The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-18 00:00:00

Lord TENTERDEN—What does that mean ?

Mr. PRENDERGAST (Mr. F. Pollock having whis-
pered him) —My friend, Mr. Pollock, has been kind
enough to tell me that it is an affection of the lungs.
The surgeon also swears that the defendant is amicted
with a disease called erysipelas, the meaning of which,
1 presume, need not explain to your Lordships.
Lord TENTERDEN—Ok no.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Justice J. PARKE—lnflammation of the
lungs is not expected to last all the year round.—
(Laughter.)
Sir J. SCARLETT began his observations, in an-
swer to Mr. Prendergast, by saying, that at the trial
his learned friend, in defending his client, had called
upon the Jury to set at nought the Act of Parlia-
ment.

Mr. PRENDERGAST—I hope that the impropriety
of my conduct as an Advocate will not prejudice the
defendant before your Lordships.
Lord TENTERDEN—No ; we will take care of
that.

Sir J SCARLETT did not wish to press for a heavy
sentence under the circumstances stated in the affi-
davits; but he could not but observe, that the de-
fendant had put the trustees to very great expense,
and at every step of the proceedings had been
found to be in the wrong.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, in pronouncing judg-
ment, observed, that the defendant might have
been sincere in.his belief that he was not bound to
serve ; and under all circumstances, the Court were
disposed to act leniently by him. It must, how-
ever, be understood, that in all future cases, the
parties who refuse to serve an office of this descrip-
tion would be severely dealt with. The judgment
was, that he should pay a fine of 10/. to the King,
awl be imprisoned in the Mar•halsea until it was
paid.
Lord TENTERDEN—He will be liable still to be
called on to serve the office.

The defendant paid the fine, and was discharged.
THE KING V. TIIE CHURCHWARDENS, &C., OF

LAMBETH PARISH.

Mr. CAMPBELL had to show cause against a rule
for a mandamus to the defendants, commanding
them to hold a vestry to elect fit and proper persons
to serve the offices of churchwardens, vestry-clerk,
and sidesmen, for the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth,
for the year ensuing. The answer which he had to
make to the application was, that churchwardens,
vestry-clerk, and sidesmen, had been already elected;
the sidesmen had been actually sworn into offer.
The persons whom his learned friend represented
were a sort of radical party in the parish of Lam-
beth, and they appeared to wish to bring about a
revolution in the parish. On Easter Tuesday last the
annual meeting was held for the election of parish-
officers. Before that time, hand-bills had been
very industriously circulated throughout the parish
by the parties at whose instance the present appli-
cation was made, calling upon the parishioners to
come forward and vote for particular individuals
who were named. Accordingly, on the day in
question, a numerous meeting of the inhabitants was
assembled, some of whom were rate-payers and
some not. The school-room was the scene of action.
The Rev. lir. Doyley presided as rector. Mr. Fell
proposed his friend Mr. Grady as a fit and proper
person to serve the office of vestry-clerk, and made
a speech of three hours and three-quarters.--(A
laugh.) Mr. Watmore proposed, in opposition to Mr.
Fell, the present vestry-clerk, who had filled the
office most honourably for the last eighteen
years. The other parties were then proposed, and
there was a show of hands of six to one in lay our
of those whom he (Mr. Campbell) represented. A
poll was then demanded. During its continuance,
the parties who made this application published
handbills and placards calling upon their friends to
come to the poll as they valued their dear-
est interests. One of the handbills was addressed
to " The Men of Lambeth," and it informed them
that the hour was now come for their emancipa-
tion from all sorts of misrule and peculation.
Sir J. SCARLETT—Hear, hear.—(Laughter.)
Mr. CAMPBELL—It exhorted them to come to
the poll or be content to live and die the basest of
all slaves.—(Great laughter.) This placard %vas
circulated by some of the gentlemen who were can-
didates for the different offices. Mr. Fell, Mr.
Hunt, and Mr. Tebbutt, were the candidates for
the office of churchwarden, in opposition to those
who had been proposed by his (Mr. Campbell's)
party. Mr. Fell arid his party, notwithstanding all
their exertions, were beaten six to one, arid they
now came to this court for a mandamus for a new
election.
Mr. TRESIGER followed on the same side. He
read some of the handbills which had been circu-
lated by what was called the radical party ; they cre-
ated treat laughter.
Sir J. ScARLETT.—There were 14,000 persons

in the parish who Leda right to poll ; it ►was clear,
therefore, that the great majority of voters had not
polled at all. His learned friend had gained some
advantage by reading these spirited handbills. He
(Mr. Campbell) knew that if they had been read in
a certain assembly, they would have been received
with very great applause. There was a public pro-
test against the proceedings on the part of those who
made the present application.
Lord TENTERDEN regretted that the case had been
brought on at this late hour of the day (it was nearly
six o'clock). The Court could not
.give a hasty
judgment in a case of so much importance.
Mr. CAMPBELL proposed (as this was the last
day of Term) that his Lordship, and the rest of the
Learued Judges, should intimate their opinion out of
Court, so that a rule might be drawn up as of to-
day (the last day of Term).
Sir J. SCARLETT had no objection.
Lord TENTERDEN—Then we will take an early
opportunity of meeting, and we will look at the
affidavits on each side.

The Court did not rise t;11 nearly nine o'clock.

LISBON.

Liseosit, JUNE B.—The American frigate Constitu-
tion arrived in this port on the sth of this month, from
the Island of Madeira. By this vessel we have received
accounts from that island to the 29th of May. The
Captain of this frigate not having recognised the blockade
of that island by the rebels, protected the commerce of the
Americans, causing the ships of his nation to enter the
island, by which means a great quantity of provisions had
been introduced. Besides the American ships, he also
caused a Danish ship, laden with corn, to enter. The
letters brought by his frigate state that the island is in the
best possible state cf defence; that the spirit of the inha-
bitants is excellent, and entirely loyal to the King our So-
vereign. On the 23d of May the rebels raised the blockade
of Madeira, and the Government and Captain-General im-
mediately gave orders to take possession of the Island of
Porto Santo, which excited in the inhabitants the greatest
joy and satisfaction at seeing themselves restored to the
magnanimous Government of his Maj-sty, and delivered
from the tyrannical oppression under which they groaned,
there being no species of violence which the rebels did
not practice against the peaceable inhabitants, who, be-
sides the robberies which they have endured, and extor-
tions of all kinds, were continually beaten.
Such is the end of the much-vaunted project of the
rebels to take possession of Madeira—such is the end of
the political combinations that were to ensue as soon as
they had occupied that interesting point. A blockade of
fifty-five days excited in the inhabitants only sentiments
of detestation, and, in the military, the wish that the
rebels would attack the island, that they might defeat them.
With these facts before us, it does not require much pene-
tration to see that the rebels, not having felt themselves
strong enough to attack the island of Madeira and take
possession of it, the notion of attacking Portugal is rash in
the extreme. Nobody will think of comparing the king-
dom with the island in its force, resources, and state of
defence.

We can assure our readers that the principal plans of
the rebels have entirely failed with the renunciation of
their project to get possession of Madeira.—Lisbon
Gazettc, June 9.