The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.-The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
I<rsoszowN (Dtmuzr) -Wind S. W., gentle breeze-
overcast.
Nor:ileum-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
Poaratotrrit-Wind S., gentle breeze-overcast.
BEIGHTON-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast.
Souriumprozr-Wind S.W., strong breeze-foggy.
FOLKESTONE -Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast.
TuxnamGE-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast.
BASINGSTOKE -Wind S.E., gentle breeze - overcast.
BRISTOL-Wind S.W., calm-scud, rain.
READING-Wind S.W., calm-foggy.
GREENWICH-Calm-overcast.
SWINDON-Wind S., light airs-partially cloudy.
0:tvo --W Ind S.E., calm-overcast.
LEIGHTON - Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast.
Cot-cm-ATEA -Wind S.W.,calm-foggy.
RUGBY- Wind S., gentle reeze-foggy.
PEI^.4ABOROOGH -Wind S. W., calm- scud.
Y.41131017m - Wind S.W., calm-foggy.
UoLynEAD-W ind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy.
LtvEnroot - Wind S.E. calm-cloudless.
MAxciIEsTER-Wind S.E., gentle breeze- principally clear.
LEEDS - Wind S.W., calm-partially cloudy.
YORK-Wind S , gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
LANCASTER-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
SHAT-Wind S., calm - scud, rain.
S lINDERLAND - Wind S.E., gentle'bretze-overcast
lIKArrocK-Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain.
EDINBURGH-Wind S.E., strong breeze-partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'cloek :-
CORK-Wind S.W.,light breeze-foggy.
LtmEarcs-Wind ~ calm-cloudless.
liIULLEIGAR - W ind S. W., gentle breeze-principally cloudy.
DuruLK-Wind S., gentle breeze-clear.
BRIGHTON-jr' ind S., calm-rain.
LEEDS Wiv d S.W., calm-foggy.
YORK -WV.ld S., gentle breeze - overcast.
DA MLINGT. ON-Wind E., gentle breeze- overcast.
WHITED _WEN -Wind N.W., gentle breeze -- partially cloudy.

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LONDON, SATIJRDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1850.

The investigation into the case of Mr. GEORGE
SLOANE for the alleged ill-treatment of the unfortu-
nate girl JANE WILBRED, which had, on its first
bearing on Saturday last, excited so great a sensation
in the public mind, was yesterday resumed before
Mr. Alderman iIIIMPHERY, at the Guildhall. Al-
though a summons had been issued requiring the at-
tendance of Mrs. SLoANE, she did not make her ap-
pearance. Further evidenni.was taken, and the case
was eventually remanded until Mrs. SLOANE could
be brought up, the worthy Alderman expressing his
intention, as *fon as the depositions were com•
plated, of sending both the parties for trial
to the Central Criminal Court at the January sessions.
The same bail given for Mr. SLOANE last week, viz.,
himself in 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each, was
continued for his further appearance.
But one side of the case has, as yet, been heard,
and the Learned Counsel for the defendant expressed
his confident opinion that " a different complexion
would be put upon the case when it came for trial,"
and declared that Mr. SLOANE was " as eager to court
the strictest investigation as the public were to re-
quire it, and that his friends were equally sanguine
with himself that by so doing he would be able entirely
to exonerate himself in the eyes of the world from all
blame in the affair, and ultimately to regain his for-
mer position." We hope most sincerely that such
pray be the case. It is indeed melancholy to find an
educated gentleman, who has hitherto occupied a re-
spectable position in society, called upon to answer a
'barge of so horrible and disgusting a character ;
but we confess that, in the face of such evidence
as has already been elicited, we cannot par-
ticipate in Mr. CLARKSON' feeling of confidence,
nor can we anticipate that the public will
altogether "suspend their opinion" until in possession
of some rebutting testimony. The attenuated ap •
pearance of the poor girl, the complete prostration of
her strength, afforded too painful a corroboration of
the truth of her statement, and of the absence of the
nutritious food required by a growing girl of her
age. That there has been guilt somewhere appears
tQ be too palpable. But on whom does it rest ?
tbat is the question. On husband, or -on wife, or on
both, or on any and what other person ? A prima

facie case has been made out, and the mats lies

on the defendant of removing it from his
own shoulders. If Mr. SLOANE was anxious for

' theimmediate vindication of his own character he
should have entered into some explanations to remove
She
,heAvy- load of odium he has already incurred.
- has not thought proper to do so, being doubtless,
Wigs:lead by sufficient reasons. He cannot, there-
fore, hope to be restored to the good opinion of the
public ,untal he has done sc. Audi alteram partem
is, however, -e-golden rule, and, although we cannot
extenuate the conduct of Mr. SLOANE, we shall abstain
from increasing the prejudice existing against him ,

our only desire is that there should be a full
and searching inquiry into all the facts and
circumstances of the case, that full and complete
justice should be rendered in the premises. And all
we require, and we believe that the public will not
be satisfied with less, is that the attendance of the
accused parties should be secured, so as to avoid the
possibility of their non-attendance at the appointed
time. •

Now, we must confess that we are by no means
satisfied en this point. The case at present assumes
a very serious aspect. The very life of the .un-
fortunate girl has been exposed to the most
imminent peril, and she is not yet entirely out
of danger. A medical gentleman of high
character (Dr. MARSDEN) declared, on oath, that if
it had not been for the interference of Mr. Plum-
MORE and Mr. FRY she must have died. She could
not have existed in that state many days longer," and
that "it was entirely owing to want of food and warmth.
There were marks of violence on many parts of her
body, particularly about her neck and shoulders."
The Learned Gentleman added "I have been in the
constant habit of seeing cases of extreme distress, in
many of which the persons have died in a few hours
after their admission into the hospital, but I never
saw a case at all approaching the appearance pre-
sented by that girl. I could not have believed
a person could be so reduced and live. She was cer-
tainly the most perfect living skeleton I had ever
seen in the course of my life." If then there should be
a conviction, and that no mitigating circumstances are
brought to light, it is clear that there must be a se-
vere punishment, which the forfeiture of 2001. would
be by no means an equivalent for. It may, therefore,
be
_considered that the suggestion of Mr. PONTIFEX,
thrt " the former bail was not sufficient to insure the
re-appearance of the defendant," was well worthy of
notice. We have had repeated instances of the
amount of bail being considerably increased at a sub-
sequent examination, and if ever such a departure
from the original rule were justifiable, the case under
notice would appear a fitting instance for the exercise
of a precaution so salutary.
It may be said that Mr. SLOANE'S profession, from
the exercise of which he realises a handsome income,
affords a- better guarantee for his appearance than
any amount of bail that could be required. If he
became a fugitive he would for ever relinquish his
practice. There is certainly some weight in
the argument, and we are quite willing
that some allowance should be made so far as the
male defendant is concerned. But nothing of
the kind can be alleged on behalf of Mrs. SLOANE—
she treated the summons with contempt. It is true
that it was stated that she was unwell, that she had
received an injury to her leg by slipping into an area
accidentally ; but this was a mere suggestion, there
was no evidence whatsoever to sustain it, no affidavit
or certificate from a practising surgeon as to the nature
of the injury. We confess that we have never known
a case in which so easy a credence was yielded to an
uncorroborated assertion, not even professing to be
made on personal knowledge. Mrs. Swarm has
no professional standing to forfeit, no income
to relinquish, should she think proper to take
a trip to the continent—she has given no bail whatso-
ever for her appearance. There is nothing to show that
she will be forthcoming on the appointed day. Every
circumstance indicates that she is even more deeply
compromised than her husband. The care of a female
domestic, the adequate supply of food, falls more
within the province of the mistress than of the master
of an establishment, and the direct evidence proved
that personal violence had been much oftener resorted
to by Mrs. than by Mr. SLOANE. It was Mrs. SLOANE
who hired the girl, who picked her out as the healthiest
looking of the lot submitted to her inspection, and
whose choice was confirmed when she heard that the
wretched victim " had no friends to come to bother
her." It was Mrs. SLOANE who took away her blan.
ket, who refused to allow her even a draught of water
with her bread and mustard, and who beat her because
she was suspected of drinking a portion of the cat's
meat broth ; it was Mrs. SLOANE who superintended
her diet (! !I) and beat her most frequently, accord-
ing to her own testimony, and it was Mrs. SLOANE
who was seen by Mrs. Thu. violently beat-
ing the girl, and " dragging her by the
hair of her head out of the room."
Mr. CLARKSON repeatedly objected to any statement
respecting Mrs. SLOANE'S conduct, alleging that it
could'not be evidence against Mr. SLOANE. We can
easily perceive bow desirable it would be that that
gentleman should take bis trial alone. How large a
portion of the evidence would be inadmissible if Mrs.
SLOANE were not present in court ; and yet there is
no security whatsoever for her appearance. The war-
rant that was issued is not to be put in force until
" she is in a fit state to leave her bed."
But who is to tell when that time may ,
arrive, or that she, when able to move, will
await the visit of the officer, whose duty it will be to
take her into custody. We cannot forget that she
sent a message to Mr. PIIILLIMORE (whose disin-
terested philanthropy in the melancholy transaction is
deserving of the highest praise), that " ill as she was
she would .get up to take the girl out of his care to
the workhouse." Why could she not make a similar
exertion to attend the inquiry at the police-office ?
We must confess that we have never known a ma-
gistrate so easily contented, and that we are by no
means satisfied with this part of the case. It appears
to us absolutely essential to the ends of justice either
that the warrant should be forthwith put into execu-
tion, or that ample security should be given for the
appearance of Mrs. Swarm to abide the issue of the
inquiry.

The 13 ishop of LONDON bath at length " screwed
his courage to the sticking place," and the Rev. W.
J.T. BENNETT has ceased to be stage-manager of the
Theatres clerical St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, and St.
Barnabas', Pimlico. The Episcopal courage? how-
ever, bears a marvellous resemblance to that of the
raw recruit who is placed in the front of the battle,
and given distinctly to understand that his comrades
will tire upon him at the first symptom of an attempt
to retreat. The recruit, finding it rather less dange-
rous to advance than to recede, boldly steps forward,
and becomes a hero on compulsion. So is it with the
Bishop of LONDON ; and if we wish to see him ad-
vance in the good path on which he has entered,
we must keep up the pressure upon him, or
Our Ecclesiastical WHARTON, who has all his life
long been consistent only in being inconsistent, will
fall back upon his old habits, and be as heretofore,
" Everything by turns, and nothing long."

Oa the 9th of December the Bishop of LONDON ac-
cepted the resignation of Mr. BENNETT. Why was
it not accepted on the Ist of July ? On that day his
Lordship received a long communication from Mr.
BENNETT, setting forth his reasons for the manner in
which he conducted himself as an officiating minis-
ter of the Church as by law established, in which we
find the following passage :

" I look at this moment around me—l look at that
fearful heresy which will very soon, it is to be feared,
so far prevail sgainst the Church, that it will compel
the institution of a priest to the cure of souls who has
been judged by the Church herself unsound and unfit
far that cure. I look at the popular will of this Church,
which determines to have it so."

Noiv this passage, if it means anything, means that
the laity are not members of the Church; that they
are the mere slaves of the priest, who is
their master instead of being their minister,
or servant, as all Protestants hold that he is; it means
that the priesthood are superior to the State, and
such being his opinions, Mr. BENNETT is perfectly
right in the conclusion at which be arrives. " The
end," he says, " is a growing conviction that I am
not rightly, cannot be rightly, according to the inter-•
pretation of the Church by the present bishops, and
as it is willed to be by the State, a true member of its
priesthood." It is abundantly ole <sr that no gentleman
holding the opinions of Mr. BEN NETT can be a true
member of any Establishment in connexion with the
State; and as if to avoid the post ibility of mistake
about the matter, Mr. BENNETT in a subsequent part
of his letter do,igaatp. the State " as the kingdom of
this world as against the kingdom of CHRIST ;" and
having laid &own these principles, he Wile the Bishop,
! " I hope it will be
clearly understoed thai, conscien-
tiously,any of the principles which in
t
creentot forego
forth
and
advocate
and if I remain
in the cure of souls by those principles I must be per
u 8 lY
letteri
mato(' 0 abide," -
This letter was dated on the 15th of July, and
in the October following—so that there was ample
time afforded to the Eight Rev. :Prelate to weigh and

well consider the contents of Mr. BENNETT'S letter—
we find the Bishop of LONDON making use of
the following very remarkable language in reply—
" You tell me that you cannot conscientiously forego
any of the principles set forth in your letter. fly re-
monstrance to you as directed against certain practices
—practices in behalf of which you offer no valid defence,
and which you surely cannot consider of vital import-
ance. If I restrain you from these practices, which I
feel myself bound to do as far as I can, I cannot think
that your conscience will be seriously aggrieved, or that a
sufficient cants will have arisen for your leaving the
' ministry, to which you have hitherto been so z.alonsly
devoted."

It would appear from the above passage as if the
Bishop of LONDON agreed in principle with Mr.
BENNETT, but lacked the courage to carry the prin-
ciple into practice. We would fain hope that such
is not the case, and that the Bishop may be able to
show that his words are capable of bearing some other
meaning, for we can scarcely suppose that a gentle-
man who believed the State to he the kingdom of this
world, as opposed to the kingdom of CHRIST, would
either accept its honours or take part in the conduct
of its affairs. Those who hold such ()Onions may or
may not be fitted to hold E'piscorad office in a Church
unconnected with, and unprivileged and unpaid
by the State, but they certainly cannot honestly
continue in a Church the Bishops of which are Peers
of the realm by Act of Parliament, and by Act of Par-
liament only, and all the officers of which receive
their emoluments and exercise their authority solely
because the law so wills it, which law the Legislature
may to-morrow alter or abrogate should the majority
of its members be so minded. It is clear, therefore,
that it is the pressure from without which has in-
duced the Bishop of LONDON to take that step in De-
cember which he hesitated to take in October, and as
there are many other ministers of the Established
Church who indulge in the same practices and hold
the same principles as Mr. BENNETT (he himself
mentions the names of Mr. DODSWORTH, Mr. Rica-
ARDS, Mr. MURRAY, and Mr. Iaom), it will not be
safe to relax the pressure until a full inquiry shall
have been made into the principles and practices of
those gentlemen and of others, and a distinct decision
on the subject elicited from the Weathercock of the
palace of Fulham.

Mr. DYCE SoMBRE.—It was stated yesterday in
the Court of Chancery, that this gentlepaan has disappeared
in a very mysterious manner from his accustomed haunts in
Paris. He was to have been examined by a medical com-
mission in October last, but he objected to the persons ap-
pointed, and refused to attend, although he had earnestly
solicited the inquiry.

MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.—The Queen
has been graciously pleased to appoint Captain John Duncan
King, half-pay unattached, to the post of Military Knight,
vacant by the death of the late Captain Lorimer. Captain
J. 1). King served in Holland and the Peninsula from July,
1809, to the end of that war in 1814, including the capture of
Walcheren and siege of Flushing, battle of liusaco, action at
Fuente Guinaldo, affair at Alden de Ponte and Osma, battle
of Vittoria, and battles of the Pyrenees on the 25th, 26th,
27th, and 28th July, 1813. He was severely wounded in the
right shoulder on the 28th. The gallant officer was also pre-
sent at the capture of Paris, 1815. Capt. King has received
the war medal with three clasps.
DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'i SOCIETY.—A lady
has expressed her readiness to become security for the rent
of a house for seven ) ears, not exceeding 1001. per annum,
as a home of industry and an asylum for twelve aged females
in connexion with this society, and several upholsterers at
the west-end have signified their intention to forward arti-
cles of furniture for its equipment.
THE " SUN" PAPER.—We are indebted to Mrs.
Bingham, of Broad-street, for an early copy of the express
edition of The Sun, forwarded to this city by its spirited pro-
prietors, and which contained the earliest report of the im-
portant speeches of her Majesty in reply to the addresses pre-
sented to her at Windsor on Tuesday.—Bristol Mercury.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Royal Society, at the
last annual meeting, awarded " the Royal medal ' to Mr.
Benjamin Brodie, F.R.S. (eldest son of Sir Benjamin Brodie,
Bart., her Majesty's Sergeant- Surgeon ), for his papers " on
the chemical nature of wax." It is nearly forty years since
the Royal Society awarded " the Copley medal ' to Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie for his paper "on Poisons ;" the only instance
of father and son receiving the same distinction.
NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, CAMDEN
Town.—The second half-yearly distribution of prizes to the
pupils of this school took place at the vestry-rooms, near Old
St. Pancras Church, yesterday afternoon. The meeting,
which was numerously attended, was presided over by the
Rev. Thomas Dale, who, in commenting on the examination
just terminated, congratulated his parishioners on the rapid
progress which this in- titution had made since its opening
in January, and, in conjunction with the other examiners,
complimented the pupils on the improvement and proficiency
manifested by them in their respective branches of study.
An essay on the invention of steam was read by J. H.
Hughes, and was much applauded. The meeting was hu-
mourously addressed by Joseph Payne, Esq., and subse-
quently by the Rev. D. Laing, who announced his intention
contributir g a prize for elocution. The proceedings ter-
minated by the presentation of a tea-service to the Rev. Prin-
cipal of the school, the gift of his pupils.
BATH.—Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, of Newton-
park, has given the handsome sum of 1001. towards the erec-
tion of public fountains in Bath.
THE MEN FOR THE TIMES.—We like an active
man, who has the impulse of the age—of the steam-engine
in him. A lazy, plodding, snail-paced chap might have got
on in the world fifty years ago, but he won't do these times
We live in an age of quick ideas ; men think quick - speak
quick—eat, sleep, marry, and die quick and slow eoaches
ain't tolerated. "Go a- head, if you burst your boiler !" is
the motto of the age • and he succeeds in every line of busi-
ness, who has most of the snapping turtle in him; " be up
and dressed" always—not gaping and rubbing your eyes, as
if you were half asleep, but wide awake for whatever may
turn up, and you may be somebody before you die. Think,
plan, reflect as much as you please before you act; but
think quickly and closely, and when you have fixed your
eyes to an object, spring to the mark at once.—California
Paper.

M. Soyer, so celebrated for his magic cookery,
has taken Gore House, formerly the residence of the late
Lady Blessington, for the six mouths of the Great Exhibi-
tion, at a rent of 6001. for that time. It is to be fitted up as
an hotel, and the 'beautiful grounds are to be laid out for
entertainments in the style of those afforded to the public at
Cremorne.

ANOTHER MURDER IN ESSEX.—KELVEdON, DEC.
12.—This county has again been the scene of a very tragical
affair. Some days ago a party of labourers, amongst whom
were John Hall and a lad named William Clarke, were re-
turning from work at Earls Colve, a village a few miles dis-
tant, when they had some words. The altercation became
more serious, when Clarke plunged his pocket-knife into the
abdomen of Hall, and inflicted a severe wound. The poor
fellow lingered at a neighbouring cottage until the 9th inst.,
when he expired. An inst having been held, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Wilfilfljurder against William Clarke."
The coroner accordingly made out his warrant for the priso-
ner's committal to the county gaol at Chelmsford.
ROBBERIES FROM RUGBY SCHOOL.—William,
Charles, and Thomas thorns, brothers, and William Sutton,
were brought before Mr. J. Atty, at the magistrates' clerk's
office, Rugby, on Thursday morning, charged with having
broken into the dwelling-house of the Rev. C. T. Arnold,
one of the assistapt-masters at Rugby School, on the night
of the 12th ult., and stolen a quantity of jewellery from the
studies. Thomas Hiorns and William Sutton were arrested
at Lutterworth on Friday week on suspicion of having
stolen a gold chain and breguet seal, which they had offered
for sale. William and Charles Hiorns were also taken into
custody, and on the former were found a silver lever watch,
with massive silver chain, breguet pencil-case, a knife, and
swivel-seal, containing four impressions. The articles found
in the possession of the prisoners were identified by three of
the borders at Mr. Arnold's as their property. William
Hiorns, it appears, was in the employment of the cabinet-
baker who had the contr,ct for keeping the studies, &c., in
repair, and went weekly to see whether repairs were re-
quired. At the house of the prisoner's father a large quan-
tity of jewellery, knives, books, &c., were found, supposed to
be the produce of other robberies. The prisoners were com-
mitted for trial at the quarter sessions of Coventry.

EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY. NOTTINGHAM,
FRIDAY.—This morning, at six o'clock, Mr. J. Sulley, of
Albert-street, in this town, discovered, on proceeding down
stairs, that his shop had been broken into the night previous,
and property removed, consisting of gold and silver watches,
gold brooches, gold signet and other rings, Albert gold and
silver watch-guards, silver spoons of all descriptions, a great
number of ancient coins, and other valuable articles. The
back premises connected with the shop enter into the burial-
ground of the Castle-gate meeting-house, and the thieves
entered through a window looking into the grave-yard. It
is not known at present what time the robbery occurred.
Everything was safe at twelve o'clock, and no noise what-
ever was heard during any part of the night. The value
of the property stolen has been estimated at more than
300/.- Since the robbery was discovered the Nottingham
%dice have been on the alert, but nothing has yet transpired
to lead to the apprehension of any of the robbers.
DEATH OF THE REV. F. EDGEWORTH.—We regret
to Lamm that the Rev. F. Edgeworth, late Roman Catholic
priest ;It Clifton, died a few days since at Antwerp. Bir
Edgewo.rth, who had been for some years since his departure
from Bristol residing in Brussels, went from that city to Ant-
werp to peeach charity sermons there. Feeling fatigued,
however, he went into a room of the house where he was
staying, and was soon after found in a sitting posture, dead
by the bedside. It was Mr. Edgeworth who commenced
building the chapel at Meridian-place.—Bristol Mercury.
The aggression of the Pope of Rome, and the vaga-
ries of his metropolitan satellites.'constitute a question more
emphatically dealt with in the vast districts of Greenwich
and Woolwich than in any other locality. The Protestant
dwellers itt these parts, not satisfied with the great "Black-
heath demonstration" of last week, have this week in the
town of Woolwich encored the pageant, and immolation of his
Holiness, with the interesting adjunct of retaining " the
Judge and Jury Society," of the Garrick's Head, Bow-street,
t, 9 try the Pope and Dr. Wiseman, and which trial came off
on Wednesday last, in the Leeture-hall, Powis-street, before
tm. Ards of 300 persons, including many fashionably-dressed
The town was all excitement, gentlemen on horse-
back, car,linals in full costume, monks, friars, &c., occupied
the streotss anxious to learn the dread event. The Lord.
Chief Barron presided at the court, and the jury found the de-
fendants guiily." The sentence was that the Pope and his
vicegerer should be burnt in effigy on "public grounds,"
either Olt Fluinpateadscorninon or Blackheath, and which sen-
tence wi;.l be assuredly carried into execution.
LABO B TURNIP.—MY. John Blackott, of Strfet
Rouse, rc
Waop, last week, pulled a writeglobe ,
which w,figheo 211 b. Mr. lllackett says that in The ittni.e
crop he could pn.,!l two or ,three cart-loads, r.early the some
wegrown front saw-dust which be had
thrown
FAUX pig to make Offrlisle Journal!
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pinto irhtheye we:e
RD.—An extensive failure In thejron foundry
trade las occurred here; the firm of Aitken, Mathle, and
co., o f Kelvin Dock Foundry, having stopped payment to an
amoutkt stated to range between 30,000/. and 35,0001. The
iron. m enchants and brokers ou 'change have suffered severely.
Glasgc,:o Courier.

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