The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-12 00:00:00

EVEITIN74- sC N THE . GRE ANTI-C 0 RN-LAW CONFERENCE. (YESTERDAY.) Mr. JosEnt STURGI (in continuation from our After mime Editioe • of yesterday) said—He. might here mention that he had been shut •out •of tlie lobby of the House of Creensons- on Wednesday evening: lie did not regret it — he 'thought it rather a. privilege. A 7tauo:) - But alter a while he received 'a message from the" SpAkereeto the effect that he . 'should" be admitted, and he cauld - say that at' the time, which was between six and seven o'clock in the evening, the lobby was not half so crowded as he had seen it on other occasions.—(Hear, hear, nerd " Shame.") •To re:ern to the account of tho passing of the corn-laws, as re lased in 'the " Gentleman's Magazine," 'be" should mind the meeting. that mobs -assembled before 'the . j•lna4 of eome pereens who were -eueporters of that law, amongst others that of Mr. Robirison (Cries cf " Lioderich," " -Helene! and hisses)—and 'some lives were lost. This was the•aneterwit of td;e inquests on'Edward Viz and'Jane Watson : —"; The t.ereneeli.inquest whei"rlat on the body of this unfortu nate plyth; h a y.upf6i,trif4 a verdict Cr' Wilful murder against some shot from tied out of fire-areas front Mr. pereon oreporeods bring Rebinsorets liedis•parlmer windows,', aid their verdict was ac companied by the lenowing obsersations Ist. It is the opinion of the Joey that the . military acted improperly in entering, the house of sir. Rebegen. without proper authority to do so. 2rl. It is the (minion of ttre „fury that, Pram the evid ence a dd uce d , there was no necessity for s firing with shot at the time Edward Vise met his death. d. it is also their opinion that the thine &Yee unc onstitutional, in notheing ordered by ci v il au th or iti es ; - ' Vie Jury on Jane Watson have returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Mr. Robinson's butler and three soldiers."- --(Loud cries of Hear, hear.) There was another remarkable caes which he observed in connection with this 'question, which they (the Conference) were discussing from year to - year. This measure was introduced on Monday, pasted through both Houses, arid received th e Royal Assent on Friday- • (Hear,• hear, and Shame.) B u t h e a l so found. something which was honourable to the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) He would read it from the same chronicle :—" The Corn Bill has passed both Houses of Parliament and has receivedthe Royal Assent. Among the several petitions to Parliament, that of the City of London to the House of Commons presented an extraordinary number of signatures, 40,571 having signed within ten , hours. The signatures of that addressed to the Lords were estimated at upwards of 80,000. The Court of Common Council came to a resolution to petition the Prince Regent to withhold his assent, and the petition was presented by the Lord Mayor in State." Mr. Sterge• then made reference; in terms of the highest eulogy, to the exertions of those 'gentlemen who report for the public press, anti expressed a regret that the management of a large portion of the press- was in the hands of persons who belonged to , one or other of the two great ministerial factions. He knew well the value of passive resistance, being a neembh of a sect which acted on this prin. edple two centuries ago with great success. But in their re sistance they should regard the Government only, for they could consider the Queen as little better than a state prisoner. —(Cheere.) - They should act on the conviction that it was their duty pot to contribute the sinews to a Government which op preesed the people.—( Cheers.) The time he believed would soon come. Tiler e were many cheering indications. Between 9,000/.' and 10,0001. had been contributed to the Bazaar at Manchester, and this money, in a great degree, had passed through the fiogevs of the wives and daughters of a most influential class of the people of England. He hail also the gratification to know that a great body of the religious and moral community, gene rally reluctant to come forward on political occasions, were now ready to . jein the ptiople in breaking doWn those laws that were made and upheld by class legislation.—(Cheers.) Ile believed there were many in that assembly whose ancestors had made great. sacrifices. for the cause of civil and religious liberty, who though they might not be able to trace up their birth to coro nets, or to distinguished heads tif the aristocracy, could yet par ticipate 'ia, the sentiment of the poet— " I boast not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, or rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies." —(Cheers.) Appealing now to these men, he would remind them that much depended on them, and if they exerted them selves with unanimous energy, they might look for a peaceful and triumphant result of this great question.—(Cheers.) Mr. Duricasee Al'Leeeer seconded the motion with great pleasure. They had now met for three or four days, and had amply diecuseed the principles on which the iniquitous Cora laws were based. They had come to a resolution declaratory of their ienvielien that nothing short of a total and immediate repeal of those laws would satisfy them. By their .resolution of yesterday, they determined to memorialize her Majesty, to the effect that their demand was so essential to the welfare of tbe'eountry, that they humbly submitted that no man should be admitted to her Majesty's .Councils who was not prepared to support a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-lases. "These being their views with regard to the conduct of others, elieficinference had now to determine what they would do them selves. The present resolution told theM. It pledged them to the declaration that no Member at present in the House of Common:, who would not vote for Mr. Villiers's Motion, for total and immediate repeal should receive their _support at any future election ; that 'so future candidate Tbould reueve theii support if he would not pledge himself to to for a total repeal of the Corn andethat t)e Conference recommended all their friends to pave the same course.—(Cheers.) This was the most rielltdreant insoluticin, either for good or evil—thotigh he hoped Ilkra was no chance of the latter—to which the meeting had come.—( Cheers. ) Yeiterday some excellent friends suggested that the Conference should show less oratory and more action. NOw this was a resohition of action.—(Cheers.) Nothing but the extraordinary necessity of the case could justify it, for he admitted that a certain freedom, and even an oc casional difference of opinion, should .be allowed between a• . candidate and the constituents.—(Bear, anti cheers.) But this was not at all a political question. It was much greater in importance than any Whig or Tory measure. It was ;a question—W hat means were moat. conducive to an immediate and total repeal .4 the Corn-lawsa—(Cheers.) He (Mr. ) had always ;teen attaoliett to the Whig party, because he be lieved their measures were the best for the country. But there was no charm in a name ; and if, at the next election, lie should find a man saying he was a gOotl Liberal, but refusin g to support the measure which they considered tine best for the interests of the country, they, the elec tors would have a right to say, Sir, you are not a real Liberal; you are sailing under 'false coloutsse-(Cheers) and you are not entitled to our suffrages, unless only en con dition• that you agree to support a measure which is really cateul ted to benefit the community.—(Cheers) But let no Man vote out of mere spite for an opposite candidate, because the self-styled - Liberal refused to support an abolition of the Corn law. That would be wrong. In such a case, the elector's hest esurse would be not to vote at all. —(Hear, bear.) There were nowt about three hundred members in the -loose of Commons, who would divide on a Liberal question. All Osese would say that they disapprit ved of the Corn-laws,, salt, if questioned, they would conceal their opinions eader a cloud t7f words, It would be found that they were as much aga.; iss , a .steueal of the torn-laws as the Conserve ' Llear hear.) 'This was true, and it tives opposed to them.:---(._ would continue to be The case bong as the people were emotes - it with appearances. Let them etherefore determine at last to ate upon this principle; and is ° s u p- tha . t ordeal it eltould turn out that they had but two hundresil 'and fifty Liberal representatives -who were prepared to vote for an immediate and total' repeal of the CA' wn-laws, yet the question would receive an impetus far beyond what it had. - It had apparently large support, but which included many hollow friends, it not open enemies. This was the' course they should adopt, and he therefore hoped that the resolution would be unanimously atiopteil,...and their acted upon. Those being the opinions he entertained tie the present question, lie seceild ''''neletle by ttra:idly seminaries; the wotiou.—( Cheers. ) The CHAELM4N meet introduced to the Conference. Mr. Parieerce, of Manchester ' who came forward, cud said that It e had te•ert a member of 01e Manchester Anti-Corn-law Asso teethe, from its. commencement. He had been a. member of the National Anti-Corn-late League from its commencement, anti Ire therefore hail had etpportunttics of observing to what circum stance.; they owe:I their advance from an exceedingly small and weakly number to their present proud position of strength. He brdieverl. that that hail been attributed by most of the Members a the Am's-Corn-law League to the cle mess and explicitness with which their principles hail been propagated and worked nut, They liail.oenivineed those who went' at first di-posed to e 4 that the Anti-Corn-law League was a mete Whig trick— they tad convinced those by the earnestness and zeal with which they advocated the cause of Neal and immediate repeal, that their hearts were in the cause ; and the consequence had been, that they had trained over all those by whom they were at present tureounded,Tietermined to pursue the same course as themselves. Had they in the least suffered themselveeto give their consideration to any ailrareage likely to be derived from a fiased dirty or a sliding scale, they would not now hare the, oiditlemet of the country.—( Hear, hear. ) He would brhas to their rettollection how great an impulse their move ment. zetteived about this time last year from the preceedings et, the election of Walsall. lie mentioned the circumstance to show that ruey ought not to throw over-board those who wore not disposetito To the full-length that they themselves went in the Reese:a- question. Let them follow up thiir principles mist tentee events to the working out of those printeples. Last year a eheaney had occurred in the representation of Walsall, anti candillatee offered thernsitlves—one connected with the trileelVnie family, now in office—the other a prang Whig Ater• Ater:roe imreediately corineeted with the Whig aristocracy. A ilesertation waited upon dicee gentlemen to ascertain what I•ireir (realities \V Ae wit It re: ect to the total . and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. The Tory Gentleman eaters, sweet; Jet, thr riaci.tion his best com;literation. The , 'Whig Gentleman said that he had not given ti l e subject s o much doliberatiou as should instuee him not to eitine to the ceuelteeion that a fixed duty we's the best course, but that lie 4141ined giving a pledge upon the muestion. The course of the deputation, Oleo, was to .tell the electors, that having petitions for rep oat , anti pressed' resolutions at public zneet inns, stating the absolute necessity for repeal, they would Ans. be consistent with their petition's or their resolutions, if tier% erippoeted candidates who were adverse to total and iin medirrte repeal. There was a great outcry raised agaiost them by th e `Wig newspapers, because forsooth they had . driven a rising ger e Vnati of the aristocracy from the field. Mr. Smith find not been emiurned, because lie had been too late in the field ; but he ( ,:"_fr. Prentice) knew that Mr. - Smith had re carded 200 votes Maid• than the Whig pro-Corn-law man. Let t hem mark the result of tiehir conduct on that occasion. Such a feeling had been created in the borough that at the following election they advoceited total resieed. lie stated that cif cum :Aim ee t o overcome the objection of those _persons who imagined they (th e opponents of the Corti-law) were. 'lours; great harm if they to the Liberal cause hail a person iii some degree their friend apprised to r(crag(l"' was i" a greater degree their e ne my. He (Mr._ Pred-' aik thee) should h e that a test be put to the House of Can mid to to he rnr Majesty's AVnistr • by this Shibboleth of total and immediate repeal , • f Ire did not. give his consent to pledge himself to a similar rest. f they did not pass the resolution now propose Id they shell' Id appear before the whole country as 14.5T h erites. It was their duty as electors to pledge them e-elves never to return any bread•taxer according to either the sliding seal, with Sir Robert Peel or a limed duty with Lord John Russell. Let them ' 'Make a , stand. They had great enco uragement to make a stand. 'f hey had sects two successive Ad e I° nine •et . driven to the ei,:isideratiOn of the Corn-laws. They ' ll.lll st n t s n a Whip' %(I-• an Migration driven to a fixed duty of hs., de ' after hiving ' e i are sel that it was madness to advocate a repeal of the torn lases. They had seen a Tory Administration brought to what t h ey termed a great modification of those obruntious !awe. Seeing that, then, they ought to take up an advanced position, and admit of rugcomprgmise at, all, Let th em demand of vote. with every person who sought th e i r suffra,vs as ele c t ors, to pledge himself to total repeel,sbefore lie received &singl e =( Mr. Prentice) had, man y o pp ortunities of mixing the people, and knowing their sentonents, and he was aware there were o iniorgbreached privately and confidently—.not b roug h t form , ariet public meetings—which (Mr. I !) radical Reformer as he was, some three or four years ago. 'Ali nisters-e either the late or the. present ones—did riot know what was passing in the minds of the p eo p le. The y thought that because the people were peaceable, because there tones, rt , tin,;, no burning of ricks no burning of cotton fac , ones, the 'People were therefore indifferent to the great (ies- .. f -, . : THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1842. 1 tion now agitated. ' But .he could assure Ministers that the I people were not indifferent to it ; that the y entertained opinions that sooner or later, sinless there was a great reform in our "commercial policy, would "be exhibited in actiop. It I might be said .that this WIS but a vain threat, proceeding solely from himself, but it was far otherwise. He therefore warned the aristocracy not to provoke the people too far. lie knew. also—and he mentioned it because it had been alluded to by his friend Mr. Sturge- e ( cheers. }—he called him friend because he was' the Mend 'or the human -race—( Tre -1 rnendous cheering)—he knew that there were numbers of men who bad made up their minds when the pr o per time I came, and he thought the time had come, insulted as they had been, when they should follow the example of the body of Frienis. rest to resist the law, but allow it to take its course ; they would-not resist the payment of- the assessed taxes, or the collection of them, but they would allow the collectors to come and tale their tables and chairs. There was such. a ;..:-thing as Chartism behind the Anti-Corn-law agitation, and let ,hot some deceive themselves,. that because these men appeared i in opposition to Anti-Corn-law agitation, .that they were fa vourable to taxes upon their bread. —(Cheers.) Those men did nut oppose the Corn -law agitation —no, they came. with ad ditional agitation to say " We approve of. the repeal of the . I Corn-laws, but- we begin to doubt whether you will obtain it. You have been four times to London, you have been-treated with contefapt every time, and therefore we call upon you to join us in demanding the Charter." He ( Mr. Prentice) differed with them in that respect ; he thought they had a more immediate . rospect of obtaining a repeal of the Corn-laws than the Charter. —( Cheers.) He would warn the members of the aristocracy and the House of Commons that those who called themselves Chartists—those who agitated for the Charter, were with them to a man.—( Great cheering.) They were as much opposed as themselves to the obnoxious laws passed by the aristocracy at the point of the sword and bayonet. They only doubted the efficacy of their means, and believed they had good reason, seeing the manner in which insult and injury hail been heaped upon them during. their agitation. He would warn the aristocracy that these men were at the back of the Corn-law Repealers—(Cheers)—and that, if they destroyed the Corn-law agitation, they would only raise up Chartism with tenfold force.—(Cheers.) They had passed a resolution to test the House of Commons on Mr. Villiers's motion, they had declared that they would support nothing but immediate and total repeal ; and having done that, they could not refuse giving their assent to the motion proposed by Mr. Sturge. Mr. P. Tnomestre, the son of Colonel Thompson, then came forward to support the resolution. In sober sadness, he thought he might ask them whether at last they were tired of the course of folly of locking the stable door when the steed was stoleo.—(Cheees.) , If the principles they advocated were just now,_ they were so six months ago.—(Cheers.) Why did they wait for seven years, which it might be, before they Were put in operation? The question now was, what was to be done to assist the patient at the last gasp ?—( Cheers. ) The blood was now pouring out of its wound at the neck, and they were called upon to see what they could do to staunch it.—( Cries of " Bear.") Some remedies had been proposed; with respect to time, they had been told that the time had come when some course should be adopted; he would say, that when this Bill had passed they should refuse taxes.—(Great cheering.) Let him warn every man who cheered in support of that proposition, to be determined to carry it out.—( Cheers, and cries of "We will.") He would scorn to come forward and put to them anything that was un just; but he believed there was a time when forbearance would be cowardice, and submission crime.—( Hear, and cheers.) The present was the only time to relieve distress, and he be. lieved it would be efficacious as long as they went on with pas sive resistance.--( Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel, and those con nected with him, knew that the dauntless spirit that pervaded their ScOttish neighbours still existed, and they knew that the blood which flowed in the veins of their ancestors still ran through the veins of some of their descendants.—( Cheers.) if they took the course now proposed they might depend upon it they would no longer, having a starving population. '1 hey might depend upon it nothing else, would do any good. He did not ask the poor wretches in the street to act for them selves ; they had told them to keep easy, and •he trusted they would exercise their trust as honest men.—(Cheers.) This being the time for action, it was scarcely necessary for him to attempt to show the justice of the course he had adopted ; they all felt that it was just, they all knew the . destitution which their, felloW-countrymen were suffering. There was one cir cumstance to which he (Mr. Thompson) would allude, which he thought had not been sufficiently referred to at this meet ing. They knew how much the landed interest' told them that they (the land interest) bad a right to pro tection, because they were taxed. They theoretically held their land from the Crown, who reserved privileges to itself in the shape of rent charges. Some land was held by a military tenure, and ethers by different tenures requiring particular services, all as much rent charges, however, as if they paid' a certain sum per annum. At the Restoration of Charles 11. they had wit enough to get rid of these rent charges, and place them on the taxes ; let there be an end then of their talk about paying taxes, they have got off rent-free.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Thompson) should not have presumed to have addressed them to-day, had it not been that he came there as the representa tive of 4,000 starving weavers—as the representative of 4,000 people out of a population of 12,000 who were perishing for want of food. They had bid him ask how it was that 4,000 persons with energy, activity, and intelligence, and the will to labour, were perishing for want in the streets; and they had instructed him to say, in reply, that it was because they could produce everything but food for themselves; that they could not do because they had not the machinery; nor could they exchange other prodose with foreigners for food, because they were not allowed ; alt they could now do was to trust that this meeting would save them from starvation. In conclusion, he was sore he need not say that he agreed with the resolution for preventing starvation. . The motion was then put from the Chair, and was carried - unanimously, amidst mosi vociferous cheering. The CHAiRMAN then announced that the Rev. J. W. Alas 3ie, of Manchester, would now move the Memorial to the Queen. 1 The Rev. J. W. 'lllAssrE, then came forward amidst loud cheers. He said that he rose in furtherance of a resolution passed yesterday, that this Conference should present a MemOriel to her Majesty, suitable to their opinion of the present times. —(Cheers.) There might he some difficulty in their way, or they might anticipate some, as to access to her Majesty on this occasion. lie had had the pleasure some time ago of attending a Conference of Ministers and religious men in Caernarvon, which had been convened from North Wales, to join in pre 3enting an address to her Majesty, suited to that time. The address agreed to was loyal; it was affectionate ; it breathed . the spirit of ardour, freedom, and love to the Queen, whom they loved to call their Queen, and towards the young born heir of the Throne, whom they pronounced their Prince. —(Hear, and cheers.) This memorial, duly signed, was duly f,rwarded, yet from that day to this, the Welsh rubjecfs of her Majesty had heard nought of that memorial.—(Cheers.) lie would then put his friends on their guard as to the pre sentation of this memorial.' If he should have a voice in the matter it should go through no Home-office—it should go through no Secretary of State.—(Cheers.) He did not know, but he ought to say that it should go through no member of the aristocracy_-( Great - cheering)—yet he feared her Majesty 'was too far off fromthe Delegates of ' that Cogerence, for them to convey the expressions of their' feelings and' opinions to her own royal ear—to her own tender bosom.—(Loud cheers.) It would then remain for the Executive Comniittee to consider whether the memorial should he entrusted to a Peer of the realm, or whether it should be conveyed by a deputation of their number, or by the whole of the members of the Conference. They should proceed by an express train to Brighton—(Loud cheers)—in order that 'they might secure the presentation of their memorial, and bring forth 'from the royal lips of -that beloved woman—` (Cheers) —the expression of her own mother's" heart, and her Queenly affection for the people over whom she reigns, and whom she wishes to be happy.-4 Loud cheering, and waving of hats.) He would leave that now, however, to the Executive. There was one point of extreme importance which he shubld now urge upon the meeting—it was that of time.—( Cheers. ) Were the Members of those Houses of Legislature to be found busied in taking up certain children and certain widows, sick, pale, and emaciated, from - the streets of London, and forming purses for themselves of the skins of those people, how would the indignant cry of multitudes be fiercely rai , ed . against them, which should appal them in their guilty career? Were not they murdering mow ?—(Hear, hear.) There was a gentleman on that platform, who had received a cominuniCa lion from i 'friend of his, in the district in which he resided. . After stating the condition of the working classes in the dis trict, the communication mentioned that there was a large number of persons there who fed on one meal in forty-eight hours.—( Hear, hear.) ThXt fact hail been tested by the most scrupulous investigation. .He 'knew that deaths were occurring almost every day from famine, or the results ,if emaciation anddestitution; He knew that an honest man- -- a man once lionest at- •least, had been driven to' the highway, had arrested- the passer-by, had' demanded his money, had been content with silver when he was offered goM ; and the little supply that silver procured for hint was too much—the man sheathe following morning; the victim of want and destitution But that was only - one out of a thousand cases. Let the 17,000 inhabitants of -Paisley he deserted by the hand of charity —let them •be stoglected, . not by the• Duke of Wellington— ( Groans)—for' he would not bear their cries—(Hear, hear) — he would nut subscribe one fraction for their relief;' he would ......_.... _____ _ not hear the prayer of their representatives—he was not, forsooth, one of , • her • •Maiesty's - present advisers—( Hear, hear)—but • let the -- - sutfer.ng operatives of Paisley be deserted, - not by the . Duke -of Wellington—not by thb land lords, but let them be deserted by the lords of cotttin and the lords of trade, who contributed • to their subsistence - and then these 17,000 human — beings must either die or ['fonder the country. It was mit - merely •in refereoee to the destitution of the people that they should say no time was to he lost. There were 'many -ministers..ot religion in • that great metro polis, zealeirs, though not too -zealous, for the advancement of Alis , ...ionary Societies; • for maintaining Bible Institutions, for the liindol of knowledge — through Tract - Societies=—there were men who s!orel fm ward to ilea& t became of the Negro and the Hindon, expres7ing a hope • that•rude' barbarians should. know that t4i itie and glorious conquest once ob tained 'upon Calvary. These men this plead 'd in order that their - friends in other parts of the country might contribute to those MiArma.ry Societies. . Ile would tell them—and he wished they might hear it—it was a truth, which he pronounced from that place most solemnly— he would tell them, that.not alone was it probable that they would fall short this year of their revenue, but there were many O n _ flemen in that, room who had told him that they would give 51)1. less that year than' they had contributed in former sears to those societies. He loved the cause of religion— he loved his brethren of the ministry—but he wished they h a d come forward mere zealously in that cause. He did not mean to say that there were not many distinguished exceptions. He knew that th ere were' among the clergy men of the brightest genius, of the noblest intellect, who were known for their. most elaborate and successful researches into ancient history—men who had shown the warmth of their hearts, the eloquence of their pens, and the strength of their intellect, in the 'advocacy of their cause. - He honoured the Smiths, the Coxes, the - *raughans, and ethers of that stamp. But one swallow did not make a summer. They should have soiery messenger of the pulpit engaged in behalf of the poor, whom the Redeemer first taught, and then fed, and then reli gion would be most sure to prosper.—(Loud cries of .: t lear, hear.") The Reverend Gentlemen then concluded b y m „„::?ir.the adoption of the following memorial:— mOORIAL TO THE QUEEN. humbly Showetb,—ltb.: !oar memorialists have been deputed by Christian Congregations and Assoc4..gtions of their countrymen, who are suffering under the operation of the t......7r1 and Provision-laws; and, therefore, seek their abolition. Many of theni hpve already attended Confererices and Conventions in other parts of theentintry —in Scotland, England, and Wales. Their constituents are loyal affectionate, and suffering subjects of your Majesty, and aro CoMident of the benevolent sympathy of their Queen, and her desire sep every evil Irotn which they suffer redressed. They devoutly rejoicg in the blessings which a gracious Providence has bestowed upon your Majesty as a Queen and a soother, and fervently pray tbal the Divine favour may rest upon your Royal Household and Family. Your Majesty has already proclaimed your sympathy with the suffering millions of your people, whose exemplary patience in the midst of aggravated privations, has been acknowledged by your Majesty's Ministers. It is therefore with loyal and respectful con tinence, your Memorialists approach the throne of their Sovereign, which they earnestly supplicate God to preserve inviolate arid Immured. They would now assure your Majestythat they are wholly and grievously dissatisfied with the measure proposed by your Majesty's present advisers to the country for a modification of the laws which obstru ct the imvOrtation of food for the people, which are so fear. fully calculated to impose restrictions on trade, and set limits to the industry and mechanical enterprise of your labouring people. ,Such a measure is viewed by your Memorialifts as injUrious go rthe interests of the country, the peace of the nation, and the ho nour of the Government; and your Memorialists would express theii alarm at the consequences likely to arise from the sutfaings now endured by the people, and to avow their utter want of con fidence in your Majesty's present Ministps, or in any Ministers who wit loot propose to Parliament a measure for the total and im mediate abolition of the Corn and .Provision-laws. And your Memorialists shall ever pray. . . This was the memorial, subject to their own approval. He would not detain them for a single moment, by any observations far ther than a single one, and that one in reference to the ex emplary patience of the suffering people. Her Majesty was made to say- this in her Majesty's most gracious speech from the Throne; and he had heard the words repeated by one of her Majesty's advisers in the House of Parliament. What did they mean by such an expression ? They meant, if their patience dial been exemplary, that it might have been other wise; that the people, if they had broken out into rebellion, and had attacked the buildings of the rich and the for tresses of the Treasury, would only have done that which might hale been expected in a state of such grievous suffering. Such seems to be implied in the ex pression " exemplary patience." They were astonishes at the patience of the people —so was he.—( Cheers.) He had read the page of history, and had looked at the bloody scenes that occurred at the close of the last century upon the soil o France. He saw that at that time the first cry of the people was, " Give us bread, and none of your gabble !" They were led by forms in woman's guise, but of masculine energy, and called out in the Court of the Tuile ries for immediate sod, for that they were dying, and would not endure it—(Loud cheers.) This, then, was what they might have anticipated, but for the in telligence of the people, and but for the moderation of those who in some measure had an influence in controlling the popular opinion., But for the conduct of those who had been agitating this great question of the abolition of the Corn-laws, he wondered what the country would have done. What would they have done had there been no Anti-Corn-law League ? What could the people have done had there been no Conference of Ministers, no Convention of Trades, no agitation, in order to reach the ears of the soulless, the heartless, the brutal party— ( Tremendous cheering )—who were now in power? They loved the Queen, and had confidence in her kindness, and had a determination to stand by her—(Cheers)—to raise a rampart round her throne more irresistible than the bayonets of the soldiery or the guns of her artillery. It was their reso lution to come between her and the men who had enslaved her --( Immense cheering)—to emancipate her from her fetters, and to let her Royal mind go free, that he proposed this Memorial. The Rev. J. HINTON, of London, cordially seconded the motion for adopting the Memorial. If he were not compas sionate, he should wish that he was eloquent ; he would to eloquent for the sake of the cause—he should be compassionate for the sake of the,auditory. He had, he hoped, caught a little of the spirit that had animated the meeting at which it had been his privilege to attend. He had himself, in his own small sphere, acted in a manner not inconsistent with his presence here ; after the Conference of Manchester he had given a lec ture to his own congregation on the subject, and a petition from them to both Houses of Parliament would be presented, he believed,that evening. It was true that the Dissenting ministers of London were not all up and awake, and active in the cause. Petitions had been presented from three great dissenting bodies, particularly from the Baptist congregations. He wished from his heart that this activity had run through the whole body, but he confessed that it was not the best way to ensure it, to use such severity of animadversion on the whole body.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) The Dissenting ministers, as a body, comprehended many Conservatives, as well as Liberals. A Dissenting minister was not necessarily a Libera in politics; for this reason, they were divided, and like other bodies, he suspected, liked better to be led than driven. Some of the remarks that he heard that day, he confessed, had he not stood there before, would rathe have hindered him from attending there now than have drawn him. If they wished to enlist the Dissenters in the Anti-Corn-law cause, he would suggest more appeals to their understandings and their hearts, as more useful and less repelling instruments than vituperation. He observed also that congregations were often divided by political opinion as well as the Ministers, and though a minister might do all he could, still, as far as the congregation were concerned, he might find a very considerable portion of Conservative sen timent therein. Mr. BARRETT WADDEN, of Hammersmith, rose to order. He appeared there, as a Delegate, to give on the part of those who deputed him, every possible support to the objects of that meeting; those directions were given to him upon condition that those objects should be the total, immediate, and un qualified repeal of the Corn-laws ; and further, he had been instructed to take special care not to mix up with it any poli tical or religious matter whatsoever.—( Hear, hear.) He thought. the Rev. Gentleman, who was addressing the assembly was not, strictly speaking, in order, because the subject to which he was in the act of addressing himself when he (ar. Wadden) took the liberty of interrupting him might lead to some re ligious or political discussion.--( Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. Hisizox had said all he intended to say upon the subject, and assured the meeting that nothing could be more remote from his wishes than to say anything cal culated to provoke an useless discussion.—(Applause.) He was just about to conclude by making a public declaration in presence of that meeting that he, as a minister of religion, as a Baptist minister residing,in this metropolis, had in at tending there fully and entirely pledged himself to the objects of the assembly.--(Loud cheers.) By appearing on that plat form he gave those objects his most cordial assent, and he had not the slightest objection that his name should go forward as a supporter of them• wherever the wings of the press might send it. The Rev. Gen tleman concluded amidst considerable applause. Mr. M'Leon, of tambetti, came forward in support of the resolution. He thought the time had at last arrived when it because the duty of every- man, whatever his position might be, to speak out plainly and intelligibly. The pre sent advisers of the Crown had the impudence to state the other night in the House of Commons, that the utmost dis trees existed throughout the country ; and that, notwithstand ing, no relief should be given to. the people ; therefore it was manifest the Ministry had no intention or desire to satisfy the wants of the country. If they meant to preserve the institutions of England, or that loyalty to the Crown for which this country was at all times pre-eminently celebrated, the Ministry must attend to the people's. want , . (Cheers.) At the same time the people should assemble peace ably and constitutionally throughout the country, and adopt that course quietly, which would sweep them from their present position. —(Loud cheers. ) The misery throughout the country was harrassin., such as the people could no longer endure . —( Cheers .) 'The cat was now tint of the bag. The Quack Doctor had an nounced his intention, not only to put the people upon low diet, but to starve them entirely.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") The people of England would not submit to that. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. M•Leod concluded by ex pressing his great satisfaction at supporting a resolution which had for its object the dismissal of the present Ministers, whom he designated a set f vagabonds Mr. O'CoNNott,ia iSeputy from Christ Church, Maryle bone, and a native at heland, requested of the Chairman to be heard, on what seemed to him n an omission in the memorial which had been read. He was sorry, that there were not deputies from Ireland, ,but be yet thought it was an omission that the Memorial should be represented as coming from a meeting of the deputies of England, Scotland, and Wales, and not as corning from those of Great Britain and Ire land.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He was surprised that such a resolution should emanate from the eloquent, able, and useful minister who drew it up, or at least who had a great share in drawing it up. The omission of Ireland might lead to the supposition that it was against the object of the meeting, which he denied most emphatically.--(Hear.) Ireland was with them to a man.—( Cheers. ) There wai another consideration. The struggle might take plaee, and Ireland would not be the l as t t. to join them, bu she would be the first in the' fight. -( Hear, hear, arid cheers.) For he remembered that the people of Ireland forced Sir Robert Peel, and the conqueror of Waterloo, to concede Emancipation—(Cheers)—and that they did so by simultaneous meetings, such as Mr. O'Connell sug gested to the Meeting yesterday. He should propose as an amendment " that the Memorial should be proposed as emanat ing from the' Anti-Corn-law Repeaters of Great Britain and Ireland."—(Loud cheers.) The CRAIRAN said it was impossible for the me e ti ng t o meet the M ideas of the, gentleman who spoke last, because the Memorial originated with the different Deputies of England, Scotland, and Wales, assembled at the Conference.—( Hear. ) The Memorial was then put from the Chair, and carried unanilnously. _ A DEPUTY asked Who were to accompany it. The Rev. Mr. MA sstx said that he was asked by a number of persons whether they could accompany the Memorial to Brighton, and he thought it would be well that all persons who wished it should be allowed to go with it. The CHAIRMAN su3gested that it would be well for the Exe cutive Cotn'mittee to take the subject into their consideration, and bring the result before the meeting to-night, or to-morrow at eleven o'clock. The Rev. Mr.' MAsssY said, that as several persons were mpatient, it would be well to bring the opinion of the Com ruittee before the meeting to-night. The Rev. G. W. Runway said it would be better to take the opinion of the meeting first. The CHAIR.IIAN thought the better course would he for the Committee to decide first upon what measures they should submit to the meeting for its apirobation. Mr. BARRETT WADDEN said he was apprehensive that one false step now might do them irretrievable injury.—( Hear, hear.) Let them not injure their cause by failing to profit by the knowledge acquired from experience and prudence, and if they kept within that circle there was no fear of going astray. There were ways in which a memorial might be, presanted to he Queen according to the Constitution of the country, which her Majesty was bound to obey as implicitly as any one in the room—the first was through the officer at the Home-office, whose hands he hoped in God the Memorial would never touch—(" Hear, hear," and loud cheering)—and the other through the medium of a Peer of the Realm, whose prerogative entitled him to demand an interview with the Sovereign at any time. Anything beyond that. must emanate trom the courtesy of the Sovereign herself, anti therefore they, as ra tional men, were bound to ascertain how far that courtesy would be granted to them.—( Hear, hear.) If that cour tesy were granted to them, either at Brighton, or, as an Irishman would say, "at Gingledee Conch," who :,:rotmliomirfgi he should be ready at a moment's warning to go. But when he heard, through'the medium of the ' Press, that her Majesty, intended taking leave of Windsor on the lath of ct i s em t r b y gl e( t ) o roundt oremoveßuckingham the her from o use ott t this a i e s t cc aaries o t month, trick Commons, h a s e nd paole g li odi o pt i l n he e g , was itigighthhett:Ahnale,sinl:his impression was that Palace to disturb the Royal ear. He was certain that such was the motive for the early removal, and there fore, if his advice were to be t a k en, he should sa , they had a Fitzwilliam, and a Radnor, a n d a Sutherland , .Lid he was prepared to show that they had a Sussex ( Here th e whole s assembly rose, and continued chee • rin g and waving their hats for a Considerable time)—and therefore - his (Mr. • Wad den's) suggestion would be this—that the gentlemen who had led them thus far so well . should open a commun i eatio : either personally or by letter with these noblemen, and as many more as possible; to know whether they would take charge of and read to her Majesty their memorial, and tell her that dele gates from all parts.of England, Scotland, and Wales --and would to God he could add his own country, Ireland—had as sembled, and that amongst them were 116 'ministers of re ligious congregations. He would ask was there ever such a Delegation assembled in London before. lle was delighted to find the impetuosity of the people curbed by t becalm judgment and sound discretion of the Ministers of religion. tie would therefore recommend that those noblemen be respectfully requested to lay before her Majesty the state of th e p u blic and s 1 national destitution now prevailing , with a view that would be eleaeieusly pleased to receive the Deputation, to which he enter tained no doubt she would consent, if in accordance with the Constitutiop. Bet he intreated the meeting not to con:ent to the Deputation going down to Brighton , and hearing the distressing and mortifying intelligence, that they could not have an interview with her Majesty, as under such circumstances a painful chasm would be opened between her and the Deputies. , They intended i n the first instance to ascertain the Queen's pleasure, and then if she consented to receive the Deputation, to decide what number of Delegates shouldproceed toßrighton with the memorial. Mr. S. Slltli t said he feared the Deputation could not proceed to her Majesty, as it had no Constitutional exist ence ; those bodies which had, were received only on days of levee, regularly announced in the Gazette, as when the Corpration of the City of London went to present an address. Ministers of the Three Denominations had, by a prescription of 150 years, also a right of being pre- sent at - levees. But he had the authority of several Peers for stating that no such body as the p resent cou ld pr o cee d i n a body, or by deputation, to her - Majesty. He believed the only course open to them was, to present their address through the Secretary of State, or through the hands of a Peer. Mr. BOULTBEE moved, as an amendment, that the Executive Committee should be requested to 'recommend such a mode of pre senting the memorial as they should consider most desirable, such suggestion to be laid before the general meeting of the Conference that evening, to be open to such remarki as:any Deputy should feel himself called upon to make. lie was the more particular upon this point, as the Rev. Gentleman, who brought forward the me morial, had distinctly stated, that it was open to discussion; in pursuance of which suggestion, he (Mr. B.) had given the following note to the Chairman, and he (Mr. B.) was rather mortified at not being called upon to snake a remark : "Mr. Boultbee wishes to suggest to the gentlemen who have drawn up tl:e memorial, the addition of a very few words." The amendment was then agreed to. The CHAIIIMAN then announced the course that was intended to be pursued in the evening sitting, and the Conference adjourned at 4 to 6 o'clock. systern of averages. There were mighty interests opposed to them, but the people of England before defeated Charles the First, and they beat the aristocracy in 1832, and would do so again—(Cheers) —and nothing less than their total abolition would satisfy them. They would turn out Peel, and they would turn out Lord John Russell, if he did not satisfy them.— (Cheers ) He begged to return thanks for himself, and the operatives who sent him, for the patience with which he was heard. Mr. TAYLOR, jun , from the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association said, he was sent by those whom he represented to witness the consultations of his elders and betters. They thought it might be a good exercise for the rising mind to come there to refute the arguments or statements of the Prime Minister.—( Hear, hear.) It was said his arguments were only fit for the nursery, and they deserved to be met only by the piping treble of infantile scorn —( Hear.) It was a melancholy thing for the character of England end English men to see a man like Peel at the head of the Government, supporting the Corn-laws with such arguments as those adopted by him, and to see a man of his talents, made the tool of monopolists. It would be less disgusting to a man °Heeling, if the support of these laws were for his own interests, but to see him turn round, and with such arguments as he used, endeavour to crush the power which had raised him to his present pitch of greatness, was, indeed; likely to bring shame and degradation to the mind of every Englishman. The young men of London, and he entertained no doubt but the young men of every other town in England, conceived that they had even a greater interest in the repeal of those laws than their fathers, because they had a longer life before them; and their fathers had lived in the days before the declension of English commerce and English prosperity, and when they were able to make a competence for the future. It nsed to be said, some years ago, that when a slave touched the shores of England he became a freeman, but such could no longer be said now. It was not in the power of the aristocracy to prevent them getting a repeal of the Corn-laws ; that had been crushed before, but much might be attributed to the apathy amongst the middle classes. It arose from a want of a cordial union. The middle classes had not, in many instances, done their duty as they should, and much of the distrust which arose amongst the working-men arose from this fact. He did not mean to say that the Chartists had acted wisely in the course they had taken—the principle of the Reform Bill was that no man should be taxed without his own consent, through his re presentatives ; but the working-classes had gained no advan tage by this, and thus it was little wonder that they threw them•. Selves into the arms of those who tried to ensnare them. He having been a lecturer, and having attended many a meeting, could bear testimony to the willingness of the working classes generally, and even of the Chartists, to be on good terms with the middle classes. A better feeling was fast growing amongst them, and from this union of intelligence and strength he had the best hopes of success.—( Cheers. ) The Reverend Mr. MORGAN, Baptist Minister from Stour bridge, said that it had been his pleasin g duty, Sunday after Sunday, to pray that God might be pl eas ed to give employ ment to the poor, and to remunerate them for their labour; but he felt that to offer such prayers and not to help to carry them out by exertions, was to serve God with the lip, but to withhold the requisite act. Let no one, then, minister or par tizan, say that he, a clergyman, had . no right to take part in seeking for a repeal of the Corn-laws, if that could be called politics.—(Cheers.) He was sorry to say that distress was spreading on every side. On Monday evening a friend told him that a few years since there were in Worcester 147 master glovers; now there were about 30.—( Hear, hear.) One of the working glovers had not earned ss. during the last three months ; and this case was a specimen of too many others. He (Mr. M.) himself knew an artizan who, some years ago, earned 245. a week ; his wages were gradually reduced until the year 1841, when he got but two day's work in the week at the rate of 20s. During three or four months he had nothing to do. In the midst of his misery his wife lay in, and soon died of want, amidst the wailings of her famishing chil dren. Now, was not this murder in detail?—( Hear, hear. ) But the whole land resounded with cries of woe. lie (Mr. M. ) was glad to say that all the Baptist ministers heartily joined in the present agitation. The Rev. Thomas Swan, who presided over the largest communicating denominations in the mining districts, was their most zealous co-operator. They had a spirited meeting at Stourbridge a few days since. The cry was, " No surrender ; and a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws." He hoped this feeling was now becoming ge neral.—(Cheers ) Mr. J. H. LEWIS, of Stroud, had a tale of woe to tell from a district of 40,000 inhabitants, which was once called the golden valley, but was now the valley of de solation. The determination of his constituents as re garded the repeal of the Corn-laws, was no surrender, no compromise. They would have nothing less than a total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws.—( Cheers.) It was a gratifi cation to him, their Delegate, to find that the Conference was now of the same determination.—(Hear and cheers.) He would relate an occurrence of a recent date. He resided in Stroud, arkd last week a person who had at one time worked fel. him, and who, when trade was good, earned 3/. or 4/. a week. He came to him and said, " Give me something to buy food, or I shall perish. This is the second day on which I have not broken my fast." Now that was not a solitary instance, as there were thousands of such instances in the place in which he resided. He would not trouble the meeting further, but would conclude with a few lines, which he thought most ap• plicable to the present subject:-.- "Oh for a lay, loud - as the surge That lashes Lapland's sounding shore !" Oh for a voice of storm, to rouse the people from their trance, Ere independence be no more; Ere England sinks beneath the Tory glance ! Ye torpid powers ! a boding fear pervades my melan choly soul, And whispers, in the muse's song, Your energies have slept too long. Oh, yet, if it be not too late, Arouse, and try to avert sour fate. Strain every nerve, swell every vein, To rend the intolerable chain , Let union guide, let union bind, Your hearts, your councils, and your mind. 'Tis only thus ye now can hope, With England's deadly foes to cope, And happily, yet, you may prevail ; But, e'en should every effort fail, Your glorious struggle in so good a cause Will win immortal glory and applause. The demons that oppress our isle, And their dark legions of dismay May for a season tyrannize, While England shudders at their sway. But, like the sun enthroned on high Beyond the fierce destroyer's course, Britannia's guardian, Liberty, Mocks their vain rage—defies their baffled force. Her patriot sons shall brave this gale— Brave the tremendous breakers' roar— Turn our remorseless tyrants pale Upon old Albion's sea-girt shore !--(Loud cheers.) Mr. ORIEL, of Devizes, felt that he had a duty to discharge in laying before the meeting the wretched condition of the poor in the parts in which he resided. He did not think that agri cultural distress had been full re p resen t e d a t the meeting. He believed that the miseries in the agricultural districts far sur passed those in the manufacturing. He had travelled into one hundred villages in Wiltshire, and the distress pre veiling there was most alarming.—( Loud cries of " Shame.") There was a time when poor labourers were enabled to keep for their own use a pig. That blessed state of things was al tered now ; it they got a pig at all now, it scarcely could be called for their own use ; at any rate, it was not for their sus tenance ; their pigs were given to pay rent and rates, and not even the offal. was left for the family.—( Cheers.) He had been into houses where the inmates had subsisted for a long time on barley bread and potatoes without tasting other food. On this they live from week to week, and from month to month, whilst there may be seen, perchance, the farmers' ditches of bacon hanging up in corners of the wretched cabin for the purpose of being dried. Mr. Oriel then proceeded to read statements which he had gathered from several families of the labouring class in the neighbourhood of Devizes. These accounts presented pictures of the most harrowing distress ; in most of the cases referred to the cabins or huts of the inhabi tants contained only one room, where the families, consisting in the instances quoted, of seven, eight, and nine children, lived and slept. The average wages received for the support of a whole family slid not exceed 95., being about Is. per week per individual. As before stated, their food consisted of nothing but barley bread and potatoes; and the head of one family de clared that he had,not tasted meat, cheese, or butter for three quarters of a year.—( This recital of misery appeared to excite feelings of great sym; athy in the breasts of the auditory.)— No condition could be more unhappy than that of the agri cultural labourers who toiled in humble obedience, but who never touched those goods of nature which their labours con tributed to raise. The condition of that class was deserving of the utmost sympathy. They were well aware how abject was their state ; but they did nst dare to give expression to their real feelings, so complete was their dependence on their aris tocratic masters.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN Towne, of Oxford, next addressed the meeting. 'the district from which lie came was purely agricultural. He believed that the picture of the condition of the agricultural labourer was riot over-drawn by the gentleman who had pre ceded him. '1 he farmers' labourers in his district received, in general, but seven shillings a week, which left them but one shilling a day to support a family consisting frequently of seven persons. He remembered, that when he was a young man, farmers' servants received ten shillings a week and ten pounds a year. A young man in the same situation now re ceived but three shillings arid sixpence a week. He hail, in travelling to London, questioned one of the class, from whom lie had received that information, and who told him, on further inquiry, that his breakfast was bread and lard, his dinner was bread and lard, and his supper was bread and lard. Such was the condition to which the Corn-laws reduced the agricultural population. —( Hear, hear.) Ile had struggled himself to retain the land of his forefathers—his paternal pro perty—but he was not able to effect it. HO had been a tenant to the Earl of Manvers, and with all his endeavours he could not keep his family together.—(Hear, hear.) The farms, which were occupied by four or live persons formerly, were now in the hatids of one, and of course fewer labourers were employed. Mr. Ainsworth and others were now in the pos session of those farms. But lie was glad that at length per sons of influence were coining forward to relieve them front the operation of those causes which had produced ruin to the farmers.—( Hear, hear.) He had been present in the morn ing when an allusion had been made to the scene by which the Corn-law had been introduced, and he was a little boy when one of the persons who had been shot fell at his feet; and ho knew that six balls of cartridge had been served to the troops on the occasion, hut he hoped to sec England freed from her oligarchy and her bad laws.—( Cheer s. ) In Oxford, when they first started the Corn-law agitation, they were laughed at, but at length they became so strong as to be enabled to send a deputation to wait upon Mr. Langston, re questing him to stand for Oxford, and they were able to place him at the head of the poll, 11,000 plumpers having been voted fur him. The Rev. Mr. WILLIAms, of Carnarvon, said he brought with him forty-one congregational, and thirty-seven general, petitions, from the mountains of Wales, having 21,470 signa tures attached to them. They were entrusted to him for pre sentation to her Majesty. lie should read to the meeting a petition which had been adopted at a general meeting of minis ters Lead at Carnarvon:— TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, being Christian ministers of various denominations, repre ___ senting numerous congregations, and enjoying the sympathy and cordial concurrence of many absent ministerial brethren resident in agricultural as well as the mining districts in North Wales,—have assembled in Carnarvon, during the first and second days of Decem- her, 1941, to communicate our experience and convictions relative to the operation of the laws, which by restricting the amount, and increasing the price of food, providentially available for the inha bitants of this land, repress the resources of the country, and afflict the labouring people ; and are desirous to approach the throne and address to the ear of our beloved Sovereign an expression of our sympathies in relation to the deeply interesting position in which a merciful Providence has placed your Majesty, as a Mother and a Queen ; and also to declare our sentiments in reference to the laws which so widely affect the happiness of our fellow subjects.; The depression of trade, and the consequent poverty and suffer ing of our people, prevent them and us from mingling in festive celebrations on the occasion in which the God of all mercies, in in finite goodness, has preserved the life of your Majesty, and be. stowed on your Majesty and your people a Prince destined, we hope, after many years, to become the ruler of these realms. Yet we trust our evpressions of congratulation will not be deemed less loyal and affectionate, while thus assembled to address your Majesty, we hail the birth of your Royal Son, as heir of our native British Kings, for whom are reserved the highest Sovereign honours be longing to this ancient Principality, and descending by long here ditery succession from the Second Edward, born in the castle whose venerable walls surround us May the Prince now born be long preserved, and made wise for the Government of his people, and be the source of continued comfort t his Royal and Illustrious Parents. In the midst of our warm and grateful feelings, excited by this auspicious event, and whilst cherishiog the most affec tonate veneration for the person and dynasty, and an ardent attachment to the Throne, of your Majesty, we are solemnly conscious that we are met to discharge an onerous and grievous duty in laying before your Majesty our impressions and convic tions as to the character and operation of the Corn-laws. We are surrounded by, and, in the discharge of our avocations, come into daily contact, with multitudes who depend on their industry for their holiest maintenance; we witness their struggles- and sympathise with them in their sorrows and privations. But though language be inadequate to describe the scenes of heart rending, wide spread, and ever deepening distress with which our duty makes us painfully familiar, we are constrained to attempt to convey to your gracious Majesty intelligence of the fact that thou sands of your loyal and industrious subjects are in destitution, to a very great extent, of the common necessaries of life ; and, besides the prevalence of levers and other diseases, suffer many of the consequences of famine in a land of plenty. We venture respect fully, but confidently, to trace these miseries to inadequate employ. ment and low rates of wages, which are not merely incidental to fluctuations in trade but are the legitimate and necessary effects of laws, which produce artificial scarcity and enhance the price of bread, and, preventing the increase of labour and commerce, lessen the remuneration of industry. We have but too well accredited testimony regarding other parts of your Majesty's empire to remain in doubt whether others suffer as do our flocks and neighbours in the Principality. We read of tens of thousands of skilful and willing craftsmen who sub sist on the scanty pittance of public charity, and the seasonable ef forts and contributions of humane individuals—a kind of monetary maintenanee calculated to impoverish the donors, and debase the feelings and character of the recipients, without any permanent be nefit to the community. In full reliance on the sympathy and parental solicitude uni formly evinced by your Majesty towards those who suffer, and for the happiness of your people, and encouraged by your Queenly de termination to "rule in righteousness," we humbly, yet earnestly, entreat that the constitutional prerogatives vested in you, as our Chief Magistrate, may be so exerted, as to your wisdom may seem fit, in order that, at the earliest opportunity, the legal restrictions on the sale of articles of food may be expunged from the statutes of your realm, and a free commerce with all the nations in the bounties of a universal providence be established for your people. The Rev. W. STOKES said, the district which he represented in the Conference contained about 20,000 inhabitants, who were chiefly engaged in the same trade, and were the last who would be likely to feel the bad effects of the Corn-laws ; yet misery was exhibiti ng it se lf i n th e most appall i ng shapes. In his parish the size of their workhouse had been doubled within four years, yet they were obliged to put the paupers three in a bed. Poors'-rates had been doubled ; they had now four double rates a year ; the guardians of the poor did not know what to do with them, where to put them, nor how to employ them. Yet these were men of iron —honest, skilful, and patriotie—perfectly opposed to the lurking character of Sir Robert Peel. They had selected him (Mr. Stokes) as their Delegate, and warned him against a compromise. We must, said they, have a total surrender, or we are ruined.—( Cheers. ) Last week 36 artisans took their passage to America ; hun dreds were prepared to follow them, and 50 men were engaged to go and establish a hollow-ware factory in Spain. In fact, now foreign countries wanted not our goods, but our men. The West Bromwich Guardians had atlength agreed to a me morial to Ministers, stating that pauperism had been increasing from want of employment—that, therefore, they besought her Majesty's Ministers to devise some means of supporting or em ploying the poor. Now, if every Board were to adopt this course, Ministers would be soon brought to their senses. He hoped the consequence of the afflictions of the poor would not fall upon their successors; but really he often wished to go to some far-famed laud where there was no slavery ; for while the people were so situated, we could not be said to enjoy liberty. He hoped the facts adduced by the Conference, and their friends elsewhere, would have the effect of awaking the attention of our rulers in time ; if they did not, he dreaded the, contempla tion of what might follow.—(Cheers. ) Mr. JOSEPH BAYLEY, of Ilkeston, Derby, then came for ward. He said the Society which sent him to this Conlerence, though of very short duration, was one of the most spirited in connexion with the Anti-Corn-law Repealers ; that Society had sent three Delegates to this Conference, and he had brought with him seven petitions, signed by 4,000 inhabitants, out of an entire population of 5,656. Mr. Bayley then nar rated some harrowing details of the destitution and misery which existed amongst the labouring classes in the neighbour hood whence he was a Delegate. He thought the time had come now, however, when, in the immortal Nelson's words, " Every Englishman should do his duty." He trusted they would go on and agitate.—( Hear.) He would say one word on the subject of the Land-tax. Last Session Sir Robert Peel stated that the Land-tax in England far exceeded that paid in other nations. Now what where the facts ? It appeared from the Government returns that the direct opposite was the fact. In Prussia the revenue was 8,261,0001. and the land-tax paid of that 3,994,0001. The Austrian revenue was 16,400,000.1., and of this the :Land-tax paid more than half. The French revenue was 40,150,000/., of which the Land-tax was 23,186,000/. What was now the comparison between the revenue and the Land-tax in Great Britain ?It was a fact that the revenue of Great Britain amounted to 52,226,9591., to wards which the Land-tax contributed only 1,531,938/. —(Hear, hear.) This statement was a true one, but it did not tally very well with that made by the Premier last Ses sion; he could not be contradicted then, but the people being better informed now, such a statement as that would not again obtain their credence.—(Loud cheers.) He was a lace manu facturer, and he could assure those present, the foreigners were not only supplying foreign markets with that article, but they were supplanting them at home. For bim• self, he was laying up stock, in order to employ his men, because the foreigner could bring articles to . this county 20 per cent, cheaper than he could sell it. He trusted that all clergyman would enlist themselves against such sinister monopolies as had been brought before the meeting. The Rev. T. DAvis was sure that something must be done and that shortly, or he would not state what would be the con dition of the country. If the Corn-law was nut abolished, he dreaded the consequences. The Rev. Mr. MITCHELL, from Ayrshire, entered into a statement of the distress prevailing in the district which he re presented. Labourers there could not earn more than six shil lings a week, and the continuance of suffering was leading to a spirit of wide-spread discontent and disaffection. A total repeal of the Corn-laws would alone put an end to the evil. The Rev. Mr. ELLIS, the representative of five manu facturing towns in Ayrshire (Scotland), said the population of these towns were principally hand-loom weavers, ave raging about ss. 6d. a week, the highest being 10s., but very few at this ; numboss could not earn more than 4s. In 1836, girls earned 9s. a week at fancy sewing, now they did not average more than 3s. 6d. A man that formerly got Is. 4d. an ell, now got but 2d. an ell. This was a specimen of the general depression of the place. They were not quite so badly off as Paisley, but they could not endure their privations much longer. He would tell the Government that they were standing on a volcano. Scotland was for a re peal of the Corn and Provision-laws :rom one end to the other. His constituents were especially in favour of free trade.— (Cheers.) He trusted all England would share in the feeling of all Scotland.—( Cheers. ) The Rev. Mr. LINDSAY, of Kilmarnock, said his town was one of the most prosperous in Scotland. Its staple was the carpet, shoe, bonnet, and shawl trade, but now it was in a most miserable state. The people shared in the sentiments ex pressed by the last Reverend speaker- O'Connell told them yesterday that Ireland would do its duty. If England, then, would du its duty, he (Mr. L.) would assure them that Scot land would do her duty.—( Cheers.) The Conference then adjourned at Half-past Ten until Elevo o'Clock this day. Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Feb. 11, 1842. We, the undersigned, being the Delegates of the Ilkeston Anti-Corn-law Association, are desirous of adding our mite of information to the treasure accumulated at the present .Confe renee held in the Metropolis. The population of our town is bi,600, who are chiefly of the working classes, employed either in hosiery or lace, or as colliers. We deeply regret to state that very great distress prevails. There are at present 500 individuals who have had but 10%61. lier head per week. It is the complaint of the colliers that they have but half work, and much distress prevails in their fa m ilies. There are families of four, five, or six individuals, who have not anything like beds to lie upon, having sold them f or fo o d. In one case (which we state from personal ob servation) a man and his wife had but one pair of shoes, the person who went out wearing them, and the other working at home on the stocking-frame, without anything on the feet. The same parties had sold their bed for food, and we are cer tain that many others have done the same. One case came to our knowledge of a poor woman who had not tasted food for three days ; what she procured, she gave to her children, mother-like, and in this man ner became ill . A medical gentleman in our town declared that he could take his oath that persons have been brought to a: premature grave by the exhaustion arising from des titution and distress. A family, consisting of the pa rents and six children, were visited by the writer when it was stated that scarcely five shillings had b. , cit obtained, during the last week, for their suppoi t. Two years since the Poor-rates were about 6001., last year about 1,200/., and this year they are expected to amount to 1,7001. The farmers have to complain, that their rates are now almost equal to their re m_ We and our fr,ends cannot be satisfied with anyth ttg short of the total repeal 01 . the Corn and Provision-laws, the principal source, as we humbly conceive, of the miseries here deprecated, and which we feel it is impossible for us fully to describe. Signed, on behalf of the Association, JAMES PEGGS, Baptist Minister. DANIEL DAVIES, Independent Minister. JOSEPH BAYLEY, Lace Manufacturer. ERRATA.—In our Report of the Morning Conference, we inserted the name of Dr. Penny, instead of Dr. Pcrrey, of Reading, PEEL'S NEW SLIDING -SCALE. A requisition from the electors of the borough of Southwark has received 200 signatures, requesting the High Bailiff to call a Town Hall meeting, to petition the House of Commons not to accede to Sir R. Peel's proposal, and to address the Quern not to consent to the measure. The worthy High Bailiff has ealled the meeting for Monday next, at ten o'clock. • ME TROPOLITAN YOUNG MENS' ANTI-310N0- POLY ASSOCIATION. The Central Committee of this Association met on Thurs day evening, at the Committe Moon., Hart's Hotel, 159, Al dersgate-street, Mr. White in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. Pucx rose, and, in an animated speech, moved, " That this meeting consider the modified sliding scale, as proposed by Sir Robert Peel, to be a shallow attempt to delude the public, equally discreditable to his character as a statesman, and in sulting to a suffering nation." BOOTII seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried by acclamation. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—No sooner was Peel's New Corn -law known here, than the hopes which many sanguine minds had entertained were dashed to the ground, and \Vhig and Tory alike denounce it as most unsatisfactory. It pleases no one, but excites the opposition of all. The agitation will now go on as rife as ever ; stay, far more so ; and so far remit settlin g the question, it will strengthen the hands of the League a thousand -fold, by show log timid, moderate people, that they have nothing to expect, while they all join in the demand for complete justice. The Tories confess they are completuly disappointed. However, we shall pursue our course with thu more vigour than ever, to root out for ever the last remnant of the accursed law. Yours, &c, Mar►chester. A REPEALER. SOLDIERS' CHILDREN.—It is admitted by all writers on Military Statistics, that—comparatively speaking— but few of the children of soldiers ever reach the age of matu rity ; and those who are so fortunate, are of inferior size and stamina tr the children:of mechanics and agricultural labourers; while th , it moral character will not admit of a comparison.— Naval tad Military Gazette. Tl.e cold has been so intense at Barcelona that the wat_i• in the theatre which was to be employed in imitating a fni , ntain in a ballet, was frozen there a few nights ago during tt e performances, ADJOURNED MEETING. The Conference met again pursuant to adjournment this evening. P. A: Taylor, Esq., took the Chair at Twenty Minutes be fore Seven o'Clock. The CHAIRMAN, or taking the chair, stated that the ob ject of ;the evening meeting was to give an opportunity to gentlemen who were Delegates from different parts of the kingdom, to express their opinions from their constituents. We have also at this meeting to consider another subject, which I think of importance. He proposed, therefore, to, introduce it in the first instance. It was an applica tion from gentlemen present, Deputies from the Working Men's Conference at Manchester—(Loud cheers) — who had been deputed by the Conference to come to London, , arid to endeay.,ur to obtain an interview with Sir Robert Peel. He had thought fit to decline the interview.—(Cries of " Shame," and ",That's nothing new.") It certainly was nothing new ; it was only part and parcel of the refusal given to the Deputies on Tuesday last.--( Cheers. ) As was well remarked by some of the gentlemen that• morning, Sir Robert Peel bad occupied a portion of the last five months in sending everywhere to make inquiries • upon the operation of the Corn-laws, except from those Delegates from every part of England who were best calculated to give him the informa tion he required.—( Cheers.) His object was to pretend to get information and stifle all inquiry.—( Cheers.) He thought it was an intolerable nuisance t o sen d a ll , over the world to know how the landed aristocracy might rob the people without actual starvation.—( Cheers.) He would now proceed to the busi ness of the evening by calling on Mr. Mills, of Oldham, one of the Deputation of the Manchester Conference, to state what he had to tell them. Mr. Mats then came forward and stated that the Confer ence from which he was one of the delegates, had been called together for the purpose of receiving accounts from various parts of the country, and statements of the suffering that ex isted. All those who had read the report laid before the Con ference must have been struck with the astounding facts con tained therein.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel talked of over production, but if he had read the pamphlet which he (Mr. Mills) had taken care to enclose in the memorial sent to him, he would have discovered that if there was over-production there was but small consumption. —( Cheers.) They had come to London to get an interview with Sir Robert Peel, and lay before him the wrongs inflicted by the Corn-laws on the mass of the people.—(Cheers.) They had applied to several Mem • bers for their advice as to the best manner to proceed. Mr. Scholefield had exerted himself for them. He applied to Sir Thomas Fremantle, who had talked about the Right Hon. Baronet seeng them after Wednesday, but all this turned out but a mere false statement. Mr. Mills then read the Memorial to Sir Robert Peel, which was of considerable length, and stated in harrowing terms the distress and misery that existed in England in consequence of the Corn-laws. The following letter from Sir Robert Peel, in reply to the request for an interview from the deputation of the working classes, was then read by Mr. Mills : " Whitehall, 10th February, 1842. " Sir,--I was very sorry that it was not in my power to ac cede to the wish you expressed, in respect to an interview with the deputation from the working classes, but my time was so entirely occupied by official and Parliamentary business, that I could not find an opportunity. I have received and read with attention, the memorial which was placed in the hands of Sir Thomas Fremantle. " I am, Sir, your obedient faithful servant, (Signed) " ROBERT PEEL. " Joshua Scholefield, Esq., M.P." —(The reading of this letter was accompanied by hisses, and other demonst ra ti on s of disgust.) Mr. Mills then read a re port relating to the distress in Oldham, from the Anti-Mono polist of Jan. 20, 1842. He then continued—lt was no 'lse calling hard words, they did no good; the time had come for something else; this was the time for action.—(Cheers.) There was something which was a great deal better than show, and that was union ; and there would be such an union of the this,a timew o working i h n a g d amenrri arrived, a masters, nd th e y a w s e rhade callednever thei r he The t ttertireeasda-ntadzewxeorutlid go a onL ifs sith e) other with monopolies had prudence, gone before, but so long as they were divided, this thing could not be accomplished. The working men of Oldham knew that the bread-tax was a great monopoly, but they also knew that there was another monopoly—the monopoly of class legislation —(Cheers)—and he for one, though he should toil for the they did razes anndd same object which they all worked for, should always re member that, so long as class legislation continued, English men would be slaves.—(Cheers. ) Mr. CORBETT, from Birmingham, said he felt proud that he was a working man.---(Cheers.) There had been a great deal said, these last few years, about the distress in this great nation. He should like to know who had selected those people who brought on this distress? They could not say it was the working men.—( Cheers.) Had they participated in making the laws, they never would have been in this state.—( Cheers.) He also should recommend a,union between the roasters and • the working men. Without union, they could do nothing. The middli daises could alone effect nothing. Look at the masses who were opposed to them. They had the clergy against them, with a few honourable exceptions. Instead of the clergy being the friends of the poor, they were, generally speaking, their oppressors. They had the two Houses of Par liament against them ; the fundholders, placemen, pensioners, and landholders, all against them. The working classes, by themselves, could circa nothing; and the odds which were against them should convince every one of the necessity of being .united.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He had to express the determination of the men of Birmingham, that if the middle classes joined them heart and soul, they (the working classes) would be with them to a man.—(Load cheers.) And he might add, that unless they acted honestly by the working men, they would not have their assistance, nor ought they, indeed, under those circumstances, to expect it. —( Cheers.) What he had seen since he had been in this room, had convinced hint that England would not sink yet, if the working and the middle classes would only unite.— (Cheers.) The working men he had met at Manchester in duced him to believe, that if the middle and humbler classes were true to one another, this country need fear no eompeti tion. A good deal had been said about making sacrifices. He approved of sacrifices for the public _good. Let the people be sober; nothing contributed so much to raise a people, in a moral and political point of view, as sobriety. He was confi. dent that, with union and firmness, justice—complete justice would, ere long, be obtained. The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting that the Rev. Mr. Massie was about to communicate to them the result of the deliberations of the Executive Committee as to the best mode of presenting .the Memorial to the Queen which had been agreed to in the morning. The Rev. Mr. Massie then came forward, and said that the Executive Committee had discussed the question sub mitted.to them. It had been stated by some of the members that the only constitutional mode of presenting the Memorial was through a Peer of the Realm o r a Privy Councillor. There wasi however, a strong desire on the part of many mem hers to comply with what seemed to be the prevailing wish of the. Delegates, that they should proceed in a body and endea vour to present the Memorial themselves to her Majesty It was. necessary, however, that previous application should have been made to the official authorities for permission to take such a step ; and some time would ; of course, elapse before the answer could be received. But in the meantime, if Delegates would find it necessary, according to their previous arrange ments,•to leave London, the consequence of that would be, that a small number only of their body could be present. Now, a diminutive demonstration would tie compatatively ineffectual, and would lay the League under a sneer or a rebuff. The Committee, therefore, although with a feeling of great regret and reluctance, had determined to renounce the inten tion of recommending the Delegates to attempt to pro ceed in a body with the Memorial. They recommend that. Earls Ducie, Radnor, and Klnnaird should be respectfully requested to take the earliest opportunity of using their privi leges as Peers of the realm, to bring before her Majesty the Memorial of that Conference.—( Hear, hear.) There w ere other Noble Lords or Learned Lords whom they would have also named, were it not that those Noble persons had not out and out declared for a total anti immediate repeal ; anti then other of those Lords had rather discountenanced the Con ference of the mioistets of religion upon that subject, and ex pressed a doubt ,bother it was a moral or religious question. file Earls of Ducie, Radnor, and Kintiaird had, on the other hand, emphatically and distinctly approved of the present move- went., eetingask or ed th w e whether the AG Delegates Etimit E a c t:: d infeel the b assuredoilo t f h t a h t e m the proposal Com mittee would be effectual? lie remembered a petition ad dressed to her Majesty had been on a former occas i on en trusted to a Noble Lord for pres.entation,, but it had been for warded by him to the Secretary of State, through whom it had, been presented. What certainty was there that the same thing might not occur again ? 'The Rev. Mr. 111.4smc said that on the occasion referred to the Noble Lord had declared that, in consequence of the delicate health of her Majesty at that period, he did not wish to pre sent the petition in person ; hut that at any other time he would have gladly availed himself of h:s privilege as a Peer of the realm for such a purpose.—( Hear, hear.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by l eav i n g the resolution of the Com mittee in the hands of Cie meeting. The CHAIE.3IA ti then put the question that the recommen dation of the Executive Committee should be adopted. 'flie motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. FALVEY next came forward to ad dress the meeting. He had been dep u t e d, w ith th r ee or four oth er workin g men, to present the Memorial which it had fo rmerl y been determined should be presented to the Premier. Little did he antici pate that a refusal to listen to that Memorial would have been given by the Prime Minister of En g land—b y the man a e o r who, a' few months before, had graciously re ceived a depu tation from a certain body, becau se the y a g reed with him i n attributing the distress of the country to over- p roduc tion and machinery. These men had been graciously received ; and they, in their turn, declared that Sir When it li . e Peel ( Hear, hear.) He might have a heart, but, if he had , it was a bad .one.—( Hear, hear.) those who said they were sent from the working men , an d when they were asked to show their credentials, and had none, i w ,waited i had a t e heart.— n t.— by he allowed he was imposed on, and said he was very sorry in deed —(Hear, hear.) And because he was deceived on a pre.. vious occasion, he would not receive any real deputa tionEngland.—(Hear, fro m th e rea l wor king men . --ear, h ear. ) 11 1 (Mr. Falvey) thought that the Prime Minister deserved impeachment—(Cheers)-=and if the working classes had been represented, he would have been impeached.—( Hear.) The Minister of the Crown was responsible for the conduct of the Sovereign ; and when Polignac advised Charles the Tenth of France b put restrictions on the pr ess, he was im p ea ched and banished, and the revolution of 1830 was the consequence. — (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel ought to be warned by his ex ample. He said that over-production was the cause of the distress of the country, and that the hours of labour ought to be.curtailed'; but what an insult to. the females of England to tell them that short hours would redress their wrongs.— ( Hear, hear. ) He was working in a factory himself for thirteen hours a day, and he allowed that the hours were too many ; but when they ceased to be employed, would the ari stocracy support them ?—( Hear, hear.) Let them but have the power of exchanging their labour for the bread which others had to give them if they wer e not p rev ented from doing so, and they would require no aid and no assistance. It was alleged at one time that over-production was the cause ; at another, that over-population was the cause ; but did not one argument destroy the other ?—( Cheers.) They were recommended to emigrate ; but he would advise the people not to do so; Eng land was made for them, and they were made for England.— (Cheers.) . Sir Robert Peel, with his usual cunning, endea voured to set the Ministers of England against them, by mak ing the Corn -laws depend on the Tithe Commutation. --(Hear, bear,) He said the Tithe Coinmutations were founded ori the 4 'VENING StIN I MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From suG A t it h . e_L A ov il d o o p n ini o N ew n p r e P va r i cc i e ng C t u h r a r t e a nt ov gr ern F im e e b u r ti ti iari a t r re y sl ll , 3 / to propose to make some alteration in the Sugar produced much . mu , c r h he du ra ll t n e e s s a s c i e n ep tl te e d ß a r i i e ti , sh under those of Friday last. still ° for " the ir To-day no variation took place in the value of Vr e es i t_l ar ed o ia t Sugar ; there was a somewhat better demand, was far from active, the trade taking bareiy e Ws immediate wants. The purchases for the week are 4 , 9 and fres. at 78s 6d to 795, common brown lumpshowever,Plantat Plantation to is rpne'r3rcke: Reeixen.-Prices have further decl7in2esdt;o 745, good t l oa u t in tnn P e s t 75s to 78s per cwt. Treacle common selling at 26s 6d, 27s 6d to . 29s 6d, and Golden Syrup 30s to 31s per cwt. B .9 , tards common at 38s t o 43 5 , m iddli ng t o goo d 4 - 4, 051 tine and fine 52s to 55s per cwt. Pieces good Bonded 67s to 70s, low to mid 57s to 66s per crit•_ to an d crushed Sugar at 28s 9d to 29s for the best. Loav es "„, at 141bs 31s to 32s 6d, and 61bs 33s to 34s per cwt. Mein" vir. lls6d to 12s. Bastards and Pieces at 15s to 24s Per r Dutch at easier rates. fined goods, To-day there was more l i f e i n the marke.`, for refin o i l ed and 79s to 79s 6d paid for sta n d ar d l umps ; bonded cl Sugar sold steadily at previous rates. offered at a ivlaurrtus.-This afterno o n 5,030 b ags were were public sale, a good grocery p arce l, a t w hi c h t h e biddins, port languid, and prices declin e d i s per cwt; t h e PrineiPaos 6d, however sold, fine yellow at 67s to 67s 6d, good 63s t ° middling 61s to 62, 6d per cwt. EAST INnia.-Bengal, very strong bright yellow, a t 0 6 68 9 9 31 693 ; good mid white, 65, 6d t o 66 s ; goo d w h ite , 685 treaty, mid to good damp white, 65. t o 67 s p er cw t ; b y private fgee 71s to 71s 6d have been obtai ne d f or some small lots so d white. Manilla 15s 6d to 18 s f or l ow to fi ne broWn , . 17s 6d to 21s for yellow. Jav a a t 19 s t o 19. 6(1 for poi S DP r ish brown. Siam at full r a t es . 11 60 This afternoon litee demand existed for Bengal ; at a ling 550 bags went off at a decline o f I s per cw t, goo d white 9 ' „ at 66s to 67s per cwt. 4 d es - Fonetosi.-We have to repo r t a fi rm mar k e t f o r all - uro o I tions of Foreign; white Brazil 22 s f or m id Rio; 'l6titv and yellow kinds are wanted ; we quote t h e former or, .17s 6d, and the latter 17s Gd t o 20 s per cwt. Y e llow P a . of nab 21s to 21s 6d for go o d qua lit y ; w hi te at 28 s to V' good to fine, and 25s to 27s for low to mid. hi tsr e:, MOLASSES.-Although some parti es are dispose(' rather lower rates for West India, still the transactie ns 4 of been extremely limited this wee k. F ore i gn M o l ass es 1 ' sale at 6s 6d to 7s per cwt. free TEA.-There has been mo re ac ti v it y i n t h e mar k e t for to .Trade this week, and holders have been less disP' u ly realize ; a good demand ha s p reva il e d f or Bl ac k T ea to 5" , 1 4 0 ,. both town and country or d ers , and buyers have been I°l, polled to pay id pe r lb i n a d vance, low commen t Congn i , n ,:; 2 to has been selling at is 1 0 d, goo d or di nary at i s Is 11d; middling to fine blackish leaf is llid to 2. 511+ rior 2s 6d to 2s Bd, an d P ouc h ong Is 4d to is 1011 for e n ""je, to good. In Green Tea several purchases have been ° bee t: and advanced rates paid. T wan k ey o f common quality Kassa to disposed of at is 100, and low to middling Hyson " s e ek, 2s 9d per lb ; no public sale has taken plac e this `` r es but some parcels will be s h or tl y declared. The advic e of ceived from China appear to have strengthened the opin', ° ; r ge, both buyers and holde rs o f T ea . Th e d e li ver i es continue 'ay'S and last week amounted to 554,000 lb s at t hi s port. CO!,,P-par' Congou has been sought after, and Is 104 d paid for CO' to re' eels, but the smallness of the s t oc k ava il a bl e h as ten ded strict business. Je' To-day holders of Free.trade Teas were firm, and a ge cj in. mand existed, common Congou Is 10d to is lid cash. pany's Is 10id to Is 11d cash and short prompts. 10 6 COFFEE. -We have to report a firm market for Wes t m o si, Coffee; the demand has b een goo d f or a ll c l ear descOP .- for and very full prices have been paid; indeed some orde r ', o l, the better sorts have been prevented from being or, e , c : 4 to owing to the want of a supply by private contract ; 126 s have been paid for middling to good middling Ja le ' - o rd, 103 s to 112 s for low middling, 80, to 102 s for fine to fin e 0 0 and GOs to 78s for ordinary to good ordinary. This erten 0, the home consumption Coffee Ma r k e t exhibited a firm spr,.o ance. The public sales consist e d o f 935 b ags C ey l o n, an lot bags, &c., West India; Ceylon sold briskly at Is advaecf arf good sorts ; common went at full rates ; fine fine 'ordinol coloury fetched 80s to 80s 6d, fine ordinary 72s 6d to 7 45 4 5 ; ordinary 70s to 70s 6d per cwt. ; W es t I n di a f etc h e d full Po oi e Trinidad fine ordinary pale 75s to 80s; Jamaica goOd to ordinary 72s to 889 per cwt. Coco.s.-This afternoon there were few buyers of Viel t i; India, and '273 bags 191 brls at public s a le war e only P a jail sold at 37s to 43s for mid to good, red Trinidad, being rates ; holders would not take lower prices. ee l RICE. -For Bengal Rice prices have been fully supP:os this week, and a good demand has existed •at auction to bags were readily disposed o f, goo d middling white at l'' oi j I Is Gd, and middling 10 8 6d t o 11 5 per cis., upon which to tt° some purchases have been made privately. For Ja y . a . t ell demand is improving, and 4,800 b ags h ave b een so ld pri"ol since our last account, low to good white at 9s to 1 15, lid yellow 8s to 9s per cwt, but the bulk was at Bs oti• to 9s : at au c ti on 918 b ags P a dd y were w ithdr 6 , 3 , Carelina has sold steadily for home use first quality a t Patna has been in fair demand at 16s to 21s per cwt dotY pa id The stock of East India Rice is still heavy. SPICES.-The market for Pepper has been less a ctive week, aed only a limited business has been transacte d 1; 0 ; vately ; holders, however, are firm, and have obtained pre:ol, rates. The demand fo r C assia Li gnea h as f urt h er iner e be eo and prices have advanced 6s to 7 s p er cw t. N u t me gs have in fair request, and full rates have been paid. This afternoon there were several buyers of Cassia .",r ti , to and full rates paid; at auction 60 chests damaged sold at 82s per cwt. SA 00.-There has been an increased demand for Pearl S .. 54° ' and prices have adv an c e d 3 s t o 4 s per cwt f or t h e be s t sort s , A 5 1 This afternoon at auction 1,077 bags Pearl Sago all s°''' o g 24s to 25s for goad, and 14s to 17s for middling Pear l, kle full rates. (10 FE a UIT.-For Denia Rai s i ns th ere i s a goo d demand, 1 1 , gret few remaining on hand, which are held at 20s. Valet:M s :joss at 36s ; in all other de scr ipti ons th ere i s on l y doing. This aft ernoon a t pu bli c sa l e, d ama ged Patras a partial 10 car rants sold at 52s to 575, Cephalonia 50s to 52s per cwt, io „, Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDR.-West Indi4 l ;A p , ric e ' held the vlie9s 411 firmly. 4da nd dutythea demand ] s Leeward,,d good.at to is 2s s oloTdh2e for sales o s 0 common havemon ; East b,ils t( atim improved, l 2 11 for good clea n , p roo f , 26 per cent over improved gun -7010 V and 150 hhds at hi g h d uty Is 4d to is 4id proof . bee° merit contract for 100,000 gallons, half West India, " - e we all taken by Ruck, S on , an d F enw i c k, on t h e pa rt of selves and several othe r h ouses , b u t th e exac t price oh s been allowed to transpire, it is supposed to be at Is 9d proof stren g th. Th e l as t contract a b out three ' In j r , past was I s lid per gallon : only 200 hhds, &c. Ruin hal r eo rived since last Frid a y. Th e operat i ons i n B ran dy haw Al; upon a small scale on ly, an d h o ld ers are s till d es i ro us to s ` t be prices have suffered a further decline of ld per gallon t he following are the quotations-Cognac first brands •o f vintage of 1836 at 5 s 10d f or hhd s , puns 5 s 8d ; d o 1831 03. 4 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ;* do 1838 hhds 5s 3d, puns 5. ld ; d o , per hhds 4s MI, puns 4s 8d; do 1840 lihds 4s, puns 3s l A nittle; gallon. Geneva has su s t a i ne d th e f ormer value, but jos business has been transacted. We have still to report s to le market for British Corn Spirits, sellers at 9s 9d per gelliols Ou.s.-Southern Oil has met with more attention, at her 351 for middling t o fi ne , an d 321 5 s t o 32/ lO s f or co mmon t i l er lity. Cod Oil at 29/p er t on . P a l e S ea l 401 lO s t o 411; ° B A kinds at 281 lOs to 321 for brown, and 32110, to 37/ for y e oOk Sperm at 87/ lOs to 881 per tun ; fine British at 89 1 for per tun. Linseed Oil 34s 9d to 35s on the spol, and 351 it. 44 delivery. Rape Oil h as met w i t h less attention, and r,si" have fallen is per cwt. Pale at 51s, and Brown .50. pe r 0 1 ,00 Palm at 32s to 323 tid for the first sort. Olive Oil 1,0 0 1 in good reque s t, G a lli po li at 60/ to 62/, and Spanisli 5 1111 ' „. per tun. Prices have been sustained for Cocoa Nut Oil this we ek : v er 9 the demand has been limited ; at auction 92 casks Ceylon taken in at 36s to 403 per ewt. St' TALLOW.—This afternoon little business was done 7P At Petersburgh Yellow Candle, but *ices were sustainea'„oo auction 343 pipes, 154 hhd s , 21 barrels, 164 serous 7 03 t0 American went at 43s to 45 s 3d f or goo d t o fine, end 42s 6d for low to middling quality. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last Inaritet.day, 17. e. u ‘2 l Puddle's West Hartley lB 0 Walls End Stewart's ......... )9 6 ()rd's Rea eugh l6 0 Walls End Whitwell ......... :21 Walls End Heaton 2O b Walls End Caradoe ............ •'I Valls End Killingwortli 19 t, Walls End Hartlepool ....... 0 Walls End S. Killingworth . fi Walls End Barret t ......... ••• pl W. E. Brathlyll'sfietton Walls End Ha5we11....... 21 : Walls:Kud South Durl."" 0 Walls End Helton 2 l. Nulythe .. ......................... Walls End Lambton ...... olCowpen: . . EXCURSIONS ALONG THE SIIORRS Or X O l MEDITERRANEAN.- Such is the title of the forthcomitt 1 . 5 work of the Gallant Li e ut enan t-C o l one l Napier, wil 0 - 110 eently took an active part i n th e l a t e war i n Syria, air o , 9 it., already favourably know n t o th e pu bli c b y his " 8 bo tio7, Sports in Foreign Lands," an d ot h er i nterest i ng conirl oer;1 to literature. During a residence of several years on tli a n g t,b„, of the Mediterranean —now pursuing his excursions ai% it tiS Spani..l coast--now along that of Morocco—and occa 9 ' o 6l; , pas'•ing his time on shipboard, midway between tie c ,, ° ,b 1 : 1 4 1 . of Europe art.! of Africa, the audio: saw much to interli er o , and did not fail to note in his journal whatever le, a le' worthy of observation. Hulce his Irscriptions of rea' A - erisj, incidents, arid ferlings, must b e a t once pro fi ta bl e 3 11 " 0 19 1 :-, , taming to the read er . Add e d t o t h ese, Lieutenant' JO" Napier purp o ses t o i ntro d uce i nto t h present wor k the $ ' tures that befel him during a cruise it the L1vf ....... tt. ........ ' tr" _ PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and Si factoring Sil v e rsm ith s , N o. 1 4, C ornhill, London (oPP—rg B ank of Engl an d).—Th e b est wrought Fiddle-P atter , '" a Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The followilV ' weights recommend e d, b ut t h e articles may be had P iy heavier at the same price per ounce : ;‘l 12 Fiddle Patt ern Si lver Table Spoons o 3o z. at s 7 d i." I° l l3 , 11 4 12 ditto D essert ditto 20 at 7 9 ."10 1 3 4 , 12 ditto T a b le Forks 30 at 7 7l 0 12 'ditto D essert ditto 20 at 7 9 ." , 3 ' 13 2 ditto 1i Gravy Spoons 10 at 72."3 , 6 d 1 ditto S oup L adle... 10 at 7 2 .'" 3 1 0 0 4 ditto S auce di tto... 10 at 7 8 '' 1. 4) 0 4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong) I'6 1 ditto Fish Slice 3 , 1 6 0 12 ditto Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 8 "' 0 ',by 1 ditto N.B. A price current, starnirpSe,uigaasraTnoenwgsspa(psetrrotTliqnsttrbaet7o.o; drawings, and containing every information relative licst iolb o s chase of sillier or Sheffield plate, may b e h a d on aPP osi ver t will be se n t i nto ' t h e country, free of postage, in ti..... paid letter. - - ---------- - --- ------ B IRTHS. of I ‘ °ll' ~,, On the 3d inst., th e l a dy o f Pi erce Morton, n' s " , " " ( 1 crott, Cacao, of a son and heir. of i tiebli On the 6,11 inst., in Queen-squ are , B a th, fhe lady Job° Thomas Gore, E sq ., o f a son . M rs. On the 9th inst., a t O x f or d-t errace, H y d e -Park , Simpson, of a daught er . ot On the 10th i ns t., Mrs. Robert 8r00k.,, of Tooting' c tir° °# ' of a son. Cma ber* e l l On the 10th inst., at N or th amp t on Houle, green, Mrs. Henry A. Mathews, of a sob. Charley 1/ ' MARRIFD. On the . 10th inst ,at St. Ja Church, Mr. ,: I , tug hter Fail land, of St. JI . ' m ",-,_ • • se cond o m s-square, to Christiana , of the late W. Aliticr, Esq ~of of Southend. On the 10th inst.,_ at irinit Church, St. Ma r Y l6b rd e a ' og hter Seymour, Esq., of Queen Ann y -street, to Harriet, fc' irt of the lat e Jonn Ede, Esq., of Upper Harley-street_----'-- G steam. alact G Fr I Vorni, Aftern As a y, Plac or i na seas 4611 ed offic t° ,r _R R° To BA b „EXP / I cl Re( Journ ul Time oration,tridge H), ,A, 8-" 41 1olte Mere On the Ist inst , at Claphpaini-Reopm.mon, Mr. , T. .1 t g a ul in eg 31iiielt; &ell A t O w n ell t S he lat!e ( r i , i the t4 ta , ,,,: C li ' e l e road, 'rederiek Henr—el, N On the 7th irli.ls7t.B.Nt". at Thurso Caithness , - , 34 4 .._r„ 1 ` ith inst., ' at g Morn . ina ton-place. c ambero ll . N e6' ewikai t 4et: k irltr %Tha n ni . y,second son of - "_ ;a me, LAP Uttero London ,at Dover's.green, near Rea , 41t 4 .'i Amelia, ' . of Reigate. ° U9O , wife of the Rev. H. S. Cotton, Caithness, LAP taii, tir ; n 00 1° , 4 1 ' Mr . J. B. StewlC , -..oli a or t Nu. 112 , Strand, at The Sum Office, N. ll l 042. : Printed and Published by IVIVRD--.0 stoci.,-1 the County of Middlesex, Saturday, February 1 2 , . .. , . . ,