The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE,

Bees The spring term at St. Bees College has just opened
with 130 students.

Legal measures have been comme3ced by the Rev. A.
Veitch against the whole of the parties concerned in the
outrageous proceedings and shocking desecration of the
church at Revesby, Boston, Lincolnshire.
PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTAWARK.--The
standing orders have been complied with in the case of
this bill, to empower the trustees of the will of John
Marshall, gentleman, deceased, to alter, improve, or re-
build the parish church of Christ Church ; the church to
be completed within four years, with power to erect addi-
tional churches, chapels, and schools, and to borrow on
mortgage £20,000.

The new church of St. James'. Woolstborpe, near
Belvoir Castle, which was built chiefly by the liberality of
the Duke of Rutland, Lord John Manners, M.P., and
other members of his grace's family, has been farther
beautified by the recent insertion of several painted win-
dows. Much, if not all, of the old English lettering,
and one compartment of one of the principal windows,
has been done entirely by Lady Adeliza Norman's own
hand.

COURT AND
The court arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednes-
day last.

`I,ISHION.

Her Majesty has determined to hold one drawing-room
and two levees before the Laster recess.

It is understood that the O.u,:en and Court, with the
exception of a brief visit to Osborne, will remain at
Buckingham Palace till Easter, when the court will return
to Windsor Castle for the holidays.—The eleventh anni-
versary of the marriage of her Majesty and Prince Albert
was privately celebrated by the court, at Windsor Castle,
on Monday last.

-The DUchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leve-
son Gower have left Stafford-house for Paris. The noble
duke and the youthful Lords Albert and Ronald Leveson
Gower are staying at Trentham-hall.
His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Law-
rence gave a grand banquet on Wednesday at the Ameri-
can Legation, in Piccadilly. Among the guests were, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis.of Breadalbane,
Vis Count Hardinge, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Jamaica, and the Speaker of the House of Commons. In
the evening there was an assembly ; most of the Cabinet
Ministers were present. The Duke of Wellington arrived
from Lady John Russell's " reception" soon after eleven
o'clock, and remained till after twelve o'clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

It is said that the Vice-Chancellorship will be conferred
on Master Kinderslev.

The whole of the Judges, except Mr. Baron Platt, de-
livered their judgment on Wednesday at great length, in
the long-protracted case of the Birds, which has been
twice argued before the- Court on the question whether
the prisoner Robert C. Bird, and Sarah his wife. having
been tried and acquitted for the assaulting and killing
their servant, Mary Anne Parsons, could be tried a second
time for the assault, the prisoners having pleaded autre
fois acquit. There being a difference of opinion amongst
the Judges, it became necessary to give their judgments
seriatim, which occupied four hours in delivering, when
the Lord Chief Baron, Messrs. Justice Patteson, Cole-
ridge, Cresswell, Wightman, Erle, Williams, and Tal-
fourd were of opinion the conviction was right, and the
Lord Chief Justice Jervis, Mr. Justice Manle, Mr. Baron
Alderson, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Parks, and Lord
Campbill, that it was wrong. There being a majority of
8 to 6 of the opinion that the conviction was right, it will stand.