The Sun.
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THE SUN, LON IiON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1835

destitute of true Christian faith as any in Europe.
We speak here of living faith, not of a nominal belief
in a certain set of unintelligible dogmas sanctioned by
ecclesiastical canons. And yet this assembly presumed
to exclude such men as Mr. Sheriff SALOMONS—men
of the first respectability; of unimpeachable lives ; of the
highest honour ; of consummate ability ; of sterling
integrity ; and of wealth and influence among all ranks
and classes of their countrymen—from the performance
of magisterial functions in the city of London I It is
a farce to talk about religious liberty in England,
while the country is liable to the recurrence of such a
scene as took place, and such a decision as was given
in, and by, the Court of Aldermen in its sitting of
yesterday.

As the question will be brought before Parliament,
it is only necessary, at this stage of the proceeding,
to call public attention to it. In the meantime we shall
keep a steady eye on the Court of Aldermen, and
mark what steps it will take to have the statute abo-
lished, under which Mr. Sheriff SALOMONS is excluded
from the Aldermanic dignity. The Aldermen themselves
must know that to make religious belief a necessary
qualification for an appointment to a civil office, is to
offer a premium for perjury. Had Mr. Sheriff SALO-
MONS signed the declaration required by the Court
yesterday, it must have received him as a member ; and
yet there is not a really honest man in the kingdom
who could regard his signature otherwise than as in
itself a moral disqualification. Here it must be al-
lowed that the law is neither the perfection of reason,
nor the dictate of justice.

The Steam Navigation Companies are driven at
last to take some decisive measure relative to the
safe navigation of the river Thames. This is as
prudently, as it is humanely .resolved upon. The
evil has gone nearly as far as it could go, without
attaching to those who have the power of mitigating
it, an utter indifference to the loss of human life. Great
blame is attributable to the Corporation of London for
not having brought the subject before Parliament during
the last Session. The Corporation is further culpable in
neglecting to revise 'and correct the bye-laws of the
Waterman's Company, whose boats arc unfit to navi-
gate the river in its present crowded condition. It fact
it is impossible to inspect the boats, licensed
to ply on the river, without a feeling of astonishment
that ten times the number of accidents which actually
happen, do not occur. A child would upset them ;
and in a gale of wind they could no more live
in the pool of the river than they could in the
Bay of Biscay. Now, it was clearly the duty
of the Corporation of the City of London, on
permitting steam boats t. navigate the river,
to have enlarged the size and . improved the con-
struction of the boats licensed by, and belonging
to, the Company of Watermen. This could have
easily been done by an Act of CoMmon Council
approved of by. the Court .of Aldermen. There could
be no difficulty in raising a loan Were, the funds of
the Waterman's Company found inadequate to meet
the .necessary outlay.
We trust the parties by whom this important affair
is taken up will lose no time in submitting it to Par-
liament. If any reform take plau!, it ought not to be
later than the next Session.

THE ARMY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sift—lt is reported that Major-General Sir Jelin M‘Do-
nald, the Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards, is to be
Goveinor and Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, but this is
doubtful.

Major-General Sir John Colbourn, the late Governor in
Upper Canada, is to have the command of the troops in
Canada, and to be stationed at. Montreal.
The duties of the Adjutant-General and the Quarter-
master-General at the Horse Guards to be performed by
one officer ; the Deputy-Adjutant-General and Deputy-
Quartermaster-General to remain as at present.
The duties of Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at
the following colonies to be performed by one officer, viz.:—
At Barbadoes, Jamaica, Quebec and Halifax, the Cape of
Good Hope, and Mauritius.
This will no doubt' be a considerable saving, and the
duties will be equally well done by one instead of two
officers as at present. The four Inspecting Field Officers
at Halifax to be abolished ; also the Assistant-Adjutant-
General in Canada.
Dec. 1. A FRIEND TO THE SUN.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL.

This information, which some days ago occupied the atten-
tion of his Honour, same again before the Court to-day, upon
a motion for an injunction to restrain the Corporation of Li-
verpool from investing a sum of 105,0001., or any part of it, on
the security of the lands of the Grand Junction Railway Com- •
pany. The money in question arose from the mortgaging of
the Corporate property, for the endowment of the clergy of
Liverpool. On behalf of the creditors it was contended that
the security of the Grand Junction Railway Company was
insufficient, and that in all probability, when the money
would be required to be restored, the Company would not be
in a condition to pay it upon short notice, and the result might
be a good deal of litigation. On the other side, it was sub-
mitted, that if the doctrine sought to be established by the
present motion prevailed, there would doubtless be informa-
tions from every dissatisfied burgess of every Corpora-
tion in the kingdom ; for there could be no lease drawn
up, or house purchased by a Corporation, or any sum
of money invested, without having it made the founda-
tion of an information. The Learned Counsel did not
believe that the Attorney-General had examined into the
circumstances of the case, for if he had, he was sure he had
come to an erroneous conclusion in sanctioning the present ap-
plication. The security was perfectly sufficient, for the Rail-
way Company had an annual income at the present moment of
3,0001., arising from land that had been purchased ; they had
165,0001. in works, on which 516,000/. had been expended;
and 'besides this, they were entitled to call on the Proprietors
for 640,0001. more.

Mr. BICKERSTETII and Mr. BOOTH appeared for the rela•
tors, and Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. TURNER for the defendants.
His HONOUR postponed his judgment till to-morrow.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.

CHADWICK V. THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS.

This was an action brought to recover 261. 3s. 6d. for da-
mage done to the cabriolet of the plaintiff, by the negligent
driving of the defendant's coachman.
Mr. KELLY (with whom was Mr. COWLING) stated the case
to the Jury as it appears in the evidence.
Mr. CROWDER and Mr. TALBOT were Counsel for the
noble defendant.
Mr. KELLY called

Edward Wakelin, Esq., a barrister.—On the 20th June
last, he was riding in plaintiff's cab at 11 o'clock in the eve-
ning, he was driving up Portland-street towards the Regent's
Park. He was on his proper side within seven yards of the
curb; that space was covered with loose stones. They met a
carriage coming down the street; he saw it at 20 yards' dis-
tance coming down right upon them. He pulled on to the
stories, and so avoided the horses, but the wheel of the car-
riage struck the wheel of the cab, which was broken all to
pieces. He was thrown over the hind part of the cab. Mr.
Chadwick's groom was with. him, and was thrown com-
pletely out. The horse was thrown down. The coach-
man was lying on the road, groaning with pain. He
took him to the nearest surgeon, who found no bones
broken. He was in a state of intoxication, and witness took
him to the station-house, but he allowed him to go when he
gave his name, and the name of his mistress. He did not see
the carriage after the concussion. If the coachman had been
sober the accident might have been easily avoided.

Cross-examined by-Mr. C ROW DE R —fhe cab was the pro-
perty of the plaintiff, who was also a Barrister. Witness was
going from Lincoln's-Inn at the time. He dined at seven
o'clock with his brother, and the Rev.. Mr. Burkit. They sat
till tea o'clock, but only drank one bottle of port amongst the
three. If he had pulled over the loose stones when he first
saw the coach, he might have avoided the accident ; but he
being in his proper place, thought the coachman would have
gone out. The carriage had lights—he had not. The night
was rather dark. The man was quite drunk. He (witness)
was perfectly sober, but excited from the danger. The man
attempted to write the address of his employer, but no one
could read it. He gave his address to the surgeon, but no
one remarked that they could not read his writing, which was
in his usual style, except from agitation and a hurt on his
finger. Did not say at the surgeon's that it was the groom
who was driving. He could not have said so, for such was not
the case.

Re-examined—He could most positively say that he was not
in any degree intoxicated.
Stephen Norton, the groom, gave the same account of the
transaction.

Frederick Bannister, a policeman, was attracted to the
spot where the accident took place by a noise. He found the
horse and cab lying on the ground. He did not see the
Coach. He assisted to take the coachman to the surgeon's,
and he thought he appeared to have been drinking. Took
him to the station-house, but no charge was ma,le, and Mr.
Wakelin allowed him to go, on condition that he met him
next day.
Cross-examined—Saw nothing at all particular in the
manner of Mr. Wakelin. He was not the worse for liquor.
George Wells, another policeman, heard the crash, and on
running to the spot, saw the carriage going on. After the crash,
he saw the coachman roll off the box. The carriage had got
five yards from where the cab lay before he fell off. Witness
went after the carriage, and saw no more of the coachman till
he got home.
William W. Meldicot, an Inspector, was at the station-
house when the coachman was brought in. He was certainly
the worse of liquor.
Stephen Fruea, a saddler, repaired the harness. The bill
was one pound twelve shillings.
J. H. Fyfe had estimated the damage done to the cab at
241. lls. 6d. It was on his premises, not yet repaired.
Cross-examined—lt had been an old cab.
This was the case for the plaintiff'.
Mr. CROWDER addressed the Jury for the defendant, and
called

Thomas Fishborne, footman to Lady Ilastings.—Was with
the carriage on the evening in question. It had been to Lord
Bute's house, at Camden-hill. The entrance there was ex-
tremely difficult, and the coachman did take up without any
accident, though there were several other carriages there.
They went to Noel-house, Kensington, and left there again
at a quarter past eleven o'clock. They went to Park-crescent
and met many carriages on the way. Witness rode on the
hammercloth with the coachman, who was not in any way the
worse for liquor. When they came into Portland-place, they
kept to the left hand, and were going at the usual trotting
pace. Witness was then behind the carriage. When he first
saw the cab, it was within two or three yards. There was a
very hard stroke when the collision took place, and the
coachman immediately fell off on the left side. The horses
went off at a gallop. Witness went on about forty yards with
the carriage. It was about twelve to thirteen feet from the
centre of the road on the left side.

Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY—They were on their
proper side of the road. The coachman had been
in the stables, after setting down, and before coming
out to take up. Upon his oath, he believed the coach-
man was perfectly sober. Did not say to any police-
man that the coachman was drunk. Did not hear or
see the coachman offer a sovereign to any policeman.
There was plenty of room on their left for them to have
moved out of the way when the accident happened. The
horses were taken home to Kensington by policemen.
Thomas Goddard, the coachman in question, was then
called.—He went to her service from Cox's, and had been
with her for three months previous to the accident. In coming
down Portland-place there was a carriage standing at No. 12.
He saw a cab there, which was just upon him. It caught the
fore-wheel of the carriage. He could not say what pace it
was going at, for it was dark, and there were no lights on the
cab. The horses started off, and he was thrown off and much
hurt on the head and shoulder. He was picked up by the
footman of the carriage which was standing at No. 12. When
at the surgeon's, Mr. Wakelin was very anxious to have him
acknowledge that he was in the wrong. He was perfectly
sober at the time.

I Cross-examined—He had frequently been out for Cox. He
left her Ladyship's service in July, but not in consequence of
the accident. He went home about one o'clock, and found
two policemen with the horses. He had some conversation
with them, but did not offer any one of them a sovereign for
him to say that he was not drunk, and was not on the wrong
side of the way. He gave them a shilling for helping him.
Nothing of the kind took place. He told Mr. Wakelin he
would make an acknowlegment for part of the damage, but
he did not consider himself in fault. Went to Mr. Wakelin's
chambers, but did not say that he was sorry for the damage,
for he had been drinking on Saturday night; and in conse-
quence of an accident he had met with, a very little took ef-
fect on his head. Said nothing of that sort. He had been
at Chatsworth, and a buck ran at him in the
stable-yard, and struck him violently on the head.
Mr. Wakelin did not say that he must write to
Lady Hastings, but he would be as lenient as possible,
in consequence of his admitting that he was in the wrong.
He had not been drinking, that day, more than a pint of beer
at dinner. All he drank otherwise was half a horn of beer at
Lord Bute's. He had drank some soda water before the
accident, though he was not in the habit of doing so.
Thomas Kirley was with a carriage on the night in question,
in Portland-place. He heard the crash, and saw the
coachman fall immediately. He helped him up. Their
carriage was at the curb-stone, and the defendant was
within a short distance of them. It was much nearer
them than the opposite side of the way.
Thomas Burton was a serjeant of Police in June last. He
was at the surgeon's with Mr. Wakelin and the coachman.
He thought, from Mr. Wakelin's appearance and manner,
that he was the worse for liquor. He could not say whe-
ther the coachman was drunk or sober. They both wrote
their names, and he could not read either of them, and
said at the time that the gentleman wrote as badly as the
coachman. When Mr. Wakelin was leaving the station-
house the coach was turned the wrong way, and lie being
drunk or foolish said, " your eyes, turn round 1"
Cross-examined—The.coachman was not sober, but he was
not so bad as Mr. Wakelin. He resigned his situation in the
Police of his own accord. He became a cab-proprietor, and
drove one himself. His only reason for leaving was to com-
mence business.
The cause had not been finished when we went to press.

A melancholy accident occurred on Tuesday morn-
ing, between seven and eight o'clock, on the river Ayr, at
Failford, by which four men were suddenly deprived of life.
Six men had embarked in a fiat bottomed boat, for the pur-
pose of crossing the river to commence work in the neigh-
bouring wood, and when rather more than half-way across,
the frail- bark suddenly upset from the force of the current,
which was very much swollen, when four were unfortu-
nately drowned—the other two, father and son, after a des-
perate struggle, succeeded in reaching the opposite banks of
the river.—Ayr Observer,

FINE ARTS.

THE W OMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY.
Moon : London, 1835.

The painting from which this engraving has been
taken is by Rembrandt, and forms one of the noblest
ornaments of the National Gallery. The subject is
familiar to all our readers, and never was subject treated
in a worthier and more impressive manner. The
countenance of our Saviour beams with compassion
and benevolence ; you can see at a glance, that
" Go, and sin no more," has just issued from his
lips, to the manifest surprise, and no slight chagrin
of the surrounding Pharisees and Sadducees, who
had anticipated a far more worldly reply. The
faces of the groupes in the foreground, on the
steps of the Temple, are discriminated with all that
fine tact of which Rembrandt was so consum-
mate a master ; but Christ is, of course, the
prominent object in the painting, and nothing can
exceed the truly divine expression of his countenance.
The feelings of the man are there, yet purified and
elevated by the sublime consciousness of the divinity.
He is just enough of mortal to inspire the spec-
tators with love—just enough of immortal to fill
them with adoration. The face of the penitent wo-
man is ably executed, but is deficient in that depth
of expression, which we might expect from one placed
in her humiliating situation. The back-ground is
made up of the interior of the Temple, where
the High Priest is sitting in a judicial capacity,
surrounded by a throng of reverential supplicants.
The extraordinary depths of shade, broken in upon,
here and there, by dazzling lights, are not among the
least remarkable characteristics of this celebrated paint-
ing ; the splendours of which—especially of the judg-
ment-seat, with its gorgeous accessories—may perhaps
have furnished Martin with the rudiments of that
imposing style for which he is so celebrated. We
should not omit to mention, that the engraving
.(which is a mezzotint), has been executed by Phil-
lipps in the very first style of the art. We know no
engraving which would frame better than this. It has
all the breadth and massive character of the boldest oil
painting.

PORTRAIT OF THE COUNTESS OF
CLANIVILLIAJL
Moon, London. 1835.
A portrait, engraved by Doo, from an original
painting of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, of as
pretty a woman as ever graced the aristocratical
circles. The countenance is full of sweetness, not
unmixed with a certain arch expression, that greLrtly
enhances the effect of its beauty. The engraving is a
very clever one.