The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-22 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

To-morrow.—Epsom Races.
Wednesday.—Earl of Romney's grand fete, the Moat Park
Ball, at the County Assembly Rooms, Maidstone. Grand
Ball, St. James's Palace.

Friday.—The Duchess of Kent's concert, Kensington Pa-
lace. Earl of Romney's dejeune, the Moat Park.
May 29.—The King's Birthday. Drawing-room. Lady
Domvile's second grand ball, Grosvenor-square.
May 30.—The Duchess of St. Alban's fete champetre,
Holly Lodge. The Marchioness of Downshire's Ball, Ha-
nover-square.
June I.—Grand Ball at the King's Theatre.
June 2.—Mrs. Archer Houblon's ball, Harley-street.
June s.—The Duchess of Kent's second concert, Kensing-
ton Palace.
June 6.—Ascot Races.
June 9.—The Hon. Mrs. Phillips's concert, Hill-street.

June 12.—Mrs. Lucas's ball, I.,ngham-place.
June 13.—Lady Moseley's ball, Portland-place.
June 15.—Drawing-room. Lady Anne Beresford's ball,
Charles-street, St. James's.
June 16.—The Duchess of St. Alban's grand fete. The
Dowager Lady Cooper's ball, Portland place. •
June 19.—Mrs. Russell Ellice's concert, Portman-square.
Mrs. Otway Cave's ball, Park-lane.
June 22.—The last Drawing-roona.
June 23.—Lady Fitz Wigram's ball, Connaught-place.
The Duchess of Somerset intends giving a splendid fete
champetre at Wimbledon Park,in June.
The Ma.quis of Northampton intends giving a series of
entertainments at Castle Ashby, on the occasion of the Earl
Compton attaining his majority.

The Marquis of Northampton intends giving a
series of entertainments on an extensive scale at Castle Ashby,
in honour of the coming of age of the heir apparent, Earl
Compton, in July.
At the Marquis of Anglesey's grand dinner on
Friday last, at Uxbridge House, there were present, the Duke
of Grafton, General Lord Lynedock, General Lord Comber-
mere, General Sir Willoughby Gordon, Hon. General Lygon,
Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Hon. Hon. Colonel Lygon, Sir
Mark Singleton, &c.
His Excellency Prince Esterhazy gave a grand
dinner on Thursday last, at Chandos House, to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Wellington,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Countess
Brownlow, M. Dedel, Baron Bulow, &c.
The Earl of Chesterfield's dinner party on Friday
last was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
Countess Flahault and Mademoiselle Flahault, Lord Rokeby,
Viscounts Castlereagh and Cantelupe, the Hon. Colonel and
Mrs. Anson, Sir R. Gordon, Bart., Lord and Lady W.
Poulett, the Hon. Cecil and Charles Forester.

The Dowager Lady Kinloch entertained select par-
ties at dinner on Tuesday and Friday last, at her house in
Eaton-place.
The Earl of Errol presides for his Majesty at the
grand dinner given at the Clarendon to-day to the members of
the Jockey Club.

It is already known that a pension of 300/. a-year
has been conferred on Lady Morgan. We have great plea-
sure in adding that the King was at the same time graciously
pleased to confer a pension of 2001. a-year on Mrs. Edward
Paley, and pensions of 1001. each on Mrs. Tidy and Mrs. Ca-
meron.

By the death of General the lion. Sir Alexander
Hope, G. C. 8., ohich took place on Friday, at Chelsea Hos-
pital, the Lieut.- Governorship of that establishment has become
vacant, as well as the Colonelcy of the 14th Foot, which he
has held since March 1835. He was one of the oldest of-
ficers in the serviee, having been appointed Lieut.-Colonel
of the 90th Foot so long ago as 1794. Sir Alexander was a
member of the Consolidated Board of General Officers, bro-
ther of the late Earl Hopetoun, and was in his 68th year. Ha
married in*lBos, Georgiana, daughter of Geo. Brown, Esq.
The season for auctions has been greatly retarded
this season. Judjing from our journal this evening, it has
commenced now in earnest. It is conjectured that during the
next six weeks, near 300,0004. of property will change hands
through the instrumentality of Mr. George Robins.
The City of London Tories dine together in a pavi-
lion erecting by Messrs. Cubitt, in the Gray's Inn-road. The
14th of June is the day appointed.
We have great pleasure in stating that there are
ample grounds for believing that the return of Mr. Broadwood
for Bridgewater will be set aside. Personal considerations,
which we trust will be duly appreciated, prevent us from
entering into minute particulars ; but this much we may say,
that nothing short of the legalisation of corruption can secure
the seat of Mr. Broadwood.

Mr. Henry Ellis, half-brother of the Earl of Ripon,
has during the past week promulgated an address to the elec-
tors of the city of Lincoln, asking their support in the event
of a general election, which he thinks not distant.
George Mildrum, schoolmaster, who is now en-
during, a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment in the Barn-
staple gaol, which was passed upon him in October last, for an
assault upon a child eight years old, has written, letters in
which lie wakes a coiriesstua of the murder of his wife, who
died at Southmoulton, some years since, under suspicious cir-
cumstances.—North Devon Journal.

THE SUN, LON DON,

GLASGOW ELECTION.

(From the Glasgow Times of Saturday.)
PUBLIC MEETING IN THE BAZAAR.

Last night, a public meeting was held in the Bazaar, to
consider the course which should be pursued to ensure the re-
turn, at the approaching election, of a true Reformer, as one
of the Representatives of this City in Parliament. The
Bazaar was crowded in every part, and the proceedings of the
evening were conducted in an exceedingly animated, yet or-
dedy manner.

Bailie FLEMING haring been called to the Chair, on the
motion of Mr. Walter Buchanan, said he had not anticipated
the honour they had conferred upon him, when he saw so many
respectable gentlemen around him, better fitted than he was to
ultil the duties of their Chairman, more particularly when he
saw beside him his respected and revered friend Mr. H.
Graham, late Provost of the City ; but he came forward when
called upon by his fellow-citizens, from a sincere love to
the cause in which they were all engaged.—( Cheers. )
He had no doubt they would all join with him in re-
gretting the circumstance which had led to the pre-
sent meeting, and to their being called upon to exercise
so arduous a duty, as that of fixing upon a proper candi-
date for the City representation, at a t;,arie when their spirits
were depressed by the very unfavourable state in which the
trade of the country was placed. But the duty now before
them was of a most important nature, and their every energy
ought to be employed, in order that a man should be sent to
Parliament who could sympathise with the people. Were they
to stand still, with their arms folded, and allow the Tories to
return their candidate, which they were very likely to do. Un-
less the Reformers were active, he would not hesitate to say,
that it would have been better not to pass the Reform Bill at
all. The Tories desired nothing more than to bring them
back to the state in which they were before the passing of the
Reform Bill—they would have them again placed under the
dominion of the landed Aristocracy, who so long enjoyed the
exclusive privilege of legislation. They ought also to consider,
when making their choice, that the unenfranchised formed a
numerous portion of the population, and that a representative
of Glasgow should attend to the interests of that class as well
as to that of the electors. Bailie Fleming concluded by urging
upon the Reform electors the duty of unanimity, and sat down
amid the applause of the meeting.
R. GRAHAM, Esq., of Whitehill, rose, and was received with
most enthusiastic cheering. He said he was ashamed to
appear before them in the situation to which old age had re-
duced him; but he would have felt dissatisfied with himself
had he not been ready to come forward in the cause so long as
he was at all capable.--( Cheers.) It was needless for him
to speak of Mr. Oswald's merits ; they were all well acquainted
with them. He would therefore refrain from dwelling upon
that subject. The duty to which the electors of Glasgow were
now called was to choose, for their representative, one at-
tacked to Reform principles—and, above all, resolved to pre-
vent the return of the Tories to power.— (Cheers.) He had
known the gentleman now to be proposed from his earliest
youth, and he could say that there was not a more stedfast or
a more honest Reformer to be found than Mr. John Den-
nistoun. Mr. Dennistoun was a working man, who would
exert himself for the advancement of the Reform cause,
as zealously as they could wish. Were there any pre-
sent who could look back with him to the year 1793, and
could remember the evils that had been brought on the
country, through the insolence, the corruption, the sub-
serviency, and the baseness of the Tory faction ? It
would be unnecessary for him to speak to such of the tyran-
nical proceedings of the Tories. But to the young he would
say, that fur attending such a meeting as the present, many
had been sent to Botany Bay for life, and some had been there
cruelly murdered through hard usage. He remembered when
Magistrates of Glasgow, all of them tall, athletic men, kicked
out of the public coffee-room an infirm old man, merely be-
cause he had on the day preceding attended a Reform meet-
ing. Mr. Graham then proposed the resolution, and sat
down amid loud and prolonged cheering.
Mr. HEDDERWICK seconded. the resolution with great plea-
sure. He cordially concurred in what had been said by his
revered friend, relative to the unfortunate circumstances which
had led to their present meeting, and he believed there was
not a man in Glasgow but did the same.—( Cheers.) Mr.
Hedderwick then urged upon the electors the duty of con-
centrated efforts. He could not pretend to know much of
Mr. Dennistoun ; but he was convinced that he would be as
firm as any other they could obtain, in urging onward the
Reform interests.—( Applause.) To enter into any compa-
rison of the qualities of Mr. Dennistoun, as a merchant of
Glasgow, with the acquirements—the classical acquirements—
( A laugh)—of young Mr. Monteith, was altogether unne-
cessary. To attempt influencing them by argument, would
also be premature. They would hear Mr. Dennistoun him-
self, and if they were satisfied that he would come up to the
scratch, then they would of course support him.--( Cheers.)
He cheerfully seconded the motion, that Mr. Dennistoun was
a fit person to represent and stand as a candidate for the repre-
sentation of Glasgow.
A show of hands being taken in favour of the motion, a
whole forest appeared; on its being requested that those of
an opposite opinion should express their sentiments in like
manner, a solitary individual was found to do so, and the
Chairman consequently declared the resolution carried all
but unanimously.
On the motion of Bailie CRAIG, seconded by H. D.
GRAHAM, a numerous Committee, composed of gentlemen from
all the twelve Parliamentary Districts, was appointed to carry
the resolution of the meeting into effect.
Mr. ALLAN FIIk.LARTON proposed, and it was carried unani-
mously, that Bailie Fleming should be appointed Chairman of
the Committee, and Messrs. Craig, Hedderwick, and Walter
Buchanan, Deputy- Chairmen.
Dr. TAYLOR proposed that the meeting should send a depu-
tation to Mr. Dennistoun, who, he understood, was not far off,
requesting him to come forward and state his sentiments on
public affairs.
This motion was seconded by Mr. MiGowere, and carried
unanimously, and a deputation was accordingly sent.
Mr. DEN NISTOUN speedily appeared, and was received with
a tremendous shout of applause. Having been introduced to
the meeting by the Chairman, Mr. D. said, it was with no
common feeling of pride, that he found himself called upon by
such a meeting as the present, presided over by one of the
Magistrates of the City, and composed as it was of so vast a
multitude, to represent the citizens of Glasgow in Parlia-
ment. This was at least no hole and corner meeting, and
he could only say, that if by their all but unanimous
vote, the honourable office of representing them in the
House of Commons, was freely and frankly offered,
ho as freely and frankly accepted of it. He had heard
that a requisition to a young gentleman in the Tory
interest was in course of signature ; but if he was asked to
point out the requisition, which emboldened him to stand for-
ward, he would point to this meeting, and say, " You are my
authority." He did not intend to go at the present time
into a detail of his political sentiments. It would be his duty
and his plcasnre to meet publicly with the electors and ex-
plain his sentiments in the most full and ample manner. He
would, moreover, on these occasions be ready to answer any
question that might be put to him, and should he be so fortu-
nate as to be sent to Parliament as one of the representatives
of Glasgow, every vote be gave would bo calculated, so far
as his judgment went, to secure the liberties, to maintain the
rights, and to promote the happiness of the great body of the
people. Mr. Dennistoun concluded by again thanking the
meeting for the honour they had conferred upon him, and by
stating that he would next day issue an address to the electors,
in which he would intimate his acceptance of the call they had
now made upon him.

Thanks were then ♦oted to the Chairman, and the meeting,
which was not only the most numerous but the most respect-
able we ever witnessed in the Bazaar, broke up in the greatest
order.

Copy of a Requisition addressed to Robert Monteith, E sq.,
un., of Carstairs

Glasgow, May, 1837.
Sir,—We, the zidersigned, Electors of Glasgow, antici-
pating a vacancy in the representation of the City, and know-
ing that you have leisure to devote to public business, request
that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as a can-
didate. We are assured that you will support that Constitu-
tion to which this nation owes its greatness—uphold its
integrity, in King, Lords, and Commons--maintain our Na-
tional Protestant Institutions, for the religious and moral
instruction of the people, and promote their extension, so as
to render them more commensurate with the wants of an
increasing population—support all needful and beneficial
Reforms in our Civil and Ecclesiastical Establishments, on
Constitutional principles—and enforce economy in the public
expenditure.
We are, Sir, your very humble Servants.
We are authorised to state that an application was made to
Henry Dunlop, Esq , to become a candidate for the repre-
sentation of the City, but that that gentleman declined on the
present occasion.

Wednesday next will be a day of gladness in " the
land we live in." Throughout the whole extent of his Majesty's
empire the voice of genuine loyalty will congratulate the
youthful Princess on whom the sovereignty of these realms is
expected to devolve, in the regular course of events, on the
happy occasion of her Royal Highness having attained the age
of eighteen— Warwick Advertiser.

A correspondent suggests that, in consequence of
the severe distress at present felt in the silk ribband trade,
white favours should be worn on the approaching anniversary
of the Princess Victoria's birth-day, by the drivers of the omni-
buses, stage-coachmen, guards, &c., in celebration of the day ;
and that gentlemen also, who may dine publicly together on
the occasion, may adopt a similar badge.

We are glad to see, from a letter addressed by Mr.
Steuart, M. P., one of the Lords of the Treasury, to the Lord
Provost, that Glasgow is to be omitted in the general Muni-
cipal Bill for Scotland, and that a separate Bill is to be pre-
pared as speedily as possible.—Glasgow Chronicle.
On Saturday, the 6th instant, thirty-two old water-
men •f Gosport, whose united ages amounted to 2,072 years,
(Collins, a fine sturdy veteran, of excellent character, having
entered Lis 95th year), were regaled by Dr. Quarier at Little
Green, with a capital dinner and good old English cheer.
A numerous assemblage of the friends of the tem-
perance cause, in connexion with the Kendal District Society
for the Suppression of Intemperance, took place at the White-
hall Lecture room on Tuesday evening last.

The Vestry of St. Maglebonne, on Saturday, again
postponed the payment of the demand for the county rates, on
the score that such rates are levied by an irresponsible magi-
stracy, who has refused to hear proof of the inutility and
waste of the contemplated extraordinary outlay' by them of
near 30,0001.
The Poor-law Commissioners have issued an order,
in which they suspend the operation of the Parochial Assess-
ment Act till the 29th of September next.

ONDAY, MAY 22, 1537,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Ithr 20.
IMPORTANT DECISION-COLLISION WITH THE COURT OF

REVIEW.

A highly-important decision on a question of the relative
jurisdictions of the Court of Review and the Court of Com-
missioners was given to-day by Mr. Fonblanque, by which
the Court and the Commissioners have been put in open
and direct collision. The question arose out of the bank-
ruptcy of Benjamin Ridge, who failed in 1825. Mr.
Myers, an asserted creditor, was appointed an assignee ;
but his proof was subsequently struck out, it having turned
out that he bad a mortgage securing to him 6001. Appli-
cation was made to set the appointment aside, which the
Commissioners refused to do, the function of annulling
such appointment resting with the Court of Review. That
Court was applied to, and, in order to set aside the ap-
o'ntment an order was made, referring it back to the Com-
missioner to investigate into an alleged undue preference
by the bankrupt in favour of the assignee and mortgagee.
The Commissioners refused to accept the reference, on
the ground that the Court of Review had all the facts be-
fore it ; that with it was the power to recal the appoint-
ment, and possessing also the power of investigating the
whole matter. The Court of Review was again applied to,
and the order directed to be enforced, one of the Judges
(Sir George Rose) observing that this was not the first
time a difficulty had occurred by the officers of that Court
not executing its orders. The case was on a future day
called on, Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque still adhering to
his determination to take the reference, when the Court of
Review persisted in enforcing the order, Sir G. Rose
stating that if the point was pressed, however perfect it
might be, that Court would enforce its order against the
subordinate jurisdiction by the authority of the Court of
King's Bench.
The Solicitors for the petitioners to-day, respectfully but
firmly called upon Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque to act
upon the order of the Court of Review.
Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said it was unfortunate
for the parties in this case that it should have given
rise to a question of jurisdiction between the Courts of
Commissioners and the Court of Review, but as private
interest must frequently yield to public policy, and as
there was no public policy of higher importance than
the independence of the Judges and the maintenance of
their authority in their respective tribunals, he was
obliged to insist upon a course which would save in-
finite trouble, delay, and expense to future suitors, who
would then, when petitioning the Court of Review for one
species of redress, obtain it in that Court without being ban-
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Judges, and six Commissioners, all of whom were equally con-
stituted members of this Court. The King's letter patent
follows the same course, and, on assuming judicial precedence,
it makes a pause between the Chief Judge and the Commis-
sioner. There was no legal judicial functionary who, by vir-
tue of his office, could step in between Sir G. Rose and Mr.
Commissioner Williams. Was this the relative situation of a
Court andits officers? The Legislature, by express enactment,
appointed officers to the Court of Bankruptcy. The Court
of Review has its necessary officers—it admitted their suffi-
ciency—but, in the same breath, one of its Judges insists upon
degrading his colleagues in the Court of Bankruptcy into the
character of assistants. I deny the right, continued the Com-
missioner—l deny the necessity—l deny the expediency.
Every day's experience (I say it fearlessly of contradic-
tion) convinces the suitors that their best interest is in
the independence of the two branches of the Court, and in
the completeness of their jurisdiction, each within itself. I
am as ready to submit to authority as to resist usurpation.
I am confident that the one will be exercised without insult.
I cannot calculate the boundaries of the other. The sta-
tute does not give to the Court of Review jurisdiction to
send references to the Commissioners, or in any manner to
treat them as its officers. The Learned Commissioner pro-
ceeded to state that the Act did'not by implication authorise
the Court of Review to send such references. These mat-
ters had been discussed among his brother Commissioners,
and upon mature consideration he had come to the conclu-
sion that neither the letter nor spirit of the statute, or let-
ters patent, gave any such power to the Couat of Review
as that which they now assumed. In the substance of these
conclusions he was authorised to state the concurrence of
his colleagues of the Court of Commissioners. It was
painful to complain that an important question of jurisdic-
tion had been treated by the Court of Review as a derelic-
tion of duty, and he must remonstrate against continued
and uncalled-for discourtesy. After alluding to many
points in the case the Learned Commissioner stated that
the order was irregular, and that the Court of Review had
no jurisdiction to send it to him as Commissioner.