The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

ov a leg o' mutton ; ay, indeed, an eight pound leg ov
three-year old mutton—to be sure, I'll not bely him, the
meat was purty well scraped off, sir ; but fakes, 'twas ni,
joke for a man to hould the hone in his hand withen',
give a poor boy, sir, that's sthriven' to make the two
meet, a lange-lee in the nose ov id."—(Laughter.)
Billy Donnelly now sat down, and Davy Moria•,-
rose up, and after a brief colloquy with a little firs
looking woman, who grinned at the complainant --
though she could have bitten his nose off with -rnti,
pleasure, Master Davy assured the bench that *hat
had administered to Mister Donnelly was not "a tint
ov what the impudent brat desarved for usin' a -deco;
man as be did."
Davy was, of course, required to explain.
" Why, then, gintlemen," he said, " I was a stria:,:
taste overcome at the weddin,' an' if I was, indeed
'twas a good man's case. I fell asleep for a spell,
'till this fellow woke me up ov a suddint. S!ir
yourself, Davy, stir yourself,' says he, they're on far
a l
dance, an' don't be snorin'
there, like a bul-
pig ;' sure, my dear life, I rubbed the eyes an'
woke up, an' ma skitters' an' tittherin' as there was at
me. Begor,' says one, he was changed in his sleep,
and another cries out, I own to tbe Lord, DaVV
you're gettin' so proud you'll soon not know vourelf.' So,
at long last I wint to a lookin' glass, an' be all the
books in college, such curifixes as was painted on
me face wil a burnt cork, 'twould amaze you!
There was a big hone in me pocket, so, in me pasein
I %vita over, whin I hear who done id, an' hot me joker
a polthogue on the nose."—(Great laughter).
" An' so you ought, Davy, so you ought," whined
Billy Donnelly. " E then how of'n I stud to you, whin
we Ivor nibors, an' you'd be droppin' o' the car, goin'
borne here ova night. I'd be in dhread, gmtlemen, not
to bring some sort ov a token for the fare to the masther,
an' I used to tie this man to the seat, the way ov
he dhropped off atself, I could dhraw him afther the ;
an' his cry always used to be, Don't mind the , brs,
Billy, but fasten up me head, 'tis that that's rowlin
(Roars of laughter.)
Some witnesses were produced, who proved the as-
sault upon Billy's outwork. So Davy was fined 2s. Gd.,
and ordered to pay the costs.

METROPOLiTA N AN TI.CORN-
LAW ASSOCIATION.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH 'HE REV. DR.
J. PYE SMITH, OF HACKNEY.
The following correspondence has taken place be-
tween the amiable and respected Dr. Pye Smith and
Mr. Chapman, the Secretary of the Metropolitan Anti-
Corn-law Association.
To every friend to the repeal of the Corn.-laws, the
sanction and approval of a man so excellent, so univer-
sally respected and beloved as Dr. Smith, must be es
satisfactory us to the Committee.
Of all the questions which can excite the public at.
tention, no one has so strong a claim upon the ministers
of religion as the abolition of the bread tax. By pro-
ducing poverty, the Corn-laws are productive of im-
morality, irreligion, and crime, and we sincerely hope
that Dr. Smith's example will be followed by clergymen
of all persuasions in and round the metropolis :
March 9, 1840.
REVEREND SIR,—I am desired by the COlTlMittee
of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-late Association to 1-
you to accept their thanks for your reply to this eircu:..!
The perusal of your note has afForded every mem;:..,
cf the Committee the most sincere satisfaction,
they feel greatly encouraged, and strengthened in th,
labours by your approval and sympathy. As they ti! .
the publication of your note would be of great hen.:
to the cause in which they are embarked, they have u
rected me to ask your permission to make it public.
With much respect,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) H. S. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
Hornerton, March 10, 1840. I
DEAR Sin,—l cannot think my note worthy of any
such honour ; yet, if the publication of it may at all
conduce to serve the cause, which appears to me so
clearly to be that of justice and beneficence, I shall be
thankful. Every man owes a duty to this good cause.
Your's, respectfully,
Mr. Chapman. J. PYE SMITH.
The following is the letter alluded to above :
Homertou, March 6th, 1840.
SIR,—I feel myself greatly honoured by your circular
letter, and shall make a point of paying my guinea
contribution to the expenses of your righteous cause.
But my unceasing proximate duties put it out of my
power to bear any active part, and my deafness disqua-
lifies me from attending in the committee.
It appears highly proper that petitions from Christian
congregations to the Legislature should be sent up. If
any general measure of that kind could be put. into
progress, I would immediately propose it to my congre-
gation, and I have no doubt of its being adopted.
I am Sir, your's truly,
J. PYE SMITH.
If a mere name could be at all useful, mine is at
your service : but I feel strong repugnance to the be-
longing
to a committee, and not attending to perform
its duties. Such attendance is beyond my power.

On 'Monday evening Mr. Poulton delivered a lecture
to a very respectable and crowded audience, in the
large Assembly Room, Mitre Tavern, Greenwich. The
lecture occupied about two hours and a quarter, and
was listened to with the most earnest attention, and re-
' peatedly interrupted by bursts of epplause. There was
a good number of ladies present, who winced their
zeal and interest in the cause, by the fixed attention
and evident sympathy with which they listened to the
Lecturer. George Borrett, Esq. occupied the chair,
and at the conclusion of the lecture, an unanimous vote
of thanks to Mr. Paulton was carried b 3 general ac-
clamation. On the following evening Mr. Sidney Smith
delivered another lecture in the same place, on the in-
fluence of the Corn-laws, upon the condition and wages
of the working men. The lecture throughout was re-
ceived most enthusiastically. At the conclusion of the
lecture, the audience, in accordance with the announce-
ment in the placards, resolved itself iota a public meet-
ing for the purpose of petitioning for the total repeal et
the Corn-laws. Several excellent speeches were mac
on the occasion by Mr. Smith, a county Magistrate
Mr. Hargraves, another Magistrate of the county ; Mr.
Grey, and the Editor of the Greenwich Gazette. T
oe
petition was carried amidst the most hearty cheers of
the assembly ; and, after receiving about 300 signa-
tures, a vote of thanks was enthusiastically accarde-! tc
Mr Smith, and the meeting broke up shortly after t. c,
o'clock.

We understand that the ladies of Greenwich ha
so warmly taken up the question, that they have
solved to have a petition of their own, appealing to :
Legislature on this question, not as a mere matter
political economy, but on tke broad Christian basis
justice and humanity.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Lord Clarence Paget, at Uxbridge Hou:e, from Sheer-
ness ; Lord Charles Russell, in Belgrave-square, from
Woburn ; the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at Corpus
Lodge, near Cambridge; Sir John H. Tborold, Bart., at
Fenton's Hotel; N. R. Yorke, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. anti
Mrs. Fleming, at ditto; Colonel P.itt, in Duke-street, St.
James's; Lord Zetland, in Arlington-street; Captain
Fitzroy, Sir Charles Dalbiac, Mr. Perceyal, at the Re-
gent's Park Barracks; Lieut.-General Thornton, Sir
Sandford and Lady Graham, in Portland-place ; Earl
Digby ; the Earl of Pembroke, at his new mansion iu
Grosvenor-place; Mr. and Airs. Herbert Langham, Mr.
Good, Mrs. Hudson, in Park-crescent; F. R. Grote,
Esq., and Mrs. Grote. at English's Sc. James's Royal,
Hotel, St. James's..street, from Liverpool; E. Littledale;
at ditto, from the Home Circuit ; Messrs, . Harold
Littledale, Thomas Bold, and William Armstrong, Esq ,
at ditto, from Liverpool; Messrs. Thomson and Hay, at
ditto, from Edinburgh ; P. Roe, Esq., 11th Light Dra-
goons, at ditto, from Dublin ; Thomas Page, Esq., at
ditto, from Ely.

DEPARTURES.
c
The Earl of Deron and Viscount ultenay, on a visit
to Lord Ebrinrrtand Lady
on
lin Castle; Sir George Talbot, Bart., and Miss Talbot,
for St. Leonard's ; Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., M.P.,
for Hastings; Lady Lubbock, for ditto; Lord Adaso,
M. P., for Dunraven Castle; the Duke of Leeds, for
Melton Mowbray ; Sir Thomas Clavering, for
sth ;
Viscount Marsham, for Braley House, Kent; the Right
Hon. Sir E. Knatchbull, for Merstbam Hatch ; Mr. E.
R. Rice, M.P., for Dane Court; Viscount Sydney, for
Footscray; John Mercer, Esq., from the Burlington
Hotel, for Kent ; J. Ennis Vivian, Esq., M. P., for Gla-
morgan; Sir Edmund and the Hon. Lady Dering, far
Horsenden, Dering, Kent; A. Leroy, Esq., M.P., on
a visit to Lord and Lady Lorton ; Count de Leon, from
Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street; Mr. O'Connell. M.P.,
for Galway; the Bishop of Worcester and Miss Carr,
from English's St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's-
f street, for the Palace, Worcester; Captain Reynolds, 11th
Light Dragoons, from ditto, for Canterbury; Messrs. W,
Nield, Brook, and Potter, from ditto, for Manchestet.

EVENING EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

'Pa. Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon, at half.
past two o'clock, at Buckingham Palace.
Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir George Carroll, Mr. Frede-
rick Muth, jun., and Mr. Josiah Wilson, a Deputation of
tae Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London, had an
azalea*e of her Majesty, to know her pleasure when her
Majesty would receive the Lieutenancy of London with a
dutiful and loyal Address.
The Queen was pleased to name Friday, at two o'clock,
as the day for her Majesty's receiving the Address from
that body.
The Court was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in
Waiting, Colonel Armstrong, Groom in Waiting, and
Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting.
The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne
had audiences yesterday of the Queen.
Mer Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Concert
of Anoient Music with their presence last evening, at the
Hanover-square Rooms. The Royal party arrived in four
state carriages. His Serene Highness, the Hereditary
Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attended by Baron de
Graben, accompanied the Queen and Prince Albert.
Mr.,Charles 011ivier and Mr. Lewis Moss had the no.
nnatr of sabazittiag to her Majesty and Prince Albert yes-
tordey their newly constructed instrument for quadrille
dancing and waltzing, with which her Majesty was pleased
to express her approbation.
Addresses of Congratulation were presented to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, by the following gentlemen :
Lord Mahon, M. P., and the Hon. William Cowper,
M.P., from Hertford.

Mr. Joseph Guttercs Henriques, Mr. Solomon Jacob
Waley, and Mr. Hananel De Castro, the Deputies ap-
pointed by the several Congregations of Jews in London,
on his Royal Highness's Marriage with her Majesty.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G. C. 8., M. P., Chairman, and
Mr. Wiillam Butterworth Bayley, Deputy Chairman, from
the East India Company.
Mr. Denison, Captain Perceval, R.N., Mr. Alsager,
and Mr. Kemble, from the County of Surrey.
Doctor Cookworthy, the Mayor of Plymouth, accom-
pstied by Mr. Collins, M. P., from the Mayor and inha-
.
zmenta of Plymouth.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Right Hon. T.
• Mdestilay. Secretary at War, and M. P. for Edinburgh,
14. ad Sir J. Campbell, Attorney-General to her Majesty,
• 31:. P. for Edinburgh, for Edinburgh.
`rt.* &iticitor-General and Mr. W. E. Gladstone,
front Ncwark.
tkamaderion, M.P., from Colchester.
Mr. Muovi, M.P., from the Corporation and Burgesses
ehe t. borough of Pontefract.
Lord George Flcntinck, ALP , from King's Lynn.
ziir Thomas Troubridge, from Dcal.
sir. C. F.. itumbohl, M. P., and Mr. William Wilshere,
31. 13., !row Great Yarmouth.

Joan Lubbock.ißart., and Mr. G. de Laurent,
lwin Ilia Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance.
,Jr. 3.l'Titggart, from the Burgh of Stranraer, North

L: M:;.

"Alison, Governor of the Bank of Ireland, with Mr.
n lid Mc. Carr, from the Bank of Ireland.
Mr. Gltkons and Mr. Pownall, from the Middlesex

Lod Mayor, Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir George
r •ii, Mr. Frederick Huth, jun., Mr Josiah Wilson, Sir
I..i.ejgate, Mr. Alderman John Johnson, Mr. Ed-
and several others, accompanied by Mr.
Clerk to the court, from the Court of Lieu-
,A• the City of London.
Highness, Prince Albert, was attended by
'3.-},,rgq. Edward Anson, Treasurer of his Household,
Buring.,don, Gentleman of the Widebamber, Co-
'Sbyucrry, and Mr. Seymour, Groom of the

A s of Coorrratulation to her Royal Highness the
of Kent, were presented yesterd-iy at Bucking-
from the following places
Breit Malvern, presented by the Rev. Dr. Card.
041 the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, Clergy, and
In,;:''.lants of the Borough of Hertford, presented by Lord
:',!,11-•:,n and the Hcn. W. Cooper, the Members for the
B •ia :11.

Cre several Congregations of Jews in London, on
~rime of her Majesty with his Ro3al Highness
Ft of Saxe Ceuburg and Gotha. presented by
Gutteres Henriques, Mr. &Aomori Jacob
s-igi Mr. Hananel De Castro, the Deputies ap-
Congregation.
I.:. tho East India Company, presented by Sir
Jeuk4is, G C. 8., M.P., Chairman, Mr. William
.so;tll Bayley, Deputy Chairman, Sir R. Campbell,
Deput4tion.
toe G,vcrnor aryl Company of the Bulk of Ire-
:;,osenteci by Messrs. Wilson, Lunell and Carr.
—:: •he M iyor, Aldermen. and Burgesses of the town
et Deal, presented by Sir T. Tronliriclge.
• ,n Cue Mayor and Inhablants of the Borough of
presented by Dr. Coukworthy-, the Mayor, ac-
'• by Mr Collier, M. P.
;to Freshelders and Inhabitants of the County of
‘,.. presented by Mr. Denison, Capt. Percival, R. N.,
Mr Kemble.
tie Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Bo-
la e! Great Yarmouth, presented by Messrs. C. E.
and W. Wilsnere, the Members for the lloro igh.
i torn tie Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London,
os:s!.:1-ect 1-11 the Lord Mayor, Sru Claudius Hunter, Sir
‘'..r.g,;-OZ.,e Carroll. Mr. Alderman John Johnson, fir Wit-
lteigate, Mr. Edward Lawford, Mr. Josiah Wilson,
:•,st,..rick Math, Jan., and several other Members of
( ene al C attended by the Clerk to the ...:ourt of
:.tent, ~.y. Mr. Henry Smith.
1-flglmess the Duchess of Kent was attended,
the reception of the addresses, by Lady Fanny
‘10'.•76,A. Lily in Waiting, end Colonel Cooper, C. p 3.,
F•' sit 'i'iuerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's
_ _ _

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_
Moytefiore :vas prevented by indisposition
tram ;.;t7,endirg the pre,centation of the Addresses to their
filiphriesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of
4,4 yi.storday, from the several congregations of the
11104,s in Loqdon, as one of the Deputies appointed by the
etosierwioiks, and also from the Court of Lieutenancy
et ti-A: City of London.

Doke of Cambridge had a Dinner-party Last even-
ing at Cambridge House. The company were the Arch-
len bit of Yolk, Earl Howe, bird Berghersh, the Dean
of Celist.e, Sir William Curtis, Sir Astley Cooper, Sir
Gore 0;,lael&y, Sir Andrew Barnard, General the Hon.
Artlsor rptan, Mr. Berkeley Pager, Mr. Solomons, Mr.
Ilair.raarsiey, and Sir George Smart.
The Duke of Cambridge afterwards went to the
ilanc-:cr-square Rooms to receive the Queen and Prince
Albert. His Royal Highness being the Director for the
The Du-chess of Cambridge, Prince George,
trail th.;-. Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and all the
guts. also went to the Concert of Ancient Music. Her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady Charles
Sorner.wt, the Countess of Denbigh, Hon. Miss Mitchell,
the Eli.; of Denbigh, and several other Gentlemen of her
iLitsehf.!4, also honoured the Concert of Ancient Music
nt the Hanover.square Rooms with her presence last

jHer'M3iosty the Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of
Gioucester at Gloucester House, and the Duchess of ,
Cam-
bridge at Cambridge 1-:ouse, yesterday.
1 Prince Georg,: of Cambridge visited the Princess Au-
) gova, yesterday.
i Con at Bjornstjarna, the Swedish Minister, had an in-
terview with Mr. Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of
Track.

The Rev. Dr. Brown bad an interview with Viscount
~ieib.;uruo yesterday, at hisoflicial residence in Downing_
atree t

Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Loch, M. P., and Mr. Mark
Philips, M.P., had an interviews yesterday with the Mar-
tittiS cf Norrnanhy, at the Home-office.

THE PRIVILEGE PRISONERS.

Since the release of Mr. sheriff Evans from the cus-
tody of the Sergeant-at- Arms, who it is understood was,
as well as Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, suffered to depart without
payment of the usual fees, the provisions furnished by Mr.
Bellamy, the housekeeper, to Mr. Pearse and his fellow-
prisoner nave teen stopped.
Oa Si.urday morning Mr. Bellamy waited personally
on Mr. Parse, and delivered him a bill for the costs of his
uniatciir:ace, of which the following is a copy :
Mr. Pease, To J. Bellamy.
1340, --Eating, &c., from the 19th February
to the 3d Arch, 14 days at 6s. per day....E4 4 0
Do. 6:0., from 4th to the 6th March, 3 days ss. 0 15 0

£4 19 0
Mr. Pew, expressed his inability to pay the amount,
when la yes informed that unless the bill was discharged
the sup )liens would be stopped. In accordance with this
ina.tioo tbs usual meals were not sent down, and the
oonserence was, that having no available resources, the
situstton of Mr. Pearse would have been most distress;ng
but. tor the kindness of Mr. Briant, of theChequersTavern,
in Abingdon-street, who, on hearing of the fact, ininte•
di3teely of*red, and has since continued, to send him the
daily provisions necessary for his support, without refe-
,, retire to ultimate payment.
Mr, Pearse has been advised to send to the House the
f following petition detailing the circumstances, and praying
its ineerference, and which was last evening handed to Sir
rcarveis Burdett, who, it is expected, will present it in the
ig-for.4e t+ftkiuday

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain
$lO kelasasl, in Parliament assembled.
i, Ilbe petition of Thomas George Johnston Pearse,
new a prisoner of your Honourable House, in the
stssandy of the Sergeant-at-Arms.
' dumbly slroweth—That your petitioner is confined
Ceder the authority of the warrant of the Right Honourable
*a Sprmskitv of your Honourable House, for having been
guilty of an alleged high contempt and breach of the pri-
vileges thereof, but which he is imensible of having wil-
W-ly eommetted,your petitioner having only dor.e that which
1,5 imperatively demanded of him in the performance of
hik duties as clerk to Thomas Burton Howard, the attorney
in the cause of gtockdale v. Hansard.
" That, upon the incarceration of your petitioner, ho
was deprived of his means of supporting himself and his
family, and is now without any pecuniary resources other
than *e contributions of a charitable and sympathising
public.
•4 That your petitioner was supplied with provisior.s by
Mr. Bellamy, the Keeper of your Honourable House, from
1 Cite 9th day of February last, the day of his committal,
-alt.ll FLiday, the 6th of March instant, when, to the great
..,;riwi.:e of your petitioner, he had a bill delivered to- him
by t at gentleman, amounting to the sum of 4/. 19s , being
the out of the maintenance of your petitioner during that
p4:-!, ;0(i.
46 That your petitioner being unable, from the eircum-
s :LocPs above set forth, to meet this demand, humbly prays
y :ur Honourable House to direct that the paymentofthe
~nie sum may be excused to him ; and further, to order
'hat the Sergeant-at-Arms attending your Honourable
Ff ink may in future supply your petitioner with rations
f:e,.. ot C ibt.
"And yOurpetitioner,as in duty bound, will evzr pray,Sce.
(Signed)
6t-.THISIVAS GEORGE JOHNSTON PEARSE"'
i
r , i

. LONDON:
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1841.

The Lords had adjourned over last night. The
Commons did not collect in sufficient numbers to make
a House.

The splendid festival yesterday given to Mr.
BYNG at Drury-lane Theatre, which is elsewhere
fully reported in The Sun, was worthy of him and
the metropolitan county which he has undeviatingly
represented for fifty years. A more splendid and
animating scene is seldom beheld. A more con-
sistent. man, perhaps, never sat in Parliament. In
dark and troubled times Mr. BYNG was the friend
of popular rights, and voted for Parliamentary Re-
form with Sir F. BURDETT, when Parliamentary
Reform had no friends at Court. Besides being a
consistent Whig from the beginning of his career
in 1790, Mr. BYNG has been a most industrious
and assiduous representative. He has zealously
attended in Parliament to all the private business of
the opulent county he represents. Diligent and
faithful, he now sees his long services crowned
with the almost unanimous approbation of his
constituents in his county. Even the To-
ries " have nothing to say against this
tribute of respect to Mr. BYNG." They
admit " that there are many gentlemen in Mid-
dlesex who disagree with Mr. BYNG'S politics
who would cheerfully drink his health on such an
occasion." They say, "itis a proper occasion on
which to give him a public dinner." Thus, pro-
perly honoured by his friends, and respected by his
political opponents, Mr. BYNG has attained a hap-
piness which is rarely the lot of a public man.
It was fitting, then, that the jubilee of his Par-
liamentary services should be worthily celebrated ;
and the festival of yesterday will long be remem-
bered as equally creditable to him, the great politi-
cal party with which he is connected, and the
county which he has so long represented. His
festival was the triumph of civil virtues,
which, if less obtrusive and dazzling, are more
permanently beneficial than the virtues of the
conqueror.
We must not omit to direct the public attention
to the excellent and complimentary letter of the
Duke of SUSSEX, and to the excellent speech of
-Mr. BYNG, which seems worth all his Parliamen-
tary orations. The clever speech of Mr. Gis-
t /I°."E, in proposing the health of her MA—TEsT Y'S
Mspeuelicshterisn, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
1
us-
SELL allusion to
serving of much ~, gt e compliment,
animated
acknowledging h are de-
approbation. Lord JO ti N' Rus-
e had been accom
Mr. BYNG'S Parliamentary life was exlxemely
hisus taskand complimentary.. on map l
manneriment Pa
ri iys.
of the name of
throughout harmonious and • •
satisfying, and to no-
thing to be desired but that it should 11:w
o drt i Theii yn
not. haiie
i separated so soon.

Let us, in conclusion, say that other exam-
ples of fifty years service in Parliament will not
enable the Reform party to show their strength, and
explain their principles, encouraging their friends,
and intimidating their opponents. There is no
other Mr. BYNG to whom they can give a dinner ;
but opportunities to meet may be made, and they
ought to be made, to increase by sociality the in-
fluence and power of right principles.

The intelligence received by the overland mail
from India, the substance of which will be found
in another column, is of the utmost importance.
Then? is no longer a doubt respecting our relations
with China. We are vt war—at open, proclaimed
war—with that country. We are glad of this for
many reasons, and among others, because an end
thereby put to the peddling system of old woman-