The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

their arrival in that pat or tnk world. There wer, five convicts from the Warrior convict ship opposite the dockyard, and one, a sailor named Cummings, who had been employed for many years as waterman betwixt the Unit‘ and Wye, convict-hospital ships, and the Royal Arsenal, to convey the medical men and others back wards and forwards from the vessels to the shore, and invariably conducted himself with such propriety as to have gained the esteem of all who knew him. The clergyman and medical officers of the convict ship sta tioned here went on board the Randolph yesterday, pre ♦ious to her sailing, to give Cummings a good character, and personally request that every indulgence should be granted to him consistent with the rules relative to well conducted convicts. It may be in the recollection of many newspaper readers, that Cummings is the sailor who was tried for cutting off the head of a boy to whom he was greatly attached, and the only reason he could ever give for t)st deed was, that he considered the boy too good to liv4 and that he could not control his actions On that occasion—the only crime he had ever committed. TIM ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.—An inspection and re turn was made during the last week of the number of guns and stores kept in the grand depot at the Wool wich, always ready for service, for the information of the Committee appointed to examine the Ordnance esti mates, of which Lord Seymour is chairman. It is ex pected that the evidence given by Major-General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifica tions, before the Committee, will cause an addition to be made of three or four companies of Royal Sappers and Miners, each company being in the opinion of the Gal lant General able to eft , ct a saving of 1,0001 per annum on the public works on which that branch of the Ord nance service is employed, compared with what similar works would cost it contracted for, and executed in an efficient manner, besides giving the Government the be nefit et au excellent body of men trained to the duties of soldiers. The saving is calculated upon the comparatively mode rate pay of the Royal Sappers and Miners, including working allowances, to that which good mechanics and artificers receive when the public works are executed by con tree t. THB LEGAL TITLE - ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, Share each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Oflbes of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. PHE NEW NOVEL, ROCKINGHAM ; OR, THE - YOUNGER BROTHER. (Retract from the •• Quarterly Review," juA published.) "We beg V, call our readers' attention to • Rockingham ; or, the Younger Brother'—a book which, from internal evidence, must have' been written by a person constantly mingling in the highest Englieh society. The work abounds in interest, and, indeed, we should be at a loss to name another recent novel that shows anything like the same power of painting strong passion." —Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ELIOT WARBURTON, EsQ On Monday, the 23d of April, will be published, in 3 vols. damp Svo., with numerous Portraits from original Paintings. M-EMOIRS of PRINCE RU - PERT AND THE CAVALIERS. Including their Correspondence. Now first published from the Ori ginal 3I SS. • By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." Richard Bentley, New Bitrlington-street (Publisher In ordinary to her Majesty). ROYAL VELOUR CURTAINS• Under her Majesty's Letters Patent. These novel and elegant MUSLIN CURTAINS, embreided tr 7 A new process In every shade of colour suitable to match the deco rations and furniture of rooms, warranted fast (Dolours, to be had at all the principal Drapers and CarpetWereheusemen int England, Ire land, and -Skeotland. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Third Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. Third Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACHE, The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect tally informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Pollione, Signor Gardoni ; Or.veso, Signor Lab:ache ; Norma,Mdlle. Parodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely New grand Ballet. by M. Taglioni ' entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert ts commence at Eight. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Season 1849. FREXCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LE MERE DE FAMILLE. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE LA. COI7RONNE. _ _ Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: — Boxes .. • Pit.• • • Amphitheatre .. 55. Od. 35. Id. 2s. Od. Subscription; for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Zpyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. which is open daily from eleven till five. rite, KO YAW, HAYMAKk . Mr. R. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. rms EVENIN• • Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Vanderiboff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a CLislical Extrayagauza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEAricv. ItOYAL. •„ nder the dlreetion of Madame Celeste. • THIS EVENING, performed TILE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs.. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Man yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews. Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, fr..c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and .Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. Ts conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. f.OTAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Managemeat of Madame Vestris i-o!a Lessee, Mr. Charles Ms. he As. THIS EVENING Will be performed a ■ew Drama, caned A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Ch&• Teeters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle; Miss H. G - bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conelado with THII SEVER CH.a.MTIONS OP CHRISTEN-. DOM. Dreis ss.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Is ; Gallery , Is. 240 tai:-price to any post of the house. The Sew Uox-offlee, No. 1, Weilin.;to- street, Is epee to the pubitt; eery trom Ten till Six. • PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, gole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENI.NtI, 1 . 1 Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. After which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOUREDDLII AND lilE FAIR PKRSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Udder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVEN LNG, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle-, by FitzbalL entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be ,ollowed by an inimiiaole display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, In which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To• conclude with on Monday, Wednesday , and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THR SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. r•oa-oflice open from Eleven till Five. , tnzr Manacer. Mr. W. Wed. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Stni OFF:CE, APRIL 15. TII-IamobIZTRIL, Lowest, 35 Highest, 49. Noon, 43, BAROMETER, 29.67. WIND N.E.—dull an" rainy all day. APRIL 16. TagnmoltEiEn Lowest, 34; I , igh.)st, 42, Noon, 46 BAROMETER. 29.82. WIND N.E.—dull, hny weather. l'it;tl AT LONDON 31,1.1.014 Tura Di! —Morning, 16 min. after 7 Evening, 49 lain. after 7 To-Moiaoir— mine, 31 min. after 8 I Eveamv ,12 mln. aver 9 t f . ttz , 4.3 r, dir A • 4. 12 Lc V *Pr • — Ro , • • Ni ^ Obierting. 41111; LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 16 1849. A more important investigation has seldom taken place in an English court of justice than that which terminated on Saturday by the immediate acquittal of Mr. BARTHOLOMEW PETER DROUET 011 the charge of manslaughter, for neglecting to supply the wretched children confided to his care with proper food, clothing, and lodging, and thereby, in fact, - occ asioning the untimely deaths of an the inquiry was my of their n umber. Nominallyrestricted to the case of one or those little unfortunates, fortunates, named JAMES ANDREWS , an infant aged six and substantially the entire system j'e e a b r i s t , d but really as carried on at Mr. DRour es estaWiihm farmingi Surrey ILIII, Tooting, formed the subject -matter at et the investigation, by whic h not merely one, but nearly two hundred helpless chil dr en had their suf ferings brought to a premature termination, from the st,ite'to : :Vhi . ch their constitutions had been previously reduced by the inadequate diet and clothing, and by the overcrowding and ill-ventilation of the dormito ries and day-r,urns in which the unhappy victims were confined. one of first principles, for The cme was mainly happily a British jury has seldom, if ever, been called upon to pron Ounce all opinion upon a similar pro ceeding. Never, perhaps, has an instance of such gross negligence and habitual inhumanity been brought under the cognizance of a criminal tribunal, and never, we regret to say, has a more narrow or one-sided view of a case been taken than that which Mr. Baron PLATT placed before the jury is his charge. Had the Learned Baron been specially re tained on bekalf of the prisoner, he could not have evinced greater partiality or a stronger bias in his favour. This prejudice was apparent, not only .11 his speech when summing up the evidence _that bad been adduced, but in his conduct and demeanour throughout the entire trial, to the eminent counsel who so ably and temperately conducted the prosecution, and to the various witnesses, more especially the medical men, produced in support of the charge. It was manifested in the peremptory and overbearing manner in which he cut short the arguments of a gentleman whose skill and experience, whose talents, acquirements, and urbanity eminently entitle him to the high position to which he has been called (with the entire approbation of his professional brethren) as one of her Majesty's Counsel. It was no less painfully conspicuous in the sneering manner in which he rebuked the medical gentleman who spoke of the "tumid abdomens" of the unfortunate children, flippantly remarking that "tumid abdomen is a very learned phrase for a very simple indication," and the levity with which he inquired whether the witness " S had ever heard of cholera being caused by the itch ;" and finally it was exhibited in a charge to the jury which left no alternative but the instant ac quittal of the party accused. It is a well-known principle of law that a party who takes upon himself the duty of maintaining persons of tender years, unable to provide for them selves, is bound to afford them a sufficiency of all necessaries suitable to their condition, and that if, through any negligence, harsh treatment, or want of care on his part, the death of these helpless beings should be either directly occasioned, or even accelerated, he is criminally responsible, and guilty either of murder or manslaughter, according to the nature of his conduct. ' In the present instance the minor offence only was charged, and abundance of evidence was produced to show that the treatment they received was such as to debilitate the constitution, and render them peculiarly liable to any disease which might be prevalent at the time. The ventilation was defective and bad ; the sleeping apartments overcrowded, three of the children being systematically sent to rest in the same bed ; the clothing was scanty, and inadequate to maintain a healthy warmth ; while the dietary was bad in quality, and insufficient in quan tity. The natural result followed—the wretched children on their removal were found to exhibit all the syniptoms that would be occasioned by such a system. Pale complexions—pot-bellies—wasted limbs and soft flesh were the characteristics of all, while about two-thirds of the number were afflicted with itch, sore heads, sore feet, or other cutaneous diseases. The direct, and positive testimony, was no less con clusive as to the manner in which they had been provided for, than was the evidence of the scientific witnesses as to subsequent appearances. It was shown that a small loaf—a half-quartern—was cut into sixteen or twenty pieces, one of these parts being the allotted allowance for a meal ; while the potatoes supplied on meat-days were generally so bad and rotten that the famishing children could not swallow the putrifying esculent, and were compelled to leave that which constituted so important a portion of their food wholly untouched. Mr. WILMA lel WINCH, one of the guardians of the Holborn Union, who inspected the establishment in May last, could not find a single good potato out of more than two hundred. He also proved that " the new sleeping apartments were badly constructed and badly ventilated." Mr. REDING, who accompanied him , asked the boys if they had anythi ng t o com pl a i n o f,' and desired those who had to hold up their hands, which was immediately responded to by more than thirty of the number, for which they were at the moment abused by DROUET, and subsequently beaten for daring to speak the truth. The very presence of the guardians who made the inquiry was insufficient to make the child farmer control his temper when his malpractices were exposed, and yet this was the man whom some of the witnesses spoke of as " humane and kind hearted." It is manifest that the case cannot rest in its pre sent position. If the law laid down by Baron PLATT be correct, there is a virtual immunity for all such offenders, and it will be utterly useless to bring them to trial for any neglect or bad treatment they may exhibit towards the children under their charge. It must, therefore, be ascertained whether the opinion of the Learned Baron be sup ported by his judicial brethren; and if so, a Legislative remedy must be provided for the deplorable insuffi ciency of the law, that so palpable a failure of justice be not rendered probable, or even possible, on another occasion. " Oh! that mine enemy would write a book," ex claims the Psalmist. Let therefore Mr. Suoms re joice, the Bishop of EXETER hath written a letter, and never in the annals of cool—we mean "modest assurance," hath such an instance of the exercise of that most useful quality been chronicled, as is this in stance of the Prelatical epistle re SWORE, addressed to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. The Bishop would fain make it appear that he is the persecuted, .and Mr. SHORE the persecutor, and with a self-pity and a self-laudation, marvellous to contemplate, "regards it as one of those trials to which all who attempt to do their duty in administering the discipline of the Church are in these days necessarily exposed." On reading this passage we naturally inquired, what is this trial which, with Shylock-like meekness, the suffering Prelate hath borne with a " patient shrug And our mind reverted to the Assize Hall of Durhair, and the case of the QUEEN V. WILLIAMS, and to the Assize Hall of Exeter and the case of the QUEEN V. LATIMER ; but it is evi dent from the context that neither of these is the trial to which the Bishop alludes, and referring back to his own account of the transactions between Mr. Snows and himself, it appears that it (the trial) occurred after i.he manner following. According to the Bishop's own showing, Mr. Suous had, by the refusal of the renewal of his licence (and no cause was assigned, save the mere " sic vole sic juieo " of the old Bishop and the new rector) been placed in "a fearful strait." "I have no doubt," says the Bishop in his letter of 25th November, 1843, " that every clergyman in this diocese would feel in a fearful strait under such circumstances." Having thus placed Mr. SHORE in a " fearful strait," rendering it impossible for him to officiate in the Church, the Bishop, on Mr. SHORE'S attempting to quit the Church, instituted legal proceedings, and having succeeded at length in incarcerating him in the gaol of St. Thomas, Exeter, our Prelatical STIGGINS at once " gives himself out as a persecuted individual," because his victim has ventured to complain. In the Bishop's letter to Mr. SHORE of the 25th of November (quoted in this letter to the Archbishop), we find a passage, which when compared with the Bishop's own statement of what had previously passed between himself and Mr. Coszzga, the new Rector of Berry Pomeroy, throws a remarkable light upon the Phillpottian tactics in this case. In address ing Mr. SHORE he says— " You may state to Mr. Cosens what I authorised you to state to him in my letter of the 13th instant ; it was to this effect, that I have no personal feelinv whatever in the case ; that if, after maki ng w h at he shall think due inquiry, he shall consider you a fit person to whom he may intrust the spiritual instruc tion of a large and important part of the people, the care of whose souls was committed to him at his insti tution,' I shall receive his nomination with full confi dence that he has conscientiously given it, and shall then proceed to make more particular inquiries than I have yet thought it necessary to make into your conduct and doctrine. Now, seeing that in 1832 the Bishop had licensed Mr. Suous upon the nomination of Mr. EDWARDS, it would appear either that the Bishop on that occa sion had grossly neglected his duty by granting a licence without instituting the necessary inquiries, or that during the interval a change had taken place in the heresy that own d octr i nes; thst i n 1843 h e regar d e d easydthatht a w t hic H h ß i N nitylBpinLp 32h L ec o o T n T si s d , lereikde HEsy ortho doxy'asic be n TUDOR, was n o t content to must blown ei vagaries. passageg aries . But om about by every Kind of doctri ne hi mself but force other f r person to follow hi m i n his theoi(s let that pass. Having read thegabov the Bishop' date d Bishops letter to Mr. SHORE, November, 143, let us turn to the Ri g h t - R everend narrative of his interview with Jr. COSENS rank(raelat' e Puseyitd) in the month of August preceding. The Bishop of EXETER, in his letter to the A rc hbi s h op, thus describes this interview with Mr. Commis : "In our conversation (as he recently informed me THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 16, 1849. truer notes'mAe by t im) I li4:1 ask. d whether he k . Mr. Shore; and on hie answering that ' he had heard he was a very troublesome person,' I abstained from making any remark whatever." A silence that spoke trumpet-tongued. Dull, in deed, must Mr. COSENS have been, if he could not un derstand this broad hint. Who can mistake the mean ing of this most eloquent silence P " The dodge," for it deserves no other appellation—" the dodge " be tween COSENS and PHILLPOTTS is evident. The Bishop, in the course of his letter, thinks it decent to sneer at the conscientious scruples of those who, like Mr SHORE, feel compelled to quit the church of HENRY, Lord Bishop of Exeter. The speech of the Rev. THOMAS BINNEY at the great meeting held at Exeter on Wednesday week, affords a complete answer to the episcopal insinuations. That Rev. Gentleman said : " I have very little doubt now that there must be something lying at the bottom of this Mr. Shore's case, connected with Mr. Shore's want of sympathy with those certain peculiarities of opinion which distinguish a cer tain section of the Church—l suppose there is something in that.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, it is a very serious matter, indeed, the state to which we are coming at present. Separation from the Church, sir! Why, a young man may, 20 years ago, have conscientiously subscribed the articles and bound himself to the Church of England on entering it; but now, sir, if you talk about his leaving the Church, I say ho is not leaving the same Church— (Hear, hear.) It has become so altered in its spirit, in its opinions—there has been such a rise, such a gigantic rapid growth of it all the land over; the ecclesiastical spirit of this country, or of the Establishment of this aouitry, has become altogether a different thing from what it was 20 or 30 years ago; and I can conceive, therefore, that a man who had signed the articles and gone into the Church at the age of 23, with great sim plicity and seriousness of mind, may now, sir, at the age of 4$ or a little older, with all his matured experience and inward life and feeling, look upon the state of things with which he is mixed up, and wish from the depth of his soul to depart from it, as a duty towards God—and he ought certainly to have the power of doing so." Not only was there in Mr. SHORE'S case a want of sympathy for " those certain peculiarities of opinion" by which the Bishop of EXETER sets so much store, but there was also " a private grief," for a knowledge of which we are indebted to the searching cross examination of the Bishop by Mr. Cocx - auttp4, in the case of the QUEEN a. LA.TIMSR. The Bishop, on his cross-examination, said "he had no difference with Mr. SHORE, but on one occasion he had reproved him in reference to the part he had taken in the Chudleigh election, in which place the inhabitants have a right to elect the minister. Mr. SHORE having been a can didate, with Mr. PALK and Mr. CUMMINGS, had ad dressed a circular to the electors, resigning in favour of Mr. PALE. He reproved him." He "had particu larly cautioned Mr. COSENS with regard to Bridge town, and probably advised him to make inquiry as to Mr. SHORE. He had not given the same caution to Mr. Bxowri" (the former rector), "although he bad continually seen hit. from time to time. The time that he had given the caution was after the Chudleigh election." After this it is scarcely neces sary to state that Mr. PALL. was a clergyman of evangelical principles, like Mr. SHORE, and that had both stood, the Puseyite candidate would have been elected. In the Western Times of Saturday we find the following letter from the Rev. JAMES SHORE : St. Thomas's Gaol, April 13, 1849. " Dear Sir,—l write you a hasty line, just as your paper is going to press, to tell you that I have this morning received a pamphlet, written by the Bishop of Exeter, on my case. " lam glad that the Bishop of Exeter has taken this step. We shall now be able to test his statement by the facts, when ti will be seen that the Bishop's letter greatly damages his etwn case as it regards myself. He begins by admitting that the law ought to be altered, and yet he has been enforcing against me a law which ho now condemns by that admission. " The Bishop has endeavoured to make out bis case with his usual ingenuity, but ingenuity is badly exer cised, if it be not accompanied with candour. The Bishop has mutilated my correspondence, leaving out parts the most important, and entirely misrepresenting the matter throughout as it regards myself. " What his Lordship states on the authority of a me morandum from Mr. Cosens, is entirely a fabrication, so far as I am concerned, from beginning to end. " I reserve myself for a full answer to these misrepre sentations. " I am, &c., " JAMES SHORE." Except as far as Mr. SHORE is himself personally concerned, we think that he may save himself the trouble of writing an answer to the statements con tained in the Bishop's letter. That letter consists chiefly of a history of the negotiations with the Duke of SOMERSET on the subject of Bridgetown Chapel, and is merely a repetition of the statement made by the Bishop in the House of Lords, and subsequently deposed to by him as the principal witness for the prosecution in the case of the " QUEEN r. LATIMER ;" a statement which, after the verdict of the jury in that case, needs neither refutation nor contradiction. That case, it will be recollected, was a prosecution instituted at the instance of the Bishop of EXETER against the proprietor of the Western Time: news paper for the publication of a libel. The defendant admitted the publication of the libel, but pleaded that he - was justified in uttering the alleged libel because it was true, and that the publication of it was for the public benefit. The case was tried at Exeter on the 27th March, 1848, before Mr. Baron PLATT and a special jury, the special jury having been struck by the desire of the Bishop. Mr. CROWDER, the counsel for the prosecution, having gone through the history of the persecution, secession, and prosecution of Mr. SHORE, proceeded to state that after the failure of Mr. SEIORE'S attempt to procure a prohibition from the Court of Queen's Bench to stop proceedings in the Court of Arches, that gentleman petitioned the House of Lords, his petition being presented by Lord BROUGHAM. " Having presented the petition," said Mr. CROWDER, " Lord BROUGHAM made some obser vations in the House of Lords, and in consequence of those observations the Bishop of EXETER conceived it to be his duty to make a statement, in the course of which he said that he had originally granted a licence to Mr. SHORE upon receiving the assurance of the Duke of SOMERSET, first, that he would endow the chapel referred to, and secondly, that the building should only be used for Divine worship accord ing to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. He (the Bishop) was grieved to say that his Grace had departed from his engagements." After relating the' proceedings which the Bishop had instituted against Mr. SHORE, Mr. CROWDER continued—" A short time afterwards Lord SEYMOUR, son of the Duke of SOMERSET, and Member for Totnes, called a meeting of his consti tuents, for the purpose of adverting to certain mis statements that had been made in the House of Lords respecting the Duke of SOMERSET. At that meeting Lord SEYMOUR addressed them, and in the course of his remarks charged the Bishop of EXETER with having uttered a deliberate falsehood in the state ment he had made in the House of Lords. This speech was afterwards inserted in the newspaper of which the defendant is the editor, and upon which the editor commented. The comment of the editor upon that speech is the subject of the present indictment." Mr. CocicsußN, the counsel for the defence, said in the course of the trial, " that as the real question at issue was between the Duke of SOMERSET and the Bishop of EXETER, it would be for the jury to decide which of these exalted persons had been guilty of misstating the facts connected with the case ;" and Mr. Baron i PLATT in charging the jury, said, that " if they should be of opinion, on the second issue, that the Duke of SOMERSET had broken his engagement with regard to the chapel at Bridgetown, in that case, as the Bishop would have uttered that which was perfectly true in the House of Lords, the justification of that libel would fail, and it would be their duty to find a verdict for the Crown on the issue." The jury (a special jury, be it remembered) found a verdict for the defendant on the second issue, which was, ac cording to Mr. Baron PLATT, tantamount to finding that that which the Bishop had uttered in the House of Lords was not perfectly true, and which was really and in express terms finding that the defendant was " justified in publishing the libel charging the Bishop of EXETER with ' deliberate falsehood,' be cause it was true, and the publication of it was for the public benefit." After this solemn decision of a jury, it is surely unnecessary to notice further any thing that may be said by the Bishop of EXETER on the subject of the Duke of SOMERSET, Lord SEY MOUR, Mr. SHORE, or Bridgetown Chapel, MME. WILSON, THE SCOTTISH VostaList--This gentleman's career in the United States is marked w ith the same brilliant SUCCQ SS which distinguished his former visit to America. Charleston, Savannah, Colombia, and Camden have lately been the scenes of his triumphs. In the former city, so great was the enthusiasm with which his entertainments were hailed, that he paid three visits there. He states in his letters to his friends, that the recitation of Tam O'Shanter " told well" at Charlaston and Savannah ; and that the entertainment on Scott's the rks w as equa ll y warm ly rece i ve d a t both places. By to Mobile and Nero lastaceonnts, Orleans. scemst The p that hewaenGd of his return was about to proceed to England is not yet fixed. i 4EPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The reactionary journals of Saturday publish a long letter from M. GUIZOT to the electors of Calvados, on the subject of the approaching elections. This letter, in which he recommends reactionaries of all shades to unite, is in fact neither more nor less than an abridg ment of his recently published pamphlet on demo cracy. In the sittings of Friday and Saturday the follow ing gentlemen were elected Members of the Council of State :—M. Edmond Adam, Dunoyer, Verninhac Langer, Tournier, Chasseloup Laubat, Helie d'Or selle, and Laferrier. M. ARMAND MARRAST was, on Saturday, re-elected President of the Assembly for the ensuing month. The numbers were—for N. ARMAND MARRAST 417, for M. DUFAURE 49. The greater part of the sitting of Saturday was occupied in listening to an expose of the principles of Fourierism by M. VICTOR CON SIDERANT. A duel took place on Friday between M. LEDRU RoLum and M. DENJOY, the parti-pretre Deputy. Having exchanged shots, the seconds interfered, and prevented the affair from proceeding further. The Aironiteur publishes the following : " The Government has to-day received a telegraphic dispatch, which left Turin on the 12th inst. and Lyons on the 15th, announcing that the submission of Genoa was complete." The Patrie says : According to our private letters, the negotiations be'.we(ra Austria and Piedmont appear to be in the right course, and everything leads to a presumption that a definitive treaty of peace will be shortly signed; and thus the congress which has been talked of will be ren dered unnecessary. The policy of Piedmont is entirely changed, and the two Governments have courteously, and with all assurances of friendship, declined the in tervention of France and England. The treaty of peace will stipulate for an amnesty to the Lombards, and for the right of all who desire it to become naturalised in Piedmont." _ _ The Journal des Dthats has the following on the recent visit of the English to Paris :-- " Several hundreds of English citizens have come to return the visit which the National Guards paid them some months back. It was formerly the sovereigns who paid these international visits ; now that the sovereign is called the people, it is the citizens who do so. The Parisian population retains the best remembrance of the reception given in England to its delegates, and it is anxious, we aro sure, to testify at pre sent the same cordiality. These spontaneous and pacific meetings of two great and free nations have a great importance. From this mutual exchange of toasts, shakes of the hand, and kind wishes, each carries back with it reminiscences which keep Hp the love of pe ace . A year back, at the same period, we sh ou ld h ave b e h e ld w i t h a cer t a i n regret this visit of strangers, for Paris was all in dis turbance. We should have been sorry to show Paris such as it was the n . W e wou ld ha v e been sorry to show Paris as it then was, from the same feeling that no one desires to receive visits in the midst of removing one's furniture. At present order has been restored ; circulation is re-established ; in fine, we are somewhat more presentablo. The English who beheld one day last week the stream of carriages in the Champs-Elyt6as, and on the Boulevards, must have said that there is in France a very powerful elasticity, since, after such cruel trials, she has returned so quickly to all the ap pearances of health and security. We are delighted to see Paris again, as in former times, a centre of attraction. No place is so much the city of every one as Paris ; its museums, its monuments, its edifices, its churches, are open to all, and we have no doubt the authorities have given every facility to our visitors to see everything. We look for excellent results from this system of pacific expeditions, and we hope that they will in the end supply the place of the old descents en the coast. The French who visited Eng land will have seen there, in the midst of great social inequalities ; the complete triumph of the principle of liberty; the English who have come to Paris will, on the contrary, perceive the principle of equality prevail ing above everything, often even at the expense of liberty. Both may gain by studying each ether. What must profit by such intercourse is the cause of peace. ['he French and the English may have different inte rests, which may sometimes even become hostile, but they know that they have a great common interest—that of liberty, of civilization, of humanity, and that such interest can only be safe by their union." We read in the Union:— " An incident of a sufficiently - grave nature to necessi tate explanations on the part of the English Govern ment has just taken place in Ile de la Reunion (Bourbon). A society of French creoles proposed to colonise Mada gascar, and already several thousands were engaged in the enterprise. '1 he bay of Vouhemer, which is situated at the north of the island, was the spot fixed upon for the establishment of the colony. Our last accounts in form us that the execution of this project has met with an unexpected obstacle. The Governor of the Mauritius has opposed the departure of the French emigrants, under what pretext we know not. We learn, however, that the Commaiary-Genertl of the French Republic at the Ile de la ItAanion has not resisted. The preparations of the projected expedition have been suspended. and a steamer has been sent off to I3ombay with dispatches for the French Government, announcing the extraordinary cenduct of the authorities of the Mauritius." The Gazette des Tribanazd says—"We said yesterday that M. EUGENE ItAsrAIL had been sum moned before M. BROUSSAIS, the examining magis trate. In consideration of the character with which M. RASPAIL is invested, only a simple requisition for his appearance was sent to him. As M. RASPAIL did not comply with this, a warrant to bring him be fore the magistrate was issued. The Commissary of Police and officers charged with the execution of the warrant were unable to find M. RASPAIL, who had withdrawn himself from the pu rsu it o f j ust i ce. The concierge of his house declared th a t M. RASPAIL, interrogated, interrogated, th e examination was isio th n e that M. closed, leaving srende,y, aannd l Ad witnesses 0 would were be absent for several days. All ,Id announced that h e was going on a j the Chamber o f Council, it is said, RASPAIL shall be pu Tribunal of Correctional Police for an assault on the perso n o f a w i tness f or having given his testimony. This o ff ence i s pun i s h a bl e with imprisonment for from tw o t o fi ve years, and a fine of from 300 f. to 6 ,000 f, si put on h ahsi sg i ven trial a before dee It is stated that this affair will be called on before the tribunal on Thurs day next." One of the journals publishes the following . ‘• The undersigned advisers of M. Point, considering that M. Raspail is called before a court of justice, for the assault he committed, that M. Point has not appealed to the law for the satisfaction demanded by it, that he had chosen for his seconds two of the undersigned be fore the Procureur- General, excited by the emotion in the Chamber, had made his requisitions, are of opinion that it is no ground, at present, for M. Raspail to de mand any personal satisfaction. " A. CALLET, CHAVISSIEU, FOURNEYRON, and H. LEUET, Representatives of the Loire; and " PAULLAIAN, Representative of the Rhone. "Paris, A pri1.13." A justi ce o f th e peace, c— escorted by a strong squadr on of ‘ police officers - came last V e re eveningad in to the the P offie ueplse: of the Ba nque d u P eup l e to put seals upon them. We cannot comprehend the motive of this act of violence. D • uring two days the bank has openly reimbursed all the shares that were presented. Citizen PROUDHON having besides ac knowledged himself to be personally responsible for all reimbursements, it is impossible for us to explain such a measure. We shall keep our readers acquainted with the consequences of this infamous machinations of Faucher and Co." A letter from Toulouse states that M. RATAZZI, ex-Minister of Piedmont, passed through the town on the Bth. He was accompanied by MM. MAN. TERIO, ROSSELINI, and CORNERO, members of the Chamber of Deputies. These gentlemen are charged to present an address from the Chamber to CHARLES ALBERT, and to intimate that a statue has been voted to him. BOURSE.-PARIS, SATE RDA T, APRIL 14. THREE o'cLocx.--This was another calm day at the Bourse, arid the French Funds , opened a little below p.sterde)'s closing prices; but in the course of the day they improved, and cl , sed only a shade under the last prices of yesterday. The Railway Shares were steady, and most of tht to have risen. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 27i to 30 for money; ditto (90 days), 25 20 money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 14. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 1 4 East Indian, 3%—N ort h ern of France, UN—Paris and Rouen, 22—Rouen and Havre, 111,(. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. NARVAER has recovered from his recent indisposi tion. CHARLES ALI3IMT has proceeded to Vigo from whence he intends to embark for Oporto. The 9th being Easter Monday the Bolsa was closed. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. We have received the following information : It is understood that the Emperor of RUSSIA, having ascertained that the military preparations going forward in the Turkish empire were undertaken at the instigation of Sir STRATFORD CANNING, acting under orders from London, dispatched on the 28th of March his Aide-de-Camp, General GRAUBE, to Con stantinople, with an ultimatum which requires the im mediate cessation of warlike preparations in Turkey, as well as the recal of the Ottoman troops assembled on the Danube. It further requires the Porte's ac quiescence in the occupation of the Principalities of Wallachia at,d Moldavia, by Russia, during her good pleasure. Failing the acceptance of these terms by the DIVAN, the Russian Minister is to quit Constantino ple, and the AUTOCRAT'S troops, which are already in Transylvania, are to advance on Constantinople, turning (not crossing) the Balkans. The Russian fleet from Sevastopol is to lend its co-operation. We are assured that Baron BRUNOW has been in structed to communicate the contents of the ultima tum to our Foreign-office. — Chronicle. u E 0 AN AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. BERLIN.—The Berlin .Nachrishtvn says :—The subject now under discussion here is a new circular note, just addressed by our Government to the Ger man Courts, in which Prussia declares decidedly for the restoration of a more intimately combined federal state, and a speedy understanding with the German Central Power, even though Austria should not join this federal band. The Princes are urgent to declare their sentiments on this important subject with as little delay as possible. In the First Chamber of Prussia on the 11th, a pro position was made that a Committee should be imme diately nominated to take into consideration the state of Germany with reference to the KING'S reply to the Frankfort deputation. Count BRANDENBURG, Pre sident of the Council of Ministers, said that instruc• tiona were being drawn up for the Prussian Plenipo tentiary at Frankfort, and that the desire of the Ministry was that all uncertainty respecting the new Constitution of Germany should promptly cease. The Chamber accordingly rejected the proposition. M. SIMONS, an eminent lawyer, has been appointed Minister of Justice in the Prussian Cabinet. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 9th says : " The reports received from Hungary inform us that the Imperial army is concentrated round Yeah. It has been forced to retreat before the superior force of the llungariane." Another account says,— " A battle has been fought under the walls of Pesth, in which the Austrian* fan d worst. The left wing of the Imperialists consists of the Jablonowsky and Goz bri gades, which occupy the ground from IN aitzen to G) ar math ; the head-quarters of the centre are at Godollo, commanded by Count Schlick. On the 4th and sth the fighting was very severe, but the Imperialists did not lose an inch of ground. The right wing did not fare so well. Attacked by overpowering numbers, it was com pelled to fall back. The Ban has approached closer to the centre, thus permitting the enemy to advance nearer to the city." The B reslau Gazette of the 9th inst. states that the Magyars could easily have seized on Pesti), but that they preferred to turn that town in order to attack Buda, which commands it. It is probable they wished to gain the route to Waitzen and Wag nal, to relieve the fortress of Comorn. FRANKFORT. The Austrian Representative, SCDMERLING, re ceived orders from the Austrian Government, on the Bth, to call on all the Austrian Deputies to return home. The Grand Duke of BADEN has accepted the German constitution. The National Assembly of Frankfort met on the 11th, and the President, M. SIMSON, gave an account of the mission of the deputation to the King of PRUSSIA. " The day of our arrival at Berlin," he said, "Count Brandenbourg announced to the First Chamber the policy he meant to follow with respect to the affairs of Germany. When we learned what the Minister had said, we could not doubt that the reply of the King would be satisfactory, and thut the decrees of the As eetnbly would be justly appreciated. Immediately after our arrival, I, being indisposed, sent two members of the deputation to the Minister, who an nounced to us on the part of the King such a reply as we expected. According to the wish he expressed, we gave to him a copy of a speech which we unanimously adopted; but we were not alluwe•.l to communicate pri vately with the King, before the solemn audience. Neither would the Minister communicate to us in ad vance the reply of his Majesty. We must say that the reception to the deputation was worthy of the Assembly. You know the answer of the King. We carefully deliberated on what we had to do, and we addressed to the Ministry the declaration that has been published. Some eminent person ages told us that they thought the reply of the King amounted to an acceptance, but we could easily under stand that the intentions of the Assembly, which had only elected an Emperor on the basis of the Constitu tion, had not been justly appreciated. We believed that it was our duty to prevent a too dangerous misunder standing. An acceptance on the part of the King of Prussia would be equivalent to the recognition of the Constitution which the National Assembly has voted, but if the Constitution be considered as a mere project which can be modified, it amounts simply to a refusal of our choice." This speech drew forth great cheering. Several propositions as to what should be done were made by different Members, among them one was by M. SCHOI , FEL, to the effect that the National Assembly should he declared in permanent sitting, and that a President should be elected to govern under the R4ublican form. But all the motions were rejected, except that of M. KunuLvv, adopted by 279 votes to 159, and thus conceived : The National Assembly, in consequence of the re port of the deputation, declares solemnly in the face of the German nation that it means to maintain invariably the Constitution, adopted and published after the second reading, as also the electoral law; it refers the report of the deputation to a committee of thirty members, who shall present a report without delay, and shall at the same time prepare the measures necessary for the execu tion of the above declaration." At the beginning of the sitting M. de Gagern said, in answer to a question, that it was as deputy, not as President of the Council, that he had signed a de claration to the effect that no change ought to be made in the Constitution, but he added, amidst great applause, that he persisted in that declaration. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. SIIIILESWIG.HOLSTEIN.—The British Government has taken measures for informing German vessels coming southwards of the recommencement of hosti lities, by sending the fast-sailing steamer the William Gunston into the Channel. A second English steamer, the Britannia, left Dover, for the purpose of cruising in the Channel for a similar object. All the pilots of the vessels lying in the English Channel have also received orders to give due notice of the danger to ail German vessels. By these means great protection is, of course, afforded to German commerce. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 12.—The Minister of War, General HANSEN, has arrived here, bringing in several officers and privates prisoners. No engagement of any importance has taken place, but active prepara tions continue to - be carried on on both sides. In Denmark it is expected that motives of interest will induce England, Prussia, and France to take up arms in her cause. Danish vessels are cruising about in the neighbourhood of Swinemunde. Their move ments are closely watched by the Germans. FLENSBURG, APRIL 10.—The Danes have with drawn their forces partly towards their Jutland frontier and partly behind their entrenchment near to Duppel. Our 9th battalion pursued the Danes, but was not able to engage them in a battle. ALTONA, APRIL 11.—The brigade of Schleswig- Holstein, commanded by General DE B ONIN , en t ere d into Jutland yesterday and occupied Kolding. To day it will continue its march towards Veile. SWEDEN. Letters from Stockholm of the sth, and Christiana of the 17th, state that the navigation is again open at Stockholm, and that the postal communication be tween that place and Lubeck would recommence on the 13th, and between Ystad and Stralsund on the 15th. The reports from the northern fisheries are very satisfactory. The cholera reports from Bergen, to the Sd March, were 1,015 cases, 602 of which proved fatal. It is generally on the decline.— Hansburgh Borsenhalle, April 13. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGU, APRIL s.—The EMPEROR has issued an Imperial manifesto, dated 31st March, by which he commands a levy of recruits from the 21 governmeHts of the western division of the empire; the number of recruits is limited to 8 for every 1,000 souls. It is to commence on the Ist of May next, and to terminate on the Ist of June. The motive assigned for this measure in the manifesto is, that the EMPEROR considers it indispensable, under present circumstances, to place a considerable portion of his army, which has suffered great numerical losses by the cholera last year, on a footing of war.—Prussian Meats Anzeiger. ITAL Y. The Marquis LOMBA DoRIA has been appointed by King VICTOR EMMANUEL to the command of the civic guard of Genoa. It is said D'AZEGLIO will join the Ministry. The 0 pinione of Turin of the 10th states that a meeting took place at Albertville (Savoy) on the 28th ult., at which a resolution was carried to the effect that a Committee of five Members be appointed to enter into negotiations with the other provinces of Savoy, fur the purpose of obtaining the convocation of a Constituent Assembly of Savoy, as that territ• ry had never belonged to Piedmont, but was a distinct state. The meeting then assumed the name of " Central Provisional Club of Savoy." The clubs of Annecy and Bonneville have adhered to this re solution. The Piedm on t ese G azette o f the 10th announces the arrival at Parma, on the sth, of General ? ASPRE, at the head of an Austrian corps. He immediately publi s h e d a proc l amat i on, order i ng t h e inhabitants of the city and territory to give up all their arms within twelve hours. The peasants will have them ret urne d t o t h em, on their produc i ng cer tificates of mora lit y . T ransgessors of th i s or d er will be judged by court-martial, and shot within twenty tour hours. By another proclamation of the same date, General D'ASPRE announces that, by order of Marshal RADETnx.Y, acid in the name of H. H. IL the reigning Duke CHARLES 11., he assumes the civil and military government of the sL,U.s Partn.; that s:rder.i are understood to be in the name of H. R. H. afore said, and that Major General WIMPFFEN is made commandant of the city of Parma. In a subsequent notification of the Gth, General D'ASPRE annuls all laws and ordinances emanating from revolutionary authorities since the 20th of March, 1848, and insti tutes a Central Junta, residing at Parma, composed of a governor general and three councillors ; and an Inferior Junta at Piacenza, composed of a governor and two councillors. The Central Junta has the general direction of administrative, political, financial, and judicial affairs. The Junta of Piacenza acts under the direction of the Central one. Military affairs remain in the hands of General D'ASPRE. All functionaries in office previous to the 20th of March, 1848, are reinstated with some ex cfrptions. All functionaries are to take their oath of allegiance to his Royal Highness Duke CHARLES 11. The Central Junta of Parma i 5 composed as fol lows :—Chevalier VINCENT CORNACCIIIO, Governor- General ; Councillors Chevalier LoMBARDINI, GUADAGNINI, Advocate ()NEST'. • The Junta of Piacenza is composed of Count BARATTIERI, Governor; Counts GUARNASCHELLI and PETRUCCI ' Councillors. The national guard is dissolved. GUERAZZI, the Dictator of Tuscany, has ordered 3,000 Tuscan troops to proceed to Lusignano, to de fend that place azainst the advance of the Austrians. The Roman Triumvirate has appointed the follow ing Ministry :--Ruscom, for Foreign Affairs ; BERT! PICHAT, Interior; STURBINETTI, Public Instruction; MANZONI, Finance; LAZZARINA, Justice; MONTEC. cm, Commerce. COLANDRELLI, the Minister of War, resigned in consequence of the Triumvirate setting at liberty Colonel GERANDONI, whom he had imprisoned for disobedience to his orders. The Count CARONCHI has been arrested. IRELAAJJ. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DISCHARGE OF MR. DUFFY. DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—Mr. Duffy's recog nizances were perfected before five o'clock yester day evening, and shortly afterwards his prison doors were thrown open, and the captive was set at liberty. A dense crowd was collected in Green street, and on Mr. Duffy being recognised as he was stepping into X car, in company with his wife and some friends, a wild shout of exultation was raised by the mob. Mr. Duffy's securities were Grace, the bookseller, of Capel street, and Mr. Villan, the auctioneer, of Henry-street. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Easter Term, the Lord Chancellor sat in his court at Westminster at ten o'clock, agreeably to the arrangement his Lordship has made with the gentlemen of the Equity Bar to sit two terms (Michaelmas and Hilary) in his court at Lincoln's Inn and two (Easter and Trinity) at Westminster. His Lordship heard appeals and motions. IN THE MATTER OF THE WINDING-UP ACT.-THE AGRICULTURAL CATTLE IN SURANCE COMPANY. This case came before his Lordship the last day of his sitting previous to the Easter recess upon an appeal irom the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce dismissing a petition by two gentlemen named Spackman under the Winding-up Act, praying for the dissolution of the Cattle Insurance Company. The short facts of the case may be thus stated: — 'L he company was formed in 1845, for the insurance of horses, cows, and other animals against disease or death. There were to be 25,000 shares, but only 13,100 were subscribed for, and of these the petitioners, George and Joseph Spackman, took 1,700, on which they paid the two first calls. The petitioners stated that, in their belief; the company was not in a condition to go on with s.ny advantage to the shareholders, but that on the con trary, if the directors persisted in their present system, it must become hopelessly insolvent. The company had effected insurances to the extent of more than a million and a quarter; and on the 30th of June, 1843, it appeared from the accounts that there was already a loss on their transactions of 26,1151., independent of the liabilities on the outstanding insurances. They had also borrowed money, contrary to the express provisions of their deed, and they had paid two dividends, at the rate of 6 per cent., out of their capital. Under these circumstances, the questions to be considered were, whether thecompany came within the provisions of the Winding-up Act; and if it did, was there a case made to justify the interference of the Court? The petitioners maintained that the com pany were engaged in 5 a commerce, or trading, such 448 the Legislature contemplated; and that, in the lan guage of the eighth clause of the fifth section, they ehowed matters and things on which the Court ought to pronounce an opinion that it would be equitable to dis tole() the company, and relieve the shareholders from that continuing liability and great ultimate loss that must accrue if the directors were permitted to go en. On the petition coming on before the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, on the 12th of January last, his Honour, considering that the company was not a trading one within the meaning of the Act, dismissed the petition with costa, and from that decision the petitioners ap pealed._ - The Solicitor-General, Mr. Swanston, and Mr. Col lins were heard previous to the Easter recess on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. FITZHERBERT addressed the Court on the same aide to day. Mr. James Russell and Mr. Prior appeared in suppor of the judgment of the Court below. The case had not concluded when our afternoon edi. tion went to press. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat in his Court at West minster, it being the first day of Easter Term. His Lordship heard appeal motion., but no case calling for a special report came before the Court during the morn ing. His Lordship will not sit at the Privy Council du ring the present term. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England took motions to day, the greater portion of which related to points of practice. and were totally devoid of interest. The Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram did not sit to-day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Easter Term was opened this morning at Westminster. Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Erle, took their seats on the bench shortly after ten o'clock. ILLNESS OF LORD DENMAN AND MR. JUSTICE WIGHTMAN.—MT. Justice PATTESON said, I am scrry to say that my Lord Chief Justice, and my brother Wight man, are too ill to attend for a few days. QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—The following Learned Gentle mPli appeared on the floor of the court, in full dress, silk gowns, and flowing wigs. and were invited to take their seats in the Queen's Counsel box •—Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Matins, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Keating, Mr. Roundell Palmer, and Mr. Hope. The first and last-named gentlemen took their seats in accordance with patents of precedence which had been granted to them by her Majesty. INUNDATING A MINE.-PHILLPOTTS V. LEAVER. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages for certain injuries done to the mine of the plain tiffs by the wilful direction of a stream of water into it by the defendants. The plaintiffs and the defendants are the lessees of contiguous mines belonging to Lord Ward, in the vicinity of Dudley. The one was called Holly Hill Colliery, and the other Park Head Colliery. The plaintiffs' mine being on the lower level and the mine of the defendants, containing a quantity of water a large hole was bored into the mine of the plain tiffs, two and a half by four feet in width, through which a vast mass of water was discharged, and the plaintiff's property was injured to the extent of 3,0001. The de fendants had agreed that they should so manage the water that it should not inundate the mine of the plaintiffs ; indeed the cut would at all times naturally carry off all the water that accumu lated in the mine of the defendants into that of the plaintiffs. The case was tried at Worcester, and the plaintiffs were nonsuited by the direction of the Learned Judge, on the ground that the case, as shown by the evidence, differed from that set forth in the declaration. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, this morning, obtained a rule to show cause why the nonsuit should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on various grounds. Mr. Justice PATTESON expressed it as bis opinion that the injury sustained by the plaintiffs was wilful. Rule granted. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Easter Term, the Learned Judges, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Baron Rolfe, took their seats upon the bench shortly after ten o'clock. Mr. Baron Alderson sits at Chambers, and Mr. Baron Platt is engaged at the Central Criminal Court. The first case proceeded with was that of Wills v. Sutherland, which involved no matter of public interest, the only question being as to whether, under the Act of Incorporation of the Neptune Marine Insurance Com pany, an action could be brought in the name of the secretary, as public officer. The business of the Court was interrupted for a brief period by the entrance of seven barristers, latel ap pointed Q gowns,ueen's Couns e l, " learned in the law, " w ho appeared in their big wi gs and silk and who theirwere seats within severally called the bar. liedbythe Lord Chief Baron to take COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Bunco, before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, and Justices Coltman, Cresswell and Willi ams .) This being the first day of Easter Term, their Lord ships entered the court at half-past ten o'clock. TOWNE V. LEWIS. Mr. lIIJIITRAT, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case, which had be en g i ven for the defendant on the trial in Middlesex, sh ou ld not b e set aside. It was an action of trover MI a bill of ex change. The plea was "not possessiA," and " not gulilty;" and upon both those pleas - the Lord Chief Justice, who tried the cause, thought the defendant was entitled to a verdict. The plaintiff (Mr. Towne) had been sued as the indorser of a bill of exchange in the Lot d Mayor's Court, and he paid into that court the amount of the bill of exchange under the summons from the court. Having paid the moasey, he sent to the defendant demanding the bill of exchange, and the refusal to deliver up which was the question in the action. The question was whether this, in law, was a conversion or not. The defendant upcon being asked to aid he 11“ d nut i.,ut it, but i wao :;. the hands of a Mr. Biegood, his attorney, to whom he re ferred the applicant, who, however, declined to ask Mr. Bisgood fur it. lie (Mr. Hurnfrey) contended that e►as a conversion by the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JusnoE was of opinion, that the verdict was well warranted in finding that there was no conversion. Although no reason was assigned by the evidence why the defendant had not procured the bill from his attorney, yet thr whop conduct of the defend ant appeared to him (the Lord Chief Justice) to be con sistent with a bona fide intention to deliver the bill to the plaintiff: The other Learned Judges concurred, and the rule was refused. In the course of the morning Mr. Sergeant Kingiske, Mr. Keating, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Roundel! Palmer, Mr. Hope, Mr. Malins, and Mr. Lloyd, appeared iu court in full forensic costume, and at the request of the Lord Chief Justice, severally took their seats within ihe bar on the occasion of a patent of precedence having been con f, reed on Mr. Sergeant Kffiglake, and of the other Learned Gentlemen having severally been called to the degree of Queen's Counsel. 'The usual formality having been observed, the Learned Gentlemen immediately retired. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Coleridge sat for a few minutes in the Bail Court this morning, but no motion calling for st report came before him. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) FORGERY.—John Cutts, s olicitor, of Colchester, and William Evans, his clerk, surrendered to take their trial on a charge of forging several receipts for money. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Sir F. The Ager, with whom was Mr. Prendergast, de fended Cutts, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, with whom was Mr. Ballantine, Evans. Mr. CLIA3IBERS, in stating the case, said the elder prisoner had fur a long time practised in the county of Essex as a solicitor, and the other prisoner had acted as his clerk. The prosecutor, Mr. Edema Galway, was married to the daughter of Mr. Cutts's housekeeper and the sister of the prisoner Evans. At the period of his mar riage the prosecutor was under age but the prisoner Cutts advanced him 1501. to defray the expenses of the moment, Some two or three years ago a Mr. Smith bequeathed to three of his nephews, one of whom was the prose cutor, several lots of freehold property, situated in the parishes of Great and Little Bardfield, Shalford. and Baistow, and the prisoner Cutts was appointed trustee. Soon after the death of the testator, Mr. Cutts, as their legal adviser and guardian, recommended the glue° ne phews, who were brothers, to sell the property, and convert it into money. The brothers adopted the ad vice, and the property was advertised to be sold by auction, and a tenant of Mr. Cutts's, named Franklin, was employed to act as auctioneer at the sale. The property at Shalford was sold in seven lots, and that at Baistow and Great and Little Bardfield in one, making eight lots in all, and it was in the transaction which formed the subject of this charge had reference to the last-named property, which was called Lot 8. On the 9th of June, 1845, the prose cutor being still under age, the property at Baistow and Great and Little Bardfield was knocked down to Mr. Cutts, for 2,5001, on condition that he made compensa tion to the out-going tenant, who was then the prose cutor. Mr. Cutts was to pay a deposit of 250/., as the, purchase could not be completed till the prosecutor came of age; but, although possession of the property was given up to Mr. Cutts, and the compensation due to the outgoing tenant ascertaine 1, ho never paid either the one or the other. He, however, ma de repeated advances of money to the prosecutor in the shape of loans, which advances added to the previous money lent to the prosecutor on the occasion of his mar riage, made a total of 2631., and on the sth of July, 1847, the prosecutor was induced to sign five receipts, the bodies of which were written in the handwriting of the prisoner Evans, as acknowledgment for the advances Mr. Cutts had from time to time made to him. I n the mean while the prosecutor came of age, and being dissatisfied with the manner in which the property had been sold, he filed a bill in Chancery for the purpose of annulling the contract of sale, on the ground that he was not of age when it was agreed to, and commenced an action of ejectment to compel Mr. Cutts to restore him possession of the estate. To the bill in Chancery Mr. Cutts made a lengthened answer, admitting that the prosecutor was under age at the time the sale took place, but alleging that since he had attained his majority the prosecutor had signed five papers, or documents acknowledging the receipt of part of the purchase money. and thereby ratifying and legalising the contract of sale. Subse quently an inspection of the receipts was demanded, and upon it being granted it was discovered that since they had been signed the words " O. A, lot 8 " had been inserted, so as to make it sp• pear that the money had been paid in part liquidation" of 2,5101., the price for which the property had been sold, and not advanced to the prosecutor by the way of loans. The insertion of these words constitute the for‘ gery, and the question the jury had to decide after hearing the evidence would be, first, whether or not the words were in se rt e d a f ter the signature of the pro secutor with the view of defrauding him; and secondly' whether or not the insertion was made by either or both of the prisoners. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) James Edwa r d Bazeley, a letter- carr i er i n the Stepney district, was charged with stealing money from several letters entrusted to him for delivery on Saturday last. It appeared that in consequence of some suspicions entertained respecting the prisoner; Mr. Scullthorpe, principal inspector of letter-carriers, enclosed two marked half-sovereigns in a letter addressed to a person on the prisoner's walk. It having been ascer tained that the letter had not been delivered the prisoner was taken into custody. 'Upon his were found the remains of the letter and the half sovereigns. Other letters were also found upon hire which ought to have been delivered the same day, and some of these had evidently contained money. He was committed on the first charge, but ordered to be brought up again on Monday next, upon other charges which will be brought against him. MARLBRO'-STREta—(THIS DAY). Mary Fitzgerald, an elderly woman, and Margaret Fitzgerald, her daught er , were brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with having stolen two sable skins, value 21. 10s., the property of Mr. Philip Levi, a furrier, re siding at Edinburgh, Mr. John Augustus Nicholay, furrier, No. 82, Oxford street, deposed that on Friday last the two prisoners came into his shop and produced two sable skins, which they offered for sale. Seeing that they were valuable skins, he asked them where they got them from? The elder prisoner replied that they were given to her by $ Mr. Levi, of Thurloe-place, Brompton. Witness Wee not satisfied with this explanation, and suspecting that the prisoners had not come by the skins honestly, he said he should detain the skins until he made inquiries about them, and if he found that they had come by the skins honestly he would purchase them. The prisoners then left the shop, and witness sent one of his lad's to follow them. On the lad's return he told witness tha t he had followed the prisoners to Church -street, Giles's, where he lost sight of them. On Saturday after noon the prisoners came again, and from information be had received he gave them into custody. Mr. Philip Levi stated that he resided at Edinburgh. About two months ago he was in London, and lodged at 15, Featherstone buildings, where the younger prisoner was servant. The skins produced were his property, and had been stolen from a bundle containing 150 skins. lie never gave the prisoner the skins. Witness added that he hoped the magistrate would deal with the case summarily, as he had important business to attend to at Edinburgh. The prisoners, who declined offering any defence, were committed to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. I MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During last week, up to Saturday evening, the arri vals of all articles of Grain, as well as Flour, coastwise and by land carriage, were very small. Those from Ireland were confined to a few quarters of M a lt, an d from Scotland a few cargoes of Oats. The foreign imports have amounted to 14,365 quarters of Wheat, 10,361 ditto of Barley, 23,907 ditto of Oats, 2,712 ditto of Beans, 522 ditto of Peas, 35 ditto of T ares , 2,429 ditto of Linse e d, 1 ,000 ditto of Rapeseed, 59 ditto of sundry Seeds, 1,175 sacks and 1,222 barrels of Flour. A portion of the above has been received from the Baltic, and w e have advices of several vessels laden with Grain having passed the Sound from Dantzic. Up to the present time, therefore, the Danish war, has not had the effect of preventing arrivals from the Elbe and other northern ports; but it is obvious that its con tinuance will check importations ere long. Our foreign advices, received this morning, state that Grain is rising in value in several of the continental ports. For this morning's market a very limited supply of Eng lish Wheat came to hand from Essex, Kent, or Cam bridgeshire. The show of samples of both red and white was small, and of fair average quality, compared with recent arrivals. The attendance of both town and country buyers being good, and the importers of foreign grain almost generally not being di spose d to force salve , the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was somewhat active, at an advance in the quotations of Mon day last of from is to fully 2s per quarter, and at which a clearance was effected at an early hour. The market, however, did not close so firmly as it opened. The quantity of Foreign Wheat was not so large as that ex hibited on this day se'nnight, yet it proved seasonably large. There was a decidedly brisk inquiry for this article, as most of the leading millers appeared to be somewhat short of stock. Fine dry qualities of white sold steadily at a rise of 3s. per quarter. The middling and inferior kinds rose 2s. per quarter, and a somewhat extensive business well transacted. Floating cargoes were mostly held at the above amount of improvement. A few found buyers st is. to 2s per quarter more money, chiefly for the west coast. The quantity of Barley on show was moderate. Malting samples, both English and foreign, produced la per quarter more money. Grinding and distilling parcels moved off steadily, at very full prices. We had a alight improvement in the sale for malt, and the quotations ruled the turn in favour of the sellers. The supply Was very moderate. There was a fair sale for, Oats at 6d. t o I s . p er quarter a b ove the rates o f Monday last. Nearly the whole of the late imports of foreign have passed into consumption. L'eaas were in moderate supply, and steady inquiry, at trifle m ore money . Th e sa l e f or P eas was active. Wit"! and Maple qualities were 2a per quarter higher. Other I