The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-07 00:00:00

THZ LATE BISHOP or CALCUTTA.

Yesterday a very numerous Meeting of the Friends and Sup-
porters of the Society fur the Promotion of Christian Knowledge
was held at the Society's Office in Lincoln's-inn-fields, fur the
purpose of receiving the Report of the Standing Committee, and
to consider what steps it may become nece.sary the Society should
take in consequence of the lamented death of the late Bishop of
Calcutta.

The Chair was. taken shortly after one o'clock by the Lord
Archbishop of Ca wTranuar-,. supported by the Bishops of Lon-
don, Bath and Well 4 Durham, and Landeff,—Prayers baying
been read,

The Sicairrany read a Report relating to the death of Bishop
Heber, and to the exertions be hod made in .1m1i.4 fur the props,.
.gation of tilt _Uwe]. , Also lettalfrotn India, requnmending two
Scholarships to be established in Bishop's College, Calcutta, and
stating that the episcopal duties in that country required the exer-
tions of three instead of one Bishop.
Dr. Rosins()); said, it was earnestly requested, in a letter from
Dr. Perish, one of the Company's Chaplains at Madras, that his
Majesty's Government would take into consideration the necessity
of augmenting the number of Bishops in India, sit the District
now under the Bishop of Calcutta was so extensive, as to be too
fatiguing for one Bishop alone.

The SECRETARY then read the Revolutions framed by the
Standing Committee, and recommended by them to the Society's
Adoption. They were in substance as follow :
" I. That the Society deeply deplores the death of the de-
parted Bishop Heber, both for his valuable services to the cause of
Christianity in the Indian Divan under his care, and for his un-
wearied and primitive zeal, and as a Prelate of the Church of
England, of which he was one of the highest ornaments.
" 2. That his loss was aggravated by taking place at a time
when his services were likely to be so valuable in Southern India.

"S. That the best tribute which can be paid to his memory is
the carrying into effect the measures he recommended as it were
with his last breath.

" 4. That 6,000/. be expended by the Society in the establish-
ment of two Scholarships for Native Missionaries in Bishop's
College, to be for ever called Bishop Heber's Scholarships.
" 5. That 2,0001. be expended in repairing the Church at Tan-
jore, and other Churches and School-houses in Southern India.

" 6. That a sum of 5004 be laid out in enlarging and support-
ing the Native School Press."
His GRACE conceived that that Resolution which referred more
immediately to Bishop Heber ought to be put separately, in order
that the remembrance of that great and goqd man might be kept
dietinct.—(Hear, hear.)
Tbehe Resolutions were then put from the Chair, and carried
non. die.

It was then Resolved, That the Chairman should present a
Memorial to Government, for the appointment in future of three
Bishops—one for each of the Presidencies of India ; and that a
Memorial to that effect should be laid before the East India Board
of Directors.

Archdeacon Basams' and Mr. TRANT (a Civil Officer of the
East India Company) severally addressed the Meeting, and prin-
cipally in praise of Doctor Heber, whom they both designated as
a model for a Christian and a Bishop, whether as regarded his
virtues or hii talents. Want of room prevents us from giving in
detail their merited eulogiums.
Dr. SPRY rose to express the deep sorrow of the Committee at
the melancholy event that had called the Meeting together. No
body of men, at home or abroad, more felt, or more lamented, the
loss of Dr. Heber, than they did. He had died with the objects
for which the Committee had long been labouring on his innui.
Sir T. D. .A4.7.AND moved the thanks of the meeting to itd un-
wearied friend and Patron, the venerable Chairman.
the company fur
The Meeting then adjouisued.

DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS.

(From the Perth Courier.)

One of the most tremendous and awfully destructive
storms of wind and snow, ever experienced in this country,
devastated the Highlands of Perth and Invernessihires, on
Friday and Saturday last. The loss of human life already
ascertained is deplorable, and the destruction of sheep and
cattle in the Highland districts is said to be immense. In
a letter from Inverness, addressed to a gentleman in this
town, .we find it stated, that " such a dreadful storm had
never been know there as that on Friday,—a strong north
east wind, with heavy snow, so thick and dark that one's
sight could not penetrate it a dozen yards. This continued
all day. In the evening les!: snow fell, but the wind con-
tinued awful during the night. It being our Martinmas
market, numbers of poor people from the country, attend-
ing the fair, lost their lives on this dreadful night. I have
heard that eleven dead bodies have already been found
among the snow." It farther appears from the same letter,
that the roads to the eastward and northward of Inverness
are so much obstructed as to prevent the arrival of pigs
coaches; and the mails have, with much difficulty arid
exertion, arrived there about twelve hours beyond their
'regular time. The snow, it is added, in the Highlands,
south of Inverness, is drifted in some places to the depth
of 100 feet.

Among the mountains of our own country, the storm
was no less dreadful. The Caledonian stage-coach, be-
tween Perth and Inverness, lies buried deep in the snow,
at the hill called Drumuachder, near Dalnacardoch. Some
of the passengers arrived here on Monday night, having
travelled a great part of the way on foot. The guard re-
ports, that on the lee side of some of the mountains and
rocks, the snow is drifted to a depth far exceeding 100
feet. A man and a woman, have been found dead
among the snow, near Moulin. Two commercial travel-
lers left Pitman after dinner on Friday afternoon,
immediately before the approach of the storm in
that quarter, with the expectation of reaching Dal-
whinnie, a listance of 13 miles, that evening. They
had proceeded only a few miles, when the fury of the
storm and the dept of the snow rendered it impossible to
proceed. They after yted to return, but found the ob-
stacles still greater, and were ultimately obliged to leave
their horses and gigs, and attempt to get forward on foot.
groping in the dark;they
l
at ten o'clock A.lll. in so
t4lS:vagatiiitr:itoynsiderable time before they
exhausted
e passing
D tatit Hvthaati
oed
hemai
could give any account of their disasters. The collars of
their great, coats, and the handkerchiefs they had wrapped
about their throats, were so hard frozen, that they bud to
be removed by cutting them with knives. When they had
recovered so far as to give any directions, they mentioned
where the horses had been left; • and as soon as the fury of
the storm had abated, some men set out on foot, and found
the horses still alive, but completely covered with snow.
In Perth and the low country adjacent there was com-
paratively
little snow, but the cold was intense, and the
wind blew a perfect hurricane. Trees in various quarters
laebls
highlandser to pro-
ceed, broken down. Between Crieff and Muthil, we are
informed, numbers of large trees were torn up by the roots,
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and many
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nearlyd,
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destructionroadcmil of live could be cleared so as to
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stock
great, and being almost the sole property in that quarter
must be severely felt by the proprietors. Out of Rocks
of sheep consisting of 1000, not above 100 have in mall
instances been saved—and those which still survive mina
find sustenance, nor will the snow permit of their being
removed to the low country. The loss of life, both as re-
gards the human and brute creation, has nut been yet as-
certained, and it is feared that many melanchelyinNt",""!
must have occurred. Reports are hourly arriving irom-
various (porters confirming those liars.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dzc. 8.
aOGERS V. BROVERIT.

Mr. Cnirrit opened the pleadings.
The Common. SznoxAmv stated that the plaintiff in this east
was a respectable man, living in Middlesex-street, Wititokarlft
and a dealer in marine-stores; the defendant was a magistrate of
the. Themes Police-office, and he (the: Common Sergeant) was
sorry to say that his client was under the necessity of bringing
this action to recover from the defendant compensation, in da-
mages, for the sufferings that had been inflicted on him by the
defendant, in a manner even utterly unjustified by thole am.:
deco Acts of Parliament which many deemed opprernim
The circumstances were shortly these : —On the 22d of
October, 1825, the plaintiff sent his servant front one
shop to another for the purpose of disposing of some copper
and lead ; in passing along the Commercial. road he was met by
a person who appeared to be an officer, and who took from him
the goods he had- in his possession, desiring him to attend at six
o'clock in the evening at the Thames Police-office, naaerount fire
his possession of them. Accordingly, the plaintiff's servant, Har-
per, attended with the plaintiff, Mr. Rogers, who, willing to give
every assistance in his power, took with him the person from
whom he had bought the lead, and also produced a book,' which
all dealer?, in marine stores are obliged to keep, containing a full
account of the property they offer for sale. Mr. Broderip re-
fused to kink at this book, and, at the same time, ordered Mr.
Lewis Lyon, the person from whom the plaintiff bought the
goods, to quite the office. Mr. Rogers then requested permission
to put a question er two to the officer who had mixed his pro-
perty, to this request Mr. Broderip replied, " Put any question to
the offieer which you may think fit." The question the plaintiff
then put to the officer, whose name was Gray, was, "How
a,ne you to bring my property to this office?" On which
Mr. :Breflerip immediately interfered, and said to the of-
rye, " I desire you will not answer any such question."
Mr. Broderip then inquired Kite had any witness. Rogers re-
plied that his witness, Lewis Lyon, had been ordered out of the
.office, but he was still in attendance, and was ready to show that
the goods in question had been purchased at a sale: He was then
called in, and Mr. Broderip said to him, " Now, young man, be-
fore you are sworn, I wish to caution you not to own any part of
these goods, for if you don't satisfy me, I will fine yon." Lyon
replied he could satisfy him, and he immediately produced a
catalogue of the sale at which the property was bought. The
plaintiff then requested to be allowed a day or two in order to
bring forward further evidence, and that a full inquiry might
take place. The defendant knew where the plaintiff resided ; he
knew where he 'could find him at any time, yet he refused to ac-
cede to the plaintiff's request, saying, " I shell find you guilty of
a misdemeanor, and eentence you to two months' imprisonment
and hard labour." The conviction took place by word of mouth,
but the written warrant ran as follows

"To the Governor of the House of. Correction, Cold-bath.
fields, or his deputy there.—Receive into your custody the body
of John Rogers, he having been brought before me, W. J. Brod-
erip, Esq., and convicted of a inisdeineanor, that is to say, for
that be, on a certain day, had in his possession 74 pound of lend,
and 21 pound of copper, recently feloniously stolen and carried
away." •

Now all that Mr. Broderip could have known (continued the
Learned Counsel) was, that-the plaintiff had this property in his
possession, for into any further inquiry or explanation he had re-
fused to permit the plaintiff to enter. The warrant then con.
eluded by adjudging the defendant to be imprisoned for two months
and that for that period he should be kept to hard labour. Now
the hard labour was working on the tread-wheel, and that period
of imprisonment, and that hard labour, in the company of felons,
of persons who had been convicted of the most detestable offences,
the plaintiff had suffered. For any thing that had passed before,
the defendant, in the presence of plaintiff, it was impossible for the
defendant to have known that the property had been stolen, but even
admitting that he bad the strongest inducement for believing that
it had been stolen, still, according to the first principles of
English law, it was his bounden duty not to have convicted any man
of having in his possession stolen property, or of any other offence,
without first having given the accused an opportunity of proving
his innocence, that the property had not been stolen er that he had
become honestly possessed of it without any guilty knowledge.
A Judge and a Jury had not the power to dispense with this ne-
cessary proceeding, or to proceed in such a summary way, and
surely a Police Magistrate was not to be intrusted with a power
i so monstrous.

'William Richardson, the attorney for the plaintiff, proved that
he had served the notice of action on the defendant. \ The notice
appeared to have been regularly served within the time directed,
but the technical form required by the stover viz. that the plain •
.b..otra attnntiey. el.iould endorse ncr, 41a,104.." thimatio
and place of eirode, haviag been omitted, the. plaintiff was non-
suited accordingly.
By the late. Act of the sth Geo. IV., 'Magistrates are vested
with a discretionary power to inflict the punishment of hard
labour.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER-Du. 6.

LIBEL in the " TIMES" in the ace of the IDIOT SMITH.

SMITH V. Bilollll.
(Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.)

Before the Jury had retired to consider their verdid, Mr. Platt
begged pardon for suggesting to his Lordship, that he had com-
mitted an unintentional mistake in the remarks which he had
just submitted to the Jury. His Lordship had stated, that the
title of "barbarous atrocity" was an addition of the Time's. If
his Lordship would look to the paragraph again, he would see that
the .words Which clung next " from the .Birotinphoun Journal,"
were in a parenthesis. The whole paragraph was a ropy from
beginning to end from the country journal.

Mr. Caitrata3,, who had been prevented tia'aii interrupting
Mr. Platt by the interference of the Lord Chief Bat on, said, that
the defendants ought to have given the original papers in evi-
dence, if they intended to rest their defence on the fact of the
alleged libels being only copies from other mere.
The Loan Cnrzr BARON observed, that it was unnecessary
for him to say another word on the topic, since the Jury had
heard the observations of the Learned Counsel on both sides, and
would give to them all the attention which they deserved.
The Jury then retired at 20 minutes past one to consider of
their verdict.

The only cause remaining to be tried at these sittings WAS then
called on and disposed of.
The LORD CHIEF BARON then retired from the bench. At
ten minutes before five o'clock, his Lordship having resented his
seat on the bench, asked Mr. Platt, as counsel for the defendants,
if he did not think it would be advisable to send for the jury end
inquire if they were likely to agree in their verdict, or if there
were any point on which the Court could assist them in coming
to a decision, and if not, perhaps the counsel would be kind
enough to consent to the verdict being received by the officer of
the Court.

Mr. PLATT said that be would most willingly agree to any Ar-
rangement that might relieve his Lordship from the Litigve of re-
sna►ning in Court any longer.

The counsel on the other side having also agreed,
The Cuter BARON directed the jury to be celled into Court,
and observed, that perhaps it would be well to remind them of a
ease lately decided is the city, before the Common Sergeant. The
jury having taken their places in the kin, and the officer of this
Court having called over their names, his Lordship addressed then*
thus Gentlemen of the Jury, I have sent for you, in order to
know if there be any difficulty upon which you would wish to ask
for information, and from which I might be enabled to WA your
minds : some point may have occurred, on which you might wish
for my opinion, but if not, and you are not likely to come shortly
to an agreement as to your verdict,
Counsel have kindly contented
to let the verdict be received by the Marshal of the Court, and to
suffer me to retire."
The Foreman of the Jut 7-511 Lord, WC are agreed as to our
verdict, but not as to the amount of chomps.

W jet 4:airr render y no ionistancor it is s difficulty-from whirb
141011-:That, gentlemen, is a point upon
ou
I cannot relieve you ; you must otitis that amongst 'mutative,.
Vciremao—There are ten of the Jury, my Lord, for giving only
farthing"e(addressing the opposite Counsel),Suppooo we
consent to divide the 101. on the part of my clients, will con-
-1 rp t iranisges, aud two for giving 101..
sent to a verdict for M., in order to save the Jury from further
itwonvruirtire, and I dare say the other side will agree to stich.tin
arrougetnent.
The solicitor for the plaintiff said, that he thought Mr. plot
ought if, consent to the whole 104 being given.
.4 What," said Mr. Platt, "and ten of the jury for giving only
a farthing ; in truth the lOL should be divided by 12."

The plaintiff's solicitor still seemed inclined to bold out tar the
la when the Lo* Cum BARON observed, that be thought
Mr. Ptatt's proposal a very reasonable OM!.

The plai►ntif's solicitor said, that rather than cause guy longer
inconvenience to the Court or to the jury, he seatild cone: nit to
the verdict of 54

The Jury then, by the direction of the Judge, delivered their
vetilict accordingly; and his Lordahip having thanked them for
their hervicet, they were dischirged, end the Court broke up at
five o'clock.