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^auld fallhee o security fur property or liberty if it could be
lastiesY con'eaded that all lawyers and all states-
ltet 6..4' been mist ken fur centuries as to the true
onlf an 01s1 Act of Parliament. The Court could
Y nate •
P•et uni try to discover the jute ition
Propcfth°.,PTslature from the lenguage of the statute.
on that principle, his (Lord Campbell s)
11:4°1 thren and himself all thought that no reason
o4th'ea alleged to invalidate the sentence in this case,
sikine ground that the Queen in Council and the Judi
and of the Privy Council had no jurisdiction,
easee'efore they felt bound ti say that a rule to show
llaez Y a:imbibition should not be granted to stay
)I.,,eeution of the sentence ought not to go.
'te refused accordingly.
(kf,,XCREQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
"re the LORD CHIEF BARON and Barons PARKE,
ROLFE, and PLATT.)
orQ.
ai."°l CRATIAM AND OTUERS V. CONNELL.
ttO it• CLARK moved for a rule to shoe' cau-, e why
lbG9, one made by Mr. Justice Talfourd, and
lbs,;'",er by Mr. Baron Alderson, charging certain
clett
ol the Union Bank of London with a ju
d
,itsr, should not be arrested. The
second order
for Lb `Pqrtion of the first, Lut was varied in its terms,
ttlial:AlurPose ef having the decision ef the Court upon
tbeearrant Point of law. The question turned upon
140;°nstruction t f the lat tied 2d Vice, c. 110, by the
11,1 15th sections of which it was provided, that.
1144 person against whom a judgment had been.
_other
'halm ikti soy of the superior courts at Westminster
any Government stock, funds, or annuities,
I oreha-4
'll any public company in England, it should
114*(4 fur a judge to order the judgment to be
h tapes
* out of such stock, fund, or shares.
ItietortPPeared that the defendant was the pro-
of
t a cettrin number cf shares in the
"Med °lig, and these shares the judge's order had
trotiscrargeable with a judgment debt of 5,962/. The
Wii.ottat;tohF4utptohnevehich the present application wag madet
Union Bank did not come under the ca e-
Nib; rt Public company, the Learned Counsel cor!-
„miitiO that the public had, no right in the company, it
`4° 41f.k Ptivate and not a public partnership, and that
t° brisk fact of its being well known was not sufficient
Thitilß it under the operation of the statute.
Court granted a rule.
Rog
CLAFK v. O'CONNOR.
,mO/4 "aS an action brought in a county court in
4tur"talllonsbire, by an alluttee in the National Lan
%ten,Y, a,iust Mr. Fe arena O'Connor, M.P., to re(-1
to te,.° burn of 41. 19.. 9d., which the plaintiff had
oe ILle defendant in the shape of subscriptions upon
i 4 Pi:it's in that project. Judgment was given for
"tititit'-ei in
with criSts, but the defendant disputed the,
t'llT44' of the county court,: on the ground th a.
rtatilqtiff and defendant were in partnership, in which.
mttslmy remedy would be in equity, and he nits-
iilt(iolltitist";e..ll,shtteadirr d a writ of prohibition from this court.
t, motionHAYES, the Court, this morn
a rule nisi to show cause why the wr„ito
Nt41,711 should not be quashed, in erd.er the
" es to jurisdiction might be determined
COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
efore Mr. Under-Sheriff RUMMELL.)
411 WRARE V. PENTON AND OTHERS.
• OLT,,
1
n TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—This
,Itlattl °ellen to recover the sum of 161., for two
,14te,.-h' rent of a Louse, No. 52, York-street, West-
retr were stel as executors of a
Ottl,ettaed Tubbs
1-11 Part cf the.plaintiff it was shown that Tubbs
4 Possession in 1845, but in September, 1848,
ti)k4lit-warrytcl saish notice to quit at Lady-day, 1849,
h not t'll November last that defendants offered
tom 1119 PoFsession if plaintiff would absolve them
at ‘4l,' 'lability for rent; but this was refused, and it
thF "1(d that defendants still held possession.
1.7 e tjr
the de dit was shown that Tubbs bad let
,-,d11314,1 to a .pecti aontnamed Mar hall, vnho quitted at
qttc'ltY, 18-19,rbunt as he could not be tound, it could
14 t°wn that possession had been given up. .
111;4 p isulateeSneeiee said that, the occupation being
title ,t;teds the law presumed that it still continued till
tl'st I,(",:r4rY vas shown. It was not sufficient to. show
i to quit had been given. He considered
4,,""s ease, sod under the present form of action,
.44 died quarter's rent could Le recovered, as defendant
The fore the second quarter became due..
Jury gave a verdict for 8/.
41Av
vro :SION-HOUsE.—(THIS DAY.)
:41%1' mown' who stands charged with stealing the
ritb;hee letter-beg, was again brought up for final
11111ele,ti°13, before Mr. Alder man Gibbs.
thOt'tfttAcelex appear( d as before, on the par t of the
eft
e° autheritiee, for the prosecution, and sta.te
ithstanding the offer of a reward, the dragging
tf;,,t river:4 e,;(1 greatest general exertion, the bag had
te‘t, ski "orivered. to
had no further evidence to
11544
etna th.erefure Lad to requs.s.t that the Alderman
r,seit, • Mit the prisoner for trial upon the testimony
4 Odueed.
47)" to the ALDERMAN, who gave the usual
stlol,-e.prisoncr declined saying anything,_and was
smutted fer
bbers
-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
dit'll-I'4o(Tis Was this morning pieced at the Lar before
r3esait.euarged with attempting to steal a valuable
t)lit444-tre°°entor, Mr. Samuel Varley, the clothier cf
F4atlYeodepoud that, having lost eith.er a coat, or
°r some etLer, portion of wearing. apparel,
Ot'int erY day fir the last week, he determined upon
illPt!arria°,wa.teh en the opposite side of the street. Yes-
V:le%bi„)'lllott, about nine o'clock, the prisoner, with
~`r lads, came up to the shop. The prisoner
t4iultia'q-") unpin the coat from the block and, 1. are it.
4a r t1,,e13 the shoulder of the " dummy." Ihe pri-
,4lo 'do and PaSSedtheshop, for king in to see if he were
th.l Ivaa was returning for the coat when the person
j,1,60,..°11 the opposite side rushy d across to seize him.
tti "r'r. with his " pals," escaped unt:l his
when he came round again. He was
4IZo ePon. and iven into the custody of the po-
Was fully committed to take his trial.
"ERNIINSTER ELECTION

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COMMITTEE.—(THIS DAY.)
the THE DECISION.
Aleg it-43113it'ee met this morning, for
,the purpose of
14tp 144 decision on the ceition presented against
~Tb4111.11. f 'dd •
c. Mr. Best for Kidderminster.
''Qrucnit" s opened shortly after two
1. (kit
.ee-room ,wa
11,4 andthe Chairman announced that the U mit-
tulanimously decided that Mr. Best was duly
lON OF JUDGE OF TILE
gIIERIFF'S COURT.—(THIS DAY.) •
001. a 14pecial Court of Common Council was
Lie Purpose of electing a judge o.f the City
I, n
kpp,„.`.'ourt, the office being. rendered vacant by
011'evillta4nt of Mr. Commissioner Bullock as Com-
rgeant. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR
tkk(ll
tl.). the chair,
t&t,, 44URIE then proposed Mr. A. Ryland, one of
j• eders, as a fit and proper person for the
4,°t lodge
h No, •
ti144,.1;448 seconded the nomination of the Learned
t,br. dean
eallt ) !ht3 OBB,inn proposed Mr. B. Gurney, Q.C.,
)71,,10•Itinte for the vacant jud.geship.
woos conded him
itrw, 1),..,T1R1P.8 then nominated Mr, Prendergast, Q.C.
t% g r'IY LOTT seconded Mr, Prendergast.
iLted to", agreed that the number of candidates Ee
t 111,4 Ittr,tc'•
lt,(;1144-.TinEn took the sense of the members,
_wird
itthtt, choice of the two to have fallen on M .
4he '4.0. and Mr. M. Prendergast, Q.C.
e -getto
qtoor(1 ers then proceeded to the elcctiou by polling,
being taken
tilttl'4,,Yor and the Court of Aldermen
t tue Wards alphabetically. HisLorgis.V.,
de-
et Mr. Alderman Thompson,
Aqr 11", r of the Court of Alderman present, polled
Iti',ll;hifj4(lergas t.
11N Pat one o'clock the poll closed, when the
'1411,1 l'rt--,:itineunced the result as follows:-•• Gurney,
qleo'Zrgast, 71. Mr. Gurney was _ecordingly
tk"' awl took his seat at th- law Meet's' table
kis ttpt,,
.‘.1111,P ,n.:"'ETING OF ST. LUE.E'S.—hOn
veTstr3tl.e.srdoLy
k;1/ ",41.0,14 Lee above tarish took place ita t
\'4,l" Whether any, and what, assistanece should be
Mr._ Church-
41k our of a new park at Islington.
N.,l,c'eqltilg took the chair ; and, at his reqhest, Mr. Lloyd,
tr, ef the arkgave a statement of its localitand
tl4 't• • area would 6, e said the
ere ld cover SCO acres. of
d by the villas on Ilig.hto-
i`iipt;)t,e, `.,alleg 100 acres cc
The covered
would be about IZO, /
t,,katl,ttlio444ll(lisfilllso'tvproject t had already received th°el7obuenr-t
theal ifigt highness Prince Albert, L
shley, Lord Carlisle, and
ioatihnoegrrdemionent
Tyler, the chairman of the
uptona cpoemti:
u that they had refrained from drayi
ket,°l 4,,,theY could take .the serve and obtain able co-opera-
k'tt \thole 15
pre-
parishes of the boroughurgetteactive
s,t,eh,le favour of the proposed park, as he said 6 q
t'vinPace, unless at once secured, would be covered
tlisl,-ga in less than twelve months. Other. members
'llmserf the Question a resolution approv.in of the
I,N.,llotvelial'k, was una.nimonsly carried, and aublic gmeetiln.gs
Nta'oted Pt Was determined to be held forthwith.. Than
Nei 4%
)seing broke up.l,
to the Islington deputation for their attendance,
11,°110;411 p.trICH DOGS OF THE REGIMEN .
T —The
has
74,„"ttitt7Papers record the death of Nestor, a dog
Jlfth division of infantry, now in whogarritiolnv.a,t
t,tgitZ in all their marches since 1827. was_
nn?..
41e,tokt'uerit in the last campaign, and at the siege of
e4t
ttlcl.dttiellt4 ',law by a shot horn a howitzer. RetnLns
'4l,'l.ad "e spent there the last twenty years of his ttft Int 137 the 17th of March, in his
hertent-fourte.abr...
Nia%d al in state a suitable time, was solemnly im
Ntitr the wall of the fortress. Six men. carried
dVge
on,g-Place in a coffin, lined with white. A
iselfisq ‘tl' his reinaing and a salvo announced he luoss.
°Y the regiment'surviving dogs.of th
ittNl,l,6llll,it)o the occasion black collars and white rosettwhn
tO'ilekti„,on whom the seniority has devolved, and
rs of`'., the
h Mine is already so dim sightedthat the
1)44e4i1. oft,v-e,,?t.h have' furnished' bins with spectacles, by
11 litt-,. "tea he gravely paces the passages of the
uet,
ittii'veri," TUE CHEMISTRY HERSELF."— Sir Henry
d
1.4 w 4, i,v"7 Popular at Washington ; and, moreover, b a
sy
ItolYea4, first lady that has been here with our em as ye
aoral won 'all hearts. She is a pleasant agreeabl-
Ne i""e4 it; 'll4 rmst captivating manners. She has es
,ttYthiter
algood presides rislistyle of dinner and tea. At
1'44 er elf she at her table, and does the chemis-
-45.t4r.. ' and hands over to the guests.
.Her dinner
4110.1 for ;wfficre pleasant and easy than any thing we ,bays
ay 'treat !ratY years. y
h• toil Correspondent of the
PL ot. s*-- as mg
a alebuk
411's'1)4eite3,e.,nd Duchess de Nemours and the Duke
/NI u Aumale honoured the performance of AlO-
- PhrelittiVe, at the St. James's Theatre, last evening,
eke.

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S
THEATRE.

The reign of Ilauieoorn (lie still continues here,
and it will continue to flourish so long as Mr. Alit.
chell can retain such accomplished artistes as Al.
Samson and Mdlle. Denain toembody the inspirations
of Moliere and his followers. Last night the Alison
throne, the chef d'oeuvre of Aloliere, and by many
critics considered the most perfect comedy ever pro-
duced, was performed, M. Samson personating Al-
ceste, and Mdlle. Denain, Celimene. The Alceste of
M. Samson has al ways been celebrated as a perfect spe-
cimen of high comedy acting of the classical school
and his acting last evening was as polished and per-
fect as ever ; his declamation was beautiful. The
Celimene of Mdlle. Denain was an exquisite
piece of refined coquettry. No other lady on the
stage can approach her in this character, or indeed in
ihe personation of any of the heroines of French
classical comedy. The mantle of Alaclemoiselle Mars
has fallen on her, and she worthily continues the suc-
cession of the classical artistes of the French stage.
The theatre was brillirtntly attendtd. Among the
company were the Dike and Duchess of Nemonn,
and the Duke and Duchess of A umale.

THE AUTOPHON ; or IMPROVED

ORGAN.

We recently visited the factory of Mr. Charles
Dawson, organ buildrr in the Strand, for the pur
pose of inspecting a newly invented instrument which
he has patented ; he calls it the Autophon, and
from its simplicity, its cheapness, and its supe-
rimity in every respect, it must ere long supersede
the barrel organ, and every other invention for the
mechanical production of music that bas as yet
been presented to the world. The sound-producing
portion of the Autophon is precisely the same as the
sound-producing portion of an organ, consisting of
pipes and bellows, but instead of cumbrous and ex-
pensive barrels being employed to produce the tune,
this instrument is contrived so that sheets of perfo-
rated paper being supplied to it, on merely turning a
handle, music is performed, every different sheet of
paper producing a different tune. The effect is pre-
cisely that which is produced by the best barrel
organs, and the superiority of the Autophon con-
sists in the fact, that instead of barrels, cumbrous,
expensive, and liable to injury, sheets of paper are
employed, which can be furnished as cheaply
as ordinary music, readily replaced, and lightly and
easily packed. The variety of melodies and harmo
nies that can be performed is thus multiplied with the
same ease and economy which the press has given in
the supply of literature. The power of transposing
is also afforded, so that from the same sheet music
may be executed on any key that may be desired.
Further, as the sheets can be made-of any length,
pieces can be performed which from their extent are
unsuited to barrels, unless the barrels were made of
excessive size, or fitted with delicate and expensive
apparatus for shifting. The mechanism is of the
most simple character, and consequently by no means
liable to injury or wear ; it is applicable either on the
small or the large scale, from a size little exceeding
that of a musical box up to that of the largest organs.
Existing instruments, whether finger er barrel organs,
pianofortes, seraphines, and such like, can be fitted
with the necessary apparatus ; and one gauge being
maintained in all, the same sheets of music are uni-
versally applicable.
We were much pleased with the ingenuity and
simplicity of this novel instrument, the tones pro-
duced were clear and psrfect, and there was a crisp-
ness about the notes which contrasted most favourably
with the slovenly dragging of the notes of a hand-
organ ; there was, moreover, none of that dis-
sonant "clicking" which is heard in a hand-organ
whenever a change of key takes place. We heard
moreover, what is, we believe, perfectly unique in the
history of " mechanical music," a duet pla3 ed, and
played most accurately by two performers on two
separate instruments. As a church organ, in a rural
district, where organists are not to be found, the
Autophon will be invaluable, inasmuch as a variety and
change of tunes can be commanded at a small ex-
pense, while the supply of tunes to a barrel organ
must be necessarily of a very limited character ; and
if a new tune he wanted the new barrel will cost at
least five guineas, whereas the same can be procured
for the Autophon for about one shilling, while for clear-
ness and beauty of tone, and accuracy of perform-
ance, the Autophon is infinitely superior. As we be-
fore stated, it must, from its superiority in every re-
spect over every other mechanical means of producing
music, necessarily supersede them all.

PANORAMA of FREMONT'S OVERLAND

ROUTE to OREGON and CALIFORNIA.

Yesterday evening we were favoured with a private
view of a grand moving painting designed to illustrate
the overland route across the Rocky Mountains to
Oregon, Texas, and California, as tracked out by the
celebrated John Charles Fremont, Colonel of the
Topographical Engineers in the army of the United
States. There are few men of our times whose lives
have been more richly fraught with romantic adven-
tures, moving accident,, and hair-breadth eseapes,
than Colonel Fremont; and no work, whether of the
pen or the pencil, which correctly portrays the wild
vicissitudes of his variegated career can be without
interest. His adventurous spirit carried him across
the Rocky Mountains, and made him familiar
Kith the mighty wilderness which spread be-
tween the Mississippi River and the waters of the
Pacific. The painting at the Egyptian Hall, which
will be opened to the public on Monday, gives a
more faithful representation of the various thrilling
scenes that occurred to Colonel PlC:merit and his
party while engaged in their adventurous expeditions
than could be conveyed by any written chscription,
however skilfully composed. The sketches from
which the painting has been executed are from the
pencils of Colonel Fremont, Captain Wilkes, and
Mr. James Drayton, all of the United States To-
pographical Engineers; and the painting itself
has been produced expressly for the United
States Government, by Messrs. J. Kyle, W. Dallas,
and J. Lee, of Washington. -We shall probably
pay the exhibition another visit on an early day,
when we will take occasion to speak of its merits in
detail ; for the present it will suffice to pronounce a
general opinion on the work. It appears to have been
painted with much greater care, and with more
precise attention to the rules of art, than many scenic
paintings that we remember to have examined ; and
we have no hesitation in asserting that the general
effect is exceedingly fascinating to the eye. The
grouping of the figures is, for the most part, cleverly
managed, and though the effects of light and shade
are not always as delicately discriminated as they
might be, the perspective is well managed, and the
more picturesque objects in each view are thrown out
with artistic skill. The views in California are, per-
haps, the best in the collection, and on the whole the
panorama is exceedingly effective, and will well repay
a visit.

MARRIAGE IN HIGII LIFEI—The marriage of the
Hon. Philip Sidney, only son of Lord De L'lsle and Dud-
ley; to Mary, only child of the late Sir Wm. Foulis, of In-
goldsby Manor, in the county of York, Baronet, was solem-
nized on Tuesday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square,
in the presence of a very numerous circle of the connexions
of both families. The bride was led to the altar by her
cousin, the Marquis of Kildare, attended by a train of six
bridesmaids—the Hon. Adele Sidney, the Hon. Ernestina
Sidney, the Hon. Philippa Sidney, Miss Geraldine Ross, Miss
Augusta Somerset, and hilts Olivia Henry. The bride was
attired in a rich white satin dress, trimmed with Brussels
point lace flounces. The head dress consisted of a wreath
of orange blossoms and a magnificent point lace veil. The
bridesmaids wore white embroidered muslin dresses, with
pink glace silk mantillas, and white crape bon. ets trimmed
with white and pink roses. The ceremony was performed
in a very impressive manner by the Rev. Philip Dodd, rector
of Pensnurst, who had the honour of officiating some 25
years since at the marriage of the noble father of the bride-
groom to a daughter of the late King William 11r. The
bride and bridegroom left the church in a travelling carriage
and four, for '1 heobalds, in Ilertfordshire, whence they prc-
ceed to the Continent.

DEATH OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA.
—By a remarkable coincidence—sufficiently so at least to be
worth recording—the news f the decease of the Queen
Dowager of Great Britain arrived at Canton on the same day
with an empress from the Board of War at Peking, announc-
ing that the Empress Dowager of China, also eminent for
her virtues, departed this life (lit. went to roam with spirits)
upon the 16th day of the 12th moon of the 29th year of Tau-
kwang (18th January). Officers, civil and military, are
thereupon enjoined to array themselves in white, and per-
form ceremonies proper for such occasions. They are also
to affix a blue stamp to all public documents, and are not to
permit drums to beat or fifes to play in front of their Ya•
muns. The Peking Gazettes bear witness to the devout re-
spect with which the Empress Dowager was uniformly
treated by his Imperial Majesty; which, however, was no
more than proper gratitude on his part; for it was her pre-
ference of him over her own offspring that induced Kia-king
to nominate Titu-kwang as his successor.—China Mail.
RAILWAY BlLLS.—Yesterday the preamble of the
Caledonian and Wisbaw and Coltness Railways was declared
not proved. The preambles of the North Staffordshire Rail-
way Company's Bill for extension of time to purchase lands,
and that of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Junction,
were declared proved. The Bill of the North Staffordshire
Railway for their Ashbourne branch and power to lease is
withdrawn. The standing orders have been declared to be
dispensed with in the case of the Eastern Union Railway
Company's Bill, and in that of the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick and Great North of England Purchase Bills, in which
they sought additional provision.
On Saturday Catherine Gibbons, an aged finale,
who came a passenger in the Britannia steamer, was killed
under the following circumstances :—The deceased was on
the deck while the vessel was being brought into the Cla-
rence-doik, and very imprudently sat down on the coil of a
hawser. When the vessel began to move the hawser tight-
ened, and the deceased was unable to extricate herself from
it. One of her legs became entangled, and though imme-
ciate assistance was rendered she was not extricated until
her foot wi.s torn ofE She died the same day at the North-
ern Hospital.—Verdict, Accidental death.—Lirerpoo/
Mercury.
IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM CHINA —TWO im-
portations of iron have just taken place from China. The
vessel Robert Small, arrived in the docks from Canton, has
brought 5,170 parcels of pig iron, awe portion of her cargo,
consigned to order; and the vessel Charlotte Toone, from
Canton, has brought 5 tons weight of the article, consigned
, to order. These importations of iron from China are some-
what remarkable, and of considerable interest.