The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-07 00:00:00

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Among these precious documents was a the follo,vin • ------____ " b.— • , Duty paid Duty which would be No. of at payable at the scale 9 Win. present chargeable on ten 9 dows. Scale. windows. 9. liar' I }l l6° ` l " h owe £. s. d. £. s. d. St ow _ erea s ti e ..... ... 168 42 17 9 17 10 0 c h .,, ,, ,, ............. 180 46 11 3 18 15 0 p: . , _ o w t o rt t t ........ :51 52 12 9 27 3 9 . ..- I]` o w n r h ............ 28 0 54 1 3 29 3 4 1..0. R an .......... 35 . 0 59 6 3 36 9 2 N v. n . C1eat„ ... ....... 365 60 8 9 38 0 5 It4tatwortli House .. 453 67 0 9 47 3 9 ill etlb" lk ey P ° 69 1 3 50 0 0 en it ... ...... .)11 71 7 9 53 4 9 1 ......... 7 2 2 9J 19 3 81 8 4 \........ 414 .. ! ..1 . 2 1 , ....... 7 7— ,7 7 0 614 7 0 398 18 6 let is taking extremes with a vengeance ; but Tic us tak e the average to expose these gross Isrepresentations." Seven shillings and five pence halfpenny is the highest sum per a nl ,'" paid under the present scale of t ;). This is applied to houses having he theer! forty and fifty windows. The houses in h : city of London and possibly of Westminster, the generally f rom t hi rty to fi fty w i n d ows eac h ß, e a` v erage o f the tax paid by which is about 87s. ave tak en t h e trou bl e to calculate w h at M r. I lc ' ,hs prote ges oug h t to pay if t h ey were e ar ged at the same rate as t h e average o f s h o lt n p ae,Pers or clerks in a merchant's counting-house, the result i s as f o ll ows : Duty paid according to the scale fixed by the payers. s. d. 168 42 17 9 180 46 11 3 261 52 12 9 280 54 1 3 350 59 6 3 365 60 8 9 453 67 0 9 480 119 1 3 511 71 7 9 722 90 19 3 3,770 614 7 0 Duty which would be paid were the Lords and Dukes to whom the said Palaces belong charged at the same rate they fixed upon a City Shop keeper. No. of IN i n - dows. 4"wod k , Ch er c a5t1e...... , ..... ............ t: t (ha W orth •••..... 14 4 ........... We,V t eat ............. 81 %:; °1 11bby1 .. ~; ... A se . ni ............ Total ..... X s. d. 5S 16 0 63 0 0 91 7 0 98 0 0 142 10 0 127 15 0 158 11 0 168 0 0 178 17 0 252 14 0 1,339 10 0 cl as at say y ou to compar i ng t h e m id dl i ng sl at s fi ez ' with th e no bili ty now , M r . R ICK ? W e Iv ot1 7; °n Saturday, that the middling classes 141," not object t o thi s t ax , if i t were f a i r l y is .e ") and we rema i n of this opinion. There h ai °4leth ing even beyond an equa li zat i on o f t h e b ut e t w anting to ma k e i t a per f ectly fa i r tax ; 1 40 ' e t the extremely wealthy pay in an equal soien with t h ose w h o b ear t h e h eav i er part h e m any other imposts, and this may long i f t'eaceably collected. As the matter stands, iles:tielet: strictist ers will not see that the people expect justice, as one of the first fruits of theri ef4 cled P ar li ament, t h e peop l e must s h ow kte i r ed th at the c onst i tut i ona l weapons t h ey are now obil w ith will b e b roug ht i n t o act i on till i t i s the a- h oe , (l . Perch a n ce th e G overnment w ill see wip r° ' i cY of yi e ldi ng w i t h a goo d grace w h at else be forced from it with a bad. Th e ma. Irish Church Reform Bill was last night O 4 s econd ti me i n th e H ouse o f C ommons. Q ti v ° P i nion of its necessity has been already so le at i e e xpress e d th a t f ew o b serva ti ons nee d b e 4 11 L t ipon th e d e b a t e o f yesterday eveni ng . th e ; I 'e arg uments o f t h e so i di san t f r i en d s o f 11 411. R ' ris h Church, who oppose the Bill, are q1 4 , 1 i-e d by th e s i ng l e unanswera bl e f ac t t h a t t h e lefe;e P r oposed by the Bill is no more than t tle h ' l tit to preserve the Church Establish -114 d ' the enjoyment of the emoluments they th at so dear, When the Irish clergy reflect 4 1)I i i h . t ,he ch ances i n f avour of the i r b e i ng • ti ate ,, as a corporate establishment, pos 4'N ° c orporate property, are by no means t °nee of sacrificing a Sit wiii see the wisdom h i° keep the remainder. It is singular that 4 4t -° 1 44 1' PEEL and others should contend 4 4, ▪ 4 ,'' - ge fixed income, or, as they call it, " a e,e t mai ntenance," should he provided for the hoe' il l order to encourage the spread of hat t i! an tism when history clearly proves to us 1, 11 4 ) ,T ' c Pread of any form of r e li g i o n ce a ses ql,i,ciately its ministers have fixed incomes. Ctsh d continued to spread till its mini ,44lt a ," fixed incomes. The Reformation spread Il ko ki till the reformed clergy stepped into . good e4he e h a. Dissenters from the Established - i , still increase, and are the chief 41 4 ,-,, i 1 w hich Christianity has been spread es b'ern times ; but even their progress lsta)een' checked (we allude to the Metlio- Se e s i , i nee their clergy have had an abun- N . ° ` Worldly comforts placed at their com -Iht sent We could en l arge upon t hi s po i nt, b ut 11 Neel is so notorious, th a t it wou ld h ave e Gtie e it to be travelling out of the way to had not so many, despite the experi ,kwerofcthe past, i ns i ste d t h at the " expansive Ileti?` Protest an ti sm " cou ld not be exerted, 9 8 ( 1 Rit4 P ministers h a d a we ll expan d e d purse.o ETER insisted u p on 2001. per an tiqhpel: a sine qua non , f or preach i ng the %r 1 we imagine we s h ou ld h ave rema i ne d this day. e fer our rea d ers to an account g i ven in I . l l l e ; part of Th e Sun, of the m ee ti ng of Council yest er d a y, to swear in the e tt oldsmiths, t o assay the coin. It will le nity t t hat Lord BROUGHAM took the oppor ;ll44oc:express an indirect opinion upon the Y w ith whi c h t h e H ouse o f C ommons 4 Y, tell wearied upon the subject of the cur tt • It • 1,, - Nt,„ Will make capitalists " sure of the 1.4 io lb j that Ministers were unanimous upon Port subject. ft 'thatt 41 th e t , Papers contain no fresh intelligence 1) ) ' .148t °f moment. •Pit t h e rep, 4 4 gains strength in Paris that the th e itt t 4 Qv 'T has accepte d t h e propos i t i ons . t ° him by M. de VARENNES, with on e of the restrictions sought to be N I th e against his right of sovereignty .over eollluest alldachalics which he had obtained by Illi t i l e NO ti4 that Russia is opposed to any tq w the last 1 1 . 11; made to :VEIL EMET ALI, Pep o ' rt °4 tothLer made his unqualified sub '4) for Otte ) 4 , This is not an improbable `e b et `Y is interested in prolonging the ord e w ee 4 r 4 0 , r that IBRAntm. and the SULTAN, d~ tig r • t hat May thereby have a pretext for g th e stay of her troops a t Con , I~n~haB able yre .‘ fur 'l't ai 4 is t o h ave two thousan d .1 4 , 41, 14 r lc'r , at the Italian O pera; an d i t was and c 0 re she would agree to co me over. ate t') have two thousand guineas alto. WE STMINSTER ELECTION-(THI S DAY, The hustings for this election are erected on the usual site in Covent-garden. At an early hour people began to congregate about the neighbourhood. Besides the ac commodation to spectators afforded by the different devil 'ions, a number of market carts were drawn up at a con venient distance, an as to leave some space for the crowd between the hustings and those carts, which were oc cupied by such persons as felt disposed to pay for the convenience. At half-past twelve there were above 6,000 persons as sembled, and, excepting a single fight, the crowd appeared to maintain the utmost good humour at the time of the arrival of the candidates. At a quarter before one, Colonel Evans came upon the hustings, accompanied by D. W. Harvey, Esq. M. P., Mr. Wakley, and a large posse of friends, and was received with loud shouts of " Evans for ever," and repeated cheers. Shortly afterwards Mr. Escott, with Captain Dundas and other friends, came forward, upon which there were continued cries of " No bludgeon men," " No Escott," and the whole party was pelted with bunches of turnip tops, and such other vegetable m issiles as the market afforded. This was taken in good part by ►he candidate and his friends, and the roughness of their reception was much mitigated, until Captain Dundas unadvisedly stuck one of Mr. Escott's canvassing cards in his hat, when the pelting was recommenced with renewed force; nor was it abated until he took the card from his hat and flung it among the crowd. At this period our attention was called to the insecure appear ance of the hustings, from which some accident was, we think, with some reason expected. We were told by some gentlemen on the hustings, who could command a more extensive view of the crowd than our situation afforded, that there were a number of persons then mingling with the spectators who had Mr. Escott's cards in their hats, endeavouring to get up boxing-matches for the purpose of exciting a disturbance. This seemed to agree with what was even told by many persons before either of the candidates arrived, namely, that a body of coal-heavers had been regaled at Mr. Escott's expense, at the Fox-under-the• Hill, in the Strand, and had been brought out from thence to ti e market. At one o'clock FRANCIS SMEDLEY, Esq., who was ac companied by Sir Frederick Roe, and other gentlemen, took his station in the centre at the front of the hustings, Colonel Evans being at a little distance fro.:' him on his right hand, and Mr. Escott on his left hand. Something like silence having been obtained, he stated that in consequence of the indisposition of the High Bailiff of Westminster, be was called upon to preside at the nomi nation of the candidates, and be begged the patience of the meeting while he read the precept and the bribery oath, and bad the oath to act impartially administered to him. After this was done the electors would have to nominate the candidates, and the candidates would have to make a declaration of their political sentiments ; and he had to ask for both proposers and candidates an impartial, orderly, and good-humoured hearing.—(Cheers.) It was only by a patient hearing that proper explanations could be given, or reasons as signed by, or on behalf of, the candidates. The electors of Westminster had stood pre-eminent in the country for their good conduct on such occasions, and he exhorted them to do nothing by which they might endanger their good character at the present election. The precept was then read, and the oath administered in the usual form. During the above ceremony a ceal-heaver mounted one of the upright posts at that end of the hustings nearest to Colonel Evans and his Committee, and waved one of the Gallant Colonel's placard boards in a triumphant manner ; he was instantly assailed with all descriptions of rotten vegetables, by a set of fellows on Mr. Escott's side, but he bore it all quietly, until he was removed by o:der of the presiding officer. Mr. DE YEAR then came forward and proposed Sir John Cam Hobbouse, in a very brief speech, but not a single word was heard. He was received with groans and other shouts of disapprobation. He at last cut his speech short, upon ending himself assailed with cabbages. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE seconded the ❑omination, but the noise continuing, only a few sentences were heard. Since he had been on the hustings, he bad been requested to second the nomination of the Right Hon. Baronet, whose public conduct for many years was before the electors. They had now before them also a learned Conservative, whose principles he did not exactly understand, but who he knew to be the rejected candidate for Worcestershire. --(Loud disapprobation.) He informed the electors that there was a pat cel of hired bullies among them for the purpose of supporting Toryism. —(Groans and hisses.) He hoped that Westmin.ter would not disgrace itself by returning one who had been opposed to all reform, and who bad been all his life opposed to the liberties and the happiness of the country.—(Applause.) That gentleman came before them with the repeal of the house and win- dow tax in his mouth, but did any one suppose that any thing like retrenchment was to be expected trom a Tory? The other candidate was his Hon. and Gallant Friend, Colonel Evans, who had been before them on a former occasion ; and it was for the electors to decide between two reformers, the Right Hon. Baronet and the Gallant Colonel.—(A cry of " We'll have the Colonel.") For his (Mr. Duncombe's) part, be had seen nothing in the Right Hon. Baronet's conduct, which could induce him to say he deserved a forfeiture of his confidence.—(Loud groans.) They already knew his past conduct, and lie (Mr. Duncombe) was confident that they would ever find the Right lion. Baronet, as he had always been, the friend of retrenchment, and of a cheap and liberal Government.— (Groans, and partial cheering.) Dr. BAINBRIDGE, in coming forward to nominate Col. Evans, said the march of events had again brought toge ther the electors of Westminster, fur the purpose of choosing a man who had not only theahility, but the moral courage and political integrity to speak the sentiments and the wishes, and defend the interests of that mighty and intellectual constituency in the Commons' House of Parliament ; and according to the manlier in which they discharged that important duty, they would show to other constituencies, to the country at large, and to the crown, whether they would, or they would not, henceforward be the contemptible tools of a party.—(Cheers.) When the Reform Bill was passed, and the Representatives had been chosen under it who were to speak the opinions of the people, their expectations were raised high—their hopes were most sanguine that there would be an immediate and sensible reduction of that load of taxation which cramped the energies of the country, and that salutary laws, which should bring back happiness and prosperity to the people, would be passed.--( Hear, hear.) But what was their disappointment and vex ition when they found that only the atrocious Irish Coercive Bill passed—(Great cheer ing)—and the recent pitiful and contemptible budget brought forward.—(Laughter and cries of " Shame.") If they returned the Right Hou. Baronet again—(Cries of " No")—who had refused or neglected to perform his duty to them, never let them again complain of taxatbm, for their inconsistency would he so disgraceful that they would me rit all the burdens of taxation that could be devised.— (" We won't," "we won't.") There were many reasons which should weigh against the return of the Right Hon. Baronet.—(A cry, "He has no honour.") Did they think that the Army ought to be reduced ?—(Cries of " Yes.") Yet the Right Hon. Bart. brought forward his estimates for 10,000 more men than composed the Army when the Duke of Wellington was at the head of the Government.—(Cries of " Shame.") Did any of them think that the Consti tution ought to be suspended in Ireland?—(No, no.) Yet the present Government, with whom the Right Hon. Baronet was identified, proposed a Bill for that purpose, and Dragoon officers now took the place of constitutional judges and juries. The Bight Hon. Baronet did not raise his voice against that encroachment on our liberties. Did they think th it sinecures of any kind ought to exist? —(" No, no.") Yet on Mr. Hume's motion for the abolition of military sinecures, the Right Hon. Baronet voted against it, and thereby declared that military sine cures should continue. What had been his conduct on the motion of Mr. Grote for vote by ballot? lie (Dr. Bainbridge) had heard the Right Honourable Baronet, over and over again, at various public meetings, declare that bribery and intimidation at elections could only be destroyed by ballot ; but he found the Right Hon. Baronet in the majority against Mr. Grote's motion.—(Cheers and groans.) Did the electors think that the odious assessed taxes ought to be repealed?—(Loud cheers, and cries of " Yes, yes.") With regard to that question lie was at first rather dis posed to render the Right Honourable Baronet his meed of approbation for consistency in resigning his office when he found he could not support his colleagues; but when he found the Right Honourable Baronet again introduced to the electors in order to he carried on their shoulders hack to office—(Cries of "No," and " Yes") — the miserable and contemptible ruse was apparent to every mind that was not blinded by prejudice.—(Cheers.) They could now account for the refusal of their two representa tives to give pledges on the hustings, when they found how their promises had been forfeited.—(Cheers.) lie (Dr. Bainbridge) had great pleasure in proposing to the ell ctors a gentleman of tried principles and of sterling talent, talent; one who would sedulously perform his duty to them, would carry into the House of Commons their opinions, and convey to the Government, in a powerful manner, their inability to pay the sam e amoun t o f fi sca l exactions : and, above all, their determination not to pay those abominable and infamous house and window Lae,— Great cheering; and a cry of "And ao other tax.") If they wished the return of the Tories to power, they would vote for Mr. Escott ; if they meant to remain as they were—(Cries of "We won't")—they would vote for Sir J. C. Hobhouse ; but if they wished to have their rights and liberties protected, they would vote for the Gallant Colonel.—(Great cheering.) Dr. Bainbridge concluded by nominating Lit ut.-Colonel Evans, amidst loud applause. Mr. SIMPSON then came forward to second the no mination of Col. Evans. Upon the last occasion he had the honour of addressing the electors of Westminster from those hustings, he stated that no man could serve two masters, and he remembered that upon that occasion, a little knot of persons on the hustings took the liberty of denying that fact. Now he would put it to the electors whether Sir J. Flobhouse had shown himself capable of serving two masters.—(Cries of " No, no," nor one pro perly.) Upon the last occasion there were only two can didates ; on the present there were three. One a Tory— (Loud hisses)—of whom he need not say more than that the Tory party had created that debt of 800 millions which the labouring classes had at the present moment to work like slaves to pay the interest of.—(Hisses and cheers.) H The Right lion. Bart. who had been proposed was a Whig, and if the meeting wished to know the opinion which that oracle (Sir F. Burdett) held concerning Whigs and Tories he would tell them. He had stated that the two factions of Whigs and Tories were thieves between which the con stitution would be crucified.—(Cheers and hisses.) li e agreed with the Hon. Baronet in that statement, and thought no person would deny that between those factions the constitution had been crucified. There was another candidate, Colonel Evans, who was ❑either of the Whig nor Tory faction.—(Loud cheering.) He was the friend of the people; had no interest separate from that of the people—(Loud cheering)—harl no connexion with families receiving pensions —but was a man determined to abolish them—(Cheers)—and would meet Ministers face to face, telling them that his constituents were deter mined, not only to have a partial repeal of the assessed t ixes, but the whole of the house and window duties, and that however gl , d he should be to see an in come tax proposed, he should consider it necessary to hare the army reduced for the purpose of alleviating the burdens of the people. What had the Hon. Baronet done with that immense establishment? Why. he had had the li berality to reduce 100 men and 59 horses.—(A loud laugh.) He (Mr. S.) should consider the electors 59 asses if they put up with such conduct. Of the merits of Col. Evans he need not say more. He would, however, before concluding, thank the Tory candidate for drawing off those votes which had placed the Gallant Colonel at e bottom of the poll at the last election, and would con clude by seconding the nomination. Dr. GoLmiso came forward to nominate Mr. Escott. The shouts, hisses, groans and uproar which resounded from all parts of the meeting, defy description. In con sequence it was utterly impossible to catch one whole sentence of what he said. The Doctor said that he was happy that Mr. Escott did not belong to the extreme of either party. Mr. DUNDAS seconded the nomination, amid similar uproar. If ever there was a period when the electors should be cautious whom they selected, the present was that period. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE then presented himself in front of the hustings, but was received with immense uproar, and a continued pelting with cabbages and mud. Colonel EVANS, after a short time was allowed to beg a fair herring for the Honourable Baronet. He said the object of their being there at that time was to hear why it was that the present vacancy had arisen. For God's sake, then, let them show themselves reasonable beings ! It was most important that their late representative should be allowed to explain the cause of his late direliction of duty. Sir JOHN HOBICOUSE again attempted to speak, but he was again received with as much uproar as before. The only two sentences he was allowed to say, were—ls it your pleasure to hear me ? If so, I will address you. It is not me you disgrace, but younelees. Mr. \VAKLEY here mounted above Sir John, and said he attended there to oppose the Hon. Baronet, but he was anxious to do so by fair means, not by foul. He required ST John to answer certain questions which he intended to propose to him, which would he lost if they would not hear him. They had shown their great good judgment in execrating what they conceived to be his treachery or trickery, but they should not pass au irrevocable sentence upon him without hearing him. He for one would not attack a man who had been so ill used. Sir Jon HOBHOUSv again said—ls it your pleasure to hear me ? if not, I will snake no more efforts. The cabbages here came very thick upon him, when be slid, he would not stand such treatment, which was not from the electors, any longer, and retired, amidst much uproar. Col. EVANS then addressed the meeting amidst the ut most quietness. He said he was almost ashamed to ask a hearing from them, as they had already refused to hear his opponent. He was sorry, for the sake of the country, that they had done so, for he thought that that election did not involve the interests of the electors of Westminster only, but those of the whole country. He had been on those hustings only a few months back, and had then troubled them with a very long speech ; hut he promised them that, nn the present occasion, he would make but a very short one. Though no doubt the conduct of Sir J. Hobhouse had brought them together, still the one thing of paramount importance was the repeal of the house and window duties. Now on those questions an interview had been had wirh the Chancellor of the Exchequer only a few hours ago ; he could not do better than comment a little upon the answers given to the deputation, who had asked whether a certain number of tradesmen, such as licensed victuallers, tailors, &c., were to have the advantage of the very small relief given to the tradesmen in these odious duties. The answer was, that neither of the trades or professions mentioned were to have the slightest exemption. What would he thought of that answer, when it was taken into consideration that those engaged in those trades and professions in Westminster were more numerous than the inhabitants of a very large country town.—(Cheers and groans.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer reminded him of the tyrant Ferdinand of Spain, who once on a time published an amnesty to all the Radicals of that country with the single exception of all those who hadbeen or were opposed to his Government.—(Loud and continued Laughter.) The Noble Lord seemed to have copied him very closely in his plan of relief to the tradesman. lie might be con. sidered as a very ignorant person, but he must acknowledge that he could comprehend neither the budgets of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nor the resignation of their late representative. They had then three candidates before them—he had a great respect for principle of any sort, and might be allowed to say, that his respect ex tended itself to those proteseed by his other opponent, Mr. Escott, who he believed relied upon his high Toryism— that was all open, but he mutt say, he cou'd not find anything approaching to principle in the conduct of Sir Jan Hobhouse. The, pretensions of the candidates had been characterized in a paper which differed much from the principles which guided him, in the following manner:—" The electors had to choose be tween Hobhouse, and meanness, and treachery—Eevans, and insane Radicalism—and Escott, and enlightened philantbrophy." He would like to know what motion had he made, or measure he hail sup• ported that entitled him to be considered as insane. Whet was there in his then conduct that made him look like a maniac. Toe only reason there was for such an imputation was, that on a late occasion, while the present Ministry were nearly out, and the Reform Bill of course almost lost, he had used of very strong language in their favour, thinking that was the only way to meet such a:crisis, as there then was, for he was firmly of opinion, that had things not taken the turn they did, revolution would have been the consequence. The meeting might rest as•ur,d, that he would never again use strong language in favour of the stme men. He believed that he held the same opinion as Mr. Grote, who last election received more votes than any other candidate! ;and also he agreed vi ith those of Sir H. Parnell. In fact, he held the very same opinicas as most of the present Ministry before they were in office. He believed he did not go so far as some of them then went. An advertisement had been published that day, dated R chardson's Hotel, which referred to a paper that had emanated from his Committee. This paper stated that there had been as yet no pro•;; that the resignation of Sir J. C. Hobhouse bad been accepted, and that by chance he might still be the Secretary for Ireland. The • advertisement denied this inference, but, he would ask, had there been any statement front Sir J. Hobhouse denying that his resignation was not yet ae cepted?—(Hear.) Why did not he remove all doubt, by declaring what was the tact? He (C,lonel Evans) re spected Richardson as a host ; but he believ&d that there was no tavern in the cite, whence emanated so many falsehoods, as from Rkuardson's.—(Hear, hear.) lie would now come to a more important document. But he must first say that he was met, at six o'clock on Monday evening last, and told by a friend that Sir J. Hobhouse had resigned his situation and his seat. But he thought that friend was trifling with hint, nor could he scarcely credit that such a circumstance could have so ocoorred, although many other friends brought him the same version of the story ; because he had heard of resig nations of office by Members that they might do their duty to their constituents, but he had never before heard of a resignation to avoid the per orm ince of a duty.—(ct s , er „,) Next day, however, cAne foith that to which he wished to direct the attention of the meeting--a short and pithy address, and a tender farewell from the Honourable Baronet to his constituents. " Then," said the Gal lant Colonel, " I thought there was a chance for toe; hut 10. within twenty-four hours the illus trious Mr. De Vear and other past friends of Sir John set themselves lustily to work, in order to brine him in again, as if no tender farewell had been taken." —(Cheers.) A meeting then took place, which was stated to be a meeting of the electors of Westminster, but which was not a meeting of electors only, but was com posed partly of some of the leading members of the Whig aristocracy, and reminded him of a 'recent attempt at Marylebone- to put down the feeling of the people by the force of great names. It was stated at this meeting, that, if the electors of Westminster were to come forteard spontaneously, and restore Sir John Hobhouse to his seat, he would then do his duty. But it was also stated by some of his friends, that he was tired of public life, and that he was anxious to retire from the representation of Westminster—(Hear)— that he might have leisure to travel and recruit a little.— (Hear, hear.) At the meeting held on Saturday evening, which was reported in the Observer, and might be re ferred to by the electors who were not present on that occasion, it would he seen that the constituency of West minster did not come forward spontaneously at the call of the Hon. Baronet's friends—(Loud cheers) — and in a subsequent address put forth by him, he had made confusion still more confused and obscure. The address which he then pubished, stated that be must resign his seat because he could not, with justice to his constituents, support Ministers.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was evident that that was a slip of the printer's. There was nothing in the vote which could have prevented him from doing justice to his consti tuents for the amendment of Lord Althorp was quite a different thing. Did Sir John mean to say that he had not violated his faith to his constituents?—(Cheers.) Al though he had given up,—as he said, his office, it re minded him of a debtor who would pay neither principal nor interest, and when asked to do one or the other by his creditor, said it was his interest not to pay the principal, and a principle of his not to pay the interest.—(A laugh.) The Right Hon. Baronet then went on to say that several calumnious persons had insinuated that he did not mean to resign his secretaryship immediately, hut he would inform them that he intended to do so immediately. Now he (Colonel Evans) did not know but that the Hon. Baronet considered three weeks or a month immediate. He then said that he had been advised to go into the country, to keep out of the way of the election, but the address was dated from Berkeley-square..--( Hear, hear.) He sup posed, therefore, that the Right Honourable Baronet remained there incog. If the Right Honourable Baronet could explain his late conduct, it would be for the electors to decide, and they would bear in mind what the worthy Magistrate, who had read the proceedings, had told them of their being the most enlightened and most orderly constituency in the country. With regard to the other Hon. Candi date he did not wish to say any thing to deteriorate his merit in their eyes, but he could not help mentioning that he had understood the Hon. Candidate had stood lately for a county in the West of England, and there upheld the corn laws, the tax upon bread, the landlord's taxes, &e.—(Cheers.) Mr. ESTCOTT, on coming forward to address the meet ing, was immediately saluted with a discharge of cabbages, rotten onions, brickbats, and all kinds of filth, accompanied with bellow ings and uproar, which prevented the Hon. Gentleman from proceeding. While Mr. Escott was standing in front of the hus tings, waiting till the storm should somewhat abate, Mr. E. J. STANLEY, ALP. for Cheshire, took that epportunity, as the Gallant Colonel (Evans) had stated that Sir John Hobhouse had not yet resigned his office of Secretary of Ireland, of putting it to the Gallant Colonel, as a man of honour, to state whether or not he believed Sir John Hobhouse had resigned, and that his resignation had been accepted. Colonel EVANS—Gentlemen, a question has been put to me by a friend of Sir John Hohhouse, to know whether I, as a man of honour, have any doubt as to the re signation, and the acceptance of that resignation, on the part of Sir John Cana Hobhouse ? It is a very fair question to put to me, and as he bappens to be an acquaintance of mine, and a ,Member of the House of Commons, I firmly believe that he is perfectly convinced in his own mind that he has not, or he would not have put the question to me. But with respect to myself, I have been so utterly confused, and so utterly unable to penetrate the mystery which hangs over this transaction, that I do declare, as a man of honour, I am unable to give a distinct answer as to my complete con viction one way or the other.—(Loud cheering, and cries of " Bravo, bravo.") (We shall give the conclusion in our Second Edition. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY) HAY MARKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Clover Hay from ss. to 10s. per load higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. upply good, and trade dull. Coarse he a vy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Nleadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 IS 4 0 Clover Hay 4 5 5 10 Oat Straw X, 1 Bto X 1 10 1 Wheat Straw ... 1 10 1 13 S 111 IT II FI ELI). Supply moderate, tra le rather dull, and prices stationary. Coarse neavy Lowland Meadow Hay z 2 15 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye-grass Hay ...... Clover Hay (extra ti0e)....£5 0 ..Generally Oat Straw ... il 4to £ 1 61 Wheat Straw 1 S 1 10 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have a complete blank morning in respect to ar rivals or politicAl news. The estafette from Paris brings an official confirmation of the preliminaries being signed between the Turks and the Pacha of Egypt. In the House of Commons last night Lord Althorp brought up a message from his Majesty, who wit desirous that an inquiry should be instituted into the state and con dition of the Woods and Forests land revenues of the Crown, with a view of benefiting the public. This has some appearance of good feeling towards the public ; but whether part of them are to be sold, or cultivated and let out, is to he seen. Accounts from Bayonne, by the French mail this morn ing, state that a celebrated hanker had recently arrived there from Madrid. Reports state that all was tranquil in that capital, but still some fear was entertained on ac count of disturbances in Estremadura, and in some other towns on the frontiers of Portugal. Various reports are aflo it in respect to the intelligence brought by the Nisrod, from Oporto and Lisbon; but up to the present hour not one of them can be depended upon, as nothing official has as yet transpired upon the subject. TIIE FUNDS. The funds maintain their prices. This morning Con cols, which left off yesterday at 871% for the Account, opened at 87i to 88 ; soon after they were done at 83. At present they are 87- to SS. The tnessage from the King to the House is looked upon in a favourable view to benefit the pubic. In the Foreign Funds little doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. Canton Papers, to the llth of January, have just been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. FoumosA. —We hezr that the rebellion on this island has assumed a very formidable appearance, and that all the disposable military force is being sent with all speed to the province of Fokien. Some reports are afloat that the rebel; have submitted, and that the ringleader had surrendered to the Imperial force ; but to these reports we do not attach much credit. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from 874 to 88 for the account ; at Present they are 81, with little doing. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Serip is at Si dis count ; Portuguese Stock has also improved. The news received from Oporto, by the Nimrod, is still a mystery. Up to the present hour we have no political news or reports. Consols for the Account, 87 THREE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICE: Bank Stock ...............195 3 per Cent. Red.......... 861, 3 per Cent. C0n5......... Si' 31 per Cent. .......... 9k 9A per Cent. Ited... .... 944 T " I „f ew 3i per Cent..... . 9:4 4 per Cent. ................. 1 o'2 Long. Ann. to expire Jan. 1860 ................. 167, Oct. 1859 ................. Jan. 1860. ...... ...... 3.—FOUR O'CLOCK India Stock Ditto Bonds .29 pm. South Sea Stock 97i Ditto Old Ann Ditto New Ann. 86 , 4, Ex. Bills, 10 'CI 5O pm, Ditto 5 0 0/ 5O pm. Ditto Small 5O pm. Bank St. for Ace. Consols for Acc India S!. for Acc °2B N FUNDS. POREIG. 4 Austrian, 5 per cent . Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 pe r cent, 24.,- C liii3'.6 per cenr. .. .. 21 Columbian, 6 per cent 143 Ditto, 18124 l7 Danish 73 Greek, 5 I,er cent. , 826 :11 Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, ti per cent 3 31 Peruvian, 6 per cent I Portuguese, 5 per cent MI Ditto, Reg. Scrip 4 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent l9 Ditto, 1823 l7 French 5 per Cent.... —t' —c. Exchange French :1 per Cent —t: —c. Dutch, per cent 46 Ditto, 5 per cent B5l COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MILTON OYSTER DREDGEING GROONDS,-.-2419S WICKHAM 2. SIXTY FISHERMEN. Considerably before the Court opened this morning, there was the gre itest bustle in the Hall ; and upon On the LORD CHANCELLOR taking his seat, he stated he had received a letter, signed by two of the persons against whom the attachments had issued the other day, on be half of them-elves and forty-eight others, praying to he heard; and his Lordship wished to know whether there was any professional gentleman present on their behalf. On being informed in the negative, he observed that he had wished to have communicated to those men, through their solicitor or counsel, that he had no power to hear them, and that he could not do it. Sir EDWARD SUODEN said, that as the subject had been mentioned by his Lordship, he thought it right now to state that this was the case in which, a few days ago, attachments had been issued against fourteen fishermen, for having broken the injunction of the Court, restrain• ing them from dreedging in the Milton fishery grounds, which belonged to the plaintiff, Miss Wickham ; that the officer who went to execute the warrants was unable to take the men into custody, and he (Sir Edward) had been informed this morning that sixty of them had come to town, and were at the door of the court in order to represent their case to his Lordship. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed, there being a number of police at the door who prevented them from entering, that the doors should be at once opened to the men's admis sion. In a minute afterwards the court presented a very unusual and interesting scene, being quite filled principally by the poor men in their usual fishing costumes, and with all the bluntness characteristic of them and of their em ployment. When silence was obtained, The Loan CHANCELLOR inquired what Sir Edward Sugden had to say ? Sir E. SUCHEN stated that the order for that attach ment had been regularly made, and he was not aware of any ground whatever on which the individuals now in, Court were entitled to disobey ir. They had been heard against the acts now complained of frequently, and on ail occasions the decision had been against them ; still, in defiance of the law, they had gone on to ex ercise what they alleged to be their rights, in open viola tion of the orders made against them. Miss Wickham was as unwilling as any human being could be, and he, as her counsel, was so also, to throw theca men into prison. The inconvenience that would attend such a course to themselves, and to their families, could not fail to be greet indeed : still they were bound to be obedient to the law, and he hoped they would no longer continue to persist in a course that was as disgraceful to themselves as it was op posed to justice. The Loan CHANCELLOR observed that there were four or five of them who had been represented to have been more violent than the others, and he should like to see them stand forward before the bar, in order that he might hear what they had to say on the occasion. Francis South, William Elson, Thomas Gore, Ackherst, Phillips, and Foulkes, were then called upon, and took their places as directed. The Loan CHANCELLOR then inquired of South if he desired to say any thing, or if he would rather that any of his comrades should speak ?—South preferred that Elson should address his Lordship. William Elson then expressed himself in the most col lected and unhesitating manner as follows, and for an oyster-dredgeman, who could neither read nor write, seemed in no inconsiderable degree to astound some of the literati present :-111y Lord, it is with the greatest reluc tance I have to come before your Lordship on behalf of myself and others ; but 1 hope your Lordship will over look all our imperfections. As respects the proceeding, we certainly have done wrong in going through the in junction ; but we most humbly pray, The Loan CHANCELLOR— What you now say does you very great credit indeed, and I hope it is the fe e ling of all of you now present. Elson continued—We most seriously pray that your Lordship will take it within your consideration, and if there is any thing to be done to alleviate our distresses, you will undertake our case, and we throw ourselves on your mercy. My Lord, under the circumstances, we thought we had a just right to go and dredge for these oysters upon these grounds. Our forefathers bad done so before us; we have indentures which specify we are free tisherme►► on these w•iters of Milton, and at the expiration of our apprenticeship we had to pay a fine of 3/. before we could be admitted to work on these grounds ; by paying that fine, &c., we considered we had a title to go there. But it appears, my Lord, there has, from time to time, of late years, a lease been given; how this lease has been got up is not for me to say. As it respects law, we are totally ignorant of it, and we have no means to justify ourselves by law. These leases were at first granted only at a pepper-corn rent ; these ground leases were at 100/. By some means the east ground and the west ground were joined together; it took place in 1784, on our opponent's estate, but this was quite unknown to us. We always thought that Stangate Creek was considered as our home, but we are told by Mr. Hind our opponent, and steward for the lady, that we have no right or claim there. We consider that the Lady of the Manor or the Lord of the Manor has no claim any more than ourselves. We don't know whether that is right or whe ther they can claim below the six o'clock tide or not. My Lord, this is an arm of the sea—it branches into the Medway and goes towards the Nore, and we really don't know whether we can claim that as our right, or whether it belongs to Miss Wickham, to be worked. In 1816, or before that, there was one of our Company laid oysters on the west part of the east ground—be caught them, sent them to market, and dispose(' of them in the manner which be thought proper, unmolested, and unasked for any rent by any one. Be tween 18 6 and 1820, part of the Company laid oyeeis in what we call the water of Shade. They laid those oysters and brood ; when they came to perfection they then got them, sent them to market, or sold them, on. molested and unasked for rent by any one. A lease was got up, in 1824, when Mr. Hind told us we could not go to work without we signed that lease. None of us were capable of understanding the pur port of it, it was not read over to us, neither could we read or write, but we were positively told that unless we signed it we could not go to work again there. Under the most pressing circumstances we knew not what to do—we were in a state with our families of starvation—we signed it, and considered that by signing it our rights would be con tinued. Instead of that, my Lord, by signing that lease our opponents say it has given them a title; and we now submit our case to your Lordship, knowing and humbly trusting your Lordship will do justice to us. Elson ie spectfuily bowed in conclusion, having evidently excited the sympathy and good feeling of all who heard him. The Lotto CataswErAott immediately said—l am sure that nothing could be more proper than what you have said ou this occasion, and that the rest of the men have been very fairly and very well represented by you I have great pleasure in telling you. You say, and very properly, that at present you have not the assistance of Counsel, snit that it is a matter of law to be examined into and disposed of, which, you justly observe, you are not capable of doing. There I entirely agree with you; but, then, when the case was before te Court at an earlier period—some time back, before his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, and afterwards before myself in this Court, you had the benetit of as able professional men as it was possible for you to have, and who exerted them selves with great zeal, leaving no one thing unsaid that was likely at all to benefit your case. The whole of your case, therefore, that you have now stated, and a great d ea l . . . more, was brought before the Vice Chancellor, and after wards, before me by those learned and professional counsel you then had. Well, all those matters were then taken into full consideration ; and, after a Vera laborious trial, because it was thoroughly gone into, both by the Vice-Chancellor and myself, and not sati , fied with that, i❑ case there should have been anything urged after it came before me, that was not submitted to his Honour, we together went into the matter, the Vice-Chancellor went over the papers again with great care, and I, besides having paid the greatest attention to it when the subject was discussed before me, went into the case again, and both his Honour and myself discussed it in conversation, and, upon all the circumstances, we came to the conclusion of agreeing to the judgment he had come to. So that you see the whole of your case as far as it wa► p , issible for men to go into it, was gone into by us, and our decision has been unfortunately against you, as might happen to any suitors. If that decisim. injures you or wrongs you in any way, it can either be foi the one or the other of these reasons—either that the law is unjust and harsh upon you,—w hich I ant very far from supposing, becaus.:. I see no objection whatever to the law in that respect—or tha I and the Vice-Chancellor have not decided with the law, but against it, and that you are right, and we wrong. There is no other way of accounting for the difficulty , in which you are now placed. I plainly tell you that I believi we have decided with the law. I have no doubt wbatevet of it, and that you and I must ”hey the law, whatever i is. If we are mistaken, and have misapplied the law, then you are not without your remedy ; then you may g to the highest tribunal—the HOU9C of Lords— and get our judgment reversed ; but I wont , by no means advise you to try that. I have never seen a case clearer than this appeared both to the 1 , we• Chancellor and myself to be against you ; therefore, my. ynion is, you can only submit to the law of the land, i - a t is tit- bounden dray of evens goo,l and honest subject to 10. Now, you see, that being the case, they applied s e e this last injunction, and as 'you say, most properly, end , which does great credit to yourself and your friends. Vt le did very wrong to break it. As Sir Edward S'gden said, who'spoke when you came in, the rich and the I)" r t are exactly on a footing with regsrd to proceedings of tl a sort. For your satisfaction I will give you an instance ot that; it is not two years ago since a Member of Parlia ment for a large county—the county of Essex —very rich, and of the highest connections in this country—ew a nephew to the Duke of Wellington, and own nephew to the Marquis of Wellesley, was sent to the Flest Prisor, where he remained, I think, about six week+, because of doing exactly what you have done—breaking the injune !ion of this Court. Notwithstanding being a Member of Parliament then, and his great connections, which never enter into the mind of the Court upon such an occasion, he chose to be disobedient and con tumaciuus to the orders of the Court, therefore lie was sent to the Fleet. I tell you this merely to show you that this Court makes no distinction or diffe rence whatever between the highest and h um bl est o f hi s M interest Majesty's of all to obey the law—if once we get out of it, the whole country will be involved in confusion and utter destruction ; hut so long as courts of justice firmly execute the law, and so long as the subjects peaceably obey it, then, happen what will, this country, gensrally speaking,will be happy and safe. Now the best advice I can give you is that profiting by the expe rience you have had, you should come one and all to a determination to obey the order of the Court—that is the low of the land. I believe there is no disposition on the ptr of the lady of the manor to push her rights one inch further than is absolutely necessary for the protection of her rights ; and I believe, and say in the presence of t ;hose who represent that lady, if you turn over a new leaf it will be better for you.—(The men siruultaneoosly bowed.) Sir EDWARD SUGDEN said he was very anxious to give them an opportunity of considering what had fallen from his Lordship, and he hoped that upon that consideration they would see the propriety of submitting to the law of the land ; but there were three men, Smith, Ackherst, and Phillip, who had used great violence towards the officer of the Court, and he felt bound to press for the execution of the warrants against them, if they would not now positively pledge themselves not to oppose any further obstacle to the protection of the lady's rights. With respect to the others, he would consent to their returning home; but he had to press for the ex- cs tion against the three named, except under the term.. stated The LORD CHANCELLOR (addressing the men)—lf you will take me for your counsel, I will give you this advice: by the law of the land this Lady has got a rigl t to execute these warrants against the whole foutteen of you, against whom they were applied for. She considers it would be fit to execute them against three or four of you, who were guilty of snore violence than the others, and that she will execute them unless you will give her a satisfactory assurance, which I will take to he given to me, and not to her ; and in that way it will be more binding on you. Now I strongly recommend you to take that course and give me that assurance, feeling that you were wrong, and that you will do so no more, but behave peaceably and obediently to the orders of the Court. South—My Lord, there ate seven hundred men, women, and children, whose bread and existence depends upon this ! What are they to do ? Are they to remain in a state of perfect starvation ? How lone will they be able to do so? Our opponents have certainly been menaced by harsh words, but they aggravated me to do so—they called me a scoundrel, and many other names, otherwise I would not have done it. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN assured his Lordship that from the manner in which these poor men were now exercising what they supposed to be their rights, they were working the grounds so injudiciously, and without capital, that the hope+ they had of subsistence from it would very soon dis appear; but in a very few months the grounds would be let to some capitalist, and these were the very men who would then be employed regularly in the dredging, and being so under judicious ni inagement, they would be made much more comfortable than they ever had been. The Loan CHANCELLOR had no doubt, from what the Learned Counsel bad just stated, it would he much inure prudent and more advantageous for the fishermen to adopt this course ; " but do not," said his Lordship, "combine together and conspire against this lady or her rights. Combinations and conspiracies are only the consequence of excited feelings, and especially when people are in dis tress they are too apt to resort to them." His Lordship entreated them to go home quietly, after making the assur ances he had requested, and he was convinced in less than six months, they would have to express their gratificatirn that they bad done so. At the same time, if they did not make those assurances, they would have to go to the Fleet Pri son, as Mr. Wellesley had done, from whence, after re maining it might be months, they could only be released in making submission to the Court. South said, that as to damage being done to the fisheries, all fishermen agreed that what had been done by them had greatly increased the value of those grounds, because thes had removed the mud and filth, which was going on to ruin the grounds, and rendered it clean and fit for use. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the question to them respectively, whether they would hereafter obey the in junction, and be permitted to return home peaceably, or not ? South and Elson readily agreed, but Ackherst and Phillips hesitated much, and fenced considerably with the question from the Bench. They considered that, by their indentures, they were authorized to work in these watets. They had served his Majesty, and had always been peace able and obedient to the law. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I can tell you it is as well, or better, for men to be good subjects, and obedient to the law, in time of peace, as to serve the King by orders du ring the war; but this you ought distinctly to under stand—that the order of this Court is the King's order. Phillips said, with considerable wartnth,--- ,, m y Lord, as long as I have breath in my body, I intend to get my living from those grounds." The Loan CHANCELLOR—And you intend to break the order of the Court ? Phillips—No, Ido not. Ido not intend to go on Miss Wickham's grounds, but certainly to get my living on these grounds. My Lord, if your Lordship liberates me now, I shall be dredgeing there to-morrow. The LORD CHANCELLOR strongly recommended Pail lips to reconsider his statement. The other readily as. seated not to violate the injunction. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN said, from the course the thins , had taken it was right he should say it was not to he con sidered that Miss Wickham was prosecuting or persecuting these ny.n. Her rights had been intrusted to her profess. sional advisers, and she had nothing further to do in the affair. He (Sir Edward) was himself Counsel fir these men on a former occasion, and though he might have failed in their behalf from inability, yet be never in the whole course of his life took more pins for any client or clients than did on that occasion. Besides, it was necess sty it should be known that the alleged rights of these men hol been tried spun an issue before Lord Tenterden, and afterwards before Lord Eldon; so that there had been very few cases in which so many powerful minds had been brought to its consideration. Mr. CHINO stated that he was in the case for these men when it was list before the Court, and also observed :hat he had done every thing in his power in their behalf, but the decision of the Court was against him, and lie .aw no reason to be dissatisfied with that judg ment. If, however, the men thought they had any sew points to submit to his Lordship, and they would sccept of him as their gratuitous counsel, he would, if on , onsideration he should think fit, advise a notice of motion o be given to dissolve the injunction, and then take the earliest oppor'unity of exerting his utmost ability for them. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered this handsome on the part of Mr. Ching, and likewise assured the men that if they iesired to litigate the question further before him, a n d were too poor to employ professional 111,11, both an attorney and counsel should be retained for them. IN Lordship recommended Phillips to withdraw iv f e w motneno, and consult with Mr. Cinog ; he die so, and on returning to his former position in Court, hi assured his Lordship that he would not, as the other men had promised, go upon the grounds again to thedg for oysters; but refused to say that he would not go upun the grounds to catch floating flub. Sir EDW ARD SUDDEN observed that th e t erms o f t h e injunction were, to restrain them from going upon the grounds, or from dredgeing there for oysters. Mr. CHINO Stliitllitted that these were too extensive terms ; that the injunction to that extent never could be sustained, because surely men were not to be prohibited hy this Court from going upon the open sea to take floating fish The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed with Mr. Citing. He consider e d it could not have been intended to have pr e . versed the men from going upon the sea to take floating fish. He was content to take the assurance of that he would not take or dredge fur oysters upon those groun-!s in defiance of the injunction; ant i, ►„;_ would i7ft they act i n v i o l at i on oft e u ro u s r e a" t e v a ho of had ail i t tl i r i e e ady l est ; neither taken the mouths Lordship told them they might II IIO,V retort an I quietly to their homes, like, as he had no d ha 1 heretofore been, good and honest subjects. /'f I - 0100 Cl5 O C2O I7g £5O 504 124