The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The importance of the great dinner given to the Earl of Durham by the people of Glasgow must, by this time, have been so fully appreciated, as well as the matters in dispute between that Nobleman and the Lord Chancellor, so fully weighed, that it seems al most a work of supererogation to attempt to inform the public mind upon the subject. We are tempted, nevertheless, to return to it, partly in consequence of the handle which has been made of it, to add to the abuse already so copiously poured out by a certain portion of the press upon the Lord Chancellor, and partly in order that we may state our sentiments more at length upon many of the points-touched upon by the noble subject of the Glasgow dinner. With.re gard to the abuse of the Lord_ Chancellor by the press, and the cutting sarcasms expressed, or rather the open defiance of him, by - Lord Durham; we see no justifiable ground for either, except unmitigated malignity on the one part, and heated, misconception, on the other. We know of no public injury which the Lord Chancellor ever did to the press, either in his public or his private capacity—we know- of none private, though we know of many public benefits which it has derived from his able advocacy of:its interests—from his becoming, if we may say soi a most. active mem ber of it—and, lastly, from the' . lustre which his talents, and their fruits, have shed upon it. It is un generous, in our opinion, if not base, to treat one as he has been treated by it, who, whatever may be his faults in other respects, has been guilty of no faults towards his brethren—whose constant aim has been to extend the empire of intellect, and increase the rewards and glories, by increasing the field of literary exertion —and who has never brought, as yet, an action against any newspaper, or other publication, for libels on his character, though no one has been more se- riouslv libelled than himself ; while with regard to the • affair pending between him and Lord Durham, who, lot us ask, was the assailant ? Was it the Lord Chancellor ? Assuredly not. He had a right, at the Edinburgh dinner, as well as every other guest, whose health it, was deemed proper• or important to give, not only to express the political opinions which be and his colleagues entertained, but to state those which they did not entertain—and he did so freely, fully, and, be it also said, without the slightest personality. He spoke of opinions only—not of men—of sects and parties, not of individuals, and assuredly not of Lord Durham, though the latter chose to ft the cap to his own head as one of those who are so anxious to travel forward in the path of reform, that they would, forget in their eagerness "to put.the linch-pins in the wheels," and afterwards to make a reply in which the Lord Chancellor formed the prominent object of at tack. It is to Lord Durham, therefore, to whom the origin of the present quarrel is fairly enough to be at tributed, if to any one or to anything but that portion of the press which has lately, instead of lauding, taken to abusing Lord Brougham, and implicating him, among other high crimes and misdemeanors, with having been art and part, if not principal, in the inditing of the article in the Edinburgh Review, which, without any apparent intention, has been most wrongfully construed as reflecting upon the character of the former. When that article is fairly weighed, it will be seen that it not only does not cast any imputa tion upon the Noble Lord, but that his conduct, with one solitary fact, which the Noble Lord has since dis avowed, has been simply brought forward as a proof of, the wisdom by which he was guided, in accepting a part, which he did get, instead of the whole, which he could not get, and in making concessions, where tri umph was more than doubtful. With regar d t o t he alleged mutual breaches of Cabinet confidence, we throw the charges on both sides to the winds,—to toss them where and whithersoever they will. It is true, as Lord Grey stated in his letter to Lord Durham, that the communication of facts connected with the, conduct of Cabinet Councils upon particular ques tions, may be inconsistent not only with mutual confidence on such occasions, but even with public duty ; but what is there now to be gained or lost by a revelation of the mode in which the Reform Bill was prepared and brought to a final conclusion ? To whom is there any thing now unknown which was formerly a secret ? Who cares about even hear ing the whole history of it from beginning to end ? And is it not pure child's play for either party to plume themselves upon the revelation having been made first by the one instead of the other ? If the charge lie at the door of any one—but we blame not Lord Durham for it—it assuredly lies at his ; for at the Gateshead dinner, last year, he said—though with much having been said previously to justify him for so saying--" I will not conceal from you that immediately after the formation of the Government, Lord Grey did entrust to me personally the preparation of the measure. I was assisted by the advice of tree of my colleagues, Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, and Lord Duncannon ; and with their co-operation the first Reform Bill was submitted to the Cabinet and to the Sovereign." But to have done with these personal matters, and to come to those which more nearly con cern the empire, we again most candidly own, that we are wholly of opinion with Lord Durham, that no day should be allowed to pass over which shall give a con tinuance of existence to " recognised abuses"—that there ought to be no avoidable clipping, or compro mising of measures, or attempts at conciliation of those who will not be conciliated—no surrender of im portant positions to those who are certain to avail themselves of them for the destruction of their patrons —no paltering with the people in a double sense, or holding out of the cup of hope to the lip and blast ing it to the heart. The Reform Act ought be made to work out its end and objects—its fruits ought to be realized with all possible speed—its march to be not only steady and progressive, but uniformly active, en terprising, and courageous. He who holds these opinions is in the right tract, because his cause is just—because he has the people on his side, and that the people, guided by intelligence and wisdom, can accomplish whatever right and reason are entitled to demand ; but prudential bearing must accompany the highest wisdom of design; and, if we add that the plain enunciation of principles to be pursued, on the one hand, and of the line of conduct to be adopted in car rying these principles into practice on the other, be the sole tangible differences of opinion which we can discover between Lord Durham and the Lord Chan cellor, we think that we not only prove an identity of opinion between them which renders it highly to be desired, that they should form a portion of the same Cabinet, but that the sooner their friends al low them to come to a fair and honourable understand ing the better, both for themselves and for the country. If the Lord Chancellor be a recreant to the prin ciples professed by Lord Durham—though we haVe yet to learn that such is the fact, as well as that Loid Durham ever performed one-half or one-fifth part of the service to the State which Lord Brougham has done,—why we give him up—and, on the other hand, we counsel Lord Durham, as well as we counsel his Majesty's government, to attend carefully to the fol lowing determined, calm, and prudent expression of sentiments by the people of Glasgow. We know of nothing more seriously deseilving of their attention= nothing that was ever more eloquently or ably Written : " Let not," say they, " your Loidship for a moment suppose that we are so inconsiderate to expect all at once all that we innately feel an• imperative right to claim—a full, fair, and free representation in parlia ment, by the extension of the franchise to all who in any degree contribute to support the State, and advance the interests of the social compact. This we will ever claim ; but in pity for the ignorance, the violent prejudice, and the heartless illiberality of those of the higher classes, who look upon us as a degraded caste, we will be glad to acquire by peaceable and constitu tional means, and through the incessant droppings 'of imperishable truth, a gradual extension of our legiti mate rights ; and shall be happy, should your Lordship join with us, in deeming household suffrage, vote by ballot, and the abridgment of the duration of parlia ment, as measures now requisite, and 'which would satisfactorily lead to a better understanding among all classes of the community."—Morning Advertiser. • Louis Philip has not yet been able to supply the - vacancy made in his councils by the resignation ,of ,Marshal Gerard. A ro y a l or di nance , it i s t rue , Ilas declared that Admiral de Rigny is to discharge tile functions of the late President of the Council for the present; but it is understood that Count Mole, Mar shat Mortier, Marshal Soult, and Monsieur Molitor have all declined the proffered office. These facts have been announced as if of themselves of no very great importance ; but when we consider the reasons assigned for Marshal Gerard's resignation, when we recollect that the late President of the Council retires from the councils of his Sovereign, because. that Sove , reign has refused to accede to any amnesty of those persons charged with treason and rebellion, arising out of the riots during the last year, this resig nation becomes one, we consider, of no small im portance ; and when, in addition to the above, we observe to what individuals Louis Philip has had recourse, to say nothing of, their refusal, we have some fears for the result. Whom, may we now ask, can Louis Philip find either sufficiently determined or suf ficiently pliant to suit his royal purposes ? The Baron Pasquier has been named, as also M. de Broglie ; the latter, however, we trust, is a mane of far too high honour and talent to be suited for the occasion. M. Dupin, to say nothing of many personal qualities which unfit him at present, at any rate, for such an office, possesses far too great a dash of independence and of constitutional principle in his composition to please the Citizen-King. But, without speculating on what another post may decide, we would ask, would any one of the above, be prepared to be so subservient to what appears to us the almost insane caprice of the present King of the French, as to push those, matters to extre mities which Marshal Gerard has so honourably and wisely informed his Majesty can be. productive of no good effect, but which must inevitably cause no small excitement, if no worse consequence, throughout the country ? for can it be doubted but that the projected trials will necessarily render more obnoxious to the people the already sufficiently unpopular House of Peers ? Will they not also, as our Paris correspon dent remarks, give rise to a question—how it is that Louis Philip, who exerted himself so laudably, appa rently, to save the ex-Ministers of Charles Y. from the scaffold, should thus, with an almost rnore 'than Bourbon obstinacy, be persisting in.his determination to prosecute and punish these men, who took part in some most absurd and unproductive riots, and which riots it might be urged were in no small, degree owing to the treachery and frauds which have" been practised upon the country by him : self, and a cliple of persons who might as fairly, if not More so, lie charged with treason, than those unfortunate persons who are now in confinement at Beaulieu ? I,But we fear that most justly may be applied to this , most worthy scion of the bourbon Family, the „celebrated expres sion of Napoleon, with regard _to ' „the Bourbons after their retu rn t o France in 'llBl4 'That they had learnt nothing, and firgotten no thing." Not only does he appear to confound firmness with obstinacy, but to consider that all con cession or yielding to circumstances 'must be the result of weakness or pusillanimity. That the Citizen-king can have no grounds for relying on public opinion we admit ; for that the real force of the present Govern ment of France consists wholly in the personal firmness of the Sovereign, supported by the physical force of his 400,000 soldiers under arms,is not to be denied. But can Louis Phillip forget that even this string may be strained too much ? What old names can he refer to either to_excite the ardour or animate the kyalty of his soldiers ? Can he expect that they will escape the infection of those feelings of disappointment, min gled with hatred of hi s G overnmen t, th a t are spread ing throughout France ? It is unnecessary, we are sure, to inquire whether these feelings have been justly excited, or to ask what France has gained by " the three glorious days." We assert not too much when we say that every thing is, in fact, at total variance with the principles of that revolution—if it may be so termed—which placed 'Louis Philip on the throne. The prosecutions instituted against the Pa risian Press alone amount to 520 ! The representa tion, which was to be amended, is a farce. Out of a population of thirty-two millions, 170,000 persons only are electors ; and the Quarterly Review informs us that the representatives are elected by a minority of even that number. "Is it possible, then, we ask, for things to remain in this state ?" as has been observed by an able writer. That there is an active spirit awake in France is not to be denied ; but a desire of institu tions is the leading principle which actuates it ; that the wishes of France extend to nothing more than a share of that freedom which we have so long enjoyed. We have space only now to observe that this principle must and should finally triumph is certain, and that its complete triumph will be rendered only more certain in exact proportion to the inveteracy and obstinacy of its opponents.—Morning Herald. The Protestant population of Ireland have, unfor tunatel) for themselves, motives to exertion more ur gent and direct than any which have yet began to press upon the people of Great Britain. It is to this cause rather than to any generic difference in the principles and feelings of the two countries, that we ought to ascribe the apparent superiority of the for mer to the latter in zeal, energy, and determination, in the Conservative cause. Ireland is the field which liberalism has selected for the special arena of its most daring and mischievous exploits ; and in Ireland, ac cordingly, there is less of peace and prosperity, less of security to property and life, less of social happiness and virtue, less of obedience and respect to the law, than in any other portion of the King's dominions, New South Wales not excepted. Liberalism, which in Great Britain is still in its infancy, approaches in Ireland to its full growth, and seems ,nearly to have attained to its full maturity of mischief. The Irish feel the evils which their British fellow-subjects as yet only apprehend, and apprehend with a degree of alarm commensurate neither with their magnitude nor their proximity. The report which we this day lay before our readers of the proceedings at the recent Meeting of the Protestants of the county of Down will show how the progress of Liberalism, and the tutelary care of a Liberal Govern ment, are appreciated among those of our Irish fellow subjects who desire to live under the protection of the laws and in obedience to their precepts. To the lesson and the example which this Meeting places before our British readers, they cannot be indifferent without renouncing every pretension to prudence or to generosity. The evils by which Ireland is afflicted must speedily extend to Great Britain, if the British people permit them to remain unredressed. This is a political truth which we take to be wholly indisputable. And the moral truth is not less clear that we shall well de serve to share all, and more than all, the sufferings which that unfortunate country is now compelled to endure if we fail to manifest an instant and active sympathy for the condition and the fate of our Irish fellow-subjects. It is as a stimulus to British exertion in the cause of law, order, and religion—in the cause of social happiness and public safety—that we earnestly direct attention to the great Downshire Meeting. This Meeting consisted of the oppressed Protestants of Ireland drawn from one single county, and its numbers have been variously estimated at from fifty to one hundred and twenty thousand men, among whom were the Marquisses of Donegal, Downshire, and London derry ; the Earls of Roden, Clanwilliam, and Hills borough ; Lord Dufferin, Lord Castlereagh, Sir Robert Bateson, Colonel Forde, Colonel Blacker, and, with few and inconsiderable exceptions, the whole of the Magistrates and landed proprietors of the county. Of the speeches it is only necessary to say that they were in all respects, and witlqout any excep tion, worthy of the assembly, and well suited to the circumstances which called it together. They spoke the language natural to men who feel that they are persecuted and oppressed for, possessing qualities which entitle them in an especial manner to favour and pro tection ; that they are insulted and degraded because they endeavour to walk steadily and firmly in the paths of conscience and of honour ; that they and their families are exposed to danger and ruin, because their sense of duty compels them to do all that they can to avert the danger and ruin which threaten their country. These speeches we shall not attempt to analyse or further to describe, as we hope and believe that none of our readers would accept any analysis or descriptio n which we could give, as a substitute for the eloquent and spirit-stirring addresses of which ,We submit elsewhere the best report we could procure. We cannot, however, refrain from recommending, to the special attention of the British people, the vivi4 and eloquent, but yet simple and unexaggerated, pic ture of the state of Ireland, as drawn by the masterly kind of Lord Londonderry. His Lordship, it is evi dent, has looked closely and accurately into the affairs and the condition of his country, and, in speaking of them, speaks of what he thoroughly understands. We rejoice to find from the letter from our Correspondent, that many other counties in Ireland are preparing to follow- the excellent; and prudent example of the county of Doivn, and make known to the world the grievances of which they have most reason to complain, and the dangers which they have the greatest cause to appre hend. We must again express our hope that the efforts of the Protestants of Ireland for their own pre servation and that of the empire will be seconded with zeal and alacrity by the people of Great Britain.— Morning Post. . The " great" Protestant meeting in the county of Down, which was described in our Irish correspond ence yesterday, affords another proof, if such were wanting, of the inevitable consequence and incalcula ble evil of leaving acknowledged grievances unredressed. Whatever tithe may be deemed by a dispassionate rea soner, or whatever .aggravation of the inherent mischief of its collection may or may not be found in the partial employment of it, for the service of a small portion of the community, there is this excuse for the general .outcry against its continuance—namely, that the. House of Commons and the Sovereign himself have formally declared tithe to be an inexpedient - ' institution, whether it be considered in the light of property or of a burden upon property. The existing Government, we all know, is not answerable for the actual prolongation of the tithe system in Ireland, or for the factious purposes to which it has been converted. But see in one word what effect it has produced. O'Connell seizes upon the general discontent of the nation to propagate amongst the lowest and most ignorant classes a per suasion that they have no remedy for this specific grievance but in a measure which amounts t o revolu tion. He burns the Act of Union with Great Britain in the flame which tithes have raised, and by speeches, 'writings, or more secret modes of disturbance, con trives to keep up a virtual insurrection throughout Ireland, of which this one main grievance is the pre text. But see what comes next—violence begets violence. The Protestants, already quite enough es tranged from their Papist countrymen, as a body are, we do not say unnaturally, alarmed and incensed at the turbulent animosity and extravagant projects of those who wield the mob. Hence the reaction of Protes t tant fury against Popish, and a rivalry of hatred, in which it will go hard but the Orangemen outbid their antagdnists. And here, again, may be observed the reproductive powers of political evil. The Hills borough meeting is an example in point. As O'Cori 'nell makes a traffic of the anti-tithe spirit to force the measure of repeal, so certain Lords and gentle men in the Tory interest term the natural apprehen sion of honest men, lest the insurgent schemes of the Irish agitators should be realized, to the s double account of a revival of Orange ascendancy, and of a restoration to the Tory faction to office. Thus although the formal part of the proceedings at Hills - borough, judging by the language of the resolutions, Seemed to bear only against a repeal of the Union, and for the putting down of the ruffian and brutal spirit of .its supporters, the latent character end tendency of the speeches would justify the suspicion, that it was the al- Aged weakness and want of wisdom of the King's Government, and in short the return of a Wellington Ministry to power which that illustrious orator the Marquis of Londonderry, and his colleagues in cir . cumlocution, had at heart. - We lament this meeting, respectable as it was for wealth, and formidable far numbers—we lament it from the increased difficulty which it throws in the way of domestic peace, because it will be followed by demonstrations of Roman Ca tholic strength, from everyone of which may be fairly dreaded some addition to the abundant stock of religious bitterness already raging, and, what we are happy to acknowledge was most studiously and creditably avoided on the relent occasion, some risk of breaches of the peace, and of out rage upon life or property. With regard to the martial array and manly demeanour of this vast assembly, no doubt the Protestants of Ulster do constitute a tre mendous military force—a yeomanry of the right stamp —a stern, shrewd, and resolute race, true to their re ligion, clinging to their rights, and relying each upon his own strong arm for protection. Of these brave men, numbers were engaged in the rebellion of 1798, because they were bitten by the democratic doctrines of that era. Had they not then joined the Catholics of the south, the rebellion would have given small ground of anxiety to the Government. From the mo ment when it took the-colour of a Popish insurrection, the Protestant Irish of the north abandoned it, and the thing was speedily crushed. There is no question that such men as these, of whom probably 40,000 or 50,000 were assembled with their landlords at the Down meeting, would be well able to defend them selves if called upon ; but is it wise to hasten or sti mulate such emergencies ? Above all things, is it humane to prolong those grievances which, if not the moving causes, serve at least as successful pretexts for the anarchy by which Ireland has during these late years been tormented ? Times. The intended retirement of Mr. E. Ellice from the office of Secretary of War, has caused some little sen sation in the political world, and the quidnuncs are on the qui rive to learn who is to be his successor. We are not in the least surprised that such should be the - - case, seeing that the appointment is not only impor tant in itself, but that the politics of the person on wham his Majesty may, acting under the advice of his Ministers, confer the appointment, will be in some measure, a test of the future policy of the government. The John Bull, of Sunday last, gives a guess on the subject, which it expresses with that regard to justice, and delicacy to individual feeling, which have invariably-cha racterised the political articles of that purest of pure journals. "We think," says it, "we could afford to bet fivehundred to ten that nobody in their senses, or out of the Cabinet, would guess who his successor is to be. It is no bet, we suppose—we will therefore name the winner, we know the start it will occasion—the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson, of No. 4, Park-street, West minster, is to be the man : and if the army be not ,de lighted with the appoi n t men t we pity their taste. "Thank thee, Jew, for that word I" Why, indeed, should they not be delighted ? Mr. Tennyson is not a man of yesterday—he is not unknown to the public either in principles or practice—he is not destitute of a stake in the country, though he may not be exactly one of the aristocracy, or a decided worshipper of persons who wear coronets and invariably ride in coaches—he has never been a traitor to any cause which he has cr3'.leavoured to make his own, though he may not always have succeeded in attain ing his end—he has never been the tool of any government, nor has he passed through the hands of different Governments, and, as a just reward for political subserviency, been cast aside as a rotten and unsound plank in the vessel of the State—he re mains untarnished by political retractation or political subserviency—and why, therefore, should not the army be pleased with his intended appointment to the office of Secretary at War ? There are few men who have made more sacrifices in the cause of the people-- none who maintain more liberal or constitutional senti ments. He has always been on the side of the people, and at the head of the army he will not forfeit the ex perience of his past life. To conclude—with him—if he be appointed--will expire that greatest of all the disgraces which still rests upon this most civilized and most humane of all countries—military flogging—a glory of which even a Wellington might be justly am bitious.—Morning Advertiser. Lady D. was going to Scotland : a violent storm arose. Her ladyship was calmly dressing her hair, when the steward knocked at the cabin door. "My lady," said the man, " I think it right to tell you there is every chance of our being drowned." "Do not talk to me, you impertinent fellow, about drowning," said her aristocratical ladyship, per fectly unmoved, "that's the captain's business, and not mine." —H. L. Bulwer's France. On Tuesday evening, about 11 o'clock, a dreadful fire was discovered in the stables and farmyard of Mr. John Pennock, at Boythorpe ; and we are very sorry to add, that the whole, consisting of the produce of 800 acres of land, ;vas entirely consumed. It was with great difficulty that same valuable horses and beasts were extracted from their perilous situation ; damage is estimated at upwards of 2,000/.4 no part of which is insured. The fire originated by a candle Wing left lighted in the stable, which, it is supposed, had fallen from the socket of the candlestick.— York Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1834 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INQUIRY. (Before Sir F. PALGRAVE.) WOOLMEN'S COMPANY. One of the past Masters of this Company attended, and stated that the style of the Company formerly was, the Company of wool-packers, wool-winders, wool-shooters, and wool-men ; they were appointed to examine all wool and see what was fit for use. This was done by an officer called a wool-stapler, who was sworn, and the last of these officers was in the year 1779. In the reign of Edward IV. the Company went in the procession at the coronation of the Queen. The Company consists of two classes—livery men and freemen, and the ruling body consists of the Master, two Wardens, and 12 Assistants. The number of the livery is forty, but the freemen are unlimited. Females are eligible to the freedom. The Court of Assistants is open to the whole body. The Master and Wardens are elected for two years. The mode of the election is by open vote. There is no religious distinction made in electing to the Court. There are, at present, four Quakers on it. There are two brothers and a father and son on the Court. These are the only relations on it. The Master finds 500/. security. One Member of the Court was passed over unani mously, and not elected Master, on the ground of drunken nesi. The officers of the Company are the clerk and beadle, who are elected during good behaviour. These last-may be displaced from the Court on the grounds of non-residence or insolvency. There has been only one dis placed in the last thirty years, and he was going to reside abroad. The Master pays a fine of .51., and the Wardens a fine of five marks for refusing to serve, but :these fines are seldom incurred. The freedom is obtained by patri mony, apprenticeship, gift, and redemption. The children of freemen born after their father's death are entitled to the freedom. There was only one instance of the freedom hav ing been granted by gift, and that was to a person named Vernon. By an order of the Court of Aldermen it was that females were admitted by patrimony or apprenticeship. There are fees paid on admission, and there is a quarter age of fourpence. By an old ordinance no wool-shooter can have more than one apprentice at a time, under a pe nalty of 101. on each apprentice above that number. This penalty, however, is not now enforced. There is no restriction as to the number of apprentices on any other class of the Company. Turnover apprentices are allowed. All the present members of the Company, except three, are free of the city of London. None are now admitted who are not free of the city. By an ordinance of Charles 11. all wool-combers were declared free of the city. The Hall and records of the Company were destroyed in the great fire of London. There is no qualification necessary to procure the freedom, nor is it necessary to belong to any particular trade. There is no instance of the freedom being refused. The fee on becoming a Master is 211. The clerk has only a-nominal salary. The Court rarely makes any by-law. The War dens audit the accounts. The Company at large have ac cess to all documents. The charter of the Company was lost in the fire, and no copy of it remains. The Company had no livery until it was granted to them by the Court of Aldermen in the year 1825. Formerly no one could carry on any of the branches of the trade without the permission of the Company, but they now exercise no control. HORNERS' COMPANY. Sir F. PALGRAVE said that he had received a letter from the clerk of the Homers' Company, declining to attend, but offering to submit to the Court of Assistants any further questions in writing the, Commissioner might wish to have answered. Mr. Burnell, the Master of the Company, said that it was the wish of the Company and the Court of Assistants, that the Clerk should have attended and given the Com missioners every information they might require, but the Clerk, although the servant of the Company, had refused to do so, in imitation, he (Mr. Burnell) supposed, of the Clerks of the large Companies. He (Mr. Burnell) had some delicacy about giving all the information that might be called for, because he took an oath of secresy every year, and he had served the office of Master 20 years. Sir F. PALGRAVE said that all oaths of this description were merely conditional, just as the coronation oath was.. Mr. Burnell said he should give the Commissioner as much information as he thought he could conscientiously give, and he was sure the Commissioner would not press for more. Sir F. PALGRAVE said certainly not. Mr. Burnell then went on to state that the Company consisted of one class of freemen only, they having no livery ; and the ruling body consisted of Master and War dens, who are elected every year, and Assistants, who are elected for life. At present the Court consists of only the Master, two Wardens, and three Assistants. The charter of the Company is a very curious one, and was granted to them by Edward IV. About 100 years ago the Company was a very large one, but the trade had now quite fallen off, and he and his son were of the very few who carried it on at present. The chief purposes for which the trade is at all carried on now, were the making of drinking cups and preparing horn plates for exportation to Germany, where they manufacture the horn thus prepared into articles of imitation tortoiseshell. Horn powder flasks are made, but they are not used in any great number. The reason that the English horn is preferred above all other for making the imitation tortoiseshell is, that it possesses a finer and a kinder texture and grain, and is not so stubborn. The use of horn originated in the days of Alfred. The mode of pre paring it at present is by scraping first, and then pressing it between plates of hot iron. The elections in the Company are by open voting, and appointment to office is by se niority, and there is no security given by any of the members of the Court, nor is there any distinction made on the grounds of religion. Father, son, and brother, are the only relations on the Court. The Clerk of the Company has a salary, but he (Mr. Burnell) must decline stating how much that salary was. There is a fine of 41. for coming on the Court, and the same fees have been paid since the year 1700. The freedom is obtained by patri mony, servitude, and redemption. The Company was originally a trading one. Formerly the Company used to buy up all horns by contract, and kept one general stock for the use of the trade. Members are restricted to two apprentices. The fine for redemption is 81., and the free dom is never conferred by gift. The Company had never applied to the Court of Aldermen for a livery, because he understood it would not be granted to them, unless they had an income sufficient to sustain the dignity of one. In 1 830, an order was made that no freeman of the Company should come upon the Court, unless he should be free also of the city of London. All persons within 24 miles of London; are restricted from practising the trade, unless they belong to the Company, The homers of London generally join the Company, but they are not now com pelled to do so. There are not a dozen of the trade in all London. The trade has fallen off, owing to the great im provement in glass. Freemen only are privileged to carry on the trade in London. Those who attend the Courts dine at the expense of the Company. The controul of the trade is not abandoned, but not exercised. They have some leasehold property arising from the ground where their warehouse formerly stood, in Wentworth-street, Whitechapel. They have property in the funds, but he declines stating how much. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 3. BIRMINGHAM V. RIDER. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict which had been given in this case for the defendant should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment, and was tried before Lord Denman at the sittings after last term. The plaintiff was a poor man, who had purchased a horse of the defendant, which he was to pay for by instal ments. He was not able regularly to keep up his pay ments, and the defendant's servant one day meeting him in the street caused him to be apprehended on the charge of stealing the horse. The plaintiff was taken before a City Magistrate, who dismissed the charge, but it was agreed be tween the parties that the horse should be delivered up. The difficulty at the time of the trial was to prove that the imprisonment had been caused by the defendant, and that difficulty was attempted to be supplied by calling the de fendant's servant, with a view to show that he ha autho rised the officer to detain the plaintiff. The Jury, however, thought that that point had not been made out, and there fore gave a verdict for the defendant. The Lord Chief Justice had summed up the evidence, and observed upon the evidence of the defendant's servant, leaving it to the Jury to say whether in their opinion his evidence justified them in concluding that the imprisonment had been caused by the defendant's order. The conclusion at which the Jury had arrived was manifestly against the weight of evi dence in the cause, and such he believed had been the im pression of the Chief Justice at the trial. Lord DENMAN had left the whole case to the jury with out endeavouring to direct them in the way. It was understood that the rule was refused. BUTTERTON V. BURGESS. M r . WHATLEY moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict given for the plaintiff in this case, with 501. da mages, should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. H e moved this rule upon the payment of costs. This was an action to recover damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The cause was tried at the Shrewsbury Assizes before Mr. Justice Williams. The defendant was the labouring servant of the plaintiff, who was a farmer. The verdict was taken against him in his absence. There were now affidavits fully accounting for the defendant not b e i n g at the trial, and showing that it arose from the diffi culty of getting such witnesses as he discovered to be neces sary. - In consequence of thi s h e h a d not b een a bl e to pre pare his brief in time to deliver it to the Counsel the day before the trial. The brief was therefore not delivered till the morning of the trial, and then, a number of causes having been quite unexpectedly disposed of, the case came on so rapidly that the Couusel to whom it was delivered had. not had time to read it. Under these circumstances, that Learned Counsel saying that it was quite impossible for him to do justice to the cause, he returned the brief to the defendant. The cause was, therefore, taken as an un defended cause, and a verdict for .501. passed against the defendant. Under these circumstances he applied for a rule to set aside the verdict. The Court did not see any sufficient ground to grant the rule. MORRIS V. DIXON. • This was an action of assumpsit brought upon an instru ment in the following form : " I acknowledge to owe James Morris, of Bo!ton, the sum of 361., which I agree to pay to him as soon as cir cumstances will permit me to do so." The case came on for trial before Mr. Justice Vaughan at Chester, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff for the sum of 61. Mr. J. Jervis now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, on the ground that the instrument had been improperly re ceived in evidence, as it was not stamped with an agreement stamp. The Court granted the rule. GRIFFITH V. HUGHES, CLERK. Mr. John Jervis moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict given in this case for the defendant should not be set aside, and a verdict, with nominal damages, entered for the plaintiff. This was an action of trespass and false im prisonment, tried at the last assizes at Welshpool, before Mr. Justice Vaughan. The plaintiff was the gamekeeper of a gentleman named Woodcock, and the defendant was a county Magistrate. The plaintiff was charged with tress passing upon the laud of another person, and an information was laid against him. A warning had been issued to the constable to direct him to appear before the Justice and answer the information, but he did not appear ; on which the Justice issued his warrant for the apprehension of the plaintiff. This action of false imprisonment was then brought, on the ground that the warning or summons, if it might be so called, and the warrant, were both defective in form. The Court granted the rule. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Nov. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS.) REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of the creditors of this banking firm was con vened for this day, for the purpose of auditing the accounts, and declaring a dividend upon the joint estate. In conse quence, however, of the non-receipt of a sum of money which the assignees expected to have obtained, the dividend was postponed. It is understood that the next dividend upon the general estate will be about sixpence in the pound, which will make the dividends paid to the creditors of the banking firm exceed 11 s. in the pound. Upon the separate estate of Rowland Stephenson, a fur ther small dividend is also expected to be declared. No thing is known of the proceedings of Rowland Stephenson, who is stated to be in great distress in America. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A poor woman, who a few days ago complained to the LORD MAYOR that although she and her five children had nothing to eat she was prevented from having an interview with the Magistrates of Lambeth-street Office by the officers in attendance there, came before the LORD MAYOR yesterday, for the purpose of stating the result of another application for admittance. The woman stated that no attention was paid to her com plaint. She had seen the Magistrates at Lambeth-street Office, but was told that she could not be assisted by them. The LORD MAYOR—Then I would advise you to go at o,nce to the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, end make your complaint to him. lam convinced that you will not apply in vain. If you had been refused admission to the Magistrates by the officers, I should at once take your depositions and hand them to the Under-Secretary ; but as the Magistrates - have decided upon your application, I cannot impugn that decision. - The woman knew nobody to whom to go for shelter, and asked where she should leave her children until she should return from the Home Secretary ? . The LORD MAYOR—Take your children with you. If your claim was in the city of London I should compel the parish officers to relieve you, but I have no power to act in your case. However, I have every reason to suppose that the Home Secretary will interfere in your behalf. Even the new Act does not authorise such treatment as that to which you have been subjected. It will not sanction the refusal of the necessaries of life, however magistrates may be disposed to act upon so kind a system. The applicant then left the Justice Room for the purpose of going to the office of the Secretary of State. Mr. Booker, one of the parish officers of Bishopsgate, brought before the Lord Mayor a young woman of very decent appearance in order to be informed by his Lordship in what manner the Poor Law Bill could be applied to her case. She had, the officer said, become pregnant by a man of some property while in service. The consequence was that she lost her place with her character, and was now dependent upon the parish for support. The girl was ready to swear that the person who had ruined her was the only man she had ever known intimately, but that person refused to contribute to the maintenance of the child, and the parish did not know how to compel him, as there was no corroborative testimony to be found to confirm her simple declaration that he was the father. The Loan MAYOR---I don't pretend to understand what they mean by corroborative testimony in a case of the kind. You say the man is able to support the child ? Mr. Booker—No doubt of it. He is in good business, and has money in the Bank ; but he says we can't corroborate her statement, for he won't make any acknowledgment that he has had anything to do with her, and I am given to under stand that an acknowledgment of the kind is the corrobora tive matter required. The LORD MAYOR did not know what to advise the parish to do, but he supposed a lawyer would advise them to file a bill of discovery, or what was called a fishing bill. Mr. Booker—The girl is not able to support herself, and how we are to manage when the child is born we know not. We certainly shall not let the mother and child starve, and the father will have the laugh at the parish for maintaining his child for the want of corroborative testi mony.—(Laughter.) Mr. Hobler said the dilemma was an extremely disagree able one. The corroborative testimony must, if he could fathom the meaning of the Act, be a thing of no very re markable delicacy. It was a testimony which a decent person would not very willingly subscribe to. The LORD MAYOR—I don't know what to do. It would appear that any vagabond fellow who destroys a poor credulous girl may be helped out of the responsibility by the absence of this corroborative testimony.—(Laughter.) The nonsense of the thing is really insufferable. Mr. Booker said that the girl should be taken care of. He wished very much to be in possession of the meaning of every part of the Bill, for the parish in which he was an officer was an extremely populous one, and there were in it a great numher dependent upon parochial bounty. The LORD MAYOR-4 wish I could assist you, for I think it necessary to declare, now that I am at the end of my Mayoralty, that the parish has shown great judgment in appointing to the situation you fill a man of so much hu manity and discrimination as you possess. lam sorry to be obliged to think differently of the officers of other dis tricts, who seem to delight in the power of rejecting the so licitations of the distressed, which they think this Bill gives to them. I regret, too, that such officers receive the very discreditable sanction of some Magistrates, and in bearing my testimony to that fact, I am borne out by the corrobo rative testimony of the poor themselves--(A laugh.) HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday, John Meredith, the driver of the Paddington omnibus 3,925, appeared before Mr. LAING, to answer the complaint of Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., for having furiously driven against him, and thereby endangering his life. Mr. LAING fined him 40s. and costs, and said that un less the fine was immediately paid he would be committed to prison. —He was then taken from the bar. QUEEN- SQU ARE. Yesterday Bernardo Illalverino and Louis Gard, two of the unfortunate Italian children employed by the foreign master vagabonds who infest London, were brought up in custody by one of the officers of the Mendicity Society; charged with begging in the public streets. The boys had some white mice which they were exhibit ing in the Westminster-road ; they were also asking charity. It was quite useless to question the lads as to who the per sons were that employed them to beg about the streets, as they appeared to have been well tutored by the scoundrels who brought them from their own country. They were both committed for fourteen days. GOOD NEWS FOR COBBETT.—The potato crop is found so prolific. that they are frequently purchased from itinerant venders in the county of Wexford, at one halfpenny the stone I--Belfast News. The burning of some furze on Wimbledon Com mon, on Friday night, gave birth on Saturday morning to a rumour that the mansion of the Marquis of Bristol had been burned down. We are happy to state that no such calamity has occurred. A woman named Mary Bower, living at Haley hill, Halifax, was severely scalded, on Friday last, in a very singular manner. She had put some quick lime into a barrel,' for the purpose of cleaning it; and in order to keep in the effervescence, she stood holding a shovel over the bung-hole, when an explosion took place, and she was severely scalded by the heated water. The iron shovel was broken, but the barrel itself was not injured.—Halifax Express. CORONER'S INQUEST. _.--. 7 .,...--. SE. 6 ' Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. owe j cn Coroner, at the Castle, "Gibraltar-rovr, St. George's -11s ' the view of the body o Frances Timpson. Ta rs of then threw Smith knew the deceased, wh° " eiglit ) ter cas t z s ' e ge. • On Wednesday morning last, about h er house , s he s r h e e w h i e le a r rd ap a ro s n cre o a v m er , antb'ed wdeeenetasoeudt,opfuhteronhiefltsbetesofivre; and carried her in doors. --'Witness afterwards garriday ointment and dressed the wounds. The deceased on morning. ....SO; 1.,t ~.,,Bny.latr.l..urnorli—Qp,eWesasyoausnugrgeniolnnsceanint f e o , r i ? t w l a i r s i t a a b e ;Le c i e g li t t ; o'clock ; the accident happened about a quarter nasl" / the child was quite sensible. Hooper cog'''. n. _ By a Juror— tl fte At what hour did Mr. o Witness—Between three and four o'clock in the nsoi • H,.;''''''.P"mai the 'deeeased, and saw her ' a sarge or, Her daughter welin*Alr.„. Hooper, the Pail° _„00(15, when a young man came, who, upon examining the w",, t on said there was no immediate danger ; she afterwards geu_.,,e, order. Did not know the hour when the medicine ' but believed about three o'clock. r it ``' s' By Mr. Hooper, the surgeon.--'ill you W es e Afte r not before three o'clock? Witness was sure b it o'clock. She applied butter and sweet oil beitfo'srel niment was sent by the surgeon.• &ug h By a Juror—Had you any medicine before your b y( fd ter got the order ? Witness —They had oils, but t e e ono not come from Mr. Hooper's ; neither had anY ° pot been sent from Mr. Hooper's before the order s'(.: 1 . " She thought there was great delay in sending bea rdol ediele th e _ Mary Rogers, daughter of the last witness, to to deceased scream, and went down stairs ; she theo cti if lie Mr. Hooper's, and saw the servant, when s he ask l ooper was at home. She then requested her to tell gr . op j a t ' a child was severely burnt, and begged him to ,g,°,4 : , l ' e tend her. She returned about half-past eight oew - , e Jr then went to Mr. Hooper's again, accomp•anied by the f o r ceased's mother, and found her younger s ister wa'flooPfl &l. Her mother then inquired w hether Al r ,,' be t al i would personally attend withoutorder, "' h ' alt as an A re " No." Witness then went for an order, a" gr. home. It was about half-past 11 o'clock. say By a Juror—Did Mr. Hooper's young 11131%\eitsess' the Hooper would not attend without an o rder? Yes, n and requested her to get an order. go f ari SheA n Rogers, another daughter, thirteen year tiot.(il went to Mr. Hooper's for the oils at the re l i e d w it Mrs. Smith. She took a bottle and had it half fi ...3 do, oil by the young man, who requested her to wa it h n e ' gs ' k e. , j t gentleman came dowd stairs, which she did, on d , a hes'', , lie young man if the child was much burnt ? svu e , ,•abo u " Yes." The gentleman said he would not attenuile ,boP• an order. She believed she remained an hour st ' It was past ten o'clock before she returned hanle• att boo' Mary when Mr. Hooper' her, ° d, sai° '' pill s young man saw er, w • dan i s dangerous.TimPson, mother of the deceased, a : : , s fas ° She sent a young child for some ° ' en d 1 a si w ir a p y ri a se l d on t g o fitinmdeibweelnitttlheegrsirellfwteosMnort. s H u ooP r's ' al.th e °I ; pp lied ifl e 7o et' Did not see Mr. Hooper at the shop. Mr. o° °l l oc lc. 51 1 attend her child until between three and four de inn ., AP o ffer ; o d i c; had previously stated her child was severely attacked with retching. She went to Mr. '' ans i' t , 0' 50 ,, surgeon of the parish, who declined attending,as t hat d"'' in his district. Mr. Hooper saw the child twilea. e a but did not see her again until the morning she the wite ' Mr. Hooper said he did not attend agaii 3, as did requested him not, having got another surg thought be thel reason W i q t au n sr eheyssets; sentssa i o d d 1 vfi s do h ri e i ‘t Witness.—Mr. i li t re o . sr l told . T M r r e . v an Hooper jon. shed an that "- not pay preper attention to her child, le to h a tt n a oh n e e ce l vionsirsdr..4ar) tot By a Juror.—Who told you it was not nece- 1 was p r p e er e ,s r c ' t s rhi p ; e t p.theparish r. i young sh su --- Hooper'sMr-Tyroeuvanngionlnaed I the or d e r George Timpson, father of the deceased, t°°k 1111 0 '1 , Mr._ 1 - 100 when Mr. Hooper would return, and wrote on accident.- er H a ° p ° J . dof t h ease .' about 7 o'clock, and sent Mr. Fennell to see little cbni h ß w • : li s e d i n adb h on e uot c t ahgmaolefd-pdo half-past down to to see ce t le l o l c o t hk s e h ; o d g f e e h m e , o ec h na a sc e n h b s e iw ri ll s t a b i s t e h o l li o ta : o l l(l , ee ci b eli ik t e li i t t that time aware of the severity of the bur:i" called upon to attend another patients w ilich e. i 0 o'c' ° ,,, es tain eu i el. until 2 o'clock, he did not see the deceased oti t ' i' fel g a when he drove down, and was assailed by 6° ,1;11i be 0 - 12 ; but hearing from one of his young in n a very . coarse manner ; they afterwards tolo b r ,erg i e 0 . 0 o occasion to attend again, as they had iLi wt c l e e cea se lo ng men the i. Ilia ) c 0 worse, he went down and found the child denhe ini a ' s ' u re man was no doubt ignorant of the extent 0 1 t be sic . Mr. Sydney Fennel!, i inflammation does not show itself at onc e ' ho „ , e i tl tie "P t was out of the power of a medical man Ti t°,,,, - 0 % r, ode - „ t de' am the child above six minutes. assistant on Mary Rogers recalled taro prescription by order of Mr.! Hooper' '" d u ng,,inies aloe "b Y d was t to s l\ k l e r• :W o e at ia:- , 0 the young man in the shop ? She said be w as w itho ° man who told her Mr. Hoopes' w o uld not co me es' order. c o ec ~,e 4:) Witness said Mr. Hooper would attend le c- '" sity, without an order. oe"' Mary Rogers—Never beard witness saY s °,' h a ck c h i n Witness told them Mr. Hooper woul d j ue r ith r etc ;lie tt when he was informed the child was attacke",` orot" chi By a Juror—Were the c w they came to your house ? Witness--VerY ;•,, as ° ro e was sick, and they wanted some d• • ne t ° g' s t di' Pe P' me le' yd not co o lief. women rude a , s he Li' her , he He did not know what to give, medicines. From what he heard ' from his brother' of sidered the case a dangerous one. ca ges_,, • , „ gs in : we The CORONER would recommended w itn es s s uie" o , this kind to remember the f a c hild nl a ger ee c yst parent o act w ith 1 tb ,, b from mental excitement, and he should giving them ° sideration to persons in that situation! _. , tO ta advice when Mr. Hooper was not at ho asked wa° 0 0 0, Geol..- •,e Timpson recalled, and was A yont i l er 0 4.1 upon the order, when he repeated it was " the ° and not Mr. Hooper, it was the first time ,„0 11 a nd ol i o the,' re . The CORONER, in summing uP prosented.had s een i i 'i ra 4 of Mr. Hooper in cases of this kind, sa id he _ n aht ...11 a nd he th° fslt he fer man the last to act otherwise than with humo r ' a lter iy h ca e lle w d ou u l p d o n th , e a his going out before seeing the child might ne_` .. ',, g s ada :oo r s ef w or as e l s e t a a v te e d it b correct, yet professional men were sometos oc ca'' 0 tl O 'r 0 . i t% ' (v . e , e ri til Hooper ° l3 • til e ' • rs to e re decision. ge e" Verdict "Accidental death." The ot y to g th r e The case excited considerable interest. 'l.- came from Sydenham to attet2 , _ . “t:-. ... I ii o ----------", garip-i,ing The retired and pleasant village ° I o f foir,ll l thrown last week into a state of excitement fronteen spr o f occurrence :—A lady named Brice, residing dance 13 1 ° 14 Hill and Hornsey, was accosted near her res ~,,u nd pr° A y those sturdy vagrants who are so frequentlY found b e r c' hg , about villages near the metropolis, and, a fter ss_ isfort ,ol os ,: tile , rity and telling a pitiful story relative to hs.n, her re t 'L" a ct proceeded to attack her, and succeeded in taltiT to , '1 1 !`: 04 ; containing money and various articles of 0 ` t r ow' o f, being committed in the middle of the da y , of e a he ° , sin given, but he made his escape ; a reward bag al i tO PP fered for his apprehension. very se eta! A lad named Blanch met with ears , t, _.4, nearly fatal accident last week ; it appears test I ° . ft. 0071 ployed in fulling trees upon the grounds o f the g e c ob :5 . 6 • heavi Rector of Hornsey, when a tree fell with a _ p a otb e ► i.,o him ; he was taken up with his thighs brokensea vibere tr :4 mutilated, and conveyed to Hornsey Workhou bsdpagl:i the humane assistance of the rev. gentleman, mh o , t is ee: every attention, he is slowly recovering, althougo ' ~ he will remain a cripple for the rest of his life. ______---' _________----------'- g . 1 1 ' -- _ --------- - ----- BIItTH S. ,_, A o f CaP t ail " r , hte On the 3d inst., in Montagu-square, the o' 4 ______ f_a_ lat4- Fuller, R.N., of a daughter. t-stria re ' ° On the 31st ult., Mrs. Murray, of Regen d M. On . the 3d MA RRIED. incing-l an e, Mary Anne Grace daughter of the late Tho m , Quin, Esq., of Hull ' Gou l inst., at Stoke Newington, Herbert Mayo, /.1,10a.,-' On the 2d inst iSt G rg ' Bloomsburyi.lllr. Jaires o f ill , to Elizabeth, yoUn a g st . d en ht e s' of Wiliam Willi, l(1' Thatched House, St.eJarreasn'g-streeer t i to. '-`• S. Brabazon Madden, Esq., of Ireland, to Adelsile?f;er youngest daughter of Edward Montmorency, Esq. , 11 . ' iar' ford Dockyard. On the 28th ult., at Romsey Hants, Mr. p. H. Pi e , / `i e :e ' l lit'r goon, of West-street, Finsbury-Circus, to Katharine, thiro ( of the late T. Cornley, Esq., a the former place. - 3 r, vinOnnenthteFraninnisstit., javtazE, xEmsgo.uDthfnlHrEeprausane,yllyeaarstisngs, 10 hire 6 , tlieiste John Julius Angerstein, Esq., of Lloyd's Coffeerrustnee,,r °' c o ,' On the 29th ult. at the Park Hotel, Norwood, N."' o of Hill-street, Berkeley-square, aged 81. Herbert, sc l . ' On the 31st ult., at Brussels, Magnus Morton the Island of Nevis. theist° I°l3° On the 2d inst., in her 81st ye,ar, Rachel, relict of .1, Barton, Esq., of lermordsey. 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