The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.v

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

TIDE HASTINGS BARONY.
The LORD CLIA NCELLUti. opinion en th"
case this morning, but in so low a lone that few of his lor t•
ship's observations were heard below the bar. We undo: told
his Lordship to say, that the claim Caine before the 'r Lordships
under a reference from her Majesty, upon the petit on of
Sir Simon L'Estrange and Sir Jacob . Astley, i haw
ing the barony of Hastings, stated to have berm reate;.l*
or at least to have subsisted, in the 49th Henry 11"
The pedigree, so far as it derived descent from the party under
whom it existed, appeared to him, atter a..laborious investige:
tion, to have been made out; but at the same time there existed
that degree of doubt which must always exist in coming to
conclusion on facts of such ancient date. It, however, her
pened in this Case, that the pedigree was so supporter
by public documents as to leave . no reasonable doubt
on the subject. Its Lordship then proceeded to trace
the pedigree of the respective claimants from sit Henry
De Hastings, who was summoned to Parliament
in the 49th of Henry 111., and said, that though there was
clear proof that Sir 14enry de Hastings had been summon,
there was no proof of that which was also necessary to creste
a legal title, that he had ever sat, while it was proved that ids
son had sat in Parliament, but proof was wanting that he
ever been summoned. His Lordship then commented upod
the evidence, and said, that under all the circumstances, h 6
thought their Lordships would be justified in coming to th°
conclusion that the writ of summons had been issued, which alone
would have entitled him to a seat in their Lordships' House.
This being established, and the claimants, with a Mr. Brown,
who does not claim, being proved to be co-heirs of the Weil,
it was his opinion that Sir Simon L'Estrange, Sir. Jacob Ast°
ley. and Mr. Brown, were entitled to the barony of Fleeing*
and t hat the barony must remain in abeyt•nce between the three
until it should be the pleasure of the Crown to exercise its pre'_
rotative, and determine which of the parties should enjoy the
dignity. .

The Loan CHANCELLOR having concluded, their Lordship;
decided in conformity with it, and ordered their decision tob3
recorded upon the J:Mrnals of the House.

SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.)

EVANS V. UPTON.
The plaintiff in this case is commonly known a.; YoUnf
Dutch yarn, the pugilist, and i- landlord of the Black fitn;
public-house, Vinegar-y ,rd, Covent-garden 'I he action W
brought to recover of defendant the sum of 13/., monies el'
leged to have been lent to defendant at plaintiff's house on the
24th of March last.

A number of witnesses were examined, who saw the moue!'
handed to defendant, and two I 0 U's, one for 81., and the
other for 51., given as acknowledgments for the same.
It, however, appeared that the defendant had lost the whole
of the cash at the game of " tress" before he left the house,
which was construed into a gambling transaction ; and the. Jur:
returned a verdict for defendant.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL'
—PROPOSED MINISTERIAL REDUCTIONS OF THE DUTIES°
CORN, SUGAR, AND TIMBER.—We are very happy to state
thai the Mayor has convened a special meeting of the Ton'
Council for Saturday next, to express its opinion as to the 00'
difications and reductions proposed by Ministers in the duties
noon sugar and timber, of which notice has been given by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer; and as to the alteraion of the
Corn-laws, of which notice has been given by Lord Joh°
Ru-sell. We believe that more importantsubjects never oat"
pied the attention of a legi-lative assembly ; and it is the
bounden duty of the 'people of. this country; if. they wish it'
commerce to be extended, and the social condition of its p"fdr
lation to be improved, to put forth all their energies in stlP'
port of the great and most beneficial changes which Minister'
propose to mske. The latter will be most strenuously opposea
by great and powerful class interests; they will have arraY,e'
against them the East and West India interests, the landed
terest, a large portion of the shipping interest; and the mass
the Tory party ; and, against such a host of opponents as these;
they cannot possibly make head, unldss they be promptly Oa
most actively and warmly supported by the people at large'
'l' he people, indeed, may be said, humanly. speaking, to ba°'
the destinies of the nation at this moment in their own hands
they have it in their power to give at once to the entire ,ore
of our commercial policy a new spirit and direction ; they haf,
it in their power to secure the gradual substitution of ro°..'-
fiscal or financial duties for protective and prohibitory &ries',
they have it in their power indefinitely to, enlarge the circle°,'
our peaceful commercial intercourse with all the nations of tpe.
world ; and, by the free introduction into this kingdom of dia.!,
commodities, to compel them to accept payment in our ow'
various articles of produce and manufactures, without a COn•
atantly increasing demand, for which it is impossible that Deer
Isbouring populatiGn can be maintained in even tolerable come
fort. They have it in their power, by thus securing an etn..:
tire reform of our commercial code, to raise the trade of tn;
country, and the general condition of its inhabitants, to
average standard of prosperity, which it has never yet attained
•
—Manchester Guardian.

WHITBY.—STOPPAGE OF MESSRS, CAn
PIONS BANK, AT WHITBY.—An extraordinary sen, ation an
panic was felt in th;s town on 3londay last, by the closing el
the banking establishment of Messrs. Campion, in Chure__..""
street.. The parties in this old established'and well-known fir'
are not only bankers, but ship-builders, ship-owners, manufae"
turers, and very largely conneted with the trade of the Port'
The particulars will hi, best ',armed from the follow'
ing extract from the letter of a correspondent :—" fly
object in writing to you now, is to inform you t-
Messrs. Campion's bank closed on Monday, nay, in fact'
it was never opened for business. This has caused one of th°
greatest stagnations that could befal Whitby. Farmers art'
rp
flocking in from all sides with notes, and stand round theba'.
looking as if they knew not what to think. There are man}
rumours as tO the cause, but nothing is yet known for s cep:
tainty. Their bills were sold yesterday for 50.5. each—that is EV:3
exchange, but many may think the first loss is the best. _
shipyards, smiths' shoo, block and mast yards, and toe,
kelp works, are all elo.sed, thereby throoing above hundred.
hands out of employment. This is a serious occurrence for
Wl;ithy and its neighbourhood, and I am afraid it is the fere:
runner of a serious evil to the neighbourhood. York Courant'
SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE FREE-TRADE"
OF MANCHESTER.—When the delegation from. the Manches-
ter Chamber of CommerCe on tariff reform twice 'Wiled t:
Sir Robert Peel for an interview, he had not even the "uali-
ty reply to their letters. At last, Lor Frattrtis Egerton having
given him the hint that two memberd s of the deputation were
Conservatives, he at the eleventh hour, after Lord John's tsp.;
nouncement of his motion on the Corn-laws, intimated that
would admit them to his presence. What passed at the intr
view we have not been able to learn ; but we,are ready to
taker-
odds th'st Sir Robert was extremely judicious, and culinent
unsatisfactory when he was at last drawn, as s t
the
soy. .-_
badgers. —Spectator. F The deputation froM the Coro, anon
of Manch..ster, m oppo ition to Mr. Wils,eo Patten's clauses:
made three attempts to obtain an interview with f"ir Reber*
Peel ; but were each time refused.]— Manchester Guardieth
MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND.—The ReforMell
of all grades—men of every shade of Liberal princiPla--
from the extremist ultra to the most moderate Whig—are re;
solved. for the present, to co-operate in tt e general movenl.
which is spreading to the remotest extremities of the
Mr. O'Connell recommends simultaneous me ling, and
taneous meetings we shall have. The Anti-Orange orgasu''-'
lion of the Irish people is so perfect, that there can be 11°
question at all of the comclete and astounding effects of these
meetingslin Ireland.—Dublin Evening Post.
THE WIDOW OP THE DUC .D'ENGHIEg•"'
The Princess Charlotte of Rohan Rochefort sled a few dal,'
since, after along and painful illness. " The life of this adrul"
rable woman," says the Siecle, in noticing the event, " wa
marked with a cruel fatality. Belonging by birth to one Of the
most ancient noble families of France, she was, when young. Ow
ried to the unfortunate Duke d'Enghien ;• but this uniue'
though the result of a mutual affection, did not obtain the one;
tion of the Duke de Bourbon, and, consequently. the Prinele
never publicly bore the name of her illustrious bre-baud.,
It has been stated that, after the execution of the Duke de pri'
ghien at Vincennes, his father offered to confirm the mar-
riage, and thus render the Princess heiress of the imnlrPT
wealth of the house of Conde ; but the Princess, with great'
of mind, refused to accept the fortune of the man whose
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name she had not been allowed to bear. She devoted the rest
of her life to cherishing the memory of her last consort ;
such was the pure spirit of her soul, that, bitter as were her
regrets, she never was brought to bear malice towards thm;
who were the causes of her misery. Her mild and tolerant
piety could only be appreciated by those who surrounded her;
and her ex:stense was only made known by the numerous bete'
ficent acts which emanated from her to the last (lard her !lie:,
and which sheditfused without distinctionofpartytnd opiuklu. a
Messenger.
THE LATE EXPLOSION ON BOARD.A
°
LAST-MACHINE.—On Wednesday an inquest was held al tb
Mitre, Rackfriars-road, on James Constable, a watery:o'f
who was drowned on Monday morning last, by the sinking
the
a vessel called the Larkins, used as a ballast-machine out,
River, of Bull-stairs, 131ackfriars. Clark, the engineman, was
examined at great length, and said he could only attribute 1b
,d
accident to the safety-valve having stuck fast, which prevent:l,
the escape of steam, and caused the boiler to burst. 11. e
,y
mitted that he did not examine the safety-valve on rdow",-/.
morning, and that he ought to have done so. From. taed
questions put to him it seemed that great carelessurra ,s
been exhibited by Clark, and that he was not a practiicirctli,
giceer. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental- Asahe
with a deodand of 501. on the vessel and machinery. I, by
request of the Jury, Clark was called in and repriixiat fide
the Coroner for his neglect.
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BIRTHS.
On the 6th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the ladY
Robert Koch, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Vio-Consul, of
daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Selwoed. near Frome, the wife of Thomas
Byard Sheppard, Esq., of a son.
On the Sth inst., at Birmingham, Mrs. Alfred 'Vivi&Pei
Tebbitt, of a sen.

MARRIRD.
On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, WriWarn
M. Tufnell, D.q., second son of I. J. Tufnell. Esq., .ot
ley, Chelmsford, to Eliza Isabella, eldest daughter of Sir
yssen Tyrell, Bart., M.P., of Boreham House, Chelmsford:
On the 6th inst., at the Cathedral, Canterbury,: Geoll.e_
only son of Mr. Robert Gardner, of Beakshourne, • Kent,
_,,
Kate, third daughter Of Mr. George Austin, of the, Freeing°
Canterbury.

On the sth of FebruaDrylElaspt,. at Petersburg.
America, John Gw nne Davis, Esq., native of Llanvirnach'
Pembrokeshire. Y
On the 9th inst., William Lushington, eldest son' of Wiliamßothery, Esq., jun., of Doctors'-commons, and of Jan2e3-street'
Buckingham-gate, aged 9. fru eats
On the 10th inst., at Coombe Lodge, near Croydon,
Taylor, Esq., late Comptroller-General of her Majesty's Cur
toms, aged 72.

London.• . Printed and Published by MURD(j yo °'
No. 11% Strand, at The Sun Office, die. 111;.13" '-
the county of Middlesw—Thuride, May 13, 180'