The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-16 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch.

The double debate last night on the Scotch Church
terminated, as we anticipated, in the total defeat of the
Non-Intrusionist party. The Government, after a long
and ominous silence, have at length spoken out in a way
that cannot fail to be understood by the dominant sec-
tion of the Kirk, and announced their firm determination
to enforce the law of the land against that new scheme of
discipline and persecution called the Veto Act. This
announcement will cheer and console nine clergymen who
have been deposed or excommunicated for following the
dictates of their own conscience, and obeying the com-
mands of Scripture, as well as the laws of their country.
The remarks of Sir R. PEEL on the state of the Scotch
Church are just and benevolent. No Minister under the
Crown is so well acquainted with the working of that
excellent establishment: he distributed the Crown pa-
tronage for a long series of years, and had ample oppor-
tunity of witnessing the blessed effects produced by
the moral and religious teaching of the poorest but
unquestionably the most useful body of Clergymen in
Christendom. It was impossible, therefore, he said,
for any man to lament more deeply than he did
her present condition. " lie had during the period
previous to those unhappy dissensions contrived so to
conduct his relations with the Church of Scotland, that
the whole tenour of his official career had been one of
uninterrupted harmony, and that recollection made him
feel more deeply grieved at the occurrences which had
since taken place." Every fr'end to Scotland sympa-
thises with these ben, velent feelings, when he contrasts
her present condition with that of former titnQs.
" During that period," said Sir JAMES GRAHAM, •' the
system exercised by honest and upright ministers had
produced the most salutary influence on the character,
morals, and habits of the people." What is her condi-
fon now ? A state of actual warfare; the fa:her divided
against the son, and the mother against the daughter ;
one-half of the holy ministers of religion at dire hosti-
lity with the other—the people allowed no rest—the pnl-
pits desecrated by violent harangues, suited only to re-
volutionary assemblies, and utterly disgraceful in a place
of worship ; many of the most venerable fathers of the
Church deposed, or threatened with deposition, and the
people themselves instigated both by the example and
the precepts of their teachers to rebel against
the law of the land. Perhaps a more complete moral
disorganisation was never exhibited in a civilised com-
munity. And all for what ?—Not the good of the great
body of the Christian people, but the aggrandisement of
a certain number of clergymen who, covering their own
love of power and dominion under the cloak of religion,
have thus thrown the whole of Scot:and into confusion.
We therefore rejoice that Ministers have come to the firm
determination how to act, and have left no hopes of suc-
cess to these revolutionary agitators. Their violence must be
repressed, and they must either obey the law, or walk
out of the State Church. The Government have not
taken up their ground without sufficient reason. The
sentiments of the Tories (excepting, always, the Duke of
ARGYLL and his nominee), of all men of Liberal prin-
ciples, and of all the writers in newspapers (with an ex-
ception only confirming the general rule), are decidedly
oppOsed to the heartless persecutors who deposed the
ministers of Strathbogie. It would be impossible, in the
whole history or polemical warfare, to find such wondrous
unanimity. The division last night is in unison with public
feeling. Sir R. PEEL, therefore, has only one course to
pursue. Let him enfor,ve the law of the land with jus-
tice and mercy ; let him protect the persecuted, and
runish the guilty, and he will find himself supported by
all wise and good men in his holy purpose of restoring
peace and unity to the afflicted Church of Scotland.

A second conversation took place in the House of
Commons last night, on the alleged scandalous con-
duct of the Protestant chaplain of Salford gaol towards
Roman Catholic prisoners. The chaplain, the Rcv. Mr.
BAGSHAW, in a letter to Sir R. PEEL, denied that he had
preached controversial sermons in the gaol, or that he
had insulted Roman Catholic prisoners on account of
their religion, or prevented them from being visited by
clergymen of the Romish Church. Mr. 'l'. Duscomnli,
to whom the country is indebted for bringing this sub-
ject before it, read a letter in the House of Commons
last night, from the Rev. Mr. M'CAnTxr, a Roman
Catholic clergyman, to whose moral worth Mr. (nos-
/NELL bore testimony, re-asserting every charge against
Mr. 13AGsnAw made by the prisoners, and .offering
to prove them on oath to the satisfaction
of a Committee of the House of Commons.
Now, without wishing to pronounce a decided opinion
upon this particular case, we think the attention of the
religious public may be very profitably directed to this
question. We regret to state, of our own knowledge,
that priests are over fond of preaching controversial
sermons, to the disedification of true piety and the ex-
tinction of Christian charity. We have known many
such priests of different creeds, and we always looked
upon them as the worst and foulest libellers of the
Gospel, and the veriest pests of a Christian community.
We know of no offence for the punishment of which we
would sooner revive the stocks and the whipping-post
than the preaching of a controversial sermon in a gaol.

The French Journals still dwell upon our disasters in
Afghanistan, which they predict are the forerunners of
the downfall of our empire in In lia. We have so often
heard such predictions that we care as little about them
as we do about the Monk of Dree's prophecy of the swal-
lowing of London, and ihe inundation of France.
Our Gallic Contemporaries may spare themselves
the trouble of further surmises. Our Indian Empire
would not be a jot less safe were every British soldier in
Afghanistan on the other side of the Indus. It is not
in Ctsbool that our power in India can be stricken down,
although we are ready to admit that reverses there are
calculated to injure our commercial intercourse with the
whole of that region of Central Asia. But
our reverses even there are capable of being
repaired, and will be repaired in spite of all the predic-
tions of the French press. When we leave Cabool for
the last time, it will not be with a tarnished flag or a '
sullied reputation. There will be no permanent occupa-
tion of the country on our part. We do not, and
never did want it. But there must and will be an ex-
neion of suitable reparation for ail the injuries which we
may have received since the commencement of AK HEAR
KHAN'S rebellion.

The Presse states that the friendly professions of the
British Government are so little cared for by the Ca-
binet of the Tuileries, that the answer made to them by
the French Minister of Marine is a Royal Ordinance for
improving the naval force of the country. Lord ABER-
DEEN'S blunders are creating a very bad impression
in France. People will soon not care for what he
asserts in the Rouse of Lords. The lie direct is now
commonly given to him by the Ministers of France and
Spain. If Sir ROBERT PEEL proposes to stay much
longer in office, he must endeavour to rid himself of the
Noble Foreign Secretary. The Presse has another ar-
ticle, three columns long, recommending France to set
aside the Treaty of 1831, fur suppressing the Slave
Trade. We expect next to see articles, invoking the re-
vival of that inhuman traffic, under the protection of the
French flag !
The city if Nantes has been remonstrating for these seven '
years against the differential duties on the importation of fo..
reign coals ; it has just addressed a petition to the Chambers,
fisr the purpose of having these duties altered. At present
the duty is 33 centimes per hectolitre,in theports beyond Sables
L'O'ortne ; 55 centimes in the parts between Sables d'Olonne
Ltd Dunk rk ; I 1 centimes on the land frontier betwJen the
Sambre and the Rhine ; and 33 centimes between Dunkirk and
the Sambre. Nan'es is thcrcfo ein the most unfavourable zone.
'1 hose differential duties were calculated with the idea of ex-
cluding, to a certain degree, English coals; and to equalise the
Trice of them at all ports of the French coast. But events
have shown tl at the calculation was erroneous, for
the price of the freight botween Newcastle and Mar-
seilles is Intro!' titan het ween Newcastle and Rouen,
or Nantes. The difference in favour of Marseilles at the end of
January last was 25 pi r cent. The importat on of foreign
increased within a few years. In
coil; at Nantes has gi eaily
1834 no more than about 11,000 metrical quintals were im-
ported into Nantes; and in 1841 the importations amounted
to three hundred thousand quintals In 11534 fourteen ships, laden
with English cJals, entered the port of Nantes ; in 1841 the
number of ships wds 213, five-sixths of the quantity was im..
ported by French ships. The increasing wants of the city are al.
most exclusively supplied by foreign coals. The departments
which might supply Naives remain statirriary,he departments
with respect to
.
the quareity of coals produced by them. I
( f the Maine and Loire, and of the Loire Interieures
do not produce above "400,000 quintals each, yet the quantity
roduced in France is quadrupled ; in 1808 it was 7,000,000
quintals, in 1840 it exceeded 28 millions. Yet, notwithstand-
ing this general increase, Nantes continues to import more and
more coals from abroad, because the incomplete state of the
mynas of communication, and the distance from the great coal

barns (for instance, from the mines of the Upper Loire, or
those of the North of France), prevent it from having itl
supply from them. The petitioners of Nantes, therefore, ask
for the suppression of the surtax on English coals.
BOURSE—Pmtis, MOND kY, MARCH 14.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Pri:e. Frit... prim
rrench 5 rer CI ntr ll7 50 ... il7 50 117 51 ... 117 50
3 per Cents BO 60 —. 80 60 ... 86 55 So 60
Rank Of prance
.0875
Latfitte Bank I,OOOL Shares 1015 ...1015 ...1015
„Am
5.000 f. Eliares 5017 50 ...5047 50 ...5047 :0 ...5017 50
Belgian Bank
18t1
...1060
Belgian 5 per Cents.
per cent,., 1840 loq,, ... 106% ... 106% ... 1065
Dutch 2% p
er Cents.
span eh Active 2414 ... 2% 24U
Neapolitan lO6 40 ... 196 40 ... 106 30 ... 06 NO
105'4 105% ... 105% 1051 i
RAILWA 1 SHARES.
St. Germain . .... 840 840 ... 840 840
Versailles. it B ................. 352 50 352 50 ... 350 •354
L.B 2lB
... 218 75 217 50 ~, 217 50
Rouen
Olean'
562 ... 562 50 ... 560 ... 561 25
Strasburg o Bale 242 50 ... 243 73 . 242 50 243 75

The Sunday trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway commenced running on Sunday last, and we
rejoice to state that the arrangements were admirable.
A large number of passengers started in the carriages
from Ediuburgh and Glasgow, all things were " done
decently and in order," and the result has therefore
solely annoyed Sir Andrew Agnew and his brethren,
the Pharisees.
CLITIIEROE ELECTION.— The indictments against the
Mayor of Clitheroe, and the Rector of Marton, for an
attempt to bribe a voter at the last election, were aban-
doned on Tuesday morning, at the instant they should
have been brought into Court, at Lancaster.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 13.—The sales
were on a very moderate scale, but without change in prices ;
the quantity sold was about 2,500 bales, including 300 Ame-
rican for exportation.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 13.—A good demand
existed for Shares, and Great Western were particularly in
request. Prices were steady, and the following sales took
place :—Birmingham, Quarters, 36; Eastern Counties, De-
bentures, 10 1-3 d; Ditto, New, 38 1-6th; Midland Coun-
ties, 81 ; Ditto, Quarters, 20i ; North Midland, Halves, 35 ;
Great Western, 90; Ditto, Halves, 63k.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 15.—The
Market remains steady without much business doing. London
and Brighton 35k, ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 41. Is. 3d.
Manchester and Birmingham, 28} to 29 ; Bank of Manchester,
31. 7s. 6d.
Demerara papers to the 31st of January have been received
by a private ship. The late differences between the planters
and labourers were nearly arranged, and the Areater proportion
had returned to their work. The owners of the estates were
determined not to pay rates higher than those agrerd
upon at the late meeting, and to remove such negroes
as would not comply with their terms. This is not to be
regarded as a harsh measure, since, on account of the scarcity of
labour, it had been actually necessary to pay any sum that
might be asked, in order to insure even a partial cultivation of
the property, which the lately emancipated slaves were
not slow to take advantage of ; and the price of pro-
duce having fallen considerrbly, a'most the whole of the
proceeds were absorbed in labour. In many instances,
had not a saving been effected in this item the property must
necessarily have been abandoned. As a proof that the rates
were exorbitantly high, it is stated that many negroes had
saved sufficient to purch; se among them several estates, and
had located themselves upon them, obtaining a subsistence
by cultivating their portions. About six estates have thus been
disposed of, and for one L,O,' 00 dots. had been paid in cash.
These papers contain a melancholy statement from St.
Helena, to which island, negroes, which may have
been taken in slave vessels are conveyed, until an
opportunity may offer to send them to the various
colonies. The whole number thus landed between June
1840, and December, 1841, had been 2,738, of whom no
fewer than 1,118 had died, and at the end of the year 1,435
remained unplaced. It is satisfactory, however, to be able to
state, that the most recent intelligence from the Cape
of Good Hope mentioned that these poor creatures
were to be divided between that colony and Bri-
tish Guiana, and that ships were to be immediately de-
spatched for such of them as were intended for the Cape, the
inhabitants having raised a fund among themselves, to
guarantee the Government against any expense which might
be incurred in the trabsmissisn.

The closing prices of the English funds yesterday were not
maintained, although the market may be stated to be good,
Consols being 89-i- 89i for Money, and 891-0 90 for the Account,
which are a fraction lower. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents 99/1. India Bonds 10 premium. Exchequer Bills
remain at 295. to 31s. premium.
Speculation in Foreign Stock is still going on, but it is
necessary that the public should not be misled by the advanced
quotations, which have been raised solely on account of the im-
proved state o 1 the English market. Should Consols decline,
the fall here would be more than proportionately great. Mexi-
can continues the favourite, and has been as high as 42/, but
is now 41i to 42 ; Columbian 27 to 27* ; Buenos Ayres, 23 ;
Peruvian, 171 for Money, and 17,3 to 18/ fer the Account ;
Spanish 25A 25/ ;Portuguese, 34,4 to 35.
Buyers have appeared for Railway Shares, which are gene-
rally viewed as a safe investment ; in fact, few more legitimate
can be found, inasmuch as the money is expended in national
improvements, employing the labouring class of the
country. Great Western are 21. per sha'e better
than yesterday, being 921,4 93 ; and the New Shares 641/2 643.
York and North Midland, 931% 931/2 ; the New Shares 32.
South Western 591. Croydon 12%. Brighton, 358 36.
Greenwich, 6/ to 6/.
Money is very abundant in the discount market, although
tight on the Stock Exchange. The rate of discount for first-
rate paper is reduced to 4 and 4 per cent.
The Liverpool coffee dealers arc preparing a memorial to the
Board of Trade, praying that some relief may be given to
them as regards their stock of East India Coffee which they
have on hand. From an observation wade by Alr.
Al'Gregor, to the deputation which waited upon him on the
subject of a difference in duty in favour of this descriptiDn, it
would appear probable that the rr quest may be complied with,
that gentleman having inquired if such a concession
would prove beneficial, and which the parties refus?d to ac •
cept, in the expectation of obtaining a reduction of duty. It
is now almost certain that no alteration will be made
in the intended sale, but that the rates will
be 4d. per lb. on British plantation, and Bd. on Foreign. The
Earl of Ripon was strongly urged to admit Mocha and other
kinds similarly situated at a less sum than Bd., but to which
suggestion he gave a decided negative, refusing even to admit
Coffee, the produce of the territories of the Rajah of Mysore,
who is completely under our protection and control.
It is stated that a proposition has been sent from our Go•
vernment to that of the Brazils, offering to make a concession
in favour of their sugar if the slave trade be abolished. It is
not improbable, from that part of Sir Robert Peel's sin eeh
which alluded to the sugar duties, but that the report may have
had so-r e foundation in fact.

PRICES OF SHARESTIIB DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWAYS, Paid. Per Share.
Cheltcnbau and Great Western. 721., 191...... to
Great Western
Ditto New
London am Brighton ... 50 . .. 36
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Birmingham ...... ... 90
Ditto 4 Shares
London and South Western 384 594 to
Loudon and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 l2/..... to
South Easters and Dover
fork and North Midland... 5O ...... 9344
Ditto Nf2w Shares
JOINT STOCK E•NKS.
London and Westminster . ... .. 20
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 74 Gibraltar . ......
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 , Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon
Marseilles
flour deaux 26 0
!Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1511 'Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ..: 37 Buenos Ayres ......
Berlin 7 New York, 21days sight 464
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 954 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto 9 55 IPRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ
Madrid ...
Cadiz 364 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville ... 354 Silver in Bars 0 41 1 i

1 . HALF-PAST ONE.
The English Securities have given way since the opening,
but the business doing has been to a very limited extent.
1 Consols are.now 894 for Money, and 89i for the Account ;
Exchequer Bills, 29 31 ; and India Bonds 10 prem. ; New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 99g.
There has been a considerable deal of business trans-
acted to-day in the Foreign Market, particularly
in South American Securities. Mexican Bonds have been
done at 42,4, but are now quoted at 42. Colombian are 27;
Buenos Ayres, 23; Peruvian, 171/2 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 343 • Spanish Active Stock, 254; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents., 521/2; Ditto Five, 104
Very little doing in Shares- Prices have improved. Great
Western are 921/2 • Ditto New, 641/2Fifths, ; Ditto lOl/2 ;
London and Brighton, 36; Ditto Loan Notes, 54; London
ar.d South Western, 59i ; South Eastern and Dover, 26 ft ;
York and North Midland, 93i ; Ditto New Shares, 32.
There are no later arrivals frem any quarter, and no news of
the least interest has transpired in the City.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols are now 90, sellers.
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MA acts 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.
DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. from the River
Arab, for Monte Video; Mary Ann, Falkland Islands; British
Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick , Lotus, Barbadoes.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Port
Royal, Robinson, Calcutta—sailed 22d of November, St.
Helena 2d ult. ; Craton, Gray, Mobile; Cora, Miller, Bahia.
Sld. Milton, Port Rico; Thomas Worthington, Lima; Ann
Bridson, Rio; Cornubia, Maranham ; Isabella, Demerara;
Lydia, Antigua; Hanover, New Orleans. The Quebec
Packet, from Halifax to Cork, was abandoned 2d instant in lat.
42, lon. 41, being waterlogged; crew saved.
OFF DOVER, MARCH 15—Mary, Wheelwright, St. Do-
mingo ; Cuba, Amsterdam, for Havana.
PORTSMOUTH, Matteis 15.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Canda-
bar, London, for Hobart Town. Sld. H. M. S. Vindictive,
China; Gladiator, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 15.—S1d. Thames steamer, Bar-
badoc s
('OWES, MARCH 15.—Arrd. Edla, Asander, Pernambuco.
OFF THE START, MARCH 13.—Anna, De Jonge, for Am-
sterdam.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Sir
J. Rae Reid, London, for St. Kitt's. Sld. Tap steamer,
Vivo, &e.
BRISTOL, MARCH 15.—Sid. Ruby, Calcutta.
GLOUCESTER, 3lAacn 14.—The Harry Bluff, from Porth-
cawl to this port, is reported to be lost, with all hands, on the
Hass Sands, 11th inst.
WiiiTettavEN, Mallen 14.—Shl. H. S. Stewart, Antigua.
WORKINGTON, MARCH 14.—S1d. Constitution, Quebec.
STORNAWAY, MARCH 7.—The Margaret Simpson, from
Lazford to Liverpool, got a.hore this morning in Brandhay
B ay_.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 15,--The Emma Wright, of Ipswich,
is in the harbour, with loss of main and fore sails, having been
on her beam ends, 13th inst., off the Humber.
HULL, MARCH 15. Wind S.W.—Sld. Forager, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.

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The steeple of the church of Conches (Eure), which
was undergoing ref air at the cost of the State, was thrown
down by the late storm. M. Meremee, the Inspector-General
of Historical Monuments, has been ordered by the Government
to proceed to the spot to report as to what may be necessary to
repair this accident.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1(, 1842.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CHANCERYCOURT.-(THISDAY )

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OE STAMFORD.
The Court was engaged up to its rising in the further hear-
ing of this part-heard case.

VICE-CH ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
His HoNova was engaged during the morning in hearing
the case of Carter v. Nelson, a petition by order, in his private
room.

(Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE )
The cases which came before his HONOUR to-day were of a
technical and uninteresting character.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WicuAlst. )
SHARP V TAYLOR.
His HoNonte pronounced judgment in this case, the hear-
ing having been brought to a conclusion yesterday. The bill
prayed that it might be declared that the plaintiff was entitled
to an equal share in a vessel called the Victoria, and also to a
moiety of his earnings in four voyages between Liverpool and
Charleston since she was purchased. It also prayed an account
of the dealings of the parties in real ect of such vessel. His
Honour said, that considering the course taken by the defendant
he did not feel called upon to pronounce any opinion as to the
illegality of the transactions mentioned in the bill, the defen-
dant having acknowledged the truth of the agreement alleged
to have been entered into between die parties, and consented
to abide by it. The defendant having submitted to abide by
the agreement mentioned in the answer, namely, that all
profits which should arise or accrue from freights to be carried
by the ship Victoria, should be for the joint and equal benefit
of the plaintiff and the defendant, he would refer it to the
Master to inquire and state what monies had been received in
respect of such freights.

CONSISTORY COURT (THISDAY.)
SNOW V. SNOW.
This was a suit for separation promoted by Mrs. Georgiana
Snow against her husband, on the ground of c: uelty. The
facts as stated on the hearing of the case have already appeared
in The Sun.
Dr. Lustinsexost in delivering his judgment as to the ad-
missibility of the articles in the libel, said that the tarties in
this case were married in January, 1832, and lived together
till the 25th of November, 1841, when Mr. Snow quitted
Paris, where he had been residing, and came to England. The
cessation of cohabitation, expressly pleaded at the end of the
39th article, took place on the Bth of December, 1841, the
day Mrs. Snow reached Loudon, but the facts showed
that cohabitation really ceased on the 26th of No-
vember. Mrs. Snow pleaded certain charges of cruelty,
which she alleged had been committed against her by
her husband; !he tiuth or falsehood of these charges were not
the subject of the present. inquiry ; it was not necessary to con-
sider these charges, but there could be no doubt that the per-
sonal ill-usage in this case had been of the grossest character,
so much so as to affect her bodily safety, and even to endaneer
her life. Such conduct, if proved by evidence, and not barred
by any legal objection, would entitle her to the separation she
prayed for. There was only one real question to decide,
which was, whether the conduct of Mrs. Snow, as described
by herself, did not form a legal bar to the progre-s
of her suit ; in other words, whether that which was
technically called "condonation," had not taken place. Where
condonation was founded on evidence only, without facts on
either side, he took the result to be that the Court would not
be satisfied to act on it, unless it was established by conclusive
testimony. But this reasoning could not apply where the
alleged condonation was fnsnded on the libel alone. The
decision of Lord Stowell in the case of Popkin v. Popkin
showed that he had taken the whole of the facts into
consideration. He therefore felt bound to pronounce
his opinion, whether the circumstances pleaded in the
libel did or did not form a complete condonation.
Condonation, although a technical term, involved in it the for-
giveness of an offence, and consisted of two kinds ; the first,
words f forgiveness and the act of reconciliation ; the second,
an admissio tee' ta. After a consideration of all the cases bear-
ing on this suit, there were still many points left fur conside-
ration, doubtless because preceding Judges had not thought it
necessary to give an opinion as to such forgiveness. The
course he proposed to take in the present case was to ascer-
tain what had been actually decided in former cases
on this point, and apply the same principles to
the present case. Fii st, he apprehended as a re-
sult of other cases, it had been determined that a return of
the husband and wife to the marriage bed was, under all the
circumstances, a presumption of connubial intercourse ; and
secondly, that if the return to cohabitation was compulsory, no
such inference could be drawn. For instance, there could be
no condonation w here the act of adultery was unknown to the
parties aggrieved, and it had also been laid down by the autho-
rities on this subject, that in respect of condonation between
the husband and wife, much would be cons,dered'culpable in
the husband which would be praiseworthy in the wife.
It had also been equally admitted, that when once condonation
had taken place, the complaint of the wife, on the grounds of
previous adultery and cruelty, was gone. In the present case,
there was no allegation of a revival of the acts of cruelty after
the return to cohabitation had taken place, and the question
was, whether that return, under all the circumstances, did
constitute a condonation. In this case some difficulty arose,
from the application of what he had termed the third rule.
Had this been a case of a return of a husband to cohabita-
tion with an adulterous wife, he should say that the condona-
tion was legal and complete. The case of Timmins v. immins
was a strong authority for this view of the subject. But the
line of distinction with respect to other kinds of conduct, had
not been perfectly observed. The wife might so completely
forgive adultery in the husband as to b:r herself of her remedy,
but in such a case the endurance of the wife was not always to
be construed into insensibility. But there was no charge of
adultery in this case, and in eases of condonation, the two
offences of adultery and cruelty were of so distinct a nature,
that the same considerations could not be equally appli-
cable to them. With respect to a condonation of cruelty,
by cohabitation, he did not think that it would always amount
to a legal condonation : the question then, was, could the pre-
sumption of cohabitation working a condonation, be rebutted by
other circumstances? He had been rnxious to find some autho-
rity on this point, but he believed none could be found. In the
case of Lord and Lady Westmeath the condonation by cohabita-
tion was admitted, said the only question was whether the an-
tecedent cruelty was renewed by subsequent acts of the same
nature. The judgmer.t of Sir J. Nichol, in the else of "D'Agui-
lar v. D'Aguilar," had rather a t loser bearing on the present
case. The doctiine laid down by Lord Stowell was, that the
extent of endurance of cruelty by the wife, was not only not to
bar her of her remedy by pursuing her suit, but raises no pre-
sumption against the truth of her complaint. In the case he
had just cited there was an extorted return to cohabitation, as
far as a dwelling together in the same house, hut not attended
by connubial intercourse, and therefore was not in the usual
sense of the term, a complete forgiveness. Yet Lord Stowell
thought it necessary to show that the cruelty committed i
prior to the return to cohabitation was renewed
by the acts of cruelty subsequently committed. The
case of Popkins v. Popkins was of still more im-
portance, as in that case a continuance of the cohabita-
tion after the acts of cruelty was not decreed fatal to the wife's
suit. Lord Stowell expressed his opinion that it was not ne-
cessary for the wife to withdraw from cohabitation on account
of the first acts of cruelty, and that her endurance was rather
praiseworthy in her than otherwise. But here, in the case last
cited, the si uelty was carried down to the latest period
of the cohabitation ; and being also cruelty of a peculiar nature,
it was held to be sufficient. In cases of great cruelty
therefore the Court could riot deprive the wife of her remedy
on account of her having returned to cohabitation; it must
depend on all the circumstances of each particular case. He
was aware of the danger of abandoning general principles, and
he had therefore carefully considered the case : he was aware
also of the difficulty of defining the cases that might consti-
tute exceptions, and how much doubt and uncertainty
might arise with respect to them ; but he was conscienti-
ously convinced, 'from the peculiar nature of the bond
that united the husband to the wife, and the extraordinary
cases that might occur of continued intercourse under circum-
stances which no one could anticipate, from the power e hich
the husband, in cases of cruelty had over the wife, and, in many
instances, the helplessness of her condition, that the evils which
might attend a relaxation of the proceedings, would be less than
the mischiefs resulting from a rigorous enforcement of them.
The Court would now proceed to the facts of the pre ent case.
The cruelty charged commenced almost from the period of
the marriage ; and, if the charges were true, the violence and
inhumanity of Mr. Snow could scarcely be surpassed. It was
alleged that those acts of cruelty continued to the 21st of Nov.
last. It appeared there had been a partial cohabitation subse-
quently. commencing the 22d Nov. After legal advice had been
resorted to ; after Mr. Vance had been informed of the facts,
and after Mr. Snow had promised to abstain from further vio-
lence, with a view of avoiding further scandal. This cohabi-
tation lasted but three days, and during that time there had
bee.n,a written confession of facts charged against Mr. Snow,
vfhien confession he had signed. The cohabitation had ceased
tne 25th of ;November, and Mrs. Snow had been brought home
by her brother, and proceedings had been commenced at the
earliest possible period, namely on the 18th of December fol-
lowing. Under those circumstances it appeared to the Court
that Mr. Snow had not given proof that he meant permanently
to reform his conduct; considering that and the shortness of the
latter cohabitation ; also the nature of the charges, and
the fact of the rapid commencement of legal pro-
ceedings ; but more especially considering that the
Court was not sufficiently judicially satisfied that Mrs.
Snow's return to the house of her husband would not lead to the '
renewal, on his part, of the alleged outrages towards her. Con-
sidering all those circumstances, the Court was of opinion that
no bar existed to Mrs. Snow's pursuing her suit. Before pro-
ceeding to the articles of the libel, one observation seemed ne-
cessary, which had no reference to the practitioners in that
Court, but to the public. It was not to be considered that the
Court, in the remarks which it applied to Mr. Snow, had any
opinion as to the truth or falsehood of the charges ontained in
the libel. They were ex parte charges, and the Court was
bound to consider them as true in the present stage of the pro-
ceedings ; but it would be unjust to Mr. Snow if they were
taken as true, except for the purpose of see-
ing if they were sufficient to form legal ground
of complaint. Now, with respect to one particular
article, one of the objections raised is a generalobjection to
separate. It was said that a charge. at common lawcould not
be preferred in eases of this description. But the
Court en-
tertained considerable doubt how far that objection, even con.

1 he Court then proceeded to hear some cases.

...........--
sidering it founded in fact,— with reference to the contents of
this article, ought to prevail. When charges came on inci-
dentally, the Court ought to admit them, for the purpose of
their being ultimately decided, on, when the Court came to
hear evidence on the matter. Looking at every article in this
libel it did not appear that the charges were preferred with a
view to accuse Mr. Snow criminally as at any part of his conduct.
The Court, therefore, would not admit those objections. As to the
particular objections, it appeared that the objection to the 6th ar-
ticle was well-founded, as that article merely referred to a few
harsh words from Mr. Snow to his wife. The 7th article was not
objected to. The Bth article also only referred to words, and the
objection to it must be allowed as valid. The objection to the
9th article admitted of some observation. In that article it
was stated that Mr. Snow. on leaving his wife on one occasion,
used words to the effect of expressing a wish to find Mrs. Snow
and her boy laid out—weaning thereby a desire to find them
dead. That article he considered as admissible. The 10th
article 3 eferred to offensive language on the part of
Mr. Snow, when he told his wife that he married
hut to pet into her circle of society, &c. In a suit
at law, instituted on account of cruelty aline, it did
o!jection roust be rejected.
not appear to the Court that such charges had any bearing on
ca
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which
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objection
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abdu tbetehne
of it
Mr. Snow to his wile, in
the case, and that article should thmearedfeo,rethbee slat:tie;
poauttt.
tides 11, 12 13, and 14 were not objected to. The I!ith
The 16th was not objected to. Willi respect to the 17th arti-
Twhheic2h4sthhewrase
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opapresaereadnudnne insultingce ssarym, aersisdagmesusset
ntth therefore fo re be struck
lath article was admissible. The 19th article, referring to
to, but it may remain. The
A pri1,1839, and his refusal to grant her those necessary comforts
he conse-
quence2otohf, those
21st, m2e2sds,ag.aensd; a 1213epoe articlesi as s a gweesr me unsott la e
objected expunged.
to. I
clugiernede,rawnhyeonbsjheectfeedll intoa state of illness in
25th and 26th were not objected to. Tke 27th required some
consideration. In the month of May, 1841, Mr. and Mrs.
p botha n i e
thed by g
rls theira n family, m
onei l yo, f consisting is
boysting of
beingtwion gdierlliscaatned twohea
Snow went to reside at Twickenham, in Middlesex, accon,..
thb.oy3.t
appeared that one of the girls was labouring under a flow of 1
blood to the head, for which she had been bled in the jugular
.
.
vein, and that, contrary to the representations of Mrs St'Low,

he took the girl in a boat and plunged her into the river. The
article must undergo reformation with respect to all
these pats.; and by leaving out these facts, the
general delicate health of the 61111.1rn may be pleaded,
and also that ono of them had become seriously
ill, and also the declaration of he husband on that occasion
wills respect to the probab!e death of his child, because that
detearation being made in the presence of Mrs. Snow, consti-
tuted a charge of a legal nature. But the rest of the article
must be expunged. The 28th article, as to the death of the
children, was competent to be ph aded, because, as in conse-
quence the health and spirits of Mrs. Snow became affected.
The article was impartial in this point of view, that any future
cruelty on the part of Mr. Snow would produce worse effects
in consequence of this state of health of Mrs. Snow. The 29th
article was of a general nature also. The 30th article was not
objected to. To the 31st there was a very slight objection.
The 32d, 33d, and 34th articles were not objected to The
35th article he had carefully considered. That was the article
which pleaded the long conversation ; and looking to the
whole of it, he thought he was bound to admit it.
The purpose for which it was pleaded was to obtain
something like an admission from Mr. Snow as to the acts of
cruelty alleged to have been committed by him. He should
leave that article as it was, as the result would be to show, as
it now stood, the very qualified admission of misconduct on the
part of Mr. Snow. The 36th article was that which gave
rise to the judgment he had already pronounced on the merits
of the case. It was objected to only on general principles,
and not as to the words ; and here he would take the oppor-
tunity to observe, that in the opinion he delivered as to the ad-
missibility of the libel, he did, as was suggested by the Learned
Counsel, feel himself bound to take in consideration the words
of Mr. Snow, in which he expressed deep regret for his
cruel treatment of his wife, and in which he proposed
to control his temper. It undoubtedly appeared to him
that the language was well worthy of consideration,
because it ma•'e a distinction between the present case, and
the ordinary case of continued cohabitation. He had already
pronounced an opinion on the libel as it stood, but if any other
evidence appeared different from that pleaded in the libel, the
Court would not be precluded from reconsidering the libel.
With regard to the 37th and 38th articles, he had before sug-
gested what was to be done with them.

Dr. HAGGARD said the only thing he wished to know was
whether the whole of the last part of the 19th article was to
be struck out.

Dr. LUSIIINGTON read the passage in the article which he
intended should be struck out.

INSOLVENT COURT-(T HIS DAY)
The Court was occupied during the entire morning in hearing
bail cases, of which there was an unusually large number
upon the list, and applications, in which there was not the
slightest feature of general interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.-(TIIIS DAY.)
A sturdy-looking man, named Rowell, whose appearance was
decidedly foreign, was cha'ged with the following assault.—
Thomas Helbourne, the complainant, a young man, who bore
evident marks of ill-usage on his face and person, commenced—
" I was a going through the cuurt and I meets Mr. Rowett—
" Stop, atop," said Air. TWYFORD, " tell us first who you
are, and what court you are alluding to ?" Complainant-I'm
a labouring man, Sir, 20 years of age ; Rowett's a shoemaker ;
its the court where he and me lives, Angel-court ; well, as I
was going up the court I meets Mr. Rowett, he comes up to
me and axes me what I had to do with his daughter, 1 told h m
if his daughter bothered me I'd kick her ' • he ups with his
fist, km,cks me down, and jumps on my belly, and bites a hole
in my breast, which (unbuttoning his waistcoat, and exposing
a broad hairy chest) I've got it here to show.
Mr. TwvFown—Well, but have you had anything to say to
his daughter ? Complainant—Why, about a fortnight ago I was
a going through the street, and whenever I goes thro' the street
this here gal tails arter me wherever I goes, and says,
" There goes Irish Tom," vich I arnt no Irish at all. The
gal she's about fourteen years of age. I told her if she did
not take care, I'd kim k her.

The prisoner, who, we learnt from his speech was a Welsh-
man, and had formerly been in the I.' division of police, said,
" Tat is te trut ; I meet him last night, and I say what tat'tween
you and my daughter tat Sou say you kirk her. He say,
Yes, and I'll do to you te same.' He then struck me, and I hit
him again in my own defence, and peing te strongest man, I
knock him down, but not kick him a pile—pon my word and
hnn-nare.

Mrs Mary Anne Sales, a comfortable-looking matron, "fat,
fair, and forty-five," said she had gone to call upon Mrs.
Gibbons, the lady where the poor young manlodged. She was
up stairs in the first pair back, a partakin' of a very nice cup o'
green tea and a muffin, with nice salt butter on it, when they
heard screams and cries of " murder" proeceding from down
below. Aim Gibbons says, " !suppose that's Rowett a beatin'
his wife again ;" so we went down into the court, and there we
see him, his two daughters, and his wife, all a ill-using the
poor fellow, and his hair was standing all on end, " like quills
upon the fretful porcupine." They call him Irish Tom, be-
cause he lodges with Irish people; but he arnt no Irish, he's a
west of England lad. It's a dreadful thing, Sir, and worry
cruel for the father of a family of children, to hit a young man
of twenty years of age, and bite his chest. I'm the mother of
a family myself, and I should not like to see one of my children
used in that way, poor things.
Mr. HALL imagining, we suppose, that Mrs. Sales had gone
on quite long enough, here somewhat abruptly interrupted her
by askiag the prisoner if he had anything more to say ? The
prisoner slid he could say noting more, only that the last
witness was not in a place at all to know nothing about it. If
the Magistrate would look over it this time, such a thing
should not occur again.
Mr. Twvroan—You did not fight like an Englishman, in a
fair way, but you must throw the complainant down, kick him,
and kneel on his belly. I should have committed you for as-
saulting him in a brutal manner, if you had not expressed some
penitence at the circumstance ; as it is, I shall fine you is., or
commit you for seven days.—The fine was immediately paid.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
culls I)AY.)
Mr. Alexander Pooley, a builder in a very extensive way
of business, was charged w:th coinmittirg a most violent and
unprovoked assault on Mr. Thomas Burrows, of Castle-street,
Leicester-square, plumber and glazier. The complainant stated
that yesterday evening, as he was passing through Sidney's-
alley, Leicester-square, he met the defendant, who, with-
out a word passing between them, flew at him, and struck him
a heavy blow on the right side of the head, and then another
on the left. Complainant did riot offer to return the blows,
but kept his arms down, and told the defendant he would i of
fight, as he should take the law of him. The defendant then
struck him twice more, and on his getting into Princes• street,
hit him four times very heavily about the head, and was about
following up his attack, when a polic-constable came up and
secured him.

Mr. MALTBY asked if Mr. Burrows had any previous
knowledge of the complainant?—Complainant said hr had for-
merly been engaged in some building speculations with defen-
dant's father, and that disagreements had arisen through some
money transaction.
The defendant admitted that he had struck the complainant
in the manner described, but urged that he had received great
provocation. The tact was he was walking with his wife when
he met the complainant, ssho insulted him by making offen-
sive gestures and calling him a robber. The complainant
made apractice of abusing and insulting him whenever he met
him in the streets.

The compiainant said that he had not spoken to the defend-
ant for upwards of a twelvemonth.
Mr. MALTBY said that no provocation could justify the as-
sault complained of, and that he should therefore impose the
highest penalty the law allowed, viz., 5/., or in default of pay-
ment two months' imprisonment.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-
BOROUGH OFWEYMOUTH AND MALCOMBE
REGIS.
The Committee app- inted to try this petition sat to-day in
No. 2. The Members were, the Hon. Charles Compton Ca-
vendish, Sir Phillip Egerton, Therms Slingsby Duncombe; Sir
H. B. Smith, Archibald Hastie, Jos. Bailey, Jun., Esq. Cuair-
man, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq.
.The petitioners are Ralph Bernal, of Eaton-place, in the
County of Middlesex, and William Dougal Christie, of the
Inner Temple, Esqrs. They stated that on the 28th of June
last petitioners were gandidates for the representation of this
Borough, as were also the Hon. George Augustus Frederick
Villiers, commonly called Viscount Villiers, and George
William Hope, Esq., of whom the latter two were
declared by Andrew Lithgow, Esq., Returning Officer, on the
29th of June, duly elected, having obtained a majority; but
that the return was unlawful, inasmuch as the poll was not
opened at one booth until one hour after the proper time,
whereby many willing electors were prevented from voting for
petitioners ; that many votes were improperly rejected ; that
many who voted were not qualified ; that others who voted
were paupers, some aliens, some felons and convicts, some per-
sonators of others ; and, finally, that several persons voted for
one or both of the sitting Members in consequence of having
received " bribes, money, gifts and rewards, meat, drink, and
entertainment ;" that others had taken those conside-
rations not to vote ; and others had offered those
inducements to co-electors to induce them to vote for
the sitting Members, or not to oppose them; and more-
over, that systematic bribery, treating, and corrruption
were carried On during the whole time ; wherefore petitioners
prayed the Committee to declare the election of the sitting
Members null and void, and that the petitioners were duly
elected, and ought. to have been returned, and that the return
be am ndcd accordingly, or that the House should grant such
other relief as should seem meet.
The close of the poll stood thus:—
Villiers 259
Hope
Bernal
Christie
Mr. Austin, with whom were Mr. Cockburn and Mr.
Kingley, opened the case for the petitioners, and said the
allegations should be tested by a scrutiny of votes.
The lion. Mr. Talbot. with whom were Mr. Hodges and
Mr. Hope, appeared as Counsel for the sitting Members.
Mr. AUSTIN relied, for his clients, en the general illegality of
the conch et of the Mayor, who is a surgeon, and of his deputies ;
in consequence of which several votes were lost to the peti-
tioners, as would be proved in the cases of Mr. Templeman,
Mr. Clare, and other voters. In the latter the voter declared
himself at the booth for the petitioners, but the clerk put it
down for Lord Villiers and his colleague; the Mayor being
told of the mistake, erased the entry and put down
the vote merely as tendered, but when asked by
petitioners to enter the vote as given for them, his Worship said,
" Oh, a Committee of the House of Commons must settle
that," a prediction which was now in the course of fulfilment.
After the election, the petitioners sent in a protest to the
Mayor against his conduct, and announced their determination
to petition the House of Commons. In short, proof of every
allegation would be given. There was a Mr. Bartlett, who
had long lived in Jersey ; but somehow or other one William
Strickland, well known to all as an ostler, was persuaded fur
the moment that he was transmogrified into the person c f
Mr. Bartlett, and full of this faith, the ostler went and
voted for the petitioners as Mr. Bartlett, the original Mr.
Bartlett never having left Jersey all the while. If after
the scrutiny of votes, a majority should remain for the sitting
Memb. rs, the proof of bribery, treating, and corruption at
the Fox, at the King's Armt, at the Bear, at the Globe, at the
Black Dog, the Coopers' Arms, and other public houses, hotels,
and taps, would be amply sufficient to unseat Lord Villiers and
Mr. hope; for the connexion between those gentlemen and
their agents would be ,established beyond a doubt. But first he
would go into the scrutiny, and would call
Andrew Lithgow, Esq., the returning officer, who produced
the poll books, which he got from the town clerk on the 4th of
.February; but he got the five books from the five booths,
including his own, on the 29th of June, and took them home
and sealed them. The election took place on the 29th June.
The books hat been unaltered.
Mr. TALBOT was about to cross-examine the witness, but
Mr. AUSTIN contended that the opposite couns-I had no right
to do so. Mr. Talbot wanted not to examine hire now, but at
a future stage. Considerable argument ensued, and the Com-
mittee ordered the room to be cleared to consider the point.

GREAT MARLOW.
The Committee appinteei to try the petition against the
late return of a Member for the borough of Great Marlow
met this morning in the Committee-room, No. 1, shortly after

eleven o'clock. The members of th!.?: Committee were, Sir J.
Yarde Buller, Chairman ; Sir W. Heatlicofa 1 1 W. Chil-
ders, Esq. ; Sir H. B. Campbell; the Hon. F. Cowper; Sir
J. Mordaunt ; and James P,,wer, Esq.
j plc Ceu±sel for the petitioners were Mr. Sergeant Mere-
wether, Mr. Sergeant Wratigbahl, and Mr. Talbot ; the
Counsel for the sitting Member were Mr. AP.Stert) Mr, Cock-
burne, and Mr. Alfred Austen.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through, and
Counsel having exchanged lists,
Mr. Sergeant MEIIEWETHER opened the case for the peti-
tioners, He appeared as Counsel for certain electors of Great
Marlow, who petitioned against the return of Sir William
Clayton, one of the sitting Members for that borough. The
elec.ion had taken place on the 2d of July last. There were
three candidates, Mr. Peers Williams, Sir William Clay-
ton, and Mr. Renn Hampden ; the numbers at the
close of the poll were declared to be, for Mr. P. Williams,
233; for Sir William Clayton, 170; and for Mr. Hampden,
169 ; leaving Sir William Clayton a majority of one vote only,
while two other votes had been tendered in favour of Mr.
Hampden. The petitioners alleged that the majority of Sir
William• Clayton was merely a colourable one ; that illegal
votes had been accepted in his favour, and that good votes had
been tendered for Air. Hampden which were improperly rejected.
'1 hey further alleged that Sir William Clayton had, by bribery
and corruption, unduly controlled the election. The petition,
therefore, involved, in the first instance, a scrutiny, and in the
second place, it involved the conduct of the sitting Member.
He trusted that he should be able to succeed upon the first
point, and that it would be unnecessary for him to trouble
the Committee with any investigation in respect to
the other. The Learned Serjeant having stated that
Sir William Clayton, Bart., was charged with the bribery,
through his agents, of two individuals in the borough, of the
names of Baines and l'ovey, proceeded to say that he was pre-
pares to bring forward vat ions other cases of corruption and un-
due influence of electors, into the particulars of which he would
not then enter.

Mr. AUSTEN contended that the different cases should
be stated in order to enable Sir William Clayton
to meet them ; a manifest injustice would otherwise
be done to him, inasmuch as he would be put on his defence
without any previous knowledge of the charges to be brought
against him.
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER contended that, according to
former precedents, he was not bound to state the particular
cases, inasmuch as they would go merely to render the election
Neil, and would not immediately affect the sitting Member.
Mr. COCKBURNE having replied,
The room was cleared, and the Committee, acter deliberating
for some time, came to the following resolution:—" That it is
the opinion of the Committee that the Counsel for the peti-
tioners having stated it to be his intention to prove the bribery
of certain voters, it is necessary for him, in his opening speech,
to specify the cases."
Mr. ergeant EREWETHER then entered into various
details respecting the bribery of certain electors, which he
should be ready to prove in evidence.