The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-10 00:00:00

THICSUN,!1,01•11101C, TUESDAY MARCH 10, 1840.

LAW IN TELLIGENCE.

ROTISE OF LORDS, MAncr; 9.

The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers pre-
sent were, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of London-
derry, and Lord Prudhoe.
THE ICUNTESS OF DALHOUSIE V. lI`DOSTALL.

The arguments in this part heard appeal, were resumed
to-day, but not having concluded at four o'clock, the fur-
ther hearing of the case was postponed till to-morrow (this

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, 131.48er, 9.

ARCHER V. SLATER.

Mr. K. BRUCE replied to-day, at considerable length,
in this case, the facts of which we have already given in
detail.
His HONOUR postponed giving judgment until he had
had ar► opportunity of reading the pleadings.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The disputes between the Church and the Courts of Law
in Scotland have for some time assumed a character which
renders the interference of the Legislature a matter of nc-
ce:,sity. Both pat ties accuse each other of meddling with the
question in order to influence elections by fomenting, not by
settling, the strife. Any party that does this exhibits as
little worldly wisdom as honesty or piety; the gain, not of
Perthshire alone, but of all the counties io Scotland,
would not counterbalance the evils of unnecessarily involv-
int! a political party in a dispute so difficult of solution.
This certainly is one of the class of questions in which
a prudent Government would not interfere till the
last moment. But we fear that the collision between
the constituted authorities of the Church and the State
is such that the absolute overthrow of the Established
Church, together with serious disturbance of the public
peace, may result from a continued refusal of legislative
interference. The parties to the present quarrel are the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on one side,
and the patrons of livings, backed by the most solemn de-
cision.] of Courts of Law, on the other. Since the reign
of Anne, a system of lay patronage has been established in
Scotland, quite as absolute, for aught that we can make
out, as that which exists in England.
(From the Standard )
The public received from Lord John Russell on Friday
night an official intimation that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer will, after Easter, propose new taxes. We
stated at the commencem znt of the Session that Minis
ters had come to this determination, and were as usual
charged with falsehood by those who never scruple a
lie when it seems to serve their present purpose ; the ve-
rification of our statement has been, however, pronounced
by the Ministerial leader in the House of Commons.
What the new taxes are to be we have not been as yet in-
formed officially ; but we believe salt is to be one object of
taxation, and beer, it is said, will be another.
(From the Courier.)
\V e are informed by the Chronicle this morning that a
" petition has been sent up to the House of Commons for
the immediate and total repeal of the Corn-laws, from
the Board of Guardians of the Bolton Union." It
adds, that " petitions for this great national object are
common enough, but a petition from such a body is a
novelty, and one the imitation of which is neither im-
proper nor unlikely." A novelty indeed ; these worthy
and tender-hearted Guardians of the Poor, under the
merciful dispensation of the new Poor-laws, already find
their office a sinecure, and as there is no poverty to be
dealt with in Bolton, they betake themselves to trade in
politics. How the poor have bean disposed of does not
appear, but it may be presumed the Union poor-house is
to let, or at least that the pinch-pauper fare of Somerset-
house is let alone, or has done its work among the paupers,
if doled out there in all its rigour, as becomes the duty of
these Bolton Solons-depute.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-.-YESTEADA Y.
THE DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Angelica colt (taken)
14 to 1 agst Theon (taken)
15 to 1 agst Confederate—taken
16 to 1 agst Launcelot
25 to 1 agst Bokhara—taken
25 to 1 agst Gambia
30 to 1 agst Monopa
28 to 1 agst Wardan—taken
40 to 1 agst Ottoman—taken
1000 to 15 agst. Muley Ishmael
1000 to 15 agst Glenorchy
THE OAKS.
7 to 2 agst Crucifix—taken
8 to 1 agst Black Bess
9 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh
14 to 1 agst Filly out of Rowton's darn
TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES.
2 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Angelica colt
11 to 1 agst Mr. • Wreford's Wardan
11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix

IMPERIAL PARLIAIVIENT

HOUSE OF LORDS,III4Acm 9.
Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock.
CHURCH EXTENSION.

The Bishops of St. ASAPH, SALISBURY, and HERE-
roRD presented petitions in favour of Church Exten-
sion, but in no instance were we able to catch the de-
signations of the petitioners.
RATING OF WORKHOUSES.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petiticn
from the inhabitants of the Union of Eastbouii e
(Sussex), against the rating of workhouses.
The Marquis of NORMANBY having presented a
similar petition,
The Duke of RICHMOND observed that it was of
great importance that a Bill upon the subject should
be passed before the sth of April, as by that day
the collectors would receive the rates (if not
prevented by a Bill), and there would not be much
facility in getting the money back from them.
The Marquis of NORMANBY believed that a Bill
to prevent the rating of Workhouses was brought into
the House of Commons on Friday, buthe was not certain.
CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOTLAND.)
. .

The Duke of RICHMOND Presented a petition
from Elgin, approving of the conduct of the Civil Courts
against the General Assembly ; and another petition in
favour of the Assembly, and against the Civil Courts.
He also presented petitions from parishes in the counties
of Aberdeen, Inverness, and Forfar, and from the bo-
rough of Keith, against the existing system of Church
patronage.
Tho Earl of ABERDEEN presented petitions against
intrusion of ministers from the town of Montrose, and
from several parishes in the counties of Ross, Fife, and

Forfar.
CORN-LAWS.—MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
Lord REDESDA LE presented petitions against the
alteration of the Corn-laws, and others against the grant
to Maynooth College, but whero from we could not hear.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (IRE-

LAND).
The Marquis of WESTMEATH begged to ask
.he Noble Marquis the Secretary for the Home De-
partment whether the rumour was true that a man
who had been recently convicted of a murder, com-
mitted some years ago in Dublin, and for which his
accomplices had been hanged, received a commutation
of his sentence ?
The Marquis of NORMANBY had not heard of
such an occurrance, but would inquire.
CHURCH BUILDING'S ACT AMENDMENT