The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-02 00:00:00

LOWER CANADA AFFAIRS. When the late Parliament passed their resolutions respecting th e H ouse o f A ssem bl y o f t hi s P rov i nce, by which they were refused the Reforms they naked for, and to be deprived of the right of appropriation of the money in the Colonial Treasury, collected by taxes on the people, as the Constitution granted to them in 1791 gives to them, we ventured to state that that act of cross injustice, though sanctioned by an overwhelming majority of the British House of Commons, would not be the means of settling the discontent that existed in Lower C ana d a . That the complaints of the Cana dians were well founded had been admitted by a select Committee of the House of Commons, and by Mr. Stanley, and other Colonial Secretaries ; and we then agreed in opinion with those Members who oppoed the Resolutions, that the best and speediest mode of set tling the disputes, would he the doing justice to the Canadians. It had been found, by long and dearly -purchased experience, that peace could not be maintained, nor discontent allayed in Ireland, by adding injury to injustice, as used to be the case towards that country. Shall Coercion Bills, year after year, some of their enactments disgraceful in the highest degree to their authors, have passed, but only to aggravate the discontent that existed ? But since Lord Mul graves Government has changed the system, and ma nifested a desire and a determination to redress the complaints, and to do justice to that ill-fated country, the discontent and disturbances have ceased, and Ire land has not, within the memory of man, enjoyed a period of so complete peace and contentment as the last Year has produced. We ask, would not the same sys tem adopted in Canada produce similar good effects ? -And will not their exposure of the complete failure of the Coercion Bills, and unjust arbitrary pro ceedings towards that province, teach Lord Melbourne (bat the policy of Lord Glenelg and his predecessor in the Colonial Office is had—that it is unjust—that it has failed—and that they ought to mark well the re sult of a different system in Ireland, and act accord ingly. It is only by making the connection with this country mutually favourable to the Canadians that we can expect its connection to continue ; nor indeed .4iould the connection be desired unless that can be maintained for the benefit of the Canadians, and for the advantage of the mother country. It was stated in th e House of Commons that if justice were not granted to the Canadians, after the many years of humble solicitation to the Colonial Minister, the Crown, and the Parliament, that they would take the redress in their own hands, and refuse to continue the commerce with this country, on which the taxes were raised which the British Parliament by its 'resolution declared its intention to take away from the House of Assembly. That statement was laughed at by the 4 inistcrs and their supporters ; and we would now ask whether the result, as foretold, has taken place or not ? In every county and every town in -Lower Canada, public meetings have been held, at Which the strongest language which oppressed men Could use has been used, and resolutions embodying the opinions of the Assembly have been adopted. We think it right to inform Ministers, if they are in igno rance of the state of affairs in that province, that it is In vain to play off one class of inhabitants against another, only to keep up the excitement, and prolong the struggle. We also inform the British Canadian Merchants that the part they have taken in the British Parliament, through Mr. Robinson and others, to blow up the rancour already too great between the British and French inhabitants, and the part they are to King in Canada to agitate and excite the large mass of people, must end in the ruin of the British corn tierce, and of all their establishments there. All the ineetings have resolved to abstain from the use of British articles, and Committees have been appointed in each town and district to enforce these resolutions, a nd to encourage smuggling from the United States, and the manufacture of home articles for clothing, 4 e. The British North American Company shares, On which 231. have been paid, were in July at Mon treal, 12/. 10s. The British North American Bank tin which 101. had been paid, are at 81. a share ; and the New Brunswick Land Company shares, on which 4 31. have been paid are at 13/. The number of British ships this year to the Canadas are 160 fewer in this than in the preceding year. In short the cepa ttilities of th e prov i nce are d a il y i mpa i re d to res i st tile b hiression of the Mother Country, and every Provin . c 'al Newspaper is .filled with statements of the priva tions which the people of New England suffered when they resisted the introduction of the Stamp Tax and the Tea Tax into that Colony, in 1774 ; and the . people of Canada are called upon to follow that example ; and, as far as the public voice at those public meetings, and the resolution of nine-tenths of the Members of the House of Assembly, can be offered in proof of their determination to act as the New Eng - hinders did, the same course will be followed. We will give a copy of some of the resolutions which were agreed to at a meeting of the county of L'Acadie, on the 18th of July last. The account commences thus : THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. A NTI - COERCIVE MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF L'ACADIE. The mighty voice of popular indignation against the Russell atrocity, comes booming on our ears from all parts of this and the adjoining districts. Yesterday the sturdy, determined, an d i n d epen d ent f ree h o ld ers o f the county of L Acadie assembled, to the number of about 4,000, in the Public square of the village of Napierville, to take into c onsideration the iniquitous measures of coercion hurled at this colony by " the bloody and brutal" Whig Ministry and .their creatures in the British Parliament. Mr. Papineau (the O'Connell of Lower Canada) attended the Meeting. He was met by 500 horse- Th en) and 200 or 300 carriages, and an immense con course of people bearing flags, &c. The following were among the mottoes on the flags which we noticed in the above procession .—" Down with the Con nell ;" " No Coercion !' " Lord John Russell ? he has Idisgraced his family's name ;" A death's head and cross "Iles on a black flag, with the words " Craig ! Dalhousie !! Aylmer !!! Gosford! !! !" " Exports! may Gosford be r the first ;" " Our children, and our other domestic mann ctures ;" " Our s c h oo l s — s h ame on t h e C ounc il w hi c h ali 'Ut them up ;" "Be sure you're right, then go a-head ;" Liberty, the bread of life !" " Forward 1" " People of lada—help yourselves and God will help you ;" Papi teau; our Country's hope ;" " Waller, Tracey, and Dover nay ; The Press will triumph over chains ;" " Bidwell, at 'Kenzie, and the Reformers of U. Canada ;" " Howe, "d the Reformers of Nova Scotia ;" " The elective 1 prieci tie; the one thi n .- needful ;" Rainzenne, and the Patriotic : 1 1 w it . i , a ; ° niters ;" . 7T nien is strength ;" " Proclamation is not And the following were amongst other Resolutions %greed to unanimously : Resolved, s—That this Colony has been constantly op pressed since it has fallen under the British dominions, and thi.t it has b een only seldom that the justice of its com -1:"Ints has been acknowledged in England, where they still Iler 'ist in ref us i ng t h a t j us ti ce w hi c h we h ave so ar d ent l y Itsoliei te d : that the late debates in the House of Commons o % caused us to perceive that we have no more justice to thou] from th e o th er s id e o f t h e A t l ant i c, an d t h at we tl ln d put no further confidence except in ourselves, and in whom nature br as designated as our allies. 4do-u.esolved, 6---ri'hat the Parliament of ('rent Britain, in r P t ul tli resolutions proposed by Lord John Russell in tve4gra.rd 4 .0 thi s P rov i nce, comm i tted an act of injustice to that 'ts the i n h a bi tants of th i s country : that we consider tight a Parliament w h ere we arcein way represented, has no of to t' seiz e upon our money, w i thout a man if est v i o l at i on d otY ur Politi ca l r i g h ts as B r i t i s h su bj ects, an d t h at i t i s t h e lib s ° every man in this country, who would preserve his /U N ' to oppose by all possible and legal means this tyran tir,„_ uturpation of our just privileges, and that we will 7 submit to this act of spoliation. ti re t es ted, 7--. That it is the duty of all citisens who de 41Cit Up free, and who are opposed to slavery, to oppose, Celo nt , 4l °, 4 ns in their power the carrying into effect in this , °` the measures of Lord John Russell that in Of v .1:14e lloo we strongly recommend to all the inhabitants Ca r tt c ountry to use no merchandise that pays duty or Illu nc i b utes to s we ll th e R evenue o f thi s P rov i nc e, which out :„", i ng and dege nera t e au thorities wish to pillage with- Any c onsent, and th a t we so lemnly engage not to irk! ticiesmse. except i n extreme necess ity o f the following ar 1,1 114 ; t° wit--. Bra n dy, Gi n, R um, C o ff ee , Muscovado de- 4 nd Yg duty.p a in Tea, or other products of similar the • ; ne soh , coed 10 —That this meetinc, firmly believes that u e s,l B - " ct of the Pa r li amen t o f G rea t Britain, in regard 4ther exceedingly tyrannical, and that it can have no in thi_ r es ult tha n to irritate the wounds which already exist tli min ,unfortu nate country, without being able to heal or ti t }, t r them. That we sincerely believe, that if the Bri oxecutinist!Y doe s not retract its errors, or i f i t puts i nto on its project of s oli the inha of this Luce co , " 4 t th,i r Mod themselve s ati SO on, ill-treated bitant and s insulted, nfidence in the protection of Great Britain will for ever be lost—a thing not now desired, but which the arliitrary conduct and folly of his Majesty's Ministers are rapidly brir!i!ir4 , Aiut. Resolved, I I —That this meeting considers it its duty to dismiss the Administration of Lord Gosford in very few words, and to declare his Administration worse than those of Craig, Dalhousie and Aylmer. If the last were more tyrannical, artifice and something still worse were not at least so evident in them. We consider these resolutions, as a sample of those generally adopted in Lower Canada, and as speaking the publ►c opinion on the state of affairs, as deserving the attention of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell ; for we cannot expect that any warning will have an effect on Lord Glenclg, who has been the supporter of that system of misrule which has brought matters to their present Iraring in almost every colony of the Crown. We shall resume the subject, as one of vital import to the welfare of the empire. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND. ALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS-MAN CHESTER, THURSDAY. The general half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Northern and Central Bank was held this day at La dyman's Hotel, Bridge-street. The meeting was convened by circular, and each shareholder was required to show his circular upon entering the room. There were about 250 of the shareholders present. Upon the motion of Mr. Henry Moult, Benjamin Braidley, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN then opened the business of the meet ing by reading the circular convening the meeting. The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing the state ment of the accounts up to the 30th June last. He then read the following report of the Board of Directors : " Half-yearly Report of the Directors of the Northern and Central Bank of England, ending 30th June, 1837. " In accordance with the supplementary deed of settle ment, the Directors of the Northern and Central Bank of England have now to lay before the shareholders an account of the debts and assets of the bank ; and they have to corn: municate, which they do with much regret, that the losses of the bank have considerably exceeded the estimate which they were led to take of them at the last meeting. This re sult, so unlooked for by them, has not arisen from any in tention to mislead the shareholders at the meeting when the last statement was made. The Directors then too what, to the best of their knowledge, so far as they could judge by events, appeared to be a fair view of the outstanding debts and assets of the concern at the time ; calculating, as they were bound to do, the probabilities of realization on as mo derate a scale as circumstances, at that period, not only justified, but compelled them to do. If, in the six months which have since elapsed, they have been disappointed (as they most assuredly have) in the results, their best excuse is the fact of the unprecedented struggle which they have had to maintain against the commercial difficulties of the times, a fact so notorious to all parties interested that it would be a waste of words to dwell upon it. " In presenting to the shareholders the assets and debts of the Bank, the Directors have exercised the greatest care in arriving at a conclusion. That conclusion is as follows : ASSETS. X S. d. The gross amount of assets in favour of the Bank amounts to . 1,136,807 14 11 The actual loss sustained up to the period at which this report is made out is . 112,676 2 6 Leaving an apparent balance due to the Bank of DEBTS. The debts owing by the Northern and Central Bank on the 306 of June, 1837, amount to the sum of . Of which amount the Bank of England have a claim for an uncovered balance £178,536 10 3 Amount due to other creditors, including deposits, circula tion, and the Lon don and Westmin ster Bank 160,461 4 8 £338,997 14 11 " The leading particulars from which the Directors ar rive at the above conclusion are stated in the balance-sheet now submitted to the meeting ; and they beg to state for the information of the shareholders, that this conclusion has been formed after the most careful valuation, one by one, of every bill, debt, and asset of the Bank. " At the present period the uncovered balance due to the Bank of England (say on the 30th of August), is 96,494/. 15s. 2d. ; and when the large amount of the paper of the Northern and Central Bank in the hands of the Bank of England in February last is considered, especially in con nection with the times we have since gone through, the shareholders will feel that the Directors have not been wanting in a vigilant attention to the general interests of the Bank. " The Directors are doing all they can to reduce the ex penses, and every effort has been and shall continue to be made until after the debts due by the Bank are sa tisfied, and the assets realised in a way consistent with the best interests of the establishment. In the accomplishment, however, of this desirable result much will depend, not only on the general state of the country (which the Directors trust is now in a progressive state of improvement), but upon the cordial good-will and co-operation of the shareholders at large. This co-operation and good-will they confi dently look for ; and although it would have been unques tionably more grateful to the feelings of the Directors if they could have given a more flattering account of the state and and prospects of the Northern and Central Bank, they have considered it to be not merely consistent, but in strict ac cordance with their duty, thus to lay open, as faithfully and as correctly as they are able, the true position in which it stands. They have endeavoured to calculate the different balances of account as before stated, in the most careful manner in their power, and with the sincere desire that the results might not disappoint the expectations of the share holders. Whether the ultimate event may show their calcu lations to be correct or not, they will at any rate have the satisfaction of reflecting, that whether better or worse than their estimate, that estimate has been given to tho best of their knowledge at the time." EDWARD CONNELL, Esq., the inspector, said that he had examined every account and bill in the possession of the Bank, except at two or three branches, with the locality of which he was not acquainted. Wherever the debtors to the Bank were shareholders, their shares, which were held by the Bank as security, were entered in the banking ac counts at much below their real value. Therefore be con sidered that the Directors were perfectly right in anticipat ing a larger amount of assets than had been set forth in the report of the Directors. Of course it was impossible, espe cially after the late panic, for any man to speak with cer tainty as to what would be the real amount that would be realised ; but as far as pains-taking in following out every account, and endeavouring to make out a true statement, went, he pledged himself that the accounts had been made out with the greatest care possible. The statement of Mr. Connell was received with tokens of approbation from the shareholders. Mr. BROOKS asked if he were to understand that the loss would not amount to 306,000/. ? Mr. CONNELL replied, that, strictly speaking, it was im possible for any man to state directly what would he reco vered, but he fully believed that the assets would be more than had been set down in the statement. THOMAS BROADBENT, Esq., moved the adoption of the report, and the motion was seconded by Shepherd Duck worth, Esq. The Report, after some discussion, having been received and ordered to be printed, a letter from Mr. Cassels was read by the Chairman. It appeared that that gentleman, having reason to believe that some discussion would arise respecting the present unpleasant differences existing be tween himself and the Directors, was in attendance, and ready to answer any questions which shareholders might think proper to put to him. A discussion arose as to whether this matter could be best considered at a public meeting of the shareholders, or whether the inquiry had not better be conducted by a Com mittee appointed by the meeting to examine the documents which would have to be referred to, and after that a refer ence to respectable parties appointed by the shareholders and by Mr. Cassels could take place, The latter course was adopted, and a committee appointed., Mr. OGILVIE proposed it vote of censure upon the late Directors, but the motion was withdrawn at the request of several gentlemen before it was seconded, After some other business of minor importance the proceedings termi nated. - BARDIC FESTIVAL.—A meeting of Welsh bards and minstrels will take place at Abergavenny in Oc tober, when nearly thirty prizes will be awarded for poems, essays, &c., connected with the history of the prin cipality. Medals will also be presented to the best per formers on the single and triple stringed harps. COAL HOLE TAVI►IRN STRAND.—This old esta blished and highly respectable place of public amusement con tinues to draw from all quarters. It is crowded every• night by Noblemen and Gentlemen, who, we need hardly say. evince the highest gratification from the well conducted and unrivalled convivial meetings. The singing is, as it always has been, of the first order. The wines and spirits are of the choicest quality. Her Majesty's steamer Lightning is gone to Stock holm for Mr. Bligh, our Ambassador at the Swedish Court, and the body of his lady lately deceased. CARLISLE-THURSDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll, —Notwithstanding that the election for East Cum berland was bitter and severe, it was nevertheless ex pected that as soon as it was over, all rancour and ahlrilosity would that moment cease t but it is not so: The Tory p arty (vindictive in their rage) ; liat•e gait notices to two or three Ittinill - td of the Ltbetal voters that their votes will be objected to, and if they wish to maintain them, they must defend them in the Revising Barristers Court. This the Liberals are perfectly prepared to do, and will do. In con sequence of this narrow-minded procedure on the part of the Tories, the Liberal party have taken up the cudgels, in countless numbers, and will fight the Tories either in the Revising Barristers' Court, or in whatever other arena the Tories may think proper to assail them ; and what is more, they are rerfcctly prepared to fight them with their own weapons. The Tories began the battle ; and, in the lan g•lage of Shakspeare, the Liberals have replied, " Lav on Macduff, and d—d be he who first cries hold—enouih." Sir Robert Peel has justly observed that the political battle must either be lost or won in the courts of the Revising Barristers. So say we ; and the battle for East Cumberland will soon be fought, but the result will not be in favour of Toryism. It cannot be ; the great body of the electors arc too indignant at the proceedings of the Tories. Almost every man, however, who voted against Sir James Graham, is sorry for him. The Right Honourable Baronet had ren d:Ted great and efficient services" to the whole country ; and if he had pursued the path which he trod in 1830, a more popular man would not have been found in the British empire : even O'Connell himself might have sunk into the shade. But it was otherwise ; and Sir James Graham has bitterly felt the consequence of opposing the united voice of the electors of East Cumberland. A NORTHERN CORRESPONDENT. PENSIONS. Abstract of a Return to an Order of the Hon. the House of Commons, dated May 8, 1837, for a return of the number of persons whose Pensions on his Majesty's Civil List have ceased since April 20, 1835, stating the names and amount of each Pension ; also the total amount of Pensions now payable on the same list, also of the num ber of the Pensioners on the Civil List by Act 2 and 3 William IV., c. 116, payable from the Consolidated Fund, stating the amount of each Pension and the name of the person who received the same, which have ceased on or since June 20, 1835, ; also the total amount of Pensions now payable from the Consolidated Fund. PENSIONS ON THE CIVIL LIST. Total amount payable on the 20th April, 1835, as shown in parliamentary paper, 324, session 1835 £73,736 Total amount of pensions ceased since 20th April, 1835 (see list No. I, below) 4,389 £69,347 Total amount of pensions granted since 20th April, 1835 (see list No. II.) Total amount of pensions now payable on the Civil List LIST, No I. Audley, George John Baron Armstrong, Eleanor Benson, Mary Balmain, Isabella Borough, Sir Richard, Bart. Millie, Elizabeth Balmain, Isabella Brennan, Ann Helena 73,887 . £462 Bearcroft, Frances Burnside, Thomas Bankhead, Penelope Mary Campbell, Mary Cooke, Elizabeth Cleghorn, Hugh Christie, Elizabeth Cartwright, Eliza Connor, Edward (Executors of) Cooke, Frances Cox, Letitia E. Clerk, Susanna Dorchester, Lady Maria Dalr}mple, Helen Downe, Jean Erskine, Jean Farrer, Ann and Mary Lister Fowlis, Dame Margaret . . Francis, Frances Francis, Isabella Frances Ditto Fallowficld, Ernest, Catherine, Louisa, James, Amelia and William Farina, Margaret Frewin, Rebecca Goldie, Magdalene Gillies, Dr. John Henderson, John Heathcote, Antoinette Sandford, Frances Catherine Elibank, Lady Semphill, Selki: k, Baron 100 97 184 Total ceased on Civil List since April 20, 1835...X4,389 LIST, No. 11. Semphill, Maria Janet, Baroness; and Sarah Semphill, and the survivor • Moore, Thomas 3OO Napier, Elizabeth, Baroness, widow 300 Faraday, Michael Thorpe, Benjamin 3OO Banim, John Dalton, John, LLD l5O 11l oyster, Sir David l5O 200 Ivory, James Ouseley, Sir William Stewart, Charlotte Saunders, Catherina 6O Morton, William Bate, Grace, widow M'Crie, Mary, widow Nash, Mary Ann, widow Pond, Ann Gordon Lafanu, Alicia Hill, Sir John (contingent on his ceasing to hold the office of Superintendent of Deptford Victualling_ yard) Sydney, Adelaide Augusta \Vilhelmina, Ernestine Wellington, and Sophia Phillippa and to the survivor 500 Cameron, Eliza lOO Tidy, Mary Toutcher, Richard lOO Somerville Mary (additional) Mitford, Miss lOO Pond, Ann Gordon (additional) Rickman, Martha _ _ 50 , Eleanor Mary 5O , Elizabeth 5O *Campbell, Patrick Scott 7O *Paley, Mary Ann, widow, William, Mary Ann Corn wallis, Jane, Sarah, Penelope, Edward, Charlotte, aucl to the survivor 2OO total granted since April 20, 1835 £4,540 In consequence of his late Majesty's illness, the warrants for the grant for the two late pensions had not received the royal sign manual at the time of the demise of his Majesty. PENSIONS ON CONSOLODATED FUND. • Total amount payable on the 20th June, 1833 £64,347 Total amount of pensions ceased since the 20th June, 1835 (see List, No. III.) 5,679 Total amount now payable out of Consolidated Fund X 58,668 Lis r, No. 111. Holmes, Margaret Ditto Imlach, Elspet Jeffreys, Lucy Kennedy, Anne... Knox, John Knox, Mary Anne King, Elizabeth 24 200 ... 83 ••• 535 177 53 Legertwood, Barbara Lefanu, Elizabeth Lynch, Emily M‘Leanc, Jane Ditto Mackenzie, Margaret and Mary Mackay, Louisa Murray, Catherine Stewart Marsden, Elizabeth Macquarrie, Jane Moore, Elizabeth Mitchell, Catherine Forbes Mountain, Eliza M. W Russell, Eleanor Radcliff, Mary, widow 4•• Stewart, Ann Sneyd, Elizabeth Selwin, Henrietta Elizabeth Stanley, Jane.. Scott, Dame Harriett...•.... Sherwood, Elizabeth Thomson, Robert VAssar, Mary, widow Vernon, Sir Charles Willis, John Williamson, Helen Webster, Caroline Ditto Wickham, Eleanor Madeline Windus, Ann .. Walker, Jean Wills, Judith Elizabeth Wills, Mary 97 97 266 29 155 49 300 33 70 49 445 81 350 184 Total ceased on Consolidated Fund, since June -20, 1825 £5,679 Note.—The amount of this last class of pensions on the 30th of November, 1830 (according to the Return laid before the House of Commons on the 28th of August, 1833, see Par liamentary Paper 745, Session 1833), was 80.2621. F. BARING. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, June 27, 1837. The Earl and Countess of V eru l am w ill see cor n pany about the middle of the month at Gorhambury. IRELAND. 4,540 177 49 177 39 49 233 97 138 200 The following is the account given of the outrage pro claimed in the Gazette of Aug. 26. It is necessary only to state that the report is copied from the Mayo Constitution, an unscrupulous party paper, and a most notorious " State hf the Country" organ "1-10aittaLk Motinta.—One or the ttiost barbarous and cold blooded acts of ferocity we have ever heard of, has been perpetrated by some of the bloodthirsty emissaries dis patched through the country by the lay and clerical agita tors. As two Protestants, named Allen and I\l'Kenzie, were proceeding by a mountain road to Sligo to vote, they were seized upon by a large mob, who were evidently on the watch for them and others of their description. After beating the two men in a most inhuman manner, breaking one of their arms, and inflicting other injuries upon them, they dragged them to a lonely part of the mountain, where they tied them in such a way that they could not move hand or foot, and having bindfolded them, left them in that terrible situation"far from the haunts of men, or the reach of assistance. There the unfortunate men remained six days, exposed to cold and hunger, and suffering under the savage treatment they had received at the hands of their assailants. At the expiration of that period they were discovered by their friends who had been making the most minute search after them ; but melancholy to re- late, one of them died in a short time after they were found, from the combined effects of the beating, cold, and hunger, whilst the other was at the verge of dissolution, and has since died from the same causes! We understand that M'Kenzie, the sufferer who survived the longest, disclosed the names of four of the persons who were aiding and as- sisting in the perpetration of the foul crime, for whose ap prehension warrants have been issued." R. DUNN, ESQ.—We cannot find the objectionable pa rAgraph to which this gentleman has drawn our attention. We can, however, have no hesitation in assurinc , him that no paragraph whatever connecting his name with D Lord and Lady Downs and family could possibly have originated with us ; since we know nothing whatever either of Mr. Dunn or the affair alluded to by him. In the absence of any knowledge or proof to the contrary, we are bound to believe Mr. Dunn himself, who, in his letter to us says, " I beg to assure you that as I never have, so I never shall condescend to adopt towards any lady any means or conduct un worthy of a gentleman and a barrister." PUBLIC DINNER.—On Wednesday last a dinner was given to the representatives of the county of Waterford, borough of Dungarvan, and city of Waterford. Many elo quent and spirited speeches were delivered on the occasion. The following is the list of the toasts which were introduced and remarked upon with equal felicity and energy : The Queen—(Nine times time.) Air—God Save the Queen. _ The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family— (Three times three). Air—The Duke of Sussex's March. Lord Mulgrave and Prosperity to Ireland—(Nine times nine). Air—The Green Little Island. Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers—(Three times three). Air—The Pilot that weathers the storm. The Representatives of the County—Messrs. Stuart and Power. Air—The Campbells are coming. The Representatives of the City—Messrs. Wyse and Barron. Air—Sweet Home. The Representative of the Borough of Dungarvan—the Hon. Cornelius O'Callaghan. Air—Welcome here again. Our late Representative—Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. Air—Auld Lang Syne. Our distinguished guest—Richard L. Sheil, M.P. Air —A man's a man for a' that. . . Mr. Sheil, in returning thanks, proposed in glowing terms the health of the Right Hon. Chairman, to which the Right Hon. Gentleman returned thanks in a speech of great ability. The Right Rev. Dr. Foran, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. Daniel O'Connell. Conies. Air—See the Conquering Hero £26 The Rev. Mr. Sheehan spoke to this toast in a speech which we shall give in our next. He took occasion to re view the political conduct of the Liberator. The Port and Trade of Waterford. Air—See yon barque. Alderman Merchant Ardagh spoke to this toast. Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World. Air— Send round the Bowl. The Press. DUBLIN PETITION FUND.—The Mail denies that either the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, or the Right Hon. William Saurin, are trustees to the fund—now in progress of collection—for prosecuting the petition against the re turn of Messrs. O'Connell and Hutton, or that any ac counts have been opened in their names at the banks of Messrs. Latouche or Ball. The Mail states this on per sonal knowledge, and by way of proving what it states, the 11 publishes the receipt of Messrs. Latouche, for the last money lodged by our contemporary. Now, with great respect for the " personal knowledge" of the Mail, we beg leave to say, that the foregoing receipt does not prove any- 88 60 266 547 thing one way or other.-1 1 , conan. DONNYBROOK FAIR.—An attempt is making to carry on the joviatities of this once celebrated spot, but with little effect. The police from College-street, headed by their active chief constable, Mr. Henry Goodison, are every night busily employed, as soon as the prohibited hour arrives, in dispersing the drunken and disorderly multitude. No less than two thousand persons were turned out of the different public-houses on last evening as soon as eleven o'clock had arrived. Too much praise cannot: be given to the police for their mildness and forbearance notwithstanding the many rebuffs they receive from intoxicated persons. We under stand it is the intention of Mr. Madden to bring an action against the Lord Mayor for prohibiting the erection of tents and other booths.—Freeman. NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—The friends of the above Society assembled in great numbers at a tea party given in the Rotunda last evening. The larger long room up stairs was densely crowded by a respectable company of male and female visitors, anxious for the promotion of the objects of the Society. After the usual refreshments, which were both excellent and abundant, had been served up, the chair was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Cloncurry. When the Chairman appeared on the platform he was received with several rounds of applause. As soon as it subsided he addressed the assembly. At the termination of the noble Chairman's address, a few persons in the back of the room commenced a volley of the Kentish fire, but on the immediate interference of the stewards and managers of the evening's meeting, it was put a stop to. CHARGE OF FORGERT.—TWO persons, named Smith and Thorpe, summoned a Mr. Burke to answer a charge of having forged a consent of the Court of Common Pleas, in order to enable his attorney to draw n sum of 801., which had been lodged there by the plaintiffs, and to enable him to issue an execution against them, upon the fact of a verdict had at the Castlebar assizes. The following were the facts of the case :—Smith, Thorpe, and a man named Perkins or Perkisson, attended the fair of Ballinasloe, with a rou lette table and other gambling materials, where Burke lost, as he alleged unfairly, a sum of 1401. He brought two actions against the parties, one against Smith and Thorpe, the other against Perkins, and obtained two verdicts, one for sixty pounds, against Smith and Thorpe, and the other for eighty, against Perkisson. Previous to the trial, Smith and Thorpe were obliged to lodge a sum of eighty pounds in court in lieu of bail. When Burke obtained his verdicts, he got his own at torney's costs taxed, which amounted to 2131.: and there was an order of Court made that lie should get the 80/. lodged in Court on account of those costs. Burke changed his attorney, who refused to give up the papers, which Burke wanted to enable him to issue execution against the parties, until a consent was brought him to enable him to draw the money. The consent was brought him by Burke, pretending to have been signed by the attorney of the de fendants, who alleged that it was a forgery. The police office was crowded by persons anxious to hear the result of the charge. There were a good many Connaught gentle men of sporting notoriety present. A gentleman who ap peared for Mr. Burke stated that he hoped their Worships would postpone the case until Thursday, to enable him to bring forward a most material witness. It was pressed, on the other side, to go on with it ; but their Worships post poned ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Monday evenine, about nine o'clock, a number of' ruffians, to the amount of upwards 0 1 one hundred, marched from Cole's-lane, across Sackville street, and through Gregg's.lane, into Marlborough-street. One of the party went into the house of Flood, a publi can, just opposite Gregg's-lane, and called for a glass of spirits ; he looked about, and seeing some persons inside who were strangers to Flood, he cried out, " Here they are— come on boys." One of Flood's waiters observing some thing extraordinary in the conduct of the fellow, ran to the doer and shut it before more than ten or twelve of the party got in . those who got in commenced beating all the p ersons inside in the most unmerciful manner, whilst those outside were endeavouring to break in the door. In the meantime a person went out for the watchmen and po lice, the first of whom that arrived were knocked down and beaten in the most savage manner. The party inside then thought to get out, but they could not open the door. A reinforcement of police arrived and effected an entrance by the rear, and after a most desperate struggle inside suc ceeded in securing' four of the ruffians. The others escaped, and joined their companions outside in assaulting the crowd who had collected. A dagger and a stick was taken from some of the party arrested. No motive under heaven can be assigned for this extraordinary and mysterious outrage. Some of the persons assaulted have been grievously injured. The four fellows, whose names were Deegan, Savage, Mur ray, and Flood, were fined 5/. each, or two months' impri sonment. Murray, although apparently nothing but a market porter, instantly paid the money and wes lifrated. The other three were sent to Newgate! PUBLIC DINNER AT SUNDLRLAND, to H. LAMDTON, Esq. and SIR W. CLAYTOR. (Abridged from the Durhdm Chronicle of Friday.) On Friday last, the electors of the Northern Division of the county of Durham, resident in the Sunderland Dis trict, gave a public dinner to Mr. H. L imbton, the newl - elected Liberal Member of Parliament fir the division, and Sir Wm. Chaytor, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in thr late contest. As the first public meeting of the Liberals since the election, it excited considerable interest, and about 1.50 gentlemen of the highest respectability assembled on the occasion. An invitation was sent to the Earl of Dur ham, who wit= expected to attend ; but both his Lordship and Sir W. Chaytor were absent, from causes explained it: the very ample Report of the proceedings which we sub join. H. J. Spearman, Esq., of Newton H dl, the Glair man of the United Reform Central Committee at the elec tion, presided on the occasion. The cloth having been drawn, the usual toasts were given, after which, The CHAIRMAN said—l now rise to propose to you the health of the two Hon. Gentlemen under whose banners we have recently been fighting, though I am sorry to say with only partial success, the battle of Liberalism, in the cause of the independence of the electors of North Durham. In taking the poll now, as lam about to do and in calling for your voices and votes, I know the re sponse will be " Lambton and Chaytor !—(Great applause.) The toast was drunk with tremendous and long-continued cheers. Mr. LAMBTON rose to address the company, and was re ceived wish several distinct rounds of tumultuous applause. He said—You must bear in mind that the success of our cause depends on the individual exertions of every elector in his own particular sphere. If I might be allowed, re spectfully and with every kindly feeling, to advise you, I would say this—let every elector be most watchful and anx ious to co-operate with others with regard to the registra tions.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Let them be anxious to keep alive amongst others the pure spirit of poli tical consistency. Let them be ready to explain the nature of the sacred trust of a vote where ignorance of it may pre vail. And above all, never let them allow any difference of opinion that may exist on local subjects to interfere with the active duties of representation when the great cause of the country calls for his co-operation.—(Cheers.) I say that the man who so acts—who allows such differences of opinion to interfere at such a moment—is a traitor to himself—l say he is a traitor to his cause and to his country.—(Cheers.) Was it " re-action" that enabled the Tories to make 4,000 faggot votes in Middlesex, which turned out Mr. Hume? —(Cheers.) Was it " re-action" that turned Sir Rufane Donkin out of Berwick ?—(No, no.) Can it be said that " re-action" in public opinion turned Mr. Carmichael out of Peeblesshire, when it is perfectly notorious that he was defeated by the manufacture of fictitious votes?—(Cheers.) No, gentlemen, their great weapons are money and intimi dation.—(Cheers.) They are fast undermining the Re form Bill by money and intimidation ; and it is the bounden duty of the people of this country to meet that, without loss of time, by the countermine of the ballot.—(A loud burst of applause and clapping of hands from all parts of the room, which continued for some seconds ; when it had con cluded, the whole company rose and • gave three times three astounding cheers, and " one cheer more.") Mr. HUTTON CHAYTOR next addressed the company. It was the duty of the Liberal electors to prepare for ano ther contest ; and though his father might never again be their leader in such a conflict, he would always be found contending with unabated zeal in support of the cause they all had so much at heart.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. GRANGER 'gave " The People, for whose benefit Kings, Lords, and Commons were instituted," which was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Vice President and Gentlemen, — My Hon. Friend, Mr. Lanibton,having proposed the Liberal Electors of North Durham, I now rise to propose the health of a Nobleman between whom and not merely the Liberal electors of North Durham, but of all Durham, there has been a connexion of long standing and peculiar cegency, amounting on the part of the electors, in times pact, to en thusiastic attachment.—(Cheers.) lam sorry—a feeling in which all of you will deeply participate—that the Noble Earl is not now amongst us to receive that expression of our thanks and gratitude, which, had he been present, I am sure would have awaited him.—(Cheers.) And with your permission, I will now read a letter from the Noble Earl, explanatory of his absence on this occcasion : " Lambton Castle, Aug. 14, 1837. " Six—l feel very grateful to the electors of the Northern Division for the signal mark of their esteem and regard which you have been kind enough to communicate to me. They will not be offended, however, if I respectfully decline the invita tion with which they have honoured me. " The contest for the representation of the Division has commenced and proceeded without my having personally par ticipated in it. In my humble judgment it is advisable that it should terminate in the same spirit. I trust, however, that they will give me credit for the motives which induce me most re luctantly to decline availing myself of an opportunity which in other circumstances, I should seize with eagerness, that of meeting the Liberal electors of this county. " Allow me, at the same time, to express to them, through you, my heartfelt gratitude for the powerful support which they have given my brother.—(Cheers.) It is indeed but a continuance of the same confidence which they so often ex tended to me when I had the honour of being their represen tative—( Cheers)—but it is equally precious, as being the most convincing proof that these feelings of attachment, which for centuries they have shown towards my family, and the principles they have ever supported, are in no degree altered or diminisked. "Be assured of this—that in all circumstances—at all hazards—be the personal consequences what they may—l will ever respond to their call.—( Loud cheers.) Whenever my aid to the cause of Reform and liberal principles is required, it shall be fieely and cordially given.—(Renewed cheers.) This may be called Dictation.' If so, I plead guilty to the charge—(Cheers)—and have only to pray them to make such arrangements as will enable me to give, at the earliest mo ment, the best and surest proofs of my determination to merit that accusation to the fullest extent( Loud cheers.) " I have but one political object in this world—to serve my country. I hope, I may say, without presumption, that I have done so already to a certain extent, but never by indirect or im pr'oper means. It is my intention to pursue the same course. This may be called Ambition.'—(Cheers.) If so, again I say, I plead guilty to the charge, and request my accusers to be assured that if life and health are spared me, their malig nant feelings will be amply gratified by the repeated opportu nities which I shall endeavour thus to afford them for the ex ercise of their chief weapons of offence—calumny and misre presentation.--( Loud cheers.) " I remain, Sir, your obliged and faithful Servant, (Signed) " DURHAM. " H. J. Spearman, Esq , Newton-hall." The toast was drunk with loud, enthusiastic and long- continued cheers. Mr. HEDWOItTIi LAM3TON—Gentlemen, Little do you know my brother, if you think he does not feel deeply the honours that have been conferred on him by every part of this county—the warm and enthusiastic attachment ex pressed to him by every part of this county. I can as sure you be does, and that 13 the highest reward he seeks for any malignant attacks that may proceed from the pull intellects of his assailants.—(Cheers.) He looks to the praise of the public opinion of the country ; and of course he cannot but look back to the moment when he first stood forward in public life, when Isis talents were not developed, and he came forward as a candidate for this county—when in 1820 he fought the battle of liberty in this county, a battle in which many of you were engaged, and the younger of you have heard of—it was you who in this county roused all his energies, and brought into action those talents his possession of which is now admitted by the country at large.—(Cheers.) Mr. RAMSAY—I am about to propose the health of a gentleman, whose name, I am satisfied, only requires to be mentioned to call forth the enthusiastic cheers of all pre sent. The gentleman to whom I allude is a worthy friend of mine—Mr. Hutt.—(Great applause.) lie has fought for the cause of Reform nobly, steadfastly, and devotedly. —(Cheers.) If you examine the Lisi; of Divisions in the House of Commons, in the last two ParliatOnts, you will always find the name of Mr. Hutt conspicuous .;:no n g st the friends of Reform and good government.—(Cheers.; His brilliant career has shewn him to be one of the most honest and talented representatives that the people of this ,country could boast of.—(Cheers.) That such a man could lose his election sevmed almost impossible. But the most barefaced and unprinciple I bribery and intimidation were employed to defeat him. This stamps his value.—(Cheers.) He was selected by the Tories to be turned out, because he was a straightforward and honest advocate of the rights of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He lost h's election through the corrupt practices of a venal c onstituency, which will always do mischief till it is reduced in numbers or counter-, acted by household suffrage.—(Cheers.) " Hr. Hutt, and the Liberal electors of Hull," was then drank with three times three hearty cheers. Mr. HCTT, after the cheering had subsided, spoke nearly as follows :—Gentictnen,—l thank you for these marked expressions of your kindness. I sincerely asure you I wish I could feel I deserved more than 1 do your kindness and the obliging compliments of my friend Mr. Ramsay. lam sorry I cannot c ongratulate you on the success of that elec tion in which we have recently been engaged. Already the Tories gloat over their anticipated return to power and the enjoyment of opportunities to do mischief again. They seem to imagine that the time is approaching when they will restore that system under which before they sustained despotism on the Continent, and established ignorance, ser vility, and bigotry at home.—(Cheers.) But are we to suffer this ? Are we to see all the consequences of past exertion —all the benefits we imagined we ha dobtained by the Reform Hill—pass away, and " Like the baseless fAhrie of a.vision Leave not a wreck behind ?" (Loud cheers.) I trust it will not be so. I trust our efforts will not be stultified and overcome, as has been described ;ot vote,. by Mr. Hume, by the system of manufacturing fagg I do yet believe the real heart and soul of the count, y is as much attached as ever to the cause of Reform.(Cheers.) And as one no longer in public life, but as one sincerely . t tacked to that great cause for which, in public lice, I f er contended, I say to the Conservatives, is the name of he people of Great Britain and Ireland, that we will no more suffer that system of policy which we know, from half a century's experience, is inseparable from Tory domination. No, we will endure no longer a taxation which is to enable them to enter into a profligate expenditure for themselves, and to afford them the means of effecting the people corrup tion and dishonour.—(Cheers.) We will never again, when a public meeting is assembled for the discussion of public grievances—a right which our forefathers won and main tained after ages of contention with arbitrary power—w., will no longer look on in silence when such meetings of our countrymen are dispersed and massacred, and our women and children trampled beneath the hoofs_ of yeomanry cavalry.—(Loud cheers.) We will no mere permit them to call in question the Crown of England : we will no longer suffer them to enter into secret bonds and unions to endanger the legal line of the succession of our Sovereigns, as we know they heretofore have done, in their unconvicted treasons of Orange clubs and Hanoverian plots.—(Entlin siastic cheers.) They tell us, as Mr. Liddell told you, that they will preserve their religious ascendancy by the sword. I tell them, in spite of all their machinations at the elections—l tell them in the name of the three yet free and united nations, that we will not have Ireland deluged in blood—(loud and continued burrahs)—in order to gra tify, under the holy name of religion, their rancour and bigotry. We will not have tithes collected by troops o dragoons. We will not have Ireland so maddened by his wrongs that Daniel O'Connell shall divide with the Impe rial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain the sove reignty of the Irish people.—(lmmense cheering.) Have you forgotten the history of 1830 ? Have you forgotten —do you not remember how ,the peasantry of the South of England at that time—whch seemed the consum mation of Tory policy—Cries of " Hear, hear") —arrayed themselves in an open insurrection against the Government, and by a system of daily violence and midnight incendiar ism rendered life and property so insecure that many of the 1 fe-offices refused to effect insurances ?—(Cheers.) Hare you forgotten the time when, in the populous towns of the North, the people were openly organizing themselves to overthrow the Government—when the King, in the zenith' of his popularity, dared not go, in company with his falling Ministers, to dine with the Chief Magistrate of his own capital ?—(Loud cheers.) Have you forgotten the time when, by your precipitate retreat from power, you hardly saved the wisest, the most civilized, and the greatest people that ever existed, frOm all the horrors of popular convul sion and dissolution ?—(Cheers.) Do you not remember these things ? And do you not remember that, five years ago, the electors of many places returned two representa tives to Parliament who were determined to uphold Reform principles ? Gentlemen, I will no longer detain you, by following a most exciting theme. Though I was de feated at the late election, I must say of the Liberal elec tors of Hull that they bore their part in that important struggle zealously, faithfUlly, and well.—(Cheers.) But we could not make head against the means Mr. Ramsay has de scribed. We could not fight them with their own weapons— we could not match them in their perjuries, or the almost indescribable wickedness of the atrocious outcries which they raised against the New Poor Laws ( Hear, hear.) And now, gentlemen, with what sentiment more congenial to my own feelings, or more suitable to the situation in whit h I stmd be:ore yob, can I bring my observafons to a conclusion, than by asking you to drink the toast, " Vote by Ballot ?"—(G:e it cheering.) You are all acquainted with the hacknied arguments used against the system of secret voting. I will only answer two of them. Two of these arguments only do I think worthy of notice, and they both tell in favour of it.—(Hear, hear.) The first was advanced by Sir Robert Peel in 1833. "Do what you may, or say what you will," exclaimed the Right Honour able Barone', " the real objection to the Ballot is, that, it will vastly increase the democratic power of the coun try."—(Great cheering.) So said Sir R•)bert Peel, and so say I. It is precisely on that account I advocate the ballot— (Cheers) —because when no imperative order could be sent to bind tenants, and voters would be allowed to act as they thought proper, they would, like impanelled jurymen, give their votes in favour of popular rights and die establishment of responsibble government. You will never forget this ar gument of Sir It. Peel. It is valuable ; for it proves our case. (Mr. Hutt then sat down amidst continued plaudits from all parts of the room, and " Vote by Ballot" was drank, with three times three. Other toasts were then given, and the meeting broke up. . 1,024,131 12 5 . 338,997 14 11 THE SUN S LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, Is:i7. STATE OF TRADE. MANCIIESTER.—AIthough it is not in our power to notice any further advance on any description of goods, yet the m.irket is quite buoyant, with a good demand, at fully last w,!tks' rates. In fustians a very extensive business has b en done, though the demand for this article is always batter at this season. Still, this will not account for tha large businesi lately done in this article. W A KEFIELD.-- EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. On Wed nesday two children—one twelve, the uthe , • eight, years of age, was brought to Wakefield handcuffed, for the high crime and misdemeanor of picking mushrooms on the grounds of Mr. Waterton. It is charitably hoped that Mr. W. is not cognisant of the brutish conduct of the fel low who thus could treat two innocents like these, and for such a what—not a crime. BARNSLEY.—The depressed state of our linen trade has had a wonderful effect upon the frequenters of our cele brated annual feast or wakes, which the labouring glasses have heretofore enjoyed more than all other pastimes to gether ; no feasting, no money stirring ; no fiddling, no dancing, and no drunken fellows to be seen ; no rounds of beef at the bakehouse, or athletic sports, as formerly. Poverty, poverty, poverty! Still there arc indications of better days—may they soon come.? ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, ADG. 28. The flume' trade, it gives us pleasure to state, is still stea!ily improving. There was a very good inquiry for goods, ar.d if the manufacturers had been disposed to sell us previous rates, a great business would have been done. But sellers were firm in a small increase, and sales in con sequence rather limited. There are few hands now out of emplo) went. N'Vcols are firmer, and more business would have been done if form-r rates had bean wee led to. The staplers, hove' er, were quite firm. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (In anticipation of the Leeds Papers.) lIALtrAx MARKET, AUG. 26.—Trade still improves. The increased demand noticed the last fortnight still con tinues, and prices for both Yarn and Piece Goods are de cidedly higher. The mills are now nearly all in full work, and a manifest difference is already felt by the shopkeepers, who fur some months past have had great cause of com plaint. Things look very cheering, as compared with ap pearances only a month back. BRADFORD MARKET, A uc.3l.—There hare been many buyers in our Piece Market this week, and a rery good business has been done, at full prices ; but no variation in price can be noted from those of last week, though the ten deucy is decidedly upward. Whether the manufactureis have realized any advance exceeding that on the raw mate rial, is a matter of doubt. There is an increased demand for Yarn, especially for export ; and had not many mills, which of late have either been stopped or working short time, come again into full operation, a further advance would undoubtedly have taken place. Prices are exceed ingly firm, at former currency. Wools are if anything dearer, and spinners comply most reluctantly. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, AUG. 30.—The stocks arc evidently on the decrease in our Cloth Hall. Fancy articles are in request, at full prices. For Cloths the domand con tinues fully as good as for the last fortnight, which, if it only continues a short time longer, will enable manufactu rers to obtain an increased profit in the face of the advance on Wools, which arc again a little dearer. MANCHESTER CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 30.—The show of stock to-day was only moderate, especially of Sheep and Lame The weather having become cool, the butchers were fr e in trit ::.nurchaes, and Mutton, Lamb , Pork , and Veal were each Ad. pe ,- . ll. : dearer. Beef in fair supply, ~!. • .• - and sold at former currency. Per lb., sinking o ffal-3,597 Sheep, 6d. to ; 1,925 Lamb to s, 6d. to 60.; 807 Beasts, 3d. to ; 312 Pigs, 5-Id. 6d. ;40 Calves, 6d. 7d. Yesterday evening; between eight and nine o'clock, a man in the employ of Mr. Joshua Sawyer, an extensive fish salesman of the New-road, three doors fi-om Tottenham. , court-road, while opening some oysters for a customer, sud. deftly fell backwards on the floor ; and dt, a fellow-servant, who was in the shop at the time, hastening to sick him up, he found that he was a corpse. A surgeon was immediately sent for, who gave his opinion that the unfortunate man had been seized with a fit of apoplexy. • Last night the proprietor of a juniper temple in the immediate vicinity of Holborn, opened is establishment on a novel style. The exterior of the house is fitted Up in the semblance of an enormous barrel, whilst the doers and windows 'ire constructed like barrels of a smaller deserip , Lion. On entering, an apparently interminable vista of barrels meets the view ; and on each side two figures, repre , seating B tcchus, personify the bibulous propensities of the visiter. A band of music, and gratuitous drams, formed the principal attraction. A patriotic baker, ii► the borough of Lainbeth having been asked at the late election to vote for the Tory candi date, and thereby gain the custom of the family, exclaimed— No ! Never will I damn my soul To get a guinea by a penny roll."