The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

GEORGE THOMPSON.

THE CELEBRATED ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURER, AND
LATE CANDIDATE FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
Perhaps, with the exception of Mendizabal, the ex-
Prime Minister of Spain, there are few -men of the
present day who have so rapidly and deservedly
to (that of deservedly risen
from a state of insignificence and IndigenceA
affluence and fame, as the above distinguished indivi-
dual. When I first became acquainted with Mr.
Thompson, little more than thirteen 3.,e,trs. agy..,.. he
lived at a stay-maker's shop, in Cloth ur, Lest
recollect being
Smithfield, London, and well do I
applied to by one of the fair occupants of the establish
in -- ,
merit to obtain Mr. Thompson a situation an
perweek. He
at-
torney's office, at eighteen shillings
coffee-shop, in
subsequently opened a very small
Ray-street, Clerkenwell ; and it was whilst residing
parish, that
in that watch-making and first Mr. Thompson's extraordinary talents
have
political
deve-
loped themselves. The Clerkenwellites long
been notorious for their violent party spirit, and
I have frequently been as much amused and
edified by their vestry discussions, as I have by
the more serious and important debate 3
in
the House
of Commons. . Mr,..W,H. Bpdkin...the Old Bailey
barrister, and now the Tory M.p.-for Rochester, was
originally a furniture broker in the an
jd :nads,e
his first essay as a public speaker In
ain‘ef s
Church, Clerkenwell. It so happened
attended a
Thompson, on one occasion, accidentally that
meeting of rate-payers, and after having
listened, to the speeches of the then great attentively
the parish, viz., Messrs. Tindall, orators of
Gregory,
Hewitt, Lieutenant-Colonel Coast, Scc., he ventured
to open his mouth, and most effectually castigated and
Pascal],
silenced the clique. This
necessarily aroused the ire
of the parish authorities, and Mr. Thompson was by
their tyranny—fortunately for himself and the world
—driven from the locality, and co
to seek his
livelihood by the adoption of
some other d profession.
I remember meeting with the, now celebrated, lec-
turer, and his young wife, in Middleton-street,' when
they were themselves, for the sake of economy, ae•
tually carrying a portion of their household furniture.
Thompson may well say " -),
empora mulantur et nos
mutamur in sae It so happened, that shortly
after his retirement from the coffee-dispensing
business, the society for the abolition of slavery re-
quired the assistance of certain lecturers, and under
the advice of Lord Brougham Mr. Thompson was
most judiciously selected ; his heart-stirring appeals,
for the purpose of effecting the object of his engage-
ment, must be fresh in the recollection of many of the
readers of this sketch. He has been for the last few
years employed by the Anti-Corn-law League, and
he is unquestionably one of the .most powerful and ar-
gumentative speakers in favour of those principles of
free-trade. Mr. Thompson must
now be about forty
years of age, is above the middle height, with an in-
telligent countenance ; a bold, fluent, . and correct
speaker, although self-educated, and is always tho-
roughly conversant with his subjects. In private life
he is a most amiable unassuming man, and is univer-
sally esteemed. It is somewhat singular that Mr.
H. C. H. Justins, the talented gentleman who was
employed to advocate the continuance of slavery, and
who has recently been engaged to deliver lectures in
favOur of the Corn-laws, Was, and I believe still is, a
most intimate acquaintance of Mr. Thompson.—Li
verpool Mercury.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, Auc. 30, 1842.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lie_uL...
General Sir Arthur
B. Clifton, K.C.8., from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be
Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Lord Vivian, deceased,
Aug. 30.
II th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant- Ge-
neral Charles Murray Lord Greenock, K.C.8., to be
Colonel, vice Sir A. B. Clifton, appinted to the Ist Dra-
goons, Aug. 30.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 7.
MEMORANDUM.—The commissions of Second Captain
Townsend and Lieut. Hawkins, Royal Artillery, are
dated the 10th of August, 1842, instead of 22d August,
as stated in the Gazette of 23d ultimo.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JULIUS EWALD BEERBOHM and WILLIAM
EDMUND SLAUGHTER, merchants, Fenchurch-
street.

THOMAS CAIRNCROSS, ship builder, Sunderland.
BANKRUPTS.
JOHN RICHMOND, merchant, Lime-street, City,
to surrender Sept. 17, at twelve, and Oct. 21, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Freshfield, New Bank-buildings.
CHARLES STANLEY, money scrivener, Newport,
Salop, Sept. 20, at one, and Oct. 21, at twelve at the
Castle Inn, Bridgnorth, Salop. Newman, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, London ; Garbett, Wellington, Salop.
WM. DUNN WHEELER, scrivener, Birmingham,
Sept. 30, and Oct. 21, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms,
Birmingham. Turner and Heilman, Basing-lane, Lon-
don ; Harrison, Birmingham.
WILLIAM WALFORD, merchant, Great Win-
chester-street, Sept. 28, at eleven, and Oct. 21, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury,
official assignee ; Paterson, Old Broad-street.
LUCY WAGSTAFF, licensed victualler, Worsbo-
rough-bridge, Yorkshire, Sept. 21 and Oct. 21 at twelve,
at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Atkinson and Pilgrim,
Church-court, Lothbury, London ; Smith and Hinde,
and S
Sheffield.
SAMUEL SYMONDS, sem, AMUEL SY-
MONDS, jun., woollen factors, Basingball-street Sept.
17, at one, and Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Court of,Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Philipps, Sise-lane.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
S. and S. L. Sotheby, auctioneers, Wellington-street,
Strand, Sept. 30, at half-past twelve—A. and J. H. se_
cretan, factors, Cheanside, Sept. 30, at one—T Burgon,
merchant, Walbrook-buildings, City, Sept. 30, at half-
past one—J. Mills, ship owner, Clapham, Oct. 3, at half-
past eleven—W. Morrison, cooper, Globe-street, Wap-
ping, Oct. 5, at half-past eleven—J. Coiling, meer, Yar-
mouth, Oct. 3, at twelve—M. Glascott, G. nZ. Glascott,
and T. T. Glascett, copper merchants, Great Garden..
street, Whitechapel-road, Oct. 3, at eleven,
In the Country.
G. Wilson and R. Briddoo,,lnachine makers, Salford,
Lancashire, Oct. 7, at ten, at the ComMissioners'-rooms,
Manchester—R. Thelwell, silyersmitb; Manchester, Oct.
8, at ten, at the Conunissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J.
Bakewell, size manufacturer; Manchester, Oct. 6, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-•.W.

Radcliffe, J. Radcliffe, and S. Radcliffe, cotton manufac-
turers, Stockport, Cheshire, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. Sayer, wool
dealer, Rochdale, Lancashire, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the
Commissioners'-rooms. Manchester—J. Shillito, draper,
Birmingham, Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester—W. Antill, umbrella-stick manufac-
turer, Bourn, Gloucestershire, Sept. 29, at twelve, at the
George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire—E. Moss, draper,
Liverpool, Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms,
Liverpool—R. Williams, farmer, Alvington, Gloucester-
shire, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Bear Inn, Newnham—R.
Bill, japanner, Birmingham, Oct. 3, at two, at the Wa-
terloo-rooms, Birmingham—H. Jones, grocer, Shrews-
, bury, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Shrewsbury—
J. May, mercer, Newport, Isle of Wight, Oct. 28, at four,
at the Bugle Inn, Newport—J. Kirkpatrick, banker,
Newport, Isle of Wight, Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Bank-
ing-house of J. Kirkpatrick and Co., Newport—W. T.
Wren, brewer, Chichester, Oct. 6, at twelve, at the
Royal Hotel, Chichester—W. Bentley, sen. and W.
Bentley, jun., merchants, Liverpool, Oct. 29, at twelve,
at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—G. L. Stott, soda
manufacturer, Bristol, Oct. 7, at two, at the Commercial-
rooms, Liverpool—J. Cockcroft, J. C. Cockcroft. and
W. Cockcroft, stuff manufacturers, Adclingham, York-
shire, Sept. 30, at one, at the Devonshire Arms Hotel,
Skipton—A. Cartwright, J. Cartwright, and W. Cart-
wright, cotton spinners, Wigan, Lancashire, Oct. 8, at
two, at the Swan Inn, Great Bolton—M. New, inn-
keeper, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, Oct. 10, at one,
at the Crown Inn, Worcester—J. Lea, sen. and T.
Patrick, butchers, Worcester, Oct. 3, at one, at the
White Horse Inn, Worcester—A. Morison, lodging-
house-keeper, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, Oct. 4, at
one, at the Golden Lion Inn. Worcester.
CERTIFICATES—SEPT. 30.

T. Lee, worsted-yarn manufacturer, Wakefield, York-
shire—C. Rich, innkeeper, Brighton—A. Leach, Jn.
Leach, and Js. Leach, dealers, Brick-lane, Spitalfields—
W. Iredale, woollen cloth manufacturer, Smithriding,
Yorkshire —D. Low, merchant, Adam's-court, Old
Broad-street—R. Russell, upholsterer, Kingston-upon-
Thames —L. Whitby, builder, Green Dragon-yard,
Whitechapel—T. Barter, surgeon, Poole—R. Handley,
tailor, Rochdale. Lancashire—A. Morison, lodging-
house-keeper, Great Malvern, Worcestershire—:A. Wise,
N. Baker, and W. S. Rental], bankers, Newton Abbot,
Devonshire.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Perry and J. Perrot, warehouse-keepers, Bristol—
G. Perry, sen. and J. Perry, saddlers, Bristol—J. Mor-
timer and C. Haselden, booksellers, Wigmore-street—A.
Oppenheim, 11. Oppenheim, jun., and S. Oppenheim,
cabinet makers, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields—R.
Clarke and T.Keeling, red brick manufacturers, Shelton,
Staffordshire—J. Southee and A. Turner, linen drapers,
Brornpton—W. Wright and T. Richards, music sellers,
Chester—T. Ashwin, E. Getley, and R. Chattaway,
mercers, Stratford-on-Avon—C. and W. Lowther, sta-

tioners, Blackfriars-road—J. Roper and J. Kirby, Sheaf
Island Brewery, Sheffield—G. Jennings, H. Brown, and
R. Ascough, hnen manufactuiers, Yor (so far as re-
gards R. Ascough)—S. Petty, sen., and S. Petty, jun.,
earthenware manufacturers, Leeds—T. and W. S.
Fletcher, colliers, Darcy Lever, Lancashire—A. M.
Alexander, L. L. Alexander, and M. M. Alexander,
merchants, Manchester—E. Price and J. Ridd, soda
water manufacturers, Bristol—R. Berrie and G. Lodge,
canvass manufacturers, Leeds—M. H. Davis and H. Cul-

lingworth, woollen drapers, Leeds—B. Barston and E. D.
Bryan, ironmongers, Leicester—W. Peel, W. Peel, and
J Peel, merchants, Alexandria, Egypt—J. Price, G.
Frost, and C. Robertshaw, cloth merchants, Hudders-
field, Yorkshire—J. Harvey and T. Collier, linen
drapers, Sidmouth, Devonshire—H. Garwood and W.
Roast, lirery stable keepers, Gray's Inn-lane, Holborn—
R. Wight, T. Forster, and 0. Williams, iron work
forgers, South Shields (so far as regards 0. Williams)—
W. Botterill, sen. and G. Botterill, coffee-house keepers,
Shoe-lane--F. and J. Chudleigh, plasterers, Newton
Abbot, Devonshire—J. S. Williams and J. Lewis, brick-

lay?rs, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN CARRICK, grocer, Glasgow, Sept. 14 and Oct.
5, at twelve, at the Chambers of A. Strathern, Glasgow.
THOMAS CHESTER, tavern keeper, Glasgow,
Sept. /6 and Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn,

Glasgow.
THOMAS BOYD and CO., manufacturers, Paisley,
Sept. 15 and Oct. 6, at one, at the Office of Martin and
Hodge, Paisley.