The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-09 00:00:00

THE sUN, LONDoN , WEDNESDAY , DECEM BER 9. 1840. ---se- - lis * lll,llO ea.hibilion, which is looked forward t owit:: Fo hatch interest, by the farmers in e ver y ie motion in this case upon the retur n to the writ of part of England, RATES. -n and else by a :peat u m ber of the inhabitants of the me- , Cl treeelia , cone eenee d last evening ad the Horse Bazaar, , '' Kirtgw erect, 'Pastrpau-square. The private view teak place " e a ti as corpus granted by his Lordship for the disch ege dayitfoirs opened for o '' : gr. Wm. Baines, of Leicester, from custody, was ap at I ell .hpast eee 4 a , t e e t o 4, . a i i a , this such an ex. dated specially for to-day. the ' t uhlica. The bdilding is well adapted bib it on. It is large and well ventilated, and in the even- Mr. Hill and Mr. Mellor appeared on behalf of the ap tof it, which plication ; and Mr. Wigwam and Mr. Wightman opposed ing;_g.ae-).amps are lighted up in every en able'the visitors to inspect the cattle asparconveniently a , i the The b art ,attended by two equerries and some friends, s , II :: be Mr filed, . HILL said it now became his duty to move that 4 . , sod the proprietor of the bazaar by a visit. It app oars Win. Baines be discharged, the return to the writ not short lit s Royal Highness had intimated his intention only a , thawing to the Court sufficient grounds for his further de- If 1111 C before his arrival, but, nevertheless, every thing was i n • order, and, from all accounts he was highly el d, as he tentior.. He bad had occasion, on moving for the writ could hardly fail to be, with an, exhibition - wh s i .. c. , can be on A termer day, to bring before the Court one of the ope.rands only on which he moved for the discharge seen only in one part of the. world. _ E'arl r ien T . was hi ur Mr. Baines; and in making the present motion he present, and no doubt had great Bello h,t in cenducting h s Si ould follow in a great measure the course which had been Royal Highness from one magnificent animal to ancit t e h r e , ' edopted in the Court of Queen's Bench ; but he would first not forgetting to point out two of his own, perhaps and a Dur. subtnit to his Lordship that no jurisdiction appeared upon .nest in collection. These area Durhamf 20ox • barn cow, one of wieic',a gained a prise of guineas and the return to the writ to justify the Ecclesiastical Court to are beautifully 'come to the termination of the suit, so as to call upon Mr. the other a prize of 30 guineas. The yßabies to pay the rate and costs. The significavit was set formed, of a white, colour, mixed with a little brown, and forth in the writ, and was in substance that Wm. Baines not overgrown with fat. Mr. Potterton, a well know-, i brad been duly pronounced guilty of contempt for not pay gentleman far, ater, near Stow, in Northamptonshire, a s 3 ;.ne• to the proctors of Jolly and Berridge, the Churchwar exhibited a heifer of the first class, which gained dens of St. Martin's, Leicester, 21. 55., rated and assessed prize of 26 guineas. The Duke of Richmond l and t',:,. ' Duke of Neer-folk exhibited some beautiful Soutadowr s , ; upon him, not saying of what nature the rate was, and also the sum of 1251. 3s. of lawful money, being the amount of send some 'o!aieders, whose names we have not and for, coats taxed, and moderated under a monition of theArches' 'produced pigs of great beauty, fat, and sleek, .s „ pv, and, at eight o'clock, comfortably lodged in their cribs,' Court. So that it appeared there was brought by letters of request from the Bishop of Lincoln to the Arches' snoring as respectably as any old Alderman after a . dinner in the Egyptian Hall. We have only room to st ate t h at Court a ease of subtraction of Church-rates, where the the colleceion is one of the best ever exhibited, ,and that Churchwardens of St. Martin's, Leicester were the parties 'i as gentle-w,,e mnts are so good that ladies as wel did not the suit against Mr. Baines. M r. Baines the arrare me n will. 'be d e elighted to see it. not appear to a decree issued, calling up on him to see proceedings *in the cause, and after this a monition issued calling upon him to pay a rate as sessed upon him, and the costs. That would be found to be a correct abstract of the significavit, and upon 1 it several points would arise showing that no jurisdiction had been set forth. On the previous occasion he had submitted that as the Court Christian could only use the powers con. fined to the Church, when it was necessary to force obe dience by the secular arm, matter must be shown to the Court to which the application was made to justify the Queen's Judges in exercising not the power of the Eccle siastical Court, which was spent, and found inoperative, its being inoperative being the ground why the parties had come to that Court ; it must be shown that proper steps had been taken, and that the Ecclesiastical Court had taken jurisdiction over a proper cause, and that all had been regular up to that point where the contumacy had taken place, and which they called upon the Court to assist them in punishing. In the first place it appeared that the present, was a case of subtraction of Church-rates ; now be would suppose that that was a sufficient description of the cause, but then it became necessary to see whether the non-obedience was with respect to a rate over which the Court had jurisdiction. Now the rate was described on the significavit as a rate assessed upon Mr. Baines, that was the only description that was given of it, and supposing that he conceded for a mo ment that the description of the cause was correct, all that the Court knew was that that cause being in the Ecclesiastical Court, a monition had issued calling upon Mr. Baines to pay a sum rated upon him ; but how, he would ask, did it appear that the sum rated upon him was the 51.1 m which was the amount of the Church rate for which the cause was brought into Court? Where. he would ask, were the words connecting the rate with the Church-rate, the subtraction of which was the matter of the cause? The proper way to try that ques tion was this—supposing the Ecclesiastical Court bad got possession of the cause, because it was for Church rate, and supposing they had chosen to issue a monition for a former Church-rate, dr with regard to other rates which they supposed related to ecclesiastical matters, it would not be enough to say the probabilities were the Ecclesiastical Court would confine it-elf within its authority because the Court was asked to give effect to these proceedings, and the Court should say they had confined themselves within that authority. The Ecclesiastical Cotnts had always been considered tribunals which it was necessary to keep strictly within their juris diction, and an instance of this was shown in the case of the King v. Hill, to 2d Salkell. In the present instance there were many rates over which the Ecclesiastical Court had no control at all. In fact, it had jurisdiction over only one rate, viz., Church-rates. His first objection therefore was that it did not appear that the Court had jurisdiction, and his second objection was, that it did not appear that any decree had ever bsen made in the cause. The sig nicavit stated a eitation,• it stated the issuing of tee decree to the proceedings, and it went on to sty, that the cause was pending for judgment. Then it passed over the decree and only spoke of of a monition to pay certain rates. Now, if that was only aa interlocutory proceeding, the Court had no right to look at it; if it was a final proceeding it ought to have been founded upon a decree. The Courts had been very care fel indeed in seeing, even when sufficient was stated upon the face of the instrument, if it was properly connected together ; they had been careful to see that tile connection did exist before they connected one part of the instrument with another, and, as an instance of that, there was Na,h's case, in 4th Barnwell and Alderson, 295. Now what was thciu in the present case to con nect the rate with the cause? If the signifies ‘it had been " that he was rated anti assessed in the ,Church-rata hereinafter mentioned," there would have been certain connecting words; but, in the present in stance, they were left entirely separate, and the Court had no means of knowing that the monition issued was for the purpose of compelling that particular rate over which the Court had jurisdiction. Many other cases might be cited upon this point, among them were the King v. Dobel, 4 Barn well and Alderson, 246, and Snowden's ease in the same Lek, 294. In those cases it was laid down that the greatest certainty was necessary in cases like the present. leg principle had been much enforced; also iii the case of Brunier v. Halcomb in the Court of Queen's Bench. There the Speaker of the blouse of Ccmmons issued his certificate for the payment of the costs of an election pe tition by Mr. Halcomb. Mr. 1-11 comb resisted it on the ground that the Committee ought not to have been formed, and the Court then thought it tieeessary for them to go into the matters of the certificate to see whether it ought to be used, and finding it ought not, they would not enforce it. The other side said it was matter solely for Parliament and the Court could not inquire into it, but the Court in answer to that said they were called upon to enforce tlac certi ficate of the Speaker, and it was their duty to see whether that which they were called upon to enforce was founded in law and in fact ; and the came doctrine was confirmed in the Court of Common Pleas, in the case of Rankin v. Dundas. Then it was said that Mr. Baines, who bad never appeared, had' been served with a decree to see proceedings, and that it was accompanied by the usual intimation. Now, supposing the Court had the right to compel Mr. Baines to go through the suit, it was necessary, surely, that the Court should know what the intimation was ; for how could his Lordship, sitting there, know what was the usual intimation in the Ecclesiastical Court ? This very subject had been before the Court in the case of " The King v. Mahey. Tnere the defendant had been sentenced to do penance—that penance was not set forth. it was the usual penance ; and than the Court held that they could not take notice of what the usual penance was. It was now proper that he should bring before the Court the mode in which the present cause had been dealt with in the Court of Queen's Bench. With regard to the objec tion he had now urged, the ,Court of Queen's Bench thought the description of subtraction of Church-rates i:r.ts sufficient, but the Court passed by the point at which he had been labouring, namely, that admitting that the subtraction of Church-rates was a sufficient description of the cause, the place where the link was wanting was this —it did not appear that the rate which Mr. Baines had neglected to pay was that Church-rate or some other ; and bow, therefore, could the Court say that the Church-rate of 21. ss. was the subject-matter of this subtraction ? The next point was, that the Court never was seized of the cause at all. That did not appear ' • and causes cited from the old reports must, since the 53d of George 111., be used with great care, that statute having made a most important change in the law with regard to the recovering of Church rates. By that Act a Church-rate came under the juris diction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, where one of two circumstances existed—it must be either more than la, or it must be a disputed rate : and it must be disputed in one of two ways—either in the particular cause—as, for instance, a party rated to a Church-rate might apply to the Spiritual Court to have the rate quashed on a ground that would render it invalid, and there the Court would have jurisdiction; and the other mode in which it might be disputed was, if the party being summoned, betore a Justice of the Peace, gave notice to the Magis trates that he should dispute the payment, then the juris diction of the Magistrates would cease, and that of the Ec clesiastical Court attached ; so that, although in the time of Lord Raymond it might be a good description to say it was a cause for the subtraction of Church-rates, it was by no means certain that it was a good description since the statute of the 53d of Geo. 111., because the ju risdiction only attached when certain facts had occurred. Such being the case, he apprehended that the sig nificavit should have certified to that Court that it was for the subtraction of a disputed Church-rate, but the Court found nowhere upon the proceedings that the Church-rate was disputed ; in fact, the opposite was clear, for the party had never appeared at all. The only parties before the Court were the Churchwardens, and it was, therefore, clear that it was not a disputed Church rate on that giound. Upon what law or legal principle was it to be said that the Court was to presume there was a prior proceeding before a Magistrate when the rate was disputed ? It would be contrary not only to the rule of law, but sound reasoning to make any such presuiption. Added to this, the amount was under lot, and the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court i e t d e C did not attach, a nd looking at the inference to be drawn from the si gn ifi cav it, h e s h ou ld say that it was not a die p Church-rate. utroctlia- total at a e h . s e n H e eo He now of Baines came to the t point, her o e u h power monition, and in, the ' Court Ecclesiastical to do more than declaring him contumac i ous f or no t a nswering the in. He had whetheralready c it was necessary to call fur the assistance of this Court to compel him to come submitted,ooCourt he 0 that, at, had coming powerming to to thisdo „- there Court showed that tyh what it had done ewa was no averment in the significavit that there was the extraordinary ea p s e e w in n r Losashereencleo of th by the e Court of proceeding throu g h a cause party who had not l aappearedrke,sPractice,"fromfirst in n o l t a h st e . ye F a r r om is t 9 ha 6 t , anc i en t book of practice, it wa s c l ear the Court had no a s n iC d " hPronesre ,4 c t's Practice," in 1681, clearly laid that down. " Th e se authorities sh owed that the Court had a power, not of going on in t he absence of a party, but ofinflicting a very great hhoroiotyk, there tha certainly a passage penance upon him for contumacy. In Ou g hte oi ord o J wa uci s i g c n or o u te m d ,' a word boo f k of : was one exception to the rule, and that was in cases ma trimonial, where the party was absent, and it was provided that the Court might proceed in such a case, inasmuch as 'COURT OF ALDERMEN. Y.:sterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. -rim 'NEW ALDERMAN OF THE WARD OF FARRINODON WITHOUT. • Mr. CARTER, of the Lord Mayor's Court, informed the Court, that at a wardmote held in the ward of Farringdon Without, Sir James Duke was unanimously elected Alder. man of that ward. Sir JAMES DUKE was immediately afterwards introduced to the Court, by Deputy Blackett, and several other 'mem bers of the ward of Farringdon. The DEPUTY, in presenting the new Alderman, lamented the circumstances which led to the new electiou, although be hoped and believed that Sir James Duke would perform all the duties of the office, to the full satisfaction of the coosetuency. The members of the Court well knew, he obse...ved, that he had but indifferent talent for speaking, and 'ho. could not more effectually& justice to the gentleman, wbc so act in retiring from the Court he deplored, than by •reading th a resclution of the wardmote upon that act. He then read the resolution, which spoke in terms of the wa mest praise of Mr. Harmer, tae late Alderman, and clue,ed by stating that Sir James Duke would no doubt mr,tcri ally assist the Court in their deliberations, and pr ove an adequate representative of the Ward of Farring. fi on Without. Sir J. Dux .E then was received into the body of the court, and in:malty sworn. Upon the ,notion of Alderman COPELAND, the sum of !00/. was Er;reed to be divided amongst the Aldermen for distribution amongst the poor widows of freemen at Christ- ar; The In priest of the Ward of Ferringdon Without pre setteil u . .tcenormous list of persons carrying on retail busi nu.-.F. in . ..Ire City without having taken up their freedom. A*TTEI.,DANCR OF ALDERMEN IN THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. ljr,on the motion of Alderman BROWN, it was referred t n Committee to prepare a vote for the attendance of Al :QT.:nen in the Court of Common Council. Sir P. LAURIE observed that the establishment of a rrot., vroul , A ItiaVe the effect of inducing several Aldermen •to att:!nd who, in the fear of being detained the whole -day, &crated appearing in that Court at all. He was sure that the Court of Common Council would have no fur-t , :r occasion to complain. AleermanFnErtY said it was the duty of all the A'stez men to attend the Court of Common Council, and t; tat tho3c: tcho neglected to perform that duty ought to be f Hoar, bear.) tated for one moment when he found there were only five Special Jurymen to pray a tales because it was to him a matter of perfect indifference from what class of society the Jury was taken. It had frequently been laid down by the Judges, that to insult and villify Christianity as against the law. Publications, insulting religion, and ad dressed to the vulgar and uneducated, were most dan gerous. He would call a witness who purchased these books in the defendant's shop, the defendant himself being pre sent, and he should prove that the defendant was rated to that house. It gave him pain that it should be necessary for the Jury to bear such shocking attacks as were con tained in this publication. It consisted of a series of letters, and each number was sold for a penny. It was " Letters to the Clergy of all Denominations," and was, in fact, an attack upon the Holy Scriptures, particularly on the Old Testament. He should content himself with reading one extract.—(The Learned Gentleman then read an extract recommending that the Bible should be burnt, and stating that the writer denounced it as blasphemy and nonsense.) Mr. Hetherington was in person to de fend himself, they would hear what he had to say, and then he (the Attorney-General) would have an opportunity of again addressing them.—(The Attorney-General spoke in so low a tone that it was in many instances impossible to catch even the purport of what fell from him.) The following witness was then called and examined by great miscnief might otherwise ensue. and the reason given being that the validity of the marriage might be con tested. That brought him to the state of the prac tice of the Courts as reported by the Commissioners so lately as the year 1831. These Commisioners were the heads of the law in the Courts of Equity, Com mon-law, and the Ecclesiastical Courts, and the names attached to it were the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishops of London, Durham, and St. A saph, Lori' Tenterden, Sir N. Tyndal, Sir James Alexander, Sir J. Nichol, Sir H. Jenner, Robinson, Lushington, Car rington, and Cutler Ferguson, whose reports must have the greatest possible weight in all decisions on these points. In page 1.6 of that Report it was stated that the mode of enforcing all processes in case of dis obedience, was by pronouncing the party cited con tumacious. The general and broad rule in all cases was to bring the party cited into Court; there were certain ex ceptions rather hinted at than described, but the necessary in gredient in all these excepted cases was, that there was no thing for the party to do.e--namely, that it was in the nature of a proceeding hi rem. It was upon that authority that he submitted to the Court that there was nothing in the present case which gave the Ecclesiastical Court a juris diction to proceed in it beyond the citation and the issuing of the significavit of contumacy for non appearance. It was clear that the present case did not come within those excepted, and even in those excepted cases the proposition is not laid down generally, but a power is given by which the Court may proceed in the absence of the party. In that respect his Lordship would sec that the Courts of Equity and the Ecclesiastical Court adopted a somewhat similar principle. In the case of Thorogood, which bad been more than once before the Court of Queen's Bench, the party having refused to appear in the Ecclesiastical Court a significavit of contumacy was issued in the very first instance, and he understood that the opinion of the highest Ecclesiastical Judge now upon the Bench was that that was the only course that could be pursued. He knew not whether his Learned Friend would at all rely upon the Act 10th Geo. IV., but by that it ap peared that the Judges of the Ecclesiastical Court were empowered to raake certain changes in the practice of the Court, with the sanction of the Learned Chancellor ; but if the Court would look at the Statute it would find that the Act was framed simply to allow of greater expedition by increasing the Court days, but there was no increase of juris diction sanctioned by it. There were other regulations made under the powers of the provisions of that Act, but having no relation 'to it ; but he did not find that they had re ceived the sanction of the Lord Chancellor ; and if that were so, even in their narrowest sense and meaning, they could have no effect whatever. If the Ecclesias tical Court had misconstrued that statute, it might explain the present proceedings, but of course would not justify them. He would now refer to the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench as to the second objection. He regretted to find that he and his Learned Friends were unfortunate enough in not making their point understood by that Court. What he and they had meant to say was, that inasmuch as it was contrary to natural justice that proceedings should be carried on against a party in his absence, it had become part of the proceedings of their laws that the party must be brought into Court before you proceed against him ; that eventually it had been found that a provision which was meant to protect the defendant did on certain occasions work injustice to the plaintiff, and there fore the Legislature had provided certain remedies both in Courts of Law and Equity ; that within the century it was not competent for the Courts of Law or Equity to proceed against a party until by compulsory processes they had succeeded in bringing him into Court ; and they had asked what statute or interference of the Legisla ture could be pointed out as regarded Ecclesi astical Courts ? They had never meant to say that if the question was to be looked to as a legislative one, that it could for one moment be maintained that it was contrary to natural justice to proceed against a party who had full means of knowing that such proceedings had been taken : but they had said that in order to make that charge the Court was not competent, but the Legislature must be ap plied to. If the highest Courts in the realm were obliged to wait and endure that inconvenience until the Legisla ture stepped forward• to remedy it, surely the Courts Ec clesiastical which were lower in rank and dignity must adopt the same course), and for them by their own authority, proprio vigore, to attempt to give themselves the power of proceeding in the absence of the party, without the aid of the Legislature, was a clear extension and excess of their jurisdiction. That was his proposition, and with all due respect he would say that the proposition had not been met by the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. The very form of the Statute of the 53d Geo. 111., had regard to that.principle of the law to which he had adverted—namely, arse tile proceedings in Ecclesiastical Courts were to be looked at with great jealousy, and it does not say that the parties summoned were to pay obedience to the orders and decrees of the Court, but " to all lawful orders and decrees." It was quite clear, therefore, that the lawfulness must be set forth, and in the present case it bad not even b en averred ; and lie bad shown from the authorities, that if it had, it could not be averred with truth. The next question was upon the forms of the signifi eavit. Was it right in point of form ? The significavit was in the name of Sir H. Jenner, and he contended that it ought to have been in the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury. His Learned Friend would not contend that at Common law the significavit in its present form could be correct. Mr. WIOHTMAN signified his dissent. Mr. HILL hid taken some trouble to look into all the cases on the subject, and there appeared to be a great degree of harmony among them. So long ago as the 11th of Henry the Fourth, there was a case in the } ear bookk in which the question had been diieuesed ; and in biookaa's Ab r id g ement to the " Certificate of Bishops" it was held that the certificate of excommunication must be by the Bishop, and his Lordship would find very satisfactory rea sons given for that arrangement. The same rule was adopted by Fitzherliert and by Lord Hale in his com mentary. His Lordship would also find, in Coke upon Lit . Leon, where all the authorities were cited, that the seine reasoning prevailed. The epaloey of law, even if there were no direct authority, was thereby strictly ob served, as in :he case of a power of allowing to execute a deed, or of the Under- Sheriff us the delegate of the Sheriff. la these and all similar cases the principal was the party whose name was to be used. He now came to enquire whether any change bed been made by the Sot tote. So far from that, he apprehended that the Statute had fixed the law, whatever it was that being its sole object. The Learned Counsel then referred to the title in the significavit " by Divine Providence," showing clearly that it was the Archbishop who was to be the party, and that was followed by the usual style of Episcopal and Apostolic salutation in benediction given by these dignitaries. The case of " Ricketts v Bodsman," which had been referred to by the Court of Queen's Bench in its judgment, did not touch the point on which he and his Learned Friend relied, and he submitted, therefore, that that point had not been well-decided by the Queen's Bench. There was but one other point remahling, and that would be I disposed of in one moment. It had been held that the writ in the words of the statute of Elizabeth must be open and delivered on record in the presence of the Judges. The memorandum on the present writ omitted the word 1 " open." The object of the writ being open was to pre ; vent the abuses which had taken place in the application of that writ, and so that the cause of isnprisonmeet being openly read and stated before the Court they could better decide whether that party had been legally im prisoncd. The Court of Queen's Bench merely said they did not think the objection could p revail, but gave no reason for it. He had now laid before his Lordship at a length which be very much regretted, the case of his client. His Lordship was called upon to give effect to the proceeding of an inferior Court, and looking at that certificate as furnishing the ground of these proceedings, he could not see in it sufficient ground for putting the course of the law in force against that gentleman. There fore he humbly claimed to move that Mr. Baines be dis. charged. Meueort followed on the'samo side. Ho submitted that the commands ought to be legally and distinctly stated on the face of the significavit. In this case it did not appear whether the commands were legal or not, and his Lordship would not make any intendment in favour of the commands. In no way did it appear that the monition stated what Baines was to pay 21. ss. for—it did not state that it was for Church-rate—it might be for a Borough or a Watch-rate. There was nothing upon the face of the monition to show that it was an Ecclesiastical matter, and therefore the failure to obey the cerrenand did not render the party contumacious. The monition was inherently bad, because upon the face of it Mr. Baines could not find that he was commanded to pay by a competent authority. He begged to refer his Lordship to some chapters in Conset, which had not been cited by his Learned Friend, and which treated of the manner in which the Ecclesiastical Courts could compel the appearance of a party. With regard to the form of the significavit, he contended that all the cases in the books showed clearly that it should run in the name of the Archbishop, and not in that of the Or dinary—the latter was the instrument of the former, but lie must certify, in the name of his principal and not in his own. The commitment was bad, and he trusted his Lordship would set ft aside. Mr. WIGHTMAN said his Learned Friends had cited many new cases, and urged new arguments, which he could not have been prepared for ; it would tend to save the time of the Court were he allowed time to consider them and condense his arguments. Mr. HILL said, in a case of so much importance as one of habeas corpus, he could not consent to any course which would delay the judgment of the Court. He was, however, in the hands of his Lordship. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, considering the time of day at which they had arrived, an adjournment till to-mor row would not postpone the cause in fact, for they could not hope to finish it that day. He was anxious to have all the information that could be given him on so important a question. He thought it would be better to postpose the further proceedings till to-morrow. Mr. VIGHTMAN will proceed with his arguments at the sitting of the Court tomorrow (this day ). is Sir F. POLLOCK. Alexander Kerr, a"policernan, bought the " Letters to the Clergy," 5,8, and 13, at the shop of the defendant, 126, Strand, on the sth of February last. A young man served him. Knows defendant —he was standing on the threshold of the door at the time ; has known him for the last three years; has seen him repeatedly at the shop; paid one penny each for the letters. Cross-examined by Mr. Hetherington—Did t come in his uniform to purchase them. Came from direction no s he had received, not from any reputation it had required. Did not read the fifth number or s the eighth number of tat book purchased at the shop. Stated at the Old Bailey at the trial of Mr. Cleave that be had read a copy, but not the one purchased of defendant. Curiosity induced bim to read it. It did not shake his opinion—it did not make him burn his Bible—quite the opposite. He is a plainly educated man. Was instructed to purchase all he could get at defendant's shop. Purchased other numbers, but did not read them. It produced no eflect on bim to induce him to follow the recommendations of the author. George Sherwill, collector of poor's-rate for the liberty of the Savoy, proved that defendant was rated for No. 126. The libels were then put in and read—First, No. 8 of " Haslam's Letters to the Clergy of all Denominations," then 5 of the same work, and then 13. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that was the case for the prosecution. Mr. HETHERINGTON said that in rising to vindicate himself from the charge brought against him, he should not defend the language alluded to by the Attorney-General. He should endeavour to show that every Englishman had a right. to free inquiry, and that Mr. Haslam had as much right to institute these inquiries as any one else. He could not but express his surprise that the Government, which bad so strenuously advocated the diffusion of cheap knowledge in Penny Magazines and Penny Cyclopaedias, should bring him to trial for so flimsy a charge as this— and flimsy it was, for out of 800 pages they could only find that passage in the Bth No., which was certainly expressed in improper language, whereon to bring an indictment. He contended that it was impossible to say where a person was to stop ; if a person rejected one tenet, another might reject another, and there was no reason why another, if this were permitted, should not go on and reject the whole. In the whole work there was not one disrespectful word about Christianity, it was a rejection of the miracles ascribed to Moses in the Old Testament, which had been indignantly rejected by many learned men. The work was not intended as a scurrilous attack, but as an inquiry into the effects of the usages of society founded upon the Old Tes tament. The object of Mr. Haslain was benevolence, and however much he might err, he was not criminal.—(Mr. Hetherington here read several passages from the work, in support of his opinion.) Had not a man a right to tell the world what he thought or felt? He would read a pas sage from the first Letter, in order to show how Mr. Has lam had worked himself up to the state of mind which in duced him to use the language he bad done in No. 8 (He here read the passage alluded to, in which be states his object to be to support morality, and his assumption that the belief of a man did not depend upon himself, and the as sumption of his opponents that it did not, and calling on reason to decide between them. The Government did not do this ; they ought to have called on the Bishop of Exeter and other bigots of his class to come forward and confute Mr. Haslam. But instead of this they prosecuted a bookseller, who had never read a line of the book until this prosecution. They ought to meet Mr. Hastenr with his own weapons, and it was disgraceful to the Govern ment, which had 4 always advocated the diffusion of cheap knowledge, to submit to the taunts of the Bishop of Exeter and bigots of that class by instituting these prosecutions for blasphemy. However they might disapprove of Haslam's doctrines, they could not but per ceive that he was sincere in his belief. The convic tions of a man's mind were perfectly independent of his will. Mr. Haslain had stated that he once believed that which he now believed to be true to have been false. (Mr. Hetherington read several passages from the work to show that belief was not dependent upon volition.) He admitted that the language in the eighth Number was offensive, but if he proved that the free exercise of the right of inquiry was no offence in law. be would call their attention to the hardship of a general bookseller being held responsible for every book that he ' \ bold, and, calling their attention to the oath they had taken,, he would claim at their h ands that ac q uittal to which be felt he was entitled. He wou ld claim no ex 'eniption from punishment if he sold any obscene publica tions, or any attacks upon a metes private character ; but in cases of the discussion of abs;.ract truths was a roan to be punished fur the cola ictione of his mind, which were not is the power of his will ? It was too bad to bring a man into a Court of Justice on account of a few solitary pa‘eages in a work of this nature. How could truth be elicited but by inquiry. If a man was to be punished fur opposing orthodox opinions, where was the use of giving a man the right of free inquiry ? and every opposition to free inquiry was an opposition to the progress own eyes, of human improvement. In all cases of public de.eugsion he contended that the Jury wei e incompetent to decide that a' man should be sent to prison because his belief was not in accordance with generally received opinions. He had the authority of some of the greatest intellects of the age in support of this opinion. • He would begin with a B:siesp. Bis h a o s p v‘ e ß i Bernet ranse see e said with dwith our own rea sonand not muffle up our understandings. The first power of the human mind was the act of perception ; that was an involuntary act, and governed by the law of necessity. The next operation of the mind was to form a judgment, and that also was a necessary act. Man could not help ithweour mustow judging of that which he perceived, and other faculties made up the human mind, and therefore these were under the government of necessity ; and how could they, he would ask, bring in a verdict adverse to men who were governed by a law of necessity ? How could they say that Haslam was answerable, and how much more unjust to punish the bookseller? Dr. Whitly had said there was no merit or piety in believing that which was evident, nor demerit in disbelieving that which was not evident. Why should not a man publish his opinions because, per haps, he judged improperly ? The proper way was to an swer them, and then away they would go. Let all the learned men and the Bishops, in the pay of the Govern ment, exercise their powers, and answer these arguments, but not prosecute those who published them. Bishop Marsh said, ~ It is said investigation leads to doubt"— so much the better—if a thing is false it ought not to be received; if it be true, it can never lose by inquiry. Now the . Bishops could not be supposed to be ad verse to the Church—they were great supporters of it, and so, perhaps, might he be also if he got so much by it.—( A laugh.)—[Mr. Hethering ton then read a passage from Sir William Temple, in support of his argument.] Would his being ruined and sent to a dungeon alter the state of things?--would it alter the opinion of Mr. Haslam?—would it make him, the defendant, believe that a man had not a right to pro mulgate his opinions? - He felt himself in an awkward position in having to defend a man's right to publish while he dissented from the opinions published. He differed from Mr. Hasler's. I-1 ..e had been told that the Attorney-General had no wish to press severely on persons in his situation, and his friends, not true friends, had asked him to write to the Attorney-General. Now there was no way of inducing him tostay this prosecution, bet by pleading guilty; and although he knew that their verdict, if adverse to him, would ruin him, yet he would not admit that he was guilty, or was the sort of person charged in the indictment. It he believed him self to be the man described in that indictment, he would fly to the uttermost part of the earth. He did not think he had done any harm by publishing works upon different subjects, and if he had pleaded guilty he should have lost all feeling of self-respect. He would on this point cont6it himself with reading twe passages from the works of two of the most intellectual men of the present age, Lord Brougham and Dr. Southwood Smith. Dr. Southwood Smith - said there was no prOper boun dary to human investigation but the faculties of the human mind. Had any man a right to say you may examine the Scriptures of the Old Testament, but take care you do not reject them, or we will punish you ? He was sure the Attorney-General, if his attention had been directed to this, would not have counselled Government prosecutions for matters of opinion. He had been sorry to hear the Attorney-General say, he intended to reply; he had hoped he would have waived that right; but if he did so he hoped he would pay attention to that passage of Dr. S. Smith. Lord Brougham, in his inaugural ad dress to the University of Glasgow, said, the great truth had gone forth that man should no more render account to man for his belief, for which he is no more accountable than for the colour of his skin, or the height of his stature. After hearing those sentiments, could they send a man to prison for the free publication of opinion. He would do the Government the justice to say, that heedid not believe they wished' to stop general investigation if conducted with decency. He would admit that the language used was in very bad taste, but that was no reason why a man should be sent to prison. It should be left to public opinion only. These prosecutions were most impolitic. All the earliest Reformers—all those who introduced new opinions—had always been charged with atheism and blasphemy. The Founder of Christianity was accused of blasphemy--the prophets of the Jews were all accused as blasphemers of the established religion of the day—Elijah actually mocked the established religion of the Moabites—and all the pro phets and apostles had been accused of blasphemy against the established religion, Dr. A. Clarke said many Jews rejected some books of the Old Testament, and suspected that Moses had had recourse to pious frauds. • Why the supporters of the established religion of the days of the Apostles, when Stephen was propagating the doctrines w hich he haele'eceived from his Divine Master, applied to the Attorney-General of that day to prosecute him for blasphemy, and stirred up the people. In the present case, the Bishop of Exeter did not stir up the people, but he stirred up the Government. He sent a packet of papers to Lord Normanby, who handed them to the Attorney- General, and he, as in duty bound, brought him there. In the case of Stephens, as in the present case, they would not suffer any discussion that was likely to change the custom,—( Mr. Hetherington then read from tho Acts the COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 8. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster before Lord DEN MAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) PBOSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY. TUE QUEEN V. HETHERINGTON. This was a prosecution against the defendant, Henry Hetherington, bookseller, for the publication of a blas phemous libel. On the names of the gentlemen summoned as Special Ju rymen being called over, only five answered to their names. The ATTOREY-GENERAL prayed a tales, when the fol lowing were sworn :--SPECIAI—Robert Savage Esq. John Alboin, merchant ; William Fechney Black, mer chant ; Charles Frederick Barnwell, Esq. ; Robert Eg linton, merchant. Charles Ricketts, W. Fauldon, John Osborn, John Johnson Ruffle, Thos. Reed, Philip Philips, J. Mayhew. Mr. BULT opened the proceedings. The ATTORNEY-,GENERAL said this was an indictment found by the Grand Jury of Middlesex, for the publi cation of certain blasphemous libels. It appeared to him that all he should have to do, would be to prove thl publication of the libels in question. Ho had not hesi- account of the trial, defence, and martyrdom of Stephen.) Was that a proper way to treat men for propounding new truths ? The same spirit was etineed, and the same charge brought against the Founder of Christianity. How impolitic were these charges. Did they atop the progress of tooth 7' Persecution for matters of opiniod was the same in every case—impclitie—for it did not stop the progress of opinion. There was no possibility for a bed book to get a footing except by prosecuting it. While the e Poor Man's Guardian" was constantly prosecuted, it could not be put down, and he got a good living out of it ; but the instant it was proved to be a legal publication, it went down of itself—it would not pay its expenses. The proper way was to let all these books alone, as Demetrius advised the authorities as recorded in the Acts. The proper way of proceeding was not to attempt to put a fool down, but to let him alone, and he would put him self down. Let every man be free, and the good sense and good feeling of society would put him down most ef fectually. The moment it was announced that Haslam's Letters were to be prosecuted they sold so fast that it was almost impossible to get a supply • before that be knew that the publisher had 3,000 on hand, which he could not sell or get rid of in any way ; but they were all sold the instant it was known it was to be prosecuted. In all ages, according to Dr. Combc, the introducers of new opinions were accounted impious—so were the early Christians accounted by the Jews—so were the first Pro testants accounted by the Catholics—but in the present time this ought not to be the case; and he was satisfied they would not suffer it to be so, by giving the sanction of their verdict to such a paltry prosecution. In this country they were in the habit of sending out missionaries to pro claim new truths to foreign countries ; Wa3 it not grossly inconsistent and unjust, while doing this, to punish persons for free investigation at home? In a recent case, can non had been fired upon the natives of one of the Tonga Islands, because they would not receive these missionaries. Their argument was, that truth must be propagated all over the world ; but why stop inquiry at home while suffering a British man of war to fire upon these islanders because they would not receive the new truths of the missionaries in the way they wished ? The celebrated Wesley had said that it could not be supposed that Methodism could stand its ground when brought to the test of reason, truth, and philosophy. Nor could any system not based on truth ; but that was no reason for re jecting examination, because the more the truth was investgated, the more beautiful it would appear. How had the nation made such rapid improvements in every branch of natural philosophy and mechanics ? Be cause free inquiries had been permitted into all these subjects; why should not free inquiry be permitted into other subjects? Free inquiry was the spirit of the age, and if Methodism could not stand against reason and phi losophy, the Church of England, he was sure, could not, more especially when they saw a man condemned by the Church to two years imprisonment for es. 6d. The next step would be to stop inquiry into the practices of the Church, and to make us all: the fettered slaves of the priesthood. A spirit of inquiry was abroad among the working classes which would not stop at anything the most sacred. The true crime was that this was sold at a penny. Why should two-guinea blasphemers be tolerated and penny ones prosecuted ? How could those whose shelves were adorned with Drummond's Academical Questions, Vol taire, Gibbon, Volney, and Shelley, uphold this prosecu tion, and what must that law be which could find the crime, not in the contents of the book, but in the fact of its being sold for a penny ? They might for two guineas buy a magnificent book full of blasphemy. Now, from the Attorney- General be would appeal to his own witness, who had read the book, and on whom, an unedu cated man, it had proved inoperative—it had done no mis chief, and he begged they would not consign hint to a dungeon for having sold a book which it had been proved had done no mischief. If Christanity were pelt of the law, its benevolent spirit ought to be found in the law. Paul said the Bmreans were more noble because they searched daily. The Attorney-General was about to punish him for doing the same thing. Christ himself said, ' the truth shall make you free, but the Attorney-General said the truth— or that which you believe to be the truth —shall make you a prisoner. In the parable of the tares, Jesus expressly forbade the rooting up of the tares, lest the wheat should be rooted up also. He did not recom mend persecution, but said let them both grow together until the last day. These passages were sufficient to show that persecution was opposed to the whole spirit of Chris tianity. Chief Baron Eyre had said that human laws could not—ought not to interpose between the free circu lation of thought and opinion. This prosecution went a step further than any other had gone, it went to say that you must not counteract the Jewish Scriptures, which to a Christian, he contended, were not of use, and Paul himself was of this opinion, and he called the Old Testa ment the schoolmaster. Vie Old Testament had been superseded by the New, and if Christianity were part and parcel of the law, then this prosecution had not a leg to stand upon. Major Cartwright, in the opinion of Jefferson, had proved, however, the fallacy of the notion that Chris tianity was part of the common law, by showing that the common law had existed long before Christianity was introduced into this country ; and the axiom had its origin and foundation in a misquotation and mistranslation of a decision of Brissot, recorded hi the Year Books, substituting the words Holy Scrip tures for ancient writings. Jefferson denominated it a judicial forgery, and he hoped his Lordship would to-day put an end to this iniquity. He was a general book seller, and so great was the competition that he had no time for reading. His son, whose loss he must ever la ment, bad, before his death, drawn up a paper for the guidance o; the business (Mr H. became much affected at this allusion to the death of his son), from which it appeared that. he dealt in 70 weekly periodicals besides books, and he had not an opportunity of reading a line of them. He however never sold, nor ever would sell, any obscene publicatione, or works attacking private character, and if a pers;:n came to him complaining that he had been at tecked personally in any work, he never sold any more of that work. Isolated passages might he picked out of the Bible which would be liable to prosecution, and it was hard to hold a bookseller responsible for toe contents of every work that was sold across his counter. On this ground, also, he hoped for their verdict. In deference to the wishes of his friends, Mr. Ilaslam had cancelled the passage now prosecuted. and substituted another less objectionable. Now what would they have more ? The Attorney- General had not dune justice to Mr. Heslam ; there were mane passages in which ho acknowledges the goodness. magnificence , and p o w er o f t he Deit y ; and if te bad passages had been read the good should have been read also. What was it that prevented brotherly love from dwelling among men? It was the principle of coer cion ; and if he could successfully call upon them to put a stole to these prosecutions, be felt convinced he should be promoting brotherly love. He did not believe the Govern ment wished to follow up these prosecutions if they could avoid it. They bad a precedent in the case of Sir R. Peel ; lie prosecuted Carlisle, who passed five years in prison, aud yet his publications were sold in every shop in London. The public began to consider them martyrs, and the Govern ment of that day, seeing the wickedness and folly of such proceedings, set all those incarcerated at liberty. Surely those now in authority were not the men to recommend these persecutions ; and his quarrel with them was, that they had not the moral courage to reply to the taunts of the Bishop of Exeter, by allud ing to this case of Sir Robert Peel ' s, and declarin g that thenceforth public opinion must be the only censor. Christ himself had not made eternal happiness depend upon belief, but upon their actions, and all the evils of society sprung from trying to coerce people into the belief of that which they could not believe—a system to which he hoped the verdict on this occasion would put a stop. He besought them to consider well the consequences of their verdict, and the wickedness and itnpolicy of tearing a man from his family for selling a book such as that. If he had said anything to raise a prejudice in their minds, he trusted they would discard it, and do justice by their verdict. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied ; and contended that the publication in question was not fair argument and en quiry, but blasphemous invention. During the course of his reply he was interrupted by Mr. Hetherington com plaining that he was misrepresenting what bad fallen from him, and subsequently on the grounds that he was misre presenting facts. Lord DENMAN said that he agreed with the defendant in the first instance, and therefore he thought he was jus tified in putting the Attorney-General right ; but the Attorney-General, he thought, was entitled to make any remarks upon facts which came out in evidence. Mr. Hetherington (with great vehemence)—But he is misstating facts, and making statements calculated to mis lead the Jury. Lord DENMAN—You must not interrupt. The Defendant—But my liberty is at stake, and I will speak.—( Applause at the back of the Court, which was in stantly suppressed by the officers.) Lord DENMAN—You shall be heard in correction of any thing you may think a misrepresentation afterwards, nut in reply, but merely in correction. The Defendant.—Thank you, my Lord. At the conclusion of the Attorney-General's address, Mr. Hetherington explained that it was the custom of the trade to place the name of any bookseller, with whom the real publisher did business, on the title-page of the book, and that his name ha real so placed by Mr. Hay wood, of Manchester, the publisher, without his knowledge. Lord DENMAN in summing up, observed that the law considered the vender of a work the publisher of it, and that consequently he must be held respon sible. It had also been constantly laid down that blasphemy was an offence at Common Law. In the d e fendant's defence, to which he had listened with feelings of great interest, aye, with sentiments of respect too, he had complained of the hardship of a general publisher being held responsible for the contents of all the works he might sell, but he had himself answered that argument by the conduct which he stated he pursued with regard to obscene and personally libellous publication, and from the title-page of this work it was scarcely pos sible not to be, in some measure, aware of its contents. Dis cussions on a subject, even the most sacred, might be tole rated when they were conducted in a fair spirit, but when appeals were made not to reason but to the bad feelings of human nature, or where ridicule or invective were hare- Course to, it could not be considered discussion, As to the impolicy of these sort of prosecutions that was a question with which they had nothing to do, the only question for them to determine was whether the publication in question was a blasphemous libel, and whether it had been published by the defendant. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the immediate judg ment of the Court. Lord DENMAN—I think the passing senten ce had better be deferred, until we have bad the opportunity of consi dering the subject. The defendant then retired, and the Court adjourned till to-morrow. ------- The veteran Beverley, the lessee of the northern circuit of theatres, has just terminated a very prosperous season at Stockton-on-Tees. his luck is an exception to that of provincial manag ers generally, for late accounts from the country speak of local theatricals as being at a ver low ebb. Mr. lieverley'.; Comnany proceeds to shie y lds, where it will open in the course of the present week, PERSONATION OF VOTERS. Alderman FIX;;PIIEP.Y said that the motion he was '.o make had reference to a matter of considerable in, , port,nce. It had been reported, and he believed not switt out good cause, that at the late election for tile Mayor salty persons voted in the names of individuals who were -not in existence at ail. His object in rising was to sug gvst r'Je means of preventin,;r the recurrence of a practice of so reprehensible a nature.—( Hear, bear.) All Livery men villo resided within seven miles of London were ern pow ~red to vote for a Member of Parliament, but those e.rno resided beyond that limit were deprived of :hat privi lig 1, while every Liveryman, wherever his reridence Vt he, had the power of voting fur a Lord I,iyor. IC ow the latitude given in the latter case was such as was C dpiAVJIC of being taken advantage of to a very serious ex -1 sot, fer a person living in the country could easily ailopt the name of a Liveryman lately decv.ased, and mote ,ith vary little hazard of detection. He, therefore, l'iiong.ht that' it the Court made application to the Livery Coiiii,)ities to aid in preventing so nefarious a practice, the, ,• could loe-no doubt of their being able to check it in o iie,,cy c. , ,reattifi-e7reo-- .11ti,,o'filik BROWN thonght when notice was given o' the Aldinnuan 1-iumpher. that it would be lotto • spotty from the maty &Li)." lie feared that pot con::. TnolitA3 'Arocn was of opinion that the fn formation and :ts,dstanee sought by Alderman Humphery obt, and, it necessary, compellable. ' , ,VnotyraortrE—C , !rai.aly, by preeept. flumeHEßt then moved—That precepts he • ei to the Neste r and Wardens of the several Livery ,nipa,,,•s of tens. City, requiring them to return to this co u rt, on or before the Ist day of January, 1841, a cur re,:t list ot,the whole of the Livery, with their residences." Meru it Lucks said he knew that if any member of the Court o f Assistants of any Comoany died it was soon fur the place was soon filled up ; but he believed 'tint in very few Companies indeed accurate accounts of -the deriths ( - 4 the Liver:, men were kept. REconcEtt thought that by a precept the object of t4 a mphery could be accomplished The Court J^ A •:ne Livery Companies had an interest in counteract ing trawls of the sort described. Parsec Lanais said he was quite sure that all the C ' , Panic>, would most willingly assist in preventing :uch Try: motion was then agreed to. The; 'Jour:. proe , :.eacci to disf.!tiss some matters connected witit 111 c police with closed doors, af%cr which it adjourned. ritOOPS OZ: FOREIGN STATIONS. TOt THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir.,—By giving I.i.e subjoined a place in your next p4.;:ie i(io, you wit; oblige 70ce. 2, 'lB4O. AN OLD SOLDIER. The 2 . 11 Regiment, now under orders for Bombay, 'rcturtwd frorp, the East in 1819 after twenty sertiee ;from Jamaica, in 1837, after a service of el. yen ytars ; and have to go back to the East for anurfter , o,jourri, of twenty or more years. Way tVere riot one, or icor.., or all, if necesiary th:4. a. necessity of sending out troops to India rclid ex;st for many months, 1 fancy the authorities can :not deny) of the, corps which I shall enumerate for you, selected, and anon, corps lately returned from bad stations to take a turn of good ones ? The 4=2d, Colonel Sir G. Murray ! last station, Corfu, returned, August, 1836, again 'going to the Me lliterranean ! Head-quarters still at Cork, and avail- Able for any duty.. 88th—Ireland's font corps, Colonel Sir J. A. Wallace, returned from Mediterranean in S,:ptcarther, 1836, returning to same place, 1840! Head-quarters still at Cork, equally available for any w.ner station, although the Ist division of both these aorps. fare sailed, still they are not past recal. 97th— las7. station Ceylon (a good one), returned, September, Co'otiel Sir H. Hardinge, under orders for the List lot;e - triontbs toe the Mediterranean, now in Lime rick, and - Perfectly available for Bombay, instead of the 22d. Rift s, Ist battalion—returned from America, Sept ember, 1836, Colonel-Commandant Sir A. Howard, and. just sailed for the Mediterranean, in a ship of the within reach of having their destination changed by , teaurtu.k i 79th Highlanders, from Canada, October, 1636 , Gttlonel Sir R. C. Ferguson, at this moment reauy.tos sail for the Mediterranean, and stationed at their very door ? Why should not they change places with the 22d Regiment? I have here enumerated five corps, who could not consider it a hardship to go to a bad station, and who might have expected their pre sent tour would have been such. Lest it might be Ar.ia that the destination of these corps, being under orierS, cannot now be altered, I will enumerate for you a few mere, the who could not cons id er i t a h ar d s hi p to re place e 22d, although the latter returned to Europe a few months earlier,' and is now, unfOrtunately, first on the roll fhr foreign service. 9 8th, from the Cape, June, 1837, Col. Sir W. Cotton ; Rifles 2d battalion, lonian line, 1837, Col. Sir J.' S. Barnes ; 99th, from Mauritius, counted a good station, Oct. , 1837, Col. Sir T. Arbuthnot ; and 10th, from lonian Isles, Dec., lez37, Col. Sir J. Lambe rt. There is here a report that t are ee toform 86th, la st part of the from th e West Indies in April, 1837, force destined for India, and the 20th, also last from Bombay, May, 1837. Why the very bungaloesof the latter will have scarcely cooled before they re-inhabit tlicm. Now, nut of 12 regiments, why should the only three, .which came last from a bad station, be selected for othirs equally bad ? Probably, you may divine th e cause. I throw these rough memoranda together, teleetett .from the new Army List, to endeavour, and induce you to use your causti c pen in the aid of justice. IAY w npoor fellow, like myself, might imagine that fa vi ouritisnt.o verru l e i right. I suppose it is not so ? :when o da t ti s of the British Army will ever hold back takeountryshare calls, but out loPtii ionalevery corps will look Horse !ME-ad or of still justice. Which is it, the the Quarterm as ter-G en eral's o ffi ce, that or `e t t e ... 4 sq things? S d 1 ,U1,,---,0; --- Lasteven — ing, about six o'clock, a respeotAlgAreised female eoni - Mitted suicide by jumping' from one of the recesses of Waterloo-bridge, on the Sur to,/ and immediately ; 1 tsappeared. The unfortunate 4(;r an was seen to leave her bonnet and cloak on the ba lustrade of the bridge, by a gentleman who was passing at t h e t i m e, previous to committing th e rash act. EVF,NIN h. ,IIIS ,SiFLELD CATTLE SHOW. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Disc. 8. IN Tit E MATTER OF WM. BAINES OF LEICESTER-CHURCH !WEN 1 NG- EDITION , .._ ... , veries this year have exceeded those of 1839 by 44,00 0 --ara—_______. bags. The arrivals differ little from those of last year. MANSION-HO USE. TALLow.—Prices fer Russian Tallow continue in an • William Snow, one of the overseers of the parish of St. unsettled state, and on the spot they have fluctuated be - Nicholas, Deptford, was summoned before the Lord tween 46s and 46s 9,1 for P. Y. Candle since Tuesdai , Mayor by Mr. Booker, the relieving o verseer of Bishops- last, and in sonic cases 45s 6d has been acc e p ted for inaa ' mediate pyments ; for delivery in spring months prices gate, to show cause why he refused to pay 18 s. 3i., bein g the amount of the charge for the maintenance of a pauper have fallen to 475 to 47s 3d. Monte Video - found bu y ers named Elizabeth Goulding, for 21 days. It was stated to at 435 to 46a lar middling an quality. go be the wish of the summoned Party o have the decision i Te-day the demand was good for P. Y. C. on the s p ot, of the Lord Mayor upon the case, as a di rec ti o n f or ' and prices were firm at 47s to 47s 3d. For delivery in \ the future course to be obser ved on occasions of the kind, spring months, the operations were on a more extended Mr. Booker having shown that the poor woman had been , scale at 47s 9d to 48s per cwt. s upported for the time specified in the parish of St. Bo- On.s.—A good demand has p revailed for all Common tolph, Bishopsgate, descriptions of Fish Oils both for home use and export Mr. Snow said that he most cheerfully obeyed the sum- since we last wrote; pale Seal at 311 105 to 311 15s,_ brown mid mans of his Lordship. He had not the most distant ob_ and yellow 261 5s to 301; Southern, ordinary and mid jection to the bill ; on the contrary, he c o nsidered it mos t citing, 231 lOs to 241 10s. good and fine 241 lba to lair and equitable; but he was most anxious t o o bt a i n 26/, and Cod 27l 15s to 281; Sperm at 106/ to 1074 publicity for the case, and that t he p arochial overseers Linseed Oil at 26s to 26s 3d on the s p ot, and 27s to `2711 might have some guidance for their conduct, the rules for 6d for delivery in the next two end three months. Rape which appeared to be wrapped up in mystery under pre- brown at 38s 6d, and pale :39s 6d. Palm at 341. to 35E sent circumstances, for they had no power to pay any sum Olive, Spanish, at 57/. per tun : East India Poppy Seed o f money, although the orders to pay sho uld be made Oil at 42s to 42s 6d per cwt. against them, without the permission of the Guardians of FRDIT.—A good demand has existed for Currants, and the Poor. The order, in the instance before the Lord prices have been supported ; fine sorts are still scarce, and Mayor, was made by his Lordship upon him (Mr. Snow) much wanted by the grocers. New Valencia raisins, of as Overseer of the Poor of St. Nicholas, Deptford, good quality, have been in brisk request at 401, but corn to which the poor person belonged ; notice was mon sorts, of which the supply principally consists, have given, and the individual claiming relief was been selling at 35s ;at public sale 3,170 boxes 380 half delivered to him in due time, with a bill for m aintenance ditto were taken in at 35s to 375, the quality being indif amounting to eighteen shillings mid threepence, a portion ferent. Sultana Raisins have been in fair request at our of which was two shillings and sixpence for shoes. The quotations. Figs have found a more ready sale. le Guardians of the Poor of the district had objected to the Prunes and French Plums several purchaser have been bill on account of the shoes, and he was therefore called made. A parcel of new Chesme, Ciirrabourna,and Elerne upon to give reasons for the refusal. The poor woman Raisins have arrived. Almonds are held firmly. The ar was just out of her confinement, and certainly could not be rivals of Fruit have increased since we last wrote, removed barefooted in severe weather from Bishopsgate to Sricas.—Prices keep firm for Pimento, but that e are Deptford, and he was most willing and desirous to pay few buyers, and 185 bags at üblic sale were taken a t 3d p the amount. to 3id for middling and good midd lin g q ualiit y . In a nd Mr. Booker said he was quite a ware that such were the Pepper there has been little business done p rivatel y , opinions of Mr. Snow, who was remarkable for his hurr*ne in some cases rather lower rates have been a c c e p ted, bat treatment of the poor. aii ord Sumatra is not to be had under 3ial per lb; the stock The LORD MAYOR asked whether it was necessary for is 6,000 bags than last year : at auction 100 bags Whig him now to give an order for the payment of the money, were only partly sold at 9d to 94d for dark quality. Hol- Mr. Hobler said that the presence of two Magistrates ders of Cassia Lignea display much firmness, and for the was necessary in cases of this kind. most part will not sell at existing rates; there are several Mr. Snow said he wanted no order, but should at once buyers principally for shipping, and by private treaty a fair pay the demand. He would only publicly complain of business Ist been traasacted ; for one parcel cif 100 chests the injustice and absurdity of making the overseers teapot). of fair quaiy 84s has been paid : 200 casesl at auction . 1 sible, and giving them no power except through the Guar- sold Is higher, viz, middling coarse at 83s, and broken 78s ' dians. —the stock continues on the decrease, and is not half of what it was last year at this time. Ginger is held firmly, !: but there has been little business done. Cloves have been' t in good request, and I s Id paid for large parcels of Bour bon for export : at auction 24 chests Bencoolen sold at 2s 6,1 a2s 9d for good bold bright. Mace is in iair re quest : at action 10 pkgs fetched 4 s 5 d a 7s Id for ornineri and good bright quality. Nutmegs are held firmly, tin a good sorts have been in fair request for home use. POLICE GENCE• MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of December 8.) SUGAR. —The West India Sugar Market has presented a quiet aspect since we last wrote, the demand for both grocery and refining purposes has been very limited, and the purchases for the three market days have amounted to only 6501111 b and tierces, ordinary and brown descriptions, of which the supply principally consists, and which are the most difficult of sale, as is usually the case at this time of year, have suffered a depression of Is, but mid dling yellow sorts cannot be quoted more than 6d cheaper, whilst good and fine have generally brought former rates, the supply being small. For low middling grey Berbice with some strength 74s has been accepted ; Demerara, rather better, 75s to 76s ; Tobago and St. Kitts good co lory, 89s to 81s ; Jamaica rather better, 82s ; of a finer kind scarcely any is to be had ; several of the merchants keep their samples out of the market. The arrivals during the past eleven months have been 30,000 hhds and tierces less than in 1839 during the same time. This afternoon 370 boxes yellow Havannah, 100 tres 220 barrels Foreign Muscovado, and 55 hhds 2S barrels Porto Rico were offered at public sale ; Havannah sold at 23s 6d to 25s for middling and good, being rather lower; the other sorts sold at easy rates. At public sale 156 hhds 50 barrels St. Lucia were offered, which went off heavily, and at a reduction of 6d to is per cwt on Friday's rates ; fine yellow sold at 81a to 82e tid, good 79s 61 to 80s, mid and good mid 77s to 78s 6d, low yellow 76s 6d, good grey 75s to 763. The Gazette Average Price is now 54s 91d, in 1839 it was 38s 3d, and in 1838 32s lid. REFINED -During the last few days prices have given way a little, Standard Lumps: selling at 95s to 95s 6d, lots and good brown Lumps 903 to 945. Tittlers and Hambro Loaves 97s to 102 s. Treacle sells freely, common at 385 to 38s 6d ; Patent, 425, best old make at 43; to 445, golden Syrup, 449 6d to 455. Bastards on the de cline. Pieces„prerious rates have been generally maintained. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 32s 6d to 325 9:1. Loaves, 141bs at 37e to 37s 6d-10lbs 385 to 385 6d, and 6lbs 409 6d to 41s per cwt. Treacle for delivery at 14; 6d to 14s 91. Bastards and Pieces at 175 to 265. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s on board at Amsterdam. To-day prices further reduced 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-Good and fine yellow at 82s to 84s, mid and good mid 78s to 81; Gd, low mid 76s to 77s 6d, good and tine brown 61i; to 755, mid and low middling 60s to 655, very ordinary dark 505 to 525, good middling and good yellow 81s to 82s Gd, fine brown 71s. EAST INDIA.-In Manilla no variation has taken place in prices. Siam low and middling white 24s to 265, good middling and good 26; 6d to 27s 6d, and fine 28a to 28s 6d. Fur Java prices do not give way. White kinds of Bengal stiff "slices offered, brown and yellow sorts have maintained last Tuesday's rates. FOREIGN.-For white sorts of Brazil, prices have been supported ; low Pernams at 24s 6d ; brown, former rates offered. Pert - tams middling and good brown and yellow 20; 6d to 265, and low soft to good strong white 23s 6d to 28s per cwt. Yellow 1-lavannah at rather lower rates, for. refining here at 24s to 245 6d for superior colour but not strong, at public sale 130 boxes good were taken in at 245. Havannish Muscovado taken in at stiff prices, viz. at 235 to 25s 6d for low and good yellow, excepting one lot, e hich fetched 25s per cwt. To-day standard lumps were not to be purchased under 95s per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar and Loaves were in better request, the former at Vs 91, and the latter 37; to 38s 6d for 10 to 14Ibs. MOLASSES.-This afternoon 13 puns. St. Lucia, and 31 puns Foreign were submitted to public competition, the former sold at 32s to 33; for good colour but thin quality ; the latter taken in at 13s for mid quality. COFFEE.-The market for British Plantation Coffee has presented a firm appearance since Tuesday last for home consumption, a good demand has prevailed for all clean descriptions, and former rates have been fully maintained, indeed on those terms importers for the most part arc not disposed to realise, and have again supplied the market sparingly, anticipating that a reaction will take place in prices in the early part of the new year ; unclean descrip tions have attracted more attention, and the prices of last Tuesday have been supported. This afternoon for all clean kinds of both East and West India there was a good demand for the home trade. and prices were firm. The public sales consisted of 257 beige 109 casks St. Jego de Cuba, 100 bags damaged Java, 109 casks 20 barrels 99 bags British Plantation, and 28 casks 37 bags of other kinds from the Cape : St. Jago de Cuba sold briskly for home use at stiff prices, viz good middling colory at 72s 6.1 to 74s 6d, middling 67s 6d to 70s, low middling 62s 6d to 635, fine crilinery 53; ed to 57a, good ordinary dingy 483 to 49; Gd, damaged Java went at 47; 6d to 54; 6d, being the full value ; B. P. was all unclean, and only partly soli at 70s to 71s fur good ordinary Demerara and Berbice. COCOA.-This afternoon the demand was good for 8.P., and 300 bags Granada at auction principally found buyers at 493 6il to 51s for ordinary and fair red, being the full value. TEA.-The trade operated with caution in Tea during the past week, and privately there was only a limited busi ness transacted in either black or green kinds of Free Trade ; the chief holders however displayed firmnesss, and would not reduce their pretensions, and some kept their samples altogether from the market, but those who were disposed to realise were compelled to submit to rather lower rates, and at the pub lic sales on Friday a reduction was established on last Tuesday's prices of id on Twankay, id on Congou, and 2d on Hyson-the biddings were languid, there being only a small attendance of the trade ; 2,255 packages were offered, of which 1,580 were disposed of at the following rates : - Hyson, middling str ra burnt 2s 10iii to 2s 111 d, but mid coa burnt 2s 9d, ord 2s 51, but mid ra burnt Gunpowder flavour 3; 8d ; Congou, but mid rather full Campoi kind 2s 3id, but mid rather flat rather Hung Muey flavour 2s 4d, but mid rather strong little burnt 2s 41d, but mid rather strong old Souchong savour 2s .51 to 2s 51d; Twankay, but mid strong little burnt 2s 21c1 to 2s 31d ; Imperial, pref to mid leaf as 6d to 3s 7d ; Gunpowder, mid strong 4s 9d to 4s 9id, fine at 6s 6d ; Hyson Skin, mid fresh little burnt, 2s 5d to 2; 51 ' • Orange Pekoe mid rather strong scen ted, 3s I d to 3s lid per lb. The speculative market has exhi bit a tranquil appearance all the week, and Com.. pany's Congou has declined to 2s 3d cash ; yesterday buyers were on the alert, and several contracts entered into, 2s Sid to 2s 314 cash ; free trade was also in rather better request at Friday's rates. The stock is on the decrease in the kingdom, and the deliveries being pretty good, together with the prospect of a long time elapsing before the diffe rences with the Chinese is settled, cause several holders to be sanguine in their expectations. For auction on the 15th 6,000 packages are announced. RUM. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum market keeps quiet, and the demand has been limited for both Jamaica and Leewards; the sales have not exceeded 260 puns West India. Jamaica and strong Leeward have generally maintained former rates, but common kinds must be quoted rather cheaper ; proof Leewards have been disposed of at 2e 101c1 to 2s 100, 3 to 4 per cent over proof 2s lid to 3s, 7 to 12 over 3s Id to 3s 2d, 13 to 15 over 3s 3d to 3s 4d, 25 over ss, very fine 33 over 5s 8d; Jamaica, 30 per cent over 6s, 32 over 64 2d, 34 to 36 over 6s 8d to 6s 9d, fine and very fine 7s to 7s 2d. In East India small sales have been made at 2s 5d proofs ; at Bristol some parcels have been sold for this market at 2s 4d to supply the Go vernment contract. The stock of West India is 2,291 puns and 539 hhds larger than last year at this time. Brandy is held firmly, but the transactions have been limited at the following rates, viz. Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836, 55 1 d to 5s 3d in puns and hhd s; 1837, do 4s lid to s s; 1838, do 4 s 9d to 4; lid ; 1839, do 4s 7d to 4s 9d per gallon: the stock is on the decrease. Geneva has sold steadily for export at is lld to 2s. The demand has beers limited for British Corn Spirits and lOs is the quotation for cash. Bieß.-For Bengal the demand is improving, and pri vately a fair business has been transacted a we red atrevious rates ; good and fine white sorts are much 13s to 14s, but of such the supply tion, 1,151 bags went at 12s 6d for middlin.gwhite,above and a few lots ordinary yellow at 8s 6d, being nest, the value. Java has been in increased. 11 is yet s mall: al e e q were and nearly the whole of 13,000 bags at p pu blic s ood arid disposed of at and after the sale at full Pries ; g good fine white fetched 11s to 125 6d, middling . and middling lOs to lOs 6d, low mixed. with Paddy viz. at 9s to Madras sold at the full value, , 8s 6d to 9s 6d per cwt : at auct.ion, 500 bags Os 6d for good bold yellowish white. The arrivals of Rice are expected to be small for some time; the stock is on the decrease, and is now 125,298 bags, last year at this time it was 89,774 bags. The home and export deli- IRISH MARKETS. OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending DEC. 4. From To 892 1 W h eat ,per barrei ..c._ 5uni,......1 24 4) 3: 0 t 672 . Bere .._.... lO stole 110 0 12 0 7!..t Barley 901 Oats - '4 stone 8 6 11 6 0 Flour, per cwt... fistoue ..... 0 0 597 0atmea1...—.—..... A stone ll 6 13 6 Sold to Bakers only. 11,593 Cwt. Flour lO 0 25 0I 22 o Average price of Wheat and lour s'r 4d, per sack „,, Finis :::.. from 225. Od to 253 II Receipts of Flour, 13,273 ) eseron from ,r2B. Od. to o f Od 8 ' 114 " or D° ' 11'59° boron u+ .........: from 'los. Od. to Jai Average 1 31 I ' 11 10 g 12 5 PE 0 , .. UP Mtge.!). Quarter': Loa , pd, Halt ../, - Jartern .....434d. CORK MARKETS—Dec. 5 1 96 Wheat (per 20st.Y4Os Od. tons. o.i.joats ,per 14st. ... 8 Od. to, „ 0 . B a rley (per ilist.)ll 0 15 0 11.10 , 7 (per cwt ; ..11 0 21 Oatmeal (per cwt.)...........,..w.... Od. to 163 Od Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d.--Veal, 4d to fel Pork, 41d. to 5d.--Fresh Butte', 10d. to ltd per IF. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Coo n " First Quality.... ........» .•..•.)03 ( ........•.•........•..... .. ... .:' 2 Second Third Fourth T Filth Sixth 77 ....,••••1.•..• •.••• • ...... 611 CLONMFLL MARKE'rS,....Dee. 5 Pe* Cwt. d.. e. 0 s. d. 1 e . d. 0 t . W New Butter ... II , i, oto PO 0 Hides (raw).......... ,--- 4v , ~, Oatmeal l2 0 12 3 8ac0uPg5.....,..... 26 C; ..-- ' Rendered Lard 0 52 '..1 Heads. .......... ..,... 23 , ter Bab,. n 50 P i , Flour, Second .. — e 44 :, 1.1( tour,Thads.....,..—, , + ‘' ---Household 0 42 0 1--- k0urtne......22 u Per Bartel. 14 0 Rapeseed 20 0 —Ol Barley ...»«. 13 Y ..... 0 Bere - KILKENNY MARKETS. (5 ' o d. to OR 411 ' Wheat ‘ per barrel)3os. Od.to 37 5. 0 . 1 . Beef ',)er U., ...., Os. p Bar's y 20 0 22 U Mutti‘a ~.......«.., 0 5 , o 7 Oats N. 6 11 6 Pork , ........ ....... 6 07 . t Flour (tier bag) :31) 0 40 0 V ea' .....,..„..,,, 0 ,0 0 I r 0 . Butter per cwt.) 90 0 11 , - , 0 mesh-mesh-Butter ....- „, 6 0 10. Bacon Pigs 35 0 36 0 Salt Ditto pe s t.. 0 2 U 0 Coals 1 0 1 2 VotatoesipeW , , HAMBURG MARKETS. : :it GRAIN. vVheat, Marks 3OO to 538 Barley, Mecklenburgh 1 1 50 74 r o 1 1 69 99 ---- Magdeburg ::12 to 360 -- Magdeburgh... --- Anhalt, white 330 to 360 -- Holstein ........ 131 t o l i 9 4. 1 ------ red - 5ummer ......... na to 114 -- Brunswick 3OO to 336 Oats, Eider ............... ,- i - ._ , 44 #l O -- Mecklenburg '27o to 351 -- Mecklenburg ... I t o to 144 -- Polish - Holstein .......... .. 12 _ ilj A -- fioutoin - East Friesland... 1' ~ to I`p Rye, Mecklenburg --- Dantrie Buck Wheat ............... 60 to 2:: obing and K 2 2 .5 to 246 Beans ..... .. ............. .... nigsburg --- Upl All d. ........ 1( irt , 2 3 46 5 5, R t a i I ) t e se . e .. d . : Hanover ... .. ...... '2lO to 0 Tares .................... .... 330 to 4ix. corrow. Carolina and Tennessee 7 Lito 0% Maranham ................ 7' Georgia, Ist sort 7 71 4 Madras ...................... 4. 3danti.. ..., 614. es, Surats 4 4th ... 5 6', Domingo ..... 9 1 4 6 4 t " . ' i ':'f ! 4 : 4 ' 4 4 dOF,FEE. . , • Mocha 1' to l Domingo Batavia 5% 5% La Guavra. ................. 4% .. Sumatra Porto Rico 5 ' i —.4 Rio 4% 514 Havannah 4 % 6% .; Bahia SUGAR.—(With 8% Discount.) Havannah, White 6to 9 ` Bahia, White Brown 5 (iy Brown Ilis White 54 6N, Pernambuco, White ' Brown Manilla, Brown, sto 6y4 ......r5: toy ~'",,' co SW 5 6T% 126 to!' , 1.../....0..~....1.81,../...../..............- 36, OLD BOND - STREET , AND 1, OLD JEvvior, i':f CHEAPSlDE.—Patronised by th e Ro y al Family, her jesty the Queen of Hanover, the Duchess of Richmon?, ''''', Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Leeds, the late Duke ng ' Buckingham, the Marquis of Wellesley, Eitc. ; Sir . 1 . " Anderson, M.D., 11, New Burlington-street • Sir Ben)a: ii min C. Brodie, Bart., F. R. S., Saville-row; 'Sir Antbn° 7 ~ Carlisle, F. R. S., Langham-place ;J. T. Conquest. hi- P a ' ' F. R• S ,13, Finsbury-square; Jos. Copland, M. D••• F,.; g •,,,,,'''' ' '* Bulstrode-street, Manchester-square; Bransby B. Li r rk:' : Esq., F. R. S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital;__ E. W. Y u "' - ' ' M D., F. R. C. S. , 14. 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Their Voice Cond a d additions" most effectual relief in cases of Deane"' "° w orn en' to the!rrrilable are satisfaction is derived from the fact that tbeY wil l b L e ,V se E nt ß y tirely unseen. . an a if l --- Pamphlet of T. COX SA VdRY'S Prices of Silver 5p?,_!.... and Forks, with Drawings of the Patterns,b'll'eaa oPstLfAreTe,E.i—f applied gurblished gratis, _ vices with Designs, Presentation Plate, Silver-edged PI 7 I Ware, the new Plated on White Metal Spoons and 1",1' Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gold and Silver 'Watches, Ott, Jewellery, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Chains, with Pro" of the New Patterns. eclat The ground floor, first, second. and third goon are Sued for the exhibition of an extensive stock. and Pa:liColffeetle_r;;ll , T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from GrassehnEcir street), 1..01..... ,0 _..... SILVER-PLATED CORNER DISHr-0.- , A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Blan.ufacturing Silversmith!! ' No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, sub mit !„? the prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated Cor ne r .. -0 4 Dishes, with silver handles and edges, lv s hields h) engraving the crest or coat of arms : The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner D ishes and Covers... £lO 10 0 . 1 . ., Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and 0 ' t Covers .................. ... ... ; .......................... 2 • -.; The Flower Pattern . , Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and C0ver5............................................... £1.3 10 0 ' N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to --*t of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. any 1 , with B r onzed ,H STEEL FIRE-IRONS , ea ddl ...; 15s. per Set , Bronzed Fenders, 93. 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