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LARTIIQL'AX IN TRINIDAD. Iprom the ninidad Gareth. of Sept. 21.1 Th e visitation occurred, according to the time on the t own clock , at a quarter past nine o clock last night, and szeorr hug to the mean time, by Captain Lawrence's (of his oijesry .' s ship Eden) chronometer, at a quarter of an hour before ten. The direction of the shock appeared generally s , he from east by north to west by south, although in nor pieces it would seem to be almost due north and sout h, It came on with little if any rumbling noise or m i ter usual indication of earthquakes. A , Is to duration, there appeared to be almost as many • si lt there are personsseconds appear to be the o n sher , eat time ascribed to it, but we have heurd many well idolised persons contend that it lasted theca minutes. We have s ot heanl that any chasm or opening of the ground ; nor does the pavement of the streets appear to be ▪ in any instance disjointed. ', a ppeared not to have arrived at its full strength until t ome seconds before it entirely subsided. Had it continued ,alt the same violence a few sec nds longer, we are per vaded that few stone houses in the town of Port of Spain would bare stood the shock. Seat cely a house in town has „ ja ped damage; many are rent to such a degree as to reuderlthem uninhabitable without considerable danger.— Th e upper part of the gable ends of se%eral houses fell d ro p. In every part of the town sheds and walls are !e -arliest, arul accounts of clocks fallen from their stands, bottles, china, and glass-ware, broken, are innumerable. I n m any instant ., s, tables, bedsteads, and other heavy ar t.des of furniture were removed front their places or turned round. The seat of his Excellency the Governor at Ann's has p ima severely, and it is said to be rent and disjointed in won ' pl ace s. The servants' apartments are also greatly kook and a considerable quantity of glass-ware, &c., is broken. That nest and elegant building, our Protestant Church, is considerably damaged. The top of the north-west s i o nscle oldie north tower was precipitated to the ground, and` f e ll s everal yards to the westward of the foot of the tower; a part of the south-west pinnacle fell on the roof of the church, and forcing through, dislodged one of the ra f te rs, which, falling into the building, destroyed three of t h e Dews. The two pinnacles to the eastward are corn pleteiy shattered, and appear only to be prevented from fall ing by the strong iron bars in their centre which are fixed in the lattletnents. The tower itself is completely rent through in several places. and the town clock is so much injured, that it must undergo a thorough repair. The pin rides of the south tower are also very seriously injured, sod erne of the buttresses are cracked. 0— The buildings intends d to b- converted into a new Court house are considerably damaged ; and the present Court house has also received several trifling rents. The chimney of the " Rookery," the residence of Henry Fuller, Esq. his Majesty's Attorney-General, fell down, to gether with many others in town. The new Roman Catholic Church appears to have escaped entirely ; and in the east end of King-street little atnage has been sustained. In the market place several galleries were thrown down, and the house of the clerk of M.:market seriously injured. The house of Mr. Cipriani, and that occupied by Mews lValrond, Johnston, and Co., are rendered until habitsbk, and, we understand, that both must be partially taken down and rebuilt. The upper part of the gable of the house occupied by Dr. Anderson, sen_ in Frederick street, fell on the roof, and shattered the whole of the ex tensive shell in the Venelue-yard. The south gable of the adjoining house. occupied by John Edmondson, Esq., also fell. In the same street, the roof of Mrs. Fell's house ex perienced a like fate, by the falling of part of the gable of the adjoining house. In the two apothecary stores in Fre derick -street, considerable damage was sustained by breakage ; and the roof of a large back Store of Messrs. Cowie MAlliater, and Co. entirely fell in. So far u the accounts which have been receiveel from the country go, the shock appears to have been general throughout the Island. A gentleman resident at Chagua nu was elskets oat of his bed ; and the chimney of the boilipg-house, en the Streatham Lodge Estate, Tacarigna, was Asked down, and also several of the negro-houses. It appears to have occasioned very considerable alarm among tie DegrOcii on the estates. NJ lives were lost, and we are only aware of two persons being seriously injured. the of these is a Mr. Bass, who saiiks in the market-place ; he was in bed when the shock Usk place, and one of the rafters which supported the roof laving given way, it and the left-hand side of the wall fell ea the bed ; he was very seriously bruised on the head, knit, and limbs, but as no surgeon had been called in warn we saw him, we cannot say whether any bones were hraken. Mr. Tholostaii, jon. was seriously injured on the 'Skied head, although fortunately no bones are broken, }vine sprung from his gallery, about 13 feet, to the ground. lied the event taken place in the day time, we are con vinced that many serious accidents would have been occa sioned by the materials of the falling buildings. The shock was felt as severely in the harbour aeon shore. Ir e are informed that several persons on board the vessels in the harbour were thrown out of their berths. We are assured by some of the oldest inhabitants that this is the severest slack which has been felt in this island since their residence here, and, we repeat, that we cannot be suffi ciently grateful that it subsided at the moment it did, and we; unattended with storms and the othet usual accompa tan.nts of earthquake, which generally occasion more da ma;:s than the earthquake itself. A gentleman who was on horseback- on his way from St. hail, was not aware of the event until informed of it on his arrival in town, when he recalled to his recollection the his Lone bad started, at the time which corresponded with that of the shock. As animals are by instinct parti cularly rtsivptible of theca occurrences, we have little doubt that the horse was aware of the shock which escaped the notice of the rider. And a person, who was crossing Brunswiek-square at the time, describes that he felt the game sensation as is caused in a boat, by the motion of the waves. He also states that the houses on the north side of the square appeared to undulate and rock with great violence. The shock of last night appears to have occasioned more damage than any former one with which this island has hil.n suited since it was settled. Phis tisitation was preceded by very hot weather, and a Might shock is said to have been felt by many at four, and nether at eight o'clock yesterday morning. We are sot of a foreboding disposition, and still less inclined to 112 fue dread or apprehension in the minds of the public, but ire eannot help remarking that the weather during this day. and the Atte of the atmosphere, which is always re miakel to hart a close connexion with this description of aparulsiocs of nature, corresponds very closely with what is recorded to have intervened between the shocks of earth- Takes in other places, which have been attended with much consequenees. II feel considerable anxiety until we hear from St. and the neighbouring islands and opposite Conti -e these catastrophes are much more frequent and e than iu Trinidad. whole we cannot but attribute the comparative nt of the damag: in town to the intervention of :, and the strength and solidity of the buildings. •m , rura Cioze!:e of the 21st of Slitembcr states, le preceding evening, at ten minutes past ten matt shock of an earthquake was felt in that It commenced with a tremulous agitation of the , mipailied by a rumbling noise, resembling dis irregular thunder. This was succeeded by a and fro of the buildings, after which followed an g motion, producing a sensation not much unlike Is is felt on board a small boat, when in the ripple , mrrent. Its direction was W.N.W and E.S.E. occupied between three and four minutes. The at the time blowing a pleasant breeze from N.E. n'sphere in the zenith—cloudy (cumulus) to the td—dark low stratus clouds to the Eastward. The ter stood at eighty-four degrees. The shock was 'e than has been known for many years before. igtft tremor was felt exactly one hour after lowed by several gusts of wind. We are appre at much mischief will be done in the islands. . shock of an earthquake was felt at Barbadoes on Se?t., but no injury followed. lame ilium: _We shill line‘ot's at where • ti - t-etive the ( 1 :. Sh u tet '' even :01 P; ; 1160 fit, D rn t h it on th e yen 0 C;pck, we. watity. Lc the ra . :ll. Aix.) in tgatt and j NI. rocking to ; - nrultil ut i ng ; 0 , t..at aliii LI 4 s;rot. A Tl.e wh o l e 111 1 utnil wa, cu. a clear atm or' horthu ar d art tilsnlmnen t 140 tr teVefi 111+ Aaetinr sl w ars, folk tor I:?rt‘i v ,. op; Td A smart to t b • DINNER TO MR. RUME. On Friday the entertainment by the Citizens of Edinburgh to Mr. Hume was given in the Waterloo Hotel. Upwards of five hundred gentlemen were present. Leonard Horner, Esq. was in the Chair; Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, officiated as Croupier. At viz o'clock, Mr. Hume, accompanied by the Chairman, Croupier, Stewards, and many distinguished individuals, entered the room. An excellent dinner was served up by Mr. Gibb. When the cloth was drawn, the Chairman gave " The King."—(Three times three.) " The Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Three times three.) " The Army and the Navy." (Three (Three times three.) The CHAIRMAN said, they had already testified their respect for the Royal Family, but after his Majesty there was• one member of that august House who was entitled to a particular notice, the Duke of' Sussex. (Applause.) His Royal Highness was the sttenuous supporter of those principles which had placed his family on the throne of these realms—the steady friend of the ri g h ts an d privileges of the p eo pl e — an d t h e zealous advocate of liberal opinions; and who on every occasion was always ready to stand forward, with his .high rank and character, in the cause of bene. violence and enlightened philanthropy. The Duke of Sussex. (Great applause.) 311'. HORNER then role, and in a long and animated speech complimented their distinguished guest on the boldness and perae. verance which hail marked his political career, and the zeal with which be bad ever contended against the abuses of patronage and influence. " Gentlemen," said he, " I will not attempt to enter upon the questions of great national importance which Alt Hume has either been the eneansj of brineing under the consideration of Parliament himself, or has powerfully supported. I allude espe cially to the abuses and oppressions in some of our colonies—to that great stain upon a free country, the impressment of the sea men—(Applause)—to the state of the administration of justice in India—to the great question of Parliamentary Reform —(Applattae) —the education of the poor in Ireland—the tithe system In that I misgoverned country, and his inquiries into the gross abuses that have so long existed in the church establishment of Ireland. But there is one question of great public interest, in which Mr. Hume's labours have been very conspicuous, which deserves mote par.. titular notice, as it has lately occupied so much of the public at tention. I speak of the Combination Laws. There have not been wanting persons, you are well aware, who have represented Mr. I Hume, upon this subject, as a willing and premeditated disturber of the public peace. To those who know him, no refutation of such a caPtimny is necessary ; but, in the dignified and most judici- Otis addresses which he delivered upon a recent occasion, to the deputies of those workmen, who, in their ignorance, supposed him to be the peculiar champion of the labouring classes, and that, in obtaining the repeal of the Combination Laws, he was consulting their interest only, will be found a complete and triumphant .11151 fer to all the malice of his enemies." (Applause.) After some further observations, Mr. Horner concluded as follows:—" We come with hearts full of admiration for great end disinterested patriotism, thus puhlicly to exoreas our conviction of the benefit the country hale:de nted Iron Mr. Hume's exertions, and to bestow upon him the highest reward which a true patriot can desire—the unsought, willing, and grateful acl,nowledgments of his fellow citizens." (Mr. Horner sat down amidst tumults of applause.) Mr. IIuME said, the Chairman had been pleased to say that he had been employed in a useful manner—but he hail done no more then many of his intelligent fellow-citizens would have performed, had they been similarly situated. He had been accustomed to hard labour from his boyish days, and therefore labour became an object of pleasure and a recreation to him, which would prove hard to others. He undertook those duties for the good of the public. Having sought and found his fortune in a dangerous climate, he returned to his native country, and finding that labour was to him a pastime, he resolved to devote the remainder of his days to the 1 enjoyment of the good opinion of his countrymen, with whom he was IW spend the remainder of his life. basing acquired a fortune, ho had no emolument to look for front office; no family for whoui lie had to provide beyond his means—all that he there fore desired to seek fur and acquire, was the confidence and good opinion of his countrymen, and the mode of acquiring that had been detailed to them by their much-respected Chairman. Ile had seen the poverty and distress of other countries from exaction and power. lie could not look upon the excess of taxation in our own without lerling that taxation was the cause of much suffering. which those only who examined could learn. The Honourable Chairman had truly said, that the extravagant expenditure of the public money completely prevented reform in the abuses of govern. ment. He felt that the most effectual mode to remedy that part of the evil—the corruption that existed—was to cut those sinews off' which supported the extravagance. If, in the present state of the population anti intelligence of the country, all the burghs of Scot. land were placed in the situation of Montrose, they would possess a set of representatives who would show that Scotland could be as fatuous for her political integrity, as she was for her moral and in. tellectual superiority. Ile wished that Edinburgh was in that PI. tuation, and be was glad to see near Mtn many gentlemen of this city, who for weeks and months had laboured isefore the commit tee of the Howse of Commons, to expose fully the abuses of the close-burgh system. They proved that abuses did calk, even although the Member for Edinburgh said that he saw no abuses, nor any remain for asking for inq u iry. Th a t i nqu i ry was nnatle, and how satisfactory it had proved, was well known to every man in the country. It was to be regretted that com plete success Indeed had not crowned their labours, yet much good bad resulted from the inquiry. Nay, he was confident, that many would live to see real benefits result from that very investigation, as connected with Scotland. He never would despair of success of any measure while the people acted on sound principles; sooner or later success roust result from their labour,. Of his own acne he did not wish to speak ; they spoke for them selves, for they had not been hid under a bushel. Year after year had persons traduced him, and endeavoured to stifle every effort of his. They however forgot, that while they supposed they were trampling him to the dust, they were in fact taking the most effec tual means to insure the ultimate success of his measures, and to lower themselves. (Applause). The Members of the House of Commons, whatever faults it hail, still possessed the invalu able privilege of speaking freely, and thus putting the people in possession of every act of oppression or injustice. I; very Mem ber who could speak ought, aid thus proclaim to the people the evils threatened, by which the public might judge, and by their ' opposition check or prevent the mischief. (Applause). In his at tempts to reform the Church—to improve the navy—to lessen the expense of the army—to inquh e Into the state of the revenue, for which a Commission, appointed after four years' struggle, had pro duced a report, the result of which was incredible—and he was afraid even to mention the sums that would be spared to the public. He had been guided in all he (lid by public motives alone. There were many present who knew him In private life, that he was not a dangerous man, nor one who would create discord, although he had been represented as a wild beast or monster capable of raising the storm and riding on the whirlwind. It was however a great con solation, that neither the frowns of power or threats of office had been able to make him deviate from the great object he had in view. He had been called ambitious: he was an ambitious man—he was ambitious to acquire the good name of his countrymen; but he was not an ambitious man seeking after place, rank, or power —no, he trusted, if lie knew himself, no man should ever see him occupy a situation from such unworthy motive. Accusations had often been made against hint ; he dared them to proof. but they had none, and he trua.ed never would possess any. For the marked kindness shown him that night he could only promise continued exertion on his part ; and he should at all times be ready to forward the interests of Scotland—as he considered himself, not a representative for a particular burgh or set of burghs, but for the whole inhabitants of his native land. (Applause). Such distinction as he had this day received would rouse him to redouble his efforts. and—if ever they should meet again—he would meet them, he trusted, as he had now done, with clean hands. Mr. Htr me then sat down amid great applaute t and, in a fcw moments he agaio rose, and begged leave to propose—" Prosperity to the City of Edinburgh." " The immortal memory of Charles James Fox" was next given from the Chair, and drank in silence. • Mr. Fettottsose, the Croupier, proposed " The health of Sir Henry Moncedf, and prosperity to the Church of Scotland." Mr. JAMES MoxcalEer returned thanks in an eloquent speech, in which he adverted to the question of Catholic Emanci pation. resting his arguments in its favour upon the great princi ples of religious toleration. The Learned Gentleman concluded by proposing—" Catholic Emancipation, and the removal of all religiose disabilities."—(Three times three, and great applause.) MT. etTNINGHAME proposed "the health of Mr. Brougham, and the cause of general eslucation."—(Three times three, and great applause.) Mr. PETER Meows; congratulated the Meetiug that they were not doomed to lose one of the few independent Members sent from Scotland, but that 'lure was every probability that the honour of returning so valuable a Representative would again be claimed by his present constituents. He concluded by giving " the independent burgh which returned Mr. flume to Parliament." Mr. Hume said, he bad to return thanks for this honour, as none of the citizens of Montrose, Arbroath, or Brechin were pre.. sent to express, as he would now desire to do, a sense of the hand -1 some notice of them by the Meeting. He had the satisfaction of visiting them lately, and of rendering to them an account of his stewardship (hear, hear) ; and he wished no better return to any man than to be called on to render each an account, and to and it gratifying to his constituents. He hoped and trusted that, in ano ther Parliament, he should still be 3lember for Montrose (cheers); and he assured the Meeting, that it was matter of great congratu lation indeed to sit, as he slid, an Independent representative of his native town, and to say that he had not turned hie back upon his old friends, even for the finest and fairest prospects. (Cheers.) In proposing the toast put into his hands, he would only say, that the effect of public opinion in all public measures is such as has told, and must tell. wherever truth and justice were combined, to bring an object into view. (('heers.) No means are more important for securing the liberties of England. than the freedom of the press. (Much cheering.) Through the freedom of the preys, all the mis deeds which power would conceal, are made known—all change of sentiments or proceedings, which might take place in any order of society, was instantly communicated to every part of the country. The value of this was incalculable ; but nn matt could judge of its importance, unless they looked at a comparative view of its pro- gress. He had looked over some curious facts, which he would now lay before the Meeting. In 1782, there were only 79 news papers--other sorts of publications had increesed in the same rapid manner ; and lie took this opportunity of expressing how highly he approved of the intention of Mr. Constable to circulate the best works, on affairs of public and great importance, among the lower ranks, for which he was entitled to the thanks of every well wisher of his country. (Cheers.) In 1790, the number of newspapers was 146, and in 1820. it was 284. Now, was it sober :wondered that such tneans, wielded by such independent hands, as by far the greatest number of the daily papers was, must prove an organ of THE BRITISH PRESS. universal power In exposing every attempt at injury and oppres sion, and redressing every instance of the abuse of power ? Here it was that the huinhlest individual—the very lowest of the low, found an opportunity of dragging into light his wealthy, anti other wise indomitable oppressor. (ittueh applause.) .Mr. Hume eon. eluded by proposing, '• The Liberty of the Press." (Three times three.) Mr. JEFFREY, in rising to propose a tout, said, that although the subject of it bad been glanced at by two of the gentlemen who had preceded him, he could not with propriety abstain from advert. ing to it a little more minutely, as it was deeply important in it self, and intimately connected with the purpose of the present meet ing. lie alluded to the repeal of the combination laws, which had been effected chiefly by the exertions of the gentleman who sat on the right hand of the chair. This subject derived its interest partly from the nature of the laws which had been repealed• and partly from the mischievous combination, which had resulted—incident ally, and in part, but not legitimately, from their repeal. The laws to which he referred had long stood a blot on the statute book of the realm, and were repealed after the fullest inquiry in Parliement, without opposition, and without dissent from any quarter. This of itself was no light proof of the barbarous cha racter of those statutes. Their repeal was the result of laborious inquiries by a Committee of Parliament. in which a large body of master manufacturers and others, who might be supposed to be chiefly interested in perpetuating the abase, had been exa mined ' • and it was a remarkable circums tance t h at , out o f a b out a hundred persons who had been examined, with the view, per haps, of propping op the evil, only six or seven had been favours. ble to their continuenee, while all the rest were decidedly hostile to their existence. Those statutes, besides other pernicious qualities, had a blighting spirit, which tended more, perhaps, by generating feelings of jealousy and distrust among the operatives, than by any positive and direct operation in depressing the nature of their la hour, to produce that discord and animosity betwixt them and their employers, which was utterly destructive of that kindness and co-operation which was so essential to the prosperity of all. He did not believe that, in &nem], the effect of any arrangements among the masters tended materially to depress the rate of wages below the proper level. The chief mischief connected with them Was the rancorous feeling which was engendered among the labouring climes, by denying to them this pr.vilege of lawfully adopting measures f or protecting their interests. This led them to form secret cabal,' and combinations, in which they acquired habits and feelings which reduced them almost tp the then. dittos of desperate °milers. The ilinlition of such statutes was, therefore, one of the proudest triumphs of the many triumphs which Mr. Hume had won. But the abolition had been ef. fected only a few short months, when unfortunately a fearful and diabolical set of combinations arose throughout the coun try. These started up, unhappily in point of time, no doubt, u regarded the genuine merits of the abolition, but still not materially. Every one In any degree acquainted with human nature must be aware that the entire removal of restrictions, which had long galled a numerous class of such persons, could scarcely roil to produce some commotion among them. He was inclined, with the gentle man who had already alluded to the subject, to ascribe much of this to ignorance, misrepresentation, and to that dark course of se cret intrigue in which they had been trained, which had been en gendered under the laws which fettered them from seeking a legal remedy for their grievances in the face of day--and the seeds and germs of which could only be exterminated by the utter abolition of the restrictive laws. He had no doubt that every right thinking person would ascribe these unfortunate Irregularities to these causes, and not to the measure of abolition, which only became more impe ratively necessary from the nature of the combinations, derived chiefly from the abolished restrictions. The worst and most dis gusting feature, however, of these combinations was the gross incon sistency of the infatuated men who embarked in them. They were not minified with the freedom which had been marked out for them by the distinguished individual who was now present. They aimed at the establishment of the grossest and roost hideous tyranny that can be imagined—sat bvereive of those very princi pies of liberty which the legislature, in its wisdom and benignity, had awarded to them. Not contented with the freedom to carry their own industry andakill to the beet market they could find, which they had thus obtained. these misguided men had dared to deny to others that liberty which they themselves had claimed as their right. They had carried their purposes into effect by intimidation, by arson, and by murder And could they imagine that such proceedings would meet with the support or approbation of any good, or wise, or sane man ? Could they 'suppose that Mr. Hume, who had struggled for their emancipation, would join with them in imposing shackles upon others ; upon those whose kindness and protection, and union with whom, in their respective spheres, the general prosperity depended ? It would not, in a company such as this, be breathed that any countenance could be given to such practices or such principles; Of that any toleration could be extended. For himself, and lie was not altogether unknown to his country ( great cheering), he would not be suspected of indifference to the rights of the people; but he could not abstain en this occasion, and on every occasion that pre. rented itself, from expressing in the most unequivocal terms his strong disapprobation of the practices which had lately produced so much distraction in the country. He said this as the friend of the labouring chissec—as their advocate—and, if his counsels could have any influence, he would beseech the deluded men to tannin from the ea inous and.dengerous course in which thew had embarked. It was incumbent on the friends of liberal principles to speak nut, for the enemies of liberal principles would not fail to take advantage of these unhappy delusions and errors, as furnishing ?Tames for the re-enactmenero these statutes, which he was convinced were the chief cause of the evils that they all deplored. He trusted, how. ever, that a wiser and more lenient course would be followed, and that, after the brief season of trouble, which, he hoped, was now nearly over ; after the seasoning fever, as it had been called, on first touching a land of liberty, the labouring classes would return to that just and reasonable course of conduct which alone could save them from the restoration of those chains which have recently been broken. Mr. Jeffrey concluded by giving " The freedom of la boar ; but let the labourer recollect, that in exercising the freedom of his own rights, he cannot be permitted to violate the rights of others." "The memory of Francis Horner" was afterwards drunk in solemn silence, and several local, personal, and political toasts, ap propriate to the occasion. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for his health, gave— " The University of Edinburgh." Mr. J. alunaar called the attention of the meeting to the (tn. proved administration of justice, accomplished by the Bill intro duced into Parliament by Mr. Secretary Peel. He said, without attempting to describe its features, or predict its consequences, he would say, the: had such regulations been established' in the days of Charles the Second, the page of history would not have been blotted by the account of Juries packed to murder Russell and Sydney. (Great applause.) We must not withhold our ad miration for Ministers, for all have received much valuable informa tion, however they might differ in opinion upon questions of political feeling front the Ilonourable Secretary (Mr. Peel), and we ought not to withhold this just tribute of applause. (Cheers.) Such services as these conferred more high honour on the s , atesmen who performed them, than all the other actions of a busy life; and when they were beyond the reach of our praise or cen. ure, formed the most pleasing balm for their memories—" Met Peel, and success to the efforts of every Minister who endeavours to improve the ad. ministration of public justice 1" Mr. A. Scotr proposed " M Lftobinson and Mr.Huskisson, and success to their efforts to establieh the freedom of trade." Mr. Joiroituu then delivered an eloquent and affecting speech respecting the political exiles from Spain and Italy, of which the peroration was in the following words:—" Many of these patriots are wandering in Britain. They suffered because they did what they deemed to be an exalted duty. They arc entitled, not to our compassion, but to our friendship and admiration. They have fallen 'victims to their exertions to attain for their own countries that constitution of which we boast—a monarchy limited and firm, and, we trust, immortal. They were not the humble and the obscure—they were many of them noble—and were satisfied to part with privileges which belonged to their own rank, that they might extend blessings like those which the British Consti tution alone confers on the people and on the sovereign. Should it be the fortune of say one of these illustrious exiles to be in this assembly, they will behold a spectacle, which displays to them the blessings of that constitution they had looked on from afar, as the model of excellence; a spectacle, which is nowhere else to be seen—an assemblage of freemen meeting openly and manfully in the face of the world, protected by their loyalty and by law, to render honour to an intrepid and constitutional, and, let me add, a triumphant opposition, to the errors of our own government. This is a spectacle, which is indeed calculated to impress them with sentiments of admiration for our constitution, and which may afford them some consolation in their exile, when they reflect, that they . have suffered for their attachment to the rprinciples of a constitution, which enthrones th e sovereign oo the iberties of his people." Mr. Jeffrey concluded amidst the loudest applause, by giving " The Refugees from Italy and Spain, and may Britain ever glory in being the asylum of exiled patriots." The CHAIRMAN said, that two distinguished refugees, the Mar quis do Bossy, and the Chevalier dal Forza, were present, the latter or whom had expressed a desire to say a few words. The Chevalier dal Pozzo begged to return thanks for the man ner in which the toast in honour of the foreign residents had been given and received, and felt (crateful for the hospitality they experienced, and the attention paid them in every town and in every city. Mr. Hosti begged to submit another toast—lt was that of a nation whose circumstances, though not exactly similar, were yet struggling for their very existence. He meant Greece. He re gretted, but it was too true, that they had lately suffered reverses from the fate of arms. In his humble opinion, that had arisen from their plating too great confidence in their own strength, and despising the strength and resources of the enemy. They had lost the opportunity, and bad paid for their negligence ; but It was alms consolation that, like other nations, they must profit by their drat bought experience. He then noticed the divisions that had existed among the chiefs. The people were, and had always been, as one. Considering the difficulties in which the chiefs had so long laboured, it was no wonder that men of talent should cease to give energy to the councils of a divided people. It must, however, be consolatory to every British bosom—to every friend of humanity, to know that their cause had excited British sympathy. Though not consistent with the polity of Ministers, that Government should risk the peace of the country, yet he believed they were friendly to the measure. Attempts had been made to show that • hostile disposition was entertained in certain quarters, but be did not believe any such feeling existed with our Government. Let us hope. therefore, that the assistance which is now on its way. shnll reunite them, and cause a favourable change in the state of affsirs. He gave as a toast, " The triumph of Freedom in Greece," which was drunk with three times three. Some other toasts were glvtn by the Chairman, to whom a vote of thanks was passed, and the meeting separated at half past twc:‘,.. o'clock. - LAIV NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY.• 1111[0111 THE LORD CHANCELLOR TLIDI DAT. FOR JUDGMENT. In re Elephant and Castle Charity. In re Wood—Lunatic Petition. Exparte, King v. Tillv—Bankrupt Petition. Oriinstead v. Ditto. APPE•LII. Wackerbath v. Powell. Crossthwaite v. Ditto I Eade v. Eade l Atkins v. Giles. BEFORE THE VICE-CHANCELLOR THIS DAY, CAUSES PART HEARD. Hill v. Reardon I Minot v. Eaton CAUSES. Pried v. Hull Att..Gen. v. Noel Ditto v. Ditto I Ditto v. Marquis of Brougham v. Idle Londondery Beevor v. Preston Ditto v. Pembroke May Bindley I Hall Dim' v. Vansittart Barber v. Banner Ditto v. Stock a>iiiinitoWr.Balfor COURT OF KING'S BENCH. MIDDLESEX SITTING AFYEII xtenAttsEAS ?Mt, OW UESDAY, NOV. 29. CAUSES. Macklew v. Squibb I Child v. Grace I Thotudike V. Harvey and another COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MIDDLISEX CAVfEs TO IZTIIIEI3..T THE THIRD SITTING IN MICHAELMAS TERM, TO-MORROW. Young T. Curtis. I Doe v. West COURT OF EXCHEQUER. IN THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, THIS DAY. For Judgment—Shrewsbury School v. /Haddock. Postea—Wing v. Murrells. Part heard—by order—Petre v. Well*. Part heard—Miller v. Jackson. On Sequestration—Hamilton v. Earl of Strathmore. CAUSES. Price v. Spencer I York v. Middle- Evans v. William* Ilugo v. Job burgh Bamford Archer Dean and Chapterof Atkinson v. Hutton Ilossingham v. Boar Fielder v. !Hunan Gibson v. Butler. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MONDAY, Nov. 21. PRACTICE OF THE COURT. IN THE HATTER OF PAISELY. Mr. HORNE stated that a petition ,in th:a cause had been struck out of the paper, as appeared from the notes of Mr. Peneon, be cause Counsel were not in attendance when it was called on. The okject of his present motion was to have the petition restored. Mr. HEALD said that the entry alluded to was not as strong evi dence as an affidavit. The fact was, that Counsel did attend to oppose the petition, and it was regularly dismissed. He having occasion to leave town, gave his briet to Air. Rose, who was present on the occasion. and made an effectual opposition. The Loan CHANCELLOR uid, that in the other Court (the Vice-Chancellor's) the practice had obtained of presenting a petition to restore a former one which had been struck out. Now in a case of this nature, if neither Counsel nor Solicitor attended, he did not see why the solicitor alone should pay the costs. If, in deed, the counsel attended without the solicitor, then perhaps it was fit that the solicitor should be called on to pay. But according to his experience the client had to bear the expense whatever the form of order was by which the petition had been struck out. He felt great reluctance that if a petition were sought to be restored the suitor should be put to the expense of presenting another to effect such a restoration, anti thought it quite enough that an application to that effect should come front the bar. His Lordship merely dered the matter to come on upon a future day, counsel,then or. stating why the petition was to be restored. Mr. MONTAGU said that his Honour the Vice-Chancellor had made an order that no petition struck out for want of attendance shall be restored without another petition. MAGDALEN COLLEGE V. SIBTHORPE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL alluded to this cause, which had been before the Court on last Saturday. The Lonn CHANCELLOR said that if the bequest to the Uni. 'frail were to be looked on as a gift to a corporation, then it must necessarily be void under the statute of Mortntain, but it might be good if the College were merely the appointees to a trust for cha ritable purposes. Another question then presented itself, which was, whether, in ease the bequest were for charitable purposes, the Attorney. General were not a necessary party ? I wish (said his Lordship) you would consider a nd p o i n t ou t any case to me w hi c h wouldjustify our going to work without the Attorney-General. VICE-CIIANCELLOR'S COURT, IllowoAv, N0v.21. SIMON V. lIIMIERT. JUDGAI ENT. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR proceeded to pus Judg ment in this cause thin morning. This was a ease in which a bill had been tiled by the plaintiff, a merchant hi New York, against Mr. Hibbert, surviving trustee to the mute of the late Mr. Tharpe, of Jamaica. It appeared, that in the year 1795, the dealings be tween the parties commenced which gave rise to the present pro ceedings. Mr. Tharpe, who was then a Jamaica merchant. entered into an arrangement with the plaintiff's house, at New York, to supply him with provisions and other commodities, in return for which, Tharpe was to remit rum, the produce of the plantation, to America. This course of trading was agreed on, and continued without intermission till the year 1800, when Mr. Tharpe came to England, leaving a person, of the name of Green, manager of his estates in Jamaica. Green carried on dealings with the American house as before. In 1803, Tharpe died, and, by will, left his property in the hands of blesses. Green and Simon Taylor, in Jamaica, and Messrs. ilibbert and Simon Clarke, in England, I as trustees for his grandson, till the latter should have attained hie 2411 year. The English trustees proved the will and accepted the trusteeship : Mr. Green remaining in Jamaica and transacting all business relative to the plantation, as before. The connexion between him and the plaintiff in New York still continued to sub sist down to the year 1811, when war was declared between America and this country. About this period, it was ascertained that the remittances of rum from the plantation did not equal those of provisions sent by the plaintiff, and in consequence, a balance accrued in his favour, for the payment of which the pre sent suit hat! been instituted. In 1812. Mr. Green died, and Taylor undertook the management of the estate, which he at tended to till the time of lip, death, which occurred shortly after. From 1812, down to 1815, the plaintiff had no opportunity of enforcing his demand, in consequence of the hostilities then sub sisting between the two countries. In 1816, a suit was commenced in Jamaica, in his behalf, but it failed, owing to its principles not being rightly understood. On failure of the legal applica tion, plaintiff was advised to appeal to the Privy Council against the decree given against him. But his law advisers perceiving that proceeding not likely to be wore successful titan the other, deemed it the more correct way to tile a bill in Chancery against Mr. Hibbert, the trustee, resident in England, to compel him to pay the balance due out of the produce of the estate. On the other side, it had been contended that Mr. Green, who conducted this transaction, was personally liable for the amount of balance due upon the account between the parties. The VieE-CHASecELLOII decided that the estate was liable, and the trustees should meet the balance out of its produce, as far as that would extend. It was intimated that very little satisfaction was likely to be ob. tained in that manner, as a sum of 70,0001. was due to the consignee, and the estate was insolvent. HILL V. REARDON AND OTHERS. In this case, which was one arising out of the claims of British subjects to compensation for losses in France during the revolution, arguments of counsel were heard. The claims of one of the defendants (Dcvereux) as legal repre sentative, under a will, of Mr. Fanning, a British emigrant, who had acquired property afterwards confiscated in France, were ad misted by the Privy Council and the Commissioners appoinied under the convention of 1814, between this country and France, for satisfying the claims of British subjects whose property had been put under sequestration. The plaintiff (Mrs. Ann Hill) filed a bill, stating her claim on the property so adjudicated, on the ground of relationship to the testator, and praying to have the decision of the Commissioners and Privy Council set aside. Mr. HART appeared for the defendant (Devereux), and argued against the jurisdiction of the Court, denying its authority to re view the decision already made by his Majesty in Council. Mr. St st eXixsoir followed on the same side. Mr. FOXIMANQUE, for Mr. Reardon, contended, that the deci sion of the Privy Council was final, and could not be reversed by a coon of equity. Mr. RouPELL argued to the same effect. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the plaintiff, rose to reply, when - The COURT intimated, that as their presence was required in another place, the arguments ma•t be resumed to-morrow. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WrarxixsTEß, 31uxuAr, N0v.21. DOIC ON TUE DEMISE OF --- V. DYKES. The ATTOUNEY-I;ENERAI. moved the Court to change the venue in this action from Cumberland to Derbyshire. He moved first on the general ground that thin ejectment involved the title to a large property, in the result of which the Lord Lieutenant of the county and other gentlemen of great influence were deeply interested. He moved also on the :note special grounds disclosed in his affidavits. It was stated in them that this cause was sent down for trial at the last A s! , izem that on the commission day the High Sheriff, as usual, 'gave a dinner to the gentlemen summoned to aerve on the Grand and Special Juries ; that at this dinner were present many of the special Jurors summoned for this trial, and also the defend ant Balfantyne Dykes himself, a gentleman of great property and weight in the county. After several toasts had been drank, Mr. Dykes retired from the festive hoard, when the following toast was proposed and drank with great enthusiasm. many of the Special Jurors in this GUM being still present.—•• Ballantyne Dykes, and may he Sileeeed in the cause in which he is engaged." The lessor of the plaintiff; upon being informed of these circumstances, jaunt.- ' diately withdrew the record, front the arprehension that he could not have a fair trial. The COURT iltettglit that this *is a sufficient ground for re. twitting the venue to another county, but meld not see any reason why it timid be removed to another circuit. _ ~--~ . . The ATTORNET.GENERAL Paid, that the motive for applpint; to hive the venue removed to another cfreuit was this, that the niro petty of the partiep to this action was so scattered over ille adjoining counties. He had no objection. however. re taking Yorkshire. The Cover suggested Lancashire, and finally granted the rule to change the remit- in the alterriative either to York oe Lancaster as the parties lihntild agree. THE KING P. JAMES STAMP SHTTON CHOIR. Mr. CAMPICLL moved that judgment on the defendant shoot be atresfett, or at least that it should be sutpended until aroths, defendant. who was jointly indicted with him, should be brought to trial. It would be recollected. he said, that the defendant Jame.; Stamp Sutton Cooke, Richard Stafford Cooke, his brother, John Russell Stills , Richaid Jenkinson, elan *mills &c. were in dicted for a conspiracy against Lord Stafford. Richard Stafflad Cooke pleaded first in abatement, which plea was oveeruled, and he then pleaded not guilty, but has never yet been trice. John Roe. sell Mills has never yet appeared to theindictment. At the Assizes for Gloucester, last spring a twelvemonth, the issue came on for trial between our Sovereign Lord the King and the present defend ant, before Mr. Justice Park. The evidence Mitch was given im. peached only James Stamp Sutton Cooke and his brother Richard Stafford Cooke; and the Jury found, by their verdict. "Jame" Stamp Sutton Cooke guilty of conspiring with his brother Richard Staffithl Cooke; Richard Jenkinson not guilty." Mr. Justice LITT LEDA L E here suggested to Mr: Campbet whether lie had not mode a mistake in the words of the verdict. Slr. CAMPBELL Mid, that he had no doubt at all about the precise words of the verdict ; he could charge himself with giving them correctly, but, if it was necessary, their accuracy could be after. winds ascertained by a comparison with the report. If the Court should be of opinion that his objection in arrest of judgment was not well founded, then there would be no necessity for further hi. quiry. He should therefore assume, for the sake of his arguments, that he had given the verdict correctly. This case would then be exactly the same as if the triad had been against Stamp Sutton Cooke and Richard Stafford Cooke, and they had been jointly in dicted for the conspiracy, and no others with them. As, to conOti tote a riot there must be three persons, so there must be two to constitute a conspiracy. Now, as the verdict found only the de. fendant and his brother, Richard !Stafford Cooke, guilty of the con. apiracy, and as his brother had not yet been tried, though he tray be hereafter, if he should then be found not guilty. there would be an end to the conspiracy. The cases, Mr.. Campbell admitted, did appear at first blush to he against him, but on examination, he said. they would all be found distinguishable front the present Ile cited the Queen v. Herne, Strange, 195; the King:. Kindersley„ Strange. 193 ; the King v. Nicholls, Strange, 1f27; and the King v. Scott, 3 Burrows, 1262. Thi s last was an indictment for a riot ; two bad died before the trial ; two were acquitted ; and two were found guilty. It was moved in arrest of iudgment that two persons could not be convicted of a riot ; but the Court over ruled the objection, because, iron consist but that if the two wt., died had survived their trial. one, or both, of them might have been found guilty ; so, that had all the parties been tried, threstiof them might have been convicted, which would have supposted-the indictment for a riot. This was clearly distinguishable from the prevent case, where the Jury found only two persons concerned in the conspiracy. The Conn, in granting hie application, could net fall into any inconststency ; but if it should give judgment on the defendant, and his brother Richard Stafford Cooke should after. wards be tried and acquitted, then there would l'e a very great in. consistency indettl, for the Court would, in that ease, hire given judgment on the defendant for a conspiracy, which, in point of fact, had never existed. The Co t;RT (in the ahaenee of the Chief ingiee, who had/one to London to alt at :VW Prins) granted Mr. Campbell a tale to show cause. --;: MAGIIIA T. sracitatm. The defendant in this ease is held to bin by the plaintiff' on an affidavit sworn before the British Consul at Cadiz, that he owes hid) 100.0001. . Air. GunKEY, a few days ago, obtained a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be duchargell on common bail. fie moved for his rule on three grounds ; first that the British co il,/ at any foreign port wan n ot c o m pe ten t to administer an oath of this kind ; that his office was purely commercial, And no way judicial of ministerial ; secondly, that, if he was competen% he ought to have certified that competency by an affidavit, the (h u rt hate not being able to take judicial notice of his competency ; Tiiirdly, that thi amount for which the defendant hi held to hall is not described with sufficient certainty, it being merely said to be 100,0001 s te r li n g. without saying sterling money of England. or Sterling money of Spain, &c., and that, therefore, the affklavit tau void for tack*. tainty. Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. F. Pot.t.ocx showed cause on Satur day, but the Court being obliged to rise before the roinpletion of the argument, it was again resumed this rooming. They princi pally relied upon a cue reported by Chitty, and the statute I Geo. IV, ch. 87, sec. 20, empooering consuls to adtninister oaths generally. Mr. F. POLLOCK dimmer! the anteanlog of flatirtfertaterling at considerable length. citing the 1, lostitute,Blackatonentommenth ries. Jacob's haw Dictionary, a liertetttn.tidd reedith Dictionary, published some lime ago at Branswicki,aml miller lexicographic authorities, to show that the wont " sterliog" never means "13ritiab or any money but English money." Frbin all which they inferred that the consul is entitled to administer In oath to hold a parson to bail, and that the word sterling is a sufficient description of Englifii money without any thing more. Alr. GURNEY, in reply, referred to the commission of &consul, as given in Beanie's Lex Nercatoria, to show that the duties of a consul relate entirely to British subjects residing or trading in the port to which he is appointed. Mr. COIIYN followed on the same side at considerable length, citing 3 31aule and Selwyn, 394 ; 3 Barn. and Ald. 301; to explain the meaning of the word lording, and show its various applitattiohs to the money of different countries; and he referred to , a.cue fu Davis, 23, where it was very learnedly dischssed. Ifirittederfaiso, that the Act of Gen. IV, empowering consuls to administer oath!. must be taken with considerable limitation. and %h et it could not be taken to comprehend a case like the present tiplaii hid been distinctly enacted. - I The Court, after consulting together for some time, said, that they would consider of the cue, and give their judgment at L &tare day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WEST*INSTri, MONDAY, N0t.21. TRIAL AT BAR-WRIT OF GRANT! ASSIZE. TOOTE, PF.MANDANT--BACIrtLt, TENANT. This is an action brought to try the 'right . of the parties to the fee.simple of certain halide which have been in the usidistutbed possession of the tenant (or, as he would be called in a personal action, the defendant) for more than twenty years. Whereby the demandant (or plaintiff) is barred of his remedy by ejectment, and compelled to resort to the most solemn trial by jury that is knotrn to the laws of England, founded upon the extraordinary writ called magna atrisa eligenda. By this *Tit the sheri ff is corn. mantled to summon four lawful knights of the county, girt wilts swords, to appear in Court to be sworn to elect and 'choose ttienty four other persons to be joined with them to make recognition of the right of the parties; and of which twenty-four persons•twehe must necessarily be present at the trial, who, with the tot. knights, altogether form the (hand Assize or (heat Jury. which must consist of sixteen jurors. In the propels ot: tier action, the demandant must allege some seisin of the lands in q . ues. tion in himself, or vise in some person under whom he elating, void then derive the right from the person so seised to himself; to - which the tenant may answer by denying the dernandant's right. am/ averring that he has more right to hold the lands than the demand ant has to demand them. And this right of the tenant being shown, it then puts the dem:mdant upon the proof of his title. in which, if he fails, or if the tenant bath shown a better, the demand ant and his heirs are perpetually barred of their claim ; bat if he can make it appear that his right is superior to the tenant's, At then will be entitled to recover the land against the tenant and his heirs for ever. It is not necessary that this action should be fetid at bar (that ts, before the four Judges in Term), nor is it the ooly ease in which trials at bar may be had ; but the importance gird solemnity of the proceeding, and the decision of the Jury being con clusive on the parties and without appeal, make such a course the most prudent one. This cause was appointed to be tried to-day, and the Court *al crowded at an early hour to witness the novelty of the thing. there not having been an instance of a trial of a similar kind for a gut: number of years. As soon as the Learned Judges had disposed of some prelimioary business, the cause was ordered to be called on. The Secondary proceeded to call ever the jury panel. Sir Richard Millie, Knight, and Sir Peter Laurie, Knight answered to their names; but on the name of Sir George Aldericni being called, _ _ _ Allentleman stepped forward and stated, that he bed just lett Sir George, who was confined by ill health to his room, and that • would be very dangerous for him to attend the Court. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE desired that the gentleman night be sworn to the truth of his statement. The oath was accordingly administered and the excuse allowed. When the name of Sir Janie, NVillisms, Knight, was called, no person answered. The officer who summoned the worthy Knight was then swore his having done so at Sir James's house, Kentish -town, on which occasion he was informed that Sir James was in Derbyshire, and was not expected to return for three months. 'rite LORD CHIEF. JUSTICE said, that the Sheriff was lent blameable in not informing the parties or the Court of that ciretrm stance, as they might then have summoned some other kbigat to serve. As it was, his Lordship was of opinion the cause could not be proceeded with. there being only two knights present, end thefer requiring that the jury should at least consist of four. - • • 11r. Sergeant ItosawnutT (with whom was Mr. Servant TADDY), on the part of the demandant, submitted that it was no• essential to the legal constitution of the Grand Assize, that then should be four knights, provided that there were sixteen jwror: altogether, who should have been chosen and elected *bW•Yout knights. In support of this position the Learned Sergeant quoted Glanville and Littleton, and entered into those authorities at cod siderable length. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that the "whorl ties referred to by no means sustained the point contended for.— Avib, em R, i l ; taloa, (who perhaps wan the best atathotity ea the sebjezt) said—there must held jurors of necemity—isleet, twelve esquires or gentlemen, together with ism knights. lila Lord ship, however. would not prevent the tlernartdant from - proceeding in ewe the Counsel nn the other side should not object, althougii he did not like to give a judgment which he thought was ertine owl, and which would necessarily appear upon record. rhating therefore, to be his opinion. that, if the dernandant did go on. ti.. absence of the two knights would be grouhd for a wait of error, and that it would be at has 04n peril to do so, his Lordship•iiicrild' • !f=•.• 1!i; to - ing file ter, hrr ght tie.; JIM in_ brd he DA- for id. m. 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