In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the hearing of
the impor- tant case of " and Alelone versus Archdeacon Knox" was commenced. It is an appeal against a decision of the Dublin Court of Exchequer, m.varding attitelonent against a Police Magistrate and a Police Constable for refusing to aid in the execution of a corn. missien of rebellion, in a suit for recovery of tithe. The Attorney- General and Solicitor- General appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Sergeant Jackson and Mr. Pemberton for the respondents. The Attorney- General shortly stated the circumstances of the case, the particulars of which are well known ; when their Lordships consulted together for a short time, and the Lord Chancellor then informed counsel, that as the ease tarried solely 1111011 the construction of an Act of Parliament, their Lordeltip% wished to have the opinion of the twelve Judges upon it. The further hearing was therefore postponed until the :fudges can have an opportunity of giving their opinion. The Lords present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wyriford, Lord Lang.. dale, Baton Abiliger, Lord Pluisket, Lord Bathurst, the Archbishop of Armagh, and Lord Ellenhorough. [It is believed that there was very little occasion for consulting the twelve Judges on the Act of Parliament ; and the Attorney- General offered to argue the case at ecrnmon law but the delay was convenient for the Tories—it gives another five or six months' lease of the power of oppression.]
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