The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTRRDAY. GLOBE.—Lord Palmerston's reply to the ad dress of the Corporation of Bridgnorth is, ac cording to the Times, only surpassed in folly and falsehood by that of Lord John Russell to the address of the inhabitants of Plymouth. The vituperation poured forth on the latter is there fore recapitulated and applied to the former. Let us examine with what reason and with what success Lord Palmerston presumes to state, as his opinion, that the efforts of the late Government to effectuate reforms in the Church, the State, and in our Commercial Po licy, had not been wholly fruitless ; and that the principles they had more recently and practically asserted would not be devoid of fruit, even though planted in Tory soil. This, in the estimation of the Times, was bad enough. But worse remained behind. The Noble Lord had the temerity to state that the victory which Sir Robert Peel had achieved by a combination with monopolists, would be " short-lived." There Lord Palmerston probed the Tory conscience to the quick. The secret misgiving, lest tergiversation and casuistry should utterly fail to defend a party which has entrenched itself within private interests to carry on a war against " the great interests of the community," is constant' y at work, and betray itself even by the very efforts which are made to conceal it. It was not to be endured that Lord Palmerston should thus hold up to the illustrious Cabinet of halting, struggling turncoats, a mirror which reflected their character and their doom. It was not to be borne that he should utter what every one sees, that an Administration, the principal mem bers of which are nearly as destitute of agree ment with each other as they are notoriously at variance with their former selves, would scarcely be able 10 hold together as a Government under any circumstances; and that in the present de pressed and distracted state of our commercial in terests it will be utterly impossible for such an Ad ministration to carry on the public business of the country. Lord Palmerston had also ventured to say that " he trusted the endeavours of the late Go vernment to carry into practical application the principles of civil and religious liberty had not been wholly fruitless." Upon this very innocent assumption the Times expends the vials of its in dignation. " Fruitless!" exclaims the Times— " was the Appropriation Clause fruitless?" No : Tory perseverance in resistance to claims put forth in behalf of the large majority of the people of Ireland prevailed—claims which the Times for merly went far greater lengths in pressing than the Whig Ministry. But the Jamaica Coercion Bill, was that fruitless ? No ; the conduct of the Tories on that occasion also showed the sympathy which exists between Toryism and tyranny. STANDARD.— We have written so often and so long ago upon the paramount importance to the well-being of the empire of a well-considered and constantly-acting system of emigration, that • we have nothing new to offer upon the subject; we may be allowed, however, to take pride in the successful result of the adoption of our vary earliest views—views which we ventured to offer to public notice more than twenty years ago. The principle of the system of emigration which woe then suggested was the translation of society iii its frame, not in rude and unconnected parts, still Jess in single classes. The last colony found.ld, the colony of New Zealand, makes the nearest *approach that has ever been made to this principle. It is, however, no reproach to our ancestors that they did not hit upon a principle which it was scarcely in their power to apply, and for the discovery of which they had not the store of experience that we possess. They had, as every progressive state of society, whether the society be of few or many, will have, a redundant population of the lowest class; but they had not that affluent supply of the higher and middle classes which our time affords, and which is as necessary to the forming of useful colo nies as mere labourers can be. Let us reflect for a moment upon the actual state of the British empire. We have an extent of territory, which, for all practical purposes, may be" called infinite. We have a vast amount of wealth, and an abundant stock of intelligence, activity, and enterprise ; and we have about thirty millions of the richest, most intelligent, industrious, and enterprising of our people, shut up, as it were, in two small islands —exclusive of our East Indian population, six sevenths of the whole. Why, then, not extend our " cramped and cabined-in" society so as to make it co-extensive with the vast territorial extent of our empire—preserving still a homo genous character to the whole ? COURIER.—We are most concerned to learn now how the innocent holders of the fraudulent bills are to be dealt with, and how far their in terests are likely to be affected by the course taken to cushion those disclosures, promised and anxiously looked forward to in the trial of one, and the testimony of the other prisoner. • An impression universally prevails, and not, we think, without foundation, that such disclosures would have served irre sistibly to strengthen the claims of the Bill holders on the Treasury, although, waiving the legal points involved, we are entirely of opinion that those claims rest on principles of right and equity which cannot be denied and defeated, however their consideration may be postponed for a time. We regard them as greatly reinforced morally, if not legally, by the course adopted for obstructing all further criminal proceedings in the Exchequer bill cause, and by thus not only pre venting those further revelations ofaccomplices which might, and must have, inculpated other and .more guilty parties in the end, but still more by ,carefully withholding from publication, or the knowledge of the injured bill-holders, those dis closures and confessions actually made by Smith . and Rapallo ; disclosures necessary as evidence for making out the legal, besides the equitable claim to relief, on behalf of the plundered parties. In the meantime we must also insist that manifest injustice is done to the innocent and respectable bill holders.by every day's procrastination of the ex 'amination into and adjustment of their claims. Their bills are impounded at the Exchequer bill-office, where stamped as forged or fraudulent, and thus the evidence of property is withdrawn from their possession and refused to their demand. The law, to be sure, is open to them for redress, but suits at law are a fearful remedy, and waged •at fearful odds as ag,ainst the Treasury. The delays . alone of such li t i gat i on must b e ru i n t o man y, even in the event of success, for, as the homely saying has it, whilst the grass grows the ox starves. Under such circumstances we would suggest therefore, with all deference, the means of an arrangement by which justice should be equally dispensed to both sides, without preju dice to either. As the responsibility of the Treasury for the doings voided ( roised agents and officers cannot be by any self-willed act of dekeasance, we would propose that a Com mission Should issue to competent persons, to theex amine into and arbitrate upon th e validity of claims of the bill holders, setting out upon the the broad principle that where the ori g i n of os p session was un impeachable, and va l ue duly proved to have been given, the bills, so purged of illegi timate holding in the hands of the respectable paities exonerated, should be at once admitted to proof and liquidation at the Treasury. B y this course weapprehend that the Treasury, as custos of the public purse, would stand absolved of negligence of the public interest, whilst ag grieved individuals would obtain the fair mea sure of redress to which they are entitled. PROGRESS OF PUSEYISM. (From the Oxford Chronicle.) PROFESSOR KEBLE'S SERMON AT ST . MAR" S.—Mr. Keble, Professor of Poetry, and one of the Tractarian triumvirate, preached the University sermon on Tues day last ; the substance was such as to remind us most forcibly of Mr. Sibthorp's University sermon, preached only a few months before his conversion to the Catholic religion. The public .a re anxiously looking for the publication of the eppcopal charge of a sixth Bishop (Winchester), the diocesan of Mr. Reble. The trumpet of his spiritual overseer has blown no uncertain sound, and the reverend gentleman is in this awkward dilemma : he must either retire, or will show that, when, in his letter to Mr. Justice Coleridge, he spoke of " feeling deeply the slightest word of his Bishop," h e mean t t o f r i g ht en t h e Bi s h o p ou t o f speaking (just as his Lordship of Oxford is dumb), or not to heed his voice, should he be so rash. The Rev. Isaac Williams, candidate for the Poetry P rofessorship, has pubTished a defence of his doctrine, that th e " A toaement i s not t h e centre of the Christian s Ystern, and i s t o b e p reac h e d w ith reserve ." I t i s i n t h e form of a reply to the censures of Bishop Monk, and is said to be "by the writer of the Tract." Itfrould be in convenient_ j ust now to say, b y t h e Rev. Isaac Williams! Al!. Palm er is still continuing ,his tracts against Ro monism ; a sixth, on the subject of Purgatory, has made its appearance. We observe that, while attacking with much vigour and success the doctrines of Purgatory, as „generally held by the Roman Catholic Church, Mr. Palmer, at the same time, declares his belief in a Pur gatory accordi ng to the express terms of the Council of Trent. PRIVY CouNcm.—Her Majesty, it is ex pected, will hold a P r i vy Council at Windsor Castle to day, at which a Proclamation will be agreed to, further proroguing Parliament from Tuesday, the 21st inst., to a day on which—the Legislature will meet for the dispatch of business. The Earl of Lincoln and Sir Willoughby Gordon transacted business with 'Sir James Graham at the Home-office yesterday morning. MEETING AT ISLINGTON. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. —PUBLIC DISTRESS. A meeting of the inhabitants of Islington took place last night at the Public School-rooms, Church-street, called by advertisement, to address her Majesty on the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Reverend the Vicar, Mr. Wu.soN, was placed in the Chair, after some little opposition, and explained the objects of the meeting. Mr. RADISDEN moved an address to her Majesty, which began by enumerating the vicar, churchwardens, and parishioners, which referred to the late auspicious event, spoke of the great benefits which the House of Hanover had conferred on the country, and anticipated great blessings from the future reign of the young Prince. The Hon. Gentleman, in moving the address, referred rather invidiously to the want of loyalty and proper feeling in those who might oppose his motion, and spoke of a meeting to address the Queen, after the attempt made on her life by Oxford, in a manner that was felt to be insulting to those who did not go along with the high and palmy Toryism expressed in the address. Mr. NICHOLS seconded the motion. Mr. HODGSRIN objected to the address, that it was not one which he and the parishioners could agree to as it placed the clergy in the van, and carried the parishioners of Islington before the Throne in the tail of the priest hood. He objected also to the address, that it antici pated too much from the power of the rown, which was at present little better than a nullity. In his opinion, when they had an opportunity of expressing their politi cal •sentiments in Islington, which was seldom, they should be careful to give utterance only to what was true and consistent. They ought also not to neglect any opportunity of expressing their opinions on the present state of the country, in which the distress was over whelming and alarming. Mr. Hodgskin concluded by moving the following ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY, as an amendment on the original motion : " We, your Majesty's dutiful subjects, inhabitants of Islington, assembled in public meeting, beg leave to offer your Majesty our honest and hearty congratulations on the birth of your son and Heir-Apparent, who will live, we trust, to receive, in due season, the throne which the nation confers on your Majesty for the public benefit, and be a blessing to your Majesty, by inheriting the talents and the virtues of his august parents. We heartily congratulate your Majesty on having successfully passed through your hour of trial, under the favour of Provi dence ; and we pray that your Majesty, delighting in the smiles of a healthy offspring and an affectionate husband, may enjoy a long and a happy life, reflected from the prosperity and happiness of the people at whose head your Majesty is placed. "It is our painful duty, however, now to apprise your Majesty, that at present the people are not pros perous, and that there are at this moment hundreds and thousands of females in this country to whom maternity, far from being, as to your Majesty, and as in the order of nature it ought to be to all women, a source of hope and delight, brings only dread and dismal despair. Their humble dwellings, unlike your Majesty's splendid Pa lace, in which nothing is wanting that art can supply, are destitute of the most common necessaries and the meanest articles of furniture. In their hour of travail, unsupported by affectionate friends and persons ready to prevent every wish, they are assailed by the cries of children clamorous for food, and by the lamentations of husbands willing to labour, but deprived of the means of obtain ing subsistence for themselves and their offspring. It is our painful, but imperative, duty to inform your Majesty that the people, who are in this deplorable condition, belong to the most skilful, ingenious, and industrious labourers in the world - to whose unwearied toils, under Providence, every individual in the community, even your Majesty, is indebted for comfort and subsistence, while the State is indebted to them for its revenue and its power. Convinced that their present condition is alike repugnant to the course of nature, which has inseparably associated plenty with skilful industry, and to the justice which your Majesty's throne is established to maintain; thoroughly convinced, also, that the condition of the la bouring classes is both a terrible disgrace to your Majesty's Government, and full of peril to the community, we, the inhabitants of Islington, pray your Majesty to take measures instantly to put an end to this alarming state of things, by repealing or abolishing unjust and class legisla tion, which has turned the bounties of Providence into curses, and made the vast elements of wealth and great ness which abound in the minds and sinews of the people, sources of poverty, misery, and despair." The amendment was ably supported by three speak ers, two of whom belonged to the working classes, and was opposed by the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, as not drawn up in the best taste. After a considerable discussion, the amendment was carried by a very great majority. The Reverend Vicar, encouraged by the official Tory clique by which he was surrounded, instantly vacated the Chair, and declared the meeting adjourned, without providing any means for forwarding the Address to her Majesty, and without attempting to move the other ad dresses to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, which the promoters of the meeting had prepared. A great hubbub ensued, in the midst of which we withdrew. It is quite unusual, we think, for a gentleman to vacate the Chair, and declare a meeting adjourned, which had been called for a specific purpose, because the little faction, whose tool th e Reverend Chairman made himself, was completely de feated. It is to be expected, therefore, that the Vicar will be publicly censured for the proceeding, while his party will be exposed to the reproach of endea vouring to make loyal addresses to, her Majesty the stalking horses to their own purposes. The meeting was so enthusiastic in favour of the amendment, that we be lieve the Islington Tories will not again provoke a de feat by thrusting themselves forward as the representa tives of the public sentiments, however great their power in Vestry. GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOW MENT COMPANY. The Annual General Meeting of the Subscribers to this Company was held yesterday afternoon at the Lon don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of re ceiving the Report of the Directors, and a general statement of the accounts for the past year. The meet ing was extremely full. Mr. JACKSON having been proposed, took the Chair, and, on doing so, observed that it was the twelfth an nual meeting of the Association, and he congratulated the members present on the fact of the Association having progressed from the period of its formation up to the present time. It had been progressing to the satisfac tion of every Proprietor, and, in fact, every one at all connected with the institution. And he hoped that all those gentlemen would still urge upon their friends the advantages presented by this institution, because he was satisfied there was not a more beneficial Society in the City of London. He believed they were aware that the receipts only fell short of last year by the trifling amount of seven shillings, and he really thought they ought to congratulate the Proprietors on that circumstance, be cause although they had heavy demands to meet, still they kept up their funds.—(Hear, hear.) There was one circumstance he wished to allude to, which was that a rest had been laid up for the Proprietors, so that such Proprietor was certain of securing the sum of 201. per annum. That rest was still on the increase. So that while they were increasing their funds they were at the same time making another bnefit by securing to themselves this sum of 201. per annum. The Directors were ex ceedingly anxious to answer any question that might be put to them, and he would conclude by calling on the Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting. The SECRETARY then read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The SECRETARY then read the Report, which stated that the Society was in a most prosperous condition. The num ber of members was 136. The amount of annuities granted was considerably larger than that of preceding years. The amount of each annuity was 221.75. Id. It was then moved and seconded, that the Report be adopted, and that it be printed, and a copy sent to each Subscriber, which was carried. Mr. STEWART said the time was now come when a complete change would take place in the management of the Institution, as it was henceforth to be conducted under the auspices of Actuaries, and it behoved the So ciety to look well at the persons they placed in that office. They must be persons.of known respectability ; and he therefore begged to move that the name of Pro- 1 fessor De Morgan be placed as one, as a man of the strictest integrity;talent, and principle. A PROPRIETOR asked if Professor De Morgan was competent to act as an Actuary ? A SUBSCRIBER said that Professor De Morgan had acted as Actuary for five:or six years in a Society of a similar description, and had saved that Association, by his services and talents, from great expense, and perhaps from ruin. After some little discussion, , The CHAI RMAN sa id th e Di rec t ors we re very anxious that all information should be give to the Shareholders. were On the part o f the Directors he. would say that they very much ple ase d t h at t h e ma t ter h a d b een t a k en up by th e members themselves, and they were glad they had cho sen hitherto acted a gentleman themselves ; but he hoped they named, as all theacintifnogrrTt would have no objection to the gentleman who had quire must come through with on the li r. D e Morgan gentleman would they h r a e d . [ix:chem. He would again express the satisfaction of the u that the their at the members having put a r u o d wn account. taken this subject up on carried. The motion was then Mr. PAYNE proposed be printed at least ten days bee n round to the different membe thoroughly know what they were goi n r, t The CHAIRMAN said, that from what Report of the Actuaries Ye the meeting, and sent hers, in order that they might ohemeet could learn without o of Mr. Payne's motion, he wished that the reports should be at once printed, and sent forth to the public, the Directors seeing it at all. Mr. PAYNE said such was not his intention. The CHAIRMAN said it would be much bett er fi rst to submit it to m th i e gh ß t o h a e ri a l, vo a i s ded th . ere might be many discre pancies Mr. PAYNE said the Directors misunderstood what he by the Board, that proposed, which was, that when the Report was by the Actuaries, and inspected , that member, and then the matter into consideration. a meeting called to take printed copies should be sent to each . After a rather stormy discussion, Mr. PAYNE said, he could have but one object in view, which was the best mode of obtaining information for the Members, but as there was so much opposition he would withdraw his motion ; but he hoped that time would be given on all occasions to consider the various Reports. The CHAIRMAN said, they should have as much time as they thought proper for the Proprietors to examine the Reports. Let them determine amongst themselves what it should be, whether it was ten or twelve days, and the Directors would readily agree to it.—(Hear, hear.) Captain BARKER would ask, whether the Report of the Actuaries would be final ? The CuniamAN said, the Report of the Actuaries would be laid before the meeting, and the meeting would undoubtedly have a right to examine these Reports, but he felt those Reports would always be satisfactory. After a short conversation the subject dropped The CHAIRMAN then said that it devolved upon the meeting to elect two Directors to fill the room of General Paltby and Mr. J. W. Burge, who retired according to rule, but who were eligible to be re-elected. He begged to ask if any member had any objection to those gentlemen being elected again ? A PROPRIETOR wished to know what their attendances at the Board were ? The CHAIRMAN said the Directors never failed to make a Board, in fact he might say they were frequently overboard—(Laughter)---for they were sometimes too full. The two gentlemen were then re-elected. Mr. RUDDICK said he had great pleasure in bringing to their notice a gentleman whe had been one of their earliest Directors. A gentleman, whose ardour was untiring, but who was obliged to retire from the Direc torship, as he could not then pay requisite attention; but he was now an idle man, and had plenty of time on his hands, and he begged, therefore, to propose Mr. Croft for the office of Auditor, in the room of the late Mr. Stephenson. Mr. STREET seconded this motion which was carried unanimously. Messrs. Lord, Page, Perrier, and Grey, were then elected as Auditors. The CHAIRMAN here said he had just received a letter, which called him away on urgent business, and he begged the meeting to excuse him, and appoint another Chairman in his stead. Captain REAv was then proposed and took the chair, and said they would have but a poor representative in him of Mr. Jackson, but he was happy to say that gentleman had got through the principal business. The SECRETARY then read the necessary requisition, empowering the Society to call meetings. The CHAIRMAN then said he had received a petition from a lady of the name of Thompson, whose husband had been a member of the institution, and was lately deceased. He was sorry to say his death was caused by his own hand. They were aware that the Direction in such cases had the power of returning the amount paid up to the widow, and they had done so in this.: The petition stated that the unfortunate gentleman was afflicted with brain fever for several months, which at length terminated in insanity. It called on the meeting to allow the widow to remain on the books, as this was the only income she had during her husband's illness, and which was entirely cut off from her now. She had a family of ten children entirely helpless. Mr. PAYNE said he thought the Directors had shown a proper discretion with respect to the refunding the paid up amount of the deceased Mr. Thompson, and he should not have offered any objection to the petition of the widow, if the meeting could have entertained it. He felt warmly for the situation of the widow, and she had his deepest sympathy, but there were interests which they were called upon to protect independently of indi vidual members. Whatever might be their inclination, they could not grant this petition, as it was utterly out of their power; it would be illegal. As far as individuals virent, he should be glad to give the gentleman who brought this petition his .address, and do all he could in tkat way. After a short discussion, in which several gentlemen offered personally to assist in the charitable object sug gested by Mr. Payne, The CHAIRMAN said it certainly was out of their power to grant the petition. Mr. STREET presented a petition from Mr. George Walter, praying that he may not be called upon to pay his yearly subscription, as he had suffered a loss of 11,0001. by the Greenwich Railway Company, and grounding his claim upon the services he had rendered to the Company, he being its first promoter. Mr. PAYNE opposed this on the same principle as the last. In this case, he said, Mr. Walter had received a compensation for his services to the amount of 2001. or 300/. After considerable opposition, Mr. WALTER, after recapitulating the grounds of his olaim, said he would withdraw it altogether. A PROPRIETOR asked what the expenses of the year were ? The SECRETARY said they were—Civil, 8361. 7s. 6d. ; Naval and Military, 481. 3s. 9d. ; being, altogether, 8841. Ils. 3d., including all expenses of salaries, &c. The income for the year was 25,2221. 4s. 7d. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. PROTECTOR LIFE ASSOCIATION. The Annual General Meeting of the Subscribers to this institution was held yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a statement of the accounts, the Report, and to elect Directors and Audi tors for the ensuing year. NATHANIEL GOULD, Esq., took the chair, and opened the meeting :—Gentlemen, your Directors have much sa tisfaction in meeting you - again, and, apparently, all in good health. Now, for the sixth time since the es tablishment of this Society, and in presenting a Report, which, on the whole, and to those who in public matters are not too sanguine, will, it is trusted, give sufficient proof of our well-doing hitherto, and a full and fair an ticipation of satisfactory progression. It will be remem bered that this is the first meeting after the first rest or balance, at which rest the interest to Shareholders was raised to five per cent., and a bonus to the insured de clared. The number of policies issued by the Company has been 1,040, of which 875 remain insured for 689,4261., paying premiums amounting to 25,170 Z Ils. 9d. per annum. The income of the Company for the last year is 29,2251. 10s. 6d., showing a surplus over the payments of 11,5191. Bs. 3d., which sum added to the assets declared at the last annual meeting, makes the available property of the Company 104,765/. 2s. 7d., be ing, as already said, an increase on the last year's balance of 11,5911. Bs. 3d. The mode in which this large sum is invested, the accounts verified by the auditors, and now on the table, will ex plain that it yields an interest of nearly 43- per cent. The expenditure of the year is 17,7061. 2s. 3d., and is thus made up:-4,000L paid to the Proprietors in interest and bonus ; 8,2731. 12s. 6d.. claims from twelve deaths, and bonuses thereon ; 2,5771 3s. 2d., policies purchased, assurances, and annuitants ; 1,8191. 4s. id., charges on trade, salaries, rent, rates, advertisements, and office charges ; 436/. 2s. 6d., expenses atteading the adoption of the New Equitable West-end Branch ; 600/. to your Directors for management; of which, including the adop tion of tho West-end New Equitable, 2,8551. 6s. 7d., is the entire expense of carrying on the Company. The number of policies added during the last year is 161, for insurances to the amount of 129,604/. ; paying for premiums, 6,161/. ss. Bd. This increase is larger than will have been expected, but it is principally to be attributed to your Board of Directors having, after serious delibera tion, determined to adopt, so far as practicable, the busi ness of the New Equitable Society, which did not appear to its Directors to show sufficient prospect of increased business to bear the expenses of a separate management. The New Equitable was a Western office, and offered a fair opportunity for trying the value of such an adjunct to your establishment. It has not yet been long enough in existence for your Directors to determine on the value of its continuance. They, however, hope, and trust that they have increased the friends as well as the funds of the Company by this proceeding. Among the features of the working of the office of last year, is the almost abandonment of the advertisements, as compared with other offices ; and it is believed that the expenses incurred by engrafting the New Equitable upon the Protector has bedn greatly less than would have been the expense of advertising to such an extent as to have, by possibility, gained a similar increase. The advertising system is one of enormous expense, and of which the benefits are with difficulty ascertained. It may, however, become a question with your Directors whether a trial of advertising more generally and ex pensively for one year may not be worth making. I think the Proprietors will be gratified with the results of the year's business, which I have attempted to give in a condensed manner, but which will be found more at length in the Report. And, I would say, the more satisfied, when they consider the extraordinary extent to which competition in such business has lately been, and is still carried ; and when I inform them that I have reason for believing that about thirty offices for Life Insurance have sprung up, with mushroom speed, since this office was established in 1835, and that se veral are at this time in embryo, notwithstanding that five or six have either broken up, or silently glided into the embraces of other more fortunate ones—an example which, it is not improbable, the others may follow. I think, too, from general information, that though some offices of a similar standing to the Protector may show larger incomes, they may not, perhaps, show so large funds. Gentlemen, there is one question which was mooted at the last general meeting, that requires a word or two from me, although it is gone into at length in the Report; it is regarding the compulsory clause in respect of Shareholders. Your Directors are not prepared to recommend its abolition. The limited number allowed to be held by an individual does, indeed, prevent these shares being purchased as an investment, when brought into the market ; but to those who are already Share holders within the limit, they offer (to their extent) a favourable purchase, as they do also to others contem plating an insurance • but the market value in the Stock Exchange list can little affect the well-being of the Com pany. As to the continued and progressive advancement of the Society, it is neither on the nominal value of its shares nor on expensive advertising that it does or must mainly depend ; it is on ourselves, Gentlemen. Yes there are enough of ourselves to carry the Society into the first rank of competition, if we will to do so. We are men of business, and our list of Proprietors will show that, as such, we are not without character as mer chants, or moral influence as men ; moreover, we are parents, sons, brothers, guardians, partners ; and in each of these characters, a reference to life insurance may be useful ; may be prudent ; may be necessary—we have marriage articles from chil dren or sisters to consider, survivorships to look to, tho withdrawing of partnership money to provide for ; and in many other ways will the varied system of busi ness in the Protector assist and befriend us. Let us, then, gentlemen, determine to support our own establishment ; let us, like Highlanders, put " shouther to shouther ;" let us determine to make a "long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," and carry with us the Protector Life Associa tion into the van of the many others who are proceeding on the same track. Gentlemen, the Secretary will read the P: in e n p ,: o s r , t, after which IVe shall be happy to hear, and to answer, to the best of our ability, any questions that may be rotation, and proposed. nadnjde rt nh e N ti Vrg retirement tai will then proceed to the election, reason of 0e xt?ireet four Directors, in the room of Messrs. Blount, Bur by have Oxley again offer diete rs ; regret.o Ir m o ,t3l — rn ettnhshtreesofivfrastethatehn Robinsonrci aeiesesto gentleman Rennie, the m enn g eda oni direc tion, I am happy to say that e_ A lv i t e r e . s s , T a h n . o d s . one o o d f d i y n o g u t r o no Auditors, ne of .Mr. Ralph Charles Price ; and for the vacant Auditorship, the e ejTy e l h a de t e. SECRETARYT Directorshopr principal iftphatehlneri that te heßeport, were Equitable, wa recapitulated wa o p h f e ye r s h Chairman in his speech. Th e CHAIRMAN then sa e d a med t w h s t them that the gentlemen proposed for the offices of Direc tors were just the same number as there were offices to to 'wh i bi n agray fo st r reh m el:- fill, therefore he apprehended they would require no ballot. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER lO, 1841. The following gentlemen were then elected Direc tors :—Messrs. G. R. Robinson, H. Oxley, Bolton Rennie, and R. C. Price, in the room of Messrs. Blount, Burton, Innes, and Jerningham. The SECRETARY then stated that the number of policies issued during the past year was 1,040. In the first year of the Society the surplus amounted to 46,0001., the second to 60,0001., the third to 72,000 L, the fourth to 79,0001., the fifth to 93,0001., and the sixth and last to 104,7651.25. 6d., whilst the annual expenses its proportion remained stationary, thus diminishing every year in proportion to the income. Mr. BOUSFIELD called on the members to exert them selves, and they would soon raise their present per tentage Thanks were then proposed to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT. Dec. 9. SMITH V. JEYES. This was a motion, on affidavit of the plaintiff, for the appointment of a receiver of the moneys belonging to the business carried on by him in co-partnership with the defendant, as solicitors in Chancery-lane, and to wind up the affairs of the partnership; which had been dissolved by the plaintiff on the ground of direct violation by de fendant, of the articles entered into by him with the plaintiff. Mr. PEMBERTON, with whom was Mr. Parker and Mr. Romilly moved for an order to have a receiver appointed of the debts due to the partnership which had subsisted between the parties in this cause, with power to wind up and settle the affairs of the partnership. It appeared that in the year 1835 the defendant, who had long carried on business as a solicitor in Chancery lane, entered into partnership, for a term of ten years, with the plaintiff, and that articles of partnership were executed between them, by which it was stipulated, among other things, that for the first five years of the term the defendant should provide two-thirds of the ca pital necessary for carrying on their business, and the plaintiff one-third, and that for the remaining period the capital should be subscribed by them in equal moieties ; and after a number of directory clauses, providing for subsistence-money, it was provided, that if either party, without the consent of the other, should withdraw, or take any of the money, effects, or property, which, for the time being, belonged to the partnership, other than or besides what he was thereby authorised so to do, then and in any such case it should be lawful for the other of them, within thirty days after the discovery, to dissolve the said partnership, by giving notice thereof in writing, and that immediately after 'such notice had been given the said partnership should cease, and be void to all intents andpyrposes. The partnership thus constituted bet teen tire parties continued until the 21st of August last, When the plaintiff served defendant with a notice of its. dissolution, and took possession of, and removed from the offices, all the books and papers belonging to the business. The grounds alleged for this step, and for the present motion, were, generally, that the defendant had directly violated the covenants entered into by him with the plaintiff in the articles of partnership, by net bringing into the busi ness his stipulated share of capital; by taking away from the business capital by which the business ought to have been carried on, and appropriating it to his own pur poses ; by misapplying moneys received by him on account of the partnership, and giving n 2, ac count of the same; and by refusingoncur wiffi the plaintiff in acts necessary for carrying the business of their partnership. Several acts were alleged in the bill as committed by the defendant, and constituting the breach of contract ; but the three following were chiefly relied on in support of the motion. First, that on the 28th of August, 1840, the plaintiff had remitted to the defendant, from Liverpool, a note for 50Z for the purpose of paying the expenses of certain witnesses necessary at a trial about to take place at the Assizes in that town, and that defendant had not so applied the money, but had received and not accounted for the same, whereby one of the clerks of the firm had been obliged to borrow money of the plaintiff's brother to defray the witnesses' expenses. Secondly, that defendant had received the sum of 54/. 95.10 d. from a Mrs. Eliason on account of the partnership, and had neglected to ac count for it until some time afterwards, and thirdly, that defendant had received the sum of 556 L Bs. Bd. on ac count of the partnership, and for the purposes of paying the same to a gentleman named Stow, in exchange for the conveyance of certain lands, to be sold by a decree of the Court of Chancery, and had drawn a check for the amount, and handed it over to a clerk of the partner ship to be so exchanged, but the conveyance not being prepared after the clerk had gone several times for it, the defendant had again obtained the check, and received the amount, and applied it for his own purposes. The bill also charged the defendant with improper behaviour towards the plaintiff, with neglect and mismanagement of the business; in proof of which it was, among other things, alleged that the proctors of the parties having applied to them for payment of their bill, and threat ened to take proceedings unless it was forthwith dis charged, the defendant caused several copies to be made of this letter, and sent to clients who were indebted to the partnership with a letter to each requesting that their accounts might be immediately paid to enable them to meet their proctors' demand. Under these cir cumstances it was contended that the plaintiff was justi fied in dissolving the partnership and entitled to the re lief prayed for, with the costs of the motion. Mr. KINDERSLEY, with whom was Mr. Wright, stated that the defendant in his answer alleged that in the year 1835, having been many years engaged in carrying on an extensive and lucrative business, and being desirous of being relieved from its labours and anxieties, he had taken the plaintiff into partnership for the purpose of conducting his business, and had provided that he himself should not be called upon to interfere with it further than should suit his own convenience. It had been for many years his practice to require from his clients annually payment of the sums expended by him on their account, which generally amounted to from 60 to 65 percent. on the bill of costs, and that consequently before plaintiff became his partner, he had never had any deficiency of capital for the pur poses of his business; but that after plaintiff had under taken the management of the business, he had neglected and refused to require payment from his clients accord ing to the custom of his office, whereby they became greatly indebted, and great difficulty was incurred in procuring payment of their debts, and in obtaining funds for carrying on the business of their office ; and that and ingratiated him self'the plaintiff had at temptedh having inpgy with e rs thus n tooadissolvelformedl ad the connection, onnst s n clients,e partnership between them, with a view to defraud defendant of his business. Defendant denied that he had committed any act in violation of the articles of partnership from the date of the notice of dissolution, alleged that the notice was conse quently null and void, and the partnership still subsisting. With respect to the three articles mainly relied on by the plaintiff. Defendant alleged that having received the note for 50/., for the purpose stated by the plaintiff, he had expended El. there in endeavouring to subistena the wit nesses, and to tender them their expenses, but without suc cess, and that, although he had left town with the balance before the witnesses departed, there was, nevertheless, sufficient funds at the office to pay their ex penses, and that he had not attempted to con ceal the receipt of the money, but had made, a memorandum of it, according to the custom of the office, and, moreover, had acknowledged it in a letter to the plaintiff on the following day. That, with respect to the sum received from Mrs. Eliason, it was true that he had omitted to enter it for four or five days after he had received it, but that he had done so accidentally, and that, if it were otherwise, the appropriation of this sum and the preceding would not have constituted a breach of the articles of partnership, as thero was at that time, and still is, due to him for subsistence money, according to the terms of the arti cles, a sum of 1,2001. With respect to the sum of 5561.85. Bd., defendant alleged that the sum could not be paid to Mr. Stone, as the payment was to depend upon the Master's report, which was not yet made, and that thinking a cheque for so large a sum ought not to remain in the hands of the clerk, he had procured it from him on the very day on which he received from Mr. Smith notice of the dissolution of partnership. De fendant also denied that he had refused to sign checks for money necessary for carrying on the busi ness of the partnership until plaintiff had refused to pay him a sum of 140 L, due to him for rent of the offices ; and with respect to the proctor's bill and letter de fendant alleged that he had only communicated it to two friends who were indebted to the firm in order to sa tisfy them they really required payment. The answer also contained detailed replies to the several other alle gations in the bill, and prayed that it might be dismissed with costs. The case was not concluded at the rising of the Court. COURT OF (,QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 9. CONSPIRACY TO CARRY THE ELECTION OF BRIDGEMASTER. THE QUEEN V. bIACNAMARA AND SIXTEEN OTHERS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Thomas Pether had made inquiries at the addresses appearing in the six lists of persons which had been produced. and there were no such persons residing at any of the addresses given. Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY - The answer I got at John Archer's, Fore-street, Limehouse, was, that he was not known. Fore-street, Limehouse, is a long street. I made inquiries at a chandler's shop, and several other places. My memorandum opposite the name of Samuel Shervill, Curtain-road, is—Not known. Could not find a Sherwood in the road. By Mr. JERVIS—I am not employed as the City so licitor's clerk, but am employed by him occasionally to make these sort of inquiries. I have known Mr. Pearse twenty-five years. Re-examined —ln many instances I could find no such street as that given in the list. Mr. L. Knapp --I am clerk to the Haberdashers' Com pany. William Trye (one of the defendants) is not a liveryman of that Company. Mr. C. B. Luttley_l am clerk to the Dyer? Com pany. Samuel Shervill, of Curtain-road, Shoreditch, is not a liveryman of that Company. The clerks to the respective Companies of Coach makers, Brewers, Blacksmiths, Clock-makers, Merchant Tailors, Drapers, Weavers, Needle-makers, Farriers, Glaziers, Barbers, Lorimers, Spectacle makers, Cooks, Bakers, Leather-sellers, Plasterers, Cordwainers, Gold and Silver Wire-drawers, and Inn-holders, were called, and proved that the names appearing in these lists put in, and which had been extracted from the poll-book, as those of persons polling at the late election for Bridgemaster, as liverymen of the different Compa nies, were not to be found in the lists of their respec tive Liveries. The names thus appearing in the poll lists, without numerous. They lik ew i se p r oved that the proposer and appearing in the livery lists , w ere very seconder of one of the candidates were liverymen. James Kemp --I am a liveryman of the Farriers' Com pany. I voted for Mr. Gibbs at the last election for Bridgemaster. I voted only once at that election. I gave my address 7, Typen-street, Bethnal-green. I said no thing about living in Fleet-street when I voted. James Thorne—l am a freeman of the Brewers' Com pany, but have never been admitted to the livery. I did not vote at the election for Bridgemaster last January, nor did I ever reside in the City-road. D. R. Harker, re-called. I saw defendant Murray at the election, and Tyre, Sherwin, Haggett, and Powell. I know Job Jones. I saw Murray active in bringing per sons up to vote for Mr. Gibbs. I observed upon several occasions as he sent them forward, he stood behind at some distance and pointed at the hustings. I remember his bringing up a person named Morris, at the time he voted in the name or Reynolds. Murray was present in the Hall when Morris voted as John Reynolds, plumber, Redcross-square, City. Morris upon that was taken into custody. I should think Murray stood about six feet from Morris when he voted. On the sixth day of the election, defendant Trye voted as Mr. Trye, haberdasher, Russell-street, Whitechapel, for Mr. Gibbs. I administered the oath to him. I know defendant Shervill. I noticed him during the election ; he voted on the sixth day as Samuel Sherwood, dyer, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, for Mr. Gibbs. I adminis tered the oath to him. I know Haggett ; on the sixth day he veted as Mr. Smith, cord-maker, Paul-street, Fins bury. I administered the oath to him. About an hour and a half after I saw the same man at No. 3 booth—he was polling. My attention was drawn to him by policeman Cayle. I saw him again in about an hour at No. 2 poll booth ; he then gave the name of Thomas Smith, farrier, 4, Huntingdon-street, Iloxton. I then taxed him with having voted twice previously that morning. He said he had not, he had two brothers. Some one on the hustings said there are. three brothers, and the oath was administered to him ; at that time he was dressed differ ently to what he had been before. I have since heard that his name is Haggett. He is in Court now, and I recognise him. I saw the defendant Jones on the sixth day of the election. He voted as John Jones, blacksmith, Windsor-street, Islington, for Gibbs. I saw Powell vote at No. 2 booth. I administered the oath to Jones. Powell voted on the sixth day, as W. Powell, clockmaker, Curtain-road, Shoreditch. The oath was administered to him ; he voted for Mr. Gibbs. He was much engaged in the election. I have seen him talking to M‘Namara, on one or two occasions. Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—I took a great many votes ; more than a thousand, I should think. I kn ow Powell, the defendant, was the person who voted, from having seen him frequently during the election, which lasted seven days. I have never had any communication with Morris. Cross-examined by Mr. HEATON—I took Trye's vote on the sixth day. Idid not know him before. By the CouiT—lfe was brought up to vote by a per son of the name of Browning. I knew Browning was active for Mr. Gibbs, and after what had occurred with Haggett, I was more on the alert, and that makes me recollect Try e. By Mr. THODIAS—T have been employed by the soli citor for the prosecution to write the lists that have been given in, and have been paid for it. Ido not recollect knowing Murray before the election. Ido not know whether Morris was an agent of either party or not. Morris and Murray walked side by side, aad Murray stopped short at the railing. I cannot swear to anything they said. I had known Shervill for a year or two. I had never seen Morris before that election, I did not know what Shervill was. I do not think I saw him again during the election. I did not know when I took his vote whether he was a liveryman or not. It was after Mor ris had been been taken into custody that Mr. Gibbs was declared the successful candidate. At the conclusion of this witness's examination, the Court adjournedfor a quarter of an hour for refreshment. Lord Denman previous to retiring stated that he should take no other cause to-day. On the re-assembling of the Court the examination of witnesses was resumed. W. Jacques—l was one of the poll-clerks at the elec tion for Bridgemaster. I know defendant Haggett. I remember his coming up to tender his vote to me in the first instance. He had polled once, and two days after I recognised him coming to poll again. lie polled the first time at my booth, and was going up the second time to poll at Hawkes's booth. I see Haggett in Court now. I cannot swear positively that he came to vote with me more than once. I know defendants M‘Namara and Hogg. I saw M‘Namara frequently at Guildhall during the elec tion coming up with persons who voted. I saw the de fendant Powell at the election at the Hall in the same manner. I know defendant Darrow. I saw him vote at No. 1 booth, and again afterwurds at No. 2 booth. I men tioned the fact at the time to Emans, and Darrow was taken into custody in the name of Baker. I remember Bradstock voting with me. I asked him his name, and he gave it Thomas Bradstock, draper, 4, Newport-ter race, Mile-end. I administered the oath to him, and re corded his vote for Mr. Gibbs. Cross-examined by Darrow—l do not recollect the day you polled. I cannot describe how you were dressed. I was taken to the Queen's Bench to identify you. J. C. Meech—l am a liveryman of the lunholders' Com pany. I knew defendant Bradstock. I saw him at the election; he presented his vote at the hustings. I was em ployed by the agents of Mr. Gibbs as check-clerk. Brad stock attempted to give the name of Bradlock, or Black stock. I said his name was Bradstock. I said it to Mr. Jacques, the poll-clerk. I asked Bradstock how long he had been a liveryman, he said fourteen months. I then asked his address, and I think he said in Cleveland-row, but I do not distinctly recollect. He voted for Mr. Gibbs. I have known him since 1832. Soon after that, I saw him at the British Oak public house. I said to him, " You polled at the last election ;" he answered " Yes." I asked him how long he had been a liveryman? he said six months. A person asked if he recollected the oath he took ? He said Yes. He was then asked how many times he had polled ? He said once. He was then asked how much he had for his vote ? and he said a crown. John Cayle—lam a police constable in the City police. I was in the Guildhall at the City election for Bridge master. I know Haggett, and Langley, and Darrow. I saw Haggett towards the latter end of the election polling in No 1 booth. I observed him take the oath. He polled in the name of Smith. I saw him poll again at No. 3. He then took the oath. I observed the fact to Harker. He came up a third time on the same day, and polled at booth No. 2. He was again sworn. On that Harker accused him of having polled before. Haggett said he would swear he had not polled before. He had on then a black velveteen coat, a cigar in his mouth, and his cheeks blacked. I did not see Langley poll. He was in the hall, near the poll-clerk, where persons usually stood when about to vote. I saw him after he was taken into custody, and recognized him at the Judge's chambers. He said he should not have done so, only he had been advised by one party, and had voted under the direction of Mr. Moodie Hill, who said it was a privilege he might nse with safety, as it was a City sift. I saw Darrow in Guildhall. He was afterwards given into my custody. Cross-examined--I never saw Haggett before the elec tion. It was some months after before I saw him in the Bench. I was there a considerable time with Haggett and Darrow. It was four months after the election before Haggett was taken into custody. Cross. examined by Mr. JERVlS—Christie, Burke, Martin, Mr. Pearson's clerk, Mr. Croucher, agent for Mr. Ledger, accompanied me to the Bench on the first occasion. I cannot say whether several of the defendants were called cut by name, and whether the Marshal did not interfere to prevent it. I never heard him. On the second occasion they were not called out by name. We went and sat and smoked, and drank with them, Christie paid for what we had. We went from the office of the City Solicitor on both occasions. _ Re-examined—lt was by direction of the City Solici. tor's clerk that we went. Thomas Chapman—l am a liveryman of the Gold and Silver Wire-drawers Company. I voted for Mr. Ledger. I had a brother named John Chapman, a liveryman; he died in May, 1840. Defendant M'Namara, knew my brother by sight. I saw M'Namara during the ejection for Bridgemaster the morning I voted. He asked me how my brother was. I said he was dead, and M'Na mara expressed his sorrow. R. T. Perkins—l am a grocer, living in Clerkenwell. lam a liveryman. I interested myself for Mr. Ledger. I know defendants M'Namara and Simpson. I saw them frequently during the election. I saw M'Namara accompany several to the hustings, who voted for Mr. Gibbs. M'Namara and myself had some talk about Chapman's vote. Al.`Namara said to me Thomas Chap man has been to poll ,for you, where is John ? I told him John had been dead for several weeks. He said, " Oh, never mind, I am not very particular as to what we poll, we have plenty of money, and we mean to win this election." I saw Darrow in custody. He was brought into the Committee-room. Croucher said he had polled when he was not a freeman. Darrow cried, and said he was very sorry for what he had done. He confessed that he was not a liveryman, nor a freeman. I went to the address he had given, and there was no such person living there. Ci;ls-examined by Mr. KELLY—I am sure M'Namara knew I was opposed to him. Mr. Thompson was standing near when I had this conversation with M'Namara. Thompson was also in the interest of Mr. Ledger. I have not seen him for the last four months. I was en gaged at the City election for 1837, in the Reform interest. I will swear that not 10/. passed through my hands at that election. I gave money to two or three for their expenses. I gave those persons a sovereign. I had the money of my own, and paid it out of my own pyeket. I had received no money from any body before. I gave money to six persons. It was to pay the expenses of coach-hire from the neighbourhood of Islington and Clerkenwell to the committee-room. It was for their coach-hire and their loss of time for the half day. After the election was over, I received money to the amount of 101. ; that was all I received. I said I had expended money to that amount ; the remaining 41. was for my expenses during th e e l ect i on. I gave ev id ence b efore the Committee of the House of Commons, summoned by the opposite party to that for which I had acted at the election. Cross-examined by Mr. JARVIS—I am now a grocer. Three years ago I was a jobber or clerk on the Stock Exchange ; I jobbed on my own account ; I was en gaged for six or sev en y ears i n t h at way. I never h a d any thing to do with Dublin and Kilkenny Railway shares. I. -went frequently on the hustings during the course of the election for Beidgemaster. Mr. Banner—l was poll-clerk No. 6. On Monday, the sixth day of the election, a person voted with me in the name of John Chapman, gold and silver wire -drawer, St. John -street-road. It must have been late in the day. James Christie, Superintendent of Bethnal-green Workhouse—l was employed on behalf of Mr. Ledger. I was in the Guildhall during the election on the 20th January. I saw Darrow vote. Mr. Thompson and myself went and took him into custody. We took him to the Guildhall Coffee-house. He begged to be let off, saying he had only done what others had done. He said he had voted four or five times. I saw Court at the election. He is not in custody. I saw him vote. I do not believe he is a liveryman. I knew M'Namara and Powell. I saw them at the Guildhall-yard together. I know Morris. I saw him and Powell together during the election in Guildhall. Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I was not super intendent at the workhouse at the time of the election. I solicited persons to vote for Mr. Ledger, but I did not take any to the poll. I went to Guildhall to watch bad characters. I was paid for my time by Mr. Croucher. I was paid 7s. 6d. a day. I was then ale-conner of Shoreditch. I did not solicit Mr. Johnson of Old street-road. I know Cayle the policeman. I have been talking with him since he was examined here to-day. He said he was asked if he had been over to the Bench. That was all he said to me. I will swear he said nothing more about it. He said I have been told about never going over to the Bench. He did not say in my hearing when the visit was made to the Bench. The first two visits took place a fortnight since. Mr. Martin, Mr. Croucher, Mr. Harker, Cayle, and my self went. Ido not thi n k th ere was anybody else. There were two persons went with us whose names I do not know. They are now outside. I did neither. The defendants asked for Mr. Martin. Went in before I did. On going in Haggett and Darrow were in the lobby. I did not see the Marshal or Deputy-Marshal. Those were the only two of the defendants that I saw there. On our second visit I went into the tap and stayed there about an hour. Cayle was with me, but no one else of our party. Darrew and Haggett were there. I volun teered to give them some half-and-half. I knew the indictment had been found against them. We went to see if we could see any persons we knew. We did not recognise anymore. I paid for the beer. I have never been repaid. I have no account to put it down in. I shall never ask for it. Ido not expect to be paid. I had no instructions to spend any money. I suppose I paid about ls. 6d. I will swear that I did not hear Cayle say that he had sworn in this Court that I had paid for the beer. Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—I began to watch in the Hall on the third day. I have had about three guineas altogether from Mr. Pearson. W. Browning was called upon his subpoena but did not appear. _ _ Mr. H. MorriS—l am a plumber, painter, and glazier. I remember the election for Bridgemaster, in January. I voted at that election. I was at a beer-shop belonging to Silverthorne, in the City-road, on a Tuesday evening. During the election Haggett, Snow, and Silverthorne were present. We were drink ing. A man named Knightly came into the room and spoke, to Haggett. They went out together. On Haggett's return I asked what he had got to say. He said the election was going on in the City, and if I liked to go down in the morning I could have ss. every time I voted, and every one else might have the same. He spoke to all there, and said he hoped we should all be down at the Bell. I went the next morn ing and roet Haggett and Black at Silverthorne's. We went to the Bell Inn, near the Guildhall, into a back room on the first floor. Silverthorne, Jones. and Snow, came after. Shervill was in the room when we arrived. Hogg and Murray came shortly after, as did Knightly. I asked how it was going to be done. Murray said you could go and poll in any Company you liked. I said I did net understand it, as I was not a freeman. He said it did not matter how I did it, if I polled for Gibbs. On our way to the Guildhall Hogg said to me, " You stand, and when I nod my head you go to the poll-book." I went to the poll and waited until he nodded his head, and then I polled with Mr. Harker, and gave my name Mr. Morris, Hoxton-square. I polled as of the Comb-makers. Langley, Salmon, Haggett, and Black were with me. I saw them go up, but can't say if they polled. We went back to the Bell. Hogg took down the name of the Company we had polled in. We then had some refreshment. I saw Murray go out with a lot more and return with them and take down their names as they had done with me. In about half an hour I went with Murray and polled again. Murray asked me if I would go again, and I said Yes, I did'nt mind. Langley, Salmon, and Clark went with me, then I voted again as Wm. Smith, of the Plumbers' Company. I then went to the furthest booth. I then returned to the Bell and gave the name and Company to Hogg, as I had done before; the others did the same, some giving their names to Hogg, and some to Murray. After remaining about an hour I returned to the Guildhall with Hogg, and polled asW. Mattwood. Shervill, Silverthorne, Clark and Black, went with me on this third occasion. They went up to the polling-place as I did. When Silverthorne came back'he said he had polled as Thorne, brewer, of Castle street, City-road. I had not always the same clothes .. .. on. We had a Mackintosh, which Was sometimes worn by one and sometimes by another. When I polled a third time I had on Haggett's coat and he had on my Mackintosh. Silverthorne bad the Mackintosh once. Hogg, Murray, Shervill, and Black were present during these arrangements about the dress. After polling the third time I asked Hogg for my money, he said I must stop till the poll was closed. I did not get it then. When the poll was closed we went three and four at a time to the Three Brewers, London-wall. Murray was there, and sent us to a public-house in Moorfields. Hogg, who was in the bar, sent me up stairs. Snow, Haggett, Black, Murray, Bradstock, Silverthorne, and all of them were there. I asked for the money, and Hogg said stop till Shervill comes in, for he has got the list. When Shervill came it was found that Haggett and I had voted three times, and Black twice. Black got change for a sovereign, and I had 6s. Bd. The sovereign was given by Hogg, and had been lent him by a man named Powell. It was ar ranged to pay the other pound at Brookman's, in Leaden hall market. I, Snow, Haggett, and Silverthorne, went to Silverthorne's beer-shop, where I sold the other 6s. Bd. to Snow for 4s. The next clay I went to the Bell, and did not see anybody there. I was told Darrow was in custody. I went the next afternoon and polled again. In the Hall I saw Murray, who asked me if I wAtild poll once. I told him I did not mind. He said, Be very care ful ; there is a little suspicion. I polled as John Rey nolds, plumber, Redcross-street. I was taken into cus tody. lam neither a freeman nor a liveryman. I saw M‘Namara on the Tuesday, talking to Hogg. They were on the stairs. I was in the back room. I have not seen Black since. Ido not see him in Court now, that I am aware of. I know Brookes. He is not the same man as is meant by Black. I saw Brookes in the back-room during the election, but never saw him poll. I saw'Clark at the Bell. I saw him about my bail when I was in custody. I went before the Grand Jury in April. Haggett came to me a week before that, and asked me to go and see Hogg. Hogg and I met afterwards, on the day I ought to have gone before the Grand Jury. We drank to gether, and he said if I would not go before the Grand Jury he would allow me a 11. a week as long as I had any occasion to stop away. Powell and Sherrill were present. I have recognized, Langley, Salmon, Snow, Darrow, and Haggett, since they have been in custody. I have been at work for Mr. Howlett, Aldersgate-street, since I went before the Grand Jury. APNamara once said he would do something for me, if I would only go away. This was at a public house in Smithfield. Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY—I do not know the sign of the public-house. I was in custody about six weeks on a charge of perjury. A bill was found against me. I made a confession to the Governor of Newgate. I expected to be tried on the Monday. Mr. Pearson called and said to me he had seen what I had said to the Governor, and that if I would tell all I knew about it I should be let out. I was told it would be better for me. I have had a policeman with me for the last two or three days. I have been in custody four or five times before this for being intoxicated, and such as that. The first time was on suspicion of stealing some shoes ; that was four years ago, when I was 22. I was in custody two days. Ido not recollect when I was next in custody. I have been twice in custody on a charge of stealing— once for getting into a man's stable, where I went to lie down. Mr. KELLY—Were you not in custody on a charge of stealing hay ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. KELLY—Straw ? Witness—Yes, sir. I do not recollect why I was in custody on the other occasion. I was once in custody on suspicion on a charge of stealing in Ratcliffe-highway. Mr. KELLY—Stealing what ? Witness—Nothing. There was nothing to steal. This is the first time I ever turned Queen's evidence. I have been committed as a rogue and vagabond for three months to Clerkenwell. I polled four times at the election, and on the three last times I swore that I had not polled before. I did not understand the oath. I knew that I was swearing I had not polled before, and I knew that I had polled before. I swore that I was a freeman and liveryman, and I knew that I was then swearing falsely. Cross-examined by Mr. THOMAS—I have not lived with my wife for the last twelve months. She used to assist in supporting me. She had no business. She did not use to go out of a night. She went out of a day, and sometimes brought home money to me. She never brought any men home. I believe she obtained the money by seeing somebody else, and this I knew when living with her. When this witness left the Court, his exit was accom panied by a loud hiss. This expression of disapproba tion was, however, checked by the officers. Charles Langley—l keep a public-house in Moorfields. I know Mr. Hogg, and saw him there soon after the election in January. There were several persons with him who were not in the habit of coming there. Hogg came first, and asked to have the up-stairs room for a short time. He said some men were coming ; there were from twenty to thirty. They had something to drink. Hogg.paid for it. I gave him 7/. or 8/. of silver change. They remained about an hour and a half. Ann Webster—l kept the Bell in January last. I know Simpson. He engaged a room two or three days before the election. He was alone. I saw him and M‘Namara together several times after. Many persons came to the room after it was engaged. Among them M'Namara and Simpson. Simpson paid for the room. The persons who used it had refreshments. I received tickets and money, the tickets were paid by Simpson. I do not think M'Namara paid for any. They were signed, some by M'Namara and some by Simpson. Thos. Irving, the waiter at the Bell in January last, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Cross-examined by Mr. JAavis—The great room was the Committee-room; all the rest of the house was open to our customers.. in I acted January. as check -clerk h p t er at e I know defendant Powell, and saw him go up to the polling place No. 5. There was a man named Darrow there, but I should not know him again. John White—l am a printing-ink manufacturer. During the election in January last I was at the Roe buck in the Hackney road, with Drysdale, Turner, and several others. Some one came in there, but I cannot recognise him here. I saw a person in prison. I be lieve it was the man, but am not sure. I think it was. Lord DENMAN—You had better call some one else ; he is not sure about it. G. K. Trourne—l am a jeweller. During the election in a person named Gibbs applied t o me a b ou t it. r a e r e y d to meet him next day at the Jolly C oo p ers , January agreed in Clerkenwell. I there saw a man named Browning. I went to the Bell and saw a person called Simpson. Browning was present. I never saw Simpson again. I saw the person to-day that I consider to be the person, in Palace-yard. I voted on the day I saw Simpson. I I did not vote in my own name, and I have forgotten the name I voted in. It was written on a card which was given to me by Browning, at the Coopers, and he intro duced me by that name to Simpson. No one was with EVENING SUN,_. me when I saw the person to-day in Palace-Yar c ;', o i person named J us ti n sa id go and look end see if , know the person with the umbrella. I did so , anu a . that man is the one who w a s called Simpson at the 01: George Justin—l know Simpson, the defendant•_i saw him to-day i n P a l ace -y ar d with an umbrella, lur" directed Troume's attention to him. Cross-examined by Mr. JARVIS—I am a debt CO I have been a news-agent. I was in the police ow time. I left it becau se I wa s tired of it. I W 71, geant, and I was degraded to the ranks. I contin, t hi the police four years after that. I was engaged election for Mr. Ledger; that brought me here to - uaP the have been employed by the City Solicitor's Clerk ja b business of this prosecution ten or twelve days- v i e r taken witnesses to the office of Mr. Pearson. A i le 'd goo d job rs. told Mr. Ferris that he and I should make a it. Mr. Simpson is the Ruler of the Fellowship porte d I was on the terrace opposite the Hall, when I dir ee 0 the attention of Troume to Mr. Simpson. Simps on on the terrace. t the Troume recalled—When I went into the roo m Bell, Browning introduced me with a card in my hand to e then Simpson, and left roe. Mr. Simpson said to see m th an "Go with him." I went and voted and came back , the v, said "It is all right," and Simpson paid me the 1115'ne e d Bs. 6d. M'Namara was in the room when I was p ain mo Cros ney, but I mi do not know if he saw it. bl s-exam by Mr. JARVIS—We were else , the coffee-house, when Justin told me to look at i person with the umbrella. lam not a liveryraa n 4 e d, swore I was at the election, and I consider myself P er ./ u s ei Charles Clark—l *am a copper-brazier. I ree e dia l the election for Bridgemaster. I know Browning , Tbita no talk with him about the election. I went " 1 " - 1, from Sutton-street to the White Bear, St. John -Std f sho from there to a public-house in a court at the back ° roi l Guildhall. I went to the Bell, and inquired fora P e ke a named Simpson. I was sent up stairs, and w 55 s e to what I wanted. I said I wanted Simpson, an d C5O I vote for Gibbs. Mr. Simpson asked me my na me : l uta said John Alfred. He asked what Cour e j t oota I said the Goldsmiths'. Some one in the asked who sent me, and I said Browning: „f the name was written down, and I was sent 011 ' I room with one of the party ; I think by Sloe; sr went to Guildhall-yard, and was delivered over bm i for other person, who took me into the Hall, and Ir the Gibbs, in the name of John Alfred. I returneu t obiett Bell. Simpson asked me if I h a d v oted ; I W e l ; d ra pses• Yes. I had some ale, and recei ve d 7 s . 6d. from or wa s Cross-examined by Mr. jARvIs—I swore I of a liverymen at the Hall. I carry on the basinesigok copper-brazier at 29, Sutton-street, Clerkenwel l • with my father. e oa ° Thomas James Jones—l am a liverymen • t h lr I know defendant M'Namara, and saw him W 1" for Simpson at the Bell before I voted at the electleb s Bridgemaster, in January last. I voted for G' uCif received 10s. from Mr. M'Namara. He asked ill had voted ; I said Yes. txttrained Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY—I was e: „. ear witness in the case of Sheppard v. Gibbs. w- d - orig ployed as a door-keeper by Mr. Gibbs' Commi ttee , c es the election. I was to receive 21. for niVerLiderel door-keeper, and that 10s. was part of it. 1 e° ,;er, it as remuneration for my services as door -I ' e ' not as a bribe for my vote. t th e Hardwick Trye---I am a liveryman. I r h , lie r last election for Bridgemaster f o r Mr. had polled I went to the Bell. I rec e ived 7 5 ' - by S se r; going along Coleman-street. 'lt w as given fo i e brotb e n " pard, who had taken me to the Bell. I ha dead named Wm. Trye, a liveryman, but he has been years. That was the case for the prosecution. of dell; Mr. CHADWICK JONES applied on behalf N e ji, dant Brookes, who had been indicted 55 against whom there was no evidence. w as 013315 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL th oug ht there nee. 0 ° evidence. _ Lord DENMAN would look o ver the evid e l ,7 o . application could be renewed to-morrow nwr ll 7 . to The Court then adjourned at seven o'clock, past-nine to-morrow morning. SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 9. MATTHEWS V. BIDDULPH. BiddS o lt This was an action brought against Rober t ' f C Esq., one of the leading pa r t ners in the firm by Biddulph, and Co., bankers of Charing-cress, dead William Mathews, a gentleman holding a c° ,l, — • are' . situation in the establishment of Mr. Prosser, for known army accoutrement maker, of Charing."' the recovery of damages for false imprisonme nt ' t . Mr. Charles Phillips appea r ed for the defenclanoteris; Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the plaintiff, he fl ' re e d O ft' upon his case, intimated to his Learned F ri° r ° a sti Phillips) that the plaintiff was quite willing W d 01 49 further proceeding, if Mr. Biddulph would acitil°' d id his error in giving him into custody. t, Mr. PHILLIPS, having consulted with the case must proceed. nlsis r r Mr. JAMES then proceeded to say, that the r had been confidentially employed by gri as r t, r o ° lo i li e o e ' bic three years previous to the Bth of January e h day he was sent by Mr. Prosser to lodge some the bank of Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, arid, baba was nearly directly opposite Mr. Prosser's Pis ee w he o ; ness, and had been absent for about ten minu tes iii i iatl i Pi; returned to his (Mr. Prosser's) office with Mr. v rg e J° who sent for a policeman, and gave him in ch , l 3 „iellt i) t ,' i e esnx r: d pht e rohe a ,es v sl o nve u aid endeavouring h n eib g soa fatnosclool:nib. astonishment nmteahneht Thompson,laarni establishment.d ad stb.ie check-bookdisbelief 0 11 s inf f Ft : c h a ir i e t " el ;, o , r 5r ire` eoia; e but Mr. Biddulph persisted in it, saying, ---th st c se a n m t e fo i r nto a thbelanbkankeihnegetbuosoek, a f n or d s 3 U - f i r d . 1 11 ,1 ,: 0 0 0 01 , aoangfo ing refused, nhi m nti esrardenaefr: out ue w a, tdt h e: A o ds and upon being asked who sent him, p fk l rie e ; w d f i the vi t s a w s a, hthe Biddulph) followed him out, and es h te e ",The b : 1 1 , shop until he came back again n a t s l a i n ; r p w . : i s fa i I:.sW-3 lea fr' hying f ib a e i in only ten minutes away,. from the tiao darav, at it disbelief,l er i ewp 7a l i sta t he i e n ae g s outside. hurry, n t nil:0 iva, ank ge time, transacted his business in ' the bone to arra de would so t' would be impossible for him to have 115 d the inan ner Mr. any plan to send a boy into the bank ' ° , e ptatio ns, scribed. Notwithstanding. these rePr e— taken in Ce Biddulph persisted, and the plaintiff wssd ii:jeg ...str b e e tody of a policeman along Whitehall s ° • locit t • to Gardiner's-lane police-station, at f° lir q c next ra°l. l ll s. evening, and thence removed to Bow-streee the gag , e ing, where an examination took place he f°r _d: L. to re re° ol ' - trates, but no indictment was preferred ; a " he w ar e e this stain upon Mr. Mathews' character' re ed pelled to institute the present action. rd the L e 3 Evidence having been adducedin supi Vr "" la Counsel's statements, his b ig d to ott ld Mr. PHILLIPS could only say, with rega r i , ; , life ;e n• respectable client, the whole tenour of coos c "i 0 0 lead to an inference that he was only tiously in the present case. The plaintiff in venien ce en v had only himself to blame for the ino n ies trt o if a cting that a ct he suffered. A blank check-book is the first - 5 ft,er sought by forgers, and he hoped the JurY, 01 0 do • looking on both sides of the question, vi client justice. de fe nce, - t - Several witnesses were called for the went for tbe whom was George Atkinson, the lad who cler k i 0 05i as the P check-book, who said his father was a swo re P v bo office of the Morning Post newspaper. " coo ° tively to the identity of Mathews, • ch e sent him for the check-book. all h is tb° Mr. JAMES addressed the Jury, and said t op . 0 0 wanted, was to have the case stated before U pa pit, his character might be cleared from th e fthe pre e ,;s' which had been cast upon it by the report oIL tbe Se l o ings at Bow-street, which had appeared 111 , 05 •4 0° papers ; but this had been denied to him in c' ea t„ of Mr. Biddulph refusing to prefer an indic t° fe r The UNDER-SHERIFF having summed u uet p, ro. _ A 5 The Jury, after a short consultation, r diet for the plaintiff—Damages 501. ye* tbar lef t ' It is stated that the late Sir Francis ChlAn tib iill holding to the last the high esteem for, ha s l i b " throughout his whole career distinguished h'",V en t t o by will, an income of 3001. a-year to the Pre s ' lles t 0 ° Royal Academy for the time being. This bet commence, however, until the death of his vv COr S ci PATENT LEVER SILVER lAT i' — A e ch , li the E. J. 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