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London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1859,

which it is placed in Government schools and colleges, was
true to the British principle of religious liberty, and faith-
ful to your Christian conscience. We fully concur in your
statement, that ' anything like abnegation of our own
principles does not generate confidence in us with the
people. They only suspect us of some hidden ulterior de-
sign.'
"In such public acts you were enabled, amid extraordi-
nary cares of State, to honour Him who reigns over all
potentates. And in the pre-eminent place which the esteem
of your countrymen assigns to you we recognise another
proof of the principle, ' Them that honour Me, I will
honour.'
"We offer our fervent prayer, in which we know we
shall be joined by tens of thousands, that God may long
preserve your life, and still continue to employ you as a
great instrument of the public good."
-' Sir JOHN LAWRENCE then rose, and was received
with the warmest demonstrations of respect, the
whole company, ladies and gentlemen, standing to
do him honour, and greeting him with cheer after
cheer. After silence was restored, he said—My
Lord Bishop, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—The state
of my health makes it very difficult for me to speak
without suffering hereafter, and with your kind
permission I will read my reply. I heartily thank
your lordship and the many noblemen and gentle-
men who have signed the address, for the high
honour which they have done me. You have been
good enough to attribute to me a large share of
the credit which is considered due to those who
fought to maintain the supremacy of England and
secure the safety of her people, so sorely jeopardised
in the late dreadful struggle in India. lam grate-
ful for the good opinion of my country en, and
deem their suffrages the highest honour I could
gain. There were, however, in that crisis many
men by my side who are fairly entitled to partici-
pate in this distinction, and whose services I have
endeavoured to bring to notice. All, however,
which we did was no more than our duty, and even
our immediate interest. It was no more than the
necessities of our position impelled us to attempt.
Onr sole chance of escape was to resist to the last.
The path of hollow' ot duty, and of safety was
clearly marked out for us. The desperation of
our circumstances nerved us to the uttermost.
There never, perhaps, was an occasion when it
was more truly necessary to win or to die. To
use the words of my heroic brother at Lucknow, it
was incumbent on us'" never to give in." We had
no retreat, no scope for compromise. That we were
eventually successful against the fearful odds which
beset us, was alone the work of the great God, who
so mercifully vouchsafed his protection. Nothing
but a series of miracles saved us. To Him therefore
alone is the glory due. (Cheers.) I see no valid rea-
son for changing the opinion which I have expressed
on the expediency of allowing. the Bible to be read
in all our schools and colleges in India by thole who
desire to do so. Far from apprehending evil from
this liberty, I believe that the results for some years
would be scarcely perceptible. In progress of time
no doubt, however, the seed which was sown would
bring forth fruit. It is not possible to introduce
Western learning and science into India without
leading its people to throw off their own faith. If
this position be correct, surely we are bound to give
them facilities for acquiring a knowledge of the true
faith. This is our true policy, not only as Christians
but as statesmen. In doing our duty towards them
we should neither infringe the rights of conscience
nor interfere with the free will of man, while we
should be working in the true way to maintain our
hold on India.. Had the mutineers of the Bengal
Army possessed some insight into the principles of
the Christian religion they would never have been
misled in the manner they were—they would never
have banded themselves together to resist and to
avenge imaginary wrongs. Ignorance in all ages
has been productive of error and delusion. India
has formed no exception to this rule. I pray that
the misfortunes entailed by this mutiny may teach
England true wisdom, without which her tenure of
India can never prove prosperous and enduring.
Sir John added, I thank you for the hearty way in
which you have received my address. (Cheers.)
Mr. KINNAIRD, M.P., moved a cordial vote of
thanks to the Lord Bishop of London, for so kindly
presiding on the oecasion.
The Bishop of LONDON returned thanks, and the
proceedings terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 24.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before
Mr. Baron Channell and a Special Jury.)

HOPE V. BATTY.

This was an interpleader issue to try the right of
the defendant, Mr. Batty, formerly the proprietor
of Astley's Amphitheatre' and now residing at
Camden-town, to certain horses, ponies, dresses,
&c., valued at about £l,OOO, which were claimed
by the plaintiff, as official assignee of a bankrupt
named William Darby, better known as " Pablo
Fanque," lately the proprietor of a travelling
equestrian circus.
Mr. Wilde and Mr. Baylis appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Lloyd conducted the case for
the defence.

On the part of the plaintiff several witnesses were
called to prove that Pablo Fanque had treated the
equestrian establishment entirely as his own, paid
all the salaries and expenses, and kept his name
upon the vans, waggons, tents, &c.
James Myers, an equestrian, now performing at
the Pavilion, Whitechapel-road, proved hating in
March, 1858, sold a tent to Pablo for £lOO 135.,
and also a large number of coloured placards for
£lOO. (These placards which were on a gigantic
scale and represented various " scenes in the circus"
were exhibited in court, and excited considerable
interest and amusement.) The witness stated that
they were printed in America by his order, but
that they had never been used there, and were
quite unique in this country. He recollected that
Pablo had a highly trained mare called Beada. It
would be difficult to put a price upon her. To him
(witness) she would be worth little, as he did not
knob how to use her properly, but to a man like
Pablo Fanque she was worth £l,OOO. There were
two branches in the profession. First, there were
the equestrians, and secondly the dancing horse-
men. If a horse was broken for the " pad" it
would not also be learnt to dance. A man riding
a dancing horse would not ride a horse trained for
a pad. He offered £lOO for Beada at the sale, in-
tending to run the risk of getting some one who
could use her.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—A horse
trained for dancing would be utterly useless for pad
purposes. A horse which wears a pad is used by
equestrians who jump through hoops. You could
not use Beada, but if you moved the reins a parti-
cular way she might dance. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins—But if I wished to exhibit her to
a large audience and to make her go through
tricks, I could not do so?
Witness—l should say you are not the figure for
it. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins—A figure like that of the peti-
tionine, creditor would do ? (Laughter.)
Witness—l don't know him.
Mr. Hawkins—But you assure me I am not the
figure for an equestrian. (Laughter.)
Witness—Yes ' • figure enters into the matter in
almost all cases. If I had a man with a hump back,
with his head turned a little on the wrong side,
with eyes which squint, or with a nose too large,
I should not think of putting him on a horse.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins—You would put him in another
line of business altogether ?

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Hawkins—What line of business arc you in ?
Witness—ln the comic line. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins—l thought so, and you have had a
good deal of experience in chaff. (Laughter.)
Baron Channell—Did you ever perform in Pablo's
establishment ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Hawkins—ln what capacity ?
Witness—l was clown. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins—You trip up people, tnmble about,
and make speeches ?

Witness--dust so.
Mr. Hawkins, in his address for the defence, said
that the defendant, Mr. Batty, who was well
known all over the world, had by his talent,
tahgeon h
ae
lad,am ande
exer-
tions, and industry as a proprietor of an equestrian
bec
establishment, amassed no ipconsiderable fortune,
and now lived in retirement. About 17 or 18 years
acquainted
him
asan apprentice,
with William
and
D rby,
took
when Darby'
s apprenticeship had expired he com-
menced business as an e •
questrian on Lis own ac-
count, and travelled about the country with a cir-
cus, under the name of Pablo Fanque. In 1850
he became indebted to
a Mr. Buller in a sum of
£765, and to Mr. Batty in another sum of £460
for money advanced, making a total of £1,225, for
which he gave them a joint bill of sale on his pro-
perty, and also a warrant of attorney as collateral
security. Mr. Batty then undertook the financial
management of the establishment, and the surplus
receipts were regularly transmitted to him, and
were applied to the liquidation of the debt. The
bill of sale was afterwards lost by the person in
whose custody it had been placed, but in 1854, Mr.
Batty having made further advances to Pablo, and
the concern not being so flourishing as it had pre-
viously been it was thought necessary to have an-
other bill of sale, and one was accordingly executed,
but that was destroyed in consequence of its exist- '
enee being no longer necessary. In November,
1854, Mr. Buller's debt was reduced to a small sum
by payments, and Mr. Batty having undertaken to
pay the balance, the whole securities were handed
over to him. Shortly afterwards Mr. Batty put
the bill of sale in force, and had the circus and all
the property put up for sale by auction in one lot
at Worcester, and there being no bidder for a larger
Mull than. £5OO, he himself became purchmor.