The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-30 00:00:00

COMMON BALL. Yesterdnv R Common Hall was held, to take consideration the distressed state of the Cootttry, and consider of the remedy proper to be and'of the expediency of Petitioning fur a Retorut in Parliament. The Loan MAYOR took the Chair at one o'clock, and the holiness of the clay having been opened by the reading of the Requisitions, &c. Mr. Mt TCIIELL came forward to address the Meeting. He stated it to be his opinion that a IterSaari itt Parliament could alone supply an ade tiii,lie temetiv co the evils of which tic: country hsti to cOmidaiii. Those really friendly to the c tu-e were those' who cautioned the people to ab stain front acts of Violence, and he lamented that tits errors of some individuals should have sub jseied some worthy men who were among its sin . cvrrs,.., friends„ to censure and suspicion. He enlarged on tire natural advantages of the country, autl on the superiority of Euglishmen in at anti nutoulacteres. The present ge '' t-eratirm, he was conviectil, wOuld not be found " ioterior to the last and those that hail preceded it: If all the great Men in the country were to expire in the course of the next tett mitmtes, Lc hail no doubt that another sad men might be inonedi at ely found competent to supply their places, and likely to do as much good for the nation as ever they had done, and to hand do'.vn as fair act ex simple to posterity. Ile set forth the importance of abstaining from all acts of violence, and denied that any feeling hostile to the Crown existed is the hresits of those N% ho were really the friends of IlefSkras. They were willing to 'render to Cresar' the things thus were Caesar's, tliough they would nut render him those ""tines" that did not belong to into. • He then attacked the conduct of the public plebs, and also that of the Sineetirists, whom lie described, .froM the cirenm stance of their holding offices which brought them in (ruin 20 t 0,30,0001. per annum at a time like the present, to he dead in tresp.iSses awl sins. lie concluded by moving a series if ResolittiOns de claratory of the distress of the Nation, of the ne e; %sit y of a Reform of Parliament, anti of the pro priety of again petitioning the Prince Regent on this sniiiect. Mr: Howe presented himself amidst the hisses of After the villifyiog calumnies with which the press had teemed against bins fur the Lest fortnight, not to feel affected at presenting himself on this occasion, before 163 fellot9 crtt would indicate a want of feeling. He, hots. e,er,.was ready not only to conic forward to sup port principles like those laid clown in the 'Reso lutions just submitted to them, but to die' for • them if it were necessary.—(Applanse.)—All the exsrtions of the Whole hireling . press could not change his sentiments on these matters, nor effaCe that whieh was engraves) on his heast.---,(Ap . planse.)--Ale wished for that reform which Wtiobl bring the nation back to the Constitution. But ssoine tidked of a moderate retorts. What would be thotiglit of a Man Who was said to be mode - rattly bosie,t He must be ao•lioness man or it • rogue, and it he was not the former, it follotfed of course that he'nuist be the latter. What would ssonssiof thoseyeung Gentlemen now present, acid whomere courting, think, it told that his sweet s lion was minlerately hottest ?—(Applause.)-- He saw by their rubbing their hands, that they Woad lie ready to knock any one clown who should, tell them this. %Vitra they felt with re• 'fleet to their swectharts, he felt when the character of the Constitution was in question, 'and could be satisfied with no Reform, which would not restore to the people that Cons stitution which had been framed fur them by the wisdom of their ancestors. A reform was neces sary to relieve the nation from the overwhelming taxation which now pressed heavy ott its indus try. At present every thing was lased, and the poorest persons in the community were forced to pay to, the taxes. Been those - who wet ein the Inns[ destitute situation, and compelled to feed on the refuse of the dunghill, might, be said to con tribute to titbit, as less was thrOwn out for their stotenance than would be , cast away noder other circumstances. Notwithstanding the present state of thiogii, he did not hesitate to say, he was of tipinion ao refsrm would take. place if Iklinistels could preveu! it. He was satisfied they, like the former Government of France, would drive the people to desperation, and subject the country to the horrors of, ti bloody revolution, rather than consent in titne to that reform which was renttir sol,.--(Applanse).—To-morrow the poldie would be told Ow a. furious rnalan had stepped forward to uirg e the populace to biontkingl,,, slaughter, and murder. Bat who, `he would' asts, lett! 'done this to.day ? Ile had nut, nor did be ever.—(Ap plause).-11e was not afraid of standing to what he said, ifswltat,fell from him were 'sot misrepresented. —(Applause.)—ilis conduct at the last Common II nil had given offence to some persons. He had submitted •certain resautions to his lellow-eiti isns, to be approved ur rejected, as they thought proper, and they were rejected. It was therefore soplosed that he was put down., and one of the men, as he %vent. out of the Flail with arr. Gentleman snider his artn, had likien heard 14) tale. thins), D—ri him, we've no,:e to'r liiset; he'll not come here egaiti." The 'tat., et of theltesnintions had heard this, and Ice had ncen principally induced to take up his livery in consequence of it, that be might have an op pOrtenity of coming . forward to state_ his semi. ' Neu t. ; s o his fellow-citizens. He ridiculed the cmoloct of certain political: opponents who had been disposed to go out to fisticuffs. 'tie had never thought f supporting his opinions by en. g4iiiK in a fuming-thatch. He would tell those who, were ppposcd.to him how. they might write toiici dc)ww-,-14t ,tiletn_prnYe that be had ever ering. ed to a great tnttu, or, oppressed OTOCK one, and they would put him +twit at. once. ; Subscriptions set afloat be,contended was a deceptive expedient, pqd it adespiate.tothe existing evil, And noticed the'sol..givcst by a worthy Alderman for , the re livfof the Spitallields district, as being,inticti less thin might ivaye: been expected from him, after tni profitai'Ae contracts which he had during the tvar. Mr. t/opTviN opolieJo tie general tii4tress the e mintry, hi)!J p,ropriety of seLliing for 114 Vitt JlMU Il[. MI. , MAN mid aeret‘een a 1141.1 sa tbinly attended no so important an occasion, and thottOt , had there not been some mismanagement on the part of those who had called it, that it would at 1 such a time have 'been quite full. He and his friends were disposed to exult when new men came forward in the cause of Reform, and no feelings' of envy or jealousy would' lead hint to detract from the merit ot their exertions. It was, however, worthy. of remark, that one of the pre ceding speaker* had, lately. at a public M'eeting in dulged in remarks on the conduct of certuia City Orators, who dared not show IheintielVeS . bOt be fore their own myrinidoes. lie thought ti rather singular, that the person who had recently cast these base and infamous aspeseious on those who attended Common Hells, should this day come there to address them as his fellow citizens. yr midons meant, according to Johnson " rude ruffians." Yet the person who had tilltlay af fected to espouse their cause, while resenting the, application of the term " rabble" to the populace out of doors, had had the unparalleled andaciiy so call the Livery of the City of Loudon a btsnd of " rude ruffilies."—(Applaese and hisses.)—lle (Mr., Hunt) had decried all who had been most active in the cause of the people. According to him,`lte (Mr. Waitlonau) was solii,.the Hamp den Club was sold, and besides one individual (Mr. Hum) there were but three persons really favonrable to a Parliameetary Reform in all the King's dominions. This was the sort of language he had used, and that too at the very moment when he was complaining of the abuse of the vile press. He then explained his own ideas on the subject of Retolll, and asserted that whatever ridicule Mr.: limit might throw on " moderate reform," the phrase had heel, used, and not in deriiiuo, a hundred timea by Major Cartwright, from whom he (Mr. lime) professed never to dater. The person he bad meationed took upon himself to attack all who did not agree exactly with bins. lie (Mr. Waitheme) had been teemed for not having addressed a Westminster Abet ' ing. He had not gone to Pelaeesyard, cause he thought they had talent enough there . its his absence, and wanted pot the aid of his loireble abilities. At the Middlesex Meeting lic had been treated in the saute way, and at A thae when he lay on a sick bed—" Where's Mr. Wait li mn ?" had tauntingly been asked ; and censured tor absence, when he was unable to attend, was the solace he hail Lreceived tram this friend to Re form. lie (Mr. W ) proceeded hi explain his rea sons for not going about like au itinerant pedler w ith his wares to every meeting that might be held. (Ju the sulject of the Resolutions before the Court, he had to say be could not disagree with the principle of them generally, but one of the Resolutions lie contended involved an aban donment of the right to petition the Sovereign on the throne.. Did they Wilth to give tip this right which they had at the lae COltlinoll Hall declared they week! never abandon (Cries of no, no !) Then, lie would Milleteie, the petition they were now called upon to vote would be a dead letter, and that one er two Commou Hells would be celled only to register a repetition of their former declarat ism. lie concluded by proposieg that tile. 'Common Hall should go hand in hand with the Common Council, and by this means their seeti melon might fluid their way to the Throne. lie then moved a set of itesolutions, setting forth the general distress, and the necessity of a Parlia ineutary Reform, which he described as doing all that the others could do, and as being in various respects more comprehensive, and better calculate Jed to accomplish the object in view. Mr. Ot.DHAst seconded the amendment. Mr. atteverea, in proof of the extent of Cor ruption in Parliament, instanced the edmissiou of Lord Castlereagh of a seat, having been sold, and the House refusing to go into a Committee on th e fact. Was a man who could make such an avow al a fit person to have a seat in that House ? He ought to have been taken by the collar and turned Out of it. He would say, aflame Oh such men. It . was time to have, a long pull, a strung pull, acid s pull altogether. Alluding to the interfer ence ot Mr. limit, lie expressed Isis disapproval of interlOpers. Too many cooks would spoil the broth.—(Laughter.) Mr. MITCUULL attempted to reply, but his voice was drowned in hisses and clattiour. He repro- . heeded Mr'. iVaithmen for professing to be glad of new Comers, and then running them down.— Ws to the amendment, it was like tiny thing but the first Reaolntions, and attributed 01611 merely to an effort of the Movel• to make 'two( the little popularity he possessede--(Lond criei of Off, off !) lie worth{ admit, however, that there was nothing in the Amendment that he would not lend his feeble eiforta to support, but he disliked such ger sonsities'vas they had been 'accompanied with, which only tended•to create mitehief, schism, and division, where all should be unetiiinity.—(liisses.) Ilusercasee forward to explain, amidst a mixture of laughter and applattaes. ' Heluid more respect for the tune of - the Liverymen than to 'en ter into a defence of the persmin attack that had been nettle upon him. He had been represented to say what, he never littered, and the vilifying triesallad.been the first columniat ors. , (Lond cries ot false, false, yen did say so !)--eile never, Po occasiva in hia life, sited t 1 single expression that could be'construed into disrespect for the Lively of,London. When he proposed to meet the Li very before, lie 'had been advised to recollect 'thee he could not come there to lead theM by the nose ;:abey were a different sort of beast.--s (Laughter.)—He never wished to take on himself to way their judgment. What sort of consist ency was' it, for Cietitlemen to complain that the, Hall was so thinly attended, and in the same breath to regret that the doors had been bursted open by people who had no right to attend The 14entlemen who had called that Meeting had no means of making their intentions public by spending the money of the City. For his pert, be hail never been a member of any of their CUM ilittces, and never wished to be. `the fact was, there was a history of inquity in city politics which he should some day or other have to ex kose.—(Lood bursts of laughter and clamours for the question.) Mr. HARVEY SRIO, the worst return that people could make to those who interested themselves out their behalf, was to attribute to them impure mu tires. if they did so, they,could not expect, au ,,. . ought they tu'have auvocates. He' reerct ted that so few persons bad . assembled, but the fact was, that as great pains had been taken to prevent 'the Hail being numerous, as there had been to bring it together. It was absurd for peo 7 ple of the country or the city to urge complaints against the Government, when they afforded the tiovernment such evident proofs of their own in ternal dissensions. It was the bounden duty of all who were possessed of the means, to appro priate some portion of what they had to relieve the "general distress which was bearing down all classes,- the poor to the grave, and the middle orders to the state of the poor. He severely reproached Mr. Hunt for calling on the Worthy Alderman, whom he accused of haviitg made two or three hundred 'thousand pfinntis by the plunder of the public, to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth. Such bold illiberality might be justly re torted by the Worthy Person attacked, by reply ing, " if you wish me to be robbed of my fortune, I will not part with any of it, but will try to keep it as lung as I can."—(Applause.)—lle repre hended the personalities throiwn out against Mr. Waittiman, who had been the warm advocate, of the public cause for the long period of twenty years. He was sorry that this Gentleman should have felt it necessary to come forward to defend himself, as nothieg could tarnish his high re putation so much as his thinking that what had been said deserved any reply on his part.' He thought it incumbent on 3lr. Hunt, who assumed a - public pant, to present something like a practical and feasible system. Be' (Mr. FL) ranked himself as a sincere advocate for Patlia mentary Reform ; but it was necessary to have a general and unanimous co-operation; in order to bring it about. Every, man in the Hall' had an opportunity to lend his efforts to produce this ef fect, as a General Election was not far distant.— When that event took place, they shotild Come to the resolution to abjure all bribes that corrupt candidates could offer them. He was inclined to approve of the first Resolutions rather than the Amendment, as being more tangible than the last, and should ther:fore support them. The Amended Resolutions were then put and carried, and ordered to be publithed in the usual Papers. . . Thanks were voted to the. Lord 11,1ayoron which his Lordship Cattle forward, and declared ,hisjendiness on all occasions to attend to the re quisitions of the Livery for calling a Cowman particularly when the object I,f the Meeting was 'proposed to be to ingoire into the-causes of public distress and the means of affording a re medy. He was received with much applause, and . tbe Meeting then broke up; LAW INTELLIGENCS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nur.s9. Sitlitip after Michaelmas Term. RR% V. JOHN This was an indictment against the defendant for conspiring to sell 'an unsound horse to General IWCleau, The case was this t----the prosecutor treated with the defenthmt, 'who is a horse dealer, for the purchase of the horse in question, which he war ranted to be perfectly sound, and he referred to souther man for the character the animal; add at the suggestion of the latter the purchase was completed but it turned out afterwards that the horse was totally unfit for the p&p/nes required. Lord ELLENUOROUGH said, that there must be proof of some fraud beyond the mere warranty to support a criminal prosecution. The case ap peared to be no more than the warranty of an un sound horse, and the only remedy was by civil action. _ . Tlie defendant therefore was found Not Guilty. HENN V. FAGO. Tilk was an action bpi coach passenger against the owners,to recover the value of a box, with its contents,. valued 101. Bs, 3d, which it was al- . leged inst by the negligence of the defendants. It appeared. in evidence that the plaintiff, 'a male passenger, had, got into the coach at night; about eight miles from Basingstoke, having eon-7 signed her luggage to the care of the coachman= but she did not know of the restricted liability of the coach proprietor for property not exceeding theValne of al. until alter her arrival in town. Ppmn discovering the - loss of her box she made a demand upon the defendants of 101. Bs. 3d. the valise of it, hut the defendants resisted payment, contending that were only liable for 5/. being the amount for which they had publicly restricted their liability, in all cases. ►were there was no' in 'I4OIIIELLENBOROUGH however Cbargeatinliiry, that until carriers had of late restricted their liabi lity by notice to the : public, they . were Jiattle at common law to a fuss torah indefinite amount, it was, therefore, in this case tiaterial to know whether the plaintiir bad had, due notice of the defendant's limited responsibility, for if she bad not had actual notice of it, she Was entitled to verdict far the whole value of the property lost. Jury found a verdict fur the ph:luta—Da meges, 101. Bs, 3d. THE ICING V. JORII *IIXME. ThiS was an indictment against the defendant, charging him with receiving 3d from the driver of a cart belonging to a gentleman of the name of Wood, of Acton, undir colour that he (the de fendant) was collector of the tolls at Tyburn- Turnpike-gate. The object of this proceeding was to ascertain the right of the trustees of the road to take toil for carts, waggons, &c. laden with manure rued the question depended prin cipally upon the construction of the 52d Geo. 111. c. 145, for the better encouragement of agricul ture, which extended the privilege of non-payment of toll to all carts, &e. laden with manure, the exemption being before confined to carts of the proprietors of land in the parishes through which the road ran. After Mr. GURNEY, on the pact of the prosecution, had stated his case, it wits pro posed by the other side that a verdict of. guilty should he taken, subject to the opinion of the Court ;to motion, oU the construction of the words of the statute, Mr. ',AWES, for the trustees of the road, contending that it included only empty ceris. FERGUsoN V, DE RotIFIGNI. The derendala keeps a rnornittg sod evelling ,Chao! Castic-street,lloWnin, and dun Li) absence on a visit to France, his native country, employed the plaintiff as instructor in Latin, Freuch, and geog raphy. - The charge of the plain .. tiff was 5!. 15s. 6ml. per month, or, according to the evidence of one of the witnesses, about 14d. per hour. The attendance of the plaintiff during the morning and afternoOn was proved by several , of the young. persons who were taught at the school. The defence was, that the plaintiff being left in the charge of the defendant's school during time absence - of time Abbe de Rottfigni in France, had seduced several of the pupils to lease the de• feudant, and to - place themselves under theplain• tiff'S care, who opened asimilar establish me nt at no considerable distance from the house of his employer. Having thus not only abandoned hut betrayed his trust, it was contended, that so far from being entitled to remuneration for services, he ought to be compelled rather to make some compensation to the defendant for the injury he had done him while absent. Lord ELLENAOROUGH, in addressing the Jury, suite, that the action being upon the (plantain me" ruit, the plaintiff could only be entitl ed 'to cots pensation for beneficial service done for thede• fendant : the plaintiff was left to superintend time school during the visit of the principal to his I$ live country, bar instead of so doing, he hactset up in opposimion, and the Abb6 was in core as quence deprived of many of his scholars. W, this a meritorious service 1 if time plainti ff ba d waited until his employer came back, and until be had delivered up time school to him as he battl e ' calved it, he would have had a right to make u" of his tdents in any way. he thought proper ; bat while his employer was away the plaintiff's (MI was to keep the school together, instead of which he had separated it for his own advan ta g e --V : or. diet fur the defendant. CONSIST( RT COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS, /<or: SIR BDWARD AGAINST LADY ovum. This was a cause of divorce promoted; by Sir Edward Campbell Rich. Owen, Knight, against Dame Elizabeth Owen, his wife, btreosoa of itil!litcry. It appeared that the marria4e wok place hitween the parties on the 19th of Deter ber, 1802, at the parish church of Deal, ill the county of Kent. The Libel given in on the part of Sir Edward Owen *at in substance to the following PiffP firt ; That during the parties residence at .I:hid , ii', 4 Owen formed a, criminal intercour se with ;P r ' Wm. Httlke, jun. who was a surgeon Itr u i Ar thecaty, and in par t n ership with his father that Place, and who als o attended the falnlif of Sit` Edward Omen in, Lily professional liar " ter. Ibis criatinal intercourse took place be' tWeen 'Lady Owen and Mi. William younger, during Sir Edward Owen's absence :i' oll his. Majesty's service j1:1 in ArGeriCa. The Libel then went on to s tate the Orl chat es of adultery aileged to have been ell" mitted at various places, namely, at Deaf, tie' WiCh, Canterbury, and Calais, where the !w il d pat.sed as man and wife, and went by die C l ot n 111 r. and Mrs. Hie. It further appeared, lo a verdict of 15001. damages wa s obtained t• in Common Law Court. On the part Lady Owen it was ante f by Counsel, that there was defective Pr°P identity with respect to Lady Owen • , Ace The. The. Learned ,Judge (Sir Wm. SC° llOl on, • hearing the evidence read, was clearly of op y am{ : thst the (Act at adultery WAS satisfoct9rilypr):4 and accordingly ifronnunceti for the remedy reel 7 the husband prayed: BURGESS t) BURGESS. IS was a suit instituted for a separatioPiraas M brd,and board. The Libel stated, that Mr.' Burgess susrectil his *He' had a criminal c onnection with Pers.°' of the' name of 'Lane, wha was on terms of In: tifnacy with him, and wishing to satisfy his thereon, went to th e h ou se o f Mr. Lane , kia, accused him . of having had an adulterous iiite." course with his wife, which he, after sofa sitation, acknowledged. his After this interview Mr. Burgess charg e A - wife with having been false to 'his bed, wh i t i she admitted to be ton true: Ile then scrat ° , himself from ber, and commenced this suit. etc In support of the allegations, two letters Iv _ read, 'one being from M - r. Line to Mrs. nutg et l i W w orming her of the interviews' w i t h Mr. Durg e6 t is and the other sent by Mrs. B ur g ess to 51t.1,11'4t1 relating what bad passed betwe en het: sin - husband. The Judge was of opinion the allegsti f u' amal -he4 proved, attd pronounced a sepa ration ra and board. COAL MARKET, NoVEMSER OP. . Steps ps at Market. PAO. 4 Newcastle 4 sold.. BIRTHS. , 411 ...celg t i Oa the Stith intt. the Lad of Burke: of Craig ' y o ,i, r. Charing-est - is*, Solicitor of a son. • :' , "i , ts io re On the nth Inst. at Stuthantpton; th e Lady dm " , ter Rainier, Iti N.C. B. of *too,. MARRIED. 4 Cred 11 1 1: At the Church of St. ,Mars-le -bang, the 'lZr „ A „. f Thackerai, D. 13. Pronost of King's College, Caionuq4 Mary .tin, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Cottiot " . 1 of tleverells, Herts. itti I , i On the 4th inst. at Campo D'Oureque, near I .i sbQu ' ou t 1 1 1 ) 4 44 n o t a h is e i Y 4;ns t: L ti a . ri t o )e (1 1 ;7(I t c Y s i tts )ur rI v e l :i Yu l r e 44,ualbolerIiroce;'ttis'fa'ililr,, On Tuesday, ut St. Chad's Church, Thomas Yg" Me E. of The Brades Statrordshire. to Sarah, fourth deo?, of SaLuttel Cooke, isq. of Swan Hill House. Shro_____:l.l,,... ~ DIED. . i itol‘' On Friday, the 02t1 inst. at ['infield, Befits, at a r...„eT i n, Anne, wife oft indrow sauced age, Louisa, wife. of the late William-M4°7 of n, 1 4' . !..-.,:i. This ta4. was daughter of henry V;er"?.. the year T 1 Mon Castle, *atfoidshire, and was married iii 1747 to her late husband. 7 • the: ° K t ' On Wc.dnesday, the 47th inst. in the 46th Year 0 , stee ett Lovering Sand, Esq. of & , Bru ns- - Strati On Thursday last, at ber how* in W il itiotAtree uev. ~ B wick-square, mitola pecm4it widow o f the !ate Tim Hrort. Vccki.vell, MD. Rect.;r of Bloxlioltue cunt Dii< it , culusiiire. - 'fa of ' lr ' ' ll, e same evening , its bee 5.3 d year . mary, the wl Sul rc, Will 44 til Ed Wilfd &nail, of the P0un............1 __ ~,,,, . 7 Crol" 'N7IDN: Printed I.y J. a. L' 1t 1 443 ' 0 1 o r rstun , I- lditigit ,‘, and published Ivy W. A r • SCR.IPPi? . . At i v ertio :, 1, u i at the St's-Orr-cr.. 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