The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1839

RAILWAY ACCIDENT, and STOP-
PAGE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION LINE.

STAFFORD, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—Between three and
four o'clock this morning, an accident, attended by some
injury to two locomotive engines, and the total stoppage
of the Grand Junction Railway line, occurred at the
Bridgeford station, four and a half miles distant from this
town. The night had proved unusually stormy, and the
rain, which tell in torrents, had so increased the water in
the course at the top of the cutting above the level of the
line, as to cause it to burst its boundary, and to run down
the .cutting with terrible force, carrying with it a krge
quantity of loose gravel, which collected upon the line,
and ultimately formed a mound upwards of eighteen
inches high upon the rails. Ahout the time stated,
the luggage train from Birmingham, propelled by
two engines, came along the line at the ordi-
nary speed, twenty-five miles an hour. Both en-
gines ran on the mound, and, being thrown off the
rails, ran across the opposite line. They sank to a consi-
derable depth in the sand, and were so placed as to form
a complete barricade across the whole width of the railway.
Fortunately no person received any injury. This may be
attributed to the sand, in which the engines became em.
bedded, breaking the impetus, so as to prevent anything
like a heavy shock. Some short time after this event the
London mail trains up and down arrived at the spot. Sig-
nals were made, and both trains were stopped in time to
prevent the mischief that would undoubtedly have ensued.
The bags were transferred from one train to the other,
and after about an hour's delay were despatched by two
extra engines. This was provided for by an ar-
rangement at the Warrington station, it being the rule
there to despatch an engine in search of the trains,
whenever they become half an hour overdue. The Harpy
engine left Warrington at a quarter to six o'clock, and
at seven o'clock Mr. R. S. Norris, the resident engi-
neer at Warrington, followed with another engine and
a gang of men, provided with the apparatus neces-
sary to meet every contingency. Mr. Norris passed the
Harpy engine, bearing the down mails, at Crewe, and he
arrived at the scene of the accident shortly before nine
o'clock. He found the two six o'clock trains there. The
first step taken was to transfer the passengers and their
luggage from one train to the other, a work which took
considerable time, but which was done with all possible
celerity. The half-past ten o'clock train arrived soon
after, and the passengers were all safely transferred from
that to a train of empty coaches, which had been sent
(loan for the purpose from Stafford, in which they were
forwarded to Birmingham. The removing of the sand and
the placing the fallen engines upon the line, was the next
thing that engaged Mr. Norris's attention. Great activity
was displayed by the labourers, and by half past twelve
o'clock, Mr. Norris had the satisfaction of seeing both
lines quite clear, since which time the trains have been
passing and re•passing as usual. The damage done to the
cutting and engines is trifling, and will be replaced at the
cost of a few pounds.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT. )
A serious accident occured. to the up-train from Bir-
mingham to London yesterday, about half-past one o'clock,
about four miles below Coventry, through the neglect of
one of the police, whose business it is to shift the points.
In consequence of his placing them in an improper form
the train was turned off the rails, and a dreadful smash
took place; the engines and fire of the carriages ran off
the rails and turned over; the engine run into a ditch ; the
carriages were smashed to pieces, and several persons seri-
ously hurt. The guard was jammed between two of the
carriages, and remained in that state for about 20 minutes,
and it required the assistance of a number of the work-
men with their crow bars and axes to break up one of
the carriages before he could be extricated. One gentle-
man received a dreadful fall on the head and face, and was
otherwise severely bruised ; he was conveyed to rim Co-
v,ntry station. Several ethers received very severe bruises,
and two ladies were also much hurt. The accident caused
a delay of two hours and a half. It is to be hoped that the
authorities will make a strict inquiry into the cause of the
accident, and that if blame is attributable to any one, an
example may be made, as a warning to others belonging to
the establishment. If the accident had occurred on an
elevated part of the line, the whole of the train would have
ran off the road and the consequences might have been
most dreadful; but, fortunately, it was on a level with the
lands adjoining.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE Ws

CITY, T WEL VE O'CLOCK
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.--We have
no alteration to notice in Cotton to-day, the sales arc 2,500
to 3,000 bags at yesterday's prices.
The arrivals this morning are the French Mail, ship-
letters from Valparaiso, Barbadoes, and Rio Janeiro, South
Australia, 9th March, and Launceston, 25th March, and
Mauritius, all old dates.
The Dutch mail has arrived with papers to the Ist ir,st.
bringing the Dutch prices from Amsterdam of the 30th ult.,
Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 54 15.16; Five per Cents.,
102 7-16.
On the eve of the Stock Exchange being closed yester-
`erday afternoon, a notice was posted at the Bank as fol.

Lows :

"BANK OF ENGLAND.
" At a Court of Directors, held, Aug. 1, 1839 :
" Resolved, that the rate of interest on Bills of Exchange
and Notes, discounted at the Bank of England, be six per
cent. from this day."
No doubt the above measure, taken on the part of the
Bank Directors, was in consequence of the precious metals
being still exported. It will also have an effect on the
Cotton Market at Liverpool, causing the prices to recede.
We apprehend the most weight it will have will be in the
United States, on which subject there are various
opinions. The well-informed on the affairs of the
United States express their opinion that the increased
rate of discounts to six per cent. will not cause there
a more serious evil in the Money Market, than on
their hearing of the increase to five.and-a-half per cent.,
for before the above notice can arrive out the panc
and mischief, to its full extent, is expected to have
taken place. By the returns which have been made,
it appears that during the period from the 25th and the
31st July, silver coin has been exported to the amount of
265,260 ounces, and in bars 22,353 ounces; gold coin
2,280 ounces, and in bars 2,390, most part of which has
been sent to China and the colonies.
The Notice from the Bank has not had the least effect
on the British funds this morning.
Consols, which closed heavy at 92k, sellers for the Ac
count, opened this morning at 92* buyers, with little
doing as yet; Exchequer Bills, 14 15; India Bonds.
nothing done ; Bank Stock, 182 183; India Stock, 2511

In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal at pre-
sent. Spanish Active, 19+; Portuguese, 311- 32+ ; Three
mexicon, 294 ; Belgian, 1034; Danish, 75 76 ; Dutch
Colombian, 32+ 1- ;
per Cents., 20k; Brazilian, 781. 79+ ;
Two-and-a-Half rcr Cents. 544 i ; Five per Cents:
1032. -a.
etclOES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 182% , India Stock per Cent. Red. 92 % Ditto Bds —
pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. 9l 7f;i % 2 lii ' South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent — : Old Annuities Ditto Red. 13054 100; New Ditto ,
New 3y per Cent
New
5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, .£l,OOO ... 12 5 in.
Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ........... ... 500 ... 14 10 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860 l4si; 7-16 'Ditto Small 14 1,?. 15 pin.
Oct. 10, 1850 . 1401 Ditto Commercial par
Jim. 5, 1560 14 I -16 Ditto Advertised ..... P.'.
Jan. 5, 1680 - Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ...
Jan. 5. 1870 -- Congos for Account
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCF .
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
I) tto Account
Columbian Bonds 11 31/i I
i Ditto Account —
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, 18Q4
Ditto Account 32 ~.a" ,{ Ditto Account. I9,AM
Danish Bonds
i Ditto Account 1 Den rred 8 ,I,
Greek Bonds —l French, 5 per --- -

r rencn, 5 per cent, f. —c
_...cto Bonds, 1825 ....... .... 4 per cent.
Ditto Account — --- 3 pee cent. -
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. i ---- Exchange. 255. 40-,
Ditto Account ..... ......... Dutch, 254 per cent. 54.i
Ditto, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account 5 I 7,;,
Ditto Account 993(,141 Ditto, 5 per cent
Neapolitair — Ditto Account..." .
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY Al' ONE O.CiocK,
Paid. Per Share.
London and Southampton:......
HALF PAST ONE.
Up to the present hour the raising of the discount by
the Bank Direction has not had any effect on the British
Funds. Consols remain steady at 92k, alternately buyers
and sellers. About 55,0001. Exchequer Bills have
been sold, not by the Government: brokers. Part cf
them were disposed of at five shillings premium, at the
same time they were at seven shillings, but the Banknotes
were wanted immediately by the sellers ; another part of
them were sold at eight ;billings.
We understand that a bill was discounted yesterday by a
first-rate bill broker in the City, of 36,0001. at the rate of
eight per cent.
Consols for Money, 901; Exchequer Bills, 12 15
India Bonds, nothing done ; Bank Stock, 1824 ; India
stock, nothing done.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 19i I; Pas-
sive Bonds, 4A-; Portuguese, 314 ; Three per Cents.,
204-; Colombian, 301; Mexican, 29i; Dutch Two and-a
Half per Cents., 54i; Five per Cents., 103/.
No further arrivals, or any reports to communicate.
The Hamburg snail is still due.

A foulness of the Teeth is by some people as
le r,:garded as it is easily removed; but, with the fair
sex, with the polite and elegant part of the world, it is
looked on as a certain mark of sloth ; not only because it
disgraces one of the greatest ornaments of the countenance,
but the smell imparted to the breath by dirty teeth is dis-
agreeable to the patients themselves, and extremely offensive
to others in conversation. To remedy these evils, and to
prevent their taking place, is recommended Rowland's
Odonto ; which, as an embellisher and preserver of the
Teeth, and consequent promoter of comfort and attraction,
is certainly the first Dentifrice of the present age.
Mr. BURKE'S NEW PEERAGE AND BA-
RONETAGE, FOR 1839.—The new edition of Mr. Burke's
" Peerage and Baronetage," which has just appeared,
forms one of the most splendid volumes of its class that it
has ever been our lot to notice. The work has under-
gone the usual searching revision, which precedes the pub.
lication of its successive editions, in the course of which
more than 10,000 additional names (the collateral con-
nexions of the Peerage and Baronetage), have been ob-
tained and inserted, so that almost every one, however re-
motely allied to the hereditary rank of the kingdom, is now
included. The genealogical researches of the author in
furtherance of his other works, more especially of the
History of the Landed Gentry, opened new sources of in.
formation to him, which in this impression of the Peerage
and Baronetage, have been amply profited by. The New
Peers and Baronets, also, will be found fully detailed.
Amongst the embellishmants, this new edition is particu-
larly distinguished by an emblazoned title. page, designed
and executed after the fashion of the ancient Missals, and
comprehending the badges of the different orders of
Knighthood, &c.

BIRMINGHAM RIOTS.

WARWICK ASSIZES

(Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.

THURSDAY EVENING.
This being the day appointed for the trial of the par-
ties concerned in the late riots and destruction of pro-
perty in Birmingham, at an early hour every avenue
leading to the small and inconvenient Court in which
the Crown business was transacted, was crowded with
persons anxious to obtain admission. By the judicious
arrangements of the Under-Sheriff, Unit, Esq., ample
accommodation was provided for the gentlemen con-
nected with the London and Provincial Press, who made
almost as formidable an array as the Gentlemen of the
Bar. The galleries were occupied almost exclusively by
ladies, among whom we understand were Lady Dormer,
Lady Poulett, and several other ladies of rank. Several
of the Birmingham Magistrates were also present. At
a few minutes past nine o'Clock Mr. Justice LITTLE-
DALE having taken his seat, the doors were thrown open
to the public, and in a few minutes every corner was
occupied.
A considerable portion of the time of the Court was
occupied by Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE delivering an
opinion on an application that had been made by Mr.
Miller on the previous day, relating to a road question,
but the details were not of any interest.
Jeremiah Houtel, 34, Francis Roberts, 26, John
Jones, 21, Thomas Aston, 15, and Henry Wilkes, 21,
were indicted for that they, on the night of the 15th of
July, did, riotously ani tumultuously, assemble to the
disturbance of the public peace, and did, with others,
demolish, destroy, and pull down the house of James
and Henry Bourne, grocers, of High-street, Birming-
ham. In a second count the house was laid to be the
property of Humphrey Pountley, and in a third
count they were indicted for " beginning to demolish."
The prisoners, on being asked in the usual form
whether they were guilty or not, replied—Not guilty,
with the exception of Thomas Aston, a young lad, who
appeared to have received some wounds on his bead.
He pleaded guilty, but on the nature of the offence being
explained to him, he said he had referred to some
thing lie had taken out of another shop, above that of
Mr. Bourne. A plea of not guilty was then recorded.
The prisoners were again indicted for feloniously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James and
Henry Bourne, and stealing therefrom B,ooolbs. of tea,
of the value of 2001. ; 20,0001b5. of sugar of the value
of 7001. ; forty chests or canisters, and other property.
The prisoners pleaded not guilty.
Mr. DANIEL said he had an application to make on
behalf of Henry Wilkes, who had just pleaded. He
was committed on the 18th July, for a misdemeanour,
by two Magistrates of Birmingham, Mr. Shaw and Mr.
Lawrence. rhe offence was alleged to have been com-
mitted on the 15th of July, and until the indictment had
been read, he was not aware that he was called upon to
plead to a felony. When a person was committed by a
Magistrate, he had the opportunity of hearing the evi-
dence to be brought against him, that he might know
if innocent what defence he should have to make, and
that was a most merciful provision of the law. That
opportunity, however, the prisoner had not had.
Another advantage of such a course of proceeding was,
that the prisoner and the Court might have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the depositions that bad been made in
the first instance, and comparing them with the evidence
given to the Jury. He was now aware, for the first
time, from the officer of the Court, that the charge
against the prisoner was a capital one, although he bad
hoped that the offence of " beginning to demolish" had
been, by the humane temper of the times no longer a
capital offence.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt it his duty to interfere.
The Learned Gentleman was not entitled to make a
speech.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE--What is the nature of
your application ?
Mr. DANlEL—Either that the trial should be post-
poned, or that the Court should direct that the legiti-
mate means of defence should be placed in the hands
of the prisoner, as if he had been tried at any other
time. He complained that the prisoner, who had been
committed on a misdemeanour, which might affect his
purse or liberty to any extent the mercy of the Judge
might deem fit, was now brought up upon a charge
affecting his life. By the 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. xxx.
s. 8, which included a variety of cases; " beginning
to demolish," one of the offences with which the pri-
soner was charged, was a capital offence, although the
actual firing was not. If the depositions made, in the
first instance, were unadded to and unaltered, he had
no objection to the case being proceeded with.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was about to oppose the
application, when
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said he had never heard of
a case of felony in which the prosecutor was obliged to
put his evidence into the hands of the prisoner. How-
ever, he had no objection to allow the case to stand
over till the Learned Counsel had an opportunity of
seeing the indictment and making an affidavit.
Mr. MILLER made a similar application on the be-
half of John Jones.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL bad no objection to the
Court consenting to the application, it being understood
that the postponement would be merely for a reason-
able time to prepare an affidavit. He believed the
other three prisoners in the indictment had no counsel,
but he thought the best way would be to allow the case
as against all the prisoners to stand over.
Mr. DANIEL then applied for leave to look at the in-
dictment, and the names of the witnesses on the back of
it, which was acceded to. After the lapse of about a
quarter of an hour,
The affidavit of Henry Wilkes was put in and read.
It set forth that he had been committed on the 18th of
July, on a charge of misdemeanour on the evidence of
witnesses, and that he was now called upon to plead
to two indictments for felony, of the circumstances of
which he was utterly ignorant. That he had employed
counsel to defend him against the charge of rnisderne-
nour, but there being now 17 witnesses for a prosecu-
tion, with the particulars of which he was altogether
unacquainted, and of the nature of the evidence in
which he knew nothing, he believed if the trial was
postponed, he should be able to show that he was not
guilty of the felonious portion of the charge, and he
therefore prayed a reasonable postponement.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no objection to accede
to any reasonable application for postponement, when
good grounds were laid before the Court. There were
some new enactments with respect to cases of misde-
meanour, by which copies of the depositions and of the
names of the witnesses were to be furnished to the pri-
soner, but these enactments did not apply to cases of
felony. No special grounds had been alleged by the
prisoner to take his case out of the ordinary and general
rule. If he had alleged the absence of any material
witness, that would have been a good ground for post-
ponement, but he saw nothing in the affidavit to entitle
him to the postponement.
Mr. DANIEL thought the very circumstance of her
Majesty's Attorney-General being present took the case
out of the ordinary course. In cases of high treason
politics were taken into consideration, and the law threw
its safeguard around the prisoner. It was said that
because the absence of a material witness was not alleged,
the application must be refused, but if the prisoner
(who deposed that he was entirely ignorant of the cir-
cumstances of the case) bad dared to perjure himself
by stating that a material witness was absent, he would
not have been entitled to any credit from the Court.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said it appeared the pri-
soner had been committed for a misdemeanour on the
evidence of six witnesses, and had been furnished with
a copy of the depositions. He was now indicted for a
felony, and there were seventeen witnesses on the back
of the indictment ; and whether these seventeen wit-
nesses might all be applicable to the case of the priso-
ner Wilkes, or to some of -the others, he (Mr. Justice
Littledale) did not know. However, he would give the
prisoner the benefit of all that. It seemed he had in- ,
structed Counsel to defend him from the charge of
misdemeanour, supposing he would be tried for that
offence ; but he being now indicted for a felony, it was
urged that the course of the defence would be different
from what it was originally intended. It did not ap-
pear to him that the general body of the defence was
so far varied as that the prisoner should be taken to be
entirely ignorant of its nature, so as to have it post-
poned to the next Assizes ; but it seemed but just, as
the defence might be somewhat varied to give the pri•
loner reasonable time to s!ttape it, as for all he knew it
might be necessary to do so, and he would therefore
postpone the. trial till to-morrow.
Mr. DANIEL suggested that it should be put off till
Saturday, as the prisoner would have to send to Bir-
mingham.
Mr. Sergeant GOULEURN suggested that they should
now go on with it.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think the Learned
Sergeant had any right to interfere until the Court had
decided what should be done in the present case.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said, under all the circum-
stances, he thought it wouild be better to postpone the
case, both of Wilkes and Jones, till Saturday morning.
The ATTORNEY-GENERA L said, as no application had
been made for postponeme at, on behalf of the other
prisoners, he proposed that they should now go on
with the case.
The Clerk of Arraigns said the two boys, Gaven and
Acton, were also indicted for larceny.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said it wasrather out of
the ordinary course to take a common offence when the
parties were charged with a greater one.
Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN—They are both minors
(pointing to the prisoners, two little boys, one of fifteen
and the other twelve years ol(1). Parturiunt mantes,
et nascilur ridiculus mus.—( Minch laughter.)
Mr. DANIEL—But, de minim is lex curat.—(Renewed
laughter.)
Mr. MILLER said there wr.re several cases which
they were ready to go on witb , and there were others
which were not prepared, at id that these were the
cases that the Attorney-Get ieral was most desirious
to try, and those which were prepared he would not
take. The cases that had beim postponed, for anything
he knew, might be found in the same situation on
Saturday as they were at. present. He thought the

Attorney-General should have taken the cases in the I
order in which they had been placed, and which had been
understood. Relying on that arrangement, the very
parties which the Attorney-General was so de-
sirous to press on were not consequently pre-
pared. It would be proper, certainly, that
the Attorney-General should state what were really
to be his arrangements, and what he meant to do. He
(Mr. Miller) was engaged for Fussell, and was going
to make an application, and the Attorney-General was
actually going out of Court when the application was
about to be made. This was not customary, unless
sonic purpose was intended, and common decency re-
quired that a reason should be assigned ; and on the
part of Fussell he would insist on the necessity of the
arrangement being named.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think that any
one could say that he had not done everything
that he could be expected to do. He had left
it in his Lordship's hands. He had not
been aware that any particular arragement had existed.
He should have no interest in the matter beyond that
of discharging his duty as an officer in her Majesty's
Government. He knew of no trials that were to come
on to-day but those which had been named, the cases
of Howell, Roberts, Jones, Preston, and Wilkes, and the
usual course was to try all felonies first, and then to try
misdemeanours. He had expected that the persons
charged with pulling down and destroying would Iliac
been tried to-day, and that might have occupied the
whole day, but that had as unexpectedly gone off. It
was the general rule to try felonies first, and
then misdemeanours, and so had his Lordship
decided. There could arise no great inconvenience
from pursuing the usual course. He believed that he
was the individual that would suffer the greatest incon-
venience ; but that he did not regard—he was ready to
make any sacrifice ; and he would leave it to his Lord-
ship and the public to judge whether or not he dis-
charged his duty. He was not prepared to go on
with any of the cases that had been alluded to to-day.
He had considered that had been acquiesced in and in
that belief he was withdrawing from the Court. He
would have been very well pleased to remain, for he
had no doubt he would have got a deal of
valuable instruction from his Learned Brethren ;
and he might have heard some more jests, whether well
or• ill timed he did not mean to say, but having come to
this conclusion as he had understood it, he concluded
that his presence was not now wanted in Court. He
regretted that he was leaving, for it was peculiarly in-
convenient to him, and the public time was wasted, for
while the discussion was going on and occupying the
time of the Court, the trial might have been finished.
Under these circumstances, he hoped he would have
his Lordship's permission to withdraw, and he would
be prepared to go on with the cases of Collins and Lo-
vett in the morning.
Justice LITTLEDALE said be did not think he was
entitled to call on the Learned Attorney-General to
go on with the cases of felony, as it was the usual prac-
tice on Assizes always to dispose of the cases of felony
before the cases of misdemeanour were tried.
Mr. MILLER made a few observations.•
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, said he would
be prepared to go on with the misdeineanour cases to•
morrow, and he would do everything in his power to
meet the convenience of every one.
METR

OPOLITAN BEER-SELLERS

_ -
The fourth anniversary dinner of the Metropolitan Beer-
sellers Protection Society took place last night at High-
bury Barn Tavern, Islington. Upwards of eight hundred
persons sat down to dinner in the large hall, and we were
informed that three hundred more were accommodated in
an adjoining room. Mr. Warburton, M.P., had consented
to take the chair, but in consequence of that Gentleman's
absence, occasioned by his Parliamentary duties, Richard
Bacon, Esq., an opulent brewer, carrying on business at
Twyford, at the request of Mr. Bishop, the Secretary to
the Society, presided.
The cloth having been removed, 11' on Nobis Domini
was sung, after which
The CHAIRMAN rose and said, he was certain every one
present must sincerely and deeply regret the absence of
Mr. Warburton, because that gentleman had proved to
them an able and sincere friend, and his reek and station
in life would have given that weight and importance to
their meeting, which he was sure under his humble influ-
ence would not be imparted it. But Mr. Warburton was
attending to the business of the country in his place
iii
Parliament, and under these circumstances he was sure
they would permit that gentleman to draw largely and li-
berally on their kind feelings.—( Hear, hear.) He (the
Chairman) had been called on at a moment's notice, and
had consented most reluctantly to occupy the important
post of Chairman, and therefore he was afraid he should
require, in no small degree, their indulgence. i Their
worthy friend Mr. Warburton, in the letter which he bad
sent to their excellent Secretary, and which contained a
sufficient excuse for his absence, stated that " on account
of an unexpected discussion in the House of Com-
mons upon a matter in which I have always
taken part, and which stand for the first opening
of the sitting this evening, I am prevented attending your
meeting. I have, therefore, to request you to supply my
place, and at the same time to assure the gentlemen as-
sembled how ready I shall always be to afford them my
assistance whenever they may be unjustly assailed in Par-
liament, and how desirous I am, by giving them and their
property every reasonable legal protection, as a necessary
consequence to add to their respectability."—(Cheers.)
Custom and courtesy always introduced at every meeting
of Englishmen the health of her Majesty the Queen; but
he was sure those present would not drink her Majesty's
health with any such cold calculating feelings, but with
the most cordial and lively feelings of loyalty.--( Hear,
hear.) It was the boast of Britain that the Queen reigned
over an empire on which the sun never set, and the mer-
chants of which were pi inccs, but England could now
make another boast, which was that her young and lovely
Queen held undivided sway over the best feelings and
affections of a happy, contented, and loyal people.--
( Hear.) He would therefore propose " The Queen."
The toast having been drank with all the honours, and
the National Anthem having been sung,
Mr. APTED of Reigate, proposed the " Health of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal
Family," which was drank with enthusiasm.
Mr. LARCIIIN, of Richmond, said he should have
felt great hesitation in taking upon himself to
propose the next toast, were it not that he
felt the moment it was named, the response to it would be
such as to require little eloquence from him to recommend
it. He could not forget that it was her Majesty's Minis-
ters who had stood forward boldly to protect the interests
of the beer sellers when attacked in both Houses of Par-
liament.—(Cheers.) To them he was sure every one
present must feel he owed a debt of gratitude for the man-
ner in which they bad been protected. He would, therefore,
without further observation, propose the " Health of her
Majesty's Ministers."—( Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with three titres three.
Mr. Wells sang a comic song in such excellent style
that lie was unanimously called upon to mount the table
and furnish the company with a second edition of it.
Mr. BISHOP then rose, and was received with the most
enthusiastic applause.' The toast he had to propose was
one that would he responded to with the most grateful feel.
ings. In the cause in which they had embarked they had bad
to struggle in nn uncommon degree.—(Hear.) In the
early part of this year the Chairman of the Worcester
Quarter Sessions, at the expense of the county, sent to
every Magistrate throughout England requesting that
they would do all in their power to annihilate the beer-
, sellers, by abolishing consumption on the premises so as to
render the trade not worth following. A certain class
of persons thought that was a very convenient opportunity
to follow up the attack and to endeavour to re-
duce the beer-sellers so low as to prevent them
seeing the Ist of August.— (Hear, hear.) Means were
also taken by one, who in former times was looked upon
as a man to whom the working classes were much indebted,
to ruin the beer-seller. Henry Brougham had rendered
great services to the poorer classes, but Lord Brougham,
the moment he became a Peer, lost sight of the comforts
and the protection of the people.—( Hear.) Lord Broug.
ham had said that " if a few firm measures were adopted
the sinking vessel would be entirely lost, and the crew
left to the waves." But when he (Mr. Bishop) looked
around him that day, and saw such a formidable and
numerous " crew" present, he thought that Lord Brougham
had as little true prophecy in him as he had law.--
(Cheers and laughter.) The first Bill Lord Brougham,
who professed to be an experienced lawyer, brought in,
had such an informality on the face of it, that it would
have been a dead letter. But the beer sellers had been
fortunate enough to obtain friends in both Houses of Par-
liament, so influential and so zealous in the cause, that
even Lord Brougham himself, at a late interview which
the Committee had had with him, said, " Do you think I
will send niy Bill to the House of Commons to be scouted
by them, when they have declared by a ma-
jority of sixty, that they would not entertain
the principle."—(Hear.) This victory, however, had not
been achieved without a great deal of trouble; but the
trouble was nothing as compared to the success--(Cheers)
—and the idle boast of the Magistrates, that they would
sweep the Beer Act from the Statute Book, had entirely
fallen to the ground. The House had given leave for the
introduction of Mr. Pakington's Bill, but with the distinct
understanding that it should not interfere with the con-
sumption on the premises. They had many influential
friends in Parliament, and one gentleman bad said—" I
know nothing of the publican--I care nothing for the
beer-seller, but Ido care for the public. The public
have a right to be served, and if the medium through
which they are served is shackled by restriction, andem,-
braces a spirit of monopoly, it is my duty to correct
actuatedectthat.s
—( Hear.) Indeed, that spirit appeared to have
aaolldthadeivroferaietenddsthine Pcaaurgleiaomfetnhte,wbheoerhsaedllesors.z—eal(o.Huseayr,ashaseistred)
rHeceeid from several :Members would now reael extractsferroa of Parliamentwhichmletters
who h
had beenad
been invited to attend, but who, from unforeseen events,
had been prevented conferri‘nogotihdatmheoontoioun, wasrupon tfhreommeoente-
ing. The first letter he i
who, from his property and
oifn
the u
aristocracy—that influence, mig
ht be considered
was
setrhed
as moving in the first ranks
Marquisof Westminster. That Noble Lord in his letter, saide
" Believing the beer-sellers to have been unjustly attacked,
I made my humble efforts to save them from unmerited
spoliation—l trust with some success. I wish with greater.
Though at a distance from the scene of social merriment,
on the first of Aegust, I shall not forget to drink hesalth
and prosperity to the party assembled on the occasion."
The next letter was from that respected gentleman who
had occupied the station of Chairman of the Committee
that was appointed to inquire into the Beer-laws, and who
must necessarily have had abundant means of judging
how far the laws had worked well or ill. He said
" I was glad to find that our efforts were successful in
resisting what I always thought an unfair attack upon.the
capital and industry invested in the beer trade."--( Cheers.) j

EVENING EDITION'!„

The next letter was from the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer—( Loud cheers)—who sai " It would give him,
great pleasure to reflect that hed, had been the means of
putting the trade on what he considered a just and fair
tooting."._( Hear, hear.) Mr. Briscoe, formerly
Member
for Surrey, and a man of the
greatest integrity, in his
letter said, " I can assure you that my vote
on this and
every question has been guided by a sense of justice and
a rtgard to the welfare of all."—(Cheers.) Manyother letters had been received, but he (Mr. Bishop)
nould not detain the meeting by reading them. The
Licensed Victuallers, in the early part of the Session,
had come forward in a manner most uncalled for, unkind,
and untradesmanlike, but they forgot that nearly 17 out of
20 of them had embarked in the business since the Beer
trade had commenced.—( Hear, hear.) The licensed Vic'
tuallers sought to be relieved from their competitor.
in trade at the expense of the public, but the motto °f
every one engaged in trade ought to be " and let
live." The publicans thought, because they happened to ha"
a trade in their own hands, that they had a right to cotiae'
tinue it. When the hackney-coach proprietors bad the
rule, and the public convenience called for an alteration, did
they step forward and say to Parliament, " How dare you
sanction the use of any public conveyance but our coaches
Fire and Life Insurance Offices had been long established,
but the publicans instituted one for themselves, and thereby
interfered with an interest then existing.—(Hest.)
He did not not complain of this—they had a right to do t
but what be mentioned it for was to sh°o
that they could not after that, with a very gvo4
grace come forward and say, "do not suffer the beer
sellers to compete with us in trade." Again they bad
started steam-boats, and had tried by reducing the rates
to outrun old companies; and he (Mr. Bishop) recolleMea
one of their committee saying the sea was the highway °f
the public, and they bad a right to walk on it.'";
(Hear, hear.) That he admitted, but while they claimedthat right themselves, let them not be
unchart"
table enough to endeavour to prevent others avail
themselves of Hear, hear.) Again the licensed
victuallers said, " We consume a lot of glass and we gill
manufacture it." They had accordingly established
company for that purpose. He did not deny their right ,„
do so, but what he would say to them was, do not, after a"
these acts on your part, be so uncharitable as to say " You'
the labouring classes, shall not havea pint of beer without
we serve it you."—( Cheers ) He had therefore 5b
there was a host in the field ready to crush,
them if they could, but he thought the license':
victuallers would find the razor which they had sharpeoe
o
for others throats would cut their own, and perhaps a little
deeper too than they would like.—( Cheers and laughter')
He would now come back to the more immediate purple
for which be had risen, namely, to thank their Parlie
mentary friends for the encouragement and support thef
had given their cause—a cause in favour of which the!
had nothing to urge but public usefulness, although the
toast which he was about to propose related entire!!
to their Parliamentary Friends, yet there was an indivP
dual whom he could not pass over, and who had dote
as much for the beer trade as any one, he alluded te tie
respected Mr. Barber Beaumont. That gentleman, seeilig
the hostility so zealously waged against the beer-shett ass
views wrote to Lord Melbourne, and stated 11.
views on the subject. He told Lord Melbourne tbas
lie was the owner of thirty-two puhlic.houses, but Oss
he had a less number of beer.houses on his estate,
and that he had watched the progress and working
of the beer bill, and was satisfied it was a
public benefit'
It was principally through Mr. Beaumont's exertions ths'
a Parliamentary Committee had been obtained, to ici.'„l
quire into the licensing system, and he bad proved
it was so fruitful of abuse, that to use the word,,
of Lord Brougham—no " floury" Brougham—that o'er;
an angel the owner of the House, as well as the sign'
could not be improved.—( Hear, bear, and laughter.) "
had also described the Licensing Magistrates as "Pewter'
pot Justices," and " monopolising brewer's hacks.
%*
( Cuminued laughter.) lie would conclude by proposiv
the health of their Parliamentary Friends. He was ex'
tremely sorry they had not present those Parliament° I,
Friends who were kind enough to accept the invited° I
the Committee had thought it their duty to send in retg
for their kindnc se, but the same reason that prevented LUr,
Warburton attending had kept the other Members away!
Unexpectedly a discussion had been fixed for that evenierl
in the House, in which they were deeply interested. "'a
ever, they had their assistance, and he regretted they het'
not their presence.—( Cheers.)
The toast was drank amidst the most enthusiastic ar
plause.
Mr. KYNNERSLEY regretted the toast he had been requestel
to propose had not been entrusted to some one compet!nk
to do justice to it. He felt great diffidence in addressing
so large an assembly of his fellow-countrymen, but the'
toast he had to propose was one in which the brewer, the;
seller,and the consumer were alike interested--namely," The'
Metropolitan Beer-sellers' Protection Society." That ,
ciety was established in 1834. Persons who had then env'
barked their capital in the beer trade, felt that they had ema'
barked it in a business that was surrounded with difficulty
and dangers. They felt the necessity of uniting them--
selves into a Society for their mutual protection, and be
believed the formation of that Society was principaitY
owing to the exertions of their respected Secretary.-7
(Cheers.) For the information of those who might ont
be aware of the particular objects of the Society be would
mention that they were—
"l. The general protection of the Trade, whenever
its interests are effected by any measure under the con-
sideration of the Legislature.
" 2. To provide, and be, a focus of useful information'
available to subscribers.
3. To protect its subscribers in the lawful exercise
of their trade, particularly against vexatious annoyance* '
by common informers; and to secure their property from
petty depredators.
" 4. To raise a fund, from which to allow temporary •
or permanent assistance to members of the trade, or to
their widows and orphans—provided the member has sub-
scribed not less than three years to the funds of this So-
ciety."
He believed most of those present had seen the neces-
sity of such an association, because since the establish-.
ment of the beer trade, not a Session of Parliament bad
passed without some attempt being made either seriously
to cripple the few privileges the trade possessed, or en-
tirely to annihilate them.—( Hear, hear.) The Society
had, if it had done nothing else, prevented an immense
amount of mischief being inflicted on the trade.—(Hear,
hear, hear.) But they need not have any appre-
hension, as the public were with them, and upwards
900,000 signatures had been attached
to petitions Pre-
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who have been zealous and active, an had proved theme
selves " friends indeed." Delegates had been sent
from various towns to London, for tbe puptobsee
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responding with members, and had proved himself worthy
of their thanks. They had also present several delegates
from Bristol, Birmingham Ashton-under-Lyne, Brighton' '
Boston, Bllston, Bradford, Horncastle, Huddersfield,
Hyde, Leeds, Halifax, Macclesfield, Reading, Sheffield,
Spalding, and Wolverhampton, all of whom were equally
entitled to their thanks. Ile therefore gave the health of
" Their Country Friends."—( Cheers.)
The toast having been drank amidst great applause,
Mr. SEFTON returned thanks. He considered the coo:
bination of the licensed victuallers was one of the n'
unprincipled, the most impudent, hard-hearted and unfeel-
ing that was ever entered into by one body of men against
another.—( Cheers.) What made it more disreputable and
disgraceful was the ground on which they bad entered
on their crusade against the beer shopkeepers, naming the.
ground of morality I On that ground had the publicans of
England ran their tilt against them. Why he (Mr. SO
was surprised on first coming to London to find the gin
palaces were crowded at eleven o'clock on a Sunday fore-
noon. He was surprised that Members of Parliament,
with the scenes before their eyes of drunken disorder
among the mass of squalid wretches that visited
the gin-shops, should think of putting down !he
humble but convenient and comfortable place at which
the poor man might obtain necessary refreshment.—
(Cheers.) He could not find words to express the disgust
he felt at the conduct of men who, while they talked of mo-
rality, nphold the fountains of vice, immorality, wretched-
ness and poverty.—( Cheers. )
Mr. Cox said it was his pleasing duty to propose the
health of a gentleman, whom he was sure they would all
feel indebted to for his kindness in consenting to take the
chair, and for the excellent and enlivening manner in
which he had presided over their festivity.—(Cheers.)
The toast was then drunk with great applause.
The CHAIRMAN thanked them for the hearty manner
in which they had drank his health, and for the kindness
with which they bad borne his sins of commission and °milk
Mon. He had hoped in the early part of the day that Mr.
Warburton would have been able to have attended, for he
would indeed have been happy to have accepted the Chil-
tern Hundreds, and to have given up his seat to that gen-
tlem(Laughter.) But when another anniversary
came round (and he had no doubt they would have
another and another, and another—aye—even a cente-
nary.)—(Cheers)—he hoped to have the pleasure of
seeing Mr. Warburton as well as several other of their
valuable friends present.—( Cheers.) He (the Chairman)
felt a deep interest in the progress of the Society. It
was a Society established to
prevent oppression, and that
was the safest and best way of redressing grievances.
He thought the licensed victuallers had found they had
caught a Tartar, and he did not think they would bear
much more of them.--( Cheers and langhter.) He bad
no doubt the day was nigh when the beer-sellers would
obtain their just rights. They asked for no favour or
affection.—( Hear, hear.) Under Acts of Parliament
they had employed time, labour, capital, and industry.
and all they wanted was fair protection and a fair return.
--(Cheers.) They did not shrink submitens bet
they would not willingly and tamely to to
sion.—( Cheers.) No class of men had been so in
both in person and character as those connected with the
beer trade.—(Hear.) Lord Brougham had said that e
few cracked pots, and a few second-band pipes, constituted
the stock of d beer-seller.—( Laughter, and a cry of" That
shows his ignorance.") He (the Chairman) could show
my Lord Brougham brew-houses which it would take ell
faith b
his pension to purchase.—(Loud cheers.) Houses bad
erected, and leases had been purchased on the
of Acts of Parliament, and all he desired was an open
beer trade.—( Cheers.) Let them consider bow it of
fected the revenue. The present Ministers had at first
taken it up as a revenue question, but when they came to
sift into it they found the beer-sellers were an injured and I
a calumniated class of men. There were persons connected
with tire beer trade, who would not, either in point
of property or respectability suffer in a comparison even
with Lord Brougham himself.—(Loud cheers.) He di .
I .
not like personarities, but if a warm or a fly were trod cm,
it would turn ; and he would tell Lord Brougham