The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-28 00:00:00

Tilt SUN, .LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 1841.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Om 26.—The weekly meeting of Repealers
took place to-day in the Corn Exchange; Mr. M'Clelland
in the chair. =

When Mr. O'Connell entered:the meeting, which was
very numerously attended, lie was loudly cheered as the
new Mayor. Amongst those near the Chair was an
eastern Prince, attired in the. costume peculiar to his
country, whose appearance attracted, much attention. His
name is Conaschi courzetchelli, and' he is about to visit
the mansions of sOnie noble fainifies in this country.
Several letters from AtheAcalitlie read—from Brooklyn,
enclosing 40/. ; from Quebec; enclosing 50/. • •
Mr. O'Connell moved. the insertion on ,the minutes
of the document from Cadadal.and expressed his de,.
light that the Canadians could' be admitted to mem-
bership in that • Association, .as they ,were. British
subjects: Their American.. friends, although _not ad-
missible as. members, could co-operate with Ireland by
sympathy, by their contributions, and by forming public
opinion in their favour. As a British legislator, he had
always voted against every oppression sought to be in-
flicted on Canada, and in favour Of any measure brought
forward,' for her relief, hilt the moment. her inhabi-
tants had the folly and wickedness to resort to arms, he
ceased to interest himself in their behalf. Had they
kept within the limits of the law they must have been
successful, but'when they attempted force.they.found the
British too power/T.l with bayonet and cannon, and were
put down as. they deserved: to be.. His secret was to be,
always in the right, and never to violate the law.—•
(Cheers.) He was, therefore, glad of the opportunity Of
making a marked distinction between the maniac strug-
gles of Papineau and, the peliCeful agitation in which he
(Mr.-O'Connell) was' engaged.--(Hear, hear.)
Two other communications from America were then
read by the Secretary ; one from Philadelphia remit-
ting 2001., the other from Boston enclosing 1004 which
were received with vehement cheering.
,Mr. O'CoNNELL said, that lie would close the corres-
pondence from America for that day by reading a letter
from Judge Doran, of America, and he pledged himself
that one of the first letters which he would despatch from
the Mayoralty-house would be one in reply to him.—
(Cheers.) The generous sympathy of their friends in
America overpowered him, and' he wanted language to
express his gratitude. They had received by that day's.
post no less a sum than 350/. ; and it was not, therefore,
surprising, that grateful thankfulness to America fur
Munificent•contributions should be the prevailing senti,
ment throughout Ireland.=—(Cheers.) He sincerely
hoped that nothing would 'occur to sever the bonds now
existing betweenirishmen and Americans, Anil that the
" vexed spirits" at both sides of the Atlantic would be
quelled by their mutual good sense. He had read with
the deepest horror and disgust a' paragraph in the Times,
in which the writer had the audacity to threaten the
great American nation. IleAsia the unpardonable
impudenee and audacity to strive to bully 'and terrify
a people amounting in number to 17,000,000. What
was this writer's object ?—evidently to-foment a war be-
tween the two countries.—(Hcal,iheirr.) It was a most
traitorous document—injurious to 'the country—men-
acing blood and war—dangerous to ~the. throne, and
inimical to national liberty throughout the world. Was
the man insane enough to fancy that his paper thunder
could terrify the noble American people ? He might
as well think of frightening s.okliere with a pop-gun, or
beating back a regiment of grenadiers with the squeak=
ing of a child's penny trumpet.--(Laughter and cheers.)
There was a pride about republicanism-- for the Repub-
lican had no master—which was apt to be exaggerated'
and to lean to irritation and excitement. This the `Times
knew well, and intended nothing biat mischief in sup-
porting the Tories by articles like that to which he- re.-
ferred. • However, they would meet with no sympathy from
Irishmen. Irishmen would never enter into an insulting
crusade against the Americans. They would continue to
obey the law and support the Tkone,; but at the same
time, and above all, they Would' hold' firm' attitude of
defiance towards that miscreant faction the Tories, and
their lying, villanous, and insulting organ, and show' that
the harmony between Britain and America could notbe
disturbed. Was it not enough that the TOries.had a pre--
ponderating influence in both Houses, and controlled
the Queen—a power obtained by depriving the operative
of cheap bread; by giving the aristocrat two slices of the
loaf without reserving a morsel for the poor man? Was
England insane? Was her destruction coming on, and
was that insanity indicative of her approaching dissolu-
tion? . He hoped sincerely that,the omen might be false,
and concluded by moving the insertion of the letters frorn '
America on the minutes.

Several communications having been read; •
Mr. O'CONNELL again 'rose, and said, that he should
move that the meeting at itS rising should adjourn until
that day week, because on Monday they would be en-
gaged in'electing the new Lard Mayor.—(Cheers.) He
congratulated= the citizens 'du ':the triumph which .had
been achieved, and announced that out of fifteen Wards,.
the Radicals had obtained eleven. With regard to, the
triumph-.they obtained, he called on his fellow-citizens
to rejoice and be glad.—(Cheers.)s4 They had cause, but
still though the old Corporatioe, was the most robbing,
jobbing, peculating one that evfr eAisted, they would
forgive them now— they would bury iE in the "Devil's
Pit," where the Tipperary boys buried the tithes—they
were gone, joy 'be with them.—(Laughter.) There he
was now Alderman of two Wards—(Cheers)—and
Member for two counties ; but what he liked best—there

he was a Repealer.—(Cheers.) But the most disgraceful
means were employed against them. Some said, " Vote
for the Government candidates ;" otheri said, " Will you
vote for the Papists ;" and Mr. Alexander Ferrier moved
the influence of the Bank of...lreland against them. They
threatened, bribed, worried, vexed, ,harrassed, and yet
they were defeated, and he would be the first Magis-
trate in the first City of his native country, and he would
use his beSt exertions to be patient-and impartial in
performing the duties of his new officd—in exercising it
with a total absence of sectarian or party strife or fa-
vouritism—and with the sole view of lessening the bur-
thens and increasing the franchise of his fellow-citizens.
--(Cheers.) No person should expect of him to show
favouritism to cast or creed. He loved his friends—he
t 0
00rfgoarvge themeivhisan
enemies,la ata se
and he was tter humour
The meeting was adjourned to this day week.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCUSATION

OF ROBBERY.
WINDson, WEDNESDAY.—The ~Mayor and Magis-
trates of this borough have been engaged during the last
four sittings of the Bench in investigating a charge of
alleged robbery brought by a lady named Sarah Anne
Gwynne, the widow of the late Colonel
,G Wynne, re-
siding in the Lower Cloisters (Windsor Castle), against
her servant, whose house, it is gtated,hwas robbed be-
tween Thursday night, the 14th instant; and the follow-
ing morning, of various articles of jewellery, consisting
of a gold chain and bracelets, a large gold cross studded
with garnets, a locket containing a portrait of a General
Officer set in enamel and pearls, portrait-of an infant in
a double gold case, pearl and brilliant brooches, a large
star of rose diamonds, gold rings and seals, cornelian
necklaces, &c.

The proceedings occupied the time of the Magistrates
on Saturday, the 16th instant, and the following Tuesday
and Friday, and also yesterday, when they were brought
to a close.

It appeared that upon the accused, Maria Anne Hea-
ton, the servant of Mrs. Gwynne (and who had been in
her service for two or three months, having been engaged
by her at Jersey), going down stairs on the morning
after the alleged robbery, she discovered that a rosewood
writing-desk, containing the above-named articles, was
missing from the drawing-room, She immediately in-
formed her mistress, who was in bed, of the circumstance.
Mr. Gillman, the superintendent of Windsor police, on
examining the premises, felt confident that the house had
not been broken into. The cellar was then minutely
searched by the police, but no portion of the missing pro-
perty was discovered. A pair cof new pincers, however,
were found upon the ledge of the cellar-windciw. In the
course of that day (Friday) the, .a,eensed, Maria Anne
Heaton, having been suspected of eing concerned in the
robbery, and treated unkindly by her mistress, she stated
to Mrs. Gwynn° that she would not gs to bed that night,
and went to the police-station and gave herself up, with.
out any charge having been preferred against her.
On the following morning (Saturday) a woman
named Roach, who had been sent for to assist in the
household work at Mrs. Gwynne's, saw, upon going into
the cellar to draw some beer, the missing writing-desk.
The girl Heaton was then taken before tha Magistrates
that afternoon.

It appeared, on examining the marks upon the desk
which had been broken open, that it had been forced
by means of the end of the pincers found in the cellar ;
and there were found to be missing the greater portion
of the jewellery above described. The prisoner was then
remanded until Tuesday, when, after examination (during
which nothing was elicited to criminate her), she was
again remanded till Friday last, when Mr.Williarns, bar-
rister-at-law, and Mr. Martin, the solicitor, attended for
the prosecution, and Mr. Voules for the prisoner.
Mrs. Gwynne was then cross-examined by Mr.Voules,
and the substance of her evidence Was as follows :—The
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prisoner has only been out of the house two or three
times since she has been with me in Englanda.s
discover
theme de) msi
hd
ed
again
seemed
until
nf
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uneasy, ( t
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h e
wasa dayo
found,
hnd, and she would rathera
would not serve
go to gaol, and return when the thief or desk was disco-
vered. I thought it very extraordinary, if she were the
thief, she had not taken another desk, which contained
my money. Several of my friends, including Mr. Wil-
liams, the barrister, searched the cellar during Friday,
but they did not find the desk, which was discovered
there the next day by Mrs. Roach. I never knew the
prisoner have any visitors.
The deposition of Mr. Gillman, the superintendent of
police, having been read over, and being asked if he had
anything more to add, he stated that he was positive the
two cases found by the witness Roach in the cellar on Sa-
turday wore not there when he carefully searched the
place the day before.
Mrs. Roach was then called in, and her deposition
read over. Upon being cross-examined by Mr. Voules,
she admitted that she had been listening at the door
during the whole time she was out of the jastice-room,
for which she was severely admonished by the Bench.
She then deposed as follows :—I went down with the
candle to draw some beer, when I saw the desk. I went
up stairs, and told Miss Gwynn° of it, and she returned
with me to the cellar. We then took it up into the draw-
ing-room to Mrs. Gwynne, who crlxamined it, and it was
afterwards taken back to the cellar. I swore in my
upon
ne
Bench, and applied going into the cellar.
former evidence 'that the police were the first to remove
it, but it was removed by me first. Anybody with eye-
sigmktr.colvia
ulidllhamves
for the further hearing of the case to be postponed,pledging his professional reputation that if the prisoner
were remanded till Tuesday, he should then be able to
produce further and sufficient evidence to connect her
seenthen the
addressedd es p
with the robbery.
The Bench consented.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, upon the case
being called on, neither the proseeutrix, nor her counsel
or solicitor were present.

The MAYOR then said, that as no further evidence
I 1 Lad been produced, he should certainly order the accused
to be instantly discharged.
Mr. Voules complained with considerable warmth, of
the conduct of the prosecutrix in having kept his poor
client incarcerated in the station-house for twelve days,
and now abandoning the prosecution, especially after the
solemn pledge of her counsel to produce important evi-
dence to-day. It was moat unfair towards his persecuted
client, and the public, that the groundless charge should
be so attempted to be swamped and hushed up.
The MAYOR said -that the case on Friday was ad-
journed only in consequence of the Bench relying upon
the prothise of Mr. Williams. Yesterday lie (the Mayor)
received a communication from Mr. Williams, stating
..that no further evidence would be produced, and that
the girl might be discharged ; " but," observed the
Mayor, " I sent a message to Mr. Williams to the
effect, that as the girl had been publicly in that hall
accused of the robbery, she had a right to expect to be,
and justice demanded that she should be, as publicly
discharged."—(Considerable applause amongst those
present followed this announcement.)
Mr. Voules complained of the infringement, in this
case, of the liberty of the subject. Ile would say, and
publicly too, that it was a most gross prosecution ; not a
tittle of evidence had been brought forward to connect
the accused, in the most remote way, with the alleged
robbery, and had it not been for some kind friends (gen-
tlemen who were present), unknown to the) oo,r girl,
stepping forward in her behalf, she would hare been left,
in a strange country, totally unprotected.—(Applause.)
Mr. Martin, solicitor for the prosecution (who had a
few minutes before entered the room), then stated that.
the prosecutrix had no further evidence to offer against
' the prisoner.
Mr. BLUNT observed that if Mr. Williams had not
pledged himself to bring forward further evidence to-day,
the accused would have been discharged by the Bench
at the last examination.

J. B. SHARPE, Esq., one of the Magistrates for the
county of Bucks, who chanced to be present, then rose,
and after alluding to the painful and unprotected state of
the accused, suggested that a subscription be entered
into to defray her expenses back to Jersey; and that he
would be happy to assist, with others, the unfortunate girl.
The 'Magistrates perfectly coincided in the views of
Mr. Sharpe (who subscribed a guinea towards the girl's
expenses to Jersey, an example which has since been
followed by several of the principal inhabitants of the
town), and the girl was then discharged. She will be
taken care of till she leaves for Jersey.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING.
UPROAR AT CARPENTERS' HALL.

In pursuance of a resolution adopted by a meeting 'of
the working classes, held in the Old Manor Court-room,
on the 13th inst., a meeting of deputations from the va-
rious trades, workshops, mills, &c., was held in Carpen-
ters'-hall, on Monday evening, to consider the best means
to be adopted for effecting the repeal of the corn and pro-
vision monopolies. The attendance was very numerous
—the gallery and platform were completely filled, and
the remainder of the room nearly so. It was announced
that Col. Thompson would attend, but the Gallant Gen-
tleman did not come. At eight o'clock it was proposed
that Mr. 'Watkins should be appointed Chairman.
This was met by a counter-proposition, on the part of
the Chartists, that Mr. Bailey, a Chartist, should
preside. This difference of opinion with respect to
the choice of a Chairman was expressed in no very
measured terms by the Irish operatives on the one
side, and the Chartists on the other ; but, when Mr.
Bailey announced, that " even if eected as Chair-
intai, he would not preside, because the people of Man-
chester had shown that they could not behave them-
selves," the meeting became greatly excited, and a gene-
ral row took place, from which very serious results were
apprehended. A " regular set-to," immediately under
the platform, had (however paradoxical it may appear)
the effect of restoring order, by attracting to the spot the
other disorderlies, who made a ring, and showed, what
they called, " fair play." In about five minutes. one of
the belligerents yielded, and the victorious party was
taken upon the platform. Order being then restored,
Mr. Watkins proposed that he should occupy the Chair,
and that Ara. Miley, the Chartist, and Mr. Hague, a
Corn-law Repealer, should act as umpires, in case his
(Mr.Watkins's) decisions should be disputed. This pro-
position having satisfied both parties, Mr. Watkins took
the Chair amid loud cheers, and having read the adver-
tisement calling the meeting, entreated a fair and impar-
tial hearing for the speakers on both sides. Mr. Warren,
in a lengthened speech, which was heard with much at-
tention, moved the following resolution :
"That this meeting of deputations from various
trades, mills, workshops, &c., in Manchester and Sal-
ford, and of the working classes generally, loudly pro-
test against the injustice and injurious operations of the
corn and provision monopolies, and pledges itself never
to rest satisfied until monopoly is for ever done away
with, and compensation for years of misery is made by
the aristocracy to the labouring millions ; And that, in
order to effect the object in view, this meeting do adopt
the following addresses, and that it calls upon the la-
bouring classes of Great Britain and Ireland generally,
to send deputations to a conference of labouring men, to
be held on New Year's Day, in Manchester, for the pur-
pose of devising some effectual means for btaining the
total repeal of the bread and provision taxes, and the
compensation of the long-plundered bread eaters."
Here followed two addresses ; one to the working
classes of Great Britain and Ireland, and the other to
the working men of Birmingham, calling upon them to
use their most strenuous exertions for the repeal of the
Corn-laws. John Joseph Finnigan seconded the reso-
lution. James Leech, a Chartist, moved as an amend-
ment, " That, until the workingmen were in possession
of the franchise, they would never have justice done
them from any Government that might be elected." He
reiterated his often-made speech about the introduction
of machinery, which, he said, was the cause of all the
miseries of the working classes. Thomas Rankin se-
conded the amendment ' • but the meeting would not
grant him a hearing. Mr. Acland then came forward
to support the original resolution, and was enthusiasti-
cally applauded. Having occupied about 15 minutes
in replying to the statemants of Leech, he (Mr. Acland)
was interrupted by one of the Chartists in the centre of
the room. A cry of " Put him out" was then raised,
and presently a forest of shillelahs were seen flourishing
in the air. The forms were upset, and the sides of
several of them torn off, and converted into short staves.
In attempting to gain the door, several parties were over-
turned, and lay struggling in heaps on the floor, in dif-
ferent parts of the room; but, notwithstanding the
" dreadful note of preparation" for the melee, no person,
as far as we could learn, received any serious damage.
In a short time the Irish became almost the exclusive
occupiers of the room, and gave expression to their
triumph in a way peculiar to themselves. The Chair-
man exerted himself to the utmost to enforce order, and,
finding it impossible, dissolved the meeting at a quarter
to eleven o'clock. The reporters then withdrew with as
much expedition as possible, and, as we understand, the
rest of the meeting separated shortly afterwards. A
large body of the police force were stationed outside the
hall, but they were not required to act.—Manchester
Guardian.

CORN-LAWS AND THE SHIPPING

INTEREST.

At a meeting of the South Shields Shipowners' So-
ciety, Mr. %Yawn, the new Member for the borough,
proved himself the straightforward, honest, and fear-
less representative that he declared the people would
find him. The annual Report of the London Ship-
owners' Society, which was read, evidently shows
that that body desire to retain the Corn-laws as
they are ; and Mr Wawn, at the very opening of his speech
says that "he felt it to be his duty to express his dis-
approbation of that part of the report which condemned
any change in the present Corn-laws." Mr. W. demon-
strated that it was mainly owing to the sliding-scale that
corn came to this country in foreign vessels, " that not
one-tenth of the quantity imported was brought in
British ships." Mr. Wawn showed that the foreigner
raised his prices to a great extent as soon as
he found what a large demand there was from
this country, and that from the necessity there was for the
greatest possible haste, before the low duty should be
raised, foreign shipping was employed. Mr. Wawn
properly observed that the London report was
political and one-sided. At a general meeting of ship-
owners of the same place Mr. W. Fallows of Middlebo-
rough, clearly proved that the effect of the Corn-
laws was to employ the foreign shipownei• to the
detriment of the British, and that "if there had
been a fixed duty on corn, every person hav-
ing a first class vessel would as easily get freights for
corn as for flax or any other article." We are glad to
find that this view of the Corn-laws has come so forcibly
upon the minds of some of the shipowners; and we trust
no very long time will elapse before they will have
been generally convinced of the correctness of the view
taken by Mr. Wawn and Mr. Fallows. Indeed, we have
only to examine the pecuniary interest of almost every de-
partment of trade and commerce to be convinced that there
never was, or never could exist, either in this or any other
civilized country, a greater evil than the present Corn-
laws. Besides the Corn-laws, Mr. Fallows recommended
the shipowners to endeavour to obtain an altars.:

tion in the other provision laws ; he suggested
many other important topics for the attention of
the shipowners, but as they do not relate to the subject
we are now discussing, we shall not enter upon them at
this moment. It must, however, bo highly gratifying
to every Liberal mind to perceive how rapidly the home
truths of Mr. Wawn and Mr. Fallows.aro gaining ground
amongst the shipowners. There was a time when such
statements and doctrines would not have been listened to
at a shipowners' meeting, when a man who had hinted
at such opinions might have almost rejoiced if ho was not
considered worse than a Hottentot, or even an atheist.—
Tyue Mercury.

MR. O'CONNELL IN A NEW CHARACTER.--
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—The result of the Dublin
Municipal elections holds out prospects of remarkable
changes in the management of civic affairs in that capital.
The prime agitator will next week be Lord Mayor, he
will be surrounded in the Court of Aldermen by func-
tionaries nearly all of his political opinions, and at the
civic banquets the " glorious memory," the " Kentish
fire," and all tie venerable toasts that were wont to make
the Mansionnhouse ring with unextinguishable cheers,
will be thrown aside like old almanacs. It is certainly a
mournful change for the wild Orangemen. There will
be no more Orange addresses to Ring Ernest, though the
New Lord Mayor will doubtless take tho first opportu-
nity of announcing to his Majesty the improved state of
affairs in Dublin City, and probably invite him to a grand
entertainment. The very change will reform the Lord
Mayor himself. With the gold chain, not curtailed of
even one link, and all the splendid insignia of office around
him, he will hold repeal meetings with that dignity, good
order, and mild language befitting a Chief Magistrate.

STRIKE OF MASONS AT THE
NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
An adjourned meeting of the Masons lately employed
at the New Houses of Parliament, was held last evening
at the Craven Head, in Drury-lane, for the purpose of
receiving the opinions from the different Unions in Lon-
don, with respect to the Masons holding a public meeting
on their late strike ; and also to consider the conduct of
a portion 'of the public Press relative to the strike.
JOHN WORTHINGTON, being proposed, took the Chair,
and called on the Secretary to read the minutes of the
last meeting.
The SECRETARY then read the minutes, which were
confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN then briefly alluded to some remarks
which recently appeared in The Sun, with respect to the
masons' strike, suggesting the propriety of Messrs.
Grissell and Peto meeting the masons. He begged to
say that the Committee fully concurred in the justice of
those remarks, and had inserted an advertisement calling
on Messrs. Grissell and Peto to meet them, and he
begged to ask if any person was at that meeting on the
behalf of Messrs. Grissell and Poto.
No one answered.
The CHAIRMAN said that the people of Woolwich
fully entered into the spirit of the masons' strike, and a
town meeting had been called for the purpose of aiding
and supporting the masons whilst on the strike, which
was to take place to-morrow (this day) at eight o'clock
in the evening, in the theatre, Beresford-street.—
(Cheers.) He then called on the different delegates to
deliver in the answers from the various societies, which
were as follow
Mr. GREEN, from a society of carpenters, said they had
voted the masons 501.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GIBBS, from the Pimlico carpenters, tendered 101.
A meeting would be held on Monday, for the pnrpose
of levying a small sum per week on each member; fur
the purpose of supporting the masons.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BARKER, from the plasterers, said a meeting had
not been held yet of his society.
Mr DovLE, from another carpenter's society, said that
they had determined to support the masons for twelve
months if necessary by a weekly contribution.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JOPLIN, from the carpenters of Grosvenor-
square, presented 501.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. BUTLER, from the carpenters of Dorset-street,
said that a meeting would be• held next Monday to take
the subject of the strike into consideration.
Mr. THOMAS, from a masons' society of London, with
751., said they were determined to aid the masons on
strike all in their power.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ROLLINS, from a tailors' society, said they had
determined, as long as the masons were on strike, to aid
them, for twenty years if necessary.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BLACKLEACII, torn another society of tailors,
presented 30/_—(Cheer4)
Mr. COCHRANE, froin a painters'. society, presented
101., and stated that a weekly subscription would be
gone into.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CLARKE, from the Hope Friendly Society, Great
Marlborough-street, presented 201.
Mr. WELLER, from the Surrey lodge of plasterers,
stated that they had agreed to subscribe a weekly amount
each member of one shilling.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ALSTON, from the painters of Portland-street
society, stated they had come to the same determination.
Mr. WILSON, from the plasterers in Thames-street,
said they would subscribe a shilling a week each.
A great number of delegates stated that the meeting
of the several bodies to which they belonged had not
held meetings, but it was their purpose so to do.
Mr. LOVATT said ho had read the reports of their last
meeting in the British Queen and The Sun, and he
thought they were most perfect, and he begged to pro-
pose a vote of thanks to those papers.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JENKINS seconded the resolution. He had read
the report in The Sun, which he thought was the best re-
port which had appeared, and he thought that paper
should receive their separate thanks.
The Reporter to the British Queen—l yield the palm
to The Sun.
The CHAIRMAN asked if it was the wish of the meet-
ing to go into the subject of the press, or the subject of a
public meeting ?—A very rambling discussion arose, and it
was at length submitted to a show of hands, and it was
carried in favour of the subject on public meeting.
The CHAIRMAN asked if any person would propose a
resolution.
Mr. TURNER proposed that a public meeting be held
at the Crown and Anchor 'Tavern.
Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion.
A WORKING MAN inquired what the expense of the
room would be.
The CHAIRMAN said it would be 14/. 14s.
A MASON suggested that the Lowther Rooms should
be taken, which could be had for a guinea.
A very desultory discussion then arose, in the midst
of which
Captain ACKERLET rose, and said he begged leave to
present the masons with 101. It was absolutely necessary
that there should be money. He made that donation on
behalf of the stonemasons employed about Stoke, in
Gloucestershire, who were kept under the harrow by the
clergy in the neighbourhood. He had received a letter
from one of them, and he said they dared not sympathise
with their fellow workmen in London. He came there
to present them with 101., on condition that they had a
meeting on Wednesday next at the Crown and Anchor.
If they delayed it, Government would prevent it, for they
were opposed to the masons. He wanted an early public
meeting, and for that purpose he had come there, so help
him God !—(Cheers.) And his services were not to be
sneered at, he could tell them.
The motion that a public meeting be held at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern on Wednesday next was then put
and carried.
Captain ACKERLEY then wrote a check on Messrs.
Hoare's, the bankers, for 10/. upon a slip of paper.
A Committee was then nominated to carry the above
resolution into effect.
Captain ACKERLEY was proposed.
He was asked if he was a delegate ?
Capt. ACKERLEY—I employ ten men a week upon
my tin apparatus alone.
The motion was negatived, much to the apparent
chagrin of the Gallant Captain.
ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose to bring forward the
subject of the Press. He said when the Press was
against the working man, it was one of the most deadly
engines that could be used against them.—(Hear, hear.)
The first of those papers to which he wished
to call their attention to, was the Times, and its infa-
mous conduct, and repeated attacks upon them. Also
their continual refusal to insert any letter from the
masons, in answer to the charges made against them. The
first of these attacks occurred about a fortnight from the
commencement of the strike. The statement contained
in the Times was of the grossest kind, and calculated to
poison the public mind. It said that the masons in-
tended to use physical force against the men who should
work at the Houses of Parliament, and thus they sought
to prejudice the public mind. The next article
was in the shape of a letter from Messrs. Grissell and
Peto, dated the 4th of October. They (the masons) did
not complain of that letter being inserted, but what they
complained of was the refusal of the Times to give the
answer to it. The next article to which he would draw
their attention was another letter, signed C. 8., and
dated the 18th of October, in which the writer urged the
masters to conspire to crush the working men, and stated
that the Unions of the working-classes were eating up the
vitals of the land, and that they were composed of con-
spiring rogues. He (Mr. W) said that there were con-
spiring rogues, but those conspiring rogues were the
aristocracy, who were devouring the vitals of the nation
piece-meal.—(Cheers.) The next paper he should al-
lude to was the Advertiser, which also refused insertion
to everything explanatory of the strike. He (Mr.
Walton) had gone to the Editor of the Advertiser and
told him that they were shut out from the columns
of the press, and asked him to give insertion
to a letter in answer to Messrs. Grissell and Peto's.
He said he would consider of it, and took the letter.
What was their surprise the next morning, when not one
single word appeared in the paper respecting it! When
into
the called on him again, he said he would not enter
the case at all, either on one side or the other. But lie
did not keep his word, for he tried to injure their
there
was cha-
racter.Of the Dispatch he would say nothing ;
nwoasdaoubgtenetxlepmlaain.—nfromea.)
thatr paHpeer(Apirre.seivnta,l;hno)
wouldwould
then state what steps should be taken against these
papers. In the first place he recommended, them to dis-
continue their support of any of those papers which
had so misrepresented them—(Cheers)—and who were
so determined in their opposition to the working classes,
In the next place, in order to carry this into effect, he
would further recommend that all those houses which
they supported, and who took in those papers, should
either discontinue to take those papers or lose
their custom.—(Loud cheers.) He was not dic-
tating to them, he was merely offering his opinion
and advice. They knew as well as he did that in the
case of the Advertiser they were not only sup-
porting the paper, but they were supporting the licensed
victuallers ; and if those licensed victuallers still con-
tinued that paper, they should no longer support them.—
enheers.) Ho had long looked(oiit atteal
or
n, tghheelai
rspl raoenfsdsccaohsme aeprlgas
.ri)ne at
st
aedn'i—nt
Mr. SHORT
stoHbthßeTwthoerknienngtemr
against the Weekly Dispatch, and he hoped that they
would do all in their power to put that paper down, for
g
it was now the decided enemy to the working man.—
(Cries of " Down with the Dispatch.") He begged. to
proposeT ha theti t
ifso lt lhoewoi
pn
ign resolution
this
Meeting that the reports
which have appeared in the Morning Advertiser have
been false and malicious; and the conduct of the Editor
in refusing to publish a statement from the men contra-
dictory, was disgraceful and unmanly, it being a paper
that is solely supported by the working classes ; and
this meeting requests their fellow-workmen to use their
utmost endeavours to prevent that paperbeing taken in at
any of their meeting-houses."
Mr. TURNER then proposed that. the Dispatch had
forfeited all claims to support from the people of Great
Britain, therefore, the delegates at this meeting do pledge
themselves to urge upon their respective bodies the ne-
cessity of discontinuing their support to that paper.
This being seconded, was carried unanimously, amidst
the most enthusiastic applause.
A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Proprietors
of the British Queen, which, after a stormy discussion,
was negatived.
The meeting then adjourned at twelve o'clock
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Bons PROOF.-In relieving. pickets in the
trenches many of our men, instead aping quiety through
the trenches or parallels in front of the walls of the town,
used to show their contempt of danger by jumping out
of them and running across in the face of the enemy's
fire. In executing this feat one day, with some others, a
cannon-shot, fired by the French, struck the ground first,
and then hit Palmer on the hack, and he fell, as we
thought, killed upon the spot. To our surprise, hove er,
in a moment he jumped up unhurt, the ball having
glanced off his knapsack, In commemoration of thisof
a
event he was aft rxards known by the appellation of
" the bomb-proof man."—Costello's Adventures
Soldier.

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U
77$"*".
EVENING
MONEY MARKET and gy,
(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS IV' • 47-10•
TlMES.—Though the events - • tee
would seem to have brought the aftstappflier
lent issue of Exchequer Bids to something Ilea' --rs
nouentent, the interest excited by it has hardly at all
subsided. In fact, until some official announcement
is made from the Treasury on the subject, thcie is
scarcely a holder of Exchequer Bills who feel sen-
tirely at his ease respecting this part of his property.
Besides this, the credit of the Government itself is
mixed up in the question to a degree which becomes
more alarming the longer delay takes place, and
there can be no doubt that sortie very decisive n ea-
sure must soon be adopted at the Treasury to avert
the consequences of this uneasy feeling. It may be
stated, perhaps, as the more general wish, that en
order should he made, not only for immediately call-
ing in the whole of those in circulation, but for re•
placing them by others of a totally different mark and
colour, so as to prevent any possibility of being con.
founded with them. With the arrangements that aro
at the commend of the Treasury this ought to be neje
ther a long nor a difficult affair, and even the fixing of
a period when all uncertainty would be removed, would
tend to some extent to relieve the public mind. But,
besides this, there is another feeling on the past of the
monied interest, which is calculated to make a very
strong impression at the Treasury, and which is, that
frauds like these, to so large an amount, and continued
for so long a period of time, could not have happened
without a system of management at the Treasury
utterly defective, and vicious. Hence the Treas
sury will be expected not only to remedy the
present evil, but also to establish such reforms as will
make the recurrence of it impossible. It is well known
that in the. offices where the responsible part of the
Exchequer Bill business is conducted the attendance of
the persons employed is very short and very uncertain,
and that the facilities, therefore, for fraud, to any parties
who are disposed to practise it are very great ; and we
fear it may be added that many of those servants of
the public are passing much of that time when they
ought to be on duty either on the Stock Exchange,
engaged in hazardous speculations, or at the offices of
joint-stock companies, where many of them act as
Directors. With respect to the party charged with
the lead in this fraud, the name is not vet publicly
announced, though it is as freely mentioned
every where as if that had been the case. Much blame
is attached to the Treasury, for having allowed the
whole of this day to pass without making any official
communication either at the Bank or at the Stock Ex-
change. But, though they have done nothing, a num-
ber of minor incidents have come to light which may
be mentioned, as showing that the affair has very ex-
tensive ramifications ; and it is thought very possible
that the party apprehended is but an instrument in the
hands of a ccnfeleracy, who have associated for the
purpose of conducting this enormous fraud. It has
transpired that the offices of various persons have to-
day been searched, under a warrant from the Secretary
of State, and it is also known that several individuals
connected with the Stock Exchange have had notice to at-
tend at the Treasury for an examination, supposed to be
going on at the moment when this paragraph was penned.
Several very important question., too, have arisen in
connexion with this affair, the most material of which is,
what has been going on at the Bank relative to the
operation of funding Exchequer Bills, under the late
notice from the Treasury. We believe it may be stated
that, until this day, no precautions have been instituted
there to test the genuiness of the Exchequer Bills
brought in to be funded, and yet such is the nature of
the proceeding that any party delivering Exchequer
Bills could obtain stock in exchange for them, and dis-
pose of that stock in the market, all within the period
of a couple of hours. Thus, if the parties had resorted
to this mode of obtaining a value for their Exchequer
Bills, they would have realized immense sums, and
placed themselves almost beyond the reach of detection.
Another most important question is how the Trea-
sury will deal with those parties who may be raid to be
innocent holders of these forged securities, and whether
they will be repaid. This point must, we imagine, re-
main very much in doubt until the investigations rela-
tive to the fiaud are complete; for the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, it is said, conceives a broad distinction
to exist between a fraud originating solely with one of
his own officers, and one concocted out of doors, of
which that officer is made the tool. Something, It is
clear, must be done to bring the whole circulation of
Exchequer-hills under observation, without which it
could not be known, even at the Treasury, what ex-
tent of responsibility they would have to incur by
adopting the fraudulent as well as the genuine issue.
These disclosures have brought to mind many cir-
cumstances in the money market for months and even
for years past, which were thought at the time myste-
rious and unaccountable, but which, in the hurry of
business, passed away without further observation. As
to the speculations in Spanish Stock, for example, it is
recollected that the parties ostensibly engaged in them
were persons of inferior note and standing, who yet car-
ried on their time-bargains to such an extent that their
differences on the settlement of the foreign account,
which only lasts for a fortnight, were often from
20,0001. to 30,000/. ; and yet it was found that they
always contrived, in some way or other, to make good
their engagements. Hence they acquired, of course;
the confidence of the jobbers in the Stock-Exchange,
and were believed to act, not for themselves, but for
principals of real wealth, who, for some cause or other,
chose, as is not uncommonly the case, to keep aloof
from observation. It was contrived, also, to let it be
believed that the funds raised by these different ope-
rations had some political object, and even as far
back as the mad expedition of Louis Napoleon, they
were connected with that expedition, as they have been
latterly with the insurrection in Spain. Most of the
speculations in Spanish Stock, it should be observed,
are usually unsuccessful, political circumstances and
the state of the money market turning constantly
against them ; and, hence, some people suppose,
that the mode of raising money by false Exchequer
ails was an after thought, devised to rescue them
from a situation otherwise irretrievable ; and it is by
no means thought improbable that a participation in
these losses by the official person implicated at the
Treasury facilitated their employment of him as their
instrument for getting out of their mutual difficulties.
It may truly be said, we believe, that since the first
issue of the document called an " Exchequer Bill,"
there never has existed so much excitement respecting
that security as at the present moment.
It is proper to mention, in order to save many innocent
persons from suspicion, that the person now in custody
is Mr. E. Bowman Smith, of the Exchequer-office.
The business in Exchequer Bills continues for the
while suspended. One or two small transactions under
Og us.a r a
Theyntee aarev e
q bueoetn e
dalmosteffected atn otmh lower
nal premium
iyat
r, s . o
tolls.
premium. This interruption to the regular mode of
dealing increases the business in the permanent Stocks,
which are quoted nearly a per cent, better than yes-
terday.
As the explosion of the Exchequer Bill fraud will
implicate parties who have for a long time past been the
supporters of the Spanish market, the news from Spain,
although of a favourable character, makes but trifling
impression. It is not likely that business in any of the
markets will take its wonted course till the public mind
is relieved by a full disclosure.
HERALD.—The arrest of Mr. E. B. Smith, de-
scribed in the Court Calendar as "first issuing clerk"
in the Exchequer Bill-office, is now matter of public
notoriety. The fact and the name were known and
talked commonly about yesterday, although it was not
deemed becoming to particularise the individual. One
other party in the City is understood also to be under
close surveillance if not in custody ; and two or three
parties connected with the Stock-house have received
absolute summonses to be forthcoming at the Trea-
sury when called for, or at a certain appointcd time.
The names of these parties it is not necessary to
mention, as in fact their appearance is only
stood to be desired for the purpose of better tracing
the extent of the frauds from the fact of considerable
abstracted
amounts of the Exchequer Bills clandestinely_
hrough their
and put into circulation having passed t
made in the
hands. The statement first and exclusively
that the recent
under-
Herald under this head, to the effectl
with the late large
were intimately connected ,
Stocks, turns out to be
specula-
tion and speculators in Spanish Stocks, turns out to be
fully confirmed, although at first
littimheavfaerwbeaerdn
discredited by the
extraordinary issues of these bills to so large an amount,
fully confirmed, although at
But for these large and
Times and another paper.
carried on probably fora it had been when managed
without detection, as so long sudden issues the fraudulent
At present it would
with more reserve and cu.nntoi
gs.uch particulars as
be unseasonable to enterin csoynsstiedmeran2blieg
ustice might be defeated the
Treasury, as the ends o bya
premature disclosure. There are good grounds for
been communicated to us,f. and are not unknown at have
and robbers havebeen concerned in this aff •
gambers affair,
believing that a regular gang of out-of-door stock
, and whose
be was bound to obey because at their
ordersmercy,
already co •
into whose hands Mr. E. B. Sith fell,
from cognisance of his having committed him-
self, although in comparatively an inconsiderable degree.
To their unceasing exactions and urgencies, with the
allurements held out of incalculable profits from specu-
lativeawing
that
tkb
c embarked operations oa nt t
ear
lny
nm
thosem en s e
pro sc a
ae
a,
d'
it
tisswueass
which led to detection at last, and as 1:.! •
It is now about thirty-four or thirty-five years
aisdincsoe
the celebrated case of Aslett or Astell (if we recollect
the name aright), deputy cashier of the Bank of
Eng-
land, who was tried for the fraudulent abstraction of
some five or six hundred thousand pounds worth of Ex-
chequer Bills from the vaults, or safe, of the Bank, of
which from his office he was the custos and held the
keys. He got off the capital punishment on a point of
law ingeniously pleaded by his counsel, the
precise bear-
ings of which do not at the moment occur to us, but
omething to the effect that value was not proved.
The point transpired in the course of his trial, upon
which his counsel subpoenaed Lord Grenville, then
Auditor or Teller of the Exchequer, whose evidence
went to show that he was not in the habit of signing