The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-24 00:00:00

MS 10

Or. v;.• 4'o
4-er BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Pander
The examination of William Jones was resumed at half-
-
aloe -Pat ten o'clock, {hie morning... The office and the street
side was croscd/4.4 excess, and, the greatest anxiety wai.evineeil
ird the sera `
..:4° get ,a sight Of bite; Prisoonr who seemed as undisturbed
as before, and mainteinede ;tort of sullen look as heJeened
Izas our the barNitikkrP4o( paper and ,a pencil in his hand,
•weihq the. 9Tio4 4W.hicla Was alinnd the only sign of trepidation.
James §-4144t0n, efNu 35, Mitro-street, let the prisoner
11'4 al Awo :o'clock in,the morning of New Year's Day. He
4{704-light and anw,it,wais two o'clock when he came in.
3th,le ; 'The Prisoner. and Charlotte wished him a happy new year,
on OuAr
he returned the compliment and they went into their room.
l • n living
garY Parker, the.young woman who had been
from the • the prisoner, was then ,called.. Every onelooked for
a ' Lei. with anxiety. She was a young woman, dressed in a
ring a 4 ''.
shabby straw-bonnet, -net, a green at..rr.... gown, and cotton shawl.
„mitt, hitt -
,She was of small stature, and of mild appearance. On
able to oil
,coming in she went.inte. strong hysterics, and cried
reaseda /01 • ,
,piteously. The prisoner gazed on her agitation with the
ge, under: • '- apathy with 'which he had heard all the evidence. She
Lordsh was taken into the air and shortly recovered, but sobbed
the ale - violently when brought in again. She was accommodated
with a seat. She stated that her name was Mary Parker,
she had lately gone by the name of Charlotte Barry; she
said that she should speak the truth as far as she knew it,'
and was again so violently agitated as nearly to faint. She
said that she lodged with the prisoner at Mrs. Wil-
Earwig, who knew that they were not man and wife.—
Lodged at the corner of Windmill-court about a
week; then went to live at 35, Mitre-street. It was
on a Saturday night, when' she first went there ; the
last Saturday before New, 'Year's Day. Paid a shilling to
Mrs., Stapleton in advance of the rent. The witness was
here again violently agitated, and hung her head over the
back of the chair, as if she were in the greatest mental
agony, sobbing again most distractedly ; she then conti-
nued--she was alone at the time she took the lodgings, on
the Thursday before she went there. It was a first floor
front-room. Was to give six shillings a week for it.
Jones went there with her on the Saturday night, and con-
tinued living with her. Got up on the next day at four
o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Williams and her daughter,
Mary Anne, called in the morning before they were up. Mrs.
Williams came to see how they were, and to borrow a little
basket ; she lent it, and Mss. Williams took it away. Witness
desired Mary Anne to call in the afternoon towards dusk,
which she did, and got a light for her. Jones was then
there, and was dressing. Mary Anne stopped, and witness
got her to point out where her mother lived, as witness did
not know. She brought back the same basket, when she
came in the afternoon ; there was one razor in the basket.
Mary Anne said to Jones, " William, here is the razor
which my mother has sent." Saw the razor the next morn-
ing ; thinks that she herself put it into the table drawer,
but wail sure that she saw it in the room. It had a spot-
ted tortoise-shell handle. Could not positively say whe-
ther or not it was in a sheath. Witness went out on
the Sunday night with Mrs. Williams, her daughter, and
Jones; went to Mrs. W.'s house in Grey-street; before
going out had not had any thing to eat, on that day they
had no money to get any thing; sat down at Mrs. W.'s for
about an hour, as she asked them to wait for her while
she went out. Witness went into the city and met Mrs
Williams there : went with Jones over 131ackfriars-bridge
and parted from hint in Bridge-street; met Jones again
that night in Fleet-street at about 11 o'clock, and went
Lorne with him. On Monday morning, witness and
Jones got up at ten o'clock. Witness got up first.
Mrs. Williams called on that morning while
they were at breakfast, she generally called every
morning, and also Mary Anne, the latter came first on
that morning, and Mrs. Williams afterwards. Wit-
ness did not go out till the evening : Jones did not
go out either. He went out with her at night, at about
eight o'clock. It was certainly after seven. (It will
be recollected that this was the night of the mur-
der.) He went with her to Bridge-street. She
parted with him somewhere near Bride-lane. Did
not recollect which way he went. Saw him again near
the end of Shoe-lane. Thinks that he was going,
when he met her, in a direction towards St. Paul's;
could not say exactly what time it was, but believed it was
about half-past 12 o'clock. Knew that it was past 12, be-
cause she had not seen him in the interim, from the time
like left him. He did not speak to her when he first met
her, but erossAl the road before her, to let her see
him, and went down a turning where she followed him.
Both St. Bride's church and St. Dunstan's church bells
were ringing before Jones had joined her. When
witness met Jones, they went with a female to drink
1' at a public-house in Poppin's-court. Jones and witness
then went home together, leaving the female, who had
' gone to the public-house with them. Thinks that she was
let in at her lodgings by a young woman who lodged up
,
ntairs. Thought it was
,her let them in, because she had
it :tonally done so, but she was not positive as to that night.
:it they were a-bed where witness lodged, when she came
Lome at night the landlord generally got up and let them
in. Jones told her in Fleet-street that he was going out
at ten o'cloek the next morning to meet a young man, of
whom he expected to borrow some money, at St. Paul's
Church-yard. When she met Jones, she told him that
she had no money. He said, " Never mind, I have
met a friend who has lent me two or three shill-
ings, and that 'will do for to-morrow," they then went
home; asked him where he had been, but he did not tell
her. On the next morning (Tuesday) Jones got up first,
at about nine o'clock; he lit the fire, because he wanted to
go out soon ; he washed his hands, but did not clean him-
self, or any part of his dress before breakfast ; they break-
fasted together ; while at breakfast, he was cutting the
bread and butter, and told witness that he had cut
Lis finger. It was on his thumb, but she did not
notice which hand. Saw the cut; it seemed deep; each
aide of the flesh seemed bleeding.—(The prisoner here
took a note, and sent it to Mr. Butler, his attorney.)—He
Wiped it on a handkerchief. It seemed to witness to have
been fresh cut. He asked for some rag, and she said that
ale had none. He then wrapped the handkerchief
round his thumb. It was a handkerchief which
311". Williams bad lent him previously. It was
of a very dingy yellow colour. He had had it in his hat
sni the night before; was sure it was not on his head
then ; neither• was his imod tied up. It was after ten
o'clock that he went 'out. Gave her two shillings before
breakfast. Pie came in again at about three o'clock in the
afternoon. Witness did not go out while he was gone.
It was a very wet day. He brought home an umbrella
and some money (the witness here pointed out the um-
brella produced by Furzeman as the same). He gave wit-
' lieu a crown piece; saw some money, but did not know
whether that was all he had ; saw two or three half
crowns and some shillings • he also gave her three shillings
to give to the landlady. When he came home he
shifted himself, and dried his clothes. Witness got a
shawl and gown of her's out of pledge, and also
some eatables, with the crown which he gave her.
The, gown was pledged with Mr. Smith, of the
New-cut and the shawl with Mr. Tarrant or Turner, of
Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. She left Jones at home,
and when she returned, she found him still there. In
tliesgserooon, be asked her to go to the play ; she paid the
landlady 35., and as she owed Mrs. Williams half-a-crown,
Jones took her in the evening, as they were going to the
play, two Shillings. Alm Williams was not at home, and
witness waited at' the door while Jones left it with her
landlord. After that:theY called on Mrs. Mills, in Wootton-
street. That was about six o'clock. When they were in
the parlour they sat down, and witness or Jones
asked Mrs. Mills if she Would
take any thing to
drink, which she did eventual! Some gin was
fetched by Mrs. Mills' little girl. Jones
gave
the money
to her. Believed that he gave her a ; some half-
Pence were brought back in change, of
which
Jonesgave
the girl a halfpenny. Mr. Mills came in, and some. more
en was sent for.' Jones also gave the money at that
time. Mr. Mills and Jones got into
conversation
about having been at sea, which lasted nearly an hour.
• They left Mr. Mills, and went over Waterloo Bridgev
In order to go to the Adelphi. When they got there how-
:,:,, ever, the house was so full that they went to the Olympi ,c
of which they went into the gallery. Jones paid for both ;
one piece performed was, " Casco Bay," another R, a
J iece in which a bailiff was coming after a man for debt,
who was taken at a supper-table, lie had diguised himself
44 a footman, but was discovered and taken. They stayed
till the perfermancee were over, arid then went into
(lid Ship-yard, and had sqme a-la-made beef for supper,
ILey then met the female whom they had seen on the Mon-
°'l4Y night, and went down Fleet-street to the same house
iu POppin's-court together. They had something to drink
It-the public-house. Jones paid for it. This house was
also shut on that night, as it was past twelve o'clock.
however, knocked, and it was opened to them. It
11 kept by Mr. Dale. The female left them, and they then
went home together. [The witness here took a hearty
'_llranght. of the water, which was provided for her, and
...471werned again ready to swoon.]
Ur.•11.0.a.s asked if she would wish to retire, she did
and cried terribly in going out. The prisoner tremu-
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• „feeling played round his sullen features, but it was
mentary ; he requested a chair which was granted
• 1131,-• and he -resumed the same apathetic corn-
PustWe, as before. -In a few minutes, however, the air
recovered her, and she was again brought in though al-
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FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.
Fish were more plentiful this morning than yesterday,
but the supply was by no means large. The demand was
extensive, and the prices were high. Cod-fish, Soles, and
Turbots, were particularly fine in quality. The following
were the prices :
Prime Turbot, each 2os. Od. to 30s. Od.
Ditto small, per do
Fine Cod-fish, each lB 0 20 0
Inferior ditto
Smelts, per 26 9 0 12 0
Fine Whitings, per 15.......»....................3.............r 6 10 0
Gurnetts, each -1 0 , 2 0
Brill, each 3 0 6 0
Fine Soles. per three pairs ..... ........ .......
Scate, each .... .......,
Dutch Plaice, per basket
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50 7 0
Live Eels, per Sib. ..... 3 6 4 ()
--- per draught l4 0 16 0
Live Flounders, per quartern
Fresh Herrings, per hundred 0 0 5 0
Sprats, per bushel 0 0 3 0
line Lobsters, per score 5O 0 60 0
Inferior ditto r l5 0 20 0
Shrimps, per gallon ...........—.:
Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 7 0 8 0
Scotch ditto 5 0 6 0
BLIOst Common Oysters, per bushel
Natives 22 0 28 0

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.--Jan. 22.

The winds having continued easterly during the chief
part •f the past week, the Imports of Grain were very
trivial, but in the expectation of liberal supplies on a change
of wind, purchases were made very sparingly of Wheat,
Oats, Flour, and Oatmeal, at last noted prices ;—the recent
arrivals of fine Malt and Malting Barley from Norfolk and
Suffolk have found a ready sale at our last quotations ;—in
other articles there has not been much done, and no decided
alteration can be noticed in the value thereof. Some further
sales have been made of Flour in bond, for export to South
America, at prices quoted, and there is now very little, if
any, perfectly sweet remaining here for sale ; the value of
Bonded Wheat continues as last noted. A change of wind
has occurred since Saturday, admitting partial arrivals from
Ireland, by which our supplies (of Oats particularly) have
been considerably increased to this day's market, at which
sales have been very limited. The Millers and Dealers,
although bare of Stocks, deferred purchasing, waiting
further arrivals, although a small decline was submitted to
on Wheat, and fully ld. per 451 b. on Oats, excepting for
the very finest qualities, which are still scarce ;—of all other
articles in the Trade few sales were made, and we can make
but very little alteration in the prices generally quoted this
day week.
WHEAT, per 701 b.
Fine Sweet Old English & Welsh, white and red
---- New (crop 1827)
Fine Old Scotch and Manx
Irish, Old
-- New red...(. 9d. to 7s. 4d.......5up. white
Canadian, fine qualities
Foreign (duty paid) superior white

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Russian and midd. qualities
Foreign (in bond), imported since July 1, 1827...

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7 10 8 4
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82 8 4
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90 8 4
76 7 9
6 10 7 3
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3 2
2 10
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Clas, per 451 b.
Fine sweet English,y Scotch, &c
-- Irish, 1826 3 0
Middling and ordinary ditto and Wolsh 2 8
Irish, (crop 1827)
Foreign (free), French, &c.
BARLEY, per Imperial quarter.
Fine Malting
Grinding, per 601bs.
Foreign (duty paid), ditto
PEASE, white boiling, per Imperial quarter 46 0
—•—.. grey 4O 0
Foreign nominal • ' 40 0
BEANS, Fine English, per Imperial quarter 54 0
Scotch, Irish, Dutch, &c. 44 0
Egyptian and inferior Foreign 42 0
MALT, Fine Norfolk and Suffolk, per Imp. qr 66 0
- Middling and inferior qualities
--- Irish 6O 0
FLOUR, English, tine and superfine, per 2801 b 42 0
---.... Irish ditto ditto
Amer., supf. sweet (in bond) per barrel 22 0
----- Dantzic ditto ditto
--- Canadian (duty paid) 3O 0
---- Foreign, sour 3O 0
OATMEAL, English (2461b5.) 265. to 28s Old 25 0
__. Scotch 26s. to StEls Old 25 0
Irish ............... 255. to 265....... Old 23 0
white, per qr. of 4801 b.
RYE, per Imperial quarter, English and Foreign 34 0
33 0
INDIAN CORN,
yellow and red
RAPESEED, Irish, per last...
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week: ending Jan. 21
Whrs eal OaQts. I Barlsey. I
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Malt. I 4 Beans. I Pease. I Rye.
. rs. Qr.
378 8,633 1,200 1.046
I. lour, 1,181 sacks, 0 barrels.
EXPORTS.
Wheat, 738—Barley, 124 quarters—Flour, 2,447 barrels.

Oatml.
Loads.
1,688

HIS PRESENT MAJISTY AND MRS. 110-
letter, without a date, directed
,
to that lady, is from the present KING,
Inn, Brighton," delivered, ap-
,BINTSO 0 ;irs—. TRhoem foslsloows, in
sghip
ap-
parently by hand,
and is highly creditable to his MasrsTv's feelings of corn-
ty, for whom, it
entertained at one time
iyisofour7nnpesrinofej4theanttelar mi4seetztaionny fsoaridt,htehine
4 warm affection :
" bear Mrs. Robinson—' have received your letter,
and it really •
quite overcomes me ; the scene of distress you
so pathetically paint. I will certainly wait upon you, but
I am afraid it• will be late before I can come to the Ship,
as 1 have
company with rne. Should it be Within the
comPoSe °.l nIY means (sic in orig.) to rescue you from the
abyss you apprehend that is before you, and for which, you
mention Mr. Brent, I need not say that the temptation of
gratifying others, and at the same time, and by the same
means, making oneself happy, is too alluring to be neglected
a single moment. However, you must allow me to be thus
explicit and candid, that it must in a great measure depend
upon the extent of what will be necessary to be done for
your service, and how far my funds may be adequate, as
well as my powers equal to allow that object.
" In the mean time, only rest assured of my good wishes
and good intentionß.-4 am, dear Mrs. Robinson, very
siseerely yours, " GEORGE P."

. .
iAkiI6N.Ai3LE AND IVIISCEiLANEOUS.

In addition to those of the new Ministers
whose names we gave yesterday, as having had audiences of
the KING on Tuesday, the Earl of ABERDEEN and Lord
ELLENBOROUGH were also in attendance at the Royal
Lodge, to receive their new appointments. Their Lord-
ships travelled together, and were the first that arrived at
the Royal ,Lodge.• The Duke of WELLINGTON followed
soon after. Lord BEXLEY and Mr. BERRIES arrived to-
gether. The new Ministers remained at the Royal Lodge
till near eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, expecting a
Clerk of the Council to arrive, to enable them to hold a
_ .

Privy Council, but the orders for summoning a Council
had .through some omission not been issued. The Minis-
.,tars did not arrive in London till ten o'clock at night, when
the dinner given by the Duke of WELLINGTON had been
kept waiting for three hours.,

Mr. PEEL, Earl BA THURST, Viscount MEL-
VILLE, and Mr. GOULEURN, returned to town in the same
carriage.

None of the new Ministers took possession of
their offices yesterday, not being yet authorized to act as
such, in consequence of the neglect of summoning a Privy
Council to assemble at the Royal Lodge on Tuesday, to
swear them into office before the Kiwc in Council: the
omission to summon a Council rests, it is understood, with
the Home-office.

Vle Duke of WELLINGTON transacted busi-
nes yesterday at the Commander-in-Chief's office in the
Horse Guards.

Earl DUDLEY, Mr. HUSKISSON, Mr. S
BOURNE, Lord MELROS, the Bishop of SODOR and MAN,
and Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, visited Viscount GODERICD
yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street.

Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ABERDEEN,
and Lord ELLENBOROUGII transactd business yesterday
at the Foreign-office, in the apartment appropriated for the
meetings of the Cabinet Ministers.

Mr. HUSK ISSON, Earl DUDLEY, Mr. GOUL.
nuax, Viscount MELVILLE, and Lord STUART, had inter.
views with the Duke of WELLtriamox yesterday afternoon.

The Right Hon. VESEY FITZGERALD visited
Mr. Huncissow yesterday, at the Colonial-office, Downing-
street.

The Duke of WELLINGTON visited Mr. PEEL
yesterday morning, at his residence in Privy-gardens.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had an interview
yesterday with Viscount GODERICH.

Viscount ITABAYANA, the Brazilian Minis-
ter, Count LUDOLF, the Neapolitan Minister, and Monsieur
ROTH, the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business
with Earl DUDLEY yesterday at the Foreign-office, Down-
ing-street.

Viscount GoDERIdH received a despatch on
Monday from his MAJESTY at Windsor.

Yesterday the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE called
upon Sir JAMES Scam. Err as Attorney-General, and Sir
N. TYNDAL as Solicitor-General. Those Learned Gentle-
men consequently retained their stations; but it was re-
ported that Sir C. WETHERELL was to be sworn in, in the
course of the day, as Attorney-General.

The Hon. WILLIAM BURRELL has, for some
time past, been seriously indisposed at his mother's, the
Baroness Wfixoucktny's, house, Whitehall.

Lord CARRINGTON entertained a distinguish
ed Party at Dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall.

Lord GWYDYR had a Dinner Party yester-
day, at his house in Piccadilly.
BATH DISTRICT MEETING OF THE INCOR-
PORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN FOREIGN PARTS.--The first public meeting of tl4is
ancient Society, detached from the kindred but perfectly
distinct Institution, the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, was held on Wednesday, 16th instant, in the
Great Room of the Guildhall of this city. The Bishop of
BATH and WELLS was in the Chair, supported by the
Bishop of NORWICH. The Meeting was well attended,
and the Report satisfactory.—Bath Herald.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—Lord Kenyon
and the Misses Kenyon, in Portman-square, on Saturday,
from his Lordship's seat in Wales; the Marquis of Down-
shire, at Salisbury House; Lord and Lady Heytesbury, in
Hanover-square ; Sir Charles Abney Hastings, Bart.
M.P. from Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Falmouth
and family, at their home in St. James's-square, from their
seat in Cornwall ; Lord and Lady Dundas and family, at
their house in Hertford-street, May-fair, from Richmond,
Yorkshire ; Edward Stracey, Esq. in Great George-
street, Westminster, from his seat, the Beach, Cheshire;
Mr. Osborne Markham, in Upper Brook-street ; Mrs.
and Miss Mansfield, in Portland-place ; Mr. Ralph Lei-
cester, in Portland- place ; Mrs. and Miss Manning, in
Gloucester-place ; Mr. P. Griffiths, in Gloucester-place,
from Belvidere, near Christ-church, Hants ; Mrs. and
Miss Puget, in Green-street, Park-lane ; Major Wade, in
Regent-street, from Lisbon ; Captain Lloyd, in Pall-mall,
from the Netherlands ; Mr John Biddulph, in Spring-
gardens, from Hertfordshire ; Mr. Henry Hoare, in Glou-
cester-place; Mrs. and Miss Stapleton, in Brook-street,
from Bath ; Mrs. and Miss Courteney, in Park-street,
from Bath ; Major Marsden, in Cork-street, from Paris ;
Mrs. and Miss Wallace, in Bruton-street, from the Isle of
Wight ; Colonel Parker, in Harley-street, from the New
Forest, in Hampshire ; Hon. William Leveson Gower, in
Hill-street, from Titsey Park, in Surrey; Mr. N. M.
Rothschild and his lady, at their house in Piccadilly, from
Brighton ; Mrs. Gee, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street,
from her seat, Beddington Park, Surrey; Sir Roger and
Lady Sophia Gresley, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street,
from their seat, Drakelow, Derbyshire ; Captain Ray-
mond, R.N. and Mrs. Raymond, at the Bath Hotel, Ar-
lington-street, from Brighton ; Rev. Mr. Holland, at ditto,
from Exeter ; Captain Williams and J. 'Worland, Esq. at
ditto, from Ireland ; Lord Hillsborough and Lord William
Hill, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Ire-
land; Lord Napier, at ditto, from Scotland; W. Farrant,
Esq. at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dukes
and family, at ditto, from Brighton; Captain Humphreys,
at ditto, from his seat in Cheshire ; Colonel and Mrs.
Hicksbeach, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and
Cork-streets, from Oakley Hall, Basingstoke; Mr. and
Mrs. Cowper, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from
Wales; T. Brackenbury, Esq. at ditto, from Wales.

DEPARTURES.—.-The Rev. Mr. Bellington,
from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in
Kent; the Rev. Edward Smith and Mrs. Smith, from
the Burlington Hotel, for Canterbury; the Rev. Mr. Gar-
uier, from ditto, for Southampton ; Captain and Mrs.
Lindsay, for Bath.

CHA NGES.—The Earl of Chesterfield, from
Burleigh, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, to the Earl
of Lonsdale's, in Leicestershire ; Mrs. L. Fox, to the
Duke of Grafton's, in Northamptonshire; the Marquis of
Camden, from his seat, the Wilderness, Kent, for Bayham
Abbey, bussex.

ARRIVALS AT CIIELTENHAM.—CoIoneI
cooper Gardiner, Colonel Andrews, Archdeacon and Mrs.
Prebyn, Major and Mrs. Tyler, Major Edwards, Captain
Hunter, R.A., Captain Bury, Captain Blake, Lieut. Miles,
R.N.; Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Hinuber,
and Mrs. Law, Messrs. R. J. Irenionger, C. Holland, W,
Field, Warner, York, Masters, Fombelle, Walpole, Wilton,
Mandene, Leigh, Wilmott, Crook, Browne, Henning,
Weir, three Pettatts, Waller, J. Tremoutv, Walpole, Con-
nolly, Madden, Adams, Westwood, Henley, Coley, Mistresses
Palmer, Dalton, Levett, Brenton, Lawrence, Herries,
Misses Mallett, Jenkins, Evans, Morritt, Brenton, Fry,
Hawkins, Goodricke, Rutt, three Miss Levetts, &c. &c.

ARRIVALS AT BATII.—EarI and Countess of
Morlcyand family, Hon. \V.:Fraser, Sir C. Hawkins, Sir P.
Baghott, Sir H. Grant, Sir C. Rownell, Sir John and
Lady Croft, Admiral Young and fcmih, Cwnmissary-Gen.
Daniel's, Col. Cholmley, Col. and Mrs. Jones, Tyndale ;
Major and Mrs. Ironmonger and family, Captains Elton,
Justice, Nicholson, Hall, Burrell, Johnson, De Burgh,
Hillier, Hovenden, Rev. Messrs. Bowles, Miles, Curteis,
Taunton, Blennerbassett, Hutchinson, Watson, Mortimer,
Jervis, Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Toddy, Knight,
Wollaston, Blathwayt, Phillips, Evans, Worthington,
Gallop and family, Lisbon', Noville, Sawyer, Dendy,.
Magniac, Messrs. Tugwell, Farmer, Cex, Dickson, Brere-
ton, Pontin, Lunbert, J. Jackson, Bingham, Taylor, Beck-
ford, Sims, Watson, Jones, Fowie, Farren, Knatchbull,
Warner, Wollaston, Pigou, Peas:hey, Knight, Moore, Nogg,
Walmesley, Ainswick, Broadley, Bailward, Brimstone,
Moore, Frederick, Gifford, Fane, Hartley, Nance, Osborne,
Simpson, Sheppard, Stroud, Shelton, Taylor, Wilkins,
Watson, Withers, Plaine, James, Knyfton, prewe, Boyce,
Panton, Tam's-ell, Cuff, Browne, Atkinson, Knox, Baker,
Ronald ; Mistresses Biley, Stackhouse, Roberts, Burlton,
Col. Munroe, Holden, Sheppard; Misses Bileys, Stack-
house, Grant, Gould, Hares, Bailward, Evans, Haynes,
Novilles, Cute'', Sheppard, Blows, Hayward, Mayer, /ice.
There has been much foggy weather here of
late.--much more than we are accustomed to at Brighton.

MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF
CHATHAM AND ROCHESTER,
ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRESSED INHABITANTS
OF QUEENBOROUGH.

On Monday evening a meeting of the inhabitants
of.Chatham and Rochester and their vicinity, con-
vened by 'advertisements in the local papers and
posting billsy was held in the large room of the Surr
Tavern, at Chatham, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the statements respecting the sufferings
of the inhabitants Of Queenborough, and the mea-
sures which should be adopted on their behalf.
Messrs. Breeze and Skey attended with several other
inhabitants 'of Queenborough, having been sent for
to give testimony as to the present condition of their
brother freemen and inhabitants, and to make such
explanations as might be deemed requisite by the
meeting.
JACOB GEORGE BRYANT, Esq., was called to the
Chair. It was barely necessary to state, that in con-
sequence of the accounts which had appeared in the
public journals of the distressed state of the inhabi-
tants of Queenborough, they had assembled in the
character of neighbours and friends to examine how
far these accounts were well-founded, and if, upon
examination, they were satisfied of their truth, to
make such exertions in favour of the sufferers as
neighbours and friends ought to make for each other
in every community where good and social feelings
plevailed.—(Applause.)—Some of the inhabitants
of Queenborough had been sent for, and he now in-
vited them as honest men to give full and explicit
statements of the condition of their town.--(Hear.)
—He called upon Mr. Breeze.
Mr. BREEZE then rose. He assured them, that
however the cases which had gone forth through
the medium of the publie press might excite surprise,
yet that they were understated. He then proceeded
to describe the condition -of the borough. Much
surprise had been expressed that the select body
were tnabled to exercise so pernicious a degree of
controul over their trade, and that the inhabitants
were not able to sustain themselves against them.
—This impression could only exist under the igno-
rance of the local situation of the town. The ma-
jority of the gentlemen present must be aware that
it was insulated, and but little adapted for internal
trade. It could only subsist by means of its fisheries.
—(Hear.)—He then detailed the sufferings of the
inhabitants as they had gradually, from 1820 to the
present time, been cut off from their local resources,
reduced from the situation of proprietors of their
fisheries to the condition of mere labourers, and at
length expelled from the enjoyment of their pro-
perty. Their character for loyalty stood high,
and they had generally, from free choice, re-
turned to Parliament Representatives favour-
able to the principles of his Majesty's Government.
—The aggressions made on their rights determin-
ed them, at the last election, to prove that they were
yet unsubdued by the select body, and they accord-
ingly returned an independent candidate (Mr. Ca-
pel), too well known for his honest support of Lord
Liverpool's Administration, to render any exposition
of his political character necessary. The manner in
which the independent exercise by the inhabitants
of the right of free choice had been treated by their
select body of corporate officers, was such as it was
to be hoped would find no parallel in the worst of
times or countries. He had a number of cases be-
fore him, written from the statements of the parties
themselves, who were ready to prove them upon
oath, and who desired that they should be made
public. One was of Stephen Wood, a burgess.—
When he went to ask permission to exercise his
right of dredging for a livelihood, he was sworn at
by the Mayor, who told him to go to his friend Ca-
pel, for whom he voted_ at the election, and let him
help him. The Mayor further said, " that he would
let them (meaning the unfortunate
.dredger men)
know who was master; he would humble them by
poverty." When James Gaskin (who had a wife
and four children) had pawned every thing, he went
and strenuously solicited the Mayor for employment.
The latter rejected him in these terms—" you,
none of you who cannot relish my bye-law shall ever
go to dredging as long as I live."—(Hear, hear.)—
Another, named Wm. Boyce, who was reduced to
the extremity of suffering common to them, solicited
the Mayor to allow him to exercise his privilege.—
The latter swore at him, and told him that he, as a
burgess, had neither interest nor privilege. Boyce,
however, once obtained permission to dredge from
Mr. Marshall, another of the select body, who was
then Mayor. But the Mayor's master, interfered,
and was successful in excluding him. Mr. Breeze
then mentioned another case, and said it was only ne-
cessary to offend against one of the select body, for
the individual so offending to have all the municipal
interest and power, whether legal or usurped, directed
against him in his trade. Of this an instance was
afiorded by the case of Charles Hall, a freeman of
unimpeachable character, who laid out much money
on a public-house, with the cognizance of the Mayor,
and entered it upon the unexpired licence of his
(Hall's) grandfather. When, however, the young
man applied to the Mayor, upon the authority of a
legal testimonial as to his good conduct and com-
petency from the clergyman, overseers, and church-
wardens, Mr. Greet absolutely refused it, though
he acknowledged that he had nothing to say against
his character. Mr. Breeze concluded by appealing
to the meeting, whether prosperity could exist in a
town so situated and under such control. He
besought, as a favour to the inhabitants, that every
case might be investigated.—(Applause.)
Mr. MORSON observed, that it had been stated
that the Mayor had advanced large sums of money
to the town. Now the Meeting would be glad to
know from Mr. Breeze whether the money so ad-
vanced was advanced in the shape of a charitable
loan, or whether it was in reality an investment of
capital advantageous to the Mayor ?

Mr. BREEZE stated that the Mayor took .5/. per
cent, for the use of his money, besides a poundage,
which, in the character of Chamberlain, he received
on all his disbursements out of the same fund.—
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MORSON wished to know whether 10,0001.
might not be employed to advantage in stocking the
fisheries of the town with brood oysters, and whe-
ther when taken care of, they were adequate to the
support of the town.
Mr. BREEZE had no doubt of it.

' CHARLES HALL, the freeman, whose case was al-
luded to by Mr. Breeze, came forward and con-
firmed the statement respecting it.
EDWARD SKEY, the fishermu, was then called
upon by the Chairman, in hehalf of the meeting, to
state his case to them. He addressed them to the
following effect :—" Gentlemen, I can bear witness
to you, that the misery of the inhabitants of Queen-
borough has arisen to such a pitch, that the like, I trust
to God, cannot be found on the shores of England.
What a contrast the town formerly presented to the
present scene ! Then all was plenty, harmony, and
comfort. Poverty was never known among us. We
had enough for our families, and over and above;
we had enough to stretch out with a helping hand to
relieve our suffering fellow-:reatures, which we often
did. Now, our fisheries are almost ruined, our little
trade is cut up, and we starve, or we must beg. How
could a town stand against such management ? I
speak here where the nature of oyster fisheries is
well known, and the advantage of their management
for the common good is felt. I ask you how your
fishery could go on if you had any one over you who
had the power or inclination to say to you, " Yott
shall only put your nets over in such a manner, and
at such times as I please ?" How could your com-
merce go on if any man was over you who would say
to the Captains whose ships frequent your waters,
" You shall not anchor here, • unless you employ
the men I please to point out to you. You shall
not be freighted here unless I permit you ; only
such vessels as I please shall carry your goods to
hear.)—Not only on board we hear
this, but on shore. What can be done in a town
where a man can say, " Your house is an eye-sore to
me; I will not give it a license," and shut it up ?
Which of you would advance your capital there ?
(Hear.)—There are individuals who would advance

their principal there, but they are afraid. What we
seek is not charity, but work. Idleness cannot be
charged against us- by those who have driven us to
beg. Gentlemen, I assure you we have not made
known Half our suffering; we have not been willing
to expose our misery to the public gaze, until it be-
came too great for endurance. But, great as it has
been, more, I fear, is in reserve for us. Nothing but
misery and beggary is before us, unless the Legis-
lature interfere. When I look at the condition of
the fishery, which was more than sufficient for our
subsistence, my heart aches at the scene. I was the
individual that maintained the chartered right of the
inhabitants to partake equally as proprietors of the
fisheries about our town. No sooner did the select
body begin to fear, from the verdict of a jury, that
their usurped power would be taken away from them
than they took up the young oysters and sold them
off as fast as they could. I have heard shame cried
upon them in the market, for taking up such brood,
which we cannot replace . for money. Who, then,
were the persons who cut up the goose to get at
the golden eggs?—(( heers.)—Notwithstanding our
verdict, we are still kept out of our rights. No sooner
does a man attempt to go to dredging, than a bye-law,
of which some never before heard, is pulled out to
the light against him. You have good bye-laws for
your fisheries at Rochester, printed and hung up,
that he who runs may read, and he who reads may
understand, cannot conceive what it is to be sub-
jected to such a state of things as we are. The de-
cision of a court of law is by the select body treated
with contempt. I did not bear it from one of them,
but I heard it from their tools—" We don't care a

1820, in spite of you; and let nobody go to dredg-
ing without his (the Mayor's) permission."' But a
little while, and there will be nothing for which we
can obtain permission to dredge. The oyster-
grounds are unattended to—the watch-boat is gone
—valuable property is left unguarded, to go to
ruin—and it is declared that the fisheries shall no
more be stocked. What awaits us, then, but a
scene of lengthened misery and desolation "
Un-
less we sow, we cannot reap." From what we
now endure, you may see what we have to look for.
I could tell you many cases of the suffering now
existing in our town, but one will suffice. While I
was engaged in dispensing the charity which was
subscribed for us by the good people in London, I
called on Richard Rake, a seaman, whose bravery
on behalf of his country was displayed in the cut-
tingeut service. He contracted a disease from the
hardships he endured while in the service, and af-
terwards he was taken prisoner, fighting bravely to
the last. When I entered his room, I was struck
by his lofty countenance and his features, which
were noble, though they were faded. He ex-
tended his scarred limbs and his large skele-
ton hands, that at once bespoke his heroism and
his deep poverty, which made my heart to feel
and my eyes to weep for him.—(Here Skey gave
way to his feelings, and several other mariners pre-
sent wept.)—He said to me, showing me some of
his wounds, " That was a better battle where I got
these, but I never fought such a battle as this ?"
And what was the battle he now fought ? Why,
with poverty, with oppression, with cruelty, for his
independence, for his honesty, which would not
yield or injure the rights of his brother freemen.—
(Loud cheers.)-1 took clown his and his wife's
statement from their own mouths. Here it is, and
I will read it to you in their own words:—." I was
taken bad on the 22d of October, 1827. All the
money I then had was 2s. 6d. to maintain myself
with a wife very ailing, and three children. At the
end of three days, I was drove to so much distress,
that forced my wife to apply to the overseers for
relief, which they refused without a Magistrate's
order."—(Skey here observed, I hope the overseers
will not be blamed, however, because I know they
are so situated that they cannot act as they would.)
—The wife then relates, " I then applied to the
Chief Magistrate ; he answered me roughly,—he
knew nothing about it; I again applied to the over-
seer without effect. Next day I went again, when
he bid me attend the Town-house on Monday, for
he could not give me an order. As they were so
strict with him up aloft, he must be so, he said,
with the people here." Could any thing be more
cruel—more wilfully cruel—than such delay at
such a time ?—(Hear, hear, hear.)—Her children
and her husband were starving, and she was told
to wait ! But she goes on to say, " Not know-
ing what to do on Sunday for a loaf, my children all
crying around me with hunger, I was obliged to
part with my wedding-ring to get one." What man
is there here who does not know that the last thing
a woman will part with is her wedding-ring ? (Hear,
hear, and loud cheers.) Speaking of the next man
in power, she goes on to say, " I attended the Town-
house on Monday, when he roughly asked me,
What is your business ?' I told him my husband
was not able to work; at the same time saying, you
know, Sir, he is bad. He immediately swore he'd
be —if I should have relief, saying, You may
go to your friends up aloft.' He further said, You
must work to maintain your family.' I replied I was
not able, as I had been ill ever since June. He said,
you, you brought your poverty on your-
self. Why don't you have the doctor ?' I said, I
had asked the overseers for one, and they de-
nied me. He then said that was not right, and
the overseer present said I should have one; I
was then so weak I fainted." Yes, Gentlemen,
she fainted away in the open Court. What do you
think of those who would use any woman thus, and
unmoved witness her sufferings ?—(Hear, hear.)---
" When I returned home,.my children came crying
around me for food, till a friend came in and saw
our distress, and brought me a loaf and a quarter of
a pound of butter, and sixpence, with which I
bought a peck of coals. We had nothing more till
the next day, when my poor aged Vner came in
and brought me a loaf—the I:tst he had." The
husband said, " The saint distress continued, so I
was obliged to put away my clothes for a trifle, or
starve. I was then advised to send for the doctor
myself, as he had not been who wrote a note to the
overseers stating my distress, which I carried, and
was relieved with Bs., which is my weekly stipend;
I have fought many battles for my King and coun-
try, but this was the hardest I ever fought. To
starve in England, when I had so often bled in her
cause, I thought hard. The second time my wife
went to the Magistrates, Mrs. Greet came to the
door, and said, " You foolish woman, go home and
tell your husband to be a friend to himself, for it is
not too late yet; for Mr. Greet will forgive him all
he has done amiss, if he will bring two more to sign a
paper, and then the oysters shall be laid for all hands.lt
must be done this month, or it will be too late."
How, gentlemen, did this poor man sustain himself
against poverty, hunger, and disease, with death be-
fore him ? His wife will tell you—" When I came
home I told my husband. He smiled, and said he
would starve before he would sign his neigh-
bours' rights away, Signed, Richard and Mary
Rake.' " " Here," exclaimed Skey, "is an Eng-
glishman! Here is heroism ! and I call upon you as
true men to support it. This gives you a specimen
of what we have endured. We can bring to light
hidden things that would make a man stand or fall,
Yet we have borne all; we have been patient; we
love our country ; we love our King; we obey the
laws ; we rely that they will protect our fisheries?'
the property we received from our forefathersc—
property confirmed to us by a munificent charter,---
property that we want to transmit to our
as securing to them the best reward we could pray
full
it boandunte coounstans Provt
return for their free anidence to bestow upod
n theinf--a
honest la.
boar."—(Enthusiastic applause.) children

Several of the meeting here called upon Sk ey to
state what was the nature of the paper Which the
poor matt had been urged to sign,

SKEY.—Here it is. I have got a copy We,
the undersigned free burgesses of Qteenborough, do
hereby acknowledge that we are conscious our con-
duct, for the last seven years, has been improper.--
(Laughter.) And now, to be reconciled to the select
body of the corporation, we hereby engage to con-
form to the bye-law, dated the 24th of June, 1820,

and also to conform to all such rules and regulations.
as the select body shall deem it necessary to make."
The reading of this paper created a considerable son-
sation in the meeting.
Mr. NEWSON.—For the sake of truth, I wish to
know of you, Skey, whether any one had the har-
dihood, the cruelty,—l will even say the rascality,

—to avow themselves the author of that paper ?
Mr. BREEZE said he could best answer that
question. He heard that such a paper had been
exhibited in the Town-house for the people to sign.
He went there, and said to the sergeant at mace,
" I understand you have a paper here which the
people are to sign." " Yes," said the officer,
" there it is." It was placed where official notices
were always suspended. They had also seen a per-
son come with it in his hand from the house of the
Mayor.

Several of the meeting here declared they were
quite satisfied.

A number of questions were put by several other
individuals to Skey, which he answered in a manner
satisfactory to the meeting. The Mayor had
threatened that he would sell the fisheries:, and stated
that he knew one gentleman, a Mr. Austin, who
would give 30,0001. or 40,0001. for them.
Mr. E. WICKIIAIt then moved a resolution, de-
claring that from the statements presented to this
meeting, it appeared that the inhabitants of Queens
borough were in a state of great distress, which
called for the exertions of the public in their behalf.
Mr. G. ESSEL seconded the motion.

A. ROBERTSON, Esq., an eminent surgeon, said
his friend, Mr. Esse), had anticipated him in se-
conding the resolution. He (Mr. Robertson) had
recently paid a visit to Queenborough to collect
some bills, and he could speak as an eye-witness to
the extreme distress which prevailed there. Per-
sons on whom he called, who were formerly in pro-
sperous circumstances, now said to him, " Instead
of bills, you ought to give us bread and water." He
went into the house of one poor mariner, whom he
found reading Paley's Theologyover afire supported
by the main-yard of his boat. This poor man, now re-
duced to the most severe suffering, was formerly in
a situation to support himself in comfort. (Hear.)
Mr. Robertson concluded by assuring the meeting
that the eases and statements they had heard re-
specting the sufferings of the inhabitants of the bo-
rough were by no means exaggerated.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. H. PRENTIS, one of the corporation of Ro-
chester, moved that a subscription should be opened
for the inhabitants of Queenborongh, and continue
open till the 7th of February.

Dr. W. A. DAVIES seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.

The Rev. Dr. JOYNES, a Magistrate of the county,
in moving that a Committee should be formed,
observed, that it had been suggested to him that such
distress must come under the consideration of the
overseers of the district, and that the overseers would
grant relief. This, he could state, was by no means
necessarily the case. He heartily wished that these
poor men might be relieved by. some more powerful
interference.
'Wm. BAKER, Esq., seconded the motion.

Mr. WILKINS had recently gone to Queenbo-
rough professionally, and he could declare that the
inhabitants would not long be in a condition to pay
poor rates.—(Hear.)

Upwards of 70/., chiefly in sovereigns and silver,
were subscribed in the room. Mr. Best, the brewer,
subscribed 10/. ; Mr. Cummin, the Recorder of
Rochester, 21. The most unanimous feeling seemed
to pervade the meeting.