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LONDON :
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1837.

In the HOUSE OF Loans yesterday, Lord BROUGHAM
`re-
sented a petition complaining that privileged persons at pre-
sent escaped the payment of their debts, and praying for pro-
tection for the creditor. Mr. BAINES brought up from the
CommoNs the Municipal Officers' Declaration Bill —The
House then adjourned.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS amongst the many important
petitions presented, were those from Westminster and Edin-
burgh, in favour of the Ballot, extension of the Suffrage, and
shorter Parliaments.

Mr. C. BULLER brought before the House Mr. Ews's
petition in reference to the Bodmin Election.
The SPEAKER, upon Mr. O'Brien being called upon to
proceed with his motion, made a communication to the
effect that the transactions which occurred in the House on
Wednesday at the dose of Mr. BLEWITT'S motion, had made
a deep impression on his mind ; that there were appearances
there, which seemed to indicate that he did not possess the
confidence of the House, in that degree. which it was essenti2l
that the Speaker of the House of Commons should obtain it ;
and that he most solemnly assured the House that, if he again
saw similar indications, he would retire from his office, and re-
lieve himself from the duties that now devolved upon him.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said in reply to -a
question, that it was his intention to renew the Committee of
last session upon joint-stock banks.
Lord J. RUSSELL in reply to Mr. Heatheote, said that the
inconveniences experienced under the Births and Marriages
Registration Acts, would, in course, be got over, and that it
was not his intention to propose any alteration in the existing
law.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN then brought forward the subject of
his own petition, presented by himself last Wednesday. The
Hon. Member moved " That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed to inquire into the allegations contained in the
petition presented by WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, complaining
of the subscriptions which had been raised to encourage the
prosecution of petitions against Irish Members, and of the con-
duct of a Member of the House (Sir F. BURDETT) in having
contributed to such subscription."
A debate ensued, which did not terminate until past three
o'clock this morning. We have noticed the discussion hi a
separate article, to which, in connection a ith, our Parliamen-
tal y Report, we refer the reader for full information on the in-
teresting and important proceedings of the night.

An animated and protracted debate took place last
night in the House of Commons, on the subject of
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN's motion, which was, in point
of fact, for a Committee to inquire into the nature and
extent of the SPOTTISWOODE conspiracy, and more
particularly—as Mr. HARVEY observed—into the
conduct of the Hon. Member for North Wilts, in
contributing funds in aid of that conspiracy. The
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who made a most lucid and
argumentative speech on the occasion, clearly showed
that this high Tory combination was altogether
illegal—a fact, which not one who spoke on the
opposite side of the House attempted to disprove. Mr.
BULWER, referring to the recent harlequin changes of
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, attacked that versatile and
" faded old beau" in a most caustic and effective style;
to which the only reply that the latter could make was,
that he was wiser now than at the period to which the
Hon. Member for Lincoln alluded. He had cast off,
he said, " the follies of his youth," meaning thereby,
we suppose, all the political sentiments which he
held during the long period that he represented the
city of Westminster in Parliament. This is a pre-.
cious compliment to those electors who for upwards of
twenty years placed implicit confidence in him, on the
strength of those very " follies !" But how were
they the " follies of his youth ?" Sir FRANCIS
maintained them Ion!, after he had passed, what are
called, the years of discretion. He was no chicken
when he denounced Toryism in all its forms and
varieties, and clamoured for Universal Suffrage and
Annual Parliaments ; but, on the contrary, a sober,
middle-aged gentleman who had reached that period
when a man's opinions may be said to be matured, and
fixed for life. The plea of juvenility, therefore, will
not avail him, in justification of his ultra-Radicalism,
for by no process of logic or sophistry that we know of,
can a man—at the staid age of fifty—be proved
to be a " youth I" But, mark the glaring
inconsistency of . this consummate apostate !. Last
night, he represented his advocacy of Radical doe:
trines as one of the ". follies of his youth ;" while
the night before, he broadly stated that he had never
advocated any measure but what was " just, legal,
and constitutional !" How, then, can measures thus
recommended—recommended by the triple sanction
of law, equity, and the Constitution—be " fol-
lies ?" But it is idle to pursue this matter
further. The Honourable Baronet is clearly in his
dotage. His memory will not serve hint for eight-
and-forty hours together. What he said yesterday, he
flatly contradicts to-morrow. We shall, therefore, for 7
bear all further comment on his display of last night,
in the firm conviction that he himself, in his next
speech, will furnish the best answer to it.
Poor C/ESA D'ISRA ELI ! He has met„ as he wished
to do, BRUTUS O'CONNELL " at Phillippi." And
what has been the result of this ardently desired inter-
view? Why, the most complete and grotesque
discomfiture that ever poor ghost was subjected
to I " We shall meet again at Phillipi I" Such.
yeas the minaceous and awful close of one of
Mr. D'ls RA ELI'S letters to O'CONNELL, hll-
- evidently a threat that when he next met
the astounded DANIEL, he would so worry and clap-
per-claw him ; so terrify him by his cutting sarcasms ;
so paralyze him by his " inextinguishable hatred,"
that he should rue the day when he ever •ven-'
tured to breathe a syllable in disparagement of
the political and intellectual deserts of the author-
of " Vivian Grey." The significant lesson read
to him last night will,, we trust, induce Mr.
D'ISRA ELI henceforth to assess his talents at a
more moderate valuation ; and not presume to wield
the bow of ULYSSES, when he is only competent to let
fly a boy's pop-gun. It is one thing to pen a fashion-
able novel, and another to address a senate. The Mem,
her for Maidstone has abundance of words, but a sad
dearth of ideas ; or he would not have talked such
arrant, irrelevant trash as he did last night. What
had the Vatican, or St. Peter's keys,. or the bell of
St. Paul's, to do with the SPOTTISWOODE conspiracy?
Why, even PETER BORTH WICK could have spoken
more to the purpose than this ; and the redouhred
SIBTHORP himself could scarcely have more effectu-
ally wandered from his subject. But we have done
with CeESA R D'lsttA ELI, of whom we shall say
no more, than that he has now convinced us that he
is far better qualified to administer to the tastes of the

circulating; library, than to those of the British Sennte.
Mr. O'CONNELL'S speech was one of the best and I
most convincing of the evening, and Lord STANLEY'S
attempt at a reply a perfect failure.

The Tory Journals cannot conceal their apprehen-
sion that the Election Petitions which the SPOTTIS-
WOODE conspirators-have got up, may be submitted to
the decision of a tribunal at which they will have a
stricter measure of justice dealt out to them, than they
are likely to receive under the operation of the
GRENVILLE Act. The organs of the Opposition
have taken their cue from Sir ROBERT PEEL,
who shewed strong symptoms of alarm on the se-
cond reading of Mr. CHARLES BULLER'S Bill, and
even went so far, in his eagerness to prop up the un-
constitutional and iniquitous proceedings of this base
crew of apostates and vagabonds, as to assert, that to
subject their knavery to the scrutiny proposed by the
Bill, would be to give to the measure the effect of an
ex post
.facto law. We stated at the time that the
Right Hon. Baronet, in making such an assertion,
showed an extraordinary degree of ignorance as to the
meaning of an ex post facto law. His own experience—
or, to speak more correctly, his own example—in those
amendments of the Criminal Law for which he has
claimed so much undue credit, would have been suf-
ficient to close his mouth, had he reflected that the
charge which he was straining every nerve to bring
home to the promoters of the Bill applied with equal
force to himself. The only thing that renders an
ex post facto law unjust is that it prescribes for an of-
fence a penalty which did not exist when the offence
was committed. If a man, for instance, commits a
crime to which the law has attached the punish-
ment of transportation, and if in the interval be-
tween the commission of the crime and the
arraignment of the culprit the law be altered,
and the punishment of death substituted for
transportation, the most obvious principles of jus-
tice are violated. The law breaks faith with the
criminal, and lays a snare for his life ; for had it in
the first instance awarded the capital punishment, the
crime in probability would not have been committed.
But does this objection lie against a mere change in
the mode of inquiring into the circumstances of the
crime ? It would be the height of absurdity to sup-
pose such a thing. If this were the case, the first
thing we must do is to annul the sentences passed
on many of the unfortunate persons who calculated
on being tried by a jury selected under the old system,
and were handed over to one chosen under Sir Ito-
BERT PEEL'S Jury Bill. We must also reverse the
doom—we hope it is not irreversible—of the much-
injured individuals who speculated on the chances of
escape afforded by a trial at the Assizes, and were
compelled by an ex post facto law, to plead at the
bar of the Central Criminal Court.
The case of the SPOTTISWOODE conspirators, if
brought before the tribunal created under Mr. BUL-
LER'S Bill, is precisely similar to that of the worthies
above mentioned. The penalties attached to breaches
of the law in Parliamentary elections, are neither in-
creased nor diminished in the smallest degree. The
quantum of punishment is just what it was ; but the
mode of trial is altered, so as to get at the truth with
more certainty. Thus no just cause of complaint is
given either to the accused or the accuser, but more
impartial justice is dealt out to both parties.

Sir ROBERT PEEL has given notice that he will
this evening move, as amendments upon the motion of
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for a Select
Committee upon the Pension List, a series of resolu-
tions, pledging the House to make ample provision for
the payment of all pensions continued on the accession
of his late Majesty, WILLIAM IV., together with
such as. have been granted since that period. The
Right Hon. Baronet might save himself this trouble.
By the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
Ch EQuER the Committee will stand pledged to have
.1 due regard to the just rights" of the pensioners=
viz., to sanction the continuance of the pensions, if the
recipients can only prove that they are able to squander
them. The best tight to the continuance of a pension
from either a Whig or Tory,Government is the plea
of poverty, aristocratic connections, and a contempt
for that drudgery by which ordinary people earn an
honest, independent livelihood. In the threatened
proceedings of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
we can discover nothing to cause the Right Hon. Mem-
ber for Tamwortli the shadow of uneasiness. Fie may rest
satisfied that the Whigs will handle the Pension List
with edifying tenderness, and that no name will be
struck out that can be kept where it is. But we, the
people, are not the less anxious to have a Committee
on the subject. We should like to know, though
compelled to continue the pensions, who really are the
recipients of what is assumed as the Royal bounty ?
We should like to know too, for what services, real
or alleged, their pensions were granted—the actual
funds out of which they are paid—and whether a.
Minister of the Crown in granting a pension confers
upon the recipient the gift of immortality ? We have
heard it repeatedly stated that pensioners on the Civil
List never die ; and we are anxious to ascertain of our
own knowledge whether this statement be, or be
not, a popular fallacy.. We admit that much va-
luable information was elicited by the Committee on
the Pension List appointed by Lord ALTHORF in
1831 ; but the country is not yet in possession of
one-fourth of the facts connected with this question,
of which it is the duty of an honest Administration
to make it fully acquainted. It is not so much the
amount of the pensions as the jugglery of the Govern-
ment, in concealing and mystifying them, that rouses
the indignation of the people. It is the low subter-
fuges had recourse to in the quartering them upon
this, that, and the other fund, nominally not under the
direct control of Parliament, that excites the disgust
of every honest and intelligent member of the commu-
nity. Let the Royal mantle be raised, that we may
obtain a view of the noble paupers sheltered be-
neath its ample folds. We care not now whether
the crumbs which fall from the Royal table be
eaten by dogs or children, provided we can but as-
certain their number, their relative allowances, and their
individual characteristics, if, indeed, they have any. The
people of England are generous to a fault, and if left
to them, the dignity of the Crown will never suffer
diminution from a lack of means to indulge in acts of
merited bounty. We regard the amendments proposed
to be moved this evening by the Right Hon. Baronet,
upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, as' designed to stifle any inquiry -which
Parliament may hereafter think proper to institute, by
pledging the House to a specific line of conduct be-
fore any of the facts are before it. The insidious
policy of the Tory leader, supported, as it is sure to
be, by a large section of aristocratic Whigs, cannot he
too strongly opposed by the Liberal party ; and we
take leave to assure the Government, that upon no •
question will its votes more affect the confidence re-
posed in it by the people of these kingdoms. A com-
promise here would be ahnost as bad as a coalition.

The second Report of the Cothmissioners appointed
to inquire into the state of the Scottish Church, was pre-
sented to the House of Commons on Wednesday by
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with an understandir, that the
discussion on the subject should take place within a few
days. The public will look with anxiety to the re-
suit ; and as the Ministry may lay their account with
'offending a large portion of the community which-
ever side they take, they ought to be the more on
their guard, anti adopt a plan which will bear the
strictest test of inquiry. If it were a matter of
policy, they could not hesitate for a moment. By.
proposing, a grant out of the Consolidated Fund to
increase Church- accommodation in Scotland, they
would not gain over one of the party in that country
110 w so hostile to them. The Tories would claim all
the merit of the action—they would tell .Lord JOHN
RUSSELL that'he was forced into the measure by Sir
ROBERT PEEL—and that they will therefore con-
tinue to support the leader who had conferred
on them such a benefit. Of this Lord JOHN R us_
SELL may rest assured. No act the Ministry can
perform will reconcile their enemies—they must look
only to their friends, and take no steps which can
alienate one of them, Unless on the strictest grounds of
justice and necessity. fly proposing a grlmt of
money, they would alienate a large proportion of
the liberal constituency in Scotland—they would give
offence not only to the Dissenters, but to a vast pro-

potion of the Burgh electors who have hitherto sup-
ported them, and also to the Dissenters throughout the
rest of the United Kingdom, who contend, and contend
justly, that there are ample funds for the maintenance of
the Established Church,without calling them to contri-
bute for support of an Establishment of which they dis-
approve. Besides, it would not confer any benefit. It
is necessary only to put a case. We know several
towns in Scotland where there are two or three Dis-
senting meeting-houses to one Church. These cha-
pels were erected,, not because the parish Church was
too small, but because they could not join in the reli-
gious services ; and if a thousand new Churches were
added to the thousand that already exist, we doubt
much if one Dissenter would be brought over to
the Established Religion. There are already teinds
in almost every parish sufficient for the decent main-
tenance of a clerp man, and some years ago a grant
was made under a Tory Government, by which about
10,0001. a-year is set apart for increasing small
livings. The Dissenters think the Church ought to
be satisfied with this, and look with strong suspicion
on the religious zeal of those who, while they are
eternally calling out for support to the Church,
will not contribute, unless • they can at the same
time put their hands into the pockets of those
who disapprove of its discipline and doctrines.
The House of Commons has on two late occasions
shown great discretion with regard to the distribution
of the public money. They properly listened to the
Just prayer of the Danish claimants, and rejected the
unjust claims of Lord CANTERBURY; and we there-
fore look with more confidence to an impartial deci-
sion on this important question.

Madrid Journals to the evening of the 28th ult.
have reached us this morning. The debates in the
Senate and Chamber of Representatives had not ter-
minated when the mails left for Paris and London.
The capital was much agitated, but no breach
of the peace had occurred. The re-organization
of Democratic and Anti-Constitutional Clubs had
likewise commenced. ESPARTERO had been ap-
plied to by the Government for troops. to put
down the disturbances in the interior of the king-
dom ; but he answered that he had no supplemen-
tary forces in the Basques, and would not suffer a
single regiment to cross the Ebro. According to ad-
vices received from Bayonne of the 2d instant, the
Christino forces north of the Ebro do not exceed
60,000, exclusive of the National Guards.

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been
received, but their contents are of very little impor-
tance. The Courrier Francais, on the authority of
letters from Lemberg in Gallicia, states that Austria
is preparing vast magazines of warlike stores, and that
there is every chance of the peace of Europe soon ter-
minating. The same journal states that the Emperor of
RUSSIA is making vast preparations for the subjugation
of the Circassians, whose recent advantages over his
troops have well nigh driven him out of his senses.
The Siecle has the following news from Toulon :
The Triton anchored here last night, on her way from
Tenedos, which she had quitted on the 11th Nov. She had
left there Admiral Gallois' squadron, consisting of the Mon-
tebello, the Santi Petri, the Trident, and the Jupiter. Ad-
miral Gallois had recovered his health, and was able to mount
upon deck and give his orders.
" The squadron of the Capudan Pacha, reinforced by fresh
vessels, was preparing to leave the Dardanelles, and the
French Admiral had taken all his measures to follow afresh the
Turkish fleet, and prevent it from effecting the disembark-
ment of any troops upon the coast of Africa. It is said that
the Turkish vessels have troops on board—a fact which would
confirm the accounts from Bona, that Achmet Bey had de-
manded the intervention of the Sultan."
We regret to announce that letters from Brest of the
22d ult., state that an English brig, named the Eliza-
beth, CHARLES HOOPER, laden with timber, was
wrecked off that coast, and that all hands on board
appear to have perished.

FRENCH FUNDS. • PARIS, DEC. 6.
Five per Cents., 106 f. W.c. 107 f. 10c. sc. 15c. 25c. 35c.
Three per Cents., 801. 35c. 53e. 50c.
Bank Actions, •2,560 f.
Rente de Naples. 97f. 95c. 9Sf. 15c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101 10074.
Spanish Actives, 20;,%.
Spanish Passives, 4% %.
Slanish Differes,
Brussels Society, 1,8901.
Belgian Bank, 1,527 f. 5Ce. I,MOI.
Portugue.e Three per Cents., 19 1914.
Dutch Two and a halfper,Cents., 55.
tlaytian Loan, 355 f.
EXCIIANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 42y,c.; money, 25f. 40c.
Three months, paper, ‘.23f. 27!2c.; money, 25f. '27%e
-fours Autlientigue.
LAST PRICES.
Five I.er Cents. 1011. Me.
Three per Cents., 80f. t Oc.
rank Actions, '2,A
Romans, 101.
Belgian Bank, 1,531 f.
Brussels Society, 1,690 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%.
Spanish Actives, 20%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
New Differes, 81.
Haytian Loan, 355 f.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55.

Brussels and German papers of the latest dates are
come to hand, but their contents are of no political
interest.

BELGIAN } UNDS—BRussm.s, DEC. G.
Actual Debt,'i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions 9134
Loan of City, IS ;32, 4 per Cent lOl IA
Society of Commerce, .Is.) per Cent 1444
Bank of Rel,,ium 5 per Cent 1i..17.

. -
National Society .
_Brussels Papers. Dec. 6.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—NIENNA, Nor. 23.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four pee Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
lgemeine Zeitung, Dix 3.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
We are again without any arrivals, with the exception of
the French and Ostend mail.—No ship letters.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 931 I for the Account,
opened this morning at 931 R. Exchequer Bills, 47 49;
India Bonds, 28 30, Bank Stock, 204 205.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed 191 20, with
Coupons ; Passive, 44 ; Deferred, 74 ; Spanish opened
at 198. i; Portuguese closed at 294 I, opened at 30 to 304 ;
Three per Cents. closed at 191 h, opened at 191 20; Dutch
Two-and-a- Half, 541 ; Mexican, 281; Brazilian, 781 I;
Columbian, 25+.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols which were in the course of the morning at 931 i
for the Account, with a steady appearance, have since re-ceded
to 93i 4, owing, it is supposed, to the trial of strength of the
Ministers this evening in Vi e House of. Commons, on S,r
Peel's motion respecting the Pensions : Exchequer Bills, 49
preen ; India Bonds, 28 preen. ; Bank Stock, 206 205.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active with Cou-
pons ; Portuguese improved 291 301 ; Three per Cents. 191
20} ; Brazilian 7841 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
541 ; Danish 74 ; Russian Ilq ; Belgian 1021.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for the Account, 93i1

AWFUL DEATII.—A most awful death occurred
irOlorneastle on Sunday week: a young man named John
Mower, who has been keeping a house of ill-fame in the Mill-
stone-street, on Saturday night last, out of bravado, drank a
quantity of neat rum, which terminated his existence on the
following morning. —Doncaster Gazette.
Mount Vesuvius and the other mountains round
Naples were covered with snow this year as early as the first
week in November. This unusually early appearance of a
white bonnet on the mountain was looked upon as indicating
the approach of a severe winter.
On Sunday list the schoolmaster Ilfracoinbe left
Linton in company with the postman to Portlock. On their
journey they went to a road-side public-house, where they
both got intoxicated by drinking gin, the schoolmaster chang-
ing a 5/. note to pay for it. Notwithstanding their inebria-
tion, they proceeded on their journey, when, as the postman
asserts, he was obliged to get on faster, and left his companion
on the road, but did not say a word about the circumstance on
his arriving at Portlock. On Monday morning the school-
master's body was found, with life extinct, lying on Portlock-
hill, by the side of the road. The corpse was taken to the
public-house and the clothes searched, but no portion of the
change of the Si. note was discovered in the pockets. An in-
quest will be held on the body.— 7'aunton Courier.
The Liverpool Times states that new carriages are
about to he prepared for the conveyanCe of the mail along' the
Grand Junction Railway, so col:t, ived that a post office
clerk sent with the bags will be able to sort the letters on the
journey.
The following melancholy accident occurred on Sa-
turday evening at the alms houses at Croydon :—An aged
female, named Dorroll, who lodged in an upper room of the
first almshouse, was conducted to bed by her daughter about
8 o'clock, 'and shortly afterwards an alarm of fire was given,
and it was discovered to proceed from the old lady's room, but
the fire burnt so fiercely that it was some time before any per-
son cou!d enter it. This was, however, at length-effected, and
the poor old lady was dragged out. The remains presented a
dreadful spectacle. The head and upper part of the body were
burnt completely to a cinder, as was also the right arm, no
portion of which but the bone remained. The old lady's claugh.
ter states that she put the candle out carefully when she left
her mother in bed, but it is supposed that a spark must have
fallen from it, and thus caused the melancholy accident, It is
a circumstance worth mentioning that the poor old lady who
met with such a dreadful end completed her 84th 3 oar on the
very day of the melancholy occurrence,

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS D=AY•)

RICKETT V. BODENEIAM.

Mr. Sergeant STEP HENS applied this morning to the Vice-
Chancellor for an order nisi to quash two significavits which
had been sent from the Court of Chancery to the Court of
Arches, and the Court of Delegates, for irregularity. The
case hed been originally insti:uted in the Corsisto:•y Court of
Hereford, where his client, Mr. Riekett, a barrister, had been
ordered to pay certain small sums for Church-rates. The
amount was no object to Mr. Riekett, but considering the
proceeding irregular and oppressive, he appealed from the
decision of the Consistory Court of Hereford to the Court
of Arches, and from thence to the Court of Delegates,
both of which tribunals confirmed the sentence of the Court
in Hereford. Upon that confirmation, according to the prat•
tice of the Ecclesiastical Court, a monition issued, and in
consequence of Mr. Rickett's not obeying that monition he
was declared in contempt. Formerly the practice was, where
a party refused to obey a monition he was excommunicated,
but an Act passcd in the reign of his Majesty George 111., in
lieu of excommunication the Judges of the Ecclesiastical Court
signified to the Court of Chancery, and upon that a writ de
contuntace capiendo was issued. Such a proceeding had taken
place in the present case. The significavit from the Consis-
tory Court had been set aside by Lord Brougham, when Lord
Chancellor. Upon the case coming before that Noble Lord,
on account of the defects appearing upon-the face of it, and
upon that decisisn being brought before the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Great Seal, they adopted the same view that
had been taken by Lord Brougham, and set aside the sig-
nificavit. With respect to the other two significavits,
the same objection had not been made, and the con-
sequence was that the plaintiff was served with the writ de con-
turnace capiendo, and when the significavits were returned
into the Court of King's Bench his client succeeded in setting
them aside ; upon which the parties in the Ecclesiastical
Court, determining not to be defeated, issued another monition
from the Arches Court and the Court of Delegates, and upon
that monition other signifieavits were issued, to quash which was
the object of the present application. The course which had been
taken in the present instance was rather singular, being warned
by the course in she Ecclesiastical Court, that it would not
be right to state the judgment. They had shifted the nature
of the' case, and the sentence, instead of stating it to be a
case of church-rates, and other ecclesiastical contributions, as
was the case in the other significavits, and for which they were
set aside, stated it to be a case of the abstraction of a
church-rate, so that the result was, the Court had specified
a case that had never been before them. As a matter
of course, under such circumstances the writ issued, and un-
der such circumstances he now asked for a.rule nisi to quash
those significavits and the stay of all l roceedings in the
meantime.

The VICE- CHANCELLOR, thinking a sufficient case had been
shown for the application, granted the order nisi.

QUEEN'S BENCH.----(THIS DAY.)

(London Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and
a Common Jury. )
THORNES V. HEALEY.

Mr. THEOBALD stated the case. It was an action for a
breach of contract. The plaintiff was a widow lady, residing
at Howard's-place, Hackney-road, and the defendant, who was
also a widow, agreed to board and Age with her, and
for which she was to pay eighty pounds a-year. Mrs. Heally
remained from the 15th of March to the 21st of January, and
left, after giving a month's notice, instead of three months'
notice., as she was bound to give by her. agreement. The
rent had been paid from March to December, and a sum of
6/. 13s. 4d. had been paid by the defendant into Court for the
remaining month, and the action was brought to recover tha
rent for two months in addition, to which the plaintiff, it was
alleged, was entitled, in default of the notice.
The following witnesses were examined :

Anne Boothley—l am sister to the plaintiff. I was pre-
sent when an application was made to my sister by the de-
fendant's sons. The agreement was SOL a-year for board
and lodging. We were then residing in King-stre2t, and Mrs.
Heally came there for a few days, and we then removed to
Howard's-place, Hackney-road. Mrs. Heally came on the
15th of March, and left on the 21st of January following.
She paid a quarter's rent, 201., on the 25th of June, and half
a year's rent ending at Christmas, in January following. De-
fendant's sons made a bargain that the rent should be paid
half-yearly, when Mrs. Heally received her dividends.
Thomas Jamb, brother to the plaintiff--I took a house for
my sister in Howard's-place, for the defendant's accommoda-
tion. I made an agreement with the landlord for six months'
notice.

Mr. HUMPHREYS, for the defendant, submitted that no evi
dence of a specific contract had been given.
After some argument between the connsel on either side,
Lord DENMAN gavc it as his opinion that no evidence 6
a specific contract had been laid before the Jury, and
The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.

TIIE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

This week's arrivals of Wheat, Barley, and Flour have been
good ; of Oats moderate. There is not much doing in the
Wheat trade, and Monday's prices have been well maintained.
Mirky, Beans, snd Pease remain as last reported. For Oats
there is a fair demand, and Monday's terms are fully sup-
pdrted. The Flour trade has been slack this week, at former
rates.

ARM VALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour.
7,450 qrs 13,450 qrs 1,290 qrs 9,820 32( la.
- - 9,210 -
- - 750 -

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