The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

-ON, WES 9A E v ENING, MAY 21, ii4)7.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF ARCHES.
(Before the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington.)

IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. A. H. MACHONACHIE,
INCUMBENT OF ST. ALBAN'S, HOLBORN.

The defendant in this case was charged with a
violation of the canon and statute law by an un-
due elevation of the paten and cup over the con-
secrated elements, by using lighted candles during
the communion when not required, by using in-
cense for incensing " persons and things," and by
mixing water with the wine in the sacrament, and
sanctioning the same practices by those in holy
orders who were under his authority. _ _ _

Mr. J. A. Stephens, Q C., Dr. Stvabey, and Mr.
Trail "appeared fir the prosecutor, and the Queen's
Advocate, Mr. W. H. James, Q.C., and Dr.
'Tristram for the defendant.

Mr. Stephens having sta•ed the charges,
The Qleen's Advocate took objection to thcl pro-
ceedings, which, instead of being brought forward
under the Eoclesiasti,al Law, he contended should
have come before the Court under some particular
statute or canon. It would be difficult for the de-
fendant to meet the charges preferred against him
in their present vague form, and he trusted the Court
would require that they should be amended. He
drew attention to the fact that the reverend de-
fendant had discontinued some of the practices in
deference to the wishes of his bishops.
Mr. James then addressed the court.

Mr. Predeaux was about to follow on the same
side, but the learned judge interrupted him, stating
that the practice of the court was not to allow more
than two counsel to be heard on the same side.

Mr. Stephens then addressed the court on behalf
of the prosecution. He referred to the statutes of
Elizabeth and Charles 1., and contended that the
omission of the practicei resorted to by the defen-
dant from the Book of Common Prayer proved
that they were not recognised as a part of
the church service, and therefore a violation of
the Act of Uniformity. He denied that there
was any hardship in this prosecution, because
although he relinquished some of the practices
in deference to the bishop and the wishes of Convo-
cation, a partial discontinuance of the practices did
not condone his offence, and he still retained his
opinion as to the legality of these practices. He
quoted the opinion of the Queen's Advocate as
against the burning of incense, to which, however,
there was a note appended, in which he stated that,
since delivering that opinion, he had come to the
conclusion that the opposite view admitted of consi
derable discussion. He said that, if there was any
obscurity in the proceedings, it was the wish of the
promoters of this case to give the defendant the
fairest and fullest opportunity of vindicating him-
self, and not to have the questions at issue decided
on a technical point.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., followed on the same side.
The Dean of Arches, having gone through the
arguments in detail, decided that the amendments
required by the defendant should be made, and
the canon alleged to have been violated specified.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT BLACK-
FRIARS NEW BRIDGE.

INQUEST THIS DAY.

At 12 o'clock to-day Mr. William Payne, the
City coroner, held an investigation at Guy's
Hospital touching the- circumstances attending an
accident at Blackfriars New Bridge, by which
Thomas Oronfield, aged 37 years, lost his life, and
three other men were seriously injured.
Messrs. G. 11. and S. Brandon, solicitors, of
Essex-street, Strand, attended to watch the pro-
ceedings on behalf of Messrs. Thorne, the contrac-
tors for the erection of Blackfriars new bridge.
The first witness called was

Thomas Jones, who said that he lived at No. 2,
Great Guilford-street, Southwark, and that ho was
employed as a labourer at Blackfriars new bridge.
Ile knew the deceased, and had worked with him as a
diver, and he had dredged the cylinder out. On
last Saturday morning, at 20 minutes to ten o'clock,
witness was at work on the No. 4 stage concreting.
The deceased was then lying in the water outside
an iron cylinder, and between that and a tim-
ber pile. Witness then helped to get him into
a boat. Witness did not see anything that hap-
pened. 11 itness then saw the cylinder or iron
caisson near the water, and it was broken. It had
been intended to have lowered that caisson into the
river for the purpose of allowing men to work
inside it for the purpose of making the foundations
of the pier of the new bridge. It wai 20ft. iu diame-
ter, or more. Witness thought it weighed about 40
tons. The iron caissons were lowered into the water
by means of chains and pulleys. There was a piece of
iron riveted on the iron caisson for that purpose.
There was a hole made in the piece of iron for the
purpose of slipping the chain through, before it
was lashed round the caissons, which, in the
present instance, was a " cutwater one." In
the present case a piece of iron had been
riveted at three different parts of the caissons,
and chains were "lashed".round it three times.
The chains were then passed through three blocks,
or pulleys, and then they were worked by a "crab"
or winch, and by means of turning the handles of
the winch the men on the platform gradually
lowered the caisson into the river. Witness had
assisted in puttingreeedie
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the c chain
occurrence.non thecra b on the
Wednesday preceding

By a Juror—The chain was not a new one. It
was rusty. Witness noticed that when he put it on
one link was " cracked through." Witness con-
tinued :—I called the attention of our ganger to it.
His name is Walter Smith. He is now in the hos-
pital. We had a conversation about it. Smith
told the foreman " one of the links of the chain is
bad." He said " Take it to the blacksmith's."

After some further evidence, a verdict of acci
dental death was returned.

MARKETS.--This day.

HAY.

SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load.
A slow trade.

CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 Os to 5s Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 103 Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 63 per load.
A heavy sale.

WIIITECIIAPEL-3feadow hay,
£4 Os to .£5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load.
A fair supply. £3 to £4 5s 01; clover,

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has remained very quiet, all opera-
tions on tho part of the trade having been deferred until
tho public sales, which commenced to-day, when about
17,500 packages of China produce will be offered, 10,900
of which are without reserve.

SUGAR.—A very moderate amount of business has been
entered into, and the sales have led to no important changes
in values. Refined goods also continue very quiet, but
prices remain steady, common dried goods being quoted
435. per cwt.
COFFEE.—A moderate amount of business has been done
in colonial descriptions at steady prices. The stocks on
hand, however, compared with those of the corresponding
period of last year, exhibit a falling off of about 100 tons.
RicE.—Themarket is very dull both on the spot and for
arrival, and previous rates are with difficulty maintained.
COTTON.—The demand is limited, but prices generally
exhibit little variation of importance. The sales on the
spot have been about 600 bales.

TA little improvement was apparent in the
torso ofL L
the w.
market last week for forward periods of iodeli-
very, which is fairly maintained to-day. On the spot the
demand continues very moderato. Fine tallow is wanted,
and commands a good premium, our stock of Y.G. consist-
ing now mainly of ordinary tallow. From Petersburg the
telegrams report the market very much depressed—prices,
new, 43s 3d; old, 42s Gd to 423 9d ; Octo-
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42s to 42s Gd second quality.
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A new RACE GLASS, very appropriately named
" The New Dorby Rice Glass," has this season been in-
troduced to the Sporting World. It is a binocular of high
power, good field and definition, and is equally service-
able for all out-door uses. The maker is CALLAGHAN, 23a,
New Bond-street ; and the price, including sling case, is
50s. Our country friends should remit a post-office order,
and become possessors of so excellent as instrument.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE TN HOLLAND.—The num-
ber of cattle attacked with ritiderpest in Holland for the
woek sliding May 11 was 87. this is a considerable
decreaSe 911 the previous week.

THIRD EDITION.