The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Sheep. I Calves.
I 2.860 128
NIIIXTGATE AND VEIADENH.II.I.96.

I Pin,
310

All kinds of meat were in good supply, and heavy de-
mand, at barely stationary prices.

At per etorte by the Carettn.

s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d.
Eleef,inferior.... •. 8 4 3 6 Mutton, inferior •..3 4 3 6
- middling .... 3 a 310 middling.. 3 8 4 0
primelarge .. 4 0. 4 2 prime .... 4 2 4 6
- prima small .. 4 2 4 4 rork, 1arge........ 3 '8 4 G
treal.• •• • • ••••.. 4 '4 5 6 Mail 4 8 5 2
Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.
nonoucal HOP NICISSLIEET.

• The supply of really fine colony Mops,-on show this
morning, was comparatively small, and a fair business
was transacted in them, at full prices. With all other
qualitivs we were well supplied, and which meta slow
sale at last week's quotations :—New • Hops, Sussex
pockets, 9.1 Iss to 3155; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 3110 s;
Mid and East Kent ditto, 316 s to 5/ 143 per cwt.

CHANCERY.—..(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship did not sit to day till eleven o'clock,
and was occupied with motions of no interest.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND )
WHITTINGTON V. WIIITTINGTON.

This was a bill filed by the plaintiff for the appoint-
ment of a now trustee: in place of one of the present
trustees, who was g(nng to China.
Ibis lioNoun said, he did not think heinx about to'
leave the country was cause sufficient to release as
trustee from his duties.
The matter was referred to the Master.

QUEEN'S BEN C H.—(THIS, DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the LORD-dims JUSTICE,

and Justices VATTESON, COLEBIDGB, and gal.E.)
'FITE"'CONFIRMATION OP DR. 4AMPD,EN.
ITIIt MR; lICNTIBIC AND OTHERS U. ARCHBISHOP

• • • • OF YORK.,
• I- -
On the Learned Judges taking their seats on the
bench this morning,

SIT-FITZROY KELLY rose to move the Court for-a
writ of mandamus calling upon the Archbishop of
York to show cause why he should- not direct the
Court; recently apppoirited by him to confirm the Rev.
Dr. Hampden, to hear the parties who,
.on a public
citation being made at the' .recent confirmation of
the Rev. Dr. Dickson Rena Hampden, . at 'Bow .
Church, calling upon all parties•-who had any objec- •
.
Lion t - o urge against th said cOnfirinaticin -to • t
appear and state' their objec lona,- did 'appear in
~con -
forinity With that citation, ibut . were refused- to be -
heard. Ile -said he- moved•ob behalf of.tl'.e ReV.- John
Huntley and two other clergynien, who believing the
teaching of the Rev. Dr. Hampden to be unorthodox,
appeared on that occasion to .eppose his confirmation,
but-were refused a hearingenad adjudged " contu-
niacious,"-though all persons having any•objectiens to ;
urge were twice publicly cited to appear. It would
be necessary for him to refer shortly to the facts. A
copge . delire Was issued 'by her Majesty, directed ,
to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, -calling upon .
them on pain of. prremunire, to elect Dr. clamp- ,
den Lord Bishop -of the diocese, - and - he. was
accordingly elected to the vacant See; and on the Bth
of the present month letterepatent were issued calling :
upon the Archbishop of York to proceed to the cow."
&Mellen of the Bishop elect, and on the 11th.of the,::
same month the Archbishop's vicar-general end coin-es
raissioners appointed by the Archbiihop,- appeared in ..4,
Bow Church to fulfil. their duties, and to induct the
Bishop elect into his office. The affidavits on which
he moved stated that all persons who had any ground
to urge against the confirmation were cited to appear: '
that the vicar-general and the cominissionera, Dr.
Burnaby, Dr. Lushington, - and the Others, having
consulted in. a, room adjoining the hall at Doc-
tors' Commons, proceeded to, the . said church. ..-
and that after Some preliminary proceedings-the cita-
tion, to which he had already referred was read. - It.:'
was proclaimed by the apparitore general, ho- having -'
been called upon to do so by the vicar- general ; and
he prayed the ;attention of their Lordships. to. the
words used,
.which appeared to be the same ' as • those.
adopted uniformly, he' might ' say, without a single -
exception, for many centuries—certainly, however,
since the. revival. of the Act of Henry. VIII. in the
reign--of Elizabeth... The --parties objecting to the
confirmation replied to the citation by their tit-odor, •
Mr. Townsend; but the court, thus constituted,. re-
fused to heir any - argument at all except upon the...
preliminary question-whether they were erititledto
appear and :' be heard at' all. The court .
heard the' - 'arguments ' •on •' this' `Point • and.. _
. without hearing the . arguments ,on the other
side, it. determined that by the recent :I'd of Parliae .
meth the court had no discretion nor power to hear
any parties either by or in the shape, of mereellegae '
tions; or by arguments in 'eupport ofell4in. Such
was the opinion of two out of three of the commis-
sioners;-the-third-having--some doubt of the legality of
rejecting all 'opposition, and -thereby denying all
parties objecting a hearing, and the confirmation of
-the Bishop was proceeded with. Ile had to submit
to their Lordships upon the authorities on the matter
to whom he would refer, that under .the statute of .
Henry VIII. the plaintiff—he would not say notwith-
standing that statute—but under it, and in accordance
- with the canon and common law of the realm, that
the ceremony of confirming a Bishop was a regular
judicial proceeding; and that it is a necessary
and essential - part of that proceeding that the
Archbishop or his vicar-general should at
once proceed to examine and inquire into, among.._ _
other things, the fitness and qualification of the
-Bishop elect, e.nd must enter into any . evidence .
or objection which might be offered and made by, any
person present who came forward to do so in:accord._ .
ante with the proclamation and citation ; they must
hear them, he apprehended, if they made their objec-
tions in due form of law. And if they refused to
enter upon that inquiry, the parties claiming it having
thd right abd.privilege of being. heard, as was evident
from the citation; -and consequently denied them jus-
tice, he
.contended that their proceedings were incom-
plete, and, therefore, null and void. The Learned
Counsel then referred to Burns's Ecclesiastical Law
(artiale Confirmation), and having read the clauses„.
said the writer held that all things at a confirm:diet'.
must be done according to
.the canon law, and laid
great stress upon the citation:a opponents. Heedso
referred .to ! Gibson's Colle,x," . who, -- he ' held,
_ ..
thoUght the citation -an important part of the pro-
ceeding ; and yet it was contended that the pro=.
ceeding was useless; though it had been in con-
stant use for 300 or :400 years, -it was • deemed • a .
mere useless • form, which could not be - complied
with.: --When the citation was uttered the court was .
prayed to call all persons who had been called upon
to come forward and "they should be heard."- When
the proclamation was read was the proper time for
parties having good and sufficient grounds of oppo-
sition to come forward and raise them ; .and they did -
so in this ease but were at once told that they-,could
not do so. ' Nine articles had to be complied
.with—
citation, and the-making up of a certificate that the
Bishop so confirmed was sufficiently qualified, by • his'-=,l- -:
age,' knowledge, learning, orderly life, • sabriety=
piety, and fidelity to the King, being amongst them.a-iaee
There is, further, a declaration that the Bishop elect.
had given proofs of these things; and was it-to be said
that those who had-a deep interest in the niatter'ninst .e
not bring counter proofs :if they were in a condition ..
to. do so, though expressly, and in unambiguous terms
'cited to appear. .Burna said, that the proelamation..ea.!
was to be made a second time at the door of the church, ..tart
so that they had the fact, that after the petitiOn Of the -.e11."
bishop had been put in, and after the proofs of his • -I-
fitness for the office with which he was being On- . •
firmed had been adduced, a second proclamation was
to be made, calling upon all opponents" to 'come for-
ward, and that " they should be. heard." hie- believed -
this case was the only one of the .kind, -with the
exception of one, which had occurred ; hitt as
the :opposition - was 'nut made in -the form
presCribed by law, the opposition failed. The .
confirmation of Montague, who was appointed- to
the see of Wells in the translation of Laud to Lon-
don, wait opposed by a bookseller named Jones; - viho '
charged him .with pcipeili,...but for the reason lie had
stated his objections fell to the ground; the objec-
tions; were not given in writing, and were not signed
by an advocate and presented by a proctor. Parlia-
ment toc4; Cognizance of. the matter, and an inquiry
wus instituted, .and Dr. Rivers, an eminent divine,
celebratsd for his lecrning, before whom the case
Came, admitted that the opposition was good and .
valid if it had been legally offered, and Parliament
being satisfied, abided by that opinion. It had been
said ;that these precedents were to be found in .
, troubled times ; _ but this was a mistake, as .
. the decision in the last case was - come to
in 16t8, when there was nothing in the nature of the
times caletilatAlo Overcome the judges in the strict e'
diseliirge of theiri- duties.,l-The-leOt ,procciettingein-- -,---1
' the butenesinf confirmation was vvhat was called the
" definitive sentence," and then the bishop was decreed