The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

tuilt at the expense of Mr. Carr, a grand-facie
n,:ra °a, - • • •-• •.,
haessuages in the nei&),:urnued, inn en the
of
Lthe chapel a commission was issued by the AI en-
°lB,lop of York to allot the pews among the perisLioners,
g"it`g precedence to those persons who had a right by
poss'itsion of certain mrasnagr s, and the procaedings of
the
commission were confirmed by a fneulv issltfd by
',A' Archbishop. In that condition the chapel cotainued
fatal! the lath of April, 1850, when a citation was issued
kern the Consistory Court of Ripon, at the instance of
r. Sharpe, the perpetual incumbent of the parish, and
his curates, calling ou the inhabitants to shop ceuse
whY the pews should not fr? takea down fur
the; re-pewing of the church upon on en-
ht'relY different plan. Many of the inhabi-
Were'64ts greatly dissatisfied with this pro-
Posed plan. Mr. Carr wan one of thse, and appeared
to the Consistory Court by. his proctor, and put in an
Allegation defensive, in which he stat'd that he was en-
" Lied to certain ancient rnessuages is the parish, and
that certain pews in the chapel had been annexed from
time •
immemorial to the said messuages. Upon this the
Cenbiatory Court adopted proceedings which he was ad-
/itbd showed they were about to try the question of his
und he now applied for a prohibition to stay such
proceedings. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to
Tana several cases which he contended proved that in
eases were Ecclesiastical Courts were proceeding to try
questions of real property it had always been the custom
t;?; istie a prohibition from the superior Courts.—Rule
-48' granted.

PITMAN V. PARSONS.
viThis Was a case arising out of certain bill transactions
e!:k have lately given occasion for several trials which
have been reported in the public prints. In the course
of last term a rule was obtained in this, and several other
eases of a similar nature, calling upon the plaintiffs to
bow cause why proceedings should not b© stayed, end
,
ertein sums which had been paid over returned to the
defendant.
111,0". U. CHAMBERS now applied to make this rule
,4,,'tlt• Ile understood that no one appeared to show
"e'''Rule absolute.

BAH, COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice ERLE.)

TBE QUEEN v. CORPORATION OF BRADFORD.
rkr. CROMPTON applted for a writ of mandamus di-
4;e teed to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Council of
the borough of Bradford, in Yorkshire, commanding
trt to elect seven aldermen in the room of seven who
Janet
to have retired on the 7th of November lase In
une, 1347 the Queen gtanted a charter of incorporation
tla ' •
roug,h, in which it was directed that 42 council-
eel,/
„,„,' should Ge elected on the 10th of August following,
,17 14 uldernarn and a mayor on the 18th of the same
,ti• °nth, and the re-elections to take place at the
l'and iu the manner prescribed by the Municipal
'Corporationalts Act, which was passed in the 7th year of
7F, reign of Wiliam the Fourth, and the Ist of Victoria.
~,,,' The section of that Act provided that a third of
rry corporation in the kingdom should go out in rota-
. 1(Irt once in three years, and the time was to be cora-
iPuted tram November, 1836, the year in which the Act
~"(dved the Royal ascent. In November, 1847, the Cor-
-4.l°l.aticli of Bradford were under the impression that a
d of their body ought to retire in pursuance of this
lAct; hat as they had then only existed two or three
month;, it was determined to take the advice of counsel
Pon tbe point, and the !earned gentleman whom they
'„"ns,ulted gave it as his opinion that no new election
1,
(4,ti'dhe necessary till 1849. Accordingly, nothing was
w°11,3 till November, 1849, when a third of the corpora-
11°11 *ea t out in rotation, and were re-elected; and nothing
-was done lest November in the shape of a retirement or an
Ilet'°ll- Some doubt, however, arose in the minds of the
legal
officers of the corporation, that the terms of the
• iieipal Act had net been complied with, and a second
• LLasewas tubrnitted to the burned counsel who was
on.si4el in the first instance. He has recently dis-
rlerect that his previous opinion was founded in error,
'the as the charter explicitly provides that, efter
e first election of the corporation, the retirements and
*leo;
"oci should take place aecerding to the provi-
;tPs a the Municipal Act; and, therefore, al-
kla"gh the corporation came into existence only a few
31°Eits previously, yet a third of their body ought to
_ 4'e retired, arid been re elected it, November, 1847, so
to bring the calculation of the time within the provi-
-7 1")"' of the statute. Had that been dune, the last eke-
"' would not have CAME round until 1850, instead of
1849, and it was in order to rectify this error that the
resent application was made. All parties were assent-
-44.?; to the motion, and it was hoped the Court would
Atant a peremptory mandamus.
-Mr. Justice ERLE would rather not do that, because,
4 'though notice of the motion might hive been given to
parties concerned, yet some of them might be dis-
11'3,ed to come in and oppose it.
Mr. CRoMPTON—Perhaps your Lordships, then, will
grant a rule absolute for the mandamus.
Mr. Justice ERLE—You may take that.
' Bale absolute accordingly.

t Tau WINDOW TAX.—We have every reason to
01.41 eve that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, instead of con-
mplating the total repeal of the window• tax—which he
,(lid a few *eeks ago—means to content himself with what
a calls a " modification" of the duties on the light of
h eaven. In other words, he contemplates only a reduction,
dot the entire remission, of the obnoxious impost. But
11 bile this is the course he wishes to adopt, another idea has,
'l.,•ithin the last fortnight, taken possession of the Right Hon.
• entleman's brain. it is, that in the event of his being com-
P, died, by the pressure from without, nominally to repeal the
• he will still be able, in effect, to retain a portion of it,
4 leering some new sort of tax on houses, which, from the
iieseription given of it to us, is wholly incomprehensible. I•iut
.r.!ougll it cannot be understood, it will, if imposed, be felt.
obe forewarned is to be forearmed. Will the country,
fter being thus early apprised of Sir Charles Wood's inten-
t,raP, permit him to carry them out? Assuredly not.
tti here must be no fiscal legerdemain in the matter) There
IUSt be au entire repeal, without a substitute of any kind.
, —4advertiser.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—Yes-
-4Y evening a very full meeting of the Board of Manage-
Vent was held in the board room of the institution. Otho
amilton, Esq., in the chair. The routine business having
Steed it was stated that the medical committee had adopted
aeries of clinical lectures on the nature and progress of con-
? ‘rtnytion, the first of which was delivered in the hospital by
'ft )
,e-t theophilus Thompson, of Bedford-square; the interesting
I June'
Was well attended. The intended bazaar, advertised
111e' hest, to be held in the gardens of the Royal Ms-
,at Chelsea, it was hoped would be productive of much
ti°°u, end the building committee were looking forward to
,e9vent with great interest. Several ladies of rank and
!s.tinction have already consented to hold stalls on the oc-
qtBl°n• The usual vote of thanks having passed to the
airman, the meeting adjourned.
CARNARVON AND BANGOR RAlLwAre—The sr-
rim
gtments for carrying out this undertaking are at last
til24Pleted, and we have no doubt that all parties interested in
meline, either as residents or owners of property, through
lie
the line will run, from Port Dinorwic to Carnarvon,
)For " all they can to expedite the completion of the works.
Pert
Portion of the line which lies between Bangor and
;smith_ torwic the whole of the deposit required by T. A.
' T, to secure its completion, as well as the amount
'bemired for the compensation of the several tenants, has
'''aced in the Carnarvon Old Bank; and the contract
or m
.;tel—tra4c.:t\anggthis portion of the line has been signed by the
parties to be completed by the end of 1831.
r tl'eve that, with the exception of one party, the ar-
',c-ahlrigenients for continuing the line to Carnarvon are con-
be 'led. 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
T"rtit should occur we imagine the seashore will be available.
ue sore ground lies within the company's power to deviate,
.44;1 w.e, can hardly conceive it possible that the Commission-
t,, Woods and Forests would for a moment olject, if their
tin,sent should be the only alternative. We hear that part
v'ehe contractor's plant for carrying on the works has ar-
f 4, and we look forward with hope to the commencement
448,, to Carnarvonshire, important undertaking. It is
ite"s-slooked forward to by the labouring population as a
-ee,„,'"'a of securing employment to them for some time to
• We confidently anticipate that by June, 1852, the
"re line will be completed.— Carnarvon and Denb:gh Herald.
PUSEY.—It iS reported that the Bishop of
ii.;"`'),(l has issued an inhibition against Dr. Pusey's preach-
cikoiin his diocese. What will the University now do?—
red and State Gazette.
FATAL CAB ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. H.
u(),,:.e.3 concluded an adjourned inquest, in the Middlesex

Sti;,')4al; 6n John Sharpe, aged fifty-six, a carpenter. Mr.
13,:410 Steele, vestryman of St. blarylebone, deposed that
- was walking along. Portland-place, Cavendish-street,
k*er
he saw a Hansom cab. driven by Joseph Bent, 4,463,
ii-o)eit down and run over deceased, as the latter crossed
rtlaud-place. Mr. Steele and other witnesses gave it as
their
dri
Opinion that the accident was the result of reckless
f arr. Goodall, house-surgeon, said the deceased died
°tit! rYsipelas, the result of his injuries. The jury returned
fiillowing verdict :—"deceased died of erysipelas,
That deceas
after haying been run over by a cab ; but there is not sill&
cint evidence to return a verdict of manslaughter." To
rath t
a hey added a recommendation that 'prodeceaseds nt re-
the hould either take an action against the pri next re-
the Lab ould either take an action against the proprietor of
cab, or bring the case befuie a magistrate.
To
E.., •• „
~ WAKE Cows CALVE IN THE DAY-TIME.
cry
thecalre ni:ha nsfeilt the inconvenience of having his cows
gilt, 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,
but also often, indirectly, causes the death of the calf and its
mother._.
Now it has been ascertained by a person living in
Ine neighbourhood of Utrecht, that a cow with calf milked
!or the last time at night instead of in the morning, calves
thehe day and not at night. Out of thirty cows on which
experiment was tried, only three or four are mentioned
by
M. Numon, professor of Agriculture at Utrecht, as being
exceptions to the above rule. As confirming the above
atatentent, we many mention the fact, that a large farmer
In the Campine has also tried the same plan with success.—
+-Fiore des Serres.
At the meeting of the East and West India Dock
e°tnPaby 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 incom2-tax; and the report and accounts
l''ere accepted as satisfactory. 10,0001. has been carried to
the reserve fund to meet the outstanding debt, which by this
aPPrpriation Iv ill be finally- eJctinguished, leaving in addition
, 18,0001, surplus after tho payment of the dividend.
' • AbianNOXICAL DISCOVERY. -- During the year
:1859 ne,less than three prirrary planets have been dis-
e.reted—ote on the 11th May, by M. de Gasparis, of the
Aeyal Observatory of Naples, which appeared like a star of
the seventh magnitude; it is named Parthenope. Another
was discovered by Mr. Hind, on the 13th September, which
rhas been named Victoria. A third was discovered by Pro-
' fit'snr Gusparis, at Nz.ples, on the 2d of :November, which is
named Egeria. All these planets belong to the group situated
b tv,:een
.tbe orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Egeria is the 13th
pr' tM tit that group, so that astronomical dis-
coveries of late years are rapidly progre2sing. A third ring
arenrid the planet Satnm is also amongkt the discoveries of
the past year.

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, Mill-
ehaw.—Leeds Mercury.
MILDNESS OF TLIE SEASON.—Oa Old Christmas
clay a dish of very tin.; mushrooms were gathered in a field
!tt Enford ; and the ti eek before Christmas a cowslip in full
bloom VMS Wu, Latheted on Enford Down.— Wiltshire Inde.
vended.