The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-21 00:00:00

SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS,

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FAO{ THE DAILY TAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.-The straw is being moved. The Food
Exclusives may read with advantage on the one band
the Marquis of Londonderry's Address to his Irish
tenantry, and on the other the address of the Leeds
Parliamentary Reform Association to the Merchants,
Manufacturers, and Operatives of the Wet Riding of
Yorkshire. The Tory Ovid 'in Thrace has begun his
Trisha to some purpose. Lord Londonderry's perora-
tion is the Dirge of the Corn-laws. Disappointment of
diplomatic glories has made him a sadder and a wiser
man. We recognise with pleasure indications of good
sense and good feeling in this address, which we hardly
looked for combined in anything from Lord London-
derry. He gives his farmers the good advice to trust
solely to their own exertions, and to call into action all
the powers of production possessed by the land, as their
only hop; the only prop on which they can safely rely.
It is most certain that to their own energies the farmers
can alone look for safety. But the miserable vice of the
present law is, that the more they exert themselves, the
more they sometimes suffer by over-production (rela-
tively to their profits). The stimulus given by the
artificial prices of scarcity to bring an increased breadth
under cultivation, and resort to expensive processes,
increases the produce, with the aid of a succession of
good seasons, to an extent not indeed excessive as com-
pared with the wants of tho people, but, nevertheless,
incompatible with monopoly profits to the farmer.
Monopoly profits depend upon getting high prices for
limited quantities. For monopolists to produce abun-
dance is, in effect, to burn their own fingers. They have
paid high for the instrument of production (the soil)—
they have paid enormously, in the years of scarcity, for
the very seed they put into it—every incident of their
occupation had hem made as costly as possible by law
—and, lo and behold ! when they look to reap the
profits of all their charges—down go prices, by dint
of their own exert;ons, without even any of the dreaded
foreign intervention at all. Then is renewed the cry of
agricultural distress ; for while this stilted system lasts,
we are doomed never to have our ears empty of out-
cries. While Lord Londonderry therefore tells his
tenantry to exert themselves, he might also tell them
their operations will never be plical on a safe basis,
till precisely the event occurs which he and they dread
in common—the destruction of a monopoly the fruitful
source of miscalculations.

STANDARD.—Whatever might be thought of
such a proceeding in the fifteenth century, when
Jack Cale affirmed that to " erect a grammar
school teas most traitorously to corrupt the youth
of the reahn"—in our day it is not presumed that
whoever provides the means of education for his
poor neighbours, does so with a corrupt motive. It
is therefore to be confessed, without much fear of cen-
sure, that, among many other acts of kind munificence,
Sir Robert Peel does actually support a free school at
his own expense at 'famworth ; nay more, we believe
that he takes a great interest in it, and when in the
neighbourhood, bestows much personal attention upon the
establishment. Mr. Savage has not dared to deny this
and, we suppose, not miscalculating the temper of the
times, has nut even cffered an apology. Let us repair
the omission. Lord Hale told a certain person who
boasted of his skill in imitating the handwriting of others,
that he possessed " a very dangerous talent ;" and re-
cent facts have proved that the talent of writing, possi-
bly first acquired in Sir Robert Peel's unlucky school,
has been turned to dishonest account. We reed net
msntion a certain Anti-Corn law address loaded with
forged signatures. But though we cannot altogether
acquit Se. Robert Pe l's school of baying, perhaps
imparted the power to commit forgery, there is, in
the selection of a respectable clergyman as the
superintendent of the school, proof that he did all
that in him lay to give an hocest direction to the
exercise of the power imparted ; and it is quite
el sin thet be was no party to the late forgeries di-
rected aeaiast himself. It is a melancholy truth,
tint very power is sul-ject to abuse ; and that in
aehin,g persons te write, en qualsfy them as in-
struments for hire 1 Aet' Core-law lecturers, and al
other itinerant professors ie the science of falsehood.
Even the little truth respecting the existence of the
school is, however, aLoyel reith falsehood. That
the school exists, we have said ; but it exists without
any reserve of ary kind. We have authority to
state that the late Sir Role,t Peel endowed the
school, without any condition whatever, either in refer-
eece to the return of Members of Parliament, or any
political consideration, ar.d that the terms of the endow-
meet have never been in the slightest degree modified
by his successor. WV' the admission, that Sir Ro-
bert Pe 'I sureports a school for the education of poor
children in Tamwortb and its neighbourbood—nd err at
offence, it is presumed, after elle—ends the whole of the.
truth of Mr. Achners apologist.
COURIER.—There is not a day passes without
the most contradictory and unsatisfactory decisions
beiag arrived at in the various Registration Courts
nom open throughout the kingdom. 'fire .judg-
meets, which have been so diametricilly opposed
to each other, severety delivered, by Mr. Arnold
and Mr. Coventry on the right of Petra of Parliament
to have their names retained on the lists of electors,
Leve caused no little excitement in the public mind,
and an anxieue desire that so glaring and inconsistent
an anon-fly should be provided for and guarded ageinst
for the future. It is not our intention to enter into the
elaborate argument of Mr. Arnold, or to discuss it with
a viesv to its refutation or approval. Our object is simply
to point out the defect of these Courts, viz., the con-
gicting decisions which are given by the Revising Bar-
risters as to the claims of trustees of freehold pro-
pay. Property, and the el ‘itns of its owners to vote
in respect of it, are surely not to be decided upon
by the caprice or ignorance of the Re dsing Ber-
rister, The clause relating to trustees in the Reform
Act provides that those trustees only who are "bene-
ficially interested" to their own use, shall be entitled
to vote in respect of such property. This language is
certainly contradictory, but it cannot mean that the
trustees are to he beneficially interested in such manner
that the proceeds of the estate are to be applied to their
own i»ivate use, because in that case they would Cease
to be trustees, in the general acceptation of the term.
Tee'property, if vested in trustees in fen, ought to be
represented by them and for this purpose, and in order
to prevent any ambiguity remaining as to the construe,
tion of this section, as it at present stands, and to pre-
y ent Barristers deciding in ooe county that .trustees of
this description are entitled to the franchise, whilst per-
haps in the adjoining county they take upon themselves
to expunge such claims, a short declaratory Act might
be introduced, and passed with little, if any, opposition.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchestcr Guardian of Tuesday.)

MANCFIESTER.—There was an exceedingly dull and
inanimate market yesterday, both for yam n and goods ;
notwithstanding the gradual advance in cotton at Liver-
pool. There was no alteration in the prices of yarn ;
but most descriptions of goods continue to decline, and
sales are made at prict s never before heard of.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL brIARKKT, MONDAY, OCT. 18.
—The market has been well attended to-day, and the
demand for flannels quite equal to that of last Monday ;
but there has been no alteration in the priers. The
woal market has been rather duller, and prices may be
quoted a shade lower.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER I9.—This was
a Lt market generally, arising mainly from our uncer-
tlin relations with America and Inc. unfavourable aspect
of affairs in many parts of the world. Buyers are at
a loss how to act, and the manuracturers are equally
cautious in producing, consequently stocks are small and
prices firm. New choice fabrics in small parcels were
bought freely; but the general trade was below an ave-
rage. Business in the warchcalses is better than ex-
pected amidst so many causes of depression.

LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING.

ATANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.

Several
i partiesll nu ut; butare yet th r cui
room
a l
thisity attending
forenoon
well. attended. The smallness of the field seemed to
astonish the uninitiated ; indeed it stand's without a
thieie
parallel in our memory for the Mostyn Stakes. Lam-
poon was the favourite at the opening, 7 to 4 being the
top offer ; whilst 10 to 4 was repeatedly laid against
Prince Caradoc ; 3to 1 was freely
offered againse Rho-
danthe ; 4 and 5 to 1 was laid on the three agst the other
two. At one o'clock it appeared quite the toss-up of a
shilling for the choice, viz.. Lampoon or the Prince for
the premiership then; a 101. was offered en Lampoon ;
almost immediately 12 to 5 was taken on the Prince,
the taker laying 10 to 4 against the mare, which wo
think entitles the horse to " the call." As the room
broke up the prices stood, as near as we could catch
them :

21 to 1 agst Mr. Alostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken
and then offered
5 to 2 agst Lord Stanley's Rhodanthe—off. t 3 to 1
9 to 1 agst Cerito—taken, 10 to 1 after asked for
lOU to 7 agst Helpmate—no friends
THE C.IMBRIDGUSIIIRE STAKES. .
3 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Melody colt—Laken
9 to 1 agst Lord lig'Hilton's The Young-'un

”.,
SUDDEN DEATH OF M. WILLIAM CHA
P.
Lnr, ComEmm—This actor expired on Monday nic
ing. .1-1 e had been engaged by . Mr. Yates for ATI:
Adelphi Theatre, during that gentleman's tour in
the provinces, and,- with his sister, miss Ellen
Chaplin, had commenced an engagement at Vie Adelphi
on the cpeuing night, in the charaewr of Julio Sal-
vajor, in the drama of Dotllexen am Rhein. Oa Satur-
day iii'.; •ho tray seize:} with a sudden indisposition,
whichter-ai:nat.A fltt.dly on Monday morning, Mr,
Chaplia was the son of Alr. Charles Chaplin, the stage
rrianap,r of the Theatres Royal Liverpool and Manchester,
And formerly of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. His age
was 26.
A PRODUCTIVE OAT.—An oat, dropped, as is
supp,osecl, by smile bird, sprunc, up in Mr. James Apple-
, ga,te s garden. Westbury, Wilts, this present year
(13-14), and producA the astonishing number of six
'th - • A t hundred
and
Time is a chap tip
ou,a,ls. Lace
fine sample.
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wifiri'olTictratlitn_fgot cussedly tittle, that
he can't see ' • -

KL-TGSTON, OCT. 20.
The Magistrates this day proceeded to hear applica-
tions for the renewal of licenses to the theatres and
other places of amusement in the county, and also appli-
cations for fresh licenses of a similar character.

Mr. Jemmett applied for a renewal
..of the license for
Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, in the names of John
Chevalier Cobbold and Hannah Waldo Astley.
Mr. Buckler said he did not see how the Court could
grant a license to a place which did not exist. They
were aware that the theatre had been burnt down, and
they were granting a license to a piece of ground instead
Of an amphitheatre.
Mr. Jemmett said it was very true the theatre was
destroyed, but contracts had been entered into, and it
was expected that it would be rebuilt by the time for the
usual commencement of the season. The property would
be seriously injured if the license were to be refused.
The Magistrates then granted the license.
Mr. Jemmett then applied for a license for Vauxhall
Gardens, in the names of the creditors, assignee, and the
official assignee, who hare at present the management
of the property.
Mr. Buckle said he thought the gardens had been
sold, and that they were to be built upon.
Mr. Jemmett said he believed the gardens were to be
opened as usual.
The license was granted.
Licenses were then granted to .Mr. Richard Howard,
for the St. Helena Tea Gardens, Rotherhithe ; to D. W.
Osbaldiston, J. A. Young, and H. W. Smithe, for the
Victoria ; to G. B. Davidge, and T. W. Jones, for the
Surrey Theatre ; and to Mr. H. Elmer, for the Jamaica
Tavern, Bermondsey.
Mr. Chambers then applied for a license for Mr. Jo-
seph Ellis, of the Castle Hotel, Richmond ; and he stated
that the object of Mr. Ellis- was to be enabled to give
concerts occasionally, for the amusement of the gentry,
residing in the neighbourhood, without subjecting him-
self to heavy penalties. On one occasion of a concert
being given proceedings were taken against him to recover
a serious amount of penalties ; and last year he
applied for a license, and he believed it would have been
granted unanimously, but that the Court discovered one
of its rules as to the notice that should be given had not
been complied with, and they therefore were obliged to
enforce it. Every Magistrate present was aware of the
character of the Castle Hotel, and the'respectable man-
ner in which it was conducted, and this was a sure
guarantee that the license would not he abused, and he,
therefore, trusted confidently, that the Court would grant
Mr. Ellis the indulgence he prayed for.
Mr. Puckle said that although he admitted the re-
spectability of the applicant, and of his establishment,
he should oppose the granting of the license, because he
considered it unnecessary, and also that an hotel did
not come within the meaning of the Act of Parliament
as a place of entertainment for public music and dancing.
He expressed his opinion that if Mr. Ellis's only object
was to be enabled to give concerts, that he might do so
by means of tickets without rendering himself liable to
any penalty.
After some further conversation, the Court divided,
when ten Magistrates voted in favour of the license
being granted, and only two against it. The license
was in consequence granted, as prayed.
Mr. Jemmett then applied to the Court for a license
for the Rotunda, in the Blackfriarssroad, in the name of
Henry John Wallack, to bo used as a place of entertain-
ment fur public music and dancing.
The application was opposed by Mr. Chambers, Wal-
linger, and Corner, on behalf of different interested
parties.
Mr. Jemmett, in support of the application, alluded to
the Act of the 25th Geo. 11., under which these licenses
are granted by the Magistrates, and argued that, if a
_Magistrate was satisfied that a building was situated in
a proper locality, and that it was likely te be conducted
respectably, and the entertainments proposed were cal-
culated to afford amusement to the public, that they ought
not to look into other matters, but to grant a license for
such a purpose. The gentlemen who now sought to
have a license was well known to be a person of-
the greatest respettability, and his conduct as the Ma-
nager of the Haymarket Theatre, and in every °thy
respect, was a sure guarantee that if_ a license was
granted to him the place would be conducted iii the most
respectable manner, and that the entertainments he
would provide for the public would be of a high order.
'Tie Learned Counsel then alluded to the use that had
formerly been made of the Rotunda, and he said that
Messrs. Parkinson, the respectable gentlemen under
whose control the building now was, had kept it unoc-
cupied for several years, and they would never have let
to any one of whose respectability they were not per-
fectly satisfied ; and, as a further guarantee, the name of
one of those gentlemen was proposed to be associated
with that of Mr.Wallack in the license, and the intention
of Mr. Wallack was, with the assistance of-his family, to
establish a school for music, and also to give lectures
on the drama. He then read several letters froM
respectable persons residing- in the neighbourhood in
eupport of the application,- and also one from Mr. Ser-
geant Talfourd, hearing testimony to the talent and
zeal evinced by Mr. Wallack in his capacity as stage-
manager ; • and concluded by expressing a hope that the.
Court would grant the license, and thus prevent the
possibility of the Rotunda ever again becoming the scene
of the disgraceful proceedings that it formerly had been.
He. Chambers said.he appeared on behalf of upwards
of a hundred inhabitants of the immediate neighbour-
hood of the Rotunda, to oppose the application, and his.
chief ground .of objection was, that no such place of
amusement was required in that neighbourhood ; and.
that, so far from its being desirable, that it would in
reality crate a dangerous nuisance, and this opinion had
been expressed in a memorial to the Court, which he
now held in his hand, and which was signed by a hun-
dred and twenty of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood,
comprising the Rector, Churchwardens, and other parish
officers. He reminded the Court that there were two
theatres within a very short distance, and that very re-
cently there was a third, so that it was monstrous to
say that another place of amusement was required. He
would not attempt to deny that Mr. Wallack was a gen-:
tlaman of great respectability and talent, but the Court
had a duty to perform to the public, . and he was sure
this fact woultl not influence their decision. Mr. Cham-
bers went on to state that the building was at present
in a most dilapidated condition—in fact, a complete euin,
and before it could be put to any of the purposes for
which a license could be granted, it must be altno-st re-
built. He then produced the memorial he had referred
to, and which he said contained the name and the ad-
dress of almost every influential person in the neighbour-
hood, and he concluded by expressing his opinion that
with such a document before them, and with the know-
ledge of the other facts he had mentioned, the Ctairt
would not grant the license.
Mr. Jemmett, in reply, contended that the Court had
no right to enter into the question of whether a place, of
amusement was required by the public, and the fact of
there being two or three theatres in theimmediateneigh-
bourhood of the Rotunda, ought not to have any influe
enco on-their decision. He could not help looking at the
present opposition as a mere interested ono on the part of
the proprietors of the Surrey- Theatre, who believed
their profits would be affected by having another theatre
so near them, and he believed that Mr. Davidge had in-
strected his Counsel to oppose the grant of the license.
Mr. Davidge,. who was in the Court, here interrupted
the Learned Counsel, and declared he had not done-so.
Mr. Jemmett proceeded— There could be no doubt who
were the real opposers of the license. If Mr.Davidge had
• not given the instructions who had done so ? For whom
did sir. Chambers really appear?
Mr. Chambers said he was instructed to support the
memorial of the inhabitants, who considered their pro-
perty and interests would be endangered by a license
being 0-ranted.
Mr. Jemmett then proceeded to contend at some length
that the opposition.was a purely interested one, and that
the Court,•having a sure guarantee in the high character
of Mr. Wallack, that the place would be conducted in a
respectable manner, and for the benefit and amusement
of the public, ought to grant the license.
The CHAIRMAN having consulted with his brother
Magistrates, said the Court unanimously ref Used to
grant the license, but he at the same time said that this
decision must not be understood as at all affecting the
personal character of Mr. Wallack ; the Court consi-
dered that such good grounds of objection had been
made out, that they could not, consistently with their
duty to the public, grant the license.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Peter Finnon, a middle-aged man, dressed as a
bricklayer's labourer, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Alderman Lainson, on the charge of stealing a quantity
of iron and brass-work, the property of Mr. Paviour.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been em-
ployed by him about a month ago to execute some re-
pairs in ono of the warerooms, where a quantity of
house-finishing, iron and brass-work, was stored. From
time to time a greatnumber of brass locks, hinges, and orna-
mental metal-work was missed, and suspicion falling upon
the prisoner, he was taxed with the robbery, but deaied
all knou ledge of it. Information was then given to the
police, who ultimately succeeded in tracing the stolen
property to the possession of Mr. Barrett, a brass-
founder, in King's Head-passage, Beach-street, Barbi-
can, where it was found mutiletrd and beaten up so as
to re=emble old and worn-out metal.
The constables who took the prisoner into custody
said, when they called at Mr. Barrett's they expe-
rienced much difficulty in finding the goods, as his men
threw every difficulty in their way. One of them said
tl.at Mr. Barrett desired them to give as little as pos.
sible, in order that he might ha saved the trouble of
attending at the Old Bailey.
A porter, in the emplo} ment of Mr. Barrett, said he
saw the prisoner come to his ma ter's shop to sell son.e
old irce, but he could not say whether i: was bought or
not, as he applied to one of the clerks.
Mr. Barrett here stepped forward, and said the po-
lice moat be mistaken, It was true that some property
had been bought, which 4ppoarel not to have been
come by honestly,
but he was far from wishing to throw
any obstruction in the way of the police, and hg was
determiced to cffer tvery facil4y in his power to the
prosecutor.

Mr. Al lerrtaa LAINsoN ordure(' tho case to st..ed
over for the attendaneo of the clerk who purcLaied
the goody,

T 114 MES POLICE
Mr. Petnken, a raster i-riliter in poplar, yesterday
charged an apprentice, who' had suv-ed throe );ears tit.
his tune, with being very insolent, neglecting-
his work,
absenting himself fur several Jar., and settin,7,o-.up jobs of
his own with his Master's type,
and using. his 1"k and
presses. The apprentice at last absented himself from
his master's house when their was a press of business,
and did. not return.
Mr._ PELHAM, for the apprentice, said he should not
trouble the Magistrate with any further answer to the