Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-18

much % they did previous to the suspension employ
ing twelve hands instead of thirty. Il
Craighead q Allen have now two men in their con-
cern where formerly they employed ten, who easily
averaged 80 pr week. Besides these tive, there are
three or four apprentices Value fhe Office between
$4,000 and S6OO0
WE. Dean has now SIX persons in his establish
ment with stock on hand of $40, 900 and upwards
Last year he employed twenty fvsor thirty compost
tors, who averaged SO per week. ....
There are several other extensive Offices in the same
condition those enumerated in the foregoing list |;
from which il appears that nearly two millions of dol
lars now lying reproductive Among the three
or four hundred persons who have been so long out
of employment many Of whom have large families,
there atpresen more suffering than they willing
to make known. Indeed this must be apparent from
the very fact that for one-tsrd of the year they have
been seprved of seven Fights of their means of sub
sstance Several of the large newspapers have also
reduced their force considerably; and it would not
surprise greatly if the publication of some of them
was soon entirely suspended" If some de of re-
lief is not shortly adopted, the consequence will be
more serious than the public can readily imagine.
CASE IN PorSr-Will Sir Amos Kendall, P. M.
A. S. S. read the following Mandamus Case" and
think of =
In the month of November 1853, woman having
appeared before of his MaJestys Justices of the
peace to swear pretty babe against the Secretary
of foreign minister, the Justices were afraid to
proceed. The poor woman applied to Fletcher Nor
ton, who advised that motion should be made in the
Court of Kings Bench, for peremptory mandamus
the Justices to proceed in that liaton. The motion
was accordingly made but Lord Chief Justice Mans
field received il With marks of anger and surprise
that he did not understand it, unless it TO draw
from him opinion upon the privileges of ministers,
which he had no right to NEEDLE wth-that the mo-
ton was absolutely improper-that he wondered who
advised t-and that he certainly should not grant the
Mandamus.
The noble Fletcher Norton then got up, and said,
that the party was his clent-that his Majesys SUBJ
jects, ,chen injured, had a right to redress some
where or other-and that he knew Of no place. where
such redress could be legally applied for, but in the
Court of Kings Bench that he had advised the
ton, &c.
Lord Mansfield, upon this began to flourish in
great style upon the sacred privileges Of ministers and
the laws of nations, &C. &c. He stated that the ap
picatcn for redress, ought regularly TO have been
made TO the foreign minister, to the Attorney
General.
Mr. Norton then said, that it was the first time,
and he hoped it would be the last that he should hear
the Court filings Bench refer an injured subject Of
England to Minister, or to an Attorney General, for
redress-that the laws of England had not left his
Mejesry's subjects complaining of injury, without
legal and certain professionalism their claim was
CLAIM of right upon which the court had full author
ty to inquire and mnst determine &C.
Judge Yates and Aston, said, that the reasons
offered by Mr.. Norton correct-that they had not
the least doubt Of the authority of the Court to protect
his Mojestys subects-and for their part they should
never refer them, either to Foreign Minister or to
an officer of the crown-they thought the motion re-
GUAR and that it ought to be granted.
Lord Mansfield then, in great confusion, said,
"that he should take time to consider of it." To this
Mr. Norton replied, that two of the three Judges
were of the same opinion the motion must be granted,
but for his part if his lordship wanted time TO con-
sider he had no objection to allowing him all the time
he wanted.
Thus wickedness and folly were defeated, and the
Minister in spite of the laws Of nations, obliged
to comply with the law OF nature and to provide for
his pretty babe.
YALE COLLEGE CoMMENcEMENT-I went up-or
down, uOn KNOW WMcn-to new maven on wed
nesday, to see Yale College Commencement. 1t
was very interesting and amusing excursion. To-
morrow shall give full account ofit-howI reached
New Haven-what splendid boat the New York is
what an excellent captain Mr.. Stone is-how New
Haven looks TO q stranger-how beautiful are the
trees, the ladies, and the carriages-what strange
mixture Of classic love and Yankee shrewdness you
will find here-how ! visited Capt. Beccher's beauti-
full garden-how l driven to the Gothic castle OF
editor Halleck, Of the Journal Of Commerce-how
moraised on new towns and cities paper-how l
admired York Square and Hillhouse Avenue-how
they put out fires in New Haven-how I was
introduced to a poets beautiful daughter-how
got home, &c. &c. &c.
II The Inspector of the 9th Ward would do well
to pay attention to the information, which we gave
few days ago, respecting the distractions and nus-
ces in Charlton street, between Washington and
Greenwich.
MERcANTILE LIBRARY AssocIATIoN.-Much sur
prise has been created among the members of this
Association by the appearance in some Of the papers
Of several articles in reference to the approaching
course oflectures, and in which four members only
are selected from four thousand as being possessed
of sufficient talent to act lecturers These articles,
prompted it is believed by Mr.: s. Kopman a member