The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

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Der gll 7 jai di: roroir , to t 6 3 10 I 4 ) ) 2 0 4 ci, PI , t oo og sh: :woe-- THE SUN, THE BISHOP OF EXETER V. GORHAM. Sir FITZROY KELLY said he was instructed, on behalf of the Bishop of Exeter, to move for a rule to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue to Sir Her bert Jenner Fust, the Dean of the Arches Court of Can terbury, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, prohibiting them from proceeding further in a moniticn or citation of the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of Exeter, requiring him to return to that court a certain presentation by her Majesty of the Rev. George Corne lius Gorham to the vicarage of Bameford-;;peke, in the diocese of Exeter, and the county if Devon, and from proceeling in carrying into effect the recent judgment of the Judicial Committ,ee if the Privy Council in the case of `• Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter." Ile had to make this motion on the ground that the Court of Arches having pronounced judgment arid sentence in the case to which he had adverted, and an appeal having been made from that judgment to her Majesty in Council, upon which, and on the report of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council, her Majesty had been pleased to reverse the judgment of the Court of Arches, and t) remit the case back to that court, with certain directions founded upon that reversal, and that, inasmuch as it would appear by Act of Parliament that the appeal in a matter of this nature from the Arches Court at Canterbury, lay not to her Majesty in Council or to the Judical Committee, but to the Lipper House of Convocation, and to that tribunal only, and that the proceedings before her Majesty in Council and the judgment pronounced thereupon, were entirely null and void in law. Her Majesty had the right of presentation to the vicarage of Bampford Speke by virtue of her Crown, and she had presented Mr. Gorham to it by letters patent; and this being a matter purely affecting the rights of the Crown, he contended that the appeal from the Arches Court lay not to her Majesty in Council, but to the Upper House of Convo cation, and that this being a question involving no point of temporal interest, but only matters of spiritual doctrine affecting the Church of England, the Upper House of Convocation, composed as it was of dignitaries of the: Church, was a tribunal much better adapted for its satisfactory settlement than the Judicial Conamitteee of the Privy Council. Their Lounnurs intimated that they would look into the authorities bearing on the case, and give their deci sion on a future day. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) Before the CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARSE and ROLFE.) This being the first day of Easter Term, the court was very crowded. Several of the new Queen's Counsel were present who had been created since the last sittings, and took their seats for the first time under the bar. COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and Justices CRESSWELL, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD.) This was the first day of term, and the business of the Court this morning consisted of motions, and presented no feature of interest. ARCHES COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Before Sir Join; DODSON, Knight, who sat as Surrogate for Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST.) GORHAII V. THE BISHOP Or EXETER. In consequence of the decision of the Privy Council, a monition was issued from this court calling upon the Bishop of Exeter to send in the letters of institution, in order that Mr. Gorham might be inducted to the living of Bampford-Speke. Upon the Judge taking his seat to-thy, Mr. BOWDLER, the proctor for Mr. Gorham, said—l beg to inform you, sir, that no return has been received to the monition which was ordered on the last court day to be served on the Bishop of Exeter. I beg to pray that a certificate of its continuation be granted. JUDGE—Has it been served? Mr. BoWDLEII— air. JUDGE—The presentation has not been sent in by the Bishop then? Mr. BOWDLER—No, air. JUDGE—Does any person appear for the Bishop? Mr. BOWDLER.—No, sir. Mr. Tatter is absent, and therefore we may trust you will grant a certificate of the extension of the monition. JUDGE—We order the case to stand over. The effect of the Bishop not sending in the institution papers will be, that on the next Court day (May 8) ulterior proceedings will be commenced against his Lord ship. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) BURGLARY.—A respectably-attired middle aged man, named John Burns, was convicted, in conjunction with his son William, a youth aged nineteen, the first of re ceiving and the second of stealing from the dwelling • house a time-piece and ether articles, valued at 51., the property of George Edwards. It appeared that the youth was a practised burglar, while the father acted as the receiver. • The Comma.; SERGEANT sentenced the father to twelve months' imprisonment, and the sou to be trans ported for ten years. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) STEALING PROM THE PERSON.—A young woman, named Jane Knight, described in the calender as a spin ster, was indicted tor stealing three sovereigns from the person of Mr. Charles John Cowell. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. PAYNE prosecuted, and after a brief detail of the circumstances, the Learned Gentleman called Mr. Cowell, the prosecutor, who deposed to the facts as follows :—I am a clerk to a solicitor, and I live at 57, Queen's-row, Walworth. On the night of the Ist of April I was in the Albany- road about ten minutes before nine o'clock, when I met the prisoner at the bar, who came up to me. She said, "How do you do; are you good-natured, my dear; what will you stand?" I replied, that I wanted to have nothing to do with her; but not content with this answer she laid hold of me round the neck with both her bands, and pulled me into a court. I tried to get away, but could not, and while I was struggling with her two men came up, and one of them said " Hullos!, old gal, you are drunk; why don't you leave the gentleman alone?" I thought from this that they were going to take her off, but I was previously mistaken, for instead cf doing so one of the men came up and placed a handkerchief or cloth over my eyes, which had a disagreeable smell about it. I then concluded that their object was to rob me, and accordingly I re newed my struggle to get away, and struck one of them. In return for this I received a blow which felled me to the ground, and as it rendered me insensible I do not remember anything afterwards. I had three sovereigns and a half when I met the woman, who bad managed to drag me up a court, but when I recovered the money was gone. I must have been in sensible about ten minutes. A police constable deposed to having been on duty in the Old Kent-road on the night in question, when he saw the prisoner, about a quarter-past eight, in company with two men. He bad known the prisoner for three years, and during that period she had several times been n custody as a disorderly prostitute. A second constable deposed to arresting the prisoner on the following night, but she dented all knowledge of the robbery or having been in the Old Kent-road on the night of the Ist. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, who was undefended, reiterated her denial of the charge, and declared that during the three years she had " walked " the Old Kent-road she had never committed a robbery, or done anything to be ashamed of. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported fur 15 years. STEALING PLATE.—Edward Dawson, a labourer, aged 23, and George Parraty, a sailor, aged 22, were in dicted for stealing fire spoons, five forks, and one knife, valued at 7L, the property of Dr. Miller, of Welbeck-street. The property was stolen from the doctor's house between three and four o'clock of the 22d March. Previous to the robbery the two prisoners had been seen loitering about the neighbourhood, and when information of the robbery was given to the police, about five o'clock, the description of the prisoners was immediately recognised. They were arrested together the same evening in Crown street, Soho, on suspicion of another robbery, and on being searched the plate in question was found upon Dawson. A desperate struggle ensued at the arrest, both prisoners making fierce efforts to escape, but they were at length overcome, when Dawson said to the officer " Never mind, Harry, just take your hands off, and I will give you the ' wedge,'" a slang term for plate; but the officer declined the offer, obser ving very politely, "Thank you; allow me to take it out of your pocket myself," which he did. Dawson, in his defence, said on the day of the robbery he went to Chalk-farm to see the gymnastic exercises, and while be was there he saw two boys burying some thing in a field. After the boys went away he examined the spot, and found the plate in question. He imme diately returned home with it to consult his wife what , A pouncedyN addressed s him. s e the fir. iu he should' d o w i t h i t, and by her advice he was on the way to Bow- s t reet stat i on, to d e li ver i t up, when the police jury for the prisoner Par raty, and called a couple of witnesses to prove that he was working at his trade from nine o'clock in the morning of the 22d March till half-past five in the evening, and Vlerefore he could not h ave b een seen near the place of the robbery. His being with Dawson at the time of the arrest was explained in this way —he left work in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, and was returning home down Crown-street when he met Dawson, with whom he had a slight accpmintance, who i nv i ted him to have a g lass of ale, and they were on the way to a publi c -h ouse when the police came up. Mr. PARNELL, in comm e nt in g upon this evidence, ex. pressed some surprise that it was not produced b e f ore the magistrate. The On L One of e . thetre Learned JUDGE ts asked dd how ou it was th en t h at theyt, " Why, h e was t h ere! " were not examined? Witness—Why, these policemen would not let us into the court. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and the Court sentenced Dawson to seven, and Parraty to ten years' impri3onment. THE ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY.--The five men, John Bennett, William Laidler, Henry Tiddiman, John LONDON, tri) iatittion NEWMARKET RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Craven Stakes. Retail ... Tisiphono ... ... 1 ... 2 Sweepstakes. Officious Abdallsh ... ... •• • 1 • •• ••• ••• ••• Match—Brington beat Canada colt. Handicap. lone ... Sagacity "ID 11•• ••• ... ••• 110 • 1 .. ... ••• ... ... • ik• 2 Match—Collingwood beat Strongbow. Handicap of 20 soya. each. St. Francis c01t... ... ... ... ... ••• 1 Saucy Dick •.• ... ... •• • ... .•• 2 Sweepstakes. Necklace ... ... . Hippie ... ... . 1 ••. • • •• - 2 ••• ••• ••• S w el:Make% ••• Harding° ..• ••• ••• ••• .•• 1 2 Tomboy ••• •• • ••• SPORTING NOTES. No. IV. ANTICIPATED WINNERS. MONDAY. Stake. Probable winner. 100 soya. Ab. M.—Necklace. 100 soya. Cam. C.—llardinge. 50 soya. D. M.—Nutshell. 50 soya. D. M.—Officious. Match, 300 soya. D.M.—Canada Colt. Match, 200 sot's. D. M.—Collingwood. TUESDAY. Newmarket Handicap, C.C.—Keraun or Kissaway, Her bert, Cheerful, and Little Jack in waiting. Riddles% orth Stakes.—Hardinge. 50 sons. D.M.—The Nigger. 50 sm. D.M.—Tomboy or Tiff. 1(10 song. D.M.—Satire Ist, Ghio 2d. 50 soya. A.F.—Compass lst,Clincher 2d. WEDNESDAY. Column Stakes. R.M.—Mickleton lit, Clelia 2d. 50 sovs. last half of Ab.M.—Allreda or Fernande. Post Match, 200 sovs.D.M.—Clelia. THURSDAY. 100 sovs. D.M.—Longinus or Cariboo. 50 sovs. Criterion C.—Officious. 50 sots. D.M.—John•o'-Groat. Match, 200 sovs. T.Y.C.—Farthingale. FRIDAY. Match, 200 501 , 13. last half of Ab. M.—Preslaw. Port Stakes. T.M.M.—Lady Evelyn Ist, Honeycomb 2d. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 15, 1850. DBATH O Ma. ALEXANDER RITCHIII.—We re gret to observe in our obituary of Saturday the announce ment of the death of Mr. Alexander A. Ritchie, artist, at the comparatively early age of thirty-four. Mr. Ritchie pos sessed great versatility of talent, and in delineating scenes whether humorous or pathetic was alike successful. He de picted Scottish life and manners with graphic fidelity; and his illustrations in the " Gaberlunzie's Wallet," " Miller of Deanhaugh," " Nursery Rhymes," as well as those in other national works to which he contributed, extensively evince a lively fancy, a ready pencil, and a keen appreciation of cha racter. His picture, " The Captive Truant," now in the rooms of the Scottish Academy, is a fair specimen of his skill a s a painter, and he has left behind him a number of water-coloured sketches, chiefly of the most picturesque and interesting of the wynds and closes of Edinburgh, which at test his skill as a rapid and correct draughtsman. The re presentations given in the Illustrated London News of inter esting events as they occurred in the Scottish capital were generally sketched by Mr. Ritchie, and were characterised by much truthfulness and ♦igour. Mr. Ritchie was also the author of several excellent songs, which he sung with great feeling and purity of taste. He was simple in manners and kindly in disposition, and his loss will be deeply felt by au extensive circle of friends and admirers. —Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE.—That fact is stronger than fiction is fully verified in the following true case of Dish ingenuity, in which the ferocious and the absurd are curiously blended. At the present sessions, now holding in Mallow, an unhappy wretch was indicted for stealing turnips from the field of Mr. Leader, of Mill-street, in this county, the principal witness being the watchman, known familiarly as " Mad Tom Eager." 'I he attorney who defended the prisoner endeavoured to shake the testimony of the witness, who swore that he was as near to the prisoner as "the length of himself;" but, upon being further pressed, he coolly said—" Didn't I know what the attorney would be at, and what he'd try to make me swear? Faith, I did so, and when I caught the prisoner I knocked him down and took out my knife, and cut off a piece of his ear, that I might match it next day." This terrific statement was morunfully corroborated by the prisoner in the dock, who turned his mutilated ear to the Bench, crying out at the same time in a piteous tone—" Oh ! wisha, me Lard, Shure enuf, he did crap me 1" The worthy assistant-barrister, who was justly hor rified at the act, vented his indignation in the strongest terms, and expressed a wish that he had the witness in the dock ; but the witness seemed to look upon this startling mode of procuring conclusive testimony as entitling him to a civic crown, instead of meriting a judicial reprimand, —Cork Examiner. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1850. by sea for this marker. Another importaf on of pre served meat, consisting of 21,900 canisters and 1,245 boxes, has taken place from Gelatz. The usual monthly tables of the 13( ard of Trade have been issued since our last. From them we extract the following statements of the imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom:— ISIPeRTS DURING THE TWO 3IONTIIS ENDING MARCH 5. 1848. 1849. 1850. Oxen .. ............. 1,222 2,073 1,342 Cows ............. 1 212 1,583 1,107 , Calves ............. 453 1.412 1,681 Sheep ............ 4,457 7,591 3,375 Lambs ............ 2 17 1 I'lgs ~.. .......... 38 43 100 IMPORTS DURING THE MONTH ENDING MARCH 5. 1848. 1849. 1850. Oxen ....... , 5........ 744 101 904 Cows ............... 967 1,348 874 Calves ............ 386 1,216 978 Sheep Lambs ............ 3 , 729 6 , 865 1,773 Pig 5............ 2 17 9 15 34 The ............... fillin g principal teature in the above retuns is thei' . t at off in the arrivals of Sheep. \Vito foreign so !,1: our mark e t to day ass very scantily supplied, while its g ene ral TlAlity her of home- fed by no means first-irate. The num fed Beasts on offer this morning were con ersbly l ess than those exhibited on this day se-nnight. Their condition was, however, prime, notwithstanding . the u n f ivourable weather for slaughtering. The Beef tpa3e, owing to the comparatively small supplies of meat Newgate and Leadenhall, ruled firm, at an advance In the prices of Mcinday last of quite 2d per Bibs, the primeit Scots selling readily at 3s 6(1 per 81bs, and a Rood clearance was t ffected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, }- i '" e x, and Camb r id ges hi re, we rece i ve d 1, 7 00 S co t s and ort s -horns ; f rom other parts of E ng l an d , 500 Here d There,Runts, was a blight falling off in the supply of Sheep. i et— it proved seasonably extensive. All breeds sold r ,,eelY, and the quotations improved 2d per Sibs. Prime 13'u D owns, in th e woo l , rea li se d 4 s 2d to 4s 6d; those 9tit of the wool, 3s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. We had an liTproved demand for Lambs, at 2d per Bibs more money. Pixie Down breeds went at 5s 10d per 81bs. The sale of Calves was inactive, yet prices were fairly supported. a Pi gs, 'very little was doing at late rates. ' Per 81131. to sink the offal. Inferior 11 S. d. to S. d, s. d. to a. d. Sec c ,„,, — "ins"... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep •••• 2 10 3 0 trrizi_zqatirgitletcirv.,;:: 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto3 8 4 0 tar : Scots '• •• •• 3 4 3 6 Southdown blether 4 2 4 4 ~,_. %coarse • Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 , _3rritionkilinl4"4ltt° .. 3 6 310 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 6 ...unbhl C alves • .18 025 0 Small Porkers ••• • 3 8 4 0 i "•••• 4 10 510 Quartzr old Pigs •.16 021 0 Remits. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3 ' 2 5 5 I I 8 1 h 48 8 3 p 0 . I C 1 9 1 2 v es. 1. 2 4 40 . B easts. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 288 Sheep. I 1 Calves. 1 rip. I 470 68 Not liOnOtTGE AND SPITALFIELDS. °d s ince withslanding that the imports of Foreign Potatoes, Monday last, have been considerably less than those ?ported in t h e preceding week, they have prove d l arge tor the ti me of year—the total quantity having been ; ! 6121 . .ons, derived as follows:—Lurward, 70; Dun kirk 4 , 31- Amsterdam, 105; Rotterdam, 291; Antwerp, 414. ~ I 74 ,f,' '-'iliais, 150; Rouen, 65; Ditzum, 15; and Havre, 3 2UO Coastwise Coastwise and by railway conveyance, about I ,' 00 tons have come to hand, but their quality has :„Tewhat fallen off. Selected samples are in fair request, o 'Ltheld for rather more money; but all other kinds here, very little attention. The stocks of Potatoes er e , as well as on the Continent, are still large. Per Ton. Duo Per Ton. Regents 75s to 1055 Common Whites 40s to 45s 70s to 808 irt i toch s: Ruinaffew.gsent; — 655 to to — 7ss s E K s e s n e t x S ß ha eg w e s nts —3 to e Cups 50s to 605 Ditto Shows 708 toBos Bl ues —s to —ss Chats,Ditto K s i o d o n g e d y . s . Toss t 0 0 0 4 - 0 5 s Pink Ey • e7 . ....... —s s to —5 Ditto dam aged lss to 20s ...,Lincoln.Regn..s. 70s to 855 French Whites wisbeach ditto 65 to 803 Belgian Whites 4os to 55s Ditto Kidneys .. —a a to s Dutch Whites Berwick Refit s ... 653 to 80s German ditto BOROUGH HOP MARKET L ast week' s i mports o f f ore i gn H ops i n t o L on d on We re, 15 bales from Ostend, 10 ditto from Antwerp, and 110 ditto from New York. Our market continues to be l'etY moderately supplied with home-grown qualities, Yet the demand is extremely inactive, and, in some in litatloes, low er p r i ces h ave b een accepted by the factors. ese Mid and East Kent pockets, 61 Os to 101 8s ; Auto Weald of K ent di tto, 6 / to 8 1 3s ; new Sussex . 5l 5s to 61 10s; new Farnhams (nominal), 121 to 13/; yearling Kents, Si to 41 5s ; yearling Sussex, 21 85 t o 31 12s; old Hops, 11 to 31 5s per cwt. TALLOir a W. , For th e ti me of year a laverage amount of business la doing in our market, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted at 36s 9d to 378, and for delivery during the last three 'months 35s 3d to 381 6d per cwt. Town Tallow, 35s 9d per cwt. net cash; rough fat, 2s per sibs. Our St. Petersburgh letter bring s rather higher figures. 1846. 1847. 1850. __ stock this day .... •• ! 12,848 Price of T. C. • • • . [ to 4 3d bellvery last week •• I 818 Ditto from June 1.... ' 81,615 Arrivals last week D itto front June 1 ... 78,659 l'lt co of Town ...... 41s Od 1 10,368 7,409 27,276 1 30 , 663 48 s 9d 51s Od 38s Cid to' 365 9d Ito 4920 d to Os Od Os Od to 37s Od 824 8 93 1,049 1.696 74,615 91,688 88,815 84,876 1,417 27d 1,801 74,458 90,996 108,558 90,068 513 Od 623 Od 41s Od 38s Od WOOL. Place S iric . e Monday last a consid era bl e i ncrease h as ta k en V Vln the i m port s of W oo l i nto L on d on. they having hr.ounted to 4 bales from Gibraltar. 62 ditto from Ham- Algoa ur gh, 307 from Bombay, 6 from Jamaica, 304 from Town .g ay, ' -' 170 from Buenos Ayres, 1 , 015 from Hobart .388 from Port Philip, 48 from Trieste, 3 from hsellie', 63 from the Cape, 3 from Antwerp, and 5 i L from Ireland. As several other vessels laden with i; °t are expected to arrive within the next fottnight a" 1 our A ustral i an co l on i es , p u bli c sales will, doubtless, usihortly announced. The private contract market is d e "rY moderately supplied; et the demand for all touseriptions is inactive. Holde y rs, however, as the ac :its:from the manufacturing districts are regarded as o somew hat more f avoura bl e t han of late, are not sellers „ lower terms. C HANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) ti_ T his was th e fi rst day of Easter Term, but the con tiu.ned indisposition of the Lord Chancellor prevented Lordship sitting to-day in his C3urt at Westminster. LLS COURT.—(THIS DAY.) % ,.las Lord s hi p the Master of the Ro l ls sat i n hi s C ourt ierles t uainster to-day, it tieing the first day of Easter NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. in& 11,1 S NEW taking his seat, the following gentle- Ti—. " 0 had bcen appointed Queen's Counsel were oqed within the bar:—Mr. Prenuergast, Mr. Bliss, Mr. i ° ,°, B , Ur. Townshend Mr. Hoggin, Mr. Rowe, Mr. k iw ati , e Y , Mr. Peacock, Mr. Edwin James, and Mr. alha Y• The Court then proceeded to hear motions. v IC E - CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Etef taelll om the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND. 1 1 ,1 being the first day of Easter Term, his Honour, We_!'9e•Cnaneellor of England, sat in his Court, e t oheaiionnster, and took motions, all of wine wer I 4 Y cc points of practice, and possessed no interest. 0 ,, h tlae course of the morning, Mr. Prendergast and the eelegal gentlemen, who have had conferred upon them Hoour of a silk gown were called within the bar by cour. .„(3ef ore the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) 14 .71 i ts Ho nour sat this morning, at half-past ten o ' clock. X, ;lter Term court at Westminster, it being the first day of On h•• is Honour taking his seat, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. elLtlear• James, Mr. Macauley, and several other legal e ree 1 1, who have been appointed Queen's Counsel, Fvftreti ' in court, a n d were ca lled within the bar by his kx ` n tour; ..il'irerz HENNESSEY IN RE ST. GEORGE'S STEAM CODIPkNY (WINDING -UP ACT)—JUDGMENT : h _ "car gave judgment to-day in this case, which Th e ott 'ard before him shortly before the Easter recess. the iti ge ,:,, e t e atee before the Court upon appeal from of o f the Master. Mr. Hennessey, a proprietor far r e told them to Mr. Needham, who had the trans ltcd 8 .;",1 to his son. The latter refused to accept . them, fer, li rp - lu e r he nor his fatherlexecuted the deed of trans- Zoe th - u e Master had decided that neither the father ti ee -43 Of was liable as a contributory, and the ques ljabl" whether th e execu tors of Mr. Hennessey were skew!' His Honour held that Mr. Hennessey at his • hi ck — was the proprietor of the sharer, and referred it to the Master to review his report. Th e Court then proceeded to hear motions. 4 (liolore the Vice-Chancellor WIGRA M .) Honour sat in his cou r t a t W estmins t er t hi s 44 Ing, it being the first day of Easter Term. b . HARDY V. DARTNELL— . JUDGMENT. f 4413 aroNouß, gave judgment in this case to-day, re " • h t h '_,R to stay the proceedings t at court, but gtving efendant an opportunity if he chose of having the r A 'eloti of a court of law. ) „,Z a t the suggestion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the case • to ordered to stand over to Thursday morning, in order to ,, m give the defendant a n opportunity of consideri ng t h e tge he should pursue. gi a nott s o u t J o:m ale :. PO WELL—JUDGMENT. th e gave judgment in this case, a irncliskieersyti on in which related to partnership accounts of HisHonour ordered the accounts asked. *Lie Court then proceeded to h e ar motions. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. the course of the morning Mr. Prendergast, Mr. d 8 . 48 , Mr. Grieves Mr. TownshEnd, Mr. 11 , )vie, an hi te ,,ral other gentlemen, were called within the bar by si4 l 4 e elcour, having beet; appointed her Majesty's Coun anted irk the law. -qtiEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) the is the fi rs t d ay o f E aster T erm, an d l ong b e f o re viUdge, had entered the court an immense number of Ll'ileerristers thronged the benches in the court, whilst in galleries w ere seen a great num b er of lad i es, at tra t eci. thither in the expectation of seeing Lord a ti a g n 'Phell. take hi s seat on t h e b enc h as t h e Lord Chief Imti tie e of Engl an d. I n t h e f ront b arr i sters ' bench we g oe ( : ec l no less than twelve eminent Sergeants and e Counsel, among whom were th e A ttorney - Th o 7 l, Sir Fred er i c k Th es i ger , an d Si r Fi tzroy Kelly. cr "or and the avenues of the court were equally 4 7 l eti With spectators. Justic e quarter -past ten the Lord Chief J us ti ce , M r . Jastieattesoc, Mr. Justice Wight:nen, and Mr. '-rie entered the court, when the whole bet. rose 21111 114 La rd :enusly and bowed with marked respect to their ti ez, 0 I Ps. Their Lordships having returned the saints catchall! e f the Masters of the Court immediately pro ' 'v. ltdMiaister to the Lord Chief Justice (who, with the other judges and the bar, remained standing) the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, Sze. The Lord Chief Justice wore the symbol of his office, a magnificent gold chain; but, in other respects, neither himself nor the other judges were habited otherwise than they ordinarily are on the first day of term. Whilst the oaths were being administered to the Lord Chief Justice, we observed that his Lordship evinced considerable emotion, which ho seemed struggling to suppress, and which gave a certain tremulousness to his voice as he repeated the words after the officer. The ceremony being over, the Court immediately entered upon the h( acing of the case of Jones, and John Sullivan, will were on Saturday con victed of having attewpted to extort money from Mr. Wyatt, the tobacconist of Great Queen-street, by threatening to accuse him of having been guilty of an infamous and abominable crime, were this morning brought up for judgment. Mr. BODKIN, on behalf of the prosecution, recom mended Tiddiman to the mercy of the Court, on the ground that he had pleaded guilty to assist the prose cuti4,n. _ _ Mr. Baron PLATT, before passing sentence gave the decision of the Court on the ap plication for an arrest of judgnient on the ground that the indictment was defective, inas much as it did not state the instrument, or agreement for 501, which the prisoners sought to obtain, to be the property of the prosecutor. The Learned JUDGE overruled the objection, and then proceeded to pass sentence as follows:—Bennett, Laidler, Jones, and Sullivan to be transported for life, and Tid diman to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the term of two years. The learned JUDGE then directed a reward of 5/. to be paid to Mrs. Legg, to mark the sense of the Court for the adroitness she had displayed in bringing the pri soners to justice. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) The aljourned sessions for the county of Surrey, corn. mencei this morning, at the Court-house, Newington causeway, before Thomas Puckle, Eml., and a full bench of Magistrates. The calendar contained the names of only twenty four prisoners for trial, owing to the proximity of the general Quarter Sessions and the Old Bailey Sessions, which took place last week, and in a great measure cleared the gaols. The aarges are of a common-place nature, being most of them robberies from the person by females. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FENALE.—James Bond, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having committed a most violent assault upon Louisa Williams, by cutting her across the head with a knife. The prosecutrix, whose head and face were covered with blood, deposed that last night about 12 o'clock she was in Nathan's coffee-house, in Jermyn-street, having some supper, when three men, one of whom was the prisoner, came into the same room. The prisoner came up to the table where she was sitting and took her supper from her, and handed a portion of it to one of his companions. She told the prisoner that ho had no right to take away her supper, and that he must pay for it, or order some more. He said he would do neither, and then he took up the knife with which she had been eating and struck her with it over the right eye, inflicting a wound of a fright ful nature, from which the blood flowed in torrents. He then struck her several blows and knocked her down underneath the table, where she remained insensible for a few minutes, when some one came to her assistance, and she was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital where her wounds were dressed. She had not been drinking, and nettling had passed between them before he took her supper. There was no other person present at the time. _ _ _ The defendant denied using the knife, but admitted knocking complainant down, and her head fell against the corner of the leg of the table. He was provoked to strike her, as she had annoyed him by throwing a cup of coffee over him. Mr. BINGHAM said the woman had distinctly sworn to his using the knife, but as there was no medical testimony to that effeet, he should direct a constable to take her instantly to the hospital, and get the surgeon's opinion. In the course of an hour the constable returned, and said the house surgeon bad examined the woman, and gave his opinion that the wound might be caused by a blow or a knife, but he could not say it was as incised wound. The prosecutrix expressed a wish to have her wound examined by her own medical man. Mr. Bmtumof said, in so doing, she was putting her self to unnecessary expense, but as she wished it, he would adjourn the case for that purpose. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—CharIes Saunders was charged before Mr. Brugham with embezzling the sum of 31., received for and on account of his master, Mr. Robert Bignell, the proprietor of the Argyll-rooms, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. . . The prosecutor, who is the proprietor of some betting rooms, as well as of the above rooms, stated that the prisoner was in his service as clerk, and his duty was to receive sums of money from gentlemen, and to return other sums of money should the event come off. On the Bth of March the prisoner received from a gentleman named Donnel the sum of 51., as a bet of 5 to 55 against a horse called Cheerful. Th• prisoner gave a ticket for the amount, with the sum laid wrote upon it. Instead of entering the full amount in a book kept for that purpose, he only entered the bet laid as 2 to 1, thus putting three pounds into his own pocket. In another case he had taken 205., and entered in the book as only receiving los. The prisoner bad no doubt robbed him to a serious amount, and he wished to have him remanded in order to allow him time to look over his books. ......._... Several persons having proved paying money to the prisoner, Mr. BINGHAM remanded him for a week. LITERATURE. TRACTS OF AN ANTI-TRACTARIAN. By a Barrister. No. XI. Price 4d. To be con cluded in 24 Weekly Numbers. C. Gilpin, Bishops gate-street; W. and G. Piper, Paternoster-row; and to be had of J. Ridgway, Piccadilly. These highly-interesting tracts, which continue to engage so strongly the attention of the public, are ascribed, by rumour, to Mr. Sedgwick, the ex-chair man of the Stamp Board ; they certainly bear the traces of his powerful pen —so evidently, indeed, do they bear it, that we think their authorship cannot be mistaken. We should not have expected to find a barrister so profoundly versed, as be manifestly is, in the Tractarian theology. He is an earnest champion of the Established Church, and his exposure of the workings of the Jesuits towards the overthrow of the Protestant faith is the most convincing and the most complete that bas ever yet appeared. lie has brought to the attention of the public a most im portant fact, viz., the 10th George Br., cap. 7, which enacts, " That if any Jesuit, or member of any other religious order, community, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, who at the time of the commencement of this Act shall be within the United Kingdom, he shall within six calendar months give notice of his place of residence to the clerk of the peace of the county in which he resides, and if be continues to reside with out being so registered, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof convicted, shall be sentenced, and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life." * completely is this prohibition set at defiance, that the Jesuit College established at Stony hurst, in Lanca shire, is annually sending forth its pupils and mis sionaries all over the kingdom; and the result is visible in the numbers that are openly uniting them selves with the Romish Church, and in the increase of Jesuit churches and chapels. The public, as is well observed, have just and urgent cause to com plain that the law is suffered to be violated with im punity—that this violation is connived at by the Bishops, and by both Houses of Parliament. The following extract cannot fail to excite the public attention : " I again return to the subject to which the public attention most requires to be awakened—to the Society of Jesuits, that, in defiance of the laws, are multiplying their numbers in every provincial town, from Loudon to the Land's End. " They were expelled from Russia by an ukase of January 1, 18-17, on account of plots in which their in triguing could be traced. They were, at first, expelled only from Petersburgh and Moscow; but, as this did not deter them from continuing their system of proselytism, an Imperial ukase was issued on the 2d of March, 1820, which dissolved their order in Russia and Poland for ever, and ordered that all its members were to be trans ported beyond the frontiers of both countries; and that all their enormous estates therein should be confiscated, and their College of Polatack abolished. But what a former General of their Order had predicted as to the ultimate fate of the society, bears strong marks of his foresight:—.' We crept in like lambs; we govern like wolves; we shall be driven away like dogs; but we shall rejuvinate like eagles.' The prophecy has been fulfilled. The progress of years brings no decay of activity. Like vipers, they cast their skin, and re-appear in all the freshness of youth. " On the death of Father Vincent Paroni, Chief Vicar of the Order, on the 27th of January, '29, Father John Roothan, a native of Amsterdam, was elected Prcepositu.s Generalis, through the influence of Cardinal Alboni, the Secretary of State. The new General chose for his Secretary, Pere Jansens, the Rector of the Jesuit College at Fribourg, in Switzerland. Father Roothan is still living, and resides, as General of the Order, in Rome. Aware of the hatred in which it was held, he drew up a letter which he caused to be inserted in the Journal des Debuts, eulogising the Order, and insisting that the mo dern Jesuits ought not to be compared with their prede cessors, who had drawn on themselves such universal maledictions. This affirmation, however, gained no cur rency; a direct refutation of it appeared in a letter ad dressed to the Courier Francais, the writer of which was an eye-witness of the horrid events of the previous year in Gallicia, of which they had been the instigators. From this letter, which excited the most intense interest, not in France only, but throughout all the leading states of Europe, the following is an extract:— " At the commencement of February, '46, a formal consultation was held at Lemberg, at which the fate of the whole province of Gallicia was decided upon. The Archduke Ferdinand presided at the meeting; a man weak in mind and of bad character, known by his defeat in the campaign against the Poles in 1809, but still bet ter known by his affected piety and his blind confidence in the Jesuits. It was through his exertions they ob talned the vast building they possess in Litubeurg, and were authorised to superintend the education in the pub lic schools. In return for this important privilege they engaged to use the German language in their scientific institutions, a concession that was contrary to the rules of the society, which directs that the Latin language only be used, or that of the country in which they reside.' " I come, now, to the Gallician massacre itself, which is of the deepest interest. " After several hours of discussion as to the insurrec tion movement in Gallicia, which had begun to assume a formidable aspect, from the absence of all effort on the part of the oppresse i nobility to suppress it, the Council resolved at once to crush tae apprehended conspiracy, and its Jesuit advisers were not slow in suggesting the means; and the means suggested were—that the great body of the Gallician pea sentry, with the re l ease d cri minals, headed by disguised Austrian officers, should fall suddenly on the nobles and put them to the sword. some of the members of the Council opposed so cruel a measure. Mr. Emensdorf, though a decided enemy to Poland, protested earnestly against the eternal disgrace which the Government would incur in the eyes of Eu rope by so heinous a measure. He concluded his dis suasive but imffectual address with tears in his eyes, by declaring, with the indignation of a man of honour, that should the safety of the Apostolic Monarchy ever be in danger, it were better to perish than to resort t i the baseness of assassination for its defence. Mr. Krieg avowed himself decidedly of the same opinion. The police director, Mr. Lacher, expressed himself to the same purport. But they were speaking in the presence of the Archduke and his adherents, and their voices availed nothing. " The horrors of this Gallician massacre is not a tale of the dark ages. It is an affair of yesterday—a politi cal enormity fresh in youthful memory. We are send• ing missionaries by shoals and ship-leads to convert the heathen. Tell them of the above, and they will shrink with horror from the relation. Tell them that it was acted in Christian Europe, and they will tell you, with a feeling of scorn, not to find fault with their idol-worship, when you come from a part of the world in which they would seem to own' no, Gdd; but to be -worshippers of the Evil Spirit. The rebuke would be well earned, f ir the idolatry of the untutored savage would be- ill ex changed for a worship of which this is the issue." These tracts appearing, as they do, weekly must ex cite no little alum among the disciples of Loyola. It is, indeed, high time that their movements should be watched, which, we think, they cannot fail to be, looking at the very consequences that are following in the train of them. TOWN and COUNTRY MISCELLANY. Edited by Albert Smith. No. I. This is the first number of a new monthly periodi cal by Albert Smith and the writers of the " fast " school. The papers are s h or t , qua i nt, an d amus i ng. ,6 A . Night with the Speaker," and " What shall its name be ?" are both admirable. ST JAMES'S MAGAZINE. A . n ew series, entitled " Heroines of the Peerage," is commenced in the present number of the St. James's, and the place of honour is given, as is in justice due, to Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby, of whose heroic defence of Latham House we have here a most interestin g narrative. " Ram.. blings in many Counties " take us t hi s mon th i n t o Nottinghamshire, and there be sure we wander plea santly under " the greenwood tree " in Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood and hislmerry men, and a pleasant ramble it is. The admirers of heraldry will be delighted to find in the present number Sof the " Heraldic Register " a complete list of the existing peers, baronets, and untitled commoners who are en titled to quarter the arms of the royal house of Plan tagenet. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, With the younger members of the Royal Family, inspected, on Friday morning, at Buckingham Palace, the presents sent to her Majesty by the Emperor of Mo rocco, cons i st i ng of nine barbs (five stallions and four mares), with the dress saddles of the country and horse furniture com plete. These presents were delivered to the Queen and Prince by Hadj Abdallah Lamart y, Raid Abdekrim, and Hassan Boochetea. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse, and the gentlemen of the royal household in waiting, attended on the occasion. On Saturday morning three of the horses presented by the Emperor of Morocco were inspected in the Riding-school, and Hadj Abdallah Lamarty and Kaid groom Abdekrim, together with a (1300 j mar), exhi bited feats of horsemanship , with which the Queen and Prince, and the younger members of the Royal Family, were much gratified. Hadj Abdallah Lamarty, Raid Abdekrim, and Hassan Boocheeta, with the attendant (Boojmar), are under the charge of the officers of the Master of the Horse, by whom they are shown the diff eren t o bj ec t s of interest in the metropolis. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen on Saturday at I 3 uckingnam Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena, took a drive in a car riage and four on Saturday. The Equerries in Wait ing, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham • Palace on Saturday included the Duke and Duchess of Nor folk, Lord and. Lady John Russell, Viscount Can ning, And Colonel Wylde. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Palace in the evening, and played the following pieces : _ _ Overture, " La Fee aux Roses" Halevy. Introduction and Duet, "Faust" Spohr. Selection, " Oberon" . Weber. Traumbilder Phantasie Lumbye. Finale, Sinfonia, No. 7 Haydn. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Royal Family took their usual exercise yes terday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the, Queen yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at Lansdowne House. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right llon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours and a half. A deputation from Rochdale, consisting of Mr. J. Chadwick, Mr. J. Schofield, Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Jackson, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the Rochdale Savings Bank. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. Sharman Craw ford, M.P. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met on Saturday in the New Palace of "Westminster. There were present—Mr. Cubitt, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. Cockerell, Mr. Brunel, Mr. T. Donaldson, and Mr. Barry. Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the commission, attended. Colonel Reid (chairman) and Mr. H. Cole were pre sent on the part of the Executive Committee, toge ther with the secretary, Mr. Digby Wyatt. Mr. Elliot, M.P., and a deputation from Hawick, consisting of Robert Miller, James Scott, and James Dagleish, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon. At the daily service the prayars were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Helmore. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem, " God is our hope and strength" (Greaves), was sung by Messrs. Lockey, Bradbury, and Barnby. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Don Pasquale was repeated here on Saturday, and the furore excited by the delightfully perfect im personation of the part of . Norina by Madame Sontag: was even greater than on her former appear ance in that character. The opera will be repeated to-morrow (Tuesday), by the special desire of her Majesty, who has signified ber intention of honouring the performance with her presence. On Thursday, the Nozze di Figaro is to be produced, the cast will include Madame Sontag (who will be, of course, the Susannah), Miss Catherine Hayes (who will appear for the first time in the character of Cherubino), Madlle. Parodi, and Signori Coletti, Lablache, Belletti, and Calzolari. In the course of the opera Madlle. Carlotta Gris i and Madlle. Marie Taglioni will dance the Zarabanda. Mr. Sims Reeves will give the last scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, and in the ballet department we are promised selections from the Esmeralda by Carlotta Grisi and Marie Taglioni, and the delightful ice ballet Les Plaisirs d'Hiver, in which Madlles. Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, and Anialia Ferraris will appear together for the first time. Signor Buccardi, the new tenor, is to appear on Saturday. A portion of the music of Halevy's new opera La Tempesta has arrived ; those who have heard it speak in the most rapturous terms of its beauties. There were present the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, his Excellency the Russian Mi nister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, M. de Berge, the Count de Barke, the Marquis of Hunt ley, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Done gal. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lady Au gusta Hare, Lord Macdonald, and party. The Earl of Bradford, the Countess of Cardigan, and Lady Augusta Baring, the Earl of Falmouth the Earl of Pomfret, the Marquis d'Azelio, the Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount I)upplin, Lord and Lady Eddisbury and the Misses Stanley, Lord George Lennox, Lord &irides, Lord George Paget, Lord Wil liam Powlett, Lady Warneford, Lady Charles Somer set and Miss Somerset, Lady Frederick Bentinck, Lady Thorold, Lady Anne Beckett, Lord Methuen, the First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Arabella Baring, Lady Fremantle, Count Perpoucher, the Count de Civry, Sir John Lowther, Bart., M.P., Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard, Lady Flower, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, the Hon. H. Grey, Sir George Carroll, the Greek Consul and Madame Rath, Lady Caroline Sandford, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, Sir Richard Sutton, Sir Thomas Ayre, Bart., Sir T. Hare, Sir Henry Bishop, Sir W. Adby, Bart., Sir T. Ratford, the Baron Schortz, the Hon. Claude Lyon, the Hon. Major Needham, the Hon. Fitzroy Somerset, the Hon. C. Pepys, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Mr. Spencer de Horsey and Miss de Horsey, Captain Sutton, the Hon. Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Henry Hope, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Major Buckley, Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. Henry Singleton, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mrs. and Miss Ewing, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packs Reading, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder .Burton, Colonel Dawson Darner, Mr. Higgin s , Mr. and'Mrs. Fellowes, Mr. Richards, M.P., r. 0. Morgan, M.P., Mr. Herbert Doherty, Mr. and Mrs. Brereton Trelawney, Captain and Mrs. Towneley, Mr. Crowder, M.P., Mr. Holford, Mr. Howard, Mr. Atwood, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon, Mr. Charles Martin, Mr. Forde, Mr. Rose, Mr. Lane Fox, Mr. Sackville Lane Fox, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Mademoiselle de Meric made her =tree here on Saturday, in the character of Orsini, in Lucrezia Borgia. She sung the music with great correctness, and exhibited considerable powers of execution, and although her voice lacks somewhat of the rich and gushing mellowness of the tones of Alboni, yet her performance was most satisfactory. She evidently reserved her powers for the " Brindisi," which she rendered with great effect, and the repetition of which was called for unanimously. To the cre dit of Herr Formes be it spoken, that, sink ing all absurd notions of dignity and jealousy, he did not think it beneath him to appear in the fes tive chorus in the prologue, and thus materially strengthened the volume of the concerted music. We commend his excellent example to the imitation of his brother and sister artistes in all theatres. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury and party. Among the general audience we remarked his Grace the Duke of Wel lington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Marchioness of Conyngham and party, the Earl and Countess Beauchamp and party, Lord Gifford, the Earl of Darnley, Viscount and Vis countess Maynard and the Hon. Miss Maynard, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount Off den, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Malden, Vis count Exmouth, Viscountess Pollington, the Honourable Mrs. Frances Walpole and Miss Wal pole, Lord George Manners, Lord and Lady Caring ton, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lady Heslop and Miss Elliott, Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, Lady Jodrell, Sir Wil liam and Lady Moleaworth, Sir George Armytage, Bart., Lady Wallacourt and party, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir William and Lady De Bathe, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir John Burgoyne, Lady Burgoyne, and the Misses Burgoyne, Colonel the Hon. R. Fitzgib bon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hon. A. D. W illoughby, Captain the Hon. G. Cadogan, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. G. Milles, Hon Theobald Dillon, Hon. Philip Sidney, Hon. Major Needham , Hon. Hora ce Pitt, Hon. Edmund Phipps, Chevalier and Madame De Horta, Miss Burdett Coutta and party, Captain Leslie, Mr. Baring Vail, M.P., Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Montague Gore, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Verschoyle, Mrs. Ruddell Todd, Mr. Conolly, M.P., Mr. Gregory, M.P., Major and Mrs. Gage, Mr. Henry Greville and Miss Gre ville, Mr. J. Lloyd Clayton, Ste. THE CroRHANI CONTROVERSY.—Mr. Maskell's second " Letter " has just appeared, and, from a postrript to it, we learn that he has resolved to delay his resignation of his cure of souls for a few days at least, in consequence of his having received a resolution from the vestry of his parish, earnestly requesting him not to resign, and expressing much regret and kindness. —English Churchman. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—DUD LEY, SATUEDAT. — The last meeting of the quarter, held at the hotel this evening, was well attended, and accounts ge nerally satisfactorily settled. The resolutions adopted at previous meetings to maintain existing prices were con firmed; indeed, when rates at present are stated to be unre munerative, it would appear madness in those firms who can afford to hold, or suspend the making of stock, to further re duce the prio of the lawfutuna. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD BEFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 10th, the same grievous impolicy was repeated in the case of the County Courts Extension Bill ; where the Government con trived to insert themselves into a minority o f more than 2to 1. Upon what principle is this done ? Why could not whatever is done after it, have been done without it? It assuredly does not appear be.. yond the pale permitted to human prudence, to have compassed something to that effect, and to have pre known the fact that public opinion was running with such vigour in favour of an extension of the powers of County Courts. The truth is, men must have law, and if they cannot have it onelshape they must have it in another. They must have the means of settling pecuniary dis putes, and there must be some reasonable limit to the process poetically described as consisting in swallow ing the oyster and giving each of the litigants a shell. When a City banker declares, that any man may sue him to the extent of five hundred pounds, and he kill F ay the money as th e c h ea p es t w ay of getting rid of the business, it is clear there is not a reasonable limit, and the public will call for altera tion. On the same day an attempt to stop the Public Libraries and Museums Bill, was prevented by the substantial majority of 99 against 64. It is wonder ful how the party of the Extinguisher stick to their points. Their next struggle is to be, for placing the contemplated libraries &c., under the official influ ence of the Clergy of the Establishment. Wh,t should we think of the establishment of public libra ries in France, under the official patronage of the cure of the parish ? On Thursday the Parliamentary Voters, &c. (Ire land) Bill, which I hear called the Irish Reform Bill, was considered in Committee for seven hours and a half, and reported, as amended, to be considered again on the 22d of April. Judging from the oppo sition, there must be good in this Bill; and some thing of the same kind might be inferred with respect to the Distressed Unions Advances and Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill, which was only read a second time after being dragged through wearisome divisions on behalf of an adjournment, ending in the slender proportion of 6 to 134. On Friday a long and rather dull debate, to deter mine whether the Government should proceed to make its promised reductions by the instrumentality of a Committee or without. The true point at issue being, whether the Protectionists by withholding all mention of ulterior purposes, should angle with suf ficient success among the Free Trade ranks, to do damage to the Government. From some cause or other the Free-Traders were unusually shy, and the fishery concluded with a majority of 250 against 169 in favour of the Government. Mr. Horsman then brought on his motion for add ing the episcopal revenues to the subjects for the Committee. It would have been invidious to join in so direct an attack upon a class of functionaries, if the statement from the Conservative benches could have been trusted, that they really were doing their duty as well as any other class which had been men tioned. But everybody knows that this is not the case. The public opinion of reflective England is, that one portion of them are doing their duty as badly as possible, and the other has not energy and principle enough to hinder them. When the English nation wants to go back to Rome, it must be treated like other determinations of the national will. But in the mean time half or a large portion of the bishops and clergy are going there without waiting for the national consent, and the other half are looking on. The active ones are at this moment doing their best to organize a resistance to that contract for the supre macy of the civil government, which is the only bond by which they hold their possessions or their churches. In doctrine, too, they are selecting all the points on which the disunited state of the Anglican Church at the moment of the separation from Rome has left dis cordant or doubtful pleas, and persecuting the honest men who stand upon the common sense on which the heresy of Protestantism is based. A fair number of votes announced the consciousness of these dangers; as was evinced by a respectable minority of 95 against 208. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 15th April, 1850. THE BOARD OF CONTROL AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM NAVIGATION. A deputation waited, by appointment, on Sir John llobhouse, at the Board of Control, on Friday last, in reference to the question of steam communication with Australia. Amongst the members present were —Lord Lyttelton, Lord John Manners M.P., Lord Monteagle, Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. William Brown, M.P., Mr. De Salis, Mr. Mark Boyd, Hon. H. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M P., Mr. Logan, Mr. Divett, M.P., Sir Win. Verner, Bart., M.P., Mr. G. R. Smith, Mr. Bass, M.P , Mr. Jackson, Mr. Da vidson, Sce. In the absence of the llon. F. Scott, M.P., Mr. MACGREGOR stated that the gentlemen then present were induced to seek this inter►iew with Sir John flobliouse from having understood that some difficulty, in which the East India Company were con cerned, stood in the way of the arrangement, otherwise nearly compkted, for effecting steam communication with the Australia❑ colonies, and they hoped that, if any such obstacle as had been represented did really exist, Sir John Hobliouse, as head of the Board of Control, would interpose his official influ ence to remove the objection. He (Mr. Macgregor) was in almost daily receipt of communications on this important subject, not only from his constituents in the large mercantile city which he had the honour to represent, but from other quarters of the kingdom. In fact, commercial enterprise, and all projects for the investment of capital in the Australian colonies, were completely paralysed from the want of any cer tainty in the intercourse with those distant posses sions, and which were every day becoming of more importance to this country, whether considered in a commercial or political point of view. He therefore expected that now, when it was understood that the Government and the public were equally favourable to the measure, no impediment would be thrown in the way by the directors of the East India Company, who should, he thought, be interested in promoting the welfare of the Australian colonies. Lord MONTEAGLE stated that, when lately he at tended at the Colonial-office as a member of a depu tation on this subject, they were led to hope that it would be brought to a successful isssue, and they felt grateful to Earl Grey for the assurance given by his Lordship of the great anxiety and earnestness of her Majesty's Government to bring pending negotiations to a close. The public voice had already been fully expressed in favour of this measure, and with such united influences he could not see how any obstacle should be seriously presented. Lord Monteagle ad verted forcibly to the interesting relations of Aus tralia with this country, and how much the political and social position of our colonies in the Southern Pacific was likely to be advanced by a frequent faci lity of intercourse with this country. lie instanced the advantages derived by the North American colo nies from the steam communication opened up by Mr. Cunard's vessels, and observed, as an interesting fact connected, as he believed, with the existence of this intercourse, that during the time of Canadian disaffection Nova Scotia and New Brunswick stood firm in their allegiance and loyalty to the mother country. Several other gentlemen having expressed their sentiments, The lion. IL BERKELEY, on the part of his con stituents at Bristol, testified to the strong solicitud e prevailing in that large mercantile community on behalf of the Austral colonies, with a view to whose progress and prosperity a quick and c er t a i n mode of communicat ion was indispensable. Lord LYTTELTON stated that when in office he had a great desire to see the measure carried out, and he hoped that as the Government a n d th e pu bli c were alive to i ts necessity, and th e f ormer f u ll y prepared t o sanction the proposals made to them, no further delay would occur, and that if objections existed in any . quarter, they would g i ve way to t h e anx i ety which prevailed on the subject. Sir J. I.lounouss observed that he would give his best attention to all that had been stated, and make representations accordingly in the proper quarter. He could assure the deputation that he was per sonally anxious to see the o bject they had in vi ew carried out, and he would endeavour, as far as possible, to assist in removing the difficulties which at present prevailed. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, APRIL 14.—The royal mail steamer Dee, Captain IV. Allan, will depart on Wednes day, the 17th instant, with the usual West India and Pacific mails. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, will leave on the same day with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibral tar. The United States mail steamer Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, is expected here from Bremen, en route to New York, on Wednesday; she will sail for her destination on the 20th instant (Satui day next). The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, Indian Navy, is appointed to sail on the 20th instant, with the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, for Gibraltar, Malts, and Alexandria. The Montrose, Captain Bowen, is hourly expected with the Spanish and l'ortuguese mails. A large sugar refinery is about to be built on the premises of the Southampton Dock Company, at this port, tor the refining of sugar in bond fur exportation. It is to be seven stories high, and will be calculated to refine from 80 to 100 tons of sugar per week. The building is to be erected at the expense of the Dock Company, but will be rented for 21 years by a London house in the sugar trade. who will enter into the business extensively and import their cargoes of sugar for refining into the port of Southampton direct from abroad. THE IRISH TENANT-RIGHT QUESTION.--A d epu tation from the Tenant-Right Associations in Ulster has ar rived in town for the purpose of opposing Sir W. Somerville's and of organising measures for the advancement of the tenant -right owe. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE The Hercules store-ship, Mastcr-Commander Ful ton, leaves Northfleet for the Dov) ns, on her way to ", Malta, on the 18th. Two steam-vessels haveleerc ordered from Woolwich to tow the Jlerculesas *sic the Downs. The Kangaroo, 12, is commenced building at Chat= I am. We trust she will be so constructed as to be easily adaptable for a screw-vessel. Mere sailing sloops are now useless. The Magicienne steam-sloop, has had her masts put on board, and will be taken into dock at Chatham this day to be fitted for sea. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander H. R. Foote, was paid off at Woolwich on Friday, and was taken into the basin on Saturday, to have her ma chinery surveyed. Previously to paying off, the Ro samond was inspected by Commodore Eden, who highly complimented Captain Foote on the splendid and efficient condition of the Rosamond. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAT.—The following Acting Mates passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College last week :—The Hon. H. J. Eden, Mr. 11. 11. Hall, and Mr. A. Bagley. The following Second Masters passed for Masters at the same time :—Mr. W. C. Buck and Mr. D. Batt. The Rev. W. C. P. Baylee has qualified for Naval Instructor. By the deaths of retired Rear-Admirals Groube and Stupart, Captains W. H. Smith and R. San marez have succeeded to the retired pay of 204. per diem ; and Captains William Morier and George Scott have accepted the retirement of 18s. per diem. The captain's good service pension, which reverted to the gift of the First Lord on the promotion of Sir John Marshall has been bestowed on Captain Edward Sparshott. The Gorgon steam-sloop, Commander Painter, bad been dispatched by Rear-Admiral Hornby, on the 25th of January, to the eastern entrance of the Straits of Magellan, to look out for the arrival of the Arctic ships Enterprise and Investigator, and to tow them through the Straits as far towards Valparaiso as possible. It was, however, supposed, that under the most favourable circumstances, Captain Collinson's expedition cannot reach Behring's Straits sufficiently early this veer to be of any use in further search of Sir John Prank lin. The Herald, 22, Captain Kellett, however, will be up there probably by the middle of Jun e , an d with the Plover, Commander Moore, it is hoped, may hear or discover something of the missing expedition. The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, and the Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, are ordered home from the Mediterranean forthwith, to be paid off. ROYAL MARINES. One sergeant and one private of the divisional companies, and one corporal and 10 gunners of the artillery companies, embarked on Saturday in the steam tender Sprightly, Acting-Master Allen com manding, to join the Superb, 80, at Devonport, as supernumeraries, for the disposal of the Commander in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Private George Webb, 38th company, committed suicide on Friday morning, by blowing his head to pieces with his musket, while on sentry at the Drill battery, Gosport, about 4 A.M. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." Captain R. Wright (retired on full pay under the late order in Council of the sth of February, 1850) returned home in the Bulldog steam-sloop, having been relieved in the command of the detachment on board the Prince Regent, 90, by Captain C. 0. Hamley, of the Portsmouth division. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. The establishment of the military prison at South sea Castle, under the charge of Captain Curtin, Go vernor, was removed on Friday to the newly-built prison for this military district at Forton (Gosport), which is calculated to hold 150 prisoners. Southsea Castle is ordered to be strengthened and put in an efficient state of defence, 2,5001. being voted for that purpose. When complete it will be occupied by A company of the Royal Artillery. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicn, APRIL 13.—Assistant-Engineer Henry Wilkes, to the Archer, steam-sloop, at Devonport. Midshipman George Prosser, to the Archer. The Undine, Dover mail steam-packet, is ordered to come round from Dover to Woolwich on Wednes day next, to be repaired. The Llewellyn, Holyhead mail-steam-packet, Master-Commander Grey, is ordered to this port, to have her defects made good. The Rosamond steam-sloop was taken into the basin here immediately after being paid off on Fri day last. The Promotheus steam-sloop, 200-horse power, is ordered to be brought forward immediately for com mission at this port. The Ariel steam-vessel is to be tried again with the smoke-consuming apparatus. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 13.—BOYS FOR TILE NAVT...+ An order has been received nt this port, to enter on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable (the guard ship) an unlimited number of boys for the naval ser vice. The following are the qualifications Healthy and able-bodied ; 2. Able to read and write well ; 3. Four feet ten in height; 4. Ninety pounds weight ; 5. Not more than fourteen years of age. Her Majesty's steamer Sharpshooter, Lieutenant J. C. Bailey, which sailed on Saturday last for the Medi terranean, put back again, and came intu harbour yesterday, having sprung a leak. She had reached about 300 miles when she bore up. She has also defects in her engines. The master caulker went out to her i❑ the Sound to examine the leak, and reported that she did not leak at all. She was to be sounded on Saturday, and officially reported on. Her Majesty's convict ship Blenheim, obliged to put into the Sound on Tuesday from stress of weather, sailed the following day for her destination. Her Majesty's brig Alert will be paid off at this port on Tuesday next. COMMODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON. SUMMARY OF TUE QUALITIES OF TUE ♦ARIOUS MEM BERS Or THE FQUADRON. Arethusa has joined; I like her looks very much. Arrogant, though neither a dasher or flyer, does very well ; she does not, certainly, sail like Leander or Phaeton, going free, but she can go to windward when it comes on to blow, particularly with a head sea, as well as any ship in the squadron. In light winds she does but little ; in the way of pitching and rolling she is as easy and as dry as possible, she never has any water upon the upper deck ; the other ships pitch and roll heavily. The Phaeton does wonders ; it is something quite astonishing to see her pass the other frigates as if they were posts upon a road. At the end of all the trials we have had, the ships were generally as follows : Phaeton, Leander, Thetis, Arrogant, Indefatigable, Prince Regent, Hogue (Terrible, of course, can't sail a bit). Arrogant towed Thetis 61 knots, against a fresh breeze ; Rogue towed her 41. We were all sorry to leave Gibraltar ; we have had capital fare there, and many a jolly dinner at the Governor's mid with the soldiers. The squadron arrived here at two, P.M. yesterday ; Arethusa arrived the night befur e , 41 days from England.—Portsmouth Times. TIME ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. CAPTAIN PENNY'S. W e learn that Captain Penni was to sail with his two fine vessels from Aberdeen on the 12th or 13th at the latest, on his enterprising voyage, and most entirely has he enlisted the sym pathies ,and g oo d w i s h es of all. Captain Penny proceeds to Davis' Straits, and touches at Dieveley, where he hopes to procure the services of two Danish gentlemen as interpreters. Thence the ships sail for Jones's Sound, which it is believed leads into Wellington Channel, and by this means they will endeavour to push to the north-west of the Parry Islands, and as we hope, follow the most northern of the two routes to be taken by Franklin. Mr. Goodsir, who was in the Advice whaler, with Captain Penny last year, in Lancaster Sound, we be lieve, accompanies his former captain. We heard that Mr. Goodsir was about to publish a narrative of the voyage in question, and regret that it has not issued from the press before his departure. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S.—The four ships forming Cap tain Austin's Arctic squadron, fitting at Woolwich, are expected to be ready for sea by Saturday, the 27th instant. SIR JOHN Ross's.—The Felix, belonging to the b e en appropriated f o r th e Northern Yacht Club, has service of Captain Sir John Joss.--Portsmouth Timm. Fox Th e third meeting of the Fox Cl u b took place at Brookes's on Saturday evening. The m em b ers present were—the Ea rl of Charlemont, Earl of Camperdown, Right lion. Sir Frederick Aas,. Langston, M., .P Lord Stephenson, Mr. yar dair, Mr boroug e r% u i n r d . M r. W. ii. Whitb rea d, E ar l of D o Almon,rbe E. L. Mi , styn, M.P. Z e el a nd, lion. r Colonel the Honourable Right lion. Vi scount Enfield, M.P., Lord George Anson, M.P., Mr. J. A . Smith, M.P., Hon. Emil swieley, Earl of Strafford, C o l onel the n om Geo r ge Keppel, m. P., r. A ..K. Steph enson, Mr. Sanford, Lord James ton Duncan, St u art, ALP., Right lion. J. IV. Fitzpatrick, M P., Right Hon. Dr.Lushington, Earl Grey, Lord Sayo and Sele, &c. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLIVICII, APRIL 13. Captain Forbes's company, 9th battalion, and Captain Elliot's company, -led battalion, assembled yesterday forenoon on the guard-mounting parade, for the Commandant's inspection, on their return from the Mauritius and the Cape of Good 'lope. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.L11., accompanied by Colonel Cruttenden, Brigade-Major Bingham, and the commanding officers of the 4th and 9th battalions, made a minute inspection of the men and their appointments, and expressed himself highly pleased with their clean and suldierlike appearance after so lung a voyage. HAWICK DEPUTATION.—The deputation of ope ratives from liawick in favour of relay working in factories had an interview with Lord John Russell at Downing-street on Thursday last, when his Lordship received them with the greatest courtesy, and paid particular attention to their ex planation of the mode of relay working, and its numerous advantages. During their stay in the City they have been honoured with interviews with a number of eminent Mem bers of the House, who have also listened with attention to their statements, and are quite iu favour of thfl Cave 1,13104 they hAye come hither to Ailtocate. o<7, : k. 17 n ?\:4. 2 i "F` '.~)~ ~~ L r'~;~" / ~•• A' Fj Pig 1 1 I