ENGLISH EXTRACTS. THE LATE CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION. CHARGE OF MR JUSTICE PATTESON TO THE GRAND JURY. Court of Queen's Bench, April 27.

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ENGLISH EXTRACTS. THE LATE CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION. CHARGE OF MR JUSTICE PATTESON TO THE GRAND JURY. Court of Queen's Bench, April 27.

Mr. Justice Patteson took liis seat on the bench at half past nine o'clock in the morning, in order to deliver the charge to the Grand Jury lor the county of Middlesex. His lordship, after addressing the Giarid Jury in the usual way as to the duties they had to discharge, ptoceeded to call their attention to tin- state of the 1 \w with respect to the duties of every citi/en to aid the const tuted authorities when any occasion atose ■which ni'ide it necessity to call the aid < i the public tn the assistance of the «.ivil power. The law upon this point li.ul, j-iiid the learned .Judge, been very lucidly mid ably laid down by (I c hit- lamented Chief Justice o: the Common I'lcas, i i his charge to the jury at »he tri.il of the Welsh rioters at Moinnou li, several years a^o. 'lhat lenrncd Judge hid laid down the do* trine that, by the common law of England, every citi/en had the uglit to exert him-elf, in a le^al and coiibtitutional manner, to disperse <r prevent from meeting any as seinbtageof persons who congregated together to endanger either. Every private person had the light to dibper.se such meetings, and had aiso < he right to prevent other pers us, who were coining up to join such meetings, Irom doiiig so. Eveiy subject was, according to the law. liable to be pressed to aid ihe constituted authorities, and the law in this respect Knew no distinction between the bo din 1 and the pnvate ciiizen ; the one was as much bound to atieud to the ea 1 of the magistrate as the other ; and in theeve.it of the citizen relusingto obey the magibti ate, when cabled upon to come to the assistance ot the constituted autuoritics, the citizen wns liable to severe penalties. It was not left to ihe choice op will of the bubject to obey or refuse the call of the magistiatc as he might thins proper; but by ilie common law ol England, everyone, whether sworn in as a spec al constable or not, was bound to obcd the call of the magistrate, undi-i the pain of tine and imprisonment Beside* the common law, there was an Act ol Parliament which enabled the magistrate ..to compel pci sons to assisr, not only in dispersing a tumul uous meeting but to prevent such a meeting from taking place; and he wished to call the particular attention ot the public to the fact, that all tlio-e who Irom idleness, curiosity or thoughtlessness, joined in tumultou* meetings, without any connection with those who ca'ltd the meeting, subjected themselves to the same punishment to which the panics calling the meeting were liable, although they did not contemplate any disturbance of the pu lie peace. After reading several extracts fiom the charge of Loid Chief Justice lindal to the jury at Monmouili, the learned Judge concluded by saying— l do not read these passage* because 1 have any doubt that the public do not knew oi are unwilling to obey and en to ice the law.— On the contrary, we had, on the loth of April, a memorable instance that the law, with respect to tumul tuous meetings, is will known, and that the subj cts of this leahn are willing and detct mined to obey it ; foi theie never wa> in this or in any other country an instance of .special constables piesenting themselves in the same numbers, and with the same alacrity, to uphold the law, as they did on that occasion. 1 think that the example then set, of the desiie and determination of the sublets ot this couniiy to maintain peace and order, is one of tlie most reinaik.ible that has ever occuned in the history of any country. 1 know it has been sAid that great precaution* we c made, •hat special cons'ables were eniolled, and that the police were called out, and that the soldiers were Drought to the aid of the civil power, without any necessity, because theie was not the sligh est icabon to appiehend that a tumult would take place. It might so happen that the persons calling the meeting had no intenlion of creating any tumult, or of committing ai.y " icach of the peace ; but as the Lord Chief Justice 1 indal says, when persons are assembled in large numbers, nobody can tell wh.it the ultim i. k e effect ot the multitude will be : and, therefoie, to say that there was no necessity for ttie precautionary measures taken by those in authority is a giatuitous asseition. With these observations 1 shall dismiHb ymi. The gi and jury then withdrew. At the conclusion of the learned Judge's observations, which were delivered with great emphasis the pel sons present in couit ma* nifested their cordial concurrence in the remarks of the Judge by a supposed cheer.

Enthronisation op the Bishop op Hereford. •— Hii lordship «rnv«l at Hereford for the purpose of being enthroned, on Wednesday last, about 8 o'clock. It was at first intended by the inhabitants to take the horse* from hit lord* hip's carriage, and to draw it into the town; but the desi,n was, at ihe request of his lordship's friends, abandoned. The bells ot the cathedral and of the various churchei rung merrily on the occHition. The ceremony of enthronisafcion commenced on Thursday by the General Chapter meeting in Ihe cathedra] library at a'quarter before tlevtn. It was understood that the Chapter Clerk presented a protest on the part of the Dean, who was ab ent ; but the Chapter declined receiving it, or allowing it to be enteredon the minutes, and proceeded with the business of the day. The whole ceremony was most impressive, and will long be remembered at Hereford, win re the reception of the new li.shop has been most unequivocally popular. A Cockpit Conskcrated. — Ihe cockpit of Aintree <aue-Lcun>e (httyi the Liverpool Albion) in about to be changed into a place of woiship m connexion With tht; Church of England. On Good Friday, as the congregation was leaving the I tide | endentu' Chapel, at Dewsbury, a young man, nanird George WaUrhouse, ion <»f a former Minister of i he Chapel, deliberately find a pistol at Mr. Simon Crabsliaw, one of the Deacons of the Chapel — Mr. Ciabbhaw, though seiiously injured, is expected tv survive. '1 he Lucifer, which left Liverpool on Sunday week, for a tunl n ip to Motsjn, with a party of eight ladies and eight gentlemen, was blown up on her return. An she came through Hoyluke she touched the bank, •nd the vand gut into the taid pipe, and before ihe fire c uld be d<awn, or other piecautiuns taken, un explosion took place, by which the boiler and middle ptii tof the vessel were lorn to atoms. There were rive ladies on the bow of ihe vessel at the lime, who were thrown into the water, but were laved by the boat.— The, rest of the pa-iengeis were all aft, clear of the boiler, and by this meant Wf re safe.