The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-31 00:00:00

:EVENING SUN

MEETYiNG 'OF DEPUTIES FROM
ri LE JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
The General Meeting of Deputies Nan the Joint-Stock
Banks of En, gaud, Viales, and Ireland, was held on Friday,
at the Briti.lll Coffee-hcuse, Cockspur-street, Patrick Max-
well Stewar, „ Esq., M. P., in the Chair, supported by Robert
Scott, Eso M.P George Rennie, sq., Al. P., Sir Peter
Laurie,
.ishua v.Valker, Eq., Thomas Price, Esq., and a most
rospeetal ,ie assembly of Deputies.
Afterthe wavert cement calling the meeting I a I been read,
the Ct
„ airtnan requested the lion. Secretary to read the Report
e 'Committee. Oliver Vile, Esq., the lien. Secretary,
"'en re ad the following

the. Committee of DepRE
utiePs re-appointed at the General
?:de eeng of Deputies from the Joint Stock Banks, held on the
idea June, 1840, transmitted a circular, under dale of the 7th
r'iepternber, through the medium of their Chairman, Mr. Pa-
r trick Maxwell Stewart, containing a statement of their proceed-
ings to that pericd. They will now report the proceedings
that have since oc curred.
The Committee,having been informed that the private
bankers had alit Lined a return of the quarterly averages of their
circulation, divit led into separate counties, caused the following
letter to be addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, re-
questing similar information on behalf of the Joint-Stork
Banks:—

Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, 27th Nov., 1840.
(To the Chancellor of tho Exchequer.)
Sir—On the part of the Committee of Deputies from the
Joint-Stock Baa as, I beg you to favour me with permission to
obtain from the Stamp-Office the cuarterly a, eras/es of the
Joint-Stock Fla nk notes in circulation, distinguishing the
amounts in cir c ulation in the respective counties. The object
of the Commi- ; .ee it, to trace the effects of agricultural, manu-
facturing, and mitring operations upon the circulation of coun-
try notes, and .to show that the amounts in circulation are go-
verned by Joe: 1:. sseuses, over which the banks hate no control,
and which are. beyond the influence of the foreign exchengee.
• I have the tumour to be, Sir,
Your most. obedient Servant,
OLIVER VILE, Hon. Sec.
• And to whin; application the following reply was received :
Downieg-street, 28th November, 1840
ansi ver to your application on the part of the Com-
mitbee of Depu ties from tbc Joint-Stock Bank, that I should
give: permission to the Steely-office to furnish them with the
Alum terly avera es of th c Joint-Stock Bank notes in circula-
tion. distieguisl ,ing the mmounts in circulation in the countries,
I beg to state :that I as 'prebend the Chairman of the Board of
Stamp e, " who receives faese returns eoufidere icily, will not con-
sider 11 sir 'self jusfiert in giving such information without an
express: direction iris a the Government, and that I am not
prepay- tto give such direction, considering that returns made
as con i leneal should not be made in any way public except
for the 'information ot! the Legislature or Committees appointed
by the two House Cf:' Parliament.
I I iere you will c el 'fess my regret to the Committee that I
cann at comply with the request made by them.
Your obedient servant.
ver Vile, Esq. • F. BARING.
At—ftte-ersoirnerie ement of the last Session of Parliament the
Corn mittee again sr dicited the atteriion of her Majesty's Ofinis-
ters to the irnperf ections of the Isew as regeeds Banking Corn-
ran; es consisting c rf more than -six persons, a-itl en the 16th
elouary directed: :he following -application to be made to the
Chancellor of the 1 'sac hequer
Arasterloo-pi tee, Pall-mall, Feb. 16, lk 1.
(The Right H on. the Ceatncellor of the Exchequer.)
Sir—The Com: !liaise of Deputies from the Joint-Stock
Rooks bad the hot tour of eummunicating with you in the last
Session of Parham ent upon the defective state of the law with
refereetee to such lo inks, arid they have to acknowledge your
courtesy in procuring the Continuation of the Act which autho-
rized the Joint-Se tele F.anks to sue their own Shareholders
civilly, and in adding; a clause which enabled such banks to sue
their Shareholders veintinally.
Other defects in -she law have recently been brought before
the notice of the pu bile. both in England and Ireland.
In England it has be en decided that a creditor of a Joint-
Stock Bank who has obtained judgment against the public
officer cannot issue eto cation against a Shareholder without
taking further preemset ugs in oven. Court, and it seems desir-
able that the Leg islateare should prescribe some process which
should give a speody remedy to the creditors, without being
oppressive to the individual S'aareho!ders. In Ireland it has
been decided that fee Act coy onisenly called the 'Bankers' Act
(33d Geo. IL, ea: e. 14) is still in force with regard to the
Shareholders in Joint-Stoc*A Banks, a decision which, if main-
tuned, will have t" r-e Incro injurious influence upon the value
of property in tha 1 =ritzy.
Besides these d 3factr„ which have been the subject of legal
proceeding, there ar e other defects, the principal of which were
enumerated in a let .ter addressed by the Committee of Depu-
ties to Lord Mel ho erne, on the 30th January, 1839, a copy of
Which is encloser'',
Had the sugg es tions of the Committee of Deputies at that
hariod been erne° died in a legislative enactment, the evils which
ve since beer. t xprienced could not have occurred.
The Comm tit e, therefore, most respectfully request that
you will have the goodnesS to take measures for obtaning from
the Legislature a general amendment of the law with regard
to Banking Compar ties consisting of mo:e than six partners.
In the in terview with which you honoured the Committee
•-•' of Deputies last Scasion, you stated that you doubted whether
You could attempt any alteration of the law with regard to
Joint-Stick Banks during the existence of the Committee of
the Rouse of Coro-mans upon Banks of Issue. But the Chair-
flan ofehat Coma& ttee has stated that the Committee will con-
• fine its investigriti•ons to the issue of noes, and will in no way
inquire into the law of partnership, and, indeed, it seems obvi-
ous that whatesrer may be the decision of that Committee with
regard to the .circulation of notes, it will in no way remove
those defects of which the Joint-Stock Banks complain. These
defects, are felt .as severely by those Banks that do not issue
totes as by those that do.
The, Committa se of Deputies most respectfully submit these
matters to your consideration, and they solicit that you will
have the kindnmos to grant them an interview, to give -them
the opportunity of 'stating 'more in detail the injurious opera-
ilon, of these defect's in the law to which they have referred.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
OLIVER VILE, Hon. Secretary.
To this letter no reply has been received, nor has any Act
been passed to :remedy the serious evils which result from the
continuance of the Act 33 Geo. 11., cap. 14, as regardsbank-
ing in Ireland ; but it having been found that the enactment
correcting in Ea gland the clergy disqualification which affected
Jeisst-Steele-Bookerded-net exterettolrefand, the Act 4 Vic.,
cap. 14, was passed en the 18th hay last, whereby the law in
both countries on this point is now assimilated.
The Deputises present ut the last general meeting approved
of the nomination of Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart to be ex-
amined by the Parliamentary Committee on behalf of the Joint-
Stock Banks, and requested the Committee to exercise their
Own judgment in selecting such additional witnessess as might
deemed expedient.
The Committee, having had this subject under their mature
deliberation, anti being deeply impressed with the importance
of affording every possible information to the Parliamentary
Committee, resolved to present for examination other persons
connected with various parts of the country, who, front prac-
tical experience, were enabled to give the most conclusive
evidence, and to pia. se unreservedly before the Parliamentary
kmmittee the worlsing of Joint-Stock Banks throughout the
The Committee, therefore, requested Mr. Daniel Robertson,
tanager of the 'National Provincial Bank of England ;
Barnes. Manr.ger of the City and County Bank, York ; Mr.
Manag sr of the Staffordshire and Wolverhampton Bank-
ing CmmPa'ey • Mr. Wilson General Manager of the Wilts and
Corset Thenk ; Mr. Bates, 'General Manager of the West of
England and South Wales Bank, to attend as witnesses when-
over the Parliamentary Committee would receive their evi-
dence; and, to accomplish this object, the Committee directed
te following letter to be addressed to Charles Wood, Esq.,
4•l3se the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee:—
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, 17th February, 1841.
Sir--During the last session of Parliament the Committee
14.12leputies from the Joint-Stock Banks had the honour of re-
questing that Mr. Snicker and Mr. Gilbart should be exa-
.lined on their behalf before the Committee of the House of
Commons upon Banks of Issue.
tee lh consequence of that application it was understood that
_se gentlemen should be examined in the present session,
'lter the examination of those witnesses that might be pro-
posed by the private backers.
tea The Committee of Deputies have now further to request
t, after this examination of Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart,
i:intLH have the kindness to examine the following gentle-
:l‘b-• reartiel Robertson, manager of the National Provincial
vnk of England (London) • Mr. Robert Barnes, manager of
City and County Bank, 'York ; Mr. Hehry Hill, manager
the Staffordshire Banking Company, Woverhampton.
The Committee of Deputies are desirous of producing wit-
Toeses from several districts to show the practical evils that
Zould result from one Bank of Issue. It is the intention of
lege Committee that a their witnesses should be practical
'illekers.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
S. Wood, Esq., M.P. OLIVER VILE, Hon. See.
I to this letter Mr. Wood sent the following answer and con-
:qttently the only persons examined on the part of the Joint-
'kick Banks of England were Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart:-
86, Eaton-square, Feb. 18, 1840.
ke.Sir —.I have had the honour of receiving your letter, 5ug-
......7h9g the names of three other gentlemen as witnesses to be
• -amed before the Committee on Banks of Issue.
itei have no doubt that these gentlemen might afford valuable
Ner'rtnation, but I am sure you will see there must be some
s, to the number of witnesses examined, if we hope ever to
'rig the labours of the Committee to a close.
tth the witnesses on the part of the Private and Joint-
°LlE Bankers in England, the Scotch Bankers, Bank of Ire-
:nd, and Irish Bankers, we have work enough for some teme,
4(1 I Would hope that Iv e may obtain from them a sufficient
amount of local information.
I will, however, bear in mind the names of the gentlemen
kggPssed by you, in case the Committee should think it advise-
ooe in a further stage of their proceedings, to call for further
-",tences Your most obedient,
Oliver Vile, Esq. (Signed) C. WOOD.
es_The Committee have been informed that the Parliamentary
ilee.`'°lnnaittee examined Mr. Hobhnuse and Mr. Rodwell on the
s 'set of the peivrate bankers ; Mr. Wilson, on the part of the Bank
Ireland; M part obert Murray, of the Provincial Bank of
theland, on the pof the Joint-Stock Banks of Ireland; and
at they also examined Mr. Paul Moon James, manager
the Manchester and Salford Bank, and Mr. Wright, a pre-
LLte banker, from Nottineham. The two last-named wit-
qes are connected with !Tanks that issue notes of the Bank of
-*Vend.
• A general meeting of Deputies from the several banks
Scotland was held at Edinburgh, on the 16th of April,
and after adopting several resolutions approving of the pre-
rilt system of banking in that part of the kingdom,
4Pointed a deputation, consisting of Mr. Anderson, of the
oillsnow Union Bank; Mr. Findley, of the Glasgow and
ip Bank ; Mr. Kennedy, of the Ayrshire Bank; Mr. Milne,
Scotland
Dundee Bank; Crosbie, of the National Bank of
Aberdeen ; Mr. Patterson, of the North of Scotland Bane,
erdeen, to proceed to London, to offer themselves for ex-
ss'llnation by the Parliamentary Committee, and to protect
-gQ interests of the banks in Scotland.
`oe Paoli. mentery Committee examined only two of these
-"Posed witnesses—Mr. Anderson and Sir. Kennedy.
cohering the stay of this deputation in London, several of your
tienimittee were in frequent communieation with the respec-
ee". Members, and your Committee have reason to hope that
itgs friendly intercourse will tend to' promote a spirit of union
rni
°lig the c Juint- Ste k Banks throughout the kingdom.
ji,
The •
e, xamination owitnesss from Enand, and, and
tbe and occupied the (Committee duringgl almostScotl the whole of
list Session of Parliament.
tatT
only results that have been made public are the presen-
%to the House of Commons of two reports.
ei0.4.1.1, first report was cone'ned to the object of making provi-
ameo for more frequent and more accurate returns of the average
tee IV of 'promissory notes in circulation payable on demand,
thestile amount of bullion in the Vaal: of England.
n Act (4 and 5 Vic., chap. 5) has passed through Parlia-
Thet ico' these purposes.
the seeoad Report is not at present printed for the use of
take Public, but it is understood to apply only to the evidence
Fr; n before the Parliamentary Committee, which is to be
uted teerew. h.
}?ouVrru,smmit.he'e Pitarliamentary Peports, and front other sources,
so_
o`-'n imittee are led to believe that the project of establish-
iegca e Bank of Issue fur the whole kingdom is not likely to
rned into effect.
A he •
Committee have deemed it expedient to call this general

meeting fir the purpose of presenting their annual Report :
To consider the pri.priety of a renewed application to her
Majesty's Ministers for an improvement of the laws;
To consider, if the Ministers should refuse to interfere.
whether it will not be expedient for the Banks to cause a Bill
to be introduced into Parliament for that purpose, and gener-
ally to adopt such measures a, may be deemed of importance to
the interests of Joint-S ock Banks.
Upon these topics the Committee solicit the instructisns of
the meeting, and they will now close their Report by giving a
statement of the ca•h account :
Balance in hand as per statement, delivered at
the last general meeting......
Paid:
Advertisements, newspapers,
pamphlets, printing, £lB9 4 4
Solicitor's charges .. 5 5 0
Room for general meeting, Par-
liamentary votes, postage, and
petty expenses ...

18 15 3 - 213 . 4 7

Balance remaining, subject to some outstanding
charges tor printing, &e. ............ £7lO 18 10
EDWARD SMITH, Esq. a Direetor of the Sheffield Banking
Company, moved the adoption of the first resolution. (For the
resolutions see our advertising colu us.) He raid the acts of
the Committee had fully borne out the statements of the reso-
lution, and it was gratifying to the Joint-Stock Banks to know
that their affairs were under the constant attention of gentle-
! men of first-rate talents, who, at the same time, received no
kind of compensation. He was sure the operations of Joint-
Stock-Banking in the country were not at all understood in
London. The issues of country banks were regulated by the
state of trade in its district ; aid were a Bank not to issue its
own notes, they would have to issue notes of the Bank
of England, or gold. And it was a fact that the
inhabitants of the country districts preferred notes issued
by banks with whom they, were acquainted, to those
icsued by the Bank of England. If the state of trade demand-
ed an increase of the circulation it would be the height of
folly for a Bank to say—we cannot issue notes because the fo
reien exchanges arc become unfavourable. The Country cir-
culation could not be regulated by the foreign exchanges, but
must be governed by those laws which regulated the trade of
the respective localities.
I'HOMAS Puree, Esq., in moving the second resolution,
confirmed the statement of Mr. Smith, that the notes of local
Joint-Stock Banks were preferred by the people to the notes
of the Bank of England. It was absurd to suppose that Banks
could force out their circulation to an amount beyond what the
wants of the district required.
The CHAIRMAN, in putting this resolution, observed that
he did not anticipate that the latter part of this resolution
would ever be called into operation. It was his opinion that
as Non as Parliament met for the dispatch of business, which,
Le believed, would not take place till after Christmas, the
charters of the Bank of Ireland and of the Bank of England
must come under the consideration of the Legislature, and
then a general law relative to banking companies would be ob-
tained. No Government could refuse to entertain the subject.
This resolution, however, weuldsgive the Committee the power
and the means of fighting their own battles. - -
Sir PEran LAURIE observed that, as the resolution referred
to a letter that had been rent to Lord Melbourne, he was de-
sirms of hearing the letter read. It was accrrdingly read by
the Secretary, when Sir Peter Laurie said that he approval of
every word of it.
ROBERT SCOTT, Esq., M.P., suggested that if the Commit-
tee should be compelled to bring in a Bill of their own, he
thought they should omit any reference to the charter of-the
Bank of Ireland, or to the acceptance of bills by the Joint-
Stock Batiks of London. It was observed, however, by
several of the deputies, that if the Directors and Managers of
the London Banks were to fight the battles of the country
banks, the country banks ought in return to fight the battles of
the London banks.
The CHAIRMAN did not imagine there would be any diffi-
culty in this csse. In the renew al of the Bank of Ireland
charter, proposed by Mr. Spring Rice, the right of. accepting
bills was conceded to the joint-stock bills of Dublin. In fart
there could be no doubt that the Legislature intended the
Joint-Stock Batiks of London to have the rieht of accepting
bills ; for the right of carry ing on banking in London impelled
the right of accepting bills, which was one means by which
the business of banking was carried on. If the Committee
introduced a bill, they would, of course, introduce such a bill
as they wish to be carried, but it would be competent in the
legislature to strike out whatever clauses they pleased, and the
Committee would not abandon the whole bill because some of
the clauses might be lost.
JOSHUA WALKER, Esq., in proposing the fourth resolution,
paid a handsome compliment to else gentlemen who were exa-
mined before the Parliamentary Committee; and Mr. SMITH,
in seconding the motion, observed that to be examined by a
committee of the House of Commons upon such a subject
was a position in which, whatever talents he might possess,
he should not liked to be placed. In reading the examina-
tion, he was strongly impressed with the idea that the ques-
tions were proposed merely with a view to embarrass the wit-
nesses. But no doubt this was a mistake. Of course the Hon.
Members asked these questions merely to increase their own
information, and improve their own knowledge of the subject,
and he hoped they would profit by the information they had
received.
Mr. GILBART, in returning thanks for the compliment, ob-
served that Mr. Stuckey was absent.. in the country or he
would have attended that meeting. The Committee before
which they had been examined, instead of directing its inquiries
into the conduct of the Bank of England 'in producing the
pressures on the money market in 1836 and 1839, had become
an instrument of attack upon the circulation of the country
banks. The banks were thrown upon the defensive • but
although it was not a very desirable position to be called
to answer any questions that might be proposed by six-and-
tWenty men who had previously studied the subject and picked
out the most knotty questions to put to a witness, }et he did
not believe that the cause of the Joint-Stock Banks had suf-
fered in his hands. All the witnesses examined last session
were practical !rankers, and he thought the evidence when it
came out should be purchased by the Banks, and those Banks
which had branches should purchase one for the manager of
each branch, for the funds of a Bank could not be better
employed than in purchasing the means of knowledge and
information for those who were entrusted with the ad•
ministration of its affairs. He thought, too, that managers
should lead the evidence with a pencil in their hands, and
mark those passages which might be applicable to the local
affairs of their own bank, and get those extracts inserted in
the local newspapers for the instruction of the inhabitants of
tire districts. The public press governed the country, and if
we wished to influence public opinion in our favour it must
be by means of the public press. He should be ready at all
times, either as a witness or in any other capacity, to promote
the interest of the Joint-Stock Banks.
Mr. BEACH, in moving the fifth resolution, observed that
as the resolution came into his hands it closed at the word
" communication," but he thought it w-s only an act of jus-
tice to lengthen it by the addition he had made. He had never
known Mr. Vile until he had become connected with this
association ; but the longer he had known him the more re-
spect he felt for the excellence of his character. . His duties
had been arduous, and he had performed them efficiently, ho•
nourably, and gratuitously, and he thought it was due to
themselves that they should present him with some token of
their respect.
This resolution was seconded by Mr. HILL, and carried by
acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN observed that the sense of the meeting was
so clearly shown that it was hardly necessary to put the reso-
lution. He had known Mr. Vile for a long time, and in various
capacities, and he was happy to say that in every respect in
which he had had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Vile he could
not discover anything about him that was vile but his name.
Mr. VILE, in returning thanks, observed that he should have
felt himself amply compensated for his exertions by the resolu •
tion as it originally stood, but the munificent addition which
had been made to it deserved his most grateful acknowledg-
ments. He had undertaken the office of Honorary Secretary
from a desire of promoting the interests of the Joint-stock
Banks, and, although the duties had been in some cases ardue
ous, he had considered that he was discharging a public duty.
He should prevrve the testimony of regard which the meeting
had voted him as a memorial of the services he had been
enabled to perform, and as a stimulus to any future exertions
he might have the opportunity of making on behalf of the in-
terest of Joint-Stock Banking.
The CHAIRMAN closed the meeting by acknowledging the
vote of thanks which had been passed to him with acclamation.
He said that, now he was again in Parliament, he should most
zealously devote himself to the interests of the Joint-Stock
Banks. In his youth he had seen the excellency of that sys-
tem of banking in Scotland. He wished to see that system,
with all its excellencies, and none of its defects, extended
throughout England. He had been the means of extending;it,
and he should certainly never desert it. Among all the im-
portant interests which demanded the attention of the Legisla-
ture, there was none more important than this, and none to
which he should ipt)re zealously devote every energy he might
possess.

:WOOLWICH.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
FAREWELL DINNER TO THE MASTER-GENERAL.

On Saturday evening Lieut.-General the Right Hon.
Lord Vivian, G.C.B. and G.C.H., arrived at the gar-
rison at Woolwich at seven o'clock, accompanied by
Captain J. W. D. Dundas, C.B„ Royal I\avy, recently
Clerk of the Ordnance ; Colonel C. R. Fox, Secretary
to the Master-General; and Captain Vivian, of the 11th
Hussars. to dine with the officers of the Ordnance
corps, as being the last time he would meet them as
head of the Ordnance department. The Officers who
sat down to dinner in the ,splendid mess-room of the
Royal Artillery were all belonging to the Ordnance de-
partment, and to the number of 160.
Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8.. and G.C.H.,
Commandant of the Garrison, was in the Chair, ard
passed a high encomium on the merits of Lieut.-General
Lord Vivian. The Master-General, in returning thanks,
expressed himself in the highest terms of the efficiency
of the Ordnance corps, and added, that for the last six
years he had had the honour of being placed 'at the
head of the department he had found the officers every-
thing he could desire, and 'it was with feelings of no
ordinary kind he appeared amongst them for the last
time in that capacity.

The eveningswas-spent in the greatest harmony, mixed
with regret, as the Master-General, from his uniform
kindness and attention to the interest of the corps, was
a great favourite with the officers.
It is said to be the intention of Lord Vivian to retire
to his scat in Cornwall on vacating the various offices he
holds as Master-General of the Ordnance. Amongst
others his seat as Chairman of the Board of Ordnance,
Colonel of the Royal Artillery, Colonel of the corps of
Royal Engineers. and Captain of the Gentlemen Cadets
at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.

The Duchess Dowager of Leuchtenberg went
to visit the tomb of Napoleon at the Invalides, where she re-
mained on her knees for more than a quarter of an hour, and
was for the vk hole time in rears. After leaving the Invalides,
her Serene Highness went to see the Artesian Well at Grenelle.
Whilst there the Duchess recognised.amongst the employes an
old Sergeant-Major of her Guard, when Vice-Queen of Italy,
named Salton, whom she addressed with great kindness, and
gave him a handsome proof of her benevolence.
A member of the Parisian " moll mob" was
arrested a few days ago while endeavouring to com-
mit depreciations in an hotel in the Rue Vivienne. He was
dressed in the first style of fashion, had alighted from a Ca-
br:olet at. the door, and ran up stairs without being noticed by
the porter. His movements had however been watched by a
person in the house, who communicated his suspcition to the
master, and the man was by them secured while trying to get
into a room, and sent to the Prefecture of Police. On arriving
there he was recognised as a well known thief, named Eugene
L., alias Count de Beauclerc, after whom the police had been
en the 100k-out for some time for former offences. On
being searched, 60 false keys were f and on him i i (400
geld.

The Court of Assize of Lyons has been occu-
pied with the trial of the man named Collet, who, as we men-
tioned in June last, had rtvirdered his uncle, in that city ,and had
afterwards mutilated his body in a horrible manner. Ihe facts
of the case were clearly proved, the pris Iner was found guilty,
and sentence of death was passed on him.
M. Odillon Barrot has been nsmed Presid:nt
of the Council-General of the Aisne.

THE SUN,

REPEAL DINNER TO MR. O'CON-
NELL, LAST NIGHT.

Last night a dinner was given to Mr. O'Connell by
the Repealers of London, at Highbury Barn Tavern.
Mr. O'Connell himself presided. The room was crowded
to excess, and there could not have been less than 700
persons present. On the right of the Chairman sat the
Rev. N. P. Magee, D.D., Dillon . Browne, Esq., M.P.,
Edmond W. O'Mahoney, Esq. ; W. J. O'Neil Daunt,
Esq., Hewitt Bridgeman, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. On his
left sat Mark Blake, Esq.,
Ethe Very Rev. Dr,
Kirwan, Rev. J. Harrington, W. J. O'Connell, and Sir
Valentine Blake, Bart., &c. &c.
On the cloth being removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose amidst great cheering. He said
the first toast they were aware would be the Queena-•
(Cheers)—a toast which at any time required no preface.
At the present moment, he believed, she lived with a
more throbbing interest in the breasts of her loyal sub-
jects, by having be en vanquished by a selfish, sordid portion
of the community.—(Cheers.) She was no longer her
own mistress. She had fallen into the hands of a selfish
faction.—(Cheers.) They might coerce her, but they
never could extinguish her patriotic disposition —(Loud
cheers.) She had been the first Monarch of the House
of Brunswick that really was attached to the liberties of
the people, and above all, she was the only Monarch of
her race that had manifested an affectionate disposition
in favour of her loyal subjects of Ireland.—(Great
cheering.) He gave them, " The Queen, long life and
happiness to her."—(Great cheering.) Bend, `` God
save the Queen."
The CHAIRMAN said, the next he had to propose, in-
cluded in its scope many individuals. They were first
called upon to shew their respect to an exemplary young
gentleman who had the good lortune and the merit to
obtain the affections of our gracious Sovereign.—
(Cheers.) They had next to show 'their affection to a
little young lady, the progeny of the last he had named.
She was too young to have earned any thing for herself
in the way of public alihction ; but if she had as yet pro-
duced no personal virtues, sh had this personal merit,
she prevented a great mischief.—(Cheers.) Her person
was a protection against one. of the worst of human
beings that ever existed, and he only wished them to
reflect,for one moment if at such a period as the present
the sordid aristocracy had it in their power to place the
Duke of Ctunberland on the throne. It was too dreadful
to think of.—(Cheere.) The circumstances of the country
were bad enough now, but what would they be then ?
If such were the case. he doubted if it would remain long
so, There were some that would have a short en t.—(Laugh-
ter.) The next part of the toast was, " The Duke of
Sussex, the liberal patron of civil and religious liberty."
—(Cheering,.) And to that he was directed to add the
rest of-the ateyat Family-resident in England.—(Great
cheering%)
The CHAIRMAN then called on Mr. Hogan to propose
the next toast, " The Repeal of the Union."—(Cheers).
Mr. Hocata then' rose to propose the toast. Ireland,
he said, had confided to him the toast of the Repeal of
the Union. It was for them to join him in the attempt
to dissolve that union which had caused slavery and
penury throughout the land, and it would run on in the
state until there was a Parliament in Ireland, whether
one or other of the fanetions ruled in England. It was
impossible to have their rights developed—to have the in-
dustry of their Sons developed, unless they had a domestic
Parliament—(Cheers)—and unless her chief joined, Ire-
land would remain as she now was. The Liberator
would be powerless unless they supported him, and unless
the real chiefs of Ireland surrounded him.—(Cheers.) It
was by these means alone that they could see him stand-
ing urging the Repeal of the Union.—(Loud applause.)
Band, " St. Patrick's Day in the Morning."—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'GOR3IIN then briefly proposed the health of
Mr. O'Connell.
Met. O'CoNxisaa then rose .and was received with the
most deafening shouts, which lasted for several minutes.
When silence was restored, he said there was but little of
affectation in the readiness with which he declared to
them- that he never felt greater pleasure in addressing a
public assembly than he did then.—(Cheers.) There was
an animating spirit about him. His bosom's lord sat
lightly on its throne. His heart throbbed for the great
battle of the country over again.—(Cheers.) They had
come to the period when there could be no submission to
friends on the one hand or compromise on the other. They
must now have Radical reform from England—reform
to the extension of the suffrage.—(Cheers.) He would
use the words universal suffrage but that it was not re-
quired. Even the Chartist, when he used it, did not mean
what he said, as it would include a certain portion of the
community who, although they were not without •influ-
ence, it was not necessary that they should-have a: vote ; -
but universal suffrage- would
,include•theme and it would
include. the idiot, the lunatic, and the convict, and there-
fore he used the words general suffrage. England re-
quired further reform, and Ireland required the repeal -
of the Union.—(Great cheerinse) He had only been a
Repealer for 40 years, and yet he seemed to himself to
be but just beginning to enter into that career. He had
certainly no antipathy to England or the English ; but
Enfeland had dune more injustice to Ireland than
ever any other nation suffered. There never
was such a history of plunder, massacre, and
wholesale spoliation and deliberate confiscation. He
did not visit the crimes of former days on the present
generation, but there were many hearts in England,
loyal hearts, that blushed for the deeds of their ances-
tors.—(Cheers.) What virtues had the Tories? When
did they ever diminish a public burthen ? When did
they ever refuse to augment the public burthens ? Had
they not incurred a debt of 800,000,0001. 2 They were
economists when the income of Prince Albert was pro-
posed. But he would ask them why they did not begin
with taking off the salary of the King of Hanover?—
(Cheers.) The only instance of Tory economy Was in
that of Prince Albert's allowance,, and then they com-
mitted the crime of personal indignity to the Monarch
on the thione. But they thought fit to give Queen-
Adelaide a hundred thousand a-year. If they were to
propose to increase the suffrage, or abolish the property
qualification, or make the constituencies equal, or re-
duce them to common-sense limite, he would then
say, "John Bull, you are right; these are friends of free-
dom—these are the men who will extend political rights,
and then he would say, John Bull, you are right to cry
hurrah for the Tories."—(Cheers.) But it was the reverse.
Suppose a man was taken up for smuggling, and was
tried before my Lord Abinger, he would • tell him, yon
must submit to the laiv that you yourself have assisted
in making. What would be the use of the man's say- •
ing, "But place your honour's Lordships, I never had a
vote at all."—(Loud laughter and cheers.) But John
Bull gloried in his present position, and the party that
had put 800 millions of debt. on him, and who would
impoverish the people to make the rich richer and the
poor man still poorer—poor indeed. He was reasoning
within common sense—an article very rare in these cli-
mates, for if it were not would the Tories be triumphant?
—(Cheers.) He remembered when he was hunting last
year in Ireland, a young man was in his company Who
was a great romancer, and told a great many lies. He
(Mr. O'Connell) said to a young . friend of his, "If
you can beat that I will give you a premium."
He said he had read the Times newspaper for a whole
month, and he had not discovered a single lie in it.
—(Great laughter and cheering.) It was unanimously
agreed that his young friend had won. But that wager
told the truth for once, for the devil himself would tell
the truth sometimes, and it appeared in that paper that
the late electimaa in England had cost 50 times as much
as any precediffg election. The Tories came forward
with both their hands full, and they emptied the contents
into the pockets of the electors. " Ireland," exclaimed
Mr. O'Connell, " here, oh, here, are you avenged ; your
oppressed, your faithful electors are avenged." I saw
myself a man take 751. out of his pocket., when he was
asked for whom he would vote, and he said, " I never in
the whole course of my life had one shilling of my own
money. I have my landlord pressing for his rent, I can
now pay him ten times over. I could hardly have sup-
posed there was so much money. I got it from the
Tories, and I will vote for Mr. O'Connell."—(Tremendous
cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) never flattered the great
or mighty of the earth and he would speak plainly to
the people. He had risked his existence readily, when
he found the day was against him in Dublin, and, he
was exposed to considerable violence. 134 there is
not a man of them now that does know that he (Mr.
O'Connell) • was right. They were then insti-
gated by a party to mischief. When the Tories
apppealed to the country a cry was raised that
the farmers were in danger, and bread would be cheap.
The landlords will no. longer be able to get in their rents,
and there will be that blessing, they, the children, will
have two slices of bread, insteadof one.—(Cheers.) What
would they now say to the common sense of John Bull ?
They would recollect the story of John Bull and the
Frenchman. The Frenchman was praising his country,
and her arts, and said, "We invented ruffles to the
shirts, therefore our nation is superior to yours." "Yes,"
answered John Bull, " but I invented the shirt."
But now John Bull is shirtless and ruffleless too, yet
still he clings to that party that has made him so.-
-(Cheers.) If any country on earth would be benefitted
by the Corn laws it would be Ireland. He represented
two of the largest agricultural counties.in Ireland. He
was fur liberty, social and religious; 'for freedom of human
actions where they are unstained by crime; for freedom of
human belief where it was sincere in the face of God. He
cared not what colour the human being possessed; he cared
not what dust he was of, whether he was parched by a
tropical sun, or blanched by a northern atmosphere,
or whether he was an inhabitant of the over-populated
cities of China. He was the friend of his freedom.--
(Tremendous cheering.) Such was his political creed.
He need hardly say, he should devote his whole exertion
to Ireland. Ireland had not so many friends that she
could spare to lose him.. It waa the thought of bene-
fitting Ireland that made him young again ; but he was
young enough.—(Laughter and cheering.) Ile had
not spent his youth in intemperance—and now
a green old age had come upon him.—(Cheers.)
He had sat in the Irish Parliament in Dublin.—
(You will sit in it again.) It. was there lie spoke his
first speech, when he trembled to hear his own voice, and
his ears shrunk as it were at his own voice. He was
tolerably well acquainted with it now.—(Cheers.) Ever
since that period. there was not a single principle of his
political life that was not developed in that speech.
(Cheers.) He had changed nothing in his principles, and
if he had changed in his body he had learnt with the
change experience.— (Hear.) Years would soon pass over
him and he should be in the grave.e--(No, no.) They could
riot add one hour to him. Yes, lie soon would be in his
grave, but he would be in the. Irish Parliament first.
—(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for several mi-
nutes.) After that cheer, he could only say with Johnny
" I wish you may be all there to see." In future
he would get the London Newspapers to print his ad-
dresses, and if there should be a prosecution, he would
support it in England. He could stand an English jury,
but he could not stand an Irish one.—(Great cheering.)
His cause was fixed. Ireland had all the qualities to
aite her to :la inde,pea,cht then only
tvl;I; el
she be prosperous. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman
sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The People, the true
source of power,"

COURT CIRCULAR. •
‘,:moNDAY-.—LordsMelbourne, R. Grosv-enor,
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INDSOR V
A. raget, I. lamas Hill, and the lion. James Howard,
left the Cast le this afternoon.
The Queen and Prince Albert took th eir usual moral ng's
walkthe afternoon went out for a drive,
]terl!ulje and in
styandh is Royal Highness .in a pony phmton, the
Prince driving, • the Earl of Fing-all and Colonel Wylde
attending on 1- ter,vbeek, and the Duchess of Bedford,
Lady C. S. Coc • k end the lion. Miss Cavendish occupy-
ing a phaeton.
Her Royal 11 ighness the Piii.deestf Royal was taken her
accustomed airi
His Royal I figliness the Duke of Cambridge returned
to his reside') ce at Kew yesterday, At a visit to the
Duchess of G• .oucester, at Bagshot Park.
Vfrcoant T Lelbourne arrived at his resideetee in South-
street )iest ere Lay afternoon at half-past threeejelock, from
a visit to ii er Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The . James Carlisle, and the Rev. Robert Vaughan
had an int 7 Lrview with the Marquis of Normanby yester-
day at the Home-office. The Earl of Gosford, and Mr.
Wallace, M had also iiittivfews with the Noble Mar-
quis at the i Tome-office yesterag,p
Sir Robert t•Peel lett
.his residenm in Whitehall-gar-
dens at half-, last twelve o'clock yesterday for Windsor
Castle to have nit audience of the Queeit. .13efore leav-
ing town the Right Honourable Gentleinuit 'visited the
Duke of Wellington at Apsley House, and bul a long
interview witl t the Noble I)itke. Sir Robert an.ived at
Windsor Cas Je in an open carriage shortly before four
o'clock, and had an audience of her Majesty. 'Ole
Riot Hon. 3aronet remained at the Castle until five
o'clock, aul then took his departure fur town, arriving I
in White]] all.-gardens at seven o'clock last avaniux.
Her Maj esty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his
Serene Hit;. 'mess Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthall,
and attendee • by Lady Frances Clinton, Lady in Waiting,
the Hon. Cat %Air le Boyle, Maid of Honour in Waiting ;
the Earl of L'w thigh, Sir Andrew Barnard, the Hon.
Captain Edvt :.rd Curzon, and Sir David Davies, left
Marlborough House, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, •
for the termi ins of the Birmingham Railway Company •
in Euston-sq aare. Her Majesty and suite left by a spe-
chit train fur Sudbury Hall.

M URDER AT BRISTOL.
BRISTOL, Auc. 30.—Some considerable excitement
has been z 'elf, in Bristol for the past two days in conse-
quence of the death of a young man named Hopper,
who it appears was stabbed in one of the public tho-
roughfares of the city on Thursday night last, as was al-
leged without any- provocation.
The inquest 0n..-the body was held at two o'clock this
afternoon, before .1114: J. B. Grindon, Coroner for the
city and county, and a respectable jury.
The Jury having adjourned to the vaults of the Infir-
niary to iew the body, were then sworn, and having re-
turned to the inquest-room, the following evidence was
taken :
Joseph. Higga, of Ellbroad-street, deposed—l have
seen the, prisoner before. (The report strangely omits
the nam of the prisoner.) Have just examined the
body, Iv hich I know to be that of William Hopper.. He
was a. •eabinet-maker. On Thursday night last, about
ten ra inutes before twelve o'clock, I with the deceased,
had just come out of the Crown and Mill Tavern,
Castle-mill-street. We were standing in the road, wish-
i a-;• each. other good night, when the prisoner came
/ay and shoved against me. I asked him why he did so,
:and he made no answer, on which deceased said,
" Yen had better go on, young man," to which the pri-
soner replied, that the first man that came near him
should be a dead man under his feet in a moment, and
he put his hand behind him, and reached something
from his pocket like a pistol, but I do not know what it
was. He walked on, and we followed him. It was in
.our road ; but it was with the intention of giving him
in charge of a policeman, if we saw one. We followed
him up to Philadelphia-street, and through it towards
Tabernacle-street. There is an entry there, and the
prisoner began to run at the corner of it, and Hopper
followed him, he being the foremost of us. In almost
a moment we heard the deceased, Hopper, cry " Murder,"
on which we went into the alley, and about four yards
from the prisoner's lodgings we found deceased standing
against the wall ; he had his hands against his bowels,
and said, " I am a dead man." I saw the prisoner
enter one of the houses in the alley, but cannot tell
which. A policeman came up, and he went into the
house and apprehended the prisoner. He took him away
to the station. I stayed, supporting the deceased.
Hopper, the deceased, did not strike the priscner.
They did not fall down. I don't know what they did in
the alley.
William Thomas corroborated the depositions of the
'preceding witness. Saw the deceased leaning against the
wall with his hays before his bowels, crying that he
was stabbed. The prisoner knocked at the door of his
lodgings and went in. In a few minutes a policeman,
No 67, came ; he obtained an entrance into the house,
and brought out the prisoner in custody ; the deceased,
the moment he saw him, said that he was the man who
stabbed him. The last witness and myself were perfectly
sober, the deceased was a little affected by beer, but was
able to• conduct himself properly. I think the prisoner
was a little intoxicated.
Police-constable, No. 67, George James—l was on
duty on Thursday night in St. Paul's. In consequence of
hearing the cry of "murder," I proceeded to Tabernacle-
row. Saw deceased standing against the wall and holding
his belly. Got access to the house where the prisoner
was, and took him into custody. He said (on being
charged with the offence), " I am the man that did it.'
On reaching the station-house, the prisoner was searched.
The knife now produced was found in his waistcoat
pocket.(there_wris not any marks of blood on -
Mr. J. Harrison, 44, Park-street, one of the surgeons
of the Bristol Infirmary—l first saw the deceased about
ten o'clock on Friday morning.
I examined his wound.
I found he had a punctured wound four inches below the
navel, and a little on the left side ; the wound had been
previously dressed. He died about eight o'clock on the
Saturday morning. I have examined the body ; the ge-
neral appearance of the body externally was healthy ;
there was a wound about fi)iir inches below the navel, of
which wound he died.

Daniel Burges, jun.—l am a clerk to the Magis-
trates of Bristol. On Friday, the 27th instant, I went
to the Infirmary with one of the Magistrates, Mr.
Wood. We went to the bedside of one William Hop-
per, the deceased ; the prisoner also was present. An
oath was administered to the deceased. The deposi-
tion I produce is signed by Mr. 'Wood, in my presence,
and it bears the mark of the deceased, who was in
too much Fain to write. The deposition is—" I was
talking to a man named J. Higgs, at Merchant-street,
when prisoner came up and said I knew nothing about
it, some words ensued, and he struck me down. I never
had any words with him,. nor did I know him. I followed
him into an alley in Tabernacle-street, where he stabbed
me with a sharp instrument. -He said previously that
he knew me, and could soon settle me ; if I said any-
thing, it should be the last I ever spoke. I never
struck him or gave him any provocation."
The prisoner declined saying anything.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, who was then
committed for trial.