The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

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SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch.

THE LATE ATTEMPT ON HER
MAJESTY'S LIFE,
MEETING IN SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
A requisition, signed by some of the principal electors
of the Borough of Southwark, having been presented to
She High Bailiff, calling upon him to convene a public
meeting, for the purpose of presenting an Address to her
Majesty. congratulating her on her escape from the late
treasonable attempt upon her life, the High Bailiff
called a meeting of the inhabitants, to be holden this
dey, at the Town Hall, High street, Southwark.
Mr. JACKSON, in the absence of the High Bailiff, took
the Chair.
Mr. Howrom rose to propose the adoption of an Ad-
dress to her most Gracious Majesty, on her providential
escape from the late treasonable and atrocious attempt
upon her life.
Mr. APSLEY PELLATT said, although differing in po-
litics and religious opinions from the mover of the ad-
dress, still he felt the greatest pleasure in seconding it,
and he silas.rely hoped the meeting would unanimously
agree to it.
Mr. BALLS rose to propose an addition to the address.
The CHAIRMAN inquired if he was am elector ?
Mr. BALLS said he was not.
The CHAIRMAN said, then he could not allow him to
propose an addition to the address.
Mr. BALLS said he had a right to propose-an addition,
as the meeting was a meeting of the inhabitants of
Southwark.
The CHAIRMAN said, he was entirely in the hands of
the meeting.
The meeting having decided that he should be heard,
Mr. BenEs said he did not rise to oppose the address,
but for the purpose of moving an addition to it. He
Would yield to no man in his loyalty to the Queen. He
respected the Queen ; but at the same time he respected
the thousands of virtuous persons who were starving.—
(Cheers.) He congratulated her Majesty upon her
escape, and in doing so, he could not help
but refer to the thousands who were annually
assassinated by a system of class legislation.—(Cheers.)
He thought they ought to inform her Majesty of the dis-
tress of the country. Her Majesty knew partially of
the existence of the distress, as she had subscribed 5001.
to aid its relief, but they ought to tell her Majesty that
it was not charity that they wanted, it was their rights.
—(Cheers.) If justice was impartially administered to
the people, this country would become one of the hap-
piest countries in the world.—(Cheers.) They ought to
tell the Queen that they were not to be longer tyrannized
over by a set of selfish rulers, and that they were deter-
mined to have the charter of their rights.—(Cheers.)
He would not trespass longer on their.time, but would move
in addition to the address, the following words :—" that
we beg to inform your Majesty that the present con-
dition of the people, arising fromithe enactment of bad laws,
is most deplorablei; that thousands are perishing from
iactual want. We, your Majesty's most loyal subjects,
1 tave in vain endeavoured to obtain our just rights from
3 -our Parliament, but our prayers were rejected and
d e'ipised ; we, therefore, beg your Majesty to dissolve
Oa. Parliament, and call to your Councils men who will
'mike the People's Charter a Cabinet measure."—(Cheers.)
'The CHAIRMAN said that as Mr. Balls was not an
ek ctor, he should require some one that was to propose
th. addition to the address.
:llr. BOWLER said he should be most happy to propose
that the words just read be added to the address.
JaMES seconded the motion.
Kr. PowELL suggested that the gentlemen who moved
thee addition to the address should call a specific meeting
for the purpose of agreeing to an address on the subject
of the Charter.—(lronical cheers.)
fir. MARTIN said he should be happy to sign a requi-
siti on to the High Bailiff to tall a meeting on the subject,
and. he therlore hoped the mover and seconder of the
addition to the address would withdraw it.
dr. BOWLER said he could not do so.
:11r. HEARNE wished to call the attention of the meet-
in.; to the object for which the meeting was called. He
th':)ught the addition to the address was out of place.—
(N u, no.) They (the Chartists) were perambulating
the. country with an address, and yet they were not con-
ten t with this but they must come thero to interrupt the
me eting. • Let them do one thing at a time, and do that
thi eg will. In his opinion. what was worth doing at all,
was worth doing well.—(Hear, hear.) The addition to
the: address was a neutralisation of that address.—(No,
no.) They acquiesced in the address, he believed
merely for the purpose of using that addrees as a step-
pin;; stone to something else. He hoped they would
withdraw the addenda, and merely accomplish the ob-
ject for which the meeting was called, namely, to con-
gratultee her Majesty on her escape.
3ltr. BowLER rose, but
The CHAIRMAN said he thought it was not regular,
as lldr. Bowler had spoke once.
Msr. MAYNARD said he came there that day without
the slightest idea that an amendment was to be moved
to the address, but as it had been proposed he should
support it, for he believed that the principles from which
it emanated would be the ultimate salvation of this
country. He would sooner drop into the grave than
raise those principles upon assassination.—(Cheers.)
He would most cordially support the addition to the
.address.
Mr. PARKER thought they ought to be careful how
tli ey created a prejudice against a person under the ban
of the law. They had denounced Francis as ,a base
assassin, while every man was held to be innocent till a
jrcry of his countrymen had proved him to be guilty.
Talk of assassination, was her no assassination during
the past week in Ireland.—(Cheers.) Was there no
assassination in the cotton factories and in India. There
was discontent throughout the country, and therefore
they ought to call upon her Majesty to dismiss her pre-
sent advisers.
Mr. DODSON thought there was but one feeling in that
meeting with respect to her Majesty, but he ped the
addenda to the address would be withdrawn.
Mr. HORTON, as the mover of the address, felt anuch
pain at the course the meeting was about to take, for he
had hoped the meeting would have been unanimous on
the subject for which the meeting was called. lie felt
fur the distress of the people, but, as the mover of the
address, he considered it to be:his duty to withdraw it,
if the addenda was persevered in.
The CHAIRMAN said he must put the address to the
meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then put the original address, which
was lost by a large majority. He then said he coved not
put the addenda as the meeting was at an end. They
had condemned the address.—(" No, no," and upis sax.)
Mr. A. PELLATT thought the meeting did not under-
stand the question.
The CHAIRMAN said he had adopted the right course,
and appealed to Mr. B. Wood, who was acquainted -with
the forums of the House of Commons.
Mr. B. Woon said, he thought the course pursut xl by
the Chairman was the right one. The address had ;been
rejected evidently under a mistake, and he hop eel it
would not be taken advantage of.—(Cheers).
The meeting then became a perfect scene of uproa nand
esaifusion, half a dozen persons speaking at the ss me
lime, and all declaring that the address as ame in led
should be put to the meeting.
After great delay and uproar,
The CHAIRMAN said he should act upon his own j utlg--
meta and put the address to the meeting, if they ag reed
to it, he should then put the question that the prop osed
words be added. If they negatived the first questiw 1, of
course there was an end to the meeting, and they would
ha,e themselves to blame.
The address was then put and lost, amidst criess of
" Don't vote for the address, vote for the addition."
The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting at an in 1.
:They had rejected the address, consequently he ct al Id
no 4 put the addition, as there was no address to add it. :4.0.
The meeting, which was almost wholly composed. of
Chartists, separated in considerable confusion at ab 4m it
a quarter past three o'clock.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAI ;.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—The panic produced by the proclar ni i-
.tion on the subject of the gold coin has occasioned e 2
tensive injury to the trading part of the communi ti ',
and much public inconvenience and loss. We hi iv e
.received several communications on the subject, sons C
of which detail instances of serious difficulties ars I
positive loss to individuals, and of extensivs
embarrassments, to the traders and shopkeepers
of the neighbourhoods. We are, therefore, in•
duced to explain more clearly the real state
of the matter, in the hope of allayingthe apprehensions.
-which have been excited. On Friday night, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question
p ut to him in the House of Commons by Mr. Chil-
d, bal., said—" The proclamation which had been re-
ce fitly issued, was a repetition of a proclamation
w; Ric h it had been usual to issue, though not
ve.ty recently, no doubt, warning the public of the
weight below which gold coin could not be taken. Great
coitiplaints had been made that the gold coin in circu-
lation at present was below weight ; and it was there-
Yore thought necessary to call the attention of the
public to the fact, and to make arrangements with
i be Bank of England, by which they agreed to re-
ceive gold coin at the rate of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce,
the . Mint price of gold coin." We cannot help
thin 'king that the time chosen by the Government for
issui.s g the proclamation was most ill-chosen. The
amba i.rassments of the trading community were
alreat ir sufficiently formidable, without having this
additional impediment imposed upon their operations.
Nor can we approve of subjecting the parties,
who, way happen to be in possession of gold
coin det:cient in weight to the loss, which ought
to be' borne by the community. The amount of
loss to the revenue would be comparatively trifling ; 1
while :tothe holder, desirous of paying one or more 1
overe: gns away in trade, the deduction to which he
is subjected is corsiderable. We have reason to know
that tli e panic has, in many instances, in different dis-
tricts al,f the metropolis, been employed to purposes of -
dishonkst gain. So much as 7d on the sovereign, and.
4d. on. the half sovereign have been deducted, under .'1
pretex Is of deficiency to that amount in the Stancturd.'l
e amount of depreciation is cia.—:
weight:. The average
'r 1 trifling, by no
ceed mA •7 y means such as to war Gantt
the clod uctions which have been made, or the diffi 1--,
ties- which have been thrown in the way of trad
&tubr
the
,gen eral panic -which has been created by thi a air."
time 4 ; roclamation.
S! FA NDARD.—The excitement upon the gold: g° ,
coin pr okelamation rose on Saturday to a very „aot
heigl it i. 1 the metropolis, Saturday being the i jay, „ 1
whicih th, a .humbler classes of the people usue jiy re-

ceive their wages and make purchases. It is certain
that the Government could not be aware of the incon-
venience to which many thousands must be subjected
by this routine announcement, or a provision would ,
have been made to guard against it. Tie lower
class of retailers and the money-changers have had
an obvious motive for augmenting the inconveni-
ence to an enormous extent. The depreciation of
the bulk of the gold coin may be greater than we
have described it, but it falls very far short of that
which the parties referred to have asserted.
Where they have taken gold, in some cases one shil-
ling has been subtracted from the sovereign by the re-
tailer or money-lender—in most cases ninepence ; while
sixpence is the least deduction from a standing beam
sovereign; and in many parts of the town, particular
near the suburbs, threepence premium was required
upon even sovereigns of full weight. Thus has a great
robbery been committed upon the classes standing
most in need of protection ; but this is not the worst
—in many cases that have come to our knowledge,
the sovereign would not be received at any premium,
and poor people have been compelled to go without
their Sunday's dinner, the proclamation in their
case working a temporary forfeiture of the whole.
A correspondent, upon whom we can rely, as-
sures us that in the neighbourhood of Islington
and Hoxton, through a wide district, this was the
case. Another correspondent mentions an in-
stance which proves the hardship to which the
poor have been exposed, even in contact with the
public offices. At half-past three on Saturday a
poor woman applied at the Money Order Office
in St. Martin's-le-Grand for an order for sixteen
shillings to remit to her daughter, whom she repre-
sented as in a dying state at Dover ; she tendered a
sovereign, which upon being weighed was found
slightly deficient; the order was refused ; the poor
creature implored to be allowed to pay the whole
sovereign for the required sixteen shillings, or for even
a less sum ; the officer to whom she applied re-
luctantly refused ; his orders not to take a light
sovereign at any price were peremptory, he could
only good-naturedly direct the applicant to a
money-changer in the Poultry—but then it would
be too late, and her dying daughter must have
gone without relief; but that a gentleman present
'happened to have a new sovereign, which he
kindly exchanged for that which had been offered.
Now, cases like this, as far as the difficulty to the
poor woman, formed the rule through the whole
of Saturday—not the exception ; and as has been
seen, the money-changers and small retailers had a
direct motive for imitating the rigour of the public
offices, or mitigating it at a high price. They had
only to collect fifty sovereigns, say at 6d. premium
each, carry them to the Bank of England, and they
would realise a profit of at least 20s. Might not
the public offices have softened the example they
were compelled to set, by taking sovereigns at the
actual value, or even a trifle below it ? Say that
the actual value of the average coin is about
19s. 10d. ; if it was known that at the public
offices a sovereign would be received for 19s. 9d., the
panic would be at an end. Something must be done.
At present, as far as we can learn, the inconvenience
and excitement are limited to the metropolis, but they
must soon extend through the island ; and, if no
worse consequences are to be anticipated from them,
they must be productive of a great deal of suffering to
the industrious poor, a consideration that cannot fail
to weigh with such a Government as Sir Robert
Peel's.

MARLBOROUGH. STREET:
(THIS DAY.)
John Kelly, a tall athletic young man, and Thomas
Brown, of middling stature, were charged with commit-
ting a most violent and unprovoked assault upon the
person of Mr. William Hudson, the proprietor of the
eating-house, No. 209, Oxford-street, and also with
doing wilful damage to the amount of 18s. The
complainant stated that about twelve o'clock on
Saturday night defendants, who were extremely in-
toxicated, rushed into his shop, and gave orders for
some refreshments to be placed before them in such a
boisterous manner, that complainant from a forebadinp
that they were likely to kick up a row, refused to serve
them, on which they became vastly indignant, and after
much noise and disorder in the place, pitched into hill)
both at once, and having struck him several severe blows,
the defendant Brown grasped the bosom part of his
shirt, and tore it completely out. The police were thee,
called in, and they were secured.
The defendant alleged that the complainant had first
kicked them, and then knocked their hats off. This he
did without provocation, or their even speaking a word
to him.

Mr. MALTBY said it was not probable a landlord would
kick his customers out of his shop, especially if they pro-
perly- conducted themselves, and therefore to induce
them to behave with less violence in future, he should
fine them 20s. each, or fourteen days imprisonment to
hard labour.—The defendants protested their inability
to pay the fine, and were locked up.
Elizabeth Turner, a good-looking child, only 14 years
of age, and very showily dressed, was placed at the bar
on the following :
Police constable, No. 179 of the E division, stated
that about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night, he
saw the prisoner in company with another girl about her
own age, walking up and down Harewood-place, Picca-
dilly ; and the prisoner accosted several gentlemen, and
laid hold of them by the arm in a familiar and impudent
manner persisted in walking beside of them for several
yards. One gentleman complained to witness of how
mach he was disgusted with the prisoner's importunity.
Witness directed her to " move on," which she refused
to do, and commenced abusing him, and making use of
abusive language so loudly, that the inmates of some of
the houses heard it, and complained of the nuisance as
being abominable.
Mr. MALTBY asked what the girl was. The Constable
said—" a common prostitute."
Mr. MALTBY said, thai from her tender years, that was
nearly incredible. The Constable said—he believed that
it was the first time she had been in custody.
Mr. MALTBY said, that he should then send her to
prison this time, and discharged her.—She was accord-
ingly discharged.

ACCIDENT TO THE ARCHBISHOP

OF YORK.
(From the Leeds Intelligencer.)

On Monday last, his Grace the -Lord Archbishop of
York left London for Sheffield, on his way to Ardsley,
near Barnsley, to consecrate the new church recently
erected there. On Tuesday, the venerable prelate
consecrated the church and church-yard, and after-
wards held a confirmation at Ardsley, whence his
lordship proceeded, shortly after two o'clock, by rail-
way, to the Palace at Bishopthorpe, accompanied
by the Rev. W. H. Dixon. one of his Grace's chap-
lains. Before dinner the Archbishop took a walk into
the fields in the vicinity of the Palace, accompanied by
Mr. Dixon, and as they were crossing an ancient drain,
arm in arm, the united weight of the two gentlemen
caused the arch of the drain to give way, and they were
both instantly plunged into the filthy water and mud
beneath, almost up to their chests. Fortunately, Mr.
Egerton Harcourt, one of his Grace's sons, who was walk-
ing at a short distance in the rear of the two Reverend
personages, witnessed the occurrence and immediately
hasten :d to their assistance. Owing to the perpendi-
, culta construction of the drain their release was a matter
of some difficulty; but we are happy to say that it
was effected without any other injury, either to the
venerable Prelate or to his chaplain, than what may
arise from their sudden and involuntary immersion.
After undergoing the requisite lustration and changing
his apparel, his Grace partook of dinner as usual, and
was, we understand, not a little jocose upon the conster-
nation which their sudden intrusion into the domains of
the frogs, porwigles, and tadpoles must have occasioned
to the reptiles in the vicinity of the accident. His Grace
consecrated the new church at Clifford on the following
day, Wednesday ; and we are glad to be able to say that
at that time his Grace had not experienced any unplea-
sant consequences from the accident.

T.-(THIS DAY.)
last market .day, 116.

COAL NIARKE'.
Ships arrived since h
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Nelson's West Hartley IS 3I Walls End Hetton ... ..... .... :0 6
Old Tanfleld ............. ......
Pontop IN indsor l5 0 Walls End Russell's Hetton 11, 0
.1 anfleld Moor IS b Walls End Stewart's 26 5
Townley 1 i 6 Walls End Caradoc 20 6
Walls End Gosforth
Walls End Killingworth ... 16 6 Walls End Adelaide
Walls End Riddell's l6 9 Walls Ei d Evenwood ...... 16 0
"Nails End Todd's Bensham 14 0 Walls End Seymour Tees... 17 0
Walls End Wharncliffe l7 3 Bulman Main ... 16 6
W. E. Braddyll'skietton ...'2O 6

IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

. I The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'Clock.
The Clerk of the Crown attended, and amended the
return for Waterford.
The amendments of the Lords to the Dundee and
A .rbroath Railway Bill were agreed to.
The amendments of the Lords to the Kingstown Ma-
rin ers' Church Bill were agreed to.
x tr. F. BARING brought up the Report of the Com-
mittco of the London Bridge Approaches and Royal
Excht mge Avenues Bill.
i Mr. MASTER-MAN Presented a petition from the
i Ward_ of Coleman-street, praying for the opening of
Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges.
Mr. BELL presented a petition from the coal owners
of DtelrhpalmoyeadndonNtohrtehmuminbeesrolarnt(hLos deectinigtietsh.
'A that women
werel m
Mr. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Dis-
, centers
of a parish in Gloucester, praying for the abo-
lition of Church-rates ; also, a petition from the Roman
Catholics of Bristol. complaining of the grievances under
• ....hid' they laboured.
A Colonei T. WOOD presented a petition from the
Vicar and other inhabitants of Staines, against the
passage of trains on Sundays ; also, a petition from the
congregation of Christ-church, in Enfield, against the
grant to Mayneoth.
An Hort'. MEMBER presented a petition from Win-
chester-for the better observance of the Sabbath.
Mi. BROTHERTON presented petitions from Inde-
pendent Congregations in Salford and Stebbing, against
the taking of oaths.
Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from Lincoln
against the Turnpike Roads Act.
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.
Mr. FLEMING presented two petitions, one from Mr.

Maynall, and the other from Mr. Abrahams, relating to
the late election for the borough of Southampton, and
denying the evidence given beft,re the Southampton
Committee by the witness John Wrenn. The Hon. Gen-
tleman moved that the petitions be read at the table.
The petitions were then read by the Clerk at the table.
As far as their contents could be collected, from the in-
distinct manner in which they were read, the petitioners
contradicted, seriatim, the allegations contained in the
petition of John Wrenn.
Mr. FLEMING then moved that the petitions be
printed with the Votes.—Ordered.
The Hon. MEMBER then gave notice that he would, on
an early day, move that the petitioners be examined at
the bar of the House.—(Hear. hear.)