The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-29 00:00:00

5 9 59 a. 50 i~ O yl4 154 ploCv other difficulties arising from Mr. Gibbs's delay in producing his accounts was this, that the claims against the sister parish could nut now be lega..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. He contended, there fere, 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 difficulties 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 task 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 — diet was to do whltt he originally suggested, namely, to P.pply to Parliament for relief under the extraordi nary circumstances in which they were placed. — (Hear, hear.) 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 fur 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 the y 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 Ras 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 tore- 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—(k. 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 almost 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. lie 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..2LERK—CertainIy 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 he did not know. On the 15th of April next, when the term commenced, an application would be made to the Cou - rt 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. He 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 question 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 fur 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 row 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 , laid procee.ie.ge. and their tardiness have been refer red to in the - natiatiye oe'' our Vestry-clerk, I mos; willingly abandon topics WhiCh nothing but n strict sense of duty could lead me to touch urn at al' ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK. The following is a fuller report of this meeting than %", ei, gibe paper of )rslerday : On Thursday 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 lest (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 occurred on Tuesday last, which had rendered it necessary for 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.— 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. Gibbt, 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 Tho:nas Whittaker,' hereby protests against that meeting, as being summoned without the rector's con sent, and therefore, co ntrary 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—" U ndoubtedly 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 peo • 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 51/.—(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. CIINLIFFE 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 7501., 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 14/. 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 '1 under Mr. Gibbs. In looking over the list of de faulters he found amonzst 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 v estr y men, and, two years ago, one of ;Ale most powerful supp orters of Mr. Gils.— (Hear, hear.) The parish, it appears, were losers to the amount of 171. 10s. by 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 genOetnan, 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 381. the parish did not get.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN deptw4tfd the use of such strong expressions as jobbing. Mr. FLIGHT resumed—lt was not to to woudere4 at tht - A 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.) Jamonpt many n HA n n tit wit ik 4 1/44:: AND Vtibitc Opinton. " Who rubs may read." PORMIGN. On Monday the King of the French, attended by ei l ouel Dum as , th e C oun t de Strada, and two orderly o _lfieers, left the Tuileries at three o'clock for St. Clou d, and returned at six. In the evening, their Majesties re ceived th e P r i nce d e Ligne, the Brazilian Minister , t he Spanish Charge d'Affaires, the Minister of Public In torletion, Marshal Duke de Reggio, the Ma r q uis de le,ey, Counts de l'eei.gle, de Montesquiou, and Du en.lle', M. Gauthier, Peer of France; M. Jubeliri, Under Secretary of State; Baron Langsdorff, and Col. "xi ref the English army. e Toulon lett e r of the 19th iniemit states that, by a `, l lsPatch a dd resse d by t h e Minister of the Marine to the euritime Prefect of that port, a discretionary po wer is given him for discharging 1,500 sailors of his division. Marshal Mayor of Bordeaux has r. ceived litter from Soult. announcing his intention to establish a Impo this year near the cite, for the exercise of a body troops under the command of the Princes. _u July last a duel took place between two pupils of t he i Pelytechnic_School, named Serviant and D elamarre, % ahich the latter was killed. The tribunal of 'V ersailles ordered the arrest of the survivor, but an a ppeal was made to the Cour Royale (if Paris, which de eared that duelling did not fall within the reach of the law. ftealust this decision the law officers of the Crown lodged I n e aPpeat to the Court of Cessation, and the Supreme e nhenal sent the case before the Cour Royale of Orleans, which decided in the same way as the Cour Royale of Ws. An appeal was also lodged against this judg ment, and it was heard on Tuesday by the Court of Cas alti°ll. The Court, after hearing M. Ledrit-Rollin, in g aPPert of the jndgments of the Royal Courts of Paris a nd Orleans, and the Proeureur-General Dupin, in sup !en of the appeal, decided that duelling is a crime within re Operation of the Cede, and that the Court of Orleare., In decl ar i ng t h e con t ra ry, has committed a violation of Q law. The case is to be brought before some other 11 '"Yal Court, to be hereafter designated b y the Court of ea ssation. _A duel with swords was fought on Sunday in the 'Dula de Vincennes, between Lieut. Lege , of the Nav y , a nd a person who remains unknown. They were without V seconds, and the Lieutenant received a wound in p e t he side w hi c h ca uses considerable fears fir his life. The two brothers of the fbllen combatant, being made acquainted with his condition, hastened to him with a surgeon. On being questioned cs to who was his adver sarYi he declared that he was a person unknown te him, with whom he had quarrelled at a place of public enter tainment. The police, dissatisfied with this account, is ; la in; every endeavour to discover him. A sword and %Pair of gloves, left by him on the ground, have been Cured. An accident happened on Tuesday mornin g on the p alls and Rouen Railroad. At the station of Epone, t wo Mantes, and where the train stop s for ten minutes, passengers who were in the rotinde of one of the "'"igences of the Messageries alighted. The sign el of starting had been given, when suddenly these pc sons autde their appearance, and, running after the train, which w as m o ving slowly at the time , ca me u p with it. one of them attempted to get into the carriage, but his f oot slipping, he fell upon the rail, and the train passing over his body, he was instantly killed. ,An Algiers letter states that, three days after the ex - beenof the returned in the nuMber of the killed was taken out 4 _`" the ruins so little injured that in two days he was able , e return to his duty. There was rather a heavy fall of snow at Marseilles ° n the 22d inst., and the cold was still very severe. , A letter from Zurich, of the 21 st , states that consi uerable excitement prevailed there in consequence of the l eParation of the Diet without the settlement of the 'question of the Jesuits, and it was understood that neither Lucerne, the Valais, nor Friburg, would revoke t he decisions that they had come to in favour of that 'tY• It was believed, however, that the free corp Would g e n e rally submit to the order of their dissolution s COURT-rasHION.A.I3I.E. The Queen Dowager and suite are expected to arrive a t ; olurlborough House, on W ednesda y next, from Witley ‘'ourt, for the season. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord °tanley, and those Ministers absent from town for the parliamentary recess, are expected to return to town v !r_ly in the ensuing we ek, a Cabinet Council having been appointed for the earlier part of the week. Viscount and Viscountes s Palmerston arrived in town on Wednesday last from visiting Viscount Melbourne at "aroeket Hall, Herts, and have since gone to Broadlands, their seat near Romsey, Hants, with the intention of lernaining there until the re -assembling of Parliament. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne enter tained th e Duke of Devonshire and a select party at ginner, on Wednesday evening, at Lansdowne House. The Marquis and Nlarchioness of Downshire are ex pected to arrive in H an over-square, for the season, on t he 10th of next month, from Hillsborough Castle, county Down. The Earl and Countess of Ripon are passing the re !ese in town. The Noble Earl's health is considerably -u nproved. The Earl and Countess of Granville have arrived at their residence in Bruton-street, from the Duke of De 'ionshire's residence, at Kemp Town. We are gratified to lear n that the Noble Earl has com p letel y recovered from his recent indisposition. The Earl of Harrowby, who has been again seriously indisposed in Grosvenor - squa re, is much better. Sir B. Brodie is in attendance on his Lordship. His Grace the Archbishop of York and Miss Har t9urt ar e expected to arrive at the Venerable Arch bishop's residence in G rosvenor-s q uare, on Monday or eusday next, from Nuncham Park, Oxford, for the 4'j,s4on. His Royal H i g hness the Duke of Cambridge, his ef.rene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, t 1 , 141 a ,:jstinguisbed circle a re visitin g his Grace at 411 theham. Lady Macnaelten, widow of the late Sir William aenaghten, Bart., w ho was brutally assassinat ed in '''fghanistan, is expected :o arrive at Mivart's Hotel to morrow from India, apartmeu:s havi n g been en g a g ed for er Ladyship's reception. SAW 2ND POLICCIa:; The p r oceedings in the Diocesan C ourt o= _lnquiry, in the case of the Rev. Mr. Monckton, have been rez,umed. At Kinton, a St. Helena merch ant, named Solomon, recovered 5001. damages against t he Times newspaper, for a libel. The libel charged him with having p ut un wholesotte water on board a ship called the Moffat, in tc 4 laequence of which several the crevv and pas,engers ' 4l kl suffered severely from ( illsess. The defer-hints 4ttecapted to prove the truth of the allegation, but failed. James Parry, charged, at Oxford, with wounding his Colley, at Berr in g ton, b y thrusting a poker into is eye, on the 4th Feb., was acquitted of the felony, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment for the assault. • A nursemaid named Jarvi s was indicted at Coventry aer the murder of an infant which had been entrusted to her care. Her defence was that a strange man had entered the house, and, seizing a carving-knife, had stabbed the child. The jury acquitted her. The grand jury at the Middlesex Sessions have re turned true bills against a number of persons for com mitting atrocities in Spa-fields' burying ground, and the Court has ordered process to issue against them. The affairs of the Heir-at-Law Society have again se come the subject of investigation before the sitting Alderman at the Guildhall. Johu Brown, a police-constable of the A division, was Pla ce d at the bar by the direction of the Police Commis sioners to answer the charge ofhaving assaulted a married I s, °man named Pearton. The p risoner said that he had 'men merely larking with her. He was fined Ws. At Marlborough-street, Robert Bugo, shoemaker, No. 30 , Litchfield-street, was charged with having criminally 'Assaulted Elizabeth Woodbine, his servant, was fined 51. PLIGILISTIC ENCOUN TER FOR FORTY POUNDS.—On Wednesday the fight between Welsh and Brooks came 0 4 , 1 t in the presence of a fair s p rinkling of the pugilistic 'alley. A steamer (the Ru nnin g Rein) was provided to ,ultvey the combatant s and their respective friend i to tOe locality selected for the contest, starting from the Sa.'rey side of London -bridge. Welsh last fought SunCb, of Cheltenham, and came off the victor. The Parties' having landed near Rainham, Essex, the noces -4,1117 pre.i.iminaries were arrange d, and the men came into the ri ng , a ‘ad the battle was op ened. Welsh was seconded `33' sing, a ad Turner, and Cullan and Berry did the requisite for Cirnuks' The men commenced fighting with 'caution and the first two rounds occupied six minutes. 'rooks then hit out with earnestness, Welsh stopping *.eientifically- 'fie next round Brooks let fly his left, L i nd made a call at the viatualling office of his opponent , but wh o resumed, nothing daunted. It then became manifest that Welsh was the best " General," and the contest had occupied forty-five minutes, when an intima tion was given that the police were about to make their iiearance. The pugil ists and the interested parties PWere soon oa the qui rive , and q uickly made themselves - earce- They e mbarked on boa rd the steamer, where a n rsultation was then held as to the best course to purstionue, all parties being anxious no t to be foiled. A p posiro * B 3 arranged to make a trip to the Kent aide of the r iver, and a ring was there formed, and Welsh and his friend s entered, but Brooks and his parties wt7e non est Tventus, and in this way the affair ended, without an; definite result being arrived at. The referee will decide a s to the disposition of the stak es. The men fought gallantly, neither :evincing any desire to take an y unfair vantage. The well ht of t he combatants was stipulated t ° 9 stone. In the bettiog, Welsh was the favourite. HARDSHIPS ON LICEN9fD V IC TUALLERS. Wed daY a respectable licensed ';'?:ctualler applied to the t , 4 giStrate at Clerkenwell Police-c.:.`nrt, in reference to e transf er o f hi s license. He had le;,' his house in the c it lirly part of February, and the in-coming tenant had go.'te through the legal formalities. On the Bti: of March he cbtained a certificate from the justices, a;', their ~•e( 7 lisit., meeting, and subsequently they applied at t;:. , 1 -; urt t'nder Catain Rous's Act, to have it signed by th ep . magis,`rate, to p protect him (the in-corner) egainst in 'u'lners o r :Excise penaltie4, for selling liquor-. until the transfer co!ilti be made by the Licensing ALgistrates at their nex t sp ecial sessions. They pro duced the as signment, agreement, inventory, and the certificate, and _ urged that if the magistrate would s i g n the latter docu rin-comer ut it w ou ld save the in-coer from all risk until t he e!se could be transferred. The magistrate, howev er, declined interfering, and the parties left the Court com plaining of the hardship of the case. They were anxious ' I II Obey the law, and have the tra nsfer made, to pre v4l .- 'it any risk, and it was imp ortant to the body of the tra ‘ l e that something should be done to protect them fro m . such hardship, and unneee*PrY . inconvenience an d trouble, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING , MAR C H 29, 1845. THE DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY. THE REV. MR. MONCKTON. There are, however, two or three points, of wLich I think it proper that some notice should be taken. One is, that our meetings here are held in a spirit of vin dictiveness fegliinstl'Mrls Mather - 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 oriel. :—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 necessity 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 him 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 one. 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 point 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 Clay police.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I need no more than allude to the scene on that singu 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 stically 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 the glories of churchwardens themselves, ob literated by the remorseless sponge of time I—what 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 for, 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 pariah 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, I am 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 thegreater 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 nemine contradicente. Never was resolution carried with happier unanimity. Like the three tailors of Tooley-street, calling themselves "the people of Eng land," the " tria 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 dalgence 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 Cessar the things that are Csesar'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 resulls? Suppose that, instead of occurring on the n arrow 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—l on 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 sug gested 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 AUT. The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. he The proceedings in the Court of Commission as against the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Monckton were re sumed on Thursday. 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 Huggins 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 kitchen. 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. He said to Sarah that he thought she was asleep. Sarah said she did not think so. He 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 Williams 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 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 Froude, 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 End 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 Ido 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-rocm 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. Monektoii 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 at 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 placeany 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. Mrs. 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. He 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. He 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, examined by Mr. Doane— lam the son of the last witness. lam district clerk. I had frequent occasions to see Mr. Monckton upon the business of the church. Had seen Mr. Monckton frequently in the kitchen in the evening,. The ser vants were occasionally in the kitchen. I have spent an hour or a couple of hours, he being smoking or reading. I have heard rumours of his conduct to the girls. I spoke to him on the subject about December last, in consequence of something Mr. Oldershaw had told me. I told Mr. Monckton of the reports I had heard, and I said I did not believe any one would be so devilish as to set abroad statements so prejudicial to the character of a minister, if there, were not some foundation for them. He made me no answer, except that a . 10Utiehlan was waiting for him in the parlour. There was, a degree of familiarity with the servants— FREQUENCY OF MURDERS.—The English have long spoken of the frequency of murders in Ireland, but now in England they are almost of daily oceurrence. Suicides; too, in England are yel7 common. not that distance that ought to be observel-between a gentleman and his servants. Cross-examined—Never saw any indecent fami 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. Moackton administered the sacrament. There was about the usual number of ladies present. he 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 other side. Mr. Warren said it was not necessary, and Mr. Bal lard was not sworn. The Learned 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. He 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. 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 questionwas, 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 llelston case a proctor had 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 bad been placed in a must lamentable position. An cx 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 to consider the point raised, and after an absence of 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 pritnii facie case could be established, but under the circumstances the Commissioners were of opinion that they should not shut out eviden2e. 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 be concluded as early as possible. The Court, after some discussion, adjourned till the following day. FRID.AX NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28, 1845. 3d Dragoon Guards—Captain G. F. Stuart, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rodon, who exchanges, March 28. 7th Dragoon Guards—Ensign C. J. B. Plestow, from 76th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Petre, pro moted, March 28. 2d Dragoons—Captain G. C. Clarke, from 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice H. M. Campbell, who exchanges, March 28. Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class G. G. Robertson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Dart nell, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 10th Foot—Brevet Colonel Sir G. Couper, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. Luard, who exchanges ; Major T. 11. Franks to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir G. Cowper, who retires; Captain G. Staunton to be Major, by purchase, vice Franks; Lieutenant J. T. Gorle to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Staunton ; Ensign C. J. Lindam to be Lieutenant, by purchas, vice Gorle ; Ensign C. Needham, from 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lindam, March 28. 15th Foot—W. C. Bontine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peel, appointed to the 85th Foot, March 28. 23d Foot—Lieut. A. W. W. NVynn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ferguson, who retires; Second Lieutenant R. Bruce to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynn; J. Blakeney, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bruce, March 28. 44th Foot—Captain J. Rodon, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who exchanges, March 28. 68th Foot—R. W. Woolcombe, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Irving, deceased, March 28. 76th Foot—Gentleman Cadet J. C. Clarke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign , by purchase, vice Plestow, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards, March 28. 84th Foot—D. Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Nedham, appointed to the 10th Foot, March 28. 85th Foot—Lieutenant H. M`Dougall, from half-pay 91st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ogilvy, appointed to the 49th Foot ; Ensign H. Maunsell, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Dougall, who retires ; Ensign E. Y. Peel, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, March 28. 89th Foot—Major E. Thorp to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Bouverie, deceased ; Captain E. Kenny to be Major, vice Thorp ; Lieut. .. H. Thorn ton to be Captain, vice Kenny, Feb. 26 ; Captain H. M. Campbell, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clarke, who exchanges, March 28 ; Ensign R. B. Ken nedy to be Lieutenant, vice Thornton, Feb. 26 ; B. Mein, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Kennedy, March 28. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon P. Nicol son, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Robertson, appointed to the Ist Foot ; J. Mee, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Nicolson, pro moted, March 28. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Lieutenant Ramsay, of the 14th Light Dragoons, are Bulcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. G. H. Vansittart, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeo manry Cavalry—J. C. Elwes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Grazebrook, promoted, March 18. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. Melford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry —J. G. W. Poley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice R. M. Pocklington, re signed, Feb. 25, 1845. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Inglesant, of Loughborough, in the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 24. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Burd, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Boulter, innkeeper, Cromer, Norfolk. BANKRUPTS. Laing Johnston, wine merchant, Hammersmith, to surrender April 5, at twelve, and May 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lonsdale, Temple-chambers, Fleet street. Daniel Morton, fishmonger, East Cheap, City, April 4, at two, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Bell, Austin-friars. Elijah May, draper, Aldgate High-street, City, April 5, at half-past two, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Mardon and Pritchard, Christ Church-chambers, New gate- s treet. John Phillips, tailor, Pinner's-court, Old Broad-street, City, April 9, at two, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street buildings ; Cox, Pinner's-hall. George Gardner, tavern keeper, Gravesend, April 11, at two, and May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Tilson, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman strcist. Jonas Woodhea,cl and Daniel Woodhead, woollen cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, April 14 and May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Lon don ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Richardsons, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. C, Tapp, coach maker, Wigmore-street, Marylebone —second div. of five-eighths of a penny in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. Terry, quill merchant, Shoe-lane—fourth and final div. of ld. and 1-16th of a penny in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Fol lett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. Pearson, draper, Chelmsford—first and final div. of 2s. lod. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Simmons, J. Simmons , and J. Pine, ma nu f ac t ure r s of prussiate of potash, Battersea—final div. of sd. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder manbury. J. Bail, cabaret maker, Sali s bury—first and final div. of QS. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. Q. Sharp W ; Clarke, upholsterers, Bernera- S r street—final div. of 3d. in the pound, a. the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbufro: TV. Prosser, sen., and W. Prosser,Ov Pitfield-street, lioxton—second div. 01 any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. tl street. H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Mace of 7s. 41 in the pound, April 1, or any day, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. W. Williams, builder, Bristol—final div. of Id. in the pound, and first di - v. of 3s. O'd. on new proofs, March 31, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Brist: 1. R Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon. Tyne—second div. of Bd. in the pound (in addition to 4s. previously declared), March 27, or any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Campion, ship builder, Whitby—first and Snal div. of Bs. 10. in the pound (and those who received a former diV. may receive a second and final div. of ss. 1 March 28, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. J. Campion, ship builder, Whitby—first div. of 5s 10d. in the pound (and those who received a former div. may receive a second div. of 3s. 6d.\, March 28, or any subse quent. Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. S. W. Harrison, mason, Bristol—a div. of 4s. in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. R. J. Webb, wine merchant, Bath—first div. of ls. 9d. in the pound, March 31, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. P. and J. P. RAertson, merchants, Buenos Ayres —a div. of 6d. in the pound, March 31, or any subse quent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. Cochran and J. P. Robertson, merchants, Lima— second div. of 2.d. and 11-32 parts of a penny in the pound (upon new proofs a div. of lid. and 11-32 d.), March 31, or any subsequent Monday, at tke office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. ftt the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. and R. Smith, warehousemen, Bow-lane, April 18, at twelve—ll. Shuttieworth, pin manufacturer, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, April 18, at eleven—N. Beard, leather seller, Barbican, April 18, at twelve—C. Detesio, hotel keeper, Slough, April 18, at eleven. In the Country. J. Nicks, carpenter, Warwick, - April 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Wyrill, ironmon ger, Bradford, April 21 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Jarmain, money scrivener, Bristol, April 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—B. Norman and E. Buckman, ironmongers, Cheltenham. April 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—G. Harvey, spitit merchant, Handsacre, Staffordshire, April 29, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. E. S. A. Findlay, milliner, Grafton street, Fitzroy square, April 29-It. Watt, merchant, Lime-street, April 21-3. Ward, glass dealer, Ely, Cambridgeshire, April 21—J. Willer, licensed victualler, Windsor, April 18— T. and J. Darby, dry salters, Birmingham], April B—J. Walker and C. White, builders, Jewry-street, Aldgate, April 18—S. Penh, grocer, Nottingham, April IB—W. Valiance, merchant, Liverpool, April 18--C. Maidstone. milliner, Cambridge, April 18—J. Watkins, draper, Ex mouth street, Clerkenwell, April 18—J. Pegrum, car penter, Robert-street, North Brixton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Bell and J. Rhodes, stockbrokers, Leeds—T. Haigh, J. Rhodes, and C. Bell, sharebrokers, Bradford—J. Per rott, F. Bayston, and J. Lane, watchmakers, Bristol—. W. Tickle and J. Webster, joiners, St. Helen's, Lan cashire—E. Boden and W. Chorlton, braid manufac turers, Manchester—J. F. White and W. Sparks, book binders, Nottingham —G. Prince and W. G. Grossmith, brewers, Romsey, Southamptonshire—G. G. Williams and G. Williams, High-street, Stepney—J. Jackson and E Jackson, coal merchants, Shad Thames, Southwark— 11. Leete and J. G. Lute, surgeons, Thrapston, North amptonshire—B. Pinner and W. Boddington, house agents, Rathbone-place—T. Rhodes and L. W. Weather burn, jun., stockbrokers, Huddersfield—E. Smith, M. Smith, and J. Bell, brick manufacturers, Conisbrougb, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Bell)—J. Walmsley and J. Owen, cornfactors, Manchester—J. Walmsley, R. Procter, and R. Coulthard, cornbrokers, Liverpool—J. Leavers and R. Greenhaigh, lace thread manufacturers, Nottingham—S. Edge and W. B. Parker, attorneys, Manchester—J. Underdown and J. W. Prior, iron mongers, Chichester-I'. Lord and J. W hitehead, grocers, Burnley, Lancashire—J. Thimbleby and J. Thimbleby, pawnbrokers, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire—J. Cut tell and A. Alexander, tellmongers, Leeds—J. Palmer and. H. Smith, victuallers, Roupell -street, Lambeth—J. Phil lips and W. Gill, plumbers, Warwick—J. B. Scott and R. M`Ewen, calico printers, Manchester—E. Joules and Lilley, schoolmistresses, Richmond, Surrey—E. Street and S. Street, haberdashers, Bristol—S. Roberts and J. White, worsted stuff manufacturers, Bradford — W. F. Brill and T. Bready, dealers in earthenware, Cot cheAer —T. Paul and H. Brown, ironmongers, New market, Suffolk—Z. Boyle and J. Boyle, china manu facturers, Stoke-upon-Trent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Frederick Harris, wine merchant, Edinburgh, April 3 and 'Li, at Wilkie's Chambers, Edinburgh. John Kieleol, coal dealer, Edinburgh, April 3 and 25, at one, at Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh. a3c Fyn. 3 1 ) 9 ft.'nOie ONTI4-11);,:: 2, ,p 4t i g iyassin 1 5 11%11 5 1t, cc s iX_)_4.4tVtePi !VM PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending, March 25,1845, is 325. 10i d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the ha. , portation ther2of into Great Britain. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Ga,zette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 22d day of March, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £. Notes issued . 29,213,555 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities ' 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,177,881 Silver bullion 2,035,724 £29,213,555 £29,213,555 :ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. ,1845. Dated the 27th day of Marc: BANKING DI Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of Nat ional Debt, and divi- PARTNENT. Government seen- cities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other sreurities 12,535,169 Not Gold and silver coin 786,869 dend accounts) 6,890,121 Other deposits 10,452,425 Seven day and other bills £36,469,622 M. MAI Dated the 27th day of March £36,469,622 ISHALL, Chief Cashier. t, 1845. DISCOVERY OF A NEW ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEA. Captain B.F. 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 cocoanut 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 breakers, 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 waited 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 lat. 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. DALRY. - DREADFUL CASUALTY. - TWENTYWINO COWS BURNED TO DEATH.-It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to mention a very unfortunate casullty, which took place in this neighbourhood on Tuesday the 18th inst., about nice 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 o the cattle, a goat, and a number of hens perished. The farm is rented by a Mr. Hugh Archibald. We are sorry to say it is supposed that the stock is not insured against fire. The number of cattle destroyed may seen* excessive, but the bewilderment occasioned amongst animals by fire renders it nearly impossible in such cases to rescue them from the flames.--21yr Observer. GAME-LAWS.-A very important display of the feelings with which the tenant-farmers "regard the exist ing game-laws took place on Wednesday at St. Alban's , . A numerous assembly of the tenant-farmers of Hertford shire was held for the purpose of entertaining Mr. J. Horncastle, of Gammon's Farm, at a public dinner, atd presenting him with a testimonial of the admiration with which they regard the independent and truly English spirit in which he expressed his opposition to the very stringent preservation of game within the last few years adopted by his landlord, the Earl of Essex, on his eatates in Hertfordshire. The feeling of opposition to the game. laws which was evinced by the farmers present waa the strongest and most decided character. They see clearly that their interests are in this matter not Buffs eiently attended to ; and they are beginning to feel that; in other matters which affect their prosperity it is ne cessary for them to look for themselves. Mr. Bright, M.P. for Durham, attended by invitation of the cons— mittee, and was loudly cheered on his entrance, Abont 120 sat down to dinner in tile Town-hall, Mr. C. H. 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