The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS.

Those who wish to understand the deplorable
condition into which the University of Dublin
has fallen, may refer with perfect confidence to
an Irish letter which appeared in the Times of
yesterday. We will go ffirther, and tell his Ma-
jesty's Ministers that if they are in want of some
authority on which they might implicitly depend,
-for intelligence at once discriminatina, dispas-
sionate, comprehensive, and religiously true, re-
specting the general state of Ireland, or any one
or more questions embraced within it, they can
do nothing more profitable to themselves or to
their country, than by reading the communica-
tions of this our valuable correspondent, and
acting on a conviction of his judgment and inte-
o-rity. We have no base end to answer by
offering such advice. Separated from Ireland,
from her miserable distractions, and from all de-
finite interest, except as subjects of the empire
at large, in their consequences, we !save no
hopes nor fears for Ireland, beyond what coms
mon humanity must suggest to all Christian
spectators of her long-protracted sufferings, save
only—and they are not feelings to be ashamed
of—such hopes or fears as must come home
to every Englishman, when he beholds in
the ever-shifting, though never unclouded,
aspect of Irish politics, the index of some
terrible convulsion, the issue of which must be
life or death to British prosperity and power.—
It is, therefore, with sentiments towards Ireland
akin to those which must be presumed to actuate
the minds of an honest English Minister, that
we pray the King's Government to consult the
opinions of individuals residing on the spot,
equally independent of office, of Orange club, of
faction, and of Popery ; whose means of infor-
mation speak for themselves, who see nothing
which is not real, and dare to tell every thing
that is so. To such authority we would turn
the attention of Ministers, for a boar of facts
which have not before been brought together in
a form and with a perspicuity so striking, rela-
tive to an establishment which has constituted
for two centuries and a half, a distinct, impor-
tant, and increasing power, operating upon the
whole system of society, and with most effect
upon the moral foundation of society—namely,
upon the mind of all the educated Irish youth.
It is lamentable that in respect both of the stu-
dents of the University, and of the more vir-
Wous portion of the Fellows,, a series of
injuries so monstrous as those described in
our correspondent's .fetter of yesterday,_ should
have been perpetftit4".:•tinds b
is y- such igno-
ble means. - It s*ely-,4ooo:that: tiOyrium-
ber of the Fellows of an Institution *SO venerable
for age, extent, and dignity,- should proStitute
the honours of an office to which they had at-
tained through the noble paths of science and
classic literature, to the' basest purposes of sor-
did and treacherous rapeeity. The charge against
these men is heinous,- though not singular,—
viz., that they have trafficked in bigotry for profit :
not one, but many, of the 15 junior Fellows of
the University, to whom is intrusted by the sta-
tutes the tuition of the collegiate youth, are
known to have posted es tniss,innerieS over the
country, preaching up every where the persecu-
tion of the Catholies,—canvassing all the provin-
cial prejudice of One parents throughout Ire-
land, for means to polon the civil and religious
spirit of their children,—partnering to the father's
folly"for venom wherewith to inoesdele the son ;
anti , by representing themselves as the tree
Brunswick Apostles, the only real defenders of
Protestant ascendancy—that te, of loaves and
ashes—to have made such a name kts has given
them a monopoly of the pupil-market in every
quarter of the kingdom, by inducing the mass of
Orange families to place their young men in
the hands of these self-puffed hypocrites, to the
litter neglect of the more moderate, Rep', gen-
tlemanly, and conscientious Fellows, who woold
not sully their station by vile practices, nor des •
oracle their learning or religion into instruments
of piracy upon the lawful resources of their
brethren. If the University of Dublin be not
purged of these foul schemes, it is lost to all tbe
fair ends for which it was instituted. Instead of
training up youth in those courses which con-
duct it to pure taste and liberal knowledge,• the
chambers of an incendiary Fellow become fur-
naces of miserable faction. Religion is there
stn through no medium but that of horror
against the persons of Roman Catholics; the
British Constitution is known only as a machine
for giving Irish Orangemen an exclusive right
to every office in the realm, from Lord Chan-
cellor to a police constable. Civil liberty is iu
their eyes more than a power to oppress—
Christian charity than a privilege to hate—war,
in some shape, whether of sentiment, word, or
sword, becomes the practical essence of a system
rebellious against God, and destructive of civil
society. We do trust that the watchfulness of
the King's Government will be fixed upon this
perversion, to degrading and demoralizing uses,
of an institution in its nature so exalted as the
ancient and sole University of our sister island,
the bequest of an immortal Queen, and, in
better times than those upon which
we have falls,
the cradle of all that was; most
.enlightened, most
generous, and devoted, in the history of Irish
character and genius.—Tinzes.
The Paris Papers are justly indignant that the
French Government should be under the neces-
sity of having recourse to the Pope, to obtain,
through his mediation a compliance on the part]
of the Bishops with the lase laws respecting Edu-
cation. They say this is• precisely what is
wished for by the Ultramontanes, a recognition
of the poWer of the Pope to interfere in the in-
ternal affairs of the kingdom. It is beneath the
dignity of a Government, they acid, to allow it-
self to be beholden to a foreign power for the
execution of the laws. Here we my observe,
that we have a great advantage over t French
with respect to our Catholic subjects. Having
made the Catholic religiisn the religion of the
State, our neighbours are in some degree at the
mercy of the Hierarchy, wiikh being a recog-
nised power, when opposed to the will of the
Legislature, may expose the State to the sianger
of civil discord. It is only when the Catholic
Religion is established as that of the State, and
when it considers itself as entitled to a voice,
that foreign interference is of much consequence
That the Pope may easily be managed by a
powerful Government like that of Feaexe
may be readily believed; but however corn-
pliant the Church has always been towards
great Sovereigns, since the latter became sen-
Able of the advantage which arbitrary, power
might derive from the aid of the priesthood, a
State aspiring to be free, like that of France.
ought to spurn at the aid. But in this Country
the Catholic Hierarchy are not recognised;
they need no more be consulted respecting any
measures than any other Dissenters ; the law
affects them as citizens, and not as members of
any particular Church; and therefore we neither
require the good offices of the Pope, nor can
be
affected by his ill offices. Hence it appears to

us, that it would be absurd in the Government
to interfere at all with the internal arrangements
of the Catholics, except with a view to acquire an
improper influence through the instrumentality
of the Clergy. If we seek to have any controul or
influence in the nomination of the higher clergy,
we expose ourselves to the compromise of the
national dignity by discussing with a foreigner
the expediency of internal measures. But if we
leave the Catholics to themselves, they may con-
sult the Pope, or the Dalar Lama, or any other
spiritual authority, in any part of the world,
from which they think they can derive spi-
ritual benefit, without its being necessary
for the Government to trouble itself about
the matter. We should know the Catholics
as. Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen,
and not as the professors of their religion. If
the Catholics were the majority in the empire,
or if Ireland were a separate kingdom, there
might be some ground for jealousy with respect
to a foreign connection. We then fear that the
Clergy, acting under the guidance of the Court
of Rome, might endeavour to obtain an ascend-
ancy for their religion. But two-thirds or three-
fourths of the inhabitants of these kingdoms are
Protestants, and the Union renders the Catholic
majority in Ireland subordinate to the general
majority. The English and Scotch are certainly
not in danger of becoming Catholics ; and we
do not see how the Catholics could have any in-
fluence were the laws of exclusion repealed,
which they do not now possess, so long as they
remain so small a minority. The most digni-
fied course for the Government to pursue would
be to repeal the laws of exclusion, leaving die
Catholics in the same situation as other Dis-
senters. We say the inost dignified course, but
we are aware not the most palatable course, fur
there is in all Governments a hankering after un-
due influence, and a hierarchy presents an al-
most irresistible temptation to any. Government
desirous of experimenting in this way. Leave,
we say, the Catholics to themselves. Purchase
tranquillity for Ireland by conceding the claims
which justice demands. The union, which is
now so compact, among Priests and Laymen,
Nobles and Commons, men of property and
men of no property, can only exist so long
as the exclusion exists which is common to
them all. The affairs of the next world
would soon give way to those of this with
the Catholics, as with all the rest of the world,
when the next world is not made a pretext for
impeding their movements in this. We trust
much more to the natural indifference of laymen
in a thriving community to religious polemics,
than to any denial of the right of the Church to
interfere in temporal matters. The line cannot
be drawn between ecclesiastical and temporal ;
for every temporal act has also its religious cha-
racter. From our entrance into the world till
our final exit, the Priest claims the right of sit-
ting in judgment on all our movements. The
King or the Minister, in the exercise of their
temporal authority, either act righteously or
wickedly ; and the Priest takes cognizance of the
political act in its character of sin. There is
precisely that sort of vagueness in the terms
spiritual and temporal, which is favourable to
the furtherances of improper attempts, where the
prospect might be 'encouraging. But the proper
corrective is the growth of intelligence, which,
in all countries, Protestant not less than Catho-
lic, is continually reducing the influence of the
Priest. If, even in countries exclusively Catho-
lic, we see the influence of the Priest diminish-
ing cypry day, . and individuals asserting more
and more their right to . think for themselves in
most matters, there can be no reason to suppose
that in this country, where Catholics and Pro-
trstants are brought into constant collision, mix
in tho s!tmc society, read the same books, the
Nests would ho allowed to retain much more
influence over their flocks than the Protestant
Clergy possess over theirs,—jforningchronicle.

'he Law of Forgery is to have another vic-
tim on Monday next. The wretched man who
is then to suffer has been kept a long time in
dreadful suspense as to whether the capital sen-
tenee was to be executed upon him or not. It
will be recollected that the Rev. Peter Fenn, the
person to whom we allude, • was convicted, and
received sentence of death, in the last September
Sessions, at the Old Bailey. From that time
until Monday last, in consequence of the Re-
corder's Report not having been laid bcfbre his
Majesty, his fate, and that of twenty-three other
caintal'eonwicts of the same Sessions, remained
undecided. During that time we understand
great efforts have been made to save Fenn's life ;
and the knowledge of those efforts being made
in his favour, along with the great delay that took
hinge, encouraged some hopes of a commutation
of his pun;shment in the mind of the unfortu-
nate man. The agoui7ing conflict of hope and
fear in the mind of a human being so circum-
stanced must be torture of the most excruciating
hind. At length this miserable struggle of' ter-
ror and hope is exchanged for the awful cer-
tainty that his doom is sealed. The effect of
the intelligence of his fate upon the prisoner, it
is stated, is such as might naturally he expected
where the sentence had been allowed to be long
inoperative, and the chance of 'Dewy appeared
to be not altogether impossible. We have al-
ready put (Mr opinion of the Law of Forgery
upon record—we consider it sanguinary and
vindictive law.—Morning Herald.
rih;estilv Correspondent of the -Times occu-
pied considerably more than two co-
l' tans of that Journal in the futile attempt to cast
odium
upon the most eminent Fellows of Trinity
College, Dublin, and upon the Irish Nobility
and Gentry whose sons are pursuing their sin-
dies in that celebrated University, merely be-
cause certain individuals of the Fellows are more
resorted to in their function of College Tutors
than the rest of their colleagues and competitors.
'The slender basis of fact upon which is erected
the monstrous superstructure of misrepresenta,
dm, and calumny we are about to expose,
sltts theof Fellows
Ireland
amounts to no more thatnhethpirsz this--that
tbe Constitutioi
who have been and are the most active and
tzealous d inefe stimulatingnc defence
of
acainst the
enewachtnents of Popery, are those upon
whom thg, fathers and guardians of the
youth of Ireland repose the on
and that the effect of ti;;,s general confidence is,
se
greatest confidence ;
as may be naturally .supposed, to increase the
F
emoluments they derive from the uss, h
..gge of
u •
the very important, honourable, and ardoti,•;
duties to wilizb they are devoted. These are
the facts as stated in the writer in question him-
Aelf, when disengaged from the mass of tiresome
gossip and useless circumlocution with which
he has contrived to encumber them. An 4
are the inferences prawn from these facts by this
candid correspondent, from whom our contempo-
rary derives his information respecting the state of
Ireland ? -It seems incredible that prejudice
and malice should so far bewilder and Stupify
the mind of any man ; and equally incredible
that such an effusion of prejudice, malice, and

stupefaction, 'should obtain insertion in any
public journal of the least pretensions to re-
spectability ; but it is nevertheless certain

that the above facts are taken to warrant
the conclusions-Ist, That the Protestant
Gentry of Ireland, in selecting as the tutors
of their sons such of the Fellows of Trinity
College as they deem most capable and worthy,
have set the example of exclusive dealing ; and,
2dly, That the Fellows who have signalised
themselves in the Protestant cause have been
actuated chiefly by the desire to increase their
own popularity and emoluments as instructors of
youth. Any comment upon this perfect spe-
chnen of stupidity and malevolence would be
superfluous ; yet we cannot deny ourselves the
satisfaction of extracting from the whole affair
the acknowledgements which it necessarily in-
volves, and which, proceeding from. one whose
bitter enmity to Protestantism and its champions
is conspicuous, are on that account of peculiar
value. It is gratifying to find that the Learned
Divines who are the most zealous champions of
the Protestant faith do in fact enjoy the pre-
eminence as the instructors of youth. Impossible
as it is to believe that the parents of the Protestant
youth of Ireland should, in the selection
of their tutors, regard political opinions and
conduct exclusively or chiefly, we are delighted
to collect, from the statements of their adversaries
even, that the men who are the most zealous
champions of the British Constitution, have ac.-
quired the reputation of being the most Learned
Professors, the most pious Divines, the most
worthy and excellent mem Nor is it less satis-
factory to us to find these enemies of Protestan-
tism recognizing (although they calumniously
misrepresent its operations) the disposition of
the Protestants of Ireland—of that part of them
in particular who have the means and the incli-
nation to give a liberal education to their off!
spring, the best and most important part of
every community—to appreciate as they ought,
in the present state of the country and of the
question, zeal and talent exerted on behalf of
the Protestant Constitution of the Empire.—
Morning Post.

The citizens of London have taken serious
offence at what they term the unwarrantable
fatigue of the Recorder in - the performance of
one of his most solemn duties. It is, true that
about 24 hours elapsed from the rising of the
Council at Windsor to the announcement of the
result to the prisoners in Newgate. This, no
doubt, is a most extraordinary delay, which is
very far from being satisfactorily accounted for
by that learned person in his address to the
Court of Aldermen. The error we suspect is,
that the Recorder has failed in cotrocting a suf-
ficiently ingenious excuse. That it is to be im-
puted to his fatigue is, we confess, rather beyond
the bounds of credibility—and the Recorder,
we presume, is only ascribing to his own weak-
ness what ought to be attributed to the feelings
of others. If the Court of Aldermen knew all,

they would be less harsh with the Recorder. We
could enlighten them a little on the subject, but
it is as well to refrain. " When ignorance is
bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."—Morning Journal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CEIANCERY, Nov. 27.

When it came yesterday to Mr. Sugden's turn to
address the Court on the part of Mr. Reece, in the
case of Blakemore v. the Glamorganshire Canal
company, the Learned Gentleman requested the
interference of the Lord Chancellor in a case of a
very pressing and delicate nature. A suit, under the
name of Dunn v. Dunn, was pending in the Court,
but several bills having been filed against the defen-
dant, and all the proceedings relating to the same
subject matter, the Vice-Chancellor had referred it
to the Master to inquire which of all the • suits it
would he proper and sufficient to adopt for the pur-
pose of bringing at once before the Court all the
merits of the cases, and the rights of all the parties.
During the pending of this inquiry. the putting in of
an answer was postponed, and the consequence was,
that en order for an attachment against Mrs. Dunn
hadbeen obtained from•the Vice-Chancellor, and the
parties who bad obtained that order were about to
act upon it by committing Mrs. Dunn to the Fleet
prison. Mr. Sugden went on to state that the pro-
ceedings which had been taken by the plaintiff in the
case were peculiarly wanton and distressing. The
defendant, Mrs. Dunn, was the widow of the late
Major Dunn. She was a lady of great opulence, and
in very delicate health, having two young children,
one of whom she was herself nursing at the present
time. A Rev. Mr. Rodhers, who had married a sister
of Major Dunn, proceeded, on the Major's death, to
commence a suit in Chancery against the widow
of the Major, on the part of the children of Major
Dunn by a former marriage. The lady, not
knowing which way to turn until the Master
should report which of the suits was to be continued,
had put in no answer, as she knew not to which bill
the answer ought to be directed. Mr. Sugden sub-
mitted to the Lord Chancellor that there was not the
slightest ground for such a proceeding, as the lady
was a person of great respectability and opulence,
and had not the slightest notion of delaying her an-
swer one moment after the Master should have made

his report. Mr. Sugden concluded by praying that
the Vice Chancellor's order, directing the issue of an
attachment against Mrs. Dunn might be suspended.
Mr. COE opposed the motion, upon the ground
that Mrs. Dunn was on the point of quitting Eng-
land for the Continent, never to return. This fact
was stated iri an affidavit made by a tailor's clerk, of
Bedford-street, Covent-garden.
Mr. SUGDEN requested that the Lord Chancellor
would allow the matter to stand over until this
morning (Thursday), for the purpose of obtaining
on affidavit from Mrs. Dunn, in answer to that on
which Mr. Coe had rested his opposition to Mr.
Sugden's motion.
The LORD CHANCELLOR complied with Mr. Sug-
den's request, and the Vice Chancellor's order was
in the meanwhile Suspended.
This morning Mr. WAKEFIELD, who had been
with Mr, Sugden, acquainted the Lord Chancellor
that the affidavit, for the procuring of which the
motion had been. adjourned, was made by Mrs.
Dunn, who expressly denied the statements in the
affidavit of the tailor's clerk.
When the contents of this affidavit were stated
to the Lord Chancellor, his Lordship was pleased
to maim the order of suspension made on Wed-
nesday evening.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 27.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY took motions of course up to
:en o'clock, when there was a full Court.

THE KING V. JAMES SCOTT, GENT.

The question in this case was, whether the de-
fendant, now an attorney of the Court, had or had
not refused to attend a trial in this Court, pursuant to
a subpoena served upon him, and whether such sub-
poena had been served. The question had been re-
ferred to the Master, and he now reported against
the defendant.
The Couttrr sentenced him to three months' im-
prisonment in the custody of the Marshal of the Court.

calling upon
MOREL.
Mr. F. POLLOCK applied to the Court for a rule
callingupon Peter Jones to show cause why a crimi-
nal iiQinnation should not be filed against him, under
the following circumstances :—A gentleman named
Morel, over whose hind he had shot, warned him off;
upon this he wrote him a letter, telling him that if
he could get one cf his friends, if he had any, to lay
his hand upon his heart and say that he respected
him, he (Jones) would then shoot no more. After-

wards, when the applicant was walking with his
brother Edward, Air. Jones, in the public street,
called out to him "coward, coward."--Rule granted.
IN THE MATTER OF ROCAFUERTE, THE INSURER OF

MEXICAN DIVIDENDS.

THE KINC THWAI PES AND OTHERS.

This was a criminal information against the de-
fendants as proprietors of the Homing Herald news-
paper, for an alleged libel on M. Rocafuerte, the
Mexican Minister. A rule nisi having been obtained
on a former day,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now moved that it
should be made absolute, .and began by observing
that it would appear front. the statement of his
Learned Friend, Sir James Scarlett, who appeared
for the defendants, that there was a preconcerted de-
sign, on the part of the people of Mexico, to de-
ceive the people of England, to abuse their confi-
dence, and zob them of their money. It was, how-
ever, needless for him to say that no such design
ever existed. In infant States like that of Mexico,
circumstances might naturally be expected to arise,
which would cause the suspension of payments for
public purposes ; but it did not, therefore, follow that
the money might not be ultimately applied to those
purposes. It was also said by his Learned Friend that
there were here no grounds for a criminal information,
and that the question ought to be left to al Grand
Jury. In his opinion, however, the course now
adopted was the proper one, under all the circum-
stances of the case. He now came to consider the
two grounds of objection taken by 'his Learned
Friend. The first was, that there was no libel at
all ; and the second, that if there was a libel, still
his client did not come within the rule of Court in.
not denying the truth of the imputations cast upon
him. Now the Court would see how the facts of
the case stood, and he must here apply himself to
the first objection.. The newspaper in question had
charged the Brazilian Minister, Viscount de Itabay-
ana, with falsehood, in having given the Portuguese
bondholders to understand that the Emperor of
Brazil would satisfy their claims, though after a
change took place in the Goverment of Portugal, he
denied having told them any thing to that effect.
HNow it was a similar imputation to this that M.
Rocafuerte complained of. The article in the paper
was as follows :

What a man's object could be in sending such an ad-
vertisement to the public papers, and then suffering his
name to be made use of to contradict its contents, it is not
difficult to imagine. Some people affect to be astonished
at a Minister of a foreign State acting in the way that this
Viscount de Itabsyana, Minister Plenipotentiary of his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, has done ; but
for our parts, when we recollect the exploits of Hurtado,
Rocafuerte, and others of the representatives of the new
States, we cannot be surprised at any thing which a South
American Minister may do. The swindle—for we can
call it by no other name—is still going on in the Portu-
guese Bondi. In the early part of the day they were suf-
fered
to improve a little, when certain person began to sell
on the strength of something which was to appear in an
Evening Paper, in the shape of an official announcement of
the non-payment of the dividends.
There was no man who considered the import of
this paragraph but must be convinced that it affect-
ed, in the most serious manner, the character of M.
Rocafuerte. As to the second objection, that the
truth of the imputation was not denied upon oath
by M. Rocafuerte.; how, he would ask, was that
gentleman to deny what did not appear on the face of
the libel; for it did not say that any undue rumours or
reports were propagated by the Mexican Minister?
M. Rocafuerte could never, for a moment, have fore-
seen that such a charge would be made; and could
not be expected to answer by affidavit that which
the libel wt the face of it did not exhibit. The same
ship which brought letters to this gentleman from
his Government doubtless must have brought over
letters from other persons to their correspondents;
but he was not to be responsible for any rumours that
might arise in consequence. He (the Solicitor-Ge-
neral) maintained that on the face of the affidavit
his client denied all that he was called upon to deny,
namely, that he had ever acted in the manner im-
puted to the Brazilian Minister. M. Rocafuerte
swore that, whether in his capacity of Minister or
Charge d'Affaires, he had never put forth any false
reports whatever. In the official situation he held,
it would not have become him to put forth confi-
klential communications from his Government. There
was, however, no intention on, his part to conceal
any thing that ought not to be concealed ; and in
instituting these proceedings he had no other object
than to vindicate his character. Under these cir-
cumstances he (the Solicitor-General) hoped that
the Court would consider him entitled to have the
rule made absolute.

Lord TENTERDEN said, that affidavits might have
been made as to the advertisements and other pub-
lications authorised to have been put forth by M.
Rocafuerte.

Sir JAMES SCARLETT said that several advertise-
ments as to loans were published in the different
newspapers, and never contradicted.
Mr. PATTISON, who appeared on the same side
with the Solicitor-General, said that the charge now
brought forward against M. Rocafuerte was not that
he had published false advertisements, but that,
after receiving the orders of his Government, he
circulated rumours with the view of serving private
individuals. This was a charge altogether distinct
from the matter contained in the libel, and, there-
fore, M. Rocafuerte could not be expected to have
anticipated it.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY said it appeared that an ad-
vertisement had been published, with the sanction
of M. Rocafuerte, stating that a ship had gone out,
which was to bring home 500,000 dollars for the
payment of the dividends on the Mexican Loan.
Now his affidavit did not state that he had ever
published any thing from the Mexican Government,
without permission of the Mexican Government o
to do. _ _

Mr. PATTISON said that no hint was given to M.
Rocafuerte of this new charge, in the first instance.
That gentleman only thought that the imputation,
cast upon him was the same which was cast upon
the Brazilian Minister. If he had circulated any
rumours at all, they would have been different from
those now talked of.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY-It is said that. those ru-
mours were calculated to depress the Funds

Mr. PATTISON begged leave to observe that the
contrary was the fact. The charge now urged
against M. Rocafuerte was, that he had put forth
rumours of the same character as the advertisements.
If it was sought to produce an operation on the
Money Market, such information as that presumed
to have been circulated by these rumours would
have been suppressed. The libel against the Bra-
zilian Minister did not charge hini with having re-
ceived any information which he had suppressed.
When charges of this description were given in a
newspaper, they produced, as applied•to a foreigner,
a much stronger effect on his mind than they ►would
do in the mind of an Englishman, if applied to
him. • _ . _ _

- Lord TENTERDEN was of opinion that in this case
the rule must be discharged; but the discharge of a
rule for a criminal information did not in all cases
preclude the party from redress who applied for it.
Ills Lordship then referred to the advertisement re-
specting the ship which was to bring home the
500,000 dollars, and said that, after the lapse of a
considerable period no notice whatever was given of its
arrival, nor did it appear that it had ever arrived. It
was quite impossible for M. Rocafuerte not to knew
that this advertisement had been put forth, for it
appeared in the Times and other newspapers. He
ought to have alleged, upon affidavits, that he had
received instructions from the Foreign Minister of
his Government to put forth the advertisements, and
not have contented himsel: with stating that he had
never published any false reports. He ought not
only to have said that he had received such instruc-
tions, but that he believed the contents of the letters
communicating them to be true.—Rule discharged.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 27.
DICAS V. JAY AND ANOTHER.
In this case Mr.. Sergeant CROSS had obtained a
nay to show cause why the plaintiff, an attorney,

should not be struck off the Rolls for certain mis-
statements alleged to have been made in an affidavit
of increase as to the amount of money paid to wit-
nesses for their expences in attending upon a trial
and,arbitration, upon which the award was given
against the defendant. -
Mr. Sergeant WILDE now produced affidavits to
resist the rule. The first point related to a supposed
overcharge for rooms engaged at a coffee-house, for
the purposes of the arbitration. This was explained
by the affidavits of Mr. Divas, of Howard, the pro-
prietor of the coffee-house, and of a waiter named
Harris.

Mr. Jay's affidavit next proceeded to refer to a
case in which two guineas were charged, and sworn
to have been paid to a Mr. 'Whittell, as a witness,
whereas he swore that Mr. Whittell had informed
him that he had received no more than one guinea
and a half. This charge was thus answered :--Mr.
Dicas swore that he gave his son two guineas to he
paid to Mr. Whittell, and ,that at the time of the
taxation of costs, he believed that sum to have been
paid. William Dicas, the son, swore that he did
tender the two guineas to Mr. Whittell, but that the
latter refused to accept more than 1/. I3s.
After 'hearing Mr. Sergeant WILDE at some
length on these two points, the Court signified their
opinion that the first was satisfactorily answered;
but that the latter, as well as some other charges
contained in the affidavit on which the rule had been
obtained, and to which the Learned Sergeant also
produced affidavits in reply, required further inves-
tigation; and as they felt that they could not in
Court obtain all the information which was neces-
sary to guide them in their decision, they ordered
that it should be referred to the Prothonotary to re-
vise his taxation of the costs, and to make a special
report.

ARCHES COURT, Nov. 27.

THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROMOTED BY BENNET V. BONAK ER.

This was a suit of office promcited by the church-
wardens of the parish of Church Honeybourne, in
Worcestershire, against the Rev. W. Bonaker, the
vicar of the parish.
The King's Advocate stated the nature of the
charges contained in the articles now standing for
admission. Various instances of negligence and irre-
gularity were pleaded to have been committed by
Mr. Bonaker in the discharge of his duties as a
clergyman from 1824, and especially in constantly
neglecting to perform divine service on Sundays,
and, when it was performed, in changing the hours.
It was also stated that Mr. Bonaker had committed
various irregularities in the publication of banns. It
was further pleaded, that on several occasions Mr.
Bonaker had improperly refused to perform the offices
of religion relating- to the solemnization of marriage,
the baptism of children, and the burial of the dead.
It was also alleged in a separate article, that at dif-
ferent periods, towards the close of 1826, Mr. Bo-
naker levelled the graves in the chuich-yard, and
removed the soil and the bones of persons who were
buried there into his own garden for manure. This
circumstance was felt by the parishioners as a great
outrage on their feelings, and induced them to re-
solve on instituting the present suit.
Dr. PHILLIAIORE submitted that the articles ought
not to be admitted in their preSent form.
Dr. ADAMS argued on the same side. _
The KING'S ADVOCATE (with whom was Dr.
Lnshington) observed, in reply, that the question
for the Court was, whether the offeace charged in
those articles were offences coming with ecclesiastical
cognizance.
The JUDGE said that the Court decided for the
admission of the articles; but, at the same time, if
the Rev. Mr. Bonaker put in an affirmative alle-
gation, and admitted the charges against him, which
would put it at an end, the Court recommended the
Churchwardens not to proceed with the suit vindic-
tively, but to give it up as soon as they should be
satisfied that the end they had in view was effected.

Dr. PHILLINIORE understood that the Rev. Mr.
Bonaker would be able to disprove every one of the
charges against him.
The KING'S ADVOCATE observed, -that in that
case the articles must be admitted to proof.
The articles were then ordered to be admitted.
HAIIP RTON V. HAMERTON.

Our readers will recollect that this was a suit pro-
moted by Major Hamerton against bis wife for a di-
vorce, by reason of adultery, alleged to have been
committed by her with Mr. Bushe. After hearing
the case fully argued on the last Court-day, the
Court decided that the libel charging the adultery
had not been sufficiently proved ; but, at the same
time, the Court directed the case to stand over, to
ascertain whether the husbriiid intended to produce
any further evidence to support the averments con-
tained in the libel.

Dr. LUSIIINGTON now appeared on behalf of
Major Hamerton, to request the Court to allow the
case to stand over longer.
The Court saw no reason to depart from the rule
it had laid down in this case last court day. It
would grant further time to Major Hamerton to pro-
duce proofs, but expected all possible diligence and
specification. The Court then rose.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK

W heat. Barley. Oats.
_"Beans.
-----
Per Quarter. s, to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 8.
Blandford —............— S 3 40 50
Brigg , 74 80 35 40 24 30 40 45
Cambridge.. — 78 36 21 42
Chard —..,........... 56 '76 32 38 21 30 42 48
Huntingdon —.... 66 '76 31 42 • 21 30 32 42
Long 5utt0n..,..... 56 '74 29 24 38 42
Louth .........--. 6o '76 28 42 18 30 42 48
Lynn...........—..-- 60 '76 30 38 16 21 40 41
Newark .........~.. 70 82 "39 46 11) 34 40 50
Nottingham...... 79 47 28 49
Peterborough..... g 0 '7O 26 30 18 25
Plymouth ...,...—. 70 82 37 41 25 23 42 49
Pontefract— . 76
,:0 25 52
Sleaford .........—.... '76 80 3 o 3.3 22 21 50 52
Uppingham --... 70 82 38 44 19 34 40 50
Wished' .....—.......... 60 74 20 26 40 42
LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Nov. 25.
We had a good supply of Wheat, and a large arrival 0
Barley. but only moderate of other Grain ; Foreign Whea.

LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Nov. 25.
We had a good supply of Wheat, and a large arrival of
Barley, but only moderate of other Grain ; Foreign Wheat
being now liberated at the low duty, caused the millers
to hold off purchasing, only for immediate wants, and the
few sales effected in Old and New Wheat were at much
the same prices as last week. The best samples of Barley
met slow sale at 2s. per quarter decline, and all middling
qualities were unsaleable. In-Oats, Shelling, and Beans,
very little doing, and no material alteration in their value.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 60Ib.
-- York. and Lincoln. (iolb.
Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
-- Orinding
Beans
Oats, I'otatoe
--:healing, Foreign 15d. to 16d...,...Eng1i5h 15d. to I6d. per st.
Shelling 3Ss. to 40s. per load
Rapeseed, English, 281. to 30!. Foreign, —l. to —/. par last.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Nov. 25.
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week( ending Nov. 24.
Wheat. Oats. 'Barley. Flour. ' Oatme
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Eris Irish, &c. Scks. Loads.
21,018 ‘28,7-13 753 1,500 I 3,262 3,723

ANCHES'rEIt SMITHFIELI).—Nov,
At per lb. sinking the offal.
3,397 Id. to qd. 1•? sfil. to 7,1.
618 Cattle b 210 Pigs 4i 6

MANCHESTER. POTATOE MARKET.—Nov. 22.
Potatoes, ss. 61, 7s. 3d., and 75.5111. per load of 12 score and
121bs. ; New ditto, Os., Os. Od., and Os. Od. per ditto ; Turnips.
4s. od., 4s. tid. and ss. Oil. per load of J 6 pecks ; Onions, Ss. Od.,
Ss. (Id., and Os. per 12 score.