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London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

LON DON, WEDNESDA G, JANUARY 25 1857

Business
tibia day

(MEETING-THIS DAY.)

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MERCANTILE LAW CONFERENCE.

The deputation invited by the Law Amendment
Society to confer with them relative to the present state
of the mercantile law resumed its sittings this morning
at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's ; presided
over by Lard Brougham.

Amongst those present were Lord Stanley, Messrs.
C. Russell, Liverpool ; C. H. Phillips, R. Wells, and S.
T. Hassell, president of the Chamber of Commerce of
Hull ; H. Brown, Mayor of Bradford ; L. Bruton,
secretary to the Bristol Chamber of Commerce ;
Crosthwaite, vice-president, and F. Cood, hon. secretary
of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and J. Jameson
and T. Prim, members of'ditto ; J. Darlington, secretary
to the Chamber of Commerce of Bradford; A. P511a.-t,
M.P.; G. Ridley, M.P. ; J. Kitelsy, Kidderminster; H.
Saunders, town clerk, do ; W. S. Ayton, Leeds ; J. A.
Turner, President of the Commercial Association, Man-
chester, with Mr. Rase, vice-president, Hugh Fleming,
secretary, and Mr. Entwistle and J. E Taylor, members
do. ; W. Lee, vice-president of Chamber of Commerce,
Warrington ; E. Banner, of the Liverpool Law Society;
R. Graves, Mayor of Warwick ; S. S. Lloyd, vice-pre.
sident of Cnamber of Commerce, Birmingham ; J. W.
Wickham, M P. ; J. Wilson, vice-president Liverpool
Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade ; J. Reay,
secretary do. ; J. Mitchell, Leith ; Leoni Levi ; Sir E.
Perry, Bart., M.P. ; T. T. Paget, president of the
Leicester Trade Protection Society ; —Crawford, M.P.;
Thos. M'Clure, vice-president of the Belfast Chamber of
Commerce.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN' S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco.—Before L )rd Campbell and Jut ices
Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.)
THE CASE OF ARCHDEACON DENISON.

Dr. Bayford showed cause why a mandamus should
not issue against Sir John Didson, Dean of the Court
of Arches, t, hear Archdeacon Denisoo'e appeal from
what is now known as the " Bath Judgment." The
learned gentleman said that in consequence of Sir F.
Kelly, who had to show cause, having met with an ac-
cident, he (Dr. Bayford) had to apply that the matter
should be postponed until to-morrow.
Lord Campbell—Certainly not. He was certain Dr.
Bayford could give the Court every information on the
subject necessary. Divested 'of all technicalities, the
que,tion was, whether there was an appeal under the
Church Discipline Act.

Dr. Bayford then proceeded to explain the nature of
an appeal according to ecclesiaatic►l law. Consistently
with that law there could be no /I.,pedl from a superior
to an inferior judge. All the proceedings in this eve
had been heard before the Archbisbup of Canterbury
(the Bishop of the diocese of Bath and Wells being the
patron of the Archdeacon's preferments), at Bath, and
the final act of the proceedings at that place was the
Archbishop of Canterbury passing sentence of depriva-
tion on the Archdeacon of Taunton.
Lord Campbell—You must not assume that the
Archdeacon was sitting qua archbishop.
Dr. Bayford—l think the statute infers that.
Lord Campbell—But that must be proved, and not
assumed.

Dr. Bayford proceeded to argue that whenever the
archbishop sat as judge in a court, he sat in his archi-
episcopal character, for it was impossible that he should
unclothe himself and assume the episcopal character.
No doubt such a case could be provided for by act of
Parliament ; but at present there was no such authority
by which be could so act. The archbishop could hold
his court anywhere in his diocese, and whether by statute,
custom, or by the authority of his office wherever he
held his court, it was to all intents and purposes an
archbishop's court.

Mr. Justice Coleridge—Da you mean to c mtend that
the archbishop might sit in any diocese and hold a court
on the business of any other diocese ?

Dr. Bayford said tbat he did not wish to press his
argument to that extent, but merely to affirm that
whenever the archbishop sat in any diocese, in the busi-
ness of that diocese he sat as archbishop, and not merely
as diocesan. There could not be in that case an appeal
to his inferior officer.

ST. JAMES'S AND BATTERSEA PARKS-
PROGRESS OF THE WORKS.

" That we call upon our city authorities to take strong
measures to prevent negroes passing to and from the
Ironworks, from spending Christmas holidays in our
town, and especially from staying a single night in the
corporation, unless their masters reside here. In case,
however, a negro's wife lives in town, he will be per-
mitted to stay here, provided he has a pass from his
master, which is recognised or endorsed by the owner
of his wife, an 1 that they increase the day and night
watch iu each ward in the ci y during this period, at the
expense of the corporation. We further earnestly recom-
mend to our whole population in the town and county to
abolish the usage et giving to their servants Christmas
holvays. It is a rule more honoured in the breach than
the observance, for the reason that it breeds idleness and
encourages dissipation among the negroes, impairs their
health, and corrupts their morals. It would be a blessing
to them to be kept constantly employed, as a protection
against the evils engendered by idleness, and a decided
comfort to us, as affording exemption against the petty
larcenies and the bacchanalian broils that always die.
grace the Chrietmast week, during which time we hope
rddit►onat pains will be bestowed by our citizens to pre-
vent negroes from getting whisky, and that all saloons
and liquor shops will be closed till after New Year, if not
for ever.