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their nrriv,3l in that p of th? world. There were five ' (4 , onnv-tA the W:irrtor emnvict ship apposite d.n• . and onP, a sailor nq.med Cumming who had been einploy , ii tor many years as waterman betwixt the Unite 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 vious 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 that deed was, that he considered the boy too good to live, and that he could not control his actions on that occasion—the only crime he had ever committed. THE ORDNANCE EsTraaaTEs.—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 effect 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 of an excellent body of men trained to the duties of soldiers. The saving is calculated upoa 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 contract. _ ' F HB LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 25. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offiles of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOVTE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., rHE NEW NOVEL, ROCKINGHAM; OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER. (Extract from the " Quarterly Review," ja , t published.) "We beg to 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 English 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. demy Svc, with numerous Portraits from original Paintings. MEMOIRS of PRINCE RUPERT AND THE CAVALIERS. Includingtheir Correspondence. Now first published from the Ori ginal MSS. By ELIOT WARBITRTON, Esq. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." Richard Bentley, New Barlington-street (Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty). ROY AL VELOUR CURTAINS. Under her Majesty's Letters Patent. These novel and elegant MUSLIN CURTAINS, embreided by a new process hi every shade of colour suitable to match the deco rations and furniture of rooms, warranted fast colours. to be had at all the pr ncipal Drapers and Carpet Warehousemen iniEngismd, Ira land, and Scotland. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Third Appearance of Mdile. PARODI. Third Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACVIE. 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; Orvveso, Signor Lab:ache ; Norma,Mdlle. Paro4i ; 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 to commence at Eight. JAMES'S THEATRE Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock witk LE MERE DE FAMILLE. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE L 3 cOURONNE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admix- Sion are determined as follows : Boxes ss. Ocl. Pit Ad. Amphitheatre .. 2s. Ocl. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal 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. tt AIR?, rUYAL, iIAYIKAIokh./ is. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. (H 1 El7l,ll{iN Will ba performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce ef, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. nier the (lireetiGn of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, V7lll h. performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &e. ......._ , After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? - Characters by Massrs Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCHA NTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ____. ItOYAL LYCP.UM THEAT E. Under the Management of Madams Vestris. -oIQ Lessee, Mr. Cherie , Mahe xs. THIS EVENING Will be performed a sew Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD TOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle; Miss H. Ciflp Bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclade with TUB SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN- DOM. Dreas V.oxes, 59.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, is. No bait-price to any part of the house. Thy ..iew 12os-oftce, No. 2, Wellington street, is open to the pu , 1.0 a i ry !ay, !TOM Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATi:A. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Aidnager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LUCIA. DI LAMMERMOOR. After which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOUREDDIff AND illE FAIR PERSIAN. 37+TLEY'4 ROYAL AMPHITFIEATRIE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. trad , !r the P aronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal HighieSS Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS E VEN 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. 't. he followed by an inimitat,le disp!ay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which the Drat Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with on Alonday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER ; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. twit-office open from Eleven till Five. tare Manxzer, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti c4ted by the name and address of the writer. R.jeeted comnaonications cannot bP returned. THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, APRIL 15. TH - .aMouTaa, Lowest, 35 HiOlest, 49. Noon, 43 BAROMETER, 29.67. WIND N.E.—dull and rainy all day. APRIL 16. T4ZII3IO , IETEA Lowest, 34; Eligh)st. 42, Noon, 46 BAROMETER. 29.82. WEND N.E.—dull, hazy weather. _tt wArr..,-. AI LONDON 0,1.10 , 314.. T , Ds Dar —Morning, 16 min. after 7 I Evening, 49 alin. after 7 To-Mossow— twiting, 31 min. after 8 Evevut., 12 mia. atter 9 . 6 ‘, c 3,: '' ' 7. r. • ' P • D i- t 7' , - V - ' - - ‘ ,4 , ,::el" 4 " v • k .c,, ' - • biton 7 • ''''. 7 iA is .'-•,--flaq&-, :i r- -5,;•,„ ' ' - VaLrnallg 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 on the charge of manslaughter, for neglecting to supply the wretched child ren confided to his care with proper food, clothing, and lodging, and thereby, in fact, occasioning the untimely deaths of many of their number. Nominally the inquiry was restricted to the case of one of those little unfortunates, named JAsfEs ANDREWS, an infant aged six years, but really and substantially the entire system of child-farming, as carried on at Mr. DROUET'S establisbment butat Surrey Tooting, formed the subje c t- matter of the invostigation, by which not merely one, nearly two hundred helpless children had their suf_ ferings brougvt to a premature termination, from the state to which their constitutions had been previously reduced by th.- inadequate diot and clothing, and by the overe,rowd:ng and ill-venti!ation of the dormito ries and (13y-rooms in which the unhappy victims were confined. The case was mainly one of first principles, for happily a Brti , h jury has sEidom, if ever, been called upon to pronounce an opinion upon a similar pro ceediitg. 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 PLAIT placed before the jury in his rind the L.arne4 Baron bet7 , n specially re- ta;lled on behalf of the prisoner, he could nit have evinced greater partiality or a stronger bias in his favour. This prejudice was apparent, not only in his speech when summing up the evidence that had 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 "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 symptoms 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 bad 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. WILLIAM 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 a n ythi ng to comp l a i n o f, and desired those who had to bold up their hands, which was immediately responded to by more than thirty of the number, for which they were at the moment abused by DHOUET, 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 insufll• 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. &men re• joice, the Bishop of EXETER bath 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 SPORE, 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 Hal! of Durham, and the case of the QUEEN V. WlLLrams, and to the Assize Hall of Exeter and the case of the QUEEN W. LATINIER ; 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. SH , )RE and himself, it appears that it (the trial) occurred after the manner following. According to the Bishop's own showing, Mr. Suoas had, by the refusal of the renewal of his licence (and no cause was assigned, save the mere " sic eels 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 fur 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 STIOOINS 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. COSEN9, 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 feelint , whatever in the case ; that if, after making 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 shalt 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." ------- - o is f h .m op r. ha E d D l w ic A e ß ns D e s d , Mfr. N S o wu Rseßeiunpgonthatthein nomination ß sion had gr oss ly neg l ec t e d h is duty by g g a it would a pp ear e ither that the Bishop on trhaanttioncca licence without instituting the necessary inquiries, or that during the interval a change had taken place in the Bishop's own doctrines ; that in 1843 he regarded ai heresy that which in 1832 he considered as ortho doxy, and that HENRY PHILIA.OTTS, like HENRY TUDOR, was not content to b e bl orwn about by every wind of doctrine himself but must force every other person to follow him in his theological vagaries. But let that pass. Having read the above passage from the Bishop's letter to Mr. Suoitat, dated November 1843, let us turn to the Right Isteverend Prelate's narrative of his interview with Mi. COSENS (a rank Puseyite) in the month of August' preceding. The Bishop of EXETER, in his letter to , the Archbishop, thus describes this interview with Mr. CI:OMNI{ : "In our conversation (as he recettpy informed me (rum nnte; merle by him) I hail askod whether he know 4r. Shore; and on his i.,ns•sering niat ' had hodx we% e. very troublesome pt.rsou,' 1 abLzait.ed 'row mai..Log 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 ? " 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 tlin 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 he 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 aouiitry, 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 43 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. Coexist:um, in the case of the QUEEN v. LATIMER. 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. PALL and Mr. CUMMINGS, had ad dressed a circular to the electors, resigning in favour of Mr. PALL. 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. BROWN" (the former rector), "although he had continually seen hits 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 it will be seen that the Bishop's letter greatly damages his own 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 he now condemns by that admission. " The Bishop has endeavoured to make out his case with his usual ingenuity, but ingenuity is badly exer cied, 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 v. 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. SHORE'S attempt to procure a prohibition from the Court of Queen's Bench to stop proce e di ngs i n th e Court of Arches, tha t gentleman petitioned the House of Lords, his petition being presented by Lord BaouGnam. "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. COCRBURN, 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 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. SIIORE, or Bridgetown Chapel. ME. WILSON, THE SCOTTISH VocitusT.--This gentleman's career in the United States is marked with the same brilliant success which distinguished his former visit to America. Charleston, Savannah, Colombia, and Camden have lately been the scenes of his triumphs. I n the former city, so great was the enthusiasm with which his entertainments were hailed, that he paid three visits there. lie states in his letters to his friends, that the recitation of Tam O'Shanter " told well" at Charleston and Savannah ; and that the entertainment on Scott's worksboth ttoh ektlast wilaaecs ca e on q ud u n a t Ne i eyiwt seemswc o a r r m l e l a y nt sh r . e a c t ei Th veheewd period at r iabout of places. to hisr proceede t return i n to England is not yet fixed. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1849 ' 4 -1 - ' PLT We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The reactionary journals of Saturday publish a long le`ter 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 MARRA.ST was, on Saturday, re-elected President of the Assembly for the ensuing month. The numbers were—for M. ARMAND MARRAST 417, for M. DUFAURE 49. The greater part of the sitting of Saturday was occupied in listening to an exposé of the principles of Fourierism by M. VICTOR CON SIDERANT. A duel took place on Friday between M. LEDRU Rows; and M. DENJOY, the parti-pretre Deputy. Having exchanged shots, the seconds interfered, and prevented the affair from proceeding further. The Moniteur publishes the following : " The Government has to-day received a telegraphic dispatch, which left Turir. 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 between 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 fur an amnesty to the Lombards, and for the right of all who desire it to become naturalised in Piedmont?" The Journal des Debats 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 are 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 up the love of peace. A year back, at the same period, we should have beheld with a certain regret this visit of strangers, for Paris was all in dis turbance. We should have been sorry to show Paris such as it was then. We would have been sorry to show Paris as it then was, Ircm 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 presentable. The English who beheld one day last week the stream of carriages in the Champs-Elp‘as, 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 I:ope that they will in the end supply the place of the old descents on 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 lib,-ray. Both may gain by studying each other. What must profit by such intercourse is the cause of peace. the French and the English may have different inte rests, which may tometimes 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:— " Au incident of a sufficiently grave nature to necessi tate Gover nment has just tak en pl ace in Ile de Its Reunion (Bourbon). explanations on th e part of the English A society of French crooles proposed to colonise Mada gascar, and already several thousands were engaged in the enterprise. he bay of Vouhemer, which is situated at the north of the island, was the spot fixed upon for the establishment of the colony. Oar 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. W e lea rn , h owe ver, that the Comm'ssary- General of the F renc h R epu bli c a t the Ile de la li4union has not resisted. The preparations of the projected expedition have been suspended, and a steamer has been sent off to Bombay with dispatches for the French Government, announcing the extraordinary conduct of the authorities of tho Mauritius." The Gazette des Tribunaux says—"We said yesterday that M. EUGLNE RASPAIL 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 hi s 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 pursuit of justice. The concierge of his house declared that M. RAsrALL, on leaving home, announced that he was going on a journey, and would be absent for several days. All the witnesses were interrogated the examination was closed, and the Chamber of Council, it is said, has given a decision that M. RASPAIL shall be put on his trial before the Tribunal of Correctional Police for an assault on th e person of a witness for from having Imprisonment inggivenhistestifmorony two to five y e ar s , and. This offenc e i s pun i s h a bl e with a fine of from 300 f. to 6 ,000 f. 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. Raipail is called before a court of justice, for the st,suult 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 requisiti ons , are of opinion that it is no ground, at p resent, for M. Raspail to de [nasal any personal satisfaction. "A. CALLE'', CHAVASSIEU, FoURNEYRON, and H. LEUxT, Representatives of the Loire; and " PAULLAIAN, Representative of the Rhone. " Paris, April 13." We read in the Peuple—'j A on of j p u o s l t i i c c e e o o ffi f e t e ir s peace, came goffices of the B anque d u P eu pl e t o last escortedeveh evening a t o s t t r h o e n put seals upon them. We cannot comprehend the motive of this act of violence. During 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. Ile was accompanied by MM. MAN TERI°, RossELINI, and CORNER°, members of the Chamber of Deputies. These gentlemen are charged to present an ad , lress from the Chamber to CHARLES ALBERT, and to intimate that a statue has been voted to him. BOURSE,—PARIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14. THREE O'CLOCK.—This was another calm day at the Bourse, and the French Funds opened a little below yesterda)'s closing prices; but in the course of the day they improved, and cf , sed only a shade under the last prices of yesterday. The Railway Shares were steady, and most of them have risen. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 271 to 30 for money; ditto (90 days), 25 20 money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 14. Central of Franco (Orleans and Vierzon?, 144,—East Indian, 35, 4—Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Rouen, 22—Rouen and }lime, 11%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. NARVAEZ has recovered from his recent indisposi tion. CHARLES ALBaRT has proceeded to Vigo from whence he intend s 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 RUaSIA, 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 Loudon, dispatched on the 28th of March his Aide-de-Camp, General GRARBR, 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 AVallachia and 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. 1 3 t N t . I'llE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. BERLIN.—The Berlin Nachrichten says :—The subject now under discussion here is a new circular note, just addressed by cur 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 mane 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• tions 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 Pesth. It has be en forced to retreat before the superior force of the Hungariam.." Another account says,— " A battle has been fought under the walls of Pesth, in which the Austrians fared worst. The lett wing of the Imperialists consists of the Jablonowsky and GOz bri gades, which occupy the ground from Waitzen to G)ar math ; the head-quarters of the centre are at Godollo, cummanded by Count Schlick. On the 4th and sth the fighting was very severe, but the Imperialists did not luse an inch of ground. The right wing did not fare so well. Attacked by overpowering numbers, it was corn polled to fall back. The Ban has approached closer to the centre, thus permitting the enemy to advance nearer to the city." The Breslau Gazette of the 9th inst. states that the Magyars could easily have seized on Pesth, 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, SCHMERLING, 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 that the decrees of the As sembly would be justly appreciated. Immediately after our arrival, I, being indisposed, sent two members of the deputation to the Minister, who an nounce d 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 allewei 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 stated 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 Natit,n4l 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. SCHOF FEL, to the effect that the National Assembly should be declared in permanent sitting, and that a President should be elected to govern under the Republican form. But all the motions were rejected, except that of M. KiEauLrr, 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 beginnrng 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. SeHLESWIG•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 all 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 BoNIN, entered 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 iorthern 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.— Hamburgh Borsenhalle, April 13. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSDURGH, APRIL s.—The EMPEROR has issued an Imperial manifesto, dated 31st March, by which he commands a levy of recruits from the 21 governments 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 wan—Prussian Stoats Anzeiger. ITALY. The Marquis LOMBA 15oRra 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 Opinione 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, for the purpose of obtaining the cons .cation of a Constituent Assembly of Savoy, as that territory 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 Piedmontese Gazette of the 10th announces the arrival at Parma, on the sth, of General D'ASPRE, at the head or an Austrian corps. He immediately published a proclamation, ordering the inhabitants of the city and territory to give up all their arms within twelve hours. The peasants will have them returned to them, on their producing cer tificates of morality. Transgessors of this order 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 RADETRKY, and in the name of H. It. H. the reigning Duke CHARLES 11., he assumes the civil and military government of the st.J- , - , s of Parma ; that all public acti and orders an: understood to hf? in the name of if H. H. afore said, and that Major General WIMPFFEN is made commandant of the city of Parma. In a subsequent notification of the 6th, General D'ASPRE annuls all laws and ordinances emanating from revolutionary authorities since the 20th of March, 1648, and insti tutes a Central Junta, residing at i'arma, 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 Gener a l D'ASPRE. All functionaries in office previous to the 20th of March, 1648, are reinstated with some ex ceptions. All functionaries are to take their oath of allegiance to his Royal Highness Duke CHARLES 11. The Central Junta of Parma is composed as fol lows :—Chevalier VINCENT CORNACCLIIO, Governor- General ; Councillors Chevalier LOMBARDINI, GUADAGNINI, Advocate ONESTI. ' The Junta of Piacenza is composed of Count BARATTIERT, 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 against the advance of the Austrians. The Roman Triumvirate has appointed the follow. ing Ministry :—Ruscom, for Foreign Affairs ; BERTI PICHAT, Interior; STURBINETTI, Public Instruction; MANZONI, Finance; LAZZARINA, Justice; MONTEC CHI, 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. IRELAND. (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 a 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 INSURANCE COMPANY. This case came before his Lordship the last day of his sitting previous to the Easter recess upon an appeal trom 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:— The 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 any advantage to the shareholders, but that on the con trary, if the directors persisted in their present system, it must b-: Dome hopelessly insolvent. The company had eff?cced insurances to the extent of more than a million and a quarter; and on the 30th of June, 1848, 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 b a commerce, or trading, such as the Legislature contemplated; and that, in the lan guage of the eighth clause of the fifth section, they showed matters and things on which the Court ought to pronounce an opinion that it would be equitable to dis solve 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 costs, and from that decision the petitioners ap pealed. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Swanston, and Mr. Col lins were heard previous to the Easter rocess on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. FITZHERBERT addressed the Court on the same side to day. Mr..Tatues Russell and Mr. Prior appeared in support 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 motions, 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 tuok motions to day, the greater portion of which rels.tvd to points of practice. and were totally devoid of interest. The Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce gad 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 AIR. JUSTICE WIGHTITAN.—Mr. Justice PATTESON Said., I am sorry 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 men 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. Malins, Mr.. Calvert, Mr. Keating, Mr. Roundell Palmer, and Mir. Hope. The first end 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 m in.e 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 oth o r 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 ni.:tne of the plain tiffs, two and a half by four feet in widtlt, through which a vast mass of water was discharged, Ai id the plaintiff's property was injured to the extent of 3,0001. The de fendants had agreed that they should so manag e the water that it should no t 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 defendantt, into that of the plaintiffs. The case was tried eat Worcester, and the plaintiffs were nonsuited by the direction of the Learned Judge, on the ground that the mule, as shown by the evidence, differed from that set ~ .forth iu the declaration. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, this mornin:g, obtained a rule to show cause why the nonsuit shot dd not bo set aside, and a new trial had, on various grounds. Mr. Justice PATTESON expressed it as h is; opinion that the injury sustained by the plaintiffs was wilful. Rule granted. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) This being the fi rs t d ay o f Easter Term, the Learned Judges, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr., Baron Parke, and Mr. Baron Rolfe, took their seats nip , on the bench shortly after test o'clock. Mr. Baron A l derson 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 Ist iblic interest, the only question being as to whether, and er the Act of Incorporation of the Neptune Marine Ina- urance Com pany,he an aet i on could be brought in the name of secretary, as public officer. The busin ess o f t h e C ourt was i n t erru pt e d for a b r i e f period by th e entrance o f seven barrister in t k s lately ap pointed Q ueen ' s C ounse l, " lend si lk arned appeared in their big gowns, and wh o were severally called by th e a Lord Chief 38 aron t o t a k e their seats within the bar. COMMON PLEAS.—(THI 'S DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, and Justices Coltman, Cresswell and Williams.)' This being the first day of Easter Tel 1)4 their Lord ships entered the court at half-past ten Ce lock. TOWNE V. LEWIS. Mr. Iltraitaxv, Q.C., moved for a rule - to show cause why the verdict in this case, which had b een given for the defendant on the trial in Middlesex, should not be set aside. It was an action of trover on a bill of ex change. The plea was "not possessc d ," and " not gulilty;" and upon both those pleas t b e Lord Chief Justice, who tried the cause, thought the defendant was entitled to a verdict. The plainti Ef (Mr. Towne) had been sued as the indorser of a bill -of exchange in the Lord Mayor's Court, and he paid ;OW that court the amount of the bill of exchange undf ,r the summons from the court. Having paid the ino ry, he sent to the defendant demanding the bill of exr rinange, 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 upon. ',being asked to give tip the bill said he had not got. it, but it was t ho hlntis lir. Bisg,,oti, ftti:or ttee , t o let red the applicant, who, however, (I...Tlin:to to a,k Bi good fi,r it. Ile (Mr. Ilumfrey) contended that 0 ' a conversion by the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion, that the verdict was well warranted in finding that there was conversion. Although no reason was assigned by tl evidence why the d e f e nd ant h a d not procured the bl l from his attorney, yet the whoki conduct of the defend" ant appeared to him (the Lord Chief Justice) to be ca . sistent with a bone fide intention to deliver the bill ° the plaintiff. The other Learned Judges concurred, and the 0 118 was refused. In the course of the morning Mr. Sergeant Kingisk, Mr. Keating, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Roundell Palmer, x. l ' Hope, Mr. M a tin s , an d M r. Ll oy d , appeared in court °t full forensic cost ume , an d at t h e request of the Lau Chief Justice, severally took their seats within the bar 00 the occasion of a patent of precedence having b e en Coo' furred on Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, and of the o tbef Learned Gentlemen having severally been called to ch i degree of Queen' s C ounse l. Th e usual formality Nav a been observed, the Learned Gentlemen immediatell retired. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice C o l er id ge sat for a kw minutes in 0 , Bail Court this morning, but no motion calling for' report came before him. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY') OLD COuli T. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) FORGERY.—John Cutts, solicitor, of Colchester, 0 3j William Evans, hi s c l er k , surrendered to take their th e' on a charge of forging several receipts for money. j Mr. M. Chamb ers an d M r. R o b inson prosecuted, sad Sir F. The Ager, with whom was Mr. Prendergast, d e :, fended Cutts, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, with V44 l° ' was Mr. Ballantine, Evans. Mr. CRA3IBERS, in stating the case, said the eld prisoner had for a long time practised in the county , Essex as a solicitor, and t h e o th er pr i soner had acte d ; his clerk. The p rosecu t or , Mr. Ednian Galway, 1 / married to the daughter of Mr. CULLS'S housekeeper ee the sister of the pri soner E vans. At the period of his rafe„ti riage the prosecutor was under age but the prisoner CU advanced him 1504 to defray th e ex p enses o f the mom ent , t ,' Some two or th ree years ago a Mr. Smith bequeathe d to three of his nephews, one of whom was th e prose; cutor, several lots of freehold property, situated in tho parishes of Great and Little Bardfield, Shalford, Baistow, and the prisoner Cutts was appointed truste; Soon after the death o f th e testator, Mr. Cutts, as the " legal adviser and guardian, recommended the three 03 1 phews, who were brothers, to sell the property, el, convert it into money. The brothers adopted the 0 , v ., vice, and the prope r ty was a d vert i sed to be sold ~! auction, and a tenant of M r . C utts ' s, named Pranh„, 3 ; 11 was employed to act as auct i oneer at the sale. ",s1 property at Shalford was so ld i n seven lots, elto that at Baistow a n d G reat and L i ttle Bardfiel d. one, making eight lots in all, and it was , the transaction which fo rme d t h e su bj ect of this cha rg o had reference to the la s t- name d property, which //, called Lot 8. O n t h e 9t h of June, 1845, the prn., cutor being still un d er age, t h e property at Baistow Great and Little Bardfield was knocked down to w' Cutts, for 2,5001, on condition that he made cot:opal tion to the ou t- go i ng tenant, who was then the polio cutor. Mr. Cutt s was to pay a deposit of 2501., as IA purchase could not b e completed till the prosecutor en, of age; but, althou g h possession of the property /./4 given up to M r . C utts, and the comp ensau'e, due to the outgoing ten an t ascerta i ne 1, he 13e / o • paid either the one or the other. He, however, 1 133 130 repeated adv ances o f money to the prosecutor in to shape of loans, which advances added to the • previe,, money lent to the prosecutor on the occasion of his 01 7 / , riage, made a t ota l o f 2631., and on the sth of July, 18;b8 the prosecut or was i nduced to sign fi ve receipts, ' l , B bodies of which were wr i tten in the handwriting Of /co prisoner Evans, as acknowledgment for the ado.° Ia Mr. Cutts had fr om t i me to time made to him. to mean while the prosecutor came of age, and be l o dissatisfied with the manner i n which the proper if had been sold, he filed a bill in Chanc e d for the purpose of annulling the contract sale, on the ground th a t h e was not of . e 0 1 when it was agreed to, an d commenced an act i o n o „ ejectment to compel M r . C utts to restore him possesti, of the estate. To the bill in Chancery Mr. Cutts 035 a lengthened an swer , a d m i tt i ng that the prosecutor Tlog under age at the time the sale took place, but alleg t o f that since he had atta i ne d hi s majority the prosectio had signed five papers, or documents acknowledging receipt of part of the purchase money. and the re ratifying and l ega li s i ng the contract of sale. Subs 01, quently an inspecti on o f t h e receipts was dente"d and upon it being granted it was discove'd that since they had been signed the vr 3 " O. A , lot 8 " had been inserted, so as to make it es pear that the money had been paid in part liquideap of 2,5101., the price for which the property had e 7,1 sold, and not advanced to the prosecutor by the wet , loans. The insertion of these words constitute the „ ce t gery, and the question the jury had to decide a f t hearing the evidence would be, first, whether or r e the words were inserted after the signature of the P • secutor with the view of defrauding him; and s coot) whether or not the insertion was made by either or by of the prisoners. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) BOW-STREET. —(THIS DAY.) o f James Edward B aze l ey, a l etter-carrier in the SteP°4l district, was c h arge d w i t h stealing money from serer` letters letters entru s t e d to hi m f or delivery on Saturday no It appeared that i n consequence of some stisPic`c'e entertained respecting the prisoner, Mr. Sculltbo% o ' principal i ns p ector o f l etter-carriers, enclosed fios marked half-sovereigns in a letter addressed to a 1 0 05 1 on the prison er ' s wa lk . I t having been d tained that the l e tt er h a d not been deliv-bio the prisoner was taken into custody. Upon uo lf , were found th e rema i ns of the letter and the Ph sovereigns. Oth er l etters were also found upon ;0(1 which ought to have been delivered the same day' some of these had evidently contained money. e il He was committed on the first charge, but orde h e t to be brought up aga i n on Monday next, upon °l charges which will be brought against him. MARLB R III—( IS DO ' Af et Mary Fitzgerald, an elderly woman, and Mar , Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, ,h er d aug h ter,were brought before Mr. so ov e wick, ch arge d w i th having stolen two sable skins,/ red 2/. 10s., the property of Mr. Philip Levi, a furrier , siding at Edinburgh. Mr. John Angustus Nicholay, furrier, No. 82, Ol f l i t; street, deposed that on Friday last the two prisliell came into his s h op an d produced two sable skins, °able they offered f or sa l e . S ee i ng that they were vaitioe skins, ho asked them where they got them from? 0 elder prisoner replied that they were given to her os Mr. Levi, of Th ur l oe - p l ace, B rompton. Witness se; not satisfied with thi s exp l anat i on, and suspecting lie the prisoners had not come by the skins honestihriel said he should d e t a i n th e s ki ns unt i l he made in'J t he about them, and if he found that they had come bYOO skins honestly he wou ld purc h ase them. The prise,' tp then left the shop, and witness sent one of his lad D i follow them. On the lad's return he told witness `6t , he had followed the prisoners to Church-stree t, tte r Giles's, where h e l os t s i g h t of them. On SaturdaYlv he noon the prisoners came again, and from informati° ° had received he gave them into custody. Mr. Philip Levi stated that he resided at Edinbv, About two month s ago h e was i n L on d on, and lodgcuor 15, Featherstone buildings, where the younger Pri . ,, s° oll was servant. The ski ns p ro d uced were his prerkieo' and had been s t o l en f rom a b undle containing 150 l'ades He never gave the prisoner the skins. Witness 0 , 0 90 that he hoped the magistrate would deal with the„" 01 summarily, as he h a d i mportant business to attend '- Edinburgh. woo , The prisoners, who declined offering any d e— brss were committed t o t h e H ouse of Correction for months, with hard labour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY') CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAIf. During last week, up to Saturday evening, the vals of all articles of Grain, as well as Flour, coseto and by land• carr i age , were very small. Those fled Ireland were confined to a few quarters of Malt, from Scotland a few cargoes of Oats. The ,i, fore et' imports have amounted t o 1 4,365 quarters of v"iiittO 10,361 ditto of Barl e y, 2 3,907 ditto of Oats, 2,719 , of Bean s , 52 2 ditto of Peas, 35 ditto of Tares,. 2 ' 40 of ditto of Li nseed, 1,000 ditto of Rapeseed, 51 sundry Seeds, 1,175 sacks and 1,222 barrels of ••• the A portion of the above has been received froni . 0) Baltic, and we have advices of several vessels laden to Grain havin g p asse d the Sound fr om D antzic. up se t the present time, therefore, the Dani s h war hes 0 01 had the effect of preventing arrivals from th e Elbe s o# other northern ports; but it is ob v i ous that 113 "001 tinuance will check importation s ere long. ~4.1101 foreign advices, received this mo rn i ng, state that u is rising in value in several of the continental PS ii r For this morning's market a very l i mited supply of 000 lish Wheat came to h an d f rom Essex, Kent, or 011 00 1 bridgeshire. The sh ow o f samples of both reelarecl, white was small, an d o f fair average quality, oe°3l"-atO with recent arrivals. The attendance of both towr i a igri country buyers being good, and the importers of O r ; leer grain almost generally not bein- disposed to fora 13- 00 4 the demand for all kinds of Wheat of honae - proda3 o o' somewhat active, at an advan ce i n t h e quotations bicli day last o f from is to fully 2s p e r quarter, an d et Wrice4 a clearan ce was effected at an early hour. The tees he however, did not c l ose so fi rm l y as it opene d. quantity of Foreign Wheat was not so large as thatbjf hibited on thi s d a y se ' nn i g h t , yet i t proved moo° o for large. There was a decidedly brisk inevill lief ° this article , as most of the leading 11:11 00., appeared to be somewhat short of stock.. ox dry qualities of white sold steadily at e. loos 3s. per quarter. The middling and interior Ic . inu s . 00 2s. per quarter, and a somewhat extensive busines s t he transacted. Floating cargoes were mostly held sit above amount of improvement. A few found bil)n f os s ls. to 2s per quarter more money, chiefly for the d o' coast. The q u a n ti ty o f B ar l ey on show was in° Malting sampl es , b ot h E ng li sh and foreign, produce ocelg, per quarter more money. Grinding and distilling P o iglo , moved off steadily, at very full prices. We had s tst ioa' improvement in the sale for malt, ruled the turn in favour of the sellers. The and the clu ° oo oll, was very moderate. There was a fair e r ii ste , of Oats at 6d. to Is. per quarter above the the ii°v Monday last. Nearly the whole of s _„tioe" imports of foreign have passed into consume m t . 0 0 trifleßeans were i on nemoney. Themoderate salesu p forly•, andvea Yeas wassteady. and Maple qualities were 2s per quarter hi ghe r.