The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-17 00:00:00

MAYOR'S COURT,

Yesterday a Jury was empanelled to assess the value
of the interest of the Dean and CLapter of Ely in pre-
mises occupied by Mr. Malcot, on the site of New Far-
ringdon7street.

Mr. Gurney, on the part of the claim ants, stated that
it had been arranged by the Dean and Chapter and the
Corporation, that a verdict by consent should be taken
for 1,200/.

The RECORDER said that he should require evidence
of the value. The object of the Legislature in requir-
ing the intervention of a Jury to assess the sum, was to
protect public bodies from improvident bargains.
Mr. Barnes, surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of
Ely, said that the sum agreed upon was the full value
of the freehold.

Mr. Montague, the City Surveyor, gave similar evi•
dente. The property consisted of a dwelling-house and
sheds, leased to Mr. Malcot for 34 years, at a rent of
1 kper annum.

The RECORDER asked what was the renewing fine ?
Mr. Montague replied that they had nothing to do
with the renewing fine. Ilis calculation was founded
upon the present value of the rent for the whole time,
and of the reversionary value of the estate at its termi-
nation. In fact, the SUM given was more than the value.
Counsel said that the arrangement had been entered
into by the parties after due deliberation, and there was
no fear of the full amount being given. The Church
were the claimants.--(A. laugh.)
The RECORDER—It is for that reason I think it ne-
cessary to take the evidence. Every body now thinks
himself at liberty to make free with the Church.
Verdict for 1,2001. _ _

The jury had next to assess the value of the free-
hold and leasehold interest in the French Protestant
Church in Broad.street, required by the Corporation
for making the approaches to the Royal Exchange.
Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Higgins gave evidence that the
value of the freehold was 1,9771., and the value of the
leasehold was 4,0001., which sums the Corporation had
agreed to give.
The RECORDER asked Mr. Higgins how many per-
sons the chapel would hold ?
Mr. Higgins replied that it would hold 800, but the
congregation had most miserably fallen off, and the gal
leries had not been used for years. The ancient fabric
itself was in such a condition that it would require to be
rebuilt if not disposed of, but the carving and interior
fittings of the chapel were of a most interesting charac-
ter. They were reserved in the arrangemeat, and
would be used in a new building. He considered that
the trustees had made a good bargain for the Church.
The RECORDER—I hope so.
Verdict accordingly.

NEW POLICE ACT.

IMPORTANT DECISION.

At the last meeting of the Bench of Magistrates
at Croydon, a question of very considerable importance
to the whole of the inhabitants of the southern district,
which has, under the recent Police Act, been placed
to the distance of fifteen miles under the jurisdiction
of the Police Commissioners, was discussed by the
Bench.

Two young men, named Charles Baker and Thomas
Smith, were charged with having allowed two dogs to
by drawing under their truck, contrary to the provisions
of the New Police Act, within the Metropolitan Po-
lice district.

Mr. Robert Russell, the attorney, of Croydon, at
tended on behalf of the defendants.

It appeared from the evidence of Thacker, one of the
police constables employed by the London and Brighton
Railway, that on Friday last he was on duty at Couls-
don, just beyond the fourteenth mile-stone, when he
saw the defendants with a truck filled with tin and
hardware, and drawn by two dogs, proceeding towards
,tbe country, and he took them into custody, in pursu-
ance of orders he received. The place where he saw
them was less than fifteen miles from Charin•cross.
William Lorton, a sergeant of the I' division, was
then sworn, and he deposed that he believed the parish
of Couls.fon was within the Metropolitan Police Dis-
trict, and their constables did duty there, and were
stationed for some distance beyond the spot where the
prisoners were found with their dogs.
Upon this witness being cross•examined by Mr. Rus-
sell, he said that he had no other ground for stating
that the place in question, was under the authority of
the Police Commissioners, and formed part of the police
district, than that the constables of that force were
stationed there. He had never seen any Order in
Council declaring the district to be annexed to the
metropolitan police district.
Mr. Russell then addressed the Bench, and said he
should contend that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction
in this case, inasmuch as the district for which they
acted had never been legally annexed to the metropoli-
tan police district, and that the New Police Act, there-
fore, did not apply to it. Mr. Russell then proceeded
to refer to the several Acts of Parliament in con-
nection with the alterations that have been
made in the police establishments of the metro-
polis, and said that by the last Police Act passed during
the reign of her present Majesty, the Government was
empowered by an Order in Council to declare any dis-
trict within fifteen miles in a straight line from Charing
Cross to be part of the metropolitan police district ; and
when this was done the B.olch were aware that the
County Justices had the power to act upon and admi-
nister the provisions of this new Police Act. He was
prepared to contend confidently that no Order in Coun-
cil ha wing reference to the southern district of the me-
tropolis had ever been issued, and that the limit of the
metropolitan police district in that direction did not
extend further than Streatham-bridge, the spot fixed by
the first Police Act ; and this being the case, the Ma-
gistrates had no power to adjudicate in the present in-
stance.

Toe CHAIRMAN said that the objection was certainly
a very important one. He had never seen the Order in
Council, but he could not conceive that the Govern-
ment would have extended the police without first is-
suing an Order in Council, which was duly required by
the Act.

Mr. Penfold, the Clerk of the Bench, said that the
Commissioners of Police had given him notice of the
intended extension of the police, and the parish of
Croydon was called upon to contribute sixteen hun-
dred a-year towards its maintenance.

Mr. ADAMS said that if the necessary legal forms
had not been complied with before the police were
extended to the district, it was a very extraordinary
omission on the part of those who ought to have seen
that they were complied with.
Mr. Russell said that he should not have taken the
objection, had he not enteaained a strong opinion that
it was well founded, and he would almost pledge himself
that no such Order in Council had been issued.
The BENea, after some further conversation, said
dna they should not, under these circumstances, feel
themselves justified in adjudicating upon the case, and
they therefore adjourned their decision for a week, in
order that in the mean time a communication should be
ride to the Secretary of State upon the subject.

REPEAL-THE, ENGLISH PRESS

The Standard of Thursday, after referring to the
proceedings of the National Repeal Association of the
previous Monday, says that it feels " convinced," and
the conviction brings no " alarm," " that Ireland is
steadily advanci-g to a crisis, when the fate of that
country must be decided by a violent solution—not dan-
gerous as rcgards final results."

There is -a
cool deliberate atrocity about this de-
claration that we have never seen exceeded. It is
possible that the writer may have witnessed the scenes
which occurred when the "violent solution " which
be now contemplates without " alarm" was partially
rehearsed under the auspices of the Government of the
day. It is possible that the writer may have witnessed
the ferocious horrors which then were worked in form
of law. He may have heard the screams of tortured
wretches, writhing under the lash of a besotted soldiery,
or the infernal cap of molten pitch, sorching into the
brain of the tormented tictim. he may have witnessed
the wholesale massacres—the murders in detail—the
burning of property—the violation of female chastity—
the profanation of the temples of the living God and the
martyrdom of His ministers—but, with the recollection
of these things, can that person, whose days in the land
cannot be long—can he contemplate without " alarm"
another " violent so!utian ?"

But, forsooth, " Mr. O'Connell and the priests ale
preparing a Romanist Repeal rebellion," to be " aided
by' foreign alliance." It is diabolically false as well as
intensely foolish, to assert that Mr. O'Connell and the
priests are preparing a rebellion. There is not, in the
wide extent of her Majesty's dominions, any men, or
set of men, more thoroughly loyal than the individuals
thus maligned.
But let us not be misunderstood—there are " pre-
parations" making, in which the " priests" are taking
part—as they will continue to do in everything which
will eventuate in the well-being of their flocks : " pre-
parations," which Mr. O'Connell directs—preparations
for attaining, legally, constitutionally, and peacefully,
the rights of a❑ oppressed, a plundered, but a moral
and determined people.
We have got in the Standard the creed of the faction
confessed. They want the blood of the Irish people ;
and as that faction, entertaining such objects, really
govern the Imperial legislation, would we not be mad
if we did net seek the protection of a domestic Legis-
lature ? In disclosing to us its creed, the Standard
has given us a text which we shall preach upon, until
all Ireland is roused, resolved, concentrated.—Dablin

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EXPRESS TO MANCHESTER, WITH THE RE-
SULT OF TILE ST. LEGER BACE.—Mr. James Bake, of the
Bull Inn and Post-office Hotel, brought the intelligence of
this great event to this town last evening, as early as half-
past seven o'clock. As soon as the race was over, he ob-
tained the Judge's decision, and left the stand precisely at
a quarter-past four, and reached his own house (a distance
of about fifty miles) in three hours and a quarter. He had
six horses en the road ; and one of them, lceing a shoe,
walked about three miles.—Mancliester Guardian,

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