The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-05 00:00:00

CASE OF MR. APLEOD.

An extra of the Lockport Courier, published on Saturday,
gives an official account of the public meeting held in the ease
of M•Leod. It appears that, on the fact being known on Wed-
nesday evening that M'Leod had been admitted to bail, some
400 or 500 citizens assembled spontaneously at the Court-
house, and organized into a meeting by the choice of John
Jackson, as Chairman, and William 0 Brown, secretary. A
Committee was then appointed to wait on Judge Bowen, and
Messrs. Buel and Brother,on, the reputed bail, to ascertain if
the report were true. The Chairman meanwhile having stated
to the meeting, that if Mr. M'Leod had entered into bail he
was entitled to a discharge from prison, and that any attempt •
to obstruct his discharge would subject the offender to severe
punishment, the following resolution was adopted :
" Resolved, that no obstruction to the discharge of said
M'Leod, in case he has entered into bail, shall be made or
countenanced, but that it is the right and duty of this meeting,
considering the circumstances of the case, and that the amount
of bail is far unequal to the demand of the law (if bail be
allowed at all), to try lo pre-ail on Messrs. Buel and Brother-
son to surrender said M'Leod to the sheriff, a privilege which
bail in all cases possesses."
The meeting then adjourned to iine o'clock on the follow-
ing morning, at which time the Committee reported. At this
meeting Judge Bowen and Captain Buel were prrsent, and
arra gemems we c made for the legal surrender or M'Leod by
his bail. A Committee was then appointed to embody the
sentiments of the meeting in a series of resolutions, which were
reported and adopted after the following fashion :___.
" Whereas, the case of Alexander M•Leod, arrested and held
to bail for a capital offence, has beeome a matter of serious im-
portance, and to which the attentinn of our fellow-citizens in
every part of the country is directed, we, as citizens of the Til-
lageof Lockport, and county of Niagara, feeling anxious that
such steps should be ta'ten in the matter as shall be consistent
with our rights, the supremacy of our laws, and a vindication
of our national honour, disavow all intention of prejudging the
case of the said Alexander M'Leod, or to do aught that shall
have a tendency to prevent said Al‘Leod from having a fair and
impartial trial, acting on the legal maxim, that the accused
should be presumed innocent until proved guil 3.
" Therefore, Resolved, that we are highly gratified that Cap-
tain W. Bud has seen fit to place Al‘Leod again in custody,
especially as it is but a few days before the sitting of our
Court, when the Grand Jury will pass upon this case, under
the direction of the Court.

" ResolveJ, that we highly approve the recent answer of
Mr. Forsyth to the unjust demand of Mr. Fox, for discharge
of the said M‘Leod, and the sentiments of Messrs. Fillmore,
Cushing, and Alford, delivered in Congress, fully meet our
apirol.ation. a►.d a.o such as the exigency of the case and the
hoi.our of the nation called for.

" Resolved that all cause of dissatisfaction in relation to
the bailing of i\l'Lcod has been removed by the course taken
by Judge'Rowen and Captain Bea, and that therefore this
'meeting stand a Ijourned without day."
Such is the face put upon this affair by its official chronicles,
authenticated by the signatures of the Chairman and secretary.
In the best light we can consider it only as a triumph of the
mcb over the action of a court of justice. It is a Conflict of
popular violence with the judicial authority. The magistrate
has been overawed in the discharge of his official duty, and to
that extent the supremacy of the law has been defied with sue-
cess.—New York Paper.

UNITED STATES BANK SHARES.
The following details relatite to the present supposed
holdtrs of ULited State: Bank Shares is from the New
York Herald of the I3th

" According to the last report of the B ink to the Legif-
Mute, the number of stockholders at home and abroad was
put down as follows:
No. of stockholders i❑ England and elsewhere 1,390
D tto Pennsylvania
Ditto U. States else Alore than Pa 1,658

Whwle number 4,529
These held shares as follows :
Number of persons holding stock to the
amount of five shares and under 864
Ditto 10 do. do.
Ditto 20 do. do.
Ditto 50 do. do.
Ditto 100 do. do.
Ditto 600 do. do.
Ditto over 500 shares
" By:wlich it appears that the number ef persons holding
less than 50 shares was 3,251. These arc principally the
stockhcldt r. in this country, the large holtie-s mostly re-
si.lieg abroad, of whom 42 belong to the nobility. The
value of the shares owned abroad is 27,000 000 dollars,
and of the remaibing 8,000,000 &Harz, a')out 6,000,000
dollars are represented in this city, and the rema.ntier in
Phi:arlelphia. It is therefore evident aat much the lar •
ger portion of the capital belongs to fr.( ign reel
dents, saho can exercise no izAluence i i Pni!alrlphia;
while, on the other hand, all the capital of the other banks
is owned at home, whore the proprietors are on the spot t
look after their own interests, and, if necessary to do so,
even at the sacrifice of other interestF.

We mentioned yesterday that the bank is a croditor
of the State for 8,000,000 dollars, and as such she r-tands
in the character of an agent of the foreign ca i.alists, who
have boated their money oa the faith of th.a State. The
State.itzell is a defaulter, and has not been aVe to pay its
interests without the continue,l ail of this in,t tution ; and
for tie Str:te now is turn round and sacrifice it to the in-
terests cf the other banks, is mater t f great injustice to
the stockholders, mere especially as the errors of the bank
have been partly occasioned by the errors of the Legit-
'attire."

The sales at the Stcck Exchange on the 12th instant'
ranged as follows
United Sta.c; Bank
North American Trust
Pi.cenix Bank 7B
Illinoii State Bank
Delaware add Hudson
Farmers Trust
Vi,ksburg Bank
Stonington Railway .................... 3:51
Hat lem Railway
The rates of exchange had un,:ergone no material
alter,tiop.

GOVERNMENT.—A 9 IN 0
( From the--ontfetri
,F Herald of Feb. 2. )
TIIE UNION. —THE Suit? :canof the Union of ypptr
mentionel before, made public, in this c.ty on
and Lower Canada
willsvill'also be announced by a ~a'ute
the proclamation i
Saturday, and the eventt_
at
day.
We are now at liberty
of artillery at noon o b
°session of the Unit id Parliament
to state that the fiitiohbourbood of Kingston, U. C. Mr
i I th,e:
will be 11,14.1
trifat:e Boi:rd of Works, proceeded there
Kidaly, Pre;idet:
the necessary arrangements, and
some days ago a tempor.ry building is now in I ?ogress of
we believe that
erection in the naval yard.
From T. J. Pettigrew,
Esq., Surgeon, R S
F • • •9
to
S. and B Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,
gopposite the York Hotel, and ‘ -f, Kingi William-street, Bank of
gland.—" Gentlemen,—l have no hesitation in replying to
your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your
improved spcctrcles ; being in the constant habit of reading and
writing for many hours together by lamplight, it is but justice to
say, that your newly-invented spectacle lenses have afforded me
the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I
never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the
eyes. Since I have 4.sed your admirable glasses I suffer from no
inconvenience of the kind. I shall ever feel grateful to my good
friend, Dr. Blundell, for having drawn my attention to the subject.
—Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, T. J. PerrlGßEw' 8,
Saville row, Jan. 4, 1839."—" M. G. Sir Howard Elphinstone begs
leave to say that the Spectacles he has now had some time in use,
have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solo
moons as to their excellence, and having found socvmeruyc comfort and
motahkeirngkind of
advantage from their use, far preferable tto every
of
use of
Glasses which he has been in the coz:kalmet,
Park-lane, the 6th
for a great number of years.
Operative Voice Con.,
of November, 1840." The ATesls3r.s.NSoorlomons'
of the ear, the faintest whisper
doctor, when fixed into the ca
at a public assembly is heard wivtihtYdistinctness.—No connexion with
persons of the same name.
WINDSOR.-- is
WINDSOR.—It rumoured here that it is not
will
either remain at Buckingham
improbable her Majesty
Palace, or proceed for a few days to Cla• cmont, to spend
the Easter holiday?. It was expected that the Court
would have Windsor visited a few days before Easter
Sunday,
and have remaine I for a month or six weeks.
Shou'd the rumour prove correct, it will be a sad disappoint-
iv at to num, rou; p,rfes in the town. Notwithstanding
the expenses which have been incurred by Prince Albert
in the
hunting, depaitment rf Hs st,blirg at Cumberland
Lodge, it is not expected th..t his Roy,' Highness will
"go out" any more this season with her Majesty's buck-
. hounds. - , , •