The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

.tE.CAPTURE OF A CONVICT AT WOOLWICH

Edward Griffiths, who escaped !rem Woolwich Dockyard on
the iGill of July last, it was supposed by having put on a
portion of one of the shipwright's canvas coverings when at
work near the Royal Albert, and by that means got out at
the south-east gate when the workmen went to breakfast,
has been apprehended at Liverpool and committed for trial.
No intellig;mce has as yet been received of either of the three
convicts who escaped from the Warrior in the early part of
last week.

NOTTINGHAM, SUNDAY.—Another vacancy will
take place is the representation of this county. it being un-
derstood that Mr. T. Hot .sworth, now M.P. for North
Notts, will retire from i'arlianient at the commencement of
the ensuing session.
STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN WELLS-STREET
CHURCH.—On Friday evening, during the performance of
Divine service at the Church of St. Andrew, Wells-street,
Marylebone, here, as is alleged, Puseyite practices are
adopted to a great extent, the congregation and the officiating
ministers were disturbed irons their solemnities by the flat-
tering about of three little members of the feathered tribe,
attired in a most grotesque manner, against the gas lights,
and falling amongst the congregation. On being captured,
they were discovered to be two goldfinches and a sparrow,
the latter attired as a cardinal, and the former as Kornish
priests. The wag who had performed this not very decorous
trick in a place of worship had added cruelty to his freak, for
the cardinal's hat, as also the priestly vestments of the poor
little birds, had been tightly glued on, so that to release
them the feathers had to be plucked out.
THE LAW or DITORCE.—A Royal Commission is
about to issue to inquire and report upon the whole subject
of the law of divorce—not merely the proceedings in the
Ecclesiastical Courts, but the proceedings in Parliament—
not the divorce a mensei et thoro alone, but the more weighty
and important question of the divorce a vinculo nuttrinzonii,
which troubles many an honest man, and we have no doubt
many an honest woman too. This was precisely one of those
questions which, although palpable to all, yet on which it
Is most expedient, as it is most easy, to collect and con-
dense an overwhelming weight of testimony. The Commis-
sion is chosen from most eminent lawyers and. Members of
both Houses of Parliament. There could not possibly be a
better selection. It will be composed of the following:--
Lord Campbell, Lord Beaumont, Lord Redesdale, Dr. Lush-
ington, Spencer Horatio Walpole, M.P., W. Page Wood
M.P., and the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, At P. ,

THE PLATE ROREERY IN THE STRAND.--The six
prisoners charged with he participation in the robbery of
' Messrs. Williams and Clapham in the Strand, were again
placed at the bar, at the Bow-street Police Court, on Satur-
day, when Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution,
int;mated that he ln:d no further evidence to offer. Upon
Mr. Henry, the presiding magistrate, expressng his inten-
tion to commit for trial, and to have witnesses bound
over to prosecute, it was stated that Mr. Saunders, who had
identified the prisoner Gardner on account of the dog in his
possession, had gone to the Isle of V in consetuence of
the indisposition of a relative. Under these circumstances
it was directed that the prisoners should be remanded again
till Wednesday, when all the witnesses were directed to
attend, with the exception of Inspector Lund, whose pre-
sence is required at the trial of Mr. Sirrell, at Liverpool, and
who entered into the usual recognizance. Buncher and his
wife were permitted to be at large upon their former bail,'
and the application to admit Shaw to bail was again refused.
The Bishop of London has directed the Arch-
deacons of London and Middlesex to visit all the churches
and chapels in which it is alleged that Romish ceremonies
are practised, and to report to him every case in which any
gerentonies or forms are used not authorised by the rubric,
nor sanctioned by established custom.

40M*ODCIRE gLUMWDGB.,---After a careful revision
of 'ihe minypes o the poort of Inquiry held, 'on this iofheerr
at ptyniout.4, we. understand the Lords of the ,-,eidoilralty
hive iilformed hith that not (me of the charges 'Made bp his
'former secretary was -Littstaatiatea., 1it,u19Z).14 gni bt

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