The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-24 00:00:00

PUSEYISM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN"Aj
SIR—Being a daily reader of your valuaW
Journal, I must say that it is with the greatest
pleasure I read the various articles on Puseyism,
and your holding it up to the light before a
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discerning public. I have sent you the follow-
ing
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Lordship's
letter lately published by a deacon in your Lord-
ship's diocese, the Rev. Win. Palmer, and at the
same time to quote the sentiments and words of
various Bishops, the greater part of them still
living ; and then, when your Lordship shall
have perused these quotations, together with the
extracts of Mr. Palmer's:letter, I would respect-
fully ask whether a deacon in the Church is per-
mitted to anathematize his superiors in dignity
and station."
The following are the passages in Mr. Palmer's
letter alluded to
" In conclusion, I says anathema to the prin-
ciple of Protestantism, which I regard as iden-
tical with the principle of Dissent, and to all its
forms, sects, and denominations."
Again—" Likewise to all persons who know-
ingly and willingly, and understanding what they
do, shall assert, either for themselves or for the
Church of England, the principle of ,Protes-
tantism, or maintain the Church of England to
have one and the same common religion with
any or all of the various forms and sects of Pro-
testantism, or go about to establish any inter-
communion between our Church and them—to
all such I say, anathema."
"It will no doubt be in your Lordship's recollec-
tion that the present Archbishop of Canterbury
did, some years ago, express an earnest wish for
the union of the Church of England with the
other Protestant Churches on the Continent, and
that lie did, either in express terms or by direct
implications, manifest his opinion that the Church
of England is a Protestant Church."
" The Bishop of Calcutta, in his Charge deli-
vered in 1838, speaks of our Protestant Re-
formed Churches."

" The Bishop of Chester, in his Charge of 1838,
says, Under the specious pretence of deference
to antiquity, the foundations of our Protestant
Churches are undermined by men who dwell
within her walls.' "

"The Bishop of Chichester (deceased), in a work
entitled ' Not Tradition but Scripture,' uses the
term ' pure Protestantism,' as synonymous with
sound Christianity."
...„. . . _ .

" The Bishop of Winchester, in his recent
Charge, mentions the Protestant doctrine of
justification' as one of the distinctive principles
of our Church."

" These remarks mioht be greatly multiplied,
but I need not remind your Lordship that the
Queen, at her coronation, swore to maintain the
Protestant Reformed Religion, as by law es-
tablished."

These are tl►e extracts to which I would call
your attention, and knowing how widely circu-
lated your Paper is, I would ask your numerous
readers respectfully, whether they will bestir
themselves, and follow the noble example of the
men of Cheltenham, or will they sit and have
their throats cut i►► peace ? for matters are now
working to a crisis, and though she only now ask
for a Poetry chair, yet hereafter she will want a
Bishopric, and concession will increase the de-
mand; the cn►ly remedy is to put it down, or it
will eventually put us down.
Mr. Palmer cannot go ninth farther, if any ;
for he has cursed the Queen, the Primate, the
Bishops, the Parliament, great part of the clergy,
and a great number of the people of Great Bri-
tain. And will they submit to be cursed, or will
they not make the table of the Archbishop of Can-
terbury bend under the weight of their petitions ?
The struggle is for freedom, and if we lose,
Romanism, as well as Puseyisin, will triumph.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Jan. 14, 1842. A HATER OF SCHISM.

THE NOTTINGHAM DEPUTATION
AND SIR ROBERT PEEL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR—It will no doubt be with some surprise
and no small pain, that you and every one
pledged to seek the entire repeal of the Corn
and Provision-laws, must have read the report
of what is said to have taken place at an inter-
view betwixt three influential gentlemen who
took an active part at the late Derby meeting,
and the Prime Minister, on the subject of the
Corn-laws.
From the high character of those gentlemen,
and from the sound information and zeal some of.
them are said, to possess on that question, the•
writer of this is led to believe that, in the reportedt
conversation said to have taken place, there must
be some mistake. It was as follows :
" The Deputation, in a few brief and forcible remarks,
showed, that the sliding scale,' under almost any modi-
fication, would be unfair towards distant countries, ands
more especially injurious to the trade with the United
States of America ; and therefore urged upon the atten-
tion of the Right lion. Baronet the adoption of a moderate
fixed duty, whereby the importation of grain from Ame-
rica might be rendered a safe operation for the mer-
chant. The Deputation proceeded to show that, if suds
fixed duty were adopted, we should furnish the Ameri-
cans with the means of paying for an increased amount
of British goods, and thus accomplish two important ob-
jects—obtain a supply of food for our operatives, and the
employment of their labour in purchasing it.
" Sir Robert Peel, after cautioning the members of
the Deputation against drawing any other inferenm
from such questions as he might put, than that he %fa,
desirous of obtaining every possible information c,t, the,
subject, asked them, whether an improved mode, jf taking.
the averages, and such a modification of the f,',iding
scale
as would lessen materially the extent and suddenness
of
the fluctuations, would not meet the ea.F.,e.
" In reply, the Deputation assweed the Right Hon.
Baronet, that it was the almost unanimous conviction of
those engaged in commerce, that a fluctuating duty was
essentially mischierous; but at the same time suggested,
that, if Government were determined to adhere to a
fluctuating duty, its effects might to some extent be counter-
acted, if time were allowed to exporters from distant coun-
tries to bring their can into the British market, without-.
being subjected to any higher rate of duty than that
charged on the earlier importations from the Continent
of Europe."
If this were true, if the Deputation did urge
upon the attention of the Minister a moderate
fixed duty, or, if needs must be, some new curi-
ous contrivance of the sliding scale (which I do,
not believe), what will the working-classes of this
country say, what will the stocking-makers et
the Midland Counties say to this, think you r
Shall it be said that men calling themselves
free traders, Corn-law repealers, or may be Radi-
cal Refbriners,.shall take credit for, and assist in,
padding and bolstering the galling collar to make
it just to be borne before it is again rivetted on
the neck of the starving stocking-maker?
Who shall blame Sir Robert Peel should he
bring forward some such abortion as one of those
said to have been suggested by these gentlemen?
Nobody; it will be the scheme of such Deputation,
and they will be fairly entitled to all the merit
or odium to which such a scheme may entitle
them.
Such a measure may suit a manufacturer for,
iotr
man,
not will merchantgivotrdin satisfaction
to,
actio n the Utot nh iet United Sr
kt
nt egs .
to the maker of such goods, who under such a
scheme will have to eat his tbod at nearly double
the price paid by such continental manufac-
turers with which he will have to compete in the
American markets, and at three times the price,
taking into account the duty the English manu-
facturer will have to pay at the American Cus-
tom-house ; the disadvantage will be against the
English manufacturer and the English workman
(for it is the workmen that compete) as one is to
three, that is the American manufacturer, and
of course the American workman, will receive
three times as much food for the same amount of
labour.
What will the Anti-Corn-law League say to
this? I have much mistaken the men if they
do not at once repudiate it. FRANKLIN.

MARYLEEONE VESTRY.—On Saturday Mr.
Flood read a communication received from the Earl of
Lincoln, with regard to the rights of the Crown, as pa-
trons of the parish, to appoint to the office of clerk and
sexton of the entire parish. The letter set forth that,
under the 46th section of the Act, the late Government
were perfectly right in appointing the Rev. F. Brathwaite
to do the office of Clerk and Sexton by himself or deputy,
and the present Government not only felt bound to con-
firm that decision, but refused to make a separate ap-
pointment to the Chapel and Cemetery of St. John's
Wood. The Report of the Committee on the subject
was then brought up. It regretted the course pursued;
by G overnment, and recommended that, as the office
of clerk and sexton of St: John's Wood had beenp!er-
mitted to lapse, the salary of 30/. a-year paid to Mr. Em-
peror, should be discontinued by the Vestry. Mr. Jo-
seph moved the adoption of the Report, leaving out the
last sentence. Mr. Flood here read a memorial from
Mr. Emperor, who in it stated that he had been clerk
and sexton of St. John's Wood for twenty-seven year! ;
and a letter received by Mr. Emperor from the late Duke
p.
of Portland, the then patron, confirming his appoint-
ment, dependent on his good behaviour. Mr.
patron
was that what had been done by the then Pa'
was binding on the Crown, although
Emperor
40,0001. for the patronage. Ile considered M.r.
said, if the
to have a life-interest in the situation, andt,it
would; be a
vestry acted so unjustly to an old servant,
to eject him
stepping-stone for the Rev. F. Brass h
said the office had
it, had given
moved as an amendment the
adoption of
Repor
now
filled it without any
lapsed, and that Mr. Emperor
Committee felt that they had. legal appointment.
tltir.enGtioremm motv.
Thear for an office which did
not
no right to give 30/. o-ye
._.
exist. The original proposition was carried with but
two dissentients.

THE CORN-LA WS-RUMOUR J)
MINISTERIAL PLAN.

A report is current at the Corn Market, and
generally believed there, that the Ministerial
plan fur improving the method of collecting the
average prices of corn is now arranged. Scotland
and Ireland are to be included with England in
the returns, which are to be taken only
from the agricultural districts, excluding
altogether the large markets and ports,
such as London, Manchester, Wakefield, &c.
by which it is supposed the weekly averages
for the regulation of duty will be reduced
6s. or Ss. per quarter below what they would
appear if the returns were made according to
the method now in use. This will effectually
neutralise any benefit expected from the re-
duction of the pivot or the modification of the
sl.ding scale, which we have been led to cal-
culate upon. In fact it will make the new
Corn-law more grinding and oppressive to
tl►e people than even the present law.
We cannot believe this report, because we can-
not imagine any Minister capable of practising
the baseness and duplicity of pretending to pass
a law to mitigate the sufferings of the people,
whilst in fact it is only intended for increased
oppression and spoliation towards them. Surely
our public men must have some regard for their
cliaracters.—Globe.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL
(THIS DA Y.)
ADDRESS TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA.

A meeting of the Court of Co:nmon Council was held
this Morning at ten o'clock, for the purpose of discussing
the best mode of testifying the respect of the citizens of
London towards his Majesty the King of Prussia, on the
occasion of his visit to this country for the purpose of
attending the christening of the Prince of Wales.
The Loup MAYOR having briefly stated the object
for which the Court had been called,
Mr. KING rose to propose that the Court do invite his
his Majesty the King of Prussia to honour a banquet to
be given in the Guildhall for the purpose of testifying
their respect to his Majesty on the occasion of his visit to
this country to attend the christening of the Prince of
Wales, and to show his Majesty the admiration in which
his character is held by the citizens of London.
Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion.

Mr. Deputy STEVENS proposed an amendment, to the
effect that a Committee, consisting of the Aldermen pre-
sent and one member from each ward, should be ap-
pointed to determine the best mode of proceeding.
Mr. ANDERTON seconded the amendment.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GlOBE.—Considering the strength of our cause. and
of the evidence whicb presses from every side, and from
every part of the country, in support of it, we really
must almost confess to feel a sort of humiliation in ob-
serving what an amazing deal is made bo our adversa-
ries of the sma:iest crumb of fact, fit for their purpose,
that hapsens to fall from our table. What astonishing fel-
lows our Tory contemporaries would be, if they had but
a good cause ! But peahaps the monstrous deal which
they can make of the slightest argument for a bad one,
would render them too convincing in lagic, too over-
whelming in rhetoric, if they had but those weapons
and magazines at Command which the truth furnishes.
" Works may have more wit than does 'eni good ;
As bodies perish from excess of blood.',
The Flemish painters acquired their astonishing
skill in iperspective from the necessity imposed by the
want of aids to a picture which bold scenery gives. In
like manner, our Tory contemporaries exhaust their
art to give colour and character to the worse than
Flemish flats of Pro-Monopoly advocacy. It is not
Tory Contemporaries seemed to regard it, as they
studiously abstained from saying a word about it,
and were indebted to us, after all, for the wel-
come news that it was without foundation)—yet
it, is not a fact which our views would have led
us to regard, on reflection, as probable. It is our manual
labour, unaided by machinery, that is chiefly under-
surprising they should have learned to make much of a
lit te. And much, indeed, do the Post and Standard make
of the fact which we furnished them—that the East India
Company have not been giving large orders for cloth in
Belgium. Although the fact, if true, would have
been most striking and startling (and so indeed, our
sold on the Continent. And though we are far from
saying that the same thing is not happening also to
more skilled branches (as, for example, the manufac-
ture of fire-arms, and other articles, in which Birming-
ham and Sheffield have been used to consider themselves
unrivalled, as Leeds and Manchester in their depart-
ments of cloth and of cotton), yet our readers are
aware that we have rather regarded the ruinous depre-
ciation, and forced sales below their value, of our goods
in foreign markets, than the prospect of being outbidden
in cheapness. That prospect is indeed neither remote,
nor visionary ; it is already realised in many articles,
and will be in many more. We may mention as a fact
which is within our knowledge, that French paper has
been exported to an important colony of this country, at
a profit of 80 per cent. after paying 6 per .cent. extra
duty. It is quite impossible that productive industry
should be burthened as it is in this country, without these
effects taking place, while the rest of the world remains
at peace, and at liberty to exercise the arts of peace in
fair cc mpeititn with us.
STA:NDARD.—Year after year manufacturers and
ecru buyers have rushed madly on in anticipating, and
the anticipated time has unhappily arrived. Now, what
remedy can be proposed ? To enlarge trade—that is,
' fu; ther to extend the field of such desperate specu-
lation. Why, the effect would be merely "to pile upon
new " ruin" upon a more tremendous scale—to have ten
Manchesters and Glasgowa painfully suffering instead of
two. If, as we have been told by the Anti-Corn-law lec-
turers, the country is now within six mouths of anareh.
What must be our condition, with distress five or six-
fold ex tended and aggravated. What, then, is the remedy ?
We acknowledge the difficulty of answering the question,
but the difficulty of finding a remedy is no apology for
feeding the disease. We, for ourselves, must once more
quote M. the. Count Saint Aulaire. It is in states-
manship as in medicine. The cure is effected
most surely by causing the patient to last longer than
the malady. We must not try to get rid of an inter-
mittent, by turning ,it into an acute, fever of a fatal
type. As long as there is no direct control of
over-trading which the Legislature can apply, and we
confess we can imagine none, but evil must be left to
correct itself by periodical chastisement; but mean-
while the resources of the nation must be protected
from being squandered in commercial gambling, and
the labouring classes guarded from suffering by mis-
conduct, in which they are not participators. These
objects can be secured only by an efficient Corn-law and
a liberal provision for the poor institutions too which
which must operate as constant, though moderate re-
strtint upon the spirit of commercial gambling.
A vast amount of the present distress may indeed be
ascribed with reason to the new Poor-law, which has
enabled hard-hearted landlords and farmers—for they
when bribed in the same way can be just as hard-hearted
as millowners—to force agricultural labourers into the
manufacturing districts, and thus aided the spirit of over,
trading. .

THE NEW TALES OF A CLOCK.
A church-rate having been refused at Brighton,
the clock (St. Peter's) struck for wages, that is to
say, it did not strike, for without a rate it would
not go at any rate. The clock would not stand
the conduct of the parish, so it stood—stood its
ground, to borrow Lover's beautiful simile—" like
a bull in the pound."
This recusancy of the clock appears to have
produced a lively impression on the minds of the
idle and ragged boys of Brighton, and to have
stirred up speculations about cause and effect,
which brought them to the conclusion that the
clock had stopped, not for want of a rate, but
for want of being wound up, which, taking clocks
as clocks are generally, is certainly a sufficient
reason. But once set idle boys thinking, and
where is it to stop ? They say that they had
but one link in the chain of causation—the clock
had stopped because it was not wound up to
go, but who had caused the winding of it up to
be discontinued ? The question of authority once
raised, all presumptions led directly to the
Vicar. The very hands of the clock pointed at
him—at one it had stopped, and at the man for
number one it levelled its reproachful index. The
silence of the clock denounced him, and every hour
when the clock did not strike the folks of Brighton,
and especially that most speculative part of the
population, the idle dirty boys, thought of the re-
fused rate, the Vicar, and the not winding up.
It came to pass, then, that as the good man,
Mr. Wagner, went to and fro in the town, the cry
arose and followed him—" Who stopped the
clock ?" A little boy seven years of age shot out
his tongue at the Reverend Vicar with that pert
inquiry. The good man, upon this provocation,
felt in a very different case from the clock; he felt
wound up, and wound up to strike for self and
clock. Whip in hand, he pursued the offender,
the urchin fled up an alley, the, holy man girded
up his loins and raced after him, the child took
refuge in his mother's home and locked the door
against his pursuer. The meek pastor in a trice
broke in, and belaboured the brat about the head
and face with his horsewhip.
" A living sermon of the truths he taught,"
he illustrated with exemplary spirit and most edi-
fying vigour the maxim of the wisest of men, that
he who loveth the child spareth not the rod. It
was well that he did not kill him with such kind-
ness. We cannot exactly say, in the words of the
great poet, in the character of the Good Pelson,
" Mild was his accent," but the remainder of the
line is strictly applicable, " and his action free,"
namely, wielding the whip. The next lines, too,
do not quite fit—
" With innocence innate his tongue was arm'd,
Though harsh the precept, yet the people charm'd."
Instead of the tongue armed with eloquence innate,
the holy man's right hand was armed with a supple
horsewhip, and though harsh the precept, the peo-
ple were by no means charmed with it,
" For, letting down the golden chain from high,
He drew his audience upward to the sky."
Not quite so, for letting down the sting whip from
high on the small child, he drew his audience to
the Police Court, where let us see what happened.
—Examiner.

QUEEN'S BENCH--(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
EXPARTE CLARKE.
Mr. JERVIS was heard in support of the return, &c.
The COURT was of opinion that the action was good.
The Master of the Rolls was an officer of the Court of
Chancery. and wherever he sat must be taken to be the
Court of Chancery.
The prisoner was consequently remanded in custody.
IN RE BERNARD CAVANAGH, THE FASTING MAN.
The prisoner was brought before the Court on a writ
of habeas corpus, the return to which had been previ-
ously argued at considerable length before Mr. Justice
Williams.
Lord DENNAN said the Court was unanimously of opi-
nion that the commitment was bad, and the prisoner must
be discharged.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION—TEE QUEEN V. THE PROPRIE-
TORS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND CONSERVATIVE

JOURNAL.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved' for a rule to show
cause why p criminal information should not be filed
against the defendants for an alleged libel upon Lieut.
George P. Somerville, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy,
and one of the Magistrates for the borough of Devon-
port. The article complained of charged Mr. Somer-
ville with being the author of an attack upon Mr.
George Robert Dawson, which appeared in the Devonport
Telegraph, stating that in their opinion he was the
author of that perfect specimen of blackguardism—that
he was the same individuel whose evidence was erased
from a public document for his insolence, and that two
of his family had been provided for by the Government,
and a third rejected because he did not know how to
write. The affidavit of Lieutenant Somerville totally
denied these statements.—The Court granted the rule.

A short discussion ensued, in which some of the
speakers deprecated a banquet on the ground or ex-
pense, and recommended that an address merely should
be voted to his Majesty. This view appeared to receive
approbation of the majority.
Mr. WIRE urged the propriety of the amendment, and
the withdrawal of the original motion. The Court might
then decide the question in private, which would give
the appearance of unanimity without discussion.
Mr. Kirtp withdrew his motion ; and, after another
short discussion, the amendment was carried, and
Committee was appointed, and retired from the Court.

After about tiri hour's absence the Committee re-
entered the Court, and Sir P. LAURIE, the Chairman,
stated that, after considerable deliberation, they had
come to a resolution to the effect that the most appro-
priate course of proceeding on the occasion of the visit
of the King of Prussia to attend the christening of the
Prince of Wales, was that of voting to his Majesty a
suitable Address ; and Mr. Deputy Stevens, who had so
judiciously proposed the.appointment of the Committee,
would now, with the concurrence of the Court, move an
Address accordingly.
Mr. KING was ready to concur in the address, but
wished that to the address be added an invitation to a
banquet.—(Cries of Oh. oh.)
Another short discussion ensued.

The RECORDER called the attention of the Court to the
fact that the Report of a Committee was now before
them, Lind the proper course was either to adopt that Re-
port, or formally move an amendment to it.
Mr. WILLIAMS was in favour of the banquet.

Mr. ANDERTON was as ready as any One to honour
the King of Prussia, but was this a time to expend a
large sum of money in a banquet—a sum which would
supply sustenance to thirty or forty thousand poor
persons ?—(llear, and cries of " Order.")
The resolution of the Committee was ultimately put
and carried, with few dissentients.
Mr. KING then moved, that in addition to the address
to his Majesty,' the King of Prussia be invited to a ban-
quet in the Guildhall.
Mr. WILLI:tms seconded the motion amid some con-
fusion, and called upon the Town Clerk to read the mi-
nute of the Court which recorded the invitation to the
King of Dannark in 17G8.
The minutes were then read, and it appeared that the
invitation of his Danish Majesty was to dine with the
Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and moreover that it
was confined to his Majesty and the members of his suite.
It was ultimately proposed that, in order to avoid the
unpleasantness of giving a direct negative to the motion
for a banquet, the Court should proceed to the other bu-
siness of the day—namely, to the address. This was
at once agreeable, nud

Deputy :;TEvEss then proceeded to move the address,
and was left speaking.

Tho feelingwhich—generally pervaded the Court was,
that it would not reflect credit en the City of London.
or be doing honour to hi* Prus,ian Majesty, to expend
a large sum of money upon a banquet at a time when so
much distress prevails In the country. It has been esti-
mated that 30,000 poor persons might be provided with
food for one day with the sum which would have been
expended by the City had a banquet been agreed upon.

VICE-CIIANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

BRUIN V. KNOTT.
The plaintiff in this case, Mrs. Brain, claimed a share
of a certain property now in the hands of her mother,
Mrs. Knott.
It appeared that in the year 1823 a gentleman of the
name of Aldridge, a freeman of the City of London died
intestate, leaving a widow and three children, two sons
and a daughter. They became entitled, according to the
custom of the City, to certain shares in his property.
One of the daughters died under age, and her share de-
volved in moieties to the two surviving children. The
son also died soon after, and willed his moiety of the
share of his deceased sister to his mother. The plaintiff,
however, claimed that moiety, notwithstanding the will,
according to the customs of the City of London, which
are of a particular character, and not regulated by the
ordinary statute of distribution.
The case having been argued at length as to the title
of the plaintiff under the customs in question,
His HoNouß said. that, before he gave his decision in
the case, lie wished to have an opportunity of reading
over the • documents which had been referred to by
Counsel on either side, and he should therefore reserve
his judgment.
His HONOUR intimated during the course of the day
that he should not sit to-morrow.
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
CHAPMAN V. THE BRIDGEWATER AND TAUNTON NAVIGA-

LORD .ASHBURTON'S MISSION.
With every feeling of respect for Lord Ashburton's
general talents, for his thorough acquaintance with
the science of commerce in general, and his know-
ledge of American affairs in particular, we have sun-
dry reasons of our own for doubting whether he is
indeed the fittest man whom Sir Robert Peel could
have chosen. There is a curious propensity inherent
in his Lordship's nature, to step aside from the line
which he may have followed up to a given point, and
to do so at the very moment when his continued adhe-
rence tp that is both most desired and most neces-
sary. We cannot forget that it was to Mr. Baring's
ill-timed speech in the House of Commons, after he
had accepted, under the Duke of Wellington, the office
of Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the breaking up
of the three-days Cabinet, in 1832, was owing. Neither
is it possible to deny that his Lordship's career as a
statesman has been, in many respects, to tho full as
erratic as used to be that of the great merchant,
when the management -of national loans, or the pur-
chase of Texian territories, engrossed his care.
Moreover, we doubt the popularity of the name of
Baring in the Union ; and we are far from regarding
his Lordship's proprietary connection with the State
of Philadelphia, as constituting one of the many circum-
stances which especially fit him for the duties of the
office which he is about to undertake.—John Bull.

Numerons inquiries were made at Marlborough-
house to-day respecting the health of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, who, we are happy to state, is quite
restored to health.

LORD MELBOURNE.--L-It is stated in the Court
circles that her Majesty insists upon the vacant Garter
being given to Lord Melbourne. That the Ministers
should have the bestowal of every office of trust and
power, is obvious ; but Royalty would be a most imbe-
cile pageant if the personal wishes of the SoveriAgn could
not be consulted, at least occasionally, in conferring a
mere mark of respect like this.—Scotsman.
STATE OF TRADE.—Symptoms of improve-
ment are this week visible, but they are yet very faint.
Several buyers from London have been in the market,
and have been purchasing to a limited extent, and some
also from Manchester. It seems to be a general impres-
sion that stocks are lighter than they have been for some
years past, and holders are getting rather firmer in their
demands. Several houses have been taking on a few of
their old. best weavers.—Paisley Advertiser.
The gentlemen who served on Special Juries
last Assizes for Northumberland, generally agreed to
give their fees, amounting to about thirty guineas, to-
wards relieving persons confined for small debts in Mor-
peth gaol. Five persons were accordingly discharged by
this act of humanity.

they certain ‘
,e re p rmoTpoot it: MONEY MARKET.. and
. CITY NEWS.
S EC 0 N 1) 1'41)1140 N I ought.. to have assessed only a
non of the amount, and trier ~
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
AI*POST.—It has been ascertained that a joint_
FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) in assessing the whole amount. In this state of
the Company proceeded to take posse3sion p ai
BRITISH FUNDS.
i India Stock .. . property, and make the canal. The lot of land No. 2 had stock bank in the south of Lancashire is about to
Bank Stock 167
----
.17 not been worked in the manufacture of bricks, 8,e,, discontinue its business and wind up its affairs.
- but it was intended by the plaintiff to be so ; The establishment - having commenced operations
3 per Cent Red
just as the share mania, in
3 per Cent Cons B9* Ditto Old Annuities ... —l3 pm
however, No. 3 was, and
...kilns, &c. had. been 1836, was at its
height, and owing its existence principally to the
3t per Cent Red..
__effect of making the
New 3/ per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small l9 pm chase money for the land, and 215/. for damages ; those the purpose of selling the scrip for a premium, the
I
Jan. 1860......-., 12,1 Bank Stock for Acct —
offers were afterwards increased to 3001. for purchase list of bona fide shareholders was comparatively
Oct 1859..,, .....
India Stock for Acct — money, and 250/. for damages. The plaintiff did not con-
Jan, 1860. „, ~ Consols for Open sider that amount sufficient. The verdict of the Jury limited, and among the number were very few of
FOREIGN FUNDS. awarded to the plaintiff 269/. as purchase money, and extensive connections. Its business, though cir-
Austrian, 5 pal cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 4811: for damage to the land—apportioned thus 121/. in cumscribed, was conducted prudently, and if it
Belgian, 6 pet cent lO3l Ditto, New Ditto 34
respect of the lots Nos. 3,5, 6, and 7, and 360/. in re-Brazilian 80nd5.... was unable to present an imposing array of share-
-66 Prussian, 5 per cent —
spect of No. 2.
.holders, or to boast of a multitude of accounts,
Buenos Ayres 6 per eel 21 Russian,The defendants objected to the amount assessed, that
5 per cent....,. 116/
Chilian, b per cent..... 70 Ditto, Nletallic ...... .
which
thnicehvertheless managed to avoid the bad debts
Colombian, 6 per cent.. 22* Spanish, 5 per cent 25/ whether or not the plaintiff was entitled to damages, for
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... Ditto, Deferred....
821 French, 5 per cent. I .,--e• Jury acted, directed them only to inquire into upon joint-stock banking, and to preserve its
Danis, 3 per cent.
-- f ---c- the damage which should arise to other lands credit in a healthy state. In progress of time,
Creek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange
of the plaintiff, namely, Nos. 5,6, and 7, and did
Mexican, 5 per cent—. 29,1 French, 3 percent. -- ... -. 2
tc
however, the Directors and manager had differences
Ditto, 6 per cell'. 1837 Dutch,l 21. per cent. . 5.1
1 4 not refer to for No. 2, and that, therefore, -
Peruvian, 1825, Lper ct. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . Oli
they were not warranted in making any assessment of opinion, which led to the resignation by" the
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid)
Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... - the idea of dissolving has been more or less enter-
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) B7 pend their working. That they refused to do, and tained. The event took place some months ago,
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . ........
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) - yet the reasons for it were not publicly known till
London and Brighton (50 paid)..
,to stop the Company from proceeding with their very recently, when it appeared that the manager
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11i works. An application to have the injunction
Ditto dissolved had found fault with the conduct pursued in regard
London
Quarter Shares (15 paid) ....~ ~• ... 35 and Bitmingharn (90.) ...... ..
the Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship granted the as
and South Westet n
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Northern and Eastern (40 paid)
Paris acd Rouen (14 paid) l3i where it still remains, and the plaintiff now sought for seems, considerably indebted to the Bank in ba-
payment of that money out of Court, also of costs and lance of account, besides a further liability on bills
expenses, including those of an investigation into the of exchange. It forms a gratifying feature -in
plaintiff's title to the lands and those of the present
suit. It was contended for the defendants that the the affair, that the manager of this bank, rather
Jury had no right to assess future damages ; that the than compromise his character by a departure from
lands No. 2 were meadow lands, and not used in the the strict line of duty, and shield Directors from the
manufacture of bricks, and that it was only in the event consequences of improper accommodations, should
of the brick-works being extended to those lands that
at once retire from a post in the fulfilment of the
any claim for damage respecting them could be sustained;
and therefore it was that the payment of the 360/. already offices of which he was thwarted. To his prudence
mentioned as referring to him, was refused. In support is mainly owing the result, that the Shareholders,
of this view, the authority of the sth of Geo. IV., sec. upon the winding up of the concern, will be enabled
34, was cited.
to receive back the value of their shares after hay-
His HONOUR postponed the further hearing of the case
to Wednesday morning. ing regularly obtained dividends on them, from half
Mr. Wigram and Mr. Turner appeared for the plain- year to half year.
tiffs ; Mr.Simpkinson for the defendants. Trade, according to letters from the manufactu-
The'Court rose at half-past three o'clock. ring districts, is more promising. Money was
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
His HONOUR was engaged during the whole day in easier than it had been, which would, in some de-
hearing a part-heard cause of Williams v. Moore. gree, accelerate the improvement noticed ; but this,
When the plaintiff's case was concluded, the cause was under all the circumstances, must, it is Considered,
ordered to stand over generally. be very gradual.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. THE COOPERS' COMPANY. As the Court will not sit to-morrow, his HONOUR _
stated that he should defer Ids observations on the argil.
ments of Counsel until Friday.