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cretion of William Lamb, I think his name is, and James Derham ; that is my opinion. BLr. TINNEY—I am not quite sure, whether the fix tures according to your Lordship's principle would be included in that mortgage, but that is a question we must consider. The LORD CHANCELLOR—You mean Mr. Russell's mortgaße? Mr. TINNEY--YES. The LORD CHANCELLOR—That is a point to which I hale,not adverted. If you have any doubt about it I wiltat•tand to it. 41%,-TINNEY—If your Lordship pleases. If we show the,rl,l,oool. are paid off; then we shall be the fast inoitgegees. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Tae mortgage due to the Lancaster Banking Company was a mortgage of the leaseholds and fixtures by name. The fixtures of course were not mentioned, from the nature of the transaction, but wherever there is a mortgage of the leaseholds it carries the fixtures. _ _ _ ------ Mr. TlNNEY—Generally speaking it would, but there may be specialties, if your Lordship will permit us to mention it, if necessary. Mr. BETHELL—We hat better leave it till next Wed nesday. We will prepare the minutes by Monday, if your Lordship pleases, so that you may have is copy of them. Mr. TINNEY—We may be first mortgagees. We may show the whole 11,0001. has been paid off. Ido nut know who should prepare the minutes. Mr. BETEELL—There are two or three plaintiffs. Mr. TINNEY—We are the plaintiffs. Mr. BETRELL—If you will take the onus of preparing the minutes. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Let Mr. Russell do it; he has so much leisure. Mr. BETHELL—Oh, yes, if you and Mr. Tinny will take the charge of overlooking them afterwards. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 25. (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD V. GOSSET. The plaintiff is an attorney, and this was an action brought against Sir W. Gossett, the Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Commons, for an alleged assault and false imprisonment, connected with the celebrated Stockdale and Hansard affair; and the case stood in the special paper for argument on demurrer. Mr. WADDINGTON now applied to the Court to postpone the hearing of the argument until next session. The case would require very great care in its preparation, as it in volved several serious questions relating to the privileges of the House of Commons. He was with his Learned Friend the Attorney-General, for the defendant, and if the case were postponed until next term, he howl he might be enabled to have his valuable assistance. Mr. KELLY, who was on the opposite side, had no objection to the postponement, if their Lordships would consent. Mr. Justice PArrESON—As the other side does not object, let the case stand fur argument in Trinity Term.—Apphca tion granted. This being the Queen's birthday the Judges were in their scarlet robes, and full-bottomed wigs ; and the Queen's Counsel also appeared in full-bottomed wigs, silk gowns, and full-dress Court suits, with lace ruffles. The Court altogether pre sented a very gay appearance. Lord Denman, who wore his chain of office and appeared in his full costume as Lord Chief Justice of England, left the Court at half-past one o'clock. The Court was much crowded during the whole morning. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 25.. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day. The arguments were of the usual technical character. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, April2s. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron GURNEY and a Common Jury.) BONNIWELL V. DUCKWORTH. This action was to recover damages for an alleged iheoal distress on goods and fixtures belonging to the plaintiff. Mr. Martin and Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Jervis for the defendant. • It appeared that on the 29th of January last, plaintiff con signed a - chaise-body, three tin cans, and some wheels and axles, to the care of the landlord of the Boar's Head, in Barnet, and, en the • next day, a number of chairs. He re sided at Whetstone, in a house which he held of the assignees of Messrs. Chambers. Shortly after this, defendant, a broker, at Barnet, called at the Boar's Head, and having seen the goods of plaintiff, took them next day in distress. A mahogany sign-board was also taken away forcibly, bringing with it a few tiles. The defence was, that as a year and three-quarters' rent, amounting to 14/. 14s. was due, the goods had been removed to avoid the distress. It was further shown that plaintiff had kept himself closely barricaded in his house since the period of these events. All that the defendant had done to the sign-board was measuring it at the Bull and Butchers, where it was brought to him. _ _ The jury awarded damage's of 151., but pronounced the re moval of the chairs to be clandestine, considering all the cir cumstances of the case. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 24. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice MAPLE.) WILKINSON V. LORD LICHFIELD. This was an action by the plaintiff to recover a sum of 1,2001.,_ the amount of the defendant's promissory note, under the following, circumstances :—The note in question came to the house of the plaintiff, through a lady of the name of Edina% but it did nut appear what consideration he gave . for .it. For the plaintiff, Mr. Leman, of the house of Leman and trland, who had been his Lordship's solicitors, as well as a Mr. Lewis and his clerk, deposed to the genuinenen of his, Loidship's signature, and from the opportunities which they 11'10, they Lad no doubt of it. For the defendant, Colonel Anson, the brother of his Lard. ship, was called, who most positively stated - that the signa ture to the note, as well as the endorsements, were forgeries. Th y had been schoolfellows together, and he could not be mistaken in the genuineness of his brother's signature. His evidence was corroborated by his Lordship's private secretary, as well as the inspector of franks at the General Post-office, while his. Lordship' was Postmaster-General, and some other .; officials, who all pronounced the signature and endorsement to-be forgeries; there could be no denial of their capability 'of judging, ts they were in the daily habit of seeing his • sielietnre to officialdocuments. His LonnsuiP summed up the evidence at great length, and told the jury that they had a very nice distinction to draw between the balance of evidence. His Lordship ob _ served that it: would have been more satisfactory it the plain-. tiff had given some explanation how he became possessed of the note ; however, on the witnesses which he produced no imputation could be cast upon their. credibility and their ca pability of forming-an opinion, still on the part of the defend ant, the witnesses called were of equal respectability, and. • above all suspicion ; therefore it would be for them to judge • of the.respective value of the evidence on both sides. The jury, after two hours' deliberation, fo u nd a ver di c t f or • • the plaintitifor the amount of the note, with interest, APRIL 25. nßooßes v. HODGSON. Sir T. WILDE in this case moved on behalf of the al e 'sigi:ees of the defendant for a rule to 'show cause Why the consent, signed by the defendant to a judge's order, should • not set aside, together with the judge's order founded on . that consent; and also why the writ of ft. fa. should not be set aside. The ground on which he moved was, that the . consent was fraudulently obtained, and was a fraud under the Act of Parliament of the Ist and 2d 'Vic. chap. 110, sec. 9. The defendant was a linen-draper, and the plaintiff was a wholesale trader in London. The traveller of the latter having gone to the defendant he looked over the books, and told the defendant he did not think he could carry on his busilless, and asked for security on behalf of the plaintiffs. He produced a paper which was the consent in question. The defendant signed it on the understanding that it was not t o b e enforced, unless the other creditors of the defendant pressed upon him. - Next day, however, a sheriff's officer entered, and took possession of the whole of the defendant's property. He (Str T. Wilde) now applied, on behalf of the assignees of the bankrupt, to have the consent set aside. Motion granted. • The Court will hear new trial motions to-morrow. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Gore,' the contractor for, the cleansing of the streets of the City of London, appeared upon a summons issued by the Lord Mayor, upon his Lordship's own evi dence, to answer for having neglected to remove an im mense mass of filth from Puddle-dock. The Lynn MAYOR had, in passing through Earl street, Blackfriars,. been assailed by a "compound of villainous smells," which he considered to be calculated to cause a pestilence amongst the inhabitants _of the . neighbourhood, and, having ascertained that the nun. once . proceeded from Puddle dock, directed Inspector odhunter, of the City police force, to examine the . - and to report the result of his observations, and • s' deliver a summons to the contractor, against .om . , w so many complaints have been made in the City . . eglect of the tenor of his contract with the COM i, ...- spners of Sewers. o e def en d an t, upon b e i ng ca ll e d u p on by the Lord Mayor to account for his conduct in sufferisg the filth wat)acuaelltiatei said that the laystall at puddle was systall in which everybody who pleased might W deposit.loads iistandi of offensive matter, and that he had it, not- The regularly swept every day. 'Leap Xrea : --The Act of Parliament directs that all the, abonaiii ton with which the laystall abounds should be removed at e takes pl ace. . It is a falsehood to say that seCh removal ac ti f:. lam surprised that dis. ease his.not sprung fri n i that it he lei% continuance of the nuisance, for I know oslated for a great length of time, and it is *Most direful remain. But I shall see whether is you to permit it to by you with impunity. the low is to be violated . Inspector Todhunter said that be had go ne t o exit . mine the laystall;and certainly nothing could be more horrible. He saw a person on the self Mr. Gore,• but he was not sure whether th at was the defendant. Iu answer to some-Ti person individual alluded to declared that people resorted to Puddle-dock for the benefit of their health, and received all the advantages they expected from such a course. The defendant - here declared that he was not the per • son who was addressed by the Inspector on the occasion, as he happened to be at Romford at the time of the officer's visit to the laystall. • InspectorTodhunter said the man who represented himself as the contractor most certainly resembled the defendant very much, and appeared to be in authority at . Puddle-dock. He used the argument in defence of the system of acctiniurating the masses of filth in the lay- . stall, that he was always sure to get an appetite by being. . so frequently in the neighbourhood, and that he could - aleroye eat a good beefsteak for his breakfast on the . ePet--,-(Laughter.) ra 7 1 ,1. 1,01 D MAYOR--The defendant has acted in a zr !sgEriceftil manner in • not abating the nuisance, 47`_,,°• is paid so-largely to remove. I will at once w e directions on thesubject , cannot show tha and ascertain whether we peal that his the law is stronger than he. I re- I that.the inhabitants t is most disgraceful, and I expect will '' assisttue Incctively look after him, and cemDelling him to d o • charge the summons, and • his duty. I shall dis charge proceed at once•by indictmentinstruct the City Solicitor to The defendant was evidently against him. terms of indignation used by te at r ed 1)Y the strung -' thsi justice room id a state of alarm. Lard Mayor, and left 'MARYLEBO:N.E. su.sa?i Doherty, aged 20, was pl ace d at the bar charge of robbing her mistress, Miss Lu x i on a gspu,.a. 17, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square, of notes and other property to the amount of nearly 801. The pri soner had lived as housemaid with her, but had on the Sunday week last absconded with a - cash box containing the amount stated. She was apprehended in Rochester by Superintendent Fough, and many articles identified by Miss Hodgson were found in her possession.—The prisoner was remanded for a week in order to give the police some time to trace the stolen notes. James Parrot, an infamous miscreant, was fined 51., or in default sent for two months to the House of Correc tion, for committing an abominable assault on the person of a country lad named Henry Ford, in , his master's house. The particulars are unlit for publication. CLERKEN WELL. Catherine Green and Anne James, sisters, were charged with stealing a large quantity of pieces of woollen-cloth, silk velvet, satin, and silk, the property of William Lambe, a woollen-draper, residing at 100, Hol born-hill. Mr. Humphries was for the prosecution, tnd Mr. Robinson for the defence. It appeared from the evidence, which was very volu minous, that the prisoner, Green, entered the prosecu tor's service in April last, and was discharged on the 29th of November. During her stay James was in the habit of visiting her, and so was a man named Shaw, who has since been tried at the Old Bailey for a robbery, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. A few days after Green's discharge, information reached Mr. Lambe, which he communicated to the police, and she was ar rested at the dwelling of the prisoner James, in Crown court, Goswell-street. On her person was found a bunch of keys, one of which opened a box of the prosecutor's, in which the key of the warerooms was kept. In one of Green's boxes there was another key which opened the ware rooms, and also several small pieces of velvets, silks, &e. On further search nearly forty duplicates were discovered, all of which related to portions of the stolen property. It would appear from the dates of these duplicates that from the time Green entered until she left her master's employment she had scarcely ever ceased from plunder ing. The greater part of the velvets, cloths, and silks she had manufactured into bonnets, cloaks, and dresses by a milliner in Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, who was, however, unconscious of the means by which they were obtained. Shaw pawned the dresses, &c., at various pawn offices, as also several pieces of the velvet and satin. It did not appear that James was in want, for in her box was found a book from the Savings' Bank, in which she made frequent deposits. Twenty-five yards of cloth, eight of silk velvet, eighteen yards of satin, and a piece of silk were produced, besides a satin dress, value about seven guineas. Mr. Lamb identified all these articles as his property, and the prisoners were fully committed for trial. A little urchin named Doyle, aged about 14, whose head could hardly be seen over the bar, was charged with threatening the life of his mother, a widow, living in Elder-walk, Islington. The prisoner has been repeatedly convicted at police courts, and was even tried at the Old Bailey. On the previous evening his mother remonstrated with him on the folly and wickedness of his conduct, but he seized a chair and flung it at her head ; he then took up a pair of scissors and swore he would put them through her body, and in the excess of his rage actually jobbed them into his own hand. The poor woman declared she feared he would murder her. Mr. GREENWOOD committed him to prison in defau of bail. _ _ On his way to the cells, and in the bearing of the Court, the little ruffian exclaimed, " When I come out of prison I will break all her windows, and serve out the d—d old b—h," meaning his mother. Mr. GREENWOOD directed him to be brought back again, and in default of bail, sent him. to the House of Correction for two months. _ _ _ A ferocious-looking woman, named Muddyman, was charged with, an assault of a very ferocious character on the person of a decent female, named Susan Greengrass. The parties live in the same house. The prisoner is the landlady and has been threatening the life of the complainant for several days. Mrs. Greengrass complained of having lost some things, and the prisoner thereupon bundled up all the complainant's goods which were in the kitchen and threw them into her room up stairs. Mrs. Greengrass put them down again, Wherettpon the prisoner attacked and beat her in a very savage manner—she fastened her nails in her head and tore half . the hair away. Such was the violence and obstinacy of the assault that it required the combined exer tions of four persons to tear her away fioni the unfortunate complainant. _ _ The magistrate fined the prisoner twenty-five shillings, which, not being forthcoming, she was sent to prison. UNION-HALL. Ceorge,Warel, a labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Hallam, the extensive iron-founders, of the Cornwall road, Lambeth, was charged with stealing a pair of brass hinges, intended for the cast-iron lighthouse, now in pro gress for the island of Bermuda. The prisoner was taken into the employ of the above firm, being at the time in very distressed circumstances. On the preceding night the prisoner was seen in Roupel-street car rying the pair of hinges, which were of considerable value, and formed part of the cast-iron lighthouse for Bermuda.' When stopped he tried to make his escape, but was ulti mately taken into custody. The foreman of the works attended, and stated that the firm employed 100 men, and that of late articles of consider-, able value were missed off the premises, but, although a strict watch was kept, still no discovery took place until the pri soner was detected as above described. The prisoner said that the articles were given to him by one of the workmen on the premises; and as others are sus pected of being implicated in the robbery, the prisoner was remanded until Wednesday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES. The following were sentenced to transportation for the terms set against their respective names, viz. : For Life—Captain W. Simpson, W. H. Barber, J. Fletcher. For Fifteen Years—Martin Kelly, J. Barber, J. W. Sim mons, J. Burton, J. Edmonds. For Fourteen Years—W. Brown. For Ten Years—J. Grant, jun., J. Smith, J. Page, M. Green, T. Wright, W. Bristow, B. Smith, J. Williams, J. J. Ward, P. Ryan, W. Stropling, W. Gould. G. Barker, G. Bas sett, J. Grant, J. Wright, R. Frazer, J. H. Ganmer, G. Pitt man, T. Collims, J. Childs. For Seven Years—Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw, Ellen Cal lighan, Emma Wills, Johanna Burns, S. Rose, S. Lumb i E, Robotham, G. Comerford, C. Freeman, J. Clark, J. Smith, T. Kerr, T. Bunn, T. Wanklen, T. Clark, C. Leaver, Ann Turner, W. Saunders, J. Smith, W. Hatch, J. Kebble, James Kebble, W. Brown, J. Brown. Imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Houses of Cor-: rection for the counties where the offences were committed : For Two Years—T. Wright, T. Francis, J. Riches, T. Francis, T. Lees, Georgiana Dorey, Lydia Saunders. For Eighteen Months—P. Wetzel'. For. Fifteen Months—T. Harrison. _ . For One Oliver, J. Birch, Elizabeth Watson, Ann Tillicloft, Ann Willey, Martha Lee, Harriet Smith, Jane Bunn, H. Williams, jun., W. Muther, D. Trubv, F. ltann, E. Stokes, J. B. Tyler, A. Young, T. Freeman, H. Williams, S. Haggett, A. Young. For Nine Months—George Pollard, G. E. Slade, H. Gar • rett. T. Brown, G. Reeves, G. Slade, H. Garrett, T. Tyrol!, J. R. Moore, T. B. Proctor, E. Proctor, T. Purdy. Six Menthe—Ellen Leary, T. Fewkes, G. Barnes, T. Regan, J. Williams, H. Williams, F. Turner, J. Glanville, J. Rawlinson, IV. Hustwaite. R. Hustwaite, W. Sanders, Mary Williams, W. Shepherd, T. Sanders, W. Coyle, C. Thompson, W. H. Hatten, F. Bennett, T. Potts, C. Indler, W. Cook, N. B. Proctor, J. Winter, T. Ridley, John Smith, R. Bye, T. Ormford, F. Fisher, T. Giddings, J. W. Banks, G. Adams, T. Lucas, R. Hingham, J. Phillips. Four Months—T. Holt, G. F. Norman, C. Reynolds, J. Jackson, W. Borden, Sarah Richardson, Sarah M'Maley, T. Richardson,'Sarah Richardson, J. Daniels. Three. Months—Mary Collins, Margaret Jones, Mary Kean, Mary Smith, Margaret Smith, W. %Vinyard, C. Roger son, G. Pomfrey, M. Gallighan, H. Moorcroft, H. Clark, J. French, G. White, J. 4ones, J. Warren, W. White, A. Boyle, G. Moore, M. Cubitt, E. Kelp, J. Dredale, J. Nicholson, S. Payne, J. Little, 11. Stamford, Caroline Daley, C. Jones, G. Harper, J. Williams, G. Wil son , J. Kin g, W . Cl ar k , J . M a il er, J. Jackson, J.'Bosley. Two MOnths—J.' Bashford, Mary Ann Badden, Maria Lewis, Matilda Green, J. Heaver, T. Short, J. Pearce, W. Watts. • The grand jury ignored the. bills of indictment preferred against the following prisoners, and they were discharged : Margaret Bagwell, Harriet Odell, Susannah Birds, Eliza beth Johnson, Martha Johnson, Mary Ann Allen, Elizabeth Donovon, Elizabeth Bryant, J. Norris, J. Beer, J. St:wen son, Elizabeth Smith, H. Jones, T. Brown, J. Black, T. Townsend, H. Lawrence, J. Kennett, J. Dillon, and J. Cummins. Sentenced to Die—Mary Farley. OTHER ADJUDICATIONS. Imprisonment for six weeks, 5 ; imprisonment for one month, 12 ; imprisonment from three to twenty •one days, 10; traversed or adjourned, 4 ; acquitted, 57 privately whipped, 3 ; enlarged on his recognisance, 1 ; judgments re spited, 12 ; confessed, 37. The Court, on its retiring from its unprecedented prolix sitting, adjourned to Monday, the 6th of May next, when Lord Chief Justice Denman," Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman will preside. F R EEMASONTLY.—InstaIIation of the Right Hon. the Earl Zetland as M. W. Grand Master of the United Grand Ledge of England.—Yesterday the interesting ceremonial of installing the Grand Master took place in Freemasons' Halt, in • the presence of many hundred Masters, Past anasters. and Wardens, among whom were observed an unusual num ber of provincial Grand Masters, and other Grand Officers. Brother John Ranisbottom, M.P., and the Rev. W. Fallafieh: eonducted the ceremonial. The scene was altogether most striking and effective. The Grand Master, kneeling at tug altar, received the addresses, and took the obligation, atniu the prayers of the brethren, who, at the conclusion, paid him the high honour of masonry. The Grand Master then ap pointed .the following Grand Officers :—Right Hon. Eail Howe, Deputy-Grand Master; Hon. Ridley Colborne, M.P.. and Thomas Smith, Esq., as Grand Wardens ; Brothers Peter Thompson and C. Baumer, Grand Deacons ; J. B. Webb. Grind Sword-bearer; and T. Cooke, Grand Organist. The other Giand Officers were not changed. The appointments which may satisfa c ti on , more espe c ially th a t of Earl Howe ; may be adduced in proof of the value and importance of Freemasonry, in thus enabling gentlemen of opposite poll tics to meet together on the broad basis of social principles. The grand f es t iva l was unusually well attended, and reflected . great credit on the Grand Stewards for their liberality. The merits of the new Grand Organist, Brother Tom Cooke, and his vocal friends must not pass in silence; the concert was g a il y x L L ea . r d r e . n — na cr i. deliattful. pawingoit in through n e n Tom a Correspondent).— On a night or two ago,. horror in on a bona in On i my attention was drawn to my close, and Two brutes a poulterer's shop. Judge finding it was a fowl completely plucked nj of and iivningpluthekemingtitnoteherths,ciiwe.hielhe lieetvocuroueltdl apparently half dead, but still struggling ,herd. giqisnPeath scarcely s iv e were st engagedill d , not giving to dissuade them from such , inhuman conduct, b n • at only got the vilest'abuse. The Hon. Chas. Manners Sutton, eldest son c Lord Canterbury, who has been suffering from a severe attack of gout at Paris, was better at the date of the last cdviees. THE POSTMEN AND HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY CELEDRATION.—According to annual custom, the letter carriers of the metropolis, both general and twopenny, have been furnished with coats, waistcoats; and hats, which they wore for the first time yesterday, in commemoration of her Majesty's birth. The men thus clothed amount to upwards of 700. One hundred and sixty have been taken into the office during the last fortnight to enable the officers to carry out the extra London district deliveries, which, we under atand;artto come into operation upon the ensuing let of Many. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. YRON TUE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The course which the Government has taken with respect to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill is calculated to lower it in character, and to brand it with merited and lasting reproach. The Bill has passed its second reading. Dr. Nicholl, who has been appointed dry-nurse to the Lord Chancellor's bantling, gave notice last evening that he intends on Monday to move the committal of the Bill pro forma, in order that the House mag get through the money clauses awarding compen sation to the sinecure holders, who have been allowed, by sufferance, to fill posts, and perform the duties, by deputy. It may, therefore, be a bootless task to per sist in denouncing the Bill. The public will have to bear the burdens which it will impose. 'The Ministry founded its claim to public confidence on many grounds. Among others, the Reform it undertook to effect in the administration of justice were espe cially dwelt upon. The Bankruptcy Law Re form—fraught with patronage to the Chancellor, and with increased inconvenience and ex pense to the creditors, while it afforded additional chances of escape to the fraudulent and improvident bankrupt—was the first fruits of the promised Law Reform. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill—rendered worse by the efforts to improve the measure which was abandoned in despair last session—is the second of the series. Party power was never prostituted to pur poses of mischief with perseverance so determined. No measure was ever forced through Parliament with such admissions of defects, by those who framed and fa shioned it : these have been humiliating and complete. What, in effect, has been the language held by its supporters ? "We admit that in pressing the pre sent measure we are without excuse, except on the hasknied plea of expediency. We are open to re proach ; for we are compelled to reproach our selves. We confess that we have gone so far as, personally, in our places in Parliament, to expressly and deliberately utter and pronounce the sentence of condemnation on ourselves, with reference to this very proceeding. But we are a strong Govern ment ; and, - right or wrong, blamed by ourselves, and condemned by others, we will do what we please. We will, in fact, if we so like, do what we well know, and admit, is wrong It is our fancy. Argue, or not, as you like best—the end will be the same. We can beat you on the division, and therefore care little for the case you make out against us. In fact, it may save you some trouble if we state at once, that the principles upon which we con duct the business of the country are briefly these — Sic rolo, sic jubeo, stet pro ratione voluntas." Last session, in a discussion upon a Bill on the same subject, which the Government withdrew, Sir R. Peel asseverated, " So help me God, I have no in terest in the matter !" We have no desire to impugn the solemn declaration. We certainly do think it un fortunate for the Right Hon. Baronet that the Bill, on its very face, raises a presumption that some one in the Cabinet has more concern in the adoption cf the measure than the Premier himself. Certainly, if the Bankruptcy Court Reform Bill be excepted, there has been no recent change in the administration of the law which creates so many snug berths, and so large a portion of law patronage, as the Bill before us. Dr. Nicholl would certainly have taken a larger amount of benefit under the Bill cf last year. The present, however, secures an increase of emolument not to be sneezed upon. As Judge-Advocate, the Hon. and Learned Doctor receives 2,0001. a year. The duties of his office are performed by Deputy Judge- Advocates—a set of functionaries who perform all the drudgery, while the Principal rejoices in his good fortune, snugly ensconced in his mansion in Belgrave-square. Dr. Nicholl is also Vicar-General ; an office the duties of which are almost as laborious as that of Judge-Advocate ; the emoluments are, how ever, considerably less, being only about 4001. annually. It must, therefore, be obvious, that to one so ill-pro vided for as Dr. Nicholl—whose duties are so onerous, and his emoluments so light—it is a matter of supreme importance, if not of absolute necessity, that he be better provided for at the public cost. The salary fixed by the present Ecclesiastical Courts Bill is not quite equal to that of the last session, the untimely fate of which no one deplores so deeply as the Learned Doctor. 1,2001. a year is not to be rejected, espe cially when the office is one of little work. Doctor Nicholl is therefore content to take the good the gods, or rather the Lord Chancellor, has provided for him, and earnestly wishes he may get it. In addition to providing for Doctor Nicholl, the Govern ment has also to propitiate the country attorneys, who practice in the Dioceses' Courts. Their profits, derived from following the bipartite profession of attorney and proctor, would have been diminished had not the Diocesan Courts been retained ; and the public interests—which, as the Government had explicitly admitted, required the abolition of these Courts—has been sacrificed, because these practi tioners, backed by the Bishops, were too formidable to be dealt with by the " strong Government." There was a little job-work also to be done in the way of providing about thirty snug posts for juvenile bar risters. These gentlemen, though too young at present to be of much use to the Government, will in time grow into use. Their political influence, in the places where their tiny Courts are to be held, may be of ser vice at a pinch. Perhaps, once in two or three years they may exhibit, to the conviction of some querulous Dissenting cobbler, the awfulness and or thodoxy of ecclesiastical law; proving to him, that for refusing to pay a few pence, as church-rates, he may be sent to prison " for his soul's health," until he submit ! Now, returning to the assertion with which we set out, that argument must be vain m hen em ployed with a Ministry which admits that its policy is opposed to its own sense of justice, we may be held justified in adhering to our opinion, that the So-help me-God" declaration of the Premier is all moon shine. Let Ministers throw over the utterly unne cessary and expensive Vicars Generalship. Let them abolish that office entirely, and blot it from the Bill. Let them—as the Report of the Ecclesiastical Courts Commissioners, after mature deliberation, recom mended—annihilate all the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Courts ; there will be then no slight passed, and no injury inflicted, upon a highly respectable, learned, and honourable class of men, the College of Advo cates, by the appointment of a number of suckling judges, such as the Bill now proposes to create. Let them allow no man to ride rough-shod over them, under the apprehension of losing his Parlia mentary support. Let them, in short, do that which in their own consciences they know, and which their own ,lips have admitted, would be right. Let them abide by that which they pro fess to have made the basis, and;which ought reilly to be their guide, in legislating for the improvement of the Ecclesiastical Courts. The report of the Ecclesi astical Courts Commission is in the hands of the public. The reforms recommended by that Com mission were such as the public interests de manded, and these the public had a right to expect. The excuses which were urged for delay in carrying out the recommendations of that Com mission are no longer available; for the grounds of those excuses no longer exist. The Government, were it honest in its professions, is possessed of power sufficient to counteract the influences opposed to those recommendations, and to carry a measure which should embody them as a whole. Instead of nobly rising superior to the weak and beggarly elements which have combined to perpetuate the institutions of a by-gone age, and to fasten them upon a state of society to which they are not merely inappropriate, but a positive nuisance and an injury, they determine to lend themselves as a Government, to their preservation ! They chain the dead carcase to the living body ; and thus fetter the movements, and jeopardize the health, of the latter. And this is the result of Sir Robert Peel's promise to reform the Ecclesiastical Courts, in con formity with the recommendations of the Ecclesias-. tical Courts Commissioners, and by virtue of the powers possessed by his " strong Government !" e - seh ie l ei nrd V qi en juponutgre.truth, willGrahamtt iihano ns not tthwa et ere discussediemcc ib eoo u anuu r dtls adet whichthat actedsta.unnecessaryy wnv, Commons piterth hoh proved rnevedge slu l na e ppos n eo S ttc g: tna th ti iA tr g h oe e hNt a o :m c ; D i t merits eesßsaasi FernandpuDd orce. to be incorrect. Mr. Hogg had given a vote upon the Nottingham Election Committee, so clearly opposed to law and evidence, that we loudly remon strated against it at the time, and have never heard a man since who would seriously undertake to justify it. These were errors, but such errors as the best men might commit, and the characters of the Right Honourable Home Secretary and of the Learned Member for Beverley stand so high, that every unprejudiced man feels that they cast no stain upon the integrity or honour of either gentleman : but Mr. Ferrand, who is not an unpreju diced man, who, as the party injured by one error, and as the friend and political associate of the party injured in the other, cannot be an unprejudiced man, takes a prejudiced man's views of the errors referred to, and ascribes them to motives whic'l certainly could never enter the breasts of the upright and honourable men whom he accuses. Is Mr. Ferrand to blame for this, to blame for not being infallible in judgment in a case in which his feelings are warmly excited ? Where are the judges who will condemn him ? We, certainly, who remember how often we have unjustly imputed bad motives because we saw bad acts for which we could not find good ones —will certainly not be the first to cast a stone. "But a locus penitentice is left open to the Member for Knaresborough : if on Friday he con fessfact =is his er ror h e may . b e f org i ven . Wh at error i s he rr to conf ess , error in f act or error i n op i n i on ? A. t i o ott d .s ecla r r e e por t t he cor d r i e s c m t, or issed Mr. Hogg's vote on the Nottingham Elec tion Committee a proper vote ? If he does this, he will do what scarcely another man in Eng land would do, and what would • degrade him— may we be.permitted to say the .liouse of Commons • with him—below what the worst enemies of that ! House could- ever bring it to. But if it is the I erroneous opinion which Mr. Ferrand is re (piked to retract, we ask by what authority does this new inquisition—the House of Corn : mons—claim to exercise a despotism over men's opi ni a ? And in what a base light wouLi Mr. Ferrand appear to the country if he should be the first to submit to such tyranny. The House professes to be wonderfully chary of its honour, as committed in the honour of its Members. Be it so ; let the • House guard its honour, and the honour of its whole household, with the jealous vigilance of a Spanish husband. Let its self-elected sentinels of Parliamentary and personal honour—Mr. Papineau Roebuck, Mr. Black-is-White Hume, and Mr. Mexico Ward keep watch, and Lord John Russell take command of the guard, confident that he will not be compelled to fly from his post, as he did from the Castle-yard, Exeter, by the cry, " The Bishop is coming," with a certain Totnes speech in his hand! let the House, we say, jealously guard the honour of its whole household, but let it be impartial in the exercise of its guardianship; and let it _ _ not, in order to protect -two of its Members from a loose, doubtful, and wholly unsuccessful aspersion, insist upon the solemn degradation of another, by compelling him to state what he thinks a falsehood, or ensure its own degradation, by challenging from him that refusal which it is almost certain to receive. DUELLING-THE ARMY. In the amended articles relating to duelling, just issued from the War• office by her Majesty's authority, " for the purpose of more effectually discouraging and prohibiting a practice which is a violation of her Majesty's orders, and a flag' ant breach of the law of the land,'! we find that— " These articles declare that it is suitable to the character of honourable men to apologise and offer redress for wrong or insult comnfitted, and equally so for the party aggrieved to accept, frankly and cordially, explanations and apologies for the same. . _ " If such redress be refused to be given, or to be accepted, and the friends of the parties have failed to reconcile the differences, a reference should, in conformity with the sig nification of her Majesty's pleasure in the 106th article, be made to the commanding-officer on the spot, who will use his best advice and influence to reconcile the parties ; and the differences having been honourably settled by the good offices and responsibility of the commanding officer, ought never to be revived by either party, ur by any other officer, or body of officers; if, however, the commanding officer fail to reconcile the parties, it will become his duty to take such measures as he may deem necessary in order to prevent a duel, or to maintain good order in her Majesty's service, and the person refusing to be reconciled will be liable to be brought to a court-martial, and, if convicted, cashiered, or suffer such other punishment as the Court may award. " All.parties implicated in duelling are liable, on conviction before a general court-martial, to be cashiered. "Tier Majesty's pleasure is expressed in the 107th article, that officers, being the friends or seconds of the parties, shall exert their influence to adjust a difference on terms consis tent with the honour of each of the parties. The failure in settling a difference being generally attributable to excessive demands for reparation made by one of the parties, the con duct of the seconds, by the 107th article, is made liable to be investigated as well as that of the principals, in all cases in which a dispute shall be referred for the consideration of a general court-martial. " Personal differences between gentlemen living together as brother officers can seldom fail to be honourably and promptly adjusted, in the first instance by explanation be tween their mutual friends ; the propriety of an early ex planation and acknowledgment of error was so forcibly pointed out by Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, in confirming the sentence of a general court-martial, in 1810, that Sir Henry Ilardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point : " The officers of the army should recollect that it. is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that the momentary humiliation which every man may feel upon making such an acknowledgment is more than atoned for by the subsequent satisfaction which it affords him, and by avoiding a trial and conviction of conduct un becoming an officer.' " THE SUGAR QUESTION. (From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.) - APRIL 6, 1844. Dear Mr. Scoble —I am much obliged to you for haying sent me the letter of Messrs. Spencer, Blair, and Anstie, together with the answer of my worthy friend, Joseph Sturge. My opinion upon this important subject, which you think it desirable that I should state, has been more than once given by me from my place in Par liament. I believe no one ever was adventurous enough in the House of Lords, to undertake the de fence of the Brazil or Cuba slave trade, or,which is the same thing, the plan of 1840 for admitting Brazil an,l Cuba sugars, after the plain facts had been brought be fore that house. The argument lies in a small compass. Had the question been of increasing the export from Cuba and Brazil of any produce which could only be increased in amount by natural and innocent means, as the growth of Baltic wheat is increased by our increased demand for it, no one could for a moment have doubted that the people had a right to benefit by this free importation. But it is a matter of absolute certainty that no additional hundred hegsheads of sugar can be obtained from Cuba or Brazil, without an additional hundred negroes being brought over from Africa. Consequently, every hogshead imported by us from thence in the United Kingdom means an addition to the African slave trade ;. and consequently the plan of 1840 was neither more nor less than a project for increasing the slave trade, as certainly, and almost as directly, as if we had given a premium for every negro kidnapped or forced on board the slavers, and carried from Africa, through the unutterable horrors of the middle paSsage, to American bondage. How could atifl one ever dream of' support from us' to such a horrid scheme—us, who for half a century had been lab that execrable traffic ? one expect that I, whose Goad pass for the first time an ~,,..obaod v e foarlotl , fortune howg i t t ch o could i i extingui sh i e a n en g ny u t i o sh Act making slave trading a felony, should join in en couraging the Spaniards and Portuguese to commit the acts proclaimed by my Bill 01 1811 a crime, and in encouraging our countrymen to be accessories after the fact to the same heavy offence ? No one ever attempted any answer to this. It is in truth un answerable. It is and was said, indeed, in these de hates,twe took slav e grown cotton f rom without scruplo. Is the re th e l eas t resem - Alnerica that resem blance between the two cases ? None whatever. But I will suppose a case in which the cotton trade might resemble the sugar trade, and then I will admit my principles to govern that case. If we all of a sudden were called upon to increase by a large amount our importation of cotton, so that our demand could only be met and supplied by an increased importation of negroes from Africa, then I grant that my principles would forbid that increased demand. In the existing state of the cotton trade, any increased den - land is 4radual, and never can cause one slave more to be im ported from Africa. Besides, we have long been de pendent on foreign countries for cotton, and we have no means of stopping the trade, even if its increase should afford some little stimulus to the slave traffic. The sugar question stands on wholly different grounds. We never have as yet had any sugar trade with foreign slave settlements: I confess that I have read the letter in favour of othisthings n hateful s t e ninselsenses whichurol d j e have tavel nothingvini h ad e a b s mu t o t e n t i b s he h el m ie e e :n % : , astonishment. a n t r c ! C a : r o y e f i n m a e r y n e of ordinary reflection could have set their names to. ‘Vhat, shall we say of the practical wisdom of men who have actually penned and 'signed the following strange proposal ?—" Permit importation freely, and then, where conscience forbids the use of slave produce, indylge only in the consumption of that which is groWn by free labour l " That some one individual should write this astound ing sentence is barely conceivable ; but that three men should have met, and discussed, and penned, and adopted, and written, and copied, and signed, and printed such a thing, is truly the most marvel lous instance of haste and thoughtlessness which I ever had occasion to witness. Will any one of them be pleased to point out by what test the conscientious purchaser is to discover slave-grown sugar in the market ; or by what means the seller is to satisfy his customer respecting the origin of his wares ; or in what mode he is to be prevented, even if he knew it, from telling the purchaser that his sugar is free-grown, when his confessing it to be slave-grown would put a stop to the bargain ? There is, however, nothing in this letter more sin gular than the constant assumption, that the only objection to the Brazil and Cuba sugars is the "conscientious scruples entertained by a few persons, who are as nothing compared to 27 millions," against using slave grown sugar. There were some few per sons who, before emancipation, would never con sume sugar; but the great bulk of the abolitionists and the anti-slavery party were sound in this view of the matter. It is utterly untrue that the present objec tion to the slave trading scheme of 1840 rests on such scruples. Nothing of the kind. These objections rest on the very different and only practical ground, that, by admitting the Brazil and Cuba sugars into our markets, we certainly, immediately, directly, commission some scores of slave trading vessels to as sail and to haunt the African coast, awl that an Act of Parliament passed. for this purpose is as inevitably an Act for the more effectual encouragement of the African slave trade as if it honestly and shamelessly bore that name. Another extraordinary assumption runs through this letter. There is mention always made of free and slave grown sugar ; as if any foreign sugar were free grown, save, perhaps, the produce in Java and Manilla. Assuredly, in America there is not raised, out of our own colonies, one hogshead but slave grown. As to any commercial policy which this country may adopt, exerting much influence upon the legis latures of the slave settlements or their planters, my hopes are, I confess, not sanguine; because I well know the spirit of gambling speculation which per vades those nations, always agitating the mass, and and mixing itself with the great body of the people. But, if any course of conduct can have any such an influence, it is assuredly that. which all reflecting abolitionists recommend—the shutting our markets against slave-grown sugar, and opening them to the produce of free labour. The plan of the extraordi • nary, though perfectly well-meant letter, of wire% you have sent me a copy, is one from which surely no reflecting person ever can hope for he smallest prac ical effect, namely, the "power ful operation of English anti-slavery opinion upon Brazilian slavery opinion." The proposition is to offer them gold to continue the slave-trade, and preach them a sermon to give it up. One can hardly doubt which of these exhortations will prover the most efficacious. Even the " benevolent exertions of individuals, or of anti-slavery societies," to which the writers of the letter would confine all our efforts with foreign States, seem to offer a most remote and doubt ful prospect of any real good. When coupled with the grand remedy for slavery and the slave-trade, of admitting all at once into our markets as much sugar as negro slave-labour can yield to the lash, such a re source can hardly be seriously relied on by any rational person. I hope and trust that the warmth with which I have expressed myself on this important subject may not expose me to any suspicion of haiing been want ing in due respect to three estimable persons of whose pernicious opinions I have spoken. At this moment their support of a party measure so fraught with mischief to a cause for which I have laboured for nearly half a century, seems to me most dangerous to that cause. It may revive at, tempts of mere party men, which had appeared to expire under the almost universal scorn of abol tionists—attempts under the plausible name of free trade and cheap sugar, not merely to perpetuate negro slavery, which would have been bad enough, but to revive the detestable slave-trade, and extend its ravages over new regions. Assuredly there are no peaceable measures which I would not cheerfully support, to prevent so grievous a crime from falling upon our times as the voluntary encouragement of the slave-trade, and the voluntary extension of slavery by the apostles of freedom. Believe me truly yours, (Signed) BROUGHAM. J. Scoble, Esq. ART UNIONS. The Art-Union of London, having for its object the chance distribution of prizes of works of art, has just been declared illegal by an order of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury; and the continuance of the body's operations, it has been announced, will subject parties to prosecution at the Crown instance. This is a communication from Government of a seriously interesting nature, seeing that there are great numbers of associations over the country based on the principles of the metropolitan one, and similarly liable to objection as lotteries—their resemblance to which condemned affairs is the foundation of their pronounced ille.Tality. It strikes us, that a proposition very lately made by advertisement for a Book Union, like to those for works of art, has been the direct cause of this movement. It either has excited some stir among the influential publishers, and being viewed by them with suspicion, has been made the subject of an applica tion to Government, or thelegal officers of the State have themselves taken the alarm, and have conceived it necessary to check the practice, lest it should be ex tended from works of art and literature to other arti cles, so as to affect the whole system of trade. If paintings and books be lotteried for, why should not carpets and tables? There is no end 'visible to the practice, or, at least, it may evidently come to be extended to all articles of ornament and luxury. Without reference to the question of the general propriety or be of l eg i s l a ti ve i n t er f erence here, it may be pronounced that, so far as the existing Art-Unions are immediately concerned, interference is clearly wrong, and the consequent injustice, we trust, will be remedied. These associations were founded in 1837, "in consequence of an opinion published in the report of a Par liamentary Committee on arts and manufac tures," and people have been encouraged to lay out their money in this way to a large extent, no sus picion of illegality having been for a moment enter tained. Could any one, indeed, have a doubt for a moment of the legality of bodies, several of which are headed by her Majesty, Queen Victoria, as patroness? Therefore, betwixt 40,000/. and 50,000/. have been subscribed for the present season to the various associa - tions in Great Britain. It would be unjust in the ex treme, seeing, particularly, that the guardians of the law have been silent on the point for eight years—to make the subscribers suffer by preventing the Associations from fulfilling their incurred obligations. In those cases where the purchases of works of art have really been made, it would be very improper, even if legally possible, to make artists refund the money given to them, and to deprive others of their expected recom pense would be equally cruel. There is no right way of doing, seemingly, but that of at least permitting the current season's operations to proceed to their close.—Scotsman. THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN SPAIN. The following is the substance of the newly enacted decree respecting the liberty of the press in Spain : "The right granted by the second article f,f the Constitution to all Spaniards to publish their opinions freely is secured to them on certain conditions. Every printer establishing himself in the provinces must make known his intention to the Political Chief, place over his door a board mentioning his pro fession and name, and not deliver a single copy of the work he has printed without having previously given one to the Political Chief or Alcable, and ano ther to the Fiscal. No newspaper can be published without a responsible editor, who, to be qualified to fill that station, must, Ist, have been domiciled during a year in the district where the paper is to appear; 2d, pay annually taxes to the amount of 1,000 reals in Madrid, 800 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, Granada, Valencia, Malaga, Seville, and . Sara gossa, and 300 elsewhere ; an d, 3d, h ave con stantly deposited in the hands of Government a sum of 12,000 reals at Madrid, 8,000 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., and 4,500 elsewhere, should the periodical appear from one to seven days in the week. If it be published half monthly, the deposit required will only be one half the above sums, and the quarter if monthly. The same person cannot be the responsible editor of two or more papers. Editors of journals confined to lit rary matters will not be required to ladge any money as security. All subversive, seditious, obscene, or im moral writings constitute offences of the press. Sub versive writings are articles and works con trary to the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion, or in which its dogmas- or worship are ridiculed; those tending to overthrow the fundamental law of the State ; those attacking the sacred person of the Sovereign, his dignity, or constitutional prero gatives; and those attacking the legitimacy of the co• legislative bodies, insulting them in their honour, or tending to impair the freedom of their deliberations. Seditious writings are those published with a view to create disorder, or disturb public tranquillity, and those exciting the people to disobey the laws and the authorities. Obscene writings are those contrary to public decency, and the immoral those con trary to good morals. Editors of writings de clared subversive by the jury will be liable to a fine of from 30,000 to 80,000 reals, and deprived of their honours, distinctions, offices, and public functions. If found guilty of sedition, the fine will vary from 20,000 to 50,000 reels, and of obscene or immoral writings, from 10,000 to 30,000 reals. The editor who shall have translated - or copied any article liable to prosecution in Spain shall be punished as if he were the author of the article. The Government and the Political Chiefs may suspend the sale and cir culation of journals or other writings calculated to compromise public tranquillity, but proceedings must in that case be instituted. within the twenty four hours against their authors, who will have to be tried in the shortest possible way by the jury. The jurymen are to be chosen from among the citizens paying 2,000 reals direct taxes in Madrid, 1,200 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., and 600 elsewhere; doctors of canon law, theologians, physicians, sur geons, lawyers, and academicians, who shall pay 500 reals direct taxes ; the proprietors of public establish ments of education, the retired functionaries enjoying pensions of 1,200 reals at Madrid, 1,000 at Barcelona, Cadiz, &c., and 800 elsewhere. A juryman must he thirty years of age, and know how to read and write. The accused must be interrogated in the twenty-four hours following the prosecution. The printer will be held to produce the original writing, and if the incriminated article be signed, he will have to prove the signature. The membErs of the jury are to be drawn by lot in presence of the accused, and the list communicated to both parties, who are to be allowed to challenge each twenty at most. The jury will consist of twelve mem bers, and should their votes be equally di vided, the accused will be acquitted. The secret deliberations of the jury are not to he made public, and the publisher will incur from one month's to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of from 500 to 2,000 reals. Cases of defamation and calumny are to be tried by the ordinary tribunals; all works treating of the dogmas or morality of the Christian religion are to be submitted to the previous approbation of the ecclesiastical authorities. Dra matic works cannot be performed without the per• mission of the authorities. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Mr. Thomas, from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, arrived at Windsor on Wednesday, for the purpose of instituting the ne cessary inquiries, preparatory to commencing legal proceedings against the parties who were guilty - of a gross act of cruelty towardsa valuable horse on Mon day last. The following are the particulars —A pony, between twelve and thirteen hands high, was matched against a bay cob, nine years old, for twenty-five pounds a-side, to proceed from London to Windsor, without any restrictions as to whether the beasts were to trot or gallop. The pony was to be ridden,_ and the cob to go in har ness. The start took place from Dorset-square, Re gent's park, early on Monday morning, the route being through Hounslow, Crawford-bridge, Lang ford, Colnbrnok, Langley, Broom, and Datchet, to the New Inn, at Windsor, where the pony arrived shortly after eight o'clock, about 200 yards in advance of the horse in harness, performing the distance (between 23 a.nd 24 miles) in one hour and twenty- four. minutes,. at the rate of upwards of seventeen miles an, hour. The pony, although considerably distresed; sufficiently recovered, after a short rest; to - be „ taken to Slough, to be conveyed from thence •to PaddingtOn by the Great \% estern Railway. The . cob,. I) , :nvever, was in a most dreadful state, upon its arrival at the,New Inn; and after lingering.from eight o'clock until half- . past.twelVe, it - expired in the greatest torture. Soineidea.may-be formed of the cruelty practised to wards the unfortunate animal, when it is stated that the chaiSe' it iiAfi to.'drag, for nearly twenty-four Miles, - weighed betweenl and 8 cwt., and this, in addition.toitsMifeelingdriver, and its harness, brought its load - up to nearly half a ton. Throughout its whole journey it was .not once pulled up, but was urged on, at full gallop, nearly all the way from town. The owner slept at Windsor on the preceding night, but lift the next morning at eleven o'clock, leaving orders with his groom to take his horse to town that afternoon. It died, however, as we have before stated, and its carcase was disposed of yesterday to a person from Colnbroolc. The gig, a heavy-wheeled , old-fashioned Dennett, was sent for, and delivered up this morning. Notwith standing the inquiries which have been made by Mr. Thomas during the day, assisted by the police, agreeably to the orders of the magistrates, the names of the parties implicated in this disgraceful affair have not yet been discovered. Mr. Henderson, the veterinary surgeon, who was called in to bleed and administer a drink to this murdered 'animal, was told to apply for the amount of his charges to Mr. Hyatt, No. 16, John-street, Edgware-road. From the clue which has been obtained, there is very little doubt that all the parties connected with this disgraceful affair will be discovered and proceeded against. We may observe that the poor beast had a deep sand crack in its off fore foot, and that both its hind legs had been fired. The Society is determined to use every evertion to bring the guilty parties to justice. Mr. Charles Kemble had the honour, nn Wednesday evening, of reading to her Majesty and the Court, at Buck= Ingham Palace, Shakspeare's play of qui&lint, slightly com pressed. THE ROYAL AVIARY AT WINDSOR —ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF HER MAJESTY'S FAVOURITE FowLs.—Her Ma jesty's aviary, in the immediate vicinity of the Royal dairy, in the Home-park, at Windsor, which is stocked with a most valuable and rare collection of fowls, pigeons, and other birds of extreme rarity, was attempted to be, broken into on S u nd a y n i g ht by a p arce l o f vagabonds, who were- fortunately discovered before they had purloined, any of the property on the premises. It appears that Mr. Walters, poulterer, of the High-street, Windsor, who has the entire superintendence of the Royal aviary, and who resides in a cottage near to the spot, had not left more than a few minutes, when his son, hearing a noise in that part of the premises opposite to the Home-park, 19olod through the window of the Queen's room, and saw distinctly two men in the act of endeavouring to force open the gate of that division, which contained the rare Cochin China fowls. He immediately gave an alarm, when his father and others came to his assistance. The men instantly made eff into the Park leaping the rails; one taking the road to Datchett, and,the other making off in the direction of Frogmore. A fierce dog, of powerful size, kept on the premises, belonging to Mr. Walters, was sent in pursuit of the thieves; but HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.--Yesterday being on getting up to one •of them, it ran along by his side appointed for the celebration of her Most Gracious Majesty's across the Park, without attempting to attack him. birthday, when she attained her twenty-fifth year, the morn- There is no doubt from the dog suffering the ing was ushered in by the ringing of a merry peal at the men to enter upon the premises without making churches throughout the metropolis, Kensington, and Wind noise, and from his subsequent movements, that. some sor. The Royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somer drug had been administered to it by the thieves. The set-house, the Italian Opera, St. Martin's, St. Giles's, and St. animal has not been well since the affair occurred. Upon M argaret ' s church, Westminster. At ten o'clock, A.m., examining the aviary, the marks of a jemmy were discovered the re was a gran d para d e i n S t. James ' s-park of a battalion close to the locks and hinges of five of the doors of the divi- of each regiment 4 the Foot Guards in their new uniforms, sions, containing the most valuable of her Majest) 's birds. attended by their respective bands, when they were inspected A portion of the iron and wire-work, which divided the by the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief and Colonel several compartments, was found to be broken, and con- j of the Grenadier Guards ;by his Royal Highness Field-Mar siderably injurel by the attempt which had evidently been shal the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of the Coldstream made to enter the premises by climbing over the rail. Mr. Guards; his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Colonel of the Gillman, the superintendent of the Windsor police, was sent Scots Fusilier Guards; and Field-Marshal his Majesty Leo for the next morning by Major-General Wemyss, and in- i pold, the King of the Belgians, and a numerous military staff. structed to use his best efforts to discover and bring to justice ; After the parade, the bands of the three regiment of guards the guilty parties. From the great ease with which the pre - - marched to the Colour Court, at St. James's Palace, where mises can be entered from a portion of the Home-park, it is ; they performed several choice jieces of music. At one o'clock expected that, for the future, a strict watch will be kept dur- a Royal salute was fired by the guns in St. James's Park and" lag the night. the Tower. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.. LONDON, APRIL 25.—Light S.E. breeze, and fine. PLymourit, Ariur. 24.—Wind N.W.—Sld, Africa, Ceylon; Lord Win. Beutinck, Port Phillip. DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Ariadne , Campbell, China; Allerona, Voss, Buenos Ayres to Antwerp; Johanno, Rio, for Stockholm ; Zodiac, India, for Rotterdam , Columbine, Robertson, St. Domingo ; Cid, Arrianga, Ht' vannah ; Janet Muir, Heron, Africa, and sailed for Leith. Sailed Nero, Puck, Valparaiso ; Funchal, Cape Coast Castle; E. Boutcher, St. Kitt's ; put back, F. Burr, for Boston. - OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Agnes, Fox, 'Trinidad. SOUTHAMIvrON, APRIL 24.—A rr d. Liverpool (s.), SWANSEA, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Malcolm, Valparaiso. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 23.—S1d. Pioneer, Mirainichi ; Con - cordia, Quebec. Ltvi:droor., APRIL \.W, fresh.—Arrd. tier - • toun, Kerr, Bombay ; Joseph Porter, Wilson, Ichoboe, left Feb. 28, St. Helena, Ist ult.; Catherine, Coffee, Buenos ' Ayres, Feb. 4. Of, Nith-Stom, King,'Hudson, Laguna, sid*. 6th ult. OEI , CORK, APRIL 2L—lsabella, Scott, Ichoboe. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 17.—Arrd.Ann, Johnston, Trinidad. Sld. Fellowship, St. John's, New Brunswick; Fanny, 1 1, iii" delphia ; Margaret, ditto ; Lavinia, New York. SHIELDS, APRIL 23.—$1 d. Isabella, St. Helena. ICHOBOE.—Arrd. previous to Feb. 27.—Eliza, Kincaid, ; Cape of Good Hope. The rollers set in very heavy at Ichoboe, between the 19th and 26th of Feb. Several vessels got adrift, and had their stages washed awey. The John Jardine lost an anchor, the Golden Sprig lost an anchor, aid , got in contact ; the Jessie, lost her large boat. Her Majesty''a ship Winchester, within two days' sail of Ichoboe, was spoken sit the 25th of Feb. by the Isabella, off Cork. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Ariadne, Campbell, from China, in the Downs, sailed Dec. 26, St. Helena Marck 4; blertower Renn, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. 12, Mae' ritius, Jan. 23, St. Helena March 1 ; Simon Taylor , Brown, from China, off Portsmouth, sailed Dec. 6, St. Helena Feb. 28; Nith, Graham, from Bengal, at Live" pool, sailed Nov. 26, Cape of Good Hope Feb. 20; Tartar, Luce, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed Feb. 8, St. Helena March 8; Humayoon, M'Kellar, from Bengal, in the West India Docks, sailed Dec. 20, St' Helena Feb. 26; Kandiana, Rogers, from Bengal, in th• - Downs, sailed Dec. 2, St. Helena Feb. 22. Arrivals at Mauritius—Augusta Jessie, Sparkes, Feb' 1, from Bombay ; Isabella - Watson, Macdonald, lo t ; Bangalore, Smith, 3d, from Calcutta; Manchester, Tar' - ner, from Madaga s car ; D uc h ess o f A rgy ll , T a i t , 6tb • from Calcutta. Departures from Mauritius—Earl of Lonsdale, Pel le ; Jun. 31 to C a l cu tt a ; M a id o f Mona, Blake, to A l g v" Bay ; Hindostan, Lamb, 31st ; Louisa Balla., Retain Ca p e and ~ ton, Feb. 1 ; M a rtin L ut h er , P a l mer, 3d, all to the (Al and London ; John Fleming, Clarke, Ist to Mat Ocean Pride, Vau x , 2d to C ey l on ; Vulcan, Patrick, to Greenock; Buteshire, Currie, to Calcutta; Orator' Chester, to Colombo ; Mary, Caithness, to Algoa 130 Hong-Kong. Dodds, 4th to Calcutta ; Augusta, vaulk' ing ; and Lady Kennaway, Spence, to Bombay ; Trek' boer, Cobern, to Algoa Bay ; Souvenir, Fleury, sth W Bourbon ; Adelaide, Wharton, to Point de Gael Charles Heddle, Micouin, 6th, to Madagascar ; Britorh to sail Bth for London. Arrival at St. Helena—Maid of Athens, Laing, March 6, from West coast of Africa, and sailed 11th to Cork. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Nfohican, of Greenoc,,k , 11th inst., lat. 41 N., l on . 25 W. ; B ouvr i eu l Avg' Nantes to Guadaloupe, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Havr e ' Poupard, arrived at Havre. Victoria, Hancock, Bristop to Calcutta, 20th inst., l a t. 48, l on . 8, b y t h e Tarts! Luce, arrived off Falmouth. Catherine (ship), 20tD ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 19 W., by the Joseph Porter, wilsont, arrived at Liverpool. Amphitrite, of Nantes, 17th los t " by the Trent (steamer), arrived at Southampton. MARKET NEWS-YESTERDAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15$ to 3/ 3s; Ili ful ditto, 31 5s to 3/10 3 ; tine Upland ditto, 31 128 t o 16s 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s t o 5/ 5 s ; O a t S traw, 1/ 6 3 t o ll "j Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both . Hay Straw moved off heavilyat barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s to 3153; 11 ,7 ; ful ditto, 31 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41,14 s tin,"pet Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 51 ; O a t St raw , 1/7 8 to 1/ 9 s; Straw, 1/ 10s * to 1/ 128 per load. A limited supply, an' steady demand. Prices about stationary. WRlTEctiApEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 51 $ 1, useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 128 1/ 3/ 16s ; Clover. Hay, 315 s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 63 to 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1188 to 11 108 per lo a d. SupPlYnio derately good, and trade dull. SouritALL, APRIL 24.—Although the supplies of fat stoe s t on sale to-day were by no means large the . dernaol // hi d throughout heavy, and, In some instances, the quotations u oiii a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; aqu tt ,4 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; 8 " sheeP Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Supply—Beasts, 40; and Lambs, 2,910 ; Calves, 52 ; Pigs, 46. Old ROMFORD, APRIL 24.—Prime She e p . and Lambs s ofa steadily, at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the dell) od was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s; Muttontji 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 5d to 6s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4 t, and Pork 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81b s . S uc ki ng C a l ve s, 1 ,,r oh 28s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19 s ; an d Mul c h ; with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/ lOs each. LEWES, APRIL 23.—We had rather a heavy trade o a to-day on the tollowing terms :-Beef, from 2s 4d to 4; 3 44 4 Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6 s 2d ; a nd r ° 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. AVERAGES OF GRAIN. ' a In consequence, it is presumed, of a do u bt being ei...! , `„--0; tamed respecting the accuracy of the A verages , th ey be declared until this day. --- QUICK TRAVELLING.--We have to record a re' marliable instance of the power of steam. On Wed nes : day her M a j es ty' s p ac k et Princess Alice, having on boot! Mr. Robins, an English messenger, arrived here f„rer e Calais after a passage of one h o ur an d 45 minutes.• messenger was just in time for the 11 o'clock train, ' which he took his place, and arrived in London at three o'clock ; perrorming the whole distance from Calais o . e themetropolis,via Dover, in the unp rece d e nted short tn.:. of .5 hours.and 45 minutes !—Dover Telegraph. did HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE--This *len is structure is said to be nearly completed, though th ere o s nothing to be seen but a couple of brick buttresses ; at one end, and the other at the other. How the P prietors intend to make both ends meet is a t present. mystery. The brid ge i s d es i gne d f or f oot passeng6ero only, and it i s ex p ec t e d w ill b e great l y patron i se d br . , t l4 market-gardener s , w h o w ill, o f course, l eave t h e ir hc' et , ( l and carts on th e o th er s id e o f t h e r i ver. I t i s ca lculi" that all the persons employed in Pedlar's acre wil i d ll o y, the Hungerford Suspensi on -b r id ge at l eas t o nce a t m If the draymen occu py a p ar t ments a t t h e west - e nd oi .his town, it is possible that in the expected traffic from:, is source the shareholders will n o t b e di sa pp o i n ted. . 1 01 % to be hoped that the people of L ancas t er -pl ac e WilL ip ta more than they have done hitherto w ith th e inhal"; to of the York-road; and thus Rich mon d' s p re di c tion o r the union of the houses of York (r o ad) an d Loe i h s e j) (place) will be literally verified. Th e w hi te (was ber+ rows of the one, and the red (b r i c k) rows o f the °V e re are emblematical of the white and red roses which n e entwined together on the fi e ld o f B oswort h . —pub 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, P ICCADILLY . fo o Browne Clayton feels d es i rous t o express the NI 70 and advantage he has d er i ve d a t hi s a d vance d age ° ss rie years, and after two years' trial, f rom t h e use of ,f,, be ir S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. l o ot valuable inventions fully merit the patronage they received. Address. Adlington-hall, Lancashi re 'ot Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone begs to 0 1 10 0 the Spectacles he has now had some time in use!„,t fully redeemed the assurance of th e M essr s. S. se Solomons as to their excellence, and • having I °` l .. - fek' much comfort'and advantage from their use, ;W far 1 )1 , able to every other kind o f g l asses . 13, N or folk-st Park-lane.—The Hon. George Cavendish, to Me ssil '4 . and B. 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DP" On the 23d inst., in So u th w i c k- crescent, Hyde-Par— h p James Stewart, of a dau g ht er . . of• 9 On the 23d inst., at Ball's-park, Hefts, the lad/ gA , Henry Pelly, Esq., of a son and heir. grer On the 24th inst., at B ernar d- s t ree t, Russell-sq— ,, _,..-• William Byers, of a eon 1 1 0 17 c ,„,The I % „," .14 ,3' • vy Ay f Win be Wing I Ba] The ; Fkor t ii i4 Pr om a lue ; ,211 su Pr rna o m oeven. 21t ke .u. ett, t lac Star.( G Part c I(sukry T H s ' text bine u Tr. aloe ekturt retinal fntala The Cst et, PIW t 1 •1 1, Ott The' lots of „ alphir Prim }Us nu hill Comm goods, I,Dwar, count 3 Ng, I Stiddi; latertr bad Pitssed rely , solven IQ Co, sictrng Slank, et, tO b. p , ll her W hitt hated said p, S' tA T . C. 1 1/4TR 4 , 4 et ever aaurec 11 , 4 3' . 1 4 TI Titbi e e ee . Tea g get ei C. 1 , tiarlr 148 U' * 2 . bet cow vdt•Sal C. la Just • *mild Ivo ] . ?et a • 3 .4 i, . aos. rater WAT Thi Ceti, %lice eCli sle ep rem )] , arkt %ti t 4 8 Ui ythic Age] of tl **lit • 414 • that Ci., Gan Vo x ailjat pert Neu so • abl e s ~ u< toiti _i MARR. • ai On the 28th of March, at lED Naples, Lieutenatiol t eA lv- n0 Charles Hay, commanding the 1901 Regiment, fe,w l. „ oeelor the late General Sir Jam e s H a y, K.C.H , to El'eL l bilvt" daughter of the late M a j or -G enera l Si;Charles l'''' it K.C.8., K.T.S. - • Se On the 20th inst., at St. G eorge ' s , H a nover - 0 i j, George, Esq., of Denthark-hill, Camberwell, to Mf. r . so oe berry, youngest daught er o f A. G eorge , Esq., 6 ' . __,.' Of Middlesex. , % 11, Plat e On the 20th inst., at Tooting, Henry E. Goodb—atbe , Norwood, to Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter ''' :.,i0 George Evans, Esq. ~,,, 01;V On the 20th inst., at Trinity Chur c h, BremP_„''to Greenaway, Esq., of the Mad r a s N a ti v e Infa- 1 3tr:' Elizaueth, daughter of Sydney Cumberland,,Egk . 1 • DIED. •re, Dir. On the 20th inst., at Worksop, Nottinghate sill ai r, Collinson, draper, aged 48. i f s o- On the 21st inst., at Canterbury, Martha, th e Vi rt. j H. 0. Sankey, Esq., late of Margate. _„_„ p e. _, I , r On the 21st inst., at Cheapside, Mr. Malcolm I?."'_'.,,,c•ry Grei'w , On the 21st inst., John Smith, Esq., of the y pe , Bermondsey, aged 63. l lea ..t On the 21st inst., at Bristol, Henry Spen cer . - Esq., of Coleman -street, London. e erie, el de On the 22d inst., "at Clifton, Lucy Maria B o ' ion, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Pusey h V ll3 • , __ 8 a t..., o f On the 22d inst., at New Sydney-pla" , don. fon Esq., of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, Len_ungeit On the 23d inst., at Buckland, Barton HaP) ° o f el ° the late J. Carbonell, Esq. daug ht 'fe o f $* On the 23d inst., at Brighton, Mary, eldest _„ d 01 late Peter Du Cane, Esq., of Braxted, Essex, 11 ' _..aisil Stuithe, Esq., of Lansdown-place, Br4htorl• „ on , Sell" - inb On the 23d inst., at East House, Kenn' S w o t James Rolls, aged 26. ol C T? V Il e Pr • At Manhenn Elizabeth, wife of the —e ' T e ds, Graham, and eldest daughter of the late Sir G. '' _ --:,, o f —your' lO, London : Printed and Published by Mr 111 ( ) -oce, 14 if 0 Nip. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suu , , s COO O Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , Is *" Riddle's', Friday, April 26, 1844. ~M]`~~ 4c ' l Yee 1:0a: rt9r • ti • el P . . ,~ c • i 4 • ' A CASE OF CLAIRVOYANCE. We dare say that most of our readears are almost tired of Mesmerism, and will be rather disposed . to pass by than to read any further statements respect ing it. Still we cannot retain from placing before them some particulars of an apparent case of clair voyance, recently exhibited in this town by Mr. Hewes (we believe a son of T. C. Hawes, Esq., formerly of this town), which are calculated to create great asto nishment in the minds of those who, like ourselves, are sceptical as to the reality of th e phenomena. The following statement has been furnished to us by a medical gentleman who witnessed the experiments : " This singularly interesting case was exhibited at the Mechanics' Institution, on Thursday evening, to a numerous audience. Mr. Hewes first gave a brief, but not very clear, sketch of his views on the sub ject. his attention having been drawn to mesme rism by various operators, he was induced to make experiments himself, and, • amongst others, he tried upon a lad employed on board of his yacht, and was astounded by discovering that 'Jack,' as he always called him, possessed the above faculty in an extraordinary degree. After assuring himself of the accuracy .of his observations, he thought it desirable that others sh)uld Lave the oppor tunity of examining the case in public. When the lad was introduced into the room, his eyelids were closed, and the pupil of the eye thrown upwards, to wards the superior orbital plate, but quite alive to all that was said to him, and readily answering such re marks as were made to him. Mr. Hewes called for some medical man to come forward, and with some ad. hesive plaster, which he had prepared; so to cover up the lad's eyes as to preclude the possibility of his see ing in the ordinary way. After some delay, Mr. W. C. Williamson undertook to do this. The upper eyelid was first bound down to the lower one by two crucial strips of plaster extending over the cheek. A number of strips were then laid across the eye, from the nose to the temple, and so arranged as to overlap each other, and thus form several layers; over these was placed a double layer of black opaque leather, fitting . over each eye, and the whole bound firmly down by two broad strips of adhesive plaster, carried from temple to temple, encroaching upon the eye-brow above, and touching the cheek bone below, thus leav ing no possible point through which a ray of light could reach the eye in the ordinary way. " A succession of obj ec t s were th en 'held up before him, all of which he named as fast as they were ex hibited ; scissors, knives, coins, snuff-boxes, pins pin cushions, watches, a n d a var i e t y o f o th er small objects, were recognised as quickly as they were shown to him. The time was told upon each watch with the most minute accuracy, the hands being pur posely put to different parts of the dial, the only delay arising from the lad's want of edu cation, as he always had to count the number of minutes before giving his answer. Objects Were then held up in different parts of the theatre, and even when small snuff-boxes, &c., were held up in the gallery of the lecture-room, he mentioned both what they were and what they were made of. Mr. llewes then introduced a pack of cards, which were taken by another gentleman, Mr. H. retiring to a distance. Each of these was recognised as soon as held up before him, and after decyphering some print by spelling the words, being unable to read, he sat down to play agame at " All Fours," which he won, and in answ sr to questions put to him, he announced ie cards that had gained him the game. He then performed some tricks with the cards, exhibiting great inge nuity, and showing that his mental powers were in full active exercise. In all these experimentS, the lad directed, not hii eye, but the upper p ar t o f hi s forehead to the object before him. Mr. Williamson endeavoured to cover the lower part of the forehead with another broad strip of plaister, but this the lad tore 'off with great energy, as it evidently interfered with him, either intercepting his vision, or giving Yfn pain. Several questions were put to Mr. Hewes, as to the process that had been em ployed in producing this state, but Mr. Hewes I declined answering them at that time, further than that he had been the operator, and that his ope rating was necessary to induce the condition in which Jack' then was. At the request of some of the audience, Mr. Hewes consented to exhibit the case another evening, so as to afford others an opportunity of seeing it. It is certainly worthy of a close and critical examination, as it seems to be decidedly the best and most unequivocal specimen of the marvellous phenomena of clairvoyance that has yet been exhibited in Manchester." —Manchester Paper. -T-11 E SUN, LIONDON, FRIDAY - NIOR-11.1,,NG, APRIL 26, IM4. ,-__