The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-03 00:00:00

THE LONDON, FRIDAY, NrOVEINI 814111, 3, IS ii.

m.vas essential to gentlemen of independent fortune and sta-
tion, bow much more important and essential was it to the
poor man, to the tradesman, the mechanic, and the small
farmer.—( Cheers.) The pride he felt in the number and
respectability of the gentlemen assembled to meet him that
evening, encouraged has to continue his exertions in the
cause of Reform, and to endeavour again as before
to become the standard-bearer of the burge3ses of Wal-
lingford—(Loud cheers)--and to emancipate that consti-
tuency from becoming the pocket borough of Mr. Black-
stone—( Loud and long-continued cheers.)
The health of Mr. HOLLAND, M.P. for Hastings,
having been drunk in connection with the Liberal ma-
jority in the House of Commons, the Hon. Gentle-
man addressed the meeting in a very spirited speech.
In alluding to the course of policy likely to be adopted
in the approael-,ing Session, Mt. HoLLAND remarked,
That important incasnrcs will then be introduced
there cannot exist a doubt : what those measures will
be could not then be known ; but he anticipated that the
measures of the present administration would be equal
at least to those previously introduced—measures which
had been passed successfully in the House of Commons,
but which had been rejocted by the Lords.—(Hear, hear.)
It was supposed that those measures which had been al
ready agitated and di,:cussed in the House of Commons
would be brought forward first in the Lords. He bad
no doubt hut that the Ministry would provide remedies
against the present irksome mode of collecting the means
for keeping the Established Church in repair.—(Hear,
hear.) It was not the amount of which the Dissenters
complained, it was the principle involved.—(Hear, hear.)
His conviction was, that the Dissenter would in the next
session be relieved from that irksome impost, and would
not be called upon to pay what was contrary to his con-
science to contribute.--(Cheers.) Justice will at length
be done to Ireland--(Hear, hear,)—justice which had com-
menced by slightly amendinr, the Irish Church.—( Hear,
hear.) Ireland had never been so well off as she was nt
present. A further justice will be extended to that people,
by conferring equal municipal rights with those of England
and Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) During the progress of
those reforms the people had a right to look forward and
exert themselves in supporting the present Administration,
and not to admit to power those professing- principles hostile
to them, however they may disguise themselves and say that
they are neither Tories, nor Conservatives, nor party-men.
—( Hear, and laughter.) The Tories conceal themselves
and are ashamed of the name. For his own part he should
be very sorry indeed that he was not a party-man ; for he
was convinced that there were two parties in the kingdom,
the one to continue and perpetuate abuses, the other
to remove and dispel those very abuses.—(Hear, hear.)
The measures over which the people should exert the ut-
most vigilance were those which had passed triumphantly
in the House of Commons, and which had been rejected by
the Lords, who arc universally known to be a Tory body.
The next gentk.nan who was called upon to address
the meeting was Mr. EYSTON, to whom thei Re-
formers of Wallingford, and the cause of Reform in
that quarter, owe so much. Who is there that does
not acknowledge the justice of the following admirable
observations, with which Mr. EYSTON concluded his
animated appeal to the judgment as well as to the feel-
ings of the assembly ?
Under the Tory domination how many were the heart-
burnings that existed in this country ? Let the state of cir-
cumstances then and now be contrasted.—( Hear.) Much can
be referred at the present day to the kindness and con-
ciliating spirit of the existing Government.—(Hear, hear.)
Force and violence had been the vile instruments of that
baneful party.—(Hear, hear.) The sister country derived
every benefit from the present Ministers. Were it not for
the mild and merciful administration of Earl Mulgrave, in-
stead of the "battle of the Diamond" becoming a toast, it
would have been ere this put into operation on a bloody
field.—(Cheers.) By the measure of Reform other coun-
ties have been benefitted. Without it liberty could not
have been carried across the Atlantic to the degraded
slave.—( Cheers.) Yet it has been asked what benefit
has 'Reform conferred ? It has also been said that Re-
formers were destructives—that they want to destroy
the House of Lords.—(No, no, unanimously.) It was not
the object of the country to destroy the House of Lords.—
(Hear, hear.) That House ought to be the governing
branch. The real dclugers or destructives were Mr. Pitt,
Mr. Addington, and Lord Liverpool. In his pocket he
(Mr. Eyston) held the proof, if any proof were wanted.
That proof was to be found in a number of the Times news-
ptper. That paper has been accused of wearing two faces
under one hat.—( Hear and laughter.) It may be asked,
what face was that then worn It was the face of 1832.
—(Laughter.) .In the paper of that date there exists
an elaborate account of the Peerage deserving alteration.
By that document it appeared that the total number of
Peerage additions by Tory Administrations from the
year 1760 to 1829 amounted to the modest amount of
325! The total number of Whigs amounted to 37 I—
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Reformers of the pre-
sent day are delugers or swampers of the Lords indeed 1
Pitt created or manufactured 65, in order to carry on the
French war. Addington produced 55, and Liverpool in 14
years created 88. Liverpool was truly prolific—(Laughter)
—and reminded him of a lady who honoured her Lord with
twins, and being complimented, said she expected next time
to have a litter.—(Hear, hear, and roars of laughter.)
He attached much weight to that matter, as the Tories—
real sinners as they ever were—charge others with the
crimes of which they themselves have been guilty.—( Hear,
hear.) Such has ever been the custom of pickpockets.—
(Hear, hear.) Civil and religious liberty he did not de-
mand for his country alone—he demanded liberty from Ca-
tholics to Protestants in Catholic countries—(Loud cheer-
ing)—and he should be ashamed not to give to others that
amount of liberty that he claimed for himself.—(Tu-
multuous cheering, every one ruing as if actuated by one
spirit.) Mr. Eyston concluded with " Civil and religious
liberty all over the world."—(Chrers.)
We regret that we are obliged, by want of space, to
curtail an extract which we had intended to give from
the excellent speech delivered by Mr. STo No it, the
unsuccessful candidate for the representation of Ox-
fordshire. The following passage, though short, is
long enough to shlw that Mr. STONOR is a man of
sterling English stuff :
" Constitutions of exclusion on the ground of religious
opinions was an exploded doctrine.—(Cheers.) Look to
Catholic Belgium with a Protestant King—(Cheer:)—to
France with a Catholic Minister. Yet such would be the
i rinciples and conduct of Mr. Blackstone if Tories were in
power !—(Hear.) Look to the speech of Lord Durham,
and see the liberty that existed in a country confessedly less
civilized than England. Russia was in toleration far su-
perior to English Toryism.—(Cheers.) Could not Mr.
Blackstone find any aggressive act on the part of a Protest-
ant in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) lie is reported to have
said that he too was for justice to Ireland!—(Laughter.) If
he were for real justice, he should bring his accusations
against both, or not against either.—( Hear.) When that speendi
was delivered, loud applause followed—the audience was wo
thy of the orator, the orator of the audience.—( Hear, hear.)
The toast whielt he would have the honour to propose was
one which he had no doubt would be acceptable to the
Assembly—"justice to Ireland"—justice founded on com-
mon sense ; justice towards the Established Church, and
justice which shall be acceptable to the people of the
country.—(Cheers.) The Corporations of Ireland were
ten times worse than in England—( Hear, hear)—and all
privileges should be extended to both countries alike.—
( Hear, hear, hear.) This principle was founded upon the
Act of Union. The subjects of our part of the empire
should nut be treated in a different manner to those of
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We beg to direct public attention to an-important
letter from that terror of Post-office peculators, and
scourge of Post-office abuses, Mr. WALLACE, which
will be found in another part of The Sun. The Hon.
Member for Greenock has touched the most sympa-
thetic chord in the bosom of an Englishman. He
has sounded to its depths the tender philosophy of the
pocket. He has weighed purses in the balance, and
found them wanting. In the brief period of eight
years he proves by evidence the most unanswerable—
the evidence of facts—that the nation has lost nearly
a million sterling, in a department hitherto cried up as
a model of perfection. This is putting the question
of the " admirable working" of the Post .office on a
basis the most intelligible to the matter-of-money com-
prehension of Englishmen of all ranks, classes, and
professions. We trust he will persevere in these
investigations. Whatever be his own opinion, or
that of his constituents, we can assure the Hon.
Member for Greenock that he cannot render a greater
service to the country than by continuing to investi-
gate and expose, with a view to reform, the abuses
which impede the salutary working of the Post-office
Establishment. This observation has reference to the
the department gcnerally—nut to
management of

mere details which involve no principle, and sAhicll, if
changed immediately, would only effect a saving of a
paltry salary of a few pounds a year to the nation,
at the risk of starving some 1)0Jr- devil with a large
family, and no other means of support. The great
pint is to make the Post-office responsible to the
[louse of Commons and the country, as ,well for its
internal and external management, as for all losses
incurred by individuals having recourse to it as a safe
medium of monetary transit. Were this great object
effected the lesser .reforms, now so difficult of accom-
plishment, ‘vould follow as a matter of course, and with
comparatively few sacrifices of the interests of indivi-
duals. The responsibility of the Post-office woad
soon remove every objection to the establishment of a
Money-letter Registry-office, on the plan adopted by
Sir EDWARD LEES' in Dublin. For its own sake the
Post-office would take care to prevent the frauds which
now so scandalously disgrace its internal management.
We therefore sincerely trust tliat Mr. WALLACE will
bear this great distinction in the nature of the abuses
to be investigated fully in mind during the prosecution
of his future inquiries ; and likewise, that he will con-
fine himself principally to the reform of an establish-
ment, the evils of which he understands better than
any other Member of the Imperial Legislature.

The Directors of the Bank of England have
promptly and wisely announced their intention of present
ing all bills due on the 9th, on the Bth, in accordance
with the wishes of the public generally, in order that se-
rious matters of business may not interfere with
the grand celebration of the QUEEN'S visit to the
City. Lord Mayor's day will, on this occasion, be a
real holiday.

It will be seen by Mr. O'CONNELL'S subjoined
letter, published in the Pilot of Wednesday last, that
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman asks Lord CLOY-
CURRY to sanction a postponement of the intended
meeting of the Irish Peers and Commoners until the
16th of this month, and the change of place to Lon-
don instead of Dublin :

TO LORD CLONCURRY.

Merrion-square, Nov. 1, 1837..

MY LORD,—On my arrival here, I discover that, under
existing circumstances, it is impossible to have so effectual
a meeting of the Irish Liberal Members of both Ilouses of
Parliament as the all-important crisis of our affairs impera-
tively requires. Not a few of the Irish Peers and Com-
moners, whose presence would be most desirable, arc
already gone to England, and some arc actually on the
Continent. having communicated these matters to your
Lordship, I anticipate the readiness with which you will
sanction a postponement of the intended meeting until the
16th of this month, and the change of place to London.
The Houses of Parliament meet only for formal business
on the 15th, with the exception, in the Commons, of the
election of a Speaker, which will take place on the last-
mentioned day. The Session will not actually commence
the real business of the nation until Monday, the 20th.
We shall therefore have three days to devote to the mak-
ing of such arrangements as ►nay appear best suited to ob-
viate the evil and injustice which the Spottiswoode gang of
conspirators intend, aided as they arc by—to their eternal
disgrace—so large a body of the Parsons of the Established
Church.

I have the honour to be, my Lord, respectfully, your
faithful servant,

DANIEL O'CONNELL.

We have received the Paris Journals of Tuesday
and Wednesday—the latter being the festival of All
Saints was a close holiday on the Bourse. They
bring no news save what is contained in the following
brief extracts :

The Mini sterial Journal of this evening completes the tele-
graphic dispatch which was begun yesterday. We subjoin
the whole :

BORDEAUX, OCT. 20; 6 P. m. A fter the affair of the 11th,
Espartero succeeded in placing himself between the Pretender
and Zariateguy. The latter is pursued by Lorenzo in the di-
rection of Villa Franca, while Espartero, having returned
from Barbcrdillo and Salos de los Ontaria, was on the 18th
marching against Don Carlos, who was retiring by way of
Caboleda to the province of Soria.
While the Government, with the most imperturbable sang
froid thus publishes a telegraphic dispatch a day behind the
'ordinary mail, we receive letters from Bayonne, also dated
the 26th, like those from Bordeaux. They inform us that
64 Carlist battalions, composed of Navarese and Biscayans,
with the Infant Don Sebastian at their head, had arrived at
Estella on the 22d. The cause of this retreat was said to be
the refusal of the troops to keep the field on the other side of
the Ebro. According to the same account the Pretender had
remained with only the old Castillian battalions, and the new
ones composed of deserters from the Christinos, and of the
prisoners who had enlisted under his banner. But another
account says that Don Carlos is on the banks of the Ebro,
about Haro.

The following is an extract from a letter, dated Logrono,
20th ;—" Zariateguy passed the Ebro this morning, at ten
o'clock, at the ford of Revcnga, in the greatest disorder.
General Lorenzo is marching rapidly in pursuit of him. Es-
partera arrived on the 19th at Montenegro, near Villastada.
The Pretender is in the Secrra with four or five thousand men.
Espartero was marching against him. If Don Carlos takes
the route toSoria it is doubtless to proceed toLowerArragon ;
if he turns towards Catahorra it will be to pass the Ebro."
It was also said at Bayonne on the 26th, that the permission
for some Spanish troops to pass over the French territory, in
order to go from Irun to Valcarlos, had been received by the
preceding telegraph. The first refusal, which was yielded to
the arguments of General llarispe, had been communicated by
express to the Carlist Chiefs, by their friends at Bayonne.
OCT. 31.—A postscript to the Sentinclle des Pyrenees of
the 28th, confirms the arrival of Dun Sebastian and Zaria-
teguy at Estella on the 22d, with fourteen incomplete batta-
lions worn out with fatigue, and in a state of the greatest des-
titution. The most numerous of these battalions does not amount
to 300 men. According to a letter from the Commander
of the Queen's army, published in the Noticio, of Saragossa,
of the 233, Lorenzo had passed the night of the 19th at Be-
fordo, and Espartero passed, on the same day, through Mas-
terio, in close pursuit of the Pretender, who was only three
hours' march in advance of him, and had with him only 4,000
men. The same journals believe that the delay of the march
from Madrid for three days is owing to a band of 1,500 men
from Catalonia, which infests the high road, and interrupts
the cc mmunications.

It is affirmed that General Oraa is gone to Old Castile, and
has left Nogueras and Dors() di Carminati near Car.taviega.
General Lopez is appointed Governor of the Isle of Cuba.
—Le Commerce.

Letters from Madrid, of the 23d ult., state that the
QUEEN was about to re-place MENDIZABAL at the
head of the Finance Department. The Cortes were
then engaged discussing the Report of the Committee
on the Quicksilver Mines Contract. The typhus
fever had appeared in the capital.
The following extract from a letter from San Sebas-
tian, dated the 26th ult., is from the private correspon-
dence of a Morning Contemporary. We have no
political news from the same quarter, and, as for the
surmises of individuals, they are really worth nothing
when the subject of them is the future conduct of the
Spanish belligerents:—

The battery at the lighthouse Iguelda was the scene of a
most shocking catastrophe last • night about nine o'clock, at
which hour it was struck by a flash of lightning, accompanied
by one of the loudest thunder-claps I ever heard, by which
one soldier was killed and ten others so dreadfully wounded
and burned that little or no hopes are entertained of their
recovery; many others have been more or less injured; the
building itself is shaken to the very foundation ; indeed I
have never witnessed a sight so horrifying as the remains of the
poor fellow killed presented • the injuries of the ten others
would be disgusting to relate. The most extraordinary
part of this dreadful calamity is, ha the room above
that in which all the Spanish soldiers were injured,
was quartered a detachment of the Royal Artillery
employed upon the works ; and although the men
were scattered about the room, not one was hurt. A store of
thirty barrels of ammunition was also in the same room, and,
most strange to say, escaped, although the lightning struck
within a few feet of the place where the barrels were piled.
Colonel Colquhoun, of the Royal Artillery, who has been in-
defatigable in his exertions from day light to sunset in superin.
tending, and even assisting in completing, the fortifications at
this point, has this morning resumed his labours, and, notwith-
standing the dreadful calamity that has happened, and its con-
sequent injury to the works, together with the present unfa-
vourable state of the weather, the battery will be completed in
a few days.
I am sorry to have to add that Santa Barbara was also
struck with lightning last night. The injury to the works -has
been inconsiderable, but the sentinels have been severely
scorched—there is no danger of their lives, and they have been
placed in the general hospital at St. Sebastian.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, YESTERDAY.-
Thero continues to be a br:sk demand for Cotton, and the
sales to-day are 7,000 bags, at very full prices—say 500
Pernams at Sid. a 91d. ; 200 Bahias 74d. a Bd. ; 1,600
Surats 4d. a 50., and the rest American 6d. a 7/d. per lb. ;
1,500 bags American, and 700 Surats are rather on specu-
lation.

CILVNCERIC COURT.-(THIS DAY)

Th LoRD CHANc..,l,t,or, took appeals aud. lunatic petitior:s
to-ditv, but nothing cf puY.ic interest took plaeo in-61Qut,
ou lierorter leaving.

ROLLS -COURT--(THIS DAY.)

This being the first general petition day, the Mister of the
wp.s occupied the t hiehe rncrning tvith consent petitions.
ROniscuum v. ct.-NNINotiAm.

This petition came before the Court under the following
circumstances. A plantation in Jamaica, v.ith slaves, be-
longed its moieties to Lord James O'Brien and a gentlem-An of
the name of llosford. After the death of Mr. llosford, Lord
James O'Brien li:inf.; one of his trustees and exacutors, ti e
whole estate in 1816 was put up for sale, and sold for 1,800/.
1,300/. WaF pair! on account of the purchase money, and the
•residuo (3,(100/ ) for sorry time rcina;ned unpaid, but was
filially paid by the late Mr. Nathan Moyer Rothschild Mes.irs.
Hindman and Cunoingham, the pu..clizsers, and Lind James
O'Brien and the execu'ors and trustees of Mr. Ilorford,
concurred in conveying the plantation and slaves hy dLed
dated July, 1830. to Messrs. Chatfield and Co., in trnst to
se-
cure 3,0001. to Mr. Rothschild, and subject to that mortgage
in trust to Hindinan and Simes, the owners of the estate. In

1831 those gentlemen became bankrupts, the mortgage of
3,000/. and interest remaining unpaid. In this state of tilings
the Slave Emancipation Act, of the sth and 6th of William
I V., was passed, and the Commissioners under that Act
awar;led between 2 000/. and 3,000/. as compensation fur the
slaves upon the estate purchased by Hindman and Cunning-
ham. The present suit had been unitituted by the executors
of Mr. ROthschild against various persons in Antigua, v+ho
had brought forward claims to this compensation money, and
the object of the suit was to realize the money due to Mr.
Rothschild, and to have those sums of money paid.
Mr. PEMBEhTON, now appeared in support of a petition by
the executors of the late Mr. Rothschild and the trustees of
the mortgagee, praying that the payment of the compensation
money to the defendants might be stayed.
Lord LANGDALE thought the money ought not to be paid
out without notice to the plaintiff; but, of course, any further
order could be male on the appearance of the plaintiffs.