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FEBRUARY 19, 1842

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(Sittings at Guildhall before Lord Abinger and a Special Jury.)
THE GOVERNOR AND CODIPANY OF THE BANN. OF ENGLAND U. TOMEINS.
This case, which from its supposed connection with the fraud
in the issuing of Exchequer bills, appeared to have excited more
than ordinary interest in the City, was entered upon at the sittings
of the Court.
The Attorney-General, with Mr. Kelly and Sir John Bailey,
appeared for the Bank, and Mr. Erle and Mr. Tomlinson for the
defendant.
The ArrouNer-GExualL in stating the plaintiff's case observed,
that the present case, though it might be sought to confound it
with the claims of innocent holders of forged Exchequer bills on
the Government of the country, had really nothing to do with that
question. It was unfortunately notorious that one of the clerks
in the office of the Comptroller of the Exchequer (Mr. Beaumont
Smith), who was now suffering punishment for his offence, had Vio-
lated the trust reposed in him, and was a party in issuing a number
of spurious Exchequer bills, of which those which formed the foun-
dation of the present action formed a part. That some portion of
the fraudulent issue of Exchequer bills had found their way into
the hands of innocent holders he did not doubt, and how those
holders were to be dealt with it was for the Government, or per.
haps the Legislature, to determine. The present case, however,
was not between the innocent holders of Exchequer bills and the
Government, but between the Bank of England and a party who had
deposited bills with the Bank as security for a loan. The bills thus

deposited had turned out, on examination, to be forged,-and the
Bank, by this action, only sought to recover back the money ad
vanced (on a security which proved to be of no value

...
To this action he did not apprehend there could be any.
real defence. The facts of the case were simply as follow :
Mr. Tomkins, the defendant, in the month of September
last, borrowed 11,0001. from the Bank on the secu
rity of eleven Exchequer bills for 1,0001- each, and the ad-
vance being for a mouth only. At the end of the month the
Bark called upon Mr. Tomkins to repay the advance, and take
back his Exchequer bills, and gave him a day beyond the time to
which he was entitled for that purpose. The defendant took
away three out of the eleven hills before the credit had expired,
but intimated to the Bank that the state of the market, or some
other matter, rendered it Inconvenient for him to take the remain.
der, and that the Bank must realise the amount to secure them_
rely s. The bills were accordingly sent into the market by the
Bank, and sold in the first instance to a Mr. Scott, a stock broker.
They were subsequently purchased by Capel and Co., the brokers,
for Messrs. Coutts and Co., the bankers. The bills lay for some
days in the hands of Coutts and Co., when rumours prevailed that
spurious Exchequer bills had found their way into the Stock-
mai ket , and the hills in question were sent to the
ollice of the Comptroller of the Exchequer fur examination,
a.nd it was then ascertained that the bills were forgeries. Coutts
and Co. claimed the amount from the party from whom their broker
purchased, and that party against his immediate vendor, and so on
until these eight forged bills were returned to the Bank of Eng_

land, who claimed the amount, as they were clearly entitled to do,

from the defendant, who deposited the bills with them. There were
oily two persons, at the time the forged bills bore date and were
issued, who had any right to sign, or did sign, Exchequer bills__
Lord Monteagle, the Comptroller, and Mr. Dudley Percival, the

Deputy-Comptroller. These two persons would be called as wit.
ne:ses, and upon their sat,sfying the Jury that the bills in question
were forged, he apprehended he should be entitled, under the Lord
Chief Baron's direction, to a verdict for the Bank of England for
the amount advanced on the eight bills, which was 8,0001., with in.
terest and expenses amounting to 3431.
The proof that the Exchequer bills produced were those de-
posited with the Bank by the defendant in September last, was of
a formal nature, and no question arose on it.
Lord Monteagle (who was accommodated with a seat on the
Bench) was then examined, and stated at considerable length, and
in detail, the manner in which Exchequer bills were signed and

issued. The only persons authorised to sign those securities were

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GREAT BIRMINGHAM MEETING.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
FRIDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK.
A great and influential meeting took place this day in the
Town-hall.

Since the announcement of the Ministerial plan, the utmost ex-
citement prevailed in this town, and one general feeling of indig.
nation was expressed by nearly all classes. Last week a requisition
to the Mayor was presented, to call a meeting. The terms of the
requisition was to consider Peel's scheme, but no sooner was the
majority of 123 announced than the requisitionists met, and resolv-
ed upon going for the Suffrage.
At a meeting held last evening the following resolution was pro-
posed :—" That for a long time past the trade and commerce of this
town have been suffering unprecedented distress, that the masters
and working men have lost their profits and employment ; that the
Mirasterial plan is nothing but adding insult to injury ;
that as the amendment will receive the support of the Mem-
bers of the present House of Commons, it furnishes
irrefragible proof of the necessity of such an extension
of the Suffrage as will give to all classes a full, fair, and free repre-
sentation, to which, according to the principles of Christianity and
the British Constitution, they are entitled." This resolution was
made known to the Christian Chartists who assented to it. This
morning, at an early hour, the doors of the Hall were besieged by
thousands ; and thousands of handbills were distributed in all direc-
tions, denouncing Peel and his plan. At a quarter to twelve
o'clock the doors of the Hall were thrown open, and in a very
few minutes thousands of persons thronged in, and every inch of
ground was occupied. The organ gallery was occupied by the re-
quisitionists and a body of Chartists. Amongst the former were the
Rev. Hugh Hutton, Alderman Hutton, Thomas Clarke, Esq.,
magistrate, J. T. Beale, Esq., Mr. Councillor Smith, Mr. Alderman
V annart, and many others. Amongst the Chartists were Mr.
Feargus O'Connor, Mr. White, Mr. John Collins, Mr. O'Neil,
Mr. Mason, and others. It was altogether the most imposing and
anxious meeting I ever beheld. At twelve o'clock V. Beale, Esq.,
Mayor, took the chair, and opened the business by reading the re-
quisition calling the meeting.
Mr. Aldermant WESTON then came forward, and moved the
first resolution, and in doing so made a powerful speech, in which
he condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the plan proposed
by Peel, and said, in reference to the Suffrage, that he knew of
no other means by which they could get relief than by an extension
of the Suffrage.
Mr. Alderman VANNAWr seconded the motion, which was put
and carried.
T. Arrwoon, Esq., then came forward, on being loudly called
for, and was received with the most tremendous cheering, which
lasted for some time, after which he said—Whether the agi-
tation of the Corn-laws would do what they anticipated or not,
it was very clear it would have the effect of uniting
the middle and lower classes, which had long been wanting. He
was glad to see the advancement of the Corn-law Association
throughout the country. and that the middle classes had unbut-
toned their vests, and allowed their feelings to come out.—(Hear.)
He felt convinced that they must alter the Corn-law. But let
them not talk alone, but do it.
Mr. O'NEIL, of the Christian Chartist Church, said the condi-
tion of the millions had at last aroused a conviction that some-
thing must he done. The Suffrage was the only means
by which they could obtain relief, and the sooner
they went direct for it the better. It had been well
said by Mr. Cobden that if the working classes had been in
possession of the franchise in 1815, the Corn-laws would never
have passed the House of Commons. He would say only let the
Anti-Corn-law Association assist them and the Corn.laws would
soon be repealed.—(Cheers.)
Mr. F. O'CoNrroe next spoke in favour of a good understanding
between all classes for the Suffrage. His principles were Demo-
cracy—the Charter—the whole Charter—and nothing but the Char-
ter—but he was in favour of free trade all over the world.
He would not throw any obstacle in the way of union.—(Cheers.)
He hoped they would bring it about; he hailed the advance made
as a good, and would not do any thing to mar it.—The resolution
was then put and carried amidst the most deafening cheers.
W. SOHOLEFIELD. Esq., the President of the Association, and
to whose great exertions and ability the town is indebted in a
great degree for its present imposing attitude, next spoke, and was
greatly cheered. He said he saw the necessity of rn extension of the
suffrage. He had long been convinced of the necessity of a
change. He was a decided advocate for free trade. He concluded
by proposing a petition to the Queen in opposition to the scheme of
Sir Robert Peel. _ .

....--.. ........
Mr. JOHN Couirts, the Chartist, seconded the motion, which
was put and carried amidst tremendous cheering.
_ . . .

Mr. JOHN MASON rejoiced that the middle and working.classes
were now about to unite. The house of every poor man was now
the seat of misery and woe, and they were resolved to change the
scene.—.(Cheers.) They were refused bread, but they would have
it, and with it, all their rights.—(Cheers.)
Mr. DOUGLAS moved that the petition be signed by the Chair-
man, and committed to his care, and that of the Borough Mem-
bers, to be presented at such time anti manner as they wished.
Mr. Alderman MUNTZ seconded the motion, which was carried-
It was the most imposing meeting ever held in the Hall. Every-
thing passed off well, and the meeting broke up in good order.

The Bayonne journals relate, as an incident never
before occurring within memory of the oldest fisherman on the
south coast of France, the appearance of a large and compact shoal
of anchovies off Boucau, driven, as they have no doubt, by the
larger fish, and among them porpoises. Many of the latter fish
have been taken by the hand in a state of stupor from having over-
go ged themselves with their prey, The fishermen are busily em-
ployed in catching the anchovies.
The Mayor of Vielle-Aure, in the Hautes Pyre-
nees, has addressed a report to the Prefect of that department on
the distressed state of the district, from the unusual quantity of
snow which has lately fallen on it. The forests on the sides of the
mountains were so completely buried in snow that only the tops of
the highest trees are visible. The watercourses have in many
parts been blocked up, walls and roads have been carried away, and
several thousands of trees rooted up, by the falling of avalanches•
No lives appear to have been lost.

„Mr. Edmund Elton, late Midshipman of the Cam-
bridge, whose case has excited a good deal of attentian, was yes.
tcrday morning released from the Marshalsea by order of the
Lords of the Admiralty.

the witness and Mr. Percival, the Deputy-Comptroller. The paper
was made with a peculiar water-mark. The bills were engraved
from plates, engraved in and kept in the custody of the office, and

there was an official seal attached. The bills came in a series of
360, which was called a book. Each bill was numbered, and had
a counterfoil containing the number, and the counterfoils were re.
tained after the bills were issued. His Lordship pronounced the
eight bills produced to be forgeries.

Cross-examined by Mr. ERLE—The watermark, engraving, and
seal were correct. In fact the bills now produced had all the in-
dications of genuine bills, but the signature was a forgery. No
question had arisen upon any of the series of bills which had actu-
ally been signed by witness. The spurious bills produced wi re of
the March issue, and that issue was signed by Mr, Percival. Wit.
ness did not believe that the signature to the hills now shown was
in the handwriting of Mr. Percival. When he was first shown
those bills Mr. Percival was present, and he (Lord Monteagle) at
once referred to that gentlemen as the best authority; but if he had
been forced to act at once on his own judgment, he should have
declared the bills in question forgeries, as they differed in many
respects from the ordinary character of Mr. Percival's handwriting.
Upon comparing the forged bills with the counterfoils of the
corresponding numbers in the office, he was convinced the bills
now produced were forgeries. There were counterfoils to all books
of Exchequer bills, but when the bills were issued the counterfoils
were sent to the Treasury. Mr. Beaumont Smith, as chief clerk,
had an opportunity of getting at the paper and teal, and he might
have had access to the counterfoils whilst they remained in the
Comptroller's office.

Mr. Percival corroborated the testimony of Lord Monteagle in
every particular. Witness signed the series of bills containing the
numbers corresponding with the forged bills, on the I Ith of March,
1841. The numbers ran from 6,001 to 8,501, and he signed his
name to the book to indicate that he had attached his signature to
that number of bills.

The bills corresponding with the alleged forged bills were placed
in witness's hand. Those bills he had signed on the 11th March,
they were genuine in every respect. The other bills produced, eight
in number, were forgeries. The name of the Comptroller was not
in the hand• writing of witness, it differed from his handwriting
in many respects. Comparing the bills now produced, with the
counterfoils, he was convinced which were the genuine bills and
which were the forgeries.

Cross.examined.—Witness signed about 658 bills on the II th
March, 500 were of what they called the ten million issue, and the
remainder of what was known as the eleven million issue. The
bills were not signed until they were wanted. The issues took
place in a day or two after the signing. The issues were under dif-
ferent Acts of Parliament. It occupied witness three-quarters of
an hour to sign 500 bills. Some of the numbers were similar, but
when the numbers were alike, the tenor of the bills were different.

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The bills specified under what Act they were issued.
Re-examined.—The numbers could not correspond in any case
where bills were issued under the same Act of Parliament. There
were no two bills issued of the same number and the same tenor.
Mr. ERLE, for the defendant, could not conceive how the question
which the Jury had to dispose of could be altogether separated
from the claim which the holders of the alleged forged Ex-
chequer bills had on the Government. The Bank of England
claimed a return of advances from the defendant, on the
ground that the Government refused to pay the amount of the
Exchequer bills or acknowledge their validity. The Govern-
ment said those bills were forged, and Mr. Percival now stated
that the signature was not his. It was impossible for the de-
fendant to call witnesses to contradict Mr. Percival, but it was ad-
mitted on all hands, that the paper, the stamp, and the seals of
the bills now produced, were the same as those found in and upon
all Exchequer bills. It was also clear, that some of the counter.
foils must have been destroyed. If the counterfoils of the bills
now produced, had been found in the office, could Mr. Percival
have declared those bills forgeries P At all events, it would
be a grevious hardship on the defendant who purchased those
bills fairly in the market as genuine securities, they having all the
indications of being genuine, if he should now be; told that the se.
curity in which he had invested his property was worthless, and that
the Government would not acknowledge his claim. This, however,
would be the consequence, if the Jury returned a verdict against
the defendant in this action.
Lord ADINGER said the question as to the claims of the Ex-
chequer bill holders upon the Government was quite distinct from
that which the Jury had now to consider, There were a thousand
circumstances which might induce the Government to pay bills
which were forged, when those bills were clearly shown to be in
the hands of innocent holders, although such circumstances had no
bearing on the present case. He had no difficulty, however, in
saying, that in his opinion there was no legal liability on the
Government to pay forged bills, although there were other consi-
derations which migt t induce the Government to pay such bills.
The question in this case, however, was simply, whether the Jury
believed the eight Exchequer bills held by the Bank of England,
and deposited by the defendant, were forged; and not whether the
Government ought or ought not to pay. Mr. Percival stated that the
signature was not in his handwriting, and gave the elements on which
he same to that conclusion. Lord Monteagle said he did not be.
lieve the signatures to be in the handwriting of Mr. Percival ; and
both those witnesses declared, that upon examining the
counterfoils, they were convinced that the signatures to
those bills were forged, and that these were not
genuine Exchequer bills. Under these circumstances, the
Jury, if they believed the Exchequer bills were forged, must
find for the plaintiff; if they believed they were not forged, they
should find for the defendant. He might add, however, that if the
Government were bound to pay the bills in question, the verdict
in this case would not prevent Mr. Tomkins from recovering
against the Government, nor would it interfere with his claim in
an equitable point of view, if he satisfied the Government he was
an innocent holder. Indeed, in no respect could Mr. Tomkins's
claim on the Government be prejudiced by the verdict in this action.
The Jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict for the
plaintiffs—Damages, 8,3431.

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THIS EVENING, FEB. 19,
Will be repeated, arranged as a Drama, Handers ACIS
AND GALATEA.—Polypheme, Mr. H. Philips ; Acid, Miss
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ful facts. Mr. VILLIERS, by again undertaking a task
which the previous debate on the same subject has
made somewhat irksome, has again merited well of his
constituents, and of all the great Anti-Bread-tax party,
which now comprises, we are proud to say, the bulk of
the people.

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After which will be repeated the New Cumedy,entitled THE
PRISONER OP WAIL

Great changes have taken place in the opinions of our
leading politicians of all parties at different times; and
when they have arisen from sincere conviction, and not
from sinister motives, the men have only gathered addi-
tional honour. The Duke of WELLINGTON, for instance,
gained more honour by his conversion to Catholic Eman-
cipation, than by his obstinate adherence to anti-reform.
On the same occasion Sir ROBERT PEEL changed his
opinions, but his motives were suspected, and he for a
considerable period lost the confidence of his own party.
On the very question now under discussion the leading
men on both. sides have materially modified their- views.
Sir ROBERT PEEL has admitted that the present Corn-law
is susceptible of improvement. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has
gone over from being a strenuous advocate for agricultu-
ral protection, when he addressed the electors of Hunt-
ingdon, (to which he the other evening only gave a
qualified adherence), and has become convinced that a
moderate fixed duty, terminating at 735., will meet the
circumstances of the case. Lord PALSIERSTON who,
on Wednesday, took such a large and philosophical view
of the whole subject, and eloquently contended against
the miserable principle of protection, was reproached
last night with being a member of the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON'S
Cabinet in 1828, which passed the existing
law. There can, therefore, be no shame in statesmen
changing their opinions from honest motives, and there
is no reason, we think, why Whig statesmen, who have
gone so far on the corn question, should not go further,
and give their hearty support to the proposition for a
total repeal. We know not that they mean to adopt
this course, but we know that it would be manly, politic,
and wise; that it would immediately place them at the
head of as powerful an Opposition as any that Govern-
ment ever had to contend against, would soon place
them in office, and long continue them in power.
For making this change they have an admirable reason.
Let them look around them. The situation of the
country calls for it, and warrants it. The distress of
the people cries aloud to Heaven for it. Patriotism and
justice command it. Polley says it alone can prevent
heavier misehias to the community than the destruction
of the landed interest, should that be the result. All
our institutions "are threatened. Class is taking up
opinions hostile to class ; contention is on every
hand ; demoralisation, poverty, disease, and death
are spreading, from the accursed starvation law, over the
country, and would justify the most rapid and right-
about conversion to the doctrine that the Corn-laws
ought, to be immediately and totally repealed. Were
the Whigs to unite cordially with the Repealers on this
point, as they may with justice and honour, in a few
months the good work would be achieved. The Whigs
would deserve and soon acquire the gratitude of the
nation, even including their present opponents, for
having saved it from untold evils. Let the Whigs change
then, and be honoured in history as the benefactors of
their species.

Out of resistance to Corn-law repeal, Chartism is
making a rapid progress. At a great meeting held at
Bradford on Thursday, a resolution was unanimously
adopted, declaring the Corn-laws unjust in principle,
cruel in their operation, and oppressive alike to both
master and workman ; adding that they will never be
repealed until the principles contained in the People's
Charter, viz., Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, An-
nual Parliaments, No Property Qualification, Pay-
ment of Members, and Equal Electoral Districts, be
made the law of the land.

After which, the Popular earce, entitled THE WIND-
MILL.—The Marquis de Roueville, Mr. Morris Barnett ;
Sampson Low, Mr. Keeley ; Marian, Mrs. Keeley.
Doors tt be opened at lialf,past Six, and the Performance
to begin t t Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2.5. 6d.
Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second
Pr.ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

Similar resolutions have been adopted at Manchester,
and other places. A greater impetus has been given by

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.

UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 19,

Will be repeated the Opera of ELENA ÜBERTL—The
Character of Elena Überti by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Count
Übaldo, Mr. W. Harrison; Sigifredo, Mr. Leffler; Count
Guido, Mr. Stretton ; Boemondo, Mr. Clement White ; Goal-
iero, Mr. Wigan ; Imberga, Miss Grant.

After which will be repeatedthe-I;Tew Grand Christmas
Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ;
'IARLEQUIN AND TIIE DUN COW.
Doors to le opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.;
First and Second Circles, ss.
; Second Price 3s.s. 6d. ; Pit 35.;
Second Price. 2, ; Gallery, la. Tickets and places for the
Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten
, ,
ill
Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre.vs, bookseller,
167. New Bond-street.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 18.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
UNIVERSITY OF DUBLlN.—Joseph Devonshire Jackson,
Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Ireland, in the room
of the Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy, who has accepted the office
of Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 18.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant.Surgeon D.
Aifieck, from the 95th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Fox, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Feb. 18.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Regimental Sergeant-
Major T. Tarleton to be Quartermaster, vice Croad, deceased,
Feb. 18.
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Ensign C. W. Doraville,
from the 29th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Lott, who exchanges,
Febt. 18.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet W. B. L. Sleigh,
from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Steuart, de-
ceased, Feb. 18.
3d Regiment of Foot—Lient. H. Blair to be Adjutant, vice
Desborough, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 10, 1841.
26th Foot—Lieut. G. W. M. Lovett, from the 86th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Phipps, who exchanges, Feb. 18.
29th Foot—Cornet G. A. F. Lott, from the 13th Light
Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Domville, who-exchanges, Feb. 18.
33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Mackintosh, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Magrath, promoted to
be Second Class Staff-Surgeon, Feh. 18.
56th Foot—Lieutenant H. B. Barclay to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Walmesley, who retires ; Ensign G. W. Patey
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barclay ; F. M. Ramsay,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patey, Feb. 18.
72d Foot—Captain C. W. Gore, from the 86th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Rattray, who exchanges, Feb. 18.
86th Foot—Captain W. Rattray, from the 72d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Gore, who exchanges; Lieutenant H. B. Phipps,
from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lovett, who ex-
changes, Feb. 18.
95th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon H. G. Gordon, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Affleck, appointed to
the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 18.
99th Foot—Captain R. F. Shawe, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice Brevet Major J. P. Westropp, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference; Lieutenant T. Cassan, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Shawe, who retires ; Ensign F.
Montgomerie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cassan ;
E. W. Isdell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mont-
gomerie, Feb. 18.
Ist gest India Regiment—C. Grey, Gent. to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Steevens, promoted, Feb. 18.
BREVET.—Captain R. F. Shawe, of the 99th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Nov. 23.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of the commission of Ensign
Sharpe to the 57th Foot is the 12th, and not the 11th, Feb.
1842, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th inst.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 15.
Corps of Royal Marines.—W. G. R. Masters, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant; R. Parke,Gent., to be Second Lieutenant;
J. J. D. Barclay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 15.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
SAMUEL LEWIS LA Z ARUS, horse-dealer, St. James's,
Middlesex.

the deceitful conduct of Sir R. PEEL, and his denial of
justice, to a desire for a greater political change than
we ever remember. It took more than a year to work
the people up to Reform heat, though they had then
many grievances to complain of, and the Government
was on their side ; but it has not taken a week now to
inspire them with almost universal indignation.
At a great meeting at Walsall on Wednesday, this
resolution was moved :

" That the original compact by which our ancestors sur-
renlered a portion of their natural 'tights to their own and the
general good, and subjected themselves to the authority and
control of the governing power, was reciprocal in its obligations
and duties, one of the most essential conditions being the
guarantee given by the governing power to protect the rights
of persons and property, in return for the concession made by
the people."
The following is a specimen of the language by which
Mr. WILKINSON supported it
,4 When it became evident that the interests of the many
were to be sacrificed to those of the few ; when it was clear,
beyond the possibility of a doubt, that Sir Robert Peel was
about to proceed upon that plan of class legislation which had
already inflicted such grievous evils upon the country, he cer-
tainly did think that it behoved them to look back to the
origin of all government, to examine the first principles of
legislation, and to investigate the tenure by which they claimed
the surrender of the people's liberty—(Cheers)—for let it never
be forgotten—and he wished to impress this upon their atten-
tive consideration—let it never be forgotten—and he spoke it
on the authority of that great legal commentator, Blackstone—
when legislation ceased to regard the interests of the whole
body of the people, it became pure and unalloyed tyranny."
That resolution was carried though it was not strong
enough for the Chartists. 'We are entitled,'then, to tell the
landed aristocracy that they are provoking a serious and
searching investigation into the very foundations of poll_
tical society ; and we must add, as the practices of our
Legislature conform to no theory of government which
has ever found approval in England, we believe that the
Government cannot stand the test of the examination.
Sir RonEnT PEEL and his friends must know whether
they hold power by any other tenure than prescription ;
and if they do not, they must be convinced that power,
foun:led on prescription, nods to its fall whenever its
origin is investigated.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Extensive novelty. Another New Drama and " Norma," in
conjunction with the grand Pantomime and " Elizabeth La-
zarus," a combination of attraction defying competition.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 19
Will be acted an entirely New Drama, called RABY
RUINS ; or, the MOTHER'S STATUE ; with new Sce-
nery and the entire Company.
After which, MRS. NORMA, with Bellini's Music.—Nor-
ma, Signor Nevilli ; Agelgisa,
nora Martini. Signor Waltoni ; Pollio,

After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK
FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac-
teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint
Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun-
ning, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan-
taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr.
Buckingham ; Columbine, Aliss Sharpe.
To conclude with Haines' new and successful Drama, enti-
tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded
on Captain Glasscock's " Land Shai;ks and Sea Gulls.'
Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers,
Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu-
lar Pantomime.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.
Another new Domestic Drama, combining intense interest and
such powerfully electric situations and effects as have never
been attempted in Dramas of this description.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 19,
Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts,
entitled MARY WHITE ; or, the MURDER at the OLD
TABBARD.—Savage Sam, Mr. E. F. Saville; Baynard, Mr.
Dale ; Giles, Mr. Gardner ; Mary White, Miss Vincent, the
acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy.
After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah 01May,
Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny-
brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new
Medley Epilogue.
To conclude with the Grand Romance of THE LADY OF
THE LAKE.—Roderick Dhu, Mr. Dale; Fitzjames, Mr. E.
F. Saville ; Malcolm, Mr. Seaman ; Blanch of Devon, Miss
Collett.

Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d.---Half-price to the Boxes
only, at Half-past Eight._

Lord MAlrox thought he made a capital hit last night,
wlmi he proved, by his own experience, that the people
of Warsaw are badly off with cheap food, while the
people of Amsterdam are well off with dear food. There
was distress at Poland. when he was there, and plenty in
Holland. We should have expected from a scion of the
house of STANHOPE, the grandson of one of the most en-
lightened and liberal men of the last age, the great_
great-grandson of one of the boldest and best statesmen
of England, that he would at least have remembered
that at Warsaw there is unmitigated despotism, and at
Amsterdam a tempered freedom—that at Warsaw there
are great restrictions on industry, and at Amsterdam
trade is nearly free. But the Noble Lord, with
a sadly degenerate spirit, could see nothing
but the cheapness of bread amongst the serfs
of Poland, and its dearness amongst the freemen of Hol-
land, as the cause of distress in the former and of pro-
sperity in the latter. This view was limited, if not unjust.
But, pawing by the degeneracy of this STANHOPE—
though he seems not to have sunk much below his im-
mediate predecessor—did it not occur to this intellectual
Lord that these two cases are really amongst the
strongest arguments which can be adduced in favour of
free trade and a manufacturing population ? The people
of Poland are at once serfs and almost exclusively agri-
culturists, and the people of Amsterdam are commercial-
ists, manufacturers, and free labourers. If the Noble Lord
can find nothing better than such cases as these to rest
the oppression of the landlords on, he should remain
silent. His party would reduce England to the condi-
tion of Poland ; the free traders aim at making it re-
semble, but become superior to, Holland. Freedom of
all kinds, but notably free trade, was, and is, the soul of
Holland's superiority to every part of Europe, except
England ; and the more we give freedom to trade, the
more wealthy will our people become, and the more we
shall rise superior even to Holland.

The Duke of Wellington, on leaving the house of
Peers last night. was followed into the Park by a con-
siderable number of persons who vented their ill temper
on his Grace by applying to him sundry opprobrious
epithets. It is a pity to see the days of the veteran
coming to a close amidst popular dislike.
We understand that some of Sir Robert Peel's sup-
porters threaten further inroads on his sliding scale,
much to the annoyance of the Right Hon. Baronet.

Five convicts were exposed yesterday on the pil-
lory on the Place du Palais de Justice ; and the names of 21
others, judged in default, were appended to the pillory. The
crowd assembled to witness this disgusting spectacle was, as
usual, infinense.

As two men were working in a sand-pit at Fonte-
nay-aux-Roses, a few days ago, the sand fell in upon them, in
an immense mass nearly 40 feet thick, and completely buried
them under it. It took 300 men 27 hours to dear a passage
through the sand in order to rescue their comrades, and they
had the satisfaction of finding them unhurt, the soil having
formed a sort of arch over their heads.

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