The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-02 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON.

At a large and highly respectable meeting of ratepavera
and others hold this day ( Monday) in the Town-ball, " the
deyor, T. Sharpe. 142-sq., presiding, the following reso-
lutions, caused by the cruel treatment to which Mr. Fear-
gus O'Connor and his unhappy brethren in confinement.
are subjected, were carried amid the most unbounded ap-
plause, there not bein7 a single dissentient present
Resolution .—That it is the opinion of this meeting
that laws to be binding on, and respected by all, inouf
be submitted to and receive the sanction of all, and that in-
asneich as legislation hitherto in this country, instead of
being based upon this just are' holy principle, seems to
have been intenled only (in effect) to subserve and ender
to the wants and wishes of a capricious, and in too many in-
stanco besotted few, it is necessary, in order to put a
check to the further continuance of such an anomalous
state of things, and to secure to all, and more especially
the productive classes, that which ought to be possessed
by all, namely, political power, as the only protection
against oppression and arbitrary rule, that the principles as
advocated by and set forth in the People's Charter should
become the law of the land.
Resolution 2.—That this meeting is of opinion that the
1 recent attempts on the part of the Government to deter and
prevent men from giving expression to their real and un-
bought sentiments, by incarcerating, and when incarcerated
rendering their condition even more intolerable than that o f
the wretch who, but a •few hours before, has been found
guilty of shedding the blood of unarmed innocence, or it
may he (as is the case at the present moment at York
Castle, in which gaol Mr. Feargus O'Connor is a pri-
soner) of robbing virtue of its brightest, purest gem,*
calls loudly for an expression of the public will, and be_
lieving that Ministers for such conduct, instead of meriting
the respect, deserve only the execration of every right and
well.constituted mind ; and further, that as a test to prove
its sincerity, pledges itself to use every lawful means
within its reach to induce her Majesty that she may be
graciously pleased to dismiss from her Councils her pre-
sent advisers. as no longer deserving the confidence of the
country ; and at the same -time she would be graciously
pleased
be to ts,xuffetetrtclingher Royal eardon to all such persons
as may
on account of
i their religious or poli-
tical opinions, as the surest way n which the too-long-
disturbed tranquillity of the country may be rendered per.
manent and lasting."
The following petition, to be sent to Messrs. Wakley
and Duncombe for presentation, was also agreed to:—
To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses in Parliament assembled.
" The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough

• of Northampton.
•' Sbeweth—That your petitioners request that your
Honourable House will present an humble Address to her
Majesty, praying that her Majesty will he graciously
pleased to diintiss her present Ministers, as traitors to the
Crown and the people, and to call to her Councils Minis-
ters who will pledge themselves to make the principles of
Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure ; and also that her .
Majesty may be graciously pleased to restore Frost, Wil-
liams, and Jones to their families, inasmuch as they a-ere
illegally eonvictel ; and also praying that her Majesty will
be graciously pleased to extend her Royal pardon to all
persons in these realms incarcerated for political or theo-
logical offences.
Anti your petitioners, as id duty bound, will ever pray.
* Mr. O'Connor, in his petition to Sergeant Talfourd, colt.
plains that there are two persons in confinement vith him for
the abduction of a female thirteen sears of age, and another
for a rape upon a girl ten years of age, all of whos:• sentences
are less by six months than his.

MA Rfl lED.—At Gretna Hall, on the 2Stii ult.
and afteresrds at St. Marv's Church, Itlarelebone, by the
Rev. W. H. Charlton, on the 2.i! June, the N'iscount. Drum-
lanrig, only son of the Marquis of Queensberry, to Caroline
Margaret, younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William
Robert Clayton, Bart., M.P., of Gloucester-place, P0f1.1113.•
square. Atter the ceremony the bride and bridegroom left
town for toe neighbourhood of Windsor.
ELOPEMENT.—,About 12 o'clock on Wednes-
day night last, an elopement took place from the quiet and an-
cient town of Caerleon, which caused a great deal of amaze-
ment, and much conjectural conversation, on the following
morning. Thus runs the tale :—A certain master-builder, of
sott and persuasive manners, had long paid his affectionate
dernirs to one of those young and beautiful damsels who bloom.
so plenteously in the pleasant town of Caerleon. The fair
beauty, captivated by the blandness and affection of her swain,
reciprocated the sweet passion, and vowed to be his only. But
" fathers hare flinty hearts The wooings of the enamoured
lovers were discovered, and a careful restraint placed over the
actions of the young lady. Being driven to determine, since
parental authority was so rigidly interposed, the gallant Lothario
procured a stualenaiianitevrinvgiewg-
owtilthmslsteisssii,titnamoofraatioi,hautitnddirwvrisusatda:tel
: elope;
n
herlad toodter it was fixed against the window, down which she almost,
flew from her chamber, and fell breathless into her lover's arms,
who bore her triumphantly to a carriage hard by, and bade the
post-boy drive like wind towards the Old Passage, beyond which
no trace of them has yet been discovered ; but there is no doubt
that " the young roving lovers" have, ere this, pledged their
vows of deathless constancy at the altar of Hymen.—Merlin.
GLEANINGS FROM TILE NOTE-BOOK OF A
Nolen's:it s TRAVET,LER.—A Polish lady, a subject of Aus-
tria, provided herself with a passport to go to some town in
Russia. When she arrived at the Russian frontier, her pass-
port and luggage were strictly examined, ani being found un-
exceptionable, her dress next underwent the same scrutiny :
and a ring being found on her finger engraved with the arms of
Poland and Lithuania, she was sent to prison, and was with
difficulty released, when, on the application of her friends the
Austrian authorities claimed her as a subject. Some one re-
marked to the Emperor Nicholas, six or seven years age,
Poland is quieted for the present. but in fifty years
it will stilt exist ;" his answer was, " Poland may,
but there shall I e us Poles." One of his plans
' for putting this resolution into effect is, to carry off every two
years souse hundred. of children (from six years old and up-
{ wards) to colonise, a part of Siberia. About a year ago a Pole
I was imprisoned at %l ilia on suspicion of being a political agent
' from France. Nothing could be proved against him, but ne-
vertheless he was condemned to be shunt by the Russians, after
he had been rendered incapable of walking by having scalrehig
lead poured upon his legs, and other torments to make him
confess. _Before execution he was told he might take leave of
some other Polish pi isoners detained on similar• suspicions,
the Russians hoping to perceive some sign of intelligence
iietween them in the interview. In this they were disap•
pointed; be merely said, " I hare been told you are my coon-
ii ter 321 nt,
country."
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111 f hia,.:weAndlib:eiee:e_gtella,boecetloaunisd,,eldtujizseorf,
tit. i,utefifronlnrollmas,
riena,
h,ng
deaghta inun:sittn,o)u,
Dombrowski,ot ,bur,
here declare it to be false. for, as you know, you are all perfect
, strangers to me•
.. though we perish," and sing-
inert:g unable to walk) to executive,
1 " No, no, while we
words " while we live:"
ing this lie was carried (t:
the people, as he
passed through the streets, joining; the proces-
sion and singing in chorus.
• Among the carne` of the sulicribers to Doc-'ton's
Fund, it is doubly delightfel to see those of men of genius,
such as Talfourd, Dickens, &e. It is delightful on Dowton's
!
account, by reason of the honour done hint ; and on that of the
men themselves, in showing the! their pockets can afford it . a
felicity, alas ! too rare with their brotherhood. But why do
not semi, of them take courage, sh:l not blush to subscribe
smaller sums--crowns and half-crowns t'" The example is want'
ing to the multitude of Dowton'i admirets; and who so fit as
they to set it ? •
Mic 4
• -K belly's they're closed on Friday, being, we
I
believe,tiii‘lyealthheerl:rainttit'estL:eaon pfrlicetsheatriealrec ord. The best of
!
high • demanded, may be stateel as
i the cause.
TUE I.?_T.F, ADMIRAL SIR SIDNEY SMITH,
IC. t'. 11.—Br the nen:i.e of this gallant Admiral at i'aris, the
appoietment" of Lieutenant-General of Marines and the in-
i sinia of a Knight Grand Crest, of the Bath have beunme
I vacant. eir Sidney's COMIniSSiOn as Admiral of the Red sees
dated 19th July. 1621, and that of Lieutenant-General of the
Sidney avas
W i
seeded his late Majest King William IV. Sir Marines gete June. I:30. In ti,i.e.latter appointment he sue-
-1 alto a Knight Grand I,ross of . the Sword of Sweden . end of
: St. Ferdinand and Merit of Spam.
ILLUSTTIATIONS OF CHANCERY PRACTICE.--
family of the name of H---te—The father was a highly
respectable efergynan, possessing some valueble - freehold
it
e every
wretchedness b eh
' 1 estates—on his death the family were involved in la* ; the
' l Court of Chancery was the scene of action—the suit 'or snits
°rfedfornetCvd tyears;oex traeun
poverty., About About fourteen or sixteen years ago a number
[ ; continued, I twhianyeevuepnwtauradlily
' 1 roffdtahtpoetorneys, the sons and grandsons of their departed parents
' elm had been engaged in the suits befOre thew, :net at a err-
, tai„ inn in . „se—shire, which might he named. They exa-
mined their bill 4 they had ascertained before they met the
amount of mousy in the Aecomitaitt- General's hands, and.
! found it just sentient to satisfy them, and they then deter :stilted.
1 (the parties in the ease being all reduced to pauperism) this
suit ought no lon g?r to be persevered in ! This was generous.
j Woolsack.

OXFORD HERESY.---When tirgt vve noticed the
the and progress of Popery in the Church, and its alliance.
with Toryism, we ventured to predict that it would soon be-
come formidable. andobtain the ascendancy in the Establish.
, raent. Our conjecture has been verified more speeiily that,
we bid aatitiFatid...gosereet chronic.

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