The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-16 00:00:00

THE sum iLONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, LMCEIII3ER 16, 1862.

if the South succeeded slavery would be strength.
ened and perpetuated. (Hear, hear, hear.)
He deprecated any interference on the part
of this country in the fratricidal quarrel, remark-
ing that interference meant intervention, and in-
tervention war. He made a feeling allusion to
the distress in the cotton districts consequent upon
that war, and spoke of the unexampled patience
with which the Lancashire men had borne their
distresses. As to the future he never prophesied.
He hoped to see a considerable reduction in the na-
tional expenditure, and a consequent reduction of
taxaticn. He knew not whether we were to have
a Reform Bill—but he thought the Lancashire ope-
ratives had proved in their present conduct that the
working classes might be safely trusted with the
franchise. He did not know whether the next was
to be a sensation Parliament, or that any attempt
would be made to upset the present Government.
Looking at the present state of foreign politics, he
considered it would be a great misfortune if Lord
Palmerston were removed from office, It was true
they had heard from Mr. Disraeli two or three i
speeches which would have done credit to the pre
sident of the Financial Reform Association ; but
when his sincerity came to be tested by Mr. Stans-
feld's motion, the right hon. gentleman rode off in
a quibble. In conclusion he declared that he would
continue to act independently in Parliament while
they continued to him their confidence.
In reply to Mr. HAYMAN, the hon. member ex-
pressed his readiness to vote for the abolition of the
tax on all incomes under £l5O a year.
Some other comparatively unimportant questions
in reference to weights and measures, metropolitan
tolls, and the licensing system, having been asked
and answered,
Alderman W. LAWRENCE moved a resolution of
approval of the hon. member's conduct and expla-
nation, taus of cuutlaenCe in him, which was se-
conded by Mr. E. GROVES, and carried by acclama-
tion.

Mr. DOULTON acknowledged his thanks, and
moved the usual compliment to the chairman, which
concluded the proceedings.

DISTURBANCES A 7 CIIES7ERFIELD.

On Saturday seven men were brought up before
the county magistracy, charged with riot and inti-
midation, at Sheepbridge, near Chesterfield, on
Tuesday last. All the prisoners denied the charge,
and were defended by Mr. Cutts, solicitor. The
evidence of several Irishmen was taken, and ac-
cording to their statement it appeared that the pri-
soners ordered all the Irish out of the works. They
refused to go, but were forcibly driven away, and
pursued for upwards of a mile. Several of them
were rather severely beaten, and none have since
returned to work. The timekeeper gave evidence
which exculpated two of the men, and they were
consequently discharged. The evidence was
very contradictory, and the magistrates decided to
send the remaining five prisoners for trial at the
ensuing quarter sessions, on the charge of riot. Bail
was accepted. The Town Council of Chesterfield
have decided to swear in a large number of special
constables to preserve order.
The disturbances already reported were followed
by others on Saturday night. About half-past
11 o'clock a large crowd collected in the market
place, principally composed of English colliers.
The first manifestations of feeling were loud yells
and cries for the Irish to come out of their houses.
The latter very wisely kept in, otherwise a most
serious disturbance must have taken place, the mob
being well armed with bludgeons, life preservers,
and other weapons. The members of the Rifle
Corps to the number of 100 were ordered to remain
on duty, and to be in readiness to be sworn in as
special constables. Finding that the Irish would
not come out, the mob proceeded to the house of
the man Flannery, who was last week set at liberty
on the charge of murdering Cooper. The police,
being aware of the object of the crowd, instantly
made to the house, and successfully barricaded the
passage so that none could get near the dwelling.
Finding they were frustrated the mob proceeded
to other Irish dwellin gs, and smashed the windows,
breaking in the framework in some instances. The
town was kept in a state of great disorder, nume-
rous assaults being committed, until about two
o'clock on Sunday morning, when the mayor (who
in company with several magistrates and members
of the town council had remained in the streets
during the greater portion of the night) addressed
the mob, and ordered them to disperse. Three voci-
ferous cheers were then given for the mayor, after
which the crowd began to diminish; but it was
nearly four o'clock before quiet was entirely; restored.
On Sunday morning Mr. Shipton, a member of the
town council, went to Derby and obtained the as-
sistance of a detachment of 35 policemen, under
Chief Constable Fox, who arrived in Chesterfield on
Sunday evening. About 11 o'clock a disturbance,
similar to that of Saturday night, took piece, but
order was soon restored. About half-past 11, as an
unoffending Englishman was walking quietly along
the High-street, two Irishmen pounced upon him
out of an entry and levelled him to the ground with
a weapon of some description. A large crowd and a
body of police were on the spot directly ; but the
man, whose head bled freely, scarcely saw his as-
sailants, and in consequence the mob was unable to
find them. Whilst searching for them an Irishman
ran out of a house, and was instantly pursued by the
whole body of people, who soon caught him, and
administered a sound castigation on the spot.

702 AL LOSS OF A TRURO SCHOONER
WI.III ALL BANDS.

Intelligence was received at Helston on Saturday
morning that a vessel had been wrecked during the
previous night at Gunwalloe, and that the crew were
all drowned. About 8 o'clock on Friday night the
wind suddenly rose, and two hours later a perfect
gale was blowing from the south. Several vessels
had been seen at sundown in the offing of the bay,
all standing well out, and no lights were observed
during the night by the coastguard on the cliffs.
At 5 o'clock in the morning a small hatchway was
found on the sand, at Gunwalloe Church Cove,
and at 7 o'clock a young man, resident at the
farmhouse near the church, saw a large piece of
wreck in a small indent of the cliff, and at about 10
o'clock, when the tide had ebbed, it was found to be
about 20 feet of the middle of a schooner, with no
timbers of bow or stern attached ; soon after this
upwards of 50 persons were engaged breaking up
the wreck, and from between the ribs taking out
copper ore, the cargo of the unfortunate vessel. The
spot where this busy work was going on is a gorge,
with overhanging rocks of 80 feet high on one side,
and a sloping bank on the other of equal height.
The wreck was jammed lengthwise between the
sides, and left high and dry. A little further to
the eastward is another indent, called Pike's Cove,
having also very precipitous approaches, and here
lay the after part of the vessel, together with heaps
of fragments of timber. The stern lay nearly flat
on the sand, but the word Arwenack was quite
legible in white letters on a black ground. Two
miles further still to the eastward, at Mullion Cove,
a boat was seen by one of the coastguard, outside
the breakers, about 8 o'clock, and shortly after he
saw it capsize, and it was thrown on shore; with it
were found four oars, and a southwester hat, but
nothing was seen of the sailors. Of course nothing
was known positively at Gunwalloe on Saturday as
to the destination of the Arwenack. It was conjec-
tured she had left Falmouth harbour on Friday,
and in the gale had lost her musts when abreast of
the Lizard, for none of the sails but a jib attached
to the jibboom have been found. Had she not been
disabled thus, she might have made Penzance with-
out any difficulty. Her rudder was attached to
the stern post when this portion came ashore. It is
I probable when she became unmanageable, as a des-
p?.rate chance, the poor sailors took to the boat
rather than drift int() the breakers with the ship
with the certainty of losing their lives, hut the ex •
act manner.ielosea: for
noinvti hich they perished can never be
tale. The bodies one remains to tell the melancholy
may not be found for some days
from the nature of
tahyoenrocky bottom. It is likely
the vessel drifted OP
reefs outlying i d
Y)
n the ba e :nf the numerous crags or .
broke into three parts.
Very little of the cargo
will be saved, p
P eihas
scarcely a ton. The place wherethe wreck came
ashore is about two miles from where ii,union

was wrecked on the previous Saturday, and about
one mile from-where the Italian barque Padre was
lost on the 22d January last, when all hands pe-
rished. Gunwalloe is about six miles from Helston,
and about the same distance from Lizard Head. A
schooner called the Arwenack is registered at the
port of Truro, official number 17,148, 92 tons re-
gister. It is supposed that she loaded at Devoran
with copper ore, and, it is believed, belongs to
Messrs. Holman and others, of Devorn.— Western
Morning Nam

" LANCASHIRE RELIEF BAZAAR"-PRO-
SECUTION b-ADER THE LOTTERY ACT.

William
Coneen and Henry Shaw, both of Bruns-
wick House, Wyndham-road, Camberwell, appeared
before Mr. Corrie at Bow-street, to answer sum-
monses issued at the instance of the Treasury autho-
rities charging them that they " On the 2d and 3d
December, and at other times, did publicly keep a
certain office and place, at the -Whittington Club,
Arundel-street, Strand, to exercise, keep open, and
expose to be played, drawn and thrown at by lots,
numbers, figures, and by means of other ways, con-
trivances, and devices, a lottery not authorised by
Parliament, to wit, a lottery under the name, pre-
tence, and device of the 'Lancashire Relief Bazaar.'"
Mr. Beasley, instructed by the Solicitor to the
Treasury, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr.
Beard attended for both defendants.

The charge having been read to the defendants
by Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, they pleaded not
guilty.
Mr. Beasley, jn opening the case, stated that the

government had thought it their duty to prosecute
the defendants in consequence of circumstances that
had come to their knowledge, and which would
probably appear in tho conioe of the evidence. The
proceedings were taken under the 47 Geo. 111., ch.
17, secs. 2 and 3, which stated that all persons
carrying on any " little gof" or other lottery not
authorised by Parliament, should be treated as
rogues and vagabonds. Now, the facts of the case
were these. The defendant Shaw is a printer,
in a small business, at a place called Brunswick

House, Camberwell, and the other defendant is a
commercial traveller. The charge is that they
opened a lottery, and carried it on during four
days of this month, at the Whittington Club
House. It appeared that on the 15th Oct.
they had issued a circular signed " William
Coneen," and requesting the permission of the per-
sons to whom it was addressed to use their names as

patrons of a bazaar, to be held "at the Crystal
Palace or some other suitable place," for the benefit
of the unemployed operatives in Lancashire. Several
gentlemen to whom these circulars had been sent did
at first consent to the use of their names, but after-
wards a second circular was issued, from the terms of
which it was obvious that the pretended bazaar was,
in fact, nothing else but a lottery. This circular was
headed with the names, as "patrons and promoters,"
of the " charity," of the mayors of Blackburn, Bol-
ton, Salford, and Wigan, and several other gentle-
men, who, no doubt, had consented to be patrons of a
charity, but several of whom would come forward
and assure the magistrate that they had never con-
sented to " promote" a lottery, and had protested
against the use of their names as soon as they be-

came aware of the nature of the proceedings. The
object evidently was to take advantage of the present
crisis in Lancashire, in order to get a lot of tickets
subscribed for, under pretence of a charitable object,
to collect together a quantity of rubbish to be given
as prizes, and to put the proceeds into their own
pockets. According to the second circular, the draw-
ing was to take place at the Adelaide Gallery, Low-
ther-arcade, and it was true that the defendants had
engaged a room there from the Messrs. Gatti, the
proprietors of the gallery, who agreed to take a
smaller sum than usual for rent, on the ground
that it was for a charitable object. But upon
learning the nature of the scheme as set forth in
the second circular, Messrs. Gatti refused to let
the room for that purpose. The learned counsel
produced a letter from Messrs. Gatti to the de-
fendants, to the effect that they could not allow

their room to be used for a raffle, as such a
proceeding would be illegal, and might involve
them in difficulty. They were very boisterous, and
threatened proceedings, as they had paid a deposit
of £2. It would appear that by way of giving
colour to the representation that the proceedings
were for the relief of the Lancashire operatives, they
had called on Mr. Gibbs, the treasurer, at the Man-
sion House, and had shown him some pipers, and
offered a check for £lO, to be placed at the disposal
of the Lancashire Relief Committee, sitting at the
Mansion House. It was in consequence of that
cheque that the matter came under the knowledge
of the Commissioners of Police, and hence these
proceedings. After Messrs. Gatti had refused the
use of the room at the Adelaide Gallery, the defen-
dants, not to be foiled, went to the Whittington
Club, where they took a room for three or four
days. Sergeant Tanner, of the detective force,
would prove that he attended there on the
2nd of December and bought two tickets.
While he was there a draw was made, and he put
in one of his tickets and drew a prize. It would
he idle for the defendants to say that they did not
know they were doing wrong, as it had been pointed
out to them by Messrs. Gatt, and notice had been
given them not to proceed. Several of the gentle-
men whose names appeared, would state that the
moment they saw their names attached to a circular
of a lottery they insisted on having their names
withdrawn, which was never done. He had before
him letters from the mayors of the several towns
abovementioned, but it had not been thought neces-
sary to put those gentlemen to the trouble and ex-
pense of coming to town in order to disclaim con-
nexion with a lottery.
Mr. Beard—l do not know whether I shall save

time by stating, that I do not deny that the defen-
dants were acting illegally, but I do not wish it to
go forth that their motives were such as were stated
by the learned counsel for the Crown. I say that
they really did not know that they were acting
illegally, and that the whole profits of the under-
taking were devoted to tho fund.
Mr. Corrie—Then you would withdraw your
plea and say gnilty ?

Mr, Beard—l am willing even to go that far, but
I must claim the right to make a statement in de-
fence of their motives.

Mr. Beasley—l am told that it is not the fact
that they have made nothing by it. lam told that
one of them has stated that they made £lOO by it.
I would rather go on with the evidence.

Mr. Henry Owen Ford, 38, King-street, Hol-
born, botanical practitioner, stated that he had
known Shaw for about seven months. Did not
know Coneen. His name appeared as a patron on
the second circular. He had not authorised it to
be used. In answer to the first circular he had filled
up the form authorising the use of his name as
patron of a bazaar for a charitable purpose, but not
for a lottery. As soon as he knew it was a lottery
he desired that his name should be withdrawn.
Shaw afterwards told him that they had made £lOO,
and had sent £lO to the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Beard—They had received £lOO, and after
paying expenses there was £lO left, which they
had handed over to the fund at the Mansion House.
Witness—Yes ; that was it.
Mr. Beard—Were you invited to any meetings
of the committee ?

Witness---I was; but I did not attend, as my du-
ies prevented me.

Mr. Powell, of the firm of Mead and Powell, stu-

tioners, Cheapside, also deposed that he consented
to be named as patron of a bazaar, but withdrew as
soon as he knew it was a lottery,
Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—Never offered to
supply goods. Offered, if any goods were bought,
to deduct 25 per cent.

Mr. Beard—ls that not offering to supply goods?

Mr. Powell—No; it is offering to contribute.

Agostino Gatti, one of the proprietors of the Ade-
laide Gallery, deposed that on the 14th of Novem-
ber he let the large room to the defendants, believ-
ing it to be for the purpose of a bazaar for the be-
nefit of the distressed operatives in Lancashire.
Afterwards he saw some of the tickets which satis-
fied him that it was fur a raffle, and he thought that
was not right, and he wrote to them immediately to
say that they could not have the room for such a
purpose. lie had let it to them for less than the

usual price, thinking it was for a charitable object.
Should not have let it at all for a lottery. He after-
wards saw the defendants, and said they should not
have his room for a lottery. They said it was not
a lottery. He said it IN as.
Sergeant Tanner, of the detective force, deposed
—On the 3d December I went to the Whittington
Club, between 11 and 12 o'clock. The defendants
were both there assisting in the proceedings, Shaw
directing. O❑ one occasion he hurried the pro-
ceedings, saying a lady was waiting. A lottery was
being drawn. A wheel was being turned, and the
lottery was drawn in the usual way. I purchased
two tickets for Lisi, and gave one ticket in. I re-
ceived a prize. It was a set of charms. (The wit-
ness held up the article in question, amidst some
laughter.) I stopped some time, and saw abut a
score of prizes delivered. I should say they were
worth 11d or 2d each. I should say nothing worth
more than 3d. There were little china vases, a few
small pictures, and so on. About £8 was taken for
tickets while I was there.

Mr. Beard—Were there any watches in the
room ?

Witness—l did not see any. It stated on the
ticket that there were. (Laughter.)

Mr. Beard—AT; d clocks ?
Witness—On the ticket—(a laugh)—but I did
not see any.

Mr. Beard—Leather goods, papier machie, china?
—(Witness assented.) Oil painting ?
Witness—Well, there were some pictures. Little
ones.

Mr, Beard—Like oil paintings ?

Witness—A little like them. (Laughter.)

Mr. Beard said the defendants had come to him
believing and intending to maintain that they had
done nothing illegal, but he perceived at once that
what they had done was contrary to the statute,
and upon his explaining that they had placed them-
selves in his hands. He would show that they had
not received one penny profit from the transaction,
but had handed over all the proceeds to the Lord
Mayor's Fund. The learned counsel had opined
that they had made £lOO profit, and only given
£lO to the fund, but what was the evidence? why
that they had received £lOO, out of whioh they had
to pay expenses.

Mr. Beasley said he had opined as a proof that
the payment to the fund was a pretence, that it was
actually paid before the drawing.
Mr. Beard—They had money in hand at that
time, having sold tickets.

Mr. Corrie—lf you satisfy me that you have
only received the money for this charitable pur•
pose and have not applied any portion to your
own profit, I shall deal with the case very dif-
ferently from what I should if I thought that the
charitable purpose was a mere pretence to get money,
and appropriate to your own use. But you must
show me that the whole profit was intended for the
fund. If you intended it for your own profit, but
it turned out unfortunate, that won't do.
Mr. Beasley said that even if it was intended for
the charitable purpose the lottery was illegal, and
the public ought to be made aware that even good
objects were not to be brought about by illegal
means.

Mr. Beard—After these proceedings the public
will know it, and I trust I shall be able to satisfy
even the Crown that the proeeeding has been bona
fide for the sole benefit of the charity. At my re-
quest the defendants have prepared a balance-sheet,
but unfortunately the vouchers are not here. If
the totals are correct, as I have no doubt they are,
they have not taken a penny to themselves.
Mr. Corrie—you must show more than that. You
must show that they never intended to do so. There
would have been some meetings of the committee,
and regular proceedings, proper books kept, and so
on. You ought to have kept an exact account of
everything.

Mr. Beard would satisfy his worship of all that
if the case were adjourned for a fortnight.
Mr. Corrie—That is too long. You ought to be
prepared now if you say you were only trustees.
Mr. Beasley—Do not you see enough, sir, to know
that all this is a mere pretence ?
Mr. Beard said it was not a pretence, He would
show that they never applied a sixpence to the
benefit of any of the promoters. They would have
had more money to pay to the Lancashire Relief
Fund, but that the authorities stopped it on the 3d
December.
Mr. Beasley here called

Mr. Gibbs, who stated that the .£lO was all that
he received from the defendants for the Lancashire
Relief Fund. They wanted a receipt for the money,
as paid by the promoters of the " Lancashire Relief
Bazaar," but he refused to use that form, and gave
them a receipt for the money as being received from
Coneen and Shaw.

Ultimately the case was adjourned, on the under-
standing that evidence was to be tendered to show
the bona fides of the defendants' proceedings with a
♦iew of mitigation of penalty.

THE FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT
NEAR BARNSLEY.

At an early ho'ir on Sunday morning the water
suddenly ceased going down the shaft. It was then
found that the water had forced its way under the
bed of the sluice. This however, appeared to be of
little importance, as it was evident enough water
had already entered the workings to the dip boards,
the seat of the fire, for the thermometer on being let
down the surface shaft indicated that the tempera-
tui e was not greater than that in the open air. At
9 15 a.m., it was 55 deg. in the cupola, and 45 deg.
in the downcast shaft. At half-past 12 another ob-
servation was made, when the thermometer regis-
tered exactly the same. During the whole of Sun-
day the vicinity of the works was visited by thou-
sands, a great number of persons having arrived by
train from Leeds, Manchester, &c., but no one was
allowed to enter the gates.

On Monday there was a good attendance of the
relatives and others of the deceased men, and a good
deal of dissatisfaction was expressed at there being
no appearance of anything being done to descend
the shaft. The temperature of the cupola, as well
as of the downcast shaft, was the same as when
tested on Sunday. In fact, for the last three or
four days, there has been little or no variation in it.
The water still continues to trickle gently into the
pit. About £6OO has been subscribed towards the
relief of the sufferers.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.
On Monday afternoon the adjourned inquest on
the bodies of Wm. Davey and Joe. Pickering, who
were killed by the explosion at the Edmund's Main
Colliery on the Bth inst., was held at the Mason's
Arms Inn, Worsborough Dale, before T. Taylor,
Esq., coroner.

A7lr. Gill, solicitor, Wakefieid, appeared to watch
the proceedings on the part of the relatives of the
men.

There were also present J. Tyas, Esq., solicitor,
Barnsley (one of the partners), J. Brown, Esq.,
mining engineer; J. Stewart, Esq., solicitor (Lund-
hill), for the proprietors; J. Bartholomew, Esq.,and
C. Morten, Esq., her Majesty's inspector of coal
mines for the district.

Joseph Mitchell, jun., of Darley-grove, engineer,
said—the plan now produced is a correct one, show-
ing the whole of the working places of the Ed-
mund's Main Colliery. The depth of the pit from
the top to where the men land is 108 to 109 yards.
The bed of coal worked is known as the Barnsley
bed, and F nine feet thick. The rules produced are
those in force at the colliery, and were so last Mon-
day and for several months before. Benjamin Clegg,
a fire-trier, had charge of the pit on Monday last.
By Mr. Gill—James Siggley was furnacernan,
and had charge of the cupola on that day.
John Parker winked to know what position the
witness held at the colliery.
Mr. Mitchell—f went down as an amateur, but I
have measured in the colliery. I am in my father's
employ, and frequently see the plan of the colliery.
To the Coroner—Geo. Lawton was the under-
ground viewer, and his son Henry his assistant.
Mr. Morton—l am requested to ask if the men
are instructed to obey your instructions.
Mr.• Mitchell—They" are not ; but T have fre-
quently carried messages to Lawton from my
father,. who is the managing partner.
Benjamin Clegg, of Worsborough-common, fire-
trier or deputy, said—Went to the pit about 12 at
midnight, on the 7th inst. Went to the dipboard
about three quarters of a mile from the shaft. Found
two 3-feeders of gas in both board gates. The
face from the last slit would be from four to five
yards. The air was carried from the slit by brat-
tieing. The bratticing would be within 5 feet of
the face. Each board gate would be 8 feet by 61
feet high. The air in the board gates was good
right up 10 the lace. The board gate faces were
clear, with the exception of the blowers. There was
always gas, more or less, in the boards, Did not
see anything from which to apprehend danger up to A

leaving, about 1 o'clock. After examining the place,.
left James Johnson, a shot-firer, there.
To a Juror—Johnson's duty was to attend to the
two boards, Fee that the faces were free of gas, and
fire the shots during his shift. The shot-firers were
appointed on the Friday before the accident. There
were two men and a hurrier in each board. No
naked lights were used in the boards, but there were
naked lights about nine or ten yards from the face.
Naked candles, before Saturday, the 6th, were used
up to the board gate faces. In allowing the use of
the lights he acted upon the instructions of Lawton,
the steward. Candles were used by the setters at
the face, and had seen them at work with them.
Up to Saturday used naked lights, and used gun-
powder. The only alteration made before the 6th
was the appointing of persons to fire the shots.
Examined that portion of the works before the men
went down. Saw George Pickering at the second
halfway about one o'clock in the morning. He
(fi(;,:;:ing) tried another portion. Saw Pickering
again at half-pi::.4.t four, The condition of my dis-
trict was good, and found no gas but in the dipboard
faces. Left the district at 10 minutes past four.
The Court adjourned.

LATV 11177ELLIGENCE, Dec. 15.

COURT OF ARCHES.
(Before Dr. Lushington, Dean of Arches.)

THE BISHOP OP SALISBURY V. THE REV. DR

WILLIAMS.-" ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."

This protracted case came on for hearing this day
on the ' reformed" articles against Dr. Williams.
Another case was in the list, " Kendall v. Wilson,"
arising out of the same publication. The matter
seemed to have created renewed interest on the pre-
sent occasion.

The Queen's Advocate (Sir H. J. Phillimore) and
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., were for the Bishop of Salis-
bury, Dr. Deane, Q.C., with Mr. Fitstephens, ap-
peared for Dr. Williams.
The Queen's Advocate recapitulated the proceed-
ings in the case already before the public. Dr.
Williams had in his essay declared that the Bible
was the expression of devout reason, and the united
voice of the congregation, and also that justification
by faith was not by the sacrifice of Christ. His
lordship had pronounced that the passages were
contrary to the Articles of the Established Church.
The question was new what was to be the sentence
of the Court, as a punishment of the individual
clerk, and for the good of the Church ; and the
punishment would be one of the gravest kind. The
bishop had not proceeded under the statute of Eliza-
beth, but under the general law, as he might have
been deprived of his position in the Church. He
had to ask the Court for a sentence of suspension, in
the case of Mr. Oakley, and for such a period that
he might repent of his errors. But Dr. Williams
could now withdraw the passages condemned by the
Court, and if so, the proceedings would be
abandoned.

Mr. Coleridge followed on the same side.
Dr. Deane proceeded to au& ess the Court on the
part of Dr. Williams.
At this point the Court, at the request of the
learned gentlemen on both sides, adjourned, as it
was understood, for a settlement of the case, Sir R.
Phillimore having made some propositions, on
which, in the event of their being accepted, he pro-
posed to withdraw from the prosecution.
Dr. Deane said there was one point involved on
which he would wish to have the judgment of the
court, after which he should be inclined to make
certain concessions.

Sir R. Phillip:lore said he could not consent to
that, and the case must therefore go on, and, if need
be, to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The attempt to settle the intricate question in-
volved in " Essays and Reviews," therefore failed.
Dr. Lushington said that he had nothing to re-
tract, alter, or explain in reference to his previous
judgment when deciding upon the admissibility of
the articles. It was necessary for the welfare of
the Church that punishment should be awarded
against Dr. Williams for the security of the Church,
the punishment of the individual being a secondary
consideration. It might be thought by some that
the sentence he was about to pronounce would be
too lenient ; but he hoped it would be sufficiently
severe to show Dr. Williams how seriously he had
erred, and be a warning also to other clergymen
throughout the country. The sentence was that Dr.
Williams be suspended, ab officio et beneficio, for the
space of one year, and that he be admonished not to
offend in like manner again.
Dr. Williams was condemned in costs.
Mr. Dubois, his proctor, gave notice of appeal.