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by the Queen-Regent, but that her acts
c ulcl not bind the present Queen, for there had not
h
`en shown on the affidavit that there had been any
tiirity or consent on the part of the present defendant.
a 8 (the Learned Coun:el) had further to contend that
btlY royal personage or crowned head wa-, not liable to
fli!rreas.rtredsitded—it was the law of nations, and if the law of
not apply, the law of attachment ought not,
in truth and in fact, the attachment was an arrest of
the goods and chattels of the defendant.
Illy LORDSHIP considered that on the first point there
wa..
e;n° ambiguity in the affidavit; it was historical that
th
Isabeei``ia.a.a the Queen of Spain, and that she was Donna
Ajr. RANDALL observed that, admitting all the facts,
u_ if a Minister of a foreign country was arrested, or a
King detained in a time of peace, it would lead to a war,
Ills LORDSHIP said that might or might not be; all
ttl bey had to consider was the law and practice of the
eu di°rt• Re considered that the attachment was very
Lerent from arrest. The attachment was only to in-
lt ra the attendance of the party, the property being, as
were,. bail, and the justice of the case followed. His
rdship considered that the affidavit was sufficient to
•11?rort the attachment.
ab'o';l. • RYLAND-11er Majesty the Queen of Spain knows
does, as much of the matter as the Emperor of China
it —lir' RANDALL—But her Majesty's Ministers do, and
tklis positively stated and well understood in the Cortes
claino would be liquidated.
Ills LORDSHIP held that the attachment was good,
and that the amount attached must be retained under the.
ettl.-,,srtd°l:?_.°f the City until the cases were decided. His
teti.ty,sabiept
thesaid he
.was acting on the privileges of. the.
oils ease.question of arrest did not at all arise in

E°W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomashafi, Bates, for seven years under-butler at the
m the Middle Temple, was brought before Mr.
fore,ll:Y Id the custody of Inspector Field of the detective
Jervis charged with threatening the life of Sir John
4.4 the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
184113 Lordship being sworn deposed that in the year
psis he was the treasurer of the Middle Temple. The
of
that
at that time was hall, or under butler. In April
benchat Year witness, with the concurrence of the
3 Of that society, dismissed the prisoner for
gel drunkenness. Since that time the prisoner had
r loent numerous communications to him, and he had un-
linatelY destroyed them all, with the exception of two
ttern.eti His Lordship then handed Mr. Burnaby, the
L. clerk, a letter, in which the prisoner had
threatened„ the life of Sir John. His Lordship added
la:rt the prisoner had written similar letters to +his wife,
d John Russell, and severed Members of Parliament.
l4r• Burnaby read the letter, which was addressed to
!justice Jervis." It was a very lengthy letter. The
r 3
-Itener accused Sir John of unjustly depriving him of
hint
and said that if a fair trial was not given
i'ualra he should use a law of his own, and let the public
u()vv what wretches of judges they had, if he afterwards
red strangulation at the Old Bailey. The prisoner
asserted in the letter that his Lordship had dismissed
Zit. in consequence of his being promoted to the situa-
n by the late Sir David Pocock, and that his Lord-
ship disliked the deceased.
After the reading of the letter,
re, I.' HENRY asked his Lordship if he went in fear of
,e-e;oving some injury from the prisoner? His Lordship
plied in the affirmative, and said the letter required
Ijaule id Poll explanation. His Lordship said the late Sir
vock was his personal friend, and that he never
had any dislike to him l;
on the contrary, he deeply re-
kretted his death. The prisoner laboured under a dela-
and he wished to disabuse his mind.
01'be prisoner, who frequently interrupted his Lord-
-113, said he had been unjustly deprived of his situation,
,
td that the treasurer had no power to discharge him.
l‘'ol tto.
r. HENRY said he would ask his Lordship that ques-
ais Lordship said he had the power to discharge any
he"ant. The prisoner was frequently intoxicated when
Was on duty in the hall. It was his duty to say
and his Lordship had noticed that he was drunk
he was repeating the words. The benchers had
'l5O noticed it, and witness therefore discharged him.
fbe prisoner appeared to be labouring under some
"tal derangement. It was at first supposed that he
bees then intoxicated, but that could not be, as he had
,11 locked up since six o'clock last night.
s'
4:- he prisoner made a long rambling and incoherent
under-butler
in which he said he had served the office of
made
for seven years. No complaint was ever
'fade until Sir John sent down word that he was die-
‘.lh targed. Sir John had no power to dismiss him. He
() hear in accgused Sir John of refusing to give him a fair
,1:1r. HENRY decided upon ordering the prisoner to
two good sureties in 50/. each, and himself in 1001.,
t- "eel) the peace towards Sir John Jervis, and be of
good behaviour to all her Majesty's subjects for six
notice h,
. f
111" t Mr. Henry said he should require 24 hours'
o
the bait.
The prisoner was then locked up.

4,A RLBRcr-sTREET.—(THISDAY.)
a '-'3IBECZLEMENT DY A SHOPMAN.—Thomas Warner,
m:vell-dressed man, was brought up in custody of
su'uld, 123 C, charged with having embezzled several
soma °I money, amounting to about 2001., the property
leis employers, Messrs. Turner and Sons, wax-chand-
-1; 31, Haymarket.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was a shop-
tt in his employ, and the utmost confidence was placed
iti
_teeived money
u'En. In consequence of having discovered that he had
from customers to the amount of 2001.,
hod not accounted for the same as it was his duty to do,
sot
sent for a constable and gave him in charge. He was
`4(lt prepared with evidence to enter further into the case
and_ wished for a remand.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday next.

FESTIVITIES AT WYNYARD PARK.
jpeorts of
r The local newspapers tarnish us with extended
the princely !-ospitalities dispensed during
~,1% past fortnight by the Marquis and Marchio-
ness of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park. The
rt.eipai fite took place on Friday, 17th instant,
el?. celebration of the natal day of the Mar-
_ 'lateness, when a grand banquet to forty guests
s succeeded by a ball, at which all the leading fami-
X 8 in the county were present. The party staying at
Mademoiselle
hall on Friday included the Duchess de Coigny and
eladernoiselle de Coignv the Duke of Cleveland, the Mar-
quis and ‘,.n. d
Gie. rchionesi '
ALStafford, the Earl and Countess of
"gall, Viscount and Viscountess Seaham, Viscountess
~uLgannon and Miss Irving, Lord and Lady Londes-
rrough, Lord Adolphus and Lord Ernest Vane, and
ady Adelaide Vane, Lord William Powlett, his Ex-
!!tle ncy the Baron Brunow, Sir James and Lady Graham,
'3lr \Villiani and Lad Eden, Hon. 11. T. and the Misses
Liddell, Sir Thomas Monro, Col. Macdonald (2d Life
Guards), Capt. David Wood (Royal Artillery), Hon.
Lascelles, Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Ben-
buck, &c., &c.
In the afternoon, Viscount Seaham and a party—
numbering six guns— went out to shoot in the game
hour of the park. In little more than three
Purs, the party bagged about 340 head of game, con-
sisting
principally of hares and pheasants, intermixed
with a few woodcocks.
At eight o'clock, covers wore laid in the dining-room
for
forty. The Marquis's band was in attendance, and
played several fashionable airs, polkas, &c.
The dinner consisted of everything which the season
could produce, or which the ingenuity of his Lordship's
Ceske—one scarcely inferior to Soyer—could devise. The
d e,ssert—a most splendid one, was, we believe, nearly all
the
products of the gardens of Wynyard.
The display of plate was most gorgeous. Gold and
saver epergnes, dishes, plates, &c., adorned the tables
aad sideboards, in rich profusion. Everything, indeed,
that luxury could desire was present; and the appear-
ance of the room, when the distinguished party sat
down to dinner, was very splendid.
After dinner the Duke of Cleveland proposed the
health of the Marchioness of Londonderry, for which
the Noble
Marquis returned thanks. Shortly afterwards
the ladies left the dining-room.
The company iuvited to the ball began to arrive at
ir-z o'clock. The dance was opened with a quadrille,
'll Which the Duke of Cleveland led off with the Mar-
chione:s of Londonderry. The festivities were prolonged
until a late hour on Saturday morning.

DEPARTURE OF DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN FOE
ZEALAND.—Yesterday the Managers of the Female
Emigration Fund (4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-
square), were enabled to dispatch another detachment of
distressed needlewomen to Australia by a splendid first-class
,I,arque sailing for that colony, the Stately, Captain Grinder.
itheY Were accompanied to Gravesend, where the ship was
ging, by the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. Haly, the Rev.
''rown Mr. Quickett, the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley, the
Hon. Mrs. Percy, and. a number of their relatives and friends.
'ill reaching the barque, they were introduced to the
cabin and had their berths allotted to them. The ar-
rangements for their comfort during so long a voyage
Were as perfect as possible, and reflected great credit
;Ton the care and zeal of the parties concerned. The
Honourable Arthur Kinnaird and Mr. Quickett then
britfly addressed the emigrants in earnest and affectionate
terms, impressing upon them the fact, that their good con-
duct and well-doing were the only recompense which they
could give to their benefactors, who had charged them-
selves with the expenses of their passage. The latter gen-
tleman stated, that a full description of their characters,
dispositions, and capabilities, had already been forwarded to
the Bishop of New Zealand, and that his Lordship would be
prepared to send them to suitable situations immediately on
their arrival. The visitors and relatives then took an affec-
tionate farewell, and the emigrants were at once initiated
into the mysteries of the "mess" on shipboard. After dinner
they were again addressed by Mr. T. Seaward, visiting
Secretary of the Prayer-book and Homily Society, 18, Salis-
bury-square, who concluded by distributing to each selec-
tions from the homilies and liturgies of the Church suitable
to their circumstances. Mr. Seaward also made a similar
distribution to the other emigrants going out in the Stately.
The number of needlewomen sailing in this vessel is 30.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The half-
yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company took place
yesterday at the offices, Coleman-street, City ; illiam Shad-
bolt, Esq., in the chair. The statement of accounts presented
to the meeting was as follows : —To dividend on 43,077
shares at 4s. per share, 8,6151. Bs. • to interest on bonds,
5,331/. 10s. ; preference shares, L,568/. ; property-tax,
265/. Bs.. expenses, salaries, &c., 34.1. 7s. ; balance, 8,7201.
28. 2d. • half-year's annuity, 71. 10s.; making a total of
'40,734/. 'l"is. 3d. By balance of profit and loss, 8,718/. lls.
2d.; rent of railway, half year, 20,5001. ; transfer fees,
151.455. ; interest on bonds, 219/. 12s. 3d. ; making a total of
20,734/. 17s. 3d. The statement of accounts was received,
and a dividend declared of 4s. per share. Some conversation
ensued relative to 50,000/. of the bond debt, and it was ex-
plained by the Chairman that, although only 10,5001. of that
sum had yet been applied for, there was no doubt but that
the present holders would gladly continue to hold the de-
benture bonds, receiving 4 per cent. instead of c. In case of
their not being willing to do so, they had the money ready to
pay them off. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and direc-
tors concluded the business of the meeting.