The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-28 00:00:00

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In the evening, their Majesties re red the Prince de Ligne, the Brazilian Minister, the __Panish Chargé d'Affaires, the Minister of rublic In e ;,truetion, Marshal Duke de Reggio, the Marquis de ea °l.n aY, Counts de l'A4le, de Montesquiou, and Du el, M. Gauthier, Peer of France; M. Jubelin, Fox, Secretary of State; Baron Langsdorff, and Col. ox, of the English army. a .A Toulon letter of the 19th instant states that, by a i 4 Patch a dd resse d b y th e Minister of the Marine to the e; " i time Prefect of that port, a discretionary power is tere Ma en hi m f ur di sc h arg i ng 1,500 sa il o rs of his divi:ion. Th emyor of Bordeaux has received a letter from c amp Soult, announcing his intention to establish a of this y ear near the city, for the exercise of a body Ir° o Ps under the command of the Princes. n July last a duel took place between two pupils of inin° Polytechnic School, named Serviant and Delamarre, which the latter was killed. The tribunal of Versailles ordered the arrest of the survivor, but an t i ) P e al was made to the Cour Royale of Paris, which de red that d ue lli ng did not fall within the reach of the law. a l t eainst this decision the law officers of the Crown lodged F.aPpeat t o the Court of Cessation, and the Supreme 4 1 . b ltal sent the case before the Cour Royale of Orleans, ? 'ell decided in the same way as the Cour Royale of 14 " 18 . An appeal was also lodged against this judg etn, and it was heard on Tuesday by the Court of Cas -4,,,°11. The Court, after hearing M. Ledru-Rollin, in ~,PPert of th e j u dgments of the Royal Courts of Paris and Orleans, and the Procureur-General Dupin, in sup. the of the appeal. decided that duelling is a crime within operation of the Cede, and that the Court of Orleans, 'ill declaring the contrary, has committed a violation of It:law. The case is tbe brought before some other Yal Court to be hereafter designated by the Court of viation. IL A clue! with swords was fought on Sunday in t he r 4 . . 1 1 de Vi ncennes , between Lieut. Lege, of the Navy, Z i a Person who remains unknown. They were wit h o ut th Y seconds and the Lieutenant received a wou nd in T i l l side which causes considerable fears for hi s life. e two brothers of the fallen combatant, being made ' at , e( lusiuted with his condition, hastened to him with a - ‘g eo ll• On being questioned as to wh o was his adver- Y, he de c l are d that he was a person unknown to him , ki Whom he had quarrelled at a place of public enter :ll'lW. The police, dissatisfied with this account, is rig every endeavour to discover him. A sword and ,_Plar o f g l oves, l e ft by him on the ground, have been mo ored. N,.,_` 111 accident happened on Tuesday morning on the b m.. " and Rouen Railroad. At the station of Epone, Mantes, and where the train stops for ten minutes, de Passengers who were in the rotonde of one o f the 16 _ 1 gences of the Messageries alighted. The signal of e 7 e ing had been given, when suddenly these persons 41 their appearance, and, running after the train, % i le a was moving slowly at the time, came up with it. f a : of them attempted to get into the carriage, but his " Blipping, be fell upon the rail, and the train passing off er his body, he was instantly killed. te e 4ll Algiers letter states that, three days after the ex -411311 of the powder-magazines , a sold i er who had at n returned in the number of the killed was taken out to 'Lie ruins so little injured that in two days he was able retur n to his duty. „Terse was rather a heavy fall of snow at Mar s e illes e 22d inst., and the cold was still very severe. de le letter from Zurich, of the 21st, states that consi le ! lt ble excitement prevailed there in consequence of the ation of the Diet without the set tlement of the Boonte ther of the Jesuits, and it was understood that ...ger Lucerne, the Valais, nor Friburg, would revoke decisions that they had come to in favour of that s'o• It was believed, however , that t he free cor p s g i generally submit to the order of their dissolution. COITRT-I".A.SHIONABLE. The Queen Dowager and suite are expected to arrive e: A arlborough House, on Wednesday next, from Witley for the season. t i 411 e Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleu ch, Lord 4 11 eY, and those Ministe rs absent from town for the Itri ternentary rece ss, are expected to return to town Y in the ensu ing week, a Cabinet Council having lee 4. 1 appointed for the earlier p art of the week. so nunt and Viscountess Palmer s t on arrived in town ts„ Wednesday last from visiting Viscount Melbourne at ;ket Hall, Herts, and have since gone to Broa d la nds, re`l' seat near Romsey, Hants, with t he intention of m aining there until the re - assemb lin g of Parliament. t it i z T he Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne enter ed the Duke of Devonshire and a select party at 11 ,er, on Wednesday evening , at La nsdowne House. Tge Marquis and Marchioness of Do wnshire are ex to arrive in Hanover-square, for the season, on loth of next month , from Hillsborough Castle, „ ' ll kity D own. T he t Earl and Countess of Ripo n are p assin g the re. 1 1 e, ; 4 in town. The Noble Earl's health is considerabl y -Proved. yeti. Earl and Countess of Granville have arrived at t: lr resid enc e in Bruton-street, from the D uke of De torliehire's res idence, at Kemp Town. We are gratified t to la i mn that the Noble Earl has comp letel y recovered , Knie recent indisposition. T he Earl of Harrowby, who has been again seriously B` l l 3 oBed in Grosvenor-square, is much better. Sir B. is in attendance on his Lordship. II Grace the Archbishop of York and Miss Har- C u l are expected to arrive at the Ve nerable Arch ' T u °P's residence in Grosvenor -s q uare, on Monda y or t sa e l, c leY next, from Nuneham Park, Oxford, for the His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, TnkiSerene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, distinguished circle are visiting his Grace at %fl e h arn. X 4 Y Macnaghten, widow of the late Sir William Afelsaghten, Bart., who was brutally assas sinated in tsaunuistan, is expected to arrive at Mivart's Hotel to il "w, from India, apartments having been e n g a g ed for „et _ _ Ladyship's reception. - &SW AND POLICE. th e l be proceedings in the Diocesan Court of In q uir y , in cas e of the Rev. Mr. Monckton , have been resumed. s tZt Kingston, a St. Helena merchant, named Solomon, qvered 500/. damages against the Times news p a p er, libeL The libel charged him with having put un et, ° Lesorne water on board a ship called the Moffat, in h i tt 4 s equence of which several of the crew and passengers a, suffered severely from illness. The defendants J ames to prove the truth of the alle g ation, but failed. Parry, charged, at Oxford , wit h woundin g leB Colley, at Berrington, by thrusting a poker into L 3 Ye, on the 4th Feb., was acquitted of the felony, and st 4 i'eneed to one month's imprisonment for the assault. belk nursemaid named Jarvis was indict ed at Coventr y the murder of an infant which had been entrusted to r e ke Care. Her defence was that a strange man had Red the house, and, seizing a carving -knife, had The the child. The jury acquitted her. t 4 ,,,,he grand jury at the Middlesex Sessions have re ttliZed true bills against a number of persons for com e "atrocities in Spa-fields' burying ground, and the corn e° Pp'', has ordered process to issue against them. T he affairs of the Heir-at-Law Society have again Tume the subject of investigat ion before the sitting i lerman at the Guildhall. Olin Brown, a police - constable of the A division, was p led at th e bar by the direction of the Po lice Commis- Csllers to answer the charge ofhaving assaulted a married 1 . 11141 1 named Pearton. The prisoner said that he had - 1 11 merely larking with her. He was fined 10s. 3 0 " t Marlborough-street, Robert Bugo , shoemaker, No. 14 14, itehfield-street, was charged with hav in g criminall y Elizabeth Woodbine, his servant, was fined 51. Iot P UGILISTIC ENCOUNTER FOR FORTY POUNDS.-011 iled u off , esday the fight between Welsh and Brooks came k,"4 the presence of a fair sprinkling of the pugilistic e w , -le 7. A steamer (the Running Rein) was provided to th - „, / ey the combatants and their respective friends to locality selected for the contest, starting from the %,,1 1 :tY side of London-bridge. Welsh last fought p of Cheltenham, and came off the victor. The i t i t t es having landed near Rainham, Essex, the neces tb;,Y Preliminaries were arranged, and the men came into liv -rin g , and the battle was opened. Welsh was seconded t " "Jamb° and Turner, and Cullan and Berry did the t lclaisit e for Brooks. The men commenced fighting with e n ti ?h, and the first two rounds occupied six minutes. lie - ,..." 45 as then hit out with earnestness, Welsh stopping -*: fiacally. The next round Brooks l e t fl y his left, 1 2 , made a call at the victualling off ice of his o pp onent, who resumed, nothing daunte d. It then became ma nifest ti lifest th a t W e l s h was the best " Genera l, " and the to tio tttest had occupied forty-five minutes, when an intiina lea W as given that the police were a bout to make their ~- ; "Pe a rance. The pugilists and the interest ed p arties k t te soon on the qui vice, and quickly made themselves N c r ee- They embarked on bond the steamer, where a lsultatizin was then held as to the best course to pursue, Partie s boing anxious not to be foiled. A proposition Its arranged to make a trip to the Kent side of the ktsd a ring was there formed, and Welsk and his deep entered, but Brooks and his parties were non l est d e - e e74B , and in this way the affair ended, without any uurtite result being arrived at. The referee will decide g t a t ? Ur disposition of the stakes. The men fought neither evincing any desire to take an y unfair to 9 'u t age- The weight of the combat ants was sti p ulated stone. In the betting, Welsh was the favourite. tow iI it AnDSIIIPS ON LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Wed .4l a respectable licensed victualler applied to the th a " trat e at Clerkenwell Police-court, in reference to e_e,transfer of his license. He had let his house in the 4 7 11 1 3' part of February, and the in-coming tenant had e t hrough the legal formalities. On the Bth of March li ce obtained a certificate from the justices, at their 10 0 , 11841 g meeting, and subsequently they applied at this The rt, under Captain Rous's Act, to have it signed by f, magistrate, to protect him (the in-corner) against in trr_aters or Excise penalties, for selling liquors, until , t 5 transfer could be made by the Licensing Magistrates 1 , ; their next special sessions. They produced the as u'rgn_ eMent, agreement, inventory, and the certificate, and re, g u ti . that if the magistrate would sign the latter docu l.:_: it would save the in-comer from all risk until the 'declined could be transferred. The magistrate, however, ,ftlnitin?ed interfering, and the parties left the Court corn -4'l_, mg of the hardship of the case. They were anxious obey the law, and have the transfer made, to pre tradeanY the.t risk, and it was important to the body t the of th m e from s something should be done to protec trouble hardship, and unnecessary inconvenience and ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK. The following is a fuller report of this meeting than we were enabled to give in our paper of yesterday : Yesterday the vestry meeting, which had been summoned by notice in the regular form, for the purpose of electing churchwardens and other officers of this parish for the year ensuing, was held in the Vestry-room of the parish church. Much interest had been excited in the parish by the proceedings of Mr. Alderman (now Lord Mayor) Gibbs, on Tues day last (a report of which appeared in our paper of Wednesday), in holding a meeting of the Select Ves try, for the purpose of forestalling the objects of the present meeting, and procuring his own re-election to the office of churchwarden, and the result was, that shortly after ten o'clock, the hour for which the meet ing was convened, the Vestry-room was crowded with the principal parishioners. Dr. Croly, the Rector, took the chair, a motion to that effect having been moved and seconded. The CHAIRMAN said it might be proper, perhaps, in the first place, that the Vestry-clerk should read a statement of the circumstances that oveurred on Tuesday last, which had rendered it necessary f'or him to make the protest he had forwarded to Mr. Gibbs, which would also be read. The Vestry-clerk, Mr. CROSBY, then read the fol lowing statement :—" St. Stephen's, Walbrook.— A meeting of the parishioners took place this morning, the 25th of March, in the Vestry-room, under the following circumstances :—On Monday last, with the consent of Dr. Croly, a notice, calling a vestry meet ing for Thursday next, the 27th instant, for the elec tion of parish officers for the ensuing year, was duly published. When this notice made its appearance, Mr. Gibbs, who still claims to be churchwarden, caused another notice, calling a vestry meeting for this morning, the 25th, for the like purpose, to be af fixed on the church doors. So soon as the fact of the publication of the latter notice came to the rector's knowledge, he sent to Mr. Gibbs a written protest against it, alleging that the intended meeting was irregular and illegal, not being, as the law required, called with the consent of the rector.' This morning at the hour of ten, the time appointed by Mr. Gibbs, several of the respectable parishioners assembled in the Vestry-room. Shortly afterwards Mr. Gibbs, accompanied by Mr. Eddison and Mr. Whittaker, came into the Vestry-room, when Mr. Gibbs, without taking any notice of the rector's protest, said, ' I have to request that all who are not of the select vestry will retire.' Dr. Croly then attempted to address Mr. Gibbs, but was immediately interrupted by Mr. Whittaker, who said, ' I move that the select vestry do adjourn to the Lord Mayor's private residence, at 33, Walbrook: This was seconded by Mr. Eddison. Mr. Gibbs then held up his hand, and declared the motion carried. Mr. Gibbs and his companions then left the Vestry-room, but Mr. Whittaker shortly re turned, and said to the rector, Dr. Croly, I invite you to the Lord Mayor's house.' To this the rector replied, I invite you to stay here and do your duty.' During this proceeding there was no chairman of the meeting. After some conversation among the parishioners expressive of disapprobation of Mr. Gibbs' conduct, the meeting separated." The REV. CHAIRMAN then proposed that the protest he had made against the meeting which had been announced by Mr. Gibbs, as being contrary to law, in being called without the consent of the rector, should be read, which was done by the Vestry-clerk as follows The rector of the parish having ob served upon the church doors a notice for a vestry meeting on Easter Tuesday, signed Michael Gibbs and Thomas Whittaker,' hereby protests against that meeting, as being summoned without the rector's con sent, and therefore, contrary to law. (Signed) " G. CROLY, LL.D." The CHAIRMAN observed, that of the illegality of a vestry meeting, held without the consent of the rec tor, there could be no doubt. Dr. Phillimore, in giving his opinion upon that point, said—" Un doubtedly the usual, and, therefore, under ordinary circumstances, the preferable course is for the churchwardens to give notice for the holding of the vestry, but in so doing they are ministerial to the incumbent, and they are bound to consult his wishes before they do so :" and in Steer's Parish Law, p. 267, it was laid down that " vestries for church matters regularly are to be called by the church wardens, with the consent of the minister." There fore, as he, as the rector, had not given his consent to the meeting on Tuesday, he felt justified in pro hibiting it, and protesting against it as illegal. He would now call on Mr. Crosby to state to the meet ing the circumstances of the law actions in which the parish were parties against Mr. Gibbs. Mr. FLIGHT wished first, as having been one of the churchwardens elected for the previous year, to lay before the vestry, as far as he could do so, the statement of affairs in connexion with his office. One would have thought that Mr. Gibbs would, looking at the large body of parishioners by whom he (Mr. Flight) and his brother churchwarden (Mr. Rock) had been elected in the previous year—one would have thought he would have been satisfied that his twenty years' domination over the parish had now come to an end. Had Mr. Gibbs consulted his own character he would have immediately retired, and permitted his .successors to commence the work of reparation which was so much needed in the affairs of that unfortunate parish.—(Hear.) But no ; the sweets of office were too attractive to that gentle man to allow of his giving them up without a struggle (Cheers) —and the result was, that by actions brought against Mr. Rock and himself, they had been prevented being of any use to the interests of the parish, and that time which might otherwise have been beneficially employed for the benefit of the parish had been necessarily devoted to the examina tion of such accounts as had been furnished. They had investigated those accounts, and he would state to the meeting some of the results. He found that in 1825, when Mr. Gibbs came into office, the amount administered as relief to the casual poor for the year was 6/. Bs. 6d. ; but the very next year, under Mr. Gibbs's management, it had increased to 511.—(Hear, hear) —and the year following to 671. In his first year of office Mr. Gibbs managed to increase his charge ninefold, and the second year twelvefold. Mr. CVNLIFFE here asked where were the vouchers for these payments ? Mr. FLIGHT said it appeared that this was a sort of relief for the money distributed in which the church wardens were not bound to give vouchers.—(A laugh.) But if gentlemen were surprised at this they would be still more astonished at the general results which he was about to state to them. In 1825, the aggregate amount expended in relief to the poor was 610/. ; but the next, under Mr. Gibbs's management, it was 780/., and in two years after he came into office the annual charge under this head was 860/.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Shame, shame.") In three or four years it had increased one-third, and this in a parish containing 60 houses, making about 141. a year poor-rate per each house.— (Oh, oh.) The next extraordinary item in these accounts was law charges. The amount charged under this head of expenditure during the twenty years was 2,0001., and upon consulting with Mr. Crosby, the vestry clerk, on the subject of this extraordinary item, he was informed that the alleged payments had not really been made, but were merely entered—(Cries of " Oh, oh")—and that there were no receipts till the month of February, 1845. The amount set down, therefore, for law charges appeared to be a mere playing with figures rather than an actual payment. Look ing at the very large increase in the amount charged for poor relief in these accounts, he had been led to ascertain what had been the effect of the New Poor law Act, and had compared the expense of the first year under the new law with the previous heavy pay ments, and what did they suppose was the result' To his great surprise, he found that under the new law the charge to the parish had been reduced one half.—(Cheers.) The complaint usually made against the union of parishes was, that to unite a poor parish to an opulent parish was to increase the charge upon the latter, and it would naturally be inferred that a parish like Walbrook would feel severely the union with a parish like Whitechapel, which contained a very large number of poor; but, with this disadvan tage of taking in a poor partner, he found that the saving in the poor-rates, as compared with the annual charge in the accounts, was nearly one-half. — (Cheers.) And, be it remembered, that this great saving could not in this instance have resulted from the superior management of one man or another, be cause the same gentleman who had managed matters in that parish was now the chairman of the Poor-law Union.—(Cheers and laughter.) Then he looked to the mode in which the parish rents had been managed under Mr. Gibbs. In looking over the list of de faulters he found amongst others the name of their late rector—the Rev. G. Townley ; then there was the late Alderman Smith, for the rent of a house, 1271. Another defaulter was a neighbour of his own, Mr. Fen, a late select vestrymen, and , tw o y ears a g o, one of the most powerful supporters of Mr. Gibbs.— (Hear, hear.) The parish, it appears, were losers to the amount of 17/. 10s. bx his bankruptcy. These were losses of which he complained bitterly, as they need not have been incurred. It would be remem bered that in some of the earlier meetings that had been held by the parishioners of Walbrook to obtain their rights, he (Mr. Flight) had complained of the frightful system of jobbing that had existed in the parish time out of mind, and had complained that a gentleman, a near neighbour of his, rented a place be longing to the parish for 381. a year, having paid no premium, which he for many years let for 901., and now let for 80/. a year. It was under Mr. Gibbs's management that a house worth 901. a year had been jobbed away for 381. a year; and even that 38/. the parish did nor get.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN deprecated the use of such strong expressions as jobbing. Mr. FLIGHT resumed—lt was not to be wondered at that the parish was in a state of poverty, when, to suit the interested views of select vestrymen and their supporters, the parish property was let at less than half its value.—(Hear, hear.) Amongst the many HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The history of Felicien David is a perfect romance. Born in a French provincia 3 town, he in very early life exhibited symptoms of musical genius, and be came a chorister. Removing to Paris, he made music his profession, but could barely earn a livelihood by drudging in the lowest ranks of the musical world. Of an enthusiastic temperament, he joined the St. Simon ians, became the intimate friend and associate' of Pere Enfa ntin, and with him undertook a journey to Egypt for the purpose of endeavouring to convert the Ma hommedan nations of Africa to the creed of St. Simeon. While he was in Egypt, a caravan was about to set off for Mecca; David joined it, and per formed the pilgrimage across the desert to the Holy City. While traversing the vast wilderness, his mind became thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the place, and in the desert he composed that sub lime symphony and ode which has secured to him his name and his fame. Returning to Paris, David in vain endeavoured to get an orchestra to undertake the per formance of his symphony. It was the work of an unknown man, and, therefore, rejected. At length, one night in last December, M. Leon Pillet, as a last desperate attempt to retrieve the fortunes of the AcaG rule Royal de Musique, consented to produce David's symphony. It was a novelty, and if it at tracted, it would be sure to pay—if it failed, the ex pense of getting it up would not be much. That morning Felicien David took the score of his symphony to the music publisher, who refused him two hundred francs for the copyright. It was produced—it succeeded, and the next morning Felicien David became famous. The musical pub - lisher, who the day before had refused to give 200 francs for the copyright, offered 50,000 and was refused. The poor, unknown, friendless musician, became the patronised, the filed, the great man ; and Filicien David has become the honour of his country, the pride of the musical world. On reading the notices given by the French critics of this work, we were inclined to make vast allowances for exaggeration. It was produced at this theatre last night, and, we are bound to con fess that, in this instance at least, the French have been guilty of no hyperbolical exaggerations. It is one of the most sublime compositions that was ever created by human genius. Since the days of Handel there has been nothing like it for sublimity, for crea tive power, for descriptive beauty, for depth of thought. It is the work of a genius, and of a genius of the highest order—of a genius which has been tutored in the school of adversity, and has not been permitted to indulge in vagaries, but be compelled to learn — and learn thoroughly—the rules of art. Not only does David possess a creative genius of the very highest order bat he is also the most accomplished musician of his day. His instrumentation throughout is perfect, and he plays upon the orchestra as though it were one vast instrument, which he had com pletely under his command. But this perfec tion of musical knowledge is a mere minor advantage which he possesses in common with scores of other equally accomplished musicians ; but, in point of originality, of genius, of creative power, Felicien David stands alone. If Handel is the Milton, David is the Byron of music, and, like Byron, it is from the East that he has drawn his inspiration. The ode opens with two strophes, which are de claimed with an orchestral accompaniment. This accompaniment at once arrests the attention for its originality and its descriptive power. Never was the idea of vastness and solitude more magnificently con veyed than it is by this opening passage of the ode. Then follows the grand chorus—the song of the De sert, the glorification of Allah !—perhaps the most sublime composition that ever was heard. The idea itself is sublimity. The Desert itself, image of the eternity and of the immensity of its Creator, bursts forth into glorification of the Deity. It is more like an inspired composition of one of the Hebrew pro phets of old, than any efforts of any merely human creature. This is followed by a description of the appearance of a caravan in the distance ; and a mag nificent fugue introduces the chorus of the caravan, a beautifully expressive composition. Then comes the Desert Tempest—the awful simeom's blast—the calm returns—the caravan resumes its march. The chorus of the caravan in its march, which concludes the first part of the symphony, is beautifully expressive. The sound is an echo to the sense throughout. The second parts opens with a hymn to the evening star, which was beautifully given by Moriani, and then follows a magnificent chorus, the Liberty of the Desert. Then comes "La Reverie du Soir," perhaps the most exquisite morceau in the symphony. Calm, smooth, and touching, of an almost voluptuous character, the music of this exquisite air admirably expresses the luxury of night in the warm and sunny climes of the south. It was deliciously sung by Moriani, and rapturously encored. This concluded the second part. The third part opens with a de scription of sunrise—the appearance of the sun in the horizon, his gradual increase of splendour, until at length he bursts forth and awakes the world, was admirably expressed by a crescendo movement of very original character, gradually increasing in intensity. This movement was app l au ded enthusias tically, and encored. The caravan resumes its march, and gradually disappears in the distance. This was also beautifully expressed, and the symphony closes with a repetition of the song of the Desert, in praise of Allah ! We have thus given a slight sketch of this most wonderful composition. It is the work of a genius sublime, magnificent, and tender. It is impossible to hear it without being struck with awe and admiration; but in order tho roughly to appreciate its beauties—in order properly to understand the vastness of the genius of the mighty master who has produced it, the Desert should be heard, not twice, but a dozen times. It was preceded by a fragment of a symphony in E flat—a Melodie imitative a Grand Orchestre—a song, Les Hirondelles, beautifully given by Moriani, and encored—a Melodie Orientale a Grand Orchestre—a very quaint song, Le Chibouque, sung with great effect by Corelli— fragment from " Los Quatre Saisons," entitled, Soirée du Printemps. All these are composed by Felicien David. They are good, but there is nothing particularly striking about them—nothing but what a merelely talented musician might have produced. But the Desert is original—is a creation; and the earth holds not the man who could have created such a composition, except Felicien David. The house was very well attended, and a more attentive audience we never saw assembled within the walls of her Majesty's Theatre. Every musician of eminence in town was present, and the attendance of the dilettanti was excessively numerous. THE WILL OF SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, BART. Probate of the will of Sir Thomas Fowell :Buxton, late of Northrepps, in the county of Norfolk, Bart., and of the firm of Truman, Banbury, Buxton, and Co., brewers, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, in the county of Mid dlesex, was granted on the 25th instant to Sir Ed ward North Buxton, Bart., and Thomas Powell Buxton, Esq., the sons, two of the executors, a power being reserved to Dame Hannah Buxton, widow, the re lict, and Andrew Johnston, Esq., the son-in-law, the other executors, to prove hereafter. The personal estate sworn under 250,0001. The will is of great length, and dated 17th of October, 1844; witnessed by John Gurney Hoare, of Lombard-street, and Esther Neave Lincoln, of Northrepps Hall. Sir Thomas died on the 19th Fe• bruary last. He leaves his manuscripts and papers to his son Edward and daughter Priscilla, either to publish or destroy, or to be kept by his survivor, in compliance with the wishes of his deceased sister Sarah Buxton, from whom he has recently derived an addition to his property. Leaves to his son Edward his guns and sporting implements, and the selection of two horses. Bequeaths to his wife the carriages, horses, and the whole of the forniture, and directs 1,0001. to be paid to her within one month, and 3,0001. at the end of twelve months. The establishments to be kept up for six months after his decease. Bequeaths to his daughter Priscilla Johnson a legacy of 2,0001., and a further sum of 5,000/. from his share in the brewery ; and to his daughter, Richenda Buxton, the sum of 9,0001.; leaves one-third of his share in the brewery to his wife for her life ; appoints his son Charles to succeed to_ one third of his share in the brewery, and leaves certain other portions to his family; the remainder of his share and interest in the brewery he leaves to his son and partner, Edward ; leaves the whole of his plate to his wife for her life, and, at her decease, to be distributed as follows:—the plate presented to him by his late consti tuents at Weymouth, and by his brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and all other relations, he gives to his son Edward; the plate presented to him by the young people at Wey mouth, he gives to his son-in-law, Andrew Johnston ; the plate presented to him from the Directors and members of the Alliance Assurance Company, he gives to his sons, Thomas Powell, and Charles. Other specific articles of plate he leaves to his daughters. He gives his college prize books to his son Edward and his children. Devises his freehold and leasehold estates at Runton and Fellbrigg, in the county of Norfolk, to his son Edward North Buxton. Devises his freehold, copyhold, and leasehold estates in Trimington, Side strand, Soutbrepps, Girningham, and in all other towns, parishes, or places, in or near the county of Norfolk, to his sons Thomas Fowell Buxton, and Charles Bux ton. Directs the Bellfield estate to be sold, and with the share in the partnership of the brewery and the re sidue of his personal estate, to be held in trust, to pay thereout 3,0001. a year to his wife for her life. Appoints his son, now Sir Edward North Buxton, his residuary legatee. ---- NEW PIER, GRAVESEND.—This work is now finished, and was on Monday morning thrown open to the public. The engineer is Mr. Redman. On Tuesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, some alarm was occasioned at Kingstom-bottom by a horse and gig coming down to the Robin Hood gate without any perton. The horse was secured, and some men immediately proceeded up the road towards London in search of the party or parties who were in the vehicle. About half a mile from the gate two gentlemen were found lying in the road in an insensible state, and very much cut and bruised. They were immediately con veyed to the Robin Hood public-house, and a medical gentleman was called in, who in a short time restored the gentlemen to a state of consciousness. One of them was recognised as a medical practitioner of Clapham. "1 4 111 t SUN% LONDON, FRIDAY - EVEN'ING,yIARCIT 21 5 , 1A45. There are, however, two or three points, of which I think it proper that some notice should be taken. One is, that our meetings here are held in a spirit of vin dictiveness against Mr. Michael Gibbs. Gentlemen, I do not give him his present title ; it is only for a season ; it will vanish from him before we shall have learned to pronounce it ; and I venture to say, that he will be known much longer by the title of church warden of Walbrook than any of the flattering and fortuitous honours of the scarlet gown. He calls himself a persecuted man, and his persecution is of this or ler :—For nearly a quarter of a century he has held the office of churchwarden, during that time he has had the command of the whole parochial re venue, which, by his printed statement, I see some times amounting to 1,2001. or 1,3001. a year—and all this without giving in an account to the parishioners for upwards of nineteen years.—(Hear, hear.) The nece:sity of repairing the church at last compelled the united parishes to meet for the purpose of preventing its ruin. They demand, before they are called on for more money, to be informed what has been done with the past. And this is persecution ! He asks for time; it is given to him at my request; and this, of course, also is persecution. A proposal is then made to dm to submit his accounts for those nineteen years to arbitration, or to a public accountant, or to three persons chosen by himself, and three chosen by the parishioners. I can see nothing in all this but the desire of a speedy and amicable adjust ment. But this, in the vocabulary of this sensitive personage, is persecution. He at last gave in a por tion of an account; the parishioners naturally de manded a whole cne. They were at length driven to Chancery for the purpose of obtaining an account with vouchers, the only kind of account that could be satisfactory, or that, indeed, can be of the slightest value between man and man. But this account they have never seen, and we hear to-day from the Vestry clerk that the account before the Master is still drag ging on its lingering length, and fully substantiating all the proverbial honours of the " law's delay." But by whom was even the unvouched account audited ? On this paint the fullest impartiality is always ex pected. How was this expectation fulfilled ? The names to this audit are actually those of the "select vestry," the men whose conduct had been impugned for the delay, and the name at the head of the list is that of one who has still three years of churchwarden ship to account for.—(Hear, hear.) The printed account made its first parochial appearance under an escort of the City police.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I need no more than allude to the scene on that singu- other difficulties arising from Mr. Gibbs's delay in producing his accounts was this, that the claims against the sister parish could not now be lege) ,y de manded—(Cheers)—nor was it just, when they con sidered the migratory habits of a commercial popu lation, that the present parishioners should be called upon to pay debts contracted seven or eight years ago by their predecessors, and which had only not been paid at the time because Mr. Gibbs had neg lected to furnish his accounts. Ile contended, there fare, that if there really were any balance due to Mr. Gibbs, it would be impossible for him to receive it. He apologised to the meeting for having nothing better to submit to them than a dry statement of figures, and that he had not % been able during his year of office to benefit the parish, except in aiding, as far as he could, the law suits in which they were engaged. On the part of his friend Mr. Rock (who was unavoidably absent in the country) and himself, he begged to say, that however happy they would be in retiring from office, and leaving to others some of those difficultie:c with which they were surrounded, they did not think it would be just to the parish or to themselves that they should take advantage of the present election to flinch from the ta-k which had been imposed upon them, and place other persons in the thorny seats they occupied.—(Cheers.) If their fellow-parishioners considered they had done their duty—seeing that a delay in the proceedings in which, on the part of the parish, they were engaged, had arisen from circumstances beyond their control—if they still possessed, as he believed they did, their confidence, his friend Mr. Rock and himself would feel bound to remain in office, and carry the war through to, he trusted, a successful issue. They all, however, knew the uncertainty of law, and it was possible that, after all, the Court of Queen's Bench might give a verdict against them. If so, one step would still remain to them— that was to do what he originally suggested, namely, to apply to Parliament fur relief under the extraordi nary circumstances in which they were placed.— (Hear, bear.) Of two evils they should choose the least, and it was better to incur the anxiety and ex pense of an appeal to Parliament than to submit to the domination of the present churchwarden (Gibbs) du ring the remainder of his life. With regard to funds, he was sure they would all come forward with ala crity, and cheerfully subscribe what was necessary. Upon that point he thought there could be no doubt ; but, should the subscriptions fall short, he now re peated the offer he had made at the outset of these unpleasant meetings, to advance on loan without inte rest, what should be necessary beyond the subscrip tions, to carry out their object.—(Cheers.) He hoped they would unite in setting an example to other pa rishes by persevering in that which must ultimately take place—their final deliverance from the thraldom of twenty years.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said the object for which the meet ing was assembled was to elect churchwardens and other officers for the ensuing year. Their friend Mr. Rock was compelled to be at Barnstaple on private business—it was his native place, and he had gone down to found a literary institution : but he had written to him, expressing his willingness, with Mr. Flight, again to take upon himself the office.—(Hear, hear.) He (Dr. Croly) had the greatest possible aversion to the principle of re-elections—for they had had quite enough experience of " perpetuity." — (Hear, hear, and laughter.) But there could not be any objection to these gentlemen; on the contrary, it was, under the present circumstances in which they stood, highly desirable that the re- election of these gentlemen should take place.—(Cheers.) After the election, the Vestry-clerk would report upon the present state of the legal proceedings as far as he could do so. Mr. CUNLIFFE was fully satisfied with the conduct of the two gentlemen named during their period of office, and as they were all in the same boat, they must swim with them and shove them on. It was quite clear that no new churchwardens could act in the matter. He thought the conduct of Mr. Michael Gibbs on the previous day was improper and ungen tlemanly in dealing with such a parish as Walbrook. —(Hear, hear.) He moved that Messrs. Rock and Flight be churchwardens for the ensuing year, and he trusted that their fellow - parishioners and fellow citizens would come forward to assist them in resisting the disgraceful proceedings of Mr. Gibbs. Mr. WILSON seconded the motion, which was put by the Chairman, and carried uuanimously. Mr. FLIGHT acknowledged the confidence reposed in himself and colleague, and said he thought for the same reasons given for their re-election, it would be desirable also to re-elect the overseers.—(Hear.) They were equally with him and Mr. Rock desirous to do all in their power, and that they had been restricted to doing so little was not their fault.—(hear.) Mr. CUNLIFFE—I suppose they have got no funds ? Mr. FLIGHT—Not a shilling.—(Laughter.) Mr. Henry Rock and Mr. Williams were then re elected as overseers. Mr. CUNLIFFE said he understood the sexton had not received any salary for two years, and the or ganist's salary was equally in arrear. How much was due to Dr. Croly he did not know, and perhaps it was of no great consequence to a rich man like that reverend gentleman—(A laugh)—but it was monstrous that Mr. Michael Gibbs should thus go on, taking all he could get and pay nothing away. A PARISHIONER observed that the poor organist was starving, her salary from that church being alinost her only means of existence. The CHAIRMAN agreed that it was monstrous that any one man should thus receive the parish money, and then turn his back to all applications either for payment or explanation—disdaining, as it were, the public voice. He had himself received nothing for two years and a half. He was, however, quite willing to postpone his own rights and his own complaints for those of others. He was not precisely in the position Mr. Cunliffe suggested, but he preferred having his stipend in his own pocket than that it should remain in the possession of any other person. This might be the weakness of human nature, but if it was, he was fain to acknowledge the infirmity.—(A laugh.) Mr. FLIGHT had understood that, pending the de cision upon the legal disputes, Alderman Gibbs was to pay everything as well as receive everything. The VESTRY-CLERK said that it had been arranged that the parish income should be paid into the bank of Messrs. Willis and Percival, and applied to parish purposes. A PARISHIONER—But has the money been so ap plied ? The VESTRY-CLERK----Certainly not. The PARISHIONER-Why that is a departure from the principles of common honesty.—(hear.) The VESTRY-CLERK said he had suggested the propriety of making the payments, in accordance with the understanding, but as yet without success. With regard to the progress of the law proceedings, the action in the Common Pleas was tried on the 19th of December, and, under the direction of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, it assumed the shape of a special case, the point raised in that Court being reserved for the courts above. The duty of preparing that case, in order to obtain the decision of the superior court, rested with Alderman Gibbs's solicitor or counsel. It had not, however, been as yet prepared, though it had been applied for over and over again. With whom the fault of the delay rested lie did not know. On the 15th of April next, when the term commenced, an application would be made to the Court on the subject. With regard to the pro ceedings in Chancery, the accounts were before the Master, vouchers had been required for the payments, but there had been great difficulty in vouching many items of large amount. The large sum of 2,0001. for law charges was one of the disputed items which was now under the consideration of the Master, and not yet decided upon ; and there were several other items upon which the Master would have to decide. At present the proceedings were stayed in conse quence of the vacation, but they would be resumed with the commencement of the ensuing term, and he believed that ultimately they would be enabled to re lieve the parish from the burden which Mr. Gibbs had entailed upon it. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Adol phus, and Mr. Peacock were all confident in the opinion that the parish would ultimately be restored to its rights. Ile regretted the painful position in which the parish was placed in consequence of the law's delay, but it was inevitable under the circum stances. It was suggested that the Court of Chan cery should be applied to, to appoint a receiver of the parish income; but counsel advised that it was most desirable, if possible, to keep the parish free from the interference of the officers of that Court, and accord ingly it was arranged that the future rents should be received and paid into a banker's, to a joint account, for parish purposes, and in the names of Michael Gibbs and Thomas Whittaker, who claimed to be the churchwardens. He had with some difficulty dis covered that the rents were paid into the bank; but although he had made several applications, and had undertaken that no q uestion should be afterwards raised by those he represented, no disbursements for parish purposes, in accordance with the arrangement, had yet been made. It was a question how far the present parishioners should be saddled with the debts of their ancestors; but he hoped before Trinity term to be able to bring this part of the case before Lord Langdale for his decision. In reply to a question from Mr. Cunliffe, the VESTRY-CLERK said, as the preparation of the case for the decision of the Court above rested with Alderman Gibbs's counsel, he proposed to apply to the Court to appoint a time within which the case should be pre pared, or judgment go in favour of the parish. The Rev. CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, as the ves try of the joint parish have been summoned for to day, and as they are now actually waiting in the church, I am necessarily precluded from going into any detail on the subject of our meeting. But, as the nature of the accounts has been adverted to so emphatically by one of the churchwardens, and law proceedings and their tardiness have been refer red to in the narrative of our Vestry-clerk, I moss willingly abandon topics which nothing but a stria sense of duty could lead the to touch upon at al' 7 - 7 THE REV. MR: MONCKT THE DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY. The proceedings in the Court of Commission as against the Hun. and Rev. Mr. Monckton were re sumed yesterday. The Commissioners took their seats at ten o'clock, Dr. Lushington acting as Pre sident. Sarah Lovett was first called, and examined by Mr. Doane---,She was fourteen years of age. Sarah liuggins was her cousin. Was in the habit of going to the parsonage. Always took her meals in the kitchen. Mr, Monckton was there. lie sat with Sarah Huggins and herself. After going one day to the Zoological Gardens, found Mr. Monckton in the kitchkin. Saw Ann Day sitting on Mr. Monckton's knee on the day they came from the Zoological Gar dens. Witness, during her stay, slept with Sarah Huggins. On one occasion when she and Sarah were in bed and undressed Mr. Monckton came into the bed-room. He put the light about her eyes. lie said to Sarah that he thought she was asleep. Sarah said she did not think so. lie left the room in a quarter of an hour. Cross-examined by Mr. Warren—Upon one occa sion he came into the room, saying there was a cock chafer in the room. Had never seen any one sit on Mr. Monckton's lap but one day. This was in the presence of myself and Sarah Huggins. Ido not re collect telling any one but Mr. Sheldrick of any one but Ann Day sitting on his knee. The other part of the evidence of this witness simply corroborated that of the parties previously examined. John Patient, examined by Mr. Doane—Was minister's churchwarden of St. Peter's, and a member of the School Committee. Had generally seen Mr. Monckton in the parlour or study. The other portion of the evidence in chief of this witness was not of any general importance to the question raised. Upon cross-examination, witness said he would not believe NVilliams upon his oath. Mrs. Sarah Huggins, examined by Mr. Doane—l married Mr. Huggins four years ago. lam his second wife. My husband is a carman. Sarah Huggins and Susan Huggins are my husband's daughters by the first wife. I knew their mother. I got them their first places ; the only one that got them places. Sarah went from Mr. Dunn's to Mr. Monckton's. She was at Mr. Dunn's about one _ _ Dr. Lushington said that himself and his brother Commissioners had had that subject under their con sideration. Their present impression was that evi dence, not speeches, could be heard. The question was, if a prima facie case could be made out, so as to warrant the Bishop to direct further proceedings. Mr. Warren said he had paid the deepest attention to the case. There was nothing prohibitory in the Act to his being heard on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Monckton. In the lielston case a proctor bad been heard at very considerable length. In the Act under which the present proceedings were commenced there was nothing to prevent the Rev. Mr. Monckton from addressing the Court, either personally or by his counsel, on the evidence that had been brought for ward on the other side. The Rev. Gentleman had been placed in a most lamentable_ position. An ex parte statement had gone forth. Mr. Monckton had many friends and family connexions in India, and these ex parte statements had gone out by the mail without his (Mr. Monckton) having had a word to say in defence, or to contradict the slanderous reports that had been promulgated against him. Mr. Doane said that on behalf of the parties he had the honour to represent, he would not offer any opposition to the course of proceeding as requested by his Learned Friend, but he should contend for the right of reply. In reply to a question from the Court, Mr. Warren said as Mr. Monckton was really on his trial, there ought to be no reply. The Commissioners then retired to the Court-room twelvemonth. Mr. Monckton lodged at Mr. Milne's. Susan was there, and I only wish that they were as virtuous now as they were then. Sarah came first to the Parsonage, then Ann Day, and after her Fanny Fronde, and then Susan. It was about four or five months after Sarah was in the service of Mr. Monckton, she was ill. Susan was also ill. Mr. Collier was my doctor, but Sarah would not have him. Ann Day came to me and made a statement to me. I did not notice the conduct of Susan and Sarah very particularly. I had meals with the girls after wards, and Mr. Monckton was present. I have dined with Mr. Monckton and the girls at the same time, and at the same table. I have had tea with Mr. Monckton. Sometimes my husband went on a Sun day evening. When Mr. Monckton had company up stairs, he did not come down early. My husband and Mr. Monckton used to smoke and drink together. In my sphere I do think that Mr. Monckton made himself too free. I have talked to Sarah about her conduct, but she always denied it. I had heard strange talk. I have been at the parsonage when Sarah was ill. I have seen Mr. Monckton in the bed-room when Sarah was ill and in bed. Sarah was fainting. On one occasion Mr. Monckton was in the bed-room, Susan being undressed. Sarah was asked to leave the room, as he wished to have some pri vate conversation with her. I dined up stairs on Christmas-day, 1843. My husband, Mary, Bessy, my daughter, all dined together. A niece of mine was there also. Mr. Monckton had a little with us. After Mr. Monckton came home he was intoxicated. My little niece sat on his knee, and she sang a song while she was sitting on his knee. On New Year's-day we dined in the kitchen. Mr. Monckton dined with me and the servants. I and my husband, Susan, Ann Day, and the servants supped together. Neither Sarah nor Susan were subject to fits before they went to Mr. Monckton's. Their health was exceedingly good. Cross-examined by Mr. Warren—l have never known the girls subject to hysterics. I have been at a public-house in Hoxton, and we had a quartern of gin among the whole of us. Mr. Monckton was always kind to me. My niece sings well. The servants took their supper at the same table. I have not been more than six times at the rectory, and in the course of twelve months I have met him there more than six or seven times. Before the last Christ mas-day I may have been there five or six times. After the Rev. Mr. Monckton came from church on the last Christmas-day, he carved for us. Mr. Monck ton left us some wine and beer. He came back much the worse for drink. I have not lived all these years but that I know when a man was the worse for drink. By the Rev. Mr. Russell (a Commissioner)—My niece sat some time after she sang her song. Ido not think Mr. Monckton sang also. Miss S. J. Tennant (who is very deaf)—l reside with my father and mother opposite to Mr. Monck ton's house. I know Susan and Sarah Huggins. I saw them leave the house; it was in the month of August. That is my belief. There was a cab. There was no luggage. The two sisters got in. Mr. Monckton was standing at the door. I live there now. I have seen Sarah since that time in the house of Mr. Monckton, about a month before Christmas day. Ido think from the appearance of Sarah that she was in the family-way. Cross-examined by Mr. Warren—From the top of our house I can see into the garden. We are nine in family. I have never seen any impropriety in the servants of Mr. Monckton. We left off going to Mr. Monckton's church. My father did not think it proper. I left off last Good Friday. I saw the ser vants regularly go to church. They dressed too fine for servants. I never saw any levity. Their conduct was that of servants to a master. Mr. Monckton has dined with us. Last time my father dined with Mr. Monckton was in August last. Took an interest in the boys' as well as the girls' school, with other ladies in the neighbourhood. Mr. Monckton always took an interest in the school. It was about Midsummer that I observed Sarah to be enceinte. She came over with some fruit and vege tables. She had her bonnet on. I suspected it. On the anniversary of the school I did not see Sarah at the school. On the day the sisters went off in the cab he behaved as he ought to do. He looked grave. I have had some conversation with Mrs. Williams on the subject of the conduct of Mr. Monckton. I do not think Mrs. :Williams equal in society to myself. In the month of August Mrs. Williams alluded to re ports, that it was not proper for a person in his sta tion to keep three unmarried servants. Mrs. Wil liams said there was an improper intercourse, her authority being that of the housemaid. When dining it :our house the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Monckton was such as comported with a clergyman and a gen tleman. Mrs. Williams first began the conversation upon the subject. She said that Mr. Monckton had insulted her. She appeared to be most maliciously disposed towards him. She appeared to be a scanda lous gossip. I would not place any confidence in her. I do not think I would place any reliance on her. Mrs. Williams did say he ought to have his gown torn from his back. Re-examined--When I saw Sarah on the occasion referred to my impression was that Sarah was in the family-way.. Mr. Phillis Miles, examined by Mr. Doane—l am the mother to the parish clerk. Mr. Monckton lodged in my house before he went to the parsonage, a few days before the church was consecrated. Ile lived with me about a year and a quarter. Susan Huggins was in our service. Mr. Monckton had a sitting room, and used to smoke occasionally ; sometimes in our parlour. He used to smoke in the kitchen with Susan, we sitting in the parlour. When she left me, in January, I believe she wanted to go to live with Mr. Monckton. She had behaved saucily to me. I have heard many rumours of Mr. Monckton's conduct with his servants. Between the time Mr. Monckton left, at Michaelmas, 1842, and Chrismas following, I heard of the reports. It was during the first three months he went to live in the parsonage. In consequence of the reports I spoke to Mr. Monckton about it. Ile said there was always gos sipping among girls ; and he said he wished to get two strong girls out of the north. I said that it would be of no use, as he ought to have a matronly woman. I since said the same to Mr. Monckton, Susan was ill about Christmas, and I wondered she was so ill, as she had always been healthy. Ido not think I have said anything since to Mr. Monckton about the girls. I remember Ann Day going to Mr. Monckton's. She left her situation to go there. Cross-examined--I think I should be just the woman to make a good housekeeper for the Rev. Mr. Monckton. I did not like a good servant to go away from me. Mr. Monckton went down to smoke his pipe or a cigar in the kitchen. I never remonstrated with Sarah. She became saucy. I never heard Mr. Monckton say anything improper to Sarah. He be haved like a gentleman and as a clergyman while he lived with us. Richard Stapley Miles, lam the son of the last examined by Mr. Doane-- e— h or t witness. lam district clerk. oea spent I had frequent occasions to see Mr. csmokingMoncktonondoot to o pon the business of the church. Ha d seen Mr . Monck ton the frequently in the kitchen in the evening. The ser vants were occasionally in the kitchen. h a rg n ei ar hour or spoke i ac v o et, o u ofp bb l e e iamrd rnhuotmuhroes4,rs of he subject about being December hi: I had told me. I told Ivlr d . i A d l i o io n t ck b t e o l n iev o e last, in consequence of something Mr. Oldershaw to sl s abroad statements so prejudicial d et f an t y he on re e p w or o t u s ld l behtoadtshoheedcaehrvdai a sa- c hn t d e as r l of a minister, if there were not some foundation for them, He made me no answer, except that 4 gentleman was waiting for him in the parlour. There was degree of familiarity with the sQrvants— larly repulsive occasion. The fortification of the church door—the planting of a police garrison in the church porch —the grim wretchedness of the silly son taking a lessen in the paternal profession, with the church key in his hand, and pra :deafly inaugu rating himself into the mysteries of churchwarden ship—the little submissive clique within, catching the droppings of vestry wisdom from the lips of their master—and the whole terrified with the strong pro babilities that every roar of the people in the street was the herald of a general invasion through the vestry window. And yet, to what did this ridi culous preparation come at last—this favourite ac• count, thus brought to the birth in aldermanic throes, and with the detectors of burglars and pickpockets for sponsors—this account, which, like a bottle of old wine, was to make us in love with the whole bin, and swallow it, lees and all—this ac count, which, like an old almanac was to revive our memory of superannuated facts, things long crumbled into dust, and Lord Mayor's days, never to return; nay, of tl:e glories of churchwardens themselves, ob literated by the remorseless sponge of time !—whst did it exhibit at last ? A balance in the hands of Michael Gibbs at the commencement of his office to the amount of several hundred pounds. This balance speedily departing this life. Then twelve years' rates uncalled fur, and now, of course, like Owen Glendower's spirits, certain not to come when " you do call for them." Finally, a debt of 1,8001. is brought against the parish by Michael Gibbs himself; the church in a state of such dilapidation that it has been presented several times at the Archdeacon's visi tation ; not a shilling in the parish chest, so far as we can fathom its extreme hollowness ; and the chief stipends of the parish unpaid to the amount of a far thing ! The sextoness's bills are due, as I am told by her son this day, now two years ; the salary of the organist, a widow, and living wholly by her profes sion, is, lam also told to-day, nearly two years due ; and my stipend, as afternoon lecturer, is now due two years and a-half.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Shame.") And from what does this extraordinary state of things arise ? Certainly not from the pa rishioners. It is impossible that any parish can be better disposed, or more ready to second all the efforts of the incumbent. They are proud of their church ; they desire to see its service honoured, every possible addition made to its convenience and ornament, and the full beauty of this singularly beautiful memo rial of the great master of English architecture brought out by every aid of art, instead of being given up to scandalous squalidness, and even to dan gerous and impending decay.—(Hear, hear.) At this moment every eye may see the danger. The floors of the aisles are exhibiting an increasing curve from day to day. The whole of the south aisle has sunk of late so much, that the weight of the floor has torn away the greater, part of the bench, once strongly fixed in the wall. As to the roof, its weather-stains are palpable and alarming. The rain pours down the walls, and nothing is more obvious than that repair cannot be too immediate, or too extensive. Again, I say, that the question is not of open or select vestries. The proposal had been distinctly made to Michael Gibbs to restore the select vestry to what it was about the time when he first became busy in the parish. At the time of electing Mr. Pearce, the late vestry clerk, the number of the select vestry amounted to fifteen, and this was but about thirty years ago.— (Hear, hear.) But this proposal was peremptorily rejected, and the Michael Gibbs model held on " From quarter-day to quarter-day, The silent, simple tenor of its way." —(Laughter.) And what is the select vestry at this moment ? Really, Gentlemen, I cannot answer that question. A phantom comes the nearest to my idea. A concatenation of cobwebs would be at once clear and substantial to it. You saw on Easter Tuesday all that remains of its mortal nature—the last fragment of its existence above ground. At ten o'clock on that day Michael Gibbs made his appearance in the ves try-room, at the head of his " select vestry" — select indeed, for it consisted but of two persons. As for Whittaker, his nominal co-churchwarden, he clings so closely to the movements of his principal, that he may be fairly regarded as his shadow, and ghosts le gitimately go for nothing in day-light. On the rec tor's reminding them of his protest against their meeting without his consent, one of them moved an adjournment, another seconded it, and Michael Gibbs solemnly declaring the sense of his select vestry to be for adjourning to his house, the question was carried neinine contradicente. Never was resolution carried with happier unanimity. Like the three tailors of Tooley-street, calling themselves " the people of Eng land," the "trig juncta in uno," " The force of vestries could no further go, To make a third, it joined the other two." The select vestry retired, I suppose, to do as they have done before, prostrate themselves at the boot toe of Michael the Perpetual, and, like the Chinese, exclaim, "May your Excellency live for ever, and be churchwarden of Walbrook as long after that as your Excellency pleases." Gentlemen, if I were a hu mourist, I should have regarded the whole per formance as invaluable. The assembly, consisting of two—the happy acquiescence of the debaters—the division, in which the only persons who divided were the " tellers"—the adjournment to Michael Gibbs's parlour, converted, for the nonce, into a vestry-room, where, unfortunately, the rest of the performance was lost to the public eye, and reserved for the in • dulgence of his kitchen maids ! And is it in this man ner that the concerns of a parish in the centre of the British empire are to be carried on, for the in struction of the people, the honour of the great Pro testant Establishment, and even for the charac ter of public authority, in its office of administering justice to all, " to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and, by a still more impressive and imperious obliga tion, of rendering " to God the things that are God's?" Gentlemen, with many illustrations of your wrongs crowding on my mind, I must now break off. But is it not evident, that if the acts of which you now complain had been committed on a more extensive scale, they must have produced the most formidable results ? Suppose that, instead of occurring on the narrow scale of a single parish, they had spread over the empire ! The principle is the same in one in stance as in ten thousand ; principle is independent of minuteness or magnitude. Suppose, then, that in every one of the ten thousand parishes of England there was a twenty years' delay of all parochial accounts, and at the end of those twenty years a de clared accumulation of debt, equal to three times their annual revenue, that the fabric of every church was threatening to come down, that every stipend was unpaid for years, and that one man continued to be placed in possession of the parish revenues from year to year by his dependents-1 OR n that the supposition shakes all natural belief—but if it could be realised, we should see the empire convulsed from end to end, the national hand fiercely attempting to right itself, and nothing left to our posterity but to weep over the wrecks of a revolution. Mr. FLIGHT suggested that the meeting should ad journ for a month, as by that time it was probable Mr. Crosby might have some intelligence to com municate as to the progress of the law proceedings. It was ultimately agreed that the meeting should adjourn till eleven o'clock on the 9th of May. The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. he I to consider the point raised, and after an abs ence about ten minutes they returned, and The President (Dr. Lushington) said he had ad vised with his brother Commissioners upon the point raised. There was a certain degree of doubt as to whether the party accused could be heard by counsel. It was abundantly clear that they sat there in the character of a grand jury to try if a primci facie case could be established, but under the circumstances the Commissioners were of opinion that they should not shut out evidence. At the same time they were firmly of opinion that they must hear Mr. Doane in reply. Mr. Warren said he should occupy but as short a time as possible. He had twenty-four witnesses to call, but after what had taken place he might not call so many. The President intimated that he could not sit after Saturday for some time to come, and a wish was ex pressed that the proceedings might he concluded as early as possible. The Court, after some discussion, adjourned till to morrow (this day). DISCOVERY OF A NEW ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEA. Captain B. P. Simmons informs us of the discovery of an island not laid down on any chart hitherto pub lished, a knowledge of which may be of importance to navigators as well as others. Captain Simmons was on his way from Sydney to Valparaiso, and, after leaving Otaheite, first saw it on the 31st of Octo ber, 1843. Seen from the deck of the vessel, the island had the appearance of a mass of rocks, but a nearer approach showed it to be an island covered with cocoa-nut trees with thick underbrush. When convinced that it was an island, Captain Simmons supposed that it might be one already known, and at first mistook it for Carisfort. To be sure, however, he lowered his boat and attempted to land, but was prevented by a reef of black coral rocks, with heavy breaker s, which surrounded the island. He went completely round it, however, and found it to be about six miles in circumference. At a short distance from it he found no soundings in sixty fathoms of water. After examining it for two or three hours as thoroughly as he deemed necessary he steered for Carisfort; according to his reckoning he made it in the course of a few hours, and passed to the south of it. A large lagoon was in the middle of the island, which seemed to be rich and fertile. On reaching Valparaiso, where he remained for some months, he waitsd upon the commander of the British squadron, and informed him of the discovery. He examined the most recent English charts, but no indication of such an island was to be found. It is situated in the track from Otaheite to Valparaiso, in let. 21 deg. and 10 min., and west lon. 138 deg. 54 min. He named it the " Isle of Faith," from his vessel.—New York Courier. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A DUTCH JEW.—On Wednes lay morning considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery, at an early hour, that a middle-aged man, most respectably attired, was weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane, a com paratively secluded spot on the north side of the Bri tannia-fields' close by the Shepherdess public-house, a nd near a small brook which flows into the adjacent Regent's Canal basin. The party had evidently met with his FREQUENCY Or Diva➢EßS.—The English have long spoken of the frequency of murders in Ireland, but now in England they are almost of daily occurrence. Suicides, too, in England are very common, --- II • . b 47S 41,/,..,:cr !.7.7-':.i•:ff...,-.... t...,.4-315..):4" S u IN .‘ not that distance that ought to be observr gentleman and his servants. qadv i .o;Atlo' Cross-examined—Never saw any indecent tam liarities with Mr. Monckton and his servants. I was blamed by Mr. Oldershaw for propagating the slan ders against Mr. Monckton. I did not believe in September last these reports. The Rev. Mr. Monck ton did say about two months ago to me in the vestry, " Richard, there is not a word of truth in it." Last Sunday Mr. Monckton administered the sacrament. There was about the usual number of ladies present. The Rev. Mr. Monckton was most kind and generous to the poor. He would always assist them, sending wine or bottled stout where needed. Our neighbour hood is rather a slanderous one. Re-examined—When Mr. Monckton was sent for to attend the sick, he immediately went. Mr. Doane said that his case was concluded. Pre viously, however, Mr. Ballard was called to give evidence as to the identification of parties—pursuant to a demand of the parties on the (Vier site. Mr. Warren said it was not necessary, and Mr. Bal lard was not sworn. The Lcarned Gentleman then ad dressed the Commissioners, and stated that as the case on the other side had been brought so suddenly to a close—his belief being that many more witnesses would have been called—that he (Mr. Warren) was not prepared to address the Court then with respect to the voluminous evidence that had already been given. lie trusted, therefore, that the Commis sioners would adjourn the proceedings until to-mor row morning, as by such a course his address to the Court would be much shorter than under any other circumstances. death from a wound produced by fire-arils, by which the interior of the head was frightfully shattered. The body was then warm, but life appeared quite extinct. It appeared that the case was one of determined suicide, although for several hours it was apprehended that the death of the deceased had been caused by violence from the hands of another party. Upon searching the body, however, several documents were found, and their genuineness having been tested in the course of the day, the following facts may be relied upon :—From a bill head it appeared that the name of deceased is Meyer de Gonge, and that he resided at 80, Church-lane, White chapel. Formerly he had been in the employ of Messrs. Joseph and Percy Prockter, tobacco manufacturers, Bishopsgate-street. A note from the firm was also in the pocket of deceased, calling upon him without delay to hand over a balance of about 121. due to them. There was also a letter written in the German language, of which the following is a literal translation : gob — yesemed ‘ r ' va ti enmr n .i: l og i illy a i ll ang p e y e , ician Wife—Receive this, my last letter, as a thank for you, my partner in my misfortune. Farewell to the world! I could no longer remain here without making you and my dear sweet children still more unhappy. lam now resolved to make an end to my miserable life, but for • the sake of our children do not follow my example, and be aware that there is a God Almighty. One more farewell in this sad world! Yonder we each other shall see again no doubt. There is a God, and here once more be confident in him wholas created us; and bring our children up as Jews—that is, as Israelites; for our belief—and specially the Jewish belief—is the true one. There is a God, and that is the God of the Jews. Dear I wife , as a mother, do impress truth on the minds of'-my dear children, that they may persevere in the Jewish belief. You may tell them that their father died before the time; he was a Jew, and wanted to see them live and die as Jews. Farewell for ever!—MEYER DD GONCE." Attached to this letter was the folloiving postscript:—" Let the Hyman be said for me, as I have died a Jew.—M. DE G." The body was conveyed to the bone-house of Islington Church, where it awaits the in quisition of a coroner's jury, DALRY. DREADFUL CASUALTY..--TlVEl:iTY•igna COWS BURNED TO DEATH.—It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to mention a very unfortunate casualty, which took place in . this neighbourhood on 1 Tuesday the 18th inst., about nine o'clock. During the foddering of the cattle, at the farm of Auldmuir, in this parish, it is supposed that a candle, used on the occasion, had come in contact with some loose straw, when the byre, containing thirty-two cows, was instantly ignited, and in a short time entirely consumed. Twenty-nine of the cattle, a goat, and a number of hens perished. The sorry to say it is supposed that the stock is not insured excessive, but the bewilderment . occasioned amongst 'animals by fire renders it nearly impossible in such cases farm is r r Ate e h. n ne t nm e e d On Tuesday evening an accident occurred which nearly proved fatal to two persons. A woman of the the Regent's Canal, was stepping into a boat with her child, when, as it is supposed, her foot slipping, she fell against a i m r rescue s c o t u f fi e with her infant into the water. Assistance was speedily at hand, and both mother and child were taken out alive and conveyed to the Hawley Arms, ilampstead-rc!ad. Thefrbhoyme Chester, the number t!: i r h . ae o rfi f il : c , Mr. Gibson, a surgeon, in the neighbourhood, was im. mediately in attendance, and every means . were adopted for their recovery. The life of the child was saved, but the poor mother died on the same night about . 10 o'clock. ERRATUM.—In the Report of the Railway De• partment of the Board of Trade , . on the schemes for c&- tending railway communication in the South of Ireland. 6, line 44, for " Dublin, Wexford and Carlow,' at page , read " Dublin, Wexford, Waterford and Carlow." On a hursday morning several of the battalions of the household infantry, for the first time this semen, commenced field-day exercise in Hyde Park. The first and second regiments of Life Guards will also commence theirs on Wormwood Scrubbs in a few days, for the purpose of drilling recruits to their proper exercise, pre paratory to several grand reviews. iusafg.et—thloeAf Adayerrbscathrori bald. We are i (01 l sinei D Of a t Nbich I 01 plod be g° ?..„?• ifs vi'• nine 57 Pt* 01• Goo s ' 10 a ;,4 116 • OS P 0 0 Co ° o of ; 1 4 : 1 5 71 5 Xl6 1 6 , 1 .., 8 ,- 6 . 3 ~ 54 1 11 1 re o l Ice e t p foo o l e i one