The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

MSg.RACEFUL PROCEEDINGS AT A

CIIURCII.

Daring the laat few months a dispute has arisen be-
tween Mr. R. W. Jackson, the patron of Christ Church,
West Hartlepool, and the Rev. John Hart Barges, the
incumbent, with respect to the arrangements for erect-
ing a day school in connection with the church. Mr.
Borges_ having refused to conforili to the views of Mr.
Jackson, that gentleman has adopted somewhat extraor
dinary proceedings' in. order to compel him to succumb.
Among these have been attempts to oust the rev, gentle-
man from the church, on the ground that, as the build-
ing has not been legally consecrated, he cannot fill the
office of incumbent. On Tuesday morning the whole of
the doors were securely fastened inside, and a large
painted board placed in the yard, containing a notice to
the effect that it was necessary to close the church till the
vecea,ary documents could be obtained legally sanction-
ing the performance of Divine worship. This notice we;
signed bv. Ralph. W. Jackson. the patron, and the Rev.
vicar of the adjoining parish of Stra,nton.
indignation.of. the inhabitants was very great, and,
The Henry
Ridley,
it having been announced that Mr. Burges would on
Wednesday morning forcibly enter his church, a large
crowd assembled on the spot. Accompanied by one of
the churchwardens and a blacksmith, Mr. Barges, about
11 o'clock, hroke open the whole of the doors and ob-
tained poSsession of the church. Mr. Jackson shortly
afterwards arrived, and at once sent for a number of
labourers and blacksmiths, who, under the direction of
the land agent of the Dock ompany (of which Mr.
Jackson is chain man), carried away the whole of the
doors, Mr. Burges at the same time IN rforming the
baptismal ceremony and conducting himself with the
greatest calmness. The spectators were loud in the r
denunciations of such conduct, but the men proceeded
as they were ordered ; and,' after the doors were re-
moved, bricklayers were sent for by Mr. Jackson in
order to wall up the several doorways. Great fears of
an outburst were entertained, but the people contented
themselves with knocking down the bricks as quickly
as they .ward put up by the bricklayers.—Manchester
atiarclian.

E FISLIMONaERS' COMPANY'S
DIN NE I.'.

The first of August is always a gala-day at Fishmongers'.

hall. Thomas Doggett, the comedian, was a member of
the Fishmongers' Company, and when he instituted the,

annual rowing match of watermen's apprentices, in comme-
moration, as it is said, of the accession of the house of

Brunswick to the English throne, he left to that corpora-
tion the task of rewarding and cornrlimenting the success•
ful competitors. They have accepted the trust, and carry
it out every year in the most liberal spirit ; and sympathise
in; fully with the intentions of the founder, they make
the anniversary the occasion not only of receiving and re-
warding the aquatic champions, but of expressing their
own loyalty to the throne. Yesterday, as usual, therefore,
Doggett's Coat and Badge match, and the anniversary of
the accession of the Brunswick family was celebrated at
Fishmonger's Hall, by a grand banquet, at which peers,

members of Parliament, and city dignitaries were assem-
bled. Lord Palmerston was then wearing for the first time

in public the blue ribbon of the Garter. The EArl of For-
tescue, who displayed the insignia of the same most dis-
tinguished order, together with the collar and badge of St.
Andrew, was there also ; and amongst the general com-
pany were Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, Right Hon.
Dr. Lnshington, Hon. J. P. L. King, M.P., E. Ball, Esq.'
M.P., B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.; A. Pellatt, Esq., M.P.;
the Chairman of the East India Company (Col. Sykes).
The Depu-y-Governor of the Bulk, the Governor of the
Irish Society, Alderman and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Sheri ff
Elect Mechi, the Master of the Drapers' Company, the
Master of the Clothworkers' Company ; Col. Fawcett,
Capt. H. Shnttleworth, Sir J. Easthope, Bart., Mr. Al-
derman Humphrey, &c.
The dinner, which was supplied and arranged by Bing
and Brymer, the successors of Birch, of Cornhill, of turtle
celebrity, was recherche and elegant, an,l the wines included
the rich Burgundy (of which we oftener read than taste),
and the growth of vintages which are now said by the wine
merchants to command fabulous prices. There was a vocal
band under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, which enlivened.
the intervals between the after-dinner speeches by a va•

riety of songs and glees ; and there was of course the City
toastmaster, Mr. Harker, to announce and introduce the
company and to give out the toasts.
The healths of her Majesty and the Royal Family (which

afforded an opportunity to a Mr. Wandsey, who assisted as

prime warden, to congratulat3 the country on the benefits
which the accession of the House of Brunswick had secured
to it) having been given, our allies—French, Sardinian, and
Turks—with their respective Sovereigns, having been ho-
noured, and the Army and Navy complimented for their
bravery a“d endurance in the late war—in returning
thanks for which it may be noted that Colonel Sykes, who
sat opposite to Lord Palmerston, declared his opinion that
had the war been carried on we should have secured a
much more advantageous peace—the three watermen who
had gained the first, second, and third places were intro.
duceil by the Fishmongers' Barge-master. Their names
are George W. Everson (Greenwich), C. J. Row (Horse-
lvdown), and J. T. Perkneall, jun. (Pickle Herring).
Having taken their places in front of the prime warden,
the barge-master was asked if the match had been fairly
won, and the answer being in the affirmative, a few words
of compliment and encouragement were expressed by the
warder to the winner, G. W. Everson, accompanied by the
more welcome present of a bottle of port wine for himself
and another for his " gal," as he called her in reply to the
question, " Have you a wife or sweetheart ?" The same
agreeable ceremony passed in reference to the other two,
each having a " gal'' to receive the second bottle of wine;
and this part of the business being terminated,
The PRIME WARDEN gave the healths of her Majesty's

Ministers, upon whom he passed high eulogiums, declaring
his opinion that the country must have risen in the
eyes of the world by what had happened during their
administration of public affairs, giving them credit
for strengthening the military and naval power of
the country, and of bringing the Russian war—which '
but for their exertions might have gone on for thirty
years - to a satisfactory, an honourable, and a disinterested
peace; adding that though they might not have fulfilled the
wishes of every one, thy had done all they could to assert
the rights of the suffering European communities, and ex•
pressing his confidence that, whenever the proper time
arrived for them to interfere for the restoration of the
liberties of the European nationalities, they would do so
ba •ked by the approbation and sympathies of the British
people. Ho thanked Lord Palmerston as a brother fish-
monger for his kindness in accepting the invitation, and
hoped the noble lord would lung continue to fill the office
of Prime Minister.
The toast having been drunk,
Lora PALMERSTON spoke as follows—Mr. Prime Warden
and gentlemen, I beg for myself and my colleagues in office
to return you our most sincere thanks for the very kind
manner in which you, sir, have been pleased to propose
our healthy, and for the very kind manner in which you,
gentlemen, have had the kindness to receive it. I can sm.
sure you, gentlemen, that nothing clan be dearer to the
heart of her M ,jesty's Government than to receive these
proofs and expressions which it has been my good fortune
now to witness of the goodwill and good opinion of large
bodies of their fellow-subjects. (Hear, hear.) The Prime
Warden has been kind enough to speak in very handsome
terms of the conduct of her Majesty's Government. In
passing through the arduous period of time that has now
just elapsed, ER) far as constant study and zealous devotion
of their whole time and their entire thoughts to the publics
service may entitle them to your good opinion, they flatter
themselves that in that respect they have deserved it.
(Cheers.) The task of any Government of this country
is in difficult times, 'and under difficult circumstances,
easy indeed ; and the more difficult the circumstances the
more easy the task becomes, because there never was ta
period when the nation—and I believe I may go further,
and say that there never was a nation that displayed such
noble self-sacrifices, such honourable public spirit, and
such a patriotic determination to unite themselves with
aria to afford to those who have the conduct of public
affairs every possible means requisite to vindicate the na-
tional honour and to assert the national will, as the British
nation at the present moment exhibits. (Hear, bear.) Nor
was there ever a period when any nation had a Sovereign
more thoroughly sympathising with the people she governs,
or more ready to go hand and thought with 'them in the
common cause. (Hear, hear.) Therefore the task, as I have
said, which has fallen upoc the government during the late
war, was comparatively easy, for wo had only to accept
and use the means which a generous people placed at our
disposal, and direct those gallant men of the army and
navy who were ready and competent to do anything that
human nature could achieve. (Cheers.) My hon. friend
the Prime Warden has adverted to the terms of the peace
which has been concluded. I think those terms have
been generally considered satisfactory, and the more they
are reflected upon the more, I am persuaded, they will
be found to have accomplished all the 1 gitimate obs
jects for which the war was undertaken. My hon-
ourable friend has touched upon some topics also which
are perhaps calculated to excite more of regret than satis-
faction—of causes we were unable to advocate and of in-
terests we were unable to serve. (Hear.) But, however
the generous feelings of the nation may point to sufferings
they might wish to relie ,e, or to miseries to which they
might desire to put an end, yet in all human affairs we
must consider what we are able to do, and not allow our-
selves to be led away by a loyal and generous spirit to at-
tempt what we cannot accomplish. It is necessary to re-
member that sometimes in attempting things beyond our
means we may, by endeavouring to do that which is impos.
sidle, injure those we may desire to serve. (Hear.) Gentle.
men, it is gratifying to me to feel that I have the honour
to be a member of this ancient corporation—an honorary
member only, it is true, for I cannot boast of any more in.
timate connexion—but it is a proud satisfaction for any
man to think that he is a member of an association
which has reckoned upon its rolls some of those distinguish•
ed me❑ whom we recognise as the brightest ornaments
of this country—(hear, hear)—an association which' is
always remembered for the liberality of its opinions, and
its adherence to constitutional principles ; and which has
set an trample to the country in times when such exam.
lea were less frequent and perhaps more needed than now.
(Hear.) It is not for me to remind you that this association,
independently of its great antiquity, and its merits a's a
metropolita❑ corporation, is one of the best landlords of
Ireland. (Hear, hear.) No society administers its great
property in that country in a more benevolent spirit to-
wards its tenantry or expends more of its revenues in im-
provement, not of the soil merely, but of the condition of
those who live upon it, than the Fishmongers' Company ;
and no society, therefore, is more entitled in that respect
to our admiration and esteem. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.)
I must also be permitted to say that there arecircumitastes
connected with the present moment that render the invi-
tation I received to be present here today more particu-
larly agreeable. We who are members of Parliament are
accustomed for many months in theyear to sitatatablenot so
well stored as this with things which are refreshing to the
body as well as to the mind. (" Hear," and a laugh.) We
are obliged to sit for hours, and days, nights, and during
those many months in an assembly not always quite so
unanimous as this. (Laughter.) Taking then a value
from the contrast, but with every possible respect for that
assembly in which I have spent so many hours, and of
which I ought to speak always handsomely, for in the
great struggle in which we have been engaged it has be-
haved as honourably and nobly as the people it represents,
I must nevertheless say that it is not quite so agreeable
as the present. (Cheers and laughter.) I may be allowed
in conclusion, gentlemen, to take the liberty of proposing
the health of one whose merits, public and private, are
well known to you.-7viz., my hon. friend the Prime War-
den, who presides over us. •
The toast was chunk with the customary honours, and
the Prime Warden returned thanks.
The next toast was, " The Honorary Members of tlie
Fishmongers' Company," to which the Earl of Fortescue
replied.
The PRIME WARDEN then gave " The City Of London,
its Corporation and Commerce." He admitted that•the
time had come for assimilating the corporation of London
to the other corporate bodies of the kingdom, but depre-
cated any deprivation of its popular rights and privileges-
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff ROSE, who spoke to this toast,
condemned the government bill, as introduced in the past
session, for reforming the corporation of London, which,
be contended, was anxious to do all that it could to reform
itself. They had applied three times to the government
for enlarged 'powers, in order that they might make the
constituency of the Common Council more popular, and
had those powers been conceded every evil would have been
remedied. He trusted that whatever change might •be
made, the corporation would be allowed to retain the
power of appointing its own magistrates, and performing
those other duties it had hitherto so efficiently and satin-
factotily carried out.
The Visit u•s, coupled with the health of Vice-Chancel-
lor Wood, and the House of Commons, with which Mr.
E. Ball's name was united, were the concluding toasts,
which having been appropriately acknowledged by the
Vice-Chancellor and the hon. member for Cambridgeshire
the company separated.

MlNEs.—The money market has been rather tighter
this week, and not much business doing in stocks in
general, but mining business has decidedly improved,
and a fair demand exists for many dividend and progres-
sive mines. We hope, now that mining shares bare
taken a turn upwards, we have seen the worst, of the
panic, and that we shall hereafter have to report a fur'
ther increase of business transactions, as well as the )111"
proved state and prospects of the mines. The standar,
was steady last week at an advance, and the general im-
pression is that copper will not go radch, iif Any, low"
thau it is at present.—Dikisa Jeur4 of .04/•