The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE. _ - C HANCERY, -(THIS DAY.) OLIVER V. LATHAM. The further arguments in this part-heard tithe t e re occupied the' Court the whole day. The plain t iAl. l ...nutt curate of Barlastone, by tt °ill claimed, in right of holding that character, t i l ae tithes of hay, calves, milk, and adgistment. On case coming on before the Vice-Chancellor Knight ~: r r e, he di rec t e d cer t a i n i ssues t o t ry th e plaintiff's t to the tithes he claimed, and from that judg wert,it the present appeal was brought. h e arguments had not concluded when our Even 4"g Edition went to press. T ICE-CHANCERY.,-(THIS DAY.) Vice -Chancellor of England was occupied the ole day with demurers and further directions. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings after Term before • Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) Th' THE QUEEN V. CHRISTIAN. 18 WaS an indictment charging the defendant having committed wilful and corrupt perjury, Van affidavit sworn to by defendant in a cause in the kt-Chancellor's Court. ,kr• Thesi ger , 111 r. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin ap tOtred f or t h e prosecut i on; and Mr. Kelly and Mr. Tozhers for the defendant. 1t• appeared that a Mr. Fannin, a French refugee, ri e died in 1806, and had made several wills at dif ferent times of his life. By one of these wills he had the. t certain portions of his property to Mr. Christian, father of defendant, certain other portions to a irr e • Devereux, and the remaining portion to a Catho whiPVest. He subsequently made a different will, e u he deposited with Mr. Christian. In 1814 h , s _ r • Devereux preferred his claim before the Com -I.ioners of French Claims, and called upon Chris yto produce the will. Christian said the will was 4, , but his son, the defendant, had a copy, which he' Was produced, and Devereux was successful in l awi el aim• The Commissioners of Charities in Ire '4, Who claimed under one of these wills, filed a 1 8 , in Chancery against Devereux, and the Commis -24t of French Claims paid into Court the sum of g o 7 l . Old Mr. Christian died in 1827, and his Ir" the defendant, then presented a petition to the mZ•Chancellor, setting forth his claims to the pro- As twenty y e ars had elapsed since the corn icement (A' the suit, defendant was obliged to O ,,Ke an affidavit, stating why he had suffered his t rol to remain dormant so long ; and it was alleged, rz4 t ill that affidavit he had committed perjury, by :statin g all the filets, of the case, and suppressing 1 1 :3' essential circumstances. • KELLY took several technical objections to the Z e ttnent, the discussion of which took up the greater of the morning. k r e e d veral of the objections taken having been over -1• 4 ; • KELLY t oo k an o bj ec ti on t o the admission of t 4 th e ( )Pee copy of the affidavits, made by defendant in Court of Chancery. The office copy, which was ab so ir stated to be an examined copy, contained various .reviations of words, which in, the original were l 'htt en Prod at length, as was admitted by the witnesswho L oced th e copy . sa°rcl DENMAN held the objection to be fatal. It y . a most i m p ro p er p rac ti c e, for the purpose of to „ 14 8' a little time, to introduce contractions into t o rieB of documents to be given in evidence. Such Its should agree wor d f or wor d w ith th e or iginal. the Ja I direction of the Court, acquitted the ry, )37 defendant. 1 1.. . MUM. CON.—JAMES V. LENNOX. "is was an action brought by the plaintiff to Denver damages from the defendant for criminal `utlversation with the plaintiff's wife. 113jr• TAYLOR having opened the pleadings, 11 , 0 411 e SO LICITOR -G ENERAL sa id th a t the plaintiff e o s an officer in the service of the East India theVa and had married the lady who was o unfortunate subject of the present action, } ,,_ne time in the year 1837. The marriage had ,711 place in Ireland, and shortly afterwards the matiff and his wife had proceeded to India, where t iainti ff •• They remained there, ivi _ Joined his regiment. ng happily together until the close of 1840,when Mrs. aches met with an acc id en t by falling from her horse, L l i,,, e 'nsequence of w hi c h her health became so affected t t - t rlit was con s id ere d necessar y that she should return k. s ."-;hgland. her p assage was accordingly taken from ;:eutta in a ship, commanded by Captain Ingram, "se wife was on board, and in which a Mr. and ll ' Curtis had also taken their passage. Mrs. f" 41 ., es was placed under their care. Un "nnately on the passage home, the vessel to uched at Madras, where the defendant , who wa s also an officer in the East India Company's ser pice, carne on board and took his passage for Eng and• During the voyage an intimacy sprung up be tween defendant and plaintiff's wife, which had even thally to such a length as to render Ive present action necessary. The defendant a 4 110 friend or acquaintance of the plaintiff shi - ` therefore he could not urge a breach of friend-' had aggravation of his conduct, but still the lady °l:k "introduced to him as the wife of a brother du et d ' and he must be held responsible for his con lanearing the voyage, and after his arrival in Eng inte • Thesiger (with whom was Mr. Ball), here °d on the part of the defendant. He ct i'"ed that he bad no available defence to the b e "I' , and he was most anxious that all parties should , a Pared th e pain of the present investigation. He I , er g a therefore t o prose to his Learned Friend, that a Th e should be taken for plaintiff with 1 001 . damages. p t SOLICITOR-GENERAL was willing to accept the °Position of his Learned Friend. D i a l ' Ile Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the sti ff — Damages 1001. .43c , --, - , REQUER COURT—THIS DAY. 'ne Cou r t sa t i n b an co, and proceeded with the v e llia ining cases in the special paper. The arguments t il e s as usual on such occasions, of a purely technical " 4 rBcter, and involved no point of general interest. SE CONDARIES.--(THIS DAY.) TIIIa.MATTIIEWS V. EVANS. f or " IS was an action to recover the sum of 8 7 1 . 16 s. board and lodging. The defendant, a widow, ap peared to defend the action. -the first witness called was a charwoman, who was that"lonally employed by the plaintiff. She stated wit , about two years ago the defendant came to live h th iin e plaintiff. She was to board and lodge The defendant—How do you know that ? The SECONDARY--Stop, your turn will come pre -IJI and, I dread the cross-examination. t oo , T he witness went on to state, that the defendant vh : thr ee rooms in the house. She did not know teals she was to pay for them. She used to take her ms 's• the plaintiff. itt rs S . Evans Didn't we have taters, and herrings , some sausages, and sometimes—(Laughter) — ti We We sometimes go without dinner, and some tr e s 'have a shoulder of mutton to last all the week ? D i d n ' t e-- 4u - r• Secondary JAMES—Now, which question do Iles Iles Wish an swere d first, Mrs. Evans To the wit v s '" - -How did th e family live ? Witness—Some- Imes they had chops for dinner, with potatoes and 'Jeer. to l i tt's• Evans---Chops and beer, indeed. I wish I 1114 have 'em.—(Laughter.) Why, war'nt I a ser- Iv a , nt to 'ern? Warn't I sent down into the kitchen 4'n them there preachers come, ens , I wasn't Corn ' I s,,hed enough ? and didn't I— ti.,'lr• Secondary JAMES—N9w, pray ask one ques -.11.at a time. „: I rs. Evans—Well, Sir, sometimes we had faggots for supper, Z ) sttwnpence. But when them preachers came there summut else, but I had non e. Opp : SECONDARY intimated that she would have an V.‘"ity of making her statement. called Matthews, .the daughter of the_ plaintiff, was her falhalle4 proved that the defendant ha d resided with , and also' boarded for two years. with the -e , vans—Did I ever have any thing to drink Preachers in the parlour ? Did I occupy ''• se threerooms ? Now tell me the truth, my dear . T S h e ( 13 . 11 these - questions the witness a nswered that Atrs. Evans—You know that I always sat in the lte nen, and they used to send me summut t o eat down whe n th e preachers was there. : trto . Mr. Secondary JAMES—WeII, but why did you with them if they used you so ill ? Mrs. Evans This I was ill and delicate.—(Laughter.) 4 -his being the case for the plaintiff, Mrs. Evan s do se to tvidre!,,s the Jury. First of all, as she could not mad, she b egge d t o h an d u p a newspaper containing a police report, in which a broker had been committedto p r ison for s e i z i ng h er goo d s a t the instigation of the plaintiff. i ntifft This was however, not admitted as evidence. then st a t e d th a t s h e had' placed her furniture in e house of the plaintiff, for which she was to have 3 I,: a t r d and lodging, and that now she wished to leave, turned round upon her and brought this action. all his was not pleaded; and as the action had been wed to go by default, it could not be proved in "videriee. ;Th Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; - , l ,,ges 52/. Evans then begged the Jury to read her news ' 41 P'per• This being declined, she wished the usher to so e • But she was unsuccessful, and she left the nrir• t in high dudgeon, wishing the Sheriff to inform ner 31he called that justice. ‘Y) It ,was stated in Court that she was abill discounter. I NI - SOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY. IN RE JOHN GEORGE SMITH. The inAOIVeIII had been discharged under the Act In 183 9, f-,-om liabilities amounting to 739/. In the Present instonce all that was available to his creditors, were two debts, both of which were described as bad. Mr. COOKE applied to have T. Easel, Esq., a Cap tain in the Royal Navy, appointed assignee. He had lent the insolvent 601., in security for which he got the lease of certain premises. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the habits of a naval officer were not adapted for such an office as assignee to an insolvent's estate. He should appoint one of the trade creditors. The insolvent was then ordered to be discharged. IR RE WILLIAM JACKSON. The insolvent's petition to be discharged was op posed by Mr. Cooke, on the grounds of undue pre ference. It appeared that he had 'executed a warrant of at • torney in favour of Messrs. Ellington and Wells, the extensive ale brewers, who thus became possessed of all the property.—Discharged. IN RE THOMAS BIRD HUGHES.. The insolvent in this case was a barrister, residing in chambers in the Inner Temple. The amount of debts which appeared in his schedule was about 1,2001. in the aggregate, and the number of Creditors was 71. In reply to Mr. Commissioner Harris, he said he had been writing for Loan Societies ; was entitled to no property in reversion or possession. Had some law books and other documents at his chambers. _ _ Mr. Commissioner HARRIS—You are entitled to retain your law books. He was declared entitled to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.), An elderly man, who gave his name as HenryWat kind, and who stated that he was an attorney, was charged with the following shocking assault upon Mr. Millar, of the Strand, whereby he has • entirely lost the sight of one eye. A professional gentleman appeared for Mr. Millar, who, from the injuries he had received, was quite unable to attend, and stated that the prisoner last evening came into the shop of Mr. Millar, who is a cheesemonger in the Strand, and requested to see some cheese which was in the window. The shopman produced the half of a cheese, and said that it was the other half of that in the window. The prisoner said it was a d--d lie, it was not. Theshopman asked him how much he wanted, and he said a pennyworth. The shopman said he could not cut that cheese for a penny,an d the prisoner said he was a liar. Mr. Millar who was at the back of the shop at the time, then came forward and remonstrated with the prisoner, and he (prisoner) became very abusive, and Mr. Millar ordered him out of the shop. The prisoner said he would give the prosecutor a horse-whipping, and then the prosecutor attempted to push him out, and as he did so the pri soner raised an umbrella which he had in his hand to strike the prosecutor, and in doing so the end of the umbrella entered Mr. Millar's eye, whereby it was severely injured, so much so that he was unable to attend in Court to-day. The shopman proved the facts as stated. Mr. Radcliffe, a surgeon residing in the Strand, stated that he land attended Mr. Millar this morning, and le found him suffering the most acute pain. He had examined his eye, and found that the eye-ball had been ruptured, whereby the sight of that eye was en tirely destroyed. There was no possible hope of its ever being recovered. . Mr. TWYFORD inquired if there were any other dangerous symptoms. Mr. Radcliffe said that death might ensue if the in jury done to the eye should affect the brain. The prisoner, in his defence, said that the prosecu tor had sneered at him for asking for a pennyworth of cheese, and had attempted to kick him out. The in jury done to his eye was entirely accidental. Mr. TWYFORD said he should hold the prisoner to bail himself in 1001., and two sureties in 50/. each, to appear next Tuesday. The prisoner said he had no friends in town who would be bail for him, and he was sent to prison until the prosecutor should be sufficiently recovered to ap pear against him. MARLBOROU GII-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Susannah Collins, a middle-aged woman of cleanly and decent appearance, was charged as follows : Police Constable, No. 54, of the C division, statedthat between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, he was sent for to the billiard-room in South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square, and the defendant was given into his charge for conducting herself in a violent and dis orderly manner, and causing a great crowd of persons to assemble and remain in front of the house. She was in a very excited state, and kept calling out for her daughter, who, she said, was secreted in the house, to be given up to her, and although he assured her that such was not the fact, she would not be pacified, and witness was at length obliged to take her to the station-house. Mr. MALTBY asked the defendant what explana tion she had to give of such conduct ? The defendant said that she was a widow, and was left with four chil dren to bring up by her labour alone. Her eldest daughter, who would not be 14 years old until the Ist of next March, was in a respectable situation with a French lady in Duke-street, Manchester-square; and on Saturday last she was enticed away from there by a gentleman, who, she had been informed, took her to the billiard-rooms, and had her secreted there. There was also no doubt but that her child's ruin had been effected, as her seducer took her to a brothel on Sun day evening, and remained with her during the night. She had walked the streets for two days and nights in search of her daughter, and on going to the billiard rooms her feelings were so over-wrought that she did not know what she did or said. She believed her child was concealed there. Mr. MALTBY said the matter should be inquired into, and ordered the defendant to be discharged. MARYLEBONE—(THIS DAY). Two respectable young men in appearance, named Frederick Fisher and Charles Marsh, were placed at the bar, charged with the following aggravated as sault : It appeared from the evidence adduced that the prisoners in a drunken frolic forced their way into the sleeping apartment occupied by a young woman, a milliner, named Helen Weaver, residing in Hector-place, Crawford-street, and pulled her out of bed, using the most gross violence. Her cries for assistance brought the police, and the offenders were given into custody. On their way to the station house, Fisher made a determined attack upon the constable, whom he knocked down, and severely handled, but more assistance arriving he was at last secured. The other prisoner went quietly. Mr. LONG said he should send Fisher, for his gross conduct, to the House of Correction for a month ; but on his mother representing that he was the only support of the family, the punishment was mitigated to a fine of 40s. Marsh was fined 20s. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Finucane, a medical student, was charged with an offence very prevalent amongst " young doc tors," namely, ringing bells at an unseasonable hour of the night. Mr. Wagstaff, a surgeon, residing in the Kenning ton-road, stated, that at a late hour on the preceding night, he was awoke by a violent ringing at the sur gery bell. He got out of bed ; and, on going to see who it was, found the defendant there ; and when asked what he wanted, his reply was, that he re quired medical assistance, and, at the same time, burst out laughing. He was requested to leave the place, the complainant seeing that he was under the influ ence of liquor; but instead of availing himself of this very wholesome advice, he commenced ringing away again until it was at length found necessary to give him into custody. Mr. TRAIL—I shall now make you find bail to be of good behaviour for the next six months. The defendant was locked up until he found the re quired securities. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) William Daly was charged with violently assaulting William Reynolds, at Sadler's Wells Theatre on the previous night. From the evidence of W. Reynolds, who is one of the constables sworn in to preserve order in Sadler's Wells Theatre, it appears that almost every night crowds of young men of profli ga t e c haracter sur round the theatre. Many of them attempt to enter the pit by fplse tickets or passes. Between ten and eleven o'clock last night the prisoner presented a pass for entrance to the pit. The complainant said he had not been there before, and that th e " pass" belonged to somebody else. The prisoner insisted on his right to enter, alleging that he had been there during the entire performance. The constable questioned him as to what it was, or who were the actors, but the prisoner was unable to answer a single question. He still vociferously demanded admission, and when Reynolds attempted to force him back, he collared him, and struck him several severe blows on the face, and nearly suffocated him by twisting his neckloth. Mr. GREENWOOD after giving strict directions to the police to be very vigilant in suppressing all dis turbances, and arresting suspicious characters, said, that he would oblige the prisoner to find bail to keep the peace, and fine him 1/. in addition. A hundred and forty-eight persons, who passed the frontiers with the Polish insurgents, who have not ap plied from their present places of abode for pardon, and did not seem to wish to take advantage of the indulient pardon, and the time granted for their re turn, according to the Royal Ukase of the 16th Oct., 1834, are now declared to be exiles from the empire, and are for'ever forbidden to return to Russia ; at the same time all that shall be proved to have belonged to them is confiscated for the use of the Government. We hear thatiheTuiMbetoT;UXdents at Gottingen, in the winter quarter, which has just commenced, is veryinuch decreased. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 6.—Wind this day at noon, southerly, light, and hazy. DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Car natic, Cunningham, China. OFF DOVER, DEC. s.—Welcome Home, Marseilles. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 5, calm.—Arrd. John and Joseph, Newcastle for Seville, put back 150 miles west of Scilly, having lost bulwarks, stancheons, sails, &c., and sprung mainmast. FALMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W., moderate breezes.—Arrd. Montrose packet, with Mediterranean mails. Sld. Jeune Lion, Bahia. THURSO, DEC. I.—Arrd. Ulswater, Sydney, New South Wales. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. s.—The Maria Darlington, Furch, from MiddleborOugh to Colchester, sank off Filey Bridge yesterday morning; crew saved. CORK, DEC. 3.—The barque Ruth, in leaving the harbour this morning, got ashore on the mud, but is expected off at high tide. TAMPICO, OCT. 24.—The Mischief, from Liver pool, was off this port on the 25th ult., but was blown away by a norther, and has not since been heard of. SAVANILLA, Oct. 15.—The Celt, which sailed hence for London a few days ago, has put back leaky, and is likely to be condemned. LIVERPOOL, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Parker, Demerara ; J. Allerton, New Orleans ; Planter, James, Savanilla, sailed Oct. 15; Loo Choo, Whippen, Savannah, sailed Bth ult. ; Scuter Johnny, Little, Quebec. Sld. Lenira, Demerara; Aramuda, New Orleans. OFF CORK, DEC. 3.—Mango Park, Richardson, Monte Video. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 24.—The Emerald, Irons, from Alexandria to Cork, was stranded near Punta Mala in this Bay, 18th inst., but was assisted off without much damage. The Enterprise, M'Ritchie, from Leghorn to Liverpool, put into this port 20th inst., having lost her mainmast off Corsica. LISBON, Nov. 26.—A brig, name and nation un known, abandoned and on fire from her stern to the main-hatchway, mainmast gone by the board, foremast standing, with double-reefed topsail and foresail set, with her head to N.E., was seen on the night of the 18th inst., at eight P.M.. 25 leagues S.W. of Scilly, by the James Wearne, Morton, arrived here. At two P.M. she suddenly . disappeared. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 21.—The wreck of an English vessel was seen about 50 miles west of this port with masts standing, but the sea was strong over her hull by the —, arrived here to-day. LISBON, Nov. 29.—The James Wearne, arrived here to-day. Morton, from Liverpool to Beyrout, put in here 28th inst. with loss of bowsprit, sails, rigging, &c. The Espoir, Grosican, from Marseilles to Rouen put in here 26th inst. leaky, and is ashore be low Belem Castle ; is discharging and expected to be got off. The Mary Ann, Woodworth, from Alexan dria to London, /put in here this morning with con siderable damage in her upper works, sails, and rig ging. The Nova, Amizade, Borges Rio Janeiro, arrived here to-day, lost anchors and cables on the bar this morning. The Mary Jane, for Newfound land, and James Dunn, for St. Übes, have put back with loss of anchors. FREE TRADE. (From the New York Daily Morning Post.) GREAT MEETING OF THE WORKING MEN AT TAMMANY-HALL.—This important meeting was not less numerous and spirited than was anticipated. A stream of hardy Democrats poured into the Great Hall, and filled it to its full capacity the moment the doors leading to it were opened. The meeting was organised by the selection of Alderman Elijah F. Purdy for chairman. Twelve secretaries having been named, Mr. Purdy took the chair. Mr. SLAMM then produced the following Address and resolutions, which were read and adopted : ADDRESS TO TIIE MECHANICS AND WORKING MEN OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. " The duty devolved upon us of directing the atten tion of the labouring classes of the city and county of New York to the danger by which labour is sur rounded was never less difficult of execution. The cheering news which pours in upon us as State after State wheels into our ranks, has already done the work to our hands. The cheat of Whig protection to home industry is already seen through and appreciated. "The history of the world is but the history of a struggle for capital and power. In every page of it we find capital resorting to every possible subterfuge, to enable it to suck up the hard earnings of labour. With the general spread of intelligence, a spirit of re sistance has grown up to the extortionate demands of capital ; and in Great Britain the unwieldy propor tions of capital and the institution of white slavery, are at length both sustained only by a large standing army. And yet Great Britain, with all its affluence of the few, and its grinding poverty of the masse3, is the model government of the friends of the restrictive system. The mechanics and working men who are filling the teeming cities, and spreading over the broad fields of this fruitful country, have yet to resist the deleteilous influence of the institutions of Great Bri tain upon our own—to restore the perfect. equilibrium between capital and labour—to prevent labour from continuing in any degree a prey to the rich—to pre vent labour from striking two blows for capital and one for itself. " The first device of capital to obtain by indirec tion the earnings of labour is the banking system. We have seen the whole capital of this country con centrated in banking incorporations. We have seen them'swelled up by a portion of the capital of Europe. We have seen issues of paper money creating artificial rise in prices—tempting labour to hazard in specula tions the hard earnings of years. We have seen con tractions of the paper circulation, causing periodical revulsions, in which the large estates have eaten up the smaller; and we have seen the breaking down of the banking system, its machinery, and its grand re gulator, before the progress of free opinion. 'With the downfal of the banking system, the notion is fast gaining ground that capital is monopoly enough of itself, and that no other incorporation is needed, than an incorporation of the intelligence of the mass, in order to enable it to stand up against wealth. " Having gone to the wall upon the banking sys tem, the friends of capital have concluded to play a strong game upon the tariff. They yet hope that their syren cry of protection to domestic industry will lure to their ranks the unthinking and the credulous—that the phrase of protection to home labour will prove a bait that will be greedily swallowed. In order to ascertain what protection to labour means, when put forth by the party which contains ' all the respectabi lity and all the wealth,''' we have only to look to that country where a kindred party has protected it to the utmost. In Great Britain the system works to admiration. After centuries of experiments, the pro blem of the capacity of capital to contrive, and labour to endure, burdens seems there about to be resolved. Lordly estates and princely pensions on the one hand, and fatigue and starvation upon the other. Mechanics and working men, shall we not resist at the threshold the efforts of capital here to turn labour to its own account ? Shall we not prevent the entering-wedge of a system which, under the garb of protection, would ultimately tax every article that enters into the con sumption of the labour of the country ? If the labour ing classes of Great Britain had the power to legis late, would they not free themselves at once from the grievous.exactions of their wealthy capitalists; and shall we, the real labourers and only true protectors of labour here—shall we be led hood-winked to the support of a party whose affinities are entirely with the monied classes of Great Britain, whose hypocriti cal cant about protection is an insult to the true dig nity of labour ? " The doctrines of free trade are more and more appreciated as conducing to the benefit of the labour of this great country; and the least departure from these doctrines consistent with the collection of ade quate revenue, is all that can be yielded to its future legislation. An equal or horizontal tariff would afford sufficient revenue to the Government, and sufficient and equal protection to labour; but it would not suit the purposes of the capitalist, whose love for labour is extremely discriminating. He loves the manufac turer of iron more than the builder, the rigger, the navigator of a ship ; he loves the manufacturer of coarse wools more than the grower of coarse wools. His love for the manufacturer is a dollar a-yard, and for the wool grower, a mill per pound. He loves that I branch of industry the most, the gains of which he can secure to himself the easiest. He loves anything that is a corporation. " The temporary ascendancy of the Whig party has enabled the capitalist, in addition to a bank and high tariff, to shadow forth their necessary adjunct, h national debt. In order to bring labour into com plete subjection, the whole three are necessary. The annual taxation of labour by the Government of Great Britain, is two hundred and forty millions of dollars • and of this sum one-halfgoes to the c a pit a li s t, in the shape of interest upon the national debt. The debt itself is viewed with indifference, but in the struggle to meet the interest, labour seems to have sunk into an entailed and grievous servitude. Shall we not, mechanics and working men, resist here, all debt, whether state or national, in its incipient stages? Shall we not work with all our might against a party which sets no bound to debt and extravagant expen diture—opposes all taxation of capital, and shifts off upon labour all the burdens of payment? " Our approaching State election again calls upon us to sustain the democratic policy, the true working man's policy, with reference to State debt and inter nai improvements. Shall we, through supineness, again allow a party to take the reins, which at the time of its arrest, was trafficking away, ata most ruin ous depreciation, the credit of the State—sinking us deeper and deeper in embarrassment and debt? The progress of democratic principles is onward; but it must not be forgotton that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.'- The conviction that cur principles are eternal, prevented our glorious democracy from becoming disheartened when the cohorts of Whiggery triumphed in the memorable campaign of 1840. The general defection of the States from the Whig cause. and their return one after another to the democratic fold, leaves the 'Whigs no other boast of 1840, but that it marks an epoch of their success in appeal ing to the passions, instead of the reason of the people. Shall we, through divisions in our ownranks, neglect to secure at the coming election, mem bers of Congress in favour of preserving the distinct rights— the cherished institutions of the States ? Shall we, from local or personal considerations, or from sectional jealousies, hazard our ascendancy in the State Legislature, and fail of sending back to his post the distinguished democrat who now so ably re presents us in the Senate of the Union? If any in centive to duty is needed, we have only to look at the heartless proscription which our divisions among our selves have enabled the bitter enemies of the demo cracy, though in a minority of thousands in this city, to inflict upon us. Let us each one make some sacri fice for the common good. Let us present an undi vided front in favour of regular nominations. Let us come out in our full strength, recollecting that we now have to whip the federalists in their last strong hold, and in their very latest disguise. We have to whip them now as the protectors of labour. " RESOLUTIONS. "Resolved, That the best protectors of the labour ing classes are the labourers themselves, and that to the Whig capitalist .who volunteers in our behalf, we reply in the language of Colonel Barre, in the British Parliament, to the officials who claimed to have acted upon a similar principle of protection towards the early settlers of America. No ! they grew by your neglect—the moment you began to care for them, that care was manifested in sending over swarms of officers, to eat out their substance, to misrepresent their liberties, and to prey upon them.' " Resolved, That we recommend to those protectors of labour, the old democratic creed, so clearly stated by Professor Holland, in order that their principles and practice may hereafter more perfectly agree. A perfect equality of political rights ; the sovereignty of the State Governments; a strict construction of the Constitution ; no privileges to particular sections of the country, or to particular classes of the community; no monopolies, trading companies, or corrupt govern mental banks; frequent rotation, strict responsibility, and small parade in office ; moderate legislation; a revenue meeting the wants of the people, and no more ; simplicity in the laws; and the least possible re straint upon the mind, person, energy, and industry, of every man, consistent with the rights of his fellow men. " Resolved, That while we hear of a large profit already secured by the manufacturing capitalist in the rise of his goods, awl of an advance in the com mon necessaries of life consumed by the labourer, we have yet to hear of the first dollar added to his wages. "Resolved, That the instincts of wealth are the same everywhere—that the affection of capitalists for the labouring classes is no more disinterested in Great Britain than in the United States—that in monopo lising the earnings of labour in the former, they march more boldly to their object; while here they seek to obtain it by tricks in tariff, currency, and debt. "Resolved, That the democracy of this country are fast learning to interpret the catch-words of fede ralism. Log cabins and hard cider mean extreme friendship for the labouring classes everywhere but in Rhode Island—there it means disfrancisement ; protection to labour means the securing to the labourer ample opportunity to work, and to the capi talist, the profits of his labour in the shape of high duties. "Resolved, That the selection of William C. Bouck and Daniel S. Dickinson, as candidates for the two highest offices under our State Government, meets our hearty and cheerful approval—that the further selection of candidates to advocate and represent the cardinal doctrines of democracy, made in accordance with long cherished democratic usage, will doubtless be such as to claim our undivided support—that the success of our measures is so much more important than the mere temporary elevation or depression of any set of men—that, sinking every minor considera tion, we will carry the men for the sake of the mea sures." The following resolutions were submitted by Hiram M'Collum, Esq., and adopted : " Resolved, That as mechanics and working men, we are opposed to a tariff. " Because, first, it tends to impoverish the country. He who asks that a tariff of 25 per cent. be laid to enable him to compete with the foreign manufacturer of the same fabric does, by that simple demand, ac knowledge, that the labour of the country, as distri buted in its various occupations, does produce that which exchanges for 25 per cent. more of the foreign fabric, than could be produced by the same labour, if diverted from the fields and mechanics' shops, and employed in the home manufacture of the article sought to be protected. If this be not true, why ask protection ? Labour is more profitably employed, else it could be successfully engaged in manufacture without the aid of a tariff. A tariff, then, does not enrich, it impoverishes a country. We are opposed to a tariff because it distributes the burdens of Go vernment unequally, shifting its main support from either for the shoulders of the wealthy to those of the mechanic the and e working ipert e f m t e h n e . IG:vtetrantnxesentht7 o r for the supp or t ofem heavily, the manufacturer. "Resolved, that the argument most relied upon by those who advocate a tariff, viz., that the agriculturist, the mechanic, and the labourer are compensated for the burthen which it imposes upon them, by relatively high prices, a home market, increased consumption, and increased demand for labour, is a fallacy. If the price of labour and produce rise in proportion to the protected article, how is the manufacturer benefited by the tariff? It is evident that he would be obliged to abandon his manufactory. " Resolved, that for these and many other reasons which might be adduced, we are in favour of perfect and entire free trade, as the system by which alone the labour of the country can be protected ; and while, at present, we do not oppose a tariff sufficient to meet the necessary and economical expenditures of the Go vernment, we trust, that at no distant day, this will be effected by direct instead of indirect taxation.", THE INCOME-Tax.—.Th e Commissioners com menced hearing appeals from the western district of the City of London • yesterday, and made such progress as to warrant the conclusion that their labours will terminate in the course of the present week. Out of the two hundred numbers issued, one hundred and seventy-four were disposed of, and the • hearing of the remainder adjourned to Thursday next. One arrangement which was posted up yesterday will greatly facilitate their labours, namely, that which empowers the surveyor to dispose of the cases of all clerks with salaries under 11501. a year, but who have nevertheless been required to make returns. These cases, which in such a place as the city of London, must obviously form the great majority of the appeals, being taken out of the juris diction of the Commissioners, will greatly lessen the labour of those functionaries. The number of cases disposed of in the eastern district was very great, but the pressure of new business has as yet prevented the clerks ascertaining the exact amount. DitTnirig N Ma l: committedrecol lect, last week by Alderman F a rebrother, on a charge of h av i ng b ro k en a w i n d ow in the shop of Messrs. Doudney, of Fleet-street. The wo rthy Magistrate declar e d hi s i n t en ti on o f see ki ng an old Act of Parliament, by which he beli eve d I "flogging at the carts tail" might be inflicted at the termination of his imprisonment. The accused ap peared in good health when charged at the police office, but on arriving at the prison he became very ill, and, gradually sinking; died, •at an early hour on Sunday morning. Information • has been forwarded to Mr. Payne, and an inquisition will be holden on the body this evening. the war with China to be the u n h o ly thing which PEACE WITH CHINA.—If the they described it to be, their note of triumph is neither Tories really believed more nor less than an astounding blasphemy, and deserves all the reprobation which good men can be stow upon it; while, if, as it should now appear, they po litical rivals, they stand convicted of another mean ness,onl a in bus a ed ddit i i t on fo t r theothesamkae of vilifyi ng their po ny others which they have so unscrupulously employed to lower the Liberal party in public estimation. Not only does Lord Stanley thank the Almighty for giving a triumph to an unholy (so called) warfare, but he speaks of the Emperor of China being compelled to recognise the claims, mark that, the claims, positively the claims of Great Britain, thereby passing a vote of censure, in language not to be exceeded in force and. strength, on his colleague, Sir James Graham, and ' other malignants of the faction who have so indus triously laboured to prove that the rights of the car rel while all the wrong was were in this Chinese,thnof the Colonies for the vindication of this branch of entirely tcioreulny count with y. the ve the foreign policy of the Melbourne Ministry._ Liverpool Albion. BLETSOE.—NON-EMPLOYMENT OF AGRICULTURAI LABOURERS.—I regret to inform you that indications of a commotion among the agricultural labourers iii this hitherto peaceable district begin to develope them selves. Bodies of men have already begun to assemble, and gone round in bands to the farmers requesting employment. A body of seven or eight men belonging to Harrold went round to the farmers of that parish about the beginning of last month, and in some places expressed themselves in strong language, saying "they could not starve, and bread they must have.' At length one of the farmers gave them employment, but some of them could not earn more than 6d. a-day.—Cor respondent of the Northampton Mercury, BANKRUPTCY.—SuffoIk, Essex, . Hefts, and Berks form the district allotted to Mr. Commissioner Meri vale.—lpswich Express. THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER CHURCH GOVERNMENT. (Prom the Bishop ofLlandaff's Triennial Charge.) But the distraction introduced into our Church by the circulation of certain opinions, and by ostenta tiously practising forms of no intrinsic importance, as if they were vital parts of Christianity, is an evil which requires some more definite and decisive autho rity to control it than the actual condition of our national Church supplies. The diocesan is in the first instance the appointed guide in cases of doubt. But different Bishops may decide differently ; and cases of doubt will multiply, as time goes on, and manners change, and unforeseen circumstances arise. Even that serious point of discipline, the repelling communi cants from the Lord's table, which by the Rubric is in certain cases enjoined, often involves doubts for NN hich no adequate solution is provided The question of lay baptism, as entitling a deceased I person to burial with the rites of the Church, is in deed now decided by the highest authority ; and to that authority it is our duty to bow. But when we read the reasons upon which the decision is made to rest, and find it stated, that because the Church has generally held the validity of lay baptism in cases of emergency, so far as to preclude the practice of re-bap tising, therefore, it is to be regarded also as sufficient, our knowledge of ecclesiasiastical antiquity makes us reject such a conclusion, if by it is meant that no further act is requisite to entitle the party to all the privileges of Church membership. Whatever the Church may in charity have conceded to those who, being baptised by lay hands in infancy, died before they were formally received into the Church, we ven ture to declare, upon the evidence of ancient writers and of ancient canons, that the practice of the Church has ever required, as a general rule, such baptism to be completed, either by solemnly receiving the infant into the Church, or by confirmation with laying on of hands by the Bishop. To infer from a permission given in cases of urgent necessity, and that too when all the parties concerned, though laymen, were yet members of the Church, that, therefore, a heretic or a schismatic may, without necessity, and acting in open defiance of the Church, merely by using the scriptural form of baptism, con fer the full privileges of the Church, and that the clergy are bound to give their services in burying such a person, though never recognised, directly or in directly, as a member, is certainly wrong in Christian theology, as attested by the uniform practice of the Church in all ages, however deficient the ecclesiastical laws of this country may now be in providing for such cases. Before the Reformation such a case could not have happened. Yet in the actual constitution of our National Church there is no remedy for this grievance. We must, therefore, obey the law, as expounded by our lay Judges. The Church, must, to use a phrase inju riously applied to her sacred formularies, " continue to work in chains ;" but we may appeal to the Legis. lature for emancipation from this bondage, contradic tory as it is not only to the whole tenor of our eccle siastical polity, but to the plainest principles of reason and equity. We have no wish to debar those who are out of the pale of the National Church from Chris tian burial—not even to deprive them of what is said to be their civil right, burial in the churchyard of the parish to which they belong—but for the Minister of the parish to be compelled to read the service of the Church over those who neither belonged nor wished to belong to the Church is a grievance far beyond any which sectaries complain of as imposed upon themselves. The best remedy, however, for this and for other existing anomalies is a topic of such vast extent and importance, that I must content myself with having barely touched upon it. It will not be long, I trust, before some ecclesiastical jurisdiction is framed, com petent to decide questions of a purely spiritual cha racter ; or a commission, at least, appointed to prepare such laws,_ under the sanction of the Sovereign, as the state of the Church, from time to time, may seem to call for. Whether a convocation of the whole clergy of thesealin be the form best calculated to give effect to Church government may well be doubted. Such bodies have been held by judicious and pious men to lead to so much strife and ambition, as to defeat in a great measure the good purpose for which they were convened. It has been thought that the evil will always predominate over the good; and certainly the latest experience this country had of them tends to favour that opinion. But the increasing conviction of the necessity of an efficient Church government will, if temperately expressed, doubtless lead to this im provement, under some form or other. In the meantime, my Reverend Brethren, be it our eare to strive without ceasing against the prevailingevil of this part of the country, religious dissension ; to bring together, as far as lies in our power, the scat tered sheep of Christ's flock, and to unite them in one fold, as the Redeemer willed them to be, and ap pointed us his ministers for that purpose. If they still obstinately refuse, let it not ruffle our temper, or in terrupt charity —nay, let it not grieve us overmuch or be the cause of lasting uneasiness or vexation in our minds. God forbid that we should cease to pray for them, although we bear testimony against the sinful ness of the course they are pursuing. Whatever the issue may be here, such labour of love you are sure will not be unrewarded in Heaven. Your greatest difficulty will be to induce minds trained in another school, and long alienated from the discipline of the Church, to lend an unprejudiced ear to your instruc tion. That point once gained, I am certain that many will be brought to understand the obligation they are under to join us, in obedience to the last solemn injunction of the Blessed Founder of the Church : and what they are brought at first to do as an act of obedience to him, for conscience sake, they will soon by habit learn to do from pious affection, and from a desire of that comfort to the soul, which true devotion, under the guidance of the Church, never fails to afford. LORD IIUNTINGTOWER'S IN SOLVENCY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 3. To-day Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque resumed his sittings in the investigation of this extraordinary case. He took the business in the Judges' Chamber up stairs, and at 11 o'clock precisely it commenced. Lord Huntingtower being still in custody, was attended to the Court by two of the tipstaffs of the Queen's Bench Prison. The course of inquiry pursued on the pre dent occasion was the examination of his Lordship's transactions in the shape of bill discounts, &c., with Messrs. Angell and Cooper, money-scriveners, of Warwick-chambers, Beak-street, Regent-street. Mr. Nias, the solicitor to the fiat, conducted the examina tion. His Lordship was protected by Mr. Marsh man ; and Mr. E. James appeared for Messrs. Angell and Coo,per. Mr. 1. J. Angell examined by Mr. Nias—How long have you known the bankrupt, Lord Hunting tower?--Since June, 1841, I think. I was intro duced to his Lordship at that time by Captain Byng, for the purpose of raising for his Lordship's use a large sum of money. Oa that introduction we en tered into business for his Lordship. The particulars of this transaction were these :—I received four bills, amounting to 1,0001., drawn by Captain Byng, and accepted by his Lordship, which were given me as the agent for Mr. Chandler, who gave into my hands the sum of 8601., which I handed to his Lordship. This was the consideration given for the 1,0001. bills. Mr. Chandler is, or was, a money scrive ner, residing at 36, Bury-street, St. James's. Mr. Angell was here requested by Mr. Nias to withdraw. • Mr. James took a legal objection to Mr. Angell's evidence, but the examination was con tinued. —What was your next transaction with his Lordship ?—The nex t transaction, as far as I recollect, was an applica tion made by our firm on his behalf to the General Reversionary and Investment-office, Charles-street, Iftegent-street, for 40,000/. What was your next transaction with or on behalf of his Lordship ?—I really am unable to furnish you with a strict account of these transactions, as Mr. Cooper attended to that particular department. Did you receive from his Lordship any bills of ex chfinge or promissory notes ?—To the best of my re collection I received two bills of exchange in addition to the 1,000/. worth of bill before mentioned. I wish to . say that these bills were our own transactions with hu; Lordship—that we discounted them, in faet, in co asequence of an application from his Lordship that b.: was much pressed for money. One was for 5751., rind the other for 1,0001. The 5751. is in the hands of Mr. Moss Davis, as trustee for us. Of the other bill (I mean the 1,000/. bill), I do not know what has become of it, but I believe Mr. Cooper can tell. What consideration did you give to the bankrupt for the last-named two bills of exchange, and when .? —5OOl. was given by us to Lord Huntingtower, and we can prove we paid 5751., the amount of the bill, to obtain the money for ourselves. We made no profit of it. His Lordship appli ed to us, being pressed for money. Did you give the bankrupt any more than the 5 001. you mentioned for the two bills of 1,0001. and 's7sl.?—Yes, most decidedly. 8501. was given by us to :his Lordship. Do you mean to say that you have given to the balikrupt 8501. in addition to the 5001. you have men tioned for the two last-named bills d exchange ? Al ost distinctly. That is 1,3501. The 1,0001. bill aL io we made no profit upon. I wish to explain, in re Terence to what I have already stated, that the 1, 0001. bill forms part of the judgment in the war n 'nt of attorney taken from his Lordship at the time a settlement of accounts took place between us, and w hen Mr. Bower was acting as his Lordship's so li( iitor. Perhaps you will allow me to say that we tc ok a bond of indemnity from Lord Huntingtower 'to. secure us against the consequences of our having drawn and endorsed the bill of 5751. fcir his accom re.odation, and in contemplation of our becoming 15. able as drawers to his Lordship for bills to the a mount of 5,000/. Not to exceed 5,0001. That bond ( Af indemnity is in the hands of Mr. Moss Davis. In consequence of our want of faith in his Lordship, this transaction was not carried out beyond the 5751.• consequently the judgment entered into for 10,0001. against his Lordship stands only as security for the 5751. (Inquiry here took place relative to the warrant of attorney obtained from his Lordship.) Did you receive any money out of Court in a cause called " Ryan against Lord Huntingtower ;" if so, what amount ?—Yes, between 7001. and 8001., the amount being one-third of the whole amount taken out of Court, except some expenses paid to Messrs. Bower and Back, agents of Mr. 'ootner, Lord Huntingtower's attorney. Mr. Moss Davis received the other two-thirds, which would be double the amount. Mr. Angell, in continuation—There are two bills of exchange received from Mr. Hume, which also go in reduction of this warrant of attorney, and a further sum of 2501. cash, paid at the time the ‘l'lirrant of attorney was signed. Have you any and what claim upon his Lordship under the judgment entered up on the warrant of attorney dated the 13th of Dec. ?—The amount we claim upon that warrant of attorney, to the best of my knowledge, is about 3,0001. Are all your transactions with the bankrupt entered in the cash-book now produced ?—I believe they are, and if not, I shall be happy to afford all the informa tion I can. Has any account between your firm and the bank rupt ever been made out, examined, and signed by you and the bankrupt ?—No ; but a short statement was made by Mr. Bower at the time the warrant of attorney marked A was taken, and I applied to Mr. Bower this morning for that statement, as I kept no copy of it, and he informed me, that in the absence of an authority from Lord Huntingtower, he should not be justified in handing the same to me. The parti culars of that statement, to the best of my belief, are as follow :—Mortgage, 3,036/. ; the bill for which the indemnity was taken, 5751. ; bill of exchange for 1,000/. ; premiums on insurance, say about 1201. ; cash, 50/. ; costs, 4611. 12s. 2d. ; the credit to Lord Huntingtower for 250/. cash, and also credit for 250/. on an I 0 U, which he never paid, making a total of 5001. to be deducted from 5,2421. 12s. 2d., leaving 4,742/. 12s. 2d., for which the warrant of attorney was taken. The statement referred to was made out by Mr. Bower, and his Lordship was asked by Mr. Bower if that was correct? His Lordsqip replied that he was perfectly satisfied therewith, and that the same was correct. This conference took place in Grafton-street, at the residence of the Countess Dy sart, about three or four o'clock in the afternoon. The-parties I saw there were Mr. Hume, Mr. Flower, Mr. Bower, Mr. Steele. Mr. Douglas, I think, was in the house, but I did not see him, and my partner, Mr. Cooper, was also there. Mr. Nies said, he thought when his Honour came to hear the charge alleged against Messrs. Angell and Cooper, it would be his - opinion that the course he (Mr. Nias) was pursuing in this examination was the proper one. He was instructed that the facts were that Messrs. Angell and Cooper when they waited on his Lordship at the Countess Dysart's took with them Mr. Flower and a policeman. The policeman waited outside the door, and when his Lordship came down he was told that there was a policeman outside the door ready to take him into custody for obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Bower, the agent for Mr. Footner, the solicitor to his Lordship, hap pened to be in the house, and instead of its being between three and four o'clock, as had been stated, he was instructed that it was after dinner, which was rather between six and seven o'clock. When his Lordship came down stairs and found that there was a policeman and an Old Bailey practitioner ready to take him before the Magistrates at Marlborough-street on the grave charge alleged, which was the threat held out, his Lordship sent up stairs for Mr. Bower. It was then stated, so he was instructed, that, without full security was given at that time, and at that place, his Lordship would have to take the consequences. Lord Huntingtower, naturally enough, alarmed at the presence of Mr. Flower, and the attendant policeman, consented to give a warrant of attorney, and the account was actu ally drawn out by Mr. Angell himself. Mr. Bower advised his Lordship not to give any such security, intimating at the same time, that as there was an Old Bailey practitioner present on behalf of Messrs. Angell and Cooper, it would be as well that one should be called in for his Lordship's assistance. Mr. Steele, another Old Bailey practitioner, was sent for. He came. He also advised his Lordship not to submit to any warrant of attorney, but this did not suffice to calm his Lordship's fears, who was still anxious to get rid of the threat by giving the warrant of attorney. It seemed somewhat singular how all these gentlemen —Mr. Hume, who had swept away the whole of the estate, and against whom Mr. James so loudly the other day proclaimed, Mr. Douglas, who was now not to be found, and the others—were by accident at the residence of the Countess the very day and hour this warrant of attorney was given. But there they were, and the warrant of attorney was prepared in the house by Mr. Angell, and Lord Huntingtower signed his name to it. IVith respect to the allegation of Mr. Bower being the attesting witness on the occa sion, he was only so at the earnest desire of his Lord ship, who entreated him to put his signature to the document. The Court well knew that under the new rules of the Judges the attorney was made to declare himself a consenting party, and admit the account to be correct. This, he was instructed to say, was the history of that warrant of attorney, and he had no doubt but that he should be able to work it out if his course of examination were allowed to proceed. Mr. James objected to setae questions that were put in pursuance of this examination, when Mr. Nias, in support of his right of examination, contended that the admission of Mr. Jones was in fa vour of the course he was pursuing. Mr. Angell's claim was a . charge upon the estate now withheld from the bona fide creditors. It was a registered judgment, and though not in action against the bankrupt's pro perty, could be brought into action immediately that property appeared. Mr. James—You say there is no property. Mr. Nias—Oh yes, there is property, we hope, when these claims are cleared away. Mr. James—You must establish that, then, before you can inquire. Mr. Commissioner FONLLANQUE having referred to the clause of the Act, said, I shall take time to consi der this point. A doubt does appear to arise in my mind as to its being the estate that is meant. There is also the word " dealings," which will allow of con siderable scope, but it must be considered, which I will do between the present time and our next sitting. If the legality or illegality of the transaction can be proved in any manner to affect the bankrupt's estate, then it will be a question whether they can do it, quia tirneat. Mr. James said, he thought he should be able to point out to his Honour two or three cases when he next came before the Court. The proceedings were therefore adjourned, for the consideration of the point of law raised. MoNnAy.—This day the further examination of witnesses was resumed in the matter of this bank ruptcy, which has already occupied so much of the public attention. Mr. Nias attended as solicitor for several creditors, and Mr. Delamere for witnesses who were examined in the course of the day. Mr.-Matthew Sherborne, sworn and examined by Mr. Nias, stated in substance as follows :—I am an oilman, carrying on business in Oxford-street, and also a farmer at Euston, near Hounslow. Knew a person of the name of Chandler, who lived with a Mr. Whitehead, and mho brought certain bills of the bankrupt's to discount, to the amount of 4,0001., and for which I gave cash to the sum of 3,2001. I was given to understand by him that they were good bills, or I would not have cashed them. Mr. Sherborne underwent a long examination as to whether, and when, he had instituted any proceed ings against Lord Huntingtower for these bills, to which he could not give any very definite answers. It was, however, before he was threatened with cer tain proceedings in the Court of Chancery on behalf of Lord Huntingtower. At the-time that the bills became due, had any person but yourself an interest in them ?—(A pause). —No one. By Mr. Nias—Did you ever execute any instru ment relating to these bills ?—No, I am quite sure I did not. When did you first give authority to any person to act on your behalf ?—Why, I have mostly lived in the country, and my brother has acted for me. Did you ever give Chandler a power to act for you —Chandler tool: the bills ; he vas to act for me, and I put the things upon a firmer basis. When did you first know of the dishonour of these bills ?—I cannot state, as I kept them with Chandler to manage: for me. Having given Chandler an authority to act for you, why did your brother interfere in the conduct of the business ?—. Because he was unconcerned with Lord Huntingtower. Were the bills ever in the possession of your bro ther Edward ?—Never. You have been asked if, before your brother told you that proceedings should be taken, whether you gave instructions in your own name to proceed for the recovery of these bills, and to which you have an swered "No ;" have you a n y further explanation to give of the matter now ?—N one , except that I left it all to Chandler to act as best he could for me. Did you give these instructions or authority in writing ?—Never. Mr. Edward Sherborne, of the Strand, was next ca lled in, and examined by Mr. Nias—l have a claim against the bankrupt for 20,500/. upon bills, which I now produce ; but I cannot state the particular month in which I received them. It was, however, at my own house in the Strand, when no one was present except Chandler, and perhaps one of his messengers, who was in the habit of bringing notes to me upon business., Wha,t consideeion did you give for these bills?-- Sixteen shillings 4n the pound for 18,500/. ; and 17s. 6d. in the pound'for 2,000 k Was that paid by cheques or bank notes, or in what manner ?—By cash or cheques, which I might happen to have in hand at the time that I took to (discounted) the bills, for I keep no banker. Are these bills entered in any book kept by you ? No. _ _ _ Is any thing relating to these bills entered in any 2. books kept by you ?—No. Is the consideration which you hare stated you gave for these bills entered in any book kept by you ? For your ordinary business purposes do you keep books ? Yes. Are you sure that you have made no entry in these books of the bills of exchaaL:e, or (.f the consideration given for them ?—Sure, farther than this, if I have had 20/. out of my business, or any other sum, I have charged myself with it. Can you, by reference to your books, show any sum whatever given by you for these bills ?—No. State the particulars of the cheques which you say you gave in part consideration for these bills only speak of cheques I had in hand, and which I might have received in business or otherwise. Can you show the source from which you obtained either the cheques or bank notes which you state you gave in consideration of these bills ?—:l4. Can you name any person capable of supplying the Mfor [nation ?—No. Did you take any thing in writing from Omniler or any body else, which, if produced, would furnish that information ?—No. An application was here made to the Learned Commissioner, by Mr. Delamere, but from the low tone of voice in which he spoke we could not accu rately carch his object. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—If I find assets I shall direct a dividend to be made as rapidly as powsi ble, and those creditors who do not come in to prove in time will most probably get nothing. I have per mitted this examination to proceed thus far in order to afford every man mixed up in it, if he have a par ticle of reputation left, to manifest his anxiety to sup port it. My thorough determination is not to wait • the declaration of a dividend for those creditors who have not proved. The creditors who have proved are fully entitled to this inquiry, and I think Mr. Dela mere will best discharge his duty to his client by •• urging him to give the fullest answers in his power to I all such proper questions as may be put to him. By Mr. Nias—Has any portion of the considera tion which you say you gave for these bills ever reached the hands of the bankrupt, to your know ledge ? Mr. Delamere desired the witness not to answer the question. Mr. Commissioner l'orammieuz—lt is a question as to a direct dealing with the bankrupt. As such, it is a legal question, and if not answered I shall commit the witness. Mr. Delamere—lf, sir, according to your decision in the matter of Angell, this witness is not in a con dition to be examined at all, then I submit that this question cannot be put to him ; and if put to him again, I alvise him not to answer it. Do you know W. H. Douglas, the endorser of these bills ? Witness—Under advice I shall decline ans wering that question. Mr. Delamere—The truth is, we do not wish to prove. _ Mr. Nias (to witness)—Sign your depositions. ➢lr. Delamere—l advise him not to sign that which contains your objectionable questions. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—The witness has consented to answer certain questions. These ques tions are legal ; he must sign his depositions, and if he refuse to do so, I shall commit him. This decision had its effect, and the witnes signed his depositions, when the Court rose, and the hearing was adjourned. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. The first meeting of the session was held last night, when Mr. Hardwicke took the chair, alluding, in so doing, to the regret with which the President, Earl de Grey, was compelled to absent himself. A number of letters were read from M. R. Rochette, and other foreign members. Mr. G. GODWIN offered some observations on the pulpits of Belgium, and presented a drawing of one from the cathedral at Malines, as an illustration of the whole class. It represents the conversion of St. Paul. The saint and his horse are on the ground, at the foot of a mass of rock, forming the pulpit. Christ on the cross, the Virgin and other figures, enter into the composi tion, and a continuation of the rock-work and shrubs forms the sounding-board. That at Louvain is simi lar. St. Gudule, at Brussels, has a fine pulpit of this class, which is well known. In some, marble figures and tablets are introduced, as at St. Bum', in Ghent. Professor Ilosking then read some elaborate reports on the present state of the church of St. Mary, Red cliffe, and the proposed restorations there, drawn up by Mr. Britton and himself at the request of the pa rish authorities, who are exceedingly anxious to ren der this noble fabric complete, or at all events to pre vent further injury from occurring to it. St. Mary's is unquestionable one of the finest parish churches in England, and deserves every efihrt that is made in its favour. SURREY THEATRE. An interesting two act drama, entitled The Forced Marriage, was produced at this theatre last evening with complete success. The scene is laid in Russia during the reign of the Emperor Paul (Mr. Heslop), who having discovered that the Countess Ozeroff (Mr*. R. Horner), the daughter of Count Ozeroff, has been encouraging the addresses of the Grand Duke Alex ander, forces her to marry Ivan Daniloff, (Mr. T. P. Cooke), a sledge-driver, and immediately banishes them to Siberia. In the second act we find Alex ander Emperor of all the Russias, and the first act of his reign is to recal the Countess Ogeroff and Ivan, who has been as a brother to her during the banishment. They return. Ales ander gives orders for their divorce, and offers to share his throne with the Countess. She, however, rejects the Emperor for the sledge-driver, and Alex ander joins their hands , having previously ennobled Ivan The acting of T. P. Cooke as Ivan, was beauti fully natural; and although he was suffering severely from influenza, the part received full justice at his hands. He was admirably supported by Mrs. R. Honner, who, in the earlier scenes, exhibited a degree of dignity of which we had not previously thought her capable. The plot is most artistically constructed, and the dialogue is more:carefully written than usual. The piece w as rece i ve d with great ap plause by a crowded house. ClursA PRIZE-MONEY.—The China war being now ended, it is matter of considerable interest to mni- litary men to learn what portion of the 21,000,000 of dollars indemnity money, which the Chinese have to pay, is to be made over as prize-money to those whose valour has wrung this treasure from our crafty enemy; and we trust that such will be dis pensed for the troops with a sufficiently liberal Land, not only to cover the losses and extra expenses of those who have been engaged in the war, but to leave them something handsome whereby to remember the " China expedition:'—(lndian) Spectator. INcINDIART FlRES.—Yesterday information was received at Bow-street, and was forwarded thence to the different police stations, that on the morning. of the Ist instant, between the hours of two and three o'clock, some evil-disposed person or persons wil fully and maliciously set fire to a barley and oat stack, and a thrashing-machine, at Spa'. ford, in the county of Nottingham. The barley and oat-stacks belonged to Mr. J o h u Hill, of Griton, and the thrashing-machine to Mr. Wm. Rowe, of North Searles, in the county of Lin• coin, by which the whole was entirely destroyed. Mr. Rowe, as well as the Norwich Fire Insurance OMR• pany, have offered rewards for the discovery of tha stacks of of the 24th of corn on the Isleri' and o of Iy r incendiaries.t two field barnsA ls o tahnadt several e t r h a e l e• Parnell and Mr. John , in the coun ty o f Cain bridge, were maliciously set fire to. A. reward of 1001. has been offered for the discovery of the offenders. The Mark-lane Express o f yester d ay observe that 400,000 able-bodied persons are at this mo ment supported out of the poor-rates, and urges the paramount importance of finding employment fir these people upon the land in Works for drainage. But it observes justly, that " nct only must the obsolete clauses in the old forms of leases be abolished, but the letting of lands upon lease must become general, or there must be a large reduction of rent." lye fear nothing but stern necessity will die. pose English landlords to consent to a mode of occu pation which will inalce their tenants more indepen dent. But then large reduction of rent is not to b thought of. Rather than take less rent they will gran leases.— Chronicle. SIR HUCII GOUGII.—Some puzzlement has been caused in military people's minds by the appointinen of the Marquis of Tweeddale to the command of the Madras army, to which Sir Hugh Gough had been nominated; but the fact is, that Sir Hugh is to be appointed Commander-in-Chief in India ae soon as the termination of the China war shall known at home ; and it is, we believe, quite a settle thing that Lord Tweeddale will be nominated provi sional Governor-General (probably the next mail wil 1 bring it out) ; but we have reason to feel assured, that Lord Ellenborough will not leave India before the cold season of 1844, by which time his Lordship ex pects to do a great deal for the country, and he has our best wishes for the fullest success.—EasiWune# (Indian paper), Oct../P. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DE 6, 1842,