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

Pr eros ie ar t he hou se, r 11111 i a fed a ole. r re. ~, al 14 ' ' thi i a , SUMMARY OF NE -S AND Vnbitt Optitton. " Who runs nuty read." FOREIGN. The accounts from Madrid are to the 21st. No jour tals were published on that day (Good Friday) and the '''eurse was closed. Dir. Francis Mowatt, the President of the English Committees of the two Companies lately formed with the view of tendering for the construction of the Paris Vtlet Lyons (G anne ron's Company) and Dijon and Mul ,nose lines of railway, and of which General Count - oaudrand, Governor of the Count de Pans , is Pr esident, w as honoured with a special audience by the King of the French on Monday. „,,Aocounts ha v e been received from Martinique to the 'WI ult. The Colonial Council had voted 20,000 francs t owards the relief of the distressed colonists of Barbadoe.:, _,,nd the Go vernor of Guadeloupe had sent a vessel to zarbadoe s with stores and provisions. General Tom Thumb is the rage among the Parisians i t t Present. One of the journals says , "No such sensa leo has been created among the fair, since the first ros, arance of Lemuel Gulliver at the Court o f Brob mignag:, The Sentinelle of Toulon of the 23 d inst. says :—" The dischar ge of the 1,500 sailors is suspended, it being itn- Poisible to carry this order of the Minister of the Marine t ilt° effect without dismantling a great many of our ships ° L war. There were only 600 sailors on shore that . Co uld be discharged, and therefore it would be necessary take the rest from the crews of ships in commission. al _ i ene of th es e s hips have their full complements , and to t ltKo from them the remaining 900 men, would reduce them by one-half, which would be equivalent to a dis ,irrmament of our squadron. If it had become necessary fr om any eventuality to send out any of our ships, it would have been impossible to man them." A letter from Rome, of the 11th inst., states that the 7 . !tensive d oma ins of the Duke de Leuchtemberg, son in dr of the Emperor of Russia, in the Sta t e s of the ` - hureh, have been purchased by the Roman Govern ment,. for 3,850,000 Roman crowns (about 20,500,0001.), sum has b-en paid in obligations bearing interest 14 ' 4 per cent. These securities have been negotiated by ,le orl on agent of the Duke de Leuchtemberg at the houses of ia and Rothschild, which have given in exchange for them bills on Paris and London. Prussian journals inform us that the mortality in : () roed cattle and horses in some parts of Prussia is v er y Veat. A letter from Konigsberg states that nearly 4,000 110 E0 of cattle have perished in a single district. L 76 schism among the Catholic in Pi ussia s eems to .‘'" - t o n the increase. Great numbers have recently decla red ;2', what is called the New German Catholic C hurch "id the Government has authorised collections in sup Poe: of it. SAW AND POLIOP. k The investigation into the case of the Rev. Mr. Ockton still continues before the Diocesan Court of At Bow -street, William John Berry, described as a fntlernan's servant, living at No. 12, Shire-lane, Temple r+ was charged with brutally treating his child, a little 12 Only ten years old. It appeared that the prisoner - 7% the c hild chained up in a room, and was in the habit 0 cruelly beating it with a thick stick, and also with a tsti' t l o '-nine-tails. The child was covered with bruises nq Sores. The Magistrate committed the b r u tal father f ortri a l at the sessions, and the parish officers undertook Prosecute. The prisoner was subsequently admitted to bail. A short period prior to the closing of the Marylebone p olice -court Ch ar les Stuart, a shoemaker by trade , and Do rothy Stuart, his wife, were charged with unlawfully ! ▪ ed ging sheets, blankets, &c., the property of their Maria Kean; and also with having attempted destroy themselves, by cutting their throats. On the 211(11a.dy discovering that her prope rt y had been p awned 7 1 1 questioned the prisoners on the subject, who each ,7berately attempted to commit suicide by cutting their Moats. It appeared that they had once before taken bi lU danum for the same purpose. The female, who had `" 1 ,,,,, w1 Md all the articles, was committed fur twenty days, the man was sent to the infirmary. COURT-rasSIONABLE. It is runaoured in the Court circles that her Majesty von te p Inplates giving a magnificent jet , at Buckingham Iti ace the course of the season, which will equal in s p l endour the gorgeous bal masque. The Countess of Jersey int ends to have a g rand as %hinbly on the 10th of the ensu in g month, the ni g ht of 1 ; 1 ; Majesty's Drawing-room. It will be a dress p art y . _ e cards of invitation are not a s y et issued ; but it is ? .. ot to b e a gran d b a ll, as erroneously stated in a morn • l ag contemporary. i n General Espartero has qaite recovered from his late `Visposition. The Gallant G eneral and the Duchess of t tetory continue to reside in r etirement at Abbe y Lodge, ' "gen t' s Park. li t he E ar l H a rewood and family have left Harewood 1 4 ,%,.. 3 e, Yorkshire, in conseq uence of a fever having Zakn out at the mansion. crrince and Princess Nicholas Esterhaz y , it is confi tly stated, purpose dining the summer to come to tt :!' Fonts country, from Austria , on a visit to her Hi g hness's 4 - m - onts, the Earl and Countess of Jersey. te The D u k e and Duchess of Richmo nd and the Ladies 11 nox are ant expected to arrive in Portland-place, for season, from Goodwood Park, until t he third week 114 1Dril. The Marchioness of Hastings, after her approaching ar tinge with Captain Regi nald Hastin g s Henr y , n ephew of the Duke of Leinster, is expected to proceed ' 411 ! continental tour. tCount Louis de Noailles has arrived at the French busy from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Essex ikt easkobury Park. IVIISCEILLIMICOUS. kra. J ona than Backhouse. of Darl i ng ton, a member o N te: l o Society of Friends, and a l ad y well known for her L'iiriotian philanthropy, and her zealous labours in the Znse of r e ligion and humanity , wer e amon g the mume rous visitors who attended John Tawell after his convic -15 to exhort him to sincere repentance, and to pre re his mind for the ignominious fa te to which he was . ( led, '4 Ib i .,arly on Tuesday the chur ch of St. Leonard's was °4 en into, and the vault entered, it being supposed by 4 ruffians that a lady named Muschets, a native of lea, who had been int erred on the previous Friday 14 i ....„ 4 "ing , had been buried in her costly jewels and rings a oaistom peculiar to that country. The villains, were, I :Weve,r, disappointed, and they then e m p tied the con „silts o f a bottle of the communion wine , and ransacked ;ill, national school boxes, which contained onl y a few 11 ings. A pickaxe and a cro wbar were found in the `v ault, and the lid of the coffin was removed. The fel -1:8 committed the most disgu stin g acts. Service was ALonded to have been performed, but the circumstance 'tsed such excitement, that it was not p roceeded with. , set, town-council of Edinburgh resolved on Tuesday ;:t, by 16 to 9, to petition P arliament a g ainst " any rant,q public money to Maynooth, or auy other re °us ostablishment or institution whatever ;" the pe -104 to be; intrusted to Mr. Macaulay. The Lord Pro t.:it differed, because the grant would promote the tran 'Minty o f Ireland. 2't• John's Gate, that r emnant of ancient ecclesiastical eenitecture, in which, in 1713, Cave first p rinted the htlemo n ' s Magazine, and where Dr. Johnson was a ratant visitant, and whio h was threatened with demo it a few weeks since, unde r the New Building Act, is ut to be repaired and restored; scaffolding having been er ected around it for that purpose. the property th e early part of the present month a g rey pony. property of Mr. Robinson, greengrocer, of Windsor, 3 , 4 ,2 Manchester, died at the extraordinary age of fifty aril and eight months, it ha vin g been foaled in July, 94. ~,s9n Friday morning the bod y of a young man was dis `"red floating in the rive r Thames, off the Folly-house, h _Mackwall-stairs. It was conveyed to the Bone t:4,set Poplar, where it was soon afterwards discovered ne a,lother of the sons of Mr. Byford, of Barking, o, who two other brothers and a man named William d 4 37 (whok , e body was found on Thursday last) were °f wind by the upsett in g of a fishing smack, in a gust wind, on the night of the sth of February last. It is s ingular coincidence that these two bodies, which have been so long missing, should have risen within one day of each „ 4 each other, and have been found at the short distance t o 0 yards only a rt. The second son of Mr. B y ford still missing. u , n Wednesday afternoon last, between four and five olock, as a gentleman was passing fora the Surrey- Cis, along the western wall of the Nun hea,l Cemetery, o; .discoverod a man lying in th e cemeter y , unJer a pile Iron railings. Having calle d to him, and receivtqg no " "ver.Mr.Buckstone , th e su p erintendent of the group,.; 1),„ 4:sinformed of the circumsta nce, and who immediately 4;4tened to the spot. He there fo und that a y oung man, I , l3l e'd John Bowers, a stone - m ason, was under the iron t :rit, and to all appearance a corpse. A number of the .rai V e,'"diggers were instantly sum moned to g ether, and the having b ee n removed, the decease d was extricated, i mia taken, to the Nun's Tavern, Peckham. Drs. Lodge to taoloomfield were quick in atte ndin g , but not in time an , eof any assistance, as the vital spark had flown. The , i'tu'tate deceased, it appears, had been set to work I.l‘ckatone, a short time previous, in cutting the i a i l s out of 4lie coping, and it is supposed that, to hasten Ita - a •P nk , be s::ok the rails, and the whole f ell forward - ° yoke his nenk, FRIDAY.--Her Majesty and b 6 Royal ig„hThess Prince Albert e.re expected to arrive here t,)- morrow , , row, about one o'clock, en rou te to the Isle of Wight, p a visit of inspection to O s borne House, of which her Jesty ha s w ithi n the last few days be c o me the bond I. e Purchaser. Her Majesty's co achman has arrived ti c ; day with one of the royal ca rria g es for the recap tr. of day ber Majesty and the Prince Consort. A special • " 15 ordered at the Farnborough station, which will "e that place at half-past eleven. The royal car -114%,, e will convey her Majesty and Prince Albert to the - 3 1 a 1 Claren ce Vi c tualling-yard, where they will em ,a4tk either on board the royal yacht or the Admiralty e'ht. which is expected round from Woolwich. The btuet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander l'retyman, left .-ort s mouth harbour this morning for Southampton, to tl "urk carriages, &e., for the use of her Nfa j est y a n d be, nu We island during the royal sojou rn, which will ~ Z6 a are infor me d, u ntil Tuesday. Int tit QULENtS VISIT TO IItgLAND.—We have been M orraed, on. something like authority, that it is her w irstY's intetation to honour the Duke of _Devonshire , e 0 visit, at Lismore Castle, during her stay in this i it tlt !Y• If the party who has favoured us with this a 1 Pe be well informed, we may indulge in the a ut e of seeing our beloved Sovereign in this quarter . p;'. as we can scarce think that the second city in this lion of her dominions would be roiswd by unnoticed. C ork Examiner. T IIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, MARCH 29, 1845. LA `V INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT, March 28. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) BETTELEY V. LINDSAY. The plaintiff to the action is Mr. Betteley, a retired tradesman, living at Waltham-cross, and the defendant, Mr. Lindsay, is a currier, residing at Islington. The action was instituted to recover damages, for injury done to a house and foundry situated in Angel-alley, Skin ner-street; the property waspeld by the plaintiff under a lease. The circumstances which led to the present proceedings, as detailed in the evidence, are to the fol lowing effect :—The premises were let in February, 1844, to an iron-founder, named Hugh Morris, under an agreement. Morris held the premises till the following November, when the attention of the plaintiff was called to a quantity of materials that were in the course of being removed from the property. An investiga tion took place, when it was discovered that a great quantity of paving flags, oak beams and sleeper., iron pillars, and other materials had been removed, at the instance of two parties, Messrs. Lewis and Lindsay, who seemed to be acting under the connivance of the tenant Morris. Legal process was immediately gone into, and an injunction was obtained against Morris, his agents and servants, to deter them fro:n further damaging the property. Morris, at this juncture, got out of the way, and Messrs. Lewis and Lindsay proceeded with the work of dilapidation without paying any heed to the injunction. Proceedings were next taken out against these parties for a breach of the injunction, and Lewis - was committed to the Court of Queen's Bench for ten days. No further injury was done to the premises. The materials which had been removed were sold by private contract to Mr. Lewis England, a builder, they having been first advertised for sale by public auction, which sale was stopped by the plaintiffs solicitors. The question that now arose was, who should make good the damage done? 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 man of some property. The present action was insti ' tuted to recover the damages, which were laid at 3181. 16s. 9d. The defendant had allowed judgment to go by default, and the point the jury had now to decide was the amount the damages shoald be assessed at. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the plaintiff, called a number of witnesses in support of the facts here set forth. The defendant, who conducted his own case in per son, entered into a statement that he had bought the pro perty from Sir Edward Bate, under the impression that it had belonged 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 of money under that impression ; that the transaction was a bonft fide one ; and that the reason why the materials had been removed was in order to make some improvements in the premises. He was about to call witnesses in support of this statement, when the Learned Secondary decided it had nothing to do with the real question, as the defendant, by allowing judgment to go by default, had admitted the right of the plaintiff to bring the action. A witness was then examined, on behalf of the defendant, to show that the damages had been over• estimated. The jury, however, returned a verdict fur the full amount-3181. 16s. 9d. THE REV. MR. MONCKTON. THE DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY. Mr. Warren commenced his address on behalf of Mr• Monckton, whom he stated to be one of the most perse cuted men 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 Lord 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 sons, 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, one single wavering expression; from the first he had 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 tiou. As soon as the Bishop had any definite or tangi ble charge to deal with, ha 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 follows: " Fulham, Jan. '2 2 , 1845. " Dear Sir,—A statement of charges against you, ok which I send you herewith a copy, has now been made tome, which, I am sorry to say, impose upo n me the painful ditty 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. Mouckton 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 am 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 them to establish their calumnious charges, from every one of which my con science acquits me. I shall, therefore, do my best 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 confidence 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 occur in fixing the period of inquiry. " Parsonage, Jan. 28." 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 consistent throughout ; or why was he here? Before he (sir. Warren) sat down, he undertook to demonstrate his innocence beyond the passibility of a doubt, and 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, Ballard, 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 Ballard offered her 501., and said that money was no object 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 character of the witnesses was most important ; there should be an entire absence of all hostility or sinister motives on their part. Was that the ease 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. Monckton, inquiring whether it had come from his house. Mr. Monckton, in reply, required the name of the person who had sug gested that letter came from his house ; and Mrs. Davis replied, that Mr. and Mrs. Williams were the persons who had mentions the probability of his ser vants being the authors of the Now. this anony • mous letter was of an in decent kind, and Mr. Williams had been concerned in a kindred transaction, for he had admitted that he had been dismissed from the ()Than Asylum for sending an indecent message to the matroa. The whole conspiracy seemed to have grown out of a quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. Monek ton's servants. Sarah Huggins had heard some rumours which had been propagated iu that low and slanderous neighbourhood against her, and Mrs, Williams con ceived a spite against the servants, and, in die sequel, against Mr. Monckton himself. There never was (the Learned Counsel observed) a more dis g ustin g exhibition than had been made by Williams, who was an aban doned miscreant on his own showing. He had per mitted his wife for 18 months free intercourse with a person who, according to him, had attempted to corrupt her. Ho had allowed her t) go 20 times after that, and to go alone ; he had borrowed money of Mr. Monck ton after he had endeavoured, cs, he said, to de bauch his wife, who was yet suffered to f I ;Q 44,y day to listen to conversation of a ribald and ob scene tendency, and to obscene jests. Fanny Froude, another of the pillars of this case, admitted that she was discarded by Mr. Monckton (amongst other reasons) lor her want of veracity. Upon several points she had contradicted herself. For example: On her ex amination in chief she said she had seen Mr. Monckton sitting in Sarah's bed-room smoking and reading the newspaper, whilst she (Sarah) was in bed—" only once." On her cross-examination, when excited, she said 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 plained. Another witness had been called yesterday, Sarah Levett. She was not summoned originally, but hail been brought up during the unfortunate intermis sion of the sitting of the Corn nissien. She had men tioned a scene in the room where she was in bed with Sarah lluggins which had taken him (Ur. 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. Dr. LUSHINGTON 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 solicitor 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. Monck ton 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 family, 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 fur them. After his return, upon one of these occasions, he did sing the song of the " Old English Gentleman," and a very excellent 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 ximdfacie case, and would not send 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 Gala ay, beside Mr. Warren, was much affected during a part of this speech. The folio wing witnesses were then called for the de fence : Lord 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 those about him ; he is as guarded as men usually are. I have never seen, since he has been in the Church, any thing in him inconsistent with his charact er 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. I had no reason to suspect any improper intercourse be tween them. Miss Monckton is at Hastings suffering under a pulmonary affection. Cross-examined 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's parsonage. I have been the medical attendant of his family for nearly two years. I first attended Sarah lluggins 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 a ith her three or four hours, from eleven at night till three in the morning. I have been frequently sent for 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. I at 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 it." That 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. Monckton's house. I never saw any undue familiarites on the part of Mr. Monckton to his servants or on theirs to him. I never saw any dis tinction 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 attended Mr. Monckton for 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—I 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. ed. ; the next year 21. or 31. Susan's account last year was 81. or 101. Mr. 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 know 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 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 lluggins 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 the 28th of July, 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 hail acted improperly. He said, " I hope not ; if she has, I will dismiss her." I afterwards told him my suspicions were unfounded. By Dr. LUSHINGTO:7.—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 net 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 iu her face, and her confusion. Did she expre is 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, and afterwards your suspicions were cleared up ?--Yes ; it was a measure of precaution ; I gave her the blue pill, and when I found my suspicions were totally unfounded, I discontinued it. Sarah Hugsr.ins examined—l am twenty-five. I went to live with Mr. Monckton in October, 1812. I left my former place (Mr. Dunn's) because it was too hard for me. Mrs. Miles engaged me for Mr. Monckton, as cook. My wages were 101. a-year. Fanny Froude came in September, 1843, and left in December. Ifer general hebits were dirty. I complained of this to Mr. Msncks ton. She was not honest; ehe lead pilfering and prying ways. She would take wine, and hnythinie She could get at. I have seen her intoxicated. She did not tell the truth always ; I have heard Mr. Monckton say so, and knew it myself. I know Elizabeth Briggs ; she was never called Bessy by me, or any one in my pre sence. She was in the habit of coining to ace me. She is a washerwoman. Mr. Monckton never took his meals with us. He would-come into the kitchen to smoke there, in order not to make a smell upstairs ; and he has dined once or twice there when his shoes were 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 heal upon the table, covered it with my apron. He has 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. Monckton break open th door. Mr. Monckton never endeavoured to put 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 bed-room when I have been ill, and my sister has been with me, and Mr. Mathew. He never sat in my bed-room smoking and reading a newspaper. He never used indecent language in my presence. I never heard him axear. 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 them, it is 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. Monekton did not cone up; she re fused to take off her clothes, and I said I would not take away the candle till she did. She would not, and lay down with her clothes on, and she had them on when I went into her room in the morning. I am not aware that 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. Monckton'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. lie might have drunk a glass of beer. Mr. Williams askel 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 tioned. On New Year's-day the same party came again ; they were invited by me the day after Christ mas-day; Mr. Monckton did not invite them. He did not dine with us ; he had his dinner first in the study. He never endeavoured to put any one on his knee. I never heard of such an attempt. If he bad attempted to take Mrs. Williams on his lap, I must have seen it. She did not go upstairs before me. Mr. Monckton never called me " 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 about. (The witness then proceeded to deny all the conversation 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 not ; and I do not think I ought to break such an oath. I believe I was first in the family-way in April. Mr. Mathew discovered it in July. He said he would men tion it to Mr. Monekton, 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 took 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. Munckton to come down to me, as a clergyman. I was net well. This was three days before I was confined. He did not come the first time. He aas again asked, and came. He talked to me as a clergyman, in a spiritual way. He did not 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. lie 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 differently from what I had he would allow me to return, and he took me back. I have conducted myself with propriety since. When Lady Galway was at Mr. Monckton's, in June, 1844, 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 to-morrow. The Duke de Broglie was in Court during some part of the proceedings. THE MANCHESTER OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—About 200 members of this Association dined together in the Corn Exchange of this town yesterday evening. On the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office the Manchester Operative Conser vative Association was broken up, but circumstances of a political nature, it appears, have again called it into existence, and this was a dinner held in celebration of its re-formation. A number of influential public characters were invited to attend, most of whom, however, sent excuses. Amongst these were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, the Right Hon. Stuart Wortley, M.P., Mr. John T. Blackburne, M.P., Mr. W. Patten, M.P., Mr. G. C. Legh, M.P., and Mr. Peter G reen I, M.P. Lord J. Manners and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.P., were also invited, but they declined accepting the invitation, for the reasons expressed in the following letters from those gentlemen, directed to the Secretary of the Asso ciation " London, March 11, 1845. " Sir,—ln answer to your flattering invitation for the 25th inst., I beg leave to inform you that my engage ments during Easter recess would prevent me having the honour to accept it, did I fully and heartily concur in the objects of your proposed meeting ; but I will frankly own to you that I feel no affection or regard for that abstract something or nothing called Conservatism,' and could not, therefore, even were I otherwise able, to take a part in the festival. In these days more distinc tive principles and more decided acts are, in my poor opinion, required than Conservatism affords, or is likely to afford. I would rather hear a body of right-principled Englishmen, such as will be assembled on the 25th inst., assert, for instance, their determination to maintain the integrity of the Welsh episcopate than the institutions of the country, which may mean institutions of any sort. I know the frank and honest character of the Manchester men too well to fear that you or they will resent this brief expression of my convictions on this subject, how ever they may dissent from them. " With a hearty wish that old Tory principles and sympathies may once more strike a deep root into the English soil, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOIIN MANNERS. " To Mr. James English." " Harden Grange, Feb. 14 " Sir,—l cannot possibly say what my engagements will be so long beforehand, therefore cannot possibly pledge myself; but if, as the time approaches, I find I shall be able to attend your dinner, I will do so, on con dition that your dinner is intended to extend sound principles, and not to support a faction—to applaud poli tical honesty, and not to sanction political apostacy. " The Operative Conservative Association were of immense influence in placing the present Government in power, and they fought under the banner of the Altar, the Throne, and the Cottage.' Sir R. Peel intends, in the present session, to throw down the altar of our faith, on which the throne has been erected; and ever since his accession to office he has supported, with all his influence, the Poor-law Commissioners in their deso lating warfare against the poor man's cottage. " I am, Sir, faithfully yours, "To Mr. James English. "W. B. FERRAND." The chair on the occasion was occupicd by Mr. John Ripley, the president of the society, who introduced the following address, which, in a printed form, was circu lated throughout the Exchange:— " AN ADDRESS FROM THE MANCHESTER OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, TO THE CONSERVA TIVES OF MANCHESTER GENERALLY. " We think it our duty, in endeavouring to re-orga nise the Manchester Operative Conservative Associa tion,' and place it on a more useful and solid basis than it has hitherto been, to lay before the Conservative pub lic generally a statement of the principles which we uphold, and a brief outline of our determinations regard ing our local proceedings. " We declare our fixed determination to maintain the tried and ancient principles on which the Constitution of our country is founded; and while we avow our readiness to promote the reform of all proved abuses, we declare it to be our object to uphold the necessary connexion between the Established Church and the State, the just prerogatives of the monarch, the privileges of the House of Lords as an independent branch of the Legislature, and the deliberative powers of the Commons House of Parliament unfettered and uncontrolled ; convinced, as we are, that on the united and energetic support of those authorities depend the continuance of social order, the security of property, the maintenance of religion, and the real liberties of the people. " And we hold ourselves pledged to use all our influ ence to return to Parliament, as the representatives of this borough, such men only as will support the principles abovementioned. " We have also resolved upon the determination to exercise our best energy in carrying out the following objects, viz:-- " 1. That a Central Committee be 'formed, composed of representatives from each district. " 2. That such Central Committee shall form Branch Committees in each district, which shall meet fre quently, with a view to propagate our political opinions. " 3. That canvassing books be placed iu the posses sion of staunch Conservatives, containing the names of the registered voters; that they attend to the purifying of the list, and the result of their canvass be reported to the Branch Committees. 4. That the Branch Committees report the result of their labours to the Central Committee, and that such be attended to in the Registration Court. " In conclusion, we humbly exhort all classes of Con servatives to come forward and aid us in our undertak ing, and unite with us in our exertions to enhance the cause of Conservatism in this locality, and place us in a more formidable position, however momentary may be the notice, in the event of both municipal and Parlia mentary elections. " We have the honour to remain, on behalf of the Committee, yours faithfully, " JOHN lIIPLEy, Chairman, .TAMES ENGLISH, Secretary." The toasts of " The Queen." " The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family," " The Army and Navy," and the " Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," having been given, Mr. DE HOLLING WORTH, of Hulling worth, rose and pro po ;ed "Our glorious Constitution in Church and State." Having expressed his conviction that the very object and essence of Conservative Associations was to uphold the Protestant religion and the institutions of the country, the speaker proceeded to say, that he had to enter upon a subject of an alarming character, but which was appo site to the toast under contemplation, and to which 11.! felt bound in duty to allude. It was the concessions about to be made to the Roman Catholics of Ireland by the grant proposed to the College of Maynooth.—(Hear.) A grant for what ? For the education of whom ? Not for the tried supporters of Protestant ascendancy, whom a Protestant Government was bound to support, but for the unscriptural education of the most intolerant set of priests of the most intolerant religion, and for the en dowment of a seminary for " Den's Theology"—(Cheers) —a theology proclaiming it a s icred duty to exterminate the rights of the Protestant religion, by confiscation of property, exile, imprisonment, and death !—(Hear.) It was impossible to repress indignation and surprise at this uncalled for proposal, when it was evident to all that Ca tholic emancipation itself, as a tranquillising measure, ut terly failed. Surely it would have much better become the servants of the House of Hanover to have proposed the sup pression of such an institution than to have encouraged it; and instead of making daily concessions to expediency, to have proclaimed, like Pitt, their determination to put down with the strong arm of the law all further attempts at revolutionary change.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel might, amid the hollow cheering of the Papist, the sec tarian, and the revolutionist, judge otherwise of the nation, and deem it dead to all the high ennobling feel ings and energies which distinguished it in the time of Pitt, but he might live to repent his error ; he must not think that having cast off the armour of Conservatism, he is invulnerable in the flimsy robe of expediency.— (Cheers.) He would tell the Right Hon. Baronet that ha had shaken the very ground from under his feet, had miscalculated his powers, changed confidence into mis trust, his firmest support into determined opposition, and all by these measures of expediency.—(Cheers.) He must say, with regard to this Maynooth concession, that as a matter of mere policy, the measure was mis chievous—not merely weakening, but naturally holding out encouragement to all revolutionists to further their views by clamour. Even the concessions to the Roman Catholics, it appears, were not enough for the Minister, but the disabilities of the Jews were to be removed. Fur his (the speaker's) part, he did not see where the justice of the exclusion of Mahomedans from the ermine and the official robe lay, and why they should not take their seats in the Lords and Commons, if the Jews were to be admitted.—(Hear, hear.) He was, indeed, afraid that the nation had so completely bent the knee to psuedo liberality, that if the imps of darkness, emissaries from hell itself, stepped from the caverns through the ground, madmen would be found to propose their admission within the pale of a Christian community.—(Cheers.) After a few other observations, Mr. Hollingworth con cluded by proposing for their hearty reception what the recklessness of the Whig, and the expediency of the Conservative Governments, had yet left them—" Oar glorious Constitution in Church and State." Mr. E. G. EGERTON (the eldest son of Lord F. Eger ton) then rose to propose " The health of the Duke of Wellington and the Conservative Peers." It was, he :Aid, a toast which would go to the heart of every one present. They were indebted more to " the Duke' than to any one living. He had consecrated his life to the service of his country, and by his unrivalled genius she had achieved renown as great as was ever acquired by any nation.—(Hear.) He did not believe that there could be any assemblage of men calling themselves Englishmen who would not receive such a toast with enthusiasm, and they must not forget that as Conserva tives they owed him a farther, and more peculiar debt of gratitude. He had not been content with serving his country in the field, for he had energetically served it and their views in the council.—(Cheers.) They must not forget that at no period of his later years had he sought that repose which his unexampled services had so well deserved, but that the consummate ability which overthrew their enemies in the field had also been em ployed in the front of battle for the welfare of the Con servative cause and the prosperity of the land. He called upon them with all the honours to drink " The Health of the Duke of Wellington (as their great leader) and his coadjutors, the Conservative Members of the House of Peers." The toast was drunk amid the loudest plaudits. The toasts that followed were, " Her Majesty's Minis ters (received very coldly) and the Conservative Mem bers of the House of Commons ;" "Lord Lyndhurst, and the Conservative Bar;" " The Conservative Members of the county ;" "The Committee of the Manehester Opera tives ;" The Conservative members of the Town Coun cils of Manchester and Salford ;" " The Chairman ;" " The Conservative gentlemen who have honoured the meeting with their presence ;" " The Stewards ;" and ' The Lancashire Witches." The company separated about twelve o'clock. The proceedings of the Manchester Operative Asso ciation will not be perused by either friend or foe with out a degree of respectful compassion. No story of companion betrayed or maid forsaken ever supplied a more tragic passage. As successful treachery is the meanest of triumphs, so abused confidence is the noblest of calamit:es. The Conservative societies of this and other classes reposed in the leaders of their party about as generous and blind a trust as man can possibly repose in man. Their devotion only ran too far. Cautious ad visers suggested that there was no dependence on princes, and that statesmen were born of women. Pious men whispered that Conservatism was not sufficiently exclusive in its materials, and exalted in its aims. But, in spite of these warnings, country gentlemen and bo rough lawyers, and young enthusiasts and aged saints, and rich men and poor men, they who had everything to lose, and they also who had everything to gain, all sur rendered themselves to the generous delusion. Pro claiming the hero of Waterloo and the Member for Tamworth as their tutelary heroes, they sacrificed them selves, body and soul, their interests and their prin ciples, to the advancement of these names. Operatives quarrelled with their employers, employers dined with their operatives, public functionaries procured for them selves the honours of official martyrdom, quiet men em broiled themselves with their neighbours, tenants lost their farms, tradesmen their custom, and Conservatives generally their peace of mind, all to restore Sir Robert Peel to power. They at last succeeded, only to lament that they have not devoted their energies to some better master, and say with Wolsey— " 0, Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies." True, nobody well could say what Conservatism meant, and least of all did the leader of the party hazard his credit in that difficult question. To do the idol jus tice, it was very mute. It moved along on a gorgeous car, thousands vied for one rasp of the sacred ropes, and rent the air with their noisy worship. They shouted, and thought it their wooden deity that had spoken; they dragged on the ponderous chariot, and saw the image nod ' • they even perceived its broad sun-lit features beam with responsive smiles. So, after all, Conservatism was a very subjective sort of worship. It reasoned in the vicious circle of all false religions, and imagined the statesman in whom it believed. So far that states man is saved from the damning sin of positive and deliberate inconsistency. Yet if he did not expressly countenance their expectations, so neither did he very plainly repress them. His silence spoke consent. And he certainly was very complaisant and encouraging. Confessedly he did smile on Conservatism in the lump. Most publicly and repeatedly did he assure the misguided multitude, that the battle of the Constitution must be fought in the registration courts. This important announcement might have some transcendental meaning ; it. may mean anything in the abstract ; but, interpreted with regard to the actual state of things, it could only mean that the Constitution was to be saved by " Conservative" So cieties, guided by Conservative principles, getting as large as possible a proportion of Conservative voters on the register ;—all these things, viz., Societies, principles, and voters being assumed in their actual present force and acceptation. Thus was the notorious creed of Con servatism sanctioned by its leader. But after a long; season of hope deferred, at last the day of fruition ar rived. And now let us see how the devout simplicity of Conservatism has been recompensed For a rather un common exhibition of gratefulness, we may be excused in selecting a rather uncommon illustration. Herodotus informs us of a certain king of Egypt, who in his earlier days had been obliged to live on his wits, and appears in fact to have been a professional swindler. For want of an efficient detective police, his victims went to the numerous oracular shrines of the country, or the " wise men," as our own rustics would call them, to discover the thief. So well known were the merits of the indivi dual in question, that the inquiry seems to have beets generally made in the definite fora', " whether it was he who had committed the depredation." Some answered yes, and others no. When, in the turn of affairs, he became king of the country, he, of course, turned over a new leaf, and became an honest man. Not the least proof of that honesty was, that he immediately suppressed all the oracles which had pronounced in his favour, and largely endowed those which had condemned him. After the lapse of three thousand years an equal instance of self denying candour has appeared. Sir Robert, the conti nual theme of Conservative praise and Liberal abuse, at length arrives at a position which renders praise and blame matters of equal unimportance. He immediately sets about to show that the Conservatives were mistaken in their praise, and the Liberals up to that time justified in their abuse. Under his candid Government the shrines of Conservatism expire, and those of Liberalism flourish with tenfold honour, It is but four or five years since that the Manchester Operative Association was one of the most favoured oracles. Conservative gran dees, Lord Stanley among others, went down to hear its favourable responses, and to extend its fame. Its repu tation was justified by the event. It was right ; the Conservatives became the rulers of the land. When, 10, a strange reverse Immediately every prophecy, every eulogy, is belied. The Conservative chiefs boldly ac knowledge the error of their former ways, and pronounce their supporters dupes. One after another the associa tions break up, or prolong a difficult and inglorious existence. In vain they implore the attendance of their former stators with all the tenderness of ill-re quited love rescribas, attan:en ipse veni. Vain the petitivn; for, instead of men, they receive let ters; instead of presence, politeness. The penny post, not the railway, now give wings to Conservative love. " A number of influential public characters were invited to attend, most of whom, however, sent excuses:" and then follows a black list. But the oracle is not merely shorn of its patronage—it is forced also to curtail its principles. A few yards of canvass are all the present stres2 of weatlier nil' allow. fears to pronounce what may by any possibility be denied, and enunciates a creed which for ten years at least is infallible. It is haunted by the vision of another Sir Robert Peel, and is determined to be on the safe side. Starting with the cautious proviso—saving your presence—that it is " ready to promote the reform of all proved abuses," it declares its wish to uphold the necessary connexion of Church and State, the just prerogatives of the Monarch, the privileges of the House of Lords, and the delibera tive powers of the House of Commons. Such are thc, , safe and unquestionable objects for which the registra tion courts are agai❑ to be made the field of battle. The connexion of Church and State, as far as it is neces sary, and the prerogatives of the Crown, as far as they are just ! Who will not join to advance these two ob jects? Sir Robert himself will swear to them. And as for the " privileges" of the Lords, and the " delibera tive powers" of the Commons, we may safely let these alone for taking care of themselves. Such is the shadow to which our Ministers have reduced the bodies which brought them into office.— 7 intes. PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. Yesterday afternoon a numerous vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. Clement Danes, was held at the vestry room, facing the church, to proceed with the elec tion of churchwardens, over.eers, Sc , and to audit the accounts of the churchwardens fer the past year. The Rev. W. W. Ellis, the rector,, presided. The VESTRY-CLERK read the accounts, from which there appeared among the assets that the receipts were 1101. 7s. 10d. for burial fees, 2001. from pew-rents, and 901/. 3s. 2d. from a church-rate of 3d. in the pound, &c., the total receipts being 1,490/. 2s. 6d. There was a de ficiency of 82/. 18s. Id. for the church-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, 240/. expenses for a new plan of warming the church, 6301. 14s. 7,1. tradesmen's bills, Sec., making the total expenditure 1,431/. 16s. Bd., leaving a balance in favour of the churchwardens of 721. I Is. Bd. Mr. Cum.., idle retiring churchwarden, said, in answer to a question, that the chimes of the church (which had now been removed about two years) were in the course of being put up. Mr. HUGGETT inquirel how many persons had berg buried in the parish? Mr. TACKETT replied, that there had been 149 full fees and 80 half fees, making altogether 229 funeials. Mr. HuGGETT observed, he was glad 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 authorities 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 of 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 premises they soon took others. The CHAIRMAN remarked that he would willingly contribute to remove the nuisance. lle knew many benevolent ladies were prevented from visiting the abodes of the poor i❑ consequence of the scenes of im morality which they were under the necessity of seeing. Mr. LADY 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 EDITOR► OF THE SUN. SIR,—To the remarks in your leading article, respect ing my refusal to bury the body of a Socinian, 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 corpse of a Dissenter of a most 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 ft:el the exceeding impropriety of the use of that service for any but the members of the Church. I granted burial to the daughter of this same Ilaines, who died, under circumstances very diffc rent from what you imagine, in the union workhouie, a year ago. I was not compelled to permit her burial, having died without the boundary of my parochial 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 Ilaines, as well 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 persecution of the public press, nor any punishment by su , pension, 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 slime persuasion, that service must be a vain repetition of words, in which they do not agree. As regards my conduct to Haines personally, I have lavished kindness on his family, and one of my last acts. ere I lett my parish three weelci ago, to attend a bed of afflic tion, 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, ypur obedient servant, ARTHUR FANE, Vicar of Warminster. Torquay, Devon, March 28, 1845. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Kitten 2S.—Two of her Majesty's carriages and e4,, , ht horses arrived by the Malmsbury 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 Tuesday next. Mr. Knox has taken Gotha Hall for the season. A company has been formed at Cowes to light the town with gas; the works arc to be proceeded with im mediately. The Siam Indianian, wrecked at the back of the island, 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 MURDER. Yesterday 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 beer , 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 years 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 ness saw no difference in her until she had been down the garden. 1)r. Mackinlay said, after the body of the child had been taken from the privy, he went to see it, and on exa mining 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 ingairy, 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• kinl ay. It also appeared that she had not made any prepara :non 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 th&cause of the child's death, it would be useless to carry the inquiry further, as no jury would convict of murder or manslaughter after such medical evidence. It was even to him a question if a charge of having concealed the birth could be sustained. The jury, who appeared 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 the inquest•room, 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 g,reater 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 Corm:lea immediately directed Anne Pendry to be taken into custody, which was done by police-ser cieant Plume, T 12, The rate of money in the discount-market is called 24 to 3 per cent. The payment of money on account of the railways, and the collection of the revenue previous to the time for the dividends, have ov , ',...asi.lmed the ad vance, by witlidrawjn ;,IL - ..ige number of Bank-notes from circv.1,44.41A., IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCII 26.—The Rev. Henry Griffin, who is represented to be a stanch Liberal in politics, and a decided supporter of the national system of education, has been appointed one of the chaplains of the Lord Lieutenant. Taking this appointment in conjunction with the recent promotion to a similar dignity of the Rev. Daniel Bagot, vicar of Newry, it is now quite mani fest that the friends of Scriptural education need expect but little encouragement from Lord Ileytesbury. STOCK EXCHANGE.—(THIS J)AY.) CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1021 mo. ; Three-and-a-half per Cent. Debentures, ; Bank Stock, 211:1. RAILWAYS.—Great Southern and Western, 16i ; Ditto, Scrip, 15i ; Ditto, Extension, 101 1.1 11 4 Dublin and Bellast Junction, ; Irish Great Western, Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 2 2 ; Bel fast and Ballymena, 4 ; Irish Great Western, Dublin to Galway, 24- ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2, 2 ,- 3 ; Water• ford and Limerick, 4,- 1 3 -; Wexford and Carlow, 2i 3 ; Kingstown and Bray, 9 ; Cork and Bandon, 4 ; Lon donderry and Enniskillen, ` 2 l. TO MR. O'CONNELL AT KILKENNY. KILKENNY, MARCH 25. The Hon. Gentleman left Dublin yesterday, accom panied by Messrs. Juhn O'Connell, M.P., W. S. O'Brien, 1). Browne, M.P., Richard Barrett, Rev. T. Tierney, T. Ray, E. Clements, &c., and arrived at Castlecomer at an early hour last evening, where he and his friends remained for the night. at the house of the Rev. Mr. Butler, parish priest. Mr. T. Steele joined the party in the course of the evening, having posted across the country from Tippe rary, in order to be present at the proceedings of to day. At ten o'clock this morning a vast number of persons started from Kilkenny for Castlecomer, preceded by the members of the town council in open carriages, dressed in their robes, and attended by several tempe rance bands. Upon their arrival in Castlecomer the mem bers of the Corporation immediately waited on Mr. O'Connell, anl proceeded with him and his friends to hear mass. From an early hour of the morning the town was crowded to excess with the country people, who loudly cheered the party in its progress to and from the place of worship. Upon their return from hearing mass, the procession to Kilkenny was formed, and soon after one o'clock it began to move towards its destina tion, headed by the trades of that town, and many of the members of the corporation. The proceedings of the day were conducted in a similar manner with those of most of the " monster" meetings of the year before last, but were on a smaller scale. Instead of a muster of some hundreds of thousands, as at those meet- ings, there were probably some 30,000 of the peasantry present on this occasion, mingled with large bodies of tradesmen, preceded by banners and bands of music, and all attempting a military regularity in their march and bearing. Then came a large cavalcade of equestrians and finally some hundreds of overloaded vehicles of every kind, from the smart jaunting car of the shop keeper to the rough cart of the cottier. The sides of the read along which this multitude passed were lined with the aged and feeble of either sex, and with children, all loudly invoking blessings on their " beloved leaders," as they came within view. The procession reached Kilkenny about five o'clock, and occupied something more than half an hour in passing through the town. Mr. O'Connell immediately proceeded to the residence of Mr. Smithwick, an exten sive merchant, whose guest he is to be during his stay here. The entertainment to which Mr. O'Connell and his friends were invited, took place in the new Roman Ca tholic Chapel of Kilkenny, the shell of which is just completed. Tables, to accommodate 600 persons, were laid in the interior, which was fitted up with a canvass awning, and lighted with gas. The walls were hung around with banners, bearing inscriptions either compli mentary to Mr. O'Connell and the other " Repeal mar tyrs," or having reference to incidents connected with the .. - Repeal movement. Soon after six o'clock Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. O'Brien, and the other gentlemen who came with him from Dublin, entered the dinner hall, and were received with loud cheering. They all wore the costume of the newly-fledged 'B2 club—a mili tary uniform of green and gold, resen.bling that used by the French commissaries of police. Dr. Cane, the Mayor, who acted as Chairman, was at tired in a similar manner. The cloth having been drawn, The Secretary read a number of letters from Roman Catholic Bishops and others, expressing regret at not being able to attend the dinner. The CHAIRMAN having given the customary loyal toasts, proposed, amid loud cheering, " O'Connell, long life and repeal." • Mr. O'CONNELL said, that he had enjoyed many a delightful hour in breaking the chains twined round his countrymen, but he had never spent a day so happily as the present. lie assured the men of Kilkenny that his spirit walked abroad disenthralled and free.—(Cheers.) lie had seen and heard them that day, and their enemies should hear them too, for the shout they bad raised that day, would echo from one end of the Bri tish dominions to the other. Kilkenny had begun the repeal agitation in 1842, she had taken the lead in 1843 also, and she had commenced the agitation of 1845 by the magnificent procession of that day, and the splendid banquet of that night. And yet he was told that the agitation for repeal was subsiding.--(Cries of " N s.") How dare they say "No ?" lied not the present Ministry told them, through the Queen, into whose mouth they had put the words, that the repeal agitation was on the decline ? (A voice, " They were eaming.") No ! they were not dreaming. They were wide awake, but they were lying.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) lie told them that 50,000 voices had pro claimed that day that the agitation for repeal was only beginning. They had done nothing yet; all their work lay before them—and they were there ready to do it.— (" Hear," ar,d cheers.) Ile was delighted to have had an opportunity of corning there, in order to show the Ministry how untrue was the assertion they had put into the mouth of the Queen—to show that they had physical force as well as mental energy; and that if they did not hold monster meetings, they refrained, because it was unnecessary to do so.—(llear, hear.) After stating several reasons for being dissatisfied with the manner is which England governed Ireland, the lion. Gentleman went on to say that he had come amongst them to begin a new campaign with the same face as ever, but in a new dress.—(Laughter, and cheers for '82.) He came there to talk, amongst other things, of the club of 'B2. When a man of his age ventured to wear such a dress, it was not unlikely that younger men would soon be generally clothed in it. For his part, he wanted to see 500 of the young blood of Ireland attired in the same costume, and he would leave it to the jury of ladies pre sent to say whether it would become them or not.— (Laughter.) And out of that club of 500 he expected to be able to select a Conservative senate of 300 gentlemen to act as mediators between the Repealers and their op ponents. Having praised Mr. W. Smith O'Brien for the zeal exhibited by him in the cause of Repeal, he vented some hearty abuse on the Whigs, whom he denounced as the most worthless party that ever existed. lle promised them from that spot that henceforth no pseudo Liberal should get a seat in Parliament for any Irish county unless he declared for Repeal. They were beginning a new era ; they were determined to make Repeal members active and sincere, and quasi Liberals—Repealers. He warned every Irish representative that the sound of Li beralism would no longer suffice, and that for the future the only Liberalism in Ireland should be Irish nationality. They would have none but genuine Repealers, and those who were not so, should " cut " or turn their coats. (Cheers and laughter.) having detailed some of the incidents of the state trial, which he denounced as a crime of the greatest magnitude, equalled only by the alleged massacre of certain Wexford women by the sol diery of Cromwell, he complained that the prosecution had been suffered to pass by without ars: ) , manifestation of sympathy from England for the ‘!rrong inflicted by the mockery of a trial to which tliey had been subjected ; and concluded with a gl , :; w i ng description of the natural advantages of the country, and an earnest appeal to all to join him in his struggle to obtain for them their un questionable right—the privilege of legislating for them selves in a domestic Parliament. The CIiAIRMAN proposed the '6 Health of Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., and the other Repeal Martyrs."— (Loud cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL returned thanks, and said that if he had pleased the men of Kilkenny as their representa tive, he had been enabled to do so only by following in the footsteps of his father.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. Steele and Mr. Barrett severally returned thanks. The Rev. Mr. TIERNEY, parish priest, next spoke to the toast, and said, that the imprisonment of O'Connell had created a deep feeling of hatred in the Irish mind— an undying thirst of vengeance. It was an insult offered to a whole people in th person of their chieftain and liberator—an insult never to be effaced.—(Hear, hear.) Although his enemies did not redden the scaffold with his blood, yet they thought that a twelvemonth's impri sonment would prove his martyrdom.—(Hear, hear.) But the hand of Providence had protected him from their fell design.—(Cheers.) Let them recollect that Jezebel decorated herself with her choicest jewels when she showed herself at the windows of her palace, but that next morning she was thrown into the street, and her flesh became as filth upon the earth. He trusted that the fate of that wretched being might prove a salu , tary warning to her followers in blood and infamy.__ (Loud cheers, and cries of " Amen. ) The next toast was the " Repeal hierarchy and clergy," which was spoken to by the Rev. Mr. O'KEEFX. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the "'B2 Club an d Smith O'Brien, M.P." Mr. S. O'Baies, in returning thanks, said that the 'B') Club was established in order to give to a number of gentlemen who were anxious to serve Ireland an oppor tunity of meeting in social intercourse and making efforts to nationalise the country.— (Hear, hear.) Eng land was doing her best to provineialise Ireland, and they wished to counteract the design. It had been sug gested that the dress of the club was somewhat military in its character, and, for his part, he was not sorry that the Government regarded the dress as requiring nothing but the sword to enable its wearers to act as the officers of the Irish people. lie by no means held out the likeli hood that the Irish people would go to the extremity of physical force, for they could not be justified in usug it, unless deprived of all hope of redress by constitutional means. Several other toasts were given, and the company not separate until a late hour. TIIE CURRENCY. We have been informed. in the highest quarters, that the Government ha ve d e t erm i ned upon abandoning their interferenee with the system of Scoteb banking, as far as that interforenre meditated the extinction of the one-pound notes. Our ono-pound notes are not to be meddled. with. Some restriction will be proposed upon the amount of notes which the various banks shall be entitled to issue; but no further mischief will he dace,—Bcrwich Warder, -,. 0 91 I WI re 9,1 3 ' mal e 01 0- eriv — A ,or rCI -k for 110 , 4 ,4 rila aper that At 0 Ear spel l era Ffea that enta ipa• i I ~~:.