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London, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

THI.I LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE been provided for, the estimates of 1835 would consi-
(Provisionally Register
COMPANY
ed, January 17, 1849.) . derably have exceeded those of 1849. Among the
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. recent charges were some so wholly unobjectionable
Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share
that we cannot suppose any Englishman could be
Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo-
ra:y °dices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap- found to offer an objection thereto. Such as the
plication to
G. F. HOWE, Hon. sec., pro tem. I votes for the erection of military prisons, rendered
necessary by the disuse of the horrible " cat;" the
votes for education and military libraries ; the
good conduct pay, the regimental savings'
banks, and, above all, the allowance to mar-
ried soldiers, to avoid the demoralization atten-
. dant on a number of married and single men herding
together in the same sleeping-room--an act necessarily
destructive of the modesty and feelings of self-respect
in the wives of the soldiers, feelings that should be
fostered and, cherished to the utmost degree. The
most rigid economist, we say, cannot object to such
charges, which amount in the whole to 253,0001.,
that has been imposed since 1835, so that in fact our
army estimates for the present year are actually
lower by no less than 19,000/. than in 1835,
although we have 30,000 troops in addition.
Much improvement has also taken place in sanitary
matters, by which the general mortality of the
troops has been materially lessened, with some few
unfortunate exceptions. The most satisfactory part
of the statement, however, was that in which the
Right Hon. Gentleman bore his testimony to the
good conduct of the troops since the practical abolition
of corporal punishment. It shows how frivolous
were the objections of the martinets who
asserted that discipline could not be maintained
unless the lash were freely resorted to, who
looked upon the British soldier as of an inferior
class, who could only be controlled by such brutalizing
punishment. It confirms the views of the conqueror
of Sinde, the hero of Meeanee and Hyderabad, the
Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces in India,
who did justice to the characters of his gallant asso-
ciates, and contended that they were not less re-
spectable in character or conduct than the soldiers of
other nations—that they might be treated as men
open to more gentle influences.
The Honourable Member for Montrose moved as

nunikr of soldiers capable of fighting under the
banners of the Sultans, th.l mere fact is a striking
contrast to the simultaneous•efforts cf Lord EGLINTON

and his colleagues. Happily far the lives of the
Poles and for the honour of England the Government
does not derive its inspiration from the promoter of
cockney tournaments.

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NOTICE! VOL. VIII. of TRIERS'
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE

THE UNITED STATES.

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ARRIVAL OF THE SAR,UI SANDS.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are
respectfully informed that
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented Rossini's Opera,
LA CENERENTOLA.
The principal parts by
Mdlle. Alboni (her first appearance a' this theatre),
Mdlle. Poilonia, and Mine. Grimaldi;
Signori Gardoni, F. Lablache, and Beletti.
To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr
Charles Marshall) the c elebrated Ballet, entitled
LE DIABLE A QUATRE.
In which will appear
Mille. Carlotta Grisi, I Mdile Marie Taglioni, and
Nine. Pe, it Stephan, I Mdlle. Carolina Rosati,
M. Paul Mignon!, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot
Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be mate at the Box.
Oleo, Opera Colonnade.
QT.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.—The steamship
Sarah Sands has arrived at our port this afternoon,
bringing advices to the following dates: —New York,
Ist of March; Philadelphia, Ist of March; Boston
and Baltimore, 28th ult.; Now Orleans, 25th ult.;
Montreal, 24th ult.; Quebec, 23d uit.; and Halifax,
4th instant.

The news of this arrival does not possess any poli-
tical interest. The inauguration of the President was
the exciting topic for the moment.
In business affairs our advices inform us that there
had been little change.

The Money Market continued in a satisfactor'y con•
dition. Money was by no means scarce, and trading
prospects were, on the whole, what may be consi-
dered good.
There was not any material alteration to note in
the market for breadstuffs. Flour, grain, Indian
corn, and corn meal, are all held firmly, and prices
are steady. The following are the quotations :
Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 62F:. to 5 dolls. 75c.
per barrel, very firm ; Genessee prime wheat, 1 doll.
to 1 dollar 2c. per 601b5.; Southern wheat,
1 dollar 12c. to 1 dollar 14c. per boll ;
round yellow Indian corn, 62e. to 64e. per
bushel, steady; southern white, 54c. to 56c. per
bushel ; Indian meal, 2 dolls. 75c. to 2 dolls. 87ie.
per barrel.

JAMES'S THE

Season 1849.
FREYCTI PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.
MADLLE. CIIARTO.N'S BENEFIT.
TO-MORROW EVENING
The Performaces commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with

L'IMAGE. -
To conclude with
LES DIAMANS DE LL. COURONNE.

31r. Mitcheri begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
Sion are determined as follows :
Boxes .. . • .. ss. Oci.
Pit • • • • .. • • 3s. Od.
Amphitheatre .. 2s. Od.
Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's
royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam?, St. James's-street ;
Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five.

There has been a fair amount of business doing in
cotton at New York, and former quotations were
steadily maintained. The following were the rates at
the departure of the mail :—New Orleans rnd Mo-
bile, middling fair to lair, 7ic. to Tic. per lb. ; Up-
lands, middling fair to fair, 'Tic. to 'Tic. per lb.
There was a great demand for cotton at New
Orleans, at full prices.
The latest quoted rates for freights were very low,
and but little business doing.

i'llBATIt ItOYAL, HAYMARKI,
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard,
Mr. C. Kean ; Felicia, Mrs. C. Kean.
After which THE WO.NDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna
Violante, Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN
T KNANCE.

TIMATRR ROYAL. ADELPHI.
under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENINi,

an amendment that a further reduction of 14,000 men
should be effected, leaving only 89,254 for the service
during the ensuing year. The amendment was
however rejected by a majority of 142, the numbers
being for the original proposition 182, for the
amendment 40. Several votes on account were sub-
sequently taken, which do not call for particular
notice.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING.
The North American steamer Europa has arrived
with accounts from New York to the 7th inst.
The inaugural address of the new President was
delivered to Congress on the sth.
It renews the various pledges heretofore made by
General Taylor to follow in the footsteps of
Washington in the administration of the Go-
vernment, to exercise no proscription against political
opponents who may chance to be holders of public
offices, to regard not merely local interests, &c. He
also makes the declaration that his country will pre-
serve a strict neutrality in any national disputes or
convulsions that now exist or may hereafter arise in
Europe. At the same time he proclaims a deep sym-
pathy with all struggles for the rights of the people,
and the extension of the blessings of liberty.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, MARCH 7. The commercial and
money relations are easy and tranquil. The impulse
imparted to some of our staples, by the intelligence
of the Europa, has subsided, and prices are pretty
much the same as before that arrival. Some
400,000 dollars were drawn on account, which will
have the effect of relieving the money market. The
present deposit in the Sub-Treasury is alone
1,250,000. The rate of exchange on England does
not seem to have been raised, as was anticipated
would be the result by this operation, and best bills
are offered at 74 on London ; although 8 is asked by
some drawers large amounts of sterling have been
sold during the past few days at from 74 to 71.
Paris bills ranged at from 5 25 to 5 32, and even
35 for short sight.
The demand for the Stocks, both of the United
States and of the States, continues active.
United States 6's of 68 command 1134 to
Treasury Notes, 6 per cent., 1101 to 11.
Pennsylvania s's, 80 to 81.
Money is in fair demand at high prices, but there is
no scarcity of it.
The -West India mail steamer Dee arrived at
Mobile on the 23d ult. She had on board 4,000,000
of dollars specie.,

Will be performed THE HOP TICKERS. Principal characters
by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun.
yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolger, Mrs. F.
Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c.
To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal
characters by Mr. Manyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs.
. Matthews, and Miss Turner.

ZOYAL LYCEUM[ TREAT a, E.
under the Management of Made= Wails.
Solo Lessee. Mr. Cherie: Mahe .%s.
THIS EVENING

Win be performed A PECULIAR POSITION.
After which, a comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING. FOR A
CrIANOE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Honner;
Miss K. Fitawilliam, and Miss Marshall.

Parliament had reason yesterday evening to thank
the Earl of EGLINTON for provoking a discussion by
no means characterised, to say the very. least of it,
by its decency. It has been the fortune of the Noble
Lord—the good or ill fortune, just as he may happen
to consider it—to figure before the public, on one or
two prior occasions, in rather ridiculous attitudes.
But he certainly never contrived to render himself
more supremely ludicrous than last night, when he
demanded a return showing the nature of the medical
treatment received by the Polish refugees dur-
ing the year ending on the 28th of March,
1849. By a lamentable self-forgetfulness, Lord
STANLEY allowed himself to be decoyed into
a participation in this invidious and melan-
choly attack upon the unfortunate. Aware
that the benevolence of the nation cannot be diverted
from the right channel by arguments of a candid or
rational character, the opponents of the grants of as-
sistance to the miserable exiles from Poland are now
actually endeavouring to drive the countrymen of so
many heroes to destitution by aspersions more suited
to the lips of porters and fishfags than to those of the
hereditary aristocrats of England.
Scarcely a decade has elapsed since the population
of these islands was amused with the pompous eccen-
tricities upon which Lord EGLINTON squandered so
many thoisand pounds sterling—we mean of course
the ever-memorable Tournament. How many "starv-
ing agriculturists" (upon whose hypothetical wants
the Noble Lord last evening dilated with such im-
passioned eloquence) might have been supported by
the moneys lavished upon that extravagant exhibition
—is a question which we shall not trouble ourselves
to estimate even at a conjecture. But it assuredly
does strike us as rather out of the limits of good taste
for any man who had rendered himself notorious by
an act of such absurd and profligate expenditure to
quarrel with the Government because a few
hundred pounds are devoted annually to the suste-
nance of an ill-doomed race, driven to our shores
by no fault of their own, but by the
ruthless cruelties of despotism. Is it de-
corous, we ask, for a person who has
spent so much upon one preposterous tomfoolery to
talk about the culpability of the Legislature in de-
voting a periodical stipend to the aid of individuals
groaning under sentence of banishment, and who but
for the generosity of the people and the Parliament
might perish with hunger or 'lie from want of the
commonest items in the Pharmacopoeia. It cannot be
forgotten that upon the occasion of the Mock-Tour-
nament. at Eglinton Castle there were among the
knights who rode armed cap-a-pie into the list with
their vizors down—such men as the Marquis
of WATERFORD and the Prince Louis NAFOLEON.
With them, however, the adventure (so time has
proved it) was attended merely in sport "in their
hot youth," not " when GEORGE THE Tuna) was
King," but when Lady SEYMOUR was the Queen of
Beauty. They were only going through that plea-
sant agricultural pastime called "sowing their wild
oats." Tutored by experience and ripened in wis-
dom, the one has become a model landlord in Ireland,
while the other has risen into the sagacious and
statesmanlike ruler over the great Republican Go-
vernment of France. The Marquis has devoted the
years of his manhood to the amelioration of the
sorrows of the peasantry. The PRINCE has ded

To be followed by COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters
Messrs. Selby, C. Mathews. R. Rugby, F. Matthews, Granby, Par:
Belle, Miss Howard. and Miss Marshall.
To conclude with a new Drama, called . A ROMANTIC IDEA.
Dross buice; Os.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. .INO
Half-price to any part of the house.
The New Rox-once, No. 2, Wellingtou•street, is open to the
public ,vtry day, from Ten till Silt.

PRINCESS'S THEATV.N.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the Romantic Opera, entitled L'EOLDI. E.
Count Adelmar, Mr. Charles Braham; the Seneselni, Mr. 11. Horn-
castle; Frantz, Herr Mengis ; Matilda, Mrs. 1.Ve133; Leoline, Miss
Pools.

After which, M. KLARE will execute most extraordinary feats of
Dexterity And elegance on Le Globe Roulant.
Te conclude with a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD.
FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braharn, Weiss, Honey,
C. Figier ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keuworthy, Mrs.
Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
under the Patronage of her Majesty the. Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Chen, &c.
The greatest triumph eser witnessed within the walls of the Am-
phitheatre has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian
Young Hernanlez, whose unparalleled fonts have nightly called torth
expressions of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, and gained for him
lie title of the first rider in the world.
TIIIS .M7E:NINO,
The certain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the
magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled
CORASCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed.
To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE
orncroz. In which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the
first Equestrian talent of the day.
After which the double Tight-ropes.
To conclude with a favourite MELODRAMA.
liox-office open from Eleven till Five.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFIVE, MARCH 20.
TIIMINOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 49; Noon, 43

BAIZONVTEII7 30.23.
WIND N.E..—MornTnz, hazy ; Afternoon, fin©.

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IRELAND.
(BY ELEC rRIC TELEGRAPH.)
DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING.—Lord Londonderry
has addressed ,st remarkable circular to his Lordship's
tenantry in the north. Making reasonable allowance
for the due right of remonstrance and petition against
.an obnoxious tax, the Noble Marquis roundly rebukes
the tone adopted by certain Noble Lords at recent
meetings in Down and Antrim, adding the fol-
lowing emphatic declaration;—" I have perhaps
more right to my opinion than many whom
I address, as personally the burden will fall
heavier on me, and I was at first fully disposed to
resist it; but, could I for one moment believe that the
advice tendered at the late meetings in Ulster would he
followed, and that not only resistance would be made,
but that it is proalaimei that it would take 50,000, if
not 500,000 men, to collect this rate-in-aid, I would not
only support the measure with all civil interest and
power, but as au old soldier I would consider myself
bound to enforce the law against my own tenants and
adherents; so firmly and irrevocably am I determined
ever to uph.dd my loyalty to the Sovereign power and
the will of the united Parliament."
DREADFUL MURDER .
On Saturday night last the house of a man named
Robert Arnold, a tenant on the estate of Mr. Ormsby
Gore, residing on the lands of Leganormmer, in the
parish of Cloone and county of Leitrim, was attacked
by an armed party, who fired several shots through the
windows, whilst Arnold, his wife, child, and uncle,
Robert Todd, were eating their supper; one of the
shots took fatal effect upon the uncle., who instantly
expired.

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It may be mollected about twelve months since Mr.
Lauder' the agent of Mr. Gore, was compelled to eject
several defaulting tenants from this property, and to
substitute in their places a more respectable class of
persons. Arnold was among th© latter.

PRINCESS'S
Mademoiselle Nau made her delnit for the season here
last evening, in the character of the Syren, in Auber's
opera of the same name—a character in which, by
her delicious singing and acting, she acquired great
fame with the English public some three years since.
She has returned to us as fascinating as ever, and the
sparkling music of Aubcr was zn,,st brilliantly given by
her last evening. She was encored in the beautiful
cavatina in the second act, and in the bravura "I cannot
sing." We hail the return of the Syren of the Princess's,
and consider ►he triumph of last night as but the prelude
to a succession, of brilliant successes. Allen resumed
his old character of Scopetto. Weiss was the Italian
manager, and Rafter was Scipio. The opera was well got
up, and was to the full as successful as it was on its first
production.

cated his intellect to the solution of that
zimost inscrutable problem, the extinction of pauper-
ism. Unhappily for the Earl of EGLINTON, he has
employed the same interval so indifferently, that we
find him, on the 19± of March, 1849, insulting the
refugees from Poland by insinuations that he should
have spat out of his mouth in the lobby of the House
of Peers rather than have uttered in the presence of
the Lord Chancellor of England. Profligate at one
time in his own disbursements, the Noble Earl is
niggardly at another in regard to the disbursements
from the Exchequer.

ACTIONS IN THE PUNJAUB.—Another map, most
admirably timed, has just issued from the establish-
ment of Mr. Wyld, at Charing-cross. It represents
in five compartments—Cavalry affair on the left bank
of the Chenab (22d of November, 1848) —Action at
Sudoowalla (December 3d, 1848)—Action near Soo-
rujkoond (November 7th, 1848)—Moultan and its
Environs, together with the Siege of that formidable
and almost impregnable fortifications. In one of the
last mentioned there is one spot which will be looked
to with peculiar interest, showing, as it does, the
entrenched camp of the heroic Edwardes. The ac-
tion near Soorujkoond is the one in which he led over
his troops against the enemy with so much daring
and success. Every word and line upon the map is
fraught with deep and immediate interest.

While others are filled with sensibility on the
consideration of the misfortunes of the op-
pressed
" Pules, Lord EGLINTON and Lord ST ,N.
LEY would examine their dcctors' bills with
eyes as scrutinizing as those of a broker appraising
the furniture of a house distrained by its landlord.
While some are lamenting over the adverse fortunes
of a race whose ancestors were the saviours of
Christendom under the walls of Vienna, my Lord
EGLINTON is hungering and thirsting with an
insatiable curiosity after the details of the medical
treatment of the refugees. He would pry into the
exact nature of the ills that their flesh is heir to,
while others would grant them unconditionally the
aid of a generous nation. He would subject them to
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a severe cross-examination before soothing their
mheries, while others would apostrophize their un-
fortunate country as AL LAMARTINE, twenty years
ago, addressed Madame EMILE DE GIRARDIN :-
66 Pour moi, ouand la memoire ereque ton image,
Je to vole, Nail 6-eint par la vLille et les pleurs,
Sans courunne et sans lyre, et penchant ton visage
Sur un lit de douleurs !"
It must IQ remembered, however, that the grant of
8,700/. for the assistance of the Poles
it is
olesisexsupprpesosritveed_biyt
more than the sentiment of which

Yesterday evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress entertained in a most hospitable menace fifty
gentlemen of the ward of Farringdon-without.
Henry P. Richardson, Esq., has been unanimously
elected Secretary to the Charter-house Infirmary.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street.
FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE.—ST.
JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert honoured the performance at this
theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal
suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss
Dawson, Lord Byron. Colonel Grey, the Marquis of
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ROYAL SURREY TUEATRE.—The lesseeship of this
theatre has now devolved on Mr. Shepherd alone, who
promises a higher class of entertainments than those
which, except. at intervals, have served to delight the
transpontine public. As the taste for music and the
lyrical drama has spread among the higher and more
wealthy clir,'ses, the paseion for the drama proper has
been more keenly developed among the middle and
lower. The success of Mr. Phelps at Sadler's Weip.,
end of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Watts at the Marylebone,
prove what may be done with a one shilling and two
shilling public by the stimulus of superior performances.
If, the quality -being preserved, the character of those
performances be more adapted to modern ideas of taste,
it is to be hoped that a permanent foundation might be
laid for the development of that dramatic talent which
unquestionably exists in the country. As we construe
Mr. Shepherd's professions, infer that he aims at
something of this kind, and if so, we wish him success.
We bear of engagements of Mr. Anderson, Mrs. War-
ner, a new tragedian, together with Mr. W. H. Harrison
and an operatic. force.

is the tribute of humanity—it is the token of
the
gratitude with which England, as a Christian nation,

remembers the heroism of JOHN SOBIESKI and his
companions in arms, when they saved Europe from a

triumphant incursion of the 31ussulmen.

withdraw the help afforded by our Government
during so many years to the refugees from
Lithuania would, moreover, by this time be a grievous

act of injustice, seeing that we have by our pt eceding
conduct accustomed those Exiles to count uFort the
charities of England as upon a certainty.
At the very period when the Earl of EGLINTON
and other distinguished philanthropists are declaiming
against the good treatment of these unhappy fo-
reigners, the Sublime Porte is extending his protec-
tive arms to them with a cordiality that should put
those Christians to the blush. A firman of the Divan
announces to the banished children of Lithuania,.l
of Gallicia, and of Posen, that shelter and rank
will be afforded them at Constantinople and,
although the motive is evidently to increase the

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, MARCH, 20, 1849.

THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE

REV. MR. SHORE.

country arising from the unknown state of the law.
The meeting was called to express their sympathy with
Mr. Shore. It was to him a pleasant task to state how
right it was that they should express sympathy with
Mr. Shore for the inju-lice tie had stiff red in this wetter.
Mr. Shen-, he begged to remind them, was a mi-
nister of unblemished reputation in that church
over which he had so long presided, namely
for ten years, and which was gathered together
solely by his labours. • lie had been himself
in his pulpit, and witnessed the prosperity of his con
gregalion. After ten years of pubic exesci.se of his
ministry, to which he was introsuessi erelate, who
coked him if he was eate,f oy 11 i iiost to
the ministry, and hclieviiig he ate, so called
to that Church, a stranger arrived in Bsrry•
Pomeroy, and assumed the management et that
psrish, who had no sympathy with the parish-
ioners, anti announced to them dist M . Shore must re-
sign the oversieht of that flock which he had gathered
from the wilderness, when this gentleman refused to
nominate his Rev rend Friend (Mr. James Shore).
There were reasons for reviewing that decision
if the Bishop had represented to Mr. Cousins
the wrong that might result from that step ; but, un-
happily, the Bishop of Exeter did not exercise his in•
fluence to counteract that proceeding; but instead of
that he acted with Mr. Cousins in taking that step.
There might be no mental or moral infirmity in Mr.
Shore's conduct, but the Bishop deprived the act of re-
fusing him a license ef the censure which would other.
wise have elicited by putting it open Mr. Cousins. Mr.
Shore had no I:het-native but defier to leave the
Established Church or the ovt rsight of the flocks
among whom he had so long and beneficially
ministered. Ms. Shore took the wily step which re•
mained for him to take, namely, to secede from the
Established Church. He foetid by the discipline of that
Church, of which ho was re minister, he might be torn
from bis flock for no misconduct or error in doctrine.
That he rightly thought justified him in seceding
from that Church. He was cited into the Court of
Arches. Would persecution be likely to make Mr.
Shore review the decisien to which he hod come? That
was exceedingly unlikely to be the result of suunnonibg
him before the Ecclesiaseical Court. For his part he
would never resist the operatiest of law which inflicted
penalties upon him for doing right; he would suffer it
with the meekness of a Christian. No other charge was
laid to Mr. Shore than that he preached as a Noncon-
formist minister. Those proceedings had resulted in
Mr. Shore's incarceration its a prison, from a motive
which he (Mr. Baptist Noel) could not. help calling a
spirit of revenge, and it was for them to show their
sympathy with him by seeking to effect his liberation.
Was Mr. Shore to suffer still in prison for the share
which he had been obliged to take in those proceedings ?
He hoped that a retrospective clause would be inserted
into the Bill recently introduced into the House of Corn
mons, which would prevent not only all ministers who
had acted like Mr. Shore, but also himself (Mr. Noel)
from being shut up in prison.—(Cheers.) Perhaps
there was only one man on the bench of oishops who
could say that while he was, in the course
of nature soon to appear before his God, he had shut up
one of Christ's ministers in prison.—(Cheers.) He
solemnly trusted there would be a noble monument
raised to this the last act of religious bigotry and perse-
cution; and if the costs were to be paid, let every true
man in this country subscribe a shilling apiece
to a " Bishop of Exeter fund."—(Loud laughter.)
He trusted the Bishop of Exeter might yet live long
enough to testify by his 'conduct his sorrow tor the
violence done to an uneffending minister of Christ, by
incarcerating him in a prison. The Bishop, he hoped,
had got some feeling akin to that charity -which fills the
breasts of the celestial inhabitants, and that he would
peaceably and, gravely say that he would not
impose upon a poor man who had already suffered too
much the burden of these costs, but would pay them
hicnselr.—(Cheers.) The Latin proverb should prevail
in this vs in all other cases—" Summum jus summa
injuriu."—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded
by moving the following resolution :—" That this
meeting learn with unqualified d.ssetisfacdon, that
the canons of the year 1603, with all their strange
peculiarities, have still in their applies-ion to the clergy
of the Established Church the three of law; and that al-
though such a procedure as theifshop of Exeter has taken
upon him stands almost alone for nearly two centuries,
the successive decisions of courts have only confirmed the
hopelessness of Mr. Shore's case as a sufferer, and shown
the liability of every clergyman who may secede from
the Church of England, and subsequently preach the
gospel, to the loss of personal liberty, and to the enor-
mous expenses of a process by which his imprisonment
would be ultimately secured.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Mr. BROCKE,
of Norwich, and csrried with acclamation.
The Rev. M.'. BURNET moved the third resolution—
" That as a Bill under the care of the Hon. Mr. Bou-
verie has been already read a second time in the House
of Commons for the relief of all clergymen who may
come under the oppressive operation of the
penal canon, and as it is understood that a
clause will be introduced in,o that Bill having a
retrospective regard to the case of Mr. Shore; this meet•
ing cordially adopts a petition to both Houses of Perlis.-
meet, that some measure of righteous provision for the
full liberty of the British subject may be carried through
all its successive states, and be made statute law with
the least possible delay."
The Rev. Mr. CRAIG seconded the resolution.
The Rev. Dr. BgAUDIONT, Wesleyan minister, moved a
vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was adopted
with acclamation, and the immense assembly, amount-
ing to nearly 4,000 persons, separated at three o'clock.

MEETING AT EXE rEit HALL.--(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting was held this'day in the large room
; of Exeter-hall with a view to adopt such measures as
F may lead to the liberation of the Rev. J. Shore, M.A.,
now imprisoned in the gaol of St. Thomas, at Exeter, at
the suit of the Bishop of Exeter.
The meeting was convened for eleven o'clock, but long
before that hour the body of the hail was pretty well
filled by an audience the larger portion of whom were
ladies. The side galleries, which were exclusively set
apart for ladies, were also filled som 'hoe before the chair
was taken.
The platform was occupied principally by Dissenting
ministers, amongst whom we ohserv, d the R'-v. J. H.
Hinton, the Rev. Mr. Eckert, the Rev. Dr. Leirchild, the
Rev. Messrs. P.icharebon, Craig, Ainslie, Altor, Dr.
Henderson, Burn, Mannering, Ashton, Prout, Dr. Per.
gusts!), Wilkinson, and many others.
At eleven o'clock the chair was taken by CHARLES
LUsrlitiGToN, Esq , M.P., amid loud cheers. He said
' hk felt at all times very incompetent to address a large
public meeting like that bsfoee him in that style of
eloquence, rhetorical argument, and brilliant manner
that they were accustomed to in the addresses of his
reverend friends around him ; but he would not
plead ignorance of the circumstances of the case
respecting which they were assembled toge-
ther.—(Here the Hon. Gentleman was interrupted
by the cheers which greeted the entrance to the meeting
of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Neel.) He was delighted
to be so interrupted.—(Cheers.). He was not ignorant
of the circumstances of Mr. Shore's case, for he had had
the satisfaction a few nights ago of attending a meeting
on the same subject as that on which they were
called in Wickliffe Chapel,Whitechapel,
and that togetherthatedifi oct-
ewday,
was filled up to the very ceiling, and
the expression of disgust and execration at what had
been the misereble treatment of the Rev. Mr. Shore, was
unanimous. Ho understood Mr. Shore, feeling con-
scientious scruples at continuing to preach in the Es-
tablished Church, officiated at a Dissenters'chapel, and for
doing so incurred the censure of the Ecclesiastical Courts.
He would stand up against those steel hearted prelates.
—(Cheers.) Throughout the length and breadth of the
land the public feeling was spreading against the parties
by whom this persecution had been instituted. A Bill
had been introduced into the House of Commons to put
an end to proceedings of that kind. It had yet to go
before the House of Lords, and if it was thrown out, the
prelates in that House would draw down the reprobation
of every enlightened man in England.—(Cheers.) The
meeting might rely upon his best exertions to support
the Bill in its future stages through the House; and
he hoped to be able to introduce a
retreepective
clause into the Bill
which would include in
its operation the case of the Rev. Mr. Shore, for
whose liberation they were there to adopt measures:.—
(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman called upon the Rev.
Mr. Hinton to offer prayer, which having been concluded,
The Rev. Mr. BINNEY said he had been re-
quested to propose the following resolution—" That
this meeting having fully considered the case of
the prosecution and imprisonment of the Rev. James
Shore, affirms that ho has stroug claims to
the cordial sympathy of all the friends of civil and reli-
gious liberty, and resolves that an affectionate address
from this meeting, signed by the chairman and the
committee, be presented to him at Exeter by such
deputation as the committee shall appoint."—(Cheers.)
He could hardly tell how it happened that he had been
brought to come forward thus early and prominently in
this matter, but there he was, and he had got the work
to do.—(Laughter.) He hoped he did not come there
as a partizan of dissent—(Hear, hear)—or as a mere
partizan and advocate of James Shore. He wanted to
look at James Shore, Henry of Exeter, Sir Herbert
Jenner Fust, Lord Denman, and the Privy Council as
so many institutions.—(Cheers.) He had a most unfor-
tunate tendency of mind. He was always feeling there
was an adversary looking over his shoulder.—(Loud
laughter.) That was a very bad habit for a
mere advocate. He was going to try to persuade- them
tc pa's the resolution before them with honour and
honesty. He had no objection to the weak points in
the case being noticed. He was to look at the result
which Mr. Shoie, whether right or wrong, had con-
trived to bring out as the condition of the law. He
should put the case fully and honestly before them,
weak points and all.—(Laughter.) Mr. Shore was a
deacon and priest in the Church of England; he took
priest's orders in 1829, and was then curate of the
parish of Berry-Pomeroy, in the diocese of
Exeter, under the incumbent, Mr. Edwards, and
officiated there until 1832. - The Duke of So-
merset built a chapel at Bridgetown, in the
e, a dissent-
ing
chapel
same parish and diocese. That chapel was licensed but
not
chapel,consecrated;
and it it h.s
might be
become aco chapele a of
dissenting
again. Now if Baptist Noel's chapel had been his own
property he might have sold it to him (Mr. Binney),
and why should not that reverend gentleman, if tie
chose to leave the Established Church, be permitted to
men
preach in a dissenting chapel? The nomination to the
chapel at Bridgetown was given to Mr. Shore; shortly
afterwards, Mr. Edwards, the vicar, died, and a Mr.
Brown succeeded him. There was no fresh nomination,
and so Mr. Shore continued the minister of the chapel
for nine years afterwards. Nine years was a long time
anywhere, but in the diocese of Exeter it was a little
eternity. In 1843 Mr. Brown exchanged livings with a Mr.
Cousins. On Mr. Cousins coming into the possession of
the living, the Bishop wrote to him to say he should
expect a fresh nomination from Mr. Cousins, or else he
could not continue Mr. Shore as the minister. Mr.
Cousins refused eventually to nominate Mr. Shore, and
the Bishop, in consequence, refused to continue the
licence to Mr. Shore. He (Mr. Binney) though the head
and front of Mr. Shore's offending against the Bishop
might be summed up in four lines from a hymn by Dr
Watts—

" The men that keen thy law with care,
And medic to thy word,
Grow wiser than their bishops are,
And better know the Lord.'
(Great cheering.) Well, then, Mr. Shore was si-
ienced fir six sr:toning, and for no moral offence what-
ever. The Bishop admitted that himself, on the trial
of Mr. Latimer, at Exeter. Mr. Shore was eventually
obliged to flee from the parish, to avoid the persecution
of the Bishop. " The hireling fleeth because he is a hire-
ling, and careth not for the flock."—(Cheers.) In 1832.
the chapel was registered as a place of Protestant Non-
the request of the agent
co°fatfherinistTv
Duke of Somerset,
by
and Mr. Shore preached fir
a Sunday or two previous to his having qualified himself
by his secession from the Church. That was Mr.
Shore's first false step. In that step, the Duke of
Somerset, his agent, and Mr. Shore, committed a great
blunder and a wrong. But on the 16th March, a fort
night after registering the chapel, Mr. Shore felt it
right to put himself into his tight position ; he went
voluntarily before a magistrate, and took the oaths and
signed
thaethen stood as a separatist
lion,
under
the Toleration Act, and
had the rights and privileges of a Nonconformist
declaration;
Church,
minister. He then considered he was a perfectly free
man, and he then continued to use the prayers as many
other clergymen did; but being also a tree man, he made
some alterations in those prayers in using them. The
Bishop remonstreted with him, and kindly in'ormed him
that ho had appointed a commission of six or eight
clergymen to come to Totnes, and to sit in a room there
of a house called " The Seven Stars," not the seven
stars of the Apocalypse, and to call him before them to
answer for a misdemeanour. The commission hod to
inquire whether there were prima facie grounds for fur-
ther proceedings, and they returned the Bishop the
reply that there were grounds for further proceedings.
Mr. Shore was then cited by the Bishop in the Arches'
Court. The I3ishep went on the indelibility of holy
orders, on the principle of "once a clergyman, ale ays a
clergyman." The sentence of the Judge of the Arches'
Court was that Mr. Shure was thenceforth not to preach
in the diocese of Exeter, or in the province ot Canter
bury; and he had to pay the costs. Now Mr. Shore
was in a position to say to the Bishop, " Do what you
like, but keep your hands ossa_a bishop is to be no
striker."—(Laughter and cheers.) Well, Mr. Shore
said, " Here lam in the broad realm of England. Bri-
tannia rules the waves'—(Laughter)—cannot Victoria
rale the bishops?"—(Roars of laughter.) Well, Mr.
Shore could not Pax the Bishop's costs. and Mr. Shore
carried the matter into the Queen's Bench, and Lord
Denman pronounced it as his opinion that Mr. Shore
could not divest himself of a priest in hi ly orders.---
(Hissing.) Mr. Shore would appeal directly to Caesar
—(A laugh)—and he appealed to the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council; and the Privy Council said
nothing, but referred the matter back to the Arches'
Court, just as a judge said to a culprit,E " You reust go to
the place from whence you cat"' --(Laugh ter.) The
Bishop's costs amounted to 180/. The Judge of the
Arches' Court said, that by continuing to preach out of
the Church he was guilty not only against his diocesan
but against the authority of the Church, and admonished
Mr. Shore to abstain from offending yin like manner in
future. He condemned Mr. Shore in the costs, and that
was the final decision of a Court Christian.—(Laughter )
Now that was the case. The head and front of Air.
Shore's offending was the preaching as a Nonconformist
minister. He had paid every shillingofhis own
costs (Cheers) —of that appeal ;
buthe would
he
not pay the Bishop's costs, because
of
considered they
were incurred, though under the formlaw, by what
he called constructive persecution.
He (Mr. BinnWell, how was
ay) Mr.did
Shore to be got out of prison? •
not think there was any power in the kingdom that
could liberate Mr. Shore without payment of the costs.
Three classes must pay them. In the first place the
Bishop.—(Laughter.) The second party
was fighting as party was the evan-
gelical clergy,l whose battle Mr. Shore
really as Mr. Gorham was. The poet Wordsworth had
said, and Mr. Shote might re-echo the sentiment—
" The prison into which we doom ourselves
No prison is."
—(Cheers.) Thirdly, there was a certain sort of liberal
politicians, who male grand speeches in the House of
Commons. Caring for the Church as they did, those
parties should first sign a cheque for those costs, and
send it down to Exeter.
The Earl of DuceE seconded the resolution, and in
doing so said he thought the simple way of showing his
sympathy with Mr. Shore was to come down to the
ting and contribute his mite to the fund for liberat-
ing Mr. Shore. This proceeding was a great attempt to
oppress the consciences of the people.
The Rev. GEORGE H. STODDART spoke in support of
the resolution.
The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried
with acclamation.
A letter of condolence to the Rev. Mr. Shore was read
by the Rev. Mr. .Aessale to the meeting, and signed by
the Chairman, on behalf of the meeting.
The [fem. aed Bev. BAPTIST Nose, rose to move the
second :resolution amidst loud cheers. He had first to
thank them for their cordial reception. His Reverend
Friend who had introduced those proceedings had
brought powerfully before thew tho discredit to this

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat again to-day to hear appeals. The
Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord Campbell. and Viscount Sidney.
M`EWEN AND OTHERS V. SMITH AND OTHERS, -JUDG•

IIENT.

Their LORDSHIPS gave judgment to-day in this case,
which was heard before their Lordships a short time
since. The case came before their Lordships, upon
appeal, from the judgalent of the Court of Session, and
the facts upon which the appeal arose may be thus
shortly stated:—On the ISth August, 1843, the respon-
dents, as agents for Messrs. James Hoped( and Co., of
Liverpool, agreed to sell James Bowie and Co., mer-
chants in Glasgow, 42 hogsheads of sugar, which had
arrived at Greenock by the St. Mary, from Ja-
maica, and were then lying in a warehouse
in their names. According to the original bar-
gain, the sugar was to be paid for in cash, under an
allowance of the usual discount of 2 per cent., agreeably
to the sale note. Messrs. Bowie and Co. subsequently
applied to the respondents to accept a bill at four months
from date of sale, in place of cash. To this the respon-
dents, under the authority of their principals, agreed ;
the hogsheads were accordingly v eigh. d, and price was
calculated ; an invoice was made out from the weights,
and this invoice, with a bill for the amount, was handed
to Messrs. Bowie and Co. for acceptance' but the bill has
never been returned to the respondents. Upon the agree
ment being entered into, the respondents addressed to
Mr. Alexander. their agent in Greenock, a letter autho-
rising him to deliver the sugar to etessre. Bowie and Co.,
but this letter was never presented to Mr. Alexander, nor
did Bowie and Co.'s agent attend when the sugar was
weighed, although the) had notice of the time, nor was
any demand made upon Mr. Alexander for delivery of the
goods until the evening of the 25th of Sept, following.
During the interval the sugars remained in the name of the
respondents, and subject exclusively to their di,posal and
control. On the 25th r f September Bowie and Co. stopped
payment, and their estate was sequestrated. On the day
following, upon this fact coming to the knowledge of the
respondents—upon the morning of the 26th of Septem-
ber—they wrote to their agent, Mr. Alexander, coun-
termanding their instructions previously given to him to
deliver the sugar to James Bowie, which letter was re-
ceived by Mr. Alexander, in Greenock, early on the
forenoon of that day. It appeared that on the evening
of the 25th of September, after Messrs. Bowie and Co.'.
bankruptcy was known in Glasgow, but not at Greenock,
the appellants, or some one on their behalf, called at
Mr. Alexander's place of business, and presented the I
respondents' mandate to Bowie and Co. Mr.
Alexander himself was not present, but his
clerk appears in his absence, and without his au-
thority, to have written out a note stating that the sugars
in question had been delivered, of that date, to the appel-
lant. No such delivery, however, actually took place.
The goods remained in the warehouse, in the name and
under the exclusive control of the respondents. In con-
sequence of their instructions to Mr. Alexander, he took
immediate steps to prevent delivery being made of the
goods in question to Messrs. Bowie and Co., or any one
claiming in their right, and the sugars were, on the day
following, removed to another warehouse in Greenock,
whore they now stood in the name and suflect to the dis-
posal of the respondents. The suit originated in a pe-
tition presented by the appellants to the sheriff of Ren-
frewshire for delivery of the sugars. The Sheriff decided
against them. The Lord Ordinary affirmed the sheriff's
judgment, and the majority of the judges of the Court
of Sessions, agreed with the Lord Ordinary that the re-
spondents were entitled to the sugars. From that de-
cision the appellants appealed to the House of Lords.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, went at
some length into the facts of the case and the law upon
the subject, and concluded by advising their Lordships
to affirm the judgment of the Court below, with costs.
Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CA.MPRELL were of the
same opinion.
Judgment of the Court of Session affirmed, with costs.
MATHESON V. ROSS.
The arguments on this case, which were commenced
yesterday, were resumed to-day. The case came before
their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the
Court of Session in Scotland, in which a suit
had been instituted for work and labour done.
The son of the plaintiff in that suit had drawn up from
his father's ledger an account of the debts and credits,
making out that there was a balance due of 68/. On
the other side of the same paper was an acknowledgment
of the receipt of this sum of money. The piece of paper
was afterwards separated into two pieces. The parties
subsequently disputed the balance, whether it amounted
to about a sum of 91. 17s. 3d., or exceeded that amount,
and prccess was instituted thereon. At the trial of the
cause, the two pieces of paper were tendered in evidence
and received, subject to a motion in the court. The case
was brought before the court, which decided that the
acknowledgment of payment being unstamped, was not
receivable iu evidence. This appeal was brought against
that decree. There was an objection to this appeal of a
preliminary nature—namely, that the Jury Act for
Scotland did not allew an appeal to the House of Lords,
when the matter was merely that of refusing or granting
a rule for a new trial.
Sir F. KELLY and Mr. ANDEESON for the appellant
contended first that the paper was properly receivable;
and, secondly, that the Jury Act did not apply in cases in
which, as here, the question of law had been reserved for
the consideration of the Court, with power to direct in
what manner the verdict should be entered.
Tho further arguments in this case occupied the
Wirt the whole arguing.