The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

THE S N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1845.

KINSALE, JUNE 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Canning, of Bristol,
Memel and Quebec, lost anchors in the St. Lawrenca.
DROGHEDA, JUNE 28.—Wind N.—Sld. Ann, Lerratt, St. John's,
New Brunswick.

WIIITERAVEN, JUNE 2S.—Wind N.—Sid. Jessie Maria, Quebec.
HALIFAX, JUNE 28.—Wind s.S.E. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
Baker, QuQb,c.

ONTROSE, JUNE 27.—L'Irma, fishing vessel, of Boulogne, was
fallen in with 23d inst., ,r,w saved, and landed here,, reporting
their vessel to have sprung a leak and gone down.
BnawicK, JUNE 28.—The schooner, Eleanor, Ramsay, of and for
Sunderland from Cromarty, drove on shore on Gorwick Sand this
morning during a heavy gale, but is expected to come off; crew
saved, with part of cargo.

PORT TALBOT, JUNE 29.—The Magnet, Davies, from Swansea, In
running for the Bar, got ashore ou the south side of the Channel, and
remains.

HOUSE of LORDS.—(T HIS DAY.

The House sat today to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and the Bishop of Ely,
The following judges were also in attendance—The Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Colt-
man, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron
Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Platt.

HATFIELD V. PHILLIPS.

The further arguments in this part-heard writ of error occupied
their Lordships the whole morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Master of the Rolls, having disposed of the
cases of " Dowden v. Hooke," and " Halcombe v. Antrobus,"
proceeded with the hearing of petitions.

VICE-CHANGEItY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Vice-Chancellor of England, after disposing of several short
applications at the sitting of the Court, heard causes, none of which
call for a special report.

(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BaucE.)
His Honour heard bankrupt petitions to-day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
The :part.heard motion of " Lander v. Ingersoll" occupied his
Honour the whole day.

ARCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY

IN RE OAKLEY.

Sir H. J. FUST delivered judgment in this case this morning.
He commenced by reading a pamphlet written by Mr. Oakley,
minister of the chapel of St. Margaret's, to the Lord Bishop
of London, in which Mr. Oakley claimed the right of
entertaining the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church,
though not the right of teaching them as a minister of the
Church of England. The Learned Judge having gone through the
greater part of the pamphlet, and commented thereon, stated that

it was quite evident that it was the Roman Church which was
alluded to by Mr. Oakley. The question then for him to consider
was, whether the Church of Rome differed in its doctrines from
the Church of England, and if it did, what was the distinction.
The Court would look at the articles, not going through them all,
but merely touching en the leading articles. They were drawn
up in direct opposition to the Council of Trent. The foundation
of the doctrines of the Church of England mainly rested upon the
Scriptures, but the Roman Catholic Church added traditions to the
Scriptures, and treated them with pari effectu with the Scriptures
themselves. The decree of the first four Councils were received, be..
cause they were consistent with the Scriptures, and the decrees of the
latter were rejected, because they were not founded on the Scriptures.
Mr. Oakley also seemed to convey that the Council of Nica and the
Council of Trent were entitled to the same authority. Assuming
that new heresis had sprung up, he would not suppose the Church
to be silent on such occasions. The Church which he spoke of
was no doubt the Roman Church, for these were Councils of that
Church, and the doctrines there laid down were recognised by the
Pope of Rome. This was the manner in which he thinks
it consistent with his duty to speak of the Reformers,
by whose assistance the yoke of the Church of Rome
was thrown off: He claimed the right to hold all the Roman doc-
trines laid down by the Councils of Trent and Nice since the sixth
century. That certainly was to be the interpretation of his letter
Then came the question as to what were the doctrines of the
Roman Church which were opposed to those of the Church of Eng-
land. In the first place, he says that he subscribed to the 39 Articles.
Mr. Oakley declared, as part of his belief the whole of the Roman
doctrines; consequently he affirms his belief in the doctrine of
purgatory, which is in direct contrariety to the belief of the Church
of England, as it was not to be found in the Scriptures. That
belief was quite repugnant to the articles of the Church of Eng-
land. Then as to the sacraments, the Church of England only
recognised two sacraments. There were, however, seven to be
believed by the Romish Church under the penalty of anathema,
as was to be found in the seventh seetioq of the Council of
Trent. So early as before the year 1476 were these set
forth by the Council. The nest article was the question as to the
Lord's Supper, to which the thirteenth section of the Council
referred. The Church of England affirmed that transubstan-
tiation was not to be proved by the Scriptures, and that
such a belief was repugnant to Holy Writ. The Council
of Trent contradicted positively that affirmation that it was
not founded on the Scriptures. The sixth canon declared that,
on being consecrated, the bread and wine became con.
•erted into the body and blood of Christ. How was Mr Oakley
to show that these were not conflicting doctrines? It was impos-
sible that he could. Consequently he claims the right of affirming
doctrines opposed to those of the Church of England ; and, as a mi-
nister of that Church, he was liable to censure. If, then, in any
case, surely in this case the Court should give a severe sentence.
He would revoke Mr. Oakley's license for preaching in the chapel
of St. Margaret's, and prohibit him from the performance of any
ministerial office in that chapel, or in the diocese of London, or
within the province of the Court, until he shall have repented
himself of his errors, and declared his readiness to
retract, and did retract these errors ; and must, as a
matter of course, also condemn him to the costs occasioned
by the proceedings, and order his sentence to be published on Sun-
day next at the chapel of St. Margaret's.

RAILWAY COMMIT TEES
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
LEEDS AND THIILSIE LINE.

The Committee, consisting of the Duke of Grafton, Lord Col.
borne, the Bishop of Rochester, the Marquis of Ormonde, and Lord
de Lisle and Dudley, met at eleven o'clock, Lord Colborne in the
chair.

This line met with strong opposition before the Committee of
the House of Commons, P. M. Stewart. Esq., M.P., in the chair,
it was before the same Committee, and in opposition to this line,
that the Ripon and Harrogate line was brought under considera-
tion, and which, after many days' investigation, was suddenly with.
drawn one morning, to the surprise of the Committee, who
found that their time had been occupied for several days
in a most useless manner. The subject was subsequently brought
under the notice of the House of Commons, and it was alleged that
there was some gambling connected with it of no creditable cha-
racter.

The principle opponents in the Commons to the Leeds and Thirsk
line were the Ripon and Harrogate line, already mentioned, the
Earl of Cardigan, and Mr. Dynely.
Lord Cardigan's opposition was in consequence of the line passing
so near a beautiful old ruin, Kirkstall Abbey, on his property, and
which his Lordphip has taken the pains of an antiquarian to pre-
serve. The promoters of the line, however, diverted it, so as to
tender its proximity to the abbey as little disadvantageous as
possible to the picturesqueness of the scenery.
There were some landowners in opposition to the scheme, but
their mouths were stopped with gold. The only remaining oppo.
nents were the agents of Mr. Dynely, who were again in opposi-
tion to-day.

Mr. Dynely is a lunatic under the guardianship of the Court of
Chancery. It was by the Lord Chancellor's directions that Mr.
Whitehurst, Q.C. , appeared in opposition to the line at the Com..
mons and before their Lordships to-day. His opposition is
grounded on this fact. The line passes contiguous to the village of
Bramhope, six miles from Leeds, and would, it was alleged, de-
stroy some valuable springs with which that town Is supplied with
water.

Mr. BAINEs, Q C., offered to insert clauses in the Bill guarantee-
ing an ample supply of water to the town in case the excavations
from the line interfered with the springs in question. The terms
offered were not considered satisfactory, and hence the appearance
before their Lordships.
These facts having been stated, the Noble CHAIRMAN said he
really thought it would be much better if the parties would with-
draw and arrange the matter privately, as it was more a matter of
private arrangement than for judicial interference.
The Counsel agreed that this would be the most desirable course,
and withdrew to confer.

It may be mentioned that the line will connect some of the most
important towns of the north of England—Wigan, Bolton; Roch.
dale, and others of the same rank; it passes through one of the
most fertile coal beds in that district, and if the traffic tables laid
before the Commons' Committee were at all accurate, these can be
no doubt but the line will be a most useful and successful specu-
lation.

The investigation of the line before the Commons' Committee
occupied ten days, when the preamble was at length declared proved.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP A.

On the meeting of the Committee this morning at the usual
hour, the Chairman said that Mr. M`Geachy was still unable to
attend, and that the business mutt therefore proceed in his absence.
Mr. COCKBURN then addressed the Committee on the part of the
promoters of the

EXHIBITTON OF THE FINE ARTS
IN WESTMINSTER HALL.
The exhibition of works of art in Westminster•hall
was opened on Saturday for a private view. Our readers
are aware that the Royal Commission of the Fine Arts
have resolved, with the sanction of the Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, that six arched com-
partments in the House of Lords shall be decorated with
fresco-paintings: that the subjects of such fresco-paint-
ings shall be illustrative of the functions of the House of
Lords and of the relation in which it stands to the Sove-
reign: that the subjects of three of the said fresco-paint-
ings shall be personifications or abstract representations of
religion, justice, and the spirit of chivalry ; and that
the three remaining subjects corresponding with such
representations, and expressing the relation of the Sove-
reign to the Church, to the law, and, as the fountain of
honour, to the State, shall be, the Baptism of Ethelbert;
Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknowledging the
authority of Chief Justice Gascoigne ; and Edward the
Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter from
Edward 111.
They have commissioned six artists, viz., Richard
Redgrave, A.R.A , William Cave Thomas, Charles West
Cope, A.R.A., John Callcott Horsley, William Dyce,
and Daniel Maclise, R.A., selected by the Commissioners
from among the present exhibitors in 'Westminster-hall,
to prepare cartoons, coloured sketches, and specimens of
fresco-painting for the subjects above mentioned. But
the Commissioners, not binding themselves to employ
such artists on the fresco-paintings in the House of
Lords, and being desirous of giving a further opportunity
to artists, other than the above artists, to exhibit speci-
mens of their ability in cartoon drawing and fresco-
painting, have opened the subjects to general competition,
offering three premiums of 2001. each fur the three best
designs.
Each artist was required to send in a cartoon, 9 feet
3 inches wide, by 16 feet high to the point of the
arch ; also, a coloured sketch, not less than 18 inches
in its shortest dimensions, of the entire design repre-
sented. The cartoon and a fresco painting, not less
than three feet—its shortest dimensions, representing a
part of the design in full proportion. These works, 116
in number, were opened for private view on Saturday,
and are opened this morning for public exhibition. The
three prizes have been awarded to J. Noel Paton, jun.,
Dunfermline, North Britain, for " The Spirit of Reli-
gion ;" to Edward Armitage, 13, George-street, Adel-
phi, who carried off one of the prizes at the first exhi-
bition of cartoons two years since, for the same subject ;
and to John Tenniel, jun., 22, Gloucester-place, New-
road, for an allegory of Justice. The award is signed
Lansdowne, Robert Peel, Samuel Rogers, Richard West-
mama, Richard Cook, William Etty.
The following is the description given in the catalogue
of Mr. Paton's prize cartoon :
" The human soul is typified, under the influence of
the Spirit of Religion, fighting the good fight of Faith,'
and pressing towards the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' The Christian
soul is assailed by the three great principles that en-
danger spiritual life—the pride of unhallowed and law-
less domination, the lust of pleasure, and the mysterious
tendency towards ill ; (scripturally) the world,
the flesh, and the devil. Fame, on his right, strives to
allure him from his enterprise, by the phantasmal pa-
geantry of earthly glory—the victory in the battle field
—the triumph in the city —and the apotheosis in the
sacred place ; but he has overcome the spirit of the
world, and tramples him under foot. Pleasure, the in-
sidious parasite, still clings to him, but he spurns her
from. his side. The fetters of sensuality are broken ;
his aim is a higher destiny ; his course is upward and
onward, and he is alike regardless of her lures and of the
scenes of revelry and voluptuousness which her at-
tendant Bacchanal presents to him ; his utmost
energies are concentrated to repel the assault of the
Evil One, who interposes 17tween him and the re-
alization of his hope, while The Lamb, slain from the
beginning, the Alpha and Omega,' extends his helping
hands ; the angelic swords are bared—the fiend is
baffled—and the soul is rescued."
There is some very beautiful drawing in this cartoon, but
we do not like the manner in which Mr. Paton treats his
subject. It would be impossible to understand the mean-
ing of the picture without the explanation which accom-
panies it. It does not explain itself, and might, but for
the explanation, be taken for a picture of the Ascension.
Mr. Armitage has, to our taste, treated the subject in
a much more artist-like manner. The following is the
description, in the catalogue, of his cartoon No. 46 :
" Religion, unfolding her mantle, reveals herself to man-
kind. The clouds of error recede before the star of truth.
Faith kneels in humble adoration holding the palm
branch, the emblem of martyrdom. Hope, with one
hand on the Gospel, and the other pointing to the Cross,
bids the captive, the dying, and the broken-hearted look
up to religion, and Charity, uninfluenced by human pre-
judices, extends her protection to the helpless and out-
cast." This is really a very fine design, and is executed
:in a most masterly manner. Callcott Horsley's cartoon,
Ne. 35 (Religion exemplified in the faith and hope of the
Cross of Christ, in the subjection of all earthly power and
human distinctions to His will, and in the common depen-
dance of all estates and conditions of men on His word)
which was executed by commission, is also exceedingly
:fine, and we scarcely know to which of these two we
ought to award the preference. The other prize cartoon,
No. 85, " An Allegory of Justice," by John Tenniel,
jun., is a production of the highest order of art, and
which is the perfection of allegorical painting—it com-
pletely tells its story. The figure of Justice occupies
the centre of the upper part of the picture ; with her
arms extended, she protects a girl and a boy, who have
clung to her robe, one on each side. The boy has just
escaped from his pursuers, whose countenances bear the
expression of baffled malignity, as they shrink
back to avoid her uplifted arm. The group-
ing of the figures below, personifying the diffe-
rent attributes of Justice, is also very fine, and the
public voice will we deubt not confirm the award of the
Commissioners. The cartoon on the same subject,
No. 38, executed by commission by W. Cane Thomas, is
also a work of a high order of art, but we certainly pre-
fer Mr. Tenniel's treatment of the subject. No. 41,
" The Spirit of Chivalry," executed by commission by
Maclise, is by far the best picture on the subject in the
exhibition. The number of figures in the composition
is very great as may be gathered from the following de-
scription given in the catalogue :—" The Spirit, or per-
sonification' of Chivalry, is surrounded by men of va-
rious pursuits—religious, military, and civil, who repre-
sent, as by an upper court or house, the final acquisition
of her honours and rewards. Beneath, as not having
obtained, though within reach of, the crown, a young
Knight vows himself to chivalric services, attended by
his Page and invited by his lady's favour. Beside, or
around him, in various grades, other figures are intro-
duced ; to connect the abstract representation' of Chi-
valry with its general recognition of intellectual in-
fluences. Among them the Painter, Sculptor, and Man
of Science ; the Bard, inspiring youth by his recitals ;
the Troubadour and his Mistress ; the Palmer from
the Holy Land ; and the Poet-historian, from
whom future ages must derive their know-
ledge of the spirit and the deeds of Chivalry."
But the most artist-like management is shown in the
grouping. The expression of the features of each figure
is very fine, and perfectly appropriate. It is a design
to study, and it requires to be studied long to tho-
roughly appreciate its beauties. Of the various pictures
of the Baptism of Ethelbert, the best is certainly the one
executed by commission by Mr. Dyce, No. 63. He bas
avoided the fault into which almost all the other exhi-
bitors have fallen, of making Ethelbert at the time of
his baptism a young man. Frank Howard's design for
the same subject, No. 72, is also a fine work of art.
The only design on the subject of Edward the Black
Prince receiving the Order of the Garter is No. 57, exe-
cuted by commission by C. W. Cope, who has handled
the subject in a very artist-like manner. On the
subject of Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknow-
ledging the authority of the Chief Justice Gascoigne,
there are numerous designs of very various degrees of
merit. The best, however, is certainly No. 60, executed
by commission by Richard Redgrave. The expression
of dignity which he has infused into the bearing and ex-
pression of the chief justice is very- fine. As a whole
this exhibition, as an exhibition of frescos, is superior to
the one of last year, but not equal to the cartoon exhi-
bition of two years since. This, however, may be ac-
counted for from the narrow limits in which the artists
were confined by being restricted to so few subjects.
There are also some models of statuary, many of
which, the " Nymph," for instance (135), by John
Ternouth, " Love Triumphant," (139), by P. M'Dowall,
and a girl reading (140), by the same artist, are
exceedingly beautiful, but which we should imagine
cannot, by possibility, be used as decorations to the
Houses of Parliament. The statue of Archbishop Cran-
mer (119), by henry Shenton, is a work which may legi-
timately find a place in the Palace of Westminster, as
Alfred the Great (126) by John Henning, jun., and the
Fair Maid of Kent, and Richard the Second at the
shrine of the Virgin (142), by the same artist. There is
also an excellent portrait statue of Shakespeare (127) by
John Bell, and a beautiful design of a monument to Camp-
bell (141) by Patrick Park. The exhibition was visited
during the afternoon by a great number of Peers and
Members of Parliament, and by a crowd of fashionable
dilettanti.