The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-21
philadelphia.
Correspondence of the Herald.)


PHILADELPHIA, Jan 20, 1S42-P M.
The Court and the late United States Bank Officers
Theatres-1yler Meeting appointment of a ne,c
Judge--Stocks--A Flare up in the Philadelphia
Bmk, SC.
The determination of the Court Of General Ses-
sions yesterday not permit the Attorney General
and the private counsel engaged with him, to send
up billsto the Grand Jury against Nicholas Biddle
and his associates, charged with fraud and pecua-
ton has qiven rise many suspicious as to the is
sue of tn suit so auspicously managed by the Re-
corde and created no little indignation in the pub.
mid. Judges Conrad and Doran refused the appli-
catsn to send up these bills on the fimsy ground.
many think, that the defendants were entitled to
the privileges Of the rule adopted by the Court that
party should be bound over to answer at any pre-
sent term of the Court, but that committing mags-
trates should uniformly bind over to appear al me
next term Of the Court The Cont nrtner SAID mat
from limitations given by the Grand Jury on the
day before that body about TO conclude It's term
of service to.mo-row and would not be able to at.
tend to the bills in question. rule was granted to
bring the several defendants into Court on Saturday
for the purpose OF entering INTO recognizances tor
their appearance to answer at the next term OF the
Court The decision of the Court may be, proba.
bly, is, correct. But then who does not remember
the indecent haste with which Ortman u Jennings
were arrested, indicted and convicted. And do
we not frequently hear great credit taken to the Of
nCerS OF This very OOuIt IOI tuelI uueXaIupleQ
dispatch in hurrying small pecuators into con-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in AZ hours after the commits
sion of crime the offender is reported in Nova
mensing or Cherry Hill. II reco'lect Alright few
weeks since this dispatch OF business was narrowed
to twenty four hours.
Now. ifthe Court has made rules, they should be
lived up to on all occasions. Be this rule not
the defendants have done themselves great injury
e syeag M IS s 81 It. nsy
" and Immediately, for do not believe that they
run any risk, at least they did not, in trial be-
eve that they will be, or would have been acqmt-
ted. each and every one Of them, and If they are
NOT it will be in consequence OF their quibblng and
apparently guilty actions THIS repeated interfe-
renee of the Court, though ptobaby proper, has
already prejudiced the defendants much before the
community. 49,
AT the Chestnut street Theatre, last night, Miss
Wood took benefit il" Wives as they Were, and
Maids as they Are," to rather poor house Miss
Wood, | have no doubt, IS a very amable little
creature, and will doubtless make good and agree
able wife, but never much OF an actress. AT the
National the house was hardly so good as at the
Chestnut. At the Walnut, the sister OF Mrs. Flynn
made her, second appearance to tolerab;y good
hohse, and was, as before well received. Iheicir-
Gus was quite full and fashionable.
The friends of President Tyler have called a
meeting to sustain his more prominent measures.
There are already to the call over thirteen
whig ranks, though there are also many moderate
democrats among them Considering that this Is
in the hot bed of Clayism, it is ominous.
The business in stocks to day was light, at slight
decline in State Elves and Reading Railroad. Will
mington Railroad advanced l. H
Lit was announced here last evening" that Horace
Binney, ESQ the distinguished citizen and Iurist,
had been appointed by President Tyler successor to
the late Judge Hopklnson, the bench oil the
United States District Court Ii he will but accept
it, il could not have been better bestowed put
should he refuse il, Thomas Bradford, Mayer Scett,
or Ex-Recordcr Rush, il Is said, will probably re,
ceive the nomination. The President, If he could
but cut the trammels of party, could not make a
better second choice than the Hon. Charles J. In
gers OIL
There was grand outbreak among the Directors
| in the Philadephi Bank al their meeting to-day
| John Sydney Jones, State Director, and no bank
| beggar, but fearless, honest man, shortly after
taking his seat the board, objected 10 the manner
in which the paper Of applicants for large amounts,
was hurried through the board, to the exclusion OF
applicants for smaller sums. This very proper mo-
ton, am informed, was opposed by all the other
Directors and even by his fellow State Director
Cummings, though Mr.. Jones seized some eight o.
ten of the notes, and refused TO give them up Until
he had taken . copy of them, on which he means
10 frame protest TO the proceedings, ana nave
entered ON the minutes. Mr.. Jones, as said De
| fore, does not want 10 borrow money from tn'
| banks, and no man should be State Director VIM
| does. There are some curious matters connected
with the directors of this bank, which will com
nunica te to YOU SEINE OF these days.