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London, England, 1842-08-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat to-day at Half-past Two o'Clock,
to give several judgments. The Peers present were Lord
Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and Lord
Kenyon.

CULLEN V. SPROTT.
Lord COTTENHAM gave the judgment of the House in
this appeal, recommending their Lordships to dismiss
the appeal with costs.

TIIE CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGHS V. CUNNINGHAM.
Lord BROUGHAM pronounced the decision of their
Lordships in this case. He considered the judgment be-
low unsupported by the facts of the case, and he should
therefore more that it be reversed.

Lord COTTENHAM was of the same opinion as his
Noble and Learned Friend.

Lord CAMPBELL differed with the opinion of both his
Noble and Learned Friends, and must enter his protest
against their judgment.—Judgment below reversed.

SIR L. SKEFFINGTON V. BUDD.

Lord COTTENHAM gave their LotdslP;" judgment in
this appeal, which was argued a short time since. The
case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the
decision of the Court of Exchequer. His Lordship ad-
vised the affirmance of the judgment below, with costs.
—Judgment affirmed.

CLARK V. SMITH.
Their Lordships also gave judgment in this case,
reversing the decree of the Court below, with costs.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SHORE.
Lord COTTENHAM gave judgment in this case, which,
our readers will recollect, was argued some time since be-
fore the Judges upon a writ of error. In accordance with
the opinion delivered by those learned functionaries, his
Lordship recommended the House to affirm the decree
of the Court below, declaring that Unitarians were not
proper objects of the gift of Lady Hewley.
The appeal was dismissed with costs.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Henry Norman, a well-dressed young man, who is
the son of an opulent tradesman residing in the neigh-
bourhood, was charged on suspicion of stealing a gold
watch and appendages, value 521., the property of the
Chevalier Wiercenskie, a Pole, residing at No. 3, Queen-
street, Haymarket.
It appeared that the prisoner had for the last six weeks
lodged in the same house with the prosecutor, and about
three o'clock en the previous afternoon the property in
question was missed from the Chevalier's drawing-room,
it having been seen safe but a very short time pre-
viously, during which period the prisoner was noticed
to pass up and down stairs by the prosecutor's
apartments, and shortly afterwards to leave the house ;
and, contrary to his usual custom, he did not return
home until two o'clock this morning. On being given
into custody of Inspector Rogers, of the E division, at
six o'clock this morning. on suspicion of having
committed the robbery, he stated that he
had only a few shillings about him. But,
on being searched, four sovereigns were found.
wrapped up in his gloves, in his coat-pocket. He also
gave an account of the manner in which he passed his
time, which turned out to be false.

The prisoner strongly protested his innocence, and
said that he had been induced to give the statement he
had by his desire to keep his own affairs and resources
private.--He was remanded until Monday next.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—Mr.T.Duncombe brought before th ellouse of
Commons, again last night, a subject which cannot be too
often commended to the attention of the public. The
Honourable Member, in moving an address to her Ma-
jesty, " for the liberation of John Mason and seven
working men now confined in Stafford gool," for attend-
ing a public meeting, took occasion to remark, that " as
long as these individuals 'remained in prison, so long
would the rights of the subjects of this country be in
abeyance." It is undoubtedly true that the incarcera-
tion of these men appears to sanction the doctrine that
the right of meeting in public is liable to be sus-
pended at the option of any constable who, by in-
terrupting the proceedings, thinks proper to cause a
breach of the peace, and thus invest an assembly with
the character of illegality. It is really monstrous that
such a proposition as this should be assented to, as it
indirectly is, by Ministers, when they refuse to in-
terfere for the purpose of disproving a principle
which intolerant Magistrates and meddling constables
will be but too ready to recognise as legal. There is no
meeting that can be held, on any subject whatever, which
may not be defeated by the interference of a policeman.
who has only to raise an objection to the language he
hears—of the propriety of which he is constituted by the
new doctrine the sole judge—and npon this he may de-
sire the speaker to desist, when a dispute must inevitably
arise, and the assembly may be at once dispersed as an un-
lawful one. It appears to be generally admitted that the lan-
guage held by the speaker at the meeting which'gave rise to
this case was not of a seditious nature. It would seem,
nevertheless, that as the constable chose to consider
that the words he heard were seditious, he had a right
to act as if they really had been so ; and that therefore
a man is liable to be taken into custody, not because
he utters sedition, but because a constable who happens
to be present either believes, or says he believes, such am
offence to have been committed. This is making a con-
stable the sole judge of a very important and very
difficult legal question, in order to effect a breach of the
peace, which is pretty sure to follow the assumption of
functions so high by an official so contemptible. The
breach of the peace being arrived at, the constable's duty
becomes clear, and he accordingly proceeds to disperse
the meeting, which has only been rendered illegal by the
interruption he has offered to it. It is impossible that
such an interference with the liberty of the subject as
seems to be threatened by the promulgation of the new
doctrine can be long endured. Perhaps even Sir James
Graham may feel the necessity of ere long adopting a
t me upon this subject in some degree consonant with the
s, i it of the constitution and the feelings of the people.
STANDARD.—Sir Francis Burdett moved for a Se-
lect Committee to inquire as to what had been the nego-
tiations between the Government and Captain Warner
(who, by the way, turns out not to be an officer in the
Queen's service), respecting the extraordinary invention
of the latter. Sir R. Peel and Sir H. Douglas obviated the
necessity for the proposed Committee, by describing very
distinctly and very fully all that had passed between Cap-
tain Warner and her Majesty's Ministers. Captain War-
ner, it appears, fixed the price of his secret at four
hundred thousand pounds! and though the Government
and the Commissioners appointed by them repeatedly
pressed him to prove the value of his dis-
covery by experiments to be made at the
public expense, he declined to move a step
until 400,0001, should be guaranteed to him in the
event of the experiment proving successful. Now,
seeing that no desire was expressed to extract the
secret, or for more than to see the experiment
tried, this condition was perfectly monstrous. Captain
Warner was not to be paid such a sum as 400,0001.
for a discovery that might prove efficient under se-
lected circumstances, but for something that might
be generally efficient, and of important efficacy. It
might be possible that he could blow up ships and
forts in a selected case ; but as was well asked by
Sir Robert Peel, " could he accomplish these tre-
mendous results in the face of an enemy—
could he effect them under all circumstances,
and with equally destructive results ? This
did not appear from the experiments that had
" hitherto been tried." Let Mr. Warner look to the con-
duct of Mr. Bingham and Mr. Bustle, now engaged in
erecting the " light of all nations" upon the Goodwin
Sands. We dare swear that their project will be as use-
ful to the country as Mr. Warner's can be, and it is we
suppose as precarious—it is beyond dispute more benevo-
lent—and yet these gentlemen have not been driving hard
bargains with the Government, nor have they, as we are
aware, applied to Parliament for aid or to force the Govern-
ment into a bargain ; and why may not Mr. Warner
as safely trust to the justice and gratitude of his
country as Mr. Bingham and Mr. Bushe ? And as we
have referred to " the light of all nations," we will
take leave to suggest to Mr. Warner a mode of proving the
power of the agent that he has discovered in a manner
that will preserve his secret inviolable, and yet demon-
strate the tremendous effect of his discovery beyond con-
tradiction, it is only to blow away the Goodwin Sands,
or the Kentish Knock, or some other of the troublesome
obstacles to navigation. A few of those shells, that, as
we have been told, would blow the rock of Gibraltar to
atoms, dropped upon the Goodwin or the Knock, would
surely do all that we ask for, and all the world would
know of the matter is, the finding deep water in the place
of a destructive shoal.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL,AuGusT 4, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting unto Charles George Young,
Esq., York Herald, the office of Garter Principal King of
Arms, with the name of Garter, and the style, liberties, and
pre-eminences belonging to the said office, the same. having
become vacant by the decease of Sir William Woods, Knight,
late Garter.

GRAND CRICKET MATCH.

RENT V. ENGLAND.

The match with Kent and England terminated yester-
day shortly before two o'clock, by Barker fetching 29 and
and Fenner 19 runs, which gave, with nine byes and
one wide ball, a score of ss. Thus giving the palm to
England, with nine wickets to go down. Good had
been in the previous evening, but was bowled by Hillyer
without scoring.
The match with the gentlemen of England against the
gentlemen of Kent began shortly after the above match
had terminated, and when the game ceased for the day,
Kent, which first took the bat, had effected a score of 10
at the price of 8 wickets. Messrs. Fagge, Jenner, and
Baldock, have yet their wickets to go down.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.