The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

----LV ENING 147MITION. . 3 qUa'e station by the hall -past three o'clock train on S , turd.,y. His Lnrdship proceeded to the Home-office and was present at the Council. His Excellency Mr. Stevenson, the American Minis ter, transacted business at tie Foreign•office on Satur day, and afterwards visited the Chancellor of the Ex chcquer. 'Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governor of St. Helena. Lord Adolphus Fozelarenee returned to town on 5.2.• ttirday from a visit to Lord Stradbrokc. The following official bulletin was issued during the afternoon of Saturday, a copy of which was forwarded tO the Lord Mayor : " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 21, 1840. " Quarter-past Three o'Clock. " The Queen was safely delivered of a Princess this arternoon at ten minutes before two o'clock. ," Her Majesty and the Royal Infant are both doing Well, (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. R. BLAGDEN." ** Immediately after the birth of the young Princess Su mmonses were issued for holding a Privy Council at the Council Office, at foul o'clock. The Council sat nearly an hour, and was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as Regent, the Lord Chancellor, Vis count Melbourne, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Bishop of Loudon, and several other Privy COuncillors. •At the Council, we understand, the form of prayer 1.1) r her Majesty's safe delivery was agreed upon. , As soon as the birth of the Princess was known steps were taken at the Home Office to communicate the testifying intelligence in an official form to different parts of th e country. The intelligence was conveyed to all the branches of the Royal Family. (From the Observer.) At two o'clock yesterday morning the first symptoms of, uneasiness were indicated, and at four her Majesty , W ith great firmness directed that her attendants should bare summoned : among these was Mrs. Lilly, who, we 'are heard, was formerly nurse to the Duchess of S titherland, and whose experience at once forewarned : ner of the propriety of immediately summoning her Ma- J e st Y's professional advisers. Sir James Clark, Dr. ''acoek, Mr. R. Ferguson, and Mr. R. Blagden, were thstantly sent for, and were quickly on the spot. No doubt now existed that her Majesty was in labour, al. s ough certainly some days sooner than was anticipated. ~..*aeh preparations as the suddenness of the emer ,,tbnY would permit were made without delay. Line Hon. W. Murray, the Comptroller of the House bold, the inm ates of the Palace, and special aQe "engers were despatched to her Royal Highness the „I/ches s of Kent, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pi.sho of Lond o n, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Mel ' Zurne, Lord Palmerston, Lord Errol, Lord Albc "mark, Lord John Russell, and other Privy Coun cillors, whose constitutional duty it was to be Present at the birth of an heir to the throne. Ili messenger was also despatched to his Royal i ghness the Duke of Sussex. Her Majesty's august kr(!nt was early at the Palace, and in the course of the horning was followed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, t he Bishop of London, and the other noblemen whose rnes we h ave ment i one d. His Royal Hi g hn ess the uk e of Sussex, it is stated, was unable to attend, from indi s p os i t i on . I n h er M a jesty's chamber w ere the Duche ss of Kent, Prince Albert, and the medical men, !To Mrs. Lilly and some of the Ladies of the Bed arnbee ; w hil e , i n an a dj o i n i ng apartmen t, th e d oor o f W hich was open, were the other distinguished individuals ientioned. A s t h e d ay a d vance d t h e P a l ace was k ep t th Perfect quietness, while all noise from without, from t i l t Passing of bands or otherwise, was interdicted. From kt oie w ho had the best means of information, we learn that r Alajesty evinced a firmness and composure almost ti :rodibl e — at i nterva l s ex hibi ting a c h eer f u l ness an d pa in submission to ber sufferings, in all respects consist eat with t h e we ll - k nown attr ib utes o f h er c haracter. The b t e ar approach of that interestingmoment which was to give these realms an heir to the throne at last arrived, and Aseeisely at ten minutes before two o ' clock Mrs. Lill y t otertd the room where the Privy Councillors were assembled , with the " Young Stranger," a beautiful, t i nroP, and h ea l t hf u l Princess, wrapped in flannel, in "r arms. She was attended by Sir James Clark, who announced the fact of its being a female. Her tnyal Highness was for a moment laid upon the table i t the observ a ti on o f t h e assem bl e d author i t i es ; b ut t il ho loud tones in which she indieated her displeasure at an exposure, while they proved the soundness of Z v tangs and the maturity of her frame, rendered it ac l?able that she should be returned to her chamber to A ih :e her tirst attire. His Royal Highness Prince s tnt, t, having received the congratulations of all pre -11.. conveyed the gratifying intelligence that her w iesty was, in all respects, as well as could be cx 4,:ed ; and " the officials" retired to spread the happy uy t hroughout the metropolis, and to prepare to meet iv " hitehall, whither the Privy Council were fort hwith djanioned to meet at four o'clock, to give the usual p or •tons for announcing to the nation , as wel l a s to i ti ," el gn States, an event of such deep an d g ratif y in g Prtane. • b • (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Vi _, , nniormity to the directions of the Rig ht Re b6re,ll,vl Dr. Gri ffi ths, Vicar Apostolic of the L ondon t* let, the Roman Catholic Clergy and Congrega thro assembled in the various Catholic U hurches tr oi Uthout th e me t ro polis, yesterday offered up the t s olemn Thanksgivings to Almighty God , for the %,, f 4 p: deliv ery o f h er M a j es ty ; an d joined in devout 'ler * 4 . to the same Beneficent Creator, for the pre l'e,ti°n of her Majesty's life, and that of her infant is er - tess. emanations from the heart and soul in w hich d ot ,C l ,, aiesty' s loyal subjects throughout the realm will ki es . participate. t ali : no P u bli c D e p ar t men t was the excitement oc m - t u il ed by h er M a j e sty' s accouchement more conspi aft -3 on S atur d ay , t h an a t the General Post er:L the Gre a t H a ll of which was literally besieged by K of persons crushing to the receiving windows to C ' lette rs to their friends and correspondents in all 1147,,ttera ofven the • civilized world, communicative of the P "t i artt et. WI e rejoice to see the "limes beginning to ad%:o -.e 'he " look-at-home " policy. In a long leading B lel e on Saturd a y, it said, in relation to Sir FOWELL t h a tl3(l.°ll' a Society, and the meeting at Norwich, 4 7 ° f the worki ng men w ho spoke at that meeting, t° f a cert a i n extent they were fighting the battles, hit charity and common sense aga i nst t h e cant o f charity which does not begin at home. DOVER, I , l ' h ila ttist thou g h h e b e , spo k e lik e a p hil osop h er eo he defined SLAVERY TO BE THE CONDI TIONOF THE MAN WHO DID NOT RECEIVE A 1 , 4111. EQUIVALENT FOR THE LABOUR HE ItaFORMED." No wonder (added our Contemporary) that the Working men felt themselves insulted by the pro posal, while so much wretchedness existed unre i_i.eved and unrecogniz,d among themselve s , to sound I n a, trumpet of ostentatious benevolence on behalf the show f distressrs of another t 9uarter . h of the_ glo t be ; bo„.that the same purse•s r ngswhlc could no t b e jined their favour would readily open to d or:m: ok t: .1 1 .7 wild or fanciful scheme which was d e sign ed e 1 7 h ect at the antipodes ;to prove th a t. " peoplevery) k r ° , thought austerity itself too luxurious . fo r . th e n ini" Poor, who would as soon go to Africa in person lh h a country meeting for the sake of rescuing Eng children from the grinding slavery of mammon, had 44°Ptithies enough and to spare for the savage millions up .. different race . N o won d er t h a t t h ey cr i e d out , oak to the slavery and misery of the New Poor-law" th e mancipate the white slaves before you think of Ut the Times said all this of a private Society, hieh i 8 unde r no o bli gat i on to attend to the state t D uke country, or abolish that slavery which Mr. 41 : 1 V R 4 . defi ne d w i t h t h e appro bation of the Times, un der no obligation to provide for the well , 411 "ei of th e peop l e ; b ut t h e G overnmen t is under 1 0 4" an obligation ; it is largely paid to after the public welfare, and all the ar itinheats and observations of htc Times apply 't an ten-fold more f orce to th e G o v e rnment fri eii t° Sir FOWELL BUXTON and his crotchety lit a 8 ' We must henceforth set the Times down powerful advocate of the " look-at-home po- Y) as the enemy to the slavery of the working tl, lBB p r i e 8) as no friend to the aristocracy and th e e o , n eat ;'"d, who oppress them, and as justifying the Of o ilnai nt 3 of the Chartists, though it do not approve heir remedies. at has g i ven th e Times this somewh a t en turn 41 : (1 d we are not aware, but as that journal i hot l ' v ery seldom anything like a patriotic or public the the for its apostacy, we think it right to notice ci ao a PP arent connection between its present . . rve r iron and the snubbing Mr. JOHN WALTER t r e b , iv ed a few days ago at Reading. We cannot ta lo lt:that the base Times, from a nasty personal t'r, invoked the demon of religious persecu- THE SUN, LONLON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1840: tion and religious bigotry against Mr. HARMER ; f ceding day in the Westminster Court of Sewers. we cannot forget that its Tory hostility to the The main features of the discussion taken by Mr. Whigs was founded on personal resentment, and 'i LESLIE on that occasion were, that the Commis has always been prosecuted with all the bitterness of stoners of Sewers had usurped the powers of the personal rancour. Patriotism never inspired so. Jury, a n d t h at t h ey h ad ordered professional va l u i- I continued and unfounded a series of calum- tors to give in under the recent Parochial Assess nies as that journal has directed against. 1 ments Act (Mr. PAULETT SCROPE'S) valuations Ministers. We have n o h es it a ti on i n making such ' of property, which had not for 300 years been sub remarks, because newsp a p ers are no w as influential . jetted to the sewers tax ; and which question had as Ministers ; and as these latter have sometimes not been submitted to a Jury prior to incurring the allowed their personal resentments to dictate the expense of this professional valuation, which amounts policy of their administration, so the newspapers to 2411. 10s. to Messrs. SIBLEY and TAYLOR for may cause p e rs ona l f ee lin g& to direct all the arrows valuing " n i ne c h urc h es, thirty-seven chapels, seven of their malic e w hil e they shoot them in the name. hospitals, th ree wor kh ouses, and barracks, " &c. of the public good. We do not, on this account, We perceive, on reference to Mr. Sergeant las' cel e b ra t e d wor k on the Statute of Sewers, that CAL place place any reliance on the present and sudden CQ II. version of the Times, much as we are pleased to see he enumerates six leading " things to be done by a it, even for a day, from whatever motive, advocating - .Jury," in one of is hich he expressly states, " but a policy which is now essential to the salvation of the what persons hold lands and tenements within the country. • level which are fit to be chargeable :hereunto, and To satisfy our readers further on this point w e the quantity (y their lands, are to be inquired of by shall think it our duty to publish the report of Jury" (CALLIS p. 109). the language ascribed to the Chartists at the meet- No, say the Westminster Commissioners of ing at Norwich. We hope and believe that the Severs by their vote of Friday, we will incur the violent terms put in the mouths of the speakers by whole expense of the professional valuation before the Tory journals were not used, but whether Iwe summon a Jury to ask them anything about the they were or not the general character of the language indicates feelings in the working classes which bode for the country a most angry question. We observed, also, that Mr. LESLIE stated that the whole expense of these professional valuations of property (cover before rated) already incurred , amounts to nearly one thousand pounds. future. Nor can we say that the deductions of Mr. DOVER and Mr. HEWITT from the facts they stated in relation to the toil of the labouring classes and their scanty reward, are unwarranted or unrea sonable. We imagine from what is oozing out, at the dis. cussions in the Westminster Court of Sewers, that there must be some very nice pickings about that Court, in which, unless the lawyers share pretty largely, we shall be much astonished. More than a twelvemonth ago it was publicly announced that the Chartists meant to attend every public meeting in great numbers, and carry resolutions favourable to universal suffrage. At that time they carried such a resolution into effect, broke up seve ral meetings, and prevented a great many more being held. Even Anti-Corn-law meetings could only be held by admitting persons by tickets, as they are admitted at Exeter Hall, and a completely open and public meeting could scarcely be called in any of the large towns. It would seem that this plan is now to be resumed, and that even meetings for the abolition of slavery are to be made subservient to political purposes. The unrepresented being denied all share in the advantages of the social union, while they are made to bear a full share of all its burdens, we cannot blame them for taking measures to pro cure redress. At the same time the consequences which flow from their conduct, and will hereafter follow from it, are of no inconsiderable importance. Whether recognised by law or not, public meet ings of the inhabitants of the towns and counties are essential to the practical working of our Go vernment. When they are suppressed, whether from the violence of the people, or the despotism of the Government, the greatest change ever yet effected will be accomplished in our Constitution. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has told us that we cannot have a revolution once a year, neither can we with any safety have a battle in every town ; yet without something like a battle it seems very doubtful whe ther any public meetings can be held in the large towns, whenever the numerous unrepresented people decide otherwise. These are matters of serious con sideration, and convince us that all the energies of our statesmen are now required to conduct the Govern ment safely and successfully through the pending changes in society. Foreign affairs may be very amusing, but if our statesmen for them neglect the " look-at-home policy," they will assuredly plunge the nation into vast and inextricable confusion. The speech of M. GUIZOT on the Eastern Question in the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday last, of which -we now present our readers- with a full and authentic report, will greatly gratify the best feelings of all who truly desire the mutual prosperity of England and France. When M. 1 3U1ZOT solemnly avows as his convictions, as a Frenchmen and as a Minister of the Crown, that France hai neither moral nor political interest in upholding the dominion of MEHEMET ALP in Syria, and that no insult was intended to be offered to her by the Treaty of July—that even the full execution of that Treaty by the Powers would neither affect her influence nor her honour— he cuts the ground completely from under the feet of the war party. And be it remembered that there is no better authority upon all facts connected with the Eastern question tha❑ M. GUIZOT. His po .sition as French Ambassador at the Ccurt of London, when the Treaty of July was under discus sion ; his office as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which subjects to his inspection all the papers which formed the groundwork of his predecessor's policy ; and, above all, his own exalted moral character— are so many undeniable guarantees for the scrupu lous accuracy of his statements, and so many .attes tations of the respect due to his opinions. But the battle of peace, prosperity, and civiliza tion, though well fought so far, is not yet won. The great contest will be in the Chamber of Deputies. It is as yet impossible to determine the line of de fence which M. THIERS may adopt, or the extent to which he may go in order to rouse the warlike feelings of France in support of his policy. But if we may judge from the tone of the Constitutionnel, the organ of the ex-President of the Council, not more than a decent show of opposition will be made to the new Cabinet. This cannot be avoided. M. THIERS must either attack the policy of his suc cessor in office, with some show of patriotic indig nation, or suffer himself to be borne down and tram pled upon by his own followers, by whom he has been trusted as an oracle of wisdom, and of whom any compromise with the immediate policy of M. GUizoT would appear a flagrant betrayal. The following are the Constitutionnel's observations upon the speech of the Foreign Minister : In another place will be found a report of the dinner given to Messrs. A GLIONBY and HORS MAN, by their constituents, at Cockermouth. The speech of Mr. HORSMAN, and the eulofzium he pronounced on the Ministers, just in many points, deserves public attention. Men are too apt to for get ,services rendered, unless gratitude can be con tinually kept alive by an anticipation of future favours. But the decay of this hopeful gratitude, deprives the Ministers of power by weakening them in the constituencies ; and, ceasing to be able to command good measures in Parliament, they lose the support of those whose interests they have befriended, and whose principles they have espoused. To remind the constituences •f what the Ministers have done, Mr. HORSM AN'S speech will be useful. The meeting is otherwise remarkable as a speci men of frank and cordial communication between constituents and representatives. Were there more such meetings, and were union and zeal enforced more frequently in other constituencies, and as elo• quently as they were by Mr. HORSMAN, the Libe ral party would be much stronger, and would com mand to a much greater extent the respect of their opponents. The motto of M. Guizot, as displayed in his speech, is peace everywhere and for ever. In the mouth of a stalcs mail this is a dangerous naivete. Let foreign Governments be well convinced that this is the immutable will of the French Government, and we shall sec what trials they will prepare for us. Peetee is an immense benefit without doubt, but what is peace without justice? What is peace without honour? This was the observation made by M. de Monte lembert, and M Guizot was compelled to rectify his words, and to say that he required peace with justice and honour. And who, we will ask, requires any other? M. Guizot says, the Treaty of the 15th July was an indelicate proceeding, Ira not an insult. But M. Guizot has said that when it was supposed by the English Cabinet that France had interfered to bring about a direct arrangement between the Pacha of Egypt and the Sultan, he declared the con trary, but was not believed. We call this incredulity an insult. M. Guizot dwelt much on the influence which France has, he says, gained in Europe under the policy of the last ten years. France has certainly, since the Revo lution of July, made some moral conquests; but it is not France that has gained ground in Europe ; it is England ; it is Russia which has extended her power on all sides, and is now an incessant menace to European civilization." It is really too bad to suppose that an insult was intended to France because Lord PALMERSTON hesitated to credit a statement of M. GUIZOT, not made on that most respectable Minister's own authority, and which was belied, so far as appear ances went, by the acts then passing in the Medi terranean. Lord PALMERSTON did not believe what M. GUIZOT stated, because his Lordship felt satisfied that the French Government had withheld same material facts from the knowledge of the French Ambassador at the Court of London. Lord PALMERSTON knew that before the Tuikish Ad miral betrayed his master's fleet to the PA CEIA, the only person with whom he took counsel was Ad miral LA LA NDE, and he had the evidence of the Dragotnan that the French Admiral had advised this act of treason. Was he to infer from this that France was acting with good faith towards England ? The Examiner contains the following startling announcement : It is currently reported and believed in the best in formed quarters, that Lord Palmerston advised with arid obtained the concurrence of Lord Aberdeen, Sir Robert Peel, and the Duke of Wellington in the Eastern policy, before he adopted it, or before he acted on it. This, indeed, was taking a pretty wide step " beyond that Taurus which divides us from the com mon foe." It was entering into a secret correspondence with the enemy The Liberals have been left alone and in the dark en this Eastern policy, while Lord Pa!merston has been making a separate treaty with the Four Powers—the Duke, Sir Robert Peel, Lords Lyndhurst and Aberdeen. The French mails of Friday and Saturday had not arrived up to the time of our going to press. Owing to the kngth of our foreign news, and the ar guments in the Queen's Bench this day in the case of Mr. Baines, we are obliged to postpone a number of communie,ltions. Not a member of the Liberal party did or would Lord Palmerston deign to consult. The compliment of advising with persons not sitting in the Cabinet Lord Palmerston reserves exclusively for individuals op posed to the principles of the Ministry, and hostiie to its existence. To by able to set the friends of the Go vernment at defisnee Lord Palmerston sought the counsel and support of its enemies. CORN-LAWS.—ME. SIDNEY Smint.—We are glad to see, by the angry comments on this gentleman's lec tures i► : the landlords' journals, and by the scurrilous letters which they provoke, that his labours are emi nently successful. One Tory Mayor refuses him the use of a Town.hall—a set of Tory Councillors seek to drive him out of a town—the iVittehire Gazette calumniates him, and persons under some signature connected with agriculture, such as " Plain Farmer," write abusive iettcrs, which no decent journal, except the editor were very angry and very stupid, would ad mit into its columns. He has invaded the stronghold of the bread-taxers, and roused their own subjects to rebel. By their aid the manufacturers, now more in tent than ever on obtaining the total abolition of the Corn•laws, will be successful. To that much desired result Mr. Smith's Lectures will much contribute. -- ohtb.it a Government should thus put an enemy into its mouth to steal away its brains! There is some resemblance in this to an article which we copy from the Spectator, but we are bound to say that it cannot possibly be true. How ever certain it is that the Tory papers have ap proved of Lotd PALMERSTON'S policy as to Syria and France, it must be equally certain that he adopted it without consulting either of the Tory statesmen mentioned. If either of the two reports be correct there is an end of the MELBOURNE Adminis tration. It will no longer find any support from the Radicals in Parliament, and cannot keep together. In fact it would be a disgrace to every member of the Cabinet, and an especial disgrace to Lord MELBOURNE if he sat one day longer in the Ca binet with a Member who consulted his political opponents. In that case Lotd MELBOURNE, though responsible to the country as the head of the Government, would be of as little real import ance as a door-keeper, and would be for ever dis honoured if he or Lord PALNIERSTON did not im mediately resign. On these grounds we feel quite confident that the reports cannot be true, and that the Examiner has been induced by its dislike to Lord PALMERSTON'S Eastern policy to give in sertion to a calumnious report. • V T )ctcekoaftopr prophesying a o s ph s e i s n y g in u glaralyftseargtahceioeuls,ejnotu,r and na takingwhich has a i h t e k t n o Sl a itself for great extent of vision. All the Li . beral journals almost of the empire , for t h e la s t amnodn fromtb , have the evidence beenßc Report, Commit tee, and making out by it a case against the bread-tax, mak o i f ng th e e xt l r and a host of other similar unjust protecting, as they m ac p ts ort iro D m ut t i h es e are called, duties. A dead set has already been made at the publi c m i n d,by m eans of th a t R e p or t. It is obvious from that, and from the fact that the Committee was moved for by those who do not allow the corn which has been ripened bytheir labour to moulder,and rot ungathered and unharvested on the ground, that the important in formation c o ll ecte d b y t h e C omm it tee i s to b e used next Session. Yesterday, however, the Sp ec t a t or , w i t h i ts usual philosophi c foresight and commanding sagacity, recommends that the Report of the Impoit Duties Com mittee be throw n at the heads of the Ministers, the first thing next . Session. It, gives this hint t o th e f r i en d s o f free trade, includin g the Anti-Corn-law League, who have already thro wn it, b y t h e h an d s of the public, with no inconsiderable force, at th e h ea d s o f t h e Ministers. It will not, go with less effect, by the impulse being in creased by public opinion ; but the Spectator seems to imagine that th” blow will be more powerful if it be first struck in the House of Commons, for it has made few or no efforts to inform the public of all the enormities which the Committee has brought to light. We can state on good authority that the state ment we have copied from the Examiner is incor rect. The claquers of the Clubs have converted the approbation expressed by the Tory Peers and Commoners for Lord PA LMERSTON'S policy, after it was adopted, which is open and avowed, into the assertion that their a dvice was asked before it was adopted. The Noble Lord did nothing so de grading to himself and the Cabinet of which he is a member. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. —The Trinity.. house Boas d has issued the following notice :—" London, Nov. 20, le4o.—Wolf-rock Beacon.—lnformation has been received that the polo and globe of the beacon on the Wolf-rock, off tke Land's-end, Cornwall, were carried away during the late storm. The conical part of this bea con remains visible above the level of high-water spring tides, and is supposed to be uninjured." THE BISHOP OF OSSORY.—Reports were cir culikted yesterday and to-day (Thursday) of the death of Dr. Fowler,- Bishop of Ossory and Ferns. This Prelate has been- for some time in declining health ; but we have some reason to believe that the rumour of his demise is unfounded.—Dublin Evening Post. Out limited space on Saturday prevented us from noticing the important discussion which we then so fully reported as having taken place on the prc- LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 23. Wind this day at noon, light south westerly breeze and hazy. DEAL, Nov. 21..—Wind S. W. strong. 22, N. N. W., 7 P.M. N. N. E.—Arrived the Maria, Sproule, from Val paraiso; Pleiades, Manelove ' Quebec. Sailed the Cla rendon, Fisher, f or Jamaica; Kate, Gerard, Grenada; Ceylon, Cox, Honduras • Lucretia, Headbury, Santa Martha. 21. The greater part of the outward bound which sailed yesterday have put back. 22. The wind shifted to N. N. W. last night, and blew very hard, and has continued throughout the day with a heavy surf on the beach. The following lost anchors and cables have been supplied ..--Caroline, Campbell, for Jamaica; Rapid, Alexander, Demerara ; and the Henry Wellesley and City of Poonab. The British Sovereign, for Sydney, and Robert Stride, for Bombay, with several others, slipped their cables and proceeded to the westward. The Galway Lass, Ablett, from Galway to London, capsized oti the North Foreland this morning —crew saved; the hull has since been driven cn shore in Sandwich Bay. MARGATE, Nov. 2 2.—The Westminster, Mallison, from Singapore, and the Claudine, Brown, from Madras, drove on the rocks this morning, about a mile to the eastward ; the former is bilged, and the cargo of the latter is being discharged —crews saved. The Catharina, from Trieste, is on shore outside the harbour, with loss of rudder, anchors, and cables. Several vessels parted in the roads during the night and this morning, and have gone to leeward. RAAISCIATE, NOV. 21.—The schooner Industry 1711 foul of the Mary, M`Carthy, and lost her bowsprit ; the cutter had her stern stove in. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21.— Wind W. N. W., fresh. 22. N. N.E. to E. N. E. _Arrived the Rajasthan, Ritchie, from Bombay. Sailed the Ellen, Ross, for Trinidad ; timena, Tremp, Barbadoes; Essequibo, Lamont, St. Vincent ; South America, Bailey, New York ; Wanderer, Wahrisley, Halifax. Off port, the Prompt, Quebec. COVVES, Nov. 22.—The Sarah, from Nevreastie to Demerara, has come into this harbour to partly discharge and repair. SALCOMYE, Nov. 21.--The topmast head of a vessel, above water, was passed yesterday off Dungeness, by the Active, Russell, arrived here. PLystourn, Nov. 22.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Berk shire, Norris, for Sydney, New South Wales. The Furchal, Fonrose, from London, for Trinidad, has put in here with decks swept, and loss of beats, Ece. FALMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind NE. to N. W. 21. Wind N. W. to W. S. W., strong gales and violent squalls. —Arrived the Alert packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed 27th Sept., Batavia 7th ult., and Bermuda 19th ; Eliza, Wylie, Quebec. The Margaret, Ogilvie, from London for Jamaice, with cargo shifted, and loss of bulwarks, &c Montrose, steamer, Gibralter—left 13th inst., Cadiz 14th, Lisbon 16th, and Vigo 18th. Sailed the Favourite, Parke, for the South Seas; the Packet, Shirting, Cape of Good Hope. It has blown a violent gale, with heavy squalls throughout the day. A Hamburgh brig and another vessel, both dismantled, were seen during a gale on the 17th inst., in lat. 49, lon. 11, by the Alert packet, arrived here, but could render no assistance. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind W. S. W. to N N. W., strong. 22. Wind N.— Arrived the Chudam, Speed, from Stockton for Toulon, with loss of main -mast, sails, &c., having been in contact with a foreign barque off the Needles yesterday. FROM THE LONDON GA24ETTE EXTRAORDINARY. NIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the steamer Montrose, which sailed from Lisbon on Nov. 16, Gib raltar 13th instant, Cadiz 14th, Vigo 18th instant. The intelligence the above packet brings is of minor import ance. In reply to a question from one of the Deputies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs solemnly declared that the re port which had been in circulation to the effect that 20,000 Spanish troops were approaching the Portuguese frontier, was wholly untrue. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATORDAY.—The trans actions to-day are confined to 25,000 b a gs Americans, to the trade, without change i n prices. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, NOVEMBER 21, 1840. This afternoon, at ten minutes before two,. the Queen was happily delivered of a Princess. His Royal High ness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, several Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bed-Chamber, being present. We have received Buenos Ayres papers to Aug. 23 : Our intelligence this week is chiefly confined to a know ledge of the preparations in train for an immediate cam paign. All we know of the military movements in the country is, that after the disembarkation of the forces of Lavalle, between the Boradero and San Pedro, an attempt was made by a detachment of General Pacheco's troops to surprise them, which however failed. Exchange upon England highest during the week prem., lowest 1 i prem. In doubloons no transactions during the week. Treasury Bills in circulation on the Ist inst., 4,385,600 dollars. This day ( August 1, 1840) completes the 872 d day of the blockade of San Nicolas. This great and important news was immediately made known to the town, by the firing of the Tower guns ; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council-Chamber, Whitehall, it was ordered, that a Form of Thanks giving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout Eng land and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday the 29th of November, or the Sunday after the respective Ministers shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the young Princess arc, God be praised, both doing well. To the Governor of the province of Buenos Ayres:— " I have the honour to inform your Excellency that since yesterday I have watched the movements of the French squadron which convey the remains of the force of the traitor Juan Lavelle. lam marching along the coast, and have arrived at the place where Juan ordered my division to encamp until the 28 French vessels which have anchored in front proceed down the river, in which case I shall keep them in view until the province be liberated from such a filthy plague.—Pacsssco." We have received a price current from Rio Janeiro of c the 25th Sept.:—Since our last circular of the 11th a was voted by the Legislature to the Government for a deficit in the present financial year, including all arrears, to the amount of 9,804,467 dollars 117 rs., the money to be raised by a loan, or whatever manner may be deemed most a d vantageous to the Treasury.. The Ministc r ofoo c Finance has commence d 5 his operations by taking up on 02 . on Treasu r y bill s , but keeps the strictest mystery as to h is intended ulterior , measures; and, having during the discussion of the credit ; on the question being started, categorically declined to declare himself as to whether he understood the term " loan" might include the authority of issuing of paper money, it is naturally apprehended by many, that in case of need or convenience such an untoward expedient may again be resorted to. The sum is undoubtedly too large to be raised here either by a sale of stock or the discounting of Treasury bills, without leading to great sacrifices on the part of the Treasury, and causing material injury and inconvenience to commercial men and agriculturists. The Exchange declined last week from the previous steady rates of 304 and 30 to 291; the beginning of the present and week has been again rath er hi g h er and much f i rmer to-day. After the arrival of theMagne greatert packet part someat tthe b fo us rm in e e r ss t was atc done , at whichat 30 there ; the Exchange, Saturday, S ept. 26.—A good deal of busi ness has been done on th e E xchange this morning at 304 and 303. 60 days ; and s ome at 30 i , 90 an d 60 d ays. I t is leaving off very firm. Coffee continues flat, nothing are 30i still bills i n t h e mar k et . doing. Shipments this month, to-day inclusive, 72,823 bags. THE ROYAL INFANT. (FROM OUR OWN C-ORRR9PONDENT.) The Isle of Wight has the honour of being the spot from which the person who is to suckle the oung Princess has been selected—a Royal messenger was sent off express on Saturday to Mr. Charles Day, sur geon, of Cowes, to announce to Mrs. Jane Ratsey, wife of Mr. Restell Ratsey, of Medina -terrace, West Cowes, that she had been appointed wet-nurse to the Queen, and to desire that she would proceed to London immediately. She arrived in town by the Southampton mail train on Sunday morning, to undertake her high and honourable office. A person apparently more ad mirably suited for the situation could not possibly have been selected. We have no accounts of the steamer President from New York, which causes some anxiety in the City, as she is supposed to have been 21 days out. Report says that it was her Majesty's particular wish that a wet-nurse should be chosen from the vicinity of Cowes, from observing the very healthy stale of the women and children during her residence in the Isle of Wight, and from the very gieat benefit her own health received from her visits to that beautiful island. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were good of Barley; fair of other Grain. The lresh supply was good of Barley, but mo derate of other Corn. Wheat comes still in tender con dition, and declined Is. to 2e. per quarter. Barley was reduced Is. to 2s. per quarter. Beans very dull. Poas 2s. per quarter cheaper. Oats slow in sale at their former value. Flour again 2s. per sack lower. Top nominal price 555. PRICES ON BOARD OF SFIP Wheat, Red (old) —White (old) —s. —l. --lied s2s. b6s. Fine 555. I.os. Superfine 625.630. White (1841 .) 565. 625. -- Fine 113 s. 06s. Superfine (S'is. 70s. --- For ei n free sh. fibs. Ryc 38s. 40s. Barley 233. 375. Grinding tBs 325. Malting 355. 365. Malt. Ms. 60s. -- Fine New f3s. 645. Pease, Grey, New 18s. 40s. -- Maple New . 421. 435. White 40s. 429. -- Boilers -10 s. 425. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LC English Irish Foreign Wheat. I I 4,7 N vs. 1 Beans, Small (new) 43:. 455. (old) ...... .._ 44' 495. Tick (new) 33 40 (old) 42.. 4.11. 1 Harrow (new) 4 , J..42. (01d)....... 441. irf. Brank Oats, Feed New °O. 235, Poland New • ••5,„ 2Ss. Potatoc —s .—s *Jew 2i, 30s Scotch :!7..30a Irish 181.... 21s. 245. Flour Town (per sack) .... 525. s's. -- Seconds 4`3,. 51s. -- Npnrth Country 4tis :!8:. Bran ll, 1.2. , NDON DURING LAST WEEK ;arley. trace. ,413 qrs. 3,4:'8 qrs. $,358 sacK 11,021 - 1,025 rya. 1,00 I 9,245 I SMITHFIELD. The trade for Beef was good, particularly for prime quality, there was a short supply of Mutton, and the trade was brisk. The supply of Calves was short and the trade brisk. A good demand for Pork of small size. Beasts, 3,161; Sheep, 20,630; Pigs, 673; Calves, 67. Beef, 3s. Bd. to st. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. toss. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Pork 4s. to ss. We have a current r T ep i Trt rc o N f D the stoppage of a banking_ house at the west end of the town. I i 2 ;,l h ne L t segr so :46 ; ents., 22 1 23 ; Consols, which left off on Sa urday at 89i- i for the I Account, opened this m orn i ng w i t h an improvement, 89a- it, Money same; Excheque r Bill s, 2 di s ., p ar; B an k S tock, 159 163 ; India Stock, 239 24 1 . In the Foreign Mark e t S pan i s h Active, which left off 31 1' ss isi Three good ; at present, 231 1 ; D e f erre d , 111 1 1 Portu guese sa me as they closed at 3.5 i 36; Brazilian, 741 751 ; CO lombian, 2/4 26 ; Mexi can 291 301; Dutch Tw o - an d -a- Half per Cents. same as they left o ff, 51i I; Five p er Cents. 97 981. S HAK ES —Great Western Railway. 19 20 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, 13 121 dis. ' • Blickwall, 44 i di s .. Birmingham , 73 75 premium ; Southampton, 03 .54 per share; Croydon, 111 12 per share; Greenwich, 62 7 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, la 1 l di s. Tao Indiamen are upon the Margate sands. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. Paid. Per Share. Great I ',WAYS. are. 6b Great Western Ditto New 40 London and Brighton 40 .•••• 2q ...... to _ . London and Birmingham 1 90 I6J ...... to 00 North Midland Ditto New 3 61••••., to JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .... 171 ... 161 .. t o National of Ireland ... st ...... t o PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN NOS' . 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock "••• 971 ;Grand Canal Stock .... ... Ditto Reduced ...... 1 Ditto New, 1830 . per net p it .. cent... 3i per Cent. Debs. ...... 9 0 1 Rosa! Canal Stock ...... ••• HALRE A ,-.., 0 r ONE. The failure of the bankers,ar _Messrs. Wright •• and Co., of Henrietta-street, Covent G dee, has caused some sesa tion both in the Money Ma rket a and the City, and much regret is expressed on the ir a ccount. ape understand that their failure may be e ntire y e . r , uted to their extensive speculations, but it is re t d rep assets full assets will be forth coming for all demands. the failure Up to the present hour failure has not had any effect on the British funds. Burin the Consols have been f g ( morning at 891, alter nately buyers and sellers ao ~ , r ) e r a eti i : e Account, with little doing, owing to the t E t' b mails being still due ; Money same as for time. Ex chequer Bills, 3 I dis. ; Bank Stock, 1591; India Stock, 241. is in the , The Foreign Market b . ntiv s-me inactive state as that spent% A of the British. 22 1 N e i ' 23 11 1 ; Portuguese, 36 3 5 / 1 ; Three per Cents. 0 I n , exican, 30; Dutch Two and -a-Half per Cents., e , t L h . g done; Five per Cents., 98. scarce aa) thin g In Shares ‘ doing. Great Western, London and 84; New, 48/ 4 3 ; N I h Midland Bri g h ton, 26i; Bir mingliam, 1631 ; — o . r ' New, 361. no infe ll ,gence as yet of the arrival of the We have President steamer. _____..„.,......,---- populous pariah of St. Fe ulk Dowager has forwarded to the Rev. W. E. L. • ner a handsome donation for Dover, to inspect the justtile formedattentnv James, Clerkenwell, for 1 relief of the sick poor, and tow H ard er s a M S a o j e e ie s t t y y bas consented to become Patroness. of the same. Lord Hill has arrived in town, from Hardwick Hall, his sett in the county Q , e S w tl e e e ''''''lL His Lordship leaves in the course of th troops garrisoned at the ca . The Eail and Countess of Wilton will leave Badminton, where they the l cl ose of th e present wee k , f or town, and, after staying .1% f vdays in th e metropo li s, go to S trat hfieldsayo , on a v isit to the Duke of Wellington. CHURCI-L-RATE DEFEATED AT MORLEY.— The poll for this rate commenced on M on d ay morn i ng , and closed on th e afternoon of the following day, when the numbers were—For the rate, 176; Against it 207 ; Ma jority against the rate, 31. We understand that every possible means was resorted to by the pro-rate party in otderto secure a majority on their side.—Leeds Mercury TEA MARKET. The Market was in a dull state, and prices had a down. ward tendency. Free Trade Company's Congou flat at 2s 3id cash. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand existed for Russian Tallow, and prices were firm at 47s 9d, to 48s, on the spot for P. Y. Candle, Town Tallow sold at 50s 6d to sls per cwt. WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. There was a large supply of potatoes during last week. The cold weather induced the buyers to come forward more freely, and a brisk demand was experienced for all kinds at full rates, indeed in some instances choice sorts produced a small advance. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) THE CASE OF' THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND CAPTAIN DOUGLAS. It will be recollected, that at the last Session of the Court, the trial of the Earl of Cardigan and Captain Douglas was postpcned, on account of its being considered advisable that the case of the Noble Earl should b• first disposed of before that of the accessory was brought for ward. The recognizances were accordingly respited to this Session. Mr. Ano.r.rnes applied to the Court this morning for a further respite of the recognizances of the parties. The indictment against the Noble Earl had not yet been re moved by certiorari, and it was not known when the trial could take place. The same inconvenience in reference to the accessory still existed, and therefore he had to move the Court that the recognizances of the Noble Earl and his bail be further respited till the next Session. Mr. Serjcant ARABIN said the Court had no objection to the course proposed. Mr. BODKIN then said he had a similar application to that made by his: friend, Mr. Adolphus, to make on be half of Captain Douglas and his sureties. Mr. Serjcant ARABIN—The application must be granted as a matter of course. The sureties were accordingly respited until the next session. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). The Lord Chancellor, on coming into Court this morn. ing, gave the following judgments : WILLIAMS V. OWEN. In 1831 the plaintiff, Richard Williams, was absolutely entitled to the property in question, and was at that time indebted to the defendant in the sum of 2001., which was secured by a bond of the plaintiff's father; and on the 14th June, 1821, the plaintiff's father contracted for the sale of certain premises, consisting of eight small cottages occupied by labourers, to the defendant, with liberty to re purchase. To set aside this conveyance was the object of the present bill. The defendant took possession imme diately after the execution of the conveyance, the plaintiff's father died within 3 years afterwards, and left the plaintiff his heir who became of age before the filing of the bill. The de fendant insisted the transaction was a sale, with an agree ment to repurchase, which was never acted upon. The plaintiff insisted it was a mortgage, and such was the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor, from whose decision the defendant appealed. The LORD CRAN VELLOR, in giving judgment, oh• served that part of the plaintiff's case was, that the con veyance was prepared by the defendant's attorney, but that would give nothing except in aid of a case of fraud, which was not attempted to be made out; on the contrary, whatever might have been the intention of the parties, there was no doubt they tripled the agreement with the full knowledge of its contents. His Lordship was of opi nion the plaintiff had not established any title to relief, or to enforce the contract for a repurchase. The bill must therefore be dismissed with costs. BAZALGETTE V. CURLEW. The object of this bill was to charge the defendant with the difference between the price which ho obtained for an estate in Jamaica, and that which the plaintiff contended he might, but for wilful neglect, have procured. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the plain tiff had failed in proving neglect, or that a better price could have been procured. So much of the bill there fore as sought to charge the defendant with anything beyond what he had received must be dismissed with costs, but the plaintiff was entitled to an account of the purchase money and the profits. ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. IRONMONGERS' COMPANY. The arguments of Court! el were then resumed in this part-heard ease. At the time we went to press Sir W. Follett was addressing the Court on behalf of the re spondents. BOLLS' COURT.-(THIS PAY.) The Court was engaged the entire morning with a case of " Radburn v. Jervis," in which a great number of Coun sel are employed, and which is therefore expected to last the whole day. The case came on upon exceptions to the Master's Report, but there was no point in the case worth mentioning in a newspaper. BAIL COURT-(41 1 M DAY.) (Before Mr. JUSUCC PATTESON.) At the sitting of the Court this morning several gentle. men were sworn in as attorneys of the Court. THE QUEEN V. THE INHABITANTS OF WATFORD. Mr. M. CHAMBERS moved for a certiorari to bring into Court an order of the Justices of the Session of St. Al ban's. The circumstances were similar to that of the case in which a rule has already been granted, and it was sug gestcd that the two cases might be argued together. Application granted. COMNON PLEAs._(TiIIS DAY.) (Sittings in Dance.) TYNELL V. WOOLLEY AND ANOTHER. In this adjourned case, of which we have already given the particulars in full, Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL this day replied in support of the rule for a nonsuit. The CounT ruled that the contract entered into by the defendants on the part of the Benefit Society of which they were stewards, to pay the plaintiff seven shillings a week, on condition of his surrendering all other claims upon the Society, was illegal and invalid. The Society had no power according to its enrolled rules to make such a con tract. The question therefore of the individual liability of the Secretary and Stewards did not now arise. The Baron Jam es de R o thschild has given 10,001. to the sufferers by the inundations. —Goli:p;ani'6 EVENING- EDITION. QUEEN'S BENCI - 1.-(TiIIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) ABRAHAM V. SKINNER. The Court gave judgment in this case, which was an action upon a b!ll of excliang,e. The stamp was in their opinion not a valid one, and therefore the verdict for the defendant must stand. THE QUEEN V. WILLLIAM ISAINES-CHURCH-RATES. A rule having been obtained in this case a few days since by Mr. M. D. Hill, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of Mr. William Baines, who had been com mitted for subtraction of Church -rates, the particulars of which were reported at the time the application was made, the writ and return having been read by the officer of the Court, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Hill) now appeared to support the objections that h 'd been u-ged against the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, They had now before them the warrant and significavit `and the writ de contumacio capiendo under which the defendant William Baines had been arrested, and he (the Attorney- General) submitted that from the facts set forth in these documents, the Court must be of opinion thet the de fendant had been illegally committed, and ought to be dis charged. He should, in the observations he should feel it his duty to make, strictly confine himself to the legality of the proceedings, and he trusted he sheuld be able to show their Lordships that by the law as it at present stood the defendant bad been illegally committed to prison. Their Lordships had learned by the return to the alit of habeas corpus that the defendant was detained by virtue of a writ de contumacio capiendo, which was founded upon an Act passed in the 53d year of the reign of George the Third, and the question for them would be whether he was lawfully in prison under the Act of Parliament. It was only by virtue of that Act of Parliament that the defendant could be deprived of his liberty. They would bear in mind that although it was their duty to enforce that Act of Parliament, it was a very severe one, and should therefore be strictly construed. It empowered (certain forms being observed) the prosecutors in the Ecclesiestal Court to deprive a British subject of his liberty for any sum, however small ; and the party taken upon that writ must remain in custody until satisfaction be made. No length of imprisonment would entitle him to be discharged. No Insolvent Court would release him; and it had even been declared by the highest authority that the consent of the prosecutor was insufficient for that purpose. That the Ecclesiastical Cour: has not the power to discharge when a writ de contumacio capiendo has been sued out, and arrest made upon it, unless the contempt is purged by the actual payment of the whole debt and costs. Now, be bad to point out to the Court several objections which appeared to him fatal to the pro ceedings in the case of William Baines; and he would com mence with this—that the significavit was in the name of ' Sir H. Jenner, and not in the name of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The significavit was the foundation of the writ, and unless it were founded on the Act of Parliament, and preserved the forms therein pre scribed, the writ must be illegal. Now he submitted that the proper person to signify was the Ecclesiastical Judge, and not Sir H. Jenner. He need not remind their Lord ships that the writ de contumacio capiendo had been sub stituted for the writ de excommunicatione capiendo, the Court proceeding at first by ecclesiastical censure. The 1 highest censure they could inflict was excommunicating the offending party, cutting them off thereby from all ' communion with the Church. Still that did not deprive them of their liberty. The form observed was by signi fication by the Bishop to the Chancery. He sheuld he able to show their Lordships by clear and undoubted au thority that the significavit was always by the Bishop or Ordinary, and that the 53c1 Geo. 111, made nu alteration in the person by whom the signification was to be made. Such was the case befoic the passing of the 53d of George 111., as appeared by several authorities to which he should refer. In Bacon's Abridgement, article excommunication " The sentence of excommuni cation can only be pronounced by the Bishop." It was a spiritual sentence, and could only be by Ecclesiastical authority. So in Gibson, " Excommunication mutt be by the Bishop, whose proper subject the party is." Now, Sir H, Jenner was only the Commissary of the Arch bishop of Canterbury. " The reason whereof is, because no person inferior to a Bishop can call in the secular arm." In Cummin's Digest it is said, " Before the writ de excommunicatione capiendo be granted, there must be a certificate to the Chancery, of the contempt of the party by the ordinary by his letters, under seal_ and such letter ought to be by the Bishop, or his im mediate ordinary." And then it added, " so if the Bi shop be in remotis beyond the sea, the certificate may be by his Chancellor or Vicar. General, but none except the Bishop can regularly make the significavit, on which the writ de excommunicatione issues." Then came the question whether any alteration had been made by the 53d George the Third, and ho thought their Lordship would sec that the proceedings in the significa tion for contempt were the same as in the signification for excommunication. In the former case the thing signified to the Chancery was that the party was excommunicated, that which was at present signified was that the party had been guilty of contempt. But there was no reason to introduce any alteration in the person who was to make the signification. The only alteration was in the thing signified. The statutes which substituted contumacy for excommunication was the 53d George 111., chap. 127, and was entitled " An Act for the Better Regulation of Ecclesiastical Courts ;" and the first section ; coupled with the schedules, cleared up any doubt their Lordships might entertain upon the point. The section recited that " Whereas, it is expedient that excommunication, except in certain cases, be discontinued, and certain proceedings substituted in lieu thereof;" and it then enticed that from and after the passing of the Act, excommunication, except in certain specified cases, be discontinued throughout Great Britain, and that when any person having been duly cited to appear in any of th e E cc l es i ast i ca l C ourts, shall neglect or refuso to appear or obey such lawful order or authority, and shall commit any contempt, no sentence of excommunication shall be given or pronounced, but in stead thereof, it shall be lawful for the Judge before whom such contempt shall take place, to pronounce the party contumacious, and within ten days, to signify the same to his Majesty's Chancery, as bath heretofore been done in I cases of excommunication. Therefore the proceedings were not left to conjecture, " and thereupon the writ of contumacy shall issue, and all orders, rules, regulations, and practice not hereby altered, and the proceedings fol lowing thereupon, shall extend and be applied to the writ de contumacio capiendo." The form was then given in the schedule, and he asked their Lordships whether they would have any doubt that the practice of signifying by the Bishop was still retained. In the last case before the Court, that of John Thorogood, such was the proceeding ; indeed, the whole of the proceedings in the present ease appeared to have been done in a very bungling manner, for the very form of the significavit would show that it could not be made by an inferior officer. It commenced—. To his Most Excellent Majesty our Sovereign Lord," and then followed words which were very proper when used by a Bishop, wl.cn addressing the Sovereign, but certainly could not be proper when coming from the Commissary. There was a blank for the name of the Bishop " by Divine Providence," now, the Commissary was not " by Divine Providence:;" that was not a proper epithet when referring to the office of Commissary—" health in Him by whom Kings and Princes rule and govern." Such a form of address could not certainly come from a mere officer of the Ccurt. We hereby notify and signify that --, of —, in the county of --, has been guilty of contempt," the Act being then set out. That was the form always observed in 1 cases of writs of excommunication; and the same form , was followed when the writ of contumacy was substituted. In Chitty's General Practice, vol. IV, page 225, be found the form of a significavit for a writ of contumacy, and it was addressed "To the King's Most Excellent Ma jesty William, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Can terbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan. health in him, by whom Kings and Princes rule and govern." lie held in his hand also an office copy of a significaeit— " To her Must Excellent Majesty the Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, Charles James, by Divine Providence, Bishop of Landon, health in Him by whom, &c." Now, in the case before their Lordships, as appeared by the affidavits and other documents before them, the significavit was by Herbert Jenner, Knight. He trusted that upon that ground alone their Lordships would say that the writ de contumacio capiendo was void, and that the prisoner was entitled to be discharged..T.Thcre were various other objec tions which ho should now proceed to mention to their the they e thoughtthou n L ie o n rd t sl t i h it e w ba o d uld jus b t e smtaotreed,c.lonntvhee first instance. o iPs ilis u cu n s le s ss th t Lord DENBIAN—WO think it better to have the whole of the objections. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the next objection was that the sentence upon which William Baines was pro nounced guilty of contempt was pronounced without the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court. It would appear, from locking at the significavit, that there was a citation—that the defendant did not appear, and that in stead of pronouncing William Baines in contumacy, as was done in the case of John Thorogood, they proceeded the Court proceeded to hear witnesses and give ~ ex parte:and without the defendant ever havingfianpapleared, and 1251. 3a. costs. Now he submitted to for 4 the rate, judg ment, by which the defendant was ordered_ to pay . 21. as. of f e t i h r eLo Ecclesiasticalrd ships, tha that according Court—accordingt theo g g eneral rat the e l a w of proceedings the they had no jurisdiction Ecclesiastical Court,andwahccaotsrodeinvegrttoodbeecatdretdh the c a se, authorities, the had jurisdiction defendanthav himng tocontumacious.They They had juris dictiont) n in Chancery contumacious fur not appearing. That he had been adjudged contum ~, e i d o enco l l l at a r v eh o davi signified to the Queen That was the course adopted in Jahn Thorogoou s case. ,and then there was however, of doing that they proceeded ex parse there basing been no appearance a specific sum for the rate, and a sp e . hesum the pa costs. He submitted to their Lordship s ci a decree :f. r that was beyond the juris diction of the Ecclesia stical Court, and that the proper m ode of p roceedin g would have been when the defendant did not appear to have adjudged Li n , contumacious. To have si,;!nified that to the Chanoery, and then to issue a writ de contumacio capiendo, for not a ppearing. The defendant was now taken f or rot paying these two sums of 21 s a. and 1251 33 . Unless th e C ourt had authority to make such an order, which, lie c onten d ed, was not the case, the defendant bad been illegally taken into custody, and ought to be discharged. He need not remind their Lordships of the general rule in these cases—that until both sides were heard there could be no cl t. T h e but rty theresvho cdidou could not n appearot be e a might be liable ju gmen to punish ment,judgment unless in parti cular cases. Then came several authorities on that point, and be would refer to one or two. In Constat's Practice an d Jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts, it was laid down that the only reale ly ag a i nst a party ' for not appearing was by excommunication ; and although the 53d Geor ge the Third alt ere d t h e punishment, the form of proccedul remained the sam e. They could ' not proceed ea P arte ' " there could b e no judgment. He then described what was meant by excommunication, a nd the M ode of obtain- Garin. ing it. It was to b e i nflicted upon \ upon the p roctor ' s pet i t i on to t h e Jade , . being t being d u ly p rove d. Th e party cited found cont umac i ous , th e s o ctor off notbeappcitatiobn so offers .. the, , , he- I dole of excommunication to the Judge. A form [of the schedule was then given, and if proceeds," In those days, from the malice and contempt men bear to the Ec clesiastical jurisdiction, they sometimee stand out for 38 of 39 days; but, to avoid the writ of exco:nmunicat:on, they come in and desire their absolution, boasting that they can have absolution before the 40 days are elapsed," Becausca after the 40 days, the writ of excommunicatiois would issue. It then went on to state how the Ecclesiastical : Judge may proceed against those who contemn his jurisdictim e • Thus it observed that those who a second time are in cm. temps might be proceeded against by the Ecclesiastical Jur , g,e as perjurers, as having previously taken the oaths of submie sion to the Court, and as acting then in violation of theme It then stated how the Ecclesiastical Jadge was to act in case a person persisted in his contempt for fatly days—that after that period should have elapsed, the assistance of the legal authority should be called in, which was now to be done by means of a significvit. It then proceeded to describe the mode cf obtaining a writ de excommunicatione eat iendo, and the mode of proceeding thereupon. Nor did this extend only to per sons excommunicated by the Ecclesiastical Courts, but it extended to all others, however excommunicated. Archbishops and Bishops had here pointed out theta the manner in which they were to proceed with person ho remained excommunicated for forty days, and of the manner in which they were to proceed in the execution of the writ de excommunicatione capiendo ; but there was not the slightest surmise of any ex parte proceeding in the did i f absencehe n a o Pt consequentlyP o a e appear, p rte t h • d e: r o , ari h al therereotabyvi objections i o () could having lsd would b be summoned m oh m ce o o vn n etm e e d setd t a leiteleodfills, iaf defendant, nhde c o o o n t te h s e t a joinedt l itis o u n n i l e e s s u s s i t s h s e o e f p w a t rie:ter,e. cause; there could be no jaopinpeeda,readt.id The Court could could in that case have no fundamental ground whereunto act to enable the Judge to take cognizance of the cause. He would only allude to one other authority in support of his argument, which is Cockburn's Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts, Fourth Edition, published in 1800. At page 11 of that book it was stated that, on the day when a citation should be returned, if the party did not appear, the proctor should exhibit his authority, and the Judge having admitted it, be should then accuse the party so neglecting to appear of contumacy, and pray for a citation calling upon him to show cause why he should not be excommunicated for such his contumacy; and the Judge should order such citation to be issued for the next Court-day, and if the accused party did not then attend, then he should be cited to appear to hear himself excommunicated, and such citation should also be sent to the minister of the parish in which such party resided, and, on his still neglecting to appear, the sentence of excom munication should be pronounced against him. Through. out the whole of the proceedings there was no substitute for the appearance of a defendant. There was but one exception to thi, rule, and that was in cases relat ing to the proving or writs. In cases between party and party, the Ecclesiastical Court would never proceed with out an appearance ; but in testamentary caukes they would. At p. 131 of Cockbure's book-, which be had already cited, it was laid down that in cases where an executor was desirous of proving a will, and was fearful that the approver, from a desire to give unnecessary trouble, would absent himself,:that he might insert the words that whether the approver were present or not the Court would pro ceed, and that the same rule might be observed frequently in testamentary causes; and these were the only cases in which the Court could proceed in the absence of the parties. In all other cases—in all cases between party and party, if the defendant did not appear, the Court had no jurisdiction, and their only remedy was for coutu. macy. In testamentary cases, where there was no necessity for the p. esencc of a party, the ChSe might proceed in his absence, but in all cases where a defendant was called upon to do any act, or to submit to any punishment or blame, the Court, could have no jurisdiction unless the party appeared. In testamentary cases the party bad merely to sec an act done, but in cases where the proceedings were for the purpose of proceeding to the punishment of parties, or to compel them to do certain acts, in case of non-appearance the only remedy was by proceeding for contumacy. There had been a statute passed in civil cases to enable a plaintiff to enter an appearance for a debt as regarded several processes and things being then in the same situation as they would have been if the defendant had voluntarily appeared, the case proceeded. But that, instead of being an authority against his urgument, was a strong confirmation of his principle. Unless the Legislature had interfered, the thing could never have been done—that Court could never have in order compelled, re rto by havea declaration its ownrrualetiso,n filed. A statuteadefendanttoappweaaar necessary to do this. Again, during the last year of the reign of William the Fourth, his Learned Friend, Sir Ed ward Sugden, had been instrumental in procuring the passing of a most useful Act respecting proceedings in Courts of Equity. What bad, previous to the passing of that Act, been the course of proceeding in these Courts? If a defendant on being summoned did not appear the Court had no jurisdiction, they could only take the party en an attachment for his contempt, and if he chose to remain in prison for twenty years the proceed ings of the Court was stopped during that time. Great inconvenience had teen felt in consequence, and an Act bad been passed by which it was enacted, that if a party neglected to put in an appearance the bill should be taken pro confesso. Without that Act the Court would have had no jurisdiction, and if it had proceeded to decree any thing in the cause, such decree would have been contrary to law, and would have been reversed. There was no statute giving a s: far power to the Ecclesiastical Court, nor did it seem That those Courts bad considered it essential that any such power should be conferred on them. In the reign of George IV. an Act bad been passed to facilitate the pro ceedings of such Courts, and that Act contained no such provision. The 9th section of the Act 10 George IV., cap. 52, gave addit;onal powers to those Courts to make ciders for the regulation of their practice, but there was no clause giving them any power to proceed to a final de cree against a defendant not appearing. The Ecclesiasti cal Court at present stood in that respect precisely in the same situation in which it stood when Cummins and Cockburn wrote ; the only remedy against a defendant not appearing was by proceeding against him far contumacy. That was exactly the course which had been pursued in the case of Thoregood. Thorogood had been cited to ap pfbcoeuorat Court non-payment followedne .f h o pa r ad e y m th ne e or tah C eao o uf e n tahc si toc s rr t hsi o t oc r y y r e Curhtao.iodr ap proceed toc b h% een f dh e r a b e dyw a D i tp: h r cp . eo L at nhr ushington s e e : : t s a cause,hne Cockburn; a decree of contumacy was issued against him, and upon that he was taken into custody, not for non-payment of Church -rates, but for not ap pearing to answer to the process- of the Court. The Court in his case had not proceeded to order the payment of the rate and costs: they had no right to make any such order, or to make the disobedience to any such order a ground of commitment, and on these grounds be trusted the Court would be clearly of opinion that the order in question was an unlawful order, and one which the de fendant was not bound to obey. His next ground of eieo o ti b on yjecsthiow wasthat that thedefendant feed s a i n g t nifiait h c ad v he d en id anssoetssesduffi to a Church-rate, for all that appeared from the significavit, the rate to which he had been assessed might have been a Poor-rate or a Highway-rate, or a Borough-rate, or any other rate over which the Ecclesiastical Court could have no jurisdiction. He wished to direccsii t ig t i h fi e e i a r nt L . ord l s t h w ip a s: attention to the exact language of the that he the said William Baines had neglected-Xo pay the d h war assesses d e n d t h ; e t s h s e . to s o which, ot he 1251. ro h c a to d r been of n t h r e a t C e u a r ri c upon this document that the sum of 21 . s s. wa a s ti t dm of a ls 2 o 1 " for a Church-rate, and for the repair of Baines's pads!: church, and it was only on account of such a rate that the Court would have jurisdiction to commit him. The words were only, rated and assessed, and that Couft could take nothing by inuendo. The Courts of Law had always looked with the greatest jealousy upon the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and had alwaysinsisted upon those Courts showing that their pro ceedings were legal upon the face of them. In the case of the " King arid Eger," 2 Sturges' Reports, Lora, Talbot had laid it down that the Court could intern nithiag in favour of the jurisdiction, and unless the grounde of it were clearly stated, it was illegal. But in the pre sent case the significavit was worded in the obscure man ner to which he had alluded. There was one part ti, which be thought it necessary to draw their it was Lord bl out that his disobedience was in a certain case of subtrac tion of Church rate, but this would not help their case at s P et s. attention ; in a subsequent part of the significavit all, for the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Court ought to have been shown in that part of the significavit where mention was made of their disobedience ; that was the alle gation, and in that part the jurisdiction should have been truly displayed—it merely said that he had been assessed to a rate without stating for what. In all the old cases it had been determined that the disobedience must be distinctly specified. The Court had always exhibited the greatest jealousy of the writ de ex. coramunicationc capiendo. How did it show that he had disobeyed a lawful command? did it state that he had been commanded to pay 2/. 55., which he was assessed to a church-rate ? No such thing. Hew was the Court to know that the rate was for the repair of the parish church of the parish in which Baines lived ? It simply stated that he had not paid 21. las. rated and assessed upon him. Air. Justice COLERIDGE•-•-•It states afterwards that it is in a ease of s u btr act i on o f C hurch-rate. (The case was pro cee di ng when we went to press.) of the have 1 record SI7 ARLOW F for Monday another . flat week in sugars, but the gene. -Nov 20.—We GAR NfAItKET-7N° rility it,gly firm, the ye holders, in this as in other markets, arc exceed eration.—Bristol Mereuru. every Other consideration.—Bristol small quantity cn hand o ut-vveighirig C week. The accounts J LECTION.—The election is fixed Reformers are most cheering. Notvv of the prospects of the intimidation and cajolery of the . faction, Colonel 13ruer: will, we are persuaded, be once more the defeated candi date, Tue .. savages" will not elect him, to give his vott. ithstanding all the with Lord Stanley for the annihilation of their elecicira . : rights. But, unceasing exettion is required to ensure the return o f Mr. Ponsonby, and the triumph of the people over the Carlow Orangemen. Above all, the effective co.eperation of the Wing gentry is indispensable.—D«bla .Evening Post. LOall oil THE FRACAS AT TIIE FRENCH OPERA, M. Begeron was on Wednesday tried before the Ttibun:i of the toll of t.. tofotilie trustees that tht of Correctional Police for his assault upon AL F,,,,,k, Girardin at the Opera, declared Guilty, and sentence:: to imprisonment for two years, and to pay a fi. ac of 30fr. together with all costs. l'he solicitors of the Exchequer have taken into their handy the whole North-road, and have given notice sible all the parishes K ill be held personally respon hfraosnictrlra tollscreated a for v very yy great purpo s e s w h,, The abase fact through which the roads pass, sensation are liable to repair the roade.—aLsithe parochial authoritiet THE BANQUET TO MR coin Mercury. will receive ample proof on \v . BLACK.—Mr. Bia: high place in the est.cent ar,d ednesday that he bolo: , zens, About 500 tickets h confidence of his fellow-e' I only five days have have been already sold, thot.,„.. tt,ve.irna.ny money tak,;l i pounced ter the , ~.e lapsed since the banquet ssas first au. 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