The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

,PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FAOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
GLOBE.-Mr. O'Connell dislikes our sceptical TIMES.-The impression produced by the meeting
treatment of " the fact " that " the rebellion of 1798 of Bank Proprietors held last Thursday, that an altera-
was fostered by Government, in order to effect the tion would be made in the rules for identifying parties
union more easily." We are still sceptical as to this making transfers, has proved correct. A resolution has
"fact" We never knew any instance in which an been passed by the Court of Directors to the effect, that
unsuccessful rebellion failed to be ascribed to the 1.0 clerk,t
oe identify,
pntrinacir
tlhs, at no orh
deputyrtev
intermediate principals,iate
allowed
unpopular Government that suppressed it. Let tion shall be allowedyh
under any circumstances whatever.
it be admitted that the Government which pre- Some persons have made rather an absurd objection to
ceded the union was an extremely bad one- ' this wholsome regulation, by observing that it casts a
bad, because of its leaning on one Irish faction. slur on the character of the honest clerks of the estab-
Let this be admitted ; let it be admitted that the ' lishment in consequence of the act of a dishonest one.
idea of revolution might naturally enough arise at It might be said with equal propriety, that the man who
such a time, under such a Government. We know locks his desk to prevent its contents being misappro-
from the Memoirs of Wolfe Tone, and more recent priated, thereby offers an indirect insult to the other re-
publications, how completely revolutionary were the sidents in his house. The Bank of England are re-
views and projects of "Young Ireland" at that epoch. sponsible for all the losses that may arise by fraudulent
transfer of the public funds; they have found by the
We cannot, for our part, conceive how the then state late forgery that the rule which allows their clerks to
of feeling should have passed off without some identify may easily lead to dangerous results; and the
explosion. " They (the Government), says Mr. Directors have, therefore, very properly passed a reso-
O'Connell, " had fanned discontent into rebellion ; lotion by which one method of fraud is cut off cora-
the men of Wexford nearly turned rebellion into pletely.
a revolution." Now the fact that, at that time, the ' It transpired, to-day at the meeting of South Sea
stirring part of the Irish people was ripe for revolu- f Stock Proprietors that Government has not yet corn-
tion-and that the Government knew it was-seems pleted the guarantee fund. However, there seems to be
to destroy the inference that they either "planned" or but little doubt that the matter will be speedily ar-
"fostered" rebellion. Insidious power may
a plan e ranged, though of course, should any delay occur, the
or "foster" pocket-rebellions, when it knows it can authorities in Downing-street will in the meanwhile have
eupthtehe dedeiency for the payment of the divi-
dend a cheap bargain of them. The charge, however, dtoenmd from publichcashefsut,ransishh:dretsoofmoree
is much more easily made than proved of any adminis- A correspondent *novel comP uta-
tration. Our argument was that the British Govern- tions of the value of stock in the public funds, &c ,
ment had far too much on its hands at that which may prove useful, and which we give in his own
epoch, to have desired an Irish rebellion. Mr. O'Con- words :-
nell has unconsciously strengthened that argument The following is "A new, concise, and simple method
by his observation that "the men of Wexford of finding (within one penny) the value of any quantity
nearly turned rebellion into a revolution." Our of stock in the public funds, &c., at any given price,
construction of the acts of the then British Go-
intended as a check on the value found by tables, &c.
vernment is at least more consistent with probability
"In using tables it is possible to refer to the wrong
column or price; the parts that are to constitute the
and with itself. Mr. O'Connell regards it as whole must be picked out of the columns, and the items,
proof positive of their having, if not " planned, "
"fostered" rebellion-that, for some time previous, Imnorseo.meTchasssees, p savvitlla ammoosutnhteinthnenumabdedrodtoteiog ge ht
by wn ten,.o
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r
they had secret information of its intended chiefs. the liability to err in every operation ; while,
y
But in a country so extensively disaffected as was method, it is only necessary to attend to the following
Ireland at that epoch, the plain policy of govern- rule:-
ment was to endeavour to detach and disarm the " Multiply the stock by double the amount which the
intended forces of insurrection, before they were price is above or below par. Take the unit of the
ripe for outbreaking. The proclamations which pounds in the product of the multiplication for pence
they issued prove that this was the object they had and the other figures of the pounds for shillings: thus,
in view; and the success which attended those 5,381/. 3s. 10d. is 5385. and Id. or 261. 18s. Id. If the
el
price is above par, add this amount to the stock. If
proclamations was, in fact, what precipitated the re-then dedaluucte
ot.
it from
stock.
not The result in
ceenera bellion. That it was not more l, that it was
jp eithoewr pair,
is h
not better timed with regard to auxiliaries-in "But, when the unit of the pounds in the product of
short, that it was not successful, was the effect of the multiplication is more than 4, or the shillings more
the previous steps of Government. But we look than 5, then Id. fur each must be added: thus, 5,9571.
upon it as the wildest romance to ascribe to their los. 3d. is 5955. and 7d., or 29/. 15s. 7d., to which must
fostering the whole fact of rebellion-fur the sake he added Id. for the unit being more than 4, and Id. for
of the inference that the British Government consi- the shillings being more than 5, making together 291.
tiered a rebellion a pre-requisite pretext for a union. 153. 9d.
"What is the value of 768/. 14s. 101 stock at 1031?-
It seems, however, that our friends the repealers
The price being 31 above par, the multiplicator is 7, and
cannot afford to lose the topic. They prize it, as the
the product of the multiplication is 5,3811.35. 10d., which
revolutionists of 1683 did the fabulous warming-pan, according to the rule, is 261. 18s. Id. Add this amount
and supposititious birth of the heir they had made up to the stock, and the result, viz.-795/. 12s. Ild., is the
their minds not to acknowledge-or as the war party value of the stock.
with Spain, under sir Robert Walpole, fanaticised " What is the value of 878 L 19s. 6d. stock at 97 ?-
themselves with what Burke has called "the fable of The price being 28 below par, the multiplicator is 44,
Jenkins's ears." Or as the French Republican writers and the product of the multiplication is 4,175/. 2s. ?id.,
have stuck to the story of the disaster of Quiberon, as which, according to the rule, is 20/. 17s. sd. Add Id.
having been expressly contrived by the British Go- for the unit of the pounds being more than 4, it is then
vernment (at vast cost of treasure and reputation), for 20/. 17s. 6d. Deduct this amount from the stock, and
the result-viz,, 858 L 25., is the value of the stock.
the purpose of throwing all the best naval officers whom
"
France had to boast, in a hopeless attack-" at the What is the value of 6411. 15s. 11d. stock, at 103?
-The price being 31 above par, the multiplicator is 6.i,
mercy of their own countrymen." Our worthy and the product of the multiplication is 4,171/. 13s. 5411.,
neighbours might have recollected, while concoctin
this odiously false and absurd imputation against for thi'‘ asffllndingb to the rule, 250/..17.5. ldh.en Al -Id.
English honour, that it lay with themselves not to 2d. Add thisgsameolunngtmtoortehe stolick, altridrthte result-viz.,
have shot their Royalist officers, by thousands, in 662/. 13s. Id., is the value of the stock.
cold blood. The mad violence of one nation, at some " What is the value of 2,647/. 15s. 81. stock at 98W?-
epoch of epidemic frenzy, is not to be saddled with The price being I* below par, the multiplicator is 2f,
this facility on another, at the will of orators or his- and the product of the multiplication is 5,957/. 10s. 3a.,
torians. Let bygones be bygones-we are as far which, according to the rule, is 29/. 15s. 7d. Add Id.
from the Irish rebellion as from the Quiberon cape-
for the unit of the pounds being more than 4, and Id.
dition. No party-no moderate party-at present
for the shillings being more than 5, it is then 291. 15s.
9d. Deduct this amount from the stock, and the result
needs identify itself with the principles or passions
-viz., 2,6171. 19s. I ld., is the value of the stock.
which then convulsed Europe. "I trust this method, from its extraordinary facility
STANDARD.-The clamour with which Mr. and simplicity, will be found useful to the public, and
Alderman Gibbs has been assailed, and the gross and particularly to the fundholder.
ungenerous artifices by which it has been sustained, " Margate, Sept. 24.
would lead to the inference that there is something
more than meets the eye in the relentlessness of his
persecutors. In the resume of the features of the
dispute between the Alderman and the parishioners,
the motives of the resistance offered by
him to the demands of Messrs. Rock,
Howett, and Co., are clearly and, we think,
satisfactorily set forth. He had been appointed to
office by a select vestry, to whom alone he was re-
sponsible, and who alone possessed the power to re-
lieve him from that responsibility. The reasons
assigned for his refusal to submit his accounts to the
inspection of Messrs. Rock and his associates are-
1. That they were demanded of him as a right, and
under the pretext that the requisitionists were the
representatives of the legal vestry. 2. That had he
admitted the assumed right, he would virtually have
repudiated an authority to which he was amenable,
in favour of one which had :no power to
release him from his official responsibility. 3. That
the demand conveyed an imputation on the se-
lect vestry, no less than on himself, and that had he
complied with it, he might have appeared to have ad-
mitted that which had, he well knew, no foundation
in fact. Indeed, after the 6th of December, the day
on which his accounts were audited, and reported to
be satisfactory by the select vestry, all imputations on
the subject were, in reality, in every respect as ap-
plicable to them as it was to himself ; and any further
concession than that of publishing his accounts
and the result of their investigation of them, could
. not fairly have been expected of him. To other
and minor points alleged in his justification, it is
hardly necessary to allude. The first inquiry which
presents itself for consideration is, whether, if the foul
insinuations, of which Mr. Alderman Gibbs has been
the object, in regard to these accounts turn out to be
wholly unfounded, there is any other charge behind
which can or ought to affect his eligibility for the
office to which he aspires ? It is, we believe, admitted
on all hands that there is none. Other imputations
did, to be sure, grow out of the principal allegation,
but they have been fully and satisfactorily disproved.
The question, therefore, whether Mr. Alderman
Gibbs has misappropriated the parish funds entrusted
to him, and whether the four gentlemen who compose
the select vestry by whom his accounts have been
audited, have or have not conspired with him in the
alleged fraud, is the only one which remains to be
disposed of. Proof or the shadow of an attempt at
proof in support of such a charge, there is none;
and even the presumption is founded on the re-
fusal of the Alderman to submit his ac-
counts to parties who, bese-:.e demanding their in-
vestigation in a tone which implied a doubt of
his honour, had really no legal authority for
their interference. Not satisfied with the decision of
the select vestry, the matter in dispute has been re-
ferred to Chancery, and is now under investiga-
tion by one of the masters of that Court ; yet
pending the decision of this functionary-in the
absence of all proof of improper conduct, nay, in
despite of the testimony of the only parties
to whom he is really responsible, that the result
of the examination of his accounts was al-
together satisfactory-that, instead of his owing
*the parish money, he is in advance to in upwards of
1,5001., it is coolly suggested that his election
to the mayoralty be postponed. " Without im-
puting dishonesty to Mr. Alderman Gibbs," says
the Globe, " in the application of the parish
funds, we confidently submit that sound po-
licy requires that his election to the mayoralty
should be postponed for the present year the
ground for this suggestion being avowedly the
possible contingency that the report of the Master
in Chancery may be unfavourable to him ! So the
Alderman is to be subjected to rejection (a rejection
which, under all the circumstances would convey
a stigma on his character, stamped with the autho-
rity of his fellow-citizens) by the livery, because
he is the defendant in a Chancery suit, which
can hardly be decided in time to afford him
the means of exculpating himself from the insinua-
tions which have been cast upon him ! This is
surely not the treatment which one Englishman
has a right to look for from another. Were the
honour
of the Alderman really dependent upon the
report of the Master in Chancery, such a sugges-
tion would he wholly unwarranted. But what is
the fact ? 'Why, that the whole of the payments
for which he was personally responsible, have
been declared by the Master to be correct, and
that the only items which remain for investiga-
tion are such as were paid by his subordinates
in office and entered in their accounts. if, therefore,
we are correctly infhrined, the verdict of the select
vestry will be confirmed, and the Alderman relieved
from all suspicion of misconduct ; although not, it
may be, until the insinuations of the Times and Globe
shall have produced the desired effect, and the elec-
tion has been decided. Fair play is said to be a jewel ;
but it may safely be inferred that it is one with which
the Livery of London have little acquaintance if they
permit themselves to be made the instruments of the
injustice which Mr. Gibbs's rejection, on the grounds
suggested by our Contemporaries, would involve.
.. Should the plan succeed, no future candidate for
honours, be his character ever so unimpeachable,
will be safe. We have heard of fictitious actions,
during the existence of the late glorious law of arrest
on mesne process, in order to keep voters from the
poll ; but the institution of a frivolous and vexatious
Chancery suit, for the purpose of prejudicing a can-
didate for the Mayoralty, is a newer though hardly
less effectual preventive.

S

"J. STERLAND."

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION
COURT.

L. SIIADWELL, Esq., the barrister, appointed to revise
the lists of voters for the county of Middlesex, held a
Court yesterday at 'White Conduit House, Islington,
for that purpose.
Messrs. Coppock and James appeared for the Liberals,
and were assisted by H. T. Atkinson, Esq., who was
specially retained to watch the cases on the part of the
Liberals. Mr. J. Payne appeared for the Conservatives.
The lists of voters in the following parishes were ap-
pointed for revision to-day :—lslington, Clerkenwell, ht.
Luke's, St. Sepulchre, Stoke Newington, Liberty of the
Rolls, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Paddington, St.
Botolph Without, Aldersgate ; Saffron-hill, Hatton-
garden, and Ely-rents, St. George's, Bloomsbury ; St.
Giles and the united parishes of St. Andrew Holborn
above bars, and St. George the Martyr.
On the Revising Barrister taking his seat,
Mr. Coppock objected to the proceedings being com-
menced, on the ground that the notices appointing the
places where the lists of voters were to be revised were
signed by the Clerk of the Peace, which be (Mr. Cop-
pock) contended was contrary to the Act of Parliament,
which specified that the lists were to be signed by the
whole of the barristers appointed to conduct the revision
Mr. SITADRELL was:ofopinion that it waslnot requisite.
for the notices to be signed by the barristers to make
them legal. All that was required of him was to give
notice to the Clerk of the Peace where he intended to
hold his courts. Last year the notice was not signed by
any one, and he had seen lists in Oxfordshire which were
not signed by the revising barristers.
The matter then dropped.
The revision of the list of voters for Islington was then
proceeded with, but no cases of interest occurred. The
Liberals made no objections against voters in that parish,
whilst the Conservatives made 17, and sustained 10.
In the Clerkenwell district Mr. Penton's name was
objected to by the Conservatives, on the ground of in-
formality in the description of his qualification. Mr.
Penton is the proprietor of nearly 1,000 houses in Pen-
tonville, and also a quantity of land : all the houses in
Penton-street are his property. His property was both
copy hold and leasehold, and as this was not stated in the
register, Mr. Payne objected to his name, which after
some discussion was retained, and the solicitor who at-
tended on his behalf was directed to make a fresh claim
next year.

BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE-
GISTRATION.
• (Before C. D. MorLAN, Esq.)
The revision of the list of voters for St. Pancras
parish was continued from Thursday.
Mr. C. Burchell, the proctor, claimed to have his
name placed on the register on behalf of a house which
he occupied in Gordon-place. His claim was refused,
because he neglected to state, in making his claim, that
his qualification was a continuous occupation of two
houses in the same parish, having removed within twelve
months from a house for which he had been previously
placed on the register.
Several persons who occupied premises for business
purposes, claimed to have their names placed on the
register, but their applications were rejected, because
they had neglected to describe their places of abode.
Mr. Newby, of No. 73, Clarendon-street, claimed to
have his name placed on the register. His name had
been left out of the list in consequence of the collector
of the poor-rates having returned him as not having paid
his rates before the time required by the Act of Parlia-
ment, which was an error. Mr. Newby complained of
the trouble to which be had been put through the col-
lector's mistake. His name was accordingly placed on
the list.
Mr. Greenwood, who was about to object to a claim,
was stopped by
The REVISING BARRISTER, who decided that no
objection could be made against a claim unless notice
had been given in writing.
The Reformers made 106 objections in this district,
and sustained 98 ; the Conservatives made 329, and sus-
tained 300.

EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.
Mr. Fish sat yesterday at the Workhouse Com.
inittee-room, Bermondsey, in order to revise the lists
of voters in the Bermondsey district.
Mr. E. Meymat attended for the Conservatives,
and Mr. Jeans for the Liberals.

In the parish of St. George, Southwark, Mr.
WV. Parmenter claimed to vote in respect of certain
property in the Skin-market, in Suffolk-street.

The Claim was opposed by the Conservative agent.
Mr. Parmenter was examined in support of his
claim, and it appeared that he was possessed of the
interest in a number of houses and sheds built upon
the ground formerly occupied by the Skin-market.
He had to pay a ground-rent of 61/. a-year to the
City of London, and the property produced 1201. a - year.
On being cross-examined by Mr. Meymott, the
claimant said that he could not give a very particular
account of the property, and was unable to say
whether any of the houses were worth 101. a-year.
Mr. Meymott remarked that it was necessary the
property should be described ; because if any of the
houses were worth la a year, they would give a vote
for the borough, and therefore could not be made the
subject of a county qualification.
The claimant, in answer to questions put by the
Barrister, said, that in the Skin-market, for which
place he now claimed a right to vote, he would swear
there was no house that would let for 10/. a year, ex-
clusive of taxes.
The BEvIsiDIGI BARRISTER thought this was Suffi-
cient, and he inserted the name on the list.
In the parish of Rotherhithe, Mr. Win. Marshall
claimed to have his name inserted in the list of voters.
The claim was Opposed by Mr. Meymott, who
proved that he had served a notice of objection upon
the claimant, and also upon the overseer.
The REVISING BARRISTER expressed an opinion
that the notice was informal, it appearing upon the
face of it to be an objection to Mr. Marshall's name
listofvoteto vote.
Mr. instead of objecting
rtoemthaeinai go
allowance
the
e of
his claim
Mr. Meymott said he had followed the form pre-
scribed in the Act of Parliament.

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