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London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, [B4l.

FROM LAST NIGH.I"S GAZETTE

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 15, 1841.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. A. Thomson, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Whalley, who retires ; Cornet G.
T. Nicholson to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Thomson,
Jan 15.

14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet J. H. Goddard, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cornock, who retires, Jan. 15 ;
J. C. Birrett, Gent. to be Cornet., by purchase, vice Barry,
promoted, Jan. 14; W. Nettleship, Gent. to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Goddard, Jan. 15.
r3(l Regiment of Foot, Ensign 11. Smith, from the 41st
Fodt, to be Ensign, vice Hilton, promoted in the 22d Foot ;
Jal. 15.

24th Foot.—Lieut. It. C. Hamilton, from half-pay of the 35th
Foot, to be Lieutenant (repaying the difference, vice Besufoy,
promotei ; Ensign E. Wodchnuse to b© Lieutenant, by
' purchase, vice C. Hamilton, who retires; J. H. F. Stewart,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wodehouse, Jan. 15.
41st Foot—Gentlemen Cadet A. J. Sutherland, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Smith, appointed to the 3d Foot, Jim. 15.
47th Foot—Lieut. D. West to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Crowdy, who retires ; Ensign It. S. Torrens to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice West ; 11. C. Lodder, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Torrens, Jan. 15.
53d Foot--Assistant-Surgeon 'l'. G. Logan, M.D., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Docker, whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled, Jan. 15.
54th Foot.—Lieut. E. Morris, from the 94th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Bayly, who exchanges, Jan. 15.
72d Foot—Gentleman Cadet R. M. Lucas, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,, vice Dakers,
appointed to the 22d Foot, Jan. 15.
733 Foot—Sergeant-Major W. Lyons to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Fitzgerald, promoted in the 22d Foot, Jan. IS.
79th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. C. Dempster, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oakes, who exchanges,
Jan. 15.

..„.
94th Foot—Lieutenant J. T. Bayly, from the 54th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Morris, who exchanges, Jan. 15.
let West India Regiment—Captain W. F. Holt, from the,
hall-pay- Unattached,- to be*-Gzlnain, -vice J. D.. Blythe; -mho
exchanges ; 11. it. Dowse, Gent., to he Assistant-Surgeon, vise
Montgomery, appointed to the 74th Foot, Jan. 15.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeons to the
Forces—Assistant-Surgeon I'. Anglin, Si. D., from the 66th
Foot; Assistant-Surgeon H. B. Oakes, from the 79th Foot,
vice Dempster, who exchanges; 11. H. Sharpley, Gent., vice
A. Campbell, appointed to the 2:1(1 Foot; P. W. Maclagan,
51.1)., vice Logan, appointed to the 53d Foot, Jan. 15.

Errata in the Gazette of the Bth of January.
815 t Foot—For Lieutenant W. I. Nixon to be Paymaster,
&c., read Lieut. W. F. Nixon, from the 33d Foot, to be Pay-
master, &c.

Ist West India Regiment—For Ensign S. Ballantine to be
Lieutenant, " Uy " purchase, &c., read ," without" purchase.

The following places have been duly registered for solemniz-
ing marriages therein, pursuant to tha Act of the 6th and 7th
William IV., chap. 85 :
The Baptist Chapel, RO3hdale, Lancashire.
The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Denington, Lincolnshire.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 15.
nsasor v. BAGOT.
The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in
this case, which came before him upon appeal from the de-
cision of the Vice Chancellor, who bad ordered the trus-
tees under the marriage settlement of Mrs. Begot to pay
the costs of the action, in consequence of the course they
had pursued in aiding the different proceedings of the hus-
band in retaining from the wife the proceeds of certain
timber cut upon the estates, which were her property pre-
vious to her marriage. His Lordship was of opinion the
decision of the Vice Chancellor was correct, and dismissed
the appeal with costs.

WALLWORTH V. HALL.
His LORDSHIP gave judgment in this case, which also
came before hint upon appeal from the judgment of the
Vice-Chancellor, allowing a demurrer put in by the de-
fendant to the plaintiff's bill. The plaintiffs were some
of the Shareholders of a Company called the Imperial
Bask of England, the business of which had been sus-
pended since 1839, and lir.d paid all the calls made upon
them, and the defendants were shareholders who had not
paid their calls. Although the business had been sus-
pended the partnership had not been dissolved. All the
Directors were bankrupt but one; large debts were due by
the Company, and there were also considerable assets, and
the object of the bill was to render jointly liable for the
debts of the Company those parties who had not paid
their calls with those who had. To this bill the demurrer
was put in, which the Vice-Chancellor allowed. The
Lord Chancellor disagreed with the Court below, and
ordered the demurrer to be overruled, and gale the d,
Ludants time to answer.

therefore brought against the insurers for the total loss,
and the damages were laid at 2,0001.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now moved for a rule to set
aside the verdict for the defendant, and enter one for the
plaintiff, on the ground of misdirection, the Learned Judge
having put the issue to the Jury in the English kw instead
of the French, by which, recording to the express terms
of the policy, the assurers were bound.
Mr. Serjeant STIEA, on the other side, was allowrd to
move at the same time for a rule to enter a verdict for the
defendant upon the issue found (of partial loss) for the
plaintiff. This counter motion was also grounded on the
tnisdirection of the Judge in that part of the case.
The COURT considered the case intricate es well as im-
portant, and would look over the documents before the ar-
gument comes on,

SHREWSBURY P. BLUNT AND OTHERS.
Mr. Sergeant HALCOMBE moved for a new trial in this
ease. which was an action of tort, brought against the
Directors of the Wheal Brothers Mining Company, to re-
cover the amount of shares which the plaintiff was induced
to purchase in that concern, by the alleged fraudulent re-
presentations of the defendants. The jury found for the
defendants, and the Learned Sergeant contended that this
verdict was against the evidence, which, he said, had clearly
established the charge of false and fraudulent representa-
tion on the part of two defendants, Blount and Harrison.
Although the other Directors were not aware of the false-
hood of the r: presentations by which the plaintiff and the
public were imposed on, they were liable for the damages,
inasmuch as they gave their sanction and authority to
those statements.

The COURT were of opinion that the Judge, Mr. Justice
Erskine, had rightly put it to the Jury to say whether the
evidence was sufficient, that the defendants knew nt the time
when they published their prospectus, that the mine was
worthh•s. IF they were not, they were entitled to a ver-
dict according to the decision in the great Scotch case of
H:y cro ft v. Creesy. The Court would give no opinion
on the point of law, as to the responsibility of the Direc-
tors For the truth of their representations, because the cries-
tion had been put to,theJltrA.,whetile.r,6e plaintiff had
been induced to buy shares in August i 836; in conse-
quence of the representations made by the defendants in
the April before ; and the Jury had found in the negative.
Nor did there seem to be any reason for impugning that
verdict, for it was plain that the decline of the price at the
time when the plaintiff pnrchased, was sufficient to inform
him that the golden promises of the prospectus had not
been realized. Their Lordships therefore refused the rule.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Inspector M 'Lean stated that he waited upon his Lord.
ship et the desire of the City Police Commissioner, to
mention that, notwithstanding tho notice which had some
days ago been sent round to all the inhabitants of the City
to keep the pavement opposite to their doors properly
scraped and swept, some of the great establishments to-
tally neglected to pay attention to the direction, although
sanctioned by an Act of Parliament. He particularly al
luded to the Bank of England, the London Dock Honsf.,
and several buildings in the immediate vicinity of the
Mansion House. The Commissioner also ordered him to
mention that London Bridge was both as to the pavement
and the carriage way in the most filthy, and almost im-
passable, condition, although it was understood that men
rceeivedweekly salaries for keeping, or pretending to keep,
it clean.

The LORD MAYOR.—I ordered a notice to be put up,
directed to the inhabitants, and stating the necessity for
observing the rule. lam surprised that it has not been
observed, particularly with respect to the Bank of F,ng.
land, to which such multitudes now flock daily on account
of the payment of dividends.
Inspector M'Lean said that the notice which the City
Commissioner had sent round was as follows:

" City Police-office, Guildhall, Jan. 9, 1841.

" Tho Commissioner feels it to be his duty to call the
att-ntion of the inhabitant householders within the City
and its liberties, to the following provision in the City
Police Act ; and also to apprise them, that the officers and
constables of the force have received strict orders to sum-
mon all persons who shall be found offending in this respect.
" Every occupier of a house, or other tenement, who
shall not keep sufficiently swept and cleansed all footways
and water-courses adjoining to the premises occupied by
him, shall be liable to a penalty of forty shillings ; and if
any tenement be empty or unoccupied the owner thereof
shall bc deemed the occupier with reference to this enact-
ment."

The Loan MAYOR directed the Inspector to go at once
to the owners of the premiss complained of, and state that
the police had been obliged to make complaint to the Chief
Magistrate on the subject, and to request that in future
due attention should be paid to the Act, the violation of
which he was sorry to have attributed to establishments
which were supposed to be inclined to do everything for
the public convenience.
The Inspector accordingly waited upon some persona in
authority at the establishments particularly alluded to, and
upon his return to the Justice-room, informed his Lordship
that peremptory directions had been issued to attend to the
Act of Parliament by the gentlemen to whom he had de-
livered his Lordship's message, and that at an early hour
every morning the • pavement • should be scraped an,l
ch.-nt.sed. 11. also stated tb3t the Comptroller of ths.
Widge House had-sent additional scrapers and sweepers to
London-bridge.
Two young fellows, named Baker and Andrews. were
brought up in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the ofliaor,
charged with having been on the watch to plunder people
who came out of the Bank with their dividends.
Forrester said that he saw Baker, whom he knew to he 1
a pickpocket, " give the office" (a certain signal) to An-
drews and another lad, and immediately follow a lady who
came out of the B ink down Bartholomew-lane, which
was so narrow, on accoant of the shoring up for the R gal
Exchange, as to affird great opportunities for thieves.
The two who were with Baker pressed close upon the lady,
in order to give him the power of robbing her, when witness
seized the prisoners. The other got away.
The Loan MAIOR —You have no doubt that their in-
tention was to rob her? Forrester—Not the least doubt
of it. My eye was fixed on their motions, the meaning of
which was very plain to me. Had Baker seen me, h.,
would have run away.
The Loan MAYOR—WeII, Baker, what have you to
say? Baker—Nothing at all, but that I was taking a walk
in the City. As for this gentleman (Andrews), lam sire
I never saw his face afore.
Andrews—Never, my Lord. I don't know Mr. Baker,
if that's the gentleman's name, at all.
The Lofty MAYOR—Be so good as to tell me who you
Andrews—Who lam ? Why I comes up to town from
Bath on a visit to London, and I just walked up to see
what the people was about when I was took into custody.
I'm sure I never expected such a thing.
One of the officers stated that he had observed Andrews
in the company of thieves frequently.
The LORD Miami committed both prisoners to Bride •
well for two months, for having been in the neighbourhood
of the klaiik with intent to steal.

Sam Scott, the American diver, was the son of
a carpenter in Newtonbarry, near Belfast. Scott, the
father, who, we believe, is now alive, was concerned in the
Irish rebellion of 1798. He, in consequence, emigrated
to the United States, and settled in Philadelphia, where
the late unfortunate individual was born. It must be re-
marked that Scott was perfectly sober when the sad acci-
dent that terminated his life occurred. He was in the ha-
bitual custom of saying that he was not born to be drowned.
His fate fulfilled his prediction. When a boy (1821) he
fell by accident from the main royal yard of an American
line-of-battle ship, in New York harbour. His escape
upon this occasion seems to have implanted in his mind a
taste for those adventurous exploits that hare made him so
sadly celebrated in this country. It is understood that the
police have received distinct instructions to prevent all such
exhibitions hereafter. Scott was always a great favourite
with his shipmates, and upon many occasions has been in-
strumental in saving human life. Upon one, being by ac-
cident on board of an Indiaman in the Bay of Biscay, he
having come from an American vessel in distress for provi-
sions, saved the life of a child, about three years of age,
daughter of a distinguished military officer, now a General
in the British army, who, it is said, assisted him by frequent
donr:tions of money up to the time of his death.
THE " WAITER."—He attributes all virtues to
every body, provided they are civil and liberal ; and of the
existence of some vices he has no notion. Gluttony, for
instance, with him, is not only inconceivable, but looks
very like a virtue. He sees in it only so many more
" beefs," and a generous scorn of the bill. As to wine, or
almost any other liquor, it is out of your power to astonish
him with the quantity you call for. His " Yes, Sir," is as
swift, indifferent, and official, at the fifth bottle as at the
first. Reform and other public events he looks upon
purely as things in the newspaper, and the news-
paper as a thing taken in at taverns for gentlemen
to read. His own reading is confined to " acci.
dents and offal-ices," and the advertisements for butlers,
which latter he peruses with an admiring fear, not choosing
to give up a " certainty." When young he was always in
a burry, and exasperated his mistress by running
against the other waiters, and breaking the " neguscs."
As he gets older he learns to unite swiftness with
caution ; declines wasting his breath in immediate answers
to calls ; and kndws, with a slight turn of his face, and
elevation of his voice into what precise corner of the
room to pitch his " Coming, Sir." If you told him
that, in Shakspere's time, waiters said " Anon, anon,
Sir," he would be astonished at the repetition of the same
word in one answer, and at the use of three words in.
stead of two ; and ho would justly infer that London
couli not have been so large, nor the chop-house so busy
in those days. He would drop one of the two syllables of
his " Yes, Sir," if he could ; but business and civility
will not allow it ; and therefore ho does what he can by
running them together in the swift sufficiency of his
" Yezzir." " Thomas ?" " Yezzir." "Is my steak
coming ?" Yezzir." " And the pint of Port ?" " Yezzir."
" You'll not forget the postman ?" " Yezzir." For in
the habit of his acquiescence, Thomas not seldom says,
" Yes, Sir," for " No. Sir," the habit itself rendering him
intelligible.—Leigh Hunt.
ALL IN GOOD TIME.—A curious circumstance
occurred at Lewis Sessions last week. The Grand Jury
had ignored the bills preferred against two prisoners, which
being by some means overlooked, the men were placed at
the bar, where they pleaded guilty. The Chairman was
just on the point of passing sentence on them, when the
error was discovered, and they were discharged.
CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATll.—During the
past year the number of children (under the ageofT.
- years) burnt to death in the City and Southwark was 5

PRICE sd.

LIVERPOOL ANTI-CORN-LA W

ASSOCIATION.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.

Last evening a numerously attended meeting of the
members of this Association was held in the Music Hail,
for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a
total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws ; and also
to consider the propriety of presenting an address to the
Liberal electors of Walsall, in favour of Mr. 3. 13.
Smith, the Anti-Corn-law candidate for the representa-
tion of that borough.
Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY was called to the chair, and
after a few preliminary remarks, he said that he consi-
dered this was a question totally independent of party
politics. Before he proceeded to the general question,
he would state that the Liberal candidate for Vs slsall
was an uncompromising advocate for free trade. He
lied known him for many years. He was a retired mer-
chant. and perfectly conversant with mercantile affairs.
For many years he had devoted his time, talents, and
money to the promotion of the best interests of
his fellow-men, without reference to self-interest.
Such was the man whom they would be called
upon to recommend to the electors of 'Walsall.
The first question to come before them was as to
their petitioning for the total repeal of the iniqui-
tous taxes upon food, and it was to him .a source
of the highest gratification to see the industrious classes
aroused to a sense of what was due to themselves upon
this important and vital question. He considered this
as the question of questions. He considered that all
questions, eompered with this—whether they were of
Household Suffrage, Vote by B dial, or any other of
the political questions which agitate the country, total):
insignificant when compared with the great question of
free trade. England was essentially a commercial and
manufacturing nation. She was not as the Continental
countriesestssa trisengricultural country ; but yet
the agricultural interest had thriven. by itv great
advancement ; they had doubled, trebled, nay quadru•
pled the value of the land, by the taxes put upon the
necessaries of life. Surely this was sufficient, with-
out their still continuing to advance the price of land,
at the expense of every poor man's family in the
country. But this was only a small portion of the evil
they interfered with, these iniquitous Corn-laws interfered
with the rights of labour ; they interfered not only with
the manual production of every man, but they taxed the
articles which he took in exchange for those manual pro-
ductions. 'File) not only enhanced the price of food,
hut they made us pay almost double what we ought
for the first necessaries of life. Witness the price of
corn.—( Hear.) Was it not from 60s. to 70s. poi.
quarter? With free trade we should have it at 40s.
—(Hear.) He did not, however, look for that enor-
mous reduction that many persons did ; for it had
been so low as 38s. under the present system ; so
that it was not an absolute protection for the land-
owners ; but what he wished was an equality of
prices as far as it was possible to obtain it. The
present Corn-laws, as they had hitherto been carried
out, had induced other nations to retaliate upon us,
to put restrictions on our commerce, to prohibit
our manufactures, and to advance their tariffs, not
only in Europe, but all over America. We refused to
take their corn, their timber, their coffee, and their
sugar ; and the conseqoence had been that they had
raised manufactures to compete with us. The
result had been to produce competition in the
labour market, to reduce the price of labour
here, and wages must go down if the system were con-
tinued ; but the people were deceived by being told that
if the Corn-laws were repealed, the effect would be to
reduce the price of labour. These laws restricted our
commerce, they reduced our labouring population to the
lowest scale of existence, and they made them to have
only half a loaf where they should have a whole one ;
they kept their children from education, they produced
crime and misery, they filled our gaols with felons, and
all in his opinion, was in a great degree attributable to
the iniquitous law which the Legislature had doomed
the people to suffer under. The Chairman said he
would draw attention to other articles besides corn, in
which the iniquity of the Corn-law system was felt. He
commenced with sugar. Colonial sugar was allowed
to come into this country at 245. per cwt., and
foreign sugar at 635. What was the simple fact ? •
Into whose hands did the difference between 2.45.
and 635. go ? Certainly not to the revenue. It I
came out of the pockets of the people, and went into
the pockets of the West India planters, to whom we had
already given twenty millions of money. The some
was to be said of coffee and timber. The Chairman
then argued the question whether repeal of the Corn-'
laws would reduce wages ; and described it as his opi-
nion that, so far from reducing, it would increase them, I
by removing competition amongst labourers. He then
referred to free .trade principles, and quoted Jarit-oly.
Irete the Report of the CornasiSte"ii of the House of
Commons, as respects the evidence of Mr. J. D. Huhne
and Mr. Macgregor and others in aid of them, and
concluded by expressing his conviction that, if they
until lend a willing hand to send no man to the House '
of Commons who was not disposed to take off every
prohibition and restriction which was imposed upon the
chief articles of consumption, and which pressed so
heavily, and almost to death, upon the poor of the land,
their object, would soon be accompl:shed.
A letter was then read from Mr. Thornely, the Mem-
ber for Wolverhampton, expressing his regret that be
was unable to attend the meeting, but intimating his in-
tention to vote on every future occasion for a total re-
peal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. JOAN MURRAY moved the first resolution, which
was seconded by Mr. ROBERT JONES, and supported by
Mr. Rosso s, the barrister. It was to the effect—That
the present. Corn and Provision-laws impose upon the
people of this country a burthen of 50 millions a year,
enabling the landowners enormously to increase their
incomes, at the expense of every other interest of the
community.
Mr. DUFFEY and Mr. BOYD moved and seconded
the next resolution, which was that a petition be adopted
for a total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the
Corn-laws.

On the motion of Mr. i\l‘ INTYRE, seconded by Mr.
M'KEN NED, the following address to the electors of
Walsall was agreed to unanimously :

" TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH

OF WALSALL.

" On you is devolved the signal honour of being the
first constituency in Great Britain to repudiate the pre-
tensions of any Parliamentary candidate unplcdged to a
repeal of the inhuman starvation laws, which so fear-
fully affect our beloved country. In a few days your
borough will be made the battlefield for a great princi-
ple. On one side is the fearless and disinterested advo-
cate of the enlightened principles of unrestricted com-
merce ; on the other, the scion of grasping and re-
morseless monopoly, who would make the hunger of
Englishmen, like the sweat of the negro, the source of
unholy wealth in the coffers of insatiate ambition.
What man in whose breast lives one generous feeling,
will hesitate to side with the champion of industry and
plenty against the supporter of monopoly and want. Men
of Walsall, the eyes of the empire are upon you. The
wives and daughters of England, working men, look with
intense interest to the progress of your struggle. Our
unemployed operatives for a tune forget their pri-
vations in the excitement with which they watch
your conduct in the coming contest ; our drooping
commerce and decaying manufactures feel a vivifying
spirit in the expectations which arise from the noble po-
sition you have taken. Britons! Brothers ! Men ! from
this great mart of commerce we send you our sympa-
thies, and pray for your success. Let not, then, we
implore you, the triumph of monopoly in your borough
blast the high hopes you have created. Strike, men of
Walsall, strike a manly British blow for the prosperity
of Old England, and your first loud shout of conquest
will give joy to every honest heart throughout the land ;
and towns and counties, catching up your glorious spi-
rit, shall, in imitating your example, make ' gallant
Walsall,' a rallying cry to• many a future victory."

Mr. Rathbone-ana Mr. Shiel next addressed the
meeting, when the proceedings terminated.
Two individuals attempted to oppose the resolutions,
but the Chairman refused them a hearing, on the ground
that the meeting had Dot been called for discussion.

MELANCHOLY CASE.—We understand that a
clergyman—the Rev. Mr. Roddick, of Graitney—has
committed suicide. Certain alleged immoralities had
brought him under the censure of his Ecclesiastical supe-
riors, and proceedings were pending against hitn.—Edin-
burgh tritness.
THE YOUNG WHEATS.—The severe frosts and
heavy fall of snow will prove most beneficial to the grow-
ing crops, should no sudden and great change of tempe-
rature take place. Owing to the extremely mild vrea' her
at the commencement cf the year, the plant was begin-
ning to exhibit a tendency to rankness, which was checked
by the frost, and 9resh strength and vigour were imparted.
ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN.—A public
meeting, for the total repeal of the window-tax, was held
at the Vestry-room, on Thursday evening, the 14th instant;
Mr. Cribb, of King-street, was called to the chair. A
scrias of resolutions were passed, unanimously condemning
the unjust character of this tax. The meeting expressed
a fear that during the next session of Parliament there
might be an attempt, in addition to the present increased
burden, to renew the original imposition of the window-
one of t
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observed Walker,
that
M
nr.the sister country, and that in England this tax
was most oppressive to tae middling
themmeasure,
.degree
of
light and air, and in an extremecdla;gsreese productivederising
of disease.
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was unanimous on the subject of
co-operating
with methSett.inflartin' s and other parishes in me-
morialising her Msjesty's Government on the subject of the
Or-tax
general tendency of the wind ' and with a view like-
wise to the total repeal there