The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION%

(ream A CORRESPONDENT.)
These very honourable, high-minded, spiritually dis-
posed Genllemen, the perpetual Churchwardens of
Chelmsford, Messrs. Morgan, Gepp, and Baker, dressed
in a little brief authcr:ty, have determined upon ex-
. hibiting themselves again in their self-magnified defoimity,
to the gaze and contempt, to the scorn and derision of
every liberal and benevolent mind in the empire. It will
scarcely he credited that no sooner had all parties in the
House of Commons unanimously agreed upon the propriety
and necessity of liberating John Thorogood, the Chunk.
rate martyr, from his bonds, after having expressed their
' conviction of his honesty of intention and conscientious
scruples, than these meek and lowly Christians determined
to act in direct opposition to the Legislature,
and to re-
sist, to the death even, the release of their victim Datil he
has paid the uttermost farthing.
Tim) called a meeting of the parishioners yesterday,
and suLmitted, tl rough their very worthy organ, R,
Bartlett. Clerk to the Magistrates. who conscientiously
pockets the arneunt of Xll warrants. Ste., issued upon levies
foe Chinch-rates, a string of resolutions. the effrontery
of which is only equaled by their artifice and mends.
city. If one man amongst them had porsessed one grain
of proper feeling, the el quent speech of Mr. J. Cope-
land must have produced shame and repentance; but they
are case-hardened in their r ifoLtery, end the word reli-
gion is another name for grasping avarice, oppression, and
persecution. The following r, solution is a specimen of
the modest appeal these worthies made to the sympathies
of their Tory friends and supporters.
" Triat as regards the proceedings against John Tboro.
good, which have been hitherto carried on be the Church.
wardens of Chelmsford, on their own judgment and re-
sponsibility, the thanks of this Meeting are eminently due
to them for the judicious, straightforward, and uncoospro.
mising course which they have hitherto pursued; and theta
in the opinion of this Meeting, they will best serve the
interests of the Established Church generally, as they will
assuredly cf this parish in particular, by persevering in the
same course of firmness and consistency, until theyhave
recovered the rate due from John Thorogood, sad re.
ceived the costs occasioned by his obstinacy, trickery, asked

Upon the revolutions being put a poll was deivianele.d,
and allowed by the Chairman, the Rev. St. John Mi(dinky,
to commence on this day (Tuesday), and to continua till
five on Wednesday afternoc n.
Assuredly the sins of omission are occasionally as great
as those of commission, and if Charles James and An-
thony Carew Mildmay do not stop these incendiary church-
wardens, they may light a flame in England that may con-
sume the Established Church to its very foundation.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. ASHURET TO THE ATTORNEY-
CENERAL, INDICATING THE MEASURES TO BE TANEN YOE
THE LIBERATION OF JOHN Tnoftoooon
" 137, Cheapside, London, July 27, 1840.
" Sir,—l taker he liberty of addressing you, as a Member
of Parliament, and as the Queerer; Attorney. General in
the case of Thorogood.
" It appears by the papers of this morning, that oil sa.
turday an opinion was expressed in the House of Com-
mons that the Churchwardens have no power, and that
Dr Lushingten, the Judge, has no power, to release
Thorogood.
" This assertion may be verbally true, but it is calculated
to convey more than it asserts, and to mislead Lord John
Russell, who cannot be expected to understand the prac-
tice of the Ecclesiastical Courts.
To say that the Judge has not the power, and that
the churchwardens have not the power, is verbally true,
and yet does not touch the point of the case, as it was un-
derstood by all parties on Friday, when it was under dis-
cussion ; for the churchwardens and the Judge together
have the power, if the one has the inclination and the other
thinks it judicially right. It is only the will that is want-
ing. All that needs to be done is, that the churchwardens
should instruct their proctor to move the Court for his dis-
charge, just in the same way in which motion is made in
the Queen's Bench for leave to discontinue.
" If they do not do this, th, n you, as the representitive
of her Majc,ty's lieges, and their official protector, as well
as prosecutor cf those who do wrong, have only to apply,
or lestruct the Queen's Advocate to apply, to the Consis-
tory Court—that is to say, to Dr. Lushington—for the
man's discharge, on the ground that his imprisonment
ought to be deemed a satisfaction.
" The imprisonment being for a contempt of court, the
court is to judge of what will satisfy itself.
" This is not dealing with the promoters of the suit un-
fairly, because it is their own choice to proceed as for a
contempt, instead of proceeding for the rate, although the
man did not appear.
6' They chose to proceed as fcr a contempt, but the court
is to judge, not they, what degree of submission, or of
punishment in lieu of submission, shall be deemed a satis-
faction.
" [submit to you that if, after you, or the Queen's Advo-
cate, had applied to the Consistory Court, that court re-
fused, that then a common law Judge would have the power,
upon a habeas corpus, and that certainly the Court of
Queen's Bench have the power to keep the Ecclesiastical
Cou is within the bounds of infliction, and to order his die-
charge.
" Surely 18 months' imprisonment for ss. 6d. ought to
be deemed satisfaction, and it will be deemed by the Com-
mon Law Judges unreasonable in those Courts, after
having been applied to, to insist upon more.
Lord John Russell on Friday did not confine bimse4f,
nor did the Members who spoke confine themselves% to
the mere power of the Judge.
" It is a fact that Mr. Joh' Childs, who was taken upon
an attachment for contempt, was discharged from Ipawidi
gaol without purging his contempt, that is, taking the eth
of canonical obedience in future ; and it will not, surely,
be attempted to palm upon you the statement that the
Churchwardens cannot forego the rate-payment of the
said rate, and the costs have nothing whatever to do Seth
the contempt,
is fin
eon aned.
dare not named in the warrant by 'which
manthe
I submit that her Majesty, through you and the
Queen's Advocate, can move, first, the Judge of the
Consistory Court, and if he refuses, then the Court of
Queen's Bunch; and that these applications being through
the recognized courts of the kingdom, the Crown is not
thereby exercising an arbitrary dispensing power, but s
legitimate mode of putting into action its proteeting
power, and of preventing its successors of those who
used of old to burn the people for the good of their
souls from now wasting them away in prison for matter of
opinion.
" If Lord John Russell will call for the authority ley
which the gaoler of Ipswich discharged Mr. Childs, he
will see how that gentleman was discharged, who never
submitted to the Ecclesiastical Court.
" The only distinction in that case was, that somebody
thought fit to pay the money without Mr. Chllds's consent,
as they thought he was dying ; but, as I have before said,
I am sure you will see now that payment of the money
forms no part of the contempt ; it is sot named in the
warrant, nor has any proceeding found it to be due for
anything that yet appears before the Court. Thorogood is
not legally liable to the rate; the non-payment, therefore,
cannot be a part of the contempt.
6' I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
(Signed) " W. H. ASHURST,"

HAYMARKET THEATRE.--Last night, after
Charles Kean's performance of Macbeth, the Beggars' Opeia
was introduce) with new scenery, dresses, and decorations. The
opera was exceedingly well got up, the costumes being all of
the per;od of its original production (1728), and the appoint-
ments altogether creditable to the management.
FRENCII PLAYS.—At The Prince's Theatre
Robert Macaire, Les Saltimbanques, and Passs Mutat,
will now replace Fidelio and Der Freischutz.

THE OPERA.—Persiani, Laporte, and La-
blache, are all severally engaged in a paper war. They furnish
the public with explanations possessing even far less harmony
than interest. The matter is personal, and the evidence of
course conflictory. _

THE LEEDS MURDER.—The authorities of
this town hive offered a reward of 201. for such information as
will lead to the discovery, apprehension, and conviction of the
pet son or persons who are charged by the coroner's inquisition
with the murder of W. Reynolds Rothery, an aecount of which
appeared in our last. A reward by Government has not yet
been announced. The man last seen with the deceased is des-
cribed to be about 23 years of age, five feet seven inches high,
with dark brown hair and whiskers, and was dressed in a brown
coat.—This man has not been seen since,—Leeds Mercury.
CROMIVELL A TYRANT IN SPITZ Or HIM
SELF.— When he shed blood it was never for the appetite of
blood ; such acts were committed by him agaiast a good na-
ture, not in the indulgence of a depraved one. His good sense
and his good nature would have led him to govern equitably
and mercifully, to promote literature, to cherish the arts, and
to pour wine and oil into the wounds of the nation. No man
was so worthy of the station which he filled, had it not been
for the means by which he reached it ; he would have go-
verned constitutionally, mildly, mercifally,liberally, if he would
have followed the impulses of his own heart and the wishes of
his better mind ; self-preservation compelled him to adopt a se-
vere and suspicious system : he was at last reduced to govern
without a Parliament—because, pack them andipurge them its
he might, all that he summoned proved unmanageable ; ega
because ke was an usurper, &c., he became of neaessity a
despot.— Quarterly Review.
FLOODS.—In the morning, and during the for*.
noon of Tuesday last, the heaviest torrents of rain fell in love.
ral parts of this county ever witnessed by the oldest people is
the district ; and so very partial was the course of Who cata-
racts, that in some localities the burns and rivulets might Be
seen in the space of a few minutes overflowing their courses,
while scarcely a mile distant little or no rain had fallen. An
alarming waterspout discharged its deluging contents near the
junction of the farms of Highlee, Porterston, and Lauriston, is
the parish of Dundonald, by which the Gill Burn, which
has a very steep descent from Highlee by Lauristoe, roe*
to such a height that it swept in its course several cart.
loads of large stones—many of them beyond a cwt. each—down
towards the bridge under which it passes on the road opposite
Lauriston. The arch being too small to receive such a body of
water, the flood rose till it covered the road from side to side,
taking its course towards the cottages by low Porterston. The
ifloors
rous alarm of
the
of these cottages
inmates. w re
Thecovered
roadw from
ithwatTerr,ootno, above
esrees
Porterston, was completely covered, and k held
atteultemaserk-
ance of a raging river. The water also
.bro e
a water course after a great drought in stunmer.
roof Porterston
adsar e
soc
completely
land
washed,ros eto athcaotn
thsideeyrahbalveehneZhtt.heTahpe.
pearance of
—Ayr Observer.
u surroundedar d , represent_hy• executed, was exhibited at Mr. silk
late
nifncirtseaisnevdenpeturrf.eetTiohiti;
to the members of the Institute of
Conversazione given
eo,efrthe most extraordinary s_pecimmeonrrsi.oon%
weaving ever
the construction of that beau.
his implements, and planning .
ißn rgi t it shha t Aurxc
thr iat
ne
rc(ti
n. a r
yI t
nwaaus ai
npohritsrawi to
rokf s hjoapeq,
tonotwhe gmenilutss
rwentrk,
worthily entitled, " Hommage a J. M. Jacquard," was
ti fuulrnms machinery, n e
is rreys-,ti
testimony
ych
woven with such truth and delicacy., as to resemble a fine line.
engraving •. it was executed by Didier, Petit, and Co. we
learned that there were one thousand threads in each sguare
inch (French), in both the warp and the woof; and that
twenty-four thousand bands of card were used in the manufaotare,
each band large enough to receive 1;050 holes. Owing to the
black threads passing under them, the tone of the highest
Ugh
was grey, though this was soarcel
y perceptible. The great
difficulty to be overcome was, it is said, the keeping the bread
margin rouud the picture perfectly even in colour, and regular '
at 01 lihes forming the edge of the picture. —Athenasm.

PERSECUTION OF JOHN THORO-
GOOD.

E,PNINC4 EniTin!+T.

SECOND EDITION
suv OFF E, Seven o' Clock.

PRICES 014 CANAL,I)OCIt,ASSUIt-
ANCE CO .IPA NY 'ol.kl-1.14:8 Arc. &c. Scc..

LONOOIs, TUESDAY, AUG. 4.
Number Dividend Price
f per CANALS. yet
Share,. Annum. Paid. Sh tie
1,406 7 pet cent. Isntor & Oldham... leverage97l iB6.sh. 115
~082 4/. Ashby etl.le.:Loue i ..... 11,•trage 1131..5ti. sh 715
1,260 Basingstoke i 1
1,0115 51. Br ecknock And Aber gav cnn y- 150.. sit. -
8,0001-120 .91 fis. Biriningham, 1-10th share ....W. & 711. 226
a 1100 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l9'll. sh. 100 pd 26
600 31. Bringewater and l'aunton.lool.sh. all pd -
400 41. Chebner and Blackwater lOOl. sh . 101
500 411. C3ventry 1001.5 h. 670
1,545 ..... .... Cr0yd0n.......... Average 311.2 a. i Od. sh . --
2,060 f 51. Os. Dudley --...-.... 1001. sh. 98
600 131. Derby lool.sh .11 7
20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne ... ...... 411.136. 4d .pd 30
3,575 k 41. Elle sawre and Chester Avei age 1001.331.51 a. 750 8314
231 621 Erewasa
4b01.165.th. 615
1,297 301. Forth and Clyde....Avera7e
11,6t0 10 Grand ...unction
1
2,_49{ 156. Grand Union
1,500 ......... Grand Surrey ........ ~... IOW. sh. 24
1,0601 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 63
3 1;
,626 .... ..... Grand Western lOW. sh. allpd 2
600 131.125. id. (4amorganshire, Aver. cost 171.d.220%
749 100. Grantham 1501.3h. 203
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. (id. sii. 29
100
2,.428 IL 56. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. EM.sh. 2734
2,89'71 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. sh. 760
545 f 15f1. Lee:ester 140/.sh. 151
1,807 51.9 a. Leicester & Nort nampton A ver
2.400 101, Monmouthshire lOO/.sh. 199
150 01. Melton Mowbray - 1001.6 h. 200
UM Mersey and Irwill lOOl. ah. 565
%Iwo 11. 103. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 46
217 171. Neath
2.400 41. Peak Forest Avc t.ge about :SI. sh. 91
21,112 la.. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.105.8d. sh. 114
.169 el. percent. ftochda'e Average 251.8 h. 951
500 81. Shropshire l'2s/.sh. ISO
800 10/, Os. Somerset Coal
3,600/. 4; p-r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 11)1. sh. I I
700 401. Stafford and Worceste' 140/.sh. 650
5110 161. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 260
300 91. 5t0urbridgti................"" ....... 145,1.5h. 396
3.047 2/. Os. Stratford-on. AV• 01. xt fer.... 791. 91. od. sh. 4l
33 101. Swansea IOW. sh . 265
3,762 IL Iss. Severn anti Wyc and Railway A v. 351. sh. 42
2,601 Dn. 021. IN. Trent and Mersey, f share --DV/. sh. CC°
6,149 Thames an.l Medway Av. 191. ss. Sel. sh. 2
i ,000sh.1 ie..
1,000011,j . Warwick and B,rmingham lOO/.,h• 257
960 151 Warwick and lapton* 1001. sh. 186
7,000 4/ L Worcester & Birmineliam-Av.7,•/.81. sh. 115
3,(.00 23. Wilts and Berka Average (171. 10s. Sd. sh. 30
...Ai 6.. Wyriev and Essington 1:25/. sh '74
.26 ,,,. W:snvicn . ....... ..... ...... .. ...... ...:-n• sh. 30
ros to. Wey and Avun. ..... ...............1101. en. 22
DOCKS.

a,660 & I 3P•
c. Commerc al. 'ool.4h. 68
1,065F:h.)
East and West India Stock 1021/4
9.23+3,310V. 60, p.ct. London Stock 661 s
Ditto Bonds
2..1'.0i) 5!. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 147/.lls. sh. 74
68,324/. 51. percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
252,752 5 percent, St. Katharine Sock !)9th
5-)0,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
21,i.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bond, ior 10 years
Deptford Pier ....... ........ 201. so. 2W. pd 10
BRIDGES
1,6110 Fs. Haminersm,ti 5O/. sh. 22
72:11 Southwark, 01d..........1 v. *.31. 2s Set. sh. i
I ,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of ":4 er cent. 50/. oh. 1:3
~Dili .„. ..... Waterloo.... 104)1. sh. 3
!.,I_,Ciii 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of AL- -CO/. pd 21;
s,iaio 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd D
70,m0/ '.il. pc r Lent. Vitro Bonds ........ ....... ............ ,
......... ..
5,848 174 Vauxhall .,. Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 2'
ASSUR ANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3! lOs Albion .... , 5Oll. oh. 501. pd 7
~,,,, , 161 z cleszt./ Alliancesilritisk & Foreign lOC/. sh. 11/. pd
50,0041 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 5/. pd
4,lint' iI. per sh. Atlas
1,2001,h. W. Birmingham r ire 250/. sh. 55/. pd
,-er,tsW 4/. percent British Fire 250/. sh. Nil. pd
2,1400 6! per cent. nritish Commercial 504 fib. 5/. pd
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & 'lledi. i 1 Life, IfilLsh.2/ WS pd
4.000 2/ 15s County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd
20,0, a ss. Eagle ..... 50/. sh. 51. pd
~,,0 $ 5 per ~.ent. / Economic "L, WOO/. sh. 250/. pd
' i and 30, b.‘. i
2,271 2.25. per cent. Europe.) Li . nOl. sh. all pd
.5a,0(10 2s. Ditto, New .... "0!. oh. 2!. pd
or.upt../. (v. per ct CI ioi,e Stock
10,1.01 ,/ • Gull-dean
• 1.000 s. 5::.' Hope
2,1.70 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial I. ire 5OOl oh. 50/. pd
7, WO 9s. Imperial Lite .. lOO/. sh. 10/. pd
13459 51. percept. Indemnity Marine loW.oh. St. pd
2,020 3/ 10s Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd
31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd
ic,olsi 16s. Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd
~,,, 10s. London, Fire 05/. oh. 12/. Ills. pd
3',.100 Ris. London, Ship ‘,51. oh. 12/. 10s. pd
4000,000/. ... ..... ',Minerva Life 1001. oh.
54,0,000/. ......... National Loan Fund ........... ....... ss. pd
3i.,000 ,/. per cent. palladium Litc
.0/. sh. 21. pd 50/. pd
:50,1101, 41. per cent. , roteutor Fr,
1140(10 4 per cent. Pr te-dant I..ssenters ....11.0/. oh. 5/. pd
1,500 I/. Provident Lite WO/. sh. lilt. pd
00,000 ss. Rock Life .20/. oh. 11. pd
,9,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exch...nge Stork
ti,ooo 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 51. rid
58,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh, 51. pd
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25000 8 per cent. Mlle. and Corn. of I reland2s/. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 Australa,ia 401 sh. 401. pd
16,40 10 per cent. Bank of Biriatingham 501. sh. 10/. pd
40,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/.sh. 101. pd
31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 251. pd
iso,noii 51. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 101. pd
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001.4h. 20/. pd
C:5,000 ...... ... Liverpool lOOl sh. 10/. pd
.50,000 71 per cent Manchester and Liver.] .3..4.u.
.sn . . t• _o/ pd
pool District
2000 7 per seat. Manchester lOO4 sh. 25/. pd
20,001: Provincial Bank of 1 relandlool. sh. 25/.0
50;-00 5 er •c t National Bank of TrclandsW.sh 17-1/. pd
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd
10,004) . . Ditto New... iO/. sh. 101 pd
.0),04:10 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd
6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

2,500 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 101. pd '32
5,000 ..... -.. British AO/. sh. 10!. pd 181.
.5,000 15,rnIncse."6is.1 Ditto Provincial .201. sh. ill. pd 25
5328 5/ 105 Birmingham
50/. sh. Of
t,250 21 Os Bristol ...... 20,. sh. 36
'2 ,
,250 3I Os Brighton 2O!. sh. 11
754) 3/ lOs Ditto, New
2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. al] pd 9
i.,000 7/. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. fit}/. pd 1/ 0
1,000 101. City of London 100/. sh. all pd 195
4000 01. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 751. pd 150
4.000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd co
lo,ono 21 percent. Imperial W. sh. Mt,
600 5/. per cent. Isle ,0" Tnanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 18
2,350 IV. per cont. I ndependent 10/. sh. all pd 5'
,0410 41. per cent. Plurnix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 3234
3,000 4/. per cent. Patch
100/. sh. 804 pd f 3
4,000 S.llO ;.(,.tropolitan ...... ...50/. sh. 19/. pd 17
9,000 4/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 471. pd 34
240 5/. per ermt. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 5o
400 5/. per cent Wagefigld . 25/. sh. 22
7,11-0 1. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh. 58
15,000 12. Ditto New
0
7, 3 per cent Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18/. pd
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