The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-01 00:00:00

EVENING, JUNE 1, 1850.

BELFAST, MAY 30.—Wind S.—Arrd. Rolla, Macin-
tyre, Barbadoes. Sld. Argyle, New York.
PILL, MAY 31.—Wind E.—Sld. Hugh eil, New
Yuck.

-ISTER PORT, MAY 31.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Wasp, Wil-
mington, N. C.; Rover, Richmond, United States; Thor-
waldsen, Quebec.
CARDIFF, MAY 31.--Wind E.—Slcl. Symmetry, Aca-
pulco.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm
at full prices. Sales about 10,000 bales, of which 4,000
were taken on speculation and export. —Railway Shares
were in brisk demand at higher quotations.
The accumulation of assets at the Bank of England
progresses with the quarter, and there is no greater
opening for the employment of them. The public de-
posits are larger, and the private balances are likewise
augmented. The bullion is fast verging again towards
seventeen millions, an enormous amount to be concen-
tra'ed even in a national establishment, though the Bank
of France appears to be almost equally well situated in
this respect. The result of a comparison with the pre-
vious week's return is as follows:—
Notes issued ...
Decrease ...
Rest ••• •••

... 29,927,240
••• 35,765
... 3,067,271
••• 42,541
... 7,287,063
... 522,648
... 9,608,436'
••• 25,437
... 1,156,875
••• 34,016
... 14,316,185
••• 24,015
.. 9,697,076
••• 49 316
... 10,884 675
... 390,195
16,701,949
••• 70,869
... 19,042,565
... 425,960

Decrease ... ...
Public Deposits ... ...
Increase ... ...
Other Deposits ...
Increase . .
Seven Day and other Bills
Decrease ... ...
Government Securities ...
Increase
Other Securities ...
Decrease ...
Notes ... ... ...
Increase ... ...
Bullion ...
Increase ... ...
Active Circulation
Decrease ... ...

There was a slight advance yesterday in the rates
at which Bills of Exchange were negotiated on the
principal continental cities. Ninety•days' paper was
taken at' 721 to 77i on Antwerp, at 25 72i to 75 on
Paris, 121 k to on Frankfort, and 12 26 to 28 on
Trieste.

The exports of the precious metals from London
during the week to Thursday last were 39,000 ounces
of silver, and 3,039 ounces of gold, the greater part of
the latter being to the Mauritius.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts are
encouraging, and there is a better feeling.
The Amsterdam Stock Market was very buoyant
again on Thursday.
The Funds are still rising, and there is a very Bullish
disposition among the speculators. The French news
gives satisfaction. Consols have been 96* 4, New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 97i and the Re-
duced Three per Cents. 95* 4. Bank Stock is at 207 i.
Exchequer-bills have been 68s. to 715., and India
Bonds 86s. premium. East India Stock is quoted 267*
to 269*.
In the Foreign Market there is not much doing.
Spanish Three per Cents. are firm, at 38 ; Portuguese
Four per Cents. have been 331 ; Mexican, 30* to 31*,
and Brazilian 88.
Shares are improving.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols
Ditto, Account, June 12 ... ... 96i -11,
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2071,4
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 953/4%
8 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cont. Anne.
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 —
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 B% 8 7-16
India Stock 2671,4 269141
Do. Bonds, 1000/ 236 p
Ditto under 1.000/ • 86 p
South Sea Stock 10714
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account 9g%%3/4%
I-E,xchequer Bills. 11/sd.
March. June.
68 p
71 p

1,060/. -
5001 -

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BB
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Scrip .. Bl/ p
Mexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cont., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 763/
Ditto Deferral ... 33%
Portuguese Benda, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Russian Bonds, 1822.5 per Cent —
Ditto 4% per Cents 96
Ditto scrip 3 8% p
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ~.....
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Ceot,lB4o
Dividends on the above payable in London.

B.USINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE OCLOCK
RAu.wAYs. PAID. Pan SmAsa.
Aberdeen
Bristol and Exeter 100

D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... 81/2 to
Ditto, Preference
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great:l4l.omm . 24 10f,% 11 to 10%
Do. 1/2 A Deferred ..... ... 121/2 3 to 314
ro. 14 B 6 per Cent.
Jo., 5 per Cent. Pref. l2l/2 ...... 10 7,6 to
Great Western lOO ...... 59 ex n. ,o 60
Do. New 171 •
Gancaster and Carlisle.... — 5 O

Do., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Ditto Quarters 23% 834 ..... to
Ditto Fifths lO .. ... %... to
Ditte.Thirds lB ...... 8
Do., West Riding Union—. 11M .... . 3 % to
Leeds and Bradford 6O ..... 93%...... to 94
London & 81ackwa11......11/ 6s. 3d...... 4 LA, to
London & North We5tern.....100...107 108 105 3/4 to 107%
Do. New Quarters.. l2 I2IA 11% to 12
Do. Fifths l2 ..... 121 A...... tl
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1
blanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. 7% to
blidltuid..,...: .... ........ ...lOU ...... 38 to 37

Ditto, SQL Shares ..... ..... 30 4IA ...... to ::
Uidland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 1194...... to
North British ...... .. . 25 7:11 8.. to 7
North Staffordshire.......,... 17%
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton ... .. .......... .. 50
Reading,Guildfd.,& Re 4,, to 15
Scottish Central:. ~. 25 ... .. 13
idirewsbury and Birminglsam 1314 B3/1 dis to
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
South Devon
Ditto, Preference ...... ..
South Eastern
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10
Wear Valley, 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ....
Do. do. do.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth CO ..... 40
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20
Do. G. N. E. Par. or Pref.. 8
York and North Midland ... 50
Ditto. Pref eroacw
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O „.... L 6 34 to
Central of France ( (►: leans
and Vierzon) ... .
Namur and Liege....
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. 2%16% to
Paris and Strasbourg
Rouen and Ilavre
MINES.
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 . ls3k to
JOINT STOCK ZANKS.
Union of London ....... . ...... 10

COURSE 0.
Amsterdam .......... 12 2

' EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar— •••••• ••••••
Leghorn •• •• •• •• •••• •• 30 $0
Genoa ....-- ——•• .. 26 2*
,Milan ..••••••••••••••

Ditto, three months 12 3
Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 3)4
Antwerp ••••••• •• • • •. 25 77%
8ra55e15.............., 25 773
ilamburgh • .M.B.
Altona.
Paris, 3 days'aight ... • 25 57%
Ditto, 3 months .. 25 77%
Marseilles • 25 80
Bourdeaux•—• ..... •
Frankfort on Maine.... 121%
Berlin.... • • • • •
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • .. 12 30
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 30
Petersburgh, all. Rble.. 37%
Madrid 49%
Cadiz .. 49%
Barcelona .. • • ...
Sevillo•• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••

Venice • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •
Naples ••••••• • • • • • •• 40%
lerrno, peroz— .• 121%
Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 122
Cdsbon• • •• • • •• • • • • •• • • 63%
Oporto— •• •• •• •• •..• •• 53%
Rio Janeiro .• 27%
Buenos Ayres
. . .

New York, 60 daya's!ght

Philadelphia ..

moss OP BULLION, PEZ 01,
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars ••.. • . 0 4 10%
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11%

PEMBROKE, MAY 28.--The Triumph, 77, long
used as a lazaretto at this port, was docked; to-day for the
purpose of being taken to pieces. The Board of Admiralty
have ordered the work to be done by their own men belong-
ing to the dockyard, instead of hiring extra persons, as here-
tofore. The Fame, another 74, long used here as a tempo-
rary marine barracks, is also to be broken up, a precautionary
measure of the utmost importance, as she is, from repeated
" pitchings and tarrings," become such a mass of combustible
matter, that the slightest spark would throw her in a blaze,
and with her, possibly, the whole of this important dock-
yard. She is now only used for a temporary hospital. A
proper infirmary is forthwith to be built for the troops of the
garrison,

GRAND REVIEW OF THE ENROLLED PENSIONERS
BY Till DUKE OP WELLINGTON, LORD GOUGE, &c.—ln
consequence of an order issued from the Adjutant-General's-
office, appointing this day (Saturday) for the grand review
of the enrolled Chelsea Pensioners of the metropolitan dis-
tricts, that event took place this morning, in Hyde Park.
The number of pensioners amounted to 7,800 rank and file.
Precisely at half-past ten o'cleck the line was formed, and
soon atter the Duke of Wellington, Prince Leiningen, Lord
Gough, Lord Fitzroy Somerset (Military Secretary), and
several General and Staff officers arrived, and were received
with the customary military honours, the bands playing the
National Anthem. As soon as Lord Gough was recognized
a simultaneous cheer arose from the assembled veterans. The
line having been inspected, several evolutions were then per-
formed with very great precision, subsequent to which firing
took place. The line was again formed, when another
general salute was given, and the men were marched to their
respective quarters.
POOR-LAW RELlEF.—According to a Parliamen-
tary paper, yesterday printed, there were on the 28th of
February as many as 384,848 persons in Ireland receiving
poor•law relief—comprising 239,682 in workhouses, and j
145,166 out of workhouses.

ROLLS' COURT.-('HIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolls heard petitions and consent cases
to-(l,y, but nothing of the .lighte-t interest exci.,pi t., the
Fa....t:es concerned came before his Luidship during the
morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
ROBSON V. LORD BROUGHAM.

The further arguments in this part-heard case werere-
earned to-day, and occupied the Court the whole morning.
The case came before his Honour upon exceptions to Lord
Brougham's answer on the ground of impertinence. The
plaintiffs are the firm of Robson and Company, of South-street,
Grosvenor-square, coach-makers, who filed their l ill against
the Noble Defendant and Mr. Ellice as executors of the late
Lord Melbourne, for the specific performance of a contract
entered into between Lord Melbourne and the plaintiffs for
the hire of three carriages for seven years from 1848.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGIIT BRUCE. )
His Honour heard cause petitions to-day, but no case
calling for a special report came before the Court during the
morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

The Court sat in Banco and took the Crown paper. The
whole morning was occupied in hearing the case of the
Queen v. the Tithe Commissioners of England and Wales,
which involved a question of tithes, but presented no feature
of interest to justify a detailed report.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Justices Maim; CISESSWILL, and
TALFormtp ; and at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WIL-
LIAMS and a Common Jury.)
The cases which were brought before both the Courts this
morning were entirely uninteresting.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE QUEEN V. POUND AND ANOTHER.
Mr. BALLANTINE applied to the Court for a rule to show
cause why a writ of procedendo should not issue to restore
an indictment, which had been removed from the Old Bailey
into this Court, to its original position. The indictment had
been removed by certiorari, which was granted on an affi-
davit made by the accused parties, stating that the case in-
volved intricate points of law, and they were, therefore,
anxious to have the matter tried in the Queen's Bench,
where they could obtain the assistance of gentlemen emi-
nent at the bar. The affidavit represented that they had
been committed for trial by Mr. Arnold, the police magi-
strate, on a charge of obtaining money under false pre-
tences from a person named Newman; but so farcirom-the
pretence being a false one, the fact was that the one defend-
ant had represented what was really the case, that when the
other defendant attained his majority he would be entitled
to considerable property. Now, so far from this being a
correct version of the false pretence, the truth was that
Pound had obtained between 7001. and 80c1. from Mr. New-
man, by representing himself to be an attorney-at-law, act-
ing for and on behalf of Jenkins, the other defend-
ant, and by producing a spurious document pur-
porting to be the will of Jenkins's father, whereby Jen-
kins would become entitled to 20,0001. on his reaching the
age of 21. It was, however, ascertained that although Jen-
kins's father died leaving a will, it contained no mention
whatever of any such sum as 20,0001., while Pound was
not a solicitor, nor had he any connexion with the legal
profession. The indictment in the case contained two
counts, one of them charging the defendants with obtaining
the money under false pretences, and the other charging.
them with a conspiracy, and it was that portion of the in-
dictment relating to the latter charge which had been re-
moved into this court. The other charge could not be
removed, and it would, therefore, have to be tried at the Old
Bailey, thereby putting the prosecutor to so much trouble
and expense that ultimately the ends of justice might alto-
gether be defeated.
Mr. Justice WrGurmAN asked why the indictment con-
tained the two counts,
Mr. BALLANTINE replied that one of the prisoners was
not present when the false pretence was resorted to, and
the count for conspiracy had been inserted in the indictment,
to prevent his escape on that technical point.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN put it then to the Learned Coun-
sel whether he had not better delay the Old Bailey trial till
the indictment for conspiracy had been disposed of.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, really and truly the defendants had
been committed for the higher offence of obtaining money
under false pretences, and as the case would be tried before
two judges, who had the power of 'reserving any point of law
that might arise for the consideration of the Criminal Court
of Appeal, he did not think it was fair to make the prosecution
liable for the expenses of two trials. The defendants had been
admitted to bail in sureties of 1,0001. each, and themselves in
2,0001. each, and they would have ample opportunities of
getting up their defence at the Old Bailey.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said he would take time to con-
sider the application.

CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEAL.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Baron ALDER-
SON, Mr. Justice PArrEsoii, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, and
Mr. Baron PLATT.)
_ QUEEN V. THE REV. MOORHOUSE JAMES.

The defendant i❑ this case was a clergyman of the Church
of England, and was found guilty of misdemeanour at the
last Liverpool Assizes for refusing to marry Henry Fisher
and Ann Hardman, on the ground that they had not been
confirmed, though they had complied with all the regulations
which the law prescribes as necessary previous to the so•
lemnisation of marriage. At the trial several legal objections
were taken to the indictment and to the nature of the pro-
secution, and on each of those objections an appeal was
allowed to this court by ➢lr. Baron Alderson, before whom
the case was tried.

Mr. Blass, with whom was Mr. Baddeley, was now
heard in support of the appeal, and contended, on
various grounds, that the conviction ought to be quashed.
The main points upon which he founded his arguments were,
first, that if there was a refusal to marry without sufficient
reason it was not an indictable offence, but an offence against
the ecclesiastical law ; and, secondly, that the refusal on the
ground that the parties had not been confirmed, was a re-
fusal which a clergyman of the Church of England was justi-
fied in making. The defendant also availed himself of several
minor reasons in support of his refusal, among which were
that the parties had not made a sufficient demand to be mar-
ried, that they were under age, and had not obtained the
consent of their parents, and that there was no proof of the
church in which the defendant officiated having been regu-
larly appointed for the celebration of marriages. Mr. Bliss, in
the course of his arguments, contended that the fact of a per.
son not having been confirmed was a lawful and sufficient
impediment to the celebration of a marriage by a clergyman
of the Established Church, and with the view of proving this
alluded in detail to the formula of the Church, to the Liturgy,
Rubrick, and Canons, as well as to the opinions of eminent
divines on the subject. From the very nature of things
there was an inherent and necessary power in the officiating
minister in all religious rites, not to administer those rites
unless there was a proper degree of fitness in the persons
who were to receive them, and this was peculiarly so in the
marriage ceremony. There should be grace in the parties who
were to be joined together in holy matrimony, and though
marriage could no longer be considered as a sacrament, it
was a religious act, or "an excellent mystery" as it was
termed, in which no person ought to have the right of parti-
cipating, unless they brought to it a certain degree of fitness
with regard to faith and Christianinstruction. The Learned
Counsel observed, that if the Court did not sanction the view
which he took of the authorities he had quoted, the Church
would be placed in a very singular and unfortunate predica-
ment.

Mr. Cnorduvrox having been heard in support of the con-
viction,
The COURT intimated that it was of opinion that the tech-
nical objections of the defendant, viz., that there was not
proof of a sufficient tender or demand to be married, and that
the indictment did not aver that the parties were legally en-
titled to be married, had been sustained, and accordingly
directed that the conviction should be quashed.
The ArfOANEY.GENERAL, who also appeared on the part
of the Crown, applied to the Court to express an opinion
upon the general question, whether a clergyman was corn-
pelled to marry parties who had not been confirmed.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court did not think it neces-
sary to do so.
Conviction quashed accordingly.