The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-16 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

St. John-street-road. Defendant is a tradesman in
Goswell-street. The Learned Counsel then called the
following witnesses
Daniel Macnsaia-a taled 1-e was assistlnt to a
chemist. Knew plaintiff to be in the service of Messrs.
Robert, and San. On the to et. December last witness,
plaintiff, and others had been ialting tea and spending
the evening at the house of plaintiff's aim:, in
New court, Gorwell-street. They had seen two
friends home to the Lower-road, and a itness, plaintiff,
and two others were walking home, about a quarter
past twelve o'clock, two arid two, when defendant and a
person named Ei!is met them. Defendant pushed up
against the plaint 11 violently, and on plaintiff saying it
was not gentb manly conduct, defendant sprang out into
the road, and said they were a parcel of boys, and he
was able to take any two of them at a rally. lie after-
wards kicked one of the young lads, and afterwards got
his thumb in his : (defendant's) mouth. The police was
called, and then defendant gave them all in charge for
assault, and an attempt to rob him. This was on the
Saturday night, and they were all locked up till Mon-
day morning, when they were taken before Mr. Combe,
who immediately discharged them.
The LEARNED COLT/MD having stated in his open-
ing address that the magistrates hied stated that it
was a case of great cruelty. and expressed a hope that
some person would take up the matter, put a question in
refer:. nee.
The Learned UND7,R-SHERIFF said it could not be re-
ceived in evidence from the witness.
Mr. IlunDLEstroNE said, as no person appeared on
behalf of the defendant, he should leave the case in the
hands of the jury on the evidence of this witness.
The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict
for 51.

11.1nRIS V. HUNT.
...fehMr• Lusir moved in this case, on behalf of the de-
torUanttor a rule to show cause why a new trial
41.;-1;1"1 not be granted in the Court of the Under-
eriff of Surrey, on the ground of excessive damages.
The case arose out of the following circum-
NatttneeB :--The defendant is a patent artificial
pmanufacturer, and some time ago the
Plaintiff was in his employ as collector. During that
Pdericd a book was missed from the premises of the
l.l.°4`lant, who charged the plaintiff with having pur-
,,,°lll" it. and ultimately brought him up at the South-
k Police-court on a charge of theft. The charge,
war
1,1/sll ' however, dismissed by the sitting magistrate;
deferetiPon the plaintiff brought an action against the
Mee in
for false imprisonment. The case was tried
ce iu the court of the Under-Sheriff ot Surrey. On
4, i
first occasion a verdict with one shilling damages
gills returned, and in the second 1001. damages were
60" th• The defendant had offered to give the plaintiff
the Its
a compensation, but this offer having been refused
to reduce application for a new trial was made iu order
the amount ot damages given on the last in-
quiry.
The „
L
to "'"D CHIEF JUSTICE said 'that he was induced
thi:farlt an opportunity of a fresh inquiry with the hope
tirnet°tne accumodaion might be come to in the mean-
itui:the parties and furth;:r litigation prevented.
ho
granted.

COURT.—(THIS DAY.) •
(sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGLITMAN.)
Mr. QUEEN V. JUSTICES OF DEVON.
they, :1e justices —scilvDEs. applied to the Court for a rule, calling
of Devonshire acting in and for the
trs of Totnes, to show cause why a conviction of
ahnuld not be brought into this Court for the
ttur,l)"!se of being quashed. The affidavits upon which
td:°,tien was founded state that a gentleman named
al,;ll,res, having been threatened with an attack and
sailatlit bY a Mr. Mitebellbank, sought to have his as-
cot, nt bound over to keep the peace. The threat was
agavieeYe,(l in these words—" I will serve him the same
'wean When I get hold of him;" and to explain what was
Y that remark it was necessary to explain to the
,an• tistrates that Mr. Mitchellbank had previously corn-
for teel a violent assault on Mr. Edwards. When, there-
thee' the Peace summons came on for bearing before
reagistrates Mr Mitchellbank requested that the first
leet• tturilt should be inquired into, but Mr. Edwards ob-
;4' to this, as he intended to carry that matter to a
th',lE'r tribunal, and ho only wanted the protection of
that 4,,* in the mean time. It so happened, however,
frienaasr. Preswell, the clerk of the magistrate, was a
orates of Mr. Mitehellbank, and he advised the magis-
gee 2 to discard the peace summons and go into the
did stift of the actual assault, which they accordingly
out r,t,lid ultimately Mr. Mitchellbank was fined 51., with-
eo4 bang bound over to keep the peace. Now it was
~tended that in the absence of any complaint of Mr.
ards the magistrates had no power. to deal with the
tt,anduil nud Mr. Edwards being desirous of conveying
co • pone' into a civil court was anxious to have the
nvic
had exec granted on the ground that the magistrates
114.ded their jurisdiction.—Application granted.
and diJUStiCWIGTMAN aerwards sat at Nisi Prius
sPosed of several undefftended causes.

(BefoE,ICREQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
r- -46 LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE,
ALDERSON, and MARTIN.)
This g
WARE AND OTHERS V. BARNETT.
Zhich the an action on an alleed contract, der.
ess , defendant undertook to insure the cargoun of a
-'4?ne'dou s the property of the plaintiff, on a voyage from
to Ibrail and back. The vessel came in collision
Nlith schooner near Gravesend, while on her outward
:PP, and sank, so destroying her cargo, which
°tinned chiefly of carpets, as to render it
11e!r13' unsaleable. The plaintiffs accordingly
broughtsustained
this action to recover the loss which they had
°rained in consequence of the defendant having nc-
tg,e9ted to insure the cargo. The detente was that the
'alnliff% had not furnished him with written instructions
° 'Met the insurance, but, on the other side, it was
811k1 the defendant had taken preliminary steps for that
11,,1irr"),,, but had stopped short of completing the insu-
""' • The case was tried before the Lf;rd Chief ihro:i
11'i th Guildhall, when a verdict was foufoundtor the plaintiff,
1% 135/. damages.
IiNOWLES now moved, with the permission of tie
-Learned Judge, to set aside the verdict and eater a noi,-
;la". The ground o the motion was that the plaintitis
being John Ware, Robert Ware, and Thomas Ware, t.o
evidence had been given to prove that they were jointly
Interested in the contract.
1119 COURT thought the obje_!ci.in t oirid cue, and
Panted a rule.

THE WELSH CHURCH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sart---11•;v; caretu ly ','ad a pAinpolet purporting
to be t later to the Archbishop of Canterbury, in
unswer to Sir Benjamin observations on the
state of the Collegiate Church of Brecon, by Connop
Thir D.D., 1:i: bop of St. David's. and " which
I believe I may :assume to have been written" by the
Right Reverend Prelate wbe::.e name it hears.
I honour the Bishop for thus courageously entering
into ihe lists, and submitting to have his own cause
as defender, and his opponent's as challenger, tried
before that public tribunal which must in these days
eventuislly decide every disputed case.
But lam astonished that his Lordship, as it ap-
pears to me, while on the one hand courting the ut-
most publicity, should on the other hand content
himself with comparative privacy.
For example, in his Hai pa,,e, his Lordship states
that he has felt himself bound publicly to notice the
charga for the sake of that clans of persons "to whom
the facts of the case are entirely unknown, and who
have, no opportunity, even it they leisure or cu-
riosity enough, for ascertaining them ;" while in his
27th and last page he seems so totally to have for-
gotten this his primary object, that he felt no hesita-
tion in writing the following words :
"I am aware that I cannot expect this exposure of
the Honourable Baronet's misrepresentations to reach
one in a thousand of those who have read his letter to
your Grace." The truth is, Mr. Editor, that the
Bishop's trivial pamphlet might have appeared and
would have appeared, had he chosen it, in every pub-
lication, daily or weekly, in which Sir Benjamin's
letter was inserted. But his Lordship wanted a griev-
ance, and tried to establish one, I am happy to
say in vain. But before I conclude my criticism on
the manner of his Lordship's letter, I must protest
in the strongest terms against the indecorous lan-
guage in which a spiritual Lord in our Church has
chosen to malign the conduct of a layman, who, as I
believe, has never had any other object in view than
the reform of Church abuses in Wales, and fair play
against Saxon encroachments for our native Church
and our native clergy.
I must now touch slightly upon the material state
of the ,question, of which the chief points may be
thus summarily noticed :
Long before the Reformation, a Bishop of St David's
had wished to create a theological and literary college
for the benefit of the diocese, and had, with the
sanction of the Legislature, amply endowed it Al-
though inefficient, it was one which Henry VIII.
not only spared, but actually enriched with addi-
tional endowments. But administrative neglect was
stronger than legislative enactment,* and the colle-
giate institution did not assume an active or bene-
ficial form for the purposes of its creation, or the good
of the Principality.
It was consigned, by the Ecclesiastical Bill of
1840, to the" tomb of all the Capulets," with its Dean,
its Prebendaries, and all its property ; and its future
revenues were dedicated, by the " Act," to the in-
crease of inadequate livings, and the cause of high
education in Wales, which was then supposedto be
intimately connected with Lempeter College.
Many a slip occurs between the cup and the lip;
the " Act" had passed Lords and Commons, when
Bishop Jenkinson died, and Dr. Thirlwall was ap-
pointed as his successor. _

Now, mark my words, the " Act" was as sure to
receive the Royal sanction as two and two make
four, but Bishop Thirlwall forestalled this certain
sanction, and by getting himself consecrated on the
7th of August, while the Royal assent was not given
until the 11th, entered upon- his bishopric with all its
ancient rights untouched, and thus became actual
Dean of the suppressed college, in the teeth of every
principle of equity. Had a Tory and a non-reformer
done this there would have been no vituperation,
no obloquy, which would not have been poured upon
the unhappy delinquent's head ; but I suppose a pet
Whig must be detended against all charges (however
true they may be) of malversation.
I will not enter, Mr. Editor, further into the ques-
tion in the present state of the discussion, but delibe-
rately affirm that all the difficulties, all the delays, all
the doubts connected with the revenues of Brecon
College have, as far as his Lordship is concerned, had
tor their sole source the unjustifiable conduct of Dr.
Thirlwall in clothing himself with a vested right,
contrary, if not to every principle of rational law, at

least to Equity.
However, thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall, the case
has at length a chance of being placed before the
public in a tangible shape, and the helpless, do-nothing
system, which has prevailed for the last eleven years,
may now be brought to some satisfactory ter-
mination.
I❑ the meantime let us hope for better days, for
the education of both the laity and the clergy in
South Wales, of which even his Lordship seems to
hold out certain hopes.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
PHIL-ARTEGALL.

The fallowing letter, whie!l appeared in the Times
newspaper cf 3d January, may be interesting to our
readers, and deserves attentiun

SHERIFFS' COURT.—('PHIS DAY).
(Before Mr. Under•SiPriff BURCHELL
CAIN V. DRUGGAN—FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
ThiC-, s WaS an action to recovar darns es for assault and
anise imprisonment. Defenda it suffered judgment to go
by default.
RUDDLICSTONE stated the case for tLe plaintiff,
14111° is a Soup g Men, between 18 and 19 years of age, in
employ onlesers. Roberta and Son, tobacconists, in

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

TEE SUN, LON DON THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY lel 1851.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 15.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went cut shoot-
ing this morning, accompanied by Sir George Grey.
Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps,
and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, were in attend-
ance upon his Royal Highness.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Royal highness the Duchess of
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl
of Aberdeen, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Rev. Frederick
and Mrs. Anson.
The Queen's private band will attend in the Castle
after dinner.
The Duchess of Norfolk has relieved the Mar-
chioness of Douro in her duty as Lady in Waiting to
her Msjesty.
The bend of the Coldstream Guards was in attend-
ance yesterday (Tuesday) evening, and played the
following selections :
Overture, " Le Val d'Andorre”

.... Halevy.

I'Val!z, "'The Garland"
Grand Selection, " Elijah" Mendelssohc.
Quadrille, " The British Navy"
Quick March, " Camp of Silesia" Meyerbeer.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the Castle and performed the following pieces :
Introduzione Andante Maestoso,
Allegro Moderato, Scherzo
Presto ; Sininnia Taeglichsbeck.
Selection, " Huguenots" Meyerbeer.

Lord John Russell gave a Cabinet dinner last
evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. The
Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the' Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the
Rignt Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule.
Mr. T. B. Crompton and Mr. Borthwick had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing street.
Mr. W. Beckford and Mr. Morten had an inter-
view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.
Lord Monteagle had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of New Zealand and
the Falkland Islands.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
The investments upon the Chester Cup to-day took a
wider range than heretofore, and gave more importance
to the proceedings than anything which has previously
occurred since the entry and appearance of the weights.
Rhesus was in very strong demand, and was backed for
a couple of hundred pounds at 15 to 1. Raby was also
in good favour at 40 to 1, and Knight of Avenel at the
same figure, the latter beinc, supported for near 501.
900 to 20 was taken about Haricot, 1.000 to 20 about
Trouncer, and 1,000 to 20 twice about Flying Gout (late
Dahcotah Chief). The Metropolitan Stakes, Liverpool
Steeplechase, and Derby were only slightly touched
upon. Latest prices
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 8 agst Lord Howth's Sir John—offered
100 to 8 agst Mr. Vever's Vain Hope—take 200 to 14
20 to 1 agst Mr. Treadgold's Maria Day—take 25 to 1
Nu others mentioned.
METROPOLITAN STARES.
100 to 6 on the field—offered
CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus—taken to 2001.
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—taken
40 to 1 ag,t Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken freely
40 to 1 agst Mr. Barton's Haricot-45 to 1 taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Italian—take 45 to 1
40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—off.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Combo's Trouncer—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's The Flying Gout—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican—offered
9 to 1 apt all the three yrs old—offered
DERBY, 1851.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—offers to take
7 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—offers to
take

COURSING.
BORDER UNION MEETING.

The Border Stakes of 3 guineas each (16 dogs) were
won by Mr. Sharpe's Dr. .ffornbrook; Mr. Ratcliffe's
Splendour ran up.
The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Holliday's Pick-
pocket.