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London, England, 1842-05-05 00:00:00

taining judgment; but on the contrary, in all the cases
the making of rates was held to he in the majority 0:
the V •!,,y. The ;,rfirrn.,nt th remedy i. no iouge'
to thin .me,. -a; he,ni ans.,ered by
a hi;4h s uthnrily—t he Giurt of Queen's Bench itself.
Th, decision of the Court of Queen's Bench to which
he alluded, was given in reference to the " Wager of Battle,"
which was as revolting and unchristian a practice as had been
handed down from the times of ancient darkness. What said
Lord Ellenborough? That " the wager of battle, however re-
volting it might appear to many, was the law of the land, and
he was hound to atiminisfer it." One more observation
occurred to him (Dr. Lushington) before he quitted this case.
It he were willing (which he was not) to admit the doctrine
laid down in the Exchequer Chamber, that the rules of law
governing elections was analogous to this case, the law was
no such thing. He was bound to decide this case not by the
common law but by the ecclesiastical ; and he could not find.
in the whole body of that law, or in all the records of eases
and decisions, the faintest testimcny of any analogy between
proceedings in the matter of Churah-rates and elections, Par-
liamentary or corporate. He was therefore bound to reject this,
libel, and to pronounce the rate invalid. He was avvarr
of the responsibility which rested on him in this matter. lies
knew how many evil cowequences would be ascribed to his mit-
carriage, if he had failed to find what was the law. He had en-
deavuured honestly, fearlessly, and assiduously, to find the law,
and having found it, he would not resort to subtle re-
finements to defeat it. He was well persuaded, file:*
the history of this country, that the continuance
of bad laws, and the prevention of good ones had, in no small
measure, been occasioned by laudable, though mistaken ende a-
yours to make the law measure out according to particular
notions of justice, and to make subtle d,stinctions to ward..og
evil and injurious results, which, if they be the effect of the
law, ought to be remedied not by the "Judge but by the Le-
gislator.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING

LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind this day at noon variable.

DEAL, MAY 3, A.m., wind N.W. moderate.—tith,
W.S. W. light.—Arrd. Minerva, Furlong. Mauritius ; Anna
Victoria, Arocina, Tenerife; Porcupine, Cleveland, Firnyrna.
Arrd. from the river, Lori Lowther. for China; ditto and
sld. Adelaide, China; Berk,hire, Inglis and Margaret,
Bombay; Medora, Cape Circassian; Montreal, Jane Lowden,
.Zlirarnichi.

OFF DOVER, MAY 3.—Arrd. Pawasso, westward, for London.
fiutsToL, MAY 3.—Arid. Eliza, Saunders, Matvitius.

MlLroan, MAY 2.—Arrd. Recovery, Sierra Leone.
PORTSIWITTH, MA 3.—Wind Y.N.W.—Arrd. Alert,
Hurth, St. Cruix, for Copenhagen.
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FAL LOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind variable and high..—Sltl.
Oriental steamer, Alexandria; Montrose steamer, Gibraltar.

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POOLE, MAY 3.—Sid. Lord Nelson, Prince Eugene, watt
Liebe, Newfoundland.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.
404., and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25. 64, it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris,

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.111, it follows that gold is 1.02 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
A correspondent, whose statements were used on Sa-
turday in various matters relating to railway statistics,
is said, by better authorities, to be incorrect in many of
them. For example, the general receipts for 1841, in-
stead of 1,500,0001., were near 3,000,000/.; the cost of the
Liverpool and Manchester was not 27,000/. but 46,0001.
per mile ; and the average cost of English railways, in-
stead of being 12,0001.. is believed, in round numbers, to
be nearer 40,000/. per mile.