The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-12 00:00:00

THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY EURDOR

AGAINST MAYOR.

This was a proceeding against the Rev. John
Mayor, perpetual curate of Forest-hill, in the diocese
of Oxford, calling upon him to answer to certain
articles, especially for that, being duly licensed and
inducted into the perpetual curacy of Forest-hill, a
living with cure of souls, he had permitted himself to
be instituted and inducted into another living with
cure of souls, namely, the rectory of Hadley, in
Essex, in the diocese then of London, but now of
Rochester (to which he had been presented by Lin-
coln College, Oxford), without any legal dispensation
first had and obtained, contrary to a decree of the
Council of Lateran (which is operative as a law in
this country), whereby he had incurred the penalty
of deprivation of the living of Forest-hill. No ap-
pearance having been given by the Rev. Defendant, the
proceedings went on in pcenam. It appeared that
Mr. Mayor had been inducted into the perpetual
curacy of Forest-hill (the income of which was aug-
mented by the governors of Queen Anne's Bounty),
in 1823, and had been instituted to the rectory of
Hadley in 1825, and that he still held both benefices,
and received the profits and emoluments of the same.
The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. PIIILLIMORE
submitted that the articles had been fully proved, and
that the Court must hold, under the decree of the
Council of Lateran—which Gibson said had all the
force of an Act of Parliament—that the living of
Forest-hill was void. _ _

Sir 11. JENNER FUST was clearly of opinion that
the articles had, been sufficiently proved, and that
the Court was bound to sign a sentence declaring
that the perpetual curacy of Forest-hill was void by
the party's acceptance of another benefice with cure
of souls.

[During the argument in this case, Dr. Hampden,
the Bishop elect of Hereford entered the hall, and
proceeded to the dining-room, accompanied by the
Vicar-General of the Archbishop (Dr. Burnaby), Dr.
Lushington, and Sir John Dodson, attended by Mr.
Dyke, the Registrar; the Proctors for the Dean and
Chapter of Hereford, and other officials. The usual
forms were there gone through, preparatory to the
confirmation of the election. The proctor for the
Dean and Chapter exhibited his proxy, and, present-
ing to the Bishop elect a certificate of his having been
duly elected by the Dean and Chapter to the see of
Hereford, " prayed and once and again earnestly re-
quested and entreated that his Lordship would be
pleased to give his consent to the said election." The
Lord Bishop elect having read the usual schedule of
consent, and affixed his signature thereto, the Vicar-
General and his assistants, with the Bishop elect, at-
tended by the officials, proceeded to Bow Church,
where the ceremony of confirmation was to take place.]
The Learned JUDGE found it necessary, soon after,
to adjourn the Court until the conclusion of the pro-
ceedings at Bow Church; but, as they lasted longer
than was anticipated, he postponed the further argu-
ment in the case of " Geils v. Geils," which stood for
this day, until Monday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

The Lord Mayor acknowledged the receipt of 10/.
from the Mercers' Company, and 5/ from the Cloth-
workers' Company, through the hands of Alderman
Musgrove, for the poor-box.
George Prince, a person who was in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Toulmin, of Great St. Helen's, ship-
brokers, was charged with' having embezzled money
which he had been authorised to receive for his
employers.
A porter to Mr. Thompson, of Cowper's-court,
Cornhill, deposed that he had delivered 9/. 9s. for
freight to the prisoner for Messrs. Toulmin.
The prisoner's duty was to account to another
clerk for all sums above 51. He disappeared some
time ago, but was met by Trew (City policeman) at
Nottingham, and taken into custody. Upon being
told that he was wanted for a deficiency of 701., he
said the amount di.l not exceed that sum. The pro-
secutors expressed it to be their intention to confine
the prosecution to the single deficiency of the above•
mentioned freight.—Committed for trial.
Solomon Abardana, a schoolmaster in the neigh-
bourhood of Houndsditch, was charged with having
criminally assaulted a little girl of very tender
years.
The prisoner was bailed by two sureties for 1001.
each to appear at the next sessions at the Central
Criminal Court.

Susan Poplar was charged with having broken two
panes of glass with two loaves,
The prisoner, it appeared, went into a baker's
shop and wanted to be supplied with bread at a
cheaper rate than the owner could conveniently part
with it for. Upon finding that she was not to have
her way, she flung the bread at the boy who was
serving in the shop, and, missing him, the loaves went
through the window into the street.
The prisoner said the loaves dropped out at the
window through mere accident.
Sentenced to confinement on bread and water fur
seven days.