The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

.2V07 TIN GHAMI.BACES.--(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
TRIAL STAKES.

Wynnstay ..
Beverley ....

0

Four ran.

ADELPHI THEATRE.

Last night Mr. Webster made his reappparance in the
part of Rqbert Laundry, in the celebrated drama of "The
Dead Heart." The audience was exceedingly numerous,
and the reception Mr. Webster met with, after his long ab-
sence from the stage, owing to the wonderful career of "The
Colleen Bawn," was most enthusiastic. Warmed by the
welcome he received, Mr. Webster acted with more than
his usual ability, and at the conclusion of the three act—or
more properly speaking., the second act of the drama, be
and Miss Woolgar received the honour of a call.
The enthusiasm with which th 3 drama was received bids
fair to insure for it a very long run.

MALTA AND. ALEXANDRIA 71FLE-

GRAPJJ.

Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. have received a
telegram from Malta, dated 15th inst., advising the
successful laying bf the second section of the Malta
and Alexandria Telegraph Cable, between Alexan-
dria and Benghazi.

The third and last section will be completed in
the course of nest month.

Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. continue to receive
highly satisfactory reports from their electricians
'of the state of the cable already submerged.

iMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis DAT.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock, but i
was sometime before a house was formed.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. . .
The Lords' amendments to the Dublin Corporation Bill
were considered and agreed to. The following bills were
considered and ordered for third reading :—Blane Valley
Railway ; Caledonian and Symington, Biggar, and
Broughton Railway Companies. The Savile Estate and
Westminster Life Insurance Society (Dissolution) Bills
were read a second time.
IRREMOVABLE POOR BILL.

The house went into commitsee on this bill, and the de-
bate on the following amendment of Sir J. Pakington to
the 9th clause was resumed i—At the end of the clauSe to
add, " Provided also, that extra-parochial places which
have heretofore paid no centributions to the common fund
of the unions in which they are comprised, shall, notwith •
standing anything herein contained, be hereafter exempt
from such contributions." He could not avoid comment-
ing on the change that had taken place in the order of the
day. Up to a late hour last night it was understood that
the Drainage Bill was to have had precedence of this bill,
and that the probability was that 'the latter measure
could not be brought forward at the morning sitting of
this day. Some of the members had received a
communication as late as 4 o'clock in the morning, inform-
ing them of the change in the order of business. With re-
gard to the amendment, he could not give ighis support.
Mr. VILLIERS entered into an explanation, from which
it appeared that the transposition in question originated in
a mistake, whieh he had endeavoured to rectify as soon as
possible.
After some conversation the matter dropped.
Mr. KNIGHT then proceeded to contend that the
amendment would not effed the benefit proposed by the
measure, and therefore he felt bound to oppose it.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that by this clause owners of
property which had been exempted from taxation to poor
rates would be called on to pay an impost which they never
contemplated when they became possessed of their properties
Mr. KNIGHT moved the omission of the clause, and the
substitution of another. He maintained that the clause to
which he objected would effect an alteration in the area
of ,rating that was not required, and mould operate
most unjustly on a class of proprietors who had not: bean
consulted in reference to the change. He considered that
the present was a most inopportune time for making any
alteration when poor rates were greatly diminishing under
the operation of the existing system, which it was pro-
posed to subvert.

(LEFT SITTING.)

TILE BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S AND

THE BARON DE BUTZEN.

Yesterday a singular ease was heard in the Court
of Arches before Dr. Lushington, the Dean, in
which the Bishop of St. David's was the plaintiff,
and the Baron de Rutzen the defendant.

Dr. Twiss and Dr. Spinks appeared for the plain-
tiff; Dr. Phillimore and Dr. Swabey for the
defendant.

The. suit was instituted by the bishop against
Baron de Rutzen, of Slebech Park, near Narberth,
Pembrokeshire, for having in 1844 desecrated the
parish church of Minwere, by causing it to be un-
roofed and portions of the fabric to be taken down
and removed, and by applying to profane uses the
materials of the fabric and the fittings and
ornaments, 'without lawful authority. The
baron was a Russian by birth, and his late
wife had owned the greater part of Minwere
parish. He was charged with having in
1844 ordered his gardener, John Lewis, and others,
to unroof and dismantle the church ; and in accord-
ance with that order it was alleged that the roof
had been taken off, the bell removed to another
parish, the freestone window frames removed, the
floor taken up, and all the pews, ornaments, and
fittings stripped from it. It was further alleged
that the freestone window frames had been put in
a lodge at the entrance of the grounds attached to
Slebech Hall, that the tiles taken from the floor had
been used to repair flues and hothouses, that the
communion table at the font had been placed in a
house attached to a farm belonging to the baron, and
that the font had been used as a trough for pigs. In
consequence of these proceedings there had been
no public baptisms in the parish for many years,
the incumbent being compelled to baptise in pri-
vate houses. It was charged against the baron
that he had failed to erect a new church, as he had
promised to do, and which was more than ever re-
quired, as part of the church of the adjacent parish
of Newton, also belonging to the baron, had been
blown down, and the remainder used as a cow-
house. The answer of the baron to these charges
was that his late wife was tenant for life of the
Slebech estates, and also of the theme perpetual
curacies of Newton, Slebech, .and Minwere,
that subsequently to an order in council of
1844, whereby those perpetual curacies were
united into one benefice, he had ordered John Lewis,
his gardener, to remove a portion of the roof of
Minwere Church, the roof being then in a dilapi-
dated and dangerous state, by reason whereof
Divine Service had not been performed in the
church for two years previously ; that he had
not ordered that the church. should be pulled
to pieces or dismantled, or that the fittings and orna-
ments should be removed ; that subsequently to
the union of the three parishes, he and the baroness,
with the tacit assent of the inhabitants of Minwere

parish, in number about 46, determined that the
new Slebech church, which was consecrated by the
Bishop of St. David's, in 1848, should for the bene-
fit and convenience of all concerned be the only
church for the inhabitants of the united parishes,
and that since the consecration of the new church
the parishioners of Minwere had had convenient
sittings and accommodation therein. The baron
also denied that any of the materials of the old
church bad been applied to the profane purposes
mentioned with his knowledge or sanction. In
delivering judgment Dr. Lushington said it was
clear to him that the Baron de Rutzen had re-
moved the church without lawful authority of any
kind, and had thus for many years past deprived
the parishioners of the opportunity of public wor-
ship. He censured the archdeacon on account of
his having made no personal visitation of the parish ;
and the incumbent for having so long maintained
silence, instead of reporting the state of the parish
to the bishop. The order of the Court would be,
that Baron de Rutzen be ordered, at hi 3 own cost,
within six months, to rebuild, restore, and re-in-
state the parish church of Minwere, with its fit-
tings and ornaments, and that he be condemned in
the costs of the proceedings.

THE TVEATIIER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day, 1
t etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S
9 a.m.
------
Nairn
29.53 56 53 W. 2 3 o.
Aberdeen
'57 59 53 W. 2 2 b.
Leith 29
13erwick 29'49 59 55 W. 1 9 r.
Ardrossan 29'61 57 56 S. 2 4 c.
POrtrlish
Shields
Galway 29/1 60 56 W. 4 9 o.
Scarborough 29.57 61 60 W.N.W. 1 5 o.
Liverpool 2947 61 57 N.W. 3 o.
Queenstown... 29/8 59 57 N. 1 2
Yarmouth 2964 61 60 W.S.W. 5 6
London 29.67 62 58 S.W. 1 9 o. •
Cover 29.68 1 62 60 S. 4 9 0.
Portsmouth 2913 1 63 59 S.W. 5 6 0.
Portland `29.71 62 59 W.S.W. 1 9 0.
Plymouth ... 1 29.69 I 63 61 W. 5 7 0.
l'enzauce 129.77.62 61 W. 1 6 0.

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; oach 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase.' E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic. F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; rn., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb.
..ncc (1 to 9).

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of £1,098, and the South Eastern a de-
crease of £4,472, which is accounted for by the Agricultural
Show at Canterbury in 1860,