The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-03 00:00:00

ALDERMAN THOMPSON.

•
MEETING AT. Tlfl LONDON. TA.VERN-4Tuttp DAY 4)
A numerous and respectable Meeting Of thii.,Friendo of Aldt
man Thompson took place this darratothe, London 'Favern, for
the purpose of adopting measures to aleaure,his, return to Parlia-
ment at the approaching Election.

The Chair .was taken at twenty minntes past °tut-o'clock by 'Sir
RICHARA CAaw GLYNN.. The Chairman, Alderman Lows,
Mr. Timothy Curti*, Mr. Hall, Alderman &holey, anti Mr.
Atwood, severally addressed the meeting., They said that the
City of London would .consulting its •dignity and in-
terests in returning a Member, whose respectability, education,inde-
pendence in mind and fortune, and above all, his knoWledge in trade
and commerce, rendered hint best qualified to represent the firet
commercial city in the world. Twenty-three Climmittees,. com-
posed of 600 liverymen,. %coal commence, sitting on Monday,
and there was every reason to hope that their ~exertions would
place the worthy Alderman at the head of the poll.
Mr. AtuziotAN TuomrsoN, in •returning thankty felt deeply
affected with gratitude for the linditost which he experienced from
the Citizens of London, he was willing to he .judgetl by his past
conduct, and would come forward with ecmitletice beti►re the Livery
of London, at the Hustings; there were five candidates for the re-
presen tltion, one of whom would 6f course fail ; he would rather be
that one than that any unfair means should he resorted to by hie
friends to depreciate any of his competitors; he wished every man to
be treated according to his merits. It was upon such grounds
alone be wished to be supported, and, on these grounds, he
felt confident of success. The worthy Aldermen 'wino cheered
throughout, and sat down apparently overpowered with gratitude
for the reception he experienced. •

Resolutions declaratory of their object were proposed and car-
ried with adclamution. .

Alderman Lucas being called to the Chair, thanks were re-
Oirned to Sir Richard Carr Glynn, and the Meeting adjourned.

Monday evening, between six and seven o'clock,
Mr.. Fennessy, the King's. Messenger, arrived at the
Foreign Office with dispatches from the Itight Hon.
Frederick Lamb, the British Minister at Madrid.

On Friday night, Mr. Dykes, the King's Messen-
ger, left town with dispatches, to proceed to the Con-

neut.

Sir Herbert Taylor • was busily engaged during yes-
terday morning, making arrangements for the disposal
of the different regiments which are to be called into
effective service.

Mr. Bailey, the King's Messenger, found General
Sir John Byng at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, on Sun.
day morning, and delivered his dispatch on Sir John's
return from !wending Divine Service.
A party of Infantry arrived yesterday at the Foot
Barracks.

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PUBLIC MEETING
IN AID OF THE DISTRESSED DISTRICTS.

The Public Meeting at the City of London Tavern, which bad
created so much interest, took place yesterday. We have never
• seen a more crowded meeting in the same place, and never one in
any place at which so much of the rank, wealth, and character of
the country was assembled fin., perhaps, the noblest objects of
which human natore is capable. Shortly after &cluck. the
Loan Mnvoit (who prsided) entered the rinnn, accomPanied by
a great number of the first Merchants of I the highest;
Dignitaries of the Church, a Minister of State, and other
thin
tiuguisbed Officers of, the Governmeet, Mende -r,; both Weiss;
of Parliament, and
onaf-neytrhoo:rvriddio;:t;oli:not,ic,nceg,asuici(nsnlil:::scoi,;,,noa:emg.w
on
of whose names would have been ituffiCient to give ininortance to
, a phufbrl.icvnitteetEttgmoi,n
morandnm to the Loan MAVon, and requested that his Lordship
would let hint know any additional mode in which the departinent
could he useful upon the oecasion
" The Post-office will circulate any number of the priuted
solutions to the towns in Greatßritain which the Land Mayor nisi
send to Mr. Freeling for that purpose ; and Alan any circular 10(..
tars to Corporate Bodies and (Thief Magistrates of towns,
such letters be decided upon. ,
" It will likewise transmit say Resolutions or Circulars,to the
Postmaster General of Ireland, if it sheen be deemed reeesiary
that sue % Resolutions or Circulars should be distributed througb
that country.
" General Post-office."
The Loan MAYOR having taken the Chair amidst general ap-
phonies, said he had called the 'present nutting at the risiuest
of a large aml respectable body of Gentlemen of considerable
importance in' the City—Gentlemen who were accustomed to
take the lead upon such occasions, and who, feeling the deepest
sympathy for the distress under which the manufacturing pa,
pulation of certain distriCts were labouring, desired to give
an example which he trusted would he followed by the conn7r,
try at large, iu setting, ten foot a subscription for the purpose
of alleviating their stitTerines. It would be unnecessary fur him
to trespass open the' time of the meeting' by relating the cir-
cumstances of the cnse. Ile could not hut regret that since
he hail, the 'honour of ItecoMing their (lief nt&-istrate,
had frequently niet his fellow-citizens upon the melancholy
subject of pnblic distrees ; but lie knew the character of the
Citizens of London too well to denbt that the benevolence they
had always evinced would not again be exercised to relieve the
want and privations of tlr.se unfortunate peopl.,. lie was sure
that none would feel their claims more 11,111,1 y, and that mine
%vould be more willing to ,tep forward to their relief ; and he
hoped they would do it with their usual liberality and prettipti-
tude. He was sorry that he had detained, the Meeting► for some
time, but it was in cuusequence of such Munificent sol.scriptions
having poured in upon them.-.,-(Applause.)—The first of theta,.
he had to announce was the sum of 2,0001. from his slajesty.
(Loud applause.)—And this was in addition to all the othei sums
whiCh his Majesty had previously given for the relief of particular
places.
(Mr. Maurits,: then read a list of the subscriptions, for which
see, Advexti*enyilt.)
The, Archbishop of CAsyrrinarav, in rising to propose the Res
,
sointions, congratulated the Meeting upon the handsome inznuer
in which the subscription had begun, and expressed his hope thr,t
they would be followed up in the same spirit.
[The Resolutions are printed in the Advertisement.]
The Resolutions were then put and carried
Mr. Mitts then addressed his Lordship- limn the body of ill,'
Meeting, stating that lie rejoiced in the unanimity with which
they were proceeding.—(Expressions of impatience.)—As one of
the Members of the Government was present, and as it was the
opinion of a large portion of his auditory that the Goven►nue t
alone could administer the true relief which tile irolilc require•ti
—(liissing.)—The Gentleman was then proCeeding to remark
upon the Report of 4 COminittee upon the stuteof 'rebind, when
The LORD M.Avon rose, and said he felt bound to submit, that
the object of the present meeting, as expressed hi the requisition,
was solely to originate a subscription.—(llear, hear.)
Mr. Mitts said he was sorry that the reenisition had been so
limited, and sat down.
The Bishop of LoaenoN said, that as the hitairiesai of the Alei,t-
Mg had tints happily come to an end, lee rose to propose the thanks
of the Meeeting to the Lord Mayor. '
Upon this, Mr. Buteninne (a Gentleman wins petitions Par-
liament, upon the subject of Dry Rot in the Nay), rose, and
gun to address the Meeting in the midst: of 4.oullititing dissent and
applause, upon the subject of the. corn Laws. •
rah passages from Scripture., and hz..nded up a ItegOlatiOn,
specting the repeal of the Corn Inws, amidst cries of 4, Order,"
and " chair,".

The Lunn Micro% mie and observed, that av the mtkon be-
fore them was personal to himself, be could not 'well interfere
with any thing that wait said upon it.
Mr. &Rumor then proceeded, foaming with real, in a strain
of unintelligible confusion, about Christianity and the Cum Laws.
flewas LiaNd by those who stood in front of the' meeting, and
encouraged to proc►ed by others who occupied the back part, of
the room.

'ft. resolution of thanks , was then carried unanimously, and
the Loan Mayon bri4ly returned thanks.
Mr, MARTEN moved au tuljournment.—(Camfusion, with culls
upon :fir, !)0e1.)
iris. Secretury Prat, spoke as. follows--Getutlemen, eon here....i,
inertly privets,.(hear,heitr); taking deep
iuterest,, from many, cirettnestancts, in the wellitre of those roes
nufacturing districts which are the most distrossetl,,ond coming
here to co-operate with you in the measures of relief which is
may bit desirable and practicable to ailopt,—(Applenee.)....4 re-
turn my thanks to those Gentlemen who were desirous.of intro-
(luting topics of discussion, which it Would be well tat attend to in
other ;times, for the readiness with which they yielded to the
feeling evinced
.with respect to their intentions, ,seeing that the
more unenimous are our proceedings upon this' melancholy oc- •
e:nsion, the more likely are we to secure! the efficient and es-
tended concoreence of the charitable. ftsiingse of .the .aenntry
in the noble and , benevolent object
,Iste bas•e.
(Applause.),-,-The proofs of distress are, ;so . pninfull and:* so
obvious, and speak
,for tlemselves with u voice rantelognent
end overwhelming, that it is imposeible. to .find langeage. '
better ralculoteil than the simple facts to recommend tha.,-,
objects of the Meeting. 1 hold in .my herel:a Report front one..
of, the districts suffering
.14 the present moment', which, if. it -is
the pleasure of the. Meeting, i,will read.”;-(llettr de this
not for net purpose of harrowing tint feelings with picture* of
,individual distress, but to ,show the paramount- necessity of
exertion on the part of. thine who are prepared to assist in Ole. :
viating that distress by adding to the, funds which :already Aare
been so praiseworthily bestowed upon the demands of misery, and
which are now needy exhau,ted. This letter is from the Vicar
of the parish of Bolton, a very populous place, about 9 or 10 milts
from Manchester. It was tuldresseil to me, with the request that I
would lay the statement of their sufferings before his Majesty—an
appeal to the beneficence of that august Persona ge,witich I need hard..
ly tell you was instantly met by a contribution besides that which he
hos:this:day presented.—(Creat applause.)-Part of the letter was
then read. What remains, Gentlemen, (said the Right Hon. (M-
tie-luau), is worthy your, attention. ;colt is my ditty and pride to
add, that the suffering poor of thia place ant not unworthy the
bounty of their King, They have borne their privations with
the most exemplary patience,; and no where are the. people of
this Realm more sincerely ettaplied to the person and (mean-
aunt of his Majesty tiom et, thdton.". (Conaiderable appleuse,),
Now, Gentlemen, elthougli LAlis nmet true, that there have been
great and culpable exceviao,notuinitkd under the sufferings of the
moment, I take it that the deecriptioneontaieed in the Rey. Gth..,
dentine's letter is not tom unfair speoiMert of the condition and I)ehi,_
viuur of the great body of the numufeeturiug clew*, let the pretest
critical period. Although the direct relief thus afforded to this
people of podlele, will be, great,:the moral effect produced by.
the spontaneous assistance afforded will be still greater. I was
told by the Chairman, that at the -5004 sent by the Kingithepeo-
pie rejoiced more front the knowledge that there were hearts at 4
distance, in which their sufferings could find such tut advocate,
than at the immediate relief they obtained from 4 participation
in the donation.--(llear.)--I will now tety no more. upon 4 soh.
jest, which, as I have already observed, reqnires: no extraneous
reemomendation. I might refer to other: part* of the :country
ter a picture to move compassion ; but I have presented to you'
what I think a fair sample of the prevalent. distress, and not an
unfair specimen of the general patience with which it is borne.
Although there are excesses which must, and (with great enn
phaabi) shall, he repressed by, the strong baud of the Law—.
(Crest applause)—yet there is in general, all. through; the coun-
try, a meek and patient spirit.,,,-But, Gook:tutu,- I would inn.
press upon you, that there are other plume besides ,those of which
we hear, where distress may press with:.* heavy hand.: Ilagt.
cheater, Rochdale, and Ilulton„ say pnsectO maul* through'W'
ii press to nuke, known .th • • rt bt 'n the moue-
tor :1 .
districts of the conntry, this isnot I fear th"'"*;
I trust that, nevertheless, these, remote parts :will be made twos'
sible to your bounty.,--( Rear, hear, heskr,),..ellentlionen," did !id't
intend, when 1 eunged the Toem,,,te Athfremit.a,ainiOnnbkro, 4461
to you. It is not pnential to,tbv ..tree47"''4ll/6115!;,g
trust we shall be 44ww twiktcwit4mitiord..o.!ii9 Pek
ibrich
topics which do not enter into thcateiscrurl*whwe are
met.— .(Continued cheering); ' ,
The meeting thou broke:4l4l.c

7f HE LONDON: JOURNALS.

DAILY EX',TRACTS.FR;OIII THE 'MORNING PAPERS,

3, 1826.

[TJIE TlstEo.]
It= is • quite mortifying to perceive by the 'papers
submitted to Parliainent the shameful and incorrigible
cupidity with which the. African, slave-trade is not
only -carved on, but rapidly extended, under the flags
seaeral'inaritime nations, all of which in their offi-
.
cial declarations condemn this hideous traffic, and by
their, laws and public orders pretend to abolish it.
Whole volumes of documents have been
.presented by
the Foreign-office to Parliament, embracing the cor-
respondence of one year only (1825)-Ist, between
Mr.
.Canning and the British functionaries under his
depan'inent ; and 2d, between the Right Hon. Gen,
tlemaThand various foreign Courts. The Spanish slave
trade is the subject of 20 official communications, be-
sidesenelosures ; in. the course of which the Spanish
Minister had the confidence to allege, in direct oppo-
sition to the truth, as it was demonstrated, that the slaVe
trade on' behalf of the island of Cuba—the most active
and audacious' of any that our cruisers had to cope with,
was carried on ".by British capital, and for the benefit
of British subjects.r! However, the regulations of the
Spanish Government, whether good or bad, upon the
subject, can be regarded as oflittle more value than a dead
kttei, With :Brazil there are 33 official communica-
tions ; with the Netherlands 11, but leading to satis-
factory results. The' correspondence with France
amounts to .52 communications, exclusive of enclo-
sures ;: and we cannot refrain from saying, that there is
exhibited, throughout the whole proceedings of the
French Government, a degree of hypocrisy, or of im-
becility, the most wonderful that ever we were made
acquainted with—so daring is the violation of all the
laws, and rules, and instructions, emanating from the
legislature and the extensive power of that kingdom
for the prevention of the slave trade, and so con-
Pint and careless the diligence with which the beastly
trade has every year been carried on. In fact, from the
utter helplessness of the British Government with re-
gard' to irance in all its efforts to divert the latter
wet 'from- dlr.: slave trade, an air of melancholy hum-
hi* is thrown over the whole of Mr. Ginning's and
Lord Grenville'S remonstrances' to the Most Christian

[nonNI,NG CHRONICLE.]
Our readers will see from our Parliamentary Re-
port, what ,the feelings of the Landowners arc with'
respect to the two Ineasures respecting:Bonded and
Foreign Corn, proposed by Ministers. All distinc-
tions in this country in the present day way be said to
be insignificant Coropared with the two, of the owners
of the soil and. the rest of the community. Land-
owner may differ'from landowner in secondary matter,
but in all that regards' the ,power and wealth of the
order, they are united. The Landowners, directly or
indirectly, tire the real sovereigns of the country, but
17 one of those fictions Which abound so much in
Lngland, the fbrms`of freedom are made available to the
es.areiae of their ,poWer ; that is--a-majority appear to
be persuaded to this or that measure by a Committee
of their own order,. in the character of Ministers
the ,Crown,: which : Committee must necessarily take
its movements from the body which it appears
to lead. As, 'however,: the real power in all coun-
tie§ intuit necessarilybe 'PosaOsefl by the people, and
the peppleof England. ,possess no small share of
wealth, industry,. energy, and intelligence, our sove-
reign Landowners are, nu doubt, indirectly eontrouled
by the, opinion of the people, which, by the free forms
of the country can he made to reach them. The
Cprn Law, having for object the direct,revenue.7of the
sovereigns, is one of those subjects which has Served,
more Chian, airy other, to
,mark distinctly the divisions
above alluded to.. The men who happen to be Mini-
sters at the present moment, conceiving that the: Corn
Laws are deeply injurious to the trade and industry
of the country, and only ,apparently benefiCial to the
Landowners, have presumed so. far on that conviction,
as to endeavour to obtain from, that body a modifica-
tionOtthese 'Laws, Aware of their imbecility, as
mere' Ministers; they endeavoured to carry their
point indirectly, by , leading the Landowners to
enter on., a course of, legislation with , respect to
all the other classea,, whieh, without the most
etring departure frOm every thing like ' consistency,
could only terminate in all alteration• of the Cern
Laws. Mini!l cr ,s, however, appeou, calculated too
much On the respect for public opinion of the Land-
owners. The
,principles of. free trade were applauded
sti lOtig aa they were ,merely applied to the .other
closea hitt ,when it, became oeCesery to complete the
new regialation by. applying , it', to the trade in corn,
Ministers were f;o00 trade seusible of their utter' hel
lessnesa win :0 tins in eontretiety to the wishes Of the
.L4ndoWners. They, have even been taunted by'those
to !Men)) they must yield obedience with the'folly of
their announeing aaii intention of Proposing an altera-
tion in the Corn Laws before they hint fully made up
their minda, both 'as to the time when, and the man
ner in which that alteration wit to be efreeted. Their
minds made up! There were other minds to be
made up of more importance, and on these minds they
counted.; but we array- apply the , common saying to'
them ; he that counts without his host counts twice.—
'They were bafiled,--7-the soundings were unfavourable,
—ancl Mr. IloBkisson, who wished by big words and
long, round-about expressions„ which were every thing
hi intelligible, to conceal his mortification, was
obliged to Make another promise to the disappointed
people: Sp complete is. the separation. between the
Leo Owners and the People on
.this all-important
Tilstion;.that an. Orangeman, who turns Papist, is not
tiewedasith more hostility, by hid,. old associates, than
t4O '.'Landowner, who, either from a More enlightened
view 'of his interest, or samples of conscience, differs
totishis Order, is 'viewed by that Order. We have
heatd .circumstanees stated which we dare not repeat.

We do not believe this country was ever in a more,
cray4i fiturktion than that, in which she is ,placed at
tlt 'present moment,' Distress, which prevails univer-
fidly, bas, in the most flourishin, cr and industriousof
Cauri.provinces, attaitteda heiglit.which almost threatens
the destruction of social order. A National Bank-
tuptey has been hinted at as. possibly neeessaty, not
by skin) yenthful. enthusiast.,. but by Veteran. States.
Ingt,,nti the bnid of one of the great political o
parties I
,
thos-coantry.
"It is a sound maxim Earl Grey) nrmo tenetur
ad
impossible ; and if the 60verumeut be idaotsi in a situation
in idilch it is imp-as:4l)le tO country in a state of decent
prospgrity,.it is out required to and to throw
whole state of soviety into confusion, by attinupting them."
1;,,0r our part, wo conceive the
,bare attempt to
touvli the tiatiopal creditors, would' alone throw., so-
oiety into the utmost confusion ;,-for .if there he

deficiency, it must .not be thrown exclusively on one
class,' but must. be shared' by all ; and. every estate,
real andpersonal; throughout • the country, must be
made available pro rata to the extinction of the bur-
den ; a creditor, for instance, to the extent of 100,0004
Ruffering no grater a deduction from the value of his
property than the amount of a Landholder; with an
estate worth 100,0001. must contribute from that:
estate. But this, by the bye—we merely allude to the
circumstance as illustrative of the peculiar diffi-
culties of the crisis, when a Statesman like Earl
Grey could even allude to the not keeping faith with
the public creditor. And at this moment, when con-
fidence has received such a shock, what are our exter-
nal relations ? In India our difficulties are increasing
every day. We believe that four times the number
of British troops now in that country is wanted. Our
situation is truly critical. We dare not trust the native
regiments by themselves. The arms are regularlytaken
from the native regiments every night, lest an attempt
should be made on the British ere morning. This
state of -things may well inspire alarm. We say
nothing of the heavy expenditure which will be en-
tailed on us, be the end of the operations what it may.
But would that India were the only quarter in which
we were apprehensive .of danger !—A war, between
Russia and the. Porte, within one month, is consi-
dered inevitable in quarters possessed ()Nile best po-
litical information. We stated long ago the extreme
probability of this termination of the negotiations.
Turkey, we learn, has made the most urgent_ ap-
peals to this country for support, and Ministers,
we believe, are inclined to afford it. France, we un-
derstand, is manccuvering ; but Austria has already
an army in preparation on the frontiers, in fighting
order, and is closely united with us. In a very
few days the definitive reply from Turkey will have
arrived, but it is generally believed that there is not the
smallest chance of the continuance of peace. Internal
convulsions, and colonial and foreign war, at a moment
when, for the sake of existing in decent prosperity, we
are threatened with a National Bankruptcy ! The
situation of a Minister of this country, at the present
moment, is not surely an enviable one !—(ibid.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 2.

ILEY.. BRICE FLETCHER V. LORD ,SONDES.
This case, which was a writ of error from the Courts of King's
Bench and Exchequer Chamber, returnable to the House of Lords,
was fully heard last'Session, 'and referred-to the Twelve Judges
with their opinions, all of whom, with the exception of the three
Puisne Judges of the Court of King's Bench, delivered their opi-
nions to-day, and yetterday. The facts were shortly theee :--Lord
Sondes was a patron of a living in the county of Northampton, to
which he presented Mr. Fletcher, who was resign it on
.the
Hon. Henry Watson, one of his Loniship'e brothers,
,who, at the
time of the presentation was a minor, becoming capable of accept-
ing it, under a penalty of 10,0001. This was the condition upon
which begot the living, and he entered into a bonduf resignation
fur the above sum ; but •when the Hon. H. Watson• became capa-
ble of accepting the pitiug,. Mr.• Fletcher refused to,resign it, and
Lord Sondes sued upon the bond for the recovery of the penalty.
It was contended that the bond was shnoniacal and therefore void,
but ,the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer Chamber held it
to be goof!. This decision was appealed against, and the question
wieldier this bond was simoniacal was referred to the opinion of
the .Twelve Judgtai. , •
Six:Judges, yesterday delivered their opinions. Mr. Justice
Gasek'e and Mr. Justice Burrough were of opinion that the bond
was good. 111esiors. Justice Park, Garrow, Graham, and
lock, 'Were of opinion that it was null and void.
The Chief Baron and Chief Justice of the King's Bench delis
*ered similar opinions to-day.
The Chief Justice of the Common • Pleas delivered his opi-
nion strongly, and at length, in favour of the validity of the•
bond. His Lordship did not think such bonds against the Sta- •
tute Law, Common Law, or ,public , policy ;, uvr r did, be see
any reason for disturbing a principle which hwl been acted
upon tar two hundred years. If their Lordships should now
decide that general bonds of resignation were illegal, so many
of. those who were now the brightest ornements of the Church...-
the: eons of the Nobility, and Gentry, the present patrons—would
be debarred from entering that profession. If
,a patron saw
that he could not secure a living to his son, though he only wanted
a few months of becoming capable to accept it, he won!! he com-
pelled either to select an old man to tin it, who would be incompe-
tent to discharge its duties, or to dispose of it, and let it go into
other hands. In either case evils would arise, and he was sure it
would net be to, the benefit of the Church that its patronage
should go into other hands, than those which now possessed it.—
This proved the law as. had, been hitherto expounded, to be
more consistent • with public policy. On these grounds prin-
eipally his .Lordship was of opinion that the bond was legal and
valid.

Tho Lord Chancellor and Lord Gifford aro yet to deliver their
opinions. The day appointed it Thuraday week.

The case has excited considerable interthit in Westruinstcr-Hall.
The place below the bur was chiefly filludwith barriovs.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY S.