The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-25 00:00:00

EVENT NG EDITION.

FINE ARTS.

THE DIORAMA THIS DA )
We Were favoured this morning with a private view
of the Diorama in the Regent's Park, tvhich contains
two pictures painted by the Chevalier Bouton—one;
the Coroaa-Eou of her Majesty, Queen Victoria;
and the other, the Interior of the Church of Santa
Croce, at Florence. The former of these, which
has never before been exhibited, was taken from
the gallery appointed for the Members of the House
of Commons, and represents the interior of West-
minster Abbey, just as it appeared during the ceremony.
The moment selected is that when the Crown was placed
on the Queen's head. In the foreground, but removed
at some distance from the spectators,
sits her Majesty,
on a chair of State, holding the sceptre in her hand,
while the Archbishop of Canterbury, who stands neat
her, is stretching, forth his hands to place the sPllll°l
of monarchy on her head. Beside his Grace, are the
Bishops, all of whom, we believe, assisted at the cere-
mony ; and on the opposite side of her M,josty, are th
thoFe
Peers who also had parts to perform in e
the
proceedings of the day. The box on
ground floor which instantly caches the sPeeta;
tor's eye, contains the Royal Family ; and in the g"'"
lery near the pulpit to the right, are the Foreign An''
bassadors with their Ladies and suites. Foremost
among these is the veteran Marshal Soult, who may easily
be recognized by his red sash. In the gallery opposit,
are persons of distinction attached to the Queen ant
Royal Family ; and in the north choir, on the ground-
floor to the right, are the Judges, the Lord Mayor,. She-
riffs, &c. The.numerous figures that stand nearest to the
spectator, in the long galleries on either side the AhheYi
are drawn with remarkable skill and distinctness, an.
stand out in a manner so like reality, that one has CO'si"
de rabic difficulty in believing that they are mere delusions.
The light which is thrown along the floor, especially,
that portion of it immediately in front of the chair
of state, shifts occasionally, so as to produce the
most striking effects. But what most astonishes
the spectator, is the triumphant mastery over space
that is exhibited in the painting. The Abbey er
pears quite as large as reality ; and the persre;
tive is managed with a degree of tact taste
we never yet saw surpassed. There is not grulbt
so much gorgeous colouring in the picture as 1"
have been anticipated from the nature of the subject
t;
but then the spectator is supposed to he,
some • distance from the pageant, so that its 131,e";
dour would naturally be somewhat subdued. 147Pe-
the ceremony is supposed to be at an end, the 0110,1,
strikes up the national anthem, " God save the Otteel.
On the whole, we consider this the most attractive Plc'
ture yet produced at the Diorama.

BAIL COU11.1%—(111IS DAY.)
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After two or three motions, of course, had been disP—,ei
of this morning, Mr. Justice WILLI/an inquired if C°llll.ly
were ready in any other case ? Having received * reSii
in the negative, his Lordship gave notice that on MII„d,
next, the peremptory paper would be peremptorily Ca eat
and that all the cases in which Counsel did not arpuo.
would be struck out of the list, and not restored• the
less this course was taken, he saw very clearly that! os
business would stand over until the last day,
most inconvenient.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER•

(THIS DAY.)

IN RE THE CANADIAN PRISONERS. the
The four prisoners whcse cases were brought unue-„,bt
notice of this Court, during last term, were again br°7o,
up this morning in the custody of the Gaoler of Nevigle.
They appeared improved in looks since they were last
fore the Court, and were very respectably dressed. a sit
The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, end. w
Frederick Pollock, were heard on the part of the °-
last Term. Ke
Mr. WIGHTMAN now followed on the same side4abos

said he appeared to support the return to a Writ of ifullooe
bringof made by Mr. Batchelor, the Keeper of the Ong
of Correction at Liverpool, commanding him to igloo
up John Goldsworthy Parker, William Alves, jetale
Brown, and Robert Walker. The return set out,. feb
statutes of the Legislature of Upper Canada, by %I cop.
one arraigned for high treason might by petition an cot $
fession of his guilt to the Lieutenant-Governor, rec eta
pardon, upon condition that the prisoners be trsesPd for
for life. That the prisoners had been so arraigneby ,s
high treason, that they had confessed their guilt an is
petition to Sir G. Arthur, and there being no Meautiore
Upper Canada for carrying_ the sentence into weed the
they were sent to Lower Canada for that purpose, a-„
,ere
same reason operating in the Lower Province, the
of the
sent to England, and were then in the keeping °,l for
gaoler for safe custody, while means were provide The
transporting them in execution of their sentence.id ae•
Learned Gentleman went at great length into the ° 004
thorities to show that the prisoners were in legal ee.enee
in England in order to carry out what was a legal sentarcd
in Upper Canada. His Learned Friends who APPeent to
for the prisoners, contended they had given no ase.ated,
their own transportation after the pardon had been gehaosh
and that they might have refused that assent evell,it t'
tbe
they had petitioned, and in that petition had assented the
conditions *imposed upon the pardon by the Act °Alen
Legislature. He would contend that they having
their assent could not afterwards revoke it without
ing back to their former condition, and taking their -lOf
for high treason. But this was not a pardon by virttiew
the prerogative of the Crdwn, but under a Par!icuof
Act of the Provincial Legislature to the
provision: t
which he would hereafter call the attention of the Cu the
He contended that the pardon bound the Crown °ll.sr dOO
one hand, and that the party could not, after the p-
be tried for high treason, but on the other hand th►
e Ind
soncr was bound by the conditions of the I.)rd°°, the
could not revoke the acceptance of such conditions tog
pardon contained. Such being the case, the contnt,
being recognised by the Act ofrthe Provincial Parliaorw the
there must be a power of carrying them into effect, ghee
Act of Parliament would be perfectly nugator)c, got
was the revocation to take place. He was no"' '11.450
laud, in execution of his sentence—but suppose be of it,
his destination in Van Dienien's Land, and got titeu dgo
was he then to revoke his assent to the conditions,
all
to any part of the world he pleased. oke
Mr. Baron ALDERSON —lf the one party can re: the
surely can the other. If the party can revoke 0412;04,
Crown. If prisoner can revoke, to escape peals OR
so can the Crown, and punish him for high treason.
is a state of things that can be contended for. ntr °d
Mr. WIGIITMAN—That. was exactly his argerll-earee-
he thought he need pursue it no further. His vesseigli
Friend had assumed that Upper Canada was 3[ooo'
country, and then contended that the Courts in th'4, Ise+
try could not give effect to or aid any foreign penal'eo9lll
Lcrd A BlNGER—Suppose that some prisoners 1(17,00
convicted in the Courts in France, and were shiPPe outln
Calais for Brest, and on the voyage put into Porlsrahsre
would the Courts here grant a habeas corpus to di6c
those legally convicted prisoners? be coo`
Mr Wieturmas apprehended not, and further (4,0
tended that our colonies, all owing allegiance to the `l.oll'
could not be called fore,gn countries. But take they the
verse of the points made by his Learned Friend. 9ider'
Courts here were not to take Canadian laws into e'riple,
alien, so the Canadian Courts, on the same Prins tot
~could not be bound to take any notice of English laa's;jote
would they contend that if a convict shit) were to 01,00,
a Canadian port, would theCahadian Courts grant
corpus. and discharge the prisoners ? He aPPreA"er the
not. The Learned Gentleman then brought ueuintielli
notice of the Court the statue regulating trailer
and was left speaking.
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COMMERCIAL (BLACK-WALL')
RAILWAY•.—(THIS DAY.)
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The Committee on this Bill met this morning A" fry°le,
o'clock, and the Members present were :—Mrs't Ices'
(Chairman), Mr. Harvey, Mr. Crawford, Mr. I,"lsoar'
Mr. Hodson, Sir B. Hall, Lord Teignmouth. Kir, 0'
nard, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Leader, '
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Palmer, Lord Castlereagh, and Mr. Clay. ittee
Mr Sergeant ANDRENVi addressed the Come' On
Opposition to the Bill, on behalf of the inhabitants °teed'
part of the city of London through which it nOrigoonit;
the railway should pass.. They trusted that th" operhtie
tee would not sanction the destruction of the"' 'nod I'l9
without some great public object being gained, he gb
question was whether the promoters of ta h:
had shown that a great public object t`riso
iff_•ce d by this line. The property s"4av a 4T,
attached by that Bill excectltd in value 950,0001", 2°04/
persons with their fon:lies would b • driven front t'l.e,heeel;
I,Jui hood, ine.ny of them depending on that Pet, to liC
hood for their subsistence. The whole district ne,
disturbed by one of the ereateat nuisances the raL'area to
had ever invented. Were the Committee pr'i: t
ovej.
o heC0
break through that great principia, which had hitt) hr
always observed by the House of Commons, th id not t
useful or beneficial railroads may be, they *be° the gee
brought ought into the heart of the City of:London, to
danger and inconvenience of the public ?
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RATING 01' TENEMENTS BILL.--1111-and n 9;
and unconstitutional measure for enforcing a party“,. a ye!
just property tax upon landlords of houses under
ens b);
rantal, was can last night in the House of Corner'
n Et. rity c,£f four, from which d duct the three parents of 001/0
names arc endorsed on the Bill, leaves a Ins.la Ws
one I! ! As the Bill is not set passed into a Latvia at the
that it will be strongly and successfully oPP°se
third reading.
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