Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-22
prIIEE or IRELAND.

We bee 10 remind our readers, especially those
who attend ST. Paul's Church, that, in Accord
ance with The notice given oul by Bishop Johns,
las, Sunday. a collection will be taken upin that
Church, 10 morrow, Tor the relief OF the lamsh-
inc moor of Ireland We doubt not but tha! the
ohiec,s and reasons OF the collection will be most
ablv. e!oquenlly and louchingly sci FORTH and
from a congregation who, with so much ease 10
themselves, have erected and paid for this mag.
nifcer, temple, and who have ever been so ibe'
raj in charity, we augur the most favorable re-
suits
A meeting will be held in The lst Presbyterian
Church, in aid OF The same object on Monday
Feb. 22d-,he day, Gas The Rev. Mr.. Hoge re-
marked a, The former meeting, with palhos and
electrical effect we have rarely seen equalled,)
on which benignanl Providence gave Wash
inslon to our country. We will say few words
in our next paper addressed 10 those who may be
pesenicn tina, OCCASION.
COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA.
UNITED STATES VS.. BLAKENEY.-On The 18Th
Of January, ls47, George w. Blakeney applied
bv petition 10 he Hon. John b. Coplon, one OF
the Judges CT the General Court OF Virginia, or
a Wi, OF habsas corpus, alleging that he was H..
legally detained in custody in The Company Of
Captain Alburis, OF The Berkeley Volunteers,
comprising a portion of the regiment Of volun-
,eers recently called Tor from Virginia. The
ground ON which he asked for his discharge was
that he was underth he age OF twenty-one years.
Afterwards, Edward P. Blakeney and Michael
Grove united in the observation-disclosures that
George w. Blakeney was the son OF The first. and
The apprentice OF the second-lhal he was under
The age Of twenty one years-and they claimed
possession Of the volunteer by virtue Of their le-
gal right TO him.
The writ was issued and served on Captain
Alburis, who made return thereto, in which he
stated that he was Captain OF company Of vo-
lun,eers raised in pursuance OF The act o! Con-
gress OF the 18th of May, 1916, for the prosecu-
lion Of the war with Mexico; that The said Geo
w. Blakeney had voluntarily enlisted in his COM
pany; and that he had been mustered into the ser.
vice OF The United States.
Upon The hearing of the case before The Judge
ii was proved that George W. Blakeney was then
between nineteen and twenty years old, and thai
he was The eighth man who enrolled himself in
the company, BY signing hi, name to The original
roll, before The election Of officers. But there
was no testimony tending 10 prove tina, his father
consented 10 The said enrolment. These, with
the facts set out in The return being all the facts
proved in he cause, the Ju &c held lha, George
W. Blakeney was illegally detained in custody
and ordered that he should be discharged. From,
this Judgment, the United States applied to this
Court for an appeal, which was allowed
The cause was deliberately argued in this
Court by Rcber, c. Nicholas, Esq Tor The United
States, and Henry L. Brooke, ESQ., for the Vo.
unreer.
A majority OF the Court, consisting Of Judge,
Brooke, Baldwin and Daniel. we're Of opinion 10
reverse The judgment OF the Judge below, ard
remand the volunteer TO the service.
Cabell, P land Allen, j., dissented They were
OF opinion TO affirm The judgment.
Judgment reversed, and volunlee: remanded 10
service
We understand that Benjamin w. Womack
was selected by The Democratic party OF Prince
| Edward, 6, their last Court, as candidate 10 re-
presen, ,hs; county 10 the next Legislature. He
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