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Wednesday was "Lord Mayor's Day "—and a better day than usual, for although cold and dull, it was not wet till night. The show took place in the usual way, with the customary displays of state-coaches, civic insignia, and men in armour. The novelty was, that the state- barges, in the river part of the procession, instead of being propelled by sweeps, were towed by steamers. The procession was telly as gay as ever ; and the spectators were uncommonly numerous. The pageant did not pass off, however, without some mischances. As the water- procession approached Westminster Bridge, a Thames Police boat was run down by one of the towing-steamers, and three of the crew were with difficulty saved. On the return, as the order of march was formed on Blackfriars Bridge, the horse of a of in brass armour became un- manageable, and fell, rolling over on its rider ; whose thigh was broken, and the man was removed in great agony to Bartholomew's Hospital. As the procession turned into Fleet Street, it was joined by the car- riages of the Ambassadors, Ministers, and other public persons of dis- tinction.

In the evening, there was the customary banquet at Guildhall, in the expected style of magnificence : the bill of fare occupies the requisite space in the daily papers, and displays all the dainties of civic luxury. The dinner, it is remarked, was not so hot as usual ; but the wines were of excellent quality. The following is given as the list of the principal guests— The Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Downshire, the Rail of Arundel, the Earl of Haddington, Lord William Lennox, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Viscount Lowther, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Lord Denman, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Sir E. Knatchbull, Mr. H. T. L. Corry; the American, Spanish, Danish, and Mexican Ministers; Sir R. Chester, Master of the Ceremonies to her Majesty ; Tice-Chancellor Sir L. Shadwell ; Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Wigram ; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Wightman' Mr. Justice Cresswell; the Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Sergeant Andrews, Mr. Sergeant Jones, Mr. Sergeant Halcomb, Mr. Sergeant Glover, Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. John Jervis; Sir T. Freemantle, Sir G. Clerk, and Mr. C. E. Trevelyan, Secretaries of the Treasury ; Sir C. G. Young, Gar- ter ; Mr. James Stephen and Mr. G. W. Hope, Under-Secretaries of the Colo- nial Department ; Mr. H. U. Addington, Under•Secretary of the Foreign Department; Mr. W. Baring and Mr. J. E. Tennent, Secretaries of the Board of Control ; Mr. J. G. S. Lefevre and Mr. J. Macgregor, Secretaries of the Board of Trade ; Mr. J. Masterman and Mr. G. Lyall, Members for the City of London ; the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank ; the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company ; Sir F. Booth, Sir J. Easthope, Rear-Admiral Ross, Sir H. Mena, Mr. John Walter, Captain Bol- dero, Major Beresford, Mr. F. R. Bonham, Mr. T. W. Branston, Mr. G. Pal- mer, Mr. B. Kemble, Mr. J. Trotter, Captain Polhill, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wood, Colonel and Mr. Maberly, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. Joseph Home, Mr. B. Wood, Mr. W. Holmes, Mr. W. Evans, late Sheriff, Mr. Pattison, late Member for the City, Sir J. Hensler, captain Hensler. In addition to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the late Lord Mayor and late Lady Mayoress, the Sheriffs and their ladies, the following Aldermen and officeri were also present :—Sir C. S. Hunter, Alderman Farebrother, Sir P. Laurie, Alder- man Nilson, Alderman T. Johnson, the Recorder, Alderman T. Wood, Alder- man Magnay, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman J. Johnson, Sir G. Carrot, Alder- man Farncomb, Mr. J. Musgrove, lately elected Alderman of Broad Street Ward, the Chamberlain of London, Mr. E Bullock, Judge of the Sheriffs' Courts; Mr. R. Gurney, Mr. B. Randell, Mr. P. Laurie, Common Pleaders; the two Secondaries, the Controller, the Remembraneer, and the Solicitor. Among the routine toasts was that of the Prince of Wales; the concurrence of whose natal-day with the annual City feast will be a standing subject of note for years to come. The Lord Mayor briefly complimented his predecessor, but with an unaffected heartiness; and Sir John Pirie as briefly replied. The Lord Mayor then gave "Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's Ministers "— It was well known that upon some points he differed from her Majesty's Ministers; but still he had the greatest pleasure upon this occasion in bearing that testimony to their character and efforts which he thought they deserved. Having been called by her Majesty to undertake the duties and responsibilities of government, he believed they had done so without any regard to personal objects, and solely regarding their duty to the country. He believed her Ma- jesty's present Ministers had the interests of this great country at heart; 110 set of men could have a greater interest in the welfare of their fellow-creatures. When the late Ministry left office, there was no man to whom her Majesty could have intrusted power so safely as to Sir Robert Peel ; and up to the present moment no one could say but that be had done his duty. The present Govern- ment bad, undoubtedly, powerful bodies and vast interests in the country to back them; but he believed, apart from all this, they were actuated by a stead)" determination to persevere in a straight course, seeking the good of the country and regardless whether they displeased friends or enemies.

Sir Robert Peel thanked the Lord Mayor for the manner in which he had introduced the toast ; and, remarking that a studious abstinence from every political subject was desirable on such an occasion, he re- verted to the feeling on which there could be no difference-

" It is a feeling of pride in the character and reputation of the city of Lon- don—of pride in its antiquity—pride in the historical recollections which it wakens—pride, above all, in its preeminence in population, wealth, and com- mercial importance, among all the communities of the civilized world. Gen- tlemen, I have another reason for studiously adhering to that rule which pro- hibits the introduction of any party topic. We (the Ministers of the Crown) are here for the purpose of giving an earnest and a public assurance, that, in utter oblivion of all party differences, we are prepared cordially to cooperate with the Municipal and Magisterial authorities of this city of London, in every matter which concerns the interest and wellbeing of that city, and of the em- pire at large. No one knows better than I do how important it is to the pub- lic interest that this harmony and cordial cooperation should prevail. I have had proofs of it within the last few months, when the peace of this city was exposed to disturbance ; and I know that there did then prevail between the Municipal authorities of this city. and the executive authority of the Govern- ment—between all parties, those invested with Magisterial office and those re- sponsible for the superintendence of the Police—there did prevail an entire forgetfulness of all party difference, and a cooperation the most cordial, which greatly conduced to the preservation of tranquillity and order."

This led him to some pleasant complimenting of Mr. Humphery-

g' From what I know of the character of the present Chief Magistrate, dif- fering as I do from him, and as he has frankly stated, on many political sub- jects, I feel confident he will imitate the example of his predecessor, and that there will be, when the public interests shall require, a total forgetfulness of all party considerations. I feel confident also—and this is no unimportant point—that the character of this city for hospitality and conviviality will not be impaired during his Mayoralty. 1 have observed the part he took in the public discussions during the last session of Parliament, relating to the intro- duction into more general consumption of the good things of this life: and from the knowledge he displays—(Laughter)—and the earnestness with which he brought that knowledge to bear, I do feel the utmost confidence in predict- ing, that when he shall lay down the insignia of office, the character of the city of London will not in that respect be found tarnished."

Abstinence from political controversy did not prevent Sir Robert from a glance at the Ministerial policy, apparently with an eye to the East ; prefaced by the general assurance that Ministers were not un- mindful of the obligation which office imposes- ", Many may differ from us as to the mode in which we effect the object we have in view; few will differ, I think, as to the propriety of those objects. Our earnest wish is, to cultivate the relations of peace, and to extend the in- estimable benefits of peace in every manner that is compatible with the honour and the permanent and comprehensive interests of this country. The object of our policy is to maintain untarnished the lustre of the British arms on every occasion on which the appeal to arms becomes indispensable : the object of our policy is to encourage the demand for labour, and to extend the com- mercial prosperity of the country: the object of our policy is to maintain the public credit, and that character for public faith which no country can lose without losing also a great portion of its moral strength: and, such being the objects of our policy, we shall regard it as one of the most favourable indica- tions of the results of our policy, if we shall find that the commerce of the city of London, so intimately connected with all the manufacturing and com- mercial interests of the country, shall be in a flourishing state."

Sir Robert was much cheered throughout, and as he sat down.

Mr. Everett acknowledged the toast of "the Foreign Ambassadors," on behalf of the body ; although he felt assured that any one of his respected colleagues, being all as well acquainted with the English lan- guage as himself, could have performed the agreeable duty in a more appropriate manner—

Moat cordially did he respond to the sentiment uttered by the right honour- able baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government as to the importance of preserving the general peace ; and he rejoiced in the good understanding that prevailed among all the principal Powers of Europe. As American Minister, he must also be permitted to express the very great satisfaction he felt at the recent happy adjustment of the points of discussion between England and America, on terms equally beneficial and equally honourable to the two countries.

" The Duke of Buceleneh and the House of Lords" was acknow- ledged by the Duke. " Lord Stanley and the House of Commons," by Lord Stanley, in a pleasant unpolitical fashion-

" I was for some time in doubt whether you desired that the compliment to the House of Commons should be acknowledged by myself or by my noble friend the Representative of the city of London ; or whether, on the strict principle of impartiality, you might desire my noble friend and myself to rise and perform a sort of oratorical duet together. (Laughter.) But although, perhaps, on some occasions there might not be entire accordance of opinion between my noble friend and myself, I will venture to say for him, what I will say with all sincerity and from the bottom of my heart for myself, that be- tween him and me there has never existed any but political difference : there has never existed for a single moment any interruption of that private friend- ship which I always have had and which I always will maintain with him. (Cheers.) This I hold to be one of the highest boasts of our free constitution— that the free expression of public opinion in thellouse of Commons, and the free exercise of political differences, shall not be inconsistent with the fullest main- tenance of private respect and individual friendly feeling towards those who differ from us, however widely, in their opinions: and I trust that meetings of this kind, and other social festivities in which the Members of the House of Commons may from time to time participate, may have a tendency even within the walls of that assembly to neutralize the acrimony of political discussions."

Mr. Masterman, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Lyall, had their healths drunk jointly, and returned thanks severally. Lord John was received with mingled cheers and disapprobation ; but the applause seems to have predominated. In reply to Sir Robert Peel's assurance that Go- vernment would do their duty with respect to the interests of the coun- try, Lord John undertook for the people, " that whatever they might call on the people of this country to do, there was no people who would respond to such a call with greater energy, with greater virtue, and with greater perseverance "; and in reply to Lord Stanley's observa- tion, " that although differing on political subjects, there had been no interruption in their mutual friendship, he begged to acknowledge and confirm that sentiment."

Among the toasts which followed, Sir Robert Peel seems to have volunteered that of " the late Lady Mayoress." The company did not separate till near midnight. At night there was a ball, which was attended by nearly two thou- Sand persons : dancing began at ten o'clock.

A Court of Common Council was held on Monday, for the purpose of electing a High Bailiff for the borough of Southwark. The candi- dates, whose claims were preferred by petition to the Court were—Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Commissioner of Police, proposed by the Lord Mayor Elect ; Mr. William Payne, proposed by Sir Peter Laurie ; and Mr. William Pritchard, proposed by Sheriff Hooper. The Court pro- ceeded to act in accordance with the 54th Standing Order, which directs, " That in all elections to any office or place in the gift of the Court, the number of candidates, if more than two, be reduced to that number by show of hands." The Recorder having put forward each name, the Lord Mayor said, that, in his opinion, the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Payne and Mr. Pritchard. This statement created the utmost dissatisfaction among Mr. Harvey's friends, who insisted that be had the majority, and a scene of great confusion took place. The Lord Mayor was called on to put the names again, and he con- sented to do so ; but at length the first decision was allowed to stand, and the two other candidates went to the poll. The numbers were—for Pritchard, 87 ; Payne, 79 ; and Mr. Pritchard was declared duly elected. During the celebration of the morning service at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, the ceremony of installing the Very Reverend Dr. Turton, the late Dean of Peterborough, as Dean of Westminster, was performed. There was a very numerous congregation.

The forty-eighth anniversary dinner to celebrate the triumph of Trial by Jury in the acquittal of Horne Tooke, Theiwall, and Hardy, was held at Radley's Hotel. in Bridge Street, Blackfriars, on Saturday. Mr. Thomas Duncombe, M.P., took the chair, and about a hundred and fifty gentlemen sat down to table. The Chairman gave reasons for deposing " The Queen " from the head of the toast-list and superseding it by "The Sovereignty of the People "-

This ancient and constitutional toast had been disused from a desire to avoid any appearance of want of gallantry or duty to the distinguished individual who now sits upon the throne. Sure he was, however, that of all the Sove- reigns who had occupied that throne, none would be more ready, by education or inclination, to respect the authority by which she ruled than Queen Vic- toria. Whether the same would be as readily recognized by the faction who had forced themselves upon her, and were now surrounding her, be very much doubted. It was because a faction, as detested by the great majority of the people of this country, as they must be unpopular and unwelcome to the Sove- reign, did surround her, that it was more incumbent upon that meeting to begin with this toast, and to assert the authority of the sovereignty of the people.

The toasts which followed were, "The Queen, long may she live to see the condition of her people improved, the laws reformed, and the privileges of the people greatly extended" ; and "an honest Ministry, consistent men, and good measures "; on which latter Mr. Duncombe enlarged— An honest Ministry, the toast said, consisted of consistent men and good measures. Let them test the present Ministry by either condition, and see the result. Were they consistent men in the Cabinet ? Were their measures good Did they not see associated with others in that Cabinet, one individual—he meant the Baronet who did them the honour of presiding over the Home De- partment—(Laughter)—who not long since declared that the individuals with whom he associated would form the materials for the worst Cabinet in the country, and that they had always opposed good measures and voted for bad ? Yet they saw him sitting side by side with the bad materials he had so properly described. if they came to the question of good measures, and if what took place that night should go forth to the public, he hoped that no individual member of the Government would flatter himself that by this toast they meant to pay him the slightest compliment. What did they see throughout the country? One pervading system of discontent and distress : they saw the ruined manufacturer, the duped agriculturist, and the starving operative. And what did they see the Government doing ? When it was almost impossible for the working-classes to weather the coming winter, they beheld the Cabinet meeting at Windsor and proroguing the Parliament till February. The Ministers did very right for their own convenience, and for the convenience of their supporters, who could longer enjoy the sports of the country. He be- lieved that in the sitting of Parliament more regard was paid to the partridges than to the privations of the people. Parliament was prorogued when shoot- ing began ; it would meet when shooting ended. Next, " The Purity of Trial by Jury," thus illustrated by Mr. Dun- coin be— Ile believed that at no former period of our history, or in the affairs of this country, did it become the people to stand by that palladium of their liberties, the trial by Jury, more than at the present moment. To be sure, the preaeut Government did not come forward so manfully as Mr. Pitt did to attack the liberties of the subject; but he believed they were surreptitiously undermining that liberty in as great a manner ; and it would be the duty of the people to watch well their liberty in the coming trialsmf those against whom a charge of sedition had been made,—a crime, after all, totally undefined by the laws of this country; not like high treason, which was so closely defined that a man charged with it, as was well observed on the trials of the men in former years, was covered with the whole armour of the law ; but when a man was to be tried for sedition, he might have to rest on an unfortunate charge of some poli- tical partisan Judge, for the Judge had, by the undefined nature of the charge, a great power, and there was need of a great alteration in the law. He alluded to this in consequence of what had recently occurred at the trials which bad taken place under the Special Commission in Staffordshire, Chester, and Lan- cashire. There was no individual present who had not read some of the charges to the Grand Jury, more especially at Chester and Liverpool, by one of the learned Judges sent down by the Government to try the prisoners. If these charges were correct, if the Petty Jury to try the prisoners were to be instructed as the Grand Jury were by Lord Abinger at Liverpool, no man's liberty or life would be safe when tried by that individual." He added a new charge against the Government—

He would only mention what had happened on the eve of the Special Com- mission. "Nothing," said Swift, "was so useful to a Government as oc- casionally practising the terrifying line.' " On the eve of the Special Com- mission going down, various parties were arrested simultaneously, in different parts of the country and in that town. Were not several individuals seised in a manner calculated to excite alarm ? Were not Feargus O'Connor and others seized on the eve of the Special Commission going down? And could there have been any other object than to excite the terrors of the public, and make them believe that some terrible convulsion was threatening the country ? The

crime alleged against these individuals was known six weeks before : the Govern- ment had been in full possession of the evidence, but they used their power to

arrest these individuals on the eve of the Special Commission. Enormous bail was asked at the Police-office: it was said in the Ministerial organs that the parties were charged with something little short of high treason—something like the charge against Hardy, Tooke, and ThelwalL The Special Commission issued, many trials took place, working men by the hundred were transported, and others were sentenced to undergo an imprisonment which under the

discipline of our prisons was rendered worse than execution—which was made

a long, lingering death. The cases of the persons arrested were investigated; the charges turned out to he frivolous ; one eighth, and in some instances one-

tenth, of the bail before demanded by the Police Magistrates was taken, and these individuals were liberated. He said, then, that such a system was WWI disgraceful to the Government.

Major Revell, who proposed a toast acknowledging the services of

the three Juries of 1794. that tried Hardy, Tooke, and Thel wall, took some exception to Mr. Doncombe's comparison of the past and present— However awful the Chairman might think the present state of things in the Northern counties, yet, if he bad lived in the time of the trials of Hardy and the others, he would have thought it a reign of terror then, and comparative quiet now. When any individual then entered a coffeehouse, or a public meeting, and expressed any sentiments favourable to the rights of man, he was looked upon with suspicion, and might think himself fortunate if he escaped with a black eye. He remembered at that time great pains were taken to pack juries to convict the prisoners, and that a worthy Alderman sat up all night with the solicitor for the Crown to endeavour to pack a jury to hang these men. It was only from the fortunate circumstance, that instead of taking the freeholders alphabetically the names were put into a hat, that the patriots were saved from the gallows.

Messrs. Tremenhere and Twisselton, the Assistant Poor-law Com-

........74issioners appointed to inquire into the state of education among the pauper children of St. Pancras parish, and virtually into the alleged in- terference of Mr. Williams in the religious examination, have issued their report ; which is a very voluminous document. The Commis- sioners point out, that under the 19th section of the Poor-law Amend- ment Act, it was the duty of the Directors present to prevent any at- tempts at proselytism, and "especially all of the nature and character of the one now is question "; they regret that the Directors did not formally express an opinion on Mr. Williams's conduct, both as a means of preventing such interference in future and as an assurance to those interested in the children that they would be protected from such at- tempts. The report enters into a detailed statement of the children's acquirements ; which is upon the whole unfavourable, the children be- ing in too many cases backward and ignorant. But there has been an improvement since the present schoolmaster and schoolmistress took charge of the school. The Commissioners condemn the wearisome at- tendance on Divine service to which the children are compelled : they are not only obliged to attend Divine service twice every Sunday, but 80 of the children attend two full morning services, and 24 are present at two services in the morning and two in the afternoon : all are en- gaged iu religions services or employments, either in church or school, for five hours during the Sunday ; the 24 are so engaged for six hours and a half. The Commissioners recommend the establishment of an infant- school, and say, towards the conclusion of their report—" We are satis- fied also, that much improvement would arise in the management of these schools, and in the results they would produce, by attention to a proper mode of registering the progress, the industrial work done, and the general conduct of each child ; by more exact classification, more frequent and accurate examinations, more varied industry, both for the boys and girls ; by providing more books, apparatus, and means of in- struction and illustration."

A meeting of the Committee appointed by the public meeting to arrange the Times Testimonial was held on Monday, to receive the re- port of the Auditors of the accounts. Lord Mayor Pirie took the chair. Mr. H. Hughes, as honorary secretary, reported,. that since the last meeting of the Committee, contributions to the amount of 361. 10s. had been received; including 10 guineas from the Chamber of Commerce of St. John's, Newfoundland, 51. from Mr. William Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England, and seven sums of two guineas, and six sums of one guinea each ; making the total amount subscribed 2,702/.6s., every shilling of which had been received. He laid before the meeting the folloWing summary of the subscriptions— Number.

1 Sir John Pirie, Lord Mayor (Chairman and Treasurer) Amount.

X s. d.

10 10 0 38 Public companies 330 5 0 64 Magistrates &c. of the city of London 194 6 0 58 London bankers, and joint-stock banks 518 9 0 129 London merchants, manufacturers, traders, &c. 790 1 0 116 Country bankers, merchants, public companies, &c 429 10 0

21 Foreign bankers, merchants, public companies,

127 7 0 128 Individuals and anonymous 301 13 0 555 Total 2,702 6 0 The subscriptions from " foreign merchants, bankers, public companies, &c.," were from Alexandria, Antwerp, Cadiz, Calcutta, Cologne, Dantzic, Florence, Geneva, Hamburg, La Guayra, (in South America,) Macao, Malta, Messina, Naples, Newfoundland, Ostend, Paris, Venice, Vevey, and Wisbaden. And Mr. Hughes knew for a certainty that they would have been much more con- siderable and numerous, but for the very great losses (in many cases ruinous) sustained by firms all over the Continent of Europe through the very con- spiracy afterwards brought to light and exposed by the Times.

The sum of 2,0001. had been devoted to establishing two scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge in connexion with Christ's Hospital and the City of London School. A tablet is to be set up in the new Royal Exchange, and another in the Times office. The report was affirmed, and thanks were passed to the several honorary officers of the Com- mittee.

In the Bail Court, on Thursday, Justice Patteson granted a rule calling upon Thomas Badger, Esq., and the Rev. H. W. Cartwright, Magistrates of Staffordshire, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them, for refusing, from improper and cor- rupt motives, to admit to bail the Reverend Arthur O'Neill, a Dissenting preacher, who was brought before them on a charge of having attended an illegal meeting daring the late disturbances. He had been called upon to find bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each ; but the persons whom he produced, members of the Town-Council, were rejected because they had attended Chartist meetings. The same bail was afterwards accepted by Chief Justice Tindal. Justice Patteson said, that the defendants had not only acted wrongfully in refusing the bail, but that their manner of refusing, and the expressions which they used, and especially the observation that they had other reasons for their refusal, but which they had refused to state, altogether established a case which justified the Court in granting a rule calling upon them to explain their conduct.

In the Court of Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, William Lionel Felix Tollemache, commonly called Lord Huntingtower, was brought up for final examination as a horse-dealer. His balance-sheet, which ex- tended over a very short space of time, showed liabilities to the amount of 200,0001., and very problematical assets. A proof was tendered on behalf of a Mr. Holt, upon acceptances by the bankrupt for 8591. ; the consideration for those bills was two checks for 800/. which Lord Hunt- ingtower gave to John Perry Nicholls, the manager of the Westminster Loan Investment Company, for whom Mr. Holt discounted the bills "in his (Nicholls's) private capacity." Lord Hantingtower lent his name to Colonel Copeland for several bills, for one of which proof was now tendered ; but, said the bankrupt, " I received no other value for them than now and then a horse." Mr. James, counsel for some of the creditors, examined the noble bankrupt, with a view to ascertain the bead fide and maid fide debts. Some electioneering matters were dis- closed— " I see your Lordship pots down 3,000/. as the amount of your election-ex- penses at Andover : now I wish to know how you make out that sum ? "—" cannot tell you exactly, for I kept no books, as I did not think I was liable to be made a bankrupt, and all that I bad to assist me in making out my balance- sheet was my recollection and a few memoranda." " You were a candidate, I believe, my Lord, for the representation of An. dover ?"—" Yes, I recollect well being a candidate for Andover. Before my going down there, I was told that I could obtain a large sum of money to pay off my minority debts ; but I found upon inquiry, that I was not to have or to expect as much money from my family as I was before led to expect. Au ob- Lction, however, was taken to me at the election, as I was not of age; and Lord William Paget was elected." " And yet your Lordship states you expended 3,000/. upon that election ? ".... " Yes, I did. It was expended in various ways. It was disbursed by Mr. Henry Footner of Andover and by Mr. Busini of Stockbridge ; but I kept no correct account of it, though I paid myself the majority of the bills, such as tavern-bills and the like."

" Then did your Lordship pay for Lord William Paget ? "—" He was elected upon the principle, that if he was required by me or by the constituency to re- sign the seat, he should do so at once in favour of me ; and not having done se, I think that, as a man of honour, he is bound to repay me. He has derived all the benefit, and as a gentleman be is bound to pay me. Samuel Hanford Hamer was at the election ; and on the Sunday preceding the election, Lord William Paget, Mr. Busini, and myself put our names to a bill for 4001., which was given to Hamer to get discounted in order to meet some pressing expenses: but though Hamer took away the bill, we never obtained a farthing of money for it ; nor did I see Hamer himself, though possibly he might have been at the election. The polling was just two days before I came of age." " I wish to ask your Lordship, had you among the whole of you, on the Sunday before the polling, such a sum as 1001. among you ?"—" I cannot say, but I had not."

" Had Lord William Paget ? "—" That is a question I cannot answer."

" And you have no detailed account of your expenses ? "—" I have not. In a contested election, there are many expenses which could not be properly re- gistered."

Here is a passage of another kind-

" I find here that a Mrs. Edmonds is down for 7,2001., for which your balance-sheet states her to hold security: who is she ?"—" She lives in St. James's Place; and holds security for 2,0001.; for which she only gave me 1,3001, and I consider that she now owes me the other 760L The transaction arose on account of the deposit of Colonel Copeland's commission with her. I accepted accommodation-bills for her to a large amount, and for which I had no consideration whatever."

" What is Mrs. Edmonds ?"—" She is the very intimate friend—(A laugh)— of Colonel Copeland; and is, as I understand, a bill-broker. This transaction happened four or five months before I came of age. I here beg leave to say, that having obtained 7,000L, through Mr. Samuel Forde, then my attorney, from Cox, Biddulph, and Co., upon the joint security of myself and Captain Byng, I redeemed the commission of Colonel Copeland which he had pledged. Mrs. Edmonds told me that she would give me 2,0001. for it then, down. She did give me 1,2001., with a promise to give me the difference in a few days; but I never since received it. All these, the bills, commission, &u, is, as I un- derstand, pledged by Mrs. Edmonds to a Mr. Hume, formerly a carver and gilder in a very large way, and now a hill-broker. This Mr. Hume is the same person who sold up my establishment."

The proceedings were further adjourned.

The examination was continued on Thursday, with no abatement of the extraordinary nature of the disclosures. Take the bankrupt's ac- count of his business— Mr. James—" You have given us no account of your dealings as a horse- dealer : have you not had as many as two hundred and fifty horses? "—" I be- lieve I had, but not all at one time : I have bought a dozen horses in a day, sold some, chopped others, and when I bought paid in cash, and not by cheque. I had bankers in 1840 and 1841. Messrs. Cox and Biddulph, and .Sir Claude Scott ; and when quite a youth I had some cash at Messrs. Mas'erman. I in- tended to have opened an account with the Bank of England, as Mr. Hume told me he could raise a large sum for me from the Globe Insurance-office, to meet the bills which I had made payable there; but ultimately I did not obtain the money." He was pressed a good deal as to the disposal of the sums re- ceived by him for his horses; but his answer was, that having kept no books or accounts, he could not give further information than he had already done. " Your Lordship left England in 1841: pray what property had you then ? " —"I had property which I considered worth from 11,000/. to 13,0001. I had a quantity of plate, a quantity of wine, several carriages, and some very valuable harness; but I had not a yacht of my own at that time. I had three stage- coaches running from London to Salisbury, for which I was paid 2id per mile ; and I think that rate of mileage is now due to me. 1 bought and sold horses and coaches, &c. for a living,' as I had no allowance from my family at the time."

Lord Huntingtower's "minority debts," debts 'incurred when he was a minor, are set down at 74,0001.: of that sum, Mr. Commissioner Fon- blanque said, he doubted whether the bankrupt Mid ever received 15,000/. value in consideration : his "majority debts " were set down at 128,530/. ; but that suns included "minority debts" which he bad re- newed : he had expended 28,0001. since he had become of age. The disappearance of the money seems to be accounted for by such passages as the following— Mr. James—" Among this long list of creditors, we come to Captain Byng ?"—" Yes, Sir; we were in the habit of giving mutual accommodation to each other, as Byng and I were in the habit of drawing together when 1 was minor. He usually said he would pay his share, and I thought that when I became of age I would pay mine ; but in many cases Ile kept the whole of the funds to himself. I do not know who are the holders of these bills, nor the sum to which they amount." " Are they 20,000/. ?"—" Yes, and I should say to a greater extent, including my minority apd majority bills." Next in order we come to Mr. Hume?"—" He swept off all my estate, worth at least twelve thousand pounds, after I went abroad. I gave him a bill of sale in December, about a week before I went abroad." " Who is Mr. Hums?"—" lie is, I believe, apicture-fancier, a carver and gilder in a large way, and a bill-broker : I owed loam about 8,0001.; he has given me no account of the sale of my effects." In the course of his examination, Lord Huntingtower exclaimed—" In truth, I do not understand these accounts myself; and they are prin- cipally prepared under the direction of my solicitor and accountant" Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque said that he must be made to under- stand them. The examination was adjourned for a month, to enable the bankrupt to amend his accounts.

At the Mansionhouse, on Saturday, the Lord Mayor made public the following communication from Lord Elibank, whose name was in the list of Vice-Presidents of the British American Association for Emi- gration and Colonization- " ftyde, Isle of Wight, 3d November 1842.

"My Lord—Haring lately observed in the newspapers several reports re- lative to an association called The British American,' and also that my name has been coupled with it as one of the Vice-Presidents, and in consequence of the manner in which the said Association seems to be conducting its proceed- ings, in justice to myself I take the liberty of acquainting your Lordship how I became connected with it.

" About eight years ago, or perhaps more, several reports of proceedings were sent to me, having for their object the recovery of certain lands in Nova Scotia, said to belong to the Baronets of that order. The representations were so plausibly made, and seemed to be sanctioned by so many respectable parties, that I felt no hesitation at the time in adding my approval of the mea- sures. It soon afterwards, however, became evident to me that the attempt to recover these lands from the Government was altogether absurd ; so that I ceased to feel any interest in the matter, and never took any further notice of their proceedings.

"By what species of ingenuity the object of recovering lands said to belong to the Baronets of Nova Scotia, has been made to slide into the present scheme, I am at a total loss to understand. I was applied to to become a Vice-President ; but to this application I never replied, nor have I in any way sanctioned the chameleon-like appearance which has been adopted. "I might not have considered it necessary to have objected to my name being mixed up with this British American Association, had its objects been clear and intelligible, and likely to be of any advantage to the public ; but since all its proceedings seem to be so dark and mysterious, and of very questionable advantages to those for whom they are said to be devised, I think it due to myself to send your Lordship this explanation of my connexion with the British American Association.

"I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble

servant, EMBANK."

A person waited upon the Lord Mayor with a letter from the Com- pany, requesting that he would direct that the parcel which had been delivered to Childs the constable, by some person who had a tem- po:pry authority on board the Barbados, and which was stated to be valued at 20,000L, should be handed over to the Company. The Lord Mayor asked what the parcel contained ; and was informed that its con- tents were merely papers relating the origin of the Company and to the Baronetage. The Lord Mayor—" Any property of value ?" Mes- senger—" None at all." Some of the papers were then exhibited; and the Lord Mayor delivered up the parcel, stating he had no right to ex- amine it.

Messrs. Palmer and Nettleship, who appear to be the solicitors to the Doke of Argyll, transmit to the Times the following extract of a letter from the Duke, as a reply to animadversions by the Times on his con- nexion with the Association. They prefix a statement of their own-

" With reference to the paragraph contained in your paper of the 3d instant, to the effect, ' that it seemed his Grace was asked, and consented, by taking shares in this Company, to participate himself in the profits,' we are autho- rized to state that the Duke is not a shareholder, and never for a moment con- templated deriving personally any profit from the operations of the Society."

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM HIS GRACE THE DUKE OP ARGYLL TO MR. NETTLESHIP, DATED INVERARY, 4TH NOVEMBER.

" I was induced, by the eloquent representations of Dr. Rolph, to take an interest in the Society, because I really believed that such a Society, if pro- perly conducted, would afford greater facilities for enabling a large mass of almost destitute inhabitants upon my estates of Tirie and Mull to emigrate to Canada upon safe and certain grounds; and, with the guarantee of a respect- able company, that they would, immediately upon arrival in America, be placed upon lands where, if they were disposed to be industrious, they might speedily realize a comfortable independence: and 1 determined that none of the people upon my estates should emigrate at all, if they would take my advice, until a sure and certain situation should be secured for every individual proposing to remove.

" By means of the Company I hoped more readily to obtain this desirable end; but hitherto I have been disappointed; and I feel that it is a ridiculous situation to hold the presidency of a company professing to provide lands for destitute persons to emigrate to, but who have never yet exhibited their title- deeds to any lands, or proved their possession of capital stock to my satisfaction ; neither have they, since I presided at a meeting in June last, reported to me, their President, any details of their proceedings or future plans. Now, it does not suit my ideas of propriety to hold the office of President of a Society of whose proceedings I am not regularly informed, and over which I have in fact no control whatever; and therefore, without presuming to doubt the good faith and good intentions of those who assume the management of the society, I beg leave to withdraw from the situation of President, and to take my son's name also out of the list of Vice-Presidents."

A complaint was preferred last week, by Mr. Samuel Morley, of the firm of J. and R. Morley, in Wood Street, Cheapside, accompanied by Mr. Bevan, a solicitor, and about fifty respectable hosiers, of certain op- pressive proceedings on the part of the London Caoutchouc Company. The patent articles manufactured by the Company are piratically imi- tated ; the Company cannot get at the spurious manufacturers for want of evidence,—some of them indeed are in France,—and therefore they have attacked the retail-dealers ; having filed fifty-five bills in Chancery against retail hosiers of the Metropolis! It was alleged by Mr. Morley, that in several cases the solicitor to the Company had gone round to the defendants and had compromised the matter on their paying a sum of money each. A list of persons who had paid io this way was handed in : they were fifteen in number, and the sums paid ranged from 151. to 701. Mr. Taylor, one of the hosiers, said that the solicitor to the Company had himself bought a pair of braces at his shop, and afterwards Mr. Taylor received a subpmna from the Conn of Chancery. Mr. Wight, the solicitor, said, that there 150 persons who had infringed the patent : he had acted merely for the protection of the Company's interests : he had paid money out of pocket, the actual costs of each application to Chancery being 251. Sir Peter Laurie said, that he had never heard of anything more discreditable ; and he advised all who might now be under threat of proceedings in Chancery not to pay. Several cried out, " We never will.' The further hearing of the case was adjourned till yesterday ; when there was another long discussion. It came out that Mr. Leaf, a principal shareholder of the Company, had expressed his disgust at the mode in which legal proceedings had been resorted to against retail-dealers, and had used his infinence to stay those proceedings and to reduce the costs to money out of pocket. Counsel appeared to vindicate the conduct of the Company's officers ; but Mr. Leaf came forward in person, and declared, with some emotion, that as long as he belonged to the Company such proceedings should not again be resorted to against the retailers. This seems to have settled the case.