The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-01 00:00:00

Thorognod, of Chelmsford—d Chelmsford gaol, we
should r...t cr say—of the prison of his:native town—into
which he was thrown on the 16th of January last, and
wherein he still remains, prisoner for (as he considers)
a pretended debt of five shillings and sixpence, de-
manded for Church-rates. together with costs of snit,
from summons to execution. Mr. Baines last night
stated the particulars of his case, and we cannot doubt,
that wherever it may be known, it will raise a feeling
very far from flittering to the characters of Churchmen,
or favourable to their purposes."
The Globe remarks as follows on the Duke of Ncw-
castlv's dismissal from the Lord Lieutemintcy of Not-
tinghamshire :—" The Duke of Newcastle has ceased
to be the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. The
Government, for cauva which will aniply juvify this
proceeding, has seen fit to deprive his Grace of this post

of honour and of trust. Without anticipatmg the
grounds on which the Executive is pre Tared to vindicate
its act, we are certain that no mean and paltry preju-
dice against a political opponent has induced this dis-
missal ; but that certain proceedings of his Grace, in
the respon‘lhle office he filled as head of the
Nottinghamshire Migistracy, rendered it imperative on
the Government to vindicate its authority by removing
from his post one in whom they had no longer confi-
dence, anal to whom they could therefore no longer en-
trust the execution of functions for, which as Ministers
of the Crown they were responsible to the countr3.'
The Standard observes, in the course of a leading
article on the case of Thorogood In the House of
Commons, Mr. Baines brought forward the case of a
man named Thorogood, imprisoned at Chelmsford, for
non-payment of Church-rates, and entertained the
House with a long speech, the first .part of which was
a moving thesis upon the hardships of imprisonment—t be
latter a heavy reading upon various canons of the Church,
which Mr. Baines asserts to be neglected ; and which
have just as much to do with the case of Thorogood, as
with that of any conviction under the excise laws. As to
the inconvenience of imprisonment, no one, we suppose,
wil dispute it; but Mr. Baines did not attempt to show
Lhat the condition of Thorogood is one jot worse, or
indeed anything like so bad, as that of hundreds of
thousands of prisoners under the. New Poor law, to say
nothing of other prisoners ; and with respect to the
canons, he did not show that any ono of them was
allowed to sleep, without good reason arising from the
altered state of society."

STOPPAGE OF THE IMPERIAL

BANK.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.

We regret to have to announce the suspension of pay-
ments by the Imperial (Joint Stock) Banking Com-
pany, whose head office is in this towil. The report
was circulated on change this morning, and the rumour
speedily spread throughout the town. The result was
that a slight "run" was caused, and to all appli-
c tots for cash payments, the answer was, " call
again at three o'clock this afternoon." Turee o'clock
came, and many anxious creditors went doubtingly, to
the Bank, where the awful truth of the morning's
rumour was too truly coclirmed by the appear-
ance of a note on the inner door, informing the
public that the Bank Lid suspended payment " for
tho present." The stoppAgta is attributed to the
refusal on \ the part of the London- Correspondents,

(Messrs. Prescoits) to honour the piper of the lin
perial hank, but nothing authoritative is known upon

this head. The bank commenced,buiinn,s on the 266
December, 1836, with eight branches, and has latterly
been the theme of conver,a,tion amongst the
" scandal mongers," with r.ference to some of

its t nulsietions. It had been in a tottering.
condition for two or three days, and souse
statements made before the CommissioLers under
the fiat in bankruptcy against Mr. J'seph Lees,
of Newt ,n-moor, near Ashtoutunder-lyne, have been
" horsed about" within the last few (Lys, and caused
'considerable discussion.

Nii,t a little " table talk" has been afloat for the last
fortnight respecting the forthcoming disclosures at the
meeting of the sharehollers of the Northern and Central
Bank, which takes place to-morrow, with respect to the
split" which has recently taken place amongst some of
the officials in that concern. • The mewing has been
convened by circular in the usual course.

AMER! AL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HO USE OF COMMONS.

The -SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before four
o'Ctock.

•
Qn the motion of Mr. B. WILBRAHAM, the
Stone arid Rugby Railway Bill was read a first time,

an] order, d to be-read a second time to morrow.

The EAR of LINCOLN mored the second reading
of the Nottingham Inti.)sure Bill. _ .

Sir J. 110 iiHOUSE opposed the second reading of

the Bill, as its provisions were calculated most mate-
rially to affect the•rights of the eita ns and freemen of
Nottingham. For his own part, he couki not un-
derstand from what party the Bill proceeded.—
(Hear, hear.) If the Noble Earl perstnered in the
'second and carried it, he begged to give him
notice that he should watch its proceedings in Com-
mittee, and oppose them as strenuously as ho was alfe.
In conclu,ion ho b,,ve•l to move. as an amendment,
that that ./3;tl be re ail n ~.cond ti r<e that day six months.
Sit- It. FL:IZGUSSON sec.-potted the amendment.
The Earl of LINCOLN fit confident the House
would ascent to the second rea<l..g. of the par. .1-I.),Pas
to hear from the Right Float. airmiet that trilto •
Bill went into Committee it was his intention to watch

its proceedings. He could assure the House he h ,t 1 net
taken ty the Bill in any spirit of p:trOzauship whatever.
He hoped the House'would aUow the Bill to go into
Committee in order to wear both parties. The Corpo-
rition.of 'Nottingham W.,L3 he admitted the Lord of the
Manor. but that could never Le made a legitimate
grou:td'for rjectins. the Bill.
Sir II: FERGUSON thought a General Inelosure
BM would be most advantagt.ous, but it would be very
.diffkult to carry such a me,•sure.
After a few woris froth Mr. PEASE, strangers were
ordered to Withdraw.

Tie ft-Arse divided, when there appeared—
For the motion -... 64
Agairm it
Majority for the B li —2s
On the motion of Mr. BAINES the North Midland
Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed.
On tie motion of Mr. W. EVANS, the Wiricl•:worth
SinallDeb;s Bill was read a third time and pas c!.
Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from cer-
tain landowners, praying to he heard by Counsel against
the Bishop Au. tland and Weardala R tilcvay Bill.
Mr. KINNAIRD broustht up the Report of the
Committee on the 134..rth Harbour and Navigation
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON brought up the Re-
pnr, of the Committee on the Wcarmouth and Tyne
Bridge Row Bill.
On the motion of Mr. C. WOOD, the Halifax
Small Debts' Bill was read a second time.
Captain WEMYSS presented txo petitions against
Church Endowments ; and fire petitions from New-
bury, Springfield, and other places, in favour of Mr.
Rowland's Bill for a penny postage.
Mr. LISTER presented a petition from the Brad-
ford Socialivs, praying that Robert Owen and others
might be heard before a Committee of the House.
Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition in
favour of the restoration of Poland.
POSTAGE. . . _

Lord BARRINGTON presented a petition in fa-
vour of a penny pc,stage.
Mr. LANGDALE presented a petition from the
East. Riding of Yorkshire to the same effect.
Mr. RIPPON presented a petition from Gateshead
to the same effect.
Sir IL.DONKIN presented a similar petition from
Sandwich.

Mr. GROTE preArnterl covoral similar petitions.
. COPYRIGHT.

Mr. Sergeant. TALFO liltD presented a number of
petitions in favour of his Copyright Bill. One was from
Dr. easter, who represented that he had written
sever,,l 'corks of a nature which came slowly into
public repute, and from which he should derive
no ben fit unless his copyright were extended. Ano
cher petition was from Thomas Carlyle, the author
of a" History of the French Revolution," to the same
effect. He also held in his hand a petition from Jopeph
ihnry Green, who stated he was sole executor of the
Samuel 'NOM. Coleridge, hadcomposed during a life
oftoil and l aimu r many works from which he had derived no
remuneration, bat which hereafter the petitioner be-
lieved would exercise a most ina?ortaut influence upon
the interests of philosophy all over the world, and hoping
the House would s,'cure some portion of the interest
derived from those works .to the objocts of the author's
dying sohcitude alsoa petition from Hartley Cderidge,
the eldest aim of the late S.unut.,l Taylor Colerridge, to
the same effect ; also a ps-tition from the Lord Pros oat
and Magistrates of the City of Eliaburgh, sealed with
the Corporation seal, praying the House to pass the ;
Copyright Bill.
Mr. BARNARD pr2vnted a petitiOn from Grec'n-
%deli aphis!. the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill.
Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented a petition
from Lancaster in favour of a Penny Postage.
• Mr. Sergeant JACKSON preseoted a petition from
some place in the County of Kiikunny, stating that the
humble classes of Protestants were precluded from the
benefits of education, in cohnouence of eonselentious
scruples, Ind praying the house to devise measures for
rutroducing a system of education on the basis of the
scriptures, and from which Roman Cstholict should be
excluded ; also a petition from 'Ludon in favour of the
penny postage, and two petitions from Presbyterian con-
gregations complaining of the grievances to which Pres-
byterian soldiers were expo.cd.
Lord DUNGANNON presented tta.o petitions f am
places in the county ,f Durham attainst the altetwi""
I ' • o 1-a• ni;
•i; w• • ;
education proposed by tile ithnist-ers, and pro)i"g 1-" e
house not to consent to any plan which would take the