BRISTOL SPECIAL COIDIISSION.--•-A supplement to the Gazette of last Friday
announced the appointment of a special commission of Oyer et Terminer and gaol delivery, for the purpose of hearing and determining the accused in the late riots. The following persons are named as Com- missioners : Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Durham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Devonshire, Marquis Wellesley ; Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Taunton, Sir Thomas Denman, Mr. Sergeant Wildee Mr. Gurney, and 111r. Selwyn. The commission will be opened, on the 16th January.
The Gazette offers a glorious specimen of " precedent." Every body knows what the Judges are'to do, but what does the Gazette say ?- They are to inquire into " all treasons, misprisions of treason, insur- rections, rebellions, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinines, and other falsities of the money of Great Britain and other our king- doms or dominions whatsoever, and of all murthers, felonies, man- slaughters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings and conventicles, unlawful uttering of words, assemblies, misprisions, con- spiracies, false allegations, trespasses, riots, routs, retentions, escapes, contempts, falsities, negligences, concealments, maintenances, oppres- sions, champarties, deceits." How the spirit of Sir Robert Peel must have rejoiced in perusing this black-letter document, in which, in refe- -mice to a case that never occurred in the history of England, the exem- ;piers of all former commissions are so carefully adhered to !
COLONEL BRERETON.—There appeared on the face of the proceedings before the Military Court of Inquiry held at Bristol such matters as stlade it imperative on Lord Hill to order that officer under arrest, and to
direct that a General Court-Martial shall assemble at Bristol for she pupose of trying him upon such charges as shall be framed against him, founded upon the evidence given before the Court of Inquiry. Colonel Breretou is now under arrest in Bristol—Morning Post.
MastcsinsrEn Comm.—The annual meeting of the members of this body was held on Wednesday ; it was very slenderly attended ; and from the presence of a few Huntites, as they are called—there is another name which fits both master and men rather better—very noisy. The meeting has issued placards for another meeting, to be held on Mon- day, in order to make known to Government the state of destitution under which they labour; which Government, we believe, know better than they know how to remedy it. The placard is headed—" Bread ! Bread ! ! Bread ! ! ! " and is addressed to the unemployed.
Dowsers:me ELecrioN.—The petition against the return of Lord Ashley which has been presented to the House states that the colourable majority of Lord Ashley was 36; that at the close of the poll 487 cases remained before the Assessor, out of which Mr. Ponsonby had a majority of 71; and that 68 votes given to Lord Ashley, by persons claiming property on Hardown Hill, ought to be struck off, thus leaving a majo- rity for Mr. Ponsonby of 103.
ADDRESSES IN Favoun OF REFORM SINCE THE Recess.—The following summary appears in the Times of Thursday : from counties in England, 12 addresses ; from counties in Scotland, 2; from counties in Ireland, 2; from the metropolis, 17 ; from districts in England, 4; from towns in England and Wales, 87; from societies ditto, 8 • from a district in Scotland, 1; from Scotch towns, 46; from Scotch societies, 5; from Scotch corporations, 31; from Irish towns, 2 ; from a district in Ire- land, 1; from a society in Ireland, 1. Total, 219 addresses.
EDINBURGH RESPECTADLES.—The whole amount of signatures to the Anti-Reform address got up at Edifiburgh does not exceed 1,600.—Globe. YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—It seems that some of the Scotch Anti-Re- formers are at present exceedingly zealous in their efforts to form yeomanry corps. The other dey, a notice was given that clothing for a troop was lying ready to be issued at one of the inns at Kirkcaldy ; but when the time of meeting came, nobody made his appearance, but Mr. Douglas of Strathendry, and Sir John Oswald. Sir John is willing to serve in the ranks ; but what sort of a rank can be fabricated out of one man, even though he be a knight ? The troop of two marched home without sound of trumpet. Tim Bisnoe OF BATH AND WELLS .—This prelate says, in elate pastoral letter to his Clergy, " he is, and ever has been, a decided friend to Re- form ;" " he is decidedly opposed to the whole system of nomination. bo- roughs ;" " and, in his opinion, the sentiments and feelings of a Bri- tish people ought to be fully and freely expressed in a British House of Commons." He declares that he would not have voted against the Bill of last Session " except On the fullest understanding that a measure would be brought forward early in the ensuing Session of Parliament— a measure calculated to give the people all that the people had a justright to expect, and which would, at the same time, uphold all the ancient and venerated institutions of the country." [This is themost whimsical reason for voting against the Bill yet assigned. The Bishop wished it thrown out, solely because he was assured it would be brought in again ! We doubt the Lord of Bath and Wells is but an unstable Reformer,— not all water, like his title, but something worse, milk and water.]
STATE OF THE CouNTuv.—The workhouse-keeper of St. Ives was out hunting on Tuesday last !—Ifrottingdott Gazelle. BANE Extr.un.e.—Messrs. Knight and Co. bankers, Mold, have sus- pended their payments. We understand that there is no danger of any final loss to the creditors of the firm.—Caritarvom Herald.
Trade continues rather improving at Paisley.—Glasgow Chronicle. The condition of the gloving trade at Worcester for the last three months has been deplorable.— Trorccster Herald'. Tuao-our.—A very general turn-out of the Staffordshire colliers took place last week for an advance of wages. The men DOW receive 38:6d. a day, and they demand 4s. There has also been a rather serious turn-out, with considerable disturbances, at Bilston, in addition to those which we noticed last week. The very depressed state of the iron-trade is put forth as the cause.
THE GA3m-LAws.—John Wellerton, Esq. and Samuel Sanders, Esq. were lined thirty shillings each on Saturday last, for an tmintentional trespass on Tumby Wood, near Stamford. The Justices were Henry Dymoke, Esq., the Venerable Archdeacon Goodenough, the Reverend Joint Mounsey, the Reverend Henry Foulis, and the Reverend Thoinas Best.
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