The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-27 00:00:00

SLIS, LONDON, MONDAY MENING, JANUARY 27, -1845.

COURTENAY, and such results, on any similar occasion,
perhaps never were brought to light. Straightforward
conduct, honesty of purpose, charity which doth not
behave itself unseemly, strict adherence to truth, and
fearlessness in a good cause, were expected of these
holy men, but woful was the failure. It would be
difficult to find, among the lowest of the human
race, among the miserable, ignorant, and profligate'
that appear before our police-courts, such instances
of mean deception, contemptible shuffling, and vain
attempts to conceal the truth, as seremanifested at a
meeting of the inhabitants of Exeter on Thursday.
The Rev. F. COURTENAY, it appears, was allowed to
appear, in order, as was understood, to make a state-
ment which would carry into effect the object of the
requisitionists, and settle the differences betNs een him
and his flock. The important disclosure amounted to
this—" You have met," said he, " to take into con-

sideration what steps shall be taken to put an end to
the disturbances to which our parish has been sub-
jected for the last two Sundays. These disturbances
have resulted from a continued use of the surplice in
_ .

preaching. I am in a position to tell you that I have
authority to discontinue the use of the surplice." This
announcement was not received very graciously. Loud
cries of " Oh !" and" Too late," resounded through the
assembly, and the speaker, evidently ashamed of
his conduct, and afraid, perhaps, of some unwelcome
interrogatories, was anxious to retire, " for," said he,
" I think that there can be no reason why I should

declared that with 100,000 men judiciously employed
the colonization of Algeria would proceed more

rapidly and satisfactorily.
111. ST. MARC GIRARDIN, lately one of the editors
of the Journal des Debats, followed the Marshal, and

spoke strongly in favour of the amendment. The
speeches made by BUGEAUD and GIRARDIN are given
at length in another part of the paper. The amend-
ment was rejected without a division. The result
of the division on the PRITCHARD indemnity
excited some interest. A strong party it was said

would oppose any vote whatever, and if Ministers had
a majority, it would be very small. The defeat of
M. GUIZOT on this point is extremely improbable, as
it would place the aspirants to office in rather an
awkard predicament. The case is thus placed in its
true light by the Ministerial Globe :—" There is re-
lative to the eventual indemnity of Mr. PRITCHARD

a little piece of ♦ery simple reasoning, which we re-
commend to all who are blinded by the desire

being Ministers. The pi esent Cabinet is pledged to
the Cabinet of London to give Mr. PRITCHARD an
equitable indemnity, not for his expulsion from Ota-
heite, but for the uselessly severe treatment which he
underwent, and which M. BRUAT himself was the
first to blame. The present Cabinet is therefore

stay among you longer." The Protestants assem-
bled, however, thought otherwise, for the use or
disuse of the surplice was only a very secondary
object of the meeting. The main point was the cha-
racter—and, consequently, the usefulness or the
worthlessness of their pastor, and Mr. COURTENAY
was, therefore, requested to wait, in justice to him-
self, that he might explain or deny certain reports
prevalent in the parish. The following are the reports,
as set forth by one of the speakers with great mode-
ration and good feeling. First, Mr. COURTENAY was
reported to have stated, in reference to a requisition,
signed by many respectable parishioners, that " there
was only one name he regretted to see there ; for the
rest he did not care the snap of his finger." Secondly,
he was reported to have said that "he would sooner
suffer his right arm to be cut off than surrender
the course he had pursued." Thirdly, the Rev.
Gentleman, on seeing a notice posted at the church-
gates, calling one of their meetings, " had torn it
down in a petulant way, and stamped it under
his feet." And, lastly, he had said of those who had
taken part at these meetings, that " they were only
rifraff, and the sooner the Church was rid of them
the better." These are serious charges against
a minister of peace, but the manner in which they
were met only added to the original offences, and
convinced the parishioners, as shown by one of their
resolutions, that " he ought to withdraw himself from
a ministry which he could no longer usefully or pro-
fitably fulfil." We give the answers in his own
1.
words, with the winding up of this disgraceful

scene :
" With regard to the first question, I am not aware
of having said anything of the sort." (Non mi ricordo.)
" With regard to the next question, I have repeatedly
said, I would rather cut off my arm than do what it was
my duty not to do.' (This is no answer to the ques-
tion, which referred entirely to the use of the surplice.)
"As to pulling down the notice, I constantly pull off
notices from the church-gates. It was hanging in strips
when I pulled it down."
" A Parishioner—l saw it, and it was not in strips.
" Mr. Courtenay—l don't say it was in strips ; but
when I pulled it, it came in strips."
The last question was not answered. A loud
burst of groaning and yelling followed, in the midst
of which Mr. COURTENAT retired. Now it is_a tin-
gular fact that these answers and the statement
about his authority for discontinuing the surplice are
all characteristic of this new Jesuitical school. No
direct reply is given ; there is nothing but evasion
throughout, if we except his allusion to the authority
of the bishop, which is something worse. The bishop
gave him no authority for discontinuing the surplice.
He left the affair to his own conscience, the pious
prelate no doubt believing that his pupil was a man
of his word, and would rather have his arm cut off
than yield on the only point at issue. These are the
bishop's " plain instructions," and they confirm the
old proverb, " Like master, like man."
" As Ido not feel myself competent to decide what
course is fittest, I inclose this letter open to the mayor,
who will either deliver it to you, or not, as he in his dis-
cretion shall deem proper. If you receive this letter,
you will understand from it that I advise you to give way
at the request of the civil authorities of Exeter, and not
to persist in wearing the surplice in the pulpit, unless,
conscientiously and on full inquiry, you have satisfied
yourself that your engagements to the Church require
you to wear the surplice when you preach. Ido not
myself think that the matter is so free from doubt that
you may not act on your bishop's advice as now given
to you. Still Ido not pretend to any right to order
you to wear the gown."
So this is the new morality which these enemies
of the Protestant faith are preparing for the Esta-
blished Church. Our readers can draw their own
conclusions and contrast the truth, the candour,
and the open, manly conduct of Protestants, with
the reservations, falsehoods, and plots of a sect, that
most Catholic churches have expelled from their
community.

The Madrid Gazette of the 18th inst. publishes
an account of the Three per Cent. Debentures issued
between the 16th and 31st of December last, in
consequence of the liquidation and conversion of
credits created by contracts, Treasury bonds, and the
centralised floating debt. The amount of these securi-
ties is 36,171,562 reels. Among the Court gossip
in the Madrid journals, is an account of a grand din-
ner given by the French Ambassador to General
NARVAEZ, Mr. BULWER, General CoNclle, and others.
We are glad to find from these papers that a pardon
has been granted to General Palm, who had been so
unjustly condemned by the evidence of persons not
entitled to credit. The following decree appears in
the Gazette of the 19th :
" In the exercise of the prerogative granted to me by
the 46th article of the Constitution, and by the advice
of my Council of Ministers, I remit the penalty to which
Major-General Don Juan Prim, Count de Reus, was
condemned by a court-martial composed of General
Officers.
6‘ Given at the Palace on the 18th of Jan., 1845,
and signed with the Queen's hand."

An extraordinary courier had been sent off to Cadiz
to announce the news to General PRIM, who was in
prison at that place. He is allowed to return to
Madrid.
The Three per Cents. closed at 311 for cash, and
31i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 23 for the 14th
of March ; :the Coupons at 27/ et 60 days; and the
Debt without interest, at 7 3.16 at 60 days.

The French Chamber of Deputies was occupied on
Friday and Saturday in discussing the Address. Two
more amendments were proposed—one on Friday by
M. DI BulumoNT, expressing a wish that the Cham-
ber could have congratulated themselves, without re-
serve, on the speedy re-establishment of peace and
the brilliant success of French arms, and another by
M. DE MALLEVILLE, objecting to an indemnity to Mr.
PRITCHARD. The discussion on this amendment was
not brought to a close when the post left, but it was
generally understood that it would be rejected. The
discussion on the motion of M. DE BEAUMONT was
chiefly interesting from the speech made by Marshal
BUGEAUD, justifying the course pursued by
Government in settling the Morocco war.
When he first read the treaty he ad-
mitted that some of the clauses did not
appeared to him satisfactory. He blamed the stipu-
lation relative to ADD-EL-KADER, and the absence of
guarantees; but subsequent events in Morocco had
since convinced him that the Government had perhaps
acted more wisely. The EMPEROR would not have
been free to execute the conditions of the treaty,
particularly as respected Ann-EL-KanEa—that
powerful enemy, that man of genius, who would not
leave any repose to the French so long as he should
have a soldier left. Marshal BUGEAUD confessed that
he had been surprised by the attack of the Moors,
for nothing announced any serious hostility on that
side. He had, however, soon collected his detached
forces, and might not at first have been sufficiently
strong to march upon Fez, but, after the victory of
Isly, when the Moorish army had been completely
dispersed, he could have advanced on that city
without any great obstacle ; the heat alone presented
serious difficulties, for the day after the battle
(August 16) the thermometer ranged 47 degrees in
the shade (116 of Fahrenheit). He then described
the immense works executed by the army
in Algeria and the results obtained by the expeditions
undertaken into the interior of the regency, in a com-
mercial point of view, urged the necessity of perse-
vering in the military system pursued of late, and

ARREST OF ZURBANO.

THIS

-IE7[T (2 therefore, that
N ALLi T V LT. piled with the
qualification as
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CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

DALTON V. HATTER.
The Court was engaged during the morning in hear-
ing this case, which came before it in the form of a
motion, upon a point of practice.

d been properly
provisions Of tho Ac& thatsll e
the eJnimant and the overseer bo.de";lle
they had done, p.n the 0P" -
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retgived.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF 1).- f
' fil 111) ' ili
AND ATTEMPTED S— ti Lobe.
This morning keine he
Pol. ice•office was thrown into the greatest exc- 0 f the
the neighbourhood of the le, In
consequence of its becoming known that 5. I.lof°fOrif
name of John Kendall was charged on storcitcv) to
d
dering his mother, a poor old woman ot7 ,5':0( lit) t, and
age, at a low house in Fore-street,'' Ph° :i. ighisr
Shortly
afteraards attempting sell -destruction, tr"re I;
self in the river Thames. Placed l'
after one o'clock the pris o
ons,
the bar, in
the custody of Mr. Inspecter .... iDcl
division of police. ' IV
ea to .00
Police .• constable L 89 stated that, betwe
_...sgt
one o'clock on Sunday inornieg, the prispnerii's7oo
into custody, on a charge of creating o °or',,'
at the door of Mr. Morgan, the Ship 111 d the te
but Mr. Morgan did not press the charge, allter to td
sooner was liberated. This was about a flueblie rat,'
•oner was oe
'clock, and about two o'clock the conots food,'
information that the prisoner's ernmoth'ol „ta. 0
in the passage of the house ti here she te ,0100°,
Thomas Massey, L 39—The house in vomit.ieb tefotel:
and his mother lived is in my beat. S,,,,secl liffii,
o'clock a person, close to where the 0,"„0. ia ,h 1
told me that there was soinething fr'•ealit to r,
passage, in consequence of which I '',,,,g IParof
passage, and then I saw the deceased,.
1:101.5,,,,
on the ground quite dead. Her right thig, uidoowo,
her person was exposed. There was some 1kt:11100,11y
ground, which smelt as if she had been drink 0,0 "00,
ller tongue was protruding' and ;Out., ,p VA 0
open. She was quite cold, and there was onteleel
tion. Dr. Jeffery was sent for, an to ht
about twenty minutes i he atternPte „led "1,01
her, and could get nothing but some 041-0 tbe'oo
thick blood. I assisted to carry the body t foraio
house at i
Lambeth Church, where it at presto
se.
coroner's inquest. fife )1 ta
one for
II ill
W. Hull, L 88, has known the .'
pris bee
hos
he is the son of the deceased, whom he , ;is
~be .
habit ofcruelly 11 •
i -using. ,oes-
Another policeman stated that about two 0 .•bobaoi
the prisoner making for the river, near litjatber.lo6
when he stated that he had destroyed ,Insisbe 6 to.
he should find a place of rest for himself. od l'-of
endeavoured to get away from the policei,orgedoll
wards the river, but was overtaken, and c VOI:
'melon of causing the death of his mother. oar 10,04:
The magistrate was informed by Mr. IcisPidl° i SV;
that there was a person at the colfee.shoPsooo;;f
the prisoner exclaim, ' Keep yo usage,-le,,,gd it ii ;
way." This took place in the p --atoll 1
dyes t,
posed that the .
prisoner, who was to o 00
was ill-usint the poor old woman. I,A bad t.,itlOs
Mr. HENRY asked the prisoner what P,be esto 0
The prisoner denied having stated th% that P""
had destroyed the old woman, and 0' iabt. sec
no quarrel with his mother on Saturdaf IDoi,bt f",.,af
• • 111 directed that Dr. JefferY 02Tolle r
Mr• HEN
for, and the prisoner was remanded to off.'" 1,
of the inquest. !!!!!ellll AS'
MURDER OF A C11)10.
,-,1, „ „let
SUICIDE OF THE NIL' , ofP'erfP
_ Mr. Goulding, lighterman and cornfaco'oosl;lo,oi
down, has a residence at Clapham-rise' °l3„, It%s, ii.`
number of servants. Among thera n'--0 abftiof;.o
who had been in that gentleman's serll,-014 on
eight months, as housemaid. On Weuil-os Ober
~,'
niels had been attending to her clfes.oo it; 011;
and no depression of spirits, or alter%oolcLagiot;+
pearance, was noticed either by Mrs' to c'01)1'.
of the other servants, and she lirel;‘, 0011,044
night. About two o'clock on Thursutioioe f,,,A.,)
Goulding was disturbed by strang - tea sieot,ido
from Eliza's room, and on a. g I'll° 'rile f
procurin .01„„
rhea
ii,
stairs to it, a frightful scene met her ''t clthe/10)0e
the room was deluged in blood, and tr saar6;be RSV
who was in a corner of it, were likw'se,botiti•Oteob
there were also suspicious roar° - aly" 110 1
which led to subsequent investigation
_A at !,,opy
Mrs. Goulding was very much alarnn,oo"4"
and having called for assistance, a gr°ll !be 1:01 f 4
for Mr. Dodd. of Stockwell, surgeon. -.,,neeion t, -P,r
it was discovered that the unfortunate i'l'er hrjelilie,
no less than three deep wounds °ll te fill orri,
which the blood was gushing in stroftet being
91,?
peared quite insensible, but not dead, 'ci. lllfid,4„
that they had but recently' • fllete o'lo/
been in ,
Mg"- 01 the v"
making an ' •
examination of the de- be 110 t,
what had before been suspected, ghatitel 0111,1- Irk '4
herself of a child, which he found f,°-•feroococl•fl/
clothes, and quite dead. It was bornDile ode the Eder.'
e°,
there appears little doubt it other ode 91, Oil 1,,,
been made away with, the m 133,00111°00$00;
attempt upon her own life. I•4ol,6'ilyere'be Si 71
one of Mr. Goulding's razors was 07-0 si4o,,,iy
hand-stand, covered with blood, 1113" 0014°,11- Ai'
some means, have obtained on tueetetitl•:o,),,
expirpd under the effects on FridaP.-- OP' v
~g MO fo ~,
THE INQUEST—CrIIP-' 'Ol4, tf,' P
This morning, at half .past tea ° tole )°,01,4d
Coroner for Surrey, and a most resPecioa /11 of 0
bled at the Bedford A (le° 1
Arms Tavern,
tiye riPP ,
purpose of investigating the resPec
ate affd 0?
Daniels,
i aged 25, and her illegitit°- Or' ri ll'i
0 1)1;
full-grown female infant.ed t , 00e of ,
The above facts having been fleP;43; frlfitist
the surgeon, in answer -to a ilnest'-rile O: rifie( 1'
jury, said, ~ I am of opinion thot,"oo,.°„ 0 te
mother, added to the shame and d ;I'o I,',
frenz orate eir, 100 , y
y , during which she perP „ herS Ot ,e 0
her infant, and afterwards destrdet'dingshe lit 4
During the course of the procee r'" foi"
Cor°l3 the Of
summoning officer, informed the toltditti
of the • infant was in attendaice
' . tori t° fr 41
The •
jury said it was unneees f the .0 er
ell
any questions, as he knew nothing ° lel
saction. the jti,
l'he Coroner summed up, ilonielg' 1 f
verdict—" That the eiiifiiff::...., JO' tit
self and infant •in a fit of insanitY• ,----- Cor.flf 10
---- R. '0
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THE
E EARL Or MOENINGT°-,i• roirlP, 10,41.
Dr. Prout visited the Earl of w(:),,iiiiv't, b ty')
morning; the reply given to ln'ci pigho ofai
Lordship has not had a very:, glo esireir.., f/Ipt
worse than he was yesterdal. way'rdi
bility at the venerable Xoblefll 0 ber
dial,' roefli )
Grosvenor-square were excee- tor - ,fig if;
Majesty, Prince Albert, and °•Enorlfy pP 01
royal family, made inquiries this AO it
-- 'V fid
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LLOYD'S SHIPPLIN•'''S S,- ~.,/'
LONDON, St noon fo' k
, h.O t,
breez • •
e, with rain at intervals. neo, Poiloic- f.s'•
DEAL, JAN. 26.—Arrd. EliZ3 ~ fli• 0, el,
Ranger, London for South e' gia' vv6
for Jamaica, and several others. wind tie „r"O•ii,;(.t
RAMSGATE, JAN. 25. P.111.--,T 0,05- 4' Or f
N.W., strong.—Arrd. Lydia 1 r Pi) 100
~,,3.;,
leaky; Brazil packet, Yarruo'uth ioorest oerf;lie
The Medina, from Sunderland W.„,. le tif to OCI
off Beachy Head early this raovrni 1,14."0.01l':k
.1,
PORTSMOUTH, j 25•--1' iii CI vil rity -
AN. • Art • • A , 0`,4
26. N.W., hard and squally•-, ~, SIIIP eatti•y:
New Orleans. Sld. her go.:lLes,,?Apoll„°V.P.ailti;
and put back her Majesty's sirk fir. t,I 0411- v,
DEAL, JP
25.—Wind brd-., Ativ ,0; kl:
rate. 26. P.M., W.N.Wro str°l4° pilaw:AOC 0/:
Britannia. Bombay • Nautilu% 0bP11.3, Al"
Wales, Buenos Ay riei ; Ab,igli„,1000,(14•001 , ir)
Mary, Axtell, St. John's, ~,l'el'i, 301„,':iit; f? ~
sident, Granby, Calcutta • •Per MILII'r,P'..
New Zealand ; Dement, 'SW,: gee !pi',
Wylee, Collins, Africa ; AntonfZstof. /41106
burgh ; Great Britain steamer, 1.%).y. bilh titiolitfo,
COWES, JAN. 26.—Wind 14,,:‘,0, '111110°10601,1f.1
Graham, Newcastle for Boro.- vets- tii,
with 0 1000 1,1", i
&c ~having been in contact yv ftt lig, 404
Shannon, Milder, from Sicilf t°bovartiesll9;
here to-day with loss of salls,',. wog ~,Ppr i
leaky, and must discharge. ,-".5 elore" pir i
from S.W. to S , and shifted all or, I,
is now blowing a ga1e......130)41 10101' 1
OFF DARTMotiTti, JAN. 25 doilir.p,
Sydney, N •
e% South Wals. A „,oisP posr ;
TORBAY, JAN. 24. do,
o'"-- -WO or
for 1 .100 A,
for Mauritius ; Funchal, do. with /ft
~....sld. '
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23. Pirdtlf?
Coast of Africa. • .or d ig„..a 5„1
FALMOUTH, JAN. 25.---;: °ldes -I/40 „ p i
squally. 26. W.N.W., fres° tga 00',1), 1,,t
Emelie and Helene, Newport, -,.. via Fr y..
damaged'o 0. r
split, &c., and rudder , viga • 00 4
10'01W'
a sea. WWI 0 01011'
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.--.„ beroo 'O, 1,, of
fresh.-25. Arrd. BessY -1/oeitinsy fell, As v
tins (Nov. 4) ; Corsair and r jololif C?),,',/
cilia, Donaldson, Pernarohnc° ; fiereobtisl,l if
Alhambra, Wilson and F.,5665:' Colo ji 0 ~f 1 5,4/
Victor, Bartlett, Charleston 'aryls 0, . lir,,otriif
ATOP 1 0 litiorfigi
York. Sld. Valparaiso, it b sor,, 01 1'
Orleans, and put back 26;11%0 SY' 01, 011
night from W.S.W, veering . droye
.oe fl,,
Manchester, hence toCalcutttd .0 be,-
at, t Will'afsllftr4
this morning, and is exec -- The -The - pt. I y
crew saved by the life boat; „to. 00, o, ,os;
Galway, is ashore in Deotiet•vevisf, 6e/00,50
for New York, put back Yes Thei 80 sic ei
• of sails, W. ,05.--0061,/
very leaky, loss Was e to "
dismasted and abandoned,
...01 her ',lip ..ne, 0,1
lon. 45 by the Victor, arrive._ed rit roor„s,.gy
, aril v er,or ,b
den, hence to China, nas ...,5,0%1 ~.ert rOl /
PERNAMBUCO.--ATYCI. bille My toll/A
GREENOCK, JAN. 25'. here 01000,50,,e, r
pool, has been brought °, „1.,J abs _f
ed P-00 ~111,0 I
Napier steamer, disraas,tge'joesltiojea 00 '0,1,.
SHIELDS, JAN. 25.--, _tit, gr°.,,,,,eoccj, ,too'
towing down from the r-"P"but is _e,..c.r,,-10,Ve'1,0
West End, and lies bad.na 6.1 Y 0 CP $1(32:01
CLYDE, JAN. 25.---.\ 10 Flolicie 24' i., 7 i
Beth, Orr, Ichaboe ;Fa 701,000•01lis ftv:
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Demerara. 25. Sid. 14 `l-1. lige
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Singapore ; Helen,
`wind wind P• ay, V bos
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SEIBBEREEN, JA5•,2'.1..-.6oYef-a, P1.,1'.1.0/3"pe"
feet long, and market. .;. 0t usPio- wuore
wood," has come ashorc,, fetosbt asP bloc
boat, twelve feet keel. ,-brtfug Al
been ,a, 0
seven inches, has , ......-Al.• fre-,;,
Tounsend. Ir• a s•J'
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LEITH, JAN. 2a."--
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and Cicero, 'Bell, c‘,4 „AVID AO. ire, ~
SHIELDS JAN. ''''.- boe. •.1; Or'' 00/
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QUEEN'S BENC,H.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE BARON DE BODE V. TILE QUEEN.
It will be recollected that in this long-protracted case
a verdict was given some time ago. There were three
issues, and the jury found for the suppliant on the first
issue, and for the Crown on the other two. Mr. Hill
then moved for and obtained a rule nisi, calling upon
the Attorney-General to show cause why judgment
should not be given for the suppliant, notwithstanding
that the jury found for the Crown on the other two
issues. The Solicitor-General aho obtained a rule nisi,
calling upon the suppliant to show cause why judgment
should not be given for the Crown, notwithstanding
that the jury found for the suppliant on the first issue.
This being the state of the case,
The SOLICITOR-GENSBAL now moved to make his
rule absolute.
Mr. HILL said that the Solicitor-General had shown
no grounds to the Court for his rule when he moved for
it. He did not, therefore, know what objections he had
to contend against, and in such circumstances he thought
it hard to be called on to proceed till he had heard the
objections of the Solicitor-General to the rule which he
(Mr. Hill) had obtained.
Lord DExmari said that the Court had no choice. The
Solicitor-General had obtained a rule, and it was the
usual course of proceeding to make that rule absolute,
unless cause against it were shown en the other side.
Mr. HILL complained of being called on to argue in
the dark and to start imaginary objections, which might
or might not be used on the other side, and then to
combat them. It had been said that a petition of right
would not lie in this case, but the Chancellor in giving
his judgment upon this case when the Attorney-General
opposed the motion for the petition, said it was due
ex debito justicise. Why did not the Crown
take this objection in 1839. It was mon-
strous on the part of the Crown to say
that a petition of right would not lie now, after the un-
happy suppliant had been put to all the expense of tra-
versing the inquisition. It had been said that a petition
of right would not lie except for land ; but that objec-
tion had been disposed of so long ago as the reign of
Henry VI. Would it be said that a petition of right
would not lie for unliquidated damages ? It was laid
down by the old law writers that a petition of right
would be given in all suits against the Crown. What
remedy was there for the Baron de Bode, if
it was not that of the petition of right ?
There was no right without a remedy. In the case of
Ashley and White, Lord Holt said it was monstrous to
say that there was a right, and that there was no remedy.
It was not alleged on the other side that there was any
other remedy, and he was entitled to assume that the
petition of right was the proper remedy till the contrary
was shown on the other side. The Learned Gentleman
cited authority to show that a petition of right would lie
against the Crown for work and labour done for the
Crown, for money lent or goods supplied to the King.
He apprehended then it could riot be maintained that a
petition of right would not lie for unliquidated damages.
He would next ask, was there anything in this particu-
lar case to preclude the suppliant from his petition of
right. By the treaty of 1814, between France and Eng-
land, compensation was given in respect of property
belonging to British subjects, which had been unduly
confiscated during the Revolution. It was found by the
jury that the Baron was a British subject, that his pro-
perty was confiscated, and that he made his
claim within the proper time. The French Government
had acted in the fairest and most honourable manner. It
did its duty—nay, more than its duty, for they offered a
million of money more than the Duke of Wellington, who,
on the part of the British Government, inspected the ac-
counts, thought they ought to receive. There was a
surplus remaining in the hands of the Treasury after
the other claimants had been satisfied, and he was
entitled to say that this surplus belonged to the
suppliant. But, if it were not his, it could not, at
all events, belong to the British Government :
they received it upon trust, and if he claimants were
all satisfied, the surplus clearly ought to be handed over
to the French Government. It was allowed that the
claim of the Baron de Bode was not satisfied, and that
there remained a surplus of the money given by the
French Government, lying in the British treasury. He
had, therefore, a right to say that this was money had
been received for the usa of the Baron de Bode. The
Learned Gentleman went on to meet the objections that
might arise from the construction of the 59th of Geo.
111., and from the decision come to by the Commis-
sioners ; and, also, from the construction of the treaty
of 1814.
(The Learned Gentleman had not concluded his argu-
ment when we went to press, and there was very little
probability of the arguments on both sides being brought
,o a conclusion to-day.)

pledged to an indemnity, but France is not. A new
Cabinet, free from all engagement in this respect,
would be at liberty to refuse the indemnity at its risk
and peril. The persons who, in order to become Minis-
ters, blame the indemnity of Mr. PRITCHARD, under-
take to refuse it in case they should replace the present
Cabinet; for it would not be possible for them, unless
they became models of roguery, and an object of
public contempt, to find honourable for themselves
what they find blameable in the others. Therefore,
to condemn the indemnity of Mr. PRITCHARD to-day
is to promise to refuse it to-morrow. But is there a
Cabinet bold, rash, and foolish enough to commence
by a rupture with England, and to sacrifice for three
fourths of a score of thousand francs, perhaps the
prosperity of France and the peace of the world ?
We do not hesitate to say no ! This question, there-
fore, of the indemnity of Mr. PRITCHARD is not by
any means serious, since it could not be got rid of
but by a rupture with England, and every one feels
that such a question is not worth such an extremity."
The Opposition journals, in commenting on the
defeat of their party, are much divided in opinion.
The Constitutionnel says nothing is decided by the
vote. It is only an adjournment, not a victory. The
writer adds :—" It is said, indeed, that some of the
majority thought the amendment was too general, and
conceived that, by adopting it, they would be con-
demning some of their former votes, and, therefore, re-
served their disapprobation and their black balls for
special amendments, more directly aimed at the faults
committed. The game is not won by the Cabinet;
the balloting urn is like the urn of destiny; there are
seen to come out of it all the alternations of fortune—
unexpected defeat, unhoped for success, and sudden
returns. Be it so. We, in fact, shall not think that
the Chamber has given its final fiat in this discussion
untill we see the Address voted."
The Courtier Francais cannot see any grounds for
consolation, and thus laments the result :
" It is all over ; we believe in the eternity of the Mi-
nistry of October 29. It had against it three weighty
questions—Morocco, Otaheite, and the right of search,
in which the amendment stated that it had failed in
forethought and firmne.s. Never had so heavy an accu-
mulation of faults and shame weighed on a Cabinet, never
had the heart of a nation reproved more energetically an
ensemble of Ministerial acts. In fine, men considered in
the two Chambers as the highest from their position,
experience, and talent, have spoken against it, whereas
its defence has been marked by a feebleness to surprise
even its adversaries. And it triumphs ! Each fault
strengthens, and each shame confirms it ; the pri-
vilege of impunity belongs to it ; let it then
be invulnerable, immortal, immoveable, since so
the Chamber wills. For us, it suffices that it be
well understood that the majority of the national repre-
sentation only serves to cover with a Bill of indemnity a
deplorable system of government which the country con-
demns ; that the Ministry at present has no longer any
need of the power of eloquence to colour the disgrace of
its policy; without rhetorical artifices, without display
of eloquence, without any exaggerated expenditure of
sophism, flat, dry, and naked, the policy of October 29 is
welcomed amongst the majority."
The Quotidienne exclaims :
" Hurrah for England ! M. Guizot triumphs The
ballot has shown the presence of 422 Members of whom
197 only consented to recognise that the policy of the
systeme has not been prevoyaste, has not been feriae. For,
alas! it is in these terms that the Opposition has been
confined by the intrigue; consequently, the Ministerial
majority is 28. Let us confess that there is in this vote
of the majority a good sense, which is alarming, no
doubt, but at the same time incontestable. It has been
told from every point of the dynastic horizon that the
English alliance is necessary • that for the young esta-
blishment there is no other ; ;hat Austria is indifferent,
Prussia disdainful, Russia hostile ; that no Ministry can
or dare reject the entente cordiale."
The National attributes the result to the timidity
of M. SALVANDY, and some other friends of M.
DUFAURE, and looks forward to better days :
" M. Guizot has been the conqueror ; 422 Members
have taken part in the ballot. Only 212 votes were re-
quired to save the Cabinet—it had 225, thirtern more
than the absolute majority. The Opposition only got to-
gether 197 votes, so that it had a relative inferiority of
28. We know well that this is not enormous, that fifteen
individuals in changing position could overturn the Mi-
nistry. We know that at the last moment some Depu-
ties, further in the intrigue than others, withdrew with-
out voting. We know that MM. de Salvandy, Lepelle-
tier d'Aulnay, Lasnier, and some other friends of M.
Dufaure, refused to apply to the conduct of the Ministry
a general and absolute blame ! Say what you please,
arrange figures, seek for consolations, the 'fact is there—
M. Guizot has triumphed 1 But now that this paltry
duel of personal pretensions is decided, let generous
voices at last arise to say the whole truth to the country;
let the discussion assume proportions worthy of the of
fairs of a great people. Leave the majority in their
litter, speak to France and for France as one speaks of
what is durable, as that which must increase, in spite of
this unwholesome policy, to which the unthinking cling,
without seeing that each day pushes it closer to its tomb."
" Several manifestations have been made at Geneva
against the Jesuits. Popular meetings have been held.
A petition, invested with 2,500 signatures, has been
addressed to the Grand Council, and referred to the
Council of State. The speeches delivered by the Presi-
dent of the Grand Council and by the First Syndic at
the ceremony of Dec. 31 leave no doubt of the opposition
of the two first bodies of the State to the introduction of
the Society of Jesus into the canton of Lucerne, and we
have every reason to be persuaded that when the moment
shall have come Geneva will not be last to adopt, and
even to solicit, the necessary decrees for keeping this
scourge at a distance from Switzerland."
A letter from Vienna, January 17, in the Journal
de Frankfort, says :
" To-day the Archduke Albert was formally invested
with the command of the troops of Upper and Lower
Austria. Field-Marshal Baron de Wimpfen, the prede-
cessor of the Archduke Albert in the superior command
of Upper and Lower Austria, presented the general and
superior officers to his Royal Highness, who received
them most graciously."
THE BOURSE--FRIDAY, JAN. 24.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
Trench Five per Cents 121 90 .• 121 90 .. 121 85 .. 121 85
Fours. ••
Three per Cents •• 85 30 .. 85 35 .. 85 25 .. 85 25
New Loan •.•••••• 86 45 .. 86 50 .. 86 45 .. 86 50
Bank of France —.....3262 50 ..3262 65 ..3262 50 ..3262 65
Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares —lOBO ..1080 ..1075 ..1075
Belgian Bank ..• ••••••• • • •• 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635
Belgian Fives, 1840 .• •• 104% .. 104% 104% .. 104%
1842........ 186% .. 106% .. 106% .. 106%
Spanish Threes .••• • • • ..... 41 .. 41% .. 41 .. 41%
Active •.. .. .. 38% 38% .. 384
.. 38%
Passive . ... 7 7 .. 7
Portuguese Five per Cents•• 60 60 .. 60 .. GO
Neapolitan•••• ••
Roman ... •••• •• ......... 10514 .. 105% .. 10514, .. 105%
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R. 8...
L. 8... .. 387 50 .. 390 .. 386 25 .. 386 25
Rouen ....•• ••
Rouen to Havre.• •• • • 850 .. 852 50 .. 850 • • 850
Orleans ..•••••.••••••1130 -.1135 ..1133 75 ..1133 75
Strasburg to Bale•••• •• .... 307 50 .. 308 75 .. 307 50 . 307 50
Avignon to Marseilles.• 930 .. 931 25 .. 930 • 930
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, FEB. 7.
St. Germain ....1012 50 ..1020 .•1012 50 ..1020
Versailles, •••••. • • • • • • 500 500 .. 502 50 .. 500 500
L.B 387 50 .. 387 50 .. 387 50 .. 387 50
Rouen• ~,,............••1067 50 ..1073 75 ..1067 50 ..1072 50
Itouen to Havre.• 847 50 .. 855 .. 847 50 .. 851 25
Orleans •• ..... 1135 ..1135 ..1132 50 ..1135
Strasburg to Bale ... 307 50 .. 310 .. 307 50 .. 307 50
Avignon to Marseilles.• •• 930 .. 931 28 .. 930 .. 930

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
BOOKER V. TIBBOCK.

Mr. KNowLEs moved fora rule to show cause why an
attachment issued against the plaintiff, and obtained by
his Learned Friend Mr. Cowling, on a former day, should
not be set aside. The circumstances of the case might
be easily explained. The affidavit stated that an order
was made by the Court of Assizes, held at Liverpool,
with consent of all the parties interested on either side,
ruling that certain letters patent should be assigned to
the plaintiff, and that he should pay over to the defendant
the sum of 1001. as expenses. The time fir paying such
sum was not imperative, and therefore he (Mr. Knowles)
contended that the assignment of the letters patent (the
first ground of the action) should have been made to the
plaintiff, ere the expenses of the case were paid to the
defendant. His friend Mr. Cowling did not once
attempt to say that this had been done, and had he
(Mr. Knowles) been allowed by the Court to file certain
affidavits in the case, he should have been able to prove
affirmatively that, which was almost negatively admitted
on the other side. Ile hoped, therefore, that on a mere
principle of equity the attachment should be set aside.
Mr. COWLING contended that nothing in the order
warranted the inference sought to be established, that
the act of assignment should precede the paying of the
expenses, and he trusted, therefore, that his Learned
Friend's application would be dismissed.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said the attachment was not
returnable for a fortnight, and as the order seemed to
infer that the payment of the 100/. should be immediate,
the Court would merely suspend it for that time.

A Bayonne letter of the 22d inst., just received,
announces the arrest of Zurbano, in the neighbour-
hood of Logrono, on the 19th inst. The intelligence
was received by a French courier, who met at Bur-
gos the express conveying the tidings to Madrid.
Another account unfortunately confirms this news,
and adds, that he was shot without trial on the 20th.
The accounts of his arrival at Lisbon had therefore
probably been put forth in order to deceive his
pursuers.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
WADE V. SIMEON.
The application in this case was reported in The Sun
of Saturday, and judgment was po3tponed until this
morning. On taking his seat on the bench
The LORD CHIEF BARON said—ln the case of Wade
against Simeon we have looked into the affidavits, and it
appears to us that there can be no doubt of the autho-
rity and jurisdiction of the Court extending to a case of
this nature. The case of Blight v. Brewer, 3d Dowling's
Reports, page 266, which was oited as an authority on
Saturday, was a case where there had been judgment
and execution; and the Court, therefore, had no occa-
sion to interfere in order to enforce the cognovit between
the parties. We think there can be no doubt that in
any stage of the proceedings, so long as there remains
any necessity. for an appeal to the authority of the Court,
or any occasion to call for the exercise of its jurisdiction,
the Court has an undoubted right to interfere, and it is
its duty to interfere if it perceive that the process juris-
diction of the Court is about to be used for purposes
which are not consistent with justice. Here no judg-
ment has been signed, and it cannot be signed except
under the authority and sanction of the Court. The
question really is, therefore, whether this case is anala-
gous to instances where there has been a consent as to
an intervening step, or a verdict of the jury in invitum,
or whether it is to be treated like the case of an arbitra-
tion or a judgment and execution executed. It appears
to us•that it is not like the case of an arbitration, because
there the question is, by consent, removed to
another forum ; and as soon as it has been
agreed that the cause shall be referred, it
immediately falls under all the rules and all the practice
in reference to awards, as to which the Court will inter-
fere only in certain circumstances and under certain
imitations. Upon the first question, therefore, we are
clearly of opinion that the Court has jurisdiction—that
it has a duty to exercise with respect to the process to
be used in the ulterior stages of the cause. Upon the
merits of the case it is sufficient to say, we are of
opinion that there is a point which is fit to be submitted
to a jury. We think, therefore, that the rule ought to
be made absolute ; that the money should remain in
Court to abide the event ; that the plaintiff
should have judgment, if necessary, on the day
on which he would be entitled to sign judgment if this
application had not been made ; that the defendant
should pay the costs of the application, and continue to
pay the interest according to the agreement ; and that
the trial should proceed so as to put the plaintiff in the
same situation as he would have been in if this applica-
tion had not been made.
Mr. WATSON, as Counsel for the plaintiff, wished to
know if the Court would not provide for the case of either
of the parties dying before the trial of the action?
The LORD CHIEF BARON said, if either the plaintiff or
the defendant should die the action would proceed.—
Rule absolute.

We have been informed, and we hope it is true,
that the Admiralty have it in contemplation to improve
the dress of the midshipmen of the Navy, by giving
them gold aigurli ettes when in full dress, similar to those
worn by aspirants in the French and other Navies; for
nothing can be more unmeaning than the white patch on
the collar. The mates, too, wt. have heard, are to wear
gold frogs in full dress, without the bullion, which will be
a great improvement. The uniform of the higher grades
also requires amendment, as it is impossible at present
to distinguish the different ranks of officers. —.Naval and
Military Gazette.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
DANIEL V. CANPLIN.
This was an appeal from Bristol against the ciccisien
of the Revising Barrister, who had allowed the vote of
Mr. Camplin, an inhabitant of that city. The case was
part heard on Monday last.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE having replied this morning
on behalf of the respondent,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said it appeared to him
that the decision of the Revising Barrister was right.
The objection taken to the vote of the claimant was that
in the lists made out by the overseer the nature of the
property, in respect of which the claim was made, was
improperly described. The words in the list were " Camp-
lin William, High-street, house and shop," and the objec-
tion was that the claim ought to have been for " a joint
occupation of house and shop." The objection was con
fined entirely to the list made out by the overseers. It
had been urged, that inasmuch as that Court had decided
that each successive set of premises must be mentioned
in the statement of qualification, it ought . in this case to
have been stated whether the occupation was joint or
several. The ground, however, of the decision in ques-
tion was, that these successive occupations constituted,
in fact, the one subject matter of the claim ; whereas,
in the present case it was only incident to an attending
upon the claim that the objection applied. He thought,