The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-16 00:00:00

RICKETTS V. RODENHAM.

His LORDSHIP said that this would probably be the
last application for a commission of review that would
ever be made, as the High Court of Delegates was
now, he believed, to the satisfaction of every body,
abolished. The High Court of Delegates had been
established at the Reformation by Henry the Eighth,
as a substitute for the Appeal Court at Rome, to sue in
which was, by the English law, considered criminal,
and made the party so suing subject to a premunire.
The Court was one of a most vacillating nature, one
that had no certain jurisdiction of its own, and whose
powers might be said to be paralysed after exercising
its jurisdiction, as it had no power to carry its own or-
ders into effect. Therefore the abolition of that Court,
and the transfer of its duties to the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council, had, he believed, given universal
satisfaction. The application in the resent case was
for a commission of review, and to have the proceed-
ings under an order of the Court of Delegates staid.
He did not think, upon the merits of tke case, that the
petitioner was entitled to have his prayer for a second
commission of review granted. He should conse-
quently recommend his Majesty to refuse the prayer of
the petition.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, APRIL 1.5.

(Before Mr. Commissioner 'MERIVALE.)
JOSIAH SMART'S BANKRUPTCY.

The bankrupt in this case was the leaseholder of the
refreshment rooms in Brydges-street, Covent-garden,
better known as Mother H.'s. The first meeting of
the creditors under a fiat of bankruptcy issued against
him was held to-day for the proof of debts and the
choice of assignees. The proofs to-day were not con-
siderable, and the dividend, owing to the comparative
valueless state of the property, is expected to be small.
It is understood that the bankrupt gave not less than
upwards of 3,0001. for the lease of the house to the
party who kept it for many years, and that he paid not
less than 3601. a year rent for it. Though the outlay
was considerable, considering the extent of business
done in the house at the time the bankrupt took pos-
session, it was considered a bargain, especially if what
was stated in court be correct, viz., that between one
o'clock and five o'clock in the motining as much as 401.
to 501. a night has been taken for refreshments, out of
which the profits were very great.

JOUN NIABERCY'S" BANKRUPTCY.

A meeting of the ereditOrs of Mr. Maberly, the
banker, was advertised to be held to-day. It is ex-
pected a further small dividend will be declared in
addition to the 2s. in the pound already announced.
The total amount proved is nearly 200,0001. Mr.
Maberly continues to reside in Brussels.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, APRIL .15.

(Before R. Floras, Esq., M.P., Sir W. CURTIS, Bart., and a

Bench of Magistrates.)

This day, at eleven o'clock, the important trial of
the coal-whippers, John Kennedy, Jeremiah Roach,
and Cornelius Haley, came on, who were defended by
Mr. ALLEY. The circumstances of the case have been
partially reported in the pdpers, from which it will be
recollected that, on the Ist of March, a young water-
man, of the name of Munns, was attacked by four men,
at New Crane-stairs, \Yapping, who beat him in the
most cruel manner, breaking three of his ribs, and
fracturing both his legs. The cause of the ill-treat-
ment arose in consequence of the prosecutor having
served amaster tailor, of the name of Cooke, from their
violence, and holding one of them to bail, from the
Thames Police-office, for threatening his life.
After a long examination, all the three prisoners
were found Guilty, when the Chairman sentenced each
of them to two years' imprisonment in the House of
Correction, remarking that something must be done to
stop these lawless proceedings.

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WINDSOR,XPIi 15.

On Sunday afternoon, the Queen, attended by two
Ladies, Earl Howe, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Colo-
nel Thornton, walked from the Palace to attend ser-
vice at St. George's Chapel. The Rev. Mr. Gore
did duty. The service was Cook's in C. The an-
them, " God is gone up," Croft. Her Majesty and
party walked back to the Castle. Their Majesties
went yesterday to Kew, and in the evening returned
to the Castle to dinner.

The King rode out this morning in his carriage, and
returned to the Castle about one o'clock. Their Ma-
jesties rode out in a pony phaeton in the Great Park,
about half-past three o'clock. A few minutes after,
Prince George of Cambridge, Sir Philip Sidney,
Colonel Bowater, &c., rode on horseback in the same
direction. Their Majesties leave here to-morrow
::-.3rning for St. James's.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 15.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition
from two parishes in the county of Sussex in favour of
a labour rate bill. One of them stated that the poor
rates there in 1833 amounted to 4,5951., while in 1834
they were only 2,966/. ; that falling off they attributed
in part to their having tried the labour rate, and partly
to their having assisted many paupers to emigrate.
The Earl of TAN KE RV IL L E presented a petition
from the dissenters of a parish in Staffordshire, praying
for relief from the grievances under which they laboured.
He said that in givsing relief of any kind, it was their
lordships' first duty to preserve the present institutions
of the country, and not sacrifice the feelings of the
majority to satisfy those of the minority.

Lord SUFFIELD presented petitions from North
Walsham and another parish in Norfolk, to the same
effect. He said that he was in favour of granting to
the Dissenters all they asked for, but he believed he
was unwilling to deteriorate or detract from the
efficiency of the established church.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from a place
in the county of York, in favour of the established
church.
Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons
brought up the Exchequer Receipt Bill, which was
read a first time.
In answer to Lord WYNFORD,

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The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was not
then quite prepared to say what course was intended to
be pursued with regard to the beer shops. He be-
lieved that they had been found beneficial in towns
in the country. Where they were far from the super-
vision of constables, &c., they had been turned into
the haunts of crime.

Lord SUFFIELD said, as a magistrate of the
county in which he resided, the beer shops had been
found a curse to the whole country.
Lord KEN YON gave notice that if no other peer
brought the subject forward, he would introduce a
bill to remedy the evil.

The Bishop of LONDON would call the attention
of the house and the noble and learned lord to the
evil of gin-shops, which afflicted towns even more
than beer-shops did the country.

Lord MELBOURNE did not see how the evil
could be remedied without returning to the old system.
He did not believe, from the information he had, that
the evil of intoxication was confined to those houses
that were opened in the country. He was informed
that it was as much practised in the towns. Though
the subject belonged to his department, he could not
hold out any hopes of his being able to satisfy himself
with any measure.
Lord ROLLE presented a petition in favour of the
established church.

The Earl of RO SEBE RR Y presented a petition
from the presbytery of Linlithgow, praying for the re-
peal of the act of 1712, as regarded church patronage.
He gave notice that on Monday, the 12th May, he would
move the second reading of the Scotch Entail Bill.
The Duke of GORDON presented petitions from
the parish of Leslie, in the county of Aberdeen, and
several other parishes, praying that no alteration
might be made in the church of Scotland.
The Earl of UXBRIDGE presented several peti-
tions from Wales, in favour of the abolishing of dis-
senters' grievances.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then moved the
second reading of the Old Bailey Bill. He said he
would not enter into any detailed statement, but con-
fine himself to the two clauses which he intended to
move in the committee. The fact of those was suggested
by some of his learned brethren, and it was to form
the whole of that part of the various counties over
which the new court was to have jurisdiction into one
county for the purposes of the bill and no further; by so
doing they would greatly facilitate the business by
making the drawing of indictments more easy. The other
was to open the Court of Common Pleas to the bar
generally, and in order to make compensation to the
learned sergeants who had a monopoly there,he intended
that they should hereafter have the power of opening
and conducting causes in all criminal courts, a power
or privilege which they did not now enjoy.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered
to be committed to-morrow.
The bills on the table were then forwarded a stage,
and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aprills.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past five
o'clock.

The Sheriff's of the city of London appeared at the
bar with a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commonalty of the city, praying to be heard by coun-
sel against the Bill for establishing a cattle market
at Islington.—Ordered to be referred to the committee
on the bill.

Mr. CR AWFO RD presented a petition from the
city of London against the East Smithfield Toll Bill.
Lord HO WICK, after laying on the table a large
quantity of papers which had been ordered by the house,
moved an address to his Majesty for the copy of the 27th
Report on Public Charities, which was agreed to. The
noble lord proceeded to say that, before he moved for
leave to bring in a bill to unite, under one jurisdiction,
the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the district of
North Durham, he begged to present a petition,
most numerously and respectably signed, by the
inhabitants of the district of North Durham,
which stated a case strongly for the interference of
that house. That district comprised an area of 70
square miles, containing a population of 11,927
persons, and although it was a part of the county
of Durham, it was separated from it by the
whole county of Northumberland, by which it was
bounded on the south and west. In consequence
of that separation that district was deprived of all the
advantages which it ought to derive from that county.
The assizes, the quarter sessions, the county'courts,
and every other court were distant from the north dis-
trict in no case less than 68 miles, and in some instances
80 miles; so that all persons who had any business in
those courts had to go from 68 to 80 miles. It ap-
peared also that there was no distinct coroner for that
district, for it was under the jurisdiction of the coroner
of Chester Ward, which was at Gateshead, a distance
of at least 55 miles, and in some instances 64 miles.
The consequence was, that it frequently happened,
that, being engaged in his own neighbourhood, he was
unable to attend an inquest when it was necessary.
It was unnecessary to proceed to state further the
evils arising from these state of things, and he would
only add that this petition, which called for the atten-
tion of the house, was signed by a very great propor-
tion of the landed proprietors of the districts of dif-
ferent political opinions.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Sir GEORGE CAYLEY presented a petition of
a similar nature, signed by 335 of the most respectable
inhabitants of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which
was also ordered to lie on the table. _ _

Lord llONVidisaiith; after these petitions had
been presented to the house, he felt confident that the
house would not refuse to agree to the motion he was
about to make, he would only say that the words
of the petitioners had described so strongly the ex-
treme inconvenience arising from the nominal con-
nection between the county of Durham and the dis-
trict of North Durham, that it must be clear to the
house that the inhabitants of the last-named dis-
trict were deprived of all those advantages which
the rest of the kingdom enjoyed. (Hear, hear.)
Inconveniences so serious had not now for the first
time attracted the attention of the inhabitants of that
district ; they had been long matter of serious com-
plaint, and some years ' ago an attempt which
he regretted to say was not successful had been
made to remedy the inconvenience in the same
manner as he had recommended. ( Hear.) At the
conclusion of the last year there had been a meeting
of the principal proprietors of North Durham to
take the subject into consideration ; they had had
communications with the inhabitants of Berwick-upon •
Tweed, and committees had been appointed by both

plaes, who carehlly consred the whole subject,
and the result was a proposallio effect an union be-
tween the town of Berwick and the district of
North Durham, in order to remedy not only the
inconveniences to which he had adverted, but also
to afford the town of Berwick greater advantages than
it at present enjoyed. As he trusted that this stage
of the measure would not be resisted, and as he knew
that the house must be anxious to proceed to other bu-
siness of more general importance, he would not detain
them, but would simply,reserving to himself the right
of replying to any objections that should be made,
move that leave should be given to bring in a bill to
effect a union between the district of North
Durham and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Mr. PEASE did not rise for the purpose of giving
the motion any opposition, but he had been requested
by several magistrates and gentlemen, assembled at
the quarter sessions in the county of Durham, to
pray that time would be given, for the purpose
of examining the merits of the bill. He (Mr.
Pease) had some doubts as to the real benefit
which such a measure would be likely to confer.
That district of Durham contributed about 1,0001. per
annum to the revenues of the county of Northumber-
land, and he thought it might be more advantageously
joined to that county. He would not now oppose the
bringing in of the bill, but he would reserve to himself
the right of assenting or dissenting from it when the
bill was before the house.