnley, wool dealers, Liverpool—J. Wills and E. Melhuish, grocers, Plymouth—W. Wilshin and R. Hyslop, jun., brewers, Gosport—G. Graves and E. Munk, grocers, Maidstone, Rent—G. B. Lambert and J. G. Jack son, warehoin-ekeepers, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. 'l'. Eddy and R. Jennings, jun., chemists, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire —E. Zuccani and M. Foletti, looking-glass manufacturer 3, Skinner-street, 13ishopsgate-street —S. Long, W. A. Long, J. Griffiths, S. Long, jun., W, A. Long, jun., and P. Long, clothiers, Gloucester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES MILL and CO., merchants, Kingston, May 3, at twelve, at Seton's Hotel, Arbroath. GEORGE GRIEVE, tacksman, Kilmorack, Inverness shire, April 15 and May 6, at one, at the Sheriff Court Room, Castle, Inverness. _ _ _ JAMES WEIR, merchant, Arbroath, April 19 and May 10, at twelve, at Seton's Hotel, Arbroath. FRANCIS GARDEN DENOVAN, merchant, Leith, May 10 and April 16, at two, at the Writing Chambers of J. Murdoch, Leith. JOHN CAMPBELL, hosier, Dundee, April 20 and May IS, at twelve, at the Denham's Inn ' Dundee. AW. DALZIEL an d POWELL, merchants, Manchester, April 16 and May S, at one, at the Writing Chambers of A. Gecamill, Glasgm NAVAL MOVEMENTS. (From the Malta Times of the 31st of March.) The Howe arrived from Marinoriee on the 26th inst. The Locust arrived from Syracuse on the 29th inst. The Implacable will proceed from Syracuse to Corfu. The Confianee left hero on the 25th inst. for Palermo, and will visit the principal ports of Sicily, and aftervvards return to Malta. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer City of Dublin arrived from Corfu on the 28th inst. NAVAL. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN CHINA.-- Admiral Elliot, previous to his departure, promoted Lieut. Sullivan, First Liutenant of the Melville, to command the Favourite, vice Commander Croker, killed at the Tonga Islands, and W. Hamilton, Mate of the Melville, as Lieutenant of the same ship. Assistant- Surgeon F. Mansell, M.D., of the Blenheim, to ha Surgeon of the same ship, vice Whichelo, deceased. There was a great want of medical officers in China. Lieut. Story, of the Druid, invalided, and Lieut. Pitman, late Mate of the Blenheim, appointed junior Lieut. of the Druid. ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—March 26tb, her Majesty's ship Howe, Captain Sir W. 0. Pell, Kt., bora Marmorice Bay in 17 days. 27th, French Go vernment steamer Mentor, Lieut. babrousse, from Mar seilles, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, and Naples, in 6,4, 3, and 2 days. Mb, P. and 0. St. Nay. Company's steamer Cit/of Dublin, Capt. W. D. Evans, from Corfu, Patras and Zara% in 4 and 3 days; rigged-schooner yacht Gitana, from Naples in 4 days. 29th, her 'Majesty's steamer Lewis; Lieut. T. Lunn, from Graham's Island in f day. Mb, 0. and P. Company's steampacket Oriente' J. Soy, Esq., from Al exandria in 4 days. , DEPARTURE OF SHIPS os WAR AND PACKETS. March 256, Ler Majesty's steamer Confiance, Lieut. E. Stop ford, for Palermo. 26th, French Government steamer Mina., Le Goff, for Napl es , Ci vita Vecchia, and Mar_ seine,. 28th, French Government steamer Dante, Lieut. Pocket, for London. 30th, her Majesty's steamer Alecto, Commander Heseason, for Marseilles. IN PORT.— Princess Charlotte, 120 (bearing the flag of Admiral Sir R. Stopford, G. C. B. G. C. M. G. ); Ceylon, (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. L ou i, , Bart.) ; Powerful, 86 ; Howe, 120 ; Bellerophon, 73 Thunderer, 84; Benbow, 72; Edinburgh, 74; Hastings, 72 ; Vanguard, 80; Carysfort, 36; Castor, 36; Did°, R --; survey_ ing vessels Beacon and Magpie ; troop ship Apollo ; stem frigates Vesuvius, Cyclops, Phoenix, Gorgon, and Strom boli; ste am packets Megmra, Locust, and Prometheus ; P. and 0. Company's Lotus ; French steam packets Minos, Dante, and Sesostris; and Ottoman schooner without name. ALICIOUS DEER KlLLlNG.—lnformation Was received at B ow-street yesterday that on the morning of the 6th ins talt, about oue o'clock, five men entered the bark of Sir T. B . Lennard, Bart., Avely, and, will dogs, unted and killed two deer which wcra left upon the ground. It is believed that the above act was one of malie^, and 404 reward is offered for the apprehension of off tbeenders, PRIESTLY INTOLERANCE AND RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION. On Friday fortnight, the 26th of March, a respect able old lady, named White, died at Easton, near Winchester, after a protracted illness. On the Thurs day following her family, who are very respectable and well-known in this neighbourhood, proceeded to the churchyard of Easton, in which the family vault is si tuated, with the corpse, notice of the intended funeral having been given, and no refusal of the clergyman to perform the accustomed rites notified to the relatives of the deceased. On the arrival of the body at the church-yard gates, attended by a considerable number of the relations of the deceased, among whom were her daughters, it was met by the clergyman of the parish—the Reverend Dudley Ryder, who com menced reading the usual prayers. On the proces sion, however, taking the path to the church, he com manded the bearers and undertaker to stop, and bear the body direct to the grave, as he would not allow it to enter the church. The procession accordingly proceeded to the grave and the service was pro ceeded with, leaving out that portion of it appointed to be read in the church. The undertaker, at the request of some of the relatives, demanded the reason why this cruel and uncalled-for insult was offered to the dead, and the answer of this mild and charitable Christian teacher was—" Do not interrupt me—don't brawl in the churchyard." Finding no explanation of this out rage on humanity could be bad, they then said that as their deceased parent could not be allowed Christian burial they would not allow the interment to take place, and the coffin was again lifted and borne back to the house, attended by the weeping and horror-stricken relatives and the deep though smothered resentment of the villagers who witnessed this most intolerant and cruel proceeding. We have heard the scene was indeed a most painful one. Two of the daughters were so affected by this implied awful clerical denun ciation of their dead parent that they fainted at the grave, and one of them was with much difficulty re stored, and borne back to the late house of her dead mo ther not far from the church. As sport as the body had again been placed in the house, the undertaker and two sons-in-law of the deceased applied to the Rev. Dudley Ryder to know the reason of his cruel and intolerant conduct. The proud priest received them in the presence of another divine—the Rev. R. J. Wil berforce, Archdeacon of York, and the reception of the mourners by these intolerant and unfeeling bigots was of the most supercilious kind. The only explana tion afforded them for the cruel and cowardly outrage, was the Rev. Dudley Ryder opening the prayer book, and pointing to the formula of the rubric which says " The priest meeting the corpse at the en trance of the church-yard, and going before it either into the church or towards the grave, shall say," &c. saying that was his authority and he should give no further explanation. A subsequent interview took place, when he admitted that his reason for reusing the de ceased Christian burial was " because she had let a por tion of her house to a body of Dissenters, and that her son-in-law was a Dissenter, and had introduced dissent into the parish !" The Rev. Dudley Ryder— who swore before God at his ordination as a priest, that " he would maintain, and set forward, as much as in him laid, quietness, peace, and love among all Chris tian people, and especially among them that were com mitted to his charge"—this intolerant persecutor—this wolf in sheep's clothing assigned as h's reason (hear it ye martyrs of the Reformed Church of England, who shed your blood in defence of the principle of the right to private judgment in matters of religion, and learn what your religion is degraded to by one of its teachers in the nineteenth century), he refused a Christian and baptised woman Christian burial, " because she had let part of her house to a body of Dissenters— because her son-in-law, Mr. Forder, was a Dissenter, and had introduced Dissent into the parish of Eas ton." Because she let her house to Dissenters, who dare to assert the leading principle—the very corner stone of Protestantism—the right of private judgment—in preference to attending the communion and accepting the religious opinion of this anti-Christian divine, whose belief, if judged from his practice, no pious or good man need entertain a wish to hold. It seems the deceased had expressed a wish to be buried with her son, who lies in a family vault in the church yard of Easton, and her daughters respecting the desire of their parent, overruled the wish of some of the rela tives—that the body should be taken to the new ceme tery at Winchester ; and the mournful duty was, consequently, again commenced on Friday morning, the next day. On arriving at the church-yard, neither the Christian teacher nor the clerk were present. No bell was tolling, and the funeral procession consequently entered the church, and deposited the body in the nave, hoping a few hours' calm reflection, and holy meditation, would have taught a minister of Christ to respect the feelings of the relations and the memory of the dead, and have induoed him to do his duty. Not so—death and the grave, which, levelling all distinctions and can celling all earthly debts, disposes most men to charity and toleration ; which, by practically showing the vanity and brevity of human life, humbles the proud and softens the revengeful, prompting to forgive that we may be forgiven—neither death nor the sacredness of the spot dedicated to the God of mercy, could soften the heart of this intolerant persecutor. He ordered them from the church, threatening the undertaker with an action at law for entering Christ's Church ! and commanded them to take the body away or to the grave. It was, consequently, borne to the latter and buried—the portion of the service ap pointed to be read in the church being omitted. It is time for the friends of religious li berty to stir themselves. The conduct of the Rev. Dudley Ryder, and his counsellor, Archdeacon Wilberforce, coupled with the intolerant and persecut ing spirit displayed by another Wilberforce (Archdeacon of Surrey) in his late charge on the subject of Church rates, leads to strong suspicions that the Puscyite party in the Church are determined to pursue the " fire and faggot" system, and attempt the extirpation of dissent by persecution. The doctrine of these bastard Catho lics is the infallibility of the Church —that is of the clergy—and hence the determination evinced of treat ing Dissenters as of old the Catholic priests treated heretics. That a system of persecution is being carried on in the parishes of Easton and Avington we well know, and the public ought to know it also. The inhabitants of these parishes were, for years, the object of the bounty of the late estimable and benevolent Duchess of Buckingham. Since the death of that truly noble lady, her wishes have been partially carried out by her son, the present Duke ; but the donations of food and clothing, an nually distributed, are carefully withheld from the Dis senters, not one of whom is allowed to receive the smallest portion of the charitable d ona ti on o f the Duke of Buckingham. It is a lamentable perversicr a of prin ciple, and degrading to human nature ; but it is so. Perhaps some of our realers may wi's'n to know who and what is the Reverend Dudley Cy der. He is, we believe, the son of the late Bisho . 1 ) of Lichfield, an d a nephew of the Earl of Harrow' „ y and his family hav e been extensive sackers of Church property.—.H anz p. shire Independent. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Louisa. 'Valentine, a respectable looking female of middle age, was indicted for stealing a jacket of the valti:e of thirty shillings, the property of Edward Cooke. Mr. Phillips appeared for the defence. The prosecutor stated that, on the 25th March, he sent his wife to pawn the jacket in question, and on her return the duplicate was placed in a small box on the mantle-shelf, and it was missed the next day. The pri soner was present when his wife returned, and she was aware of the place where the duplicate was deposited, and no other person could have taken it. The witness upon cross-examination said that he was sure no person was in the room but the prisoner, ex cept his brother, a youth fifteen years of age. His wife's name was Valentine, but the prisoner was no relation to her. His wife's father was at present in London, but he did not k now where he lived. He said that he ' never heard the prisoner was married to his wife's father, and more, that such a circumstance wasnever.hinted to him. He was not aware that the prisoner had been on the look out for him to charge him with bigamy. The pri soner had never asked him to give the address of his wife's father. He could not say how the prisoner came by the name of Valenti ne . Th e w i tness was then fur ther cross-examined at some length, and he prevaricated very much, and made several contradict or y statements. Charlotte Cooke, the wife of the pros ecutor, con firmed his statementin some particulars. Upon cross examination she swore that she had never heard that the prisoner was married to her father ; and she said also, that it never struck her as an odd circumstance that the prisoner should go by her father's name, and she denied that she had heard of any intention on the part bigamy. said that of the prisoner inquired d i n f d n i r e th e h r er . father father, and for prisoner and she told herha d father some when documents sh inquiring after him, she a n s saw him, e e n s g a l i E d i i l t e a o t d i a i l d i m not ; woman .w want t d t been n s e e her. The witness likewise swore that she did not know where her father resided. A boy named Cooke, a relative of the prosecutor, was then called, and in cross-examination he said that the person who had been alluded to by the witnesses ai the wife's father was at that time living with them, and had done so ever since he had returned to England, and that they had been with him that morning. Another cu rious fact also came out. It appeared that the pawn broker in the case expressed his opinion that the pri soner was the person who had redeemed the jacket, but he said that at the time she did so she appeared to have lost several teeth ; and when the prisoner was taken into custody several loose teeth were found in a purse in her pocket. The prisoner's mouth was subsequently examined, and it was found that she had no necessity for any false teeth, and that her mouth was quite perfect, and the loose teeth found in her pocket were accounted for by the prisoner's statement, that they had belonged to her first husband. The RECORDER, upon hearing th e contra di ct i on that was given to the positive statement of the two first witnesses, called them into the box, and asked for an explanation, and they admitted that the father had told them not to say where he was or that they were in com munication with him. _ _ Mr. PHILLIPS said that the prosecution had been got up for no other purpose than to avoid an indictment for bigamy against the father. The RECORDER having expressed his opinion that, under the circumstances, the Jury would not be justi fied in returning a verdict of guilty, they immediately acquitted the prisoner. His Lordship then ordered that Cooke and his wife should be committed for wil fully imposing upon the Court, and it was understood that a prosecution would be instituted against them. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) John Porter, who was convicted on Wednesday last of having robbed ;his employer, Mr. Roberts, of Chester field, was brought up to receive his sentence, which the Learned Judge in passsing said would be lenient, in con sequence of the Jury so strongly recommending him to mercy. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. These Sessions concluded this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HO USE. A man named John Read was brought before Mr. Alderman PIM, charged with having acted in a most insulting manner towards his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, on Monday night, as his Royal High ness was leaving the Mansion-house in his carriage. City policeman No. 455, stated, that a crowd of people were witnessing the departure of the Lord Mayor's guests, on Monday night, from the Mansion house, and, just as the Duke of Cambridge got into his carriage, the prisoner walked up, and cried out to his Royal Highness, " D—n your eyes, I should like to punch your head. You have robbed me of 28 shillings a-week." The manner in which the lan gusge was uttered was exceedingly violent, and witness took the fellow, whom some of the bystanders seemed well disposed to kick about the streets, into custody. A person who stood near the carriage of the Duke of Cambridge, confirmed the evidence of the officer, and said that the conduct of the defendant seemed to be rather the conduct of a madman than of one possessed of reason. Alderman Prait inquired whether the defendant ri as not drunk at the time ? It was stated that the man had no symptom of in toxication about him. Alderman PIRIE—WeII, defendant, what can you say for yourself ? This is a very serious charge against you ? Defendant—l don't know anything about it, your Lordship. I am sure I don't recollect saying a word. Alderman PIRIE—Pray, what is your trade, or busi ness ? Defendant—l am nothing but a poor birdcatcher, my Lord. Alderman PIRIE—And what brought you into the City ? You did not expect to catch birds at the Man sion -house, did you ? Defendant—lt's all strange to me. 1 don't remember saying a word to anybody, and I found myself sitting all at once in the station-house. Alderman PIRIE—WeII, I must make some inquiries about you, before I part with you. Let him be taken back to the Compter, and let particular inquiries be made into his character and habits. I've known many of these birdcatchers to be very bad fellows. The prisoner was then remanded. A woman, named Rachel Jacobs, who stated that she was a native of Germany, was charged upon suspicion of having stolen a can of milk, the property of the owner of a milk walk. The case was rather remark able for the defence. A policeman stated that the can of milk was left by the milkwoman at the door of a house on the preceding day, and the prisoner, who was passing by, delibe rately took it up, and walked off with it as if it be longed to herself. Alderman Pxniz—What do you say to the charge, prisoner? _ The prisoner said, in very indifferent English, that as she saw the can lying in the street without an owner, she took it up, for fear somebody that was a rogue might take it.—(A laugh.) Alderman PIRIE—And where did you intend to take it ? The prisoner —To what they call the station or the watchbouse. In Germany we are obliged to pick up everything we find in the street, and bring it to the authorities. We durst not do otherwise. I never meant to steal it. I never stole anything since I was born. Alderman PIRIE—How did it happen that this can of milk was left in tho street unguarded ? The milkwoman said that she had been in the habit of leaving it in the same spot for a great length of time, and the policeman was expected to keep his eye upon it. The policeman said that when he apprehended the prisoner she had a pair of new shoes in her possession, and 11s. 6d. in silver, and upon inquiry he found that both shoes and money were her own. The prisoner—Yes ; but if I found them in the Etreet I would have brought them to the station.— (A.laugh.) A fcmal3 of respectable appearance here came for ward, and said that she lodged in the house with the prisoner, who was as honest a worrian as ever lived, and who was going to a situation immediately. It was quite impossible that the idea of stealing the can of milk could have entered into the imagination of the poor woman. _ Alderman PIRIE—I don't suppose she had any notion of stealing ; but tell her that she must be very cautious how she picks up things in our streets. The prisoner then received her shoes and money and departed, evidently surprised at the trouble to which she was put for taking care of a can of milk. WORSHIP-STREET. OPPOSITION TO CHURCH-RATES.—Yesterday no less than ninety-eight inhabitant householders of the small parish of St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, were summoned to this Court for non-payment of Church-rates. The Churchwardens and Overseers were in attend ance, with Mr. Yardley, the Vestry Clerk, to sustain the claim, and the Court was crowded with defendants, most of them respectable looking tradespeople, and a few of them members of the Society of Friends. The latter, upon entering the Court, had their hats lifted from their heads by the officers in the raual formal manner, it being equally contrary to their religious principle to uncover themselves in the pre sene`d of the authorities as to pay Church-rates. :inf lof late, however, the resistance to the rates had been merely passive. la this same parish of Stoke Newington, in wh ; .el a great number of the Friends re side, summotrees were issued to them half yearly, and followed by warrants of distress for the levy of the rate, but the whole proceedings were conducted as a mutter of course, and in an apparently amicable way, and at a fixed time a piece of plate of sufficient value to cover the rate and additional costs thus incurred, was placed out for the parish offieers, who, in execu tion of the warrant, seized and conveyed it to Friend Savory, the silversmith in the City, who paid the value of it. Last year, however, many of the Friends joined the other Dissenters in more active opposition, and attended here with legal defenders for that pur pose, but their objections were found to be against the validity of the rate, and that being a question which a Magistrate is not empowered to decide, the cases were referred to the Ecclesiastical Court, but the proceedings then commenced were after wards settled without that expensive process. The Vestry Clerk began yesterday to open his case, hut was stopped by objections, on the part of several of the defendants, to the short notice which they had re ceived ; and, in order to obviate any such objection, the whole of the cases were adjourned for a week, with the exception of one, in which the defendant paid the rate to avoid further trouble. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN wyrn.—The Alchymist, of Falmouth, 27th ult., lat. 42, lon. 35, by the Blundell, arrived in the Downs; Africa, of London, 3th inst., lat. 48, lon. 7, by the Royalist, arrived at Plymouth ; Funchal, Cadiz to Newfoundland, 31st ult., lat. 37, lon. 23; Fame, of Boston, 10th inst., off the L;zard, by the Gondola., arrived at Falmouth; Eliza Ann, Sierra Leone to Whitehaven, 20th ulr., lat. 30, lon. 39. A brig, No. 3,271, 10th ult., 30 leagues W. of Scilly, by the Hartly, arrived at Fal mouth ; Agememnon, Algiers to Ancona, off the forme r place. A steamer, supposed the Iberia, going into Vigo, 9th inst. ; Dutch barque Mozambique, outward bound, and her Majesty's ship Acorn, from Cape of Good Hope, with a vessel in tow, by the Oriental, steamer, arrived at Fal mouth ; Lady Bute, in December, in the Straits of Sunda ; Henry, Tull, Clyde to New Orleans, 22d ult., lat. 28, l on . 41, b y the Tartar, arrived in the Downs; -Richard Mount, from Mauritius, lat. 5, lon. 19, by the Eleanor ; Satisfaction, Bonny to Liverpool, 26th ult., lat. 32, lon. 39, and supplied with provisions by the Helena, arrived off Portland ; Undaunted from St. Übes, 17th ufolrt.,Rnioea jranFeliorroe,s2,6tihn F th eb e ., R o i n ve t r he Pl E al q a u ; ato A r n ; tel A o p p o e l , Jersey Janeiro to 10, Rio Cowes, I s t u l t., lat. 4, lon. 28; Arcadian, TydeedtoinHthaelifßaxiv,e6rth; Ainnanta.,mlaatr.gsaroe.thlear,LßlabllabytotlTteriLesitlye: 9th silt., lat. 18, lon. 11114:6. ins shtN C . arrived amberwell, a Gd Monarch, cc i 2h v a3, e 2 r :;L p a oir Bahamian, ae l ;.rtp, a t jo o meo rli sa t e h ttlyo e , t B C O m P ß e b i o a o j f • a l o t e o h i o u 11 , 1 t . o 1 , 1) 2 e t 1 Liverpeol to Calcutta, 14th inst., lat. 5, lon. 22 ; Grace, from Liverpool, Glendower, arrived sth in instthe., Rive lat. r 46, lon. 14, by the Owen oLlCE.—Y.es iWobolywtihceh took c kthe Deptforde h a nagned the watching THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS' o te f rd tb ay a R m o o y rn al in place, the old constabulary being supplanted tropolitan police, At Deptford the duty will be performed D g' oc a k t ) s, a ix rd ° s )c a lo t by two inspectors (Mr. Jenkins, from the E, and Mr. R e binson, from the G divisions), seven sergeants, and twenty_ constables. At Woolwich Mr. Felthain, of the 't end Mr. Field, of the L divisions, have been appointed a; inspectors, with seven sergeants and thirty men under them. When the introduction of the metropolitan p o li ce into the Dockyards of Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Pem broke will take place is not yet decided upon, as it is con sidered it will be necessary to pass separate Acts of Par liament to enable Government to carry out its purpcee THE SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1841. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BAiVKRUTCY, APRIL 13. RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE. It transpired in the course of the day, that Mr. James Clark, another of the official assignees, has withdrawn himself. The reason assigned is, that he has sustained losses by a suit in Chancery, which have subjected him to an attachment. He has consequently resigned his ap pointment. As far as at present can be ascertained, his defalcation is only about 7,600/. spread over 200 or 300 estates. Yesterday one of the estates in which he was official assignee being before the Court, a good deal of surprise was occasioned by his non-appearance, which was however at last cleared up by the receipt of a letter, ad dressed by him to Sir C. F. Williams, tendering his re signation. It is further stated that Mr. Clark has within the last two or three weeks paid moneys which he had received in his official capacity into the Bank of England, to the extent of 8,0001., and there remains a balance of 999/. Is. 4d. in his private banker's 'hands. In the defi ciencies here stated a corresponding allowance must be made for the commission he is entitled to receive for the many estates he has had under management, and which have not yet been brought to an audit ; so that the whole affair seems to bo of no general importance. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 10.—The annual election to fill the vacant scholarships on the foundation of Oriel College will take place on Friday next, the 16th inst. The vacancy of one of the curates of Lowth, Lincoln shire, has been supplied by the appointment of the Rev. W. Barmcld, of Lincoln College. The Rev. Thomas Maude, of University College, has been presented to the rectory of Elvington, Yorkshire. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. R. A. Taylor, of Magdalen Hall, has been appointed Curate of St. Paul's, Bristol. The Rev. F. C. Cook has been appointed Secretary to the London Diocesan Board; and also Inspector of Church Schools in London and Middlesex. The Earl of Buckinghamshire has presented the Rev. F. Lloyd to the rectory of Great Hampden, with the vicarage of Great Kimble, Bucks. Candidates for Deacon's orders are required by the Lord Bishop of Oxford to give at least six months' notice to th.o Archdeacon previous to presenting them selves for ordination. ST. MARY, ISLINGTON. The Report of the Assessors and Auditors was yes terday made in this parish, particularly referred to two charges, the one for expenses incurred in the attempt. to put down Sunday trading, and the other for a fort to St. Stephen's Church, a font to All Saints, a font to St. James, and for baptismal registers for three churches, the item for the former being 401. 7s. 2d, and the item for the latter being 33/. 7s. 2d. , The Assessor and Auditor observed, in reference to the charges for sup. pressing Sunday trading, that although they thought by law they were bound to allow them, yet that they were of opinion that the expense was not judiciously incurred, and that the sanction of the Vestry ought to have been first obtained ; and in reference to the charge on ac count of the district churches, they agreed that as these edifices were raised by voluntary subscriptions, that the expenses for the font, &c., ought to be defrayed in the same way, and that, therefore, the money charged against the parish ought not to allowed. After some discussion the Report was in part adopted, and the sums paid by the Churchwarden for fonts were disallowed, and a resolution passed calling on the late Churchwarden to repay the parish the money he had improperly expended. A considerable discussion was expected on this subject, but it was avoided by the Church party giving up the point, they being too happy, apparently, to slur over the proceeding as quietly and speedily as possible. The sum expended to put down Sunday trading was allowed, though strongly protested against, and only allowed from an assurance given by the same party that the expression of the Vestry's opi nion would prevent any such application of the funds in future, THE MARKETS. HULL CORN MARKET Wheat, Whitt (per Quarter) s6s. Ms. 68s. Red '4s. 58s. C6s. Foreign s4s. 60s. 68s. Barley, Malting 29s. 20s. 335. Grinding 24s. 255. 275. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 33s. 363. 40s. Pease, Grey 31s. 365. 38;. Blue and White 36s. 38s. 40s. Linseed sos. Ms. 60s. Flour (per sack) Rapeseed per 10 quarters) -/. 331. 35/, CHELTENHAM MARKETS. .... _. . _ Per Bushel. s. d. to s. cl.l Pe; lb. dt , d. Wheat Barley 3 0 4 3 Mutton Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb 0 0 Hay 4l. lOs. to 51. 04.0,1. per lon. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white—....... 625. to 703...... 01d.......... —s. to —s red 51s. to 6 , 5...... Old---.... —5. to —s Barley, Malting ...... 395. to 345...,,... Grnding.. —s. to —s. Oats —.—........... .. 245. to 975..,,... 01d......—....... —s. to —s. Beans Ols to 375. Old---- —a. to s. Pease ..........-..-........... 425. to -s. V. 1.1. Grey.......... 38s. to —5. CHELMSFORD M2.IIKET. Wheat, White 67 to 75 Oats 23 to 30 Red Barley 33 86 White 4O 42 Chevalier '36 87 Beans, Tick 37 44 Grinding BEGOT D E THE FUNDS-(C USING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock - 172 Indi;. Stock 254 3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 9oi Ditto Old Annuities ... - 3i per Cent Red 9Bk Ditto N ew A nnu iti es ... New 3i per Cent 99* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 13 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 ll pm Ul f__ __ . e ßi o . r n s k oi S s t f o or ck A f e o c r i Opg Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small — Octl4 pm Jan. 1860 1859 124 India Stock for °pg....254 Jan. IMO. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent ' Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto 334 Brazilian 80nd5.... 69i Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 24 ;Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23; Ditto, 1824. 22 Ditto, Deferred ... 12i Danish, 3 per cent....... French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —f. —r,. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 30Z French, 3 per cent 7Bf. 5Cc. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 52* Peruvian, l 825, 6 per et. 184 Ditto, 5 per cent 9Bi SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (621 paid) 321 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... p g - Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) 8 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6 , ' Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 159 London and South Western ... 574 Ditto Tenths London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ..... . 131- Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .... 661 North Midland Railway (100 paid) ...... ... Ditto New Shares (40 paid) „ York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 81 PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) WOOD AND OTHERS, V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS. Sir FREDERICK PoLLocit (in continuation from our First Edition) said—But notwithstanding these cases the question was what was the rule and what was its appli cation. Did B refer to A? The reference must be to something which, without the possibility of mistake, was the document produced. B directed the disposal of the estates "as directed by my instruction," but the instruc tions contained no directions with respect to a part of the estates, and did not, therefore, correspond. Their Lordships would observe that in paper A, the words " Instructions for the will of me, James Wood, Esq., of Gloucester," were not connected with the rest; there w as a considerable space between them, and these words might have been supplied afterwards. He threw out this suggestion as one among others for their Lordships' consideration. The reference should be so clear and stringent that a stir. position to the contrary could not be admitted. Was the reference here of this nature ? In no re spect did paper A correspond with the instructions re ferred to in paper B. The only point of correspor._ dence was the solitary word " Instructions." But if they were referred to, there might have been other instructions rather written, or parole, which were not forthcoming. Then could A stand by itself? It was altogether in the handwriting of Mr. Chadborn. Mr. Chadb orn oug h t to have instructed Mr. Wood that such instructions should have been in his own handwriti ng , or h e should have ca ll e d in another attorney, and if, as hi s Learn ed F r i end h a d sug gested, Mr. Wood had object e d to t h e exoense, h e might, in such a ca , e, have p a id t h e fee 'himself. The paper bad been in Mr. Chadborn's possession up to the time of its annexation, and under these circumstances it ought not to be admitted to probate without a great deal more of proof than that of handwriting. He contended that if the document bad been attested by three rvitnese , , yet, being in Mr. Chadborn's handwriting, other evidence would be necessary to establish its validity. If it were entirely in the handwriting of the testator, lie still con. tended other evidence was necessary. He thought there was the strongest reason to believe this paper had no existence be fore paper B was executed. If it had been it was impossible but it must have been then produced. If produced would it not have been annexed or at least ostentatiously exhibited ? There was not the slightest eri 'ence that Mr. Chadborn had b.cn at the testator's on the 2d of December, when it bore date. Lord LYNDHURST observed that ho thought it was a very clumsy instrument to have been fabricated by an in telligent attorney. As the Learned Gentleman appeared to be proceeding t o a new part of the case, he thought they had better adjourn. Their Lordships then adjourned to the 17th May. The son of a farmer named Patker, seeing that Captain Seymour and some other g entleince, who were out with her Majesty's ho un ds last Saturday , w ere about I:idirg over his father's crops, attempted to stop them, and In doing so a pole which he had in his band at the time came in contact with the Captain's eye. It is said that he purposely struck Captain Seymour, 1013 contenaplatv legal proceedings against his appailant. S IRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The Hertfordshire Tories sustained a severe defeat on Monday last, by the decision, in an unprecedentedly numerous meeting of county Magistrates, which goes to substitute a County Police for the proverbially in efficient parochial constables. It is true that the ques tion was not strictly a party question, and ought not to have been so regarded by either the supporters or opponents of the proposition. It was, however, wade to assume that character by th ose w h o res i s t e d the introduction of the New Police system. The Mar quis of Salisbury being the leader of the Opposition, the great bulk of the Tory Magistrates, including nearly all the Parson-Justices (of which there are a large pro portion in the Commission), were, of course, of opinion, with the Noble Lord, to whom they owe so much, that the old system is preferable to the new one, both for its efficiency and cheapness ; and that both the property and persons of the people in rural districts would be far more secure under their protection than by the presence of a regularly disciplined and con stantly employed day and night police, duly inspect ed, and responsible to superior - officers for their per , sonal conduct and activity, and also for the state of the respective districts committed to their charge. Hap pily, although but by an unit, common-sense prevailed in the Court over the attempt to perpetuate the parish constables in the county of Hertford—to the great satisfaction of the bulk of its inhabitants, who see plainly that the Tories, as a body—there are exceptions, which become more honourably conspicuous because of their rarity —oppose the most. obvious and imperatively-de manded improvements, if by so doing they c an but ga i n a paltry temporary advantage, which they may be able 1 to exhibit as a proof of superior numerical strength. (From the Standard.) The real business of the Session may be expected to commence at the re-assembling of Parliament next week. The rival bills of Lords Stanley and Morpeth— the bill of Mr. Colquhoun for the " Emancipation " of the Romanists clergy from the mock control of the Government—the motion of Sir RThert Inglis for ex tending the means of religious worship in some approxi mation to the wants of the country—will all soon force themselves upon public attention—and, lastly, that most peremptory of all days, the day of reckoning, the day of "the budget," is promised to ar rive before the end of the month. Of' the two Irish registration bills it is not necessary to say much. The public of all parties concur in the acknowledgment that the present vile and abominable system of the Irish elections cannot be longer endured ; and the Chartists and Radicals must, by this time, have learned from Mr. Lyon M'Kenzie, if they did not know it before, that universal suffrage, such as Lord Morpeth's Bill would establish, whether es tablished with or without " the ballot," is not only no remedy for fraud, perjury, and corrup tion4but the most effectual means for rendering all three of easy practice, and therefore all but universal. Lord Stanley's Bill may be rejected, but it is impossible that Lord Morpeth's Bill can ever pass ; and the rejection of Lord Stanley's Bill will be no more than a simple de claration, on the part of the majority, that they have an interest in the villainies of the Irish elec tions, which villainies they confess to the full extent of their atrocities, but which, nevertheless, they vote to perpetuate. The principles at issue in the rival bills is now perfectly clear to every one. Let gentle men take their side in the dispute according to their notions of profound honesty and political morality, and let the public judge of their conduct when next they shall present themselves at the hustings. Equally clear are the merits of Mr. Colquhoun's Bill. It is plain that under the existing law the College of Maynooth fulfils none of the conditions upon which it was first established and has since been supported. However proper it may be to inves tigate the causes of the failure, by a minute inquiry into the discipline and course of study in the college (and such an investigation were highly proper), at present it is enough for us to know that the institution has not pro moted the loyalty of the Roman Catholic clergy (its ostensible purpose), or even recommended itself' to the care and affection of the Roman Catholic population. (From the Courier.) Nobody has doubted for one moment since the esta blishment of the new Poor-law, that is nobody out of the sphere of a foolish fox-hunting squirearchy, that coequally and contemporaneously with it Corn-laws could not long be tolerated, and to speak truth, ought not to be. It is impossible in a free country like this that one law for the rich, but another and a totally dif ferent law for the poor, should long exist together. Now, fire and water would almost blend as harmo niously together physically, as Corn-laws and new Poor-laws morally. The principle of each in many respects is essentially and vitally hostile the one to the other. The Corn-laws are protective of the interests of one part of the community, that is, of the agricultural classes in especial ; the new Poor-laws are destructive of the interests and hap piness of every class of the community, save the proud and pursy landlords of the soil and the millionaire tra ders of the city. The question which must come to be solved therefore sooner or later is, how long will the masses be disposed to submit to the one-sided legislation, by which their old Poor-law protective rights have been swept away, and replaced with the decimating despotism of new Poor-law gaolery and starvation, whilst they see the upper classes revelling in all the exclusive wealth and enjoyments springing out of property rights well and rigorously protected. It is not difficult to foresee the result to which this " experimentalising" new Poor law legislation will lead eventually ; for an " experi ment," although a long one, the new Poor-law is, ac cording to Sir Robert Peel himself. RENEWED TITHE WAR. ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN. Yesterday a Middlesex Petty Sessions was held in the workhouse of the Holborn Union, Little Gray's Inn-lane, for the purpose of hearing the complaints of the Rector, the Rev. Mr. Robinson, against upwards of twenty parish ioners, for refusal to pay tithes. The Magistrates present were—Mr. M'William, Chair man ' • Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Russell, Mr. Armstr o ng, an d Mr. Kempshed. It appeared that no title had been paid by any of the recusants since 1836, hut the summonses were issued only for the claims of the years 1839 and 1840, as the trates have no jurisdiction in cases of tithe due more than two years. The first eae called on was that of Mr. James Sher. mendine, owner of the houses Nos. 21, 22, and 23, Fill. woo i's Rents, from whom the sum claimed for two years' lithe was 2/. 16s. Mr. Shermendine being asked why he did not pay the remand, stated that the houses in question were not tithe able. The first el made was that of the last Rector, Mr. BeresfLrd, wh', after much litigation and contention will his parilhioncra, excused the houses in question of a part of the sum claimed, on account of the poverty of the inhabitants, and the matter was supposed to be finally set tled in 1835, since which time no demand had been made, and the defendant had no notice of the revival until Saturday morning, when he receiked the summons to which he now appeared. He denied altogether the Rec tor's claim to tithe upon those houses, repeating that the question was first raised by Mr. Beresford. Mr. Turner, the Rector's Attorney, said that the right of the Rector to tithes from the premises in question, and from those of all the persons now called upon to pay, had been established by the Court of Chancery six years ago, and, in point of fact, the defendant had recognised the Rector's title by paying, in 1835, according to the decision of the Superior Court. _ _ _ _ Mr. Armstrong—Why has he not been applied to since ? Mr. Turner—The Rev. Mr. Beresford did not press his claims afterwards whilst he remained in the parish. He was, for the remainder of the time, satisfied with establish ing the right of the future incumbents. There are a great many in the parish who will not pay now. Mr. ARMSTRONG—There was formerly a great part of the parish not covered with buildings, and until those spaces were filled up, no tithe was claimed for the vacant inter vats. This desuetude seems to have given rise to the ex emption claimed for the houses since erected in such places. It was a great pity that no agreement was come to at the time when it was attempted a few year; ago. I generally differed from Mr. Beresford upon most subjects, but I could not help thinking that his proposal at that time was very moderate. He proposed to commute the whole tithe for 5001. a-year, and if that proposal had been ac cepted, a great deal of irritation and expense would be avoided. The question seems to be now as unsettled a 3 ever. I have a very great objection to tithes myself, but after the decision of the Court of Chancery, and the pay ments made by those part es themselves, I think that sitting here as Magistrates, we must enforce the law. The defendant said that in consequence of the poverty of the persons who oceupi.'d his houses, he could not pay the tithe. Mr, M‘Wit,niAst said that he would be glad to exempt the defendant on that plea, if he could do otherwise than administer the law as he found it, He asked Mr. Turner how long he would allow the defendant to take for pay ment? Mr. Turner said he would give defendant any time he asked. It was not the Rector's wish to be harsh, but only to eqiblish his right, In these cases he would not ask even for costs. It was then decided that the sum claimed should be paid in 21 days. The next case was that of Mr. Chaplin, No. 10, G e ville street, who was summoned for 10s. A person who attended for the defendant paid the amount, under a pro t:st against the illegality of the decision against him. Mrs. Howard, nf No. 53, Gray's Inn-lane, was sum moned for 16e., the amount of two years' tithe, for which Mr. Turner, upon her plea of poverty, consented to take Ba., it bring, be said, only his object to establish the right. Mr. Purdy, of 45, High Holborn, summoned for two years' arrears of tithe, amounting to I/ , said, that what he objected to was that very thing that Mr. Turner wanted, " establishing the right." In 1835 Mr. Bell, the Rec. tor's attorney, took advantage of many of the inhabitants by false pretences, getting them to give him a small por tion of the sum demanded, by way of settling the mat ter for ever, but really for the purpose of entering it upon the face of the collector's book that they had paid, and thereby virtually acknowledging the Rector's right. The Rector published a notice to the whole parish, pledging himself that if he could not trace the payments back to 1776, he would abandon the claim. He (Mr. Purdy) and others consented to take the Rector at his word, and said if the claim was so established th-y would not refuse to pay. The Rector faile I, hoe ever, and notwithstanding his pledge summoned him (Mr. Purdy) to Hatton-garden, where the case was twice dismissed, and upon a third summons the Magistrate gave Mr. Bell (the attorney) a month's time to make out a case for the Rector. In the meantime, Mr. Bell called upon him (Mr. P.) several times, solicit ing to settle it amicably, but this was firmly refused, until one day Bill called on him, when he was in the lettry of business, and said if he would give him even I/. for the demand of 31., he should have a receipt for the whole, and should hear no more of the tithe claim. He was taken' by surprise, and to get rid of the annoyance paid the pound, protesting at the same time against the injustice and the illegality of taking even that much from him. It was most unfair that ho and others should be inveigled by such means to furnish a sort of evidence against themselves, and then be dragged like criminals before the magistrates, at great loss of time, and with detriment to their business. He would never pay the de mand until the Rector proved his right. Mr. Al' Wiruram—lt is not our intention to allow the Rector to ride rough-shod over you. We must make the order against you ; but if you wish to make the payment under a protest, and to follow up that by ulterior proceed ings, we will give you some time to consult with your fellow-parishioners as to what steps you ought to take. After much discussion it was decided that the order should be issued for payment in fourteen days, to give Mr. Purdy time to consult, as recommended by the Chairman. In the remainder of the defended cases the same deci sion was agreed to, Mr. Turner saying that he would not ask for costs unless he wet e put to further expense. Mr. T. J. Woollcr and three or four others did not ap pear to their summons, and judgment being given against them, Mr. Turner asked for costs. _ _ Mr. M` WILLIAM was not certain the Court had autho rity to grant costs. He kacw it was doubtful in some cases of disputed tithes. Mr. Turner reflrred to the Actc, the 7th and Bth Wil liam 111. c. 6, and the 53d‘Geo. 111. c. 137, to show that in the present cases he was entitled to costs. The Magistrate., after a short consultation, said that in the present cases they would allow only the smallest sum that would cover the actual expenses, and for this they con side-ed :as. in each case sufficient. The Court then adjourned, The King of Hanover has given directions for the dismantling of his apartments in St. James's Palace ; waggon loads of valuable articles are daily sent off. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.-011 Friday last the anniversary of the Sabbath Schools connected with the congregational denomination of Dissenters in this town was held, when an interesting address was d« livered to them by their beloved pastor, the Rev. W. IL Griffith, B A. ; after which they were plentifully supplied with plum-c tke and tea. The day was spent in the most inte resting and delightful manner. Considering the smallness of the town, and the tyrannizing, persecuting spirit of tha State Church, the number of children is truly aitonishing, there being 580 scholar a and 70 voluntary teachers !!! Chard, April 1. Yesterday evening between seven and eight o'clock, a respectable married woman named Mary Parker, whose husband keeps a chandler's shoo, at No. 16, St. Anne's-street, Westminster, and is well to do in the world, threw herself, as is asserted, out of a first floor window. Sne is about 35 years of age, and is in the last stage of pregnancy. The husband's account of the melancholy affair is, that he and his wife having had some word; on Tuesday evening, she ran up stairs into the front room and bolted the door on the inside. He fol lowed her up and tried to obtain admission, but his wife threatened that if lie forced the door she would throw her self out of the window. He kicked at the door and a part of it gave way, and at that moment he heard the window raised, and something heavy fall to the ground. He im mediately ran down stairs ant' found her lying OR the ground. From the woman's condition, little or no hopes are entertained of her recovery. MORTALITY AMONGST INFANTS.—Yester day an inquest was held at the Robinson Crusoe, Earl street, Lissen-grove, before Mr. Wakley, M. P., on the body of a female infant, aged 13 weeks, that died on Fri day night last. The Coroner observed that the number of sudden deaths which occurred amongst fine healthy children under the age of eighteen months was enormous, and had latterly very much increased. He could not at all account for it. Immediately on an infant being found dead in bed it was invariably rumoured that it had been overlaid ; but no such thing, not one in a hundred met its death that way; death was the result of some internal complaint. BRUNSWICK, MARCH 27.—1 can give you from good authority the following intelligence, which is of much importance to the north of Germany. Our negotia tions for the prolongation of the customs union with Hanover and Oldenburg, have been decidedly broken,just when they seemed to be near to a favourable conclusion, and the renewal of them is out cf the question. Hanover made demands which could not possibly be acceded to, without knowingly sacrificing the interest of the country. TRIESTE, APRIL 2.—The accounts, so many letters speaking of the breaking out of the plague at Malta, are to be looked upon as reports but little entitled to credit. At Athens (from which city we have accounts to the 27th "of March) eight bankruptcies (some of them cor.siJerable) have taken place. According to accounts brought by the steamer which arrived yesterday at Dal matia, a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the Montenegrins and the Austrian troops on the frontier, in which an Austrian Captain was mortally wounded. During the formation of the dams for the bridge about to be erected at Springfield, for the Eastern Coun ties Railway, the workmen discovered a large number of horns, seven or eight feet below the bed of the river. They consisted of a fragment of a stag's horn, a goat's horns, with a portion of the skull, small horns of an ox or ram, and many others of a similar character. A curious knife was also found : it is 1 ft. 4.in. long; the blade, which is 10 in. in length, and tharp at the edge, being curved like a woodman's bill. These relics of a former age are all in a good state of preservation ; and by some are supposed to be the remains of a Roman sacrifice.—Essex Herald. JOHN KNox.—At the anniversary meeting of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, very great interest was excited by the presentation, at the same time and from different quarters, of the walking-stick of John Knox, and the candle-stick which stood before him at the time when an attempt was made against his life, and through which the bullet passed which wa. , aimed at hint tl,rough the window of his lodgings. The cane was a donation from Mr. Laing of London. The candlestick was a presentation from Mr. Murray of Aytoun, h n:1 both were accompanied by memoranda, which left no hesita tion as to their being veritable memorials of this great His s former. SECRET LETTER WRITING.--FOr several weeks past letters have been received through the Ro chester and Chatham post-offices by several respectable farnilie. These letters are written by some villain, who states that the son of the partiev, who is sta. tioned out at such a place (naming it) is either killed, drowned, or has died of some disease ; thereby throwing families into the utmot distress. It appears the wretch finds out respectable families who have a son abroad, and then immediately wri'es to them a most distressing letter, detail ing their deaths. The fimily of Mr. Hillier have had three or four of these letters; also a widow lady living in Rochester, having an only son. The writer assured her that her son was drowned at the place he was stationed abroad. It however happened that her son was in this country on leave of absence, and eras visiting at Stafford. Some clue, has been obtained to the villain, and we hope soon to hear of his being placed before the tribunal of justice.—Maidstone Gazette. _ _ CITY ANTIQUITIES.—On Wednesday last the labourers engaged in excavating the foundations of the French Protestant Church, in Threadneedle -street, found at a depth of fourteen feet below the surface a fine speci men of Roman tesselated pavement, and not a stone with an inscription on it, as has been erroneously stated. It is a very per feet specimen of tesselm of the third or fourth century, and is about nine feet long and six feet wide. Mr. Moxhay, the proprietor of the ground, has not only liberally allowed the pavement to remain as it was found, at the base of a pillar near Threadneedle -street, but has placed over it a platform in order more freely to allow public inspection. Many persons have the last few days availhd themselves of the opportunity of witnessing this ancient tpecimen of art in the earlier domestic architec ture of this country. The site of the church, it may be presumed, is that of a Roman house of the higher order ; and it is singular that within the last few years similar specimens have been found, in nearly a direct line, in Bartholomew-lane and within the Bank. which may show a connected series of these villas. Unhappily all rem nants of these were lost to the public, as they were broken np by the workmen, as was the ease about two years since in excavating the sewers in Paternoster-row, where a fine mass of tesselated pavement, of about forty feet in length, was thus broken up. The site of the late Royal Exchange has produced few objects of interest to the antiquary, but within the last few days the excavations approaching Cheapsidc have disclosed some solid specimens of Roman masonry. Under St. Bartholomew's Church were found some curious structural arches coeval with or antecedent to the Norman period. _ _ _ The British races at the beginning of the seven teenth century amounted scarcely to 10,000,000, and at present they amount to 50,000,000 in both hemispheres. It was only at the beginning of the seventeenth century that the first permanent British colony was planted in America. In 1780, the British races there amounted to 2,000,000. It has been calculated that, independently of fresh emigra tions, they double themselves about every twenty years, as the following will show : In 1780 2,000.000 1800 1820 8 000,000 1840 _ According to this calcula'ion, in the year 1940 these races will amount to 567,000,000, and so on in regular prc gression until arrested by the chief physical checks to po pulation—want of food and want of space. —,Work by Dr. Verity. FAST-DAY IN SCOTLAND.—The following from a Scotch paper gives a strange account of the mode in which sacred days aie observed in Scotland. Addi tional watchmen were required to keep in order the theta sands who poured in by steam-boats and railroads to wor ship in this city, so renowned for its religion : —Thursday last being Fast-day in Glasgow, and the weather being exceedingly tine, we had an immense number of visitors. On the joint line there were about 6,000 passenprs c on . veyed—on the Greenock line about 4,ooo—and on the Ayr line about 3,000 The Canal Company, too, had far more than they could take in their gigs, and had to set on se. reral trading boats to convey the surplus. The number carried amounted to 3 072. The steamers on the Clyde were filled to overflowing, and the Rearm Railway was we ll patron i se d ; but we have not heard the numbers stated that went by either of these conveyance:. The streets were, of course, much crowded during the day, but all went on quietly. The night watchmen were increased in case of need, but t here wcre no distur bances worth notice, and before eleven o 'clock the town was as quiet as usual " E VENI NG 14;DITIoN- AN INCIDENT IN ALIRAN. On Thursday last, the fast dav, a somewhat inOes• vcnisnt, but withal laughable, mischanter, befel a large piety of pleasure-seekers from Glasgow, at Brodick, id the Isle of Arran. At half-past six, a.m.', the Sir William Wallace steamer left Broomielaw, crowded from stem to stern with well-dressed passer gers for a day's sail to Arran, with the intention of re' turning the same evening. All the way down th e Clyde and Firth the passengers became thinned, the landing in detachments at Greenock, Large, miliporr• &c., but still upwards of 100 accompanied the vessel to the limits of her trip at Brodick, where they landeds and were allowed two hours to stroll about and survey the beautiful geological features of Arran. A t tw i o'clock the party were called on board for the lintntwai.ria run, but to the di s may o f all it was discovered tha t paddles were immoveable, and that the vessel c r i n , a not be propelled the length of herself, horn a leakag e in the boiler, occasioned by the giving way of a rope bolt, through which the w a ter escaped. vige efforts were made to repair the rent, and night beg close in, but still the Sir William lay motionless is Brodick Buy. Hunger arid discontent now Wail f a ° creep over the party, but they had to put up with ° le as best they might and ma k e p re p ara ti ons for pass 4 - night in the vess e l, i n w hi c h th e y s t o wed tliemse're; away, some in the cabin and some in the hold, so fat the accommodations of the Sir William permittehu; This it will be conceived was no easy matter' as party consisted of all classes—husbands, wives, a 0 )(14 sprinkling of children, and gall an ts ga y with their O re n : hearts. hearts. Friday morning rose, a n d relief was as away as ever ; but the passengers and crew gc' t ; 7 • with appetites keen as a razor. In ordinary curnstances the detention cf th e ves sel would l'°; been a matter of little moment, for all could have / If relieved by the mail steamer ; but it unfortuastativ happened that she was at this moment tempu ra r a t ' under repair, and a small wherry of very lim iteu i r, commodation carried the bags from the Island to —r; mare toad drossan ; and although she might have taken she did, the great majority of the holiday f° lks e b . a ck only put as much in their pockets as to bring them . at fare by the strainer, and even had th e y l an ded san, they had no mean s o f p a yi ng t h e railway fared; Glasgow. In the course of the day they eat uP , v v . 6 only baker is the place twice over —at least thet - h ' b e e consumed his stock ; and a quantity of biscuit 11Pic e - 1 b was sending to order was stormed in the cart ill la A - i ii e n it was placed, and munched on the spot. The be e was equally beset, and the whole of the sweet M a ra ' -tj a . village of Brodick was in a state of fearful O ta 'ibe tion ! When provisions became scarce he r % tri party dispersed themselves inl a nd, a nd the ca j by people were glad to bespeak their forbearsaae6ais giving them cogs of porridge, c a kes and %lie o' kebbock," or boiled k a il, an d one 1 old g e „0 1 man gave them two pails of pot a t oes . Indeed, st i ed the more desperately famished of the group sP L ° 7OO slaughtering a sow, a few sheep, or a bullock ; art are happy to say that they had not occasion t° r ,": 0 03 to this absolute extremity. Brodick Castle, the es' bt ,t res:denee of the Duke of Hamilton, was also t ried , je d as the " quality', were absent, all that could be l a / 4 here was a bundle of herrings. The pleasure btaulb paid for what they got as far as they could, and m y et some of them could not stand out the expenses, is 7 ,:bt be remembered they could not starve. Friday 13 be o ' was setting in, and still th ere was no relief , W •ate fortunately, the Victor was observed steaming the bay. Mr. Young, the p ro p r i e tor of the \V al a an cl had set out for assistance in the morniagt l a te brought or sent down this vessel ; but it was t rai ler to set out, and the whol e p ar ty, m i n us the small gil l e d her who had gone by the wh e rry, were coalPfeibe to pass another night in the cabin and hold of steamer. The beleaguered passengers at lengt h dad A at four o'clock on Saturday morning, and werelioefel the Broomielaw in the course of the forenoon, in 8 leo plight. The holiday garments, which had nee r A shifted for two days and nights, were sorely das hel ' a de, some of the men had beards of a hermit's loaglido after a weary pilgrimage. Altogether, the isla ° t he were as glad to get rid of the Glasgow folio, latter were to get away, and the incident is n ot f l o lr to soon to be forgotten by either party. It is only . state that the accident which caused this annoyingof a stilt on the part of the Sir William Wallace, woe her perfectly trifling kind, and such as not to damse o d fair fame ; but, slight as it was, there was no ate' repairing it at hand.—Glasgow Herald. Died on the 31st March, at Marseilles) of 3 of itsl; ease of the heart, Colonel John Campbell, late nl_ r o 42d Highlanders. This gallant officer entered tilt' , in a ep t, in 1804, at the age of 16, as ensign in the 42d Rer ni is and during his period of service, (never having e _! t i o ns any other corps), was engaged in the following: of in the Peninsula and in France, v:z., Busse° , cso. Burgos, where he led one of the storming lamanes, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Qua:t Orthes and Waterloo. He brought the 42d out of ant, i o l i thit regi• and Toulouse, and succeeded to the com " snrevßobert MaGars meat early in the action at Quartre or"" pi c k (now Major baying been killed, and Lieut.-C (4°nel d the comma General Sir R. Dick) wounded- He retained on the 17th and 18th J une,a t Waterloo, for whic h • n of tilt' pd Bath, medals for Orthes. vices he was honoured with of a partiter: Bra'' Cornpanto also the Russian order of St. Vladimir, an d the ra 0 11 Brevet Lieut.-Colonel. He was the second survivillioet of his Excellency the la'e Lieut.-General Si, L'Ad Campbell, who died Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar,,jq Regim ent, was 18 years a Captain in the 423 Regin ) Of years Senior Captain of that distinguished corps. is WHAT'S IN A NAME ?—The inhabitan_ect. 'Toulouse, and Wraterloo,ntai the village of Scuankum, in Jersey, recently held a to tb f jog, and unanimously resolved to change the nam e more mellifluous title of Williamsport. The eharsnegoo t 0 ic the village was believed to be injured by the bore. —Philadelphia Gazette. 10 1° wATC- - SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE N 9 C er o , —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, W a t c hmakers s 9- bui .. l : o ,:fur - o r hill, London (opposite the Bank af England) , lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished I.oa WATCHES, the whole of which being manufacttireaffera their own inspection, on their own premises, they . ca L l i ra cy 3 , k r sell at least 251. per cent, below ti,. usual trade prier i t ' co et' title of the same quality. A pr in ted warranty is gl each PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER C A S ES 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double:c4 4 backed engine -turned cases, warranted ....... ••,•••• Patent detached Lever Wat c h es , ca pp e d, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, hard enamelled dial , • 0 with seconds bands, and double-backed eng ine' 6 turned cases, warranted... Either of the above in s il ver h un ti ng cas es, OS' y e ') ich A large variety of secon d-h an d Sil ver Watcbe , iees• °- been carefully examined, and c an be war ranted t e..se GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR, LAD l ';e 6 Fine Vertical Watches, jewell e d, in engine-turree-XS gold case-, and gold dials, warrareed ......... , e 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-1) 8; 411 2 1 " engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warren n Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in o lsA. 0 . 1 " holes with double-backed gold cases and gold d ia "' 14 warranted .................... ..................... 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Sd. ; C sr , shae:l per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 27§. ; s e t h. se' 60 5 ; 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, full mete. ftir ai4? Catalogues, containing the price of every article is ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. &street' RIPPON and BURTON, Wells:street, Ode with viarvero, Established 1820. .....,,,,,,,,—...= BIRTHS. On the 2d :inst., in Albany-street, Regent's - P a r' of W. Geddes, .Esq., surgeon, R.N., of a daughte, obleft On the sth inst., at Genoa, the Right Hon. Lady de of a daughter. On tlae 9th inst., Mrs. D. Haywood, North Bristtentiv°ltifsosl On the 10th inst., at Liverpool, the lady of J. ti Esq., of a son 'end heir. ,f„ • AV. J. On the 11th inst., at the Grove, Camberwell', P"- ai d Miller, of a daughter. Gloucestershire' On the 11th inst., at Adlestrop Hous e, ady Eleanor athcart, of a son. • o f o the liel, L On the 12th C inst., in Devonshire-place , the icif 11JI T. 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