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THE SUN, LONDON TriTIRSDAY EVENING, Jii*Nk b, 1844.

now." The probability unquestionably is, as
the Member for Stockport says, that the Con-
servatives will vote to a man in favour of
the continuance of the corn-laws ; but it is by no
means a matter.of certainty that they will do so, for
after their late extraordinary and unhesitating
changes and tergiversations, at the command of their
Coryphmus) Sir ROBERT PEEL, it is impossible to
speculate on the course of conduct they will be likely
to pursue on any public question of moment. That
they will look pretty sharply after, what they con-
sider to be, their own interests, may be predicated of
them with great safety ; still, as their blind, cringing
obe.lience to their despotic chief, and their horror of
embarrassing him by any decided manifestation of
independence, are apparently stronger feelings with
them than even their own selfish interests, there
is little dct that if the Premier was to de-
clare himself a corn-law repealer, the Conser-
vatives Would instantly declare themselves to the
same effect. Whatever measures he thought fit,
in the plenitude and -profundity of his po-
litical wisdom, to bring forward, his sycophantic
adherents would be sure to stamp with the
seal of their approbation, no matter how absurd or
ruinous it migLt be to the welfare of the community.
Were he even to cashier Lord LYNDHURST, and make
the Devil the keeper of the QUERN'S conscience, we
firmly believe that the Conservatives would hail the
appointment as one of the most moral and virtuous
that could possibly have been made ! As it is not at all
likely, however, after his formal announcement at the
commencement of the session, of his intention to make,
just at present, no further alteration in the corn-laws,
that Sir ROBERT PEEL will support Mr. VILLIERS'
motion on that question, we may fairly presume that
his obsequious party will exhibit equal determination
to make no concession on this point, so that nothing
more will be obtained by the discussion than an
additional proof that the House of Commons represents
the sense of the country to no greater extent than it
did in the days of the boroughmongers. Mr. COBDEN
next proceeded to give an explanation of the reasons
which induced him to give his late vote on the Sugar
question; and remarked, in reference to the present
aspect of affairs in Parliament :—" He was sorry to
say that such was the opinion of political parties
throughout the country, that his belief was that
people cared very little for one party or the other,
and that there was very little to choose between
them." There is but too much truth in this obser-
vation. Both Whigs and Tories have long lost the
confidence of the country—the latter, however, to a
much greater degree than the former—and what is a
still more discouraging sign of the times, is the daily
increasing conviction among the people, that there is
scarcely a public man of any note whose consistency
and disinterestedness may be relied on. For this
general distrust we have, in a considerable measure,
to thank Sir ROBERT PEEL, whose indifference to
principle and resolute adherence to the expediency-
system of government, which have infected a great
majority of the House of Commons, have at length
fully opened the eyes of the public, and taught them
what they may expect—or rather what they may not
expect—from their representatives in Parliament.
We have, however, one consolation. Things cannot
continue much longer in their present state, for it is
the nature of an evil, when once it has attained a
certain height, to generate its own remedy.

pression, has been allowed on all hands to have been
the most signal failure of which Sir ROBERT was ever
guilty, must now form the pleasing occupation of the
miserable majority of Monday night. To reconcile
the respect, the sympathy, or the confidence of the
British people, with the shipwreck it has made of its
public spirit, its moral consistency, and its constitu-
tional independence, will be the more difficult task of
the House of Commons.

Madrid journals of the 12th announce that the bank
of San Fernando had advanced money for the pay-
ment of the next dividend, but no arrangement had
been agreed to between the Finance Minister and the
committee of capitalists.

The Three per Cents. were done at 26/ for cash,
and 27 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 201
at 60 days.

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The discussions in the bureaux of the French Chamber

of Deputies on the Education Bill, have excited much
interest at Paris, and leave little doubt that the ob-
noxious measure will either be materially altered, or
rejected altogether. Most of the journals are opposed
to it, and it does not find even one supporter among
the members of the Committee appointed' by the
Chamber to draw up the report. In the debate
which took place in the Committee on Monday, M.
TIIIERS made a strong attack upon the Jesuits—in
other words, the Church—defended the claims of the
University, and announced his determination to op-
pose the Bill in every legitimate way. Other Mem-
bers also spoke against the Jesuits. Possibly this result
may convince the clergy that they have disclosed
their scheme 'prematurely, and that they must make
more converts among the people, before they can
contend against the State, and also public opinion
throughout France. On this subject the Presse has
the following remarks :—" The ultra-University spirit
yesterday carried off a signal victory, in the nomina-
tion of the Commissioners on the Secondary Instruction
Bill. The nine Commissioners are thus distributed—for
the liberty of instruction, more or less extended,
Messrs. DE TOCQUEVILLE, CARNE, and ODILON
BARROT ; for the University monopoly, Messrs. ST.
MARC GIRARDIN, DE REMUSAT, THIERS, QUINETTE,
and DUPIN. M. DE SALV.kNDY attacked the Bill in
general, without declaring to which side he leant.
The question will, therefore, behold in the opposed
camps the Left Centre, represented by Messrs.
THIERS and REMUSAT, and on the other the
Left, represented by Messrs. ODILON BARROT
and DE TOCQUEVILLE. This result is equiva-
lent to an indefinite adjournment of the solution
of the question ; and we are firmly convinced would
have been altogether different had the clergy—com-
prehending that all agitation on its part must inevit-
ably have the effect of raising up against it old dis-
trusts badly extinguished—abstained from interfering
in the question by means of the daily press."
The quarrel between the French bar and the Pre-
sident of the Courßoyale still continues. M. SEGUIER
will make no apology, and the barristers consequently
refuse to plead, so that public business is en-
tirely at a stand. The subjoined account of what
took place in the Court on Monday appears in Ga-
lignanis Messenger of Tuesday
" Several conferences having taken place between the Pro-
cureur-General, M. Hebert, the Judges of the Cour Royale,
and the Batonnier of the Order of Advocates, with the hope
of bringing about a reconciliation between M. Seguier, the
President, and the bar, of the differences which we have no-
ticed, there was great agitation yesterday morning at the
Palais de Justice, and the first chamber, over which M. Se-
pier pre:ides, was full of advocates in plain clothes, anxious
to learn the result of the steps taken by their council. Messrs.
Chaix d'Estange the Batonnier, Marie, Bethmont, and Lion-
ville, were the only barristers who appeared in their official
costume. At half-past nine the Court sat, and the President
called the first cause, without taking any notice of what had
passed. On this M. Pecan, the avoue, moved that the hear-
ing might be postponed for a week, on account of the absence
of his advocate. This was done, with an announcement that
if there were no pleadings on the part of the suitor, the law
officers of the Crown would be heard. Two other causes
were called, and put off in like manner, to be judged on the
report of the counsellors of the Court. All the rest of the
causes on the list were afterwards deferred for a week, and
the Court broke up."

The conduct of the House of Commons in its two
divisions, on the amendment moved by Mr. PHILIP
MILES on the Sugar Duties Bill, has literally been
marked by "double dealing." In our paper of Tues-
day we showed that, whatever difference of opinion'
might exist as to the proposed amended scale of duty,
suggested by the Hon. Member for Bristol, the vote!
of Friday night last clearly repudiated the scale set
forth by the Government, in the first clause of this!
new Bill. Now the vote of Tuesday night as clearly,
repudiated the amendment of Mr. MILES, and af-
firmed the original proposal of Government. If;
in Committee of the whole House, on the
night of the 14th June, a majority of 20 Members,
out of 462, then present and dividing, determined
that the words which Mr. MILES had called upon
them to expunge, in order to make room for those of
his amendment, should not stand part of the original
clause, it is utterly impossible for men of common
consistency and plain understanding to conceive, to
understand, how, on the night of the 17th, a majority
of 22 members out of 488, then and there sitting—a
similar Committee—could have brought themselves to
decide that the same words should stand part of such
clause. The common sense of such self-contra-
diction is as hard to perceive as its common honesty;
and both the one and the other of these qualities—
if the proceedings adopted really possess them—
it is as hard to detect, as it would be to define the
" privilege of Parliament." Perhaps, of that lex non
scripts that undefined and undefinable right of
violating its own pretensions in any given number of
cases, and vindicating them in any other given num-
ber—that right which insists on slumbering at its
own pleasure in one gallery, and being alive and
militant in another—dead as to the reporters for the
newspapers, alive against all the rest of mankind—of
that right, this title to enact self-stultification may be
part and parcel. But to any other than mere Parlia-
mentary apprehensions, it will be thought to have
resulted, as the affair under our consideration, in
one of the most pitiful exhibitions of vacil-
lating, timid, subservient, puerile, capricious
legislation, ever recorded in the annals of a de-
liberative assembly. How the 20 minority
of Friday expanded into the majority of 22
of Monday, we do not stop to inquire. It may have
been a compromise—it may have been a bargain—it
will never be thought an honest vote. It may have
been a " Quid pro Quo," agreed to be contributed by
one section of the House to her MAJESTY'S Ministers, DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF SAXONY...4ES
in return for the aid afforded by Ministers to that sec- Majesty took leave of the Queen this morning, and
, quitted the
.Metropolis, by the London and Bir-
tion on some former occasion. A condition of iningham railway, for Scotland, wherein his Majesty
things the reverse of this may really account for the
•will make a tour.
strange comment of Monday's division on Friday's Prince Albert left town this morning, to lay
debate, and its consequences. The Ministry may have the foundation-stone of the new building at Eton
agreed to assist the section, in gratitude for former College.
services, by adhering to this one scheme of duty, at The Sacred Harmonic Society have announced a
the risk even of their longer tenure of office. Be performance of Mendelssohn's " St. Paul," on Friday
this as it may—whatever party was to provide the next, the 28th instant, the composer having under-
" Quid pro Quo"—the division lists proclaim clearly taken the task of conducting it.
enough that the 17th of June was the "Day of Dupes ;" TliE SHRIEYALTY.—It is rumoured that Mr. Lau-
tie, the wealthy coachmaker, is to be one of the She-
and we are much mistaken if public opinion does not
riffs for the ensuing year.
pass upon the party comedy enacted at St. Stephen's, ' a
much severer verdict of condemnation than it has RUNNING REIN V. ORLANDO.—There is not the
slightest prospect of the Running Rein trial coming
pronounced on its dramatic contemporary of that on before Monday week.
name at the Haymarket theatre.
PRESENTATION OF THE DUBLIN PETITION ON THE
That Sir. ROBERT PEEL should have brought him- LATE STATE TRIALS.—The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and
self to the intrepid purpose of calling upon the House Corporation of Dublin proceeded in State yesterday
of Commons to cancel, and - abjure, and disavow the to the House of Commons, for the purpose of pre-
solemn decision they had come to, after mature de-
senting the petition of the Dublin Corporation on the
subject of the late State trials in Ireland. Having
bate, in the face of the country, just two-and-seventy presented the petition, his Lordship and the other
hours before; may astonish those who only contrast members took their seats under the strangers' gallery,
the coolness of such a request with the usual deco- where they remained for about an hour, at the end of
w
rous propriety of the most plausible of Premiers. It which time they left the House, and returned in pro-
does not surprise us, who have a lively recollection of cessien*
the frolics of this factory legislator. That Sir Ro-
MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total
purer PEEL should have relied upon the precedent of
number of deaths during the week ending June 15,
was 855—average for the last five years, 946. In the
Lord Ammar's .more manly and straightforward first class of diseases, called zvmotic, which includes
appeal to the Commons, to reconsider their vote for small-pox, measles, scarlatina, &c., there is a consi-
extinguishing the Malt-tax, is intelligible enough, on derable increase, the number being 194, while the
I average is 178. In nearly all the other cases there is
the ground that the egotistical complacency of the
a decrease. Deaths from small-pox are unusually
Right Hon. Member for Tamworth may easily over-
great, the average being 15, while last week they,
look the somewhat startling disproportion of his own amounted to 47, and of these 46 had not been vacci-
popularity in the House to that of the honest Whig 'nated. Among the unvaccinated are reckoned a fe-
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but that the House male' aged 11 months, who was " vaccinated only 10
of Commons, not content with its perilous departure days before death ;" a female, aged 3 years, who had
from sound and constitutional practice, in the case of been " vaccinated 3 times without effect ;" and a male,
aged 6 years, who had been " vaccinated with doubt-
the Malt-tax, and at the prayer of Lord ALTHORP, ful success." Among the vaccinated are included a
should have been induced to hazard a similar experi- male aged 25 years, who " had been vaccinated young
ment, on the motion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, under the —one indifferent cicatrix ;" and a female, aged 23
circumstances of the debate, and the terms and years, who had been " vaccinated when 6 wears old—
object of Mr. MILES'S amendment, is an event that one small cicatrix scarcely perceptible." The deaths
must have mocked all previous anticipations of reason- from this disease, occurred at the following ages':—
able men. We have reason to suppose that it amazed Eleven under 1 year; seventeen, 1-3; three, 3-5 ; seven,
no man so utterly es Six P-10 ; one, 13 ; five, 230 ; and three, 30-40 years.
AbOBERT PEEL himself! Deaths
from consumption, l36—average 147. The
On the merits of the main question between the Go- 5
'following is an analysis of the violent deaths :
vernment scheme of duties and Mr. MILES'S, we do Fracture or contusion by falls, 4 cases; drowning,
not offer, at present, any opinion ; but we cannot
irrelevancy ; its tone of 7 cases, of which 4 were accidents, 1 suicide, and 2
• manslaughter; hanging, 3 cases (suicides); suffoca-
refrain from observing, that if ever aspeech,
by its Lion in bet], case ; and. at birth, 1 case. In the 1
proverty, its feebleness, its
re-
maining cases, respectively, "injury," " manslaughter,"
dictation to one great party; its attempted intimida- " murder," the means by which death was caused are
tion of another, by a hollow menace of resigning not stated—total, 19 cases. The thermometer was
office in the event of defeat to the Ministerial project ; "Tuesday,
on Thursday, the 13th-83.1; and lowest on
was calculated to ruin the cause it was meant to ad- "Tuesday, the 11th, 47.5 degrees. The total amount
vocate, it was the lamentable address of the Right of rain for the week is marked at the unusally low I
syyt, the Duke of Wellington is stated fo.rhave
Honourable Baronet to the Committee on Monday degree of 00.2.
last. To reconcile its own concurrence in such a LI In the account of the Waterloo banquet in The
gig e
sacrifice of consistency. and opinion to the deficiencies, of esterd
the health of Colonel Macdonald It should have
Caesura Sir James Macdonell.
a plea that, in all respects of force, argument, and ex- been Lieutenant-

The Message; publishes two dispatches from the
Duke D'AUMALE, giving an explanation of the un-
fortunate affair of Biscara, and casts some blame on
the officer who had command of the small garrison ;
while the National attributes the calamity entirely to
the negligence or imprudence of the Duke himself.
"Before accusing M. PETIGAUD," says that journal,
"the Duke D'AuAtaLm should have begun by justify-
ing himself from the fault which he had previously
committed, in allowing himself to be surprised in an
attack which he neither knew how to foresee nor pre-
vent, and in which a great number of our soldiers
were killed through the want of skill of their too
young general. Let each be judged according to his
deeds."

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY,

THE BARON DE BODE v. THE QUEEN,-ON A PETITION ON RIGHT.
This case was specially appointed for trial at bar to-day.
Shortly after ten o'clock Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Pattison,
Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Coleridge took their
seats on the bench. Several eminent foreign counsel were in
attendance. On the Judges taking their seats, the case was
'called on, and a jury sworn.
Mr. MELLOR opened the pleadings, and
Mr. Hrnn proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the
Baron de Bode, and in favour of the petition of right. In the
course of the address he should have to make to the jury, it
would become hisduty toexplainthe nature of the proceeding
which they were called upon that day to consider; but before
doing so he would make a few observations, as introductory
to the case. He thought it was almost impossible that any gen-
tleman on the jury should not have heard of the case of the
Baron de Bode. They must have seen his name frequently
in the newspapers; and that very circumstance, he felt no
doubt, would induce the jury to look well into the merits of
the claim. Eleven years ago the case of the Baron de Bode
was investigated by Sir Thomas Wilde. At that time he lost
his seat as a Member of Parliament, and he, Mr. Hill, ob-
tained one ; and in consequence of that, he was re-
quested by Sir Thomas Wilde to study and advocate
this great case, and after that investigation he was every day
more convinced of the soundness of the claim, and of the in-
justice, the cruel injustice, done to the Baron de Bode. The
present Baron was a claimant under the treaty of 1814, be-
tween England and France, by which the French Govern-
ment set apart a sum of seven millions for the satisfaction
of the claims of English subjects who had been spoliated
during the time of the French revolution ; and the Baron
was one of those who had been spoliated. Now with re-
spect to the history of the case—it was this :—the father of
the present Baron was a noble of the German Empire, and
had no connexion with France. Early in life, however, he
entered into . the French service, but he still
remained a foreigner, or native of Germany; in
1775, the Baron came to England and married an English
lady, in which country the present Baron de Bode was born
at Luksley-park. The Baron entered the French army, and
attained the rank of Colonel in the Nassau regiment. In
1787, he possessed a lease of certain salt works at Soultz in
Lower Alsace. It was necessary to spend considerable sums
of money on these salt works to make them available. The
Lords of Soultz had formerly been independent, but prior to
the time of Charlemagne, the Lord of Soultz, like many other
Eetty Sovereigns, placed himself under the protection of the
lector of Cologne, reserving to himself all his independent
rights, but engaging to perform military service to the pro-
tecting power, who, on the failure of issue male, had a right of
making a presentation of the Lordship of Soultz to some
other person in the same terms. At the end of the thirty
years' war, Alsace was ceded to France by the Emperor. The
Emperor giving up all that he had a right to give up and
no more. The Baron of Fleckenstein, Lord of Soultz, was
by name excepted from this treaty, except that politically he
was united to France. If he sought for justice, he was to
seek it in the Imperial Chamber, and the succession to Soultz
was to be regulated by the laws of the empire. The treaty
of Nimeguen re-established the treaty of Munster, which was
again confirmed by the treaty of Ryswick, and various other
treaties—more particularly by the treaty of 'Versailles in
1783. At this time the 'Baron de Bode became connected
with Soultz. The house of Fleckenstein had become extinct
in 1720, and the French house of Soubise Rohan was pre-
sented to it by the Archbishop Elector of Cologne, and
that family possessed it at the time Baron Charles de Bode
became connected with the property. The Rohan who pos-
sessed the estate was without heirs, and the Baron Charles
de Bode used all his influence to become the successor of the
Rohan family. A considerable portion of his wife's property
was expended in douceurs to persons to interest themselves
on his behalf, and the Baron Charles became possessed of the
Lordship of Soultz. He derived a revenue from his vassals,
who held under him, and there were great mineral riches on
the property ; there were salt mines, asphalte mines, petro-
leum mines, and coal mines. Part of the land had been re-
stored to the Baron by the French Parliament, but he
claimed compensation for having been deprived of his pro-
perty so long, and for the portion he had lost. Before the
Baron Charles had completed building his mansion, the Re-
volution broke out. The Baron Charles had taken care, be-
fore that period, to leave his son, the present claimant, in-
vested as his successor. At the commencement of the French
Revolution the English were the most popular of all foreign-
ers ; and as the present claimant was an Englishman by birth,
and an English subject, it occurred to the Baron Charles that
it would be better he should abdicate the land, which he had
the power to do, in favour of his son. This was in the year
1791, the Baron Henry being 14 years of age. The Baron
Charles administered the property in the name of his son up
to the year 1793. In the October of that year, the father and
son, in order to avoid the fury of the revolution, determined
to quit Alsace for Germany, and their property was seized
and confiscated as the property of emigrants. Great spolia-
tion was committed on the property. The Baron de Bode
ultimately took refuge in Russia, and the present claimant
entered the Russian army, and again saw Alsace, when,
along with the victorious army, he pursued the French across
the Rhine, and was present at the treaty of Paris. By that
treaty it was provided that France should, from time to time,
advance sufficient money to pay in full all English subjects
who had been sufferers by undue and unjust confiscations.
The French Government had fulfilled that treaty with strict
honour and unexampled liberality. The fund was immedi-
ately set apart by the French Government, and the sufferers
were entitled to the interest of the money until the claims
were finally settled. A mixed commission had ascertained
the probable amount of these claims, and the French Govern-
ment transferred 6,000,000/. to the English Government on
those terms. The English Government undertook to satisfy
all claims in full. If any surplus were left it was to be the
property of the English Government ; if there were
any deficiency the English Government was to make it good.
It was enacted that no claim should be admitted unless sent
in within three months. Unfortunately no officer was ap-
pointed to receive these claims. The Baron de Bode sent in
his claim by means of the French Ambassador, the Duke de
Richelieu, who, thinking the Baron was a French subject, had
omitted to insert the Baron's name on the register. The
Baron came to England and consulted Sir S. Romilly, who
convinced the Duke de Richelieu that the Baron was a British
subject ; but unfortunately his name did not appear in the
register, and therefore he was not within the Act of Parlia-
ment. This, however, did not vitiate his claim. All the
effect would have been, that if the Commissioners had refused to
hear his claim, he could not have come to the Court of Queen's
Bench for a mandamus. His claim, however, was admitted
by the Commissioners, and he came to England in 1819.
Three years elapsed. before he.was called upon by the Com-
missioners to substantiate his claim. Now, under the cir-
cumstances of the case, it . was adding injury to insult
to insist upon the same strict proof as would be required in
a court of justice; yet, with an ignorance as lamentable
as it was ridiculous, these Commissioners required from the
Baron de Bode, in the greatest possible haste, the production
of certain documents, which, by the law of the country, he
never could have had in his possession, and of others which
had been destroyed by the spoliations of his property, and,
under these circumatances, the Cornmissioners rejected his
claim. In other cases, on the prediiction of fresh evidence,
the Commissioners had 'opened their award, and allowed
claims which they had before rejected, but that which had
been granted to others was refused to the Baron de Bode. It
could not be on account of the amount of his claim, for claims
of a larger amount than his had been admitted after previous
rejection. He could conceive reasons for this, but as he was
without proof, he would hot further allude to them. The
case was brought before the House of Commons successively
by Mr. Littleton and Mr. Stanley, now Lord Stanley. It was
met by assertions the most preposterous. He, himself, then
brought it forward, and was counted out; In the next ses-
sion, by the help of Sir F. Pollock; le procured a Committee
for investigation, and it was thought- right by the House of
Commons to let in a flood of litigant claimants to oppose
the Baron on the ground that his . claim if. admitted would
exhaust the whole surplus, and thus the affair was protracted
until nearly the close of the.session; when the Committee re-
ported that the case was nearly completed, and that if they
were re-appointed in the following session, they would be able
to make a report. That Committee required the production
of documents, which, with great sacrifices, the Baron pro-
cured; and having reduced the Baron to absolute starva-
tion, they refused to re-establish the Committee, and never,
in the course of his reading, had he, except once, read
of such a shameful proceeding as this refusal, and that was
the decree of Robespierre, that the trial of the Girondists
should come to an end, whether the evidence were finished
or not. The Commissioners considered that the cession of
the lands to the claimant was a form to deceive the French
Government, and therefore rejected the claim. It was not a
thing done in a corner, nor with the purpose of deceiving;
but that was a mere question of six years' income ; for ad-
mitting that cession was not valid, he would succeed as heir
to his father, who died in 1797, and as it was
discovered that the Baron de Bode's claim had never
been investigated upon its merits, it was determined to
apply to this Court for a mandamus to the Lords of the
Treasury to liquidate the claim ; but, as the amount of the
claim had not been ascertained, that application was unsuc-
cessful. There remained one resource open. The law has
provided that the subject shall have iiedress even
against the Crown, by petition of right. A subject having a
claim against the Crown petitions that right may be done.
The Queen, under the sign manual, endorsed the writ " Let
right be done," and the writ was returned to the Court of
Chancery. A commission issued; a jury was impanelled in
the year 1842, and witnesses were examined. If the Crown
had thought proper to appear, the case might have concluded
at that time ; but the law officers of the Crown did not think
proper to appear; they rather chose to take advantage of
the chances of a rehearing. The jury found for the Baron
to the amount of between 300,00 W. and 400,0001. In
Europe it was believed that an English jury had 'com -
polled the Government to do justice, but the Govern-
ment had no idea of paying the money. They deter-
mined to have the case tried again. The Crown refused to
give the Baron any facilities for investigation, but if the ob-
ject was to stifle investigation they would be disappointed, for
the Baron's witnesses were in Court to prove his right. The
Crown chose to traverse, that was to deny every fact of the
casd; and they had moreover, which was to him a matter of
unmixed astonishment, chosen to plead the Statute of Limita-
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the Board-room, and there lay down across the door-way, so
as to prevent ingress or egress. It required the united exer-
tions of three persons to remove him. He was a very bad
character, and continually drunk. He had been expelled
from the workhouse for creating a spirit of insubordination
among the paupers, whom he told not to work.
Police constable Jackman deposed that he took the pri-
soner into custody. He was drunk and disorderly, and offered
to treat witness in several public-houses on their way to the
station-house.

The prisoner was sentenced to find bail for his good be-
haviour for a month, two sureties in 10/. each.

MONE YANI) COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day, and prices were Ad. per lb. higher than Friday. Sales
10,000 bales, about one-third to speculators.—Shares were
rather better, and a fair business was done Birmingham and
Gloucester were 931; Grand Junction, 220; Great Western,
121 ; Ditto, Half, 771; Birmingham, 219 to 2181 ; Ditto,
Thirds, 36 ; South Western, 861; Midland Counties, 931 ;
North Midland, 931; South Eastern, New, 11 ; Lyons and
Avignon, 2L 3s. 6d ; Paris and Lyons, 31; Ditto and Rouen,
38 ; Orleans and Tours, 21.
The Swift brings the mails from Rio de Janiero, with dates
to the 29th April, and from Pernambuco of the first fort-
night in May. The Brazilians do not appear in the least
to trouble themselves concerning the treaty with this country,
which expires in the course of the present year,
conceiving probably that with our present scale of duties
they are on the best side of the hedge if they allow it to
lapse, and throw themselves open to the general trade of the
world : not that our custom is a matter to be de-
spised, but that the terms upon which we give it
render it of less moment, in comparison with that which
might arise from the establishment of a livelier trade with
other Powers of Europe. After having so long received in-
different advices from Rio, our merchants are gratified at the
improved tone of their letters by the last and present arrival, and
which it is hoped may continue, as, upon the prosperity of the
Brazilian traders themselves depends not only the extent of
our intercourse, but, perhaps more than with many other
countries, the punctuality of the remittances, since it must be
admitted that on this ground, if not at present, at least, not
many years since, there was great cause of complaint.
The ship arrivals bring no late letters.
The public securities have been firm again to-day, business
being, however, rather slack. Consols for the opening rea-
lised 984 to 98f, and Exchequer Bills are at the premium of
735. to 755. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
obtain 1018 to 102,. and the Three per Cents. 98i to 99A.
Bank Stock has been nominally at 1971 to 198.
There has been very little doing in the Foreign invest-
ments. Spanish Active Bonds are marked 231 to 23a and
the Three per Cents. 341 i to 35, being previous rates. Por-
tuguese Converted Stock has been at 46i to 47. Mexican
Bonds have been steady at 34i to The next
West India mail will not bring any news from
that quarter ; and, consequently, the Bonds will
be left to mere local influences. The Spanish dividend, it is
now confidently stated, will be paid in due course, though
not yet advertised, and it is apparently upon this presump-
tion that the purchases of the stock have been made. Colom-
bian Bonds have been quoted 124 to 12i; and Brazilian are
without alteration; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. ob-
tain 611.
The Railway Shares have been rather better.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
S per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lO2
3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities . .......... 101% 102
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12%
Consols for Account 98%34
Exchequer Bills, 15id. I%d
1,0001.
5001...».».»....»........... 75 pm.
Ditto Small... ...........
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

--- — --
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .......... ~...- 36
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent, 1033%
Columbian Bonds
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent . ...........
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 23%
Ditto for the Account. 23%
Ditto Three per Cent. ........ ...........
Ditto for the Account 34
Dutch 23% per Cents 61%
_. _

justice so long that you must submit to it for ever ?"
How strange it was that men should make use of this plea
on behalf of the Crown, while under similar circumstances
they would be ashamed of making use of such a plea for
themselves. Where did it come from? Not from the Soli-

- -
citor-General, he had CeenTi;;;"shOTi a time in office. Not
from the Attorney-General, he well knew that there was no
limitation to the petition of right. Not from Sir Frederick
Pollock, he had admitted the rights of the Baron de Bode.
He could not even say that it was at the instigation of the
Devil, for he had had the satisfaction of knowing that gen-
tleman---LHere Mr. Hill, amidst much laughter, turned and
bowed, to Mr. Waddington]—for many years, and he
would not forfeit his friendship even on account
of that plea, which, however, was innocuous, for there
was no limit to a petition of right. It was pleaded, thirdly,
that the cause of action bad occurred before the reign of the
present Queen. Yes, and before the life of the present
Queen. For thirty years had the Baron de Bode been seek-
ing in vain for justice. Would the jury refuse it him ? Would
they consult the miserable pecuniary profit of their country
rather than her honour? If ever there was a case to (ask a
jury for favour it was this. But he did not ask for favour for
the Baron de Bode; he only asked for justice.
The Learned Counsel having concluded his opening speech,
several witnesses were called to prove the statements. made
by him, and a variety of documentary evidence was put in and
read. The case had not concluded when we went to press. j

CLERK.ENWELL.--- (THIS DAY.)
Edmund Jones, a carpenter, was charged with having been
drunk and creating a disturbance in the Board-room of St.
Sepulchre's workhouse.
Mr. Bickell Stanley, one of the overseers, deposed that
on the previous evening the prisoner came to the workhouse
in a state of intoxication, and having been desired to leave,
became riotous.

Mr. Andrew Andrews, another of the overseers,. deposed
that in consequence"of the prisoner having been so disorderly,
he was directed to go into the yard at the workhouse, but
instead of doing so, he rushed into the passage leading into

Ditto for the Account
Dutch 5 per Cents.... ..... . ........ .... ..........
Ditto for the Account lOO%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. Rd.
Great North of England IOO
Great Western
Ditto 34 Shares
London and Birmingham. lOO .218
London and Brighton 5O 41% to
London and South Western ...... 41%
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... ..... 106 to
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21
North Midland
Ditto 34 Shares
L... to
Norwich and Brandon
%
South Eastern and Dover ......... 32 34%% ... to
York and North Midland . ..... ... 50 .... 121%
Ditto % Shares 25 60%% ... to .
Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1
Paris and Orleans 2O 38%3/4 ... to
Parisand Rouen ..... ........ ....... .... 20
Rouen and Havre. 8
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 19.—Our mar-
ket is somewhat quieter than yesterday, without alteration
in prices :—Eastern Counties, lli ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 1,
325. 4d., 325. 10d., 325. 41; Manchester and Leeds, Quar-
ters, 84; North British, 2*; Blackburn and Preston, 4; Shef-
field and Mancheiter, Quarters, 11 3-16.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 197 Indian Stock. • pm.
3 per Cent. Red 99 Ditto Bonds - pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. ...... ...... 119 ' Ditto Old Annuities
314 per Cont. Red lO2 ,Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. liid ... 75 pm.
New 5 per Cent. .........
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 75 pm.
Jan 1860 l23{ Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 Consols for Acct vs%
Jan. 11.60 lndia Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent 10434 Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent -
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.,. 36 Russian, 5 per Cent —
Chllian, 6 per Cent 10334 Ditto, Metallic
Volombian, 6 per Cent ...... 12% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23%
Ditto, 1824 ....... ............... .. Ditto, 3 per Cent 34%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, IS 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent . ..... ... French, 3 per Cent. --f. --c
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... Dutch, 2% per Cent 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 27 Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO%
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)
Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid
Eastern Counties (t,3 ioraid)
Ditto Registered (8165 8d paid)
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s. 4d. paid
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Hull and Selby, 50 paid 59%
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Lonion and Brighton (50 paid)
Midland Counties (100 paid) 93%
North Midland (100 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 40 paid
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7 %
South Eastern and-Dover (33 Vs 4d paid) ...
York and North Midland (50 paid) l'2l
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)

ST. STEPHEN'S WALBROOK.
(THIS DAY.)
STATE OF THE CHURCH.
A vestry meeting was day held in the vestry-room of
St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for the purpose' 9f taking into con-
sideration the dilapidated state of the Chard: and other
matters.
The Rev. Dr. CROLY, D.D., took the chair and said—that
the meeting had been called in consequence of the state of the
church in which they were then assembled. They were all
aware that one of the large windows of that church had re-
cently fallen in. He was happy to say that they were not
at that moment stained with the blood of any of their fellow
citizens—they were happily not at that moment
called upon to attend a coroner's inquest to
account for extraordinary negligence which amounted
almost to criminality. But such might have been the case.
When the window fell into the street, no one, at the moment,
was present. He might say that this was most providential,
seeing that underneath the window was a spot where per-
sons frequently congregrated, and the absence of persons in
that part of the street at the time the accident occurred, was
only to be accounted for by its having happened just at the
moment when a shower of rain was falling. Had the window
fallen an hour before, that street might have been strewed
with lifeless bodies. Such was the heavy material of which
the window was composed, that had it fallen down when
persons were in the street, it would have been impossible
for many of them to have escaped without being,
if not killed, at least, seriously woutaled. This was
a warning to them to prevent such an accident again
occurring. A letter had lately appeared in one of the papers,
stating that steps had been taken to repair the church. That
letter purported to come from their late—he would not call
him their present—churchwarden. He (Dr. Croly) had been
so much struck with what appeared to be the reality of that
letter, that he immediately made inquiries, and found that
the keys of the church had not been given up by the person
who usually kept them. He therefore concluded that the
letter which he had seen was founded on an extraordi-
nary error. The next day, however, another state-
ment appeared, and such was the appearance of that
letter also, that he was at a loss to know which of the two
was genuine. The letters were similar in form, and bore the
same name, and he really was quite at a loss to know which
was the real Simon Pure.—(Laughter.) But, however, he
would say no more on that subject. One thing was quite
clear, that the present state of the church could not continue.
—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the parishes were anxious
to come to any arrangement which looked like a fair settle-
ment of the matters in dispute. The state of the church
he believed was such that it was not fit for the
congregation to assemble in it.—(Hear, hear.) This was not
a personal question at all, and he thought it would be well
for Mr. Alderman Gibbs and his brother churchwardens—if
'Churchwardens they could be called—to lay a statement
before the parishioners which could be submitted to counsel
or any body else, so as to bring the whole matter to a final
settlement. He thought Mr. Alderman Gibbs in the first
instance, ought to resign—(Hear, hear)—and leave the
church to them, and he (Dr. Croly) felt that every negotia-
tion between Alderman Gibbs and the parish would be con-
ducted in a spirit on the part of the parish of fairness, justice,
and even oiltedulgence—that indulgence which ought to be
shown to a man who found himself in difficulties, out of which
he could not extricate himself—(Hear, hear.) The Alder-
man'could not desire to be churchwarden for ever and ever.
It was the duty of a churchwarden to render his accounts
every year.—(Hear, hear.) He (Dr. Croly) did not ask whe-
ther-Alderman Gibbs had done that or not. The vestry were
able to satisfy themselves on that point. His next duty was
to attend to the repairs of the church.(Hear, hear.) Whe-
ther Mr. Alderman Gibbs had done this was a matter into
which he (Dr. Croly) would not enter, although he thought
facts spoke pretty strongly on the subject.—( Hear, hear.)
The next duty of the churchwarden was to take care that
all payments necessary to the support of the church,
and other matters connected with the parish, should be
made good within the year. Whether this had been done in
St. Stephen's Walbrook was a question. The next duty of
the churchwarden was to take care that the parish did not
get into debt to anybody ; and whether all these duties had
been performed byAlderman Gibbs he (Dr. Croly) left it to the
vestry to decide. But another duty which a churchwarden
had to perform was that of being present on a Sunday in the
parish church during the solemnisation of Divine service.
It was his duty to be there as the protector of the congrega-
tion. ,Hej(Dr. Croly) was unwilling to speak of Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs's conduct in this respect from obvious per-
sonal reasons. Probably Mr. Alderman Gibbs did not at-
tend because the parishioners were not sufficiently sanc-
tified for him—(Laughter)—or that he was such a pro-
found theologian that their form of worship was not deep
enough for him. During the last two years Mr. Ald. Gibbs
had only been present once or twice, when he (Dr, Croly)
had written to him to attend on the occasion of a charity
sermon being preached.
A PARISHIONER—TO receive the money perhaps.
Dr. Criorx—Certainly.- Alderman Gibbs took the money—
(Laughter)—it was the churchwarden's duty to receive
-it. Why Alderman Gibbs should remain in an office
so distasteful to him he (Dr. Croly) could not under-
stand.—(Hear.) It was desirable, however, that this matter,
respecting which they were met, should not be allowed to
linger any longer. It was desirable that repairs should be
done to the church. He thought the first step to be taken
towards an amicable arrangement was for Mr. Alderman
Gibbs to resign ; and after that, that the church should be
closed for a certain period for the purpose of having a tho-
rough survey, not merely of the windows and tower, but of
the roof, and every other part of the building. He thought
this ought to be done immediately ; for, next Sunday, if
there should be the smallest indication of any portion of the
church giving way, the consequences might be most frightful,
as an immediate rush would be made by all the congregation
out of the church. This was the suggestion he had to make,
and he would, therefore, leave the matter in the hands of the
meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then read the following letter, which he
had received that morning :
" Sir,—ln consequence of your note, I have attended at the
church, and have inspected the tower. It appears that the
border of the window in the inner side of the tower had been
filled in with glazed lead lights in lieu of couvre boarding,
as is the case with the other three windows in the east,
south, and west side of this part of the tower. These lead
lights caused an obstruction to the passage of the wind through
the tower in that direction, and from this circumstance, and
also in consequence of the decayed condition of the lead
lights, and of the iron work by which they were secured to
the masonry, the wall work of the window was forced out-
wards. It will be necessary that the window on the northern
side of the tower should be protected, either with a strong
frame or a couvre board and lead lights properly secured
It is also necessary that the frame and louvre boarding of the
three other windows should be repaired forthwith. I also re-
commend that the stone balusters round the other part of the
tower should be secured, and that any portion of the stone
ornaments which may be found loose should be removed.
Scaffolding should be fixed for.the purpose of a proper exa-
mination of the other parts of the masonry, which I will direct
on receiving instructions to that effect.
'" I am, &c. (Signed) "JOHN GRIFFITHS."
Mr. Roo( said, that Mr. Alderman Gibbs had expressed
his intention of not defending the Chancery suit respecting
the churchwardenship ; and, therefore, the only question be-
tween the parish and Mr. Alderman Gibbs, was a question of
accounts. If Mr. Gibbs, therefore, would produce an honest
account, such an account as an honest man would pass, the
parish would accept it; nor would they scrutinise them too
minutely, or consider whether the Lord Chancellor would re-
ceive them or not. Their object was not to punish Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs, but to provide against the future.—(Hear.)
Mr. FLIGHT said that no official information had been re-
ceived by the legal adviser of the vestry from Alderman
Gibbs' legal adviser, that Mr. Alderman Gibbs did not intend
to defend the Chancery suit ; and therefore they must con-
sider that it was proceeding.
Mr. Rocx said they had received the information from a
respectable person. He thought it would be well for the
Rector to make a specific proposition respecting this matter
himself.
The CHAIRMAN repeated his former suggestion, and added
that their first grand object was to get rid of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs.----(Cheers.)
After some conversation it was proposed that Mr. Gibbs
and Mr. Whittaker should be called on to meet Messrs.
Rock and Flight, to come to some determination on the.
question of repairing the church.
Mr. FLIGHT objected to this, and suggested that, as the
validity of the election of the new churchwarden would be
tried in the course of a fortnight in a court of law, it would
be well to leave the consideration of this subject until after
that time.
_ Mr. Wifisrutt said he believed there was property avail-.
Able for the necessary repairs, amounting to 8001. a year, and
that had been stated in 1840 to Mr. Alderman Gibbs, but he
had not thought proper to make any reply, further than by
sending a specification of repairs, amounting to about 2,000/.,
at the end of three years. With respect to the motion
under consideration, he should strongly object to two persons
chosen by the parish acting in unison with two other persons
whom the parish did not recognise.
Fir. BRANDRUM said he would not meet the persons re-
ferred to.
Mr. ROCK said his proposition had been made in the
'spirit of peace, and not because he wished to appear in
the unwonted position of the eulogist of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs. It was absolutely necessary that the church should
be repaired, in order that public worship might continue
to be celebrated in the church, and this was the main
object to be kept in view.—(llear, hear.) He thought it
quite possible for Mr. Flight and himself to meet Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs and Mr. Whittaker, to discuss this subject, with-
out entering in the least into any question of right. There
seemed to be some difficulty in the churchwarden of St. Ben-
net's meeting them, on account of come funds on which that
parish made a claim.
Mr. BRANDRUM said his conviction was that that parish
was liable to a third of all the expenses.
After a short conversation, the motion was withdrawn.
The CHAIRMAN said he thought they ought not to sepa-
rate without coming to some resolution. It was not sate for
the church to continue in its present state, and lie trusted
that the vestry would relieve him from the responsibility
under which he felt himself to be placed. They must at
least say whether the church should be closed or not.
Mr. Roc( observed, that according to law, the spiritual
court might excommunicate every inhabitant of the parish
if the church was left unrepaired.
Mr. WILLIAMS then proposed, " That in consequence of
the obvious dilapidations of the church tower, and the proba-
ble dilapidations of other portions of the church ; it is abse
lutely necessary to close the church of St. Stephen's, Wal-
brook from this day until further 'notice."
Mr. HENRY ROCK having seconded the motion, it was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. flutters moved, and Mr. How= seconded, a motion
for adjourning the vestry until that day three weeks, at
eleven o'clock, which was carried with one dissentient.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, after
which the vestry dispersed

THE JIM CROW PARLIAMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlN—Coke gives the following names to different Pat,
liaments, viz.:-
42d Henry lll.—lnsanum Parliamentum.
12th Edward IL—The Parliament of Whitebands.
sth Edward lll.—Parliamentum bonum.
10th Richard ll.—Parliamentum quod fecit mirabilia.
21st Richard H.—Magnum Parliamentum.
6th Henry IV.—Parliamentum indoctum.
4th Henry Vl.—Parliamentum fustium.
14th Henry VIII.—The Black Parliament.
3d Charles I.—Benedictum Parliamentum.
Perhaps you will allow me to suggest that the present
Parliament be denominated so as hereafter to be known in
history as

THE JIM CROW PARLIAMENT.
It will only be for historians to point to the different divi-
sions on the Factories Bill and the Sugar Duties Bill, in order
to explain the appellation.—l am, Sir, yours obediently,
Ilfracombe, June 19, 1844. D.

VICTORIA PARK.—The chief delay in the com-
mencement of operations for the new park having been from
iix of the proprietors of land holding out against the Govern-
lent award, the cases will be assessed in a few days at the
tietiffle Cdtirt.-- The -tenants' of the houses -on -the site of
the park have received notice to quit on Michaelmas-day, and
those of the land, now the property of the Crown, will give
up peeeeeeiert on the let of Octeber.