The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

i;VENING r- EDITION. itIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY 'PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The speech of Me. Guizor, which our readers will fad elsewhere, seta forth with the clearness and pre cision which characterise that statesman, the leading facts. of the recent course of affairs, and the leading "onsiderations which they are calculated to suggest to the minds of his countrymen. He first showed, with unanswerable plainness and perspicuity, that no insult er injury had been offered to France. He then showed .hat no French interest or influence recommended resort to arms on the pretext of insult or injury. The latter point was what required to be laboured with she real war party—if indeed labour were not thrown away upon them. It was nothing avowed, but soinething unavowed, that urged them to warlike de monetrations. It was not that they thought France had been insulted or injured, but that they thought France had missed an advantage—had thrown away an " influence" and " ascendancy." Certainly, if persist ing in the attempt to intimidate Europe could have ob tained for France the recognition of her right to dic :ate all its transactions, that ascendancy is surrendered by teking a pacific tone. Again, if ascendancy in the East could have been assured by alliance with Mehe met Ali, that ascendancy has been lost by not making war upon Europe in his cause. But if both these have been baseless dreams, the fruit of the most inflated ignorance, then France has surrendered nothing by adapting her policy to the true state of things. It is the polies of journalists to prompt newspaper outcries, and then obey them. It is the policy of mere demagogues, or public incendiaries, to excite the popular passions upon false pretences, and reply with defiance, and warlike demonstrations, to the alarms of Europe. We think it very remarkable that some of those peace-at-any-price jourrieliste here, who have so vehemently denounced our Government for incurring the risk of war in Eu rope, are now saying M. Thiers' retreat was a fatal ttay for French honour. These worthies have double weights and measures for national honour ; or rather they have sympathies with humbug " all over the world." To be otherwise than in the closest intimacy with the popular dealers in that commodity, no matter what their bluster or duplicity might be, was an unpar donable sin on the part of the rulers of this country. To be able to dispense with their services is an irre 'es:es/able loss to the French nation. Ah bah! (From the Courier.) That the genus of waiting maids is incorrigible, and has been from all time, is a truism too stale now to be questioned, and the fussy freaks with which affronts and scolding, submissively received in the drawing room above, are retaliated " below stairs" to hearers al! on one side, are not the less diverting because of their smartness and impertinence. Our good-humoured friend of the Post would seem ambitious of high stand ing among the fair tribe, if its pretensions may be mea sured by an article this morning. For example, in refe rence to Lord Palmerston's "note" of November 2, pro fessing to be a reply to the memorandum of M. Thiers, of October 8, which memorandum, according to the Chronicle, speaking, as the Post says, advisedly for the Secretary, "it became necessary at once to meet," we objected that no such urgency was apparent, or could be understood, so far as dates, that is time, were taken a s a guide. For this pressing note of his Lordship made its appearance only Twenty-three days after re aeipt of the document to which professing to be an argent rejoinder ; that is, some half month after the memorandum itself was forgotten or remembered only IS a page of past history. The Post, with the airs of second-hand g entility, wonders at the vul garity which can descend to " dates," as if a " political loeument" were an " order for Manchester goods, or an enclosure of bills as per margin," to be acknowledged by " return of post, or at all events within two or three days." We are far from wondering equally at the tone and temper of such :a conception, for we never heard that " dates" were ever regarded as a necessity in the " note" writing instruction of waiting gentlewomen, or that " bills" for " Manchester goods" were ever voted by them to be anything but excessively vulgar, even if presented twelve months after " date." From many fair symptoms for some years past we had imagined that onr kind Contemporary had cast off its slough, and there fore it is always with regret we see the old leaven at work in its columns, and hands put in requisition to do foreign or other politics, who might otherwise perform more fitting and appropriate service in servants' halls or butlers' pantries, from whence perhaps they take their origin, or date their connexion with the press, as once approved retailers of routs and frivolity under the grace ful heading of the " Fashionable World." (From the Standard.) The Spectator of yesterday alludes to a report of .:ertait2 written approvals of the enforcement of the Treaty of July said to have been given by the Duke of - Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Aberdeen, and the Examiner speaks of consultations between the three Conservative statesmen named and the Foreign Secre tary. We do not pretend to have authority for con tradicting this strange surmise, but we think that we safely may contradict it without waiting for authority. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Aberdeen, are not ignorant of the duties of statesmen, and nobody will charge them with indiscre tion ; but surely it is a well understood duty of public awn, a duty to themselves as well as to the Constitu tion, not to tender any private advice in the Govern ment of the country, because for such private advice they cannot be responsible. We can easily suppose the answer which Lord Palmerston would receive to as application for advice from the illustrious Duke, the Right Hon. Baronet, or Lord Aberdeen, " My Lord, you are her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, not I ; and if you cannot rely upon your own judgment, your colleagues in the Cabinet, not unofficial and irresponsible Members o f Parliament, are your proper advisers." But why should Lord Palmerston ask advice in the m atter ? The Treaty of July was known during the sitting of Parliament, and received, at least, the tacit approbation of the Conservative leaders ; but nobody could be so weak as to suppose that an engagement upon a question of such moment—an engagement, ton, Preceded by negotiations of such duration and earnest ness, was to remain a dead letter. As to the view which the French Government would take of the affair, that was necessarily foreseen. The Government of France disapproved of the terms of the Treaty, or it would have yielded to some one of the many invitations to become a party to it. Having thought the step taken by the Allies in July a wrong one, the French Government rnuet regard the effectual following up of that step, two months later, a wauvais precede, no matter what shape the operation might take. So far, then, Lord Palmerston was assured of the support of men who never yet allowed party considerations to interfere with their care for the honour and interests of the coun try ; and why then should he take the irregular and unconstitutional course ascribed to him ? BOY BURNED TO DEATH BY PUTTING I'IIORUS 11 ins PocKET.—An inquest was held before Mr. Chapman, the Borough Coroner, on Monday last, on the body of a boy, ten years of age, named Joseph Shaw Ives, son of John Ives, of Thurlstone, Yorkshire, who was burned to death under the following singular circurn ltances :---Sarah Whitehead, of Berry-street, stated that on the 23,1 October last she saw the deceased running clown the street, smoking as if cu fire. She put him into a t'9 l 3 of water, and, knowing him, took him home. On the wAy he said he had picked up, in St. George's-road, piece of something of which Congreve matches were macro, and when he felt he was burning he put it in his pocket, :Lod it had disappeared. Mary Shaw, wife of Thomas Shaw, of Chapel-street, stated that the deceased lived with them. Ile died from the burns about half-past two o'clock the preceding morning. Her husband had since called at Mr. .11‘ William's, druggist, in St. George's road, where he had ascertained that the shop had taken fire from the bursting of a phosphorus bottle, and that the remains of the bottle had been thrown into the street. The deceased said he had got a piece the size of his hand op posite the shop, and put it in his pocket. lie was attended by Mr. Braid, surgeon. The Jury returned a verdict "That the deceased was accidentally burned by phospho rus.'s—Manehester Guardian. ONIE, OCT. 31.—Yesterday evening the young an d ,accomplish ed Princess Borghese, whose premature death all Rome laments, was buried in the family vault in the church of Santa Maria Mnjorc. The funeral was on a ul agniticent scale. The hearse was drawn by a large num ber of young men, and an immense crowd accompanied the mortal remains of the Princess to their last abode. There is a great mortality here in all classes, indepen_ f a ien tly of the numerous deaths of the smallpox. The Duchess de Riguano, daughter of the Prince de Piombion, i s a l s o dying. I'liE FOSSIL , TREES ON THE BOLTON RAIL of thirty this town wAy.,--On Wednesday last a party,aielwonas;srtriontug t 1 the Bolton r Ou Thurs day whose re tPoe 1-4°l Dixonp Fold-- to examine these very . extraordinary relies An antediluvian for g e a s s t s . iz, of, in all probability, : •,.d by Professor A day they were visited iand recent ' l a 'es in fogs] le hy nogy, searches and discoveries departments of geological arid other Ecience, and in various celebrated throughout the civilized bad given him a name and skilful townsman, Mr. Bally, world. Our ingenious asts of tbesc trees in plaster o f is now engaged in taking . c models of . them in that to making exact 0 le v. —Man. Paris, preparatory G e ological S e material for the Manchester cheater Guardian. —A Bill —l-rotBoRN. CITY IMPROVENIENTS. Parliament to cons truct a is prepared for the sanction of P a svgate.street new street or way from the west end of Ne lane, w h ere by and the Old Bailey to the end of Fett er- Holborn by the dangero u s declivities of the present li n e s zad Snow-hill s are av oided. The street , " by Royal• com mand," is to b e ca ll e d Vi c toria-street, and will , at the be ginning, intersect Green-arbour-court. Braziers' -build ogs, and Castle -st r e e t, on the eastern side of Farringdon ztreet, which w ill be connected to the western side by a bold and splendid viaduct of one arch of considerable architectural beauty. The line will then continue west ...fard, crossing Shoe-lane, Thavies-inn, and •Bartlett's imildings, where it wtll make a curve to the (northward, 1-....nd occasion the removal of some houses at the end of 'eter-tane, to bring it upon a level with the top of Hol- I.hill. 13y this plan many unhealthy and densely. iated courts and alleys on both sides of Farringdon * .. ..•'.; w '.- s ill disappear. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 23. THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM BAINES-CHURCH-EATF3. (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday.) The ATTORNEY- GENERAL submitted that that would not help the case at all Evidence could not be taken in a case to supply a defective allegation. The allegation was that he had refused to pay a sum of 2/. 55., to which he was rated and assessed; it then went on to say that this was in a suit of substraction of Church -rate, but that was only evi dence to support a defective allegation; but if the allega tion was defective, no evidence whatever could support it. There was a case in point in the 2d Salthill, p. 681. By the Ist of William and Mary, it had been enacted, that if any Clerk of the Peace should misd_ mean himself in his office, the Court of Quarter Session should have power to remove. Now in a case which occurred, a certain A. D. was charged with misdemeaning himself, and the Court of Quarter Session removed him, the writ stating that he had been charged with misdemeaning himself, and that it appeared he had misdemeaned himself in his office, by extorting from one A. P. the sum of 55., but the allegation was defective, and Holt, Chief Justice, together with seven other of the Judges, determined that the order of sessions must be quashed as insufficient, inasmuch as it did not appear that the misdemean our charged related to his office. And in thia in stance he contended that the allegation ought to have shown that it was for the non-payment of a sum of money to which the defendant had been assessed for a Church-rate for the repair of his parish church. The case might be a cause of subtraction of Church -rate, and yet not a Church-rate which he had been or dered to pay. It was not sufficient that their Lordships shotf.d imagine what might probably be the case ; they had no right to suppose anything, and the juris diction ought to hare been expressly shown in the allega tion. He had two other objections to make before he came to a conclusion of his argument, Ist in the schedule of the Act 55, George 111., Chapter 31, the form in which the writ to the Sheriff was to run was expressly given. Now where the liberty of the subject was concerned, it was of the utmost importance that all these forms should be du'l observed. In the case of Richards and Stuart, 10 Bingham, p 319, a def,ndant had been held to bail on an action of trespass. He had been arrested on a warrant of capias for 12,000/. The Court discharged the bail bond on his putting in a common appearance, on the grouad that the defendant had been held to bail in an action of trespass, instead of on premises. Now, it was most fit that the rule laid down in that case should be rigidly adhered to. Chief Justice Tindal in that case had said that it would be always more safe and con venient that writs should run in the very words directed as then there could be no rooms to indulge in conjecture, and no doubt could possibly arise on the subject, and in that opinion Mr. Justice Bosanquet had concurred. Now the words of the schedule were, " Whereas it appears that —, of , in your county, is manifestly contuma cious," &c. Now the writ in this instance was not in the words of the statute. It stated, " Whereas one William Baines, of the Market-place, in the said borough of Lei cester, hatter and hosier, a parishioner and inhabitant of the parish of St. Martin, in the said borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, is manifestly contumacious," &c. Now it changed the language of the schedule ; it did not say in your county, it said in the county of Leicester. Now, it did not necessarily follow that the whole of the borough of Leicester, in the county of Leices ter, should be in his bailiwick. In the Ludlow case their Lordships bad granted a mandamus concerning the ad mission of Mr. Lechmere Charlton, as a burgess of the borough of Ludlow, in the county of Salop, as residing at Ludford, within the borough of Ludlow, in the county of Salop. Now, although such was the designation of the borough, yet Ludford was actually in the county of Warwick, and therefore not within the jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Salop, as not being within his bailiwick. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE— Would not " in the county of Leicester" be a sufficient description ? The. ATTORNEY- GENERAL—I would ask why depart from the words of the Act--the place of the residence of Baines, although within the borough of Leicester night not be within the county ? Hu would now come to the last objection; by the statute of 53d George 111, it was enacted that the statute of 5 Elizabeth sheuld be still applicable. Now by the sth Elizabeth it was enacted that the writ of excommunicatione ca piendo should be •pen, and so delivered to the Sher,ff in the presence of the Judges—this was a caution to protect the liberty of the subject. It was to be open, and delivered in the presence of the Judges, in order that they might have an opportunity of forming an opinion as to the regularity of the proceeding. Now it did not appear that in the present instance the writ had been delivered open at all. It had merely been delivered, but not open, so that tho Judges could have no opportunity of forming any opinion as to its validity. Here a form interposed by the law for the benefit of the subject had not been observed, and the proceedings connected with the arrest could not be considered other than illegal. Ile would not trouble their Lordships further, but would submit that on the grounds he had already stated, the defendant was entitled to his discharge. Mr. Hill was about to address the Court, when their Lordships consulted together as to the mod , of proceed ing in the case ; and, after some little discussion, it was settled that the course pursued in the case of the Canadian prisoners, should be adopted as a precedent to be followed in a►l future similar cases—viz., that all the Counsel for the prisoner should be heard, then all the Counsel in sup port of the return ; and that one Counsel for the prisoner should be heard in reply. Mr. M. D. HILL would take the objections in the same order as the Attorney-General had done. And, first, he contended that the certificate ought to run in the name of the Archbishop. It was quite clear that unless the 55th George 111. made some alteration in the law on the sub ject the certificate must run in the name of the Archbishop. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he had just been in formed that in the case of the " Queen v. Jones," the de fendant had been discharged by the Court om the very ground that the certificate had run in the name cf the Sur rogate instead of the Bishop. Lord DENMAN said the case had not yet been reported. He recollected the prisoner had been discharged, but it he remembered rightly there had been several grounds of ob jection. Mr, WILLIAMS had been in the case of the Queen and Jones, and the Court had stated the ground of the judg ment in that case to be that the significavit bad run in the name of the Surrogate instead of the Bishop. Mr. HILL said, on that objection it was clear, unless the Act of George 111. had made a change in the law, the significavit must run in the name of the Bishop. In ad dition to what had been said by the Attorney-General on that point, he would merely quote Vince& Abridgment, under the head Ecclesiastical Law, in which it was stated that what was done by the Commissary was of equal power as if it had been dono by the Bishop, inasmuch as the Bishop was the principal ; but all things must therefore be done in the name of the Bishop, although it might be done by the Commissary. This was precisely the same principle as the execution of deeds by a power of attorney —the deed must be executed in the name of the principal and not of the attorney. The Bishop is the Judge, the Corn. missary is merely his representative. The Bishop had a right to sit as Judge it he liked—nay, in some cases where clergymen were concerned he was obliged to sit as a Judge. It was expressly laid down in the Bishop of St. David's case, Ist Salthill, p. 132, that the Commissary only sat in case of the Bishop. . . The Court was perfectly cognizant of the Archbishop, the Bishop, and even the Archdeacon, but they had no cogni zance of any officer of the attorney—of the Bishop, as it were. If the objections taken by the Attorney-General were good, then it followed, as a matter of course, that the whole proceedings in the case were bad and il legal. The Learned Gentleman quoted several cases to show that the Court was at all times anxious to see that in any case where the liberty of the subject was involved, the preliminary proceedings were regular. Now in the present case it did not appear upon the lace of the significavit that the rate was such a one as could be enforced by the Spiritual Court. It did not appear to the Court how the rate was made—whet.her it was agreed by the inhabitants in vestry assembled, or whether it was made by the churchwardens, even against the will of the parishioners. The significavit only said that Mr. Baines had had the usual notice; but that would not do, for the Court was left in entire ignorance of what the usual notice was. It had always been the policy of the Conrt to watch, with thn utmost jealousy, the attempts of the Ecclesiastical Courts to proceed against a party in his absence ; and he trusted, that in the present case, their Lordships would quash the proceedings, which were so clearly irregular. Mr. BAINES and Mr. MELLOR followed on the same side ; . but as the case had been so ably argued by the Learned Gentlemen who had preceded them, they de clined to occupy the time of the Court further than calling their attention to a few cases analagius to the one under consideration. Mr. WIGIITNIAN said he had to support the sufficiency of the significavit, and, in doing so, be thought it would be best for him to take the objections in the order in which they were made. The first was that takt n by the At torney-General, viz., that the significavit was bad, because it was in the name of Sir Herbert Jenner, and not in that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was laid down in Gibson 926, that the significavit was to issue from the same Judge as issued the citation. In this case the cita tion was made by Sir H. Jenner, by him, tnerefore, was the significavit to be issued—that was the plain direction of the 53d George the Third. His Learned Friends had moat irregularly introduced much matter that was irrele vant. The Court could not quash the rate. All that the Court had to look at was the Habeas Corpus and the re turn made to it. It would have been fatal to their cause if they had changed the course of their proceeding for the purpose of a significavit, and had made the significavit in the name of the Archbishop, he not being the Judge who made the citation, not being the Judge who made the decree, and not being the Judge who pronounced the party in contempt. A nother objection raised was, that this was a final decree, though there was no appearance ; and it was said the Court had no made Learned in tor of Doctor's C ommon s, who stated that he bad been practice for 13 y ears , and that it was the consta n t an d other Ecclesiastic a l i nv c ariable practice of the Arches and tfhroemjuritissdietati havingpy who was contumacious and did Courts, to hear and determine a cause in the absence of a thatbeen served with a citation. not appear after hplerappear regularo fL But be submitted C o ao rd u s r h se ips of wo p u r ld ocee n d o_t Court which had n in o t t erfere ing. Indeed it did not departedwith writ, that there had been an r y dualothe face of the de cree against him. The citation w as for judgment ai or would not pay, and would not appear, and was to pay—he as deemed con tumacious. He be gg ed leave, w the ef ther therefore su b m it, without reference to the argu ment, that i r iit ore, to were a final judgment, it was perfectly regular according to the Ecclesiastical cording to the practice Court, and th a t it nowhe re appeared. there had b een a anal decree or anything else than a judgment between the Churchwar den on the one part, and William THE SUN, LONnON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1840. Baines on the other, in a suit in which the proceedings had been carried on in pain of the contumacy. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Then there are the costs. Mr. WIGIITNIAN—That was a matter again entirely for the consideration of the Ecclesiastical Court. The reading thl significavit introduced another question arising on the form of the writ, if the Court could take notice of the writ now. lie had before protested against the writ being considered, but, subject to that protest, he would consider the 4th objection the other side had made, namely, that the writ did not describe the place of abode in the manner pointed out by the schedule of the 53d Geo. 111. It was for his Learned Friend to show it was possible that part of the borough of Leicester was in another county. Lord DENNIAN—Why do you depart from the form pre scribed by the Act? Mr. WIGHTMAN observed that no doubt it would have been better to follow the strict words, but he submitted there was no ambiguity in the case. If it had been "in your county," the same difficulty would have arisen because the Saeriffs' county was the county of Leicester. The fifth objection, he confessed, he was rather surprised to hear taken—namely, that it did not appear the writ was delivered open in the presence of the Judges. Was it competent for his Learned Friend to say that because it did not appear from the statement annexed to the writ that it was delivered op that therefore that had not been done ?If his Learned Friend could show by affidavit, or suggest to the Court that the due course of proceeding required by law was not taken in this case, then it might be competent f)r hi:n to make the objection. The Court would presume that the writ was delivered in a proper manner, unless it was shewn to the satisfaction of the Court that the proceeding was not strictly regular. There was one objection, though not made by the Learned .Attorney-General, it was taken by Mr. Baines, namely, that It did not appear the Ecclesiastical Court had any jurisdic tion with respect to this Church-rate, because the sum was under 101. That objection he ( Mr. Wightman) sub mitted was not better founded than any of the others, The Ecclesiastical Court had a general jurisdiction over Church-rates, Wit it was the Magistrates who had the particular jurisdiction given them by the statute of 53 Geo. 111. In the case of the King against the Churchwardens of Mullgrove, 5 Maule and Selwyn, the Court held that the Justices could not interfere unless it appeared the amount was under 101., and no question had been made as to the va lidity of the rate in the Ecclesiastical Court. But here pro ceedings had been taken in the Ecclesiastical Court, and therefo, e the Magistrates had no jurisdiction. The Learned Counsel, in conclusion, submitted that the signifi cavit had been issued according to the very words of the Statute by the Judge before whom all the proceedings were had, and that the issuing of the significavit in the name of the Archbishop would have been clearly irregular; that the second ground of objection entirely failed, because the course of proceeding was one that wholly and solely belonged to the Ecclesiastical Court, who was the sole judge of its own rules of practice ; that the de cree was made in a suit within the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court, being a case of subtraction of Church-rates ; that their Lordships would not interfere on the ground of the cause of proceeding being different from the practice of the co.nmon law, provided it appeared the suit was one in which the :Ecclesiastical Court had jurisdiction, that stating the party to be in the county of Lei cester, was equivalent to saying, " being in your county ;" and with respect to the last objection, it did not appear from the writ that it was not delivered open in the Court at Westminster, er to the Sheriff of Leicestershire, but that if it had not been so delivered, it would have been for his Learned Friend to show it by affidavit, and that he was not to as sume there had been any irregularity. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—YOU could not put that on affidavit. That is en objection to the proceeding itself; but you could not, under Sergeant Onslow's Act, bring it under discussion by affidavit. You must not judge by the writ itself. Nlr. WimyruAN—No doubt, my Lord; but the writ is not before you. The Learned Counsel then submitted that no objection had been made to induce the Court to discharge the prisoner out of custody. Tile ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied. Lord DENMAN—We must consider some of the objec tions ; but we will certainly give judgment on Wednesday morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 21. HOPE V. WEST. This was an action by a wharfinger against the lessee of an adjoining wharf, for fraudently intercepting his business, and taking goods for carriage from London to Canterbury, which were addressed to the plaintiff's care, and to the fees for carrying which the plaintiff was entitled. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Mr. Ser geant Channell obtained a rule nisi to set aside the ver dict, on the ground that the interception was not traced sufficiently to the defendant, by the evidence before the Jury, and also on the ground of misdirection. Mr. Sergeant STOCK, with whom was Mr. Hum nutty, showed cause against the rule, which, after much argument, was discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The first sessions of the present Mayoralty com menced yesterday, before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the Sheriffs, &c. &c., with the ordinary formalities. Mr. Baron PARKE proceeded to address a few ob servations to the Grand Jury, after they had been sworn, and said that it was a matter of congratulation to him, and he was sure it would be to the Grand Jury, that there were only two serious cases in the Calendar, viz., one a charge against a man named Littleton, of murder ing an unfortunate woman with whom he cohabited, by beating her on the head with a broomstick, and the other against an individual having the charge of a steam vessel, who, it was alleged, had caused the death of a party by culpable negligence. In the first case they would have to see whether the deceased had given any provocation to the prisoner, and the character of the weapon itself would also be material when they came to consider whether the act was com mitted in pursuance of a deliberate intention to murder the deceased, or whether it was the result of sudden passion, provoked by the unhappy deceased, and, according to their opinion, upon these circum stances, they would either return a bill for murder or manslaughter. With respect to the case occurring upon the river, the question they would have to decide was whether the unfortunate occurrence took place acciden tally, owing to the darkness of the night, or whether there was any culpable negligence on the part of those on board the vessel. After making some general re marks in :eference to their duties, the Learned Judge dismissed the Grand Jury to their Chamber to investi gate the Bills that were ready to be presented to them, The COURT then proceeded to dispose of the tra versed cases of felony and misdemeanour. (Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN.) Mary Ann Harrison, a young woman, was convicted of stealing a watch, two seals, and a chain, the pro perty of Thomas Pepper. It was then proved that the prisoner had been pre viously convicted of felony. The offence of which she was convicted was a'so stealing a watch from a man in the street, and it appeared that she was then sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said it was clear that the prisoner was a hardened offender. A lenient punish ment had not had any effect in reforming her, and she must take the consequence of her own m isconduct. He then sentenced her to be transported for ten ) ears. Joseph Terry Butcher, a person of g entlemanly ap pearance, surrendered to take his trial upon an indict. ment, charging him with a misdemeanor. Mr. Plitwrs, counsel for the prosecution, said he had looked a ttentively over the depositions, and was of opinion that it would only be a waste of time to go on with the case, as the charge could not be sustained in law. The COURT on this directed a verdict of Not Guilty to be returned. The character of the misdemeanour did not transpire. George Farrell, 25, was indicted for sterling a bag, thirty-three sovereigns, ten half sovereigns, fifteen Pounds in silver, and a 5/. Bank of England note, the property of John Garrett. Mr. PAYNE defended the prisoner. - - - It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, Mr. Garrett, is the proprietor of the Lewes Arms Inn, Dover Reach, and resides at Uckfield, in Sussex. On the 10th November the money in question was placed in a bag and given a man named William Gaston, who drives the Uckfield van, to convey from the inn to Mr. Garrett, and the bag was wrapped up in a smock-frock and placed ;n front of the van. When the vehicle ar riet d at the Elephant and Castle it was met by the pri soner, who is the b r other-in-law of Gaston, the driver of the van, and they drunk together, and the prisoner had an opportunity of taking the bag and its con tents. When the van arrived at Croydon, the money was missed, and Gaston immediately returned to London and obtained the assistance of Sergeant Waller, an active officer of the City police, and they proceeded together to the prisoner's lodging, where he was taken into custody, and the bag and the whole of the money was found upon him. Gaston asked the prisoner how he could be so cruel as to rob him, and lie replied, " You foolish fellow if I had not taken it some one else would." He also said that his brother in-law should have put the money in a safer place. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. The COURT sentenced him to be transported for seven years. Under the provision of the warrant of Ist of Oc tober, 1840, the following meritorious Colonels of long standing have been selected by Lord Hill for an increase of 1001. per annum in addition to their half-pay : —Cal. Sir Archibald Maclaine, Colonel James Hay, Colone George O'Malley, Colonel Charles A. Vigoureux, Colonel Sir Richard Armstrong, Colonel Sir Frederick Stull), Colonel John D u ffy, Colonel Charles E. Conyers, Colon. Roger Park. United Service Gazette. SPIRITS—THE REVENUE.—When the official returns are declaied—as they will be in a few days—they will exhibit these results, that the manufacture of spirits in Ireland was less, by Three Millions Five Hundred Thou sand Gallons in the year ended 10th October, than in the preceding year, ending on the Fame date. The consequent loss in revenue is close upon Five Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling, or more closely, 466,666/. I6s. 6d.— Southern Reporter. The King and Queen having been informed that the funds of two c haritable establishments at Rouen were exhausted, have given 2,000 f. to be divided between them. —Galiyrnane.s Messenger. CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. (Before Me'ssrs. WARINGTON and SUTHERLAND.) Arr. William Simmons, a small farmer at Mitcham, attended before the Magistrates to show cause why he refused and neglected to pay the sum of V. So, the amount of Church-rate for the ab ove p ar i s h. The defendant has obtained some notoriety in the pa rish of Mitcham, on account of the resistance he h a s offered to the payment of tithes, and for a great num ber of years he has been successful, and has boasted that he has saved enough out of th e p arson t o b u ild a cottage, which he, in derision, calls Tythe Cottage. The collector, in the present instanc e , h av i ng ma d e re peated application to him for th e Ch urc h- rate , f oun d it necessary to summon him for the amount. Mr. SUTHERLAND asked the defendant why be did not pay the money ? Defendant—l cannot understand it. Mr. SUTHERLAND—You never can understand, you know, Mr. Simmons. Defendant—l have paid one rate, and I want to know what they have done with the money, and what the new rate is made for ? The Collector said that Mr. Simmons could see the accounts if he thought proper to do so. The rate had been made in the usual way, and all the rest of the pa rishioners had paid it. Simmons said that before he paid the rate, he thought lie ought to know how the money was applied. Mr. SUTHERLAND told him the Bench could not enter into these particulars. The rate had been le gally made, and the Magistrates must enforce it. Summers—Well, if all the parish were of nay opinion, we should soon settle it. I would resist the payment through thick and thin. Mr. SUTHERLAND—In the mean time, Mr. Simmons, you must pay the money in a week. Simmons—l can't pay it in a week. I have a good many just debts, that must be paid before this. The Collector said he would allow Mr. Simmons a fortnight to pay the money. Simmons—N fortnight as not enough, I must have a month. Mr. SUTHERLAND-It must be paid in a fortnight ; and if )ou do not pay it in that time, a distress war rant will be issued. Simmons—Oh, I know all about warrants of distress. Warrants are nothing to me. Mr. SUTHERLAND—Very well, the order for payment a fortnight will be made ; and if you do not attend it, you must take the consequence. The parties then retired. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday, in consequence of the issue of summonses t o the Aldermen to attend to vote addresses to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent upon the safe and happy delivery of her Majesty, and the birth of the Princess, Royal, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs came in state and in their robes to the old Council Chamber, in which the Court of Aldermen is usually held. After having waited for upwards of an hoar, however, without being able to form a Court in consequence of the non-attendance of a sufficient num ber, his Lordship declared that there was no Court. it is said that the Court of Aldermen cannot sepa rately vote addresses on the occasion, as the Court of unmon Council, of which the Aldermen form a part, has already agreed to resolutions on the subject. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. ADDRESSES OF CONGRATULATION TO lIER MAJESTY, PRINCE ALBERT, AND THE DUCHESS OF KENT, UPON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. Yester.l.ay a Court was held at three o'clock, for the purpose of addressing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, upon the safe and happy delivery of her Majesty, and the birth of a Princess. The Lord Mayor, and Sheriffs Gibbs and Farncombe, came to the Court in state, and in their robes. There were but few Aldermen present, bat the Common Council were more nurneroas. The LORD MAYOR rose and said, in appearing for the first time in this Court, as Chief Magistrate of the City of London, I am anxious to express my sense of the honour conferred upon me by my fellow citizens, and at the same time to assure their representatives in this Court, that I am equally sensible of the many high re sponsibilities attending the office. To their friendly feeling, not less than to their experience, I look for the support necessary in the encounter of those difficulties, which even under the most favourable circumstances, arc almost inseparable from the chief magistracy. 1 zejeice that I can with confidence look to such support, and trust that with this aid, and the blessing of Divine Providence, I shall not be found wanting to the zealous performance of my duties. It is with no ordinary gratification I inform the Court I have received a communication from the Secretary of State announcing the safe delivery of her Majesty, and the birth of a Princess—(here the letter of Lord John Russell, of the 21st instant, was read)—and I have also the high satisfaction to mention that I have just received the fo.lowing bulletin : " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 23, 1840. " Half-past Nine o'Clock A.M. " The Queen has passed a good night, and her Ma jesty is going on favourably. The Infant Princess is well. (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. R. BLAGDEN." This announcement was received with cheers by the Court. Mr. RICHARD LAMBERT JONES (the Chairman of the London Bridge and Royal Exchange Committees) immediately rose to move addresses of congratulation. It was, he declared, with unspeakable pleasure he rose to congratulate the Lord Mayor, the Court of Common Council, and the country, upon the j oyful event which had so recently taken place, and under circumstances of so much promise.--(Cheers.) No one could feel higher gratification than he felt at rising to notice an event which was not only auspicious in giving birth to an heir presumptive to the Crown of these realms, but in preserving by the favour of Divine Providence the va luable life of her Majesty in a trial of great danger.- -(Loud cheers.) That life would, he fervently hoped, be long preserved to the incalculable advantage of the people, over whom long might she reign in uninterrupted peace and happiness, the grace and ornament of a pros perous and affectionate community.—(Cheers.) The event which they were assembled to commemorate was such as had never occurred to a Queen Regnant before in this country, and it was, he repeated, with a degree of pleasure, which he found it impossible to describe, that he moved a resolution that a most dutiful and loyal address be presented to her Majesty on her Majesty's safe and happy delivery, and on the birth of the Princess Royal.—(Continued cheers.) Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR said it was with the sincerest pleasure he seconded the proposition which had been so appropriately introduced by his friend Mr. Jones, and he could not but congratulate the Lord Mayor on the cir cumstance, that upon the first occasion of his Lord ship's appearance as Chief Magistrate in that Court, his Lordship should have the pleasing duty of conveying such welcome intelligence to the Court and the public. —(Cheers.) It was impossible to doubt, when he re collected the deep and affectionate interest taken by the Court in the successive events of her Majesty's life—before her accession to the throne—upon her ac cession—and upon her happy marriage, that upon this auspicious event, by which that happy union had been crowned, they should all concur in the warmest and hap piest expression of their joy.—(Cheers.) He would only add the hearty wishes of the Court for the new born Princess, that— " All princely graces With all the virtues that attend the good, May still be doubled on her ;" and that, perhaps, at a time when many of those who were present might not be there to witness it ; she might be an ornament to the country, and a blessing to the world.—(Great cheering.) Mr. LAWRENCE most cordially agreed in every word that had been uttered upon the subject. His object in rising was to notice the fact that so few Aldermen (there were no more than four or five present) were in attendance upon an occasion so extremely important as that for which they had assembled.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He was sorry to observe that such was the fact, and he was happy at the same time to see that the at tendance of Common Councilmen presented a very re markable contrast.—(Hear, hear.) It should, he de clared, be distinctly understood, that the Court of Aldermen were not the Corporation of London, although that Court arrogated to itself the power of going into the Royal presence with addresses. It was an usurpation of power in that Court to go up except as part of the Corporation, which consisted of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council. No such privilege as that which was thus claimed by the Court of Aldermen existed, and he trusted that no future at tempt would ever be made to repeat the usurpation.— ( Hear, hear.) It seemed that an attempt had been made to form a Court that day without success. Not withstanding the exceedingly important nature of the subject on which the Aldermen had been summoned a sufficient number of Aldermen could not be gathered to gether to constitute a Court. It was time to interfere to prevent any future deviation from what he consi dered to be the legitimate principle by which the Corpo ration ought to be governed. Let it be supposed that the Court of Aldermen were to assemble and agree to address the Throne upon any particular subject, and that, subsequently, the Court olCommon Council, con sisting, as it did, of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mon Council, were to assemble and agree to an address of a directly opposite tendency, how could the contra dictions be reconciled ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) Could the Court of Aldermen present an address to the Throne the reverse of that to which as part and parcel of the Coporation they agreed ?—(Cheers.) He, therefore, thought that the Aldermen ought to have as numerously as possible attended in their places in the Court of Common Council, which was the Court of the Corporation, and he regretted that so few were pre sent to recognize the connexion —(Hear, hear.) With all his heart lie acquiesced in the proposition, and he trusted that her Majesty's reign would be marked by public and domestic prosperity and happiness. Sir PETER LAURIE said he thought a much better occasion might have been selected by Mr. Lawrence for alluding to any misunderstanding which might exist between the two Courts with respect to their privi. leges.—( Hear, hear.) He had, he thought, reason to complain that Mr. Lawrence had taken advantage of a circumstance of which he (Sir Peter Laurie) confessed he was truly ashamed—the failure in the attempt to snake a Court of Aldermen that day. He, together with ten or eleven other Aldermen, had attended and remained in the place of meeting from one till past two o'clock, but they could not get the thirteenth Al derman, and were therefore obliged to separate without doing anything. As for the right which Mr. Law rence denied the Aldermen were possessed of, he (Sir Peter Laurie) believed that they had the privilege.— (Cries of" No, no," and " Yes.") He thought that they really possessed the right. He, however, did not mean to argue the point at that particular time. When , an occasion should occur, he would state his reasons for e ntertaining the opinion. Upon the present sub ject, he should declare that he most warmly joined in the sentiments of congratulation which had regretti ng been ut tered, and that he rejoiced in the event, again ' that the Court of Aldermen had not assembled, and at the same time declaring that those who were present to answer the summons ought not to be censured for the negligence of the absent.—( Hear.) Mr. ANDERTON said that, like Sir Peter Laurie, he felt ashamed of th e C our t o f Ald erme n.—(Laughter.) He really th oug ht th a t somet hi ng ought to be lone t compel the memb ers o f th at C ourt to attend more punc tually to the duties they had to perform. He believed that the Alde rmen h a d t h e power to go up with ad dresses to th e Th rone , an d h e believed they h a d the right too. He considered the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council as representing three estates, ana logous in some respect to those of the realm. He agreed with Sir Peter Laurie, as to the possession of the right by that body, but he could not help saying that they made a point, upon going up with an address, to treat the Common Council with superciliousness and contempt. He concurred in the address, but ho was ashamed of the Court of Aldermen.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. WELLS was quite surprised at hearing any body express regret at the absence of Aldermen. —(Laughter.) He always thought that the Court had greater reason for rejoicing than for lamentation, at the absence of gentlemen who were rather remarkable for thanngenial qualities of ignorance and indolence.—(A lgh, and cries of " Order.") Sir P. LAURIE objected to the course of vituperation in which Mr. Wells was indulging, and said that the con• duct of the Court of Aldermen was not the question for their consideration. The LORD MAYOR thought it necessary to interpose his authority to prevent anything like discord upon such an occasion. Mr. \‘' ELLS—I am ready to apologise, my Lord. I have said that the Aldermen were ignorant and indo lent. I have said it, it is true, and lam very sorry for it.—(A laugh.) No man could be more glad than he (las to see the prospect of the continuance of the sove reignty of the Queen, but however powerful might be the cause for rejoicing, he hoped that one of the conse quences would not be an increase of the Civil List and an addition to the already too severe burdens of the peo ple.—(Great hissing.) He hoped, too, that the frequent presentation of addresses would not be attended with the usual expensive advance of three guineas to the Lord Mayor, two guineas to each of the Aldermen, and half-a-guinea to each of the Common Councilmen. Alderman HUMPHERY said that it would be too bad to -allow such an assertion to go abroad, as that which Mr. Wells had last uttered, without contradiction. He nevi r had received the value of a farthing upon going up with an address. He utterly repudiated all idea of such an allowance or expenditure .—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Ousaan—The value of the thing is just what it will bring. That is—nothing. Nobody will believe a word of it.—(Laughter and cries of" Hear, hear.") Mr. STEPHENS assured the Court that no one felt more pleasure than he felt at the event, or more cor dially approved of the sentiments in favour of the ad dress. He could not, however, allow the opportunity to pass without expressing his hope that henceforward ad dresses would be presented merely from the Corpora tion, of which the Aldermen formed a component part, and the Aldermen would no more walk in before the rest of the Corporation, and make their bow and re turn. He trusted that they would all go up together as originally and constitutionally the case. 'rhe TOWN CLERK then put the question, and the resolution to address her Majesty was carried unani mously amidst cheers. Upon the motion of Mr. R. L. JONES, and seconded by Mr. R. TAYLOR, addresses were also unanimously voted to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent upon the happy event. Committee was immediately afterwards appointed to draw up the addresses. The mover and seconder, and the other members of the Committee, which con sisted of one member of each ward, and all the Alder men present, then retired, and, after a short delay, re turned with addresses, which were severally read by Sheriff Gibbs and the Town Clerk, unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be presented to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, by the whole Court. The resolutions were then ordered to be signed by the Town Clerk, and to be advertised in the Morning and Evening Papers.—Adjourned. SUPPRESSION OF DISCUSSION AT LIMERICK. Mr. Steele has sent us a copy of an address to the people of Limerick, which he published to explain his conduct in relation to Mr. Murray, the Anti-Corn-law lecturer, whose letter, impugning the conduct of Mr. Steele, we published in our paper of the 14th instant. The only paragraph of Mr. Steele's Address which sets his conduct in a light at all different from the letter of Mr. Murray is the following quotation : Well, the lecturer announced a second lecture for the evening following, and I deemed it my bounden duty to attend. I listened for some time, and whilst I was doing so the Mayor and Alderman Cripps entered the room, ac companied by Major Vokes, and approached the place where I was standing. . _ Addressing the Chief Magistrate in an under tone, and without interrupting the lecturer, I told him that " as far as I had heard, not a sentence had been uttered by Mr. Murray which, in my opinion, could be deemed objection able or tending to disturbance." Tho Mayor replied that notwithstanding this were so, the information he had on oath pas of such a nature as would render it his imperative duty to act in his magiste rial function in the same manner as on the night before, viz., by obliging the assembly of people to retire from the rooms. As he conceived it to be his duty to take this resolution, I instantly decided that as the most softened mode of pro ceeding which could be adopted, and the one best calcu lated under the circumstances to avoid the extremity of angry excitement, would be for me, by means of exhorta tion, to withdraw the people quickly with myself, instead of their being dispersed by the police, if the Mayor read the Riot Act. With respect to the matter immediately before us, I said, that as the individual who had come among us was enveloped in utter obscurity, and his name never before heard of in our city, after what occurred in Dublin, where Chartist emissaries sought to lure Ireland to be the accom plice of the miscreant Chartist leaders in England, it be hoved us to scrutinize with the greatest caution, and even suspicion, every itinerant political missionary who came amongst us from that country without unexceptionable in troduction. _ _ - . I placed in as powerful contrast as I knew how to ex hibit the pure, and peaceful, and ethereal system of the Irish Leader O'Connell, with the baleful, bloody, and chaotic doctrines of those anarchs,'the mountebank, torch fire, miscreant incendiaries, the Chartist leaders in Eng land. I spoke of the consequences, and did not omit to ame Monmouth and Frost, and his unhappy destiny ; and contrasted the Chartist organization which led to re sults like these, with the holy organization cf Ireland under my mighty Leader—an organization unstained by blood, and unwet with tears. Men of Limerick !—lt would have been moral injus tice of deep criminality, had I applied the spirit of this denunciation to the lecturer personally; from whom, as I have already said, I told the Chief Magistrate of our city I had not heard a single objectionable word ; but as the Mayor told me in reply that he had sworn before him an information of such a nature as would compel him re luctantly to act as he had done the night preceding; in conclusion, I told the assembled people that, in order to prevent this, it would be best to come away with me on the moment, than remain any longer. The moment I proposed this, with shouts and acclama tions they followed me out of the room. We may add, having seen with regret the part Mr. Steele was supposed to have taken, that he has s.nce presided at a meeting of the Citizens' Club, at which re solutions were passed, condemning the conduct of the Magistrates, and calling on the Mayor to afford Mr. Murray a fair hearifig. We hope that such will now be the case, and that Limerick will not be disgraced by a continued attempt to stifle the voice of truth on so important a subject as the bread-tax. Since the above was in type we have received a fur ther communication from Limerick, and are happy to learn that Mr. Steele has since done all in his power to repair the mischief of which he was unintentionally the cause. Mr. O'Connell has thrown, as we might expect, his influence into the scale of the League, and has par ticularly recommended that both Mr. Acland at,d Mr. Murray should give lectures, and should be patiently listened to. The following letter speaks for itself ; and so ends, we hope, the disgraceful opposition to free dis cussion in Limerick, whatever consequence may yet await the Magistrates for their untimely interference, or alleged sworn information, of which it is said no record can be found : Commercial Hotel, Limerick, November, 21, 1840. DEAR Sta—The Northumberland room was last night thronged to suffocation, to hear the lecture of my colleague, in favour of Corn-law Repeal. Thomas Steele, Esq., in the Chair. A drunken Orangeman attempted to create a distur bance, but was turned out of the room without needless ceremony. On the suggestion of the Chairman, it was unanimously resolved that, in demonstration of their cordial co-opera tion with the League, 1 should be requested to preside at this evening's lecture. I am now acting under the professional and f►iendly ad vice of " the Liberator," in my effort to punish the " phy sical force" magistracy of this place, for their grossly illegal conduct towards Mr. Murray and the citizens, on the 9th inst. In haste, your's very truly, JAMES ACLAND. P. S. 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Aston Key, Esq., Senior Surgeon to Guy's Hospital; Martin Ware, New Bridge-street; J. G, An. drcws, Senior Surgeon to the London Hoapital, The above and numerous other Medical Practitioners of pre eminent standing have given the Itiost Battering certifi cates to the superior value and importance of E. Solo mon and Co.'s Patent Spectacles, testifying to their pecu liar power of softening the light to woak and irritable eyes, and the immediate and continued relief that its chas tened transmission affords—their freedom from the perni cious attributes of ordinary glasses ; in short, to a combi nation of properties which render them superlatively pre eminent in preserving the powers of vision unimpaired to extreme old age. Their Voice Conductors extend the most effectual relief in cases of Deafness, and additional satisfaction is derived from the fact that they are worn en tirely unseen, Cow CLUBS.—It often falls Within our province to h,.va to notice Cie proceedings of Societies whose object is mutual orotection during seasons of calamity ; an d of those which ref er to t h e interests of the industrious classes, the Societies named (g Cow Clubs," whose principle is to defray to a merol,er the loss he sustains from the death of his cows, are highly deserving especial record. They are established in several of our villages, and our banks or the savings' bank often perform the duties of a treasurer. The establishment of the " Doncaster Cow Club" has effected highly beneficial results. It comprises 90 members, who for each insured cow pay each 4s. per annum. When a member's cow dies, three-fourths of the value of it are awarded to the owner by the club—Dencater Paper, EVENING EDITION. MR. REYNOLDS AND THE EA OF CARDIGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—lt is by the persuasion of my friends, and not by my own desire, that I am induced to notice the inquiry contained in The Sun of the 17th instant, in order that I might appear in a fair and honourable position before a generous public in this now irksome and tedious affair. If your inquirer will read the advertisement in The Salt of the 24th ult., he there will see that I was appointed Treasurer of the Nelson Tavern meeting, Blackfriars road, held on the 23d of October—the first of the T kin he d which embraced the subject of mili tar y o pp ression. Cockspur-street meeting, and many others, followed the example. I never assumed to be either the Secretary, &c., as Mr. fluggett styles himself—l was not present at the Tuesday Cocksnur-street meeting, ~,hich was a sortino f cock-and-bull busine;F, and adj , urned —but it was by the vitation o f Mr. \Vyldc, one of that Committee, that I attended the adjourned Thursday meeting, which was. i n m y very humble o pinion, held unnecessarily after Mr. Reynolds had rejected the hand of public sympathy —since which, ad Committee have closed accounts, reimbursed the subscwripora dons,* and dropped the business. In conclusion, a made as to myself, in order that no more inquiries shal l be mann as to " Who is Mr. Shrewsbury ?" If the Coc ks p ur• street Spy will read the Law List, which is the only authentic source for certificated attornies, be will then! see lam not described as he asserts. My certificate a n d law address is " 16, Took's-court, Chancery-lane, the alw Gravesend." I served my articles at Dover, received q faculty of Notary in 1830, was enrolled an Attorney of 93 Chan' the Superior Courts, mid sworn a Silicitor in cery in 1831 ; appo;nted a Solicitor of the Court of Pankruptcy, and a Commissioner of Bankrupts (sin,c_c_ resigned) for East Kent in 1831, a Commissioner 101:. taking acknowledgments in 1833, and gazetted a Mast Extraordinary in Chancery December 1, 1831; ability, honour, and integrity. aPP s u" ;;r ments which can only be obtained by testimonial.ona, u to biography ; and as it is not my intention to take any r they notice of public correspondence relating either myself or the case of Mr. Reynolds, I trust that you dot give place to this my final ep;stle on the subject, as an of strict justice and impartiality towards, Sir, Your faithful servant, This is my profess'. .1. J. WEST SHREWSBUR Y, t Attorney and Notary, 16, Tooke's-Our Nov. 21, 1840. Cliancerplane• '"Read advertisement in the Times of November Id• 1840, entitled " Ci-devant Captain Reynolds." MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE. The re-assembling of the Bar at the commencement of the present term enables us to verify a statement made to us some time since regarding the conduct of Mr. Justice Coleridge during the last Western Circuit, which we thought much too serious to publish si ithout the most careful inquiry into the facts. A bare reca pitulation of these strikes us to be the severest censure that can be passed upon a Judge. He had no sooner taken his seat on the bench at Exeter than he began discoursing on the value of the public time, and showed (what then appeared) the most unaccountable impatience to get through the cause list, for which, as is much too frequently the case, an insuffi cient time had been allowed. The Judge, however, has always the power of prolonging the Assizes (by postponing the next commission) by a day, and this, as it subsequently appeared, would have been quite enough for the purpose. He first forced two or three cases to a reference, which, as xegards the parties, generally means that, though they have a Judge, Jury, and counsel ready to decide their cause of difference on the instant, and though every conceiv able expense of trial has been incurred, they shall con sent to pay a fresh Judge, give fresh fees to counsel, bring up all their witnesses again, and postpone the de cision for months. He then tried what could be done in the way of breaking down a case or two, by express ing a strong opinion at the commencement. Thus, he told Mr. Erle, in one instance, that his client had no defence, and that it was useless for him to go on. Mr. Erie firmly but respectfully expressed an opposite opinion, went on, and gained a verdict against the summing up of Lordship, who, o f course , f e lt anx i ous t o ver ify the hisprediction with whi c h h e star t e d. A no th er experi ment was to do ve t a il tr i a l s —i . e ., to try t h em h a lt through, so as to fill u p an o dd h our . Th us , one tr i a l, commenced on the Tuesday, was adjourned over till the Friday following ; and the Jury common Jury) were left lounging about the town, and talking over the matter, in the interval. But the crowning experiment was to come. There was a Special Jury cause, en titled the Queen v. Ames, which was known to involve rights of great importance to the inhabitants of a town. The expense of bringing it to trial had been: enormous, and the entire town was pretty sure to be kept in hot water till it was decided. Mr. Justice Coleridge bent all his energies to break down the case for the prosecution. As a last resort, ho went the unprece dented length of making an address to the jury before the defendant's Counsel bad risen to address them ; but this was cut short by the foreman of the jury, who told his Lordship, in language there was no mistaking, that they must hear more. He then made the case remanet, which means that everything hitherto done is to go for nothing, and that the cause is to be tried at the next assizes as if it had never been called on at all. And now let us draw attention, not to the cause of the extraordinary conduct—Heaven forbid that we should impute to a Judge the postponement of public duty to private interests—but to a most singular coincidence, the Cornwall Assizes began on the Monday ; on the Wednesday Mr. Justice Coleridge left one of the Queen's Counsel trying prisoners, and posted back to Exeter to propose a connexion of his wife's- for the situation of auditor to the Savings' Bank ; thus pre senting the rather startling spectacle of the senior Judge of Assize mixing himself up with petty local politics. He had his usual luck, for, by a strange fatality, his candidate was beat.—Examiner. BOARD OF CUSTOMS. The following notice has been forwarded by the Com missioners of her Majesty's Custom s to their several agents at the different out-ports CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 20, 1840. " With reference to our General Order of the 11th instant, directing you to place yourselves in communi cation with the principal officers of the Coast Guard within raising s y in o g ur se d a i m st e rict w seamen for rt i l t i l e i a view of g i v i ng e ff ec t t o the Royal Navy, We authorise Sou to advance, from time to time, such sums of money as may be required by the Inspect ing Commanders within the district of your port, for the above purpose, upon receiving a written application from such officers, who have baen directed to give pro per receipts for the same ; observing, however, that the total amount of such advances does not exceed the sum of fifty pounds to each Inspecting Commander ; and that the respect i ve sums d eman d ed be treated as ad vances, to b e a ft erwar ds ac counted for, and be not take n cre di t for, unt i l f urt h er directions are received from us." RESCU E OF A COLLIER FROM DESTRUC TION RY THE MONARCH STEAM SIIIP.-The '' Monarch" of Tuesday night, has performed her passages between Southampton and Havre with the most punctual regularity, during the bad weather, till Wednesday, when, instead of arriving in the Her appearance with a consort, however, soon led m ur"ing, she did not appear till four o'clock in the after noon.ship, she proved to be the to an e xplanation. After encountering the frightful gale " outside," to what we experienced here, she heard guns of distress fired, at about eight o'clock in the morning, about 25 miles behind the Wight. On nearing the distressed which raged with ten times the fury Shields, but from Sunderland, with a large cargo of coals (400 tons). for Odessa She had reached 18 W. but Hopeful, Captain Leslie, of . had been beaten back in the gales of Thursday and Fri day, and h a d l ost all her canvass and bulwarks, and was making co ns id erable water. The exhausted crew had, with diffi cu l ty, run up guns which had directed the Monarch to the rescue. Capt. Forder, the intrepid commander of the steamer, went on board direct! a signal of distress, and fired the previous six days •Y, and found the Captain almost dead with were men, the rest bein apprentices , her toil and suffering, having been incessantly at work for the seaman had been washed overboard in the great gale of Friday ; he had nine other hands, but of them, only two and nights, for his mate and principal From the build of the fesiel heavy cargo, and the have drifted to the back of the aVi loss of the bulwarks, th e middl e o f her deck was continu ally swept by the sea, and for two days no refreshment could be obtained. If the unfortunate vessel had not been oriatileast lads only. discovered at the tim e she was, s he must inevitably Captain Forder put two of his own hands on board, and then took the helpless ship its tow and brought her into our harbour. The Captain being taken to Mr. Le Feuvre's (south of England Steam Na - • ration Company's office) taken out as she continues to leak , she was placed under medical care and‘ is improving. Every lit and been wrecked. attention that skill and humanit could dictate have been paid to the crew also. The vessel must have her cargo i s a fine ship, cup pered, and nearly new. Th e Monarch. brought about 40 passengers from Havre, and left aeain next day on her pas sage back, as uninjured and as smart as if the late gales ' The Duke o f Wellington had been from the gent l e south i n tead of the fierce south west.—Hampshire Ad vertiser . 6 having n ow returned to town, after a st ay of nearly three rnonlbs at Weimer, it is gratifying to k now t h at his health has b een ma t er ially improved by his resid ence or, the coast an d t h e re li e f from Parliamentary dutie s . A t no time, we are i n f or med, for several years, has he been so uniformly well as during the present autumn. I n a ddi tion to the dist i ngu i s h e d visitor s staying at the Castl e, hi s Grace's hospitality was con'tantly ex tended to the ne i g hb ourhood, very few without some gentlemen (his immediate neighbours) ap pearing at his table. A few diye revious to his leaving days passing ton, visited and inspected the Walmer and Ringwold Walmer, his Grace, Na tional Schools, end also the Walmer Infant School. In all of these he takes great interest, and contributes liberally to their support. On this occasion (although the schools arc situate at a considerable distance from each other, being accompaniedr by Lord and Lady Wil at different ends of the parish) his Grace went the whole way on foot, walking with great firmness and ease, and having apparently recovered much of his former strength and vigour.—From a Correspondent (;1' tie Times. THE MARKETS• PRICE OF BREAD. . „ i za for the 41. The highest i ri, e of ' , read i . ihe 51,trep111, o 'N" . Loaf. Gocd Bread may be had at 714.1. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. Per Quarter. ~,. 70, ~ .....s ~'," , r ,„ NOV DTI sh Reo Clover...sos eos St. Fcin ............ - ..... ..... is ..- Oldi it,i Div° —s —s —s Rye G ass .................. ___ ...,,,, ~...4 0 I , N ew l c . wl f oreign o to r h e i t i g e D n c i ' F o o l : Old Dilt, Ditto —s 50s 75s Paccy Grass ............... ..: ,„, 5 )5 scw Tre oil —s -45: —s so: eios s . I L D ; it i tt i t s oo e : ed ffoo , rr lo cs ormwtesi hn1ig 1 i i: g. ..g ... ................ 2 : 7i0 ,2 ' 6 . , 7 4 ) , ) ,: —s `Ss 42s Hem; ..................... ....; Old Litto 'fr folium s 20s ifs Canary . ................... s 455 70s .... 13 ,4 hT0d 1 ,, 11s O r :, English Carraway —s 50s '3s White Mu5t..ird.... 1 6 . 4 ya to 1 9 ' e j eu Foreign Ditto Coriander —a i 4 1 6 2 5 , 4 16 8 5 5 ., 8 r a ro re w s n .. D .. .. ..tt . 0 .. . ............. 1 7. 6d PRICE JF OIL. ...g 37 10 Rape Oil, brown, per ton .......... ... ........... . , 0 Ditto, refined .................................... •;.,'' 10 L it i a n i s e ee , Oil. d ake ... e .. r t i . .. , .. , .................................................. .................................................. 9 .. Lins_ed Oil Cake at the ..... (per ..... IWO) ............... 1 U PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, 0 Town Tallow .. £2 11 6 :Melting Stuff .................. , 0 Yellow Russia White ... o 0 ti Graves ....... ... ........ .. ,',' 5 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ............... • '' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Slbs, 2s. 10, P ice of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ............ COAL MARKET Ships arrived since last market-aay, gl• s. d. Blaydon Main lB 0 Bell, Robson k Co. Hartley 0 0 ti Carr's Hartley .. £1 1 . Liolywell Ma.n 2l 6 Original Windsor's Pontod 18 6 Ord's Redhugh Walls End Clennell Walls End Clarke and Co l9 0 Walls End t;losforth Walls End Hilda ........ Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Ni,r.ho r berla,:sl , 2l 3 Walls End Westgate... JO 3 Walls' End Belmont W. E. Braddyll'sHettoa .., '23 6 s. d. Walls End Ha5we11.......... 23 W a lls End Hetton ............ "„ Walls End Lambten ......... Walls End Stewart's ......... '2 4 " Walls End Caradoc ............ 24 0 Walls End Hartlepool . ...... 23 Pennant's Hartlepool ......... 23 Walls End West Hartlepool 21 9 W...11s End Adelaide ....... .•. ' 23 Walls End Barrington Tees 21 Walls End Evenwood ....... :20 t Walls End Gordon . ......... 1 W alb End Seymour ..... Walls End South Durham.: W a ll s End Tees. ................ 5 The Voice Conductors invented Solomons, Optician, No. 1, Old Jewry, City, and T• . to u . g Old Bond-street, have proved eminently effica_Fioe some of the most distressing cases of deafness. They not as large as a fourpenny-piece, and notwithsta .01! their very small construction, no instruments extant n a v i e e proved of such advantage to the deaf. From theirmeta audible, vibrating quality, table talk is rendered perfectly a by Mr. s r-4 6 : and the wearer is enabled to distinguish the faintest trio.7:o tions of a distant speaker in church , theatre, or pell'ir assembly. Mr. E. Solomons' Patent Spectacles a lFi i ‘ superior to all those in modern use ; they exten d itt ate and continued relief in all cases of defective viVenoi enabling persons to engage their sight for a n y lengtu time, at the most minute employment, eithe r by da(sion candle-light, and are thus calculated to preserve .tit unimpaired to extreme old age. No other impr over(' rel . has been effected in spectacle lenses for the last twenty years, and as Mr. S. has secured the exclusive disposal 01 , them to his establishments by 4 . Royal Letters Patent , the eo t af o not dhr c ee o 3 u p6n n ,re t oc e ope r is e dea i t t rßoyro t , shn thateda .ds address b rryge oi rst a l the public should be guarded against t he various at tem p ts o int facvmuapileaaulrry i a t parties• assistants; vi i a r i y r t b: i n s c a p m i t at h iy e d e , s e at e,n o t f oi o a l nd shouldsijme Piccadilly. OLIVER CROMWELL, EDITED BY Ho:MAC ° SMITH, ESQ —The writer of this historical novel has chosen a period for his tale pregnant with events of deep and enduring importance. The character of Cromwell, the steps by which he rose from the obscurity of private life CO his proud pre-eminence, his indomitable energy r.nd perse: vcrance of purpose, and the wonderful mastery be obtainci over the minds of his ablest adherents, are tere poartrayel with a power and an absorbing interest whi c h the pen ' I genius alone can compass. The miseries and distractions, too, of that sad period of civil strife, when the ties of ,tie dred were so often rent asun der, the kindliest domesti circles broken up, and their happ iness for ever blighted, are eloquently and touchingly illustrated in the history of the Ardcnne family. The immortal Nlilton is introduced at various points of the tale with happy skill. Perhavis the mo st stirring passages in the work are the animated end faithful descriptive sketches of Cromwell's brilliant mill' tary exploits, and Rupert's daring but headstrong misdi • rected valour. Be the writer of this work who he may. for Horace Smith only assumes the editorship, and owns to an eloquent preface, he has produced the most powerful. historical romance we have perused since the light of Scott's genius was extinguished in rayless night. Tb a t it will be received with popular favour we cannot entercein a doubt.--Caledonian Mercury. STATE OF TRADE.—According:to all accounts trade is about as bad in this town, at present, as it has been at any period within the last three y ears. The g ene. ral impression is, that the factories must very soon begin to work only eight hours a day, in order to prevent stocks from accumulating. In that case, the condition of the operatives and their familes will be beyond description miserable. With reduced wages, limited employment. and dear food, thousands of them, who have hitherto con trived to bring up their families without assistance, will be forced to apply to the guardians for relief, Already the rates are most oppressive on the poorer classes, but vve fear they will soon become heavier. The state of the Money Market, as reported in the London papers of yo terday, gives no encouragement w hope for any improve* ment. —Bolton Free Press. LOUTH —BANKERS' PARCEL.-- NO tiding ; have yet been heard of the bankers' parcel taken tonne Louth Post effico on the Ist inst. by Mr. Kiddall, jrt" clerk to Messrs. Garfitt and Allison, a nd c ontaining n'" tes and bills of exchange to the amount of nearly 4 , 0001. receipt of the parcel at the post-office is acknowledged by the son of Mr. Simons, the postmaster. It was to hav e been forwarded to the Spilsby hank. —. Stanford MercurY. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVE'o with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knive s, 110.; Carvers, 5%. bd. per pair ; T a bl e Knives, with white b°,f_ t . handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , D esser t, 6s. M. ; Carvers, 4' per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urn s , 4 quarts, 275. ; new sha Pi 394. ; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60s ; the jet full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every article in furnish" ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIUPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street- Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst. at Gourock House, Renfrewshire, the • 134 of George Rainy, Esq., of a daughter. the on ße t y h .. of On the 21st inst., at Sible Iledincham, Essex, the 13dY Charles Burney, i u n rn T e o y r , r o in f g a to so n n .3 . l ; ire, W. Bride' ' of a daughter. On the 22d inst., Mrs. G. M. Boycs, of Liverpool-t°rrace• Islington, of a son, Mrs. j. On the22d H u rt. inst. Mrs. Poulter, of Trinity-wharf, B lack of a son, w all, On the 23d inst., a t Cl a pham-rise, Surrey, Mrs. IL of a daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. T. Hayward, of Guildford -street, °f a daughter. , • MARRIED. On the 19th inst., Mr. C. Hart, of the Trafalgar Tave.rinf Greenwich, to Henrietta Anne Maria , eldest da u g hter of 1‘ S. Russell of Stockwell-street, Greenwich. On the 21st inst. , at Charlton , Kent, Dr. J. Wilson, n' to Catherine, daughter o f the late J. Peake, Esq. r On the 21st inst. , at St. John's church, Paddington , J"P e Pyne, Esq., of Ballyvolane, Cork, and of Codham Hall, E"el' to Emily, eldest daughter of the late J. Maxfield, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Stanmore Church, C. E. Law, Llq" Rifle Brigade), son of the Hon. Charles Ewan Law, 31. r., to Lady Eleanor Cecil Howard, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow. DIRD. On the 23d inst., in Burlington -gardens, the lady of Co WO the lion. Henry Cavendish. On the 14th inst., at Qu eens b erry Vill a , Richmond, Surrey, Sir William Dundas, Bart., aged 62. On the 10th inst., at Gouroek House, Renfrevvshire, the in fant daughter of G. R a i ny, E sq. ; and on the 18tk ins t., Mar: garet Janetta Loui sa , w if e of G. Ra i ny, Esq., and sec ond daughter of Lieut.-G eneral Darroch, o f G ouroc k and Drums. Gn the 19th inst., at Harley-place, A ze lia, eldest daug hter of the Rev. G. Byth esea, o f Grosvenor. place, Bath. On the 20th i ns t. , at the Chapter House, St. Paul's, the Ref .; Robert Watts, jun., AI. A., Rector of the united parishes 01 St. Benn e tt, G racec h urc h , an d S t. L eonar d, E a stcheap. On the 20th i ns t., a t th e C o tt age . B a theaston, near Ba th , the infant daugln er of Carleton Crawford, Esq. On the 22d inst., Elizabeth, the wife of the Rey. 11. Mae' kenzie, M.A., incu m bent minister of St. James's, Bennondsey- On the 22d in s t., Amelia Maria, wife of Cyril J. Monk house. of Craven -street, Strand. (nylon: Printed and Published by MIIIIDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun. Wiee, r%e. 112, Stra:.( l , 12 the county of Middleiez.—Tuesday, November 24, 10. Klef, but 4r. by Ord k a , keel kJ, Jo,