The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-13 00:00:00

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

We insert the following document, which was refer-
red to by Sir James Graham, in his reply to Mr. T.
Duncom be :---

" Whitehall, August 1, 1842.

" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham
to acquaint you, that he has been informed of a Chartist
meeting, which was held in the Town-hall, at Bridport,
under the sanction of the town authorities, on the 21st
of July, and at which violent language was used. S'r
Jatuts Graham requests that you will transmit to him a
report 'on the subject, and inform him whether the state-
ment which has been made to him 'is correct.

"1 ani, Sir, your obedient servant.
" H. MANNERS SUTTON.

" The Mayor. of Bridport."
" Sir,—ln reply to a letter of the Ist instant, addressed:
to the Mayor of Bridport, and requesting to be informed
whether a statement made to you of a Chartist meeting
having been held in the Town-hall at Bridport, under the
sanction of the town authorities, on the 21st of July, at
which violent language was used, is correct, I beg to
state that the Mayor of Bridport has been absent
from the borough from the Bth of July ; that the
Town-hall is held by the Council of the borough as
trustees, having received such trust from the former
trustees under the 79th section of the Municipal Reform
Act ; that the Council leave the -control of the room to
the discretion of the Mayor for the time being ; that, in
the absence of the Mayor, applications are made to me,
as Town-clerk, for the use of it ; that On or about the 1 9th ,
of July a most respectable member of the Society of
Friends (a member also of the Town Council) applied to
me for the use of the Town-hall, for one evening, for the
Rev. Mr. Spencer, of Charter-housT,Hinton, Somerset,
to deliver a lecture, the progrtiiaMe' of which was an-
nounced by the. accompanying 'handbill ; that I imme-
diately acceded to the request, and afterwards attended
the lecture from beginning to end, and that the lecturer
spoke throughout in a spirit and temper becoming his
sacred profession, most earnestly and impressively, and
without even the 'slightest approach to violence of lan-
guage or gesture. Indeed the whole of the proceedings
were perfectly decorous, and, as far as I heard, were
once only interrupted, and then by some drunken per-
son, who, probably, if he had any opinion at all,
differed in opinion from the Rev. Lecturer. So un-
exceptionable was the language used by the lecturer,
that, for his sake, 1 felt somewhat indignant, although
by no means surprised, on reading in the Dor-
set County Chron kle of the following week, a
very scandalous and false statement on the subject ;
and I was not,milil then aware that the assembly of
some of the most respectable inhabitants of the town
(female as well as male) to hear the lecture was consi-
dered by any to be a Chartist meeting-, although, I re-
collect that there was allusion made to what are called
the points of the Charter.' I believe that a day or
two previous to the 21st July, Mr. Spencer had much
gratified by his speeches those who attended in the same
hull, on one evening, a Bible. Society meeting, and on
another evening, a meeting of teetotallers, and this pro-
bably induced a larger attendance to hear a lecture on
the interesting subject of ' free trader and how to get it.'
The Town-hall is, and has been, used for a variety of
purposes—such as the petty:sessions of the county and
borough Magistrates, Dorcas societies, lying-in socie-
ties, Bible societies, teetotal meetings, conjurors, Pro-
testant associations to abuse and :vilify Catholics and Dis-
senters, Catholics to vindicate themselves and their doc-
trines, bazaars, Independents, Baptists, Wesleyan Me-
thodists, and even Unitarians, tea meetings, Church and
other missionary societies, teachers of the art of boxing,
vocal and instrumental performers, societies for aiding
shipwrecked seamen, meetings of Commissioners of turn-
pikes and other Commissioners, Anti-Corn-law lectures,
Pro-Corn law lectures (if required), agricultural and
political dinners, &c.
" Those persons who are understood to make a direct
profit by their exhibitions, and by the use of the Town.
hall, pay a moderate sum to the trustees ; but those who
instruct the people in political and other interesting
sciences,; are admitted to its use gratuitously but I ap-
prehend that no person INould be permitted to use it
whose opinions promulgated there would be likely to
inflame the minds of the people,' or 'endanger the Queen's
peace.' With all these advantages, the working classes
of Bridport are, as might reasonably be expected (and I
speak from long experience, having lived among them
for upwards of thirty years), a very peaceably disposed
and loyal community.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
"E. NICHOLETTS, Town Clerk of Bridport.
"Bridport Aug. 3, 1842.

. .„
"To her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, Horne
Department, Whitehall."

We mentioned yesterday that his Grace the Duke
of Wellington is about to succeed Lord Hill at the
Horse Guards: as the statement appears to be doubted,
we repeat it. The British army and the British na-
tion will regret the cause of Lord Hill's retirement—
ill health. The resumption of Ire command of the
army by the greatest soldier that this country or any
other 'could ever boast, will mitigate the pain whiaa
the retirement of his illustrious second—and Lord
11111 is second only to the great Duke—muSt occasion.
—Tory paper.
'
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 12.—There has
been rather more appearance of business this week than
last, but the sales are limited still, without variation in
prices. The Caroline has arrived from Tobago with
330,hogsheads and tierces.—.Bris?ol Mercury.
COTTAGES.—It is stated on -undoubted authority
that one landlord in Leeds has at present one hnndrea
and fifty cottages in this town for which lw receiving
no rents, and that forty-six of-them are unoccupied !
This is a tolerably significant sign of the times.—Leeds
Mercury.

LAW IN

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, August 12.

IN RE THE REV. J. G. KELLY.

This day being: appointed ; for hearing the petition
of the insolvent, who held two lucrative livings in
Leicestershire, upon the officer' of the Court being
called to produce him In Court, he stated that the
"Rev. Insolvent" was now out.of custody,
Mr. COOKE applied to have the petititui dismissed,
because the insolvent hiAd , discharged without
coming before the Court, •
Mr WoocaurrE said he held two briefs, qllfa fch
bound to oppose his Learned - PrieuA application,
to have the petition disehOrst Although the insol-
vent had been disi.liarged, -.he (Mr. Woodruffe) in-
titned tcopply Air the appointment of assignees,w,iier
the petition.
After some further conversatip between the coun-
el on both sides, the .e...lse.was ordered to stand ovq:

RE ANNA Y.EAMAN.
IPSQIVOIt, who was uvwaft4 0,0 seventy years
of age, 110 beql 4 IAII thna in custody -under a pro-
ces.s froin e Curt of Chancery, and through the ad-
Vied of her friends, had refused Jo petition this CornA
for her discharge.
The clerk to her attoV-AlAi'llkg, at Length pre=
, • ,
vailed on her
.to, at tne hearing was
filed f 00.15.-Lliaj,.ll6ut she Was:l)ot at present in at.,
tenitinee. InTon.sequence; he igiplied that tlw C9v,tt
would. allow the case to 'stand over fora few days uu,
•
til she should come up for bectripa,rB%,—auteck. •