The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

THE NORTH WALES ADDRESS

AGAINST THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.
(From the Carnarvon Herald)
We have elsewhere inserted a leading article from
The Sun newspaper of Thursday se'nnight, in which
most honourable recognition is taken of the course
that Bangor and Carnarvon have pursued with re-
spect to the present movement against the aggressions
of the see of Rome.

In fairness, however, the praise of our metropoli-
tan contemporary applies rather to Bala, Corwen, and
other places i❑ North Wales, than to Carnarvon : for
the petition, quoted as a proof that this part of the
principality has taken the lead in pointing out the true
and proper means of lessening the evil complainedof,
was simultaneously adopted in Bangor, and the two
other localities, whilst the Carnarvon petition was
silent on the educational views which form the staple
of the other.

It is to the untirirg indefatigable energy of a
writer well-known to The Sun newspaper, as a cor-
reßpondent under the signature of an " Old Reformer,"
that the petition referred to is indebted for its being ;
and the adoption of that petition so generally in the
towns of Northern Wales, must be truly gratifyin'g
to all persons who can love Protestantism, and seek
its conservation and extension, withont indulging in
hitter feelings against those who adhere to the faith of
the Church of Rome.

That our journal has been made the instrument
organ, and exponent, of views so sound, practical,
and beneficial, is a fact of Which we have no small
reason to be proud : and we can assure our metropo-
litan "brother of the quill," that Wales is behind no
part of the United Kingdom in every patriotic and
well-directed public movement.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES.-Mr. Baron
Alderson arrived by the six o'clock railway train, on
Saturday evening, and proceeded direct to the court-
house, in Chapel-street, where the commission was for-
mally opened. The Learned Judge then adjourned the
court until ten o'clock on the following Monday
(this) morning. Yesterday his Lordship attended
Divine service at St. George's Church. The sermon
was preached by the chaplain and son of the High-
Sheriff. Mr. Baron Alderson arrived in. town unac-
companied by any other of the Learned Judges, and it
is said that his colleague, Mr. Justice Coleridge, is pre-
vented from attending through indisposition, and that
his place will be supplied by Mr. Justice Talfourd, who
will preside at the Nisi Prius Court, but, of course,
for the trial of criminal cases, the present assize
being merely one of general gaol delivery. The
calendar contains the names of 111 prisoners. One of
the first cases to be tried, and relative to which consi-
derable interest is manifested, will be that of Mr.
William Threlfall (postponed from last assizes) for
extensive commercial forgeries. It is said that no fewer
than thirty-five witnesses will be called for the prose-
cution. The cases, generally speaking, will prove dull.
Amongst the trials likely to be the most interesting
are those of Edward Moran, an officer of the Tib-
street establishment, for manslaughter; Mr. Henry Black-
hurst, an attorney at Preston, for an alleged forgery of
his late wife's will; Wm. Smith, for manslaughter, by
cawing the explosion of a steam-boiler at Mr. Pooley's
works; M'Cauley and Sirrell (the London silversmith),
the one for stealing and the other for feloniously receiv-
ing a quantity of jewellery and plate; and Gregory, Hot-
lane, and Pinalutt, for the dying burglary and highway
robberies in Hulme.—Liecrpool Albion of Monday.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN MACPHERSON GRANT, BART.
-It is our painful duty this morning to record the death of
one of the most patriotic and most valued of our countrymen.
:•ir John Macpherson Grant, Bart., of Ballindalloch, was
struck with paralysis on Saturday last, and died on Monday,
in the 47th year of his age. Though not robust, the de-
ceased gentleman had for some time enjoyed his usual health,
aol the blow was as unexpected as it is lamentable. Since
his accession to the patrimonial estate, about four years ago,
Sir John Grant has lived in Ballindalloch, and has fully
carried out the improvements projected and commenced by
his father, Sir George, the first baronet. The deceased
baronet was one of the three members not appointed ex
officio
of the board of supervision for the relief of the poor in Scot-
land an office to which his father, Sir George Grant, had
been nominated by the Government on the first institution
of the board in 1840. The loss of such a man is not easily
replaced. He will long be lamented in Strathspey as the
hospitable gentleman, the best of landlords and neighbours,
the farmer's friend, and the benefactor of his country.— Edin-
burgh Colount of Thursday.