The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TRE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—" The Dublin election is over satis factorily," is the form in which the Times of this morning . announces the fact " big with the fate " of its party, th a t M r. Gregory has been declared by the partisan Sheriffs of Dublin duly elected to serve in Parliament as one of the representatives of that city. The "satisfaction" which the Times professes to de rive from this resul t,will, we apprehend, be of very short duration. The pleasing error will not be allowed to cheat the minds of the Tories many days after the meeting of Parliament. The in quiry which must be instituted by the House of Commons - into the unfair and illegal practices by which this mere colourable majority and prede termined return of the Tory candidate have been achieved, will lay bare the foul conspiracy which has been formed against the electoral rights of the people. The agents of that conspiracy will scarcely escape the just vengeance of the law; the Go veri:ment for which, and under whose special patronage, their operations were conducted, will certainly be subjected to the condemnation and consequent diminution of public respect and Confidence, divested of which no Government can long exist in this country. We have in former articles on this contest laid before our readers the shameless manner in which Lord De Grey has identified the Crown with the Tory party. The haste—indicative ofthe anxiety with which his Excellency looked fbr the arrival of a Tory candi date—with which, immediately on his arrival, Mr. Gregory proceeded to the Castle—the enter tainment prepared for him and his chief support ers at the Vice-Regal table—the association of Lord Jocelyn, the High Steward of the Household, with the canvassing parties—these, and numerous other modes of expressing the deep interest which " the highest functionary in the land" took in the contest, tended to confirm the announcement of the Government Journals, that Lord De Grey had " ratified" the choice of the Tories ; and that, brought forward under such high auspices, Mr. Gregory's return was secure! Lord De Grey must be called upon to answer in the House of Commons, through his Secretary, Lord Eliot, for what appears to us, and must appear to all who respect the Constitu tion, and call to mind the jealousy with which it has -provided against the interposition of the Crown in the choice of representatives of the people—as nothing short of a bold and daring attempt to bias and control the proceedings of an election; and thus to stifle the public voice, when that voice was likely to express an opinion unfavourable to the party with which the Lord Lieutenant, the representative of the Sovereign, thought proper, personally and officially, to identify himself. STANDARD.—It has been complained that the Lord Lieutenant ostentatiously interested himself for the Conservative candidate. This is not true; and it is not even pretended that Lord De Grey carried his favour towards Mr. Gregory to any illegal or unconstitutional extent. But be this as it may, however Lord De Grey may have acted, the best judges of his Lordship's conduct, the parties on the spot, the electors and the mass of the people approved it. The first have returned Lord De Grey's iltyourite, the others have rested satisfied with the conduct of the Government in the election. We do not wish to underrate the value of the victory as a Conservative triumph, or to detract from the merit of the ad mirable Conservatives of Dublin ; but it would be unjust to the cause of good government in ' Ireland not to acknowledge the event of the late contest as something much more and much better than a party triumph; it is a testimony to the facility with which Ireland may be go verned, if only governed as she is now go. veined, but as she has never been, save at brief intervals, within the last fifty years. Here is in contestable proof that if the Irish people are suf fered by their rulers to rest, if they are not tor mented by officious conciliations and promises of change never to be effected, or to be effected at some remote period—if, in short, they are de fended from incendiaries and projectors, they will not be insensible to the blessings of repose, and of a firm and impartial administration of the law, with out which repose is impossible to any people. Dub lin surely maybe taken as a fair sample of the island; or, if not a fair sample, the city, presided over by Mr. Daniel O'Connell, must be regarded as less than favourable to the Conservative side. Yet we see with how much ease and how tran quilly Dublin has been won . Th e organ i se d Conservative bodies did their work nobly, no doubt ; but the effect of Lord De Grey's Govern ment had greatly lightened their task ; lightened it so greatly, as to hold out a hope, almost amounting to certainty, that future Conservative victories will be almost universal in Ireland, a n d what is a prospect i n fi n itely more gratifying, that they will be obtained over almost unwilling op ponents. MONEY MARKET &nd CITY NE WS. FROM TIER MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—We have more than once suggested to the holders of the American State securities the policy- of calling a meeting and appointing a Committee to watch over their interest:. No such step has yet been taken, but we are informed that Mr. R. C. Wyllie, of the Spa nish and Spanish American Committees, is about at once to take his departure for the United States .for the purpose of enforcing their claims on the Governments of the non-paying States. A gentleman better qualified than Mr. Wyllie for the undertaking could not have been selected, as his general talent and aptitude for business, which must by this time be well known to all parties interested in Foreign Loans, are equalled only by his perseverance. CHRONICLE.—The Message of Governor Porter, of Pennsylvania, gives a full and candid exposition, of the public debt and resources of that State, w hil e i t calls upon all classes of citizens to maintain the sacred ness of public faith. The total debt of the State is 36,331,005 dol. 69c. The income appropriated especially to its payment is derived from tolls on canals and railways, auction duties, tax on collateral inheritance, dividends on turnpikes, &c.. and the tax levied on real and personal property is 924,059 dol. 15c. The sum in the treasury applicable to its payment was 1,020,936 dol., making together a surplus of 125,942 dol. 62c. above what is necessary to pay the interest due on the Ist of February. The internal improvements, for which the principal amount of the State debt.has been incurred, consists of 7644 miles of canals and railways completed, and 165:1 miles of canal in progress of construction, and nearly completed. The Governor urges the sale of the Colum bia railroad, and the Delaware division of the Pennsyl vania canal, and hints that the price might be taken in State Stocks. He alludes, in most appropriate terms, to the insolvent state of the banks, and the depreciation of the currency, and recommends the repeal of the law of last Session, under which the State borrowed 3,100,000 dollars from the banks, a n d t o re d eem the loan suggeststhe creation of a. Six per Cent. Stock, to be sold at what it would bring. Along with the repeal of this law, he recommends the enforcement o f spec i e payments by, the banks, and that some day in June should be fixed as the period for resumption. We have always maintained that this was the first step towards the restoration of American credit, an d augur favourably from the decided tone in which Go vernor Porter expresses himself. " Those banks," he justly observes, " which are in a sound condition will conform to the requisitions of the Legislature without much embarrassment, and those which are not will be brought to the touchstone of their merits." If Pennsyl vania takes the lead in resumption, as she did in sus pension, the imitation of her example in this case by the other States will go far to compensate for the evil of her former course of policy. The paper of the insol vent banks will lose all, currency, and will be driven from circulation by paper of intrinsic convertible value founded on a specie basis. To compel the banks to re sume, the Message discountenances the renewal of any bank charters or the grant i ng o f new ones until they re turn to specie payments, and cautions the Legislature against the grant of corporate privileges. SUN.—The decline in the public securities which commenced rather in a marked manner on Satur day, was not arrested to-day, the public coming forward as sellers of Stock. The motive evid en tly is rather that of doubt and anxiety, as to the probable measures or the present Government, than any immediate demand for money or mere specu lative operations. Consols for immediate transfer were at 89 to 88:1, and for Ac coun t a t 89-k t o 89, closing at 89 for the former, and 89* buyers for the latter. Ex chequer Bills were 17s. to 19s. premium, and India Bonds 9s. to Ils. premium. Bank Stock was at 1671, the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, realised 981 to 98i, and the Three per Cents. were at 89/ to 891. The Foreign Stocks were flat also. Spanish Actives were at 241 to 241, being a decline; Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 33-4 to 335, Mexican 29f, an d Colombi an 211. Belgian Bonds were at 102::-, and Dutch Two -and -a Half per Cents. at Shares were nearly all sold on reduced terms. Great Western closed at 19 premium. Brighton at 14* to 14-' 4 discount. Birmingham at 79}.-premium. FARL3 1303TT O----All FICE.--..___ l etters from P fr iti s h North Americ a I y tr , p i aek. : te Royal l Steam Packets fr , jai Hali fax, stamped tters," addressed to _Paris, are taxed eight sous, or fe ' t e tern ; double letters o i p;;T i. ti t o , n— I , in p tr r p arte? 1: r sterong, tor ; s i ng l e l e t_ pay 10t1. English postag e t—that is to say, they . „ P. ,,lTe_nch Po-stage, and 4d. because they are stamp:el - ters, making gle letter. C om . at,..ets 1_, , ... t -5, from Englatal,to P..ri.i 725, for each_ sin but that gentle plaints. have been made to M. uom . f . , e , '.ereneh .. Government man evades the answer. Has the d. on any just right to tax British subje e . cs 4 letter, because thy come home I , ,e r when that postage i 3 paid in, British North 1 ackets ' Royal Steameach I:.nglish America to the British Post-office ? Another Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign -office yesterday at three o'clock. At this Council the Royal Speech on the :opeuinrof Parliament wa s finally agreed upon, previous to submitting it for her Maiesty's approbation, at the Privy Council to be holden fur *tat purpose. Sir D. a who James Gr a h am , .a . the other Ministers were On a visit to her Majestyat Windsor Castle, arrived • tatc.,wn l ii ear y yesterday morning. 4i\ . ---i ~.. f LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 31. CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE SUNDAY TIMES. THE QUEEN V. CHAPMAN AND OTHERS. The SOLICITOR - GENERAL (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—That article had accused Mr. Grove first of having: offered an unwarrantable insult to the people of Ireland, which Mr. Grove had not attempted to deny; in fact, he admitted that he had made use of unwarrantable language, and therefore the only portion of the article which he was called upon to defend was that which accused Mr. Grove of inhumanity, in regard to directing the removal of Mrs. Graham. The truth of the report which had appeared in the papers of what had passed before Mr. Grove, when Mr. Macdonald, the surgeon, had distinctly stated to Mr. Grove that he should not consider it safe to remove Mrs. Graham in her then state, and when Mr. Grove had denominated such an opinion a trumpery excuse, and had directed the order to be executed, was not at tempted to be denied. That statement had appeared in the Morning Advertiser, and what the Sunday Times had charged him with was with inhumanity to Mrs. Graham, and with insulting conduct to Mr. Macdonald, and Mr. Macdonald had pledged himself to the accuracy of that report, and Mr. Graham had in the Morning Advertiser of the 15th of November inserted a letter, stating that Mr. Macdonald's predictions as to the consequences of Mrs. Graham's removal had been fatally realised in the death of her child; that letter had been quoted in the Sunday Times as having appeared in the Morning Ad vertiser, and yet Mr. Grove had chosen to proceed against the Sunday Times. Mr. Macdonald had made an affidavit for defendant, in which he attributed the death of the child to natural causes, but had not commu nicated that opinion to Mr. Graham previous to his writing his letter to the Morning Advertiser. The Se cretary of State seeing these paragraphs in the Morning Advertiser, wrote a letter to Mr. Grove, calling his at tention to those articles, and asking for explanation. Sir James Graham made no allusion to the Sunday Times in his letter, and Mr. Grove, rather unfairly, in. his affi davit stated that a ft er th e publication in the Sunday Times he had received a letter from Sir James Graham. Now, Sir James Graham's letter alluded to the Morning Advertiser only, and in his answer to Sir James, he stated that he intended to move for a criminal information against that paper (not mentioning what) on the first day of term , and the answer to that expressly mentioning the Morning Advertiser, again stated that the explanation was satisfactory. Mr. Grove did not move for a criminal information against the Advertiser, as he had pledged himself to do to the Secre tary of State, because in the affidavits it was sworn that the facts there related were true, but he does against the Sunday Times, because it had commented upon the ac count. That was not the way to vindicate his character. The charge was in the Morning Advertiser, and in his letter to the Secretary of St a t e h e h a d, pledged himself to take proceedings against that paper. He does no such thing; but moves against the Sunday Times, to which no allusion whatever had been made in Sir James Graham's letter. Mr. Grove, in his affidavit, made no reference to the publications in the Morning Ad vertiser, but confined himself to the Sunday Times. The answer he gave to the charge was, that on Bth October he had told Graham he would have three weeks to look out for a lodging, who stated that he could not look out for a lodging, and should not attempt to do so, Mr. Graham distinctly denied that he had stated any thing of the sort. .He had said distinctly that the state of his wife was such as would prevent her removal. Mr. Grove swore that Mr. Macdonald, on being asked if there would be any danger in the removal of Mrs. Graham, distinctly said, certainly not if she had any place to go to. Now Mr. Macdonald in the course of his evidence had certainly made use of an expression of that nature, but it conveyed a very incorrect idea of what Mr. Macdonald had stated, and on Mr. Grove's own showing his reply to Mr. Macdonald, " There are plenty of hotels to which she can be removed," was cer tainly harsh and inhuman. These were persons occu pying lodgings at 4s. a week. Was it not Mr. Grove's duty whentold by a medical man that Mrs. Graham was near her confinement, and that it would be dange rous to remove her if she had no place to go, to examine minutely into the case before abruptly turning round to the officer and saying " this is a trumpery excuse, there is plenty of time before four o'clock; see that the warrant is executed directly." Mr. Grove had denied making use of these expressions to the officer, but they had been taken down at the time, and the correctness of those notes had been verified by affidavit. Mr. Grove had said that he had been inter rupted in an important case by the application for time on the part of Mr. Graham, but that was no excuse for acting with inhumanity. The law allowed 30 days for the execution of the warrant, and the application had been made on the 28th day, so that there was sufficient time for inquiry. Mr. Finch, the Magistrate's clerk, in his affidavit in support of the rule, admitted that he had suggested to Graham the propriety of bringing the surgeon to give evidence as to Mrs. Graham's state; and that seeing Mr. Macdonald there, he interrupted the Magistrate in the investigation of the case then an, and drew his attention to the object for which the parties were in attendance; and it appeared from the evidence ofone of thepolicemen that Mr. Finch had told Mr. Graham if he could procure medical evidence to satisfy the Magistrate his wife's removal would be attended with danger, the execution of the warrant would be delayed. Mr. Grove had thought proper, in support of this application, to do that which he had no right to do, to file two affidavits accusing Mr. Graham of brutal and improper conduct towards his wife. Now, the facts alleged to have occurred in those affidavits were distinctly denied by Mrs. Graham herself, and by those persons who were alleged to have been present at the time those transactions were stated to have occurred. In reply to that rule there was the affidavit of Mr. Parrett, who had reported the case for the Morning Advertiser, verifying the report which had appeared in that paper, and which h a d b een cop i e d i nto the Sunday Ti mes , and the deponent distinctly swore that Mr. Grove had made use of the words—" Officer, it is not gone four o'clock yet, go and see the warrant executed now," which Mr. Grove denied having used. There was also an affidavit from the Editor of the Kentish Mercury, who was present at the time, and who distinctly swore that Mr. Grove had made use of the expressions at• tributed to him, and that the rep or t was a correct one. The a ffi davit of Mr. Macdonald, the surgeon, set forth that he had distinctly told Mr. Grove that Mrs. Graham was in a dangerous and precarious state of health, and that having no place to go to, it would be unsafe to re move her. On which Mr. Grove, in a most offensive and insulting manner, said, " That won't do for me, Sir. It is all flummery, and an excuse to keep possession of the premises." Now, he would put it to the Court whe ther Mr. Macdonald, a respectable medical man, was not as worthy of belief as Mr. Grove ; and if that affi davit was true, there was no d ou bt t h at M r. Grove had acted with inhumanity, and that he had no right to come to the Court for a criminal information. Again, Mr. Macdonald swore that he had told Mr. Grove he con sidered that he (Mr. Grove) had acted towards him in a very insulting manner, thus distinctly contradicting Mr. Grove ; and in this contradiction he was corroborated by several witnesses. Mr. Macdonald also stated that the account of the proceedings reported in the Morning Advertiser, and copied into the Sunday Times, was correct. Now, if that statement was a correct report of what had occurred, Mr. Grove had no reason to complain of the comments which had appeared in the Sunday Times. The letter of the Se cretary of State called his attention to statements in the Morning Advertiser , and those s t a t ements M r. G rove had tuft untou c hed. It was a most curious fact, which ap peared from the affidavit of Mr. Graham, that all the rent due to the landlord had been paid ; so that the offer_ of the landlord to give up the arrears alluded to in Mr. Grove's affidavit was merely an offer to give up the rent due for the current week. Such being the state of facts, he submitted that Mr. Grove was not entitled to the relief he sought, and he trusted that this rule would be discharged. Mr. JARVIS followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in support of the rule, argued, that, if Mr. Grove was not eetiticd to the relief he sought, he was utterly unfitted to hold the situation he filled ; and if every hasty expression made use of by those engaged in the administration of justice were to be made the subject of comments, such as th ose of which Mr. Grove compl a i ne d, he should like to know how persons engaged in the performance of such deli cate, arduous, and often unpopular duties, as frequently devolved upon them, were to act ? If a garbled state ment of an occurrent 6 in one newspaper was made thA subject of calumnious comment in another, was the person attacked to be compelled to pass by the ca:pa an y until he had come into that Court to dispute 4 .:ne accu raz of the reporter of the garbled state/I-Ant ? Was Air. Chapman to assume that the press cor4ld never err ; that because there appeared no contrad;.ction to any statement that he might read in any other newspaper, that therefore he was to make that. c alumnious attack ? C oul d i t be t. foundation for liberty of th e press went so far as, 'contended that th e directed pr ocee di ngs to be ts'a. that ? Mr. G rove h a d e - ,1 against the Sunday Times before he had receiv.ed, any communication from the Secretary of State. A. 'notice to qu it had given to Graham in Sep•ember, and, there fore, blcr Grove's authority to act v • d. r, • vas unquestioned ; in fact, he had no choice. It was. k;is duty to act as h e h a d done, and he could be com ',Wiled to act by mandamus if h e re fused. Eight-and-'ev:enty days before, Mr. Graham was told he must obey the law, and he said he should not look for anothe.c lodging, but would make his wife's state an excuse for 'remaining. That was sworn to by three witnesses. 'Mr. Graham, in his affidavit, never men tioned a 'single place to which he had applied for lodgings, in the interval, nor did his brother, who had ultimately given him an asylum, make any. affidavit. How was it he had not sought a , n. asylum before ? and why was Mr. Grove 4 - 0 be made the victim of these vitpperations, when he had merely performed his duty to the best of his ability? Was it to be tolerated that these comments should be made ? Was it not natural that Mr. Grove should make inquiry into the conduct of Mr. Graham, to his wife, during the three weeks which he had to seek for lodgings ? He was perfectly justified in doing so, to show that Mr. Graham had made this complaint out of revenge on Mr. Grove, in which he was abetted by certain newspapers, which dressed out a Sunday feast of' slander for their customers. He had not, in moving for this rule, read any part of the affidavits charging Mr. Graham with ill-using his wife, because he had never entertained an idea that any attempt would have been made to discharge the rule ; but he had thought that some apology would have been made, and that he should have been spared the pain of going into the subject. Those affidavits were not distinctly and wholly nega tived by those of Mr. and Mrs. Graham ; and if it had not been for those affidavits, did the Court believe that they would have had that affidavit of the doctor attri buting what had occurred to natural causes? All Mr. Grove had done he had done in obedience to the laws, and he had denied distinctly that he had performed that duty in a harsh, cruel, and inhuman manner, or that he had behaved improperly to thpsurgeon, in whose evidence he might well imagine there was some son of equivoca- tion lurking, as, having been called on to depose to a fact, he had, instead, offered an opinion. It was Mr. Graham's duty to have found a place ; he had neglected to do so, and Mr. Grove had no discretion left to him ; he was bound to act, for there was no evidence to slow that Mrs. Graham could not be moved. There was nothing to show that Mr. Grove had seen the paragraph in the Morning Advertiser. There could be no doubt but that the article in the Sunday Times was of a highly libel ous character, and that it was intended to apply to Mr. Grove ; and that could not be got rid of by raising an issue as to the accuracy of a report in the Morning Ad vertiser. He denied that that report was a fair report. The question was one of the highest importance to Mr. Grove, and if the rule were refused, whether justly or unjustly, he must be removed, as one whose efficiency was so impaired that it was impossible he could do his duty. Mr. THESIGER followed on the same side, and con tended that Mr. Grove had no power whatever to stop the execution of the warrant, even if Mr. Graham's ex cuses had been true, which they were not. Mr. Justice WIGHMAN—Did any one oppose Graham's application to have the execution of the warrant sus pended ? Mr. JARVIS—NO, my Lord. _ _ Mr. THESIGER contended that Mr. Grove had no dis cretion, the landlord having applied for its execution the clay before. _ _ Lord DEsllAN—When did the medical man first make his appearance ? Mr. THESIGER-At half-past three that day. Mr. JARVIS-At the sitting of the Court. Mr. Grove did not make his appearance until half-past three. Mr. THESIGER then proceeded with his argument, and submitted that the rule must be made absolute. Lord DENMAN said that it was important that Magis trates should have every protection they were entitled to, but that they should have no more ; and that, there fore, the Court would go further into the facts contained in the affidavits before judgment was given. BAIL COURT, Jan. 31. BENNO V. SMITH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who had been a sailor on board the Surprise, a vessel trading to the South Sea, to obtain damages from the defendant for flogging him in the island of Java. The same plain tiff had also brought an action against a person named Bennett, the owner of the vessel. Both causes were set down to be tried at Croydon ; and the plaintiff having been nonsuited in the action against Bennett, that against Smith was withdrawn for that time. A rule for the costs in the latter action was also obtained. Mr. JAMES now showed cause against the rule. It appeared the consent to withdraw the action against Smith was obtained in consideration of the permission granted by the plaintiff to defendant to examine wit nesses in the action, who were about to proceed to Java, whither a commission should be sent, if such per mission was not granted. Under these circumstances, it could not be expected that the costs would be given. It was not intended that the action should be held in ter rorein over the plaintiff, and they would undertake to go to trial as soon as possible. Mr. RAUSE appeared for the defendant, but no oppo sition was given.—Rule discharged. COURT OF REVIEW, Westminster, Jan. 31. EX PARTE FOSTER IN RE BATSON AND OTIIERS, BANKRUPTS. _ An application was made on behalf of the assignees of Messrs. Batsoa and Co., who carried on business as bankers at Berwick-on-Tweed, asking that a renewed fiat should be directed to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The fiat issued on the Bth of December, and after it had been opened, assignees appointed, and debts to the number of 300, and to the amount of 10,800/. proved, it was dis covered that out of four Commissioners three were cre ditors, and the fourth a debtor to the estate. Newcastle on-Tyne, the nearest place where there was a list of Commissioners, was distant sixty miles, and, as most of the creditors lived in the immediate neighbourhood of Berwick, an application was made to the Lord Chan cellor to facilitate the matter by allowing additional Com missioners to be nominated. This application had been unsuccessful, and the petitioners now presented a peti tion, but were anxious to obtain leave for the present Commissioners to act, rather than occasion a removal of the commission to another place. The COURT having intimated its disinclination to comply with the latter request, the petitioners applied for leave to withdraw their petition, which was permitted. .ADMIRALTY COURT, Jun. 31. THE PERSIAN.-SALVAGE. This was a claim on The part of the owners, masters, and crews of two fishing smacks (the Ditchburn, of 53 tons, and the Ann and Francis, of 54 tons, each having a crew of nine men), for services rendered to the Per sian, a collier brig of 257 tons, belonging to Sunderland, heavily laden with coals, off the coast of Norfolk, near Cromer, on the 14th and 15th of September last. The vessel had touched the ground, and in consequence made considerable water, which increased, though the weather was fine. The salvors worked at the pumps all night, notwithstanding which, the water bad increased to six feet when they got the vessel . to Yarmouth. The value of the ship and cargo was 2,0001. A tender of 1501. had been made and refused. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. WHITE, on behalf of the salvors, claimed a higher reward, since it had been achhitted by the owners that, but for thQir exertions, the vessel must have foundered or been run on shore. Dr. PRILLIMORE and Dr. JENNER, for the owners, did not deny that assistance had been rendered, or that the vessel had stood in need of it ; but submitted that, look ing at the risk of the property, its value, the nature of the service (pumping), and its duration, 1501. was a suffi cient reward. They, moreover, contended that the sal vors had needlessly taken out a commission of appraise ment. Dr. LusurricToN said, that in this case the owners had stated the value of the ship at 1,8001., and the salvors, dissenting from that statement, had taken out a commis sion of appraisement, the result of which was, that the vessel was worth 1,7071. Now, ho was determined, wherever a commission of appraisement was taken out, and it ultimately appeared that the parties taking it out had erred, it should be a rule (subject, of course, to just exceptions) that the parties taking it out should pay the costs of the commission. In this case the appraisement had returned the value at less than the owners' state ment. He should, therefore, direct the costs of the com mission to be borne by the salvors. With respect to the merits of the case, he was of opinion, on the admitted facts, that, considering the risk and value of the pro perty, the tender was not sufficient, and instead of 1501. he should give 270/., condemning the salvors in the costs of the commission- of appraisement, all the other costs to be paid by the owners. COUR T OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 31. IN RE DAVID HANNAY. This day was fixed for the final adjourned examination of the bankrupt, who was the Managing Director of the Marylebone Bank, at Cavendish-square. It appeared at the previous meeting that the bankrupt was possessed of considerable personal and inheritable property in Scot land, and that with the avoidance of law proceedings upon the part of the creditors his estate would most probably realise a dividend of 15s. in the pound. A lengthened conversation took place to day, as to the proof of certain debts, and it having been stated that the bankrupt required further time to prepare his accounts, and no objection having been made to the application, the further hearing was adjourned for three months. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 31. IN RE CHARLES WILSON BAKER. The insolvent, who is a comedian, and stage-manager of the Olympic Theatre, applied to be discharged. He was still the manager of the Olympic. In answer to a question, he said he had proved under the estate of Mr. Bunn, but there was no chance of a dividend. The case was adjourned for a service on a creditor. The insolvent, who is on bail, to be discharged. CE NTUAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Archib a ld Leslie, aged 25, was indicted for unlawfully obtaining from Michael Henry Hart, a quantity of clothes, and also some money, by means of false pre tences. Mr. Payne conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ballan tine appeared for the defendant. - From the evidence adduced it appeared that the 7 ero .. iecutor is a slop-seller, and carries on his business -in Rat cliffe Highway. On the 20th December th with whom he had bad some slight . ace; e. defendant, daintance pre viously,•went to his shop, acc . om . name by a man whose he represented to.he Bowch, and who, he 11 4 Commission, app o i n t e d said, had a claim upon th e mixe by the British and Pcwtugue;,e Governments to investi gate the claims of Britisli subjects upon, the Portuguese him a sum of 65/, - Government, and tth the Commissioners h a d awar d e d 4s. 4/d., and had given him a docu ment to that effect, wnich he wished to dispose of, and asked Mr. Bart to purchase it. The prisoner at the time said he knew Bowch, and that he had served with him. abroad, and knew it to be all right. Some further conversation having taken place, the prosecutor was asked to give 401. for the award, and at length he agreed to give 301., 12/. of which amount was to be taken in clothes, and the remainder in money, but he refused officer, ffi t. defendanteßoberte, and Willi v h n i e dl iß n a mn e x ws t e li d , p a l y an rt e a_ pp f r oa o rp m trn ß g, ta i v os c bp h er ' sn produce m n ce m ed r a i n t fiey d a ng e o the t to give any money un l ess they obtained a certificate th Captain, Portuguese Servic e ," to t h e effect that 'Bowch had served with him in Portugal, and th a t h e was entitled to the amount mentioned in the aw ar d. T he prosecutor, at the suggestion of a friend, required the certificate of a housekeeper to prove tbe identity of Bowch, and also that it should receive the sanction of a Magistrate before whom a declaration to that effect should be made. Ac cordingly, shortly afterwards, the defendant came with Bowch, and observing to the prosecutor that " he had done it nicely for him," p ro d uce d a paper, certifying the man who accompani e d hi m to b e t h e person specified in the award, and the paper also purported to be signed by Mr. Maltby, the Magistrate. Upon this the prose cutor allowed the defendant and his companion to select clothes to the amount of nearly 121., and he handed them cash, making in all 20/., but lefused to give any more until proper notice of the sale of the claim h a d b een given to th e C omm i ss i oners w h o were investigating the claims. The next day, accordingly, the defendant with Bowels accompanied a friend of the prosecutor's to the Commission -office, where it was ascertained that no such award in the name of Bowch had ever been made, but while the inquiry was goingon, the defendant and his com panion left the place, and nothing was seen of the latter, but the defendant was taken into custody a day or two after wards. Witnesses attached to the Commission were called to prove that there was no claim made by any person of the name of Bowch upon the Portuguese Govern ment, but it appeared that a man of the name of Peter Click had made a claim, and the Commissioners had granted an award in his favour for the sum of 151. 14s. 4d., and the defendant, or a person of the same name, acted as his agent, and the award paper was placed in his hands, and it seemed that the sum had been altered THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARN 1542. from 151. 14s. 4cl. to 651 14s. 4d., and the name of Peter Click had been erased by some chemical process, and that of William Bowch substituted for it, Mr. BALLANTINE took several technical objections to the indictment, but they were overruled by the Court. The Learned Counsel then addressed the Jury, and intimated that the evidence did not support the charge imputed to the prisoner, and he submitted that the evidence showed that he had been the dupe of the other party, and that he had no intention to defraud the prosecutor. Witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good character for honosty ; and one of them, in answer to a question from the Court, said that the prisoner had served with the army in Portugal, and that a man named Bowch was in the same regiment. The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Judgment was respited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday two young men, named Richard Sluggett and Frederick Barrett, both of whom are well-known to the police as forming part of a gang of daring burglars who for some time past have infested the neighbourhood of Lisson-grove, were placed at the bar. Police-constable 168 D stated, that on the same morn ing, about two o'clock, as he, was on duty in Wimpole street, Cavendish-square, a lady threw up her window, and told him that two men had just climbed over the wall into the back premises of Mr. Sanders, landlord of the Rose public-house, directly opposite ; he (witness) sprung his rattle, and on another officer coming to his assistance both the prisoners, who were the parties al luded to, were taken into custody ; the former was found in the yard, and the latter was seated upon the flats ; and both were then conveyed to the station-house. A "jem my " (a crowbar used by burglars as an effective imple ment for forcing doors, windows, &c.) was picked up in the yard, and from the pocket of Barrett were taken a candle and a box of lucifers. Proof having been given as to the bad character of the prisoners, who, it was stated, had been several times charged before, they were each committed to the House of Correction for three months. QUEEN-SQUARE. Michael Foley and Thomas Neale, were yesterday charged with violently assaulting George Best, 42 B. The complainant, whose eyes were blackened and his face and head bandaged in several places, stated, that about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty in Great Chapel-street, Westminster, when he heard the defendants and two others, who were in their company, making a great noise. He went up to them and quietly asked them to desist, and turned away in order to proceed on his beat, when he received a violent blow on the mouth from Foley, which knocked him down, and as he was falling Neale struck him heavily on the side. On witness recovering his legs he saw the defend ants and their companions running off, and he then drew his truncheon, and went in pursuit of them. He over took the party in the Broadway, and made a blow with his truncheon at Foley, but did not hit him. The whole party then attacked him, and Foley having wrenched the staff from his hand, struck him twice on the face and once on the back of the head with it with such violence that he was again knocked down. The blood flowed copiously from the wound, and while on the ground he was several times kicked on the head and body, and must have lost his life had not two other constables fortunately come to his assistance, when Foley was secured, the others having made their escape. In the course of a few minutes, however, the defendant Neale came to the station-house with Foley's hat, and having been immediately recognized by witness as one of the men by whom he had been assaulted, he also was taken into custody. Inspector Taylor, of the B division, said, that when Best came to the station-house he found him bleeding very much, and so severely injured, that he deemed it necessary to send him at once to the hospital to have his wounds dressed. The inspector here produced a certi ficate, which stated that the constable, Best, was so much injured that he would be for some time um& for duty. Defendants denied that they had ever struck the con stable in the manner described. Mr. BuRRELL said it was a most violent assault, and the defendants must pay the full penalty of 5/. each, or be committed for two months to hard labour in the House of Correction.—They were sent to prison. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Gqtr, a young man, was placed at the bar, on the charge of robbing his employer, Mr. James Segress, the landlord of the Grapes public-house in Old• Compton street. 4 The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been been in his service for a considerable time, and the utmost confidence was placed in his integrity. Latterly, however, circumstances transpired whieh induced witness to believe that some of the persons employed in his business were in the practice of robbing him daily. On Saturday night, on the house closing, he counted the number of cigars that remained in a box in the bar, and on Sunday morning missed 22 of them. The prisoner at the instant was about leaving the premises when it ness stopped him and insisted on his being searched, and the 22 missing cigars were found in his pockets, and also a quantity of loose tobacco. The cigars cost about 2d. each. The prisoner admitted his guilt, and begged, for the sake of his aged mother, that Mr. Segress would not pro • secutehim.—Mr. Segress intimated that he was inclined to be merciful. Mr. ISIALTRY said that robberies by servants were on the increase, and he should therefore committhe prisoner. WORSHIP- STREET. George Rose, a carman, was brought before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of • having maltreated two horses. George Wilcock, an officer employed by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, stated, that he was in the City-road, at eleven o'clock on that morning, when he saw the prisoner driving a van with two horses, which were in so diseased and debilitated a state that they could scarcely crawl alo ng . B ot h o f t h e poor ani mals were literally living skeletons, and one of them had an open abscess on its back as large as a crown piece, and two bleeding wounds on each of it s s h ou ld ers, caused apparently by the friction of th e co ll ar, w hi ch was press ing on them at the time. The prisoner admitted that one of the horses belonged to him, and said that he had borrowed the other. Hanley, the chief usher, said that the poor hacks were then at the outer door of the Court, and they attracted general notice, in consequence sequence o f th e i r wretched scare crow appearance. he only place to which they ought to be driven was the knacker's yard. The officer, Wilcock, said that if the prisoner would consent immediately to dispose of the horses, he would undertake, on the part of the Society, to pay him lOs. more for them than he would be able to got any where else. Mr. BROUGHTON said that it was a most liberal offer, and although he must order the prisoner to pay a fide of 10s., he should allow the payment to stand over for a fortnight, to give him an opportunity of acceding to the officer's proposal, and in the event of his doing so the penalty would probably be remitted. ____ CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. At the meeting of Magistrates at the Town Hall, Croydon, on Saturday, Robert Jobson, an engine driver on the roydon Railway, attended to answer a charge of having, with a hammer, inflicted such severe injury upon another driver belonging to the Company, that his life has been for some time despaired of. Mr. Russell attended on behalf of the defendant. The complainant, who still appeared to be suffering very much from the injury, and who gave his evidence with great difficulty, said that on the 10th inst., in consequence of learning that Jobson had removed his engine from the shed in which he had placed it, he spoke to him on the subject. Jobson told him he ha.l no business to put it there, and he replied that if he moved it again he would shake him ; to which Jobson answered that if he did he would get " sucked in." Jobson then went on to his engine, and called him a " useless old thing ;" and on his repeat ing the words, witness went up to him and collared him, and Job;isnn immediately struck him on the head with a har, - imer, and before lie could recover himself he repeated the blow twice. He said, " Don't kill me with th ; .:s hammer," and Jobson replied, " - thee, I will," and was about to strike him again if the hammer had not been taken from him. After this they had a struggle together, and fell to the floor, and while they were upon the ground Jobson attempted to bite him on the cheek. When he got up he found that he was very bloody, and •he went to a doctor, end had been under his care ever since the occurrence. When the complainant had concluded his statement, he appeared so exhausted that Mr. Russell said he would not take upon himself the responsibility of exciting him further by cross-examination, and he should, therefore, not ask him a single question, and by the direction of the Magistrate the complainant was immediately removed from the Court. Mr. W. Sutherland, the surgeon, deposed that he was called in to attend the complainant, whom he found in a state of collapse, and upon examination he discovered a wound in his head, and there was also a slight mark on the face, which might have been occasioned by a bite. The wound in itself was not dangerous, but the blows had occasioned concussion of the brain ; and for ten days the complainant was in a dangerous state, and he was still underltreatment for concussion of the brain. In answer to questions from the Bench, the surgeon said that the complainant was going on well at present, but' he would not take upon himself to declare that he was out of danger, because it frequently happened, in cases of concussion, that the patient would appear to be going on well, and a sudden change, attended with a fataCresult, might ultimately take place. Mr. Rua :ELL then addressed the Bench, and complained of the proceedings that had been taken to hurry on the present Inquiry before the unfortunate complainant was at all in a tit state to give evidence, and to bear the ex citement consequent upon a public investigation. He then went on to say that he would not attempt to deny that Jobson had most unjustifiably used a most dange rous weapon, but said he should show the Bench that he only did so after he had been most grossly provoked and insulted by the complainant. Witnesses were then. called, who proved that Archer had threatened (ai the previous night that ho would have a quarrel w'th Jobson, and that he had put his fist in his face, and col hired him before he struck him with the hammer. I:, was also proved, that after the occurrence Archer said, it was a rum job ; an d t h at h e a d m itt e d h e was in Ole wrong, and ask e d J o b son to s h a k e h an d s w ith hi m . The Ma gistrates, u lti mate l y, a f ter a b r ief consultation, said, that from what the surgeon had; stated, they did not feel themselves justified in disposing of the case summarily, and they or d ere d h i m to enter i n t o hi s own r ecognizances in 1001,, and two sure ties in 50/. each, to attend at the Sessions to answer any charge that might, b e preferred I against him. WHAT'S IN A NAME ?--.The brig Tempe rance, from. Rotterdam, has brought 140 pipg s of gin, 2 cases opium, and one case fiddles.—Boston Polo. THE MASONS' STRIKE, An extremely large pliblle Meeting Was held last night io the large room of the White Conduit House Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present position of the masons, and also for the purpose of con sidering the best means to be adopted in supporting them in their present strtiggle, Mr. Wakley was one of the first who ascended the platform. Mr. DUNNING, a bookbinder, was called to the Chair. He said that in taking the chairl that night he felt the greatest pleasure. The strike had then continued 20 weeks. In the strike there had been 375 persons, of whom mil) five had proved false to the cause. The cir cumstances peculiar to the trade which then solicited their support, rendered that support at that moment the more essential, as the masons, at that time of the year, were generally out of employment from one end of the kingdom to the other. Therefore it became those of the other trades to come forward and assist them (the ma sons), which would enable them to get over the present period ; and when that period was got over, there was no fear as to the result of the struggle, because the New Royal Exchange, the Museum, and various other public buildings, would be commenced, and. when that took place they might depend upon the victory.—(Cheers.) He need not go into the case of the masons since their strike. They had taken a high moral stand—a stand the result of education. He hoped they would still adhere to the cause, and soon bring it to a successful termination. He would conclude by calling on Mr. Golton to move the first resolution. Mr. GOLTON, painter, said he rose with much pleasure to . propose the following resolution:—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the steady, upright, and manly conduct of the masons during such a long and arduous struggle pre-eminently deserves the utmost praise, and our additional support."—(Cheers.) He would endeavour to lay before them such faqs as would, he was sure, cause them to carry out this resolution, and which would not only prove to them that the masons deserved their applause, but all the support they could possibly bring to them. It had been stated to them that 375 men were on the strike, and of that number not one had broken the laws of his country. They had never seen any police reports inserted in any of the papers respecting them. Their struggle was founded on Chris tian and humane principles, to resist the oppression of a being who was not worthy the name of an Englishman, who had been raised to his office for the sole pur pose, of pursuing a system of slave-driving. He (Mr. Golton) would endeavour to show that the masons' interest was the interest of the masters. He then went into the various details relative to the strike, and which finally led to the men leaving their employment, all of which details have appeared in our reports of the various speeches delivered at the earlier meetings of the masons. He concluded a very long speech by calling on them to use their utmost exertions in supporting the masons, and then they would not have to return to their work com fortably with Allen, as Mr. Grissell had last Wednesday said they would. He had said that "in the course of three weeks they will be all comfortably back again. " But," he had also added, " I must confess these men of principle were the best men I ever had in my life." ' Mr. WA.KLEY briefly seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. CLARKE, a painter, said he felt great pleasure in calling their attention to a subject of the highest im portance to them as men—a subject they had met that evening to advance—that of obtaining for the working man that moral, that social, and political standing, the the sons of labour, the creators of all wealth, were so fully, fairly, and justly entitled to. They had been opposed by the combination of capitalists, but, owing to the unites efforts of the trades, they had been able to stand against them—(Hear, ,bear) —and if they still h e ld to ge th er , th ey mus t, and would be successful. Many perhaps at this moment would ask " what have we to do with that strike, we are not masons —we have nothing to do with stone," but he would endeavour to show that they had to do with it, that they were attacking the strong hold of corruption, and what was the masons' situation then might be theirs to-morrow. Let them come forward and break the chain of tyranny asunder. Let us unite with hearts sincere in truth, Our mental might to this ennobling work, The mind's regeneration, and bec sum Messiahs in th cause of liberty, Nor cease until from out the book of life We blot the name of tyrant and of slave.—(Cheers.) The resolution he had to propose *as, " That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the bold and decisive con duct adopted by the Quarry-men, in nobly refusing to prepare stone for the supply of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, until justice has been conceded to the injured masons, thereby sacrificing their employment, deserves our cordial thanks, and creates in us a greater stimulant to exertion." Mr. THOMAS briefly seconded the resolution, which, on being put to the meeting, was carried amidst loud applause. Mr. Feargus O'Connor then entered the room, and was received with a tremendous burst of cheering, which lasted a considerable time. Mr. BUTLER said he could assure them that he had always anticipated success with respect to the question at issue, and he was now still further confident of the re sult from that meeting. The resolution he had to propose was something of a political character : "That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the partial conduct of the commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the Board of Admiralty, in assisting Messrs. Grissell and Pete, against the masons now on strike, clearly proves that the Government is determined to oppress the working classes ; and therefore it is abso lutely necessary that extensively organised unions should exist for the purpose of protecting ourselves against the combined efforts of those who live upon the fruits of our industry."—(Loud cheers.) H e did not think he need be under any apprehension in that resolution being received by them. They knew perfectly well that Lord Lincoln and other great men in the Government had done all in their power to starve the men into submis sion, but he trusted the good men of the trades of the metropolis would never allow them to become the easy tools of such a base faction.—(Cheers.) Mr. BAKER seconded the resolution without comment. Mr. A. WALTON rose to speak to the resolution. The resolution just submitted to them, condemnatory of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the Board of Admiralty, he trusted, would meet with their entire concurrence. He rejoiced at their again assembling on that occasion. It was a proof that they felt the deepest interest in that struggle—that they were fully sensible of the fact that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the Board of Admiralty had rendered their services to Grissell and Peto, for the purpose of oppressing the masons. They (the masons) wrote to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and they sent an answer to the lettet, stating that they could not interfere, while they were actually holdi ng a secret correspondence with Grissell and Peto ; and when a deputation of the masons waited on the Earl of Lincoln, for the purpose of explain ing the stri'ie, he said they were decidedly opposed to trades' unions or combinations. Grissell and Pete were left to do what they thought proper, and they were pro tected. The quarrymen heard of the conduct of Allen, and immediately refused to produce anymore stone until he was dismissed. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests immediately wrote a letter by their agents, Messrs. Burgess and Walker, stating to Messrs. Grissell and Peto, that they might get stone from any part of the country they chose. He (Mr. Walton) called their at tention to the systematic union amongst those parties, whilst the Earl of Lincoln was condemning union amongst the working classes. The Times had said that if they could not get stone from any part of England they could get it from South America. He (Mr. W.) thought it would be rather an unprofitable speculation.—(Laugh ter.) The Times had recommended the Government to re-enact the combination laws, but if ever they attempted to crush trades' unions, that would raise such a tem pest round their heads as would with some difficulty be quelled.—(Cheers.) The Government ought not to have interfered ; and, if they did so, they should have made inquiries into the merits of the case. The masons had at all times been ready, and were so still, to submit the case to arbitration ; and if the reporter of the Times was in that. room, he trusted he would take that declaration, and let them know the fact. But they would never get justice from the present Government, nor would they ever get justice from their representatives, until they were made responsible to the people for their actions. — (Loud cheers.) They might as well expect to find the sun in darkness—they might as well expect to find the great universe acting in opposition to the established laws of nature, as expect the Government to have any thing like sympathy for the people while that Government was based upon a system of class legislation. He would endeavour to show to them the extent of union which existed amongst them, as they could appreciate the value of union as well as the Government. He would endeavour to show them the absolute necessity of uniting for their own protection. All classes of society, except the working men, were protected by . law. He would take for instance the solicitor, the physician, the surgeon, all these were under the protection of the law, and no one could practice in either unless he had taken his degrees. But where was the protection for the honest and indus trious working man ? He would tell them what their protection must be. It must be union—union which would tend to their own welfare and be the means of bettering their condition, and which would be the instru ment of their own regeneration. For this union it was indispensably necessary that delegate Committees should exist as in London through the provinces. In every town in England they should be formed, and the whole of these unions, directed by intelligence, would show to the world that they were not that bloody and sanguine mob they were represented to be, but an upright and generous people determined to be free.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution was put and carried with loud cheers. Mr. DurtnA a proposed the next resolution:—" That this meeting do, individually and collectively, declare their determination to assist the masons while the strike lasts."—This resolution was received with loud cheers. Mr. TRIBE seconded the resolution. Mr. ANDERSON having spoken to the resolution, it Was carried unanimously, and with vehement cheering. The CHAIRMAN then stated that a meeting would be held every Monday evening at the Craven Head, Drury lane ; and every Tuesday evening at the Prince's Head, Prince's -street, Westminster. Mr. WALTON said it was the intention of the Com mittee to have had a ball on Wednesday week, but, as that was Ash Wednesday, the landlord had been threat ened with the loss of his license, and therefore the ball was postponed till the Monday following. Perhaps it would be thought strange that they came so fax from the centre of the town, but the proprietor of the room had given it gratuitously.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WARLEY theti presented himself, and was re ceived with cheering, which continued for some minutes, As soon as silence was restored he said he could assure them that he had attended there that night for the purpose of witnessing their proceedings, with unspeakable satisfac tion. Nothing could be more grateful to his feelings than that of discovering that a large portion of his countrymen were struggling for their rights with a fixed detennina- Lion of being victorious. In the speeches they had heard, *hich 1164 been delivered for their information, were the details of grievaiiceg ithiCh the rtlen employed ,on the Houses of Parliament had endured ; arid he would ask them, and he was boll to make the appeal not only to them but to the whole of England, whether it was possible ' tor ene man to possess an hunest English heart who did not sympathise with the hardships these men had en dured? It was an easy thing for those Who had capital, which had been accumulated by the labour of the people, to say that unions were mischievous, and that the working men were aetitig tyrannically. They had heard of physic being protected by law ; they might go further, and say, the Church also ; in fact, the aristocracy of England were united as one man against the interests of the working man. If they wanted a clergyman for their parish, could they have him ? No ; he was set down as a black. --(Laughter.) The Church said they would not have your black, but would have a black of their own.—(Cheers and laughter.) Take the law, of which Mr. F. O'Connor was a member, and they knew how ho had taken up the cause of the people, and so the law sent him to Coventry.—(Cheers.) Suppose they wanted him (Mr. Wakley) to plead their cause in any court of law, could they have him ? No. It would be a very bad thing for them if they did. But that was not to the point. Could t hey exercise their own will and judgment ? No because the benchers would denounce him (Mr. Wakley) as a black in law ; they would not have his coif and gown, as it would not be according to their liking.—(Laughter and cheers.)_ Take the practice of physic, and look to the Apothecaries' Com pany. They were a voluntary company at first, but they had a charter granted to them by James, and then came the 53d of George 111., by which Act any man who dared to prescribe a dose of rhubarb or jalap, unless he was a member of the said society, must forfeit 201. for that very grave offence. Yet the parties who created these unions denounced the working men of London as tyrannical be cause they had the sagacity to stand up for their own protection. Who did not feel the spirited conduct of the men at the two Houses of Parliament ? they had taught even hospitality to Grissell and Peto, for they had had a dinner party, and one thousand seven hundred of their workmen had dined at the Horns Tavern, at Ken: nington, and those men obtained a good dinner by ' means of the masons' strike.—(Loud cheers.) He never could believe that nearly 300 men would throw them selves out of employment, at a season of privation and distress, without feeling that they were right in doing so. The Hon. Gentlemen then went on at considerable length, urging upon them each to subscribe a weekly sum, so that the masons might have a permanent income that would last as long as 'the strike lasted. He was willing, as long as be had a shilling in his pocket, to contribute his share. The political unions in the House of Commons were such, that he had seen, in close divi sions, the leaders of adverse faction s bring in idiots and lunatics to give their •votes. He pledged his word and honour that he had seen idiots and lunatics voting in making laws for this empire. These were the men who had denounced their unions, and were prepared to de nounce them still, and who would, if they allowed them, pass laws for the abolition of all Trades' Societies. The Hon. Gentleman then went into very lengthy details re specting the Dorchester labourers, a nd hi s exertions in their behalf. The Hon. Gentleman concluded an ex tremely- long speech by calling upon them to assist heart and hand in the masons' cause, and then to form associa tions for the purpose of obtaining Universal Suffrage, and never to rest till they had obtained it. Mr. FEARGUS O'CoNNoit then rose, and said, if the concluding advice of Mr. Wakley had been taken and acted upon some few years ago, the masons would not have been in the painful position of being obliged to look to that meeting f o r su pp or t. H e rejoiced in making one of them there that night. He rejoiced the more in consequence of the last sentence he had heard from Mr. Butler, when he (Mr. Feargus O'Connor) entered the room. He told them that the motion bore something of a political complexion, and this it was that gave him (Mr. Feargus O'Connor) so much satisfaction. As Mr. Wakley had said, it was not so much the aristocracy who pressed upon the working classes as the middle classes of society, who trampled on the people. No truth could be plainer than the rights of these 400 men who had given up the sources of their own maintenance rather than injure their trade, or allow these tyrants to have the victory over them. He had told Lord Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley, and the rest, at the time of the Dorchester labourers case was brought before the House of Commons, that they ought to be in the convicts' dress, and going on ' board the hulks. They were now in a position to assert their rights, and to go at once to the root of the class legislation. Mr. Wakley would be going down to the House of Commons, and ho hoped he would stand there the leader of those who were master-arm of the na tion. Union was necessary in order to effect triumph. The King of Prussia was going downqo the opening of Parliament, and would sit by the side of the Queen in that House of Incurables. What would he think if he was told by Mr. Wakley, that in the other House idiots and lunatics voted in making the laws ? He would think that one was an Hospital of Incurables, and the other an Hospital for Lunatics. He (Mr. F. O'Connor) had been in the Queen's Bench, and he never found a man there that was in debt; he had been in York Castle amongst thieves and vaga bonds, and he never found a thief or a vagabond there yet; and so in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, they would never find an enemy to the poor. The present time put him in mind of that when Charles James Fox accepted office. They then contended for all the six points which he (Mr. O'C.) did, but when they got on the other side ofpowning-street, all they did was to remove a few contractors from Parliament, and deprive revenue officers of their votes. It was like the old lady when she got her feet on the fender, she did not think the poor people could be cold. So when C. J. Fox and his party were in office they thought the state of the, nation was not half so bad as when they were out. lie concluded an extremely long speech, of which we are only able to give the heads, by expressing a hope that those men who had taken the place of those in strike, would get the new Houses of Parliament built by the time the Reformed Parliament was ready to take possession of it.—(Loud cheers.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. [ADVE RTISEMENT.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In the Times of Wednesday last, the 26th inst., there appeared an article from its Editor replete with scurrility and misrepresentation respecting the means we have taken to prosecute, to a successful issue, our strike. In reply to this, with a view to disabuse the public mind, an article, of which the following is a copy, has by its professedly " fair play" editor, been refused insertion. We, therefore, respectfully solicit you to favour us with its insertion in your next edition.—We are, Sir, yours respectfully, THE MASONS' SOCIETY, THOMAS SHORTY, Hon. Sec. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES. Sir,—Our attention has been arrested by an article from your pen, in reference to our strike at the New Houses of Parliament, and other public works, which ap peared in your columns of Wednesday, the 26th inst., prejudicial to the cause of humanity, in which we are en gaged, and not strictly true; we, therefore, now ask, what in a spirit of fairness we rely on your granting, viz., permission, through the same columns in which your article appeared, to lay before the public the other and true side of the question. Whether our efforts to annihilate cruelty the most consummate " has been simply defeated" in London or not—whether " open houses are provided by the union" for the quarrymen who, in various localities, manifest such a humane feeling towards their cruelly ill-treated fellow-men or not—or whether our delegates proceed from place to place in the performance of their " labour oflove," " mo u nted" or otherwise, are questions upon which we shall not waste our time, or seek to occupy your pages in animadverting upon. Suffice to say, that, satis fied with the justness of our cause, we are as determined now as at the first moment, and shall persevere, by every lawful means, to succeed. To " die of atrophy," that is, from the want of nou rishment, is what we do not fear, the period of a "con summation so devoutly wished for " by our opponents is " very remote;" and respecting " club law ' or " new police" law, the one we abhor, and the other we have no intention to offend.' It is by sober, reflecting, and purely moral means, by " surround ing those" who, in ignorance_ of the sacred duties of man to man, passively submit to insult and cruelty, " with a moral and social influence" that we intend to pilot ourselves to the desired haVen. Contrast this with the following paragraph in your article :—" But for such a movement as the present, founded on misre presentation, and forming part of a systematic at tempt to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny, we have no compassion or sympathy ; and repeat, that it must meet with no compro mise, but be put down thoroughly and unflinch ingly, even though its progress were only to be checked by a general stoppage of trade throughout the country." Our business now, Sir, is to show that we have not used " misrepresentation." We preferred several serious charges against George Allen, foreman to Messrs. Grissell and Peto, our late ewployer and which they, re fused to redress. We then courted, by every means at our disposal, public inquiry into them , and preferred, th roug h th e me di um o f Th e S un , Morn ing Advertiser, and other of the daily and weekly press, to submit the whole case to arbitration; a deputation waited on Mr. Grissel, and informed him that if he would concede our request, if by the evidence of Allen's victims and others who had witnessed his unfeel- ing conduct, we proved that his conduct towards us had been such as we had attributed to him. Mr. Grissell refused, asserting that be had lowered his dignity in deigning even to hold converse with them; and this, Sir, is not.much like " misrepresentation" or a desite " to esta blish tt,' dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny." The following, Mr. Editor, are the charges we allege against George Allen; we are prepared to submit them to any just arbitration, and to be content with the result:— Ist. Locking up the pump, or rather the door leading to it, to prevent those under his control from getting a drink of nature's beverage, with a view to compel us to buy beer of an inferior quality from a house he visited, and until we strongly remonstrated, was the only one per mitted to bring beer on the works. 2d. One of our shopmates had the unwelcome in telligence from Manchester of the decease of his mother; he informed Mr. Allen (the foreman), of his wish to go and see her interred, stating that he would have to be absent for a week or a fortnight ; when Allen informed him, if that was the case, he might stop away alto gether ; with an assertion that he (Allen) would not keep a job open for any man that length of time under such circumstances. 3G. It has also been quite customary for Allen to order, in the most domineering manner, many a good tradesman to " pick up his tools and be off," before he had been marry hours on the job ; also for the most trifling mistake, have been discharged at a moment's no tice, without the least consultation as to whether they were blameable or 4Qt, ,Again, one of the men had his EVENING SUN' leg broken by a fall from a scaffold, and on his rotan to his work, expected, of course, as he had been lame(' in the service of his employers, that they would continye to give him work. But, No : Allen immediate!y e do cba!ged him, with an execration that he wonte, 13°13 such — d—ci hobbling fellows as him there. 4th. The same foreman told one of our 1 110 1/ 51- t who had been at home ill for some time, and whose was also very ill, on his return to work, to go about n o business, as he (th e f orem a n ) did not want any nil. there of his des cr ipti on . W e - i mme di a tely made a i , ;in e° lection for him, t o ena bl e hi m t o p rocu re food for 1 " --' self and his sick wife. hie sth. Another of the men h a d be e n called from -}a. work to attend the. death-b e d o f hi s wife, and `be n- came from that scene to his work, he was told to back and die with her, and be damned. In fast'F ;- general conduct has been so bad, as to be quite unbead able ; and, to terrify us, he has made a practice, threatening to discharge two or three dozen of as time, if we even complained of such conduct. These, Sir, are facts which we are at any tim e. 2 ,5 pared to prove, and, as there is convened on our blit a public meeting to be holden at the White C°ll ub House, on the evening of Monday next, the 31st ins v t : to , we solicit the attendance of Messrs. Grissell an d ' ha g, George Allen, or any of their agents in their be' so when and where every facility shall be afforded them lay their own statement before the public. We are, Sir, yours respectfully, • THE MASONS' SOCIET THOMAS SHORTT, SSW WY. LENT ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Baron ABINGER an 1 Mr. Al' W. Days and places appointed for holding the co! Lent Assizes : Northampton—Monday, Feb. 28. Oakham—Friday, March 4. Lincoln and City—Saturday, March 5. Nottingham and Town—Thursday, March 10. Derby—Saturday, Mardi 12. Leicester and Birmingham—Thursday, March 17 ' Coventry and Warwick—Monday, March 21. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. _ _ _ Westmoreland—Appleby, Saturday, Feb. 12 . Cuerland—Carhsle, Tuesday, Feb. 15. Newcastle and Northumberland—Newcastle , Feb. 18. Durham—Durham, Wednesday, Feb. 23. York and Yorkshire—York, Tuesday, March 1. Lancaster—Lancaster, Friday, March 16. , Liverpool—Wednesday, March 23. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E ' TA.TTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY• fey'' The attendance was swollen by the arrival of s o of gentlemen from the country, and a fair iiroyor ti noa business was transacted in the course of rather oceh afternoon. The Derby prices varied, in a few from those reported last week ; for instance; ""„jf • after an outlay of nearly 1501., at 7 to 1, receded'' e dioi point, the offer to lay the increased odds Pr c ' e l , c , c lie' from a quarter in which he had previously beenrog o to win a large stake on very favourable terms; tug was under " suspicion," and fell to 14 to 1, takelelio pony ; 221 to 1 to 301., and 12 to in fifties, w er ooll against Auckland, the subsequent offers avernO n groce ° 22 to 1. The Joanna colt was backed at an il p r t ioe* quotation • but 1,000 to 15, taken ten or a doze n fo iios about William le Gros, had not the effect of itnP tr ol! his position in the betting. Lasso had rather s jal a party at 50 to 1, and several scores and ponies Ice' - es t!Y, out on other outsiders, at prices averaging preal 11 ,10 a the same as last week. A few unimportant bets w er on the Oaks and Chester Cup. THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's two—taken 15 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Attila 14 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland ti ke j 37i to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna CO 48 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt , k en 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss-Trooper---41 50 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger—takeo 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Glenwood's Lasso—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. I. Day's Curator—taken. t frel 1000 to 15 agst Mr.G. Clark's William le Gros" - THE OAKS. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion—taken w o, 18 and 21 to 1 in poni es , l a id ags t Mr. Scott's THE CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Rory O'More--t! ; . - tsr 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Marshal SOO. THE MAIIKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. far tlie iP the highest 1 rite of ule ot i the Maropllis is 110. Loaf. Good Bread may be had at tkl. . ' ~0 Per Cwt. PRICES OF SEEDS Per Quay -ref .... 0 tal µl 1 eleiv English Red C10ver...76s 95s St. Fein ..... .. ..... .. ....... _, . , Old Litt. Ditto -s -s -s Rye Grass ................ .-":„. -. 7 ; 0 4 , New Foreign Ditto -s 70s 92s Pacey Grass ............• mss 8, 1 8.) . Old Di-to Ditto -s -s -s Linseed, for reeding' . ":5 °,',., 1 0 ', New White Clover 56s Fos 708 Ditto, for sowing ...... ....s ',4a oli, Old Dittu Ditto s 52005 : 53 - B,2 iT cwa it hn t ai o tr , ey f: ; r .u. cr a u: ;d h .. i . i i . E . .., ............................. New Tre oil ........ ..... -s 201 40s Hemp ..... .. . . ... .. ........ :.....4 7 , d Old Ditto Fr folium -8 --s -s Fer .................. ( „a English Carraway -: Foreign Ditto -8 468 50s Brown Ditto ...... ....'''' f a Coriander . fro A 0 -s -s -siTares PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. ptr, ~. I 115 . 1/ :' Al i i : i Town Tallow a2 12 6 Meltiniq Stuff ..... . ... .... I. 0 Yellow Russia White Soap Ditto PRICE OF R Cl it i W oo Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) .............. PitloE JF OIL. , FO6 AGGood p e e 5p r .r Y0 5 n ... e ...... :1 . .. .............. :.:::,:': Ili' XID 0 Rape 00, brown, per ton ......... 0 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil Lins..ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) Rape take, per ton COAL M Ships arrived since' d .•• 0000000000000 ..••••••••••• A R FEET. last market day, Rd I ...... 0 Walls End Lambton ... Wahl; End Pembevi c rl e il . c° 0 Walls End Russell 's! . ....s .. Walls End Stewart Walls End Carafe ....... ~„, Walls End Kelloe ... ; ...... Tennant's Hartlepo c " . . gl Victoria Hartlepool “ .......... I Walls End Adeiairle„,evo... jf ti Wall ;End Seymour ...* Wal s End 'lee. • ..... II Walls End West 'I cel" ... Holywill Trader .......... ; 11 16 • viS l ei DEAFNESS. — Sound Magnifiers, iglu -11 ,00,0 Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at an jegte age, and' of old standing extreme deafness, to io ln ,„ i f al )- 0 0 conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant 1 % 0 0 ' of at a poblie assembly ; th e y are th e s i ze o f a vell -00'010 seven shilling piece, and when In the cavity a the tg oi F oe i are not in the least perceptiblo nor more unconlfe r- 0,0 4 0' having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; theY a r S ,p os e a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs. ; n o' ' i d Solomon, themselves ; and although they are so O lre fo e.l'oell, yet they enable those afflicted with extreme d e ' r in s ` those who -are only slightly dull of hearing t o b ea ; i t! respect equal to those of most acute hearing. IWe s ' .' o Jil e pie v B. Solomon', ' 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilll, York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City. l'ie ll f ;ct '. 1 ,1 1 ) 0 Spectacles, immediately they are placed before , in l P er of ' O l 4 either by day or candlelight, that mist and dull" t Dee, De' t appears before the eyes is at once removed, every objece,al'or.' clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective FY f n' th e comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its yoo th gaine d , s 1 and original state. These valuable inventions hav e f o bs ° foss patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified 214 ;,,,5e;01 1 i above 400 of the principal members of, the medical p ro ven $ 4 0. 4- ; numerous individuals of high distinction, who have o rle',or benefited by their use. To be had only at 39, AlU tT e l l isr Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 7fi, KIDS sell, Robson & Co. Hartley 19 0 Carr's Hartley lO 6 Holywell Main l9 3 1 anfield Moor ,l 0 West Hartley ...... West Wylam ld 9 Wylam Walls End Hedlcy 2O r Walls End Hilda ... 19 6 Walls End Northumberland 19 9 Walls End Perkins lB 0 W. E. BraddylPsHettou Walls End East Hutton Walls End Hatton 23 0 0 111 4 - - 1 0 lig ~, let ( PLATE—A. B. SAVORY and SON to o so e facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London (l e j to .t se Bank of England).—The best wrought Fiddle.XslLog s ry te r ° r Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce . The foll o w , D O , weights recommended, but the articles may be 1 011 I.; heavier at the same price per ounce :.-.. 1 5 A Oz. g• fi g . ~I 9/ s' o 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at ! ,i -- ..(3 1 5 ,, 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 „'" ..,, 1 ,, :)•, 12 ditto Table Forks 30 at I: ' ,', il ! 12, ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 * ... ''' jli 2 ditto 7 `,.1•" 3 6 Grav Spoons 10 at ‘, ,„ I 0 1 ditto Soup y . Ladle... 10 at 7 ; „ 1 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 1 (1 El i, 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) I 1 , 1 ditto Fish Slice ": ,.. 1 ''' 0 A i' tf 12 ditto Tea Soons.- 10 at i 0) r d 1 ditto Pair Su gar Tongs Ott ° potty r a r N.B. A price current, stamped as a nevrspaPer, e to t vos. • drawings, and containing every information relati ° „lie", t o chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had 00 ; a l i r p, will be sent into the country, free of postage, '- paid letter. d* r Sr o ;or? City.—No connexion with persons oithe same name• BIRTHS. On the 9th ult., at Madeira, the lady of G 04 0°' Esq., her Britannic Majesty ' s. Consul, of a son. „,, ii ion c, On the 10th ult., at Madeira, the lady of lor i t. _ At Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., at Eton College, the lady of t roen,o l Luxmoore, of twins. The infants lived but a f e .?: of ‘ a On the 29th ult., in Farringdon-street, the 0' joy, Esq., of a son. 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