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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY_ MORNING, YIARCII_ 31, 1845 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 . 3.031 TUE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—John Tawell, the wretched murderer of the confiding woman whom he had seduced, and who was the mother of two children by him—has suffered the appropriate and well-merited punishment which the law assigns to the crime of deliberate murder. Pre viously to Tam.ll's leaving the cell to which he had been confinal since his conviction, he delivered to the Rev. Me. Cux, the chaelaia of the prison, a sealed paper, which contained an admission, full and explicit, of his glib,. Ile poisoned his victim by the means charged in the indictment; and had previously sought h-r life by administering to her a different poisonous pre paration, as suggested on his trial, in September last. The turpitude of this atrocious criminal's offence was greatly heightened by the base hypocrisy of his obtrusive preten sions to piety, by which he sought to procure a reputation fur sanun indulging his of m ea's, while he was secretly his vicious inclinations, and revolving the means of murdering the poor creature he had previously betrayed. So successful were Tawell's pereonations of good risse that—in the face of proofs of guilt that were, perhaps, as strong and conclusive as were ever ad duced against any criminal on his trial—there were not wanting persons who could not think that such a man ceuld b the perpetrator of such a crime. These— doubtless amiable, but certainly weak minded, persons, are now relieved from all doubts. ifewever difficult it may be to soire the psychological paradox which the cha racter of Taweli'e mind and contradictions of conduct disp!ayel, the fact of his guilt, in the fulness of its de pravity, is now placed beyond question. To every one capable ofeeason, this was placed beyond controversy by the evidence of the different witnesses against him on his trial. The Lne of argument adopted by his counsel— if that can be digyetiel by the appellation of argu ment which was a mere string together of im probeble and contradictory hypotheses—removed lla expectation of his acquittal, for it had '‘,not shaken the direct awl conclusive testimony against him. This mode of meeting the case, by such an advocate as Mr. Kelly, showed to what an extremity this justly-eminent lawyer felt himself reduced, when he could oppose nothing but extravagant, far-fetched, and almost puerile suppositions to such a case. The prisoner had admitted that the woman he was accused of having murdered, died in consequence of something she had poured into the porter of e hich she drank. Yet, notwithstanding this admission, Mr. Kelly actually argued that she did not die of poison, but by suffocation from the water which was attempted to be forced into her mouth by her neighbour, who en'er,!.d the room when she lay in eitremis, if not actually dead. The Learned Gentle man also suggested, awl argued the probability of the hypoth-sis red lersd nugatory his former reason • ing, and with a gravity which would imply his own belief of what every one else saw was not merely delusive but ahsurd—that the woman died from the effects of prussic acid, generated in the stomach by the process of digesion, from the pips of an apple found partially ;fig: seed aineng the c nit tints of the stomach, which were subjected to medical examination and che mical an ilysis—no apple-pips, however, being found therein I The acute mind of the Learned Judge (Parke) who presided od the trill, in a few words swept away this miserable ref 4ge. We have dwelt strongly on this branch of the evidence a ldaced on the trial, because there ie too much reason to believe that the monstrous verdict returned in a case of an individual who was tried at the Central Criminal Court a shirt tune before Tawell made the first attempt on Sarah Hart's life in September last, sugeestel both the mole of the perpetration, and the hope of escap-, if detected, from the diffieulty of este Wishing commission to the saei,faction of a jury. The conviction of Te well w:11, we true, tend to correct mis taken nations which are frequently entertained by some persons, both in and out of the jury- hoe. Any extravagant suggestion, however opplsed to reason and science, with such persons is sufficient t) destroy the effect of the most direct testi:Teny. If ingenuity stewed in raising a momentary doub', it is pounced upon, as sufficient to destroy the strong-et proo!'s eeferce.l by reason, derived from the evidence of unquestioeable witnesses, supported by the testimony of science, and therefore claiming from t eaeoa stile men the calmest investigation, and the obedi 'nee of seas )n to the conclusions to which they lead. STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION AT AS!ITON-UNDEIZ-LYNE. Thursday nawning, about six o'clock, just as the en gineer of Messrs. Mason and Sons' mill was preparing to start the engine, one of the heelers exploded with such fearful vioknee as to shake the whole building to its very centre. Fortunately, however, the boiler house is situate some distance from the mill. It appears that one end of the boiler was completely blown away, carrying with it the wails of the build ing for upwards of two hundred yards. The boiler was driven from its seat, and the engineer and fireman both blown into the canal, which adjoins the mill, neither of whom sustained any m aerial injury, if we except a few bruises and a ducking in the canal. The roof and other parts of the building were carried across the canal and the river Tame to a dis tance of seventy or eighty yards, and, coming in contact with a machine shop, smashed nearly the whole of the windows, and materially damaged the walls of the building. Several of the m 'chanics sustained bruises in endeavouring to make their escap?, believing that their lives were in danger. The mill hands, as might be ex pected, flow in all directions, and in the confusion many of them were s.'rioasly injured. The scene of this acci dent presents a very singular appearance, on account of the scores of win low-frames and wood-work which have been shattered to pieces by the shock. The most extraordinary . c.r2uziastance in connexion with the explo•ion is the escape of the engineer and fireman, both of whom were blown a distance of several yards, and absolutely dashed against the bot:om of the canal. The mill is the property of Messrs. S wires and Lees, but at present in the occupa tion of Thomas Mason and Sons. The damage to pro perty is very coe.iderable, and upwards of four hundred hands have been thrown out of employment in con sequence, It is stated that, had the other end of the boiler given way, it must have carried with it a portion of the mill, and that not fewer than from 100 to 150 p'rsons must have perished. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT, March 28. (i3etbre !qr. Secondary JAMES.) BETTELEY 77. LINDSAY. The plaintiff to the action is Mr. Betteley, a retired tradesmen, living at Waltham-cross, and the defendant, ,, Mr. Lindsay, is a currier, residing at Islington. 'he aetion was iasiituted to recover damages, for injury done to a house and foundry situated in Angel-alley, Skin ner-street; the property was held by the plaintiff under lease. Tile aercutnstanees which led to the present proceedings, as detailed in the evidence, are to the fol leaving Gffect :—The premises were let in February, 1313, to an iroa-founder, named Hugh Morris, under an agre. men% Morri held the premises till the following November, wlien the attention of the plaintiff was called to a tpaetity of materials that were in the course of being removkel from the property. An investiga tion took place, when it was discovered that a great quan , ity of paving flags, oak beams and sieeier-, iron pillars, and other materials had been removed, at the instance of two parties, Messrs. Lewis and Lindsay, who seemed to be actin; under the connivance of the tenant Morris. Legal process was imme - liately gone into, and an iajuactioa was obtained apinst Morris, his agents aol servaets, to deter them moat farther damaging the property. Morris, at this juncture, get out of the why, and Mossrs. Lewis and proeeeled with the work of dilapidatien without paying any heed to the injunction. Proceedings were piext taken uut weraiust these parties for a breach of the injunction, and Lewis was committed to the Court of green's Bench for ten days. No further injury was do:le .tty the premises. The materials which had been reala,4@'ayere sold by private c mtra,ct to Mr. Lewis England, a builder, they having been first advertised fir sale by pahlic auetien, which sale was stopped -by the plaintiit 4 solicitors. The question that new arose vea:, who should make goof the damage eloiallit:k . Morris was out of the way, Lewis was a man of straw, rather noted for exploits of this kind ; the only party, therefore, left was Mr. Lindsay, who is a min of iioine property. The present action was insti tile,l to renewer the damages, which were laid at 31S1 133. 9.1 defendant had all awed julginent to go by defteit, and the point the jury had now to decide was the amount the damages should be assessed at. -qr. CLARKSDN, whe appeared fur the plaintiff, called a nttenlcer of witnesses in support of the facts here set forth. Toe defendant, who conducted his own case in per ton, entered into a statement that be had bought the pro perty fcom Sr Edward Bate, under the impression that it had b-_•Linge.l to a lunatic, and that the gentle man named had full power to dispose of it. The defendant further said that he had advanced a sum if money under that impression ; that the transaction swat a -,bot=a ti he one ; and that the reason why the maYerials had ben removed was in order to make some iinorovern:slits in the premises. lie was about to call witnesses in support of this statement, when the Learned 'econilary d:cided it hail nothing to do with the real tiaestion. as - the defon hint, by allowing judgment to go by defau!t, lih i ad.nitted the right of Oaa plaintiff to Lriag the action. then examined, on behalf of the AV,Texisn;, to show that the damages bad been over estimated. The jury, however, returned a verdict fur the full amount-313/. 16s. 9i. COU RT OF BANK I? U PTCY, March 29. Mr. Commissioner Fano, a d Mr. Commissioner Gintiburn sat in their respective Courts this morning. 'There ..very no eases of any inte-est brought before them (Before Mr. (;ommi•ssioner FANE.) IN RE VANDEAIT AND CO. *hi; cave - vie h.lnkrupts, wholesald tluwer inanti f,:ta.-er,t, is ',Vu:A-street, had come up on their ad i,,,Arne:i examination. Several debts, amounting in all ", 0 a b ove 4901., were provcd against then,. F or;s n.—On Friday the body of a female tnifftl ffo. - qing on too r Titainea, near the Doi:i-of Messrs. Ditehinifiro and Mare's, Orchard-hous:,, Etac i kwall, by a [nail named Cat-La, employed by that firm. It al:pared:lv l'en in the water but a few dint; s, and had evidently not been attended by a rro tdwal mad Tui REQUISITION ,AND 1 4 10 1 te'r. 90—We have nantit gratification in informing our readers that the re quisition and declaration, addressed to the Vice-Chan cellor, in candemnatioa of the principle of subscription ivlvocated in the 9t)th Tract, Iris received nearly sevtnn Intridr.?.d signatures, and is to lie prelentel early in the ensuing term, with such additional names a 3 may be sent into th. 3 Margaret Professor of Divinity before the end of the ensuing week. Tile reqdsition is signed by several Pe—yrs an.' Members of Parliament, and other itUstitignisll,d persons of all shades in politics.—Church and St i l e Go7etie. THE REV. MR. MONCKTON.4 DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY-FRIDAY. Mr. Warren commenced his address on beliall of Mr. Monckton, whom he stated to b . ) one of the most perse cuted man ever brought before a court of justice and the public. The Commissioners had observed the demeanour of Mr. Monckton during this painful inquiry, and they must be sensible that nothing could have sustained him but a conviction of his entire innocence. Everything was at stake—his character as a clergyman and a gen tleman, and, above all, the interests of that church of which he was a humble, but not an unworthy, member. He (Mr. Warren) could not only vindicate the character of Mr. Monckton, but demonstrate that every one of the charges against him was the result of one of the most cruel and wicked conspiracies ever brought before an ecclesiastical or a criminal court of justice. He should show how that his failings (if the Commissioners thought him guilty of any), all which " leaned to virtue's side," had been maliciously distorted. Mr. Monckton was the third surviving son of the late Lori Viscount Galway. He had several brothers and sisters living. His father died in 1831 ; a few years ago his surviving parent, the Dowager Lady Galway, sustained the loss of two seas, one assassinated abroad and another drowned, and she was condemned to witness what her husband had been spared,—a wicked attempt to degrade this son, from the effects of which his character might never en - tirely recover. Mr. Monckton, knowing himself inno cent, had met the charges with fortitude and dignity. From the moment he (Mr. Warren) had been concerned in his defence, he never heard from his advisers, or from Mr. Monckton, ono single wavering expression; from the first he hal consistently and indignantly denied the monstrous charges made against him. The charges were, that he had been guilty of the foul crime of forni cation, of taking improper liberties with his domestic servants, and of intoxication, and that he had " other wise misconducted himself." It had been represented in one of the papers that there had been some remissness on the part of the Bishop of London with reference to this matter; but there was no ground for this observa tion. As soon as the Bishop had any definite or tangi ble charge to deal with, he immediately gave notice to Mr. Monckton of this proceeding, and required him to appear before a Commission. The letter of the Bishop, which was exceedingly kind and courteous, was as " Fulham, Jan. 22, 1845. " Dear Sir,—A statement of charges against you, of which I send you herewith a copy, has now been made to me, which, I am sorry to say, impose upon me the painful duty of instituting a formal inquiry into their truth. I must proceed under the provisions of the Dis cipline Act to appoint Commissioners, and you will be at liberty to name one to act on your behalf. I need not say how much I am concerned at being obliged to adopt this proceeding. " I am, dear Sir, your faithful servant, " C. J. LONDON. " The Hon. and Rev. F. S. Monckton." It had been said that Mr. Monckton had heard the grave charges against him, and made no answer. The follow ing was the answer of Mr. Monckton to the Bishop's courteous and candid letter : " My Lord,—l sin perfectly sensible of the painful position in which I stand, through the slanderous male volence of others, though I entertain no apprehension of their proving me guilty. I defy thera to establish their calumnious charges, from every one of which my con science acquits me. I shall, therefore, do my Lest to establish my innocence before the Commissioners ; but I decline availing myself of your kind offer to choose a Commissioner on my own behalf, since I have the most entire confi(lm,le in your Lordship's discretion and jus tice. Out of regard to my own peace of mind, reputa tion, and sacred public character, I trust that your Lord ship will not permit the least unnecessary delay to oc2ur in fixing the period of inquiry. " Pa . isona;. - na Jan. - Was this the letter of a man who knew there were grave grounds for the charges against him? It was clear that Mr. Monckton had been c insistent throughout ; or why was he here? Before he (\lr. Warren) sat down, he undertook to demonstrate his innocence beyond the pessibiity of a doubt, an - I that he was the victim of an atrocious conspiracy. The first thing which struck him (Mr. Warren) with surprise and disgust was—that Mr. Monckton had actually been hunted down by his per secutors, who had set upon him an old Bow-street officer, B Ward, who, according to the testimony of their own witness (Mrs. Pearson) had sought to bribe her to give evidence against Mr. Monckton. Mrs. Pearson said that Btllard offered her 501., and said that money was no objct to them. Where was this money to come from? What the object was he might be able to show in a future stage of the inquiry. This threw so deep a shadow over the whole case as to discredit all the witnesses upon whose testimony it rested. In such a matter as this, the claaraater of the witnesses was most important ; there should be an entire absence of all hostility or sinister motives on their part. Was that the case here ? Why, the most gross charges, with respect to the women rested upon the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, who were the focus of the case; Fanny Fronde, a discarded servant; and the girl who had been examined yesterday. The case had, in fact, broken down, and Mr. Monckton had been exonerated by the very witnesses brought against him. The Learned Counsel then examined at much length the evidence which had been adduced in support of the charges, pointing out its improbabilities and in consistencies. With respect to Mrs. Williams, he ob served, he-wished that the public, which had jumped so quickly to a conclusion as to the guilt of Mr. Monckton, could have been present to see the manner in which she had given her evidence,—he did not think that Dr. Lushington, in all his judicial experience, had ever seen such an exhibition before ; her bitter and furious animus against Mr. Monckton ; the audacity of her demeanour under cross-examination, and the smiles she interchanged with him (Mr. Warren), on one occasion indulging in a joke. The grossest instances of misconduct imputed to Mr. Monckton by this witness came out in her cross examination, under circumstances utterly improbable in themselves, and which exposed her to contradiction from other witnesses on the same side. Mr. Warren then re ferred to the acknowledgment made by Mrs. Wil liams that, notwithstanding the scenes she witnessed, she never remonstrated with Mr. Monckton. The Learned Counsel then detailed the circumstances of the anonymous letter sent to Mrs. Davis, which that lady, in a letter dated the 24th of October, 1843, inclosed to Mr. Monckt-m, inquiring whether it had come from his house. Mr. Monckton, in reply, required the name of the person who had sug gested that the letter came from his house ; and Mrs. Davis replied, that Mr. and Mrs. Williams were the persons who had mentioned the prob ibility of his ser vants being the authors of the letter. Now, this anony • coons letter was of an indecent kind, and Mr. Williams had been concerned in a kindred transaction, for he had admitted that he had been dismissed from the Orphan Asylum for sending an indecent message to the matron. The whole conspiracy seemed to have grown out of a quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. Monek toe's servants. Sarah Huggins had heard some rumours which had been propagated in that low and slanderous neighbourhood against her, and Mrs. Williams con ceived a spite against the servants, and, in the sequel, against Mr. Monckton himself. There never was (the Learned Counsel observed) a more disgusting exhibition than had been made by Williams, who was an aban doned miscreant on his own showing. He had per mitted his wife for IS months free intercourse with a person who, according to him, had attempted to corrupt her. lie had allowed her to go 20 times after that, and to go alone ; he had borrowed money of Mr. Manclea ton arter he had endeavoured, as he said, to de bauch his wife, who was yet suffered to go day after day to listen to conversation of a ribald and ob scene tendency, and to obscene jests. Fanny Frou le, another of the pillars of this case, almitted that she was discarded by Mr. Monckton (amongst other reasons) for her want of veracity. Upon several points she had contradicted herself. For example: Ou her ex-, arnination in chief she sail she had seen Mr. M nekton sitting in Sarah's bed-roam smoking and reading the newspaper, whilst she (Sarah) was in bed—" only onca." On her cross examination, when excited, she sai I she had seen it three or four times. The scene in which she swore that Mr. Monckton had attempted to undress her would be proved to be a gross falsehood, the girl being at the time drunk. The other statements of this .witness would be either utterly disproved or satisfactorily ex pla4ne,l. Another witness had been called yesterday, . Sarah Levett. She was not summoned originally, but had been brought up during the unfortunate intermis sion of the sitting of the Corn nission. She had men • tioned a scene in the room where she was in bed with Sarah Huggins which had tak-n him (Mr. Warren) by surprise, and he should have been unable to comprehend one part of her evidence but from a document before him, which explained the abominable insinuation intended. One of the charges against Mr. Monck ton which had been sent to the Bishop was, that Mr. Monckton had had a certain disease, and had com municated it to his servants. 1)r. LustszsiceroN observed that the Commissioners had no cognisance, as Commissioners, of anything communi cated to the Bishop till the commission took place, and they knew nothing of those matters. Mr. Warren said he had, in the handwriting of Mr. Lake, the soliciair for the other side, a charge against Mr. Monckton, to the effect that he had communicated to Sarah Huggins and others, if they had it, a loathsome disease. Mr. Monckton had dared them to the proof. The Learned Counsel, after some further remarks, said one of the peculiar disadvantages under which Mr. Monckton laboured was, that this inquiry might be re newed before another tribunal, where all the deficiencies of the case might be patched up, and secured. in inac cessible perjury. Mr. Monckton and his friends had courted, this inquiry. Mr. Lake had pestered Mr. Monckton with letters, all of a very bullying character, persuading him not to stand an inquiry. This he had constantly, steadily refused. An expression in one of Mr. Monckton's letters to Mr. Lake, that "indis cretion, not guilt, is the term applicable to my con duct in this southern region," was thus explained:— His family was a Yorkshire fatuity, and after leaving Christ Church, Oxford, and taking holy orders, he became a curate for two or three years in Northumberland, and there it was notoriously the custom for persons to give merry meetings to their ser vants at Christmas and on New Year's-day. Mr. Monckton had followed that custom, and to promote good feeling and dispel timidity, he sat and carved for them. After his return, upon one of these occasions, he did sing th e song of the " Old English Gentleman," and a, very excell ,nt song it was, simple in its words as well as air; but his intoxication would be denied on oath, He did sit in his kitchen after working in his garden, and when his shoes were dirty; but as to taking his meals with his servants it was a most wicked falsehood. After detailing the evidence which he proposed to adduce, which would utterly overthrow the case on the other side, the Learned Gentleman concluded by ex pressing his conviction that the Commissioners would say, that there was no foundation for even a prima facie case, and would not semi it through another agonising investigation by another trial, which would have to deal with another mass of perjury. Mr. Monckton, who sat with his brother, Lord Galway, beside Mr. Warren, was much affected during .a part of this speech. The following v..itnesses were then called for the de f,:ncc Lnrd Viscount Galway, examined by Mr. Warren — I am the brother of Mr. Monckton, and am in habits of personal intercourse with him. I have never heard, since his being in the Church, any tendency to profanity in his conversation ; I never heard him guilty of obscene conversation. He may be occasionally familiar with ttiose about him ; he is as gnarled as men usually are. I have never seen, since he has been in the Church, any thing in him inconsistent with his character as a clergy man. I have never heard of any impropriety between my brother and my mother's servant. I have been to his house four or five times, and never witnessed any levity or indecorum between my brother and his servants. His manner of speaking to them I often thought rather rough. I certainly saw nothing in the behaviour of his servants inconsistent with the respect due to a master. 1 had no reason to suspect any improper intercourse be tween them. Miss Monekton is at liaAings suffering and r a pulmonary affection. Cross-examißed by Mr. Doane—l have no town house. I never stayed on a visit with my brother. I have dined with him once and lunched once, in the dining-room. There was no difficulty in dining there ; no necessity for going into the kitchen. My brother has stayed with me for a fortnight in the country. He never sat and smoked in the kitchen there. He would walk out, or sit in some small room. By Dr. LUSHINGTON —Was your brother in the habit of smoking to prevent a disorder of the chest, or for amusement ?—He told me he had been recommended to do it. Mr James Edward Mathew examined—l am a sur geon and apothecary, residing in Church-row, De Beau voir-square, near Mr. Monckton'* parsonage. I have been the medical attendant of his family fur nearly two years. I first attended Sarah Huggins in June, 1843. She is liable to hysterics, for which I have frequently attended her. She is of a decidedly hysterical tempera ment. She had an excessively violent attack when I first attended her, in June, 1843. I stayed with her three or feur hours, from eleven at night till three in the morning. I have been frequently sent fur a similar attack, not so violent. She is subject to neuralgia. a painful affec tion of the nerves, which may exist independent of pregnancy. Hers was connected with the teeth. lat tended her off and on from June to Christmas, 1843. I accompanied her to a dentist, who extracted a tooth from her lower jaw, which relieved her from neuralgia, and from hysterics to a great extent. She still had a re turn of hysterical affection till the beginning of last year. I discovered that she was in the family way She had a fainting fit. I communicated to Mr. Monckton the next day the fact of her being pregnant. He was in the garden. I told him his servant was in the family way. He said, "If that is the case, she must go away directly." He seemed perfectly astonished. He had a spade in his hand, and he dug it in the ground as he said so. I said, " I think you had better not send her away for a few days, as her health will not admit of in!' , l'het was on account of her fainting fits. In four or Five ' days she went. I have been in the habit of:very frequently visiting Mr. Nfonekten's house. tnevete saw any undue familiarites on the part of Mr. Monckton to his servants or on theirs to him. I never saw any dis. tinctiou in his behaviour to Sarah Huggins, except on account of her ill health. He has accompanied me to her bed-room, from kind motives. She was always dressed. I never saw any impropriety of conduct, levity, or anything which gave me the slightest sus picion that there was any undue intimacy between Mr. Monckton and any of his servants. I never heard Sarah Huggins speak to him other than servants ought to speak to their master. I never saw him take a meal with his servants in my life. I have seen him in the kitchen half a dozen times in a year, and then he was in his gardening dress. I have seen him eat his dinner in the kitchen; but never with the servants. I have supped with him in the kitchen; not with the ser vants. He is a little supper-eater,—some bread and cheese or cold meat. Mr. Monckton's constitution re quires exercise. He suffers from dyspepsia; that is, in digestion, accompanied with disorder of the stomach. I should recommend exercise for such a habit. I never att inded Mr. Monckton fur the disease alluded to. I never heard Mr. Monckton use a blasphemous or inde cent expression. or saw him guilty of an indecent act to his servants. His manner of addressing them is rather rough. I have attended Susan Huggins for spasms. I have observed a misunderstanding between her and her stepmother, who would not do anything for her daughter when she was ill, and Mr. Monckton was kind enough to allow her to go to his house, that her sister might at tend her. I never saw Mr. Monckton intoxicated. He is frequently in the habit of visiting the sick. He ap peared to me to be quite an exemplary cleigyman. I never saw Mr. Sheldrick at church. Cross-eXamined—l never saw Mr. Monckton excited with wine. I would not disbelieve Mr. Patient if he said so. My bill for attending Sarah Huggins the first year was 101. 6s. 61. ; the next year 2L or 31. Susan's account last year was 8/. or 101. fir. Monckton paid Sarah's first bill. I believe he intends to pay the last bills. Ido not consider a great deal of smoking good for dyspepsia ; I knew it is one of the worst things. I attended Sarah Huggins for an excoriation in about July or August, 1843. I did state this to Mr. Oldershaw. When I taxed Sarah Huggins with her pregnan ey, she said nothing. When I told her it would be my duty to communicate it to her master, she made no answer to the best of my re collection. When I saw that Sarah Huggins had re turned after her confinement, I was rather surprised, and I spoke to Mr. Monckton, who said that she had applied to him to take her back, or, as she had lost her cha racter, she would be obliged to go upon the town, and he had taken her back out of mercy and charity. When I attended her for an excoriation, I prescribed a lotion of sulphate of zinc, and pills of mercury and opium. This was on July 28, 1843. The pill was proper for syphilis. Re-examined.—l gave the pills as a precautionary measure. I left them off the day after. I believe de cidedly that she had not the disease. I did mention my fear to Mr. Monckton that Sarah hal acted improperly. lie said, " I hope not ; if she has, I will dismiss her." I afterwards told him my suspicions were unfounded. By Dr. LUSIIINGTON.—When, on your discovery of Sarah Huggins's pregnancy you told her of it, did no observation fall from her ?—I believe her only answer was, she could nut help it. When you said you should tell Mr. Monckton, did she say anything deprecatory ? —To the best of my recollection, she made no answer. Did she show any alarm ?'—Yes, by the colour in her race, and her confusion. Did she express any wish or desire that it should be concealed from Mr. .Monckton ? —No ; not a word about it. Is it the fact, that you had a suspicion that she had the disease, and prescribed the pills as a remedy, an f afterwards your suspicions were cleared up ?--Yes ; it was a measure of precaution ; I gave her the blue pill, anl when I found my suspicions were totally unfounded, I discontinued it. Sarah Huggins examined—l am twenty-five. I went to live with Mr. Monckton in October, 1812. I left my f inner place (Mr. Dunn's) because it was too hard for rue. Mrs. Miles engaged me for Mr. Monckton, as cook. My wages were 10!. a-year. Fanny Froude came in September, 1343, and left in December. Her general habits were dirty. I complained of this to Mr. M nck ton. She was not honest; she had pilfering and prying vays. She would take wine, and anything she could get at. I have seen her intoxicated. She did not tell tne truth always ; I have heard Mr. Monckton say so, and knee , it myself. I know Elizabeth Briggs ; she was never called Bessy by me, or any one in my pre sence. She was in the hahit of coning to see me. She is a washerwoman. Mr. Monckton never tools his meals with U 9. Ile would c0:113 into the kitchen to smoke there, in order not to mike a smell upstairs ; and he has dined once or twice there when his shoes wore dirty, and he was going into the garden again. I never sat on Mr. Monckton's knee, and never saw any other woman do it. I never saw Ann Day on his knee. I never had a quarrel with Mr. Monckton. I never, when he laid his heat upon the table, covered it with my apron. He ha; never carried me up to bed in his arms. I never recollect water being thrown over Fanny Froude in the kitchen. I never shut myself up in my room, nor did Mr. Menckton break open th door. Mr. Monckton never endeavoured to pet me on his knee and to give me tea to drink. I never heard Mr. Monck ton sing " Green grow the rushes, 0," or any light tune, on a Sunday after coming from service at the church. He has been in my bad-room when I have been ill, and my sister has been with me, and Mr. Mathew. Ile never sat in my bed-room smoking and reading a newspaper. He never used indecent language in my presence. I never heard him s year. He never placed his hand indecently on my person—he is too much of a gentleman ever to insult any one in that man ner. I never saw three women sitting in a lot at once upon his knee. If this has been sworn, and that I was one of thew, it not true. I never have been on his knee. About :October, 1843, Mr. Monckton on one occasion came out of his study, and saw Fanny Froude intoxicated, and desired me to take her up to bed. I did so, alone; Mr. Monckton did not co re up; she re fased to take off her clothes, and I said I would not take a.w iy the l candle till she did. She would not, and lay dewn with her clothes on, and she had them on when I went into her room in the morning. I am not aware hat her clothes were wet. I am positive that Mr. Monckton did not go up to her room at any time that night. On Christmas-day, 1843, I invited, with Mr. ,Monclaten's permission, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, my mother and father, my cousin, and Mrs. Briggs. Mr. Monckton did not dine with us; he stood and carved, but ate nothing. He might have drunk a glass of beer. Mr. Williams asked him to carve, as he could not, on account of his hand. Mr. Monckton was not the worse for liquor when he went to dine with Mr. Wade. After he was gone, Mrs. Williams sang " the Nice Young Man," and some of the songs are not decent to be men ti stied. On New Year's day the same party came again ; they were invited by me the day after Christ inas•dey; Mr. Monckton did not invite them. He did net dine with us ; he had his dinner first in the study. lie never endeavoured to put any one on his knee. I never heard of such an attempt. If he had attempted to take Mrs. Williams ou his lap, I must have seen it. She did not go upstairs before me. Mr. Monckton never ealled rue " Miss Huggins," or " Sally." He never rubbed my stomach when I was in bed. I should have thought it a great insult, and would not have allowed him to do it. I recollect Mr. and Mrs Williams had a quarrel with me about April; I do not know what it was *bout. (The witness then proceeded to deny all the c inversation deposed to by Mr. and Mrs. Williams as having taken place in the kitchen after they had spoken to Mr. Monckton in the garden.) I never, on my solemn oath, have been in bed with Mr. Monckton. He has never taken an indecent liberty with me. In September I was confined at Gravesend of twins—seven months' children. They died the next day. Is Mr. Monckton the father of those children?—No (very firmly). Who was the father ?—I will not divulge his name to any one. Why not ?—I gave my solemn oath that I would nut ; and I do not think I ought to break such an oath. I- believe I was first in the family-way in April. M Mathew discovered it in July. He said he would men • tion it to Mr. Monckton I said nothing. I was dis tressed and alarmed, and that is the reason I did not answer. Mr. Monckton told me I must leave his house the next day. I did in three days. I went to Mrs. Pearson's, at Gravesend. I to,,k with me seven sove reigns. It was my own money—what I had saved from my wages. I made the baby-linen myself. I wrote to Ann Day to request Mr. Monckton to come down to me, as a clergyman. I was not well. This was three days before I was confined. He did not come the first time. He was again asked, and came. He talked to me as a clergy man, in a spiritual way. He did mot laugh or joke. He did not smoke a cigar. I never called him brother. After I was confined he came again. He stayed in my room only about a quarter of an hour. He spoke seriously to me. I returned to Mr. Monckton's on the 9th of October. I wrote to Ann Day to ask him to take me back again, and he said if I acted ditierantly from what I hail he would allow me to return, and he took me back. I have conducted myself with propri• ty since. When Lady Galway was at Mr. Monckton's, in June, 184-1, I was always about the house. I waited upon her a:, dinner. I was never kept up in my own room. The examination of this witness in chief having con cluded, the Court adjourned till the following day. The Duke de Broglie was in Court during soma part of the proceedings. DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY—SATURDAY. This case was resumed this morning at the sitting of the Court, when Sarah Huggins, Lady Galway, Lieu tenant Monckton, and Arthur Bennett were exa mined, and their depositions were taken with a view to rebut the testimony of the different witnesses examined for the prosecution. The next witness called was Mr. Oldershaw, Mr. Monekton's solicitor, who deposed as follows:—Having answered a few preliminary ques tions, he continued by sal ing he considered that the conversation he had with Mr. Lake was private, and should not have been taken advantage of by Mr. Lake. Witness here produced a letter from Mr. Monckton, denying the charges. Did not know of the girl being confined at Gravesend until some time in January, and first heard of 'it from Mr. Lake. Re-examined—Heard Mr. Lake say he would not believe Mr. Monckton's denial en his oath unless he dis charged his servant. Told witness he recommended Mr. Monekton to go to the country, and the matter might blow over, and that he would get somebody to do the duty. Mr. Lake said to witness that if he were an un married man he might do the same. Witness then distinctly offered Mr. Lake a declaration denying the charges, both by Mr. Monckton and the servants. Was authorised by Mr. Monckton to do this. Denied this before the Bishop had been written to. Mr. Lake was most violent in his language to witness. (Witness here read a letter from Mr. Monckton, denying the 'Charges that he had heard were rumoured about him and his servants ) .To the COURT—At the time witness had received that letter, he was aware the girl had been, confined; told Mr. Monekton, as Ids professional adviser, that he had been giiilty Of gross indiscretion, at least his conduct would • be open to such for taking the girl back. Here the Court adjourned for a few minutes, and when it resumed, Sarah Huggins was recalled for cross-examination, she having fainted when first brought into Court.—She deposed that Susan went to her mother's, and returned after three days' absence, to the parsonage. This was in summer. It was after Lady Galway left in June that Sarah left. When she came back she was ill, and came to be nursed, as she could, not get proper attendance at home. Has never left the parsonage since. She is there as a servant. Will swear she does not know what wages her sister has. Ann Day has 10/. a-year. Has lied quarrels with her sister, but not in regard to Mr. Monckton. Ile has been in witness's bed-room at day and night when she was in bed ill. Had a peculiar illness bet once, cannot say when; but it never happened before ur since. Was not ill when Sarah Lovett was at the parsonage, but is not sure ; complained of pain to Mr. Mathew. Will swear that Mr. Monckton did not bathe her ; went to live with him in October, 1842. Will not swear she was a virgin then. (Here the Counsel put other questions as to the conduct of the wit ness and her moral character, both before she went to Mr. Monektou's and while there ; but she declined to answer them.) She then continued by saying that her sister and Ann Day suspected she was in the family-a ay. A few days after Mr. Mathew examined her she went to Gravesend with her sister is a cab. Witness did not see her off. Was at Gravesend about ten weeks. Mr. Monekton came down about three days after she was confined. One of the children died on Saturday, and the other on Sunday. Does not recollect that Mr. Monckton had tea upon the occasion of his visit; asked him to take her back when she was well. He said he would not promise. Said she would pay him back the money he lent her when she should get another place. The birth of the children was en tered in the register as Sarah and Susan, and witness as the wife of Huggins, a mariner. Mr. Monckton never broke open her door to her know ledge. Did not receive any wages for the time she was away. Did not sea Mr. Monckton sit at the table at the dinner on Christmas-day. He stood and carved, but did not see him eat. After dinner he sat in the drawing-room. He went away about five o'clock. He returned about • supper time. Did not hear any singing that night. Betty Biggs had a child about five years old, which she often brought to the parsonage ; she also brought wine to Gravesend from Mr. Monckton. Mrs. Williams used to sing indecent songs; cannot say how many—whether thirty, or forty, or fifty, or sixty, or seventy. The new-year's dinner was at one o'clock. Anne Day was sent for the Williamses. Mr. Monckton was in the kitchen when they came. He had dined before that, in the study, alone. Was never seat after by Mr. Monckton, to go back. Never saw any impro priety between him and the other servants. Re examined.—Mr. Monckton was not present when Mrs. Williams sang indecent songs, nor did he know it. His house is very large, and requires three servants when there are visitors. Mr. Monckton had not the slightest means of knowing that she had misconducted herself with any other person. Mr. Duke sworn.—ls a medical man. Cured Sarah Huggins of erysipelas. Anne Day sworn.—ls twenty-four years of age ; went as servant to Mr. Monckton in November, 1843 ; saw Fanny Froude there ; she was a girl of unclean habits ; heard her frequently con tradict herself ; saw her very much intoxicated once. Mr. Mnncktou carved on the Christmas-day, because Mr. Williams could not do so, having lost a thumb. Mr. Monckton was very cheerful that day, but not tipsy. He did nut attempt to throw down Mr. Williams. Never saw Mr. Monckton attempt to take Mrs. Williams on his knee. Witness never sat there, nor saw any of the servants do so. Never heard him use indecent or blasphemous language. Never heard him drink a toast, " He:e's to the waitress's health. Never heard such a thing mentioned, as that " Some d—. old woman had said what was doing at the parsonage," or any such expression. Mrs. Williams never said in the presence of witness that she (witn. , ss) told her (Mrs. Williams) that Mr. Monckton slept with Sarah Hugeins six nights out of seven. She dare not say so in her presence. Ile never put his hand indecently on witness's person, or said anything indecent to her. The witness gave the same positive nega tive answers to all the questions relative to smoking, eating, Sze , &e., with the other servants, as sworn to by the witnesses for the prosecution. Never saw any one with Mr. Monckton while preparing a sermon in his study. lie has taken tea in the kitchen. Sarah Huggins wrote to witness to ads Mr. Monck ton if he would condescend to visit her (Sarah) at Graaeseinl. Witness burned that letter some time after. The tone of the letter was that Sarah feared she had very much offended her master by her misconduct. Told this to Mr. Monckton. He did not go down until after witness had received a second letter from Sarah. Serali wrote to witness after her confinement, announc ing the death of the two children, an:l requesting Mr. Monekton to visit her. Lady Galway, the mother of Mr. Monckton, deposed to the high character and morality of her son. She had never, during her visits, perceived any impropriety of conduut towards the servants. The general tenor of the evidence of the lady was to discredit the itnpwations against her son. Several other witnesses were examined upon the same points, but the evidence was not mate rially different from that already given on the same scle Mr. DOANE replied at great length. The Commissioners retired to consult, and on their return— Dr. LUSIIINGTON said it was impossible, at that late hour of night, for the Commissioners to draw up any final report in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament. Still, however, he ought to state that the Commissioners were unanimous in the report they in tended to make. Thinking it advantageous in a case like this, he (Dr. Lushington) would, with the assent of his brother Commissioners, state the general result of the inquiry under the various heads. Ths Commissioners were of opinion that their decision could not fall within the nature of a judgment, but still they thought that they were called upon to give their return under the 4th sec tion of the Act--that they were bound to find in favour of the Rev: air. Monckton upon parts of the charges, and that upon just evidence, and against him upon one part. Now, it was the intention of the Commissioners to make a special report as to the charges in which, in their opi nion, he had offended against the lawsecclesiastical. The charges were that he had offended against the laws ec clesiastical—that he had been guilty of fornication—that he had taken indecent liberties with various women— that he had been intoxicated, &c., thereby bringing scandal upon the Church of England, of which he is a member. Now, the Commissioners were of opinion that as to the charge of fornication they were not justified in reporting that it had been proved. But they were of opi nion that there were circumstances which had rendered this investigation absolutely necessary—circumstances which induced alarm to those who were anxious to uphold the purity of the church (as we understood the learned President.) The Commissioners would allude in their report to the children bc>g-otten on the body of the servant, and that she was allowed afterwards to remain in the house, and subsequent to the time when he de clared that his house was well regulated. The Re verend Mr. Monckton ought to have afforded a full explanation upon matters connected with those charges. He, however, contented himself with a general denial. Now, the Commissioners were of cpinion that he must be relieved from the charge of fornication, but that his conduct had brought scandal upon the Church. As to intoxication, the Commissioners were of opinion that no evidence had been produced as proved it. As to the final part of the case, the Commissioners were of opinion, especially with reference to Sarah Huggins and other matters—the habits of Mr. Nionekton —the indul gences which he followed have given ground for scandal to the Church. The Commissioners had the power to acquit. They acquitted him from the charges of fornica tion and of intoxication, but his conduct with respect to Sarah Huggin., and in other affairs already mentioned, rendered it their duty to report to the Bishop, and he would take that ineAsures as he might be advised: The Commi,sioners could not close those proceedings without expressing their strong and entire approbation of the manner in which this case had been conducted by the counsel at the bar. The President (Dr. Lushington), after a slight con sultation with his brother Commissioners, intimated that on Ova Bth of April a formal and written judgment would be deli►ered. The Court sat until nearly half-past ten, and it was as crowded by earnest hearers as at the moment when the Commissioners took their seats, so great appears to be the interest taken in this novel investigation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Mr. _Paid)° , n, the landlord of the Printers' Arms, in New Church-court, Strand (lately kept by Mr. Mealy), appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with opening his house for the sale of liquors on the morning of Good Friday last, between three and four o'clock. Inspector Mullins stated, that hearing some persons talking in the defendant's house, at a quarter past four on the morning of Good Friday last, he knucked at the door and requested admission. He was shown up stairs, and there saw about a dozen met. (stated to be printers) drinking and smoking together. Mr. Duucombe, th defendant's solicitor, said the ma gistrate would at once S9O there was no occasion to pro ceed with the charge, as he could clearly prove that for years the house now kept by his client had been fre quented at the hour mentioned by a respectable body of men connected with the morning papers in the neigh bourhood, who, after leaving thir work, generally as sembled there to partake of refreshments—having been necessarily eccupiel the whole night, without cessation, in their work as compositors. No one else was ever suffered to visit the house at that time, as the evidence of the waiter, in Mr. Fairburn's service, would satisfac torily attest. James Wilkie, a compositor on the Morning Chronicle, deposed that some of the compositors on that journal and the Posswere in the habit of supping regularly at the Printers' Arms, which was at that time exclusively open to them. To guard against the admission of others, the " privileged" applicants called out " Boz." upon which the door was immediately opened by the waiter. The waiter corroborated these statements, and proved that the house was duly cleared at 12 o'cloclz on Thurs day night, and kept clear till the arrival of the compositors. Inspector Mullins—But the license in express terms prohibits the opening of the how.e on Good Friday. Mr. JARDlSE—Probably so ; but in a case like this there was a very manifest distinction to be observed, and he was of opinion that the defendant could hardly be said to have " opened" his house, in the meaning of the law, when it was merely used by a party of re spectable people, who did not assemble to ket drunk and disorderly, but merely to take refreshments, which their occupation prevented their getting at an earlier hour. The fact of the house being closed at an early hour, and every caution taken to shut out any persons but those in question, who were compelled to work on Good Friday, as well as other days, con vinced him that there was no intention on the part of the defendant to break through his license, although, by a literal interpretation of the terms of that license, he might, indeed, be considered culpable. Under the cir cumstances he should not interfere, but, at the same time, would recommend the defendant not to give any ground for the charge on a future occasion. The summons was, therefore, discharged. George Aiken and Chalks Wright, two young men, very respectably dressed, were placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with having assaulted several police:nen. Wells, constable of the F division, stated that in con sequence of information he received at the station-house, that a disturbance was going on in Brydges-s treet, Drury lane, he went there and found the two prisoners assault ing every person who came in their way. Wright was given into his custody on a charge of having broken a window of the shop of a Mrs. Spicer ; and, on his appre hending him, the other prisoner attempted to rescue him, declaring that he would knock his brains out if he did not release his friend from custody. Some other constables at length arrived, who were severally assaulted and kicked by the defendants, but the latter were at length overpowered, and conveyed to the station-house. The prisoner Aiken denied that he had done anything more than endeavour to get his friend home, who he admitted was very drunk. The other prisoner admitted he was so drunk at the time, that he did not know what he was about. Mr. TWYFORD said he could make no distinction be tween the defendants and persons of a different grade in society. The charge against th( in had been clearly proved, and he should, therefore, feel it his duty, in order to protect the police, to commit each of them for one month to the House of Correction. The defendants begged hard to have their sentence changed to a fine, which they expressed their readiness to pay ; but the magistrate was inexorable, and they were sent off in thR van, like common persons. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Henry Thomctv, a young man, who stated himself to be a sailor, living in Charles -street, Hampstead-road, was charged with burglariously breaking out of the dwelling house of James Smith, Esq., of No. 14, Soho square, having stolen therein a quantity of plate, and wearing ap • parel. Johanna Callaghan, servant to Mr. Smith, stated that about eight o'clock last evening the prisoner brought a note, addressed to her master, which she took to him up stairs, leaving the prisoner standing in the hall, waiting for an answer. Having received one from Mr. Smith, he went away, but returned again in a short time, and asked leave to wait in the hall, as a gentleman would call there in a few minutes respecting the note he had brought. Witness c)nsen'ed to his remaining there, and went down stairs. Shortly afterwards she noticed that he was not in the hall, and concluded he had gone away. It however ap peared that he had managed to secrete himself in one of the apartments in the house, and remained there all night. Between five and six o'clock this morning, as she was coming down stairs, she thought she heard the footsteps of some one in the passage lead ing to the street-door, and on hastening there saw the prisoner in the act of going out at the door. He shut it after him, and, on her opening it, she found him on the step, putting on a pair of her master's boots. He had also a coat belonging to her master on his arm, and a bundle tied up in a silk handkerchief. She seized hold of him, but he broke from her, and set off running. Although she was only half-dressed she pursued him for a considerable distance, calling " Stop thief !" and at length he was seized by police-constable No. 118 of the C division. The bundle was found to contain two frock coats, five silver gravy spoons, two silver forks, four silver soup-ladles, and two silver tea-spoons, Mr. Smith's property, and which he had taken from different parts of the house. Mr. Smith said the note the prisoner brought pur ported to be from a person he knew nothing of, respect ing some publications, and was evidently a ruse to get into the house. The prisoner made no defence, and was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Janiev D4rby, a cab-driver, was charged More Mr• Hardwick with having been concerned in the attempted robbery and murder of Mr. Charles Green, in George yard, Crown-street, Soho. It will be recollected that a cab-driver named .John Stack was some weeks since taken into custody, charged with having rendered Mr. Green insensible by a blow with the handle of his whip or some heavy instrument. The prisoner's obvious intention of robbing his victim was, however, frustrated by the timely appearance of police constable Clarke, C 55. The prisoner Stack was fully committed, but ordered to be brought up from time to time, in order to give the police an opportunity of finding the second man. Mr. Green, who appeared to have receive I,a wound two inches in length close to the temple, gave a short outline of the facts, the whole of which have been al ready published at the examination of the other prisoner. Police constable Clarke, C 55, found Mr. Green lying bleeding and insensible on the pavement, in George yard. The prisoner was the man who was seated on the box of a cab. Police-constable E 159 took the prisoner into custody. The latter said it was a bad job, but denied all knowledge of the assault.—lie was co:omitted for trial. • WORSHIP-STREET. In the course of the afternoon an anxious interest was excited by the appearance of four orphan children, tit , ' boys and two girls, the brothers and sisters of James Tapping. They were here by direction of Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, to wham application was made in their behalf a day or two since. Upon inquiry respecting them, it appeared that the parents died a few years back, leaving a numerous fa mily, of whom the two eldest sons, who are married, and have themselves families to support, carried on their father's business of what is called " grease melting," assisted occasionally by their brother James, from whom chiefly the poor children derived their means of support. His conduct towards them attracted notice to . the poor young creatures, who afterwards experienced eery kind treatment from several persons in authority, particularly Mr. Sheriff Sidney. Mr. Christey, one of the parish officers of Bethnal green, to which parish they belong, was in attendance, and expressed a readiness to receive the children into the workhouse for a time, where, be said, they would be well taken care of until otherwise provided for ; and he suggested that as the preferable course for them. The aunt, however, expressed a most decided repug nance to their entering the workhouse, and said she would endeavour to keep them herself rather than they should do so. Mr. BROUGHTON said he thought the course suggested by Mr. Christey was much the best for them, but he de sired that they should appear before him again in a few days, and some arrangement would be made. He now gave money for their maintenance in the meantime. ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS. Shortly after the magistrates had taken their seats on the bench, Police-sergeant Tebenbarn, K 36, stated that on Tuesday last he received information that a prize fight was ab,mt being fought on the marshes at Rainham, not far distant from Barking. He immediately proceeded to the spot, and saw collected between 200 and 300, who had been conveyed as far as Dagenhatn Gulf, in a steam boat, at which spot they effected a landing. He directly ordered them to desist from fighting, when he was sur rounded by a great portion of the mob, and received several severe blows on the ribs from heavy bludgeons, with which many of the parties were provided. Not withstanding, however, the ill-usage he met with, he succeeded in breaking up the ring and driving the parties to the st , Am-boat ; but he was unable to state who were the combatants. The only person present whom he lcncvv was a man named Oliver, who supplied the ropes to form the ring, against whom he now applied for a summons. lie did not see the man who struck him with the stick, but two respectable persons were ready to come forward and prove that it was done by a man of colour, whose name, he believed, was Sutton, and who acted as second to one of the lighters. Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, said that thOse exhibitions were now becoming so !iv vent that the magistrates were determined to put a stop to their taking place in the marshes on the Essex side of the river. They should issue a summons against Oliver and bind him over to koep the peace. With respect to the other man, Tebenbam had better procure the attend ance of the witnesses he had alluded to, and if they spoke positively to the man of colour being One of the parties assaulting the constable, means should be forth with adopted for his apprehension. A summons was then directed to be issued for the at teudance of "Tom Oliver" at the next meeting of the magistrates. PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. On Friday afternoon a numerous vestry meeting of the pArishionors of St. Clement Danes, was held at the vestry room, facing the church, to proceed with the elec tion of churchwardens, over.eerw, &c , and to audit the accounts of the churchwardens fi,r the past year. The Rev. W. W. Ellis, the rector, presided. The VESTRY• CLARK read the accounts, from which there appeared among the assets that the receipts were 1101. 7s. 10d. for burial fees, 200/. from pew rents, and 9011. 3s. 2d. from a church-rate of 3d. in the pound, Ste., the total receipts being 1,4901. 2s. 6d. There was a de fieiency of 82/. 18s. Id. for the chit-ch rate, the names of the numerous defaulters being laid before the vestry. Among the items of expenditure were 20/. 3s. for ring ing the bells, 2401. expenses for a new plan of warming the church, 630/. 14s. 7d. tradesmen's bills, &c., making the total expenditure 1,4311 164. Bd., leaving a balance in favour of the churchwardens of 721. lls Bd. Mr. CULL, thq retiring churchwarden, said, in answer to a question, that the chimes of the church (which had now been removA about two years) were in the course of being put up. . Mr. HUGGETT inquire! how many persons had been buried in the-parish? Mr. TACKETT replied, that there had been 149 full fees and 80 half fees, making altogether 229 funerals. Mr. lIUGGETT observed, he was gLLd to find that so few funerals had taken place in a parish situated almost in the centre of the metropolis, and that a complaint could not be made against them similar to what some other parishes were charged with.—(Hear.) He hoped the parochial authoritier would consider of the pro priety of co-operating with the views of those who pro pose to dispense with interment of the dead in towns. The accounts being received and allowed, a vote of thanks was agreed to unanimously to Mr. Cull; and the accounts were ordered to be printed. Mr. CULL having acknowledged the honour in a few words, _ _ _ The Vestry-Clerk produced a letter he had received in answer to a resolution of the previous vestry, ex pressing the condolence of the parishioners upon the death of Mr. Collier, who, for forty years, was vestry clerk of the parish. The letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes. Mr. W. Wilkins and Mr. Judkins were then unani mously, on a show of hands, elected churchwardens; the former for the parish, and the latter for the Duchy of Lancaster. A complaint was made by a parishioner living in Wych street, of the existence of a house c f ill-fame in front of his residence, and it was stated that latterly houses of the same description had increased. Several parishioners stated that the parish had been at a great expense in the indictment of the keepers of them, and that if compelled to give up their pi emises they soon took others. The CHAIRMAN remarked that he would willingly contribute to remove the nuisance. He knew many bnievolunt ladies were prevented from vkiting the abodes of the poor in consequence of the scenes of im morality which they were under the necessity of seeing. Mr. EADY said that they ought to make application to Parliament for more enlarged powers to put down these receptacles. The conversation here dropped; when thanks being voted to the Rev. Chairman, the meeting broke up. BURIAL OF DISSENTERS. TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN. SLR,—To the remarks in your lea article, respect ing my refusal to bury the body of a Socluian, with the use of the burial service of the Church, I do not wish to offer any reply except these few remarks. I have never refused the burial service to any Dis senter in my parish until in this case of an avowed So cinian. I have even performed, within these last six weeks, that service over the corpsa of a Dissenter of a mist re spectable family in my parish, who died in London, and to whom I could, of course, have legally refused the rites of the Church. At the same time I feel the exceeding impropriety of she use of that service for any but the members of the Church. I granted burial to the daughter of this same Haines, who died, under circumstances wry different from what you imagine, in the union workhouse, a year ago. I was not compelled to permit her burial, having died without the boundary of my parochal district. I did not take the fee to which I am entitled for such inter ment. I have warned Haines repeatedly of the wide and es sential differences between the Socinian creed and that of the Church, and have received the strongest testi mony to show that Haines, as wwll as the few poor who attend the Socinian meeting, are actuated by wordly, and not conscientious motives, and to this fact I refer in my note. I have acted from a conscientious scruple, and neither the persecu'ion of the public press, nor any punishment by suspension, can alter my determination to act up to the dictates of my conscience, which forbids my blas pheming God by reading the burial service over one who has openly denied the creed of the Church, and to whose friends, of the same persuasion, that service must be a vain repetition of words, in which they do not agree. As regards my conduct to llaines personally, I have lavished kindness on his family, and one of my last acts, ere I left my parish three weeks ago, to attend a bed of affl:e don, was to bestow charity upon him. I conceive, if you value the rights of conscience, as your paper is supposed to do, your proper line of argu ment would be to defend me, acting as I do, at all risks, upon conscientious principles, against those who would force compliance with a most unreasonable demand. I am, your obedient servant, ARTHUR FANS, Vicar of Warminster. Torquay, Devon, March 28, 1845. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MAnten 28.—Two of her Majesty's carriages and eight horses arrived by the Malmebury steamer this afternoon, and a number of packages of wine, &c., by the Gem. West Cowes Castle is fitting up for the Earl of Errol, who is expected, with his family, on Tueeiay next. Mr. Knox has taken Gotha Hall for the season. A company has been formed at Cowes to light the town with gas; the worl.s are to be proceeded with im mediately. The Siam Indianian, wrecked at the back of the idand, is gone to pieces. Three sloops were laden from her on Tuesday and on Wednesday. It surprises every one that her masts were not cut away ; had they been, she would have held together much longer, and all her materials would have been saved. Wind W.N.W., strong. SINGULAR CASE.-VERDICT OF WILFUL AIURDER. On Friday afternoon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an in quest (adjourned from the 4th instant), at the Northum berland Arms, Isleworth, on the body of a female child, which was born under the following circumstances : Thomas Whapshot deposed that he was the landlord of the Crown bser-shop, Isleworth. On the 28th of February the body of the deceased child was taken, about a quarter-past ten o'clock, out of the privy of wit ness's house by a man named Gundry. SAW no marks of violence upon it. A person, named Anne Pendry, is servant to witness. She is about thirty yesrs of age. Just before the finding of the body she went to the water closet, where she stayed about eight or ten minutes, and when she came out witness saw her wiping her hands as she came up the garden. She appeared to be in a weak state, and when witness spoke to her she answered in a weak voice. Witness's suspicions being excited, he went and looked down the privy, and saw something black; he moved it with a broom-stick, when he saw the head of a child. He then sent immediately for Pen dry's mother. Had reason before to believe that Pendry was pregnant, but she always denied it. On that morning she had got up as usual and done all her work, and wit !less saw no difference in her until she had been down the garden. Dr. Mackinlay said, after the body of the child had been taken from the privy, he went to see it, and on exa mininz, it found no marks of violence upon it, except that the umbilical cord was torn off. Had since examined the body internally. The internal organs were healthy and natural, presenting no disease in any part. The lungs were also healthy, and had been inflated, but not fully. Witness was not prepared to say from what cause the child died. Could not form any decided opinion on the subject. Anne Pendry, who was present at the inquiry, having been brought From the workhouse for that purpose, was then questioned, after being cautioned by the Coroner, as to her version of the circumstances, when she made the same statement as that made by her to Dr. Mac• kinla,y. It also appeared that she had not made any prepara tion for the birth, and that it was her fourth illegitimate child. The CORONER said, after the evidence of Dr. Mackin lay that he could not state the cause of the child's death, it would be useless to carry the inquiry further, a 3 no jury would convict of murder or manslaughter after such medical evidence. It was even to him a question if a charge of having conc, aled the birth could be sustained. The jury, who apparel to entertain a different opinion, asked to retire to consider their verdict. After an absence of nearly an hour and a half, the jury returned to theinquestroom, and The Foreman said, we find a verdict of " Wilful mur der against Anne Pendry," and we beg to record our opinion that had the law given to the mothers of such unfortunate children a greater facility to make the pu tative father pay towards the support of their offspring, such cases as this, and many others of a similar charac ter, would not occur. The CORONER immediately directed Anne Pendry to be taken into custody, which was done by police-ser geant Plume, T 12. At Cuxhaven a brisk south-west wind having re turned on tha 21st, the channel was pretty free from ice, s ► that the William Jolliffe was able to put to sea this forenoon. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. (1 , , The next mails for Malta, Greece , , lonian Islalid Egyp+, India, &C., Southampton, will be hence on the morning of the 3d April. Her Maie st) ig steamer Hecate is appointed to take them out, bet not take passengers. loth The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt. he India, and China, yid Marseill e s, will be &spate' hence on the evening of the 7th of April. s Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres—Her NW brig Express for the mails of to-morow. f the West Indies—The steamer Dee r fur the mails °- morning of April 2. America—The steamer Caledonia for the moils of t he evening of April 3d. for Sydney, New South Wales—The ship Grab this evening's mails. Holland and Hacnburgh—The mails for the lib° places are now conveyed direct by the steamers. The Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar - ' st , amers will in future be dispatched on the 7th, 17 0 and 27th of. every month, instead of every Tuesday,e heretofore ; and, when those d a ys f a ll on Sunda)' t'' Mails will be made up on the following morning. i n Mails will also be sent to Corunna by the steamers future. CAUTION TO MARINERS. SUNKEN VESSEL. IN THE DOWNS-OBSVIJC. TION TO FAIR WAY. Deal, March 28._ Sir —I have communicated the circumstance of the Anna, of Sunderland, having sunk in the Downs t o t o Superintendent of Lights and Buoys at Ramsgate, Messrs. Latham and Co., of Deal, and to the Pot/ the cruizing. , , cutters, in order to prevent acci den Captain Davis, Trinity-House Superintendent at Rau' a gate, informs me he will proceed with a wreck buoY 9 ' ll place it over the Anna, which has since capsized. The Anna lies about two and a half or three miles 0 4 the town, in the fairway of ships passing throug h tn roadstead.—l am, Sir, &c. (Signed) W. Dobson, Esq , Lloyd's. LoNnoN, MARCH 29.—Wind westerly, fresh breeze sad P e : DEAL, MARCH 28.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—The Ronea3tl from St. Domingo to Havre, got ashore at Dungeness , ! ) th was assisted otT, with loss of rudder, &c. The Anna, from Shields to Carthagena, which put back to the Do," 0 yesterday leaky, and with loss of rudder, having been asu' pr at Duqgeness, was abandoned early this morning, an d, jes driving several miles, sank at 8 45 A.m., about three Itu hi off shore, in the fairway of shipping, passing through t " i Roadstead. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCIE 97..—The 5i 41 . 113 ,4 from Calcutta to London, which was ashore in 'COW' • Bay, has broken up ; part of cargo saved. The WHITSTABLE, MARCH 28.—Wind blowing hard. -- 4 , Countess of Liverpool, from St. Michael's to London , taken shelter in the East Swale. A large boat with ten osr_il coppered inside, has been picked up below the Note, $4 brought in here. The pump of a large ship, covered spunyard, has been picked up at Reculver. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 28.—The Thomas Lowry remai°3ll3 the same state—cargo discharging at low water. DEAL, MAncit 28.—The Amphitrite, in the Downs , I p 'd orts that on the lith inst., l 47 N., lon. a ship to leeward apparently in at. distress, having nothing e than a mizen-topsail and the remains of a main -topsa il - n if 3 bore away S.S.E. direct for her, and when three 0 2 4v - ',l lO she went down head first. The master is of opinion that crew were saved, and the weather had been fine for two V , previously. s YARMOUTH, MARCH 28.—A schooner, of about 10 0 ton ,t reported to have foundered in Robin Hood Bay 224 lo s after being in contact with a light brig the same evenifli.d„ HARWICH, MARC!! 28.—Wind blowing hard.—Th e ward, of, and from South Shields, for London, founderfrb l o deep water off Bardsey, after being in contact with the ('‘) Burrell, f Stockton ; two me n drowned. TOTAL ABOLITION OF CUSTOMS A.ND_OVIE LLOYD'S AGENT. DUES AT AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND. , The fo;lowing is an extract of a letter received at lActri 7 , this morning from their agent at Auckland, dated SePt• 1815 : is &G"A very great and important change is to take place colony on the Ist proximo. All customs dues, harbour duesl.o-g are to be abolished—the Bill has passed the second rest; of the Colonial Legislative Council. The removal of _,t"„„.. restrictions will operate greatly in favour of the ships refitting here." MARKET NE WS.--( SAT URDAY• 7 COVENT-GARDEN. today The favourable change in the weather having pro th e rather an extensive supply of Vegetables for markett..,o trade was in a sluggish state, on lower terms. la r' comparatively little business was transacted. WEWGATE AND X.EADENRAZZ•,. v e st We had rather an extensive supply of each kind 01 "' on offering, owing to which the general demand was heavY , to,. the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; ma 2s 6d to 3s ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 45 8c1; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. We I _ l l (i r p fair average tune-of-year supply of both Game and Pow"' 01 while the general demand was heavy, and prices Wer e L, supported. Turkeys were selling at from 3s to 8s; and GL, 4s to 6s each ; Fowls, 4s to ; and Ducks, 4s to 73 r couple. NEWPORT For prime Mutton and Lamb the demand was steady, st ft ; prices; otherwise the trade was in a very sluggish .; Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 35... .1 4 Lamb, 4s 10d to 58 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 48 8d ; and Om 38 to 4s 2d per Blbs. lIILMINGSGATE. There was only a moderate supply of Fish, yet the ge-, trade ruled inactive. Turbots, 7s to 16s ; and Cod.Fisua to 8s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair ; Whitings, 4d to each. • 13177/I'MCCITAPEL, A very limited amount of business was done, at drotT ti g currencies. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutt on , 2s 8 ' 10 , 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pc ir 2s BLI to 4s 2d per Sibs. - • 1111NOEEPORD. h We re For most articles of produce, the supplies of wine moderately extensive, we an inactive inquiry, an d quotations had a downward tendency. BEZ.A.D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the 'Metropolis are frool 7d to 7,,id ; of Household ditto, 5d to 61.:1 per 4lbs leaf. HIDE MAIULET ferP Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and .. ;or 5s 6il to 53 lOd ; Middling Hides, 4s 10d to 5s 4d ; Infa ditto, 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skJ •0, Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s; Long-woolled Sheep, 43 2 j; 5s 6d ; Short ditto, 3s to 4s 6d ; Lamb Skins, is 8d to 2s and Shearlings, 6d to 8d each. S 11Y ATARKEITS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 14i: f t :, ful ditto, 41 15s to 514 s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 5s to 5/109; CI v s ; Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 183 to 21; Wheat Str B 21 to 21 2s per load. Trade tolerably steady, at late rate & s; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41 1 , 4 useful ditto, 4/ 143 to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto, 516 s to 5/ Closer Hay, 41 8s to 5/ 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 4 a Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2133 per load. A moderate supPlY , ° a ready demand, prices fully stationary. 140 WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4 useful ditto, 41 163 to 51 4s; fine Upland ditto, 51 0 "./: 5110 s; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 185 t Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 2s pa load. Supply good, a u trade rather dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY' rke t r • We have had large arrivals of Grain to this day's mar be and consequently dull of sale. Wheat and Barley c0 a .„;,,i01 quoted a shade lower in price. Oats ar.d Shelling re`"is, the same. Beaus bad to sell at a reduction of 6d. to per quarter. Per gr. of 601 b. to the bl gybe F.0 ° 4 9 Wheat—Suffolk, Essex, and Kent .• .• Red.... 47 to 48 t° 6s Ditto ditto .......'White.. 90 51 48 Norfolk 5 4 Ditto ditto ••• • • . White.. 47 49 48 Lincolnshire and Cambridge.. Red.. . 45 47 58 Ditto ditto White.. 48 .S 0 4 8 ' Yorkshire .• .• Red.... 43 45 — 57 Ditto ditto ......'White.. 47 50 54 4 English, Old .. .. Foreign .• Red— .. 41 47 Ditto ditto ......White.. 48 •50 pl Per quarter 31 33 35 , •• • 28 31 3 4 25 27 31 —, • • • • • • .. 28 3 Per qr. qr. of 6315. t o o the NO 43 Barley—Norfolk and Suffolk . Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding . . Beans—Small tine . • • • • • . Ticks Foreign ...... • . .. • Oats—Mealing, per Stone Feeding . Foreign . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . Shelling, per Load . • .• • • • .. • • . Malt, per Loa.t of 6 Bushels... 36 33 4 0 ..... 3a 31 4 0 •••• • 35 40 --, 1 2}i4 • •• • • 10d, lld ••• •• 10d, Ild 4 ••• • • • 10d, I Id. x'274 • • • • 255,. 265. 45 •••• 3) 41. ":„.0. Per (sr. iinPe . " •••• • 39 42 ••• • 35 38 • • • • 27/., 281. .•••• •• • • 2)1., 271. Pease—Blue and White Boilers.... Grey and Feed Rapeseed—English, per Last Imperial Foreign ......... ALLEGED HORRID CIIARGE AGAINST A T E ETO O : LECTURER.—On Thursday last, Ralph 11,91ker, fo considerable period a favourite lecturer en Teetotal lB ;i at the Temperance-hall, in this town (Ip sw ich), I° . t b brought before the Mayor and Magistr a t es , c h ar ged ": 1 the horrid and disgusting offence of cr i m i na lly abt l9lll o , a female child, under twelve years of a ' ,e, named Cl Mallet, and he was fully committ e d t o take his tria l ' the present assizes.—Suffta Chronicle. BIRTHS. Of On the 22d inst , at Windsor-cottage, Bod m in, the la- 5r te r, G. B. Kempthorne, Commander, Indian Na v y, of a daug.,,u On the 26th inst., in Finsbury-square, the lady of VY • Little, M.D., of a daughter. ghte r. On the 27th inst., at Hornsev, Mrs. J. Taybr, of a dau On the 27th inst., Mrs. F. W. Mount, of a daughter. On the 27th inst., the lady of Mr. G. Saunders, potter fields, Southwark. of a son. MAR R lED. ag e On the 27th inst., at St. James's Ch urc h, M a jor Ge Thomas Parke, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to Joanna, the secoP daughter of Colonel Thomas Kennedy, of Guernsey. in ha On the 27th inet., at St. James's, Paddington, Mr. Maitland, to Margaret Hutchins, o n ly c hild o f the late MA)" General Edward Hutchins Bellasis. DIED. I* On the 28th inst., Emily Mary, aged 4 years and 9 mon th daughter of George Walter, Esq., Greenwich. C? On the 16th inst., at Bath, General Browne Clayton. —• and D. C.L., of Addington Hall, Lancashire, aged 76. ~,ba. On the 18th inst., at Horton, Buckinghamshire, ow Cook, Ese., aged 86. Cur On the 22d inst., at Burgate House, Hants, Charks ments Wallace, youngest son of J. Bremer, Esq. 10101 On the 24th inst , at Cransley, gorthamptcnrihiroy v - Capel Rose, Esq., aged 63. ,„„ tO O On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, widow of ilia late .IPv Selby, Ei.q., of the Mote, Ightham, Kent . aged 91. 1 J . On the 25th inst., at Mount-plaff, Forster, aged 26. tat' On the 25th inst., Mr. John . "Bailer, of Tottenhara - c ° road, aged 52. L on d on Hospita , On the 25th inst., at Woburn•square, John Coles, FA' t he On the 25th inst., at Melksham, Wilts, Mary, relict of late James Finch, Esq., aged 83. v f VI I On the 26th inst., in Park -crescent, Portland. place, —. e Spencer Boscawen, Esq., late Major of the 40th Foot. ,p e lp On the 26th inst„ at Hastings, Anna, wife of the Frederick Maurice, cf Guy's Hospital, aged 34. 1., Or On the 27th inst., at Claph am common, John RaVe'll Esq., aged ;.:+6. --'4 sieilff 1 _ _ 4 • 1 • 1 •••••••••••••,,•••••••••• __----•------ .-- 0 f London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G ith No. 112, .3zrand, Printer. at The e un Office, N°',.. r of Strap i in tha Pre c i ste t o f the Savcy, in the Cotulv Middic,sex, Uonday, March 31, 1845, 1 111 E GE' COPAN 'IPS are a M ppoin Il Amuunciu, 101 ,clgatard ay moi ~,!itrrTERDAM, 'T ,e;" Wednesday d .- , c4T_ F 4 3% at Eleven, 31 114 E4rVR e rning. 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