The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-25 00:00:00

MILITARY.

THE. LATE GENERAL Slit WARREN M. PEACOCKE,
K.C.H., K.C.—This distinguirhed g•neral officer, who died
in town on the 23rd inst., aged 83, entered the army se far
back as the sear 1780 as an ensign in the 88th Foot. In
1798, Lieut.. Col. Peacocke served in the Irish rebellion, and
was present in the actin's with the rebels at Antrim and
Ballynabinch. In 1801 he served in Egypt, and was en-
gaged in the various actions of that year's campaign. He
served also in the expedition to Hanover in 1805, and in that
to Copenhagen in 1807. Sub,equently he served in the
Peninsular war, was present at the passage of the Douro in
18Q9, and from that year until the close of the war, held the
impbrtant post of ttte officer in command at Lisbon. For
his rervices in Egypt he was nominated a Knight of the
Crescent, and for that in the Peninsula a Commander of the
Tower and Sword. In 1832 he was nominated a K.C.11.,
and in 1843 was appointed to the vacant calonelcy of the
19th Foot, which lucri.tive appeintment is thus vacated by
his &cease.
(From last night's Grartle.)
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Acts. 21.
Ordinate Medical Department.—d.ll.llAwasau, M.D., to be mast,
1031.• rice Daasauenle, prom.
Royal Itegt. of Artillery.—J. S. Stoekley, gent., to be veterinary-
surg., vice hart, ret. on h.p.

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ADMIRALTY, Aro. 21.
Corps of Royal Niarinee.—Pint Lieut. C. 0. 11/asi.vv, to be rapt.,
vice P. 1. J. Dussutoy, retired on full pay: Sec. Lieut. W. 11. W.
Bitsserr, to be first UeuL, vies }Lumley, prom.

MEDICAL

nALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed
their examination is the sciecce and practice of medicine,
and received etitificates to prActise, on Thurday, Aug. 23,
1849: Benjamin Webster, Morley-lodge, Leeds ; Rawson
Senior, Batley, mar Dewsbury, Yorkshire ; John Earn-
skew, Clitheroe, Lancashire ; George Burnham, (heat
ritusby.

SPORTING.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.

Evidence was then given of his previous good character,
and the responstb'e situations he had fill J.
The Common Serjeant having summed up, the jury ac-
quitted him.
Ile was then indicted for a similar offencs end convicted,
hut judgment wu respited. Thera were several other charges.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YLSTESDAY.
Byrom Ma. Wrewaw.
The court eat yesterday at the Guildhall, Westminster,
pursuant to the act of parliament, but bad there not been
several bail cues adjourned thither from Clerkenwell for
trial, there would have been no business before the mutt.
TES RRCENT SCONE IN COORT.
Mr. Mellor, on behalf of the London Society for the Pro-
tection of Yourg Females, applied to the court for an order
upon which to bring up a female who, in March last, was
convicted of keeping a house of ill-fame, and who was
liberated on revtgoisances to come up and receive judgement
!when called upon. She bad repeated the offence, and
had thereby rendered herself liable to judgment,
and the society felt bound to bring the defen
dant before the court. Having made the application,
Mr. Mellor said, addressing Mr. Witham, sir, I take this
opportunity of asking your permission for me to refer to a
scene that took place the other day at the Clerkenwell Sea.
sions-house, and which was fully repotted in the public
newspapers.
Mr. Witham.—Say no more about it, Mr. Mellor. It is
pest and gone, and let it be forgotten.
Mr. Mellor —I must not, indeed I cannot, permit it to be
passed over; for I feel it due to my position, as a member of
the bar, and out of respect to the court I feel bound to call
your attention to the circumstances; for, recollecting the
language I made use of towards you upon that occasion,
which language was correctly reported in the newspapers, I
now admit that I gave expression to certain words--such as
how dare you "—which upon reflection have caused me
some pain. I confess, sir, that such language, addressed to
you, was not only ill-timed, but unbecoming and disrespectful,
sot only when considered an addressed to you, as the presiding
Judge of the Middlesex Sessions but it wouli have been
equally unbecoming and equally disrespectful, had it been
addressed to the judge of the most inferior court of the king-
dom. The relative positions of judge and counsel are such
that nothing can justify counsel treating the office of judge
with personal disrespect or discourtesy, even though the
conduct of tt-at judge should indicate that he had forgotten
the sacred duties and obligations devolving mere him. Feel-
ing as I therefore do, sir, that no proper subordination or
discipline could be maintained in courts of justice if the
judge were not regarded with gentlemanly feeling and
deference by the bar ; feeling this, I canna but
say, that, in making an awn* for the expressions,
I was under warm and excited feelings, and under
the irritation of the moment led into giving vent to them. I am
discharging my duty to you, and to myself in confessing that I
overstepped propsicty in wing such language, and I there-
fore beg to apologise for the same, and retract all the offen-
sive expressions I uttered.
Mr. Witham—l am perfectly ratisfled, Mr Mellor, that
yen never really intended to insult me, and all I intended
was to give you a good-natured hint that you were a little
lengthy, and I regret as much as you do that anything un-
pleasant should have paved. Toe reason I said no more at
the time was, that I was convinced that you were not speak-
ing the calm and deliberate sentiments of your mind. Your
apology is ample, and I accept it.
Mr. Mellor said he was glad that Mr. Witham took so
good natured a view of the matter : he could only repeat
his regret.
Mr. Hector llnse, who was on the bench, soil that he
was extremely glad that this •apology had been =vie. Mr.
Mellor had taken a proper and gentlemanly courts, which
reflected great credit upon him, and it would have been well
had some members of the profession, on different occasions,
been induced to adopt the same track course as pummel by
Mr. Mellor.
The matter then drooped.