The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-27 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

FRIDAY EVENTNG.—The Chartists in this neighbourhood
are likely to get themselves into trouble by the proceed-
ings which they are now adopting. They have been dis-
tributing a number of printed papers, purporting to be
copies of an Add, e-s from the Working Men of Manches-
ter to the Middle Classes, and the language used in the
concluding portion is of a most improper description. The
object of this paper is to procure subscriptiow, and when
the papers are called for the answer of the shopke, per to
the application for money is carefully noted down in a
book carried by one of the party. Two parties, named
Tilman and Hutton, the former, secretary to one of the
' Chartist Associations, were brought up before the Borough
Magistrates to-day, charged with going from door to door
in this manner to obtain money ; but, as the shopkeepers
were afraid to appear and_ give evideilce, they were dis-
charged.
Metings have been held by the Chartists every night
this week ; and this evening the Ashton Tradys are to
meet fur the purpose of appointing a committee of public
safety. Five men were apprehended in Ashton on Mon-
day, charged with aqemptit,g to extort wohey from the
shopkeepers, by going in a body with a board, inscribed—
•° We are R illliufi to work, but cannot starve," They
were discharged with a reprimand.

DEATH OF GENERALLORDHOWDEN,G.C.B

We regret to announce the death of that higrly re-
spected Officer and venerable Nobleman, General Lord
Howden, in the 80th year of his age. Lord Howden was
almost the senior General in the Army ; was first Knight
Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Bath, and
Colonel of the 43r1 Regiment. His Lordship had served
with great distinction in various parts of the world. 11,
was Quarter-Master-General in Ireland during the whole
time of the rebellion, and was severely wounded in a re-
pulse of the French. He commended a battalion of
Grenadiers at the taking of the West Indian
islands, and afterwards a division in the Egyvisn cam-
paign, when he received the order of the Crescent of the
first class, fr•im the Sultan, as an acknowledgment of his
services. lie was appointed, in 1804, Commander-in.
Chief in India, and afterwards Commander of the allied
Envlish and Portuguese forces, at the commencement of
the Peninsular war. His lordship was subsequently Go.
vernor of the Cape of Good Hope, and Governor of Gib.
raltar. As a senator, Lord How den was moderate in his
political opinions, but an advocate of Liberal principles,
and steadily supported the Whigs in Parliam. eft. Hr
married, in 1799, a daughter of John Earl of Clanwilliam.
and is succeeded in his peerage and estates by his only
son, the lion. Col. Caradoe, Equerry to her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of K-rit, and military attache to her
Majesty's embassy at Paris.
DEATH OF SIR ISAAC COFFIN.—It is with
much regret that we announce the death of Admiral Sir
Isaac Coffin, Bart. This event took place at Cheltenham
on Tuesday evening, the 23d inst. The gallant officer
was fourscore years of age, Navin; been born in 1759. and
was within three of being at the top of the list of Ad-
mirals, his commission as Admiral of the Red having been
dated 4th of June, 1804. He was aG C. H., and had
distinguished himself in his profession on various oecii.,
sions, during an unusually long career. fie had formerly
been in Parliament, where he constarely paid much atten-
tion to naval matters, and not unficquently in a style
lastof
facetiousness that relieved the subj, et of its dry techni.
cality. His charity was extensive ; and within the
few weeks he remitted an additional an d
liberal donation
to the Royal Naval Charity, " for fear," as he humorously
s hiis wind and f
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married to Elizabeth
Browne, daughter of W. Greenly, Esq.
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read publicly. The meetings have been continued during
the week, and on Wednesday evening, there wore nearly
3,000 people congregated, all of whom returned quietly to
their nerve s at the conclu,ion of the reading.—Nottincham
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