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LAW OF LIBEL . Cur attention has been directed to a trial at the last Sussex Summer Assizes , which shews , in . & high degree , the peculiarities of the English Law of IibeL That it is in instrument , facile in its application and terrible in its powers , -wielded at the will or caprice of judges and juries;—and yet its penalties are capable of being easily withheld against the farce of apparent ; " istice , when they might conduce to the protection of a man , sot foi any conceivable reason , but amply because he may happen to be of & class which it is customary for both Whigs and Tories to vilify and misrepresent . The Hall of Justice is to be degraded irom its uses ;—reason triumphed orer by preju&iee—the judgment seat , in fact vacated , —when a favourable opportunity presents
itself to hurl one more shaft of invective against the ChartUts ; or to rouse the prejudices of the i gnorant , or the cupidity of the unprincipled , in opposition to their just requirements . Yet such exhibitions appear to us decidedly unfair ia more than ona respect , —none can reply to charges of this description—they come with weight and authority , sanctioned by the influence of high omoe , upon the minds of auditors , previously Idfamed by means of appeal to their selfish natures , to 3 pitch of violence , sufficient to exclude any idea of a calm or tempor&te exercise of the better powers 0 ! humanity—the intellect and conscience . Oar reaJers will properly appreciate our remarks when we point out briefly the principal facis of the case abvove alluded to . It seems the Chartists of Brighton , who from our own
knowledge , comprise in their body men of the strictest integrity , some time since sent a deputation of three respectable individuals to wait upon one Barnes , at that time high constable of the town , with a requisition signed by eighty electors , and forty ratepayers , for convening a public meeting to take into consideration the propriety of an address to the Queen on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . This " servant of the public , " after a delay , thought preper to reject the application , and of course , the three retired . A few days elapse , and the Brighton Herald , a IS ids paper of narrow views , puts forth a Sounding article about the " silly presumption "— " absurd proceedings "—and " signal defeat" of the Chartists—magnifying the three peaceable persons we have spoken of
into a tumultuous hundred , and concluding a tirade of untruths by p . ffirmi-ng that Mr . Gray , ( one of the deputation , ! on the use of the Town Hall being refused , tad declared " tiey would come up in a body ; and if blood was required they would die man by man to 5 0 who were mastere . ' make matters worse , on being applied to for a refutation of this ^ in-rimy , the Editor of the Urightm Herald , published a supplementary one , by confirming it . The injured person then thought proper to appeal to the laws of his country tin the usual parlance ; for redress . In court he duly proven his case by establishing the falsehood of the IibeL His vritnesses , however , were cross-examined by the
opposing counsel , the Tory Plait , in this manner— " Hare you seen Gay at any of the meetings to do away wit " 3 king and laws . ' >" ow mind—did not Gay attend ths list Chartist meeting ? " The inference wished to be dedaced is obvious ; and when in his address for the defence , he took occasion to say of the Chartists i . of "whom the plaintiff was one ) that if such opinions as were held by them got abroad " they ( the juryj might as well abandon the land at once , for safety in their " -cuses would be out of the question , and what they had heaped up for their children , or had themselves received from their fathers , would go in- a general dhisicn of plunder . " Xo one , we are convinced , can f ' -11 to t'Erceive the connection nf ideas foisted on the
; ary , wh ^ n ^ 2 e-iE £ . u * r what materis it-was doubtless formed ; And yet this is the tray educated men , in the face of bread dnylirht , before Festus asi Agrippa , dare to lie and libel men whose aspirations consort , most strictly , \ . lib nothing but natural justice ; who only seek the eBjoyment of tn Inherent right—a voice in the government that rules over them . From the counsel we must proceed to the judge Here we have little to do but extract from bis summing tip—cur readers may imaffir-e the only eemments he conld make . He comicences by remarking that— " Tne libel alluded to that msst icicked outrage on the public pes . ee , which to :. k place in the town of Newport some tv ' -e aco ; iiid if it was necessary for him to enter ink that question , or to make any observations to the jury , either upon the c'jsct , the mode , or the conseqc rates
of the conduct pursued by those persons who were called Ctirtists , he shoc ! d have no difficulty in giving his opinion upon the £ ubject . But he thought he wai not called npen to do 50 . " [ Here we might pause to ask why the political opinions of the judge should bt thus thrust forward in his official capacity ? They , at leas :, were nothing to the case and could not excise the inuendo given . ] " The libel itself sufficiently escribes their general objects and tendency ; and the j ^ . -y would learr . from it whether Mr . Fleet could possibly be justified ir m * Hng the insinuations Ktioh he had made upon Mr . Gay . " He then—on the bench—proceeds : " * Z 7 iai the Cte- iisis , throughout this article , were spokec £ with the ami- , r n . pt they deserv-ed , vo personcould doi £ i The object of the newspaper writer was to ex ^ ¦ -. as , that opiniou . He evidently considered the Chart-ois as nuisances , not only dangerous but contemptible . "
But the question was—the jndge rightly statedwhether invidious slander en Mr . Gay was the intention of the newspaper-write ! under covert of political dlalflw ? « II " was attributed te Mr . Gay that he had said , ' ¦^ he j'Would come in a body , and if Woo was required , they would die man by man , ' New 1 ..-U vas ( he
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feeling to a great extent of those mad and infatuated individuals tcho attacked the town of XeveporU Bnt if ever anything in the world was necessary to convince mankind that there was but one foundation for true courage , namely , a consciousness of public-principle , it wa > evinced by the issue of that day , wfcen thousand of men fled at the mere resistance of half ' a down persons who had collected in the inn at Newport Within an hoar or two after the discharge of a lew muskets , there was not a man who dared to bbow himself . Now , ths defendant attributed to Gay that very feeling which produced the most improper conduct , namely , that he had said that ' he and others were prepared to come up in a body , and if blood m required to die man to mac ? ' H * d he any right to make any such imputation upon Mr . Gay ? Had he attempted to show thai Gay did jap to ? On the contrary , be gave up the attempt .
The law , the jndge perfectly , knew was one -way , but the resuli of this trial , many would say , depended in a great measure on what colouring the whole Chartist body held in the view of the jury . He concludes , " that Mr . FleetJuid m-z&e the imputation against Mr . Gay , of the latter having used absurd and desperate language—language for which certainly nothing could atone . The imputation was made , too , vrithout any proof ; and therefore they must assume that the language had not been » seJ . . If , then , they considered that the imputation was made from some improper motive , they would find a verdict for the plaintiff , with such temperate damages , for he could not advise them to go to any great extent , as would be commensurate with the injury nsceasarily resulting from an unfounded Imputation . With regard t » the definition ef libel , he would just observe that every thing which tended to vilify or disparage a map in the estimation of others , ra libellous . "
After this charge , which we must , however , confess does cot lose sight of the question at issue , can it be wondered at that notwithstanding its conclusion , " the jury , after deliberating for about two minutes , returned a verdict for the defendant . " So little , however , did the verdict appear to satisfy the plain justiee of the case , that after , it had been returned , Mr . Thesiger applied on the part ef the plaintiff for a verdict on his behalf , " on the second and third issues , on the ground that the defendant had offered no evidence , in support ot his pita of justification . '" The Judge grakted iHE application !—English Chartist Circular .
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- — -- — ~—^—— - ~ r— - ^^ — - —— UNITED JOURNEYMEN HATTERS' JOINT STOCK COMPANY , ESTABLISHED AT DENTON , MAY lUd . "We have received a long account and various documents relative to the formation and objects of this society , from which we learn with great pleasure that the doctrine which we have been for years and yeara endeavouring to inculcate upon the attention of the working classes , is beginning to be not only appreciated bat acted upon . We are sensible that nothing will more conduce to the welfare of the industrious millions than the formation of companies , which will have the means of distributing the wealth of which they are the producers , in such manner as shall ensure to them the fruits of their own skill and industry , instead of letting all such fruits go into the
pockets of the grasping capitalist , and the tyrannical employers , and we strongly advise all trade ' s unions , when compelled to resort to what is called a strike , to act as the journeymen hatters aie now doing ; thus , instead of wasting their resources in _ useless opposition , and becoming at length the victims of a system which it has cost them &o many privations to resist , they may give employment to those whom the despotic employer would deprive of bread , and make the gold-gorged mouBters feel in the only place where they can feel—their pockets—b y the taking from them their retail trade , the impolicy and injustice of the conduct which they have so long pursued with a gainful impunity , and a reckless disregard to tbe comfort or happiness of their fellow
men . Many of our T-ader 3 are aware that a turn out of the journeymen hatters in Manchester Pe nton , Oldham , and Stockport , took place in Februarv last , which continued fifteen weeks , and at length terminated after a sacrifice of £ 5 , 00 t , in the men being compelled , by want , to submit to the terms dictated by their employers . The poet of nature has said , " From this nettle danger , we'll pluck this flower safety , " and so we may say , that from the perseverance of despotism , the people are at lergth beginning to see the necessity of beeoming independent . These noble fellows who have suffered so mueh hare began to torn their late privations to good account , and have bethought them that in order to beat tbe capitalists they most
become capitalists themselves ; and the consequence has been that a Joint Stock Company has been formed by which work , instead of money , will be given to those thrown out of employment , by which habits of frugality and indu » uy will be fostered and maintained , and the labour of honest men being brought into the market , the working classes will , by an interchange ef the various productions of their own industry , support their own order , and stop the Bupplies which have so long been the life-blood and nourishment of their rascally oppressors . Well ia it remarked by the journeymen natters , in a hand bi ll announcing the opening of shopa in Hyde and Manchester , for the purpose of supplying the people of these extensive districts with a well-made article at a reasonably price : —
" We would inform you , that this Establishment has not been opened with the same view as all others , viz ., realising Peofit from you , but for the purpose of protecting ourselves from many of our over-avaricious employers . " It is not to our interest to give you hats that are not well worth what you pay for them ; for If we cheat you , you will not purchase from us again , whereas it i s our interest to sell fuantity . so that a many of ouneltet may be employed . We have placed a preventive check against fraud on the part of all our salesmen , by placing on the tips of all our hats their price . Working Meu , we particularly call upon you to support us , for we are of Your Order , and it is from you that we look for support , and we doubt not bat you will render It to na . "
There is a fact connected with the recent strike which is well worth the attention of the industrious classes in every department of productive labour ( for masters in ail trades are pretty much alike ) as it tends to show in a striking point of view the principle by which th » Be cormorants are actuated . For months before the strike , those genuine descendants of the " daughters of the horse leech , " whose constant cry is " give , give , " had been accumulating stock until , as they supposed , they had got into a position in which they might make a covert and crafty , but deadly , attack upon the Trades'Union , causing them to eat up their funds ^ and thus reduce themselves to the necessity of yielding to accept their starvation price . Having thus laid their scheme ,
those worthies met together , and formed a combination ( masters may combine to starve their workpeople , \ but the industrious bees must not combine to protect ' their honey from the zoasps or the drones , such combinations are in them illegal ) , the first fruits of which " unholy alliance" was the turning four thousand of their hands out of employment the very nest morning . This looks so much like a conspiracy against the rights of labour , that we cannot j foi oui livea persuade ourselves that it wa 3 j anything less . But the rascals did not j stop here in their kindness and desire to j promote the welfare of those who by their tender 1 mercies had been pnt upon low diet , they determined to bleed them too , if by any means they could
induce them to put themselves into the way of that healthful operation . So the streets were filled with a species of animal , called by the vulgar , policemen , but whose proper designation is town and couutry surgeon dentists , appointed by the Royal College of Hell Doctors , and furnished with cases of newly invented surgical instruments , ( . ca lled bludgeons and cutlasses ) for drawing the teeth a :. d opening the veic 3 of that refractory old gentleman , Mr . John Bull . The l ' . ds , however , were wide awake to the trick , and the gentlemen of the profession could not find a job . We sincerely hope that the noble fellows -who have
thus dared to beard the monster , Capital , eTen inhi 3 strongholds , will meet with the support their conuac ; so justly merits from their fellow operatives of every trade throughout the country . We trust that those vrorki ^ q mca who can afford a new hut will feel it a disgrace to purchase one which ha 3 not come from the Joint Stock Hatters' Company ' s warehouses , and we hope also that every branch of trade will follow the example thus nobly begun . Let this plan be but carried out , and a change will be effected of tie most salutary character . In a comparatively short time , the political rights of the piople will be obtained . We shall get tue Charter , and then onward—onward to prosperity and
happiness . In order to aid those who may be desirous of forming similar Companies in other trades , we subjo . 11 the following proposed regulations of the Company , aa agreed upon at Ashton-under-Lyne , on the 26 th of April , 1841 , and to which we beg to invite ihe p&r . icuiar attention of all our readers : —
PBOPOsED B . EG 1 LATIOSS OF THE COMPANY . 1 . That the capital of the company be £ 30 , 000 , to be raised by the disposal of £ G , # 0 i shares of £ 5 each . No person to hold more than oae hundred shares . 2 . That an instalment of one shilling per share , and a weekly subscription of not less than one shilling per shaare matil the shares are paid in full ; or , an instalment of one shilling per Ehare , and a payment of all calls - . ade by the directors , until the full amount of the scares be paid up , and the execution of the" 3 eed of settlement , shall constitute a shareholder , and give ( he right of Toting at all meetings of shareholders . 3 . That the calls of the directors shall not exceed , at the first call , ten shillings per share , and five shillings afterwards , and that a full month ' s notice be given to the shareholders prior to such calls being : nada .
4 . That a certiScate signed by the president , treasurer , and secretary be given to each shareholder , in reject of each share held by him or her ,
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when the full amount of his or hex subscription is paid . 5 . That the property of the companvbe inveajed . in trustees to be chosen by ths ahaeehdtd J& T $ e trlst ^ may be elected to fill any ti " 1 l 1 ' . lft ! IQ £ f ! fij » . ' " *^ ' be responsible for all property actually placed in their hands . "¦•¦ ¦ ' — .. Mttsot 6 . That the trustees maj be removes , by a majority of shareholders , to whom twenty dayB * notioe must be given , after a special general meeting of shareholders have determined on such removal . Xrniteea may resign , and in case of either removal or resignation , they shall convey their power to new trustees appointed by tbe shareholder * . .
7 . That tbe aharenoldetB meet annually for the purpose of electing the board of director * , 'which shall consist « f » president ; Trce-pre » id « nt , treasurer , and twenty other ahareholders , and that three-fourths of the board shall be of the working clammi Sucb board shall conduct tbe afiain of the establishment until their sucoeason be appointed , to wkom they t&all render uj > all property belonging to tbe shareholders . The meeting shall appoint five auditors of the . accounts for the year , who shall report to this meeting , after which a copy of tbe report shall be given to every shareholder . 8 . That from the profits of the Company there shall be declared a dividend of £ 6 per cent per annum , and no more , on the amount of capital paid . Tbe residue , if any , to be retted in tbe hands of trustees / pr the upholding and maintaining in perpetuity tbe establishment and tks general benefit of the shareholders .
9 . That all shareholders be entitled to become directors , if not paid servants of the Company , and if residing within ten miles of the place of meeting of the board . 1 § . That no shareholder have more than one vote . 11 . That the president , treasurer , or any three directors , may call a meeting of tbe trustees or directors . The board of directors , specially summoned for the purpose , or fifty shareholders , shall have power to call a special meeting of the shareholders . 12 . That the directors meet not less frequently than once a month , at tbe most convenient place . Seven of the board shall be considered a quorum , and competent for its usual business . 13 . That shares may be transferred to persons approved of by the board of directors . 14 . Shares may be taken up on application to tbe secretaries of the different districts .
We also subjoin what may be useful to be generally known , the following extract from the rules , pp . 34 , 35 : — 1 . The rules are binding , ana may be legally enforced on the members . 2 . Protection is given to the members in enforcing the officers to fulfil the laws . 3 . Fraud committed upon the society by any offioer or other parties is punishable by justice . 4 . In case any officer of the society becomes bankrupt or insolvent , or if any parties have an execution against his property , or he die , the claims of the society against such officer must be first satisfied before any other creditor . 5 . Members are allowed te be witnesses in all proceedings , criminal or civil , respecting the property of the society .
6 . The following documents are exempt from stamp daty : — Any copy of rules , power , warrant , or letter of attorney , granted by any persons as trustees of the society , for the transfer of any share in the public funds , atauding in the name of such trustees . Any receipt given for any dividend in any publlo stock or fund , or interest of exchequer bills . Any receipt or entry in any book of receipt for money deposited in tbe funds of the society . Any receipt for money received by any shareholder , or the executors , administrators , assigns , or attornies of such shareholder , from the funds of
the society . Any bond or other security given to , ot on account of , the society ; or by the treasurer ot trustee , or any officer thereof . Any draft or erder . Any form of assurance . Any appointment of an agent , or any certificate or other instrument , for the revocation of such appointment Any other instrument or document required , or authorised to be given , issued , signed , made or produced , in pursuance of the statute . 7 . Letters to and from the certifying barrister relative te the society , are froe ef postage .
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IMPORTANT TO COLLIERS—THE TABLES TURNED ! BOLTON PETTY 8 E 83 IOXS , Monday . Before J . Ridgway , J . Fletcher , J . R . Barnes , Esq ., and the Rev . J , S . Birley . Malicious Ikjubt . —Colliers' Tcrk-out . —Richd . Yates , Robert Yates , David Yaies the younger , James Brooks , Wm . H alii well , and James Nuttall , colliers , lately in the employ of Mr . Thos . Fletcher , at Tonge-lane Pit , Little Lever , appeared to answer a chargs of having done injiry to a boiler-house at the pit , by an explosion of gunpowder . Mr . Glover appeared for tho prosecution , and Mr . Halaall , of Middleton , fer the defenoe . J . Fletcher , Esq ., who is concerned in collieries , declined adjudicating ,
leaving the case with the other magistrates . Mr . Glover having stated the case , called Thomas Seacombe , who stated : I am engineer at Mr . Thos . Fletcher's pit , in Tonge-l&ne , and was iu his employ on the 13 : h August instant ; 1 left the pit at eight o ' clock on that evening , and all was then safe ; on my return , at a quarter to six on the following morning , I found that all tbe brick-work about the boiler had been blown away ; 1 found a p iece of a bottla on looking abont , which I believe had contained gunpowder ; I could smell gunpowder from it . ( The piece of bottle was produced , and a ppeared to be a portion of a large thick stone bote . ) I know the prisoners at the bar ; they worked for Mr . Fletcher , but left about three weeks ago , in
consequence of a dispute about wages . Mr . Fletcher has taken other men in their places , and this has created great dissatisfaction in the neighbourhood . I believe that the explosion was made by gunpowder , and in no other way . By Mr . Halsall—Defendants have wsrked some years for Mr . Fletcher , and I have not heard anything agai&st them before . Richard Barlow , of Little Lever , pavior , was then called , but refused to be Bworn , observing , " 1 cannot swear to ' em . " On being informed that he was only required to speak the truth , and that if he refused to do so he would be committed , he at length , although reluctantly , consented . He then stated—On the 13 th Aug . mst ., I was on my way home , about half-past ten o ' clock at night , and on arriving
at the toll-bar in Bradley , not far distant from the pit , and I saw five men , whom I believed to be the three Yatea ' s , Brook , and Halliwell ; I did not see Nuttall ; one came up te me , I belfeve it was Richard Yates , and tapped me on the shoulder , and said I had better go as far as our Jacob ' s , or old Harry ' s , instead of up Bradley-lane . Jacob is my brother , and " Old Harry" is my father-in-law ; they did not say my life would be in danger if I went up Bradley-lane ; I told the police I thought it would ; Bradley-lane is to the right , and leads to the collieries , and our Jacob's is to the left ; I went as directed , and finding the door fast , 1 sat down on the flag , aad having two or three lucifer matohes in my pocket , I lighted my pipe and began to smoke ;
in about a quarter of an hour I heard a noise , as of a watchman ' s rick , and it came from somewhere facing the engine ; our Jacob ' s is about a quarter of a mile from the pit ; in about a quarter of an hour after I heard the rick I observed a flash of light , and heard a report louder than that of a guu ; on the following morning I saw the damage done to the engine-house ; about three or four days before that I was at the Robin Hood beer-house , kept by David Yates , the father of one of the prisoners , ana saw there JameB Nuttall , Richard Yates , and David Yates , juii ., seated on a sofa ; there was no one vtee in the room ; I heard Richard Yates say , " How would 31 b . of powder do , put in a bottle V Nuttall swore and said , " Six or seven lbs . well corked up , I think that would do it . " I did not hear them say anything about throwing vitriol on the ropes ; I have not said so before ; I did not hear them say anything about some lines being lost that week . By Mr .
Halsall—I did not think much about it ; I thought the powder might be for blasting ; I do not think much about it yet ; I will not Ewcar it was Richard Yates who tapped me on the shoulder ; it was a dark night ; I had had a sup of drink that night , but I was not very forward ; I had been at the Nag ' 3 Head ; I know Horrocks , the constable of Ainsworth , but I did not see him there there that night ; I left the Nag ' s Head about three minutes before ten o ' clock , and had to walk a quarter of a mile ; I believe I left then on my own accord ; will swear no one put me out ; I do not remember lying upon the road ; caunot remember that I was lifted up , and any one saying they lifted me up would tell lies ; if my nephew says he lifted me up he tells bc 3 ; 1 had not five quarts that day ; aw dar say awd abeawt four ; but aw know'd what aw svur doiu ' . ( Laughter . ) I did not tell my niece on the following morning that I had done it myself .
Mr . Uaisallj in defence , to save the time of the court , wished to know if it were necessary to cali any witnesses ; if so , he could prove by a host 0 ! persona tha . t Barlow knew nothing about it ; that he could not possibly know anything about it ; and that the parties were innocent . The Magistrate 8 , after conferring together , direo ' bd the defence to go on . Mr . Halsall then addressed them and called iBaac Horrocks , constable of Ainsworth , who stated : —I saw Richard Barlow at the Fag ' s Head
on the night of the 13 th ; he waa drunk when 1 went in , and having called for a pint of aie , drunk it and fell asleep ; the landlady wakened him about nine o ' clock , and took him to the door , and he tell down there ; as I was going home about half-past ten o clock , he lay across the road , and I stumbled over him ; he wanted me to lift him up , and I said "No ; when I lift anybody up . it mun be a better mon than thee . " He is not a man of good character . By Mr . Lomax : —I have not had any quarrel witn Barlow .
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Joseph . Barlow was then called and said : — Richard Barlow is my uncle ; he came to our house about eleven o ' clock on the night of the 13 th , and Fwaslquife drurije . I oan ) e down stairs to his assistance , aia found him" laid down drunk on the footpath ; we have not had any quarrel . ' Mr . Lomax , the chairman ( addressing Richard Barlow ) , severely reprimanded him for having solemnly and deliberately -said that of which he could have do knowledge , and ordered him to sit down in the dook while they consulted as to whether the ; should hot : send him to the New Bailer for perjury . Defendants were discharged , and left the eourt attended by" troop ^ lf their friends . "
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THE NEW ADMINISTRATION . > : '¦ : ?» ¦ < : ¦ . . .. ¦ - , . . . The following ia a correct list of the Ministerial ap pointinenta : — <
THE CABINET . . ^ out ^" .. l ™ : } D ^ of Wellington . Lord Chancellor .... Lord Lyndhoret President of the Council Lord Wbarnoliffe . Lord Privy Seal ......... Duke of Buckingham . Fust Lord of the Treasury ... Sir Robert PeeL First Lord of tbe Admiralty ... Earl of Haddington . j tsaas ^ : ^}* — ai- ^ * tX « gZ 7 & . ^} Eari <> ^' deen - Pj MoSKl ™ \ *¦* Stenl <*
-Presi&mt of the Board of j _ ^ Rip 0 JL President of tbe Board of Con- J T . viinnhowmffh trolforthe Affairs of India f ™™ » en « x * ougn . Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr . Goulburn . Secretary at War Sir H . Hardinge . Treasurerof the Navy and Pay-1 Ed ^ Knatohbull master of the Forces i
NOT IN THE CABINET . Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ... Tbe Earl de Grey . Irish Secretary Lord Elliot Postmaster General ..... } tord J £ S £ . with a Chancellor of the Ducby of ( Lord Granville Somer-Lancaster j set Fl KLe ? uT lia 8 lOnat ° f Laad [ l'Ofd Lincoln . Vice President of the Board of " j Trade and Master of the > W . E . Gladstone , Esq . Alinfc ) Secretary to tbe Admiralty ... } SSJ **™ Joint Secretaries to the \ Sir T . Freemantle , BL , Treasury J and Sir G . Clerk , Bt . Under Secretaries of State for \ Viscount Canning and
the Foreign Department ... ) Lord Claude Hamilton . Under Secretary of State tot ( George Win . Hope , the Colonial Department ... J Esq . Fnder Secretary of State , \ Henry Bingbam Ball ome Department ) ring , Esq . Secretary of the Board of Con- ) The Hon . John Stuart trol ) Wortley . ' Admiral Sir George Cockburn , G . C . B ., Captain Sir George Lords of the Admiralty .... - F . Seymour , the Hon . Capt . Gordon , and the Right Hon . J Henry Thos . Cony . \ Alex . Pringle , Esq ., Lords of the Treasury S M . P ., and J . Milnes j Gaskell , Esq ., M . P . Lord Advocate of Scotland ... Sir William Rae .
THE HOUSEHOLD . Lord Steward of the Household The Earl of Liverpool . M Q ? eeu ° ! . ? ... !! . T ... !! .. ! . !} The Earl of Jeree * Vice Chamberlain Lord Ernest Bruce . A Lord in Waiting Viscount Powerscourt .
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AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE NOT HIS CASTLE ! A good deal of interest was excited by an investigation , which was concluded last week at the Mansion House , before the Lord Mayor , who presided when the subject was first brought to the notice of the city authorities . Sergeant Vale , of the city police establishment , a man of respectable character , was charged by Mr . Flexton , the owner of a beershop , at No . 8 , Miles ' a-lane , with having exceeded the duty of a policeman fn searching His ( complainant's ) house at an unseasonable hour , and without any reasonable cause .
Mr . Ashley ( solicitor to the complainant ) stated that the case was one of considerable importance , inasmuch as , if the course pursued by the defendant were to be supported by the magistracy , the citizens of London would be subject to the most tyrannical annoyances and insults . He then stated the circumstances , as they were subsequently detailed by the witnesses . Henry Harrison , servant to the complainant , deposed that a gentleman and afemale , both strangers to him , came to tbe house on Wednesday evening , at about half-past ten o ' clock , walked into the parlour , and called for a pint of ale . Witness served them , and in about a quarter of an hour they called for another , and soon afterwards the woman walked
hastily out of the house . The gentleman , when she had left the door , came to the bar , and asked which way his companion had gone , and witness mentioned the way he supposed she had taken , upon which the gentleman declared it was false , and that witness knew her , and that she had robbed him ( the gentleman ) of a shirt pin . On tbe same night the gentleman came again , bringing with him a policeman , but did nothing . On Thursday moraing , however , at six o ' clock , witness saw defendant and another policeman at the door , and was informed by them that they came to search the house . After the
door wa 3 opened , the defendant insisted upon going up stairs to search the rooms , witness expostulating against the intrusion . The complainant also denied the right of the police to go up stairs and search the house without a warrant , and asked the defendant to show his authority . Defend ant merely pointed to the figures on his collar , and said that it was his warrant . The defendant wished the accuser to be as candid as possible , and assured the Lord Mayor that he had waited a reasonable time , during which every one in the house might have been dressed . The witness did not deny that reasonable time was given .
Mr . J . Lamb , a young man of very respectable appearance , stated that he was a lodger in the complainant ' s house for two years . He slept in a doublebedded room , ia which another person also slept , and they were quite astonished to see policemen forcing their way in . When they heard the neise of the visitors on the stairs , witness desired his companion uot to let them iu without the production of a search-warrant , but the door was injudiciously opened , and in they walked . Witness told them that if they had a warrant , they might examine all his property , and the defendant pointed at his collar , and answered in a tone of authority the most insulting and disgusting .
Sergeant Vale said that his conduct had been misrepresented by the witnesses , for he had conducted himself with temper and forbearance , and had not been guilty of any violation of his duty as a member of the police . The fact was that he observed a gentleman , who stated his name to be Edward Brown and mentioned his address , watching the house at a very early hour in the morning , aud upon inquiry learned from him that he had been robbed of his pin by a woman who induced him to go into the parlour of the beer-shop . Upon hearing all the circumstances , he ( defendant ) considered it to be his duty to assist the gentleman , aud he accordingly waited till half-past six o ' clock , when the door waa opened , and he then certainly insisted upon
searching the house , ae the person who complained of having been robbed was under tho strongest impression that the female was on the premises . One of the witnesses ( Mr . Lamb ) for the complainant had acted iu a most ungentlemanlike and violent manner . Mr . Lamb—You said that you searched every cupboard and corner in the house , and made the most vile aud insolent insinuations . It' I had had my clothes on , I certainly would have kicked you down stairs , for I never witnessed so gross an outrage . I have known the house long , and it is well known to be highly respectable , and if the inmates are to be insulted by such visits , it will be quite impossible to live in the city at all .
The Lord Mayor ordered that the case should bo postponed until Thursday , and that Mr . Brown should be summoned to attend and giro evidence . Mr . Brown accordingly made his appearance on Thursday . He stated that he accompanied the female aliuded to , whom he met near London-bridge , to the beershoi ) . She had invited him to accompany her home , but he refused . He , however , oonsented to give her a glass of ale . After they had » at together for a while , she suddenly went away , and he immediately missed his pearl shirt pin , which he valued very much . He directly went out , and seeing
the waiter at the door , abked him which way the woman turned f to which the waiter replied , down Thames-street . Witness entertained a Buspioion on the subject , and waiUni in the neighbourhood all night , in the course of which some filth was thrown out . The defendant addressed him at last , and when he ( vrituesO mentioned what had occurred , said that if a robbery had been committed the house should certainly be searched . When the defendant was proceeding to search , the complainant said u > him mat , he might , search and be d—d . Witness went with him throush every room .
The Lord Mayor—Was there any misbehaviour upon the part of the defendant ? Witness—No , I can ' t say there was anything objectionable . The Lord Mayor— -Was any door opened by violence ? Witness *—No . I consider the conduct of the sergeant mild .
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Mr . Hobler said that there was certainly evidence of a stretch of power upon the part of the defendant . The Lord Mayor said that the defendant did not enter the house until the door was opened by the servant , after having waited & WSWnaW * time , neither did he commit violence of any kind- Indeed , he did not consider the charge against the defendant to be at all sustained . If the defendant had gone at an unreasonable , hour , and Insisted upon admission , he would have done wrong . " A baer-shop wasaoi , after all , like a private house . The officer thbu ^ ht ho should find the woman there , and it would be
injudicious to discourage a man in jucb a situation from civilly aiding the ends of justice . s v Mr . Ashley : The conduct of the defendant ib certainly at variance with the-principles of protecting the liberty of the subject , and Mr . Hobler , of whose experience and judgment there can be no question , has said that there has been a stretch of authority . Th » Lord . Mayor : I cannot agree with my exoellent friend Mr . Hobler in the view he takes . I do not think that the man has dene anything wrong ; but if the complainant entertains a different opinion , he can go to the City Commissioner and submit the case . to him . I dismiss it , or T refer it fo Mr . Harvey .
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HOUSE OP LORDS . —Monday , Sept . 6 . - The Sake of Wellington entered the House a few miuutes before " fire o ' clock , ' and took his seat In the place heretofore oc . >?<^! by Lord Melbourne . He was supported on the 1 V : ^ urj Bench by Lord Wharncliffe , tbe Earl of Haddii . i < n . the Earl » f Ripon , unrt tbe Duke of Buckingham . . About the aaxno time Lord Brongbam entered the House , and took bis seat t xictly opposite to his former position , viz ., at the head of the bench , close to the chief opposition one , which was soon after occupied by Lord Melbourne , Lord Cottenham , ( the late Lord Chancellor ) , tho Marquis of Lansdowne , Lord Duncannon , the Earl of Mlnto and Lord Campbell . The Lord Chancellor ( Lord Lyndhurat ) entered tbe House at twenty minutes past five o ' cleck , and took his seat on tn& Woolsack .
The Duke of Sutherland entered the House shortly afterwards and caused considerable laughter , his Grace proceeding to the Ministerial side of the House , and not discovering his mistake till he found by whom be wm surrounded . Upon his Grace attempting to proceed to the side of the House occupied by his political friends , Lord Wharncliffe caught hold of his hand for tbe purpose of restraining him , bnt his Grace , true to hi > political creed , was not to be led astray . On the motion of Lord Whabnclivfe certain correspondence between Lord J . Russell and the Magistrates of Nottingham was ordered to ba laid on tbe table . Lord Cottenham moved the committal of the Administration of Justice . The House having resolved itself into Committee , Lord Shaftesbury in tbe chair , The Bill went through Committee .
The Earl of Wicklow begged leave to call the attention of her Majesty ' s present Ministers to the fact that Ireland was not included in the punishment of Death Bill as it had been introduced last Session . He had at tbe time pointed out the anomaly , and he hoped it would receive the consideration of the New Government . The Duke of Wellington said he would call the attention of his Right Hon . Friend , the Secretary for the Home Department to the subject . Their Lordships then adjourned .
Tuesday , September 7 . The Load Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at three o ' clock . The Archbishop of Canterbury laid on the table the 21 st annual report of the Commissioners for building new churches . Ordered to be printed . On tbe motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury , tbe Foreign Consecration to office of Bishops' Amendment Act was read a third time and passed . On the motion of Lord Cottenham the Administration of Justice Bill was read a third time , and passed .
Lord Wharncliffe moved that the name of the Lord Bishop of Derry be erased from the roll of tbe House , on the ground that his Lordship bad taken his seat by mistake . The motion was agreed to . Their Lordshins then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mondat . The Speaker touk tbe chair at a quarter before four o ' clock . There were about one hundred Members at the sitting of the House . The only Liberal Member who maintained his former place was Mr . Wakley . Tbe Opposition benches were nearly empty , there not being more than a dozen Members , among whom we observed Mr . Hawea , Mr . Roebuck , Dr . Bo wring , Mr . Humphreys , &c .
Mr . Hawes presented & petition from a Mr . William Blaxton , of Burnley , stating that if a man and bis wife , with two children , consumed food according to a certain scale mentioned in the petition , they would have to pay 14 s . 6 'd . per week for it ; whereas , if the taxes on corn and other articles connected with the food of the labouring classes were repealed , he would only have to pay 5 s . lid ., making a difference of 8 a . 7 d . per week , In consequence of the present system of taxation . He therefore prayed the House to abolish all taxes on food .
The Speaker then called on any Hon . Members having election petitions to present to do so . Petitions were accordingly presented complaining of undue returner for the following places : —County of Cotk , borough of Sudbury , borough of Atblone , two petitions ; city ot Gloucester , town of Southampton two petitions , borough ot Klnsale , City of Dublin , town of Nottingham , the Elgin district of burghs , county of Kerry , oxiuiy of Tipperary , city of Lichfleld , borough of Blackburn , borough of Dudley , city of Rochester , tw « petHons ; borough of Newport , Isle of Wight , borough of Bewdlty , borough of Newry , ( from Sir John M . Doyle , ) county of Wigton , borough ef Waketield , ( from Mr . S . L&acoUea ) , caunty of Flint , borough of Cardigan , two petitions ( one from Mr . Pryse Pryse ); borough of Reading , county of Louth , and Benryn and Falmouth . The petitions were ordered to lie on the table .
Tbe usual order was agreed to , that the Speaker issue h s warrant fcr persons , papers , and reeords necessary for the trial of electioa petitions . The Eari of Scarborough ' s Indemnity Bill was brought up from ti . e LiiitB . Sir T . Fueema : stle gave notioe of bis intention tu move that tue Bill should be udvanceu immediately through its different stages . Such a coursa waa not contrary to precedent , as appeared from tue case of the . Earl of Harborough's Bill in 1820 . Lord Palmerston bad no objection to the course proposed . Mr . Wakley would not oppose the proceeings , but he trusted that , whenever a poor man might violate the law through ignorance , the House would be equally ready to extend to him its indulgence . Tbe Bill was then read a nvst time , read u second time , and passed .
NOTICES OF MOTIONS . Dr . Bow ring said that he understood that the Rt Hon . Gent , the Member for Taunton , who had recently held the situation of President of the Board of Trade , bad been for some time pas : collecting the tariffs of different countries , and that a most complete collection had been made . A collection of a similar nature had been laid before the Congress of the United States of America , and had been found eminently useful ; he should tbPTeforetiike an early opportunity of moving that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she 'would Lo graciously pleased to give directions tbat there be laid before that House copies of the Custom-house tariffs regulating the imports and exports
in tbe different countries , with the weights , measures , and amounts of duties stated in British weights , measures , aud monies . He also gave notice that , on an early day he Bhould move for a Commitee to inquire into the propriety of removing the prohibitions to the importation of foreign cattle—sheep , lambs , and swine ; and also for a Committee to consider the propriety of facilitating the importation of butter , cheese , hams , and pork ; and with regard to tbe motion of which he bad given notice some time since relative to taxation , levied on the land in foreign countries , and which he had postponed at the desire of some Hon . Members . He begged to state that it was his intention to bring it forward to-morrow .
Mr . Roebuck gave notice that whenever the HonBe should go into Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Continuation Bill , he should move that the Board of Commissioners be abolished , and that all the powt rs exercised by them which might be considered requisite to the working of the measure , should be transferred to the Secretary of State for the Home Department The Honourable Member also gave notice , that as soon as the responsible Ministers of the Crown should have t ( . ten their seats in that House , he should move that copies of all tho instructions sent oat to Mr . Fox since the dispatch of Mr . Webster , should be laid before the House . Mr . Bodkin gave notice tbat he should on an early day bring forward a motion on the subject of the amendment of the Criminal Law . A Committee of Supply was ordered for Tuesday , and the House adjourned .
Tuesday , September 7 . The Speaker took the chair at a few mioutes before four o ' clock . The Speaker informed the House that the securities for the prosecution of the election petitions , for the following places bad been received and were unobjectionable : —Great Marlow , Nottingham , Weyniontb , Thetford , Clitheroe , Lewes , Wigan , Rutlandshire , and the borough of Harwick . Mr . West presented a petition from upwards 0 ! 1 , 000 inhabitants of Dublin , stating that under the Municipal Act the churchwardens were bound to furnish lists of the rate-payers ; but on referring to the poorrate assessment , it was found tbat the lists were kept in so imperfect a condition tbat it was impossible to make the necessary returns . It waa stated that tbe lists
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were thus imperfectly kept for electioneering purposes The petitioners prayed the House to devise some remedy for the evil complained of . Petitions against the returns for the followin g placet were laid on the table - . —The borough of Thetford , county of OarLjw _ ( twa-petttiona ) ; bwouglt ^ rfrDoirn . Patrick , county of Rutland , borough of Stratford ( tw t > petitions ) , borough of "Wareham , borough of SeUut , borough of Bsrastable , Jborongh' of Wokingham , borough ot Shrewsbury , ' through of ¦ Ne % ; ryTndsor borongh of Harwich , borough of Tyneinontfa , borough * of Lyme Regis , borough of Newcastleiunder-Lyne borough ofMerthyr Tydrfl ; and borough of Carl narron . " ¦"'¦' : '' : '' ' - ¦¦ V- ' '¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .
Mr . R . YORke gave notice , that , on the Introdnc tion of the New Poo * Law Bill ; he should inove to insert a clause to prevent the Commissioners from enforcing the separation of man and wife , and to pns vide that such separation should in no case be allovea , where the application for relief arises from infirmity and not from improvidence or crima / Oh the motion of Mr . Greene the Order 6 f the Day for the consideration of the Re port on Private Business was postponed to Friday , the ITthinst " A vote of supply waB passed to her Majesty , and the House then adjourned . ~
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STATE OF TRADE , COMMERCE , &c . BEFECTS OF TBE STSTEH . The sales of cotton in Liverpool last week were considerably above the weekly average of the present year "hutftom the dulntssofthe demand for several months previous , the quantity pressed on the market was such as to depress prices still further . The demand for manufactured goods continues to be dull , principally , we believe , owing to tbe distress of the working classes ' whose scanty earnings are consumed by the present e& travagant prices of bread and other provisions , so as to leave little or nothing to expend in tbe purchase of clothing * A considerable , decline in the price ot bread would be followed by a great revival of trade , but without that there can be no general or permanent improvement in the home demand for manufactured goods , or in tbat for raw produce .
The last week waB rendered unusually gloomy by several heavy failures in this town , aud in Manchester . On Tuesday it was announced that Messrs . Maury , the sons of the late American Censul , had been- compelled to suspend payments . They are understood to hare sustained heavy losses- in 1837 , owing' to the sudden fall in cotton , and similar losses in Che present year from the same cause . We are informed that the estate will prove a very good one—a circumstance which was to be expected from tbe prudence and respectability of the parties . The
wellknown house of Anderson , Garrow , and Co . was also announced , on Tuesday last , to have suspended payment , but it is very much to be regretted that its name should have got Into the papers , as its difficulties were merely temporary , and as it has , since resumed payment . The great failure of the week was that of Molyneux and Witherby , whose transactions were , like their capital , on a very large scale . They have been brought down by the great and rapid decline in the valueof cotton , of which they are understood to have held from 30 , 000 to 40 , 000 bales within a short time , oa which the loss must have been enormous .
We mentioned some time ago , that the value of Canadian timber had fallen very seriously , notwithstanding all the efforts of the Legislature to keep it up by protecting duties . The decline , we believe , on some descriptions is not less tban forty per cent , and that in colonial shipping fully as grtat In consequence of this state of things , many of the timber ships will not perform a second veyage this year , but be laid up till the spring , when it is to be hoped that the state of the country will be such as to afford better prices than at present .
The corn markets are everywhere giving way before the influx of new wheat , and the prospect of the immediate liberation ef about a million quarters of foreign wheat . The duty has declined , as we last week anticipated , to 6 s . 8 d . a quarter , and next week it "will be 2 g . 8 d . . Th « re is seme little doubt whether it will reach a shilling , but the probabilities are thatitwilL If it it true , as many persons assert , that the present harvest will be a good one , what a comment does the liberation of this million quarters of wheat furnish 00 the present Corn Laws . —Liverpool Times .
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE LAST TWENTYFOUR BRITISH PREMIERS . Appointed . Trs . Da . 1754 April 5 ... Duke of Newcostle ( until the appointment of his successor ) 8 53 1762 May 29 ... Earl of Bute 0 822 1763 April 16 ... Q . Granville , father of Lord Grenville ... 2 87 1765 July 12 ... Marquis of Rockingham ... 1 21 1766 Aug . 2 ... Duke of Grafton ... 3 179 1770 Jan . 28 ... Lord North ( Earl of Guildfbrd ) 12 34 1782 Mar . 3 ... Marquis of Rockinghvn 0 132 July 13 ... Earl of Shelburne 0 268 1783 April 5 ... Duke of Portland ... ... ... 0 -268
Dec . 27 ... William Pitt .. IT SO 1801 Mar . 17 ... H . Addiugton ( Lord Sidmouth ) 3 56 1811 May 13 ... William Pitt 1 241 18 * 6 Jan . 8 ... Lord Granville 1 61 1807 Mar . 13 ... Duke of Portland ... ... ... 3 102 1810 Jane 23 ... Spencer Percaval ... 1 350 1812 June 8 ... Earl of Liverpool 14 307 1827 April 11 ... GeoTge Canning 0 121 Aug . 10 ... Lord Goderich ... 0 168 1828 Jan . 25 ... Dake of Wellington 1 301 1830 Nov . 22 ... Earl Gtey ... 3 231 1834-July 11 ... Lord Melbourne 0 128 —— Nov . 16 ... Duke of Wellington ( temporarily )* 22 Dec . 8 .... Sir Robert Peel 0 131 1836 April 19 ... LordMelbourne S 108
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From tha London Gazette of Friday , Sept 3 . BANKRUPTS . John Reynolds , sen ., and John Reynolds , Jan ., Dowgate Dock , Upper Thames-street , ( " ryRalters , to surrender Sep . t . 9 and Oct . 15 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Dimmock , Size-lane , Queen-street ; official assignee , Sir . Whitmore , Basingball-street Joseph Jowett , North Side , Bethnal Green , wisecooper , Sept 9 , at half-past twelve , and Oct . 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Van Sandan and Camming , King-street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsbary Square . Henry Kipping , Maidstone , broker , Sept » and Oct . 15 , at eleven , at the Cour t of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet . Solicitor , Mr . King , Vernlam Buildings , Gray ' s Inn Square ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsbnry Square .
Joseph Taylor , Ipswich , grocer , Sept 20 and Oct 15 , at twelve , at the Coach and Horses Inn , Ipswich . Solicitors . Messrs . Litchfteld and Owen , Chancery Lane ; and Mr . Pownall , Ipswich . Robert Lee Dawson , and Patrick Vance , Liverpool , merchants , Sept 14 and Oct . 15 , at one , at the Clarendon Room * , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Clay and Swift , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , and Co ., Bedford Row . Thomas Worinton , Burbage , Leicestershire , hosier , Sept 16 and Oct 15 , at one , at the Castle of Leicester . Solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , Newtei ; and Mr . Weston , Leicester . Richard Davies . Pillwenlly , MonmoutliBbire , etea m coal merchant , Sept . 28 and Oct 15 , at tbe King ' s Head Inn , Newport Solicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford Row ; and Mr . Croa ( Bristol . PAaiNEH 8 HIPS DISSOLVED . M . Willecfc and B . Willock , Huddersfield , woollen cloth merchants . R . Hervey and C . Hervej , Manchester , drysaltery W . Jacemb and J . Tindale , Hndderafield , attorneys . E . West and I . Bigland , War rington , Lancashire , woollen drapers . J . H . Hulme and «• Andrew , Manchteter , attorneys .
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^ From m » Gazettt of Tuesday , Sept . 7 . BANKRUPTS . George Potter aud Samuel Potter , calico printer s . Manchesber , to surrender Sept 27 and Oct 19 , at ten , at" the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicito" » Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Manchester ; Messrs . »• M . and C . Baxter , LIdcoIu ' s Inn Fields , London . . William Caton , ironmonger , Preston , Sept . 21 ana Oct 19 , at ene , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors . Messrs . - Bower and Back , Chancery Lane , London Messrs . Price , Deakin , and Dent , Wolverkamp ton . George Potter , Samuel Potter , and John Krauss , calico-printers , Manchester , Sept 27 and Oct 19 . eleven , at the Commissioners * Rooms , M anchester ' Solicitors , Messw . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morru Temple , London ; and Messrs . Milne and So ns , Manchester . # Thomas Barlow , shoe-dealer , Manchester , Sept a and Oct . 19 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Room s . Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Wilson and Harrison Kendal ; Mr . Addison , Mecklenburgh Square , » '
dlesex . Andrew Abercombie Nesbitt , stuff merchant , Lee 08 Sept 14 , at three , and Oct 19 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye . Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery Lane , London ; Me ssrs T . and J . Lee , Leads . . Thomas Richardson , tobacconist , Manchester , seP " 21 and Oct . J 8 ,-at one , at the Commissioners Boon * Manch «» ter . Solicitors , Mr . Deane , Chancery v » & > London ; Messrs . Fowhaw and Blundell , Liverpool-John Molineux , son ., music-seller , Liverpool , Sept . aad Oot 19 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , London j Mr . Deane , Liverpool . ¦ _ - . ^^^^— - - -1 .-11- 1 - - n - -
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THE MINISTRY . The change -wbich "was no longer to be postponed SfW the division of Saturday morning baa been consummated : tiie Whig Ministers announced » heir resignation in both Houses of Parliament on Monday ; and tise chief part of Sir Robert Peel * Govemmext h&s been submitted to the Qaeen , approved , aad publicly announced . . ... . ' ¦ So terminates the Whig Administration ; witaout any of that fearful turmoil at Court which was threatened oa the retirement of the Whigs . All h * s passed off & smoothly as any drawing-room ceremony : there is no more talk of the Queen ' * personal or political aversions ; the Queen was Oia beat of Whigs -with ths old Court jonrnaJs—In the new Court journals she is the best of Tories .
Tbe readers of the Spectator have been fully prepared for thk change , at least since the promulgation ef the Budget They will not be surprised or disappointed st the cast of the new drama which now opens . The Ministry , or as much of it as is yst before us , is composed oMuck materials as ¦ were accessible to the new Premie?—of the leading men among his pait ^ : he had co more extended choice . Within that limit , tie selection has been upon the whole judicious , and the distribution of offices discreet : altogether care has been taken to avoid iutrmting offices to men notoriously unfit , or placing mea in power where their mere names might have created alarm . At firsi there w » s . Boma Eurmist : of Sir Robert Peel nniting two offices , according to precedent , and being both Premier and Chancellor of the
Exchequer : the actual arrangement is perhaps better , though many would have preferred Peel to Goulburn , 00 the principle of tbe Erst man of the party to the most difficult office . Th « mere dry office-business of the Pinance Minuter , indeed , will be qni { e sufficient to occupy oiie head , though it were tbe best that could be found . Even is the matter of finance tbe chief Minister will be all the more efficient for having bis attention free from details . Bat the division of offices k yet more important is an earnest that Sir Robert Peel means to keep himself disengaged in the pc-rfon : iince of his ckief function as the director of the ¦ whole—that he intends to give the country what it has lacked for many a year , an acting Prime Minuter . That is a policy ¦ which , thoroughly carried out , may go far
to supply the defects inherent in the materials which be can command . The " country , " that is the constituencies , have transferred the power of Government from its late holders , not to the party of gtatlemen ¦ who have consented to be Sir Robert Peel ' s coadjutors —not even , it may be gathered from the thousand passing rezzuu&s of the election-days , to the Doke of Wellington—but to S ~ r Robert Peel and te none other : by retaining to h ^ TT * " ^ , therefore , a complete mastery of his Cabinet , he Trill the better fulfil the expectation at " the country ,- " and Bt the same time he trill be better able to perform his difficult task than if he reposed any shire of his power in the hanla of men « lth varying vieirs , in many cases , probably , nay , inevitably , less discreet than his own .
The nevr Minister ' s £ eld of libatir is now before fri ™; his tools are in his hand . He enters upon the task , he » rs , with confidence , but with an awful sens * of responsibility . In both particulars he is right He never hid 00 much power as he has at this moment : rivals have died off , become superannuated , or been outm > wn by his own fnerwfiing reputation : he has gained additional influence by the refusal of place burdened with derogatory conditions , la 1837 , and by the more popular dispositions which he has exhibited in the interval—the reckless and eager of his own party fear him more , the people less . He never had such opportunity : for he baa to satisfy a people who have been satiated with promises in proportion aa they have been starred in deeds . He never had so much difficulty ; for it is not party excitement with which he has now to deal , but ¦ with a country ' s ruin or salvation , amidst large and imminent dangers and powerful conflicting interests . He
never had so lauoh expected of hirn ; he succeeds te a Ministry who have accustomed the people to the expectation ef political advancement , to the exercise of popular powpr , and to deference from the " constituted authorities ; " and he has himself boasted of what the " Conssrvative" party , his own creation , can do—how they are to reconcile the popular appetite for iinprevement with the old affection for existing forma and institutions . He proclaims , and common sense anticipated the proclamation , that the o 2 d Tory rule is not £ 0 be restored—it has passed away for ever . The decade of Whig rule , with all its brilliant intentions a&d all its weaknesses , is likewise dosed . The " Conservative " party , the new invention in politics , heir to the virtue * but not to the vices of the Tories , now claims to try its hand at setting straight all that is oat of joint in the varld . The people look on , not without solicitude , to see the characters which are to be first inscribed in the new blank page of hiitory . —Spectator .
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Whitehall , Sew . 6 . —The Queen baa been pleasej to order a writ to be issued under tbe Great aeai « the United Kingdom of Great Britain and lrelanfl " for summoning the Right Hon . William Lowtfter ( cotunonly cafied Viflcounl Lowther ) , to the Hoffiw of Peers , by the stile and title of Baron kowtn e j V Whitehaven , iu the county of Cumberland . —/ " *' d * y ' s Gazette .
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