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fision on these points, come when it might, had care ully postponed all consideration of them to the latest possible moment ; and well, therefore, may the Chro nicle, in its shallow cunning, say that " no actual difference" had occurred amongst its members. If by " actual difference" is meant a positive division upon a vote in the Cabinet the Chronicle may, for the reason above stated, be right ; but if it pre tends to say that there did not, as Lord Mel bourne knew and acknowledged to his Master, exist a vital difference of opinion among the Council lors of the Crown, which must sooner or later termi nate in such division, and the consequent disruption of the Administration, then we say fearlessly, and we do not speak without warrant, the Chronicle is either egregiously misinformed or wilfully mendacious. Who, then, can blame the King, seeing that the breaking-up of his Government must occur in a very short time, and would in all likelihood take place at a period most inconvenient for the public service, for having man fully determined to face at once the danger which could not ultimately be averted ? On the contrary, will any loyal subject or right thinking man hesitate to give his Majesty the credit which he has so nobly earned for a sound discretion no less than a genuine attachment to his people, in dismissing that discordant assemblage of conflicting politicians, who possessed no one qua lity of a Cabinet except their salaries, and every cha racteristic of a debating club, except its honesty ? Morning Post. The proceedings of a Conservative meeting were re corded in the Times of yesterday. It was held at Ash ford in Kent, and the avowed object of it was to com memorate His Majesty's late declaration to support " the Constitution in Church and State." Looking at the names of those who figured on the occasion, and at the toasts which were agreed upcn to be given from the Chair or otherwise, it may be pronounced one of your regular old " Church and King " meetings, of which the real object has long been understood by all classes of Englishmen, being no other than that the patronage of the Crown in Church and State should be carefully reserved for the exclusive benefit of one favoured party in the kingdom. When we state that Lords Winchilsea and Strangford, Sir E. Knatchbull, and the Rev. T. Manners Sutton, were the chief performers en this well-timed stage, our readers may form a pretty shrewd guess at the tone and disposition which prevailed among them. It will be judged at once how much sympathy with the general spirit of reform—how much attachment to the popular branches of our institutions—were manifested by the several speakers and by the company ; and last of all, how much service at this particular moment the cause of Conservatism and that of the Duke of Wellington's Administration are likely to derive from the sort of alliance which a leading Conservative journal has since (erroneously we are aware) insinuated to exist between his Grace's principles and those of the ultra oligarchs at Ashford, The Rev. T. Manners Sutton, it is true, talked of Church reform as a thing " ex pected by the clergy from their friends, but not from their enemies." By the latter, the Rev. Gentleman referred, of course, to the authors and projectors of those reforms which have been lately under public discussion. But as we never heard that either Lord Grey's or Lord Melbourne's Cabinet had gone one inch too far in their notion of what the country called for, it must be inferred that the reform which the " friends of the clergy" are expected to grant would fall far short of that which was decided on by the Whigs, and is at this hour demanded by the nation. In which case, we hope, and are much disposed to anticipate, that neither the Duke of Wellington nor Sir Robert Peel will entitle himself to a niche in the Pantheon of " Friends of the Clergy." Men ought not to employ phrases notoriously vague in their signification. This language should be strict and definite, and such as implies their promise of pur suing some certain course of action. There is no word less binding upon the conscience, apparently, than " Reform.' Lord John Russell, we presume, would intend by Church Reform a measure rather dif ferent from that for which the Rev. T. Manners Sut ton seems to be prepared ; and we all know that the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose health was drunk uproariously at the Ashford dinner, flattered himself that he had made an ample reform of the Church, by enacting that no clergyman should be a pluralist whose livings were more than thirty miles asunder I It is something, however, to hear a Tory dignitary like Mr. Sutton admit that any Church Reform is to be tolerated. It is a hint which the Duke, we take for granted, will know how to improve upon. It would be very unfortunate for the Duke of Wellington, if the future acts of his administration were now to be judged of by the language of some of his old political associates. The speech of Lord Strangford is throughout a commination against all reforms in Church and State. That profound diplomatist and superfine translator reckons securely on a restoration of the political state of England to its "pristine purity," --a *Veal of the Reform Bill to wit ! His Lordship considers the downfall of the Whigs a dispensation " of retributive justice" for their impious and mischievous willingness to admit Jews, Infidels, and Christians alike to the benefits of the Constitution—and such are the men who have the modesty to obtrude themselves as political allies of the Duke of Wellington, and to impress upon the country the wild imagination that his accession to office will be succeeded by the furtherance of follies like theirs. We suppose there is no great rashness in repudiating on the part of the Duke any possibility of his participation in the dreams of that class of Conservatives, to whom, and for whom, his Grace may well recollect that his own more sober views of policy were sacrificed not many years ago, and with them his existence as a Minister. /t is asked everywhere whether the present House of Commons will be dissolved before the new Cabinet meets it ; and the question is neither the less natural, nor the less interesting, because it is not susceptible of an immediate answer. The present House of Com mons is pledged to large reforms. A non-reforming Administration, therefore, cannot encounter it without being instantly overthrown. So if it be the object of a Government composed of men who have hitherto passed for Conservatives to strengthen itself in Par liament by a new election, and a consequent appeal to the people, such a Government must be conscious that the spirit of reform pervades the nation out of deoss, to say the least of it, as extensively and thoroughly as it animates the representatives already chosen : and that to create the slightest chance of a return favour able to the embryo Cabinet of Peel and Wellington, the whole country must have satisfactory proof of the measures about to be adopted, being reform mea sures in Church and State, in England and in Ireland. We have not left ourselves time or space to remark upon the Newcastle dinner and its most remarkable circumstance, Lord Durham's able and uncompro mising speech. His Lordship's general matter in the beginning of his discourse was no less sound and va luable than the tone of it was temperate and becoming. But we are sorry to say that the latter part of his speech exhibits striking proofs that passion had blinded his judgment. Else why does he denounce the pos sible change from bad to good as disgusting and dis graceful ? Does he suppose the nation is so enslaved by the spirit of faction as to refuse to accept a bene ficial measure from a Minister because he is not a Whig ? Such stuff is unworthy of Lord Durham's clear sense ; it is the mere raving of a bigotted parti san. What ! are we to be told that the people of England cannot understand, and demand and secure, what they feel to be their just claims, unless a Whig Lord holds the helm of Government ? We repudiate, in the name of the people, such miserable party jargon. The people may have, they must have, personal par tialities for particular men, but as patriots they sacri fice their individual partialities for the public good— they look to the acts of their governors, and not to their mere names. A Grey or a Wellington, if his acts are just and wise, is in their eyes an enlightened and patriotic Minister, whether his sobriquet be Whig or Tory. Much as we admire the talent and spirit 9 which charact er i ze th e greater part of Lord Durham s speech, we should have been wanting in duty to our selves and to his Lordship also, if we had not in a frank, and we trust not uncorteous, manner pointed out what even his best friends must allow to be an irra tional and unworthy sentiment.— Times. When we declared the other day that we " nailed our flag to the mast of Reform," we did not say so THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1834. , witnout a due consideration of the interests at stake —a due knowledge of the feeling and sentiments of the community—or a due appreciation of the manly, straightforward, and undaunted adhesiveness of our countrymen to the great principles of Reform. We knew that the sentiments and feelings which we ex pressed were those which were entertained by the pub lic at large—that whatever opinion might be formed of the recent proceedings of the late Government, no sane mind could bear for a moment to institute a comparison. between it and that of any Tory Government which might be formed—that the Duke of Wellington, as the opponent of all Reform—as the enemy to Church Reform—to Municipal Reform—to stamp tax aboli tion, and many other points, which it is unnecessary to mention, would be scouted and condemned, as sooa as his appointmeut to the office of Prime Minister was known,—from all quarters, and by all parties—but those who are now making their dying struggle, in defence of abuses, and for the re -assumption of power. Most nobly are our countrymen responding to the line of conduct which we proposed for their adoption—most nobly do they echo our sentiments and opinions. The dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers is held in all quarters to have been the most uncourteous, the most uncalled for, the most unjustifiable, and the most unprecedented that has ever occurred in the history of the country--the appointment of a Tory Administration to be the greatest insult that was ever offered to the common sense of Englishmen bent upon reform, and wisely un forgetful of the evils entailed upon them by the reign of Toryism. From Liverpool we have received the most gratifying accounts—from Manchester the same reports reach us, the return both of Mr. Phillips and of Mr. Poulett Thomson being perfectly certain in the event of a dissolution ; while, with regard to many other quarters, we need only point to the details, which we trust we shall find room for in this day's paper, in order to clench the fact that Toryism is all but extinct, and cannot find a renewed existence in this country. But the most gratifying fact in confirmation of the view which we have taken; is in the noble, eloquent, argumentative, and most patriotic speech of Lord Durham, at the dinner given to him at Newcastle—a dinner given to him from the bosom of those who know him well, and which is the more honourable, because they do know him both in his public and his private relations. What did his Lordship say ? Did he condemn the late Government, and take part with the Tory shadow which has darkened the face of the country ? Did he play into the hands of, the senseless portion of the Ra dicals, by recommending them to support the Govern ment of the Duke of Wellington on account of the Reforms which he might effect ? No ! With the manliness becoming an Englishman—with the saga cious views becoming a Statesman—with the consis tency of a genuine i4/hig—with the sincerity of an honest Reformer—he called upon all parties who de sired Reform, to unite, to combine for the overthrow of a Government appointed for their destruction, or if honest in their cause, disgusting and disgraceful ! " If at the period of the Glasgow dinner," said his Lordship in the most manly, heroic, and patriotic manner, " I thought it necessary to recommend union amongst Reformers, how much more necessary do I consider it now, at the present momen tous crisis.—(llear. ) We have a great struggle coming on before us—one that will call for the exercise of the most deter mined energies we possess, against a most powerful and com mon enemy.—( Cheers.) If you will take my advice, I would say to you, and all my fellow-countrymen engaged in a com mon cause, wave all speculative opinions, and endeavour only to see how to snake your force the strongest, and your resist ance the most effectual.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, my hon. friend has alluded to court intrigue, which has been displayed in the late events. I cannot describe to you the dismay with which I behold such infatuation.—( Immense cheering.) I con fess, however, I am not surprised at it, for I have been too long aware what work there had been going on in secret, which only waited for a seasonable time, such as they seem to consider the present, to have the mine explode. --( Cheers.) I confess to you that I, for one, do not regret what has taken place.—( Cheers.) We, at all events, know against whom we shall have to con tend.—( Hear, hear.) If the battle is to be fought, as it neces sarily now must be, let it, at any rate, be what is called " a fair stand-up fight."--( Cheers and laughter.) Set us see who are to be the victors ; let us have a clear stage and no favour. --( Cheers.) If, indeed, the people of this country are Tories, —.if, indeed, they are turned anti-Reformers, the sooner the • fact is known the better.--( Hear, hear.) Who are those who are about to supply the places of the late Ministers, so con tumeliously and insultingly dismissed ? Who are they, but those Tories who have voted, who have struggled, and in trigued against every measure of reform that has been pro posed up to the present moment ?—( Cheers.) Those are the persons who are now called to administer the affairs of this empire, and it remains to be proved by your declarations at meetings of this description, and by that dissolution which I think absolutely inevitable—( Cheers)—it remains, I say, to be proved by such means whether this party possess your con fidence and the confidence of the people of this country, as well as the confidence of the Sovereign." Most nobly said I—all party quarrels sunk—all dif ferences of opinion merged in the common cause ! every thing for reform, and every thing against those who are opposed to it The triumph of the cause is now certain—the union of all reformers must be com plete, unanimous, and determined—and the result will be a victory, so peaceful, so tranquil, and so glorious, as to immortalize the country in the annals of Europe. —Morning Advertiser. We need scarcely point the attention of our readers to the valedictory address of Lord Brougham, yester day, in the Court of Chancery. It will be perused with a very natural feeling of curiosity, not only by those who have been disgusted by the savage and infamous attacks which have been upon his character, but by those also who admire his genius and talents, and are amply aware of the great improvements, both as regards law and education, of which he has been, not only the principal, but the original promoter. It was confidently expected by his enemies, that he would commit himself by saying that which he ought not to have said, or not saying that which he ought to have said ; but they were most signally disappointed. A speech more modest, more unassuming, more fraught with good feeling, was never addressed to the bar of any Court. It is true that there was but little sym pathy manifested by the legal functionaries ; but this is safely to be explained by the unexampled fact, that the Ex-Lord Chancellor has done his duty by the public, and only left two cases which have been partly heard in his Court, to be adjudicated by his successor. This fact requires no comment.—Morning Advertiser. Lord Durham, at the Newcastle dinner, on Wed nesday last, acted with the magnanimity, sagacity, and paramount sense of duty to his country, which we expected from him at this trying conjuncture. The first intelligence of the dismissal could not fail to re veal to a man of his Lordship's acuteness the whole ex tent of the schemes of the Conservatives ; and he has, in a very masterly manner, described their object, and the course which they must pursue—and called upon all Reformers to lay aside their differanees, and make common cause against their common enemy. Then; are men whose common understandings are blinded by their passions ; but Lord Durham is not one of them. We will not insult . him by supposing that any one who had ever observed his public life attentively could ever dream of his anticipating the possibility of any good from the Duke of Wellington and his Con servative myrmidons. What is the duty of all Re formers at this moment ? Let us hear his Lordship : " We have a great struggle coming on before us—one that will call for the exercise of the most determined energies we possess, against a most powerful and common enemy---( Ceers. ) If you would take my advice, I would say to you, and all my fellow-countrymen engaged in a common cause—waive all speculative opinions, and endeavour only to see how to make your force the strongest, and your resistance the most effec tual.—(Cheers.)" And alluding afterwards to himself, he observed :—" I will only say in conclusion, that my humble services may be commanded by you and my country at all times, and that I shall always be happy to co-operate with you in the ranks, or in any situation in which I may be considered to be capable of producing benefit.—( Cheers.) No feelings that I may entertain with regard to any individual in any set of men, shall prevent me from doing that which it is my deter mination to do, namely, to join you, heart and soul, in the as sertion of your rights."—( Immense cheering.) The supposition that the dismissal of the Mel bourne Ministry was dictated by any other motive than a desire to arrest the cause of Reform, and that His Highness was invested with the Dictatorship with any other view than to gain for the oligarchy the ground they have lost, is too gross to be xeriously en tertained by any individual capable of counting his ten fingers, and, therefore, we have not the least hesitation in branding every one who endeavours to quiet the ap prehension of the people at this conjucture by holding out the possibility of " His Highness" meaning to act fairly by them, as a dishonest politician--as one who hoists false colours, professing a regard for the people, while his only object is to betray them. " His Highness" eannot, if hl NyQuld, disappoint the Con- servatives, who put him forward to fight their battles. We can conceive him, however improbable, deserting the Conservatives, inspired by more enlightened views, and throwing himself into the ranks of the Reformers ; For the hardest hearts, the most seared consciences, are occasionally penetrated by truth ; and were " His Highness" to cry " peccavi, recant the abominable doctrines uttered by him against Parlia mentary Reform, the people would receive him, as such sinners ought to be received, with justifiable distrust ; but still they would receive him on trial. But " His Highness" takes office as a Conservative,—as a Conservative alone be has the confidence of the Court party ; and were he to act on any other than Con servative views, he would justly be held in execra tion as a traitor by the Tories, who would instantly abandon him. Their principle is that the people arc their property—that Government should be carried on for the benefit of the few, at the expense of the many—that the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them—that abuses in the Church, and abuses in the State, are essential to•the existence of an oligarchy. They put f6rward " His Highness" as a man not likely to be turned aside from his pur-_ pose, by any delicate scruples or conipunctious visit ings. They have less faith in his discernment, than in his decision of character. They have always said that he committed a capital plunder when he conceded Catholic Emancipation ; for so long as that outwork was held, the grand citadel of corruption—the Borough system—could not be approached ; while the confession that he yielded to fear, emboldened the Reformers with hopes of success. But they think that he will not fall into the same snare twice, and that if he once be firmly seated, there is no danger of his again erring on the side of liberality. They have no objec tion to the interested misrepresentations of the Times; and they will rejoice to perceive that a writer, who hardly yields to the Times in the effrontery with which he takes up and abandons principles, to suit his pur poses, the notorious Cobbett, is labouring in the same vocation with that journal. Cobbett is quite overjoyed at what he calls " the turning out of the Whigs," protests against all attempts to thwart his Majesty in the free exercise of his prerogative, and proffers his valuable support to " His Highness," if he will give us complete security for the maintenance of the rights of the poor according to our English taws—that is, we suppose, repeal the Poor-law Amendment Bill which his Dictatorship supported. " What would have been the lot of the people of this kingdom," exclaims Cobbett, "if there had been neither King nor Lords 1" All this, however, will not do. The Conservatives may find from the accounts of the proceedings in this metropolis and in every part of the country, that the people understand the crisis, and will not be the dupes of profligate or unprin cipled writers. The observations of Lord Durham on the dismissal, and on the prospects of the nation from the Government of the Conservatives, are indeed admirable. (For other extracts see the Morning Advatiser.) " The fact is, that for a long period of time, in former days, in the days of George 111. and George IV., the Sove reign of this country was entirely in the hands of a faction. He was in fact a mere puppet, to be moved accor.ding to their wishes ; and all power and all honours were wielded extirely or the benefit of the faction itself. The Reform Bill, they said, gave them a death-blow, and now they are about to try a last struggle to endeavour to regain that power which it wrested from them. After we had destroyed their strong holds, after their fortresses had fallen successively, they have pitched upon a great military commander, who is to come for ward and arrest the progress of that reform under whose ex terminating hand the corporation abuses, the church abuses, and all other abuses in the institutions of the country, were about to be swept away. I confess to you that this great mi litary commander whom they have selected will find it to have been much easier to take Badajos and Ciudad Rodrigo than to retake the liberties and independence of the people.. ( Great cheering.) I say that in my opinion ho will utterly fail in such an attempt." His Lordship then alludes to the course which he supposes •' His Highness the Dictator" will pursue in this anti-constitutional war : " I suppose that if he takes upon himself the conduct of affairs, he and his party will open with a plan of their cam paign. It is possible enough that, finding that the temper of the country will not admit of a restriction of reform, this party may appear in another and a new character. They may, per haps, put themselves forward as Liberals and Reformers.—( A laugh.) Now I will only say that I cannot conceive anything that would be more disgusting or disgraceful than such an abandonment of principles, by one whom I have heard over and over again oppose reform in the House of Lords, and whom I have heard with astonishment declare before reform was carried, that if he were called. upon to frame a consti tution, he could not frame a more perfect one than that which then existed. It is possible that the Tories may there fore appear before us like wolves in sheep's clothing—(A laugh) --but I think you will agree with me, that if ever such a thing should take place, it would be most disgusting to-be hold such a disgraceful abandonment of principle, and I am sure that such a step, if it should be taken, would be cal culated to destroy the character of public men in the eyes of the people—( Hear.) No, if we are to have a Tory Govern ment, in God's name let it be a downright honest, high church, anti-reforming, Tory administration. Such a government would be an intelligible one. We should know how to deal with it. But let us have no mongrel one. Let us not have a Government calling itself Tory, and professing reform prin ciples, merely for the sake of Downing-street and quarter-day." We say with his Lordship, let " our rallying . cries be Reform, Liberty, and the Constitution. Let us throw aside all party differences, and be prepared for the coining struggle. Let us form associations in every town, in every village of the empire." We can have now but one struggle—and it must end in the destruction of the Tories, and the establishment of Reform on a foundation from which it cannot be here after assailed. The battle is, as Durham well says, between the Court and the Peers, and the Com mons and the People. The principle of the Re form Bill has been inoperative, because the Court and the Peers neutralized the Commons. But vic tory must be followed by the annihilation of all power not strictly in accordance with the Constitu tion. Ministers having free scope, will be enabled to give effect to intentions, without having to dread court intrigues and majorities of interested Peers. We have again and again demonstrated that the majority of the Peers are paupers, who subsist only by abuses, and who always will be opposed to good Government. It is our cause, therefore that is to be fought. Bribery and intimidation, and every detestable practice will be resorted to ; but let this constantly animate good citie zens—that if they fight the good fight manfully once more, all future struggles will be light. Toryism will receive its death-blow, and Reform will henceforth bid defiance to all its enemies.—Morning Chronicle. How much the Times must presume upon the gul libility of its readers I Old CoDbett is constant in.his praise and abuse compared with his foul-mouthed rival of Printing House-square. It would - be curious• to place in parallel columns, the foul abuse and ful some praise lavished at different times in that journal oil the same individual. The Duke of Wellington has been abused, praised, and abused again, with the most shameful disregard of consistency. - Yesterday our contemporary would have the people of this country to rely on the Duke of Wellington being a Reformer, as " his Grace is too sagacious not to see that an Anti-Reform Cabinet cannot long exist," and we are in Like manner told that " with his clear under standing" he would pursue that .course - his deviation from which would lead to his .exelnsion from power, i. e., that he would reform all abuSes. On the 23d of June last this sagacious, this clear sighted Statesman, was then, according to our contemporary, staking his existence upon - an experi ment of the most desperate kind—" namely, upon the affirmation of the question whether the High Church frenzy of Oxford does or does not prevail throughout the majority of the English nation." He was " cele brated as a Minister for his ignorance of public opi nion ;" " he was honestly and profoundly in the dark as to almost every thing that men thought and felt throughout the larger portion of educated society." These are only a few of the flowers from our contem porary's nosegay on the above day. Our contempo rary, so late as the Bth of September last, abused. the Lancashire Conservatives in good set terms, observing that " the thing that most strikes us is the prudence of the Duke of Wellington in keeping aloof from it." This reminds us of Cobbett describing it as rather un usual to find a Lord with sense enough not to tumble into a gravel-pit. The Conservatives were then all that is odious and contemptible. One of the speakers had alluded to the great struggle which was approach ing. On this our contemporary remarks—" Further to show the people that the Conservatives are their best friends ? he stated that the .gyet of their meetill was to strengthen for a great struggle which is ap proaching ; to review their troops ere the battle,' 8,7 c.; to prepare to combat a Whig-Radical monster, be gotten by French malice and English credulity,' by all which rodomontade is meant an ettempt to break down the influence of the people, and to re-establish an oli garchy." Appearances are not even kept up. Burke says that vice loses half its evil by losing all its gross ness ; but our contemporary sets all rules of decency magnanimously at defiance. But the " Great Cap tain" will not be long a favourite ; and he may prepare himself for abundance of odour from Printing-house square.—Morning Chronicle. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 21. EX PARTE TURNER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, interrupting the course of the special arguments appointed for the day, asked leave to make a motion in what he humourously called his dying moments. Lord DENMAN asked whether the motion was to be in the public capacity of the Learned Gentleman ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL answered in the negative, but said it was a motion that pressed, and he wished to make it then, as he was about to etend elsewhere, where his attendance was required "to set his house in order." lie applied to the Court to issue a certiorari to remove certain proceedings of a Court Leet, and a rule to show lyby a fine levied by a Court Leet should not be quashed. The COURT granted the rule. BX-PARTE ACKLAND. Mr. HUMFREY appeared on behalf of the defendant, to move for a rule to show cause why the gaolor of the county prison •at Hull, to whose custody the defendant had been committed for non-payment of a fine of 100/. for selling unstamped publications, and who was besides confined for debt, should not be admitted to the privileges of a debtor. Mr. Ackland, not being able to pay the fine, had been committed to prison, where also he was detained on account of a private debt. Yet he was there -obliged to submit to the gaol diet—the allowance of meat being only half a pound of meat a week—and he was told that if he wanted more he must pay for it, and that if he could not pay he must Work at gaol-work; Mr. Ackland stated that his usual labours were of a literary kind, and that he was then employed upon a History of Hull ; that he was re fused to. he allowed books or paper ; that a former History of Hull had been brought for his perusal to the gaol, and that he had not been allowed to see it ; and that the Ma gistrates had prohibited his having a copy of the Act of Parliament under which he had been committed for selling unstamped publications. Lord DENMAN asked whether Mr. Ackland had applied to the visiting Magistrates ? Mr. HUMFREY observed that the affidavits did not spe cifically state the fact, but that he bad been threatened with goal-work by two magistrates, when he applied to have his allowance of meat increased. Mr. Ackland further stated, that Messrs. Aldermen Colso and Whittaker had refused to allow him to see his wife and child for more than five minutes in the course of the day, and then only at a dis tance of five feet, and in the presence of a turnkey ; and that they had thus prevented him even from kissing his child. His present allowance of food was limited to half a pound of meat and water-gruel, and the gaoler had re fused to allow him to see his attorney, except in the pre sence of the turnkey, and at the distance of five feet ; but Mr. Ackland did not cast any imputation. on the gaoler, who was very humane, and only acted under the orders of others. The COURT, after intimating that the Sheriff was the person who really bad jurisdiction over debtors, granted a rule to show cause why the gaoler should not allow Mr. Ackland to see his attorney. BAIL COURT, Nov. 21. SPENCE V. ALEUT. This was an action tried before Lord DENMAN, at the Sittings in London, in which the plaintiff sought to recover, as executor of his brother, the amount of a bill for wines furnished to the defendant. When the demand was made the defendant, a lady, wrote to the plaintiff, stating that his brother had given her credit for twelve months, which had not expired, but that she should be able to meet his demand in 1833. On the trial, the plaintiff was surprised to find that she defended herself from the liability, by put ing her daughter in the box to prove that she was married, and that her mother's husband was abroad. This evidence, of course, led to a nonsuit. The Master, to whom the bill of costs was referred, had decided that the plaintiff should be liable to the costs. It was now moved that a rule be granted to show cause why the plaintiff should not be relieved from costs, see ing that he sued merely as executor to his brother.—Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 21. JONES V. DICAS. Soon after Mr. Baron GURNEY had taken his seat for the purpose of disposing of motions, Mr. HEATON moved that a distringas might be allowed to issue against the de fendant, who was an attorney, on the following grounds. The clerk of the plaintiff's attorney had made an affidavit in which h e stated that on a particular day he called at the cip.eabers of the defendant for the purpose of serving him with a writ. On going to the house he saw the clerk of the defendant, who informed him that Mr. Dicas was at home, but he was so particularly engaged as to render it impossible for any person to see him. The deponent then stated the nature of his business, on which the clerk went into an inner room in which the defendant was. After a short absence he returned and informed the deponent that the defendant would see him at ten o'clock on the following morning. At the appointed time he was at the house, and was then informed that the defendant was out, and had been for some time, and would be absent for several hours. The deponent and the clerk of the defendant then made a fresh arrangement for the following day. At the appointed hour the deponent called, and was again informed that Mr. Dicas was out, and which the deponent believes was for the express purpose of avoiding the service of the writ.— Rule granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Nov. 21. William Thomas Lyon, an unopposed insolvent, applied upon his petition to be discharged under the Act. His ap plication was supported by Mr. Woodroffe. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN sentenced the insolvent to three months' imprisonment from the date of filing his petition. In the matter of Charles Mellington the hearing was fixed for Thursday, but stood over until to day in conse quence of the severe indisposition of Mr. Commissioner Bowen. On the name being called this morning the officer of Whitecross-street prison informed the Court that the insolvent had been discharged yesterday afternoon by his detaining creditor, who - lodged the discharge at the prison. The attorney for the insolvent prayed the Court to bear the case. It was one of great hardship ; his client having endured imprisonment for some time, and been put to con siderable expense. He admitted that his client had quitted the prison yesterday, but was now in attendance. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN had no jurisdiction, the party having left the prison. The attorney instanced a case of a similar nature, when the party was discharged. . The Learned Commissioner said it could not be so. He ordered the insolvent's name to be struck out of the cause list. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.—Nov. 28. Mr. RAWLINSON was in the Chair in the early part of the day. J o hn Young was indicted for stealing at the late fire one seal, value 11., one brush, and another trifling article, said to be the property of a person unknown. Robert Goose, a policeman, found the defendant when he went into the Speaker's house in one of the rooms, and saw him put some articles in his jacket pocket. The de fendant is a baker. He searched him, and found the ar ticles stated in the indictment. The seal is an office seal, has the King's arms, and the words " House of Lords " engraved on it, and is used for letters. The brush is such as is usad by bakers for glossing the cakes with eggs to make them shine, and there was no distinct proof as to the other article. On his cross-examination, by Mr. CLARKsoN, G oose ad mitted that he was called " Brixton Bob," but denied that he had ever been charged respecting a donkey. Mr. Clarlson told the defendant to narrate his own story, which he did ; when it appeared that he had been mainly assist ing in removing the furniture, and had with some others taken down drawers in which the property named in the indictment was, that it fell out on the stairs, and that he put it in his pocket, with the intention of replacing it in the drawers ; that in the room were a great quantity of plate and other valuable articles, and many gentlemen, and amongst the rest one gentleman whom they called, he be lieved, Lord Duncannon, who wore a white hat. He was encouraging him (the defendant) and his fellow-labourers to remove the property, saying, " My lads, work on, you shall be well rewarded." But he had been' five weeks in prison, and he declared most solemnly that he was innocent of wrong. The Jury almost immediately acquitted him, after seve ral master-bakers had given him a most excellent character for honesty, The most monarchical saying we have on record is that of LoniS XIV., who, on one occasion, when some one spoke in his presenee of the State, said, " The State 1 c'est moi ; ",—" I ara t 1,29 §tates" FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Nov. 17.—1 t is said that it is the Duke of Or leans to whom the King has given the commission to recon cile M. Persil and M. de Rigny. General Durosnel had been thought of as Under Secre tary of War. Others said that General Negre, who directed the artillery at the siege of Antwerp, would be employed in the War Department as Intendant-General. Lastly, M. Martin (du Nord) has again been spoken of as the successor of M. Persil. The letters and journals of Bayonne of the 13th, as well as those of Bordeaux, speak bf partial engagements between the Queen's troops and the insurgents, but none of tines& actions appear to have been of any importance. The army cf the Queen, however, is gaining strength. The number of Christinos in the Valley of the Bastan on the 10th is stated at 9,000. Don Carlos, accompanied by a chosen body-guard, and by some Vendian officers, is generally on the borders of Navarre and Biscay, ready to advance into either province, according to the chances of the war. Yesterday evening the Duke of Bassano, Generals Ber nard and Dariull were received by the King. To-day General Bernard and M. Guizot waited on the King. The Count de St. Leon has just been definitively sus pended by a Royal Ordinance from the post of Commander of a battalion of the National Guard of St. Denis. The Memorial des Pyrenees says the following fact it is to be hoped will disgust those with travelling in Spain who may have any inclination to do so :—Two Englishmen who a few days ago got their passports signed at Paris to go to Madrid, were attacked on the way by some Carlists, near Irun. One of the travellers, attempting to defend himself, was murdered."—Paris, Nov. 18. The National says—" This evening it was affirmed that Marshal Mortier had resigned, and that the Duke of Bas sano remained immovable at his post, ready to support a siege against M. Thiers. But, in general, people trouble themselves very little about the quasi French Ministry. There was no Minister that attracted public attention but the Duke of Wellington." " It seems that the simultaneous resignations of M. Teste and M. Passy were given in consequence of a warm con versation between the latter and King Louis Philip, on the subject of his extra-constitutional interferences in public affairs. The King formally refused to renounce the effective Presidentship of the Council."—lifessager, Nov. 18, ----- BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Nov. 16.—The British House of Commons has sent to the Chamber of Representatives a collection of the Journals of the House of Commons, from 1517 to 1723, Reports of Committees, &c., in 112 vols. in folio, and 40 in quarto. All the vols. are richly bound in russia, and gilt. Six months ago a similar present of documents of a late date was received. A collection of all the Acts of our ancient States-General, of the Congress and the Chamber of Representatives, will be sent in return to the House of Commons. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives, on the 15th, the Minister of Finance, on presenting the budget of the Ways and Means, observed, that the estimates of the expenditure laid before the Chamber at the close of the last session, amounted to 87,622,112 francs. He at the same time stated that he had found means, without injury to the public service, to reduce the expenditure three millions ; so that it will amount to only 84 millions. A report on the possibility of an advantageous con nexion with Spain for the sale of our manufactures will be shortly presented to the Chamber of Representa tives by M. Kaufman. His Secretary, M. Constantine, who has lately returned from Madrid, is to draw up part of the report. It seems that the linens of Flanders are much esteemed in Spain. ~We learn that a petition is now preparing, in which the merchants of Brussels and other cities, who trade in foreign cotton manufactures, intend to combat not only the esta blishment of a prohibition which is solicited by the manu facturers of Ghent, but even any augmentation of the pre sent import duty. They even hope to convince the Legis lature, that in many respects a reduction has become neces sary. Though it is necessary to collect a great massiof information, this petition will be shortly presented to the Chamber of Representatives. " It is reported (says the Journal of Limburg) that the unhappy town of Maestricht will be shortly relieved from the state of siege in which it has remained for four suc cessive years. It is even added that General Goedecke has instruction to go in person to Maestricht for that purpose." BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.—In the Sitting of the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, the King's answer to the Ad dress was read. It was as follows : " Gentlemen, I approve of the sentiments which animate the Chamber of Representatives, its devotedness to the in terest of the country is known to me. lam happy to learn, that it will continue to co-operate with my Government in the fulfilment of the duties which are invosed on us. " I congratulate myself every day- more and more to see such perfect harmony prevail between all the powers of the State. " I am convinced, Gentlemen, that the Chamber of Repre sentatives will enter with zeal on the examination of the im portant questions which will have to be discussed in the course of this Session. There are some which it is necessary to hasten as much as possible, and which the public is impatient to see finally settled. _ _ " I am persuaded, Gentlemen, that the wish of the country will not be disappointed, and that your zeal will answer its expectations." On the motion of M. Legrelle, this answer was ordered to be printed. In the course of the sitting, M. Gendebien said,—" I desire to speak on a point of importance. Since this morning a strange report has been circulated in the city, which is calculated to alarm the whole country. I desire that the Minister for Foreign Affairs may tell us if he has received any communication on this affair—l mean the dis missal of the whole of the present Ministry ; and it is said that the Duke of Wellington has been commissioned to form a new Ministry. The fact, if true, is of the highest importance." The Minister for Foreign Affairs said, " I answer, that in fact I have received information that the actual Ministry in England has just. been dissolved ; but I can say nothing of the commission said to have been given to an illustrious personage to form a new Ministry. I have heard only re ports on this point, and they are very vague." Here the subject dropped. FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, Nov, I.—The Constantinople mail of the 21st has arrived. Entire tranquillity prevailed there, and it was hoped that the Sultan would come to an understanding with Mehemet Ali. Trade was becoming more brisk, and large orders for Colonial produce and ma nufactured goods had been given, which proves that the continuance of peace was depended upon. The Turkish fleet had again anchored in the port, and only two men-of war were ordered to the Dardanelles. Recruits were daily sent to the army in Asia, and. the organization of the new militia was proceeding rapidly.— Allgenzeine Zeitung, Nov. • 14. BAYONNE, Nov. 13. Here is another version of the affair at Sesma : " A serious engagement has taken place near Sesma, on the banks of the Ebro. The Carlists rushed upon the Christinos, who were protected by a battery of flying artil lery, put them to flight, and remained masters of the field. Their loss, however, was immense, whilst. that of the Queen's troops did not exceed twenty killed and wounded. Intelli gence of this rout no sooner reached Olite than the Com mander, Gourrea, made a forced march to relieve Colonel Figueras, who commanded the defeated column. Their united forces attacked the Carlists in their turn with so much impetuosity that they gave way, leaving the field strewed with dead and wounded." Two hundred and thirty wounded Carlists, belonging to the faction of Navarre, among whom were three captains and seven other officers, arrived on the 9th, in the valley of Salazar, and in the villages of Ochagavia and Izalzu. Don Francisco Maria Gorostiguy, of the province of Guipuzcoa, and a Canon of Santiago, has placed himself at the head of 800 Carlists, in Galicia. According to advices received this evening, the sth, 6th, 7th and 9th battalions of Navarre arrived in the evening of the 11th in the vicinity of Elisondo, to attack the gar rison of the place. They are said to have two pieces of artillery. It is positive that Mina has ordered that Sanestlevan should be fortified, and garrisoned with 500 men. Between the 7th and 10th, 280 young men of the Ri bera repaired to Tudela, and offered to take service in the army of Mina, who has since directed that they should be formed into a battalion, called the 2d battalion of Guides. On the 9th, the Carlists arrested, at Vera, a French tinker, on whom they found despatches from Mina to the Governor of St. Sebastian, and immediately shot him. It is stated that on the 10th the garrison of Escharri Aranaz was taken prisoners. This report, however, re... quires confirmation. General Cordova's column arrived on the same day at Tafalla, to act in concert with those of Lorenzo and Lopez, who occupied Miranda and Puente la Reyna. General Caratala is appointed Under-Chief of Mina's staff. Zumalacarreguy is now organising a battalion of Arago nese and Navarrese, who are to proceed with some cavalry to Aragon, over the mountains of Moncava. General Mina complains greatly of Lorenzo and Oraa. He states that the Government pays for the support of 23,000 men, and that, from what he can ascertain, the force of the army is far from amounting to that number. Mina has sent agents to purchase horses in Bayonne, for the use of the army. Four hundred great coats crossed the frontiers on the ith. They were intended for the cerliet4, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. oe. Yesterday a shabbily-dressed woman, of middle ae t named Anne Adams, was charged with havin,g stolen agile: 4 number of splendidly-bound popular works, the property Messrs. Ackermann, publishers, in the Strand. Mr. Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer, Flo'.': , and Co., attended f or th e p rosecu ti on , and Mr. Htim phr e' for the prisoner. The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. A.ckermanbille and in consequence of a great many books of a V ajt i lF ; r q kind being mixed, suspicion fell upon her ; en h er vc t 'L'; searched, several p awn b ro k ers ' d up li ca t es for copies °f. 1 4 , " Forget Me Not," for 1835, Illustrations of Lord ron's Works," and other books, were found upon her• officer who took her int o c u s t e dy a l so f oun d duplicates 9,1 table-cloths and other h o usehold p ro p er ty, which hel ° ' 4 b e e to the prosecutors, and which the prisoner admitted s had taken away and pawned. • A pawnbroker produced three copies of the F or get • Not," and one volume of the " Illustrations of BYr t ! r ; Works," most beautifully bound, a n d sa id the former 1,,, pawned for .55., and the Litter for the same sum. ° e 5 ' produced a table cloth. Mr. Ackermann, jun., in answer to a question from ',Do Halls, said the books contained in the title page the e d of the publisher, and that the value of the four predel was 3/. Mr. HALLS asked where the pawnbroker lived, " a t '‘. r . told in Brydges-street, Covent-garden, upon vvhich worthy Magistrate strongly condemned the conduct of ' d shopman who took the books ` in pledge, and said the 161 ', he could have done, seeing that the books were quite ne and knowing that the publisher lived at a short distanceej would have been to make some inquiry before he advan e money upon them. Committed. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Richard Stephens was brought before Me LAING and BENNETT on a warrant, in the custody of 131 s 1 ;;, the beadle of Clerkenwell parish, charged by Mari 3 pliens, his wife, with having dese r t e d h er a nd child, years of age. Mr. Hal, the Assistant Overseer of the parish, El not have brought the present case before their W° l had it not been a very novel one under the New Law Amendment Act. The defendant had desert' wife • and child, and had become chargeable to the P, 4 5 in consequence of their having been relieved. Tbe 3 7, o clause stated that after the passing of the Act all relief O ffl to or on account of the wife, or to or on account ef,„%j child or children under the age of sixteen, not being or deaf and dumb, shall be considered as relief given t ° !;1, husband of such wife, or to the father of such child or 04 dren, &c. The 3d section, 79th clause states, " end bO, further enacted, that from and after the first day of vember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, der poor person shall be removed or removable under anY er b i of removal from any pa r ish o r wor kh ouse by re ason ° r ra being chargeable to or relieved therein until 21 days a'" e ac . notice in writing of his being so charge a bl e or relieved , e companied by a copy or counterpart of the order of t !" 100 moval of such person, and by a copy o f th e exaraiea upon which such order was made, shall have been sep t he post or otherwise by the Overseers or G uar dians of t . ,, h parish obtaining such order, or any three or more of s' eh Guardians, to the Overseers of the pa r i s h t o whore,! er . order shall be directed, provided a lw a y s th a t if such u s re seers or Guardians as last aforesaid, or an y o ther or ule e e of such Guardians shall by writing u n d er th e i r hands ag r fi , to submit to such order, and to r e lie ve suc h poor Pe l.° o it shall be lawful to remov e s u c h p oor p erson ac coraieg 0 •.• the tenor of such order, although the sa id p er i o d of ov en ' O , one days may not have elapsed. P rov id e d a l so that if ' 1 „ tice of appeal against such order of removal shall b e It o ceived by the Overseers or G uar di ans o f th e parish r e e ! which such poor person is directed in such order to be alt moved within the said period of t wen ty- one d a ys it abbe not be lawful to remove such poor person until after .ri time for prosecuting su c h a pp ea l shall have expired , 01. ', 10 1 case such appeal shall be duly prosecuted, until after final determination of such appeal." Mr. Hill, according to the above clause, could n° l re ' move the prisoner to his settlement until twenty-one i a l: after the notice. He was at a l oss t o - k now w hether t a ',;„ would be justified in detaining the p r i soner i n the workb °ll ' for the twenty-one days. The prisoner was taken to the outer Office, a nd his es ; urination taken, when his legal settlement proved to be Luke's parish, where he lived with his father 19 years On being brought again before the Magistrates, Mr. LAING read over his examination, and a sked ri '! l ,, what he had to say why he bad deserted his wife ? prisoner said, " Indeed I did not desert her, she left IV' The wife denied this emphatically. Mr. LAING—I give you your choice of two things, ' t i, to be committed to prison and h ar d lab our , or go t° workhouse. The prisoner was then t a k en ou t b y th e parish °'-ce but accompanied them with considerable reluctance. QUEEN- SQUARE. i f s irs. Yesterday, Sarah Myer s was &urged before °'' e 4 WHITE and HEATIICOTE, w ith assau l t i ng John Nien °j ,l: o ll, - one of the beadles of St. M argaret ' s par i s h , under t he f°' ing circumstances :-- tile Nicholson stated that h e was b ea dl e an d c lerk t°.„,,, 007, overseers of St. Marga re t' s p ar i s h. Y ester d a y about seven o'clock, the defendant came to the workh ° very drunk, for relief; which was refused. She VI ou lci : i tilt go away, and she was put out three times ; but elle air persisted in forcing an entrance, and created a grea t i; e o turbance, till they were com p e ll e d t o sen d f or the 1 0 ; o . who took her into custody. O n th e road to the 0 8 ' 1 0 1 house she grossly abu se d hi m , an d spat i n hi s f a ce s ;; c :1 times. At the station-house she took her shoe es' - Dig struck him a violent blow with the heel of her shoe on nose, which bled profusely for a considerable time. the The defendant, in reply, f or th e l as t f or t n i g ht had ; rhe destitute, and had neither food nor a home to go to. and overseer had allowed her to s l ee p i n th e wor khouse ; er on the previous day she m e t w ith a f r i en d, w h o treated noi to part of two pints of porter, and then gave her a gl ass o t gin, which quite overcame her. Nicholson shoved her 0 of the workhouse lik e a d og , an d near l y tore a ll the r° to she had on her back off. This treatment provoked he r strike him. rea In ansver to a question she s a id th a t s h e wa s a 101 : 3 , - ,. l e a woman, but had separ a ted f rom h er h us b an d a bout ' months ago. - Mr. WHlTE—Where is your husband? Defendant believe be is somewhere about 'Westminster. Inspector Grassmith of the B division said that the 1III".56; band lived in St. Ann' s -l ane ; th ey were two o f the ° drunken dissolute characters about the neighbourhood' Mr. WHITE said that such conduct could be suf fer e a and fined her 10s. ; in d e f au lt s h e was comm itt e d for se v days to the House of Correction. 1 Defendant—You had better make it a twelvemont i l* hope you will order me something to eat, for I've had thing since yesterday. The defendant was then locked up. UNION-HALL. • t Yesterday Mr. S. Channell,.a nurseryman and fig ls a n bhe Waralsworth-r oa d ; was b roug h t up on a l'it'• charged with levelling : a gun at Thomas P a l s t o n, and tyr e ening to shoot him. After hearing evidence, The defendant was held to bail. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, NOV. A 047 We have experience& a very animated demand to-daly, a n 7Ver quote American Cotton id. per lb., above last week' boo' put down the sales at 8,000 bales, of which specu lators 0 0 taken 3,000 bales (A mer i can ). O ur stoc k i s now 122 ' bales of all kinds, Boweds sold at 10id. to-day. W a NOVEL CONTENTMEN T .--A monk who tri e convert the peopl e o f Fid a , i n Af r i ca , to ld one of theulAtbei "if the Fid as i ans cont i nue d t h e i r o ld course o f lee , - 1;' would e / unavoidably go to hell, in o r d e r t o bu r n with the d. l sa the Fidasian replied, " Our fathers, and grandfathers , . t° ,o endless numbe r , li ve d as we do, and worshipped tfie sa ,:ot gods ; if they must burn, therefore, patience : we a r f with better than our an ces t ors, and shall comfort ourfielve' them."—Bosnian. BIRTHS. ~ t f 11 0 On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Horshair, th e lac l l — H. W. Simpson, of a son. 954/ On the 20th inst., at Uprninster, Essei„ the lady 0 - f Sterry, Esq., o f a son. - On the 20th inst., Mrs. Corde r y New Br; dge-street, of altilef' On the 21 s t i ns t., in D'Aop - siate-strr,et-within, Mrs' Beale, of a daughter. 013 0 In Albany-street, P!egent's-park, Mrs. J. Hogg, of a son , died soon after its I. jirth.. `l% lare • On the 19th nst., at Ramsgate, the lady of tie Rev. E! Baylay, of •11, daughter. MARRIED. , „ - l ing On the 21st inst., at St. Alarylebone New Church, after been first married according to the rites of the Roman C3L. "ty Church, Francis J. Van Zeller Esq., her Most Faithful. 3 1 'li s e v y Consul General in the United Kingdom, to Dorothea, secondd ter of the late Henry Van Zeller, Esq., of Oporto. On the 20th inst., at Crowcombe, Thomas Cridland L ux Esq., of Weacomb House, Somerset, to Mary Anne, second ( 11 101 ter of George Henry Carew, Esq., of Crowcombe Court , in same county. ; On the 11th inst., at Kilve, Somerset, Captain R. CodnuE , „l,o Bengal army, to Susan Elizab e th, third daughter of the Rev. ' Matthew, Rector of Kilve and Strinxton. DIED. •; On the 20th inst., at Buckden in his 81st year, Margaret, Lo ct ',4 of the late John Gr e e n , Esq., and mother of the lady of the •L'''' Bishop of Chichester. ! • On the 19th inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, Mary, the %v . 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