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London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

built at the expense of Mr. Carr, a grend-uncle of his.
In the old chapel ware certain pews attached to certain
messuages in tee neighbourhood, and on the rebuilding.
of the chapel a commission weey issued by the Arcu-
bishop of York to allot the pews among the pari,hioners,
gtrlong presedence to those persons who had a right by
possession of certain messuages, and the proceedings of
this commission were confirmed by a faculty issued by
the Archbishop. In that condition the chapel continued
until the ISth of April, 1850, when a citation was issued
from the Consistory Court of Ripon, at the instance of
Mr. Sharpe, the perpetual incumbent of the parish, and
his curates, calling on the inhabitants to show cause
hethe pews should not be taken down for
re-pewing of the church upon an en-
tirely different plan. Many of the inhabi-
tants were greatly dissatisfied with this pro-
posed plan. Mr. Carr was one of these, and appeared
in the Consistory Court by his proctor, and put in an
allegation defensive, in which he stated that he was en-
titled to certain ancient messuages in the parish, and
that certain pews in the chapel had been annexed from
time immemorial to the said messuages. Upon this the
Consiseiry Court adopted proceedings which he was ad-
vised showed they were about to try the question of his
title, and he now applied for a prohibition to stay such
proceedings. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to
quote several cases which he contended proved that in
cases were Ecclesiastical Courts were proceeding to try
questions of re al property it had always bsen the custom
to issue a prohibition from the superior Courts.—Rule
1161 granted.

PITMAN V. PARSONS.
This was a case arising out of certain bill transactions
which have lately given occasion for several trials which
have been reported in' the public prints. In the course
a last term a rule was obtained in this, and several other
cages ofa similar nature, calling upon the plaintiffs to
show cause why proceedings should not be stayed, and
certain Bums which had been paid over returned to the
defendant.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS now applied to make this rule
absolute. He understood that no one appeared to show
caste•—Rule absolute.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
, TELE QUEEN U. CORPORATION OF BRADFORD.
Mr. CROMPTON applied for a writ of mandamus di-
rected to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Council of
the borough of Bradford, in Yorkshire, commanding
them to elect seven aldermen in the room of seven who
Ought to have retired on the 7th of November last. In
June,
1847, the Queen gtanted a charter of incorporation
to the borough, in which it was directed that 42 council-
lors should be elected on the 10th of-August following,
and 14 aldermen and a mayor,; on the 18th of the same
,month, and the re-elcett* to take place at the
ne and in the manner pteacribed by the Municipal
ktorporation Act, which was passed in the 7th year of
;I,le reign of Wiliam the Fourth, and the Ist of Victoria.
The 26th section of that Act provided that a third of
toerY corporation in the kingdom should go out in rota-
"cri once in three years, and the time was to be com-
puted from November, 1836, the year in which the Act
received the Royal assent. In November, 1847, the Cor-
poration of Bradford were under the impression that a
third of their body ought to retire in pursuance of this
Act; but as they had then only existed two or three
months, it was determined to take the advice of counsel
upon the point, add the learned gentleman whom they
consulted ave it as his opinion that no new election
'voted be necessary till 1849. Accordingly, nothing was
°tie
(1
till November, 1349, when a third of the corpora-
tiun Went out in rotation, and were re-eketed ; and nothing
was done last November in the shape of a retirement or an
election. Some doubt, however, arose in the minds of the
legal officers of the corporation, that the terms of the
Municipal Act had not been complied with, and a second
ease was submitted to the learned counsel who was
ennsultA in the first instance. He has recently die-
Fevered that his previous opinion was founded in error,
inasmuch as the charter explicitly provides that, after
the first election of the corporation, the retirements and
clectioni should take place accading to the provi-
-1:1°13s "I the Municipal Act; and, therefore, al-
- s"ungli the corporation came into existence only a few
!nonths previously, yet a third of their body ought to
have retired, and been re elected in November, 1847, so
as to bring the calculation of the time within the provi-
sions of the statute. Had that been done, the last elec-
ti"n would not have come round until 1850, instead of
1849, and it was in order to rectify this error that the
present application was made. All parties were assent-
ing to the motion, and it was hoped the Court would
grant a peremptory mandamus.
Mr. Justice ERLE would rather not do that, because,
although notice of the motion might have been given to
Parties concerned, yet some of them might be dis-
posed to come in-and oppose it.
Mr. CR ,MPTON—Perhaps your Lordships, then, will
grant a rule absolute for the mandamus.
Mr. Justice ERLE—You may take.that.
Rule absolute accordingly.

THE WINDOW Tax.—We have every reason to
believe that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, instead of con-
tinplating the total repeal of the window-tax—which he
;111c1 a few weeks ago—means to content himself with what
tails a "modification" of the duties on the light of
neoren. In other words, he contemplates only a reduction,
the entire remission, of the obnoxious impost. But
while this is the course be wishes to adopt, another idea bas,
within the last fortnight, taken possession of the Right Hon.
Gentleman's brain. It is, that in the event of his being com-
pelled, by the pressure from without, nominally to repeal the
tax, he will still be able, in effect, to retain a portion of it,
V levying some,new sort of tax on houses, which, from the
description given of it to us, is wholly incomprehensible. lint
though it cannot be understood, it will, it imposed, be felt.
To be forewarned is to be forearrne I. Will the country,
after being thus early apprised of Sir Charles Wood's inten-
tionF, permit him to carry them out? Assuredly not.
There must be no fiscal legerdemain in the matter. There
Must be an entire repeal, without a substitute of any kind.
--Advertiser.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON,—.Yes-
terday evening a very full meeting of the Board of Manage-
ment was held in the board room of the institution. Otbo
liamilton, Esq., in the chair. The routine business having
Passed it was stated that the medical committee had adopted
a series of clinical lectures on the nature and progress of con-
'gumption, the first of which was delivered in the hospital by
Pr.Theophilus Thompson, of Bedford-square; the interesting
lecture was well attended. „The intended bazaar, advertised
for June next, to be held in the gardens of the Royal Hos-
pital, at Chelsea, it was hoped would be productive of much
good ,and the building committee were looking forward to
the event with great interest. Several ladies of rank and
distinction have already consented to hold stalls on the oc-
casion. The usual vote of thanks having passed to he
chairman, the meeting adjourned.
CARNARVON AND BANGOR RAILWAY.—The ar-
rangements for carrying out this undertaking are at last
completed, and we have no doubt that all parties interested in
the line, either as residents or owners of property, through
Which the line will run, from Port Dinorwic to Carnarvon,
Will
do all they can to expedite the completion of the works.
"r that portion of the line which lies between Bangor and
port
Dinorwic the whole of the deposit required by T. A.
Smith,
Esq., to secure its completion, as well as the amount
required for the compensation of the several tenants, has
b:" Placed in the Carnarvon Old Bank ; and the contract
I"alting this portion of the line has been signed by the
;12tracting partrei to be completed by the end of 1851.
believe that; 'with the exception of one party, the ar-
--ngements for continuing the line to Carnarven are con-
ch -e'f d
be • Whatever the obstacles which now intervene may
, We trust those parties are too much alive to the good of
Carnarvon to cause them to be insurmountable. But if the
Worst should occur we imagine the seashore will be available.
TIT shore ground lies within the company's power to deviate,
and we can hardly conceive it possible that the Commission-
ers of Woods and Forests would for a moment object, if their
consent should be the only alternative. We hear that part
°f the contractor's plant for carrying on the works has ar-
rived, and we look forward with hope to the commencement
-f ; this, to Carnarvonshire, important undertaking. It is
LSO looked forward to by the labouring population as a
deans of securing employment to them for some time to
`"Ille• We confidently anticipate that by June, 1852, the
entire line will be completed.— Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald.
DR. PUSEY.—It is reported that the Bishop of
p. Xford has issued an inhibition against Dr. Pusey's preach-
"lC in his diocese. What will the University now do ?
Church and State Gazette.
4,__PATAL CAB ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. H. M.
akley concluded an adjourned inquest, in the Middlesex
ispital, on John Sharpe, aged fifty-six, a carpenter. Mr.
Samuel Steele, vestryman of St. Marylebone, deposed that
be was walking along Portland-place' Cavendish-street,
When he saw a Hansom cab, driven by Joseph Bent, 4,463,
ipieck down and run over deceased, as the latter crossed
ortland-place. Mr. Steele and other witnesses gave it as
their opinion that the accident was the result of reckless
aS Mr. Goodall, house-surgeon, said the deceased died
of erysipelas, the result of his injuries. The jury returned
the following verdict :—" That deceased died of erysipelas,
after having been run over by a cab ; but there is not suffi-
cient evidence to return a verdict of manslaughter." To
Which they added a recommendation that deceased's next re-
lative should either take an action against the proprietor of
the cab, or bring the case before a magistrate.
w TO MAKE COWS CALVE IN THE DAY-TIME.
"-Every one has felt the inconvenience of having his cows
calve during the night. In all seasons, but especially in
winter, this is exceedingly annoying, and not only demands
continual useless watching on the part of the cow-keeper,
bat also often, indirectly, causes the death of the calf and its
mother. Now it has been ascertained by a person living in
for the
of Utrecht, that a cow with calf milked
or the last time at night instead of in the morning, calves
1?_ the day and not at night. Out, of thirty cows on which
re experiment was tried, only three or four are mentioned
"Y Numon, professor of Agriculture at Utrecht, as being
exceptions to the above rule. As confirming the above
statement, we many mention the fact, that a large farmer
in the Campine has also tried the same plan with success.—
"'"Flere des Serres.
At the meeting of the East and West India Dock
Company held yesterday the dividend declared was 3 per
cent, for the half-year, or at the rate of 6 per cent. per an-
num, tree from income-tax; and the report and accounts
were accepted as satisfactory. 10,0001. has been carried to
the reserve fund to meet the outstanding debt, which by this
appropriation mill be finally extinguished, leaving in addition
18,000/. surplus after the payment of the dividend.
ASTRONOMICAL. DISCOVERY. ••••• During the year
1850 no less than three primary- planets have been dis-
covered_ne..-o on the 11th May, by M. de Gasparis, of the
Royal Observatory of Naples, which appeared like a star of
the seventh magnitude; it is named I'arthenope. Another
Was discovered by Mr. Hind, on the 13th September, which
has been named Victoria. A third was discovered by Pro-
fessor Gasparis, at Naples, on the 2d of November, which is
!lamed Egera. All these planets belong to the group situated
nitween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Egeria is the 13th
pl • ""'t beloneing to that croup, so that astronomical dis-
caoteries of late years are rapidly progressing. A third ring
mend the the Past yea planet Saturn is also amongst the discoveries of
r.

DEATH OF SAMUEL WALKER, ESQ.—It is with
deep regret that we this week record the death of Mr.
'Samuel Walker, of the firm of John Walker and Sons,
allaw.—Leeds Mercury.
MILDNESS or THE SEASON.—On Old Christmas
day a dish of very tine mushrooms were gathered in a field
at Enford
bloo ; and _them eek befOre Christmas a cowslip in full
ni wm alto gathered on Entord Down.— Wiltslare Inde.
Wridenta