The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-24 00:00:00

',EVEN ING TION. COA:i-LAWS.—RIOT AT CAM 's BRIDGE. -•••••- The ( - Isgraceful opposition which Messrs. Smith and truia 1, lecturers of the Anti-Corn-law League, ^•:Farienced from the enemies of repeal, among the c ►Bing themselves, par excellence, respec►able, . , and most significant sign of the titneq. At Letth, Stamford, Huntingdon, and Cambridge, meet ings assembled for the express purpo , e of receiving, in -I,n-illation on the vitally important question, of a free trade in grain, have been, according to a deliberate plan, outrageously disturbed, and the objoct of the lec. rs frustated by the d re,t appocation of ph}- . force on the pin of hos • wi o st • selves the " friends of o• d r!" and e •.; :3 have, in several instances, been protected bodily harm by the interference of work ' for their defence against the ruffian'y violence of ' - employers. When the boasted middle classes 01 -htened England thus set the r flees aza;ust the :rre liscussion of a subject invoicing the inter. SIC of he millions, is it to be wondered at that the people, -ing under the accursed starvation laws, should ecrin to despair of obtaining relief, except by a resort t.. peesical force, and be ready to embrace the most des erate alternative, rather than longer submit to the whole sale tyranny of the classes above them. The late occur rences in the district referred to, present, we fear, but t o faithful a picture of the country at large, and they are worth volumes as a practical comment on the origin and progress of the wildest doctrines of Chartism. The accounts which have reached us of these proceedings, were they not authenticated by the most respectable testimony, would stagger belief. The affair at Louth, where a Magistrate, countenanced and supported by the aristocracy of the town, got up a case against the lec turers in revenge against them for having failed, and held him up to merited ridicule in a public debate, which he himself had provoked, has been already alluded to in this Paper. At his first lecture in the theatre at Stam ford, where about 2,000 persons were assembled, Mr. Smith had to appeal again and again to the oc cupants of the dress circle to be more decorous, and it was only by inviting down a number of the working men from the gallery to take their seats among the gentlemen, that he was enabled at last to awe into order, and to proceed with his address. At Ole second lecture a disposition to enact over the same scene was apparent among the soi disant respec tables of Stamford, but the respectable working classes having mustered strongly they were deterred from the attempt. Mr. Smith's first lecture in the theatre, at Huntingdon, delivered to an audience consisting of farmers, landowners, shopkeepers, and others, was ex ceedingly well received. At his second lecture, on the following evening, the enemies of repeal got up a most disgraceful scene of outrage, which was commenced by the Town-cltrk, supported by the gentlemen rabble, the aristocratic conservators of the public peace! The people.: were on the lecturer's side, and anxious to hear him, but so great was the disturbance, that at the earnest entreaty of a Magistrate, who is much esteemed by all parties, Mr. Smith agreed, for the sake of peace, to give up his lecture, stipulat ing, however, that his opponents should quit the field first that they might not be allowed to boast of having put him down. But Cambridge— classic Cambridge, bas quite out-Heroded Herod in 0 is barbarous warfare against the spread of intelligence. The first lecture there was enthusiastically received ; mat ',he ring -leaders of the Huntingdon riot having com municated with the gownsmen of the University, a de liberate plan of disturbance was concerted for the second evening. We have not room for the details of the mode in which this infamous design was carried into effect. About 150 gownsmen took up their seats in the boxes, and by shouts and all sorts of noises, pre vented the lecturer from proceeding. The towns pe , pie, who were eager to heir tha lecture, resolved to chastise the students, and after a severe contest rith bludgeons and sticks, in which many wounds were inflicted, they succeeded in expelling them. After about a quarter of an hour, during which Mr. Smith was suffered to lecture in peace, they returned with a reinforcement, and a still more dreadful struggle took place, in which they were again repulsed, many of them have received very severe injuries. After the melee the townsmen returned to their seats, displaying as trophies of their victory fragments of caps, torn gowns, half surtouts, and tails of coats, amidst tre mendous cheering. After order was restored, the lec turer was listened to with the deepest attention, and concluded amid enthusiastic applause. In regard to all these disturbances, though it is painful to notice them, we agree with the working men of Huntingdon who assured the lecturer that such con duct on the part of their enemies wouldiserve the cause of repeal more than a thousand lectures. HOW DO FARMERS PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES? (From the Manchester Times.) In a recent article we gave a list of a number of farmers in certain counties ot Scotland, and stated what became of their sons. The object was to show that only one son of each, if he wished to preserve his sta tion in society could follow out his father's occupation ; and that, if there were a larger family, provision must be made for them in trade, or in professions dependent on trade. The argument built on the statement was, that, if a farmer had two sons, his interest, so far as their settlement in life was concerned, was quite as much for the promotion of trade as of agriculture, and that, if he had more than two, he had a greater interest in the prosperity of trade than in the protection of agri culture. We said, also, that, if the inquiry were ex tended, and the question were—What became of farmers' daughters? it would be found that the same conclusion must be come to. The cases enumerated had come within our own per sonal observation ; and it h a p pens t h at i n a l most every case tee individu a l s , though only designated by a letter ot the alphabet, h ave b een generally recognised. We now give the history of the daughters ; and that it may be complete, we recapitulate the history of each member cf each family. We have taken families in which all the sons have arrived at man's estate, and after they have chosen the occupations which are likely to be followed throughout life. In like manner we have chosen, in all the cases, to include only families where the daughters haveattained, or gone beyond, the usual marriageable age. 1. LANARKSIIIRE.—Four Sons.—One, an engineer, emigrated to Kentucky, two, farmers, who also emi grated, and one a manufacturer in Glasgow.—Fiva Da :gliters.—Two married emigrants, two married farm- E.-3, and one married a person employed in iron works. 2. LlNLlTHGowsuntE.—Six Sons.—One a manufac turer in Glasgow, one a hanker in Lancashire, one a farmer, and three emigrated to Canada.—Six Daughters. —Two married Glasgow manufacturers, one a town der - ~ n an, and three are unmarried. LANARKSHIRE.—Four Sons.—Two emigrited to United States, one a grocer in Edinburgh, and one daughters.—O.ie married an emiurunt, mid one is unmaria. l' , EttwlcKsfunr.—Six sons.—Two merchants in '.2.aigo,,v, one a merchant in London, one a drysaiter in.Lomion, and two unmarried assistants to then father. —One Daughter.—Unmarried. O. PERTIISIIIRE.—Five Sons.—All merchants in Manchester. —Three Daughters.—Two married to Gias;ow manufacturers, and one to a merchant in Manchester. 13. INVERNE63-SHIRE.—Four Sons.—Calico printers in Lar;ca!hire.—One Daughter.—Unmarried. 7. LANARKSIIIRE.—Two Sons. —One a merchant in Liverpool, and one a brewer in Birmingham.—Two Daughters.—Unmarried. 8. LA :cm; KitußE.—Tliree Sons.—One a surgeon iu India, one a merchant in Edinburgh.—Two Daugh ters.—One married to a mechanic, and one unmarried. 9. STIRLINGSHIRE.—Five Sons.—All employed in U«sgow.—Three Daughters.—Married to Glasgow t radesman. 10. LANARKSIITHE.—Two Sons.—One a Glasgow manufacturer, and one a farmer.—Two Daughters.— Married to farmers. 11. PEEBLEsmaz.--One Son.—A. Glasgow dyer.— Three Daughters.—Unmarried. 12. LANARKSHIRE.—Five Sons and Two Daughters. —All emigrated to the United States with their pa rents. In these twelve families there were forty-seven sons who all arrived at man's estate, and only four of them are farmers. There were thirty-two daughters, the youngest of them of a marriageable age, only four of whom married farmers. Thus, of the whole seventy nine, only eight have any direct interest in agriculture, fur the unmarried are annuitants. Of the thirty-two daughters not fewer than twelve remain unmarried ; a proof that if farmers find it difficult to settle their sons around them, it is still more difficult to find suitable matches for their daughters. In all these instances the heads of the families, with one exception, held rather extensive farms, and the sons, by emigration, or by trade at home, have sustained their fathers' station in society, and some have risen con siderably beyond it. But the children of the smaller farmers—of those who held from 30 to 100 acres of land— have sunk to the class immediately below that of their fa thers. The sons have become farm labourers, mason s , 1 , joiners, sm ith s , weavers , & c ., an d t h e d aug h ters h ave I married into the same class. This has been almost in variably the case where the father has not been able to confer education upon them, for without the elevating sentiments derived from knowledge, there is seldom any spirit of enterprise. In a parish which we have parti e4Yarly in view, while writing, if the father was a reading man, it might safely have hech predicted that his family would emigrate or betake themselves to trade or to ___professions.s If the father was uneducated and took no "!'an to have his children well instructed, it might, with equal si:dc int o the classafety'have b een pre di cte d t h at t h e y wo uld of mere labourers. Colonel Tho mpson writes us :—.‘ I am much struck by your examination of the Way farmers dispose of r their children. Can nobody s Hwing the way landlords make out a similar list dispose of their sons, stating :ti Low many cases they establish them in the law, the army, the church, the colonies, &c., and is how many instances (and to what extent in all) their establish- ment is affected by the subdivision of the estate ? It would also be desirable to have such a statement in the case of clergymen in the receipt of tithes. I know one case of a clergyman (though not a tithe recipient), and, of his five sons, one was • established in the church by the cession of a living originally in the hands of the father and afterwards adleit to; and the othe four wiena established, one as a literary man. and three in trade." We trust that such of our readers as possess the in formation desired by Colonel Thompson will furnish us with the instances that have come within their know ledge. Where have our merchants and m anufacturers Manch. , ster come Iron ? Many of those at the head .air largest .stahlishmenta are farmers' sons. The or tr.)' Mapeliester, the Alessi s. Gr..ot. the Messr4. 11:nnerinim, and many others whom we could name, are farmers' sots. Several at the head of gr , at cone( ens are sons of drapers in agricultural district:a, bred to theP father: bu:in ss, but who, seeing no mown fir its pro fitable exeriese at home, have cone h, to enjoy a v ide tick. We ii,vite comaiimications on this point. We have scarcely a reader vk ho could not furehh matte, illustrative of our position that farmers have a much deeper interest in the prosperity and extension of com merce and manufactures than they have in what is called " protection" to agriculture, but which, in fact, is a de vice on the part of landowners to obtain high rents. LIEUT. MORRISON'S LECTURES. The concluding lecture of Lieut. Morrison on Me teorology was delivered last night. Among the sub— jects referred to by the lecturer was the showers of falling stars which of late years have occurred on the lath of November. This phenomenon was attributed to the circumstance of the sun's peculiar position amongst the stars on that day, being in exact conjunc tion with Alpha Serpentis, a star of the second magni tude, which, according to Ptolemy, operates like Ju piter and Mercury, the most powerful of all the planets, in producing electrical scintillations. It was very proba ble, however, that the precession of the equinoxes might, in the course of a few years, put an end to this phenomenon. An ingenious sketch was given of the solar system, demonstrating the motion of the moon, which has been hitherto erroneously said to move round the earth. The position of the earth amongst the other planets was shown to•be peculiar at the periods of great storms, and illustrations were given with reference to the snow storms of February, 1838, and the severe storms of snow, rain, thun.ier, &c., as predicted some months before the time. The lecturer then proceeded to show the probable causes of such phenomena to be the variations in the inductive electricity of the earth, and to answer the objections which had been urged against the science ; he concluded by remarking that some learned individuals had refused to attend the lectures, being predetermined not to hear any thing in favour of a system against which they had suffered themselves to be prejudiced. There were, however, others who had paid great atten tion to the subject, and all he asked was, that a fair and candid attention should be paid to it. The lecture was extremely well received, and Lieut. Morrison retired amidst the warmest expressions of ap probation. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—The Asia, Gillies, from Bengal, off Dart mouth, sailed December 23, Cape, March I, St. Helena, 13, Terceira, April 21 ; Malabar, Dunlop, from Mauri tius, in the Clyde, sailed Feb. 1, Cape March 5 ; Dart, Airth, from Madeira, off Portland, sailed April 26. Arrivals at Rio Janeiro—lsabella, Cunningham, March 4. from the Cape; Irt, Ludlow, from Liverpool; Vibelia, Penticoats, March 8, from the Cape. Departures from Janeiro—The Jscobo Maria, Haas, Fib. 25. for Batavia; Siozamont, Moore, 26, for Canton ; Occi,lci.turn, Gas, 28, for Batavia. . Departures from MlUntlUF-The Asia, Quentin, Jan. 27, fur Bourbon; the British Monarch, Davies, was to sail early in February for London. Arrivals at Oaha, Sandwich Islands—The Admiral Cockbarn, Laurence, Oct. I, from whaling, with 1,100 barrels, and sailed 28; Folkstone, Bliss, 13, from whaling. 1,700 barrels, and sailed Nov. 8 ; Tuscan, Watson, 14, from whaling, 850 barrels, and sailed 21 ; Eleanor, Bar nett, 27. from w haling. 1,250 hirrels, and sai:ed 29; Alert, Palmer, 28, from whaling, 400 barrels, and sailed Nov. 20 ; Harriett, Aps , y, Nov. 2, from whaling, 1,600 bar rels ; Coronet, Bond, 7, from whaling, 400 barrels, and sailed 16 ; 11 , Tovery, Green, 14, from whaling, 2,120 bar rels, and sailed 15 for London ; Plymouth, Paty, 14, and Rasselas, Barker, Dec. 3, from San Barbara. MODEL OF A SPANISH SLAVER A private view was given on Wednesday, at the Cosmorama, Regent-street, of a beautifully executed model of a Spanish slave-vessel, executed by Captain Huntley, R. N., by whom also we believe the original was captured upon the west coast of Africa sometime ago ; the model is on the scale of half an inch to a foot. The original was a brig of 180 tons, having on board at the time of sailing from the river Bonny not less than 600 negroes, and a Spanish crew, consisting of between 70 and 80 men armed, and threatening to fight her way. The exhibition presents a complete illustra tion of the manner in which the horrible traffic is car ried on ; the deck is covered with countless blacks, of both sexes, all huddled together like so many brutes ; while in the hold and under hatches may be seen hundreds of the woolley heads of the poor creatures, who are obliged to remain below during the time that their more fortunate fellow-sufferers are taking the air on the deck in the manner we have described. Altogether it is a most affecting —most lamentable picture ; enough to soften the heart of a stone. This little exhibition, accompanied by the sen sible and temperate obser%ations of a naval officer (pro. bably Captain Huntley himself) who attends, will con vey to the mind an appalling picture of the slave trade, which we are sorry, notwithstanding all that has been done, is still carried on to a frightful extent under the flag of Portugal. It is painful to reflect that the enter prising and civilized republic of America is extensively connected with this hateful trade, by building the vessels peculiarly adapted for the purpose, selling them to the Spanish slave-dealers in Cuba, and then, sailing still under the American flag, to some of the Portuguese colonies upon the coast of Africa. A fictitious sale of the vessel takes place to a Portuguese, and she sails imme diately under her new flag upon her demoniacal intent. It is also but too certain, that as cultivation has ad vanced in the Brazils, or as any new State, such as the Texas, has started up, so a fresh call has been made, and as readily answered, for more negroes from Africa. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY FIRE.—It will be recollected that in the latter end of April last a fire broke out in the extensive timber yards belonging to Mr. Cubitt, the eminent builder, at Thames-hank. Pimlico. The de qruction of timber was estimated at not less than 2,0001 , and from :he discovery of *mall parcels of tow steeped in oil which were foetid a. , norgst sum, of the stacks of timber that escaped, the fire was conjectured to be the work of au incendiary. Circumstances have Since transpir,A which tend to confirm this belief, and accordingly a re ward of 200/ is now offered fo , the appreh..nsion of the principal party concerned. Her Majesty's Secretary l•f State fur the Hone Dopartment offers 1001., with free pardon, to any but the chief party im,dicated ; and Mr. Cubitt offers an additional 100/. for such evidence as shall bring the actual perpetrators to justice. CLERICAL ISTOLER A NCE.—TIIC master of the Parochial Charity Schools, at Biockley, in this county, has long had th.- privilege of taking a small number of private pupils. One of these, whose conduct and progress were equally creditable to his master and satisfactory to his widowed mother, was soon made the subject of eccle siastical interference, the Clergyman and Churchwarden exercising their ghostly authority to deprive the child of the benefits of education on no other ground than that his mother was a member of the Baptist Church, and trained up her children to serve the God of their fathers ! —Worcestershire Chronicle. CHARTIST MEETING.—The Chartists are pre paring to bold a meeting here (Worcester) on Saturday next, in order further to explain the principles and diffuse a correct knowledge of the People's Charter ; the objects contemplated by the National Petition, it is feared by the leaders of the movement, being as yet but imperfectly un derstood in this neighbourhood. Feargus 0 Connor, Esq., Dr. M.Douall, and Mr. John Collins will attend the meet ing on their missionary tour, and it is probable other Dele gates from the Convention will also be present on the oc casion.— Worcestershire Chronicle. TILE BARK SEASON.—This season has only just commenced in this county, having been greatly delayed by the ungenial Spring. On Monday, the price of the article was fixed at 51. 15s. per ton, being an advance of 103. on the terms of last year, when the article was sold at .5/. .ss. per ton. —Hereford Journal. The late Earl Powis was remarkable for physical vigour ; and though he spent some years of his life in India (he was son of the celebrated Lord Clive), and in dulged freely in a life of pleasure, he might have been seen, when almost 80, digging in his garden, at six o'clock in the morning, in his shirt sleeves. Lie married the only daughter and heiress of the former Earl Powis, who was descended from Lord Herbert, of Cherbury. By his mar riage settlement, a large portion of the Clive property was settled on the second son, Mr. Robert Clive, while the Powis estates descended to the eldest, who resides at Powis Castle, in 'Montgomeryshire, one of the finest old mansions in the country. TIIE REPRESENTATION OF LUDLOW.—Lord Clive having succeeded to the Earldom of Powis, a vacancy has occurred in the above borough, whose constituency will have the high honour, by the result of an election, of testifying their regard for their Queen, and fortifying her against her tyrannical foes, the Tories. This honour, we are proud to say, the men of Ludlow are not to shrink from undertaking, and their old and tried champion, Mr. Alcock, is in the field, and by the union and energy of the Reformers, will, we have little doubt, achieve a noble victory.— Worcestershire Chronicle. EXECUTION OF A WOMAN FOR THE MURDER OF HER IiUSZAND —A woman named Contestin, was exe cuted at Nismes r4.bout a week since, having been found guilty of the munler of her husband s.ver,il months ago. The steht of a female brought upon the scaffold had not been witnessed at N'smea fora very cor.siderahle the crowd collect. dto b e hold i t was immense. Th e poord or woman uehaved with great c4intrition, and with s much tirft:Less as could be 4 xpectet ; sh e w a s ait eh ti..d by a ooafeasor and two Sisters of Charity in her last moments. TICK srw, LONDON, PRIDAT, MAY 24, 1839. CHTIRCII RATES. IN THE AR LIES COURT OF CANTERBURY. nAvvEs AND VICAT, CHURCHWAIWTiNS 1F CHRISTCHURCH, Sr:IVI:F.I V PELLATT P!?..0 o , ti;• 9.:... A 7) 1. EY "ELL ITT 4 t PrO tt, tt'orect I prote,t agai,,,t tir i gaii,y of tit pr , tcet dings iu this cause, and of the citation by which I am called before this Court, because they are illegal, unconstitutional, and op pressiv4; ; and Because, ifliable to be cited at all, I am entitled, by the ancient practice of this Court, and by the law of the land, to be cited before the Commissary described in the cita tion, as the Commissary in and for the parts of Surrey of the Right Reverend Father in God Charles Richsrd. by D.rine Permission, Lord Bishop of Winchester, in which •‘ parts of Surrey," as I suppose from this lsnguage, my re • silence is, or is assumed to be. 13,Tause the practice of granting such letters of request is are stated by the said citation to have been granted in this instance, is only a mode, and, as I believe and protest, is an illegal and oppressive mode, by which the subjects of her Mjesty are taken from their homes and made to pay heavy fees, because the Commissaries and other Judges are, or profess themselves to be, incompetent to discharge those duties which are confided to them. Because, as appears by the said citation, Sir Herbert Jenner, Knight, Doc`or of Laws, and in the said citation described as official Principal of the Arches Court of Can terbury, of the constitution of which Court I know nothing, except that it puts her Majesty's Dissenting subjects, who have the misfortune to be cited into it, to an enormous ex pense for what appears to me to be most unjust and un christian demands, and as I hope to show, even by this ci tation, both unjust and illegal. Because, I say, it appears by the said citation that you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, have lately received letters of request, under the hand and seal of the so-called Wor shipful John Sayer Poulter, Bachelor of Laws, said to be lawfully constituted Commissary as aforesaid, informing you that it had been represented unto the said Poulter, who, though a clergyman, humbly assumes unto himself the royal plural—that it had been represented unto him, on the part and behalf of Thomas Hawes, Esq., Jun., and James Vicat, Churchwardens of the parish of Christ Church, in the County of Surrey and Diocese of Winches ter aforesaid, and Province of Canterbury, that they in tend to commence and prosecute a certain cause, or busi nes°, of subtraction of a rate towards the repairs of the parish Church of Christ Church, in the county of Surrey and diocese of Winchester, against Apsley Pellatt (mean ing, as I believe me the undersigned) a parishioner and inhabitant of the said parish of Christ Church, in the county of Surrey, and diocese and province aforesaid, and that for that purpose, had requested him to grant them letters of request, that they might apply for the decree or citation in th 3 Arches Court of Canterbury ; that is, the Church wardens requested him to abdicate his own duty, and to ask somebody else, at my expense, as it will appear, to do it for him, to which be very unrighteously, as I think, assented. Now, I protest against all these circumlocutory modes of working out justice, or, as I view it, of inflicting injustice, behind my back; for upon the face of it, is as sumed that one party to a suit may apply to a judge without notice to the other, to transfer the jurisdiction confided to him, and within which, as I understand, he is sworn to do justice; and that the judge may transfer the proceeding without hearing it, and behind the back of the defendant, when according to the assumption implied by the appoint ment of a judge for the district, her Majesty's subjects arc entitled to have judgment administered within their own diocese, and near to their own home. I further object to and protest against this proceeding, because, if the said gentleman (calling himself the Com missary in and for the parts of Surrey, of the Right Rev. Father in God, Charles, by Divine permisson, Lord Bishop of Winchester) is incompetent to administer that justice, to distribute which he is appointed, an inquiry ought to be held into his judicial fitness, for there is nothing now to show that he is competent to determine this case to be one fitting to be determined by the Court of Arches ; and for anything which appears, it may be that he has taken too modest a view of his own judicial capacity, and if the Bishop who appointed him were, as in justice he ought to do before he permits his Commissary to lend the people committed to his charge to another tribunal ro be dealt with for their soul's health, to examine his judicial fitness, he might find that when such letters of request certified that it would be of advantage to the par ties to transfer the hearing of their case from the said Com missary to a judge of another Court, instead of ascending in the scale of mental altitude by the transfer, the parties were losing the advantage of a more commanding intellect. And I object and insist that this was and is the duty of the Bishop who appointed the said Commissary, and not of you, Sir Herbert Jenner. And the comparison of fitness is raised, by the reasons set forth in the said letters of request, being between you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, and the said John Sayer Poulter, I object and protest against your being the judge to decide the question—l object that no judge ought to decide a question to which he is a party. And I further object and protest that if the Bishop had found his said Commissary judicially incompetent, that finding would not justify you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, in assuming jurisdiction to try the said cause, but that the Bishop would be bound either to preside himself and dis charge his own duty, or to appoint a competent Commis. sary to hear the case in its own diocese. I also protest and object to any further proceeding in this suit, because these letters of request, certifying that it would be of advantage to the parties on both sides that the cause should be transferred from the said Commissary Poulter to you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner—you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, as appears by the said citation, have taken upon yourself to accept the said letters of request, thereby, as I object and charge, improperly assuming to determine and pronouncing judgment upon a question in volving, as the primary consideration, your own competency. I object to such decisions for the reasons stated, and that the Bishop himself ought to have been the party to decide such a question, if such a question could be law fully raised before him, and that he ought not to decide such a question behind the backs of the parties to be af fected by it. I further object to, and protest against any further pro ceeding in this suit, because it is further recited in and by the said citation, that the commencing and prosecuting, the said cause, that is the prosecuting of me the under signed in the said Court of Arches, will be of advantage to both sides. I object to this statement that it is an untruth, appearing in a grave judicial proceeding, and that, even if it were true, it is unjust so to declare in the absence, and without the knowledge of the party who is thereby, if he happens to live at a distance, to be compelled to travel from his home, and to be put to great trouble, expense, and charges upon an allegation made in his absence, and without his knowledge • and I object and declare that in thi s case th e statement, if made by the parties, was made without my knowledge, without notice to me, and without my having the means of knowing when and where such a proceeding was to be taken against me. I object further to the said citation, because the reason there given for thus subjecting me to great expense, and compelling me to depart from my diocese to attend in this Court of Arches, is that the parties can have the better assistance of advocates and proctors in the said Court of Arches than in the said Commissary Court of Surrey. Now, I object to the assumptions contained in this allega tion, because I hold it is a great affliction to have the proctors and doctors, called advocates of the said Court, saddled upon my shoulders, and seeing also that you are in the said Arches Court, in the habit of making the de fendants, whom you condemn, pay the costs of their ad ersaries' partiality for these costly mouthpieces, I do not want their assistance. I consider that to assume the ne cessity upon men to employ doctors and proctors—the doctors being necessarily members of the Church of Eng land—that very sect who, by the aid of the Ecclesiastical Courts, are enabled unjustly, as I contend, to amerce all the other sects in England, is only a mode of shutting the mouths of the sufferers, and, working out upon them a modified inquisition, modified, as I verily believe, only because the greater enormities and bodily cruelties whi c h were in- Meted by that sect in former times, cannot now be practised. I further object to this citation, and to these false as asumptions, because it appears that the rate alleged to have been subtracted, though it is not pretended it was ever in the possession of the said churchwardens, is shown to be, and is, in fact, a rate upon all sects for the maintenance of the church of one sect, and I object and protest, and I submit and insist, that it would be unjust if a dissenting church meeting, at the Land's End were to issue a cita tion against the Archbishop of Canterbury, and after having, behind his back, gone through the process of letters of request, and affecting to be caring for his soul's health, they should ultimately cite him, and tell him that he was called there to answer for subtracting a rate to repair their chapel ; that he was cited from his own diocese, that he might have the advantage of doctors and proctors, but if he would have a doctor or advocate, be he must have a doctor of that dissenting body sworn to obey and support its peculiar laws and dogmas ; and that such a course of action would be a mockery of the Archbishop and of justice. But I insist it would only be the counterpart of that injustice which has been inflicted on my neighbours by the same churchwardens, in relation to this same rate, and which they have now commenced, and you, by accepting the letters of request, are proceed ing to inflict upon me. I further object, that it is no answer from the judge pre siding in an Ecelesiustical Court, calling itself a Court Christian, to say this is law and you must obey it, because a human law is only so much embodied power. It is the mere dictum of a number of sinners, and makes nothing good or bad which is not so by the law of God. It involves, if it is contrary to equity or the law of God, no moral ob ligation, and though a man may be compelled to submit to a bad law, the mral sin is on the part of the law-makerr, and all who enforce it ; and I insist that every man, par ticularly when it is about to be inflicted upon him, is called upon and entitled to object to, and point out the injustice, and endeavour to enlighten those whose con sciences, by the frequent practice of these things, have become dark on the subject. I object to and protest against this proceeding, at this time especially, because the House of Commons of Eng land have recently resolved that the proceedings and prac tices of these Courts ought to be, and shall be reformed. I further object to, and protest against, the citation and proceedings, because the issuing of such letters of request by the judge is unauthorized and illegal. If he is ap pointed to, and accepts the office of judge, he is boand to discharge his duty, and has no power to absolve himself from doing so, and that it is not because he issues a letter to you, Sir Herbert Jenner, requesting you to do his duty, that yo have thereby power to do it. The power to ap peal from the decision of an inferior to a superior judge after judgment is thereby taken away, and you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, if this be law and right in him, might, if you felt your incompetency, or from other causes, de cline the administration of that justice which you are ap. pointed and paid to dispense, issue your letters of request, in return, to some other judge to do your duty—that judge again might issue his letter of request to some other judge, so that justice, or rather the refusal to do justice, though clothed in the specious foam of requesting it, might be METROPOLITAN POLITICA I, SUMMARY. The Morning Post of this day, after abusing thr entire Radical party in terms ridiculous, from their sur passing and even convulsive vehemence, as a st t of awl: who cla'm to be the on!y sincero loyalists in the g es on to observe that the " loyalty of the Toms i something more than a feeling, it is a principle." Our Contemporary is right. Tory loyalty is a principle, and the strongest of principles—namely, that of self interest ! They love their Sovereign as the head and front of their faction, but in no other sense. As the Queen and benefactor of her people, they turn away from her with feelings not far removed from contempt, the daily columns of their principal organs have sc,own fir the last fortnight and upwards. The Times is quite frantic with the result of the Hertford election, and draws from it the startling in. ference that the Ministry have scarcely a chance of sal vation left. " What," asks our Contemporary, " sup ports the shaken edifice? The forlorn hope—a hope igainst hope—of Radical adhesion at the last hour ? From the bottom of our hearts we trust it may be so, but the fiend begins to palter with our longings. The chance of a dissolution ? What chance is there from a dissolution for any but Conservatives ? The Queen's favour ? Pshaw ! There is no principle nor material of life in this Ministry. We guess Lord Melbourne thinks so." The best comment on this is our Con temporary's own expressive phrase, " Pshaw !" The Morning Herald contains a temperate and well reasoned ar:icle on the subject of duelling, in the course of which our Contemporary justly remarks :—" Every appeal to force for the redress of individual wrong, or the vindication of what is called personal honour. implies contumacy and contempt, not only for the laws of the land, but for the principles of Christian morality.' The Morning Chronicle, commenting on the prospects of Reform, says—" It would be unreasonable, certainly to expect that at this advanced period of the Session, Ministers should be able to reconstitute the Cabinet, and carry through Parliament measures calculated to satisfy the just expectations of Reformers. Neither is the country so impatient as to be unable to remain passive until Parliament re-assembles on the subject of their expectations. But as little time as possible should be lost after Parliament has met, before Ministers remove the anxiety of Reformers as to the nature and extent of the reforms which it is their intention to pro pose. That much anxiety exists on the subject is as certain as it is that it would be hazardous to trifle with it." The Morning Advertiser refers again to the two can didates for the Speakership in the following terms : " It is one of the remarkable instances of the madness which has seized the Tory party, that they have selected Mr. Goulburn for their Speaker. He has been so long distanced in moderation by the more time-serving and shrewd of his Tory coadjutors, that one wonders they should have put him forward in the presence of the country as one whom they would delight to honour. And on the score of peculiar qualifications, if the gossip of his friends be true, it seems that nobody pretends to assi g n him any. We are rejoiced to find th a t am on g the Liberals there is but one feeling entertained in re gard to Mr. Shaw Lefevre, whose merits are put in strong relief by the candidate selected to be his oppo nent ; and that his success is as much desired on ac count of his personal recommendations, as of those official qualifications which we pointed out some days ago!' The Courier of last night comments as follows on Mr. Goulburn's claims to the Speakership of the House of Commons :—" Without being rash or over sanguine, we may confidently anticipate that the Reformers will be found firmly and sincerely united in favour of a tri umphant assertion of the superior claims of Mr. Shaw Lefevre—regarded not merely with reference to his pinions as a Reformer, but to his particular qualifi ,..itions for the Chair. In every sense, his advant ges over Mr. Goulburn are indisputabl}• ; and no Reformer in the House can possibly expose himself to a t.harge of inconsistency by supporting that gentle man's election. Not so. however, with the Opposition and their candidate. Of the supporters of Mr. Gaul burn many are foredoomed to the reproach of the grossest inconsistency, and to the endurance of the most rxquisite ridicule. His very proposers, or their leaders and setters-on, have distinctly admitted that they do not consider him to be, of all their party, the best qua lified member for their Chair, or else that they were guilty of disrespect to the House by intending to pro pose somebody less qualified than they deem him to be ; tor.hc was to be a Cabinet ally of Sir Robert Peel." The Globe observes in the course of a leading article, advocating the Ministerial scheme of national educa tion We believe many conscientious Churchmen are anxious that the great evils arising from the imper fection and deficiency of the means of education should be remedied without infringing the rights of con science in their Dissenting brethren. We can conceive that among such may be some who, while they agree in thinking the objects proposed by the Government plan in all respects desirable, may find difficulties respecting some of the details. We know of no better employment such gentlemen can undertake than to supply a plan which shall not be found liable to more grave objections ; and, until such a plan is discovered, to unite with us in the cordial support of the plan proposed by the Com mittee of the Privy Council." The Standard indulges in'the following inflated and preposterous panegyric on Sir Robert Peel—that very statesman whom, not many years since, our Contem porary was fond of sneering at :—" We have a very high estimate of Sir Robert Peel—of his various and profound learning—of his splendid genius —of his un spotted personal integrity, his unequalled temper, at once so calm and so firm—of his exemplary private life, and of his heroical devotion to the service of his coun try. We believe him to be the man vouchsafed to re deem and to save the British empire in its extremity ; such is our estimate, and such we are persuaded is at this moment the public estimate of Sir R. Peel." THE INDIAN OVERLAND MAILS. The following is the answer of Lord Palmerston to the Chairman cf the East India and China Association, relative to the transmission of the overland mail through France via Marseilles : Foreign Office, May 15, 1839. Sat,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, requesting in the first place that any Government mes senger who may hereafter be dispatched from Malta through France to England may be instructed to bring with him all such letters as may be addressed via Mar seilles, and which may have been brought from Alexan dria to Malta in her Majesty's packets, along with the Government dispatches. I am to acquaint you in reply that Viscount Palmer ston regrets extremely that he cannot reply with this r. qu• st, as to do so would involve an interference with the privileges of the French Post-office, in which it is not to be expected that the French Goverinnent could b • induced to acquiesce. With regard to the second clause of your letter in which you r,quest that at all ev, - •nts the vessel which brings the Queen's messenger from Malta should not have that place without bringing to Marseilles for im mediate transmission dtrougn France all the letters ad dressed by that route, I am to suggest to you that your application on this point should be made to the Admi ralty, to which department the control of her Majesty's vessels in the Mediterranean more immediately belongs. In conclusion, I ant to state that Viscount Palmer ston hopes that an arrangement which has been some time in negotiation with the French Government will shortly be concluded and brought into operation, by which the s ife and speedy transmission of letters from and to India through France will be effectually secured. I am, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, J. BACKHOUSE. G. G. De H. Larpent, Esq., Chairman, London, East India, and China Association. LAW OF STORMS.—A Lecture on this inte resting subject was delivered on Thursday evening, the 16th inst., at the Metropolitan Institution, Salvador House, Bishopsgate, by Mr. W. R. Birt, the librarian. After controverting the generally-received opinion that the trade winds blow from the north and south at the limits of tile torrid zone, becoming due east at the equator, by show ing that they first commence from the eastward, and gra dually become north and south near the equator, the lec turer explained the theory so ably put forth by Col. Reid, and, with the help of diagrams and maps, showed the phe nomena that would arise from a cylinder of air rapidly rotating, possessing at the same time a progressive mo tion. He also showed the agreement of facts with the theory by a diagram constructed from the pub!ishi d ac counts of a storm that passed round the north of Scotland, and along the eastern coasts of England during the night between the 11th and 12th of October last. In conclu ding the lecturer endeavoured to show the vast importance of the inquiry, especially to those persons whose occupa tions are connected with the sea. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 24.—Russia evi dently works to effect the ruin of all the establishments tending to instruct or raise the people. There exists in all Turkey but ten colleges, and already the intrigues of the Greek Patriarch have succeeded in closing the Armenian College of Koskoi, which contained 200 pupils, A: me nians, Greeks, Turks, Italians, French, and English. The College of Halkey would have shared the same fate had it not been for the devotion of several Greek merchants, who furnished the necessary funds to support the enterprise, shaken by the accusation of Protestantism, which has been laid to its charge. The Greek Patriarch, evidently de voted to the Russian policy, has sent some ignorant priests from the monastery of Santo Monte, near Salonica. These missionaries openly preach in the Greek houses against the profane College of Andros. Intrigue has failed, and large placards, containing furious declamations against the Greek patriarch, have been affixed to the walls of the principal Greek houses. Considerable falls of snow took place towards the beginning of the present month in the east of Prussia, as we learn from Berlin. Count Esterhazy, who was going to St. Petersburg, bad his carriage so much impeded by the fall of snow near Tauroggen that eight horses could not uet it along. O ne o f his servants fell under the wheels, hut so deep was the snow, and 5 , , thick was a fur cloak which he wore, that he ef•caped almost uuhurt, although the carriage went over his body. DANGER THE CHURCH ALIVE To ITS Up to the lotest advices no commotion has taken place on the eiloc•ition qui stion, though it is clear that we are on the'ergo of an explosiiiii. Peri,aps the Conservatives arc writin,r for the gr.at it •monstration .if the met inten:lug ten ti:at Lold neous" assemblies ti.rouguout toe y. T., e danger is imminent, for the Times says—" The Church is now almost literally in a state of siege. The Archbishops and Bishops, though not sent to the Tower, are almost banished from the Court." We do not know whether this is true or false, but are sure that the mortification which is expressed at such banishment is one of the strongest proofs of Episcopal self-denial, for which virtue our Clergy hate always been conspicuous. Humble and ni,'y men, their taste has led them t o th e ewe of their , flocks to the "doing good by stealth," and to forming themselves upon the model laid down by St. Paul in his instructions to Timuhy ; but their public duty has overcome their private feelings, and induced them to undergo the society of a Court, and : on the precept of becoming all things to all men, to conduct themselves while in it so as to he mistaken for courtiers. A Bishop, whose name we do not now remember, and it is as well forgotten, for he was only a Papist, acquired some celebrity for exposing himself to the perils of infection when the plague raged at Marseilles. He walked about among the dead and dying, adminis tering the offices of religion, or as the Times would say of" infidelity," and relieving the corporeal as well as the spiritual wants of the sick ; and he did not take the i n f ect i on . England, Protestant England, would not eue behind Pr pistic and infidel France in zeal and devo -ion. When the siege shall be raised, even though Sir Robert Peel may not have returned to office, holy men will be found ready to encounter the moral pestilence of our Court, our profligate premier, our scandalising coteries, and our " camarilla" Government. They, too, like the Bishop at Marseilles will move uninjured by the surrounding malaria, and come out as pure as they went in ; confident in the goodness of their cause they will feel no fear, and re solve to remain at their posts, unless, like Enoch, for their superabundant goodness, they are translated. But at present the siege, or, rather, the blockade continues " The Church perceives her danger, and has resolved to discharge her duty. She sees that the union be tween herself and the State is now practically sus. pended, and with that constancy and zeal which ever belong to her apostolic character, she resolves to retire on her native resources, and to confide in that Power which can never leave her or forsake her." This is fine writing, but rather equivooal as to the course which the Church means to pursue. We should be glad to know what is meant by " native resources." We have been accustomed to hold that the native re. sources of the clergy were the punctual discharge of their parochial duties, visiting the sick, comforting the afflicted, promoting peace and good will, not meddling with political factions ; instructing the ignorant, not im peding th• course of instruction ; avoiding brawling and foul language. This does not seem to be the notion of the Times :—" All the blarney about bigotry and intolerance is but so much mud and dirt, and rotten eggs, the first missiles of the low and vulgar, be fore the pike and the brickbat, before serious civil war and confiscation awake us to the horrors of a realrevolu tion." Perhaps the Times considers language such as the above one of the " native resource? of the Church. If so, we shall wait with intense expectation for the speeches on the 28th. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MAY 23. THE QUEEN V. WARLAND. Mr. CRESW ELL moved that the side bar rule obtained in this case calling upon the Judges of oyer and terminer, and and the Clerk of Assize fur the county of York, to make aresu, n into thi s C ourt o f cer t a i n e rits of certiorari be discharged. He moved this upon the affidavit of the Clef k of Assize, which stated that early in the Easter term last, application had been made to him respecting the returns , o certain writs of certiorari by Mr. Newton, who had asked him why those writs had not been returned to the Court ; in reply to which he informed Mr. Newton, that he had never received nor heard of such writs, but would write to the Deputy Clerk of Assize on the sub ject—that he had according done so, and had learnt that the writs were prepared, but that the ancient and accustomed fees payable thereon, amounting to 21. Bs., had not been paid, and that the delay in the return was owing solely to the neglect of the prose cutor in paying these fees. He had informed Mr. Newton of this, and had stated to him that the writs would be re turned as soon as the fees should be paid. That Mr. New ton had proposed that the fees should not be paid until after the cause had been tried, to which he had refused to accede ; whereupon Mr. Newton had said that he should move the Court for an attachment. That the next day he had been served with aside bar rule, and had instructed his attorney to state to Mr. Newton that the writs should be returned on payment of the fees, for the receipt of which he was obliged to account on oath to the Lords of the Treasury, and which he did not receive for his own use. That these fees were long established, and were to be ac counted for by him in accordance with the provisions of the Act 1 and 2 Will. IV., cap. 35 ; that these fees were always paid beforehand in every case except in Govern ment cases, those being the only cases in which credit was allowed, and that the Government invariably paid them afterwards, and he believed that neither of the Judges of oyer and terminer were ever served with their writs of certiorari. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE did not consider personal ser vice on the Judges necessary. Mr. Justice PATTESON was of the same opinion. Mr. CARSWELL said that he applied to have the rule set aside on two grounds; first, that the Judge of Assiz. could not be called upon to make a return to writ of cer tiorari which had not been served on him ; and, next, that the party had no right to call for a return unless he was willing to do that which was necessary to be done, which he was evidently not willing to do, having refused to pay the fees which were due. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALZ—Take a rule Nisi. It will be in the recollection of our readers that this is the case, in connection with which an attachment for con tempt was moved for yesterday against Mr. Baron Alderson. SHERIFFS COURT, MAY 23. POPE AND OTHERS V. SINCLAIR. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—This was an action brought to recover the sum of 4/. Bs. I ld. for certain articles supplied by the plaintiffs to the defendant. The defence set up was that the latter, at the time of making the purchase was a prostitute, and known to the plaintiffs, to be so, and therefore the articles were supplied to enable her the better to carry on that abominable practice, they well knowing that she had no other means of payment than by the gains accruing from the prostitution of her person. They had therefore been a party to, and encouraged an open immorality, and were therefore not entitled to recover. Mr. WILSON conducted the case for the plaintiffs, and Mr. THOMAS for the defcndant. Mr. WILSON said that the plaintiffs, Richard and John Pope were coal merchants and the conductors of a linen drapery business in high 1 - I,lborn. In June 1837, the defendant, Mary Ann Sinclair, called at their warehouse, and made some purchaves in the ordinary business. way of It these kind of pleas were once admitted in defence, wh,t protection would tradesmen have in the transaction of their common business ? The goods were sold, as to their other customers, without any reference to the purposes alleged. George Wight, foreman to the plaintiffs, deposed to the purchase of sixteen yards of silk for a silk dress, a pair of silk socks, linen, and calico for lining, in the month of June, 1837. Cross-examined by Mr. Thomas—Our shop is a tally_ shop. The goods were sold to defendant on credit, and at credit prices. She was introduced by Mrs. Dudley. I was told she was a woman of the town. She said she was a dress-maker. Mr. Pope was absent. I have authority to act on such occasions. Wm. Smith, plaintiff's collector, went to St. James's place, Hampstead, for payment, but was refused. Cross-examined—Was in the habit of collecting for his ) oy h e o r u s sien fi t f i t ty ne times. ighb o u H rh e o h o a d He had d. occasionally dant'sdrop with the ladies—( Laughter)—but he never thought how they g,,t their money. Mr. Thomas commented in strong language on what he denominated th e w i tness 's perjury, and said he must have known they were women of the town. Further evidence was adduced to the same effect. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF in summing up, told the Jury that if they thought the plaintiffs were aware that the defendant was a person of that unfortunate description, their verdict must be in her favour. The Jury immediately found for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MARLBOROUGH-STREET . THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.-Mr. Powell, the Mint solicitor, in the course of some remarks on the sub ject of the recent charges against the Children's Friend Society, appeared to be of opinion that som e of them were untrue in su b stance, and i ns t a nced the case of the boy William King, which had attracted so much public notice. He was in a s i tuat i on to prove t h at t h e boy was a most de praved character, and whatever statemen t he might have made, was on t h at account unwort h y o f credit. Mr. Powell then handed t o M r. C ONANT som e papers , which proved to be returns of the number of times the boy and the boy's parents had been taken up for various offences. The father and mo th er h ad been both transported, and the boy William King had been in custody no less than thirteen times. Mr. CONANT said a very grea t outcry had bee n raised against th e Society, in conseq uenc e of charge s which had appeared in th e pu bli c papers, and much odium had been cast upon the Managers in consequence of those state ments. It was highly necessary for the pub lic to be put in possessi on o f the real facts, and to have it clearly estab lished that the charges were well founded against a So ciety which in appearance was so practically useful. The case of the boy King ought to be made public, as it would have the effect of showing that all whic h had been pub lished to th e disadvantage- of the Society was not to be relied upon. The subject then dropped. --- THE HEALING ART IN IRELAND. —It iS cal culated that the number of ph‘ sieians and surgeons prae_ tising in Ireland, is nearly 3,000 Of these, 6,000 are mernbcra of the Dublin College of Surgeons, 100 students of the Irish Colleg e of Ph% sieians, and the remainder are members r,f the London and Sc•teh Coll , ges, or granates of the different Universities.—Lish Paper. kept r.'ho hay- ri ravel? court to c7ltirt, bE judgeg 't.;, • • and ti,e• s justice to the people.. I s.iun.t I..eiist that such a er iv< i.; I • • 1.: ftßthS, opt( Cbu saiJ letters of d u u e i,c 1.. t..,. of the said Hawes and Vicat in aid of justice, &creed th it I should be cited and called to appear legally before you, justice so requiring. _ _ _ I object that I am not legally called to appear before you ; that it is not legal for you to accept such lettels of request ; that you are thereby aiding a p-acaice which it appears to me, a!Pd I submit to'you, is fraught with op presson and injustice ; and to a poor man would be utterly ruinous. I also obj, , ct that justice does not so require ; that jus tice requires just the reverse ; and, it being my intention to seek hereafter those legal remedies at common law against all who may be parties to the injustice, with which, as it appears to me, I am now threatened, I deem it right to protest and object, and to give this notice and my rea sons to you for all that I shall hereafter do in seeking a remedy or compensation for any injustice which may he inflicted upon me. I further object to the citation, to your authority to ac cept and act upon the said letters of request to the further proceedings and to the said practice, Isecause I have in my possession at this time the original bill of costs of one of the proctors practising in the court. over which you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, preside, who is the same proctor employed to cite me in this case, and who is amenable to your jurisdiction—because I say I have in my possession his bill of costs in a cause instituted by the same church wardens againat another rate-payer, my neighbour, for the same rate, which forewarns me of the particular' species of injustice with which these proceedings are fraught. I find therein that he is charged in the whole the sum of 61. 6a. 9d. for merely being cited to attend you upon similar letters of request, from the same John Sayer Poulter, and the citation founded thereon; and that more than one-half of the bill consists of fees and charges occa sioned by your accepting the said letters cif request, and assuming, as I object, a jurisdiction which does not be long to you. I further object and give you notice, that, in the said bill of costs, it appears that a fee for the judge of 10s. 6d. is charged bt the hid proctor, in these words : " Paid lidgeli fee thereon los. 6d. I am therefoge justed in inferring and honeying that such fee was, anirthl,e'isuch fees are, received by you for thus assuming jiiiiisdicdon and compelling the parishioners to come out of their own diocese to this Court ; ars] I object that, if this practice he tolerated we may have the whole series of ecclesiastical judges in England arranging each to pay 10s. 6d. to the other, because each thought fit to re. nounce the jurisdiction he hai assumed, and to hand over to each other the several duties which they, though accept ing their appointments as judges, were incompetent, or did not think fit to discharge, or because they thought fit to compliment each other with fees out of the suitor's pocket. I annex a copy of the said Bill to this protest, for the purpose of giving you notice of the form and mode in which these processes of extraction are conducted, and that the facts I have stated are correctly sct forth. I further object that it is unjust to cite me before you, the said Sir Herbert Jenner, who are a member of the Church of England, and represent a Bishop thereof, for not contributing to a rate to uphold that Church ; that I ought to have a disinterested judge, whereas this is in effect trying use before the Archbishop of the sect to be benefited, and would be analagous to a case of Dissenters bringing the Archbishop before one of the deacons or mi nisters of the church they belong to, for not painting and gilding his pulpit, and not washing his surplice, if he wore one. I ask you if this is just ; you have undertaken the office of judge voluntarily, and I am therefore entitled to expect an answer. I ask the churchwardens, the pro moters of this suit, particularly Mr. Churchwarden Hawes, who professes to be a Dissenter, the same question. I further protest and object that you cannot with pro priety try a Dissenter for refusing to support a church system which, being allied to the State by Act of Parlia ment, is, in his view, unscriptural, and injurious to the best interests of vital religion and godliness, and espe cially in its attempting to exact compulsory payments from the majority, as in the parish of Christ Chvrch, for the support of the religion of the minority. I object especially to the Church of England prosecut ing men fbr not repairing and building the churches which they call theirs, it being notorious to all that the Catholics, out of the same funds, not only repaired but erected the noble piles which are now the architectural ornaments of this great kingdom, and that the clergy of the Church of England having got the possession of the same funds with which the Catholic clergy not only repaired but erected those churches, and maintained the poor also, have taken the funds and the tithes to themselves, thrown the poor upon the laity for maintenance and charity, and are now so little religious as to insist upon those who dis sent from them (as they dissent from the Catholics), re pairing and building the churches in which the now fa voured sect meet to worship God. I object and maintain that all this is unscriptural and unjust. A COPY OF THE BILL OF COSTS (Above referred to). IN THE ARCHES COURT OF CANTERBURY. HAWES, JUN., AND VICAT, V. WEBB. ' Expenses on behiliof Thomas Hawes, Esq., Jun., and James Vicat, Churchwardens, of the Parish of Christchurch, in the County of Surrey. 1839. X. s. d. Piotors' fee retained o 5 0 Taking instructions for and drawing special letters of request to be executed by the Wor shipful John Sayer Poulter, B. L., the Com missary in and for the parts of Surrey of the Right Rev. the Bishop of Winchester to the the Right Hon. the Dean of the Arches Court of Canterbury, to take cognizance of this cause, and to issue a citation against Mr. Webb, in a cause of subtraction of Church Rate Engrossing s'lme to be executed Paid for stamp duty thereon 1 15 0 Attending and obtaining the Rev. Mr. Poulter's signature thereto Attending and presenting the letters of request to the Dean of the Arches, who accepted same, and his Surrogate decreed process to issue against Mr. Webb accordingly Paid Judge's fee thereon Paid Register's attendance Paid tiling letters of request 0 2 0 Drawing and engrossing Special Act of Court to lead the Decree and registering Drawing Decree Engrossing same and parchment Office fees of same under seal and extracting Copy thereof for service Paid officer's fee serving same 0 9 6 Certificate of service Affidavit of service .... £6 5 9 MONK LEWIS'S LIFE AND CORRESPON DENCE.—The life of the great magician of horrors, whose genius partook of the very essence of German "wonder working and mysterious creation—the life of Monk Lewis, who knew, withal, every one of the choice spirits of his time—affords a moat tempting subject. Crammed full of anecdote, as these volumes are—theatrical, political, and literary—there is not a dull page throughout, , while the greater portion of the stories are highly characteristic of the individuals, and more generally original than the cele brity of Lewis would have induced us to have expected they would have been. The great body of the work has relation to theatrical matters, and gives us some capital stories about the most prominent members of the histrionic profession of both sexes ; but the editor has introduced so much matter of a different kind—to present us with so many varieties of wit and humour—that the work is as free from the fault of monotony as any we have read.— Court Journal. On Monday an immense quantity of mackerel were caught in seine nets opposite St. Leonard's. Many of them were what are termed " horse mackerel ;" but the catch also included a great number of very fine fish, which sold as high as 6d. and Bd. each. STEAM NAVIGATION WITH INDIA.—It ap pears from the advices received from Calcutta, that the important question of a perfectly comprehensive steam communication between our oriental possessions, and this country is daily becoming more appreciated by the majority of the more enlightened inhabitants of the City of Palaces. At a numerous meeting of British and native merchants held on the 19th of February last, thanks were voted to Lord Auckland, for his patronage and advocacy of a steam communication between Europe and India ; to Lord Wil liam Bentinck and Sir Wilmot Horton, for their exertions in promoting it immediately on their arrival in this country ; to Captain James Barber, for calling a public meeting on the subject in London ; and to T. A. Curtis, Esq. for his conduct as Ch a i rman on t h at occa sion. The half-yearly report, laid before the meeting by the secretary, Mr. Greenlaw, states that already, in conse quence of the establishment of the overland mail; the letters and papers thus transmitted by every mail during the period embracing the 4th August, 1837, and the 10th of February, 1839, from Bengal, have increased about four fold, or nearly three hundred per cent , whilst those trans mitted from England have increased in number to nearly the same proportion. The private letters agree generally in stating that this important question was now in a fair train for the final establishment of a steam communication by a public company, if the authorities at home will not shut their eyes to its importance. It is also stated that the presidencies of Madras and Calcutta were unanimous upon the subject, whilst in Bombay much of the late angry feeling which was displayed had abated. We hear from Sussex that in the memory of man such severe frosts have never been experienced in May. The fine beech woods crowning the hill from Arundel into Hampshire have been so perfectly blasted by the severe frost of Tuesday night, the 14th of this month, that although on the previous day they were glowing in all the beauty of spring, on the subsequent day they presented an appearance precisely similar to trees adjoining a house that had been burnt down. Hundreds of acres of woodlands are in this state, and only the very forward beech, whose leaves had gained a little more strength, have escaped. SWEEPING DESOLATION.—A traveller, who we suppose took the travellers' license, spoke lightly of the damage done in Scotland by the memor able storm of m th i e tt 7 ed th i o o f Irelandjanur Y;caonmipaamreodogtootthheerws The c timber grew Clan carty, who had lost about 60,000 trees.. l in o s i t e a s i a , le ed ra L va o g rd escom 51. per tree en an aVerage yeller cast up a woodland bill a in Galway, and as much of it nt•asconsidered fine, the tra. for we ourselves consider it Tulister, who i t e e a t d h e e r ttuonebeolifev3eoo;hoioso/. story; W e of course do not ask the very like o a v y tE ha il le , .— M D A n y mjr l i s es .— Cor o i u er n . t was reported to 1,,e dead on Saturday, is still alive, and is even said to be recoverinn. Elf 1 1 4 N 1 NTG- E. n MIMS% MARI TS —.— SS 78 ,z 6 32 : 0 4 35 it? • 5,1 77 22 31 Ir, 'lO 30 32 Newark 62 82 •a 4 19 28 51 43 64 79 2S 31 , '25 42 tr'et , A hcrough 52 • - • . 2 35 42 !22 29 29 42 Plymouth 58 St 30 34 20 23 Pont,"ract 77 43 27 Sleaturd —* (43 80 53 33 , O 2 28 41 43 Upping,h am „ 13.) 81 24 no 'lB 2n ;32 44 Wishech 63 82 ;30 32 DEVIZES CORN MARKET._May23 Per Sam, a d. s. d, I', Quarter. s. ...... 0 to 40 0 Barley 93 Second ' l 0 35 0 ;Oats 2O Third 1277 Sacks of Wheat ,old/ 33 2 Flour (per 13.,g , 55 at tlui average of 3 ;Bread (per d. s. d. it to 41 6 O 30 0 O :5 0 O _ o L. V E R POO I, CORN MA RKET.—May 21 WHEAT, English, White, per 70th. ll., o.t to 11 i. 9d. Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Many. .... ............... Irish, White 9 6 10 0 - Red --- Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Stioach, Her 451 b.... 4 0 4 4 - Irish - Foreign BATLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 42 0 46 8 Scotch and Irish, per 601h.5. Feeding 4 9 5 0 BEANS, English, per 'imperial quarter 44 0 48 0 - Irish, &c. ---- Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per imperial quarter 4B 0 52 0 - Foreign ' , Lome, English, per 2.501 b. ' 5l 0 57 i --- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401 b, 35 6 37 0 IN , 4AN CORM, per 44111 b. ....,_ 42 0 46 0 RI E, per Imperal quarter MALT, per Imperial ipiarter LEE DS CORN id AR K ET.— May 21 Wheat, Nqrfolk and Sutlid York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Stdiblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire --- Grinding 934. to 39-;. Beans 63lb. I , 4ts, Potatoe --.---11ealing, For.—d. to—d. Eng . 1 2 1 /,, o t 1 0 46 5 3 j 3 . .. stunt:o,e Shelling A second experiment was last night made in t he House of Commons with the oleo-oxygen, or Bude light, and was attended with the most decided success Accord. ing to Mr. Gurney's ow • statements, the previous trial took place under very great dradvantages. The notice given was extremely shori, and from " crowded state of the House," the doors having , been thrown open to about three hundred persons, it wns impossible to offer anv oxplanationa or receive any suggestions from the scientific gentlemen who were present. Mr. Gurney's object on the former oe cash n was to show the great power of the light about which we believe there exists no second opinion. The light, which, as has been already stated, is produced by directing a stream of pure oxygen gas through the central part of the fame of an oil lamp, is extremelY brilliant and colourless, and somewhat similar in its appearance and effects to moonlight,. but in a more intense degree. On the former occasion the light was transmitted from the eight apertures in the ceiling of the house, through prismatic or plain glass, and the great objection then urged was, that the glare was too powerful and affected the eyes in a painful degree. Last night, however, Mr. Gurney introduced ground and corrugated glass lenses! by which the light was more equally diffused, and r endered_ much more soft and mellow. By th e intervention of coloured glass the yellow or reddish tinge of oil or wai lights was closely imitated, and by r e g u l a ti ng t h e su pply °f oxygen to the flame it was shown that any required degre e of intensity could be produced. It a pp eare d to us that the , light was not thrown sufficiently under the galleries, an d that there is some probability, u n l e s s some improvement b e made in this point, of their being conver t e d i n t o " doom tories," as the galleries were un d er Si r F re d er i c k Trench'! system. On the whole we think the experiment of last night decisive of the success of Mr. Gurney s invention, which we doubt not will ere long be sr plied to other purposes, for which it is p eculiarly adapted, from its great brilliancy and intensity. A s):,'" tern of night telegraphs or signals at sea could be reed it y constituted wish this light, as we understand it can 1 1 managed with as much ease as the ordinary lamps, an, the advantage of employing a light which is visible at four times the distance, is too obvious to require any comment. THE NEW WORK, By THE AUTHOR °I . " TIIE PILOT."—We are requested to state, that Mr. Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, N ew Burlington-street, will publish to-morrow, the 25th inst., the new work entitled " The Naval History of the United States," by J. Fenimore Cooper, Esq. Author of 2 The vols. Pilot," " The Spy," " Homeward Bound," &c., Bvo., bound, and embellished with numerous Edin- Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfunte, r Orders Dub • burgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, received also by all Booksellers. • extract OPIUM TRADE.—The following Is an _ from a Calcutta letter from a well-informed party, dated at nearly the end of March, which is interesting, since d under this head supports some opinions already expresse ipnortraits. in this Journal on the subject of the opium traffic :•--" It is a pity that Calcutta has no mind or means for enterprise beyond its staple gambling in opium, &c. Depe nd upon it India would be ten times better and sooner improved if not a rupee were sunk in opium or indigo. The former carries off all energy and enterprise in clippers and in struggles to do something here at the opium sales, and to play the smuggler in China ; and as for indigo, it yearly locks up nearly a million sterling, doing no earthly go od to India as far as the natives are concerned, except the displacement of one kind of a g riculture for another. The ryot himself never proving a rupee richer for the change, and the entire profits in India (when the weather permi t s a profit) going to a few Calcutta agents and half-a-dozen overgrown indigo planters ever eager to take off their fortunes to England. These are the true causes of the want of enterprise, and that we have done nothing in India that will truly henefi tit." A worthy dame at South Shields, who states that she is 102 years old, has sent us an account of the way in which she expends her weekly allowance from the poor Law Guardians of that town, and at the same time she begs to thank them for the kindness they have manifested towards her. The sum allowed her is 2s. 9d. per week , which she apportions in the following manlier : rent, 1 lid: ; coals, sd. ; bread, 6d. ; coffee, 3d. ; sugar, 3-1-d. ; 11d. ; tobacco, 14d. ; total, 2s. 9d. We admire the o ld lady's economy, and we hope she has something more t ° live upon than the Guardians afford her. She is apparentlf blessed with contentment, and that, according to some , but another name for happiness.—Port of Tyne Pilot. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.--- . 1 11 1: workmen are proceeding rapidly with th e works on t"' line of railway. The rails are now laid d o wn as far as th e foot-path leading up to Dean Chu rc h. F ar ther UP rats" valley Lady-bridge has been taken d own , a teroV r s e i ; wooden bridge has been erected in its s t ea d at a short tance, and the workmen are now eng aged a t a magoificeom stone bridge on the site of the former one. The line, frein Bolton to Preston will be one of the most picturesq ue the north of England.—Liverpool Paper. L . pill' THE NATIONAL GA LLERY .—F or it pose of giving additional accommodation to the PS - is intended to keep the National Gallery open, t ,: nati st• o'clock during the months of May, June, July, su", ... The new arrangement will begin on Monday ne l. " Tre roUS ST. Ives.—On Friday last a very 110 ",, n Inn, and highly respectable meeting was held at the Cr u " se of St. Ives, pursuant to public notice, for the V I P - to the considering the propriety of presenting an addres s in Queen at thi s momentous cr i s i s . W m . Coote, Escivs'ere the chair. Th e a dd ress an d a ll t h e ot h er m otions o f carried unanimou s ly. Th e a dd ress i s now in will,s F ig it n zw at i u u r i e n , m a , nd fnrp coursLri re w se h n e t h at c i o o m n when tu the Noble Earl's name was mentioned it drew forth the Re"' plaudits of the a p t n l et h e e d r , :N b i e a jesty. entrusted to Dl e assemblage. The speakers were i nc le. J. K. H o ll an d an d T . Bli ss, B . A., the former the ler, pendent, th e l atter t h e B apt i st Mi n i ster; \Vm. few e,ul, Esq., Mr. J. B. Ul p h , M r. Th omas C oote , Mr. -for Mr. Robinson, &c. The speeches were well adapte d ho the occasion, mad were we ll rece i ve d , part i cu larly w h i c h any allusions w e r e ma d e to t h at onwar d p o licy, w a nd really must take pl ace , if t h e Mi n i stry i n t e nd to st G. their ground. Our correspondent regrets that 0 ' Day, Esq. was prevent e d atten di ng t h e meeting in cen se' quence of the demise of a relative. an PEACE SOCIETY.--Tuesday evenings the ens nual meeting of the Society for the P romo ti o n of Pertc a t l i ng . and Universal Peace, took place at the Friends' Mee d re , house, Hotmdsdictch. It was most numerously " acted , spectably attended, the assemblage, as might be e x P o f the consisting chiefly of female and male members ta k e s Society of Friends. At six o'clock the chair Wag t he f by G. Ben ne tt, E sq ., w h o exp l a i ne d t h e object - „ ofthe meeting. A gra tifyi ng report o f t h e proc eedings Society was read by the Secretary Cor T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Sze., 4 7, „ s o t h l London (Seven Doors from Graceehurch-street) , a n ;', Public, that he offers DESSERT FRUIT Isli" n iated a ' sol id FORKS, with plain ivory handles, silver ferrulo' I t h steel blades, at Three Guineas per dozen pair, or w i n ilver blades, at Eight Guineas and a Half per dozell o P z 3 e "; l N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per 311C11-IS. On the 20th inst., at the Recto r y, D en t on , near Canterbury, the lady of the Hey. at S. :fichmond, of a son. ladY Charles On the 2lst inst., at Weymouth-street, the - R. Freeling, On the 21st in sq st., o at Richmond, Mrs. Browns, of M ell4°ll' of a On th daughter. ore , e 22d inst., Mrs. John Davies, of Devonshire-sq°are, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., in Brompton-cescent, BromptontMfg. Heather, of a daughter. MARRIED, NV On the 21st inst., at St. Lawrence , Reading, Alfred J. most, Esq., M.D., to Fanny , youngest daughter of the late Pullen, Esq. On the 22d inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, G e°rge : youngest son of Thomas Brocklebank, Esq., of Westcorob. park, Greenwich, to Elizabeth Jane, second slaughter 0: I t W. Herring, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey On the 23d inst., the Rev. Francis Tucker, 8.A., to Caroline Eisdale, daughter of Mr. R. G. M ar t en , of Millbank , Wrest" n a inster. La O no. n tEhseq.2,9othf i‘ o lo f o l l r .l . a p r a e l h sk, la F p s a t, , l n a E h t aVaiendee2nst.'s, Robert Coop er c of h t \ h ,in e i l s a t t , e Ai ß o o e b_e e r n t d S_h arroc k, Esq., of Gately, On the 17th inst., at Gately Hall, Norfolk, Susanna• Hants, aged 79. On the 19th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. George SunleP nea(r)nCtohbehaZ road, aged 31. On the 22d inst. at. Rya - ley-grange, near Kettering, ..° amptonshire, Mrs. Burke, aged 90. and of East Meow On the 23d inst., at Aldermanbury, Mr. Thomas Lamb. Atkinson, Esq., of SilYermere, ""v"T""• , -cr.e= 01 London : Printed and Published by AMMO YOUN.!.._ No, 112, Strand, at The Sun. ()trice, No. 112, S:rano.l2 the county of Middlesex.—Friday, May 24, th( rer Gr spe Bri per be ] and aeco Willi Hym, John Arch Th Pany their i their plicati made Prc tained street, solicit G er in the being 1 to pay under: of suet are to to cool Total TF WILL] Sir .1 Bart. Ferdina don. Samuel J• P. s 13,,,, xx I. c SOLICIT The I Purpose county rop e , The I Aire anc of the thirty In th e Gras ligation This prietarie Present 1 The tc E ngines eirEi 1 ni s Th e 0 tors and 100 g exp E of Steam The C /Oa. ear fictitious Rplying : ie event Plied for, Shares n( Interes Yearly up, eent. ar The S their resp to hav e a! For Sl 7 ; Mvantage Te No. 18 4e u cL a in sb .6 y li aun ter o ' Pr km r. }lran 1, 14,,„ 4 great Pry of Cop th, .I,,e!.strei of t ? I, Invalu t . ti t °,l orrltc e it a _ of We alr " " to l‘ ZPar i ec h il l ) 414, -- . o n, and ht!" 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