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ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

IN RE LORD lIUNTINGTOWER.

Mr. ROMILLI applied to the Court on behalf of
the official assignees appointed under the fiat of bank-
ruptcy in this case, that they might be allowed a
month longer to consider whether they should file a
supplemental bill in the cause or not. On the 19th
of November last an application had been made to
the Court to have the bill dismissed without
costs, unless the assignees should file a sup-
pleinen tal bill before a specified time. His
Lordship had on that occasion allowed a month,
which was now expired, and this being the first Seal
day after the expiry of that time, and the assignees
finding it necessary that they should have the evidence
of certain persons mentioned in the pleadings before
they should be able to determine on whether they
should file the supplemental bill or not; they prayed
the Court to allow them a month longer for the pur-
pose of obtaining that evidence.
Mr. Bevon opposed the application, and in support
of his view of the case relied on the order of the 19th
of „November referred to, which directed that the
assignees should file a new bill of revival within a
month, or the bill should stand dismissed without costs.

Lord LANGDALE said that it was a matter of very
little importance in this case, as no pleadings had ever
been put in except one demurrer, and that had never
been argued. With respect to the time which had
been allowed by the order of November 12th last,
it was a month, and the suffering of that period to expire
without any application being made by the assignees
showed great neglect. If they were desirous of pro-
curing the indulgence sought for, they ought to have
so given notice of motion as to enable them to move
before the time specified had expired. It ought also
to have been shown whether the evidence of the wit-
nesses referred to was material or not. Under all the
circumstances his Lordship thought he must refuse
the motion.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
LIBEL.—JUFF RAY V. COOPER AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against
the defendants, the Directors of the London and
County Joint Stock Bank, for the publication of a
libel, reflecting on the character of the plaintiff.
Mr. Thesiger "and Mr. Martin. conducted the case
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Hog-gins for
the defendant.
Mr. MARTIN having opened the pleadings,
Mr. MESMER stated the case to the Jury. The
plaintiff, Mr. Juffray, was a gentleman well known
in the City, who had been at one time one of the
managers of the London and County Joint Stock Bank.
At the latter end of 1839, in consequence of his dis-
satisfaction with the course of management adopted,
he resigned his situation. Shortly afterwards, Mr.
Sturf, who had been the manager of the branch of
the bank established at Gravesend, also resigned his
situatir, and published several pamphlets reflecting
on the Directors, and communicating to the world
various matters with which he could only
have become acquainted in consequei of, his
employment in the bank. Mr. J4irAy.:. had' not
been aware of Sturt's intention he was
applild to by Sturt's publisher.. , ithel'oulaject,
wheillte expressed his disapprobation of the p!an,, and
endeavoured to persuade Mr. Effingham liiison to
have nothing to do with it. The pamphlets. how-
ever, were published, and the Directors published a
pamphlet in answer to Sturt's pamphlet, in which
they accused Mr. Juffray of having acted in conjunc-
tion with Sturt in the publication of the pamphlet, and
of having been actuated by a desire to injure the bank.
In another part it was imputed that the object of theget-
ters up of the pamphlet could only be to extort money.
Under these circumstances Mr. Juffray felt that he
was bound to adopt some means for vindicating his
character from these unfounded imputations, and he
had accordingly brought this action, in order to give
the defendants an opportunity of justifying what they
had stated, if it were in their power to do so. They
had not, however, thought proper to put any justifica-
tion "on "the record, and it was for the Jury to say to
what damages Mr. Juffray was entitled for this attack
upon his character.
Lord DEX MAN—There is another question on
which you have not touched.
Mr. THESIGER—Are your inuendoes made out ?
Mr. JERVIS—The last one is not, my Lord, cer-
tainly, and that is the only one containing anything
that can be called libellous.
A witness, who had been a shareholder in the bank,
was called to prove the publication, and he was cross-
examined by Mr. Jervis, for the purpose of showing
that the Directors had frequently offered to withdraw
the imputations on Mr. Juffray.
Lordl DENMAN—It is not too late to do that now.
I r. Jervis—The Chairman was informed in the
morning of the meeting of the Bank Proprietors that
Mr. Juffray was connected with the publication of
the pamphlets alluded to, and had so informed the
meeting. He had afterwards ascertained that
such was not the fact, and had always said
that he was willing to state that Mr.
Juffray had had nothing to do with the publication
of the scandalous pamphlets. Notwithstanding,
the failure of the making out the inuendo to which
his Lordship had alluded, and he begged to state that
a portion of the pamphlet had been written before the
chairman had heard anything about Mr. Juffray's
supposed connexion with the publications alluded to ;
yet the defendants felt that Mr. Juffray had a right
to this public explanation, and therefore they would
consent to a verdict being recorded against them.
Lord DENMAN—That ought to be perfectly satis-
factory.
Mr. THENGEE—As this action has been brought
solely for the vindication of character, this explana-
tion ought to he most satisfactory to Mr. Juffray, and
I shall advise him at once to accept the offer.
The Jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 40s.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

MARSHALL r. BOTCHINGLY.
Tkits was an action upon a contract for the supply
of coals. The case occupied the Court and Special
Jury the greater part of the day, but contained no
matter of interest but to the parties concerned. The
Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
1,860 L

TV° other causes entirely destitute of interest to
the 'public were also disposed of.

SVIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBB.—We owe a sort of apology to those of
our readers who take interest in the Scottish Non-
Intrusion question, for having deferred our notice of
the last documents published by the Convocation of
ministers at Edinburgh. We are glad to find in
these documents the full and unequivocal recognition
of the right of the State to dictate the terms on
'which it will patronise religious establishments ;
and on the duty of the clergy to give, at least,
passive obedience to the civil power. Passive
obedience is that which must always be due from the
members of religious societies to the Government ; for
religion authorises no active resistance in its cause to
" the powers that be," though it may authorise the
withholding of active bedience to the measures of that
power. The mistake which is sometimes made with re-
gard to the nature of religious rights, is owing to the
fact that Government have often, on religious pretexts,
invaded civil rights. Such invasions the members of
religious societies haven unquestionable right to re-
slst--:-but merely as citizens—not as members of so-
cieties claiming divine origin. The truest test of that
origin is non-resistance sion—a even to secular oppres-
fortiori, non-resistance tp,-:mere refusal
of politico-religious pri eges, To lose sight
of this diatinction w l .
of ' spiritual tyrann to threaten the revival
Y. For what is spiritual
tyranpy ? It is spiritual power, wielding secular
weapons. The moment a body of men, irr•• the
name of Him whose ':kingdom is not of this
world,, attempt to overbear the legislation, or law
of this world, 'and call 4on the State to support
them, or take their pout, or tolerate them in
doing this—that moment,. they attempt to exer-

cise spiritual tyranny. They attempt to en-
force their interpretation of the will of God by
the powers of men. Now Europe is agreed that men
are not infallible enough, nor good enough judges of
infallibility, to lend their powers legitimately to any
such spiritual invocation of them; Admitting the
superior authority of spiritual powers, in their own
sphere, Governments cannot admit their right to
co-ordinate authority with theirs, when they come in
contact. In all such cases the State must pronounce,
on the claims of the Church, in the last resort ; be-
cause the State only possesses any coercive power ;
and coercive power is the only sort of power available
for temporal objects.

NORFOLK isLAND.
(From the Hobart Town Paper.)
A plan was laid by the boat's crew employed in
unloading the Governor Philip to take the schooner
Coquette, but this was defeated, and the parties- were
imprisoned on board. •
On the morning of the 21st June, at seven o'clock,
the boat's crew were let out of the prison for the pur-
pose of stowing the cargo of the launch, which was
hanging to the stern of the brig. On reaching the
deck, and seeing only two soldiers and the 'sergeant
there, the crew took advantage of the absence of the
other ten, of which the guard consists, and rushed on
the other two sentries and threw them overboard; the
sergeant immediately shot one of them, named Kelly,
when he was knocked down by the others and severely
wounded.with a belaying pin. One of the soldiers was
drowned, and the other saved by a prisoner" named
Wolfe. - The seamen were then ordered into the
launch, except two, who were told to remain on deck,
and, one of them was placed at the wheel, with a pri-
soner of the name of Moss, to assume the command.
The Captain, with his officers, happened to be below,
and before they could proceed on deck the companion
hatch was put on, the fore and main hatches were also
battened down on the rest of the guard and crew, and
the mutineers were thus in complete possession of the
vessel, but without any arms, except the pistols and
cutlasses taken from the two sentries.

Shortly after they had taken the vessel, one of the
party proposed to Captain Boyle to furnish them with
provisions, water, arms, &c., on obtaining which they
would give up the vessel to him and proceed to sea in
the " island" launch ; but he refused to comply with
their proposals, as he knew that the vessel must ulti-
mately fall into his hands again, the prisoners being
without provisions and water, to obtain which they
must necessarily expose themselves to the fire of the
crew and military, who were well armed, and only
waiting for an opportnnity to get, on deck. Cap-
tain Boyle then broke the cabin skylight, and
watched an opportunity of shooting the man who
was at the wheel ; and by a well directed shot
he at length succeeded, and killed him on the
spot. On the fall of the two master spirits; the
others told the seamen who were on deck that
the ship was theirs again. * The hatch was
taken off, and the ship's crew and the military
rushed on deck ' • the latter fired on the surviving
mutineers, killed three, and wounded ' two mortally.
The sergeant of the guard shot the corporal in the
scuffle, mistaking him for one of the prisoners. The
bodies of the killed presented a dreadful spectacle ;
one man's head was covered with blood and brains,
and, but for the interposition of Captain Boyle, the
whole of the prisoners would have been killed.
The guard and crew consisted of twenty-eight men,
exclusive of officers ; and it certainly says little for
their vigilance or prowess that such an attempt could
have been made with any chance ofsuccess by a hand-
ful of unarmed men.
The total number of. killed and wounded are---
Military, one drowned,and two wounded ; seamen, one
wounded; prisoners, five killed, and two -severely
wounded.

The seven remaining mutineers were fully committed
to take their trial for murder and piracy.

ERUPTIONS OF. ETNA.

The awful and destructive eruptions of this cele-
brated mountain, which have occurred at various
periods, both before and subsequent,to the time of our
Saviour, are mentioned, by numerous writers, who
have not neglected to register with care accounts of
each visitation. As it appears not unlikely that the
present disturbed state of the mountain may add
another instance to those that have preceded, an
enumeration of the more remarkable eruptions may
not be out of season.

There appear to have been nine eruptions u. c.
The first on record dispossessed the whole tribe of
the Sicani, and drove them to settle in more southern
parts. The second and third eruptions are comme-
morated by the Atheuians in their marbles. It was at
the last that two rich brothers, named .Amphinomus
and Anapis, rushed into the torrents of red flames
and carried off their aged parents on their backs. The
fire spared the youths, it is said, while it consumed
those on the same roads. Catania and her citizens
dedicated a temple to this act of filial piety. Five
eruptions intervened till the ninth, that happened in
the reigp oti Caligula, which terrified that Emperor so
far as to cause his precipitate flight from Messina.
To recount all the eruptions which have occurred
after Christ would form a long and only tedious list.
The most important are those in 1160; 1169, 1329,
1536, 1537, 1669, 1693, 1763, 1787, 1792, 1802,
18090811, 1819. To the effects of these we shall
briefly refer. Streams of fire in copious bodies ram
down the declivity of the mountain during the two
former years. In the third a new crater was opened,
and the flaming matter that was disgorged from it
overspread the adjacent fields, and destroyed the
btilldings of the towns. The ashes spread as far as
Malta, and many-died of terror.
After the cessation of nearly a hundred years, the
eruption of 1536 occurred, whichlasted for a consider-
able time, and was dreadful in its appearance and
effects. A thick cloud, tincred with Ted, hovered over
the top of the mountain ; chasms were opened in its
sides, and vollies 'of ignited materials, rose to great
heights in the air. For a whole year this continued
without intermission ; the neighbouring castles, and
more than 500 houses were destroyed.
Carrera was witness of a dreadful conflagration in
1664, but the eruption of 1669 was the most formida-
ble and the most destructive. Eighteen days the sky
blazed at first as with portents. A chasm, several
miles in length, burst on 'the east side of the moun-
tain : new gulfs and other clefts continued to open,
from which smoke, stones, ashes, and lava poured in-
cessantly. The English merchants who saw it state
that it had overwhelmed in the upland 'country four-
teen towns and villages, some of whichcontained three
or four thousand inhabitants ; and they add, " there is
not now so much as any sign where these towns stood,
except the church and steeple of one of them, which
was situated on an eminence."

In 1787, Etna was again in a state of eruption.
After renewed shocks, and the appearance of a thick
smoke, showers of fine, black, brilliant sand descended :
flashes of fire, with scoriae and lava, next appeared,
till gradually the top kindled, and the summit ap-
peared one burning mass. From the cone, as from a
fountain, a jet of flaming volcanic matters- arose,
which were thrown to the distance of six or seven
miles. The destruction attendant upon this eruption
wasT disastrous to all the region within its compass.
The explosions which preceeded the conflagrations
of 1804 created a noise "as if a million of cannons
had been fired off at once." A shower of fire. extended
for three leagues round Etna, from the burning f
mate-
rials thrown up ; and the lava skirted
ogeoforNdealp•sloos,
granted by
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Bronte, the estate
would appear that Etna
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craters were
opened, and eight villages with their inhabitants
destroyed.
On the sides of Etna are seventy-seven cities,
towns, and villages, containing about 115,000 inha-
bitants. The celebrated clxinut-tree, under which
100 horses may be. sheltered against the sun, and
upon which account it is called dei cento atralli, still
enjoys its leafy honours.

The Inspector of Prison's transacted business this
morning at the Home-office.
The Courts of Chancery adjourn to-morrow until
the first day of • next Term (Jan. 11).
The Marquis of Anglesea is to succeed the late
Lord Hill in the Colonelcy of the Blues ; and Sir
Edward Kerrison, from the 14th Light Dragoons,
will succeed the Noble Marquis in the command of
the 7th Hussars.

SeLmort.—Last week, and for some days previously,
when the river was low, great numbers of salmon
were observed depositing their spawn in the bed of
the Tay, from the north shore upwards as far as could
be seen from the bridge. Many were attracted
to that quarter by the unusual appearance of so
many salmon at this season, and sometimes the
river was all in commotion with their move-
ments. According to the generally received opinion the
spawn of this year will come to life next spring, and
pass down to the sea in the Course of the season,
whence they return during the summer of the follow-
ing year as grilses. From the evidence given before
the Court of Session in the " Stake Net" case, it ap-
pears that the spawn in going down the river keep
;war the banks until they reach the salt water a little
below Newburgh, where they unite in the 'centre of
the river from both sides, and keep that course till
they reach the sea.—Perth Courier.
BROBDIGNAGIAN TURNIPS.—An exceedingly large
turnip, about twenty-two pounds weight,- grown in
Ballycreally, in the parish of Moneyrea, has been left
at this office. This fine specimen of agricultural pro-
duce, which is of the white globe species, was culti-
vated in a field belonging to Mr. RobertAbernethy,
from which a great number of other turnips, of the
same description, weighing from fourteen to twenty
pounds, have been taken, and where many, of a size
equally large, still remain.—Belfast Whig,