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- % --- ^ . ~ . n- ... ¦¦« .. ,. .,, rnu . l . WHII ^^ ^ . ^ THE IHNISTRT . The e ^ spge which •*** . no tene » to be postponed iftet the division of Satnrdav morning has been eonfnmitii ) ^ the Whig Minister * anounced their resig-BftttdaiB both Howes of Parliament on Monday } and tty > chief part of Sir Btfbert Ted ' * Government baa fceeri-submitted to the Queen , approved , and publicly announced . - . - .,, So terminates the Whl « Administration ; without any e ( that fearful tonnofl at Court -which wm threatened m tte zetizeaex * of the Wiif * . All has passed off a * asoothly as saj drawing-room ceremony : there is » o » ore talk of the Queen * personal or political aversions ; the Qnees wm the bert of Wbigs with the old Court jcmmBit—in the new Court journals ahe is the Je * i of Tories .
The readers of the Sptdator bfiTe beea folly prepared for this changs , at least since the promulgation of the Budget . They will noVbe surprised or disappointed at tbe Cut of the new drama which now opens . The Ministry , or as much of it as Is yet before us , is composed of sock rateriali u were accessible to the new Premier—of the leading men among his party : he had do more extended choice . Within that limit , the selection has been upon the whole jadidous , and the distribution of offices discreet : altogether care has been taken to avoid intrusting office * to men notoriously unfit , or placing mea In power where their mere name * might hare ' created alarm . At first there was some surmise of Sir Robert Peel uniting two offices , according to precedent , and being both Premier and Chancellor of the
Exchequer : the aetnal arrangement is perhaps better , though many would have preferred Peel to Goulburn , on the principle of the first man of the party to the most difficult office . Tht mere dry office-business of the f banco Minister , indeed , will be quite sufade&t to occupy one head , though it were the best that could be found . Even in the matter of finance the chief Minister will be all the more efficient for bavin * his attention free from details . But the di-rision of . c filers is yet more important as an earnest that Sir Robert Peel Beans to keep himself disengaged in the performance of his chief function as tie director of the whole—that he intends to give the country what it has lacked for many a year , an acting Prime Minister . That is a policy which , thoroughly carried out , m&y go far
to supply the defects inherent in the materials which be can command . The " country , " that is tfce const ! taencies , bare transferred the power of Government from its late holders , not to the party of gentlemen who hare consents to be Sir Bobert Peel ' s coadjutors —cot even , It may be gathered from the thousand passing remarks of the election-days , to the Duke of Wellington— -but to Sir Robert Peel and to none other : try refcsAsing to himnftlf , therefore , a complete mastery of his Cabinet , he will the better fulfil the expectation of " the country ; " and at the same time he will be better able to perform his difficult task than if he reposed any share of his power in the hands of re en with Tarying Tiews , in many cases , probably , nay , ineritably , less discreet than his own .
The new Mixister ' s field of labour is now before htm ; fata tools are in bis hand . He enters upen the task , he says , with confidence , bat witban awful sense of responsibility . In both particulars he is right He neTer had so much power as he has at this moment : rivala hare died off , become superannuated , or been outgrown by his own increasing reputation : he has gained addition * influence by the refusal of place burdened with derogatory conditions , in 1 S 37 , and by the more popular dispositions which be 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 has to satisfy a people who hare been satiated with premises in proportion as they hare been starred in deeds ! He neTer had k > xrach 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 an- ? powerful cornicting interest He
Sever , had so much expected of uim : ui succeeds to a Ministry who hare accustomed the people to the expectation ef political advancement , to the exercise of popular power , and to deference from the " constituted authorities ;** and he -his himself boasted of what the ** CoE * irratiTe" party , his own creation , can do—bow tbey are to reconcile the popular appetite for iraprevejnent . with the" old affection for existing forms sod institutions . He proclaims , and common sense anticipated the proclamation , that the old Tory rulB is not to be restored—it has passed away for ever . The decade of Whig role , with all its brilliant intentions and all its weaknessee , is likewise closest . The " Conservative '' party , the new invention in politics , heir to the Tirtues but not to the rices of the Torit * , now clsiios to try its hand at setting straight all that is out of joint in the world . The people louk on , not without solicitude , to see tbe characters which are to be first inscribed in the oew blank page of history . —Speetaior .
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LAW OF LIBEL . _ j Our attention has been directed to a trial at the last j SttSeeX Summer Assisbs , which sbewi , in a high degree , } fee peculiarities of the English Law of Libel . That it > is an instrument , facile in its application and terrible in its powers , wielded at the will or caprice of judge *' and juries -, —and yet its penalties are capable of being easily withheld against the force of apparent justice , ; wben they might conduce to the protection of a man , j not fos any eo&eeiTahls reason , but simply because he < may happen to be of a class which it is customary for i both Wh ^ gs and Tories to Tilify and misrepresent . The ' Hall of Justice is to be degraded from its uses ;—reason triumphed ovts by prejudice—the Judgment seat , in fact vacated , —when a favourable opportunity presents itself to hurl one more shaft of inrectire against the
Chartists ; or to rouse the prejudices of the ignorant , or the capidity of the unprincipled , in opposition to Their jost requirements . Yet such exhibitions appear to us decidedly unfair in more than one respect , —Done can < reply to _ charges of this description—they come witb weight and authority , sanctioned by the influence of ; high office , upon the minds of auditors , previously in- i finned by means of appeal to their selfish natures , to a j pitch of violence , sufficient to exclude any idea of a calm or temporate exercise of the better powers of ' hununtty—the intellect aad conscience . Our -readers ' will properly appreciate our remarks wben we point out ' britrflr the principal facts U the cue abrove alluded to .
It seems the Chartists of Bngttaa , who from our own ' knowledge , comprise in their body men of the strictest integrity , some time since sect a deputation of three * j respectable individuals to wait upon one Barnes , ; at that time high constable of tbe town , with a re-, quisition signed by eighty electors , and forty ratepayers , for convening a public meeting to take inio consideration the propriety of an address to the Queen 1 on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . This " ser-1 vant of the public , " after a delay , thought preper to reject the application , aad of coarse , the three retired . : A few days elapse , and tbe BrvjkJLon Herald , a Whig , paper of narrow views , put * forth a bounding article about the " silly presumption "— " absurd pro-
ceedingB "—and " signal deteat" of the Chartists—magnifying tbe three peaceable persons we have spoken of into a tumultuous hundred , a . nd concluding & lir&de of untruths by affirming that Mr . Gay , ( one of the deputation , ) on the use of the Town Hall being refused , had declared " they would come « p in a body ; and if blood was required they would die man by man to see who -were masters . "' To make matters worse , on being applied to for a refutation of this calumny , the Editor of the Brighton Herald , published a supplementary one , by con&rnung it The injured person thea thought proper to appeal to tbe latw of his country tin the usual parlacoe ) for redresi In court be duly proT « i his ease by establishing the falsehood of tbe libeL His witnesses , howerer , -were erass-eximiEed by tbe
opposing counsel , the Tory P 2 att , in this manner— " Hare you seen Giy at any of the meetings to do away with king and laws ? Xow mind—did not Gay attend the last Chartist meeting V Tbe inference wished to be deduced is obvioos ; and wbea ia his address for the defence , he took occasion to say -of the Chartists ( of whom the plaintiff was on *) that af such opinions as were held by them got abroad " tfcey ( the jury ) might as well abaidon the land at once , -fur safety in their houses would be oat of the question , and what they had heaped up for their children , « r had themselves received from iheir fathers , would go in a general division of plunder . " Ko one , we are convinced , can fail to perceive tbe connection of ideas foisted on the jury , when -we consider of -whit matesdals it was doub :-less formed . '
And yet this is tae way educated aea , in the face of broad daylight , before Fc 5 tas and Agiipps , dare to lie and libel rren whose aspirations eonsoet , c : ost strictly , with nothing but natural jostioe ; who only seek the enjoyment of an 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 froa Me summing np—onr readers may imagine the only comments he eonld makp . He commences byremsrking Uiafc— " The libel allnded to that mesi wicked outrage on the public peace , which took place in tbe town of Xewport some time ago ; and if it was necessary for him to finttr into that question , or to make any observations to the jury , either -upon the object , the mode , or the consequence 3 of the conduct pnrsued by those persons who were
esiled Chartists , he should have no difficulty in giving hit opinion upon the subject . But he thought he was not called upon to do so . " [ Here we might pause to ask why the political opinions of the judge should be thus thrnst forward in Ms official capacity ? TTtey , at least , were nothing to the case and couM not excuse the inuendfi given .. ] " The libel itself sufficiently describes their general objects and tendency ; and the jury would learn from it whether Mr . Fleet could possibly be justified in making the insinuatioos « Ueh he had made upon Mr . Gay . " He then— o » the le * d *— proceeds : " That On ChatiisU , throughout this article , were spoken of with tbe contempt Ox ? d&enxd , nopersoa could doabt . The object of the newspaper writer was to express that opinion . He evidently consldereS the Cbsrtista as nuisances , not only d&ngeroas hot contesptibla "
Bat the question wa # ~ the judge Itigbtly statedwhether inTidious slander on Mr . 6 » y was the intenwm _ of the neTTspaperywriler acder covert of political «* C *" , a 6 fl » t * l t « if * Gay that he had aaid , they woald come ia a body , snd if blood was repaired , tfiey would dieaan by man , A ' ew thatvxaOie
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feel ing to a preat extent of Oiox mad and ia / miualed i * -. dividual * teho attacked ih * tow * «/ Ketepert . But-ff " 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 was evinced , by the issue of that day , when thousand of men fled at the mere resistance of half a doasa persons who had collected ia the inn at Newport . Within an hour or two aftar the discharge of ft ffifj muskets , there was not a man , who dared to ) shopr him 11 self . Now , tha defendant attributed" to € 6 y thai vei = f > feeling which produced the most improper conduct , namely , that he had said that « he and others were prepared to come up in & body , and if blood was required to die man to man ? ' Had he any right to make any such impntation upon Mr . Gay ? Had be attempted to show that Gay did say sol Ob the contrary , he gare up the attempt .
The law , the judge perfectly kne * vr&s one w » y , but the resuli of this trial , many would say ; depended in a great measure on what . colouring the tetefa ChatOst body held in the riew of the jury . He concludes , 11 that Mr . Fleet had made the imputation against Mr . Gay , of the latter having used absurd and desperate language—language for which certainly nothing conld atone . The imputation was node , too , aithoui any proof ; and therefore they must assume that the language had not been used . If , then , they considered that tbe imputation was made from some improper motive , they would find a verdict for tbe plaintiff , with «« A temperate damages , for he could not advise them to go to any gnat extent , as would be commensurate with the injury necessarily resulting from an unfounded imputation . With regard to tbe definition ef libel , he would just observe that every thing which tended to vilify or disparage a man in the estimation of others , was libellous . "
AfteTthia charge , which we must , however , confew does not lose sight of the question at issue , can it be wondered at that notwithstanding it * conclusion , " the jary , sffcr deliberating for about two minutes , returned a verdict for the defendant " So little , however , did the verdict appear to satisfy the plain justice of the case , that after it had been" returned , Mr . Thesiger applied on the part af the plaintiff for a verdict on his behalf , " on the second and third issnrs , on the ground that the defendant had qfertd no evidence in support of his ple « of justification . '" The JCDGB GRAKTED THE APPLICATION !—English C ? MTtill Circu ' ar .
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UNITED JOURNEYMEN HATTERS' JOINT STOCK COMPANY , ESTABLISHED AT DENTON , MAY 1840 . We have received a long account aud various documents relative to the formation and objects of this society , from which we Jeara with great pJeasure thai the doctrine which we have been for years and jears endeavouring to inculcate upon the attention of the working classes , is beginning to be not only appreciated but acted upon . We are sensible that nothing will more conduce to the welfare of the industrious millions than the formfttion 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 , ? rhen compelled to resort to what is called a strike , to act as the journeymen hatters are now doing ; thus , instead of wasting their mources in useless opposition , and becoming at length tho victims of a Eystem -which it has cost them so m * Dj privations to resist , they may give employment to those whom the despotic employer would deprive of bread , and make the gold-gorged monsters feel in the only place where they can feel—their pockets—by the taking from them their retail trade , the impolicy and injustice of the conduct which they have eo long pursued with a gainful impunity , and a reckless disregard , to tbe comfort or happiness of their fellow
men * Ji&ny of our readers are aware that a tarn ont of the journeymen hatters in Manchester PeDton , Oldham , and Stockport , took place ia February last , which continued fifteen weeks , and at length terminattd after a sacrifice of £ 5 , 001 , in the men being compelled , bj want , to submit to the terms dictated by their employers . The poet of « atnre 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 length beginning to see the necessity or becoming independent . These noble fellows who have suffered so much hare begun to turn their late privations to good account , and have bethought them that ia erder to beat the capitalists they must
become capitalists themselves ; and the consequence has been that a Joint Stock Company has been formed by which work , instead of money , will be Riven to those thrown out of employment , by which habjjs of frugality and industry 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 supplies whieh have so long been the life-blooa and nourishment of their rascally oppressors . Well is it remarked by the journeymen hatters , in a hand bill announcing the opening of shops in Hyde and Manchester , for The purpose of supplying the people of these extensive districts with a well-made article
at a reasonable price : — » We would inform you , that this Establishment has not been opened with the same view as all others , Tit . realising PaoFiT from you , but for tbe 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 yon pay for them ; for if we cheat yea , you will not pnrchase from us again , whereas . it is our interest to sell fuaatUy , bo that » many of ourselves 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 onr hats their price . Working Men , we particularly call upjn you to support us , for we are of Tour Order , and it ia from you thit we look for support , &ad ¦ we doubt not but you will render it to us . "
There is a fact connected with the recent strike which i 3 well worth the attention of the industrious classes in every department of productive labour ( for masters in ail trades are pretty much alike ) a . 3 it tend 3 to show in a striking point , of view the principle by which those cormorants are actuated . For months before the strike , those genuine descendants of the '' daughthers of the horse leech , " whose constaut cry is " give , give , " bad been accumulating stock until , as they supposed , theyifiad got into a position in which they migni make a covert and crafty , but deadly , at ; aek upon the Trades' Union , causing them to eat up their funds , and thusTed'ice themselves to the necessity of yielding to accept , iheir starvation price . Having thus laid their scheme ,
ihose worthies met together , and formed a combination ( masters may combine to starve their workpeople , but the irutustrieus bees must not combine to protect lhe ' \ r honey from the icasps or the drones , such combinations are is them Utegalj , the first fruits of which " unholy alliance" wa 3 the turning four thousand of their hand 3 out of employment the very nex : norning . This looks so much like a conspiracy against the rights of labour , that wo cannot for our livea fcrsaade ourselves that iv was auytbifig less . Bat the rascals did not stop here in their kindness and desire to promote the welfare of tnose who by their tender
mercies had been piu upon low diet , they determined to bleed them too , if by any means they could induce them ' . o put themselves into the way of thai healthful operation . &o the stretti were filled with a-specles of animal , -called by the vulgar , policemen , but whose proper designation is town and country surgeon deutisis , appointed by the Royal College ol Hell Doctors , and fcrnisbed with cases of newly invented fcurgical instruments , ( called bludgeons and cutlasses , ) for drawing the teeth and opening the Vein 3 of ; hat refractery old gentleman , Mr . John Bull . The lads , however , were wide awake to the trick , and the gentlemen of the profession could not find a job .
We sineerely hope thtt tbe noble fellows -who nave tftns dared to beard the monster , Capital , even in his strongholds , will meet with the support th « ir eonduct sojucUy merits fron their ftlSow operatives of tvery trade throughout the country . We trust ciiat th < we working men who « au afford a new hat will feel it a disgrace to purchase one which hasnotcoae from the Joint Stock IlaUers' Company ' s warehouses , and we hope also tiiat every branch of trade will follow the example tLas nobly begun . Let this plan be but carried out , and a change will be
effected of the most salutary character . In a comparatively short time , the political rights of the people will be obtained . We shall get the Charter , and then onward—onward to prosperity and happiDess . " In order to aid those who may be desirou 3 of forming similar Companies in other trade ? , we subjoin the following proposed regulations of the Company , as agreed upon at Ashtou-under-Lyne , on tbe 26 tli of April , 1841 , and to which we beg to iuvitti tbe particular attention of all our readers : —
FKOPOSED BEGJLATIO > S OF IHB COMPANY . 1 . That the capital of the company be £ 30 , 000 , to be raised by the disposal of £ 6 , * 0 t thsres of £ 5 each . No person to hold more than one hundred shares . 2 . That an instalment of one shiuing p 9 T share , and a weekly subscription of not lees than one shilling per share vitil the shares are paid in fall ; ' or , an instalment of one shilling per share , and & payment of all calls made by the directors , until the full amount of the share * be paid np , and the execution of the deed of settlement , shall constitute a shareholder , aad give the right of voting at all meetings of shareholders . 3 . That the calls of the directors shall not exceed , at the finst call , ten shillings per share , and five shillings ssfterwardj , and that a full month's notice be gives to the shareholders prior to such calls beir * j made .
4 . That a eertmcate e . gaed by the president , treasurer , and secretary be given to each shareholder , in respect of each share held by him or her ,
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wben tte full amount of his ' or ier sufeaeripUen U T ^ frifl , '? 3 . That the property « f the company be invested in trustees to be chosen vjr the sWeholders . The trustees tiay be elected to ftU way honorary office . Trustees to be responsible for » H property actually placed ia their hands . 6 . That the trustees may be removed by a majority of shareholders , t » whojn twenty days' notice must be given , alter a special general meeting of shareholders have detenaine * on such removal ~ Trustees may resign , and in case of either removal or resignation ,
they stall convey their power to new trustees appointed Jjytosbjyrtfwkter * , * . . ? ' : 7 . That tbe eharehdMers ra / eirt annually for the purpose of electing the board . Of directors , which shall consist » f * president , vice-president , treasurer , and twenty other shareholders , and that three-fourths of the b&atd tball be of the working classes . Such board shall conduct the affairs of the establishment until their jcMoessots be appointed , to wkomthwy shall render up all property belonging to the shareholders * The meeting shall appoint Bve auditors of the accounts for the year , who shall report to this meeting , after which a copy of the report shall be given to every shareholder .
8 . That from the profits of the Company there shall be declared a dividend of £ 5 per cent per annum , and no more , on the amount of capital paid . The residue , if any , to be vested in the hands of trustees for the upholding and maintaining in perpetuity the establishment and the general benefit of tbe 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 . 10 . That no shareholder have more than one vote . 11 . That the president , treasurer , or any three directors , may call a meeting of the 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 the 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 ey the board of directors . 14 . Shares may be taken up on application to the secretaries of the different districts . We also subjoin what may be useful to be generally know * , the following extract from the rules , pp . 34 , 35 : — 1 . The rales are binding , ani may be legally enforced on the members . 2 . Protection is given to the members in eBforeJing the officers to fulfil the laws . 3 . Fraud committed upon the society by any officer or other parties Is punishable by justice .
4 . In ease any officer of the society becomes bankrupt or insolvent , or if any parties have an execution against his prop « rty , or he die , the claims of the society against such officer mutt be first satisfied before any other creditor . 5 . Members are allowed to be witnesses in all proceedings , criminal or civil , respecting the property of the society . 6 . The following documents are exempt from stamp duty : — Any copy of rules , power , warrant , or letter of attorney , granted by any persons as trustees of tbe society , for the transfer of any share in tbe public funds , standing in the name of such trustees . Any receipt given for any dividend in any public stock or fund , or Interest of exchequer bills . Any receipt or entry in any book of receipt for
money deposited in the funds of the society . Any receipt for money received by any shareholder , or the exe £ utors , administrators , assigns , or attornies of tuch shareholder , from the funds of the society . Any bond or other security gives to , or on Recount of , tho society ; or by the treasurer or trustees , or any officer thereof . Any draft or erder . Any foira 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- L * tUrs to and frcm the certifying banister relative ts the society , are frou ef postage .
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' J « f » pH ftrlojr ; Was l | h « iii cilled aad said : — Richard Barlow is my unole ; h © came to oar house abont eleven o ' clock on the nfght of the 13 th , and was quite drunk , I came down stairs to his assistance , * ad found him laid dowa drujak on the footpath ; v / ohavenofchad apy g ^ ffd- . ::, '• / j' % Mr . Loroaxj the chairman ( addressing | l # Ard Barlow ) , severely . reprimanded , turn , for having solemnly and ddiberately said-that of which be could have no knowledge , and ordered h » n » to sit dowa in ( he dock tfhile they coasalted as to whether they should not send him to the Now Bailey for perjury . Defendants were discharged , and left the court attended by " troops of their friends . "
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THE NEW ADMINISTRATION . : The following Is a correct list of the Ministerial appointments : — -.. ¦ : '¦'¦"' . .
THE CABINET . ^ truuS 2 r .. i L . °± } D ^ <* » « - Lord Chancellor Lord Lyndhurefc . President of the Council Lord Wharncliffe . Lord Privy Seal Duke of Buckingham First Lord of the Trearory ... Sir Robert PeeL First Lord of t ! he Admiralty ... Earl of Haddington . Principal Secretary of State \ gfr , Graham . for Home Ddpartment J att ¦ es wran » m - Principal Secretory of State V f Aberdeei ,
^ for Foreign Affairs f " ~* * - *«««»* * tX ^ Zll *^™ ™* ' ' President of the Board o ^ Eatl of Ripon . Trade ) r President of theBoard of Con-1 M E 1 jenborough . trol for the Affairs of India ) Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr . Goulburn . Secretary at War Sir H . Hardinge . Treasurerof the Navy and Pay- J gir Edwd KftatchbulJ master of the Forces (
NOT IN THE CABINET . Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ... The Earl do Qtej . Irish Secretary Lord Elliot n 4 . * . *„» *!« ., * i I Lord Lowther , with a Postmaster General > Peerage . Chancellor of the Dachy of [ Lord Granviile Somer-Lancaster ) set First Commissioner of Land ) T ^_ i T . . Revenu * } Lord Lincoln - Vice President ef tho Board of } Trade and Master of the > W . E . Gladstone , Esq . Mint -., j Secretary to the Admiralty ... } S ^ rt ^ Joint Secretaries to the \ Sir T . Freemantle , Bt , Treasury j and Sir G . Clerk , Bt . Under Secretaries of State for ) Viscount Canning and
the Foreign Department ... j Lord Claude Hamilton . Under Secretary of State for \ Gdorge Wm . Hope , the Colonial Department ... ) Esq . Under Secretary of State , \ Henry Bingham Ba-Home Department ) ring , E-q . Secretary of the Board of Con- \ The Hon . John Stuart trol J Wortley . ¦ ) Admiral Sir George Cockbmn , G . C . B ., Captain Sir George Lords of the Admiralty F . Seymour , the Hon . Ctipt Gordon , and the Right Hon . J Henry Thos . Corry . \ Alex . Pringle , E : q ., Lords of the Treasury V Jl . P ., and J . Milnes ) Gaskeil , Esq ., M . P . Lord Advocate of Scotland ... Sir William Rae .
THE HOUSEHOLD . Lord Steward of the Household The Eirl of Liverpool ''^ Quten ! .. !! .. ? . !!! .. . ! .. !! . !}^ Earl of Jme y-Vice Chamberlain Lord Ernest Bruce . A Lord in Waiting Viscount Powerscourt .
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AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE NOT HIS CASTLE ! A goed 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 , M . ile 8 ' s-lane , with having exceeded the duty of a policeman in searching his ( complainant ' s ) bouse at an unseasonable hour , and without * ny reasonable cause . > lr . Ashley ( solicitor to the complainMt ) stated tbtt the case was oneof considerable Importance ,
inasmuch as , if tbe course pursued by the defendant were to be supported by tbe magistracy , the citizens of London W 4 > nW-b « subject to the . most * jr * nni «» V annoyances and insults . He then stated the circumstanced , as they were subsequently detailed by the witnesses . Henry Harrison , servant to the complainant , deposed that a gentleman and a female , both strangers to him , came to the house on Wednesday evening , at about half-past ten o ' clock , walked into the parlour , and called for a pint ot ale . Witness served them , and in about a quarter of an hour they called for another , and soon afterwards the woman walked hastily ont ' 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 tbe way he supposed she bad taken , upon which the gentleman declared it was false , and that
witness knew her , and that she aad robbed him ( the gentleman ) of a shirt pin . On the same night the gentleman came again , bringing with him a policeman , but did nothing . On Thursday morting , however , at six o ' clock , witness saw defendant and another policeman at the door , and was informed by them that thry came to search the house . After the door was opened , the defendant insisted upon going up stairs to search the rooms , witness expostulating against the intrusion . The complainant also denied tho right of the police to go up stairs and search the house without a warrant , and asked the defendant to show his authority . Defendant merely pointed to the figures ou his collar , and said that it na 3 his war ) ant . The defendant wished the accuser to be as randid as possible , and assured the Lord Mayor that ho had waited a reasonable time , during which every one in the house mi fe ht have beea dresEed . The witness did not deny thai reasouable time was
given . Mr . J . Lamb , a young maa of very respectable appearance , stated that he was a lodger in the complainant , ' : * house for two years .. He slept in a doublebedded room , in which another person also slept , and they were quite astonished to see policemen forcing their way in . When they heard the n « ise of the visitors on the stairs , witness desired his companion not to let them in without the production of a search-warrant , but the door was injudiciously opened , and in they walked . Witness tola them that it' they had a warrant , they rni ^ lit examine all his property , and the defendant pointed at his collar , and answered ia a tone of authority tho most insulting and disgusting .
Sergeant Vale said that his conduct had been misrepresented by the witnesses , fur he had conducted himself with temper and forbearance , and bad not been guilty of any violation of his duty a , s a member of tho police . Tna fact wa ? that ho observed a gentleman , wno stated his usunetobs Edward Brown aud mentioned h \ 9 address , w&tchiug the house at a very early hour in the morning , aud upon inquiry learned from him that ho had been robbed of hi& pin "by a woman who induced him to go into the
parlour of the beer-bhop . Upon hearing a ! l the circumstances , he ( defendant ) considered it to bo his duty to assist tha gentleman , and he accordingly waited till half-past , six o ' clock , when the door was opened , and he then certainly insisted upon searching tho house , as the pera&u who complained of having been robbed was under tho btrongest impression fkat the female was on tho premises . One of the witneeses ( Mr . Liuib ) lor the complainant had acted in a most ungenilemaulike and violent manner .
Mr . Lamb— -You eai J that you searched every cupboard and corner in the house , aud made thu most vile and insolent insinuations . If 1 had had my clothes on , I certainly would have kicked you down stair * , for I never witnessed so gross an outrage , I have known tho hous- ; long , and it is well known to be highly respectable , aud if the inmates are to be insulted by such visits , it will be quite impossible to live in the city at all . Tho Lord Mayor ordered that the case should be postponed until Thursday , and lhat Mr . Brown should be summoned to attend aud givo evidence . Mr . Brown accordingly made his app . arance on Thursday . He stated that he accompanied the femalo aliuded to , whom he met near London-bridge , tn the beershop . She had invited him to accompany
her iiome , but he refused . He , however , oansentc ' a to k 'ivo *} ei a glass of ale . After they had sat together for a wnile , sho suddenly went away , and he imn * "jdiately missed his pearl shirt pin , which he valued Yv ^ ry much . He directly went out , and seeing the waiter at the door , asked him which way the woman tun . ' « d I to which the waiter replied , ' down Thames-strer ¦*• Witness entertained a suspicion on the subject , a . ^ waited in . the neighbourhood all night , m the ct . urse of which some filth was thrown out . The defend , ^ . addressed him at last , and when he ( witness ) me ^' ono < 1 what had occurred , said that if a robbery bad been committed the house shouldcertaiuly be . searched . When the defendant was proceeding to sett vch , the complainant said to him trad he night s * . V and bed—d . Witness went with him through - V erv room ' there
The Lord Mayor—Wa ^ any misbehaviour upon the part of the defeno ' »"' ? Witness-No , I can ' t E a > ' there was anything objectionable . The Lord Mayor—Was an . * < x > r opened by violence I Witnesss—No . I earsider l . w coaiuct of the &ergcaut mild .
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Mr . Hobler said that there was certainly evideaee of s > stretch of power upon the part of tbe defendant . ¦ ., - ' - , .- ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ' .. . ¦ The Lord Mayor said that ^ be defendant did not eater the house until the door was opened , by the servant ; after having waited a reasonable time , neither did lie commit violence of any kind . Indeed , iw did not consider the charge against the defendant to bo at all sustained . If the defendant had goi . e at an unreasonable hour , and insisted upon admission , he Would have done wrong . A beer-fhop was not , after all , like a private house . The offioer thought he should find ; the woman there , and it would be
injadiciode to'discourage a man in such a situation from civilly aiding the entls of justice . Mr . Ashley : The conduct of the defendant is eer tainly 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 * vith my excellent friend Mr . Hobler in the view he takes . I do not think that the man has dene anvthing 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 I refer it to Mr . Harvey ,
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , Sept . 6 . The Duke of Wellington entered the House a few minutes before five o ' clock , and took his seat in the place heretofore occupied by Lord Melbourne . He was supported on the Treasury Bench by Lord Wharocliffe , the Eazl of Haddington , the Earl ef Ripon , and the Duke of Buckingham . About the same time Lord Brougham entered the House , and took his seat cxictly opposite to his former position , viz ., at the head of tbe bench , close to tbe chief opposition one , which was soon after occupied by Lord Melbourne , Lord Cottenbam , ( the late Lord Chancellor ) , tho Marquis of Lansdowne , Lord Dun * cannon , the Earl of Minto and Lord Campbell . The Lord Chancellor ( Lord Lvndhurst ; entered the House at twenty minutes past five o ' cleck , and took bis seat ou the Woolsack .
The Duke of Sutherland entered the House shortly afterwards and caused considerable laughter , his Grace proceeding to tho Ministerial side of the House , and not discovering bis mistake till he found fey whom he was surrounded . Upon his Grace attempting to proceed to tha side of the House occupied by bis political friends , Lord Wharncliffd caught hold of his band for tbe purpose of restraining him , bub his Grace , true to bis political creed , was not to be led astray . On the motion of Lord WiiABNCLtFFE certain correspondence between Lord J . Kassell and the Magistrates of Nottingham was ordered to ba laid on the table . Lord Cottenham moved thecommlttal of the Administration of Justice . Tbe House having resolved itself into Committee , Lord Shaftesbury in the chair , Tbe Bill went through Committee .
The Earl of Wicklow begged leave to call tha attention of her Majesty ' s present Minister * to the fact that Ireland was not included in the punishment of Death Bill as it had been introduced last Session . He bad at tbe time pointed out the anomaly , and be hoped It would receive the consideration of the New Government Tbe Duke of Wellington said he would call the attention of his Right Hon . Friend , the Secretary Tor tbe Home Department to tbe subject . Their Lordships tken adjourned .
Tuesday , September 7 . Tbe Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at three o ' clock . Tbe Archbishop of Canterbury laid on the table the 21 st annual report of the Commissioners for building new churches . Ordered to Ire printed . On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbukt , the Foreign Consecration to office ot Bishops' Amendment Act was read a third time and passed . On the motion of Lord Cottenham the Administration of Justice BUI was read a third time , aud passed .
Lord WJlARNCLlfFJS moved that tbe name of the Lord Bishop of Dtrry be erased from tbe roll of the House , on the ground that his Lordship had taken his seat by mistake . The motion was agreed to . Their Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mondat . The Speaker took the chair at a quarter before four o ' clock . There jrcre about one hundred Members at the sitting of the House . The only Liberal Member who maintained , his former place was Mr . Wakley . The Opposition benches were nearly empty , there not being more than a dozen Members , amon * -whmn w » « &servea Hkv »«« w , m * r « . Wck , Dr . Bowring , Mr . Humphreys , &o . _
Mr . Hawes presented a petition from a Mr . William Blaxton , of Burnley , stating that if a man and his wife , with two children , consumed food according to a certain scale mentioned in the petition , they would have to pay 14 s . 6 J . per week for it ; whereas , if the taxes on corn and other articles . connected with tLe food of the labouring classes were repealed , ho would only have to pay 5 « . lid ., making a difference of 8 s . 74 . 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 returns for the following places : —County of Cork , borough of Sudbury , borough of Atblone , two petitions ; city of Gloucester , towa of Southampton two petitions , borough of Kinsale , City of Dublin , town of Nottingham , the Elgin district of burghs , county of Kerr > ' i county of Tlpperary , city of Licbfield , borough of Blackburn , borough of Dudley , city of Rochester , tw « petitions ; borough of Newport , Isle ot Wight , borough of Bewdley , borough of Newry , ( from Sir John M . Djyle . ) county of Wigtou , borough « f W&ketield , ( from Mr . S . Lascellea ); county of Flint , borough of Cardigan , two petitions ( one fro : n Mr . Pryse Pryse ); borough of Reading , county of Louth , and Penryn ami Falmoutb . Tbe petitions were ordered to lie on the t . ible .
Tbe usual order was agreed to , that the Speaker issue b / s warrant for persons , papers , ard records necessary for the trial of election petitions . Tbe Earl of Scarborough's Indemnity Bill was brought up from the Lords . Sir T . Fjieemantle gave notice of his Intention to move that the Bill should be advanced immediately through its different stages . Such a course was not contrary to precedent , ns appeared from tbe case of the Earl of Harborougu ' s Bill in 1820 . Lord Paluerston bad no o ' -jection to tbe course proposed . Mr . Wakley would not oppose the proceeings , but he trusted that , whenever a poor man might violate tbe law through ignorance , tho House would be equally reiuly to extend to him its indulgence . TJie Bill was tbeu read a first time , read a second time , aud passed .
NOTICES OF BIOTIONS . Dr . Bowring said that he understood that tbo Rt . Hon . Gent , the Member for Taunton , who had ncently held the situation of President of the Board of Trade , had baen for soma time pasi collecting tbe tariffs of different countries , and that a most complete collection had bten nude . 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 therefore take an early opportunity of moving that an humblo address be presented to her Majesty , praying that fchs would be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before that House copies of the Custom-Uouse tariffs regulating the imports and exports
in the diflorent countries , with the weights , measures , and amouuts of duties stated in British weights , measures , aud monies . He also gave notice that , on an early day be should move for a Corumitee to inquire into the propriety of removiug tbe prohibitions to tbe importation of foreign cattle— sheep . Iambs , aud swine ; and also for a . Committee to consider the propriety of facilitating the importation of butter , cheese , hams , and poik ; and with regard to tbe motion of which be had given notice Boratj time since relative to taxation , levied on the land in foreign countries , and which he had postponed at the desire of some Hon . Menibers . He begged to state that it was liis intention to bring it forward to-morrow .
Mr . Roebuck gave notice that whenever tbe House should go into Committee on tbe Poor Law Amendment Continuation Bill , be should move that tbe Board of Commissioners be abolished , and tbat all the powtrs * xoicis 9 tl by them -which might be considered requisite to the working of tbe measure , sheuld be transferred to tbo Secretary of State for tbe Home Department . The Honourable Member also gave notice , that as soon as the responsible Ministers of the Crown uhould have t « ken their seats in that House , he should move that copies of all the instructions sent out to Mr . Fox since the dispatch of Mr . Webster , should bo laid before tbe House . Mr . Bodkin gave notice tbat he should on an early day bring forward a motion on tbe subject of the amendment of tbe Criminal Law . A Committee of Supply was ordered for Tuesday , and the Hovufci adjourned .
Tuesday , September 7 . The Speaker took the chair at a few minutes before four o ' clock . The Speaker Informed the House that the securities for the prosecution of the election petitions for tbe following places had been recevued and were unobjectionable : —Great Matlow , Nottingham , Weymouth , Tbetford , Clitheroe , Lewes , Wigau , Rutlandshire , and the borough of Harwick . Mr . West presented a petition from upwards of 1 , 000 Inhabitants of Dublin , stating that under the Municipal Act the churchwardens were bound to furnish lists of the * ate-payers ; but on referring to the poorrate assessment , it was found tbat the ltata were kept in so imperfect a condition that it was Impossible to Bake the necessary returns . It waa stated that the lists
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were thus Imperfectly kept for electioneering purpose The petitioners prayed the Home to devise some remedy fot the evil omplaiBed of . Petition * ajainst theTeturns tot the following placet were laid on the table : — -The borough of Thetford , county of Carlow ( two petitions ) , borough of Down Patrick , county of Rutland , borough of Strafford ( two petitions ) , borough of Warebam , borough of Belfast , borough of Barnstable , borough' of Wokingham . borough of" Shrewsbury , borough ' of New Windsor borough of Harwich , borough' of TynemoufB , ftorongK of Lyme Regis , borough of Newcartle-under-Lyne , borough ofMerthyr Tydvil , and borough of Cao narron . ¦¦ ' '• ' : . ¦ . ; . ¦ ¦ - ? ¦ . ¦ ¦ . • -: < - ¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . R , Yorkb gave notice , that , on the introduc tion of the New Poor Law Bill , he should move to insert a clause to prevent the Ctonuntononers from enforcing the separation . of man and . wife , and to pro . vide that such separation should in no ease be allowed ' where the application for relief arises from infirmity and not from-iftrprpvidenco or ciime . On the motion of Mr . Greene the Order of the Day . for the consideration of the Report on Private Business -was postponed to Friday , the 17 th insi A vote of supply was passed to he ? Majesty , and U » House then adjourned . ^ Sfc ¦ - ¦ ' ^ f' -
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STATE OF TRADE , COMMERCE , 4 c SEFECTS OF THE SVSTEM . The sales of cotton in Liverpool last week wera con » fiiderably above the weekly average of the present year hut from the duloessof the demand for several mouths previous , the quantity pressed on the market was each as to depress prices still further . The demand for manufactured goods continues to be dull , principally we believe , owing to the distress of the working classes ' whose scanty earnings are consumed by the present e& travagant prices ot bread and otbn provisions , to as to leave little or nothing to expend in the purchase of clothing . A considerable decline in tbe . price of 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 that for raw produce .
The last week was rendered unusually gloomy by several heavy failures in this town and in Manchester On Tuesday it was announced that Messrs Maury , tbe sons of the lata American Censul , had been compelled to suspend payments . They are understood to have sustained heavy losses in 1837 , owing to the sudden fall in cotton , and similar losses in the present year from the , same cause . We » r » informed tbat the . estate will prova 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 &ls » announced , on Tuesday lost , to hare 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 tbat of Molyneax and Witherby , whose transactions were , like their capital , on a very large scale . They have been brought down by tbe great and rapid decline in the value of cotton , of which they are understood to have held from 30 « 00 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 tbe efforts of the Legislature to keep it np by protecting duties . Tbe decline , we believe , on some descriptions is not Ifss than forty per cent ., and that in colonial shipping fully as great . In consequence of this state of thump , many of the timber ships will not perform a second vey- » ge this year , but be laid up till tbe 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 . Tbe duty has declined , as we last week anti cipated , to 6 s . 8 d . a quarter , and next week it will be 2 * . 8 d . There is seme little doubt whether it will reach a shilling , but tbe probabilities are that it will . If it Utrue , 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 on 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 17 G 2 May 29 ... Earl of Bate ... 382 1763 April 16 ... G . Granviile , father of Lord Grenville ... 2 ft 1765 July 12 ... Marqulsof Rockingham ... 1 SI 1766 Aug . 2 ... Dakeof Graften ...... ... " ... 3 ITr ; 1770 Jan . 28 ... I ^) r 4 NorJ ^ iB « H ^ if ^ * ^^ ^ ^ : ir 1 ? -co * fai . o ... 3 iarqulsof Rockingnam ... ... e 132 . Joly 13 ... EarlofShelburne ... ... ... 0 # 6 $ 1783 April 6 ... Duke of Portland ft 268
Dec 27 ... William Pitt .. . ... It 89 1801 Mar . 17 ... H . Addington ( LordSidniouth ) 3 6 $ 18 M May 13 ... William Pitt 1 241 18 tfi Jan . 8 ... Lord Granviile ... 1 64 1 S 07 Mar , 13 ... Dake of Portland 3 102 1810 Jane 23 ... Sp « nceT Perceval ... . ; . ... 1 350 1812 June 8 ... Earl of Liverpool ... 14 307 1827 April 11 ... George Cloning ... 0 121 Aug . 10 ... Loid Goderich 0 168 1828 Jan . 25 ... Duke of Wellington 1 ZH 1830 Nov . 22 ... Earl Grey ... ... 3 231 1834 July ll ... Lord Melbourne 0 128 Nov . 16 ... Duke of Wellington ( temporarily ) O 22 D ^ C . 8 .... Sir Robert Peel 0 131 1836 April 19 ... Lord Melbourne ... 6 108
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Sept 3 . BANKRUPTS . John Reynolds , sea , and John Reynolds , jun ., Dowgate Dock , Upper Thames-street , rfryRalters , to surrender Sept ' : & and Oct 15 , at twelve o'clock , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , B-is ' nghail-street Solicitor , Mr . Dimmock , Size-lane , Queen-street ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basingball-street . Joseph Jowett , North Side , Betbnal Green , wine *' cooper , Sept 9 , at half-past twelve , and Oct 15 , at one ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bisingball-street Solicitors , Messrs . Van Sanrtan and Cumming , King-street , Cbeapside ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsbury Square-Henry Ripping , Maidstone , broker , Sept 9 and Oct . 15 , at eleven , at tbo Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet . Solicitor , Mr . King , Verulam Buildings , Gray's Inn Square ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsbury Square .
Joseph Taylor , Ipswich , grocer , Sept 20 and Oct . 15 , at twelve , at the Coach and Horses Inn , Ipswich . Solicitors , Messrs . Litcbfield and Owen . Chancery Lane ; and Mr . Pownalt , Ipswich-Robert Lee Dawson , and Patrick Vance , Liverpool , merchants , Sept 14 and Oct . 15 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Clay and Swift , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , and Co ., Bedford Row . Thooaas Woriuton , Barbage . Leicestershire , hosier , Sept 16 and Oct 15 , at one , at tbe Castle of Leicester . Solicitors , Messrs . Holm 9 , Loftus , and Young , New Inn ; and Mr . Weston , Leicester . Richard Divies , Pillwenlly , Monmouthshire , steam coal merchant , Sept . 28 and Oct . 15 , at the King ' s Head Inn , Newport Salieitow . Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford Bow ; and Mr . Cross , Bristol .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . M . Wiileck and B Willock , Huddersfield , woollen cloth rnerchants . R . Hervey and C . Hervej , Manchester , drysalters . W . Jacamb and J . Tindale . Ruddersfittld , attorneys . E . West and I . Bisland , Warrington , Lancashire , woollen drapers . J . H . Hulme and Wi Andrew , Manchester , attorneys .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 7 . BANKRUPTS . George Potter and Samuel Potter , calico printers , Manchester , to surrender Sc-pt 27 and Oct . 19 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messr ? . Sale and Wortbington , Manchester ; Messrs . K . M . and G . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields-, London . William C < ito !> , iroi . monger , Presion , S ^ pt . 21 ana Oct 19 , at ^ e , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Messrs . Bower and Back , Chancery Lsne , London Messrs . Price , D .-akin , and Dent , Wolverkampton . George Pott » r , Samuel Potter * and John Krauss , calico-printers , Manchester , Sept 27 aad Oct 19 . a $ eleven , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchesteii Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple , London ; and Messrs . Milne and Sods , Manchester .
TbomaB Barlow , ahoe-dealer , Manchester , Sept . and Oct 19 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Wilson and Harrison , Kendal ; Mr . Addison , Mecklenburgh Square , Middlesex > Andrew Abercombie Nesbitt , Btuff merchant , Leeds , Sept 14 , at three , and Oct 19 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and Surtlow , Cb * ncery Lane , London ; Messrs T . and J . Lee , Leods . Thomas Richardson , tobacconist , Manchester , Sept 21 and Oct 19 , atone , at tbe Commissioners ' Roonu , UancbWter . Solicitors , Mr . Deane , Chancery Lane London ; Messrs . Fovshaw and Ulundell , Liverpool John Molineux , & «¦ ., musio-ssller , Liverpool , Sept 15 aad Oo * . 19 , a * one , at tbe Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , Lo& * don ; Mr . Diane , Liverpool .
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IMPORTANT TO COLLIERS-THE TABLES TURNED I BOLTON PETTr SESSIONS , Monday . Before J . Ridffxcay , J . Fletcher , J . R . Barnes , Esq ., and the Rev . J . S . Birtey . M »_ icioxjs Injurt . —Colliers' Turn-out . —Richd . Yatee , Robert Yates , David Yates the younger , James Brooks , Wm . H alii well , and James Nutull , colliers , lately in the employ of lir . Thos . Fletcher , at Tocge-lane Pit , Little Lever , appeared to answer a charge of having done injnry to a boiler-house at the pit , by an explosion of gunpowder . Mr . Glover appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Halsall , of Middleton , fer the defence . J . Fletcher , Esq ., who is concerned iu 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 Tonga-lane , and was in his employ on the 13 th August instant ; 1 left the pit at eight o ' clock on tbat evening , and all was then safe ; on my return , at a quarter to six on the following morning , I found that all tho brick-work about the boiler had been blown away ; 1 found a piece of a bottle on looking 8 bout , vtbich I believe had contained gunpowder ; I conld smell gunpowder from it . ( The piece of bottle was produced , aad appeared to be a portion of a largo thick stone bottle . ) I know the prisoners at the bar ; they worked for Mr . Fletcher , but left about three weeks ago , iu
consequence of a dispute about wages . Mr . Fletcher has taken other men in their places , and this has ereaied great dissatisfaction in the neighbourhood . I believe that the explosion was made by guDpowder , and in no other way . By Mr . Halsall—Defendants have wsrked gome years for Mr . Fletcher , and 1 have not heard anything agaiast them before . Richard Barlow , of Little Lever , pavior , was then called , but refused to be sworn , 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 be would be committed , he at length , although reluctantly , consented . Ha then stated—On tbe I 3 ch Aug . inst ., I was on my way home , about half-past ten o ' clock at night , and on arriving
at ihe toll-bar in Bradley , not fer distant from the pit , anfl I saw fire men , whom I believed to bo the three Yates ' s , Brook , and Halliwell ; I did not see Nut tall ; one came up t « me , I believe it was Richard Yates , and tapped ma oa 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 leada to the collieries , and our Jacob's is to the left ; I went as directed , and finding the door fast , I sat down on the flig , and having two or three lucifer matches in my pocket , I l : j ; httd my pipe and began to smoke ;
in aboat a quarter of an hour I heard a noise , as ot a waichman ' s rick , and it camo from somewhere facing the engine ; our Jacob ' s is about a quarter of a mile from ihe pit ; in about a quarter ot an hour after I heard ike rick I observed a flxsh of light , and heard a report louder than that of a gun ; on the following morning I saw the damage done to : he 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 , and saw there James Nuttall , Richard Yates , and David Yates , jun ., seated ou a sofa ; there was no one else in the room ; I heard Richard Yaiea Bay , " How would 31 b . of powder do , put in a bottle ! " Nuitall svrore and said , "Six or eeren ibs . well corked up , I think that would do it . " I did not hear them say anything about throwing vitriol on the ropes ; 1 have nol 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 swear it was Kichurd Yates who tapped me on the shoulder ; it waB a dark night ; 1 had had a sup of driuk tbat night , but I was uut very forward ; I had been at ihe Nag ' s Head ; I know Horrocks , the coustabie of Ainsworth , but 1 did not see him there there that ui >; ht ; 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 owu accord ; will swear no one put me out ; I do not remember lying upon the road ; cannot remember that I was lifted up , and any one saying they lifted me up would tell lies ; if my nephew say * he lifted me up he tells lies ; X bad not five quar : s that day ; aw dar say awd ab » awt four ; but aw know'd what aw wur doin ' . ( Laughter . ) I did not tell my niece on the following morning that I had done it myself .
Mr . Halsall , in defence , to save the time of the court , wished to know if it were necessary to call any witnesses ; if so , he could prove by a host of persons that Barlow knew nothing about if that he could not possibly know anything about it ; and that the parties were innocent . Tbe Magistrates , after conferring togetber , directed the defence to go on . Mr . Halsall tken addressed them aad called ht& * Horrocks , constable of Ainsworth , who stated : —I saw Richard Barlow at the Haa ' s h « h
on the night of the 13 th ; he waa drunk when I went in . and having called for a pint of ale , drunk it and fell asleep ; the landlady wakened him abeui nine o ' clock , and took him to the door , and ho fell down there ; as I was going home about balf-pasi ten o clock , he laj across the road , and I stumbled over him ; he wanted me to lift him up , aad I said w No ; when I lift anybody up . it inunbe a better mon than thee . " He is not a man of good character . By Mr . Lom » x ;—I have not bad any quarrel wiih Barlow .
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WniTajuLt , Sept . 6 . —The Queen has been pleased to order a writ to ba issued under tbe Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , for summoning the Right Hon . William Lowther ( commonly called Viscount Lowther ) , to theHoaso of Peers , by the stile and title of Baron Lowther , of Whitehaven , in the county of Cumberland . —Tuesday ' s Gazette .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct720/page/6/
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