The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-04 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1810.

WEST3IINSTER COURT OF

REQUESTS.

" POKING A MAN IN THE 11155."—Poke is a very
s'o,nificant word. A bonnet may have " a very ugly
poke ; you may "buy a pig in a poke ;" you may have
the credit among }our friends of being (in convivial
praseology) somewhat inclined to get " pokey ;" you
may get " poked" into a corner at a great political de-
monstration, where you can hear nothing, or at a thea-
tre where you can see nothing ; you may, in the
broad language of the "masses," get "a poke in the
eye," which is a very bad thing ; or you may " merely
get a poke in the ribs," a thing not quite so bad, but
still bad enough, as was exemplified in the case of Mr.
James Hickey, who presented himself before the Court
to obtain to obtain from Mr. Horatii Frederick Whar-
ton the sum of 4/. 183. for surgical attendance and me-
dicine rendered necessary in consequence of the said
Mr. Horatio Frederick Wharton having been irresisti-
bly moved to " tickle" Mr. James Hickey "in the ribs"
with the end of an iron-wood walking-stick, and also for
a bat which the plaintiff alleged the defendant had
smashed while suffering from a fit of vengeance.
Mr. Hickey, in stating his case, said that he and
" a female friend'. were descending the stairs of the
box entrance of one of the " minors," when the defen-
dant trod upon the " lady's" dress, and nearly threw her
down. He told the defendant that he ought to be
more careful ; but the defendant, instead of offering an
apology, laughed in his face, and desired him most pe-
remptorily to go to a place which it is not necessary to
mention. " I then told him," continued the plaintiff,
I who looked marvellously like a measurer of calico and
gingham, " that he was a blackguard, and asked him
where he lived ?"
A COMMISSIONER (who was evidently amused at the
stiltish tone which the plaintiff had assumed) inquired
of Mr. James Hickey why he had not asked the gentle-
man for his card ?
The Plaintiff—Ye—ye—yes, I know I ought to have
done so ; but I was so fl—fl—flustered, it put me ve'y
much out of sorts, I assure you.
Proceed, Mr. Hickey, said the COMMISSIONER.
Mr. Hickey did so, and observed that the defendant
refused to tell him " where he lived," but followed him
(plaintiff) for full a quarter of a mile, " by which time"
he bad wished his " female friend" good night. Imme-
diately this separation took place, Mr. Horatio Frede-
rick Wharton came up to him, and, after screaming,
and dancing, and jumping round his victim, ht swore
that he would pink him. Horatio then put himself into
a theatrical attitude, and began " poking" at Mr. James
Hickey with the iron-wood walking stick. Mr. Hickey
exerted all the agility nature had given him to avoid
the pokes, and by dint of bobbing his head, skipping
first here and then there, now retreating, and anon
" bolting," he managed for some time to escape pink-
ing. During this desperate affair of "to do and to
suffer," the plaintiff's hat was knocked off, and the de-
fendant, after venting his rage upon it by a certain
number of " stamps," " jumps," and " kicks," attacked
his passive antagonist with redoubled vengeance, utter-
ing a great many dreadful imprecations upon himself,
if ever he left Mr. Hickey without sounding every rib
in that person's body. "In fact, gentlemen," said the
plaintiff, " he swore he'd measure me for a new suit."
Mr. Horatio Frederick Wharton indulged in a
" giggle," and handled his iron-wood walking-stick.
The plaintiff resumed, and stated that in retreating
from the vengeance of the defendant, he unfortunately
went up Northumberland-court, through which there
is no thoroughfare. Here Horatio got him into a cor-
ner and " pinked" him to some purpose, for he received
so severe a thrust in the ribs that he was compelled to
have surgical attendance.
The defendant, in answer to the complaint, said he
had received an affront from the plaintiff such as no
gentleman could permit to pass with impunity. " This
person," said Horatio, frowning unutterable things at
the plaintiff, " told me I was no gentleman."
" And if you acted as he states you did, in descend-
ing from the boxes of the theatre," said one of the
Commisssioners, " you certainly aro anything but a
gentleman."
" Accident, pure accident, I assure you," said the
defendant carelessly, " which might happened to any
gentleman."
COMMISSIONER—What answer have you to the
attack that you made upon him ?
Defendant—Why, when the lady (sneering and
elevating his nose an additional five or ten degrees) left
this person, I walked up to him and demanded satisfac-
tion for the insult he had offered to me. He imme-
diately struck me across the face with an ash stick
that he had in his hand, and then ran away. I followed
him, and, as he fortunately went up a court without
an outlet, I was enabled to pink him as he deserved.
And as to his hat, .I trod on it accidently.
. Cossuressorana—But it would appear from the doc-
tor's bill that you must have seriously hurt him.
" Merely a poke in the ribs," observed the defendant.
The CONIMISSIONERS were about to swear the plain-
tiff as to the truth of his statement, when the defen-
dant besought the Court to examine three persons who
witnessed the whole of the affair.
The Courr assented to this—the three witnesses, as
well as two on the part of the 'plaintiff, were exa-
mined. From the evidence of these persona it ap-
peared that Mr. James Hickey and Mr. Horatio Fre-
derick Wharton were observed walking along the Strand
in company with a woman of loose eharaeter, and quar-
relling with each other. When the arrived abreast of
Northumberland-court, the female left them. High
words then ensued, and the plaintiff told Horatio he
lied insulted his " friend," and was no gentleman. Ho-
ratio challenged Mr. Hickey to a duel with their walk-
it g-sticks, and putting himself in a pugnacious attitude,
told the latter he was quite as much a gentleman as lie
was. Mr. Hickey repeated that Mr. Horatio Frede-
rick Wharton was no gentleman ; the latter said he
was a liar, and Mr. Hickerimmediately struck -him
across the face with hii ash stick. • •
The Commissioners immediatelj dismissed the case,
and, upon the parties getting out Of. Court, Horatio
put himself into the most approved theatrical attitude
before Mr. Hickey, and ihrr wing down a crown-piece
on the pavement, said he, Mr. Hickey, might pick it
up if he would " only just have five minutes' bout" with
him. Mr. Hickey having the " aforesaid ugly poke" in
painful recollection, took refuge in a Tom-and-Jerry
shop hard by.

NAVAL

ENCE

(From the Plymouth Journal.)
PRONIOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant—J.
Bailey, to the rank of Retired Commander. Mate—
Daniel Miller, to the rank of Lieutenant, a reward com-
mission for his Mathematical attainments, as proved by
the midsummer examination of the gentlemen studying at
the Naval College. Mr. Gustavus Dittman, late of the
Rodney, has passed his examination at the College. as
Naval Instructor. Chaplain—R. J. Oliver, to the Rod.
ney. Second Master—Y. H. K. Bower, to the Scorpion.
Mates—• Mr. James Bull, and L. Mackinnon, to the
Vanguard.
The Ganges, Powerful, Hastings, Edinburgh, and
Cyclops (a) sailed from Smyrna 4th June, for a cruise
in the Gulf.
The Magmra (s), arrived at Gibraltar 18th June from
Malta, and returned next day.
The St. George, 120, on the stocks in this dock-yard, is
now nearly finished, and will be launched the latter end of
next month. The following arc her dimensions : Length of
deck, 205 feet ; breadth extremes, 54 feet 6 inches ;
depth, 23 feet 2 inches. Her original breadth, when laid
down in 1800, was 53 feet 6 inches.
The Meteor, steamer, sailed with stores for Falmouth
on Thursday.
The Portsmouth buoy boat sailed with stores for Ports-
mouth on Thursday.
The Inconstant, 36, Capt. D. Pring, sailed for Cork
on Mot day, to enter volunteer seamen.
The Linnet, packet, and Ferret, 10, was taken out of
North New Dock last evening.

The Hamoaze, lighter, is ordered to Falmouth to take
up and replace some of the packets' moorings.
The Devon lighter, sailed with troops to relieve those
at Pendennis Castle, yesterday.
IN THE SOUND.—Cambridge.
IN HARBOUR.—lmpregnable, San Josef, Rodney, Nau-
tilus, Sylph, tender ; Carron, steamer ; Linnet, packet.
IN BARN POOL.—Raven Cutter.

GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,
SlR,—Permit us, through the medium of your pa-
triotic and widely-circulating journal, to tender to you
our most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the manly,

spirited, and disinterested part you took as a public jour-
nalists at the time of and prior to our ever-memorable
trial.
When the partisan portion of-the public press levelled
its whole artillery at the character and motives of the
five humble individuals who have now the honour to
address you, your columns were devoted to the cause of
humanity, the defence of the oppressed, and the rights
of labour, for which we humbly presume we hare suf-

fered not a little.
It was our lot to be in the foreground, and to sustain
the enemy's fire in their unhallowed crusade against the
poor man's all, his only property, his labour; and
whether we have betrayed or promoted the cause in
which we sacrificed all that we held dear to us on
earth, it is not our,intention to say ; we leave that to a
discerning public to decide ; not that we shrink from
the discussion of our actions, or the motives by which
we were actuated, but because we are disposed to prac-
tice the truly Christian principle of forgiving injuries,
and to consign our wrongs and sufferings, and the recol-
lection of them, to eternal oblivion.
When the dungeon's gloom and the felon's chain
held in strict bondage not only the bodies, but also the
minds of your humble servants, and when a consider-
able portion of that mighty engine, the Press, which
ought ever to be the guardian of public liberty, the pro-
tector of the oppressed, and the terror of the oppressor,
winging its way to the extremities of the earth, the organ
and guide of public opinion, bad directed its machinery
against us, and was employed in maligning and vilifying
our characters, which we then held and still hold dearer
than life itself—the columns of your paper were devoted
to our defence and that of the rights of labour gene-
rally, and above all, to the interests of our bereaved, un-
happy, unprotected, nor,: ovided-for wives and children.
To tender to you our unfeigned gratitude for your
disinterested advocacy, and to thank the working men
of Bi itain, and many other private friends we cannot here
enumerate, is our only motive for thus intruding on your
valuable paper for the prompt and efficient manner in
which they came to our rescue. When an ignominious
grave was being prepared to receive us, and when it
was intended by certain parties to erect a new fabric of
Combination Laws for the rurpose of extinguibhing the
►ast remnant of the workman's rights, and to cement
that fabric with the blood of five selected victims, you
and they stood forward in our defence, and, like a
guardian angel, hovered over our gloomy dungeon, and
shielded us from its baneful influence, and the almost

irresistible power then directed against us. But we
may .say a little more on this subject before leaving
England for the Land o' Cakes.
We have already said that we are disposed to for-
get and forgive our wrongs and sufferings, and
to remember only and transmit to posterity our grati-
tude to the working classes of Britain for their sym-
pathy and support to ourselves and families, and to that
portion of the Press which defended us when we were
the sport of misfortune, tossed to and fro nn the ocean
of adversity, without compass or rudder, hope or an-
chor, now that we are once more free and unfettered,
for which inestimable blessing we are chiefly indebted
to the humane interference and intercession of Lord
Brougham, Mr. Wakley, M.P., Francis Place,
and a few others with her Mujesty's Government.
In conclusion, Sir, we beg you to accept our grateful
acknowledgements for your able advocacy of our cause,
and the cause of universal liberty.
We are, yours, &c.
THOMAS HUNTER.
PETER RACKET.
RICHARD M'NEIL.
JAMES GIBB.
WILLIAM MACLEAN.
London, July 1, 1840.

MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF
THE TOWER HAMLETS PROTESTANT AS-
SOCIATION.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Wednesday evening a Meeting of the friends and mew
hers of the Protestant Association was held at the
Eastern Institution, Commercial-road. The Reverend
W. W. Champncys, A.M., Rector of Whitechapel; in
the Chair. The Rev. John Tany, the Rev. C. Day. and
other clergymen of the neighbourhood, were present.
A Deputation from the Parent Society were also in at-
tendance.
Although Popery was the great object of abuse and
misrepresentation on the present neension, yet did other
institutions and men come in for no thrall share of foul
and malignant censure. Here follows a list of the various
parties abused :—First—The revolutionary members of
the Church of England, along with the liberal-minded
clergy arid the Latitudinarian Prelates of the Church ;
Second—Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers ;
Third—All Papists, from the Pope of Rome to him of
the hod, reserving a separate chapter of abuse for all
those Roman Catholic gentlemen who hold seats in the
House, or are in any way connected with the Govere-
meat. ; Fourth—The Members of the House of Com-
mons ; Fifth—The Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge ; Sixth—Dissenters in general ; Seventh—
Tlie Chartists ; Eighth—Radicals of all shades and
grades ; Ninth—Socialists; Tenth The Whigs ;
Eleventh Infidels in general ; Twelfth Daniel
O'Conne.l, an especial chapter. This is truly a formi-
dable list of opponents for an institution of near three
centuries standing to contend with.
It is true that Popery has great and glaring enormi-
ties, hut whilst we acknowledge the evils existing in the
Church of Rome, is it not cheering to see men, even the
acknowledged members of that Church rise superior to
the superstitions enjoined by it. How glorious is it to
behold humanity throw off the yoke of superstition.
The Established Church of England has retained much
of the Rornish formula, possesses much in the form of
prayers, creeds, and articles, repugnant to its most en-
lightened members, w'do are desirous of rendering them
more in accordance with the advanced spirit of the age ;
but these men, like all other Reformers, are stigmatized
as innovators, revolutionists, and latitudinarians. In
such as desire a change in the church service we have
an instance of the power of intellect r'sing superior to
that of creeds and articles of faith ; and the case of the
Dissenters, with their various and ever-changing opinions
in matters of religion, furnishes us with a most interest-
ing fact, viz., that the mind of man advances whilst the
respect paid to creeds and superstitions is on the decline.
It may not be amiss to state that although the
Rev. Gentlemen of the Tower Hamlets were so lavish of
abuse on the parties above enumerated, yet did they
laud one section of this kingdom to the skies. " The
Peers of our land," said one of the speakers, " were in
the House of Lords to defend the rights of the Church,
and honestly did they discharge their duty !" So the
wise, virtuous, and moral Peers of England are the
great champions of the Church. How must the truly
religious, the intelligent, of the Establishment, when
told that the Peers of England are the staunch sup-
porters of the Church, exclairn—" God save us from
our friends." Some of the divines talked of their sin-
cerity—of the interest they felt in the cause—and we
took them at their word, and believed them to be sin-
cere. Their all depended on the perpetuation of the
Church. We believed them to be deeply interested
too—some to the amount of 2001., others 500/, and
some might be interested to the tune of 1,0001. per
annum.

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Castle, Galway.
The Committee on Lord Stan-
ley's Bill is fixed for next Thursday, not Monday, as stateet
yesterday by mistake in our Parliamentary summary.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
leave town towards the close of the month, for Portumna
Excellency does not return to St. Peters-
burgh till the last week in September, or early in the following
month.

A short time since a person named Withers, the
Relieving Officer of the Devizes Union, absconded. A Com-
mittee, of whom the Rev. E. J. Phipps, the Rector, was an
active member, was appointed to examine Withers's accounts,
and having done so, reported that he had defrauded the Union
of a considerable sum. Notwithstanding this, the Rector, to-
gether with the two Churchwardens of St. John, have actually
signed a recommendation to the Commissioners of Police in
London to Rive this man a situation iu the force.— Wiltshire
Independent.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Jinx 1, 1840._

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Aboyne,
one of the Lords in Waiting to her Majesty. in the room of
the Viscount Falkland, resigned.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 1.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon the following Gentlemen :—The Right Hon.
William Stephenson Clark, Lord Mayor of the city of York ;
Joshua Walmsley, of Wavertree-hall, Lancashire, Esq., Mayor
of the borough of Liverpool; William Lowthrop, Esq., Mayor
of Hull ; John Westley Williams, Esq., F.R. S., Mayor of
Portsmouth; Thomas Potter, Esq., Mayor of Manchester;
Jacob Adolphus, Esq., M.D., Inspector-General of Army Hos-
pitals and Physician-General to the Militia Forces in the island
of Jamaica; Alexander Mackenzie Downie, Esq., M.D., Phy-
sician to her late Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse
Hombourg ; John Hare, of Springfield, Somersetshire, and of
the city of Bristol, Esq.

LORD CH CHBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 12,1840.
The Lord Chamberlain of her ;Majesty's household has ap-
pointed William Henry Neville, of Esher, Esq., Apothecary
Extraor el inary to the Queen.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles 1). Day,
Esq., to be Solicitor-General in the Province of Lower Canada

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Warner,
Esq., to be Solicitor-General in the Island of Trinidad.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 2.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Bernard, Esq.,
to be Advocate General and Crown Solicitor in the Province
of South Australia.

ADMIRALTY, JULY I.

This day, in pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Jahle.l Brenton, Bart., and K. C. 8., was promoted
to be Vice-Admira lof the Blue, taking rank next after Vice-
Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.B.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentlemen
to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery :
—George Wace, Shrewsbury; John Llewellyn Whittenbury,
Shrewsbury; George Stamp, Caistor, Lincolnshire; Thomas
Baker, Manchester ; Clement Ingleby Wragge, Stourbridge,
Worcestershire ; and James Weod, Bradford, Yorkshire.

WAR OFFICE, JULY 3.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Colonel C. Al-
lix, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Sir J. M. Wallace, who exchanges; Major the Hon. J. Y.
Scarlett to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Allix,
who retires; Brevet Major F. Westenra to be Major, by
purchase, vice Scarlett ; Lieutenant G. C. Colquitt, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Westenra; Cornet G. L. Robson to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colquitt ; Ensign G. R. Ha-
milton, from the 88th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Robson, July 3.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon J.
Stewart, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mar-
shall, deceased, July 3.
10th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Major H. Lecky, from the
36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adam=, who exchanges, July 3.
31st Foot Lieutenant T. Bulkeley, to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Ogilvy, deceased, March 22.
35th Foot—Ensign A. Tisdall, from the 64th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Cro.bie, who retires, July 3.
36th Foot—Capt. W. H. Adams, from the 10th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Lecky, who exchanges, July 3.
43d Foot—Ensign the Hon. C. H. Lindsay to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Paget, promoted ; D. C. Greene, Gent., to
be Endgn, by purchase, vice Lindsay, July 3.
47th Foot—Lieu'. J. Lardner to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Dundee, deceased, June 2 ; Ensign C. F. For-
dyce to be Lieutenant, vice Lardner ; Ensign S. T. Williams,
from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fordyce, July 3.
tlst Foot—Ensign A. J. W. Northey, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gates, who retires; R. A. Ffarington,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Northey, July 3.
60th Foot—W. Grenfell, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dansey, who retires, July 3.
64th Foot—H. M. B. Wellesford, Gent. to be Ensign, by
pus chase, vice Tisdall, appointed to the 35th Foot, July 3.
88th Foot—C. W. Minchin, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hamilton, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards,
July 3.
Ist West India Regiment—E. M. Macpherson, Gent. to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Campbell, appointed to the Staff, July 3.
UNArrAcnEn.—Lieutenant H. W. Paget, from the 43d
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, July 3.
HosiTrAr. STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon A. Campbell, from
the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Stewart, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards,
July 3.
M EMORAN .—Captain M. Campbell, upon half-pay
Unattached, has been allowed to retire from the Army, by the
sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in
New South Wales, July 3.

The Commissions of the under-mentioned Officers have been
cancelled, from the dates set against their names, they having
received commuted allowances for their half-pay : —Lieut. S.
Clarke. half-pay Canadian Voltigeurs, from July 3; Lieut. R.
Foote, half-pay 11th Light Dragoons, from Feb. 7 ; and Lieut.
A. 0. von Broembsen, half-pay Brunswick Infantry, from July
3, 1840.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland Militia—The Right Hon. A. G. Percy,
commonly called Lord Lovaine, to be Lieutenant, vice Burton,
deceased, dune 22.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The Queen's Own RoyaLStaffordshire Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry—J. P. Clowes, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wilson, re-
signed; F. Wilkinson, Gent., to be. Cornet, vice Clowes, pro-
moted, June 16.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
GEORGE SIIERWOOD, gun maker, Portsmouth.
GEORGE KITTON, wholesale stationer, Norwich.
SAMUEL HARE BROWN, licensed victualler, Golden
.ane, St. Luke's.

BANKRUPTS.
JAMES HENDERSON, carpenter, Poland-street, Ox..
ford-street, July 11, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 14, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street,
official assignee ; Pain and Atherley, Great Marlborough-street

THOMAS HALL, jun., balt;;-, Hackney-road, July 15,
and August 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsa-
ger, official assignee, Bitehin-lane, Cornhill; Hilleary, Leaden-
. .

hall-'t.reet.

WILLIAM WARD, carpenter, Saffron Walden, July 13,
and August 14, at eleven, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Saffron
Walden. Walters and peeve, Basinghall-street, London ;
Thurgond, Saffron Walden.
FREDERICK LADEWIG, confectioner, Tottenham-
court-road, July 17, at half-past twelve, and August 14, a►.
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, official assignee,
Now Broad•street-court ; Few and Co., Henrietta-street, Co-

vent-garden.
JOSEPII MALCOLM, licensed victualler, Berwick-street

Soho, July 17, at half-past one, and August 14, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Cole and Co., Lime-street, City.
IIARWOOD THOMAS, scrivener, Bhrewsbury, July 16
and August 14. at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury.
Weeks and Gilbertson, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Teere, Shrews-
bury.
GEORGE HOOD, earthenware-manufacturer, Brown-