The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

' ' A. , ;' 4 „ lib' ..;hl° 414 0 i 44 ,ri 'l l , 4 , !,•.,try„ op" OFFICE AND AUTHORITY TIM LORD WARDEN t f the CINQUE PORTS. • • " They that bear The cloth of Stateabove her, are four Barons Of the c: Cinque s'ons."—SuAsSPEARE. It cp a PPtars, from the above passage, that the pro ce-si:l:nns () , flkoyalty in former times were wont to re • sta,,ce„°••mall accession to their " pomp . circum- Po L er ti l, the presence and service of the Cinque c °Vi the 4 and their supporters. But, on looking I lene w , scrolls of their history, we . find mention of n° has bestowed greater dignity on the office pct 1.1.°r has by his liege in a more commanding as- . in 3 . 4 ‘ r u s a the Illustrious Duke,. who now, advanced duti es and full of honours, waits for a last time in the si gns „_°f his office upon her Majesty, before he re of eur w l i u m, as it is rumoured, to the princely Consort Thp ee n• over a n eient trading towns of the Cinque Ports,. th e „„ Ica his Grace has for some time past exercised ase e 'wers of Lord Warden, lie on the . coast K to F rance x, and were selected from proximitytheir as s i st , and early superiority . in navigation, to canners'' Protecting the realm against invasion. . n ß v o e ) s , t a . linß . the Were on these grounds granted them, i ll " e eta with certain privileges. are be .. arts so privileged, as we at present account them, the ' e t', Sandwich, Romney, Hastings, Hythe, and othrioni.griheutliia,encient towns of Winchelaca and Rye; al- NO latter places appear to , have been only a l'l)oi ate ,l, t nenibers. The services which they . were to , g perform were either honorary, viz., assist hats l e Coronation and sending Members to Par furZt? or auxiliary to the defence of the realm, as n bei a "'ng a certain supply of vessels and seamen, on tsporitlo;sileodsa:v:upispniiol3.olinrioeifdi;tio.ntnhtzser,hviicceh ibnyfothrme eKritnigmseswthiese l a ' lto i rd n 'ed w was, according to Thorn, vessel 2,5:"..--Hastings provided 21 vessels, , am f l in each 't e nser °l en. To thig port belonged Sea ord,.P es e: 0 014 , lledney, Winchelsea, Rye, Hamine, Wakes five e fiv e si;.-Creneth, and Forthclipe. Romn . ey provdd tro mi l i ps t , and in each 24 men. To this belonged in. ntenh a l a '' 14 3'cle, Oswarstone Dangemares,. and s eatrie - a I!.Ythe furnished five ships, and in each 21 kale number this belonged Westmeath. Dover, the 4 e B to u as Hastings. To this belonged Fol fniiisite' l'evershans, and Marge. Lastly, Sandwich d mist tbe same with Hythe. To this belonged n't!tic, Rculver, Serre, and Deal. a pP o l l ea rts r i s t t e he htt t v ill e te of ,henry the Seventh, the Crown had no permanent navy: the Cinque quirePnstantly furnished nearly all the shipping .re for ti and their assist -nee to - purposes of the State, I t x". Icing's ships continued long after that n taltri " n en ships were wanted, the King issued his tir a , o rs to the Ports to provide their quota. In the seven in d Ward 1., they were bound to provide fifty- The The nurilber, fully equipped, at their own cost. E dgard k gratuitous, service was 15 days. In ilApo rt id t'io Thirds tinie; the summons seems to have ber g . t ri ed the ships among the Ports and their mem and il l r nn e of the members had to provide one ship, erel,o,""zne cases two of the members had to provide in "Veen them, ess of time the Cinque Ports grew so pow?r bypo"", observes Chitty (Commercial Law, vol. h.), InsdessTsion of a warlike fleet, so audacious, that they t a tical excursions in defiance of all public d el 'llred f .,lr' n ,..setne occasions they made war, and formed Pea rs, r'aes as separate independent States. It ap ''Apres,,,°,,ver., that these irregUlarities were soon ltufEct,ii, when the Government was strong, and the ,ttent'Y confident to r exert its powers. So long as f ete fere at 7 of raising a navy by contributions from di - : ) ,,"8 Continued, the Cinque Ports afforded . an " 4 4 e b:TP I Y but since that . time their privileges se rvice s l is p but their separate or peculiar Thes,Owns]Cinque of the Cinque Ports, owing to various t Inl,Poit: a 7, a vel however, long since lost their ancient viVs' X e e,• This may, in part, be attributed to the st ag es e nanges that have taken place in the course andinAon the coast-line. Rye and Romney, once 't. 8,, - g,en the shore, are now at some distance from aucl.. n awich is only accessible for smallvessels. Thehief f :t site 1, a Folkestone one of the members The has been almost wholly washed away. T emust 1 4 - 11s : e ) however, of the extinctiOn of these Ports Pera„ai attributed to the complete organization of a t h'ely -ti „nt, navy in our island ; while agajn, com . para t'''tli-modern improvements, their inferiority as o e h tki their distance from _all the great seats for theirlp% nt anufacture, Will sufficiently account f Ali t r h -se llt Commercial insignificance. e ci rcumstances that tended to diminish the did in fluence and importance of these Ports, how tecst'" not prevent them from sustaining,. until the ical me asures of general reform, considerable li taraeritority•Ports re gard Each Of the five original I. t wo Barons to Parliament as early as Lord the,the ReVolution of 1688 the Lord 4 o Pe 1, 1 , 1 1 a ssumed the power and right of nominating_ q tn „e )1)0a‘c: sometimes both, of the Members for each of 11,,,'' e t awns having Parliamentary representation. ' l '44 - -;" r nt Act of 1832 has worked, a considerable dimi sin the political relations of the . Cinque Ports, ' c n ii) g the number of representatives from six 'r' ° ht ho .g • be4t, title the TvA Of I Varclen of the Cinque Ports was first e `4 on the Constable of lover Castle by William 4e3oe °II l ne r°r• That King, considering Dover as t Tast„' :° England, gave the charge of the adjacen 4 , DO4, with the shipping belonging to it, to the officer niipo-rinlentioned, whose trust was one of the most .f t he C ant in the kingdom. But remarks Camden, I( inp; ilneror was the first appointer of a Warden, first granted them privileges, and that . a b. t thei nd ition . that should provide eighty ships lk h l 2l. r ° ‘‘'n charge for forty days, so often as the rei)l4 lt sueuld have occasion in the wars. John, be l l! etlei f at the time of this grant, was then strait Til e °l it navy to recover Normandy. styl ed arden of the Cinque Ports, now commonly l'iard e ti le Lord Warden, because oftentimes the Prue„ns have been of the nobility, and sometimes le ss the blood royal, is an office which none : I Lii i ,„ a h n a knight can occupy. This great officer, or lt niteC iar ella: as Camden terms him, was created in blisl, o l° ,,n of tbasame officer which the Romans esta ten,,e4pr defence of our coasts. By them he was the Iin.L'ITIORIS SAXONICI COMES and had under him serves t `erve s -r g e of nine seaports. There is no doubt, o t , this learned antiquary, in reference to this soiae this. th ese Cinque Ports or towns were under Sa xons cial government even in the time of the Del a° . ' necessity so requiring. These Wardens also, al so 4 a i s et for the defence of the coast and ports, and bein g for se co mmanders of their ships which they furnished Th ei (;:d bestowed on them the name of Admirals. jaiise,r e e was large. Not only confined to the thei r k l- "°n of the sea in their district, they had in lab n iedi at e • e P and preserving the inland ports—were "rs t differences—guards against the cro aehi alit:l,:arralense.Tlts °f foreigners, and correctors of errors their regularities in all marine transactions within That the Warden of the Ports might . of Seat suitable to his quality, the Castle ofDo . ver, ‘C) hi s eh was appointed Constable, was committed lye gee and custody. l'erse, hav before observed that many memorable th eir " 8 , and have them several with blood royal in th e b vei—s ' "ave filled the office of which his Grace tire. like of Wellington has been the last representa the e ; „In Jeake's invaluahle book (Charters of other',„"lue Ports, fol. 1,727), which, in absence Lords e'f the°,eutnents, is frequently consulted by the extens:"urairalty as authority, we find an accurate and di tensile list of ever_y officer who has enjoy ' s n e l n ,ell Y tl; t. W_arden , from the Conquest anedd most sub- "tabl e n p rom these we select the highest an ECt iv , 'Pies fo ' r "., Ann. 34. Lord Henry Cobham, whose -L,,,,nnded Cobham College. one ; s e : o f f I e • - 04 o A f :In: 19. Bartholomew de Burghesh, Ed fi rs , Companions of the Garter. '`e w' then. Ann. 50. Edmund Earl of Cambridge b . had Ring Edward, t an d d hy wh o o t , he su r r l y e i the office re-gran e o_usieellard 11. Ann,tv:ers conde mned for treason, 7. A • and whho.lwl.as Sir ex S e i c in ut n ed n B on ur T le o y ;ver - York_— ann. 21. Edward Plantagenet, Duke of li en I Aumerle. tesi V. -Ann. 12. Henry Prince of Wales, who delflecl it on becoming King to the Earl of Arun _ D t ;i: e lit was subsequently bestowed on the " Good I4ulphre" Ail aryl. Ann: 25. Lord Say of Seale, whounhap -1,,w beheaded by Jack Cade. - " 4 " , atv afte r •,Atin.*l. The famous Earl of Warwick que n ,'"°m, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, subse t'Y Richard 111. seKinnrY Va, Arm. 8. Henry, Duke of York, the Ifs second son, afterwards Henry VIII. of k en rY VIII. The Duke of Richmond, natural son c „ l n Henry V o t r ar les L Villiers Duke of Buckingham. 4' gr in, Tne time aft er thi s re i gn , th e officer of the p nte that comm a nded the Castle, acted without ns Lord Warden ; the patent, however, was fil led resumed, and h as b een at t i mes as h onoura bl y The r a or since, as it was in its early periods. nature the Lord Warden's office, as regarded ppears t o b e i n exerc i s i ng th e jurisdic th-nn (It' aa Sheriff over all the ports an d members, in execution of wr i ts an d custo d y o f d e bt ors . The i s tY juri s di ct i on in the Lord Warden's hands_ 3i it ef expres sly reserved in that clause of the Municipal , • "rtit Act whi c h a b ol i shes chartere d Ad m i ra lt y . t i i' ri sdictio ns i n general. A b ranc h o f thi s jurisdic f n a Ppears in th e Court of' Lodemanage, so called s rin thete Ohl English word Lockman, a leach-man or of Piwthich i s h e ld for the licensing and regulat i ng lots, b y the L or d W ar d en and a number of Cor e l!nssioners. The Lo r d Warden seems anciently to at held a Court o f Ch ancery i n one of the c h urc h es e 'ver, lilt it h as long be en o b so l ete. At present the efficient authority, charge, or pa tronagei, o f t h e Lord Warden is not very great. The ' honourableness of the situation, however, makes it paramount to all minor considerations, the salary it self not being more than 3,oool.—(Macculloch's Dict. Commerce.) The Barons of the Cinque Ports, who form part of fie Court and State attendant on the Lord Warden, have, time out of mind, had the honour to carry the canopy over the King and Queen at their coronation, and dine with them the same day. Their service is thus stated in an old document :—"To bear the silk cloths, sustained by four staves silvered over, with little silver bells gilded, over the King and Queen, on the day of their coronation ; and after the service per formed, to receive and have the same cloths, with their appurtenances, as accustomed fees.• And also to sit at the principal table at the right side of the hall." The Barons of the Cinque Ports numbered 32, and in the grandeur of the procession and ceremony, formed no small part. The derivation of the names of the different Cinque Port towns over which the Warden exercises juris diction, has been settled by antiquarians and etymolo gists thus : WINCHELSEA, written also Winchilsey, is said to signify Wind-cold-sea (chil, an old word, yet in use for cold), according to the Latin word Frigo-mare ventus, for which now its modern name is used. " Well," says an old writer, " might the ancient town deserve that name, standing, as it does, in a low plain, open both to the winds and the sea." RYE, or Rhie, written in Latin Ria or Rhia. Some conclude it to be so called from its soil producing that corn. Others, that it is named from the rivulet rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1842• GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. Ree. FOLKESTONE, fathed in times of Popery for its monastery, long since swallowed up by the sea, with its five other parish churches. It was in former times so well traded and peopled, that it acquired the name of the People's-town, or Folks-town. ROMNEY.—Some consider this to mean the high way or port to Rome reckoning from Canterbury, the head kingdom of Kent, in which time there was great posting thither. Parkinson, however, says that here the Romans found quantities of the Roman nettle, indigenous to the soil on their first landing, and thence named the eland Romania, corrupted into Romney. HYTFIE.—This in the Saxon tongue signified a haven. DOVElt.—ln Latin Dovoria and Dorobernia, in Saxon Dofra. All of which seem to be drawn from the British word Dufirha, high or steep, alluding to its cliffy aspect. SANDWICH. — In the Saxon, Sand-wic—that is to say the Sandy town or bank. King Canute gave to the haven of Sandwich, the royalty of the water on either side, so far as from n ship there stationed a man could cast a short hatchet out of the vessel into the bank, to Christ's Church in Canterbury. The Romans called it Sabulovicum. LOSS OF THE RELIANCE EAST INDIAMAN. The City of Boulogne steamer, Captain Tune, which left that port at ten o'clock on Thursday night, and arrived at London-bridge Wharf yesterday af ternoon, brings some additional facts relative to the wreck of the above vessel. The information is ob tained from Captain Tune, who gleaned it during a short conversation with Dixon, the carpenter, who still remains at Boulogne ; and in the absence of any official account may be deemed of some importance, as showing more clearly the circumstances under which the ship struck. The statement made to Captain Tune is, that pre vious to the- Saturday morning, when the Reliance went on shore, the weather had been so hazy that the officers of the ship had been unable to take any ob servation for upwards of 70 hours. At the time the vessel grounded she was heaving to under close-reefed top and staysails, and veering her head to the north ward when she struck on her heel. Her head imme diately came round, and she fell broadside on the sand. The tide was, as has been already stated, ebb ing at the time, and the sea running very heavy , which caused the vessel to break up speedily. The fact that the Reliance, when she split, was more than two miles from the shore, which is low and sandy, will account for the awful loss of life which occurred. Several other bodies of the ill-fated crew have, since the last accounts were received, been brought into Boulogne and buried there. It appears that Mr. Walsh, the first mate, was an intimate friend of the poet Moore, with whom he passed several weeks in Wiltshire, before leaving Eng land on his' last voyage. He was also extensively known and respected in India, and was familiarly termed by many of his friends " Paddy . Walsh." He is described as having been very ready in "lending a hand" at getting up dramatic entertainments on toard, and contributing in every way to relieve the tedium of a three months' voyage. Mr. Walsh was a very clever officer, and served as first-mate as well on board the vessel which brought over Sir Lionel Smith from Mauritius, as on board the Repulse, in which Lord Cardigan's regiment returned from India in 1836. He was appointed to the command of the Greenlow, a ship belonging to Messrs. Crawford, but in consequence of some delay he sought and obtained the appointment in performing the duties of which he met his melancholy death. Green, the second mate, is stated to have been con nected, by marriage, with the late Lieut. Roberts, who, it will be remembered, commanded the unfor tunate President. The weather at Boulogne, on Thursday morning last, was so boisterous that the Britannia, Dover packet, which left at 10 A.M., after vainly endeavour ing to cross the Channel, returned to port at half-past 1. ST. PANCRAS VESTRY. On Wednesday a special meeting of the St. Pan cras Vestry took place at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon square, for the purpose of receiving the official Report of Messrs. Tremenhere and Twisselton, the Special Poor-law Commissioners recently appointed to investi gate the state and education of the pauper children, and also the further Report of the Directors and Guardians of the. Poor thereon. Mr. G. HOUGHTON, the Senior Churchwarden, having been called to the chair, the Report of the Assistant Poor-law Commissioners was read. Mr. MGAHEY, the Vestry-Clerk, then proceeded to read the Report of the Directors of the Poor. After some details upon the state of the information and intelligence possessed by the children, The Report terminates as follows :—"The Directors, in conclusion, have to suggest to the attention of the Vestry that the Special Commission and the proceed ings thereunder are illegal and void, inasmuch as one of the Special Commissioners (Mr. Twisselton), being an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, is, by the Act sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 57, expressly de clared incompetent to act as. a Commissioner under any such Special Commission, the object of the Legis lature being evidently that such special inquiries should for the future be conducted by persons not immediately dependent upon the Poor-law Com missioners. The Vestry will, therefore, determine whether or not legal steps ought to be taken to have the Commission and all its proceedings set aside." The Report having been adopted, The' CHAIRMAN said it had been suggested that some steps should immediately be taken by the Vestry to invalidate the Special Commission and its proceed ings, on the ground of illegality. Mr-DOUGLAS thought a Committee ought to be appointed. He would contend, against anything the Commissioners might offer, that the religious state of the poor in the workhouse was better now than it was when they had a hired chaplain, at a salary of 1201. a year. Mr. STOCK moved the appointment of a Committee to inquire into and report to the Vestry on the pro priety of taking legal steps to invalidate the whole of the proceedings of the recent Special Poor-law Com mission ; and, in doing so, expressed his regret that the Directors (of which body he is a member) had not taken earlier notice of the subject, feeling con vinced, that if there was reason for a second inquiry, the Poor-law Commissioners would'permanently come into the parish. The motion having been seconded, was carried una nimously, and the Vestry separated, after a sitting of several hours. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Hon. and Rev. Lord Charles Paulet, and Lady Paulet and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel Cavendish -square, from Brighton; General Sir Jeffery Prendergast, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Nicholson, from. Marshall Thompson's Hotel; the Hon. Mr. Duncombe, from ditto ; Allyne , Esq ., the Rev. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Thurlow, from ditto; Mrs. Gibbons, family, and Miss Cotton, from ditto ; J ames M'Taggert, Esq., and Mrs. M'Taggert, from ditto, for Lyndhurst, Hants. THE LATE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. A great meeting of those persons who are advocates and supporters of the People's Charter took place on Thursday atthe Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proceed ings of the recant Special Commissions, and to adopt such measures as might be deemed requisite to insure a fair, patient, and impartial trial to parties yet un tried, as participating in the late lamentable disturb ances in the northern and midland counties; as also to afford relief to nearly 100 females, who, by the conviction and sentences, lately passed, had been de prived of their natural protectors, and were thereby left no other alternative than to seek refuge in union workhouses, or to become houseless and destitute.wan derers through the land. Long before the hour ap pointed for taking the chair the great room of the ta vern was crowded to suffocation, and many hundreds, we feel no doubt, sought admission in vain.- On the platform and in the gallery were a great number of females, among whom was Miss Walker, who called herself into such celebrity among the Chartists, by her speeches in their rooms at the Old Bailey, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., who was the great lion of the evening, and whom it was advertised would take the chair at seven o'clock, did not arrive till ten minutes before eight o'clock; and on his entering the room, and taking his seat on the platform, the most enthusi astic cheering resounded from every part of the vast assemblage. Mr. Duncombe was attended by Mr. F. O'Connor, Colonel Thompson, and several Chartist leaders. Mr. DUNCOMBE, on being unanimously called to the chair, felt convinced, that to those high-Minded independent men with whom the meeting had origina ted, the noble manner in which these acts had been responded to by the vast numbers that had attended that evening must be a source of the highest gratifica tion. For himself to be unanimously elected to preside upon an occasion so interesting, and in a cause so af• fecting the rights and liberties and distresses of the working classes, he considered one of the highest ho nours that could be conferred upon him.—(Great cheering.) Notwithstanding the fact that a Learned Judge of the land, in his most inquisitorial charge to the Grand Jury, had been represented to have had the audacity to assert that 3,000 or 4,000 Englishmen could not meet together to deliberate upon and discuss a public grievance without being what, in the eye of the law, or rather in that of the Learned Judge— (cheers and groans, and cries of "lire wish we had him here")—was an illegal assembly ; he (Mr. Duncombe) trusted that the vast number that had assembled in that room, and if it had been five times larder, he was sure it would have been filled—(Great cheering)—would give the lie and practical contradiction to the assertions of that Learned Judge.—(Cheers and cries of " We will.") It was his duty as Chairman rather to explain the purposes for which the meeting had been convened, than to express opinions of his own; They had met there not to sympathise with crime, not to justify disobedience to the law, not to advocate deeds of vio lence—(Hear, hear)—but they had met for the proper and legitimate purpose of discussing calmly and in public, according to that privilege which was their birthright as Englishmen, a great public grievance; and if in the administration of affairs there should be anything deserving of condemnation, they were there loudly, firmly, and boldly to condemn it.—(llear, hear.) They were to judge whether those Special Com missions which had been issued in consequence of the unfortunate disturbances that had taken place in the manufacturing districts in August last, had fairly, honestly, and impartially fulfilled their duty. — (Groans, and cries of " No, no, certainly not.") And if it could,be shown that .a prejudice had been un justly created against those who had been put upon their trial, it was the duty of the meeting, as English men, to denounce the oppression resulting from such a prejudice. They had met there .to. express their sympathy with the fatherless and the widow—with those 300 families who were now enduring the greatest misery in consequence of the sentences that had al ready been passed. Some of those who were suffer ing, or were about to suffer, might have committed crime, but it was crime with which, considering the peculiar circumstances of the country, and the distress that prevailed, the middle classes should be disposed to deal leniently. It was the duty of Englishmen, if the law had been strained to meet these particular cases—(Cheers)—to assemble together, and to express their opinions, and to create a protective fund to de fend themselves against the repetition of such oppres sion. —(Hear.) As to those who were sentenced by the law, it was at least a consolation to know that they had been tried by a fair and impartial Jury and an honest Judge.----(Cheers.) Let the meeting look at the case of John Mason. That man, with others, had, on the mere representation of a police-constable—(Hear, hear)—been sentenced at Quarter Sessions, Mason to six months' imprisonment, and the others to two months. The night before they were tried, the Magistrates had sent to say 'that if the prisoners,would plead guilty to having attended an unlawful meeting, the record ...should be with drawn.—(Groans and hissed.) But those men had properly said, "We have been guilty of no crime, and therefore we will not plead guilty. We met peaceably in public, as Englishmen have a right to do, to discuss a public question, and you had no right to interfere."—(Great cheering.) i3ut the authori ties did interfere, and what had been the result ? Those men had been convicted.—(Hisses and groans.) But a subscription had been entered into, and he trusted the families of those men were now kept from want.—(Hear, hear.) He contended that an unjust prejudice had been excited against those who were put upon their trial even at Stafford, although he was disposed to do all justice to Lord Chief Justice Tindal. The Chairman then alluded to the case of Peplow, who had been interrupted in free ingress and egress to and from a public Court of Justice, by order of the High Sheriff, on the ground only that he was known to be a Chartist, and it was not until Mr. Russell, the Counsel, had applied to Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and represented the impossi bility of conducting his case, and procuring justice for his clients, unless his messenger were permitted free access, that this man Peplow had been allowed ad mission. —(Shame.) But he (the Chairman) would come to another point. The meeting had no doubt heard of one Judge Jeffries.—(Hear, and laughter.) Now, the treatment the Chartists had received at Liverpool and Chester reminded him of a passage in the life of that personage. An individual was brought before that celebrated Judge, and it was found that the charge laid against him had no founda tion in fact. At the last moment, however, the counsel against the prisoner stated, as an addition to this charge which could not be sustained, that the man sometimes attended church and sometimes the conven ticle—in short that he was a trimmer. " Oh, oh," said Judge Jeffries, "he is a trimmer, is he ? I have heard of that monster before, but I have never seen one. Stand up, prisoner, and let me see your shape, that I may know how these monsters are formed.' Nov that man was condemned, not because he was guilty of the crime laid to his charge, but because he was a trimmer. He (Mr. Duncombe) believed .that many persons had suffered, and that, unless the people bestirred themselves, many more would suffer, not be cause guilty of a specific crime, but merely because they were Chartists.—(Great cheering.) If there was an Abinger among them, let them give that Abinger a fair hearing, let them attend to all he might say with patience, and then he would with shame confess --(Cheers)—if there was any shame in him, that he ,had maligned Englishmen when he said that 3,000 or 4,000 could not meet, and quietly and legally discuss remedies for grievances which either the Parliament or the Government had inflicted on the people of Eng land.— (Great cheering.) Mr. BALL proposed the following resolution : " That this meeting most deeply regret and sympa thise with the degraded and distressed condition of the labouring portion of their fellow-subjects, shown so particularly throughout the late unfortunate dis turbances in the northern and midland counties." Dr. BOWKETT seconded the resolution. The time had come when they must have a real religion instead of a false one, and real charity instead of a bastard one. True charity was now required in aid of those who were persecuted, and he had no doubt it would be broditht to light by such meetings as the present. if they could not hear in churches of the distresses of the people, they must be sounded forth in such places as the present. Mr. F. O'Cosision then rose to support the resolu tion, and was received with tremendous cheering from all parts of the room, accompanied with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which lasted for several minutes. He was one of the victims of the perse cutors.—(Cheers.) He had had the honour of six criminal prosecutions within the last five years, and still ho was there as large as life—(Laughter, and cries of " Shame.") Now, what was the object for THE LATE SHIPWREcKS.—The loss of the Water- ' which the present meeting was convened ? It was a 100 convict ship in Table Bay involves, in addition to meeting of all classes. of all shades of politics, of all the question of her seaworthiness, some nautical ' men loving justice.—(Cheers.) They were not there questions which it would be as well to examine into. to express their approbation of crime really committed The chain ca ble o f this ill-fated ship is said - to have against the law, even in aid of parties, but to evince snapped inb o ard, which leads to the supposition, that their abomination and abhorrence of the law being when the w i n d increased cable was not veered. Olt stretched for the purpose of putting down the public board th e Ab ercrom bi e cable was veered to one hun- sentiment.—(cheers.) But there was a living spirit dred and fifty fathoms, and the top-gallant and top- which no Judge or Jury could put down or destroy. gallant masts got d own on deck, and other seamanlike For himself, in his own person, however he mi g ht preparations ma d e t o mee t th e approaching tempest. suffer pains and punishments by the misconstruction The rotten state of th e Waterloo must have been of the one, and the penalties imposed by the other, known ; which, in addition to her dreadful cargo of if the people pronounced him innocent what cared he convicts, might have been the cause of her being under for any verdict given by packed Juries ?—(Great the command of some very inefficient person, as it is cheering.) He had been cited last Saturday before not probable a seaman of a hi g h grade in the mer- the Queen's Bench to answer to the accusation of chant service would have taken the command of so several conspiracies. Why it was the law that con inferior a ship with so desperate a class of men as spired against him, and not he against the law. He convicts. Why, asks a w r it er , are our old 32 and had nev er attended a secret association in his life, and such 36-gun frigates now rotting in the Medway, not ye t for all this he had been p ersecuted at an enormous used for such purposes, instead of hiring cl . isrepu- expense to himself. But the singularity of the thing s table craft ? I was, that on the present occasion he and others were charged with conspiring and meeting on the 17th of August, and creating certain-- rows, and riots on the lst.—(Laughter.) Th e re wa s a good deal of art anddeceit in this mode of prosecution. It was necessary for Sir Robert Peel to show what he wanted the Income-tax for—to keep down those rascally Chartists—and thus be would keep Chartism as a bugaboo to frighten the landlords, and reconcile them to his new imposition. It was weii known that in attacking him (Mr. (OConnor), an attack was made upon the Chartist body generally. But the enormous expense of these prosecutions, some 380,0001., must fall upon the middle classes. There was always an increase of 30 per cent. on the secret service money, whenever there were political prosecutions; and when there was a general election the secret ser vice money was doubled. And what was the use ? Many of the Chartists had been convicted before, and what was the consequence ? They were back at their work again.—(Cheers.) After commenting upon the state of the law as regarded trial by jury, Mr. O'Connor said, that supposing the best and kind liest feeling prevailed generally throughout the country towards Chartism, still it was in the power of the Crown to select the forty-eight jurors to try their political prisoners from among that part of society which had not as yet thrown off their old prejudices against such doctrines. The present struggle was for the advantages promised to the people by reform, and they ought to rejoice that the outbreak had taken place, because it showed that the people when in power were incapable of cruelly using it.— (Hear, hear.) The state of the disorder of the country arose from class legislation.—(Cheers.) They were likely soon to have a large addition to the ranks of Chartism—the shopkeepers were on the eve of bankruptcy, and, let the great Tamworth doctor patch it up as he might, he could not put down the Chartists till he could get pure gold out of dirty paper. — (Cheers.) The cotton lords, too, were Al going to the dogs, and when they were engulphed in ruin, out of chaos light would come again.—(Cheers.) He would be the last man to bring about such ruin, but they were doing it for themselves.—(Cheers.) The Press had done all it could, but without avail, to put down the Chartists, and one paper, the Sunday Times, had said that they pandered to the worst of passions, and that every one of them ' like the trumpeter, ought to be hung upon a tree. Now with respect to that paper, he would say to all present, wherever you see it put it behind the fire, and do not leave the room till it is nothing but ashes.—(Cheers and laughter.) He congratulated the Chartists that at last they had got weapon for weapon.—(Cheers) They had got the Little Evening Star and the Great Northern Constellation.—(Great cheering.) The former was losing 801. a-week—(Hear)—but if it lost 100/.. or 200/., all the combined power of the Government or the Press should not put it down ' although they had not a farthing of the money of the Duke of Buckingham, the Carlton Club, or the Corn-law League. Mr. O'Connor, after appealing to the meeting for contribu tions for the purposes named in the resolutions, ob served, that as far as he was personally concerned, his own expenses had never cost the country anything, nor had he ever received a farthing from a living man to defray them. The expenses of his prosecution had cost him about 2001., for he had had to carry his phy sician, his attorney, and his bondsman to Liverpool, and professional men did not travel for nothing. He then congratulated the meeting on having Mr. Dun combe in the chair. They did not disregard rank and title when placed upon honourable shoulders, and they did not honour Mr. Duncombe the less because he was not a working man, but the more, because, belonging as he did to the higher orders of society, he had proved he could feel for the distresses and wrongs of the working man. After exhorting the meeting to forth a firm union, he said he knew there were spies abroad drawn from different classes of life, but if he had health he would, in the course of ten days cr a ifort night, show those new disputants who had latel y been in the habit of meeting them that the y were humbu g s, and that nothing but the Charter la nd. wo (Cheers)ul achiev the regeneration of the people of Eng The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. FUSSELL proposed; -tiftd'Mr. WESTERTON se conded the next resolution, as follows :—That while your petitioners readily admit that persons convicted on true and sufficient evidence before a just Judge and honest Jury, of any real crime connected with the la mentable outbreaks referred to were deserving of pu nishment, they think that such punishment should have been awarded only in proportion to the - wrongs proved to have been inflicted on so ciet y , and with a due regard to that mercy with which - the administra tion of the law should have been , tempered, especially received with loud u nd c e o r l o t n h e e l peculiar s c o i um i !t o a n w c e a s s . cheering, supported the resolution. What a shame it was, h e y 0 said, carry tythwe with it good opinion of the d n ot be administered in a people. He feared he saw a recurrenc e to those crimes of the law which had disgraced a darker and bygone age. When they saw men who filled a situation in which they were bound to weigh crime as if they were above all the passions of humanity,' load one of the scales of justice with angry passions, class inte , - old prejudices, and evil feelings, be must say that bad was the condition of the people rests ' forced todependupon such an administration of were jus tice. Had they not seen the people ground down un who der the abhorrent system of class legislation ?—(llear, hear.) Why, no class was fit to govern all other classes.—(Hear, hear.) He cordi a lly supported the resolution.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then carri e d by acclamation. Mr. CLEAVE then proposed the following resolution : That nearly three hundred f am ilies having , by the sentences passed during the l a t e Special Commis sions, been deprived of their nat ura l protectors, and reduced thereby to a condition which presents no other alternative than to seek refuge in union work houses, or to become housele ss an d destitute wan derers ; and such enormous expenses having been entailed upon the individ ua l s i n di c t e d, who have traversed their trials, as to demonstrate that justice (which should be freely dispensed), to be procured , must be dearly purchased ; it therefore, n ow behoves the friends generally of humanity, apart from all re ference to individual, political , or other opinions, to testify their sympathy for the unfortunate families of the men already sentenced, and at the same time their desire to see justice secured in future, by establishing a General Defence and Support Fund.' He exhorted the meeting to be liberal in their sub scriptions, from the amount of which both friends and foes would judge of the intensity of their feelings. Mr. JENKINS seconded the resolution. Mr. SPURR supported, the resolution. If ever. respectfully, pray your Honourable House to institute such an inquiry—by the appointment of a Committee or otherwise—into the.proceedings of the late Special Commissions, as your Honourable House in wisdom and justice may deem fit. And your petitioners further pray your Honourable House to address her Majesty, that she may be pleased to visit the before-mentioned James, Lord Chief Baron Abinger, with such a mark of her Royal displeasure, as may induce other Judges hereafter to preserve the purity of the judicial func tions unsullied by political rancour or party spirit. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." Mr. RUTTY RIDLEY seconded the resolution, and, commenting in strong terms upon the conduct of Lord Abinger, said he trusted they would never cease from agitating till that monster in the form of man was removed from the judgment-seat. Mr. FRASER said that the modern Jeffries had said that which would bring him into a predicament he would not like. He had declared Chartism to be illegal because it did not suit the views of the aristo cracy. He ought to be impeached, and the best way of impeaching him would be for all classes of honest Reformers to join cordially together, and prove to the aristocracy that they could not put down Chartism, or any other " ism."—(Hear, hear.) The speaker con cluded with an earnest appeal for money. The resolution and petition were then agreed to, and a committee nominated to carry out the objects of the meeting. Dr. BLACK then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried amidst tremendous acclamations. Mr. DUNCOMBE, in returning thanks for the honour done him, observed that when he took the chair he felt that the task would be an easy one, and he had not been disappointed. The persons present had con ducted themselves in a manner that he was sure Eng lishmen would always do when they met for such a purpose.—(Cheers.) He had asked them at the commencement to give to ever y person who might differ from them a patient hearing. He was happy to find that no such differences had taken place. Would Lord Abinger, he would ask, now say that 3,000 or 4,000 Englishmen could not meet for serious discussion ?- 7 (Cheers.) That meeting had nobly done its duty, and it remained for him to do his, and to present to the House of Commons the petition that had been unanimously agreed to that evening.—(Cheers.) That petition Called for inquiry into the proceedings of the late Special Commissions, but more especially into the conduct of Lord Abinger, and it asked, if the result of that inquiry should prove the allegations well founded, that the House of Commons would address the Crown for the removal of that Judge for his dis honourable conduct. He (Mr. Duncombe) would feel proud in presenting that petition, and the greatest gratification in giving effect to it by moving for the inquiry, being convinced that upon that inquiry being instituted the public would find the Chartists were not such monsters as they had been represented to be ; that their views were honest, and that they were entitled to their suffrage and votes in the House of Commons, as well as the aristocracy were in the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) That he believed would be proved upon inquiry ; it would also be shown that the Chartists wished to show no violence to persons or property, and that the manner in which the late Special Commissions had been con ducted, were a disgrace to the Government—(Cheers) — and that the conduct of Lord Abinger was most violent, and that he ought, therefore, no longer to remain on the judgment seat. He hoped the petition would not stop there; it was a most excellent one, and when it was read, as he trusted it would be by every con stituency in the kingdom, and by every working man, by every Noble and Judge in the kingdom—aye, and by every policeman, new magistrate, or constable,— (Great cheering)—he trusted there would not b a single man, who wished to be thought well of by his fellow men, who would scruple to attached his signature to it.—(Tremendous cheering.) He hoped, also, that every constituency would put it to their representatives, either to support the petition, or to give up their seats.—(lncreased cheering). The conduct displayed at that meeting that evening would be worthy imitation of the House of Commons, and lie (Mr: Duncombe) trusted, when he presented their petition to that House, its Members would give him the same attention as those now present had done.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Duncombe) was so con fident of the goodneas of their cause, that the blame would rest with him and not with them, if they did not succeed.--((g rest cheering.) A vote of thanks was then carried to Mr. Roberts for his gratuitous services to the unfortunate Chartists at Stafford, three cheers were given for Mr. Dun combe and Mr. O'Connor, and the vast assemblage separated at'nearly half-past eleven o'clock. A collection was made in the meeting and at the doors ; which amounted, we believe, to a considerable sum. SOUTH AMERICA. Baezirs.—Her Majesty's brig Crane, of six guns Lieutenant Lewis, Commander, arrived at Falmouth from the Brazils on Wednesday, having made the passage in the extraordinarily short period of 34 days. The Crane left Rio de Janeiro on the 13th of Oct., a month subsequent to the departure of the Swift frOm that city, whose arrival we announced on the 12th current, though it will be recollected, that the latter had to call at the northern ports. The Crane has brought two passengers only—viz., M. L. Monaoff, Russian Ambassador at the Court of Brazil, and Count Stackelberg, his attache, on their return home. She has also in specie, &c., a freight equal to 19,0001. on merchants' account; and by her we have con firmed the account received per last packet, of the province of Minas having been subdued to good order and tranquillity by the Government troops. Baron de Caxias, the successful Imperialist General, was about to leave for Rio Grande, where he was ap- pointed to the two-fold capacity of Commander-in- Chief of the army and Governor of the province. When the Crane left Rio Commodore Purvis was there with the Alfred, also the Curlew brig and the schooner Viper. The Satellite had sailed for Valparaiso, and the Malabar for Monte Video. The American ship of war Delaware was also there, ac companied by the schooner Enterprise. Her Majesty's steamer Growler was gone to Rio Francisco to assist in saving the effects of the late ship Middlesex. The Satellite had left for round the Horn ; person in that assembly would csiii-iiiVe id. each it would raise a large sum, and'tend to alleviate great distress. He was not one who would break the law till nature forced him—(Great cheering)—but this he would say, it was better to obey the law of God than man.—(Cheers.) He was never a coward, neither had he ever attempted to commit suicide, but he thought he should be doing so if he was to allow of plenty.—(Cheers.) for the people's hmilannsyelfhatdo sptarrovpoe posed r th em e e l d a i n e c s i dis tresses, but in his opinion there was no other than the People's Charter. It was cowardice, and that alone, that prevented them from obtaining the Charter.— (Cheers.) Englishmen at the present moment, the majority of the masses, were afraid to declare their sentiments even in their worksh ops , or a ny where at all. If they were prepared to carry out their prin ciples as their fathers of old did, they would get their Che ianr prison stop there, let t he m not spend their money in fe —ou(nCshele,erosr.)getidtientg them ba w h en thrown into bail ; no, rather let them :e r c . so glorious a cause. they were suffering in feel T ihtetroebseoluatnioh urnonwoasdteco declared d w by th 3 Chairmail be carried unanimously. , The CHAIRMAN then announced that Mr. Roberts, of Bath, who bad generously given, his gratituitous services in defending the prisoners at Stafford, would address the meeting. Mr. ROBERTS presented himself amidst great cheer ing,anything that had w g as lo n ri o e t d d in au t p a e v d in b ishaken hands with and assured the meeting that his zeal in the avowed was not Chartistoccurred. lie But the secret was that Mr. Ellis had, on a previous occasion, suc ietyal Family—and suc ceeded in ousting the aristocracy from the very hall I gn V ilt E y lolifsihewlichoahrgee(LlPu. tßedobteorthsi)m. in which he was tried, when they had met to move an might be Prince Address of Condolence or Congratulatio n to our most gr Al a b c e i rt ot a Q t u a le l n e — ven (L ts a o t what did Ellis do ? He simply moved an amend ment, to the effect that the )(.ople should be condoled Queen - (Laugh ter' rR with too.—(Hear, hear.) Lllis succeeded in ousting the Lord who sat in the chair, and in taking it him self.—(Cheers.) 'Why, it was admitted that Ellis was not guilty of the crime for which he was tried. On the Saturday, at six o'clock, when the case for the prosecution was closed, Chief Justice Tindal proposed that the Court should adjourn ; Sir Wil liam Follett requested that the defence should be proceeded with, and that defence Was, that 'the prisoner was in bed at the time charged. Oh, but between that time and Monday morning, the time was well employed, for people were brought up in chaises from places miles away to Prove that the man was not in bed at the time.--(Groans and hisses.) Mr. Roberts then strongly appealed to the meeting for funds, and concluded by proposing the following resolution, and the prayer of the petition :—" That James Scarlett, Lord Abinger, Chief Baron of her Majesty's Exchequer, one of the Judges appointed to preside on such Special Commission, did deliver cer tain charges, which, as your petitioners would humbly represent, were improper, as proceeding from a Judge upon the Bench, being of an unfair, unjust, and poli tical tendency ; calculated to prejudice, m i s l ea d, and exasperate the minds of the Juries to whom such charges were addressed, and by whom the individuals indicted as participating in the late disturbances, were to be tried. " Your petitioners, therefore, most earnestly, but the Cockatrice for Buenos Ayres. The Curlew was employed in cruising ; also the Phantom. The prize of the latter vessel, reported by the last arrival, had been condemned, and the slaver would be sent with her living cargo, in a day or two, for Demerara under charge of Lieut. Lang. The latest quotation of exchange at Rio shows an advance of 4 on that received by the last packet, being 27, at which rate about 150,0001. had been ne gotiated. Government Six per Cent. Stock, 70 to 701 ; Silver Coin, 88 ; Spanish Dollars, 1.860 to 1.850 ; Doubloons, 28.900 to 29.000. The opening rate upon London was 25, 25 to 251 prevailed until the 14th, when a large amount was negotiated at 26, and at this and at 264, the remaining business for the Swift packet, sailed 17th, was done; from 17th to 20th (her Majesty's ship Curacoa), 26 to 261 were the rates, and the largest sums were passed at 261, the rate thenceforward until 24th, when the amount was taken at 27, and although bills were subsequently negotiated at 26i and 264, the bulk of the transactions, and the amount was heavy, until the close of the month, was at 27. BUENOS AYRES.—The latest dates from Buenos Ayres were to the 26th of September. The Buenos Ayrean army, 12,000 strong, had received all their re inforcements in horses, &c., and operations were ex pected to commence in the beginning of October, when they would cross into the Estado Oriental ; and their squadron was in readiness to proceed down the river, to co-operate with the land forces. Accounts have been received from the Upper Pro vinces, where all was quiet; a good understanding prevails between Senor Fen° of the province of Cor rientes, and Roses. The former, it appears, saw nothing but destruction by joiningFructos in the strife. Rosas has opened the trade to the river Parana and Uraguay in places unoccupied by the enemy, and has delivered up all the vessels detained in consequence of an infringmement whilst the port was closed. In consequence of this business was rather brisk at Buenos Ayres. A fair amount of business was be ing transacted ; on some articles an advance of 10 per cent. was readily obtained. Flour in bond 12 Spa nish dollars per barrel. Mediterranean produce look ing down. For Brazilian products an active demand existed. In home produce 53 to 54 for salted cow or ox hides. Freights to England 40s. for tallow and salted hides. Doubloons 268 to 275 dollars. Six per cent. stock 65 to 6 8 per cent. Exchange upon Eng land 2 15-16 d. to 3d. In consequence of the death of the Duc d'Orleans, h e r Brittanic Majesty's v essels Pearl; Partridge, and Vier, half-mast, display and ed, on the 12th the insttw., their own and the French flag o form-r fire 121 minute gun's. A similar demonstration was made on the 13th by the United States corvette Decatur, French schooner of war Eclair, and Argentine brig of war General San Martin, with this difference, that the two latter had their yards crossed, and their firing was at half-hour intervals from sunrise to sunset. _According to accounts from Monte Video, British ship ping in that quarter had greatly increased within the last few years. In 1841, by an official tabular state ment, 159 British ships had entered in at Monte Video, making in tonnage 34,537 ; while in 1830, there were only thirty ships, amounting to 7,480 tons. Exchange on England at Monte Video 42d. to 43d. INCOME-TAX.—Severa l m otions and other applica tions have been m ade during the present term to the Lord Chancellor and the other Equity Judges re specting difficult legal questions arising out of the ope ration of the above • There appears every proba bility of the prediction of the Vice-Chancellor being fulfilled, viz., that i . t will occupy years to decide an the questions relat i ve to the Income-tn. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 16, 1842. The following addresses of congratulation, transmitted for presentation _to his Royal Highness Prime Albert, on the occasion et the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, wore presented to his Royal Highness by the Right lion. the Marquis of Exeter :—From the Legislative Council of Canada, in provincial Parliament assembled. From the Commons of Canada, in provin cial Parliament assembled. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 15. An Address of Congratulation on the escape of her Majesty from assassination, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Newport, Monmouth-1 shire ' having been transmitted for presentation t o hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert, has been presented by the Marquis of Exeter to his Royal Highness, who was pleased to receive the same very graciously. WHITEHALL,. Nov. 18. The .Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session, in Scotland, to Alexander Wood, Esq., Dean of Faculty, in the room of Adam Gillies, Esq., resigned. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 15. Ordnance Medical Department—Assistant-Surgeon William Kelly to be Surgeon, vice Seaton, retired on half-pay, Nov. 1. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Michaelmas Term, 1842.—Sixth Victoria. 15th November, 1842. This Court will, on Saturday the 26th, and Monday the 28th days of November instant, also on Saturday, the 3d day of December next, hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the New Trial Paper, Crown Paper, and Special Paper, and in giving judg ment in cases that may then be pending. By the Court. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. NORTHERN SPRING CIRCUIT, 1843 (AS ALTERED). , Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire—At Sheffield, Friday, Feb.•lo. Yorkshire—At Wakefield, Monday, Feb. 13. At the Town and County of the Town of Kinston-upon- Hull, Monday, Feb. 20. Yorkshire—At York, Wednesday, Feb. 22. At the City and County of the City of York—The same day. Yorkshire—At Richmond, Friday, Feb. 24. Durham—At Durham, Saturday, Feb. 25. Northumberland—At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tuesday, Feb. 28. At the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon - Tyne—The same day. Cumberland—At Carlisle, Friday, March 3. Westmoreland—At Appleby, Monday, March 6. Westmoreland—At Kendal, Tuesday, March 7. Lancashire—A t Lancaster, Wednesday, March 8. Lancashire—At Preston, Saturday, March 18. Lancashire—At Liverpool, Monday, March 20. Cheshire—At Chester, Wednesday, March 22. At the City and County of the City of Chester—The same day. Montgomeryshire—At Welsh Pool, Saturday, March 25. Flintshire—At Mold, Monday, March 27. Denbighshire—At Ruthin, Tuesday, March 28. Merionethshire—At Dolgelly, Thursday, March 30. Anglesey—at Beaumaris, Monday, April 3. _Carnarvonshire—At Carnarvon, Tuesday, April 4. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM LYON, jun., chemist and druggist, Cam bridge. BANKRUPTS. TIMOTHY FISHER, licensed victualler, Randolph street, Camden Town, to surrender Nov. 30 at ten, and Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Groves, jun., Charlotte-street, Bedford-square. JOHN JAY, builder, London-wall, Nov. 25, at one, and Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing h all-stroet ; Richardson, Smith, and Jones, Golden- square. GEORGE SAVAGE, dealei in glass and china, Winchester, Nov. 22, at one, and Dec. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard. THOMAS GILSON, coffee housekeeper, Bucklers bury, Nov. 29, at one, and Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, Alder manbury, official assignee ; Sole, Aldermanbury. JOHN APLIN, scrivener, Bicester, Dec. 1, and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Turquand, Copthall-court, o ffi cial assignee ; Risley and Chappell, Quality-court, Chancery-lane. STEPHEN WATERS, draper, Edenbridge, Kent, Nov. 29, at one, and Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Lackington, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings ;. Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. - BENJAMIN LAURENCE, merchant, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, Dec. 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Gibson, o ffi cial as signee, Basinghall-street ; Gatty and Garth, Angel-court. RICHARD LINDON, corn-factor, Marlborough, Devonshire, Nov. 24 and Dec. 23, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Weymouth and Green, Cateaton street, London ; Hurrell, Knightsbridge. CHARLES BAILEY, plumber, Berkhamptead St. Peter, Hertford, Nov. 28, at twelve, and Dec. 30, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall- street, London ; Williams, Lincoln's Inn-fields. THOMAS BIGNAL, linen-draper, Chatham, hens . - Nov. 23, at one, and Dec. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Reynolds, Adam-street, Adelphi. WILLIAM COLLINGS, baker, Devonport, Nov. 29, and Dec. 27, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter ; Chapman, DevonporC ROBERT PINKERTON, merchant, Mark-lane, Lon don, Nov. 29, and Dec. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson, Basinghall street, official assignee ; APLeod and Stenning, Billiter- street. GEORGE I)EANE, livery stablekeeper, Upper Toot ing, Surrey, Dec. 3, at half-past one, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Theobald, Staple's-inn, London. WILLIAM MASON, corn dealer, Boston, Yorkshire, Nov. 29 and; Dec. 30, at twelve, at :the District Court of Bankruptcy. Leeds. Walmsley and Co., Chancery lane, London ; Kirby, Knaresborough. WILLIAM BULL and FRANCIS TURNER, printers, Birmingham, Nov. 26 and Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Whitmore, official assignee ; Clarke and Medcalfe, Lincoln's Inn fields, London ; Wills and Oliver, Birmingham. SAMUEL BUTLER, WILLIAM BUTLER, and JAMES BUTLER, ironfounders, Birmingham, Nov. 23 and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Bir mingham. Bittlestou, official assignee, Birmingham ; James, Birmingham. THOMAS BELL, grOcer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 29 and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the District Court of Bank ruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Miller, official assignee; Hill and Mathews, St. Mary Axe, London ; liewison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. GEORGE BEALE BROWN, commission-merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 1 and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Turner, official as signee, Duke-street ; Mason, Liverpool ; Willis, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, London. WILLIAM BAYLEY, grocer, Hastings, Sussex, Dec. 3 and 20, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Rixon and Son, Jewry street, Aldgate, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. A. Lewis, bookseller, Fleet-street, Dec. 9, at one— A. and C. Duncan, merchants, Tokenhouse-yard, City, Deco. 9, at two. CERTIFICATES. W. Richardson, wine merchant, King-street, Coven garden, Dec. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy, Basinghall-street---G. J. Green, glass manufac. turer, Birmingham, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court of Bankruptcy—H. Castle, ship owner, Lucas-street, Rotherhithe, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—J. Saun ders, jun., bookseller, Paternoster-row, Dec. 13, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street—J. Marshall, merchant, Birchin-line, Dec. 12, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—H, Jacob, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 13, at one , at th e Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—W. Chapman and C. M. Woodyer, coal merchants, Wapping, Dec. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall stret—J. Pidgeon, laceman, Birmingham, Dec, 9, at t c w . e i l i v a e m , m a t o t n h d e , I C t a o l u i a r n t o w f a ß r e a h n o k u n e p ro t c a y n , B , Greata s i ng s r s e t r e e e t— t Blackfriars-road, Dec. 9, at one, at the Court r of Bank ruptey, Basinglrall-street—J. Tho at p h s a bli f- d ast l on i e n it 3 t a lTle r hangings, Oxford - stree t, Dec. 9, p 11 t Holmes, silk-gauze manufacture r, Fri y , Court of Bankruptcy, Basidnagh_astr-stree t —W. Cheapside, 9, of lareßankruptcy,hoase warehousemen, ai at ag half-past hastreet eenjv.Scottat t ande Courtl. Doke, v Wood-street, Cheapside, Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basm g h a ll-street—A. Christie, spirit merc hant, East-cheap, City, Dec. 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street — G. Watson, apothecary, Aldersgate-street, Dec.l3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street— P. Van den Ende, wool merchant, London-wall, Dec. 13, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—R. Turvill, baker, Kingston-upon-Thames, Dec. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—A. Bull, mer chant, Bucklersbury, Dec. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall .street—J. H. Loup and G. Godber, cotton factors, Cateaton- street, Dec. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—J. La mont, J. I). Stewart, and J. Matravers, brewers, Skin ner-street, Bishopsgate, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, 13.isinghall-street — T. Pilbeam, smith, Parker-street, Drury-lane, Dec. 13, at half past twelve, at the Court of B a nkruptcy,Basinghall-street--J. Burnie, merchant, Tokenhouse-yard, City, Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—C. Savin and E. Le Roy, artificial Hower manufacturers, Berners street, Middlesex Hospital, Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Basinghall-street—W. C. Gotland, linen draper, Cambridge, Dec. 13, at half -past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—T. Lingham, wine merchant, Cross-lane, St. Mary -at-hill, Dec. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-st ree t-0. Hills, grocer, Bow, Dec. 13, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street —W. Norton and F. Jackson, ware h ou semen, Cateaton-street, D ec. 12, at half -past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street - --R. C. and H. T. Gray, ro e. p e i T , t i er t s l , r G ee r , o a s t ve th n e or-jo o lac ar e t , Commer cial-road East, De Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street —G. Booth, lime burner, Princes-street, Lambeth,HPS Dec, 2 of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. at the Court B. Clarke, J. Tayleur, and J. Walmsley, coal pro prietors, Simingtou, L ancash i re (so far 58 r egards D. Clarke)—R. Godeffroy and J. Simon, Great Winches ter-street—J. Croton and G. Evans, flannel merchants Oswestry, Shropshire—J: J. Clothier, R. Legg, and M. ' Clothier, milliners, St. Paul's Church-yard—J. Wood, E, Wood, and H. Gardner, Coleman-street—J. Goldthorp„ C. Goldthorp,.and R. Goldthorp, flax makers, Rawfolds, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Goldthorp)—J. Green, J. Green, T. Hedley, and J. Kitson, iron manufacturer s , Corsenside, Northumberland (so far as regards T. Iled. ley)—Jh. and Jn. Rayner, drysalters, Pudsey, Yorkshire —ll. and G. Castle, linen drapers, Blackheath—T. S. Piper and B. W. Gabriel, wholesale stay makers, New gate-strett—S. Homer and W.- Porter, coach makers, Birmingham—R. Hicks and K. Melo, jun., builders, Stangate, Lambeth—T. H. and J, &holes, muslin ma nufacturers, Manchester—T. Haggett and H. Parrett, builders, Clifton, Bristol—T. Bolton, J. Ferguson, and J. Ogden, merchants, Liverpool—B. Wood, sen., and B. Wood, jun., wine merchants, Leeds—R. Casson, W. Kennedy, and W,Bettison, printers of the " Hull Adver tiser," Kingston-upon-Hull (so far as regards W. Ken . - nedy)—J. England, G. L. Shackles, and W. Poppleweit jun., attorneys, South Cave, Yorkshire--Jh. Thompson, Js. Thompson, and Jn. Thompson, cotton spinners, Manchester (so far as regards. Jn. Thompson)—J. Fletcher and T. Banks, steam-engine-makers, M anchtiter. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ANDERSON, HARVEY, and CO., thread manu facturers, Paisley, Nov. 12 and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Chambers of J. Dunn, Paisley. JAMES STEITAItT, tanner, Thornhill. Perthshire, Nov. 21 and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court-house, Dunblane. DAVID ROBERTSON, cattl e d ea l er, Cowbyres, Forfarshire, Nov. 24 and Dec. 15, at twel ve , at the Roy a l Hotel, Dundee. JOHN WRIGHT and ROBINA WRIGHT, mer chants, Aberdeen, Nov. 26 and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. ROBERT TORRANCE, draper, Airdrie, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Chambers of Forbes and Reddie, Glasgow. JOHN CAMPBELL, spirit dealer, Glasgow, Nov. 24 and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Chambers of C. and R. Baird, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Nov. 18, 1842, is 365. btri. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. SERIOUS AFFRAY. On Sunday night last, the neighbourhood of Mount street was thrown into a state of great alarm, in con sequence of a very serious affray having taking place between a party of soldiers and a tap-room full of civilians at the Britannia public-house, Mount-street. The case was heard at the Police-office yesterday (Thursday), and the following are the particulars : Henry Holmes, a private in the Queen's Bays, was charged by William Smith, landlord of the Britannia public-house, Mount-street, with breaking a table, and damaging four spittoons and four cans, of the value of 10s. He charged others, but could not name any more. The evidence was as follows :—That on Sunday night, about eight o'clock, while - the tap-room of the Britannia was filled with people, three or four soldiers came in. The newspaper had been read, and the company were talking about Chartism. One of the soldiers immediately said, "D— and b— the bloody Chartists." This led to some chaffing, and one of the soldiers gave a toast, " May every Tory Alagis • trate's house be thatched with the skins of Chartists." The chaffing went on, and shortly after one of the sol diers went out, saying he would be back directly. Almost immediately after some other soldiers came in, took up the table, smashed the legs off, and played away on all sides. The civilians turned again, and a general fight took place, but eventually the civi lians were swept from the field. One witness, Wm. Hind, of Cannon-yard, Long-row, had his arm broken his hand smashed, his ear hurt with kicks, and otherwise injured. Others were also injured. None could, however, swear to any soldier as breaking the table. They, however, distinctly swore that no blow had been struck previous to the soldiers breaking the table, and that they commenced what was termed a cowardly and brutal assault. The prisoner'w glove, which was found, with his name written in it, was the clue which led to his discovery as being one of the psrty. The Mayor could not think that soldiers would act so without great provocation. The Adjutant of the regiment, who was present at the Police-office, wished to call witnesses for the defence. The Mayor said it was of no use, as there was no case against the prisoner, who was not sworn to, and he must , be discharged. The -Adjutant would very much like to call them, as he should show the civilians to be the aggressors, and that the soldiers merely acted in their own defence. The Mayor assented to it. Corporal Macdonell deposed that no chaffing what ever took place ; that no such boast was given ; that the people in the tap-room insulted the soldiers by calling them hired assassins, and calling out " Map perley Hills ;" and that while all the other soldiers were out but himself, he was knocked down, kicked, and beat brutally, and that it was over his b ody that his comrades came and rescued him,ashelay bleeding. Corporal Lawrence Council proved that Macdonell was most brutally used, and that, before that, nothing had been done to irritate the people. The Mayor expressed his decided opinion that this row first commenced with the civilians,y that Macdo nell was knocked down before anything else was done, and that acting a friendly and noble part, the soldiers rescued their comrade. He trusted in future no one would attempt to insult soldiers, as they were under very peculiar c ircumstances, and ought to be honoured more than insulted. The Adjutant thanked the Mayor for his atten tion to the case ; he only wished the affair to be fully investigated, as the Colonel would have punished the soldiers if they had been in the wrong. Hind looked a most pitiable object, and Macdonell's face was all colours, with blows.—Nottinghain Review. ERR AT U m.—ln the judgment delivered on Thursday by Sir James Wigram in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, and reported in The Sun, for " Howard,". read " iia- yard." oza c re h m ri a st k in in a g s at T b i o i t E h A Thalc Nses fo o r y E t T h . T e I r E r s 0 . i pantomimes. At Covent - ga rden, an endeavour will u P c t r i e o P n a r o a f t be made to improve the character of the amusement, by the substitution of clever jokes (which will bear repetition), for the endless riot and confusion which has hitherto been its characteristic—the Editors of Punch have been engaged upon it for some time. The pantomime at Drury-lane will be called William Tell. The long talked of new ballet at Covent-garden is laid by for the present, and the opera of Masaniello will be revived as an afterpiece. The next operatic novelty will, we believe, be Mr. Benedict's opera, which will be produced immediately after Christmas ; this will be followed by Rossini's La Donna del Lago, in which Mrs. Shaw will sustain the character of Malcolm.— Dramatic and Musical Review. The Princess' Theatre, in Oxford-street, will be opened with an opera company on the 26th of next month. The musical department will be placed under the direction of Signor Schirra ; Mr. John Loder is to be the leader ; and Mr. W. Lovell Phillips chorus-master.—Dramatic and Musical Review. The General Steam Navigation Company'.s Mail Packet, Caledonia, Captain H. Cheesman, arrived off the Tower on Thursday evening, at ten, with the Ham burgh Mail, having had a most splendid passage of forty-six hours only from Hamburgh. PRISON DISCIPLINE.—We understand that among other alterations and improvements in prison regula tions, recommended by the Inspectors of Prisons, there will be one for an increase in the dietary al lowed to prisoners.—Berkshire Chronicle. BRlBERY.—Sweatmeats were formerly much used to bribe persons of quality or judges, to whom a questre to was to be made. This custom at last rose to such a pitch, that Louis IX. of France issued a pro clamation, wherein he forebade all Judges to take more than ten penny worth a week. Philip the Handsome, The pearl fishery, it in • subsequently curtailed this quantity to no more than what one could use in one-day. pYsS:lnNleAx.i—stTenicieelmiosstthcartuperal I c i t n is d ed o f at n e tr a o h a i e slavery, an are often li sacrificed to per Al i na accordingisland o on t the uAbyssinianppei who visitedCoa st. 1831, is carried on exclusively by youths, who e a m n y s e l N a . e r: at a the severities which accompany it. of the overseers, who are w de stroyed by sharks, or fall victims to the negligence armili themsel ve s fire while the poor creatures are pulling in vain at a rope which is attached to th e give notice to those abov e arm, and is destined to air. Ti. . lluppell couldwhen they are in want of notl obtain any estimate of this the profits derived f rom accursed business ; but, as the inhabitants w ere wealthy and slaves in the t . market numerou s , here can be no doubt that the loss of life attendant thereon is easily made up by fresh purchases, and that the average duration of existence among these helpless creatures must be short indeed. —Anti-Slavery Reporter. • , • 11 AMBURGII, Nov. 11.—In the course of last year, a. llamburgh barque, the Echo, was seized in the har bour of Sierra Leone, and eventually 'confiscated under the sanction of the local Admiralty Court, upon grounds connected with her supposed infraction of a convention made between Great Britain and Ham burgh, for the suppression of the slave trade. The owner and agents of the barque applied, through the medium of Mr. Colquhoun, in London (the Hanseatic Consul-General), to the British Government, complain ing of the illegality and injustice of the proceedings of the Admiralty Court in Sierra Leone, and demanding for her restitut ion of the vessel, with indemnification- her detention, and all costs. A diplomatic correspon dence arose out of this transaction, in which Lord Ab e rdeen; Mr. Colquhoun ' Hodges , an Colonel d IT * Syndic Sieveking, of Hamburgh, were the pri n c ip al parties. Until the whole of the correspondence has been published, it would not be fair to express what has already appeared in print; a case is certainly made out in favour of the owners of the Echo, which demands a strict and very impartial investigation on the Put of the British Government. r 1:•" :1;4:01 coly i ; !4,e A 9 'll.v 4 5f5 , 61. lils~ i ~ t n++ e ill • fq,)(l' :